Tag Archives: Holidays

Going South

My apology if I may sound like whining, but I personally think winter in (northern) Europe is too looooonngg. One day the temperature can be mild (around 8 degrees or 10 when we are lucky) and the next day it can drop to -3 degrees! WTH. Like today, I did not check the local weather forecasting homepage and went to work with my winter attire (a thick legging and knee socks, a knit dress and a tee underneath it, a thick woolen scarf and wrapped myself in a bulky winter jacket) but I forgot my beanie and gloves, darn..it was so cold outside! I mean it was way colder than yesterday or the day before. I immediately got a headache when I was waiting for the tram to my work. A moment like this, me, a tropical creature trapped in a cruel winter in Holland, can do is daydreaming and reminiscing the past spring/summer holidays ..Just to distract myself for a moment from the reality :) Please allow me.

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 cute little terraces in Maastricht

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40707_422858878116_4327594_nRetiro Park in Madrid. Madrid has some beautiful parks. I kinda fell asleep when I sat down here.

5480_116776408116_8065561_nMaastricht :)

7518_161209433116_3085886_nMerbabu, Indonesia

7518_161217108116_5052612_nUrban delicacy: Soto bang madun, Blok M Jakarta!!! J sits next to me enjoying his first experience makan di emperan :p

311_27516063116_5591_nSuper cozy cafes (somewhere in Greece)

Happy Images

A very cute AT’s video about “My Favorite Thing”. I would describe my cats in front of people this passionately too. Exactly like he does in the video.

I am pretty excited to have a 10 day-break. Just to get my holiday spirit going, some pictures of some activities I would like to do.

 We will be admiring our first (jade-gold coloured) Christmas tree / Sitting in a gezellig cafe and just watching people come and go (Albert Cuyp)

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Rooie, our own red tabby kitty..isn’t he adorable (and grumpy looking of course) ?

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Say Goodbye to 2012

Enggak terasa kita berada di penghujung tahun 2012…Entah kenapa saya selalu saja merasa sedih setiap pergantian tahun. Perasaan campur aduk antara tidak sabar menyapa tahun baru dan segala kemungkinan yang tentunya bikin excited! (postingan blog bahasa Indonesia disini, English blog post please clik here)

Biasanya kalau sudah akhir tahun begini, saya menerima email dari beberapa kawan dari belahan dunia lain. Adat istiadat mereka, yaitu menulis surat tentang rangkuman kejadian apa saja yang mereka dapatkan sepanjang tahun ini. Dan sebenarnya saya sangat suka menerima dan membaca surat-surat tersebut, karena untuk kawan yang tinggalnya jauh dari tempat saya tinggal kita tidak bisa bertemu buat sharing ataupun sekedar chatting, karena kesibukan masing-masing. Nah, maka dari itu surat “rantai” seperti ini sangat menguntungkan! Saya bisa tahu segala suka dan duka mereka selama setahun ini.

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Untuk saya peribadi sih, saya sukanya kirim kartu Natal dan Tahun Baru ke teman-teman. Jujur saya ini pengguna setia jasa pos…kesenangan saya menulis surat dan kartu pos telah mendarah daging. Tidak saja menulis surat, saya juga sangat suka menerima kartu (pos) dan surat di kotak pos. Rasanya old school, tapi kesenangan ini benar-benar ga ada dua nya. Apalagi kalau di tulis dengan tulisan tangan! :-)

Tahun ini saya berusaha untuk tidak membuat rencana ataupun resolusi. Saya akhirnya merubah approach saya selama ini terhadap pergantian tahun. Saya sadar, mungkin saja sikap saya harus diubah untuk lebih menikmati kemeriahan di tahun baru. Karena selama ini sebelum pergantian tahun saya sudah sibuk menulis apa saja yang harus saya lakukan di tahun yang baru. To do list, new year’s resolutions, apa lah namanya…dan sedikit stress kalau lihat ke depannya, sekarang saya cuma mau wait and see what comes to my path. Bukannya pasrah atau gimana, cuma saya capek dengan stress pra-tahun baru dan capek dengan mem-planning hidup saya. Saya sudah cukup struggled sama kehidupan saya bertahun-tahun, dan saat ini saya cuma ingin take a step back and live in the moment. Saya tahu diri saya dan kapasitas saya, dan tentu saja semua yang saya lakukan akan saya lakukan dengan 100% usaha dan keyakinan… Saya merasa, saya sudah cukup bahagia dengan keadaan saya saat ini dan saya mau menikmati hasil jerih payah saya.

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Clear Blue Sky

I am very confused now with the weather.. It is totally not a spring weather. I am still wearing my winter coat! WTH???So, the sunny spring was just a bluff then :/

However, I love this picture which was taken in Nusa Ceningan (Bali) almost 3 years ago! It is really funny, I sometimes forget how beautiful the beaches are back home. I think I’d taken it for granted.. being surrounded with beautiful nature, warm weather  and tropical beaches. I definitely appreciate it much much more now since I am so far from home, far from my beloved tropical weather and coconut water :-)

Despite the rainy and gray days in the Netherlands, I have been collecting some good moods to spruce up my little apartment with some DIY ideas. My plan is to biking to the nearest hobbywinkel in the weekend and purchase some stuff I need for my DIY projects. Hope it turns out well like I have in mind! And also, on Monday we are going to celebrate Queens Day! :) Madness it is. But, it will be so much fun.. My fave part is the morning of Queens Day when the whole cities (well most cities in the Netherlands then..) turn into a gigantic, massive, flea markets(rommelmarkt)! All wicked items and adorable bric-a-brac are ready to be found/handpick by you. Just don’t miss it. I might sell some stuff, let see if the weather would allow me, I’d be selling some pies and some of my rommel (junk, in this case ; my old furnitures, utensils, stuff and whatnot).

Below is a picture that was taken in Tanjung Benoa, Bali.

A Glimpse of the Ocean

A glimpse of beautiful times, beaches and weather…

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Como Vai

I have been hibernating too long from this blog. Busy with being civil.  Pretend  to be a hermit. Working, studying, booking a summer holiday and also meeting friends at cafes. Feeling so aged and bloody boring when I am comparing my weekends with my other younger colleagues it seems their weekends are only filled rock and roll, baby! There’s nothing wrong with it but sometimes I feel like I need to make up some crazy s***t when colleagues ask me on Mondays, ” hey, how was your weekend?” . I am tempted to reply them with these sort of answers:

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Days Off Dairy

Dua minggu ini rasanya cepet banget berakhir :( Tapi senengnya, dalam kurun waktu dua minggu, aku banyak menyempatkan diri untuk melakukan berbagai kegiatan menyenangkan dan menyelesaikan banyak hal dari To Do list aku. Mau tahu apa kegiatan menyenangkan itu? (halaahh..) Diantaranya adalah:

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Starting 2011

I know it’s way too late to say, Happy New Year! But at least, give me the opportunity to do so :-) . My New Year’s Eve was fantastic, we spent it in Luxembourg City. With many others on the town square enjoying the phenomenal fireworks shows. I hope you all have had nice NYE’s parties as well.

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