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Happy Summer Holidays!

Dear readers, we're now on the second term of 2012 . It's JULY already!
And, that means it's time for ... Summer Holidays!
YAAAAAAAY... \m/
So, what's your plan for this year's summer?? Have you prepared for something to be worn, to be visited, or to be read maybe?? :)
Well, I hope you all (and me of course) can enjoy the summer holidays!! Honestly, I'm so excited for something delightful in this holiday, though I still have to join the college's "between semesters" program in order to get extra credit for my GPA and manage some stuff for the next campus events where I joined into one of the committees .
The conclusion is... I'm still not FREE yet to welcoming the summer holidays, hmmm :\
But I do really hope everything I handle right now can make a significant progress in a good way, so I won't regret I've spent a little time of my holidays for those things . Ganbarimassu!! Hwaiting!~

Anyways, I wanna share some pics when my friends & I, who involving as the member of External Network Dept., of HIMATIPA, went to Depok Beach to have some fun before the final exam came few weeks ago :)

Fortunately, I started the holidays with a great news that my bro, Champa, had finally graduated from Junior High School with a flawless exam score! And now he is a freshman at SMAN 3 Yogyakarta (as known as one of the most favorite High Schools in my city xp) . Congratulatiooooooon! I remembered it was hard for me to pass that school's grade, my exam score wasn't so high *what a pity* ToT

Hey, do you all remember my novel wish-list that I posted in this blog few months ago?? If you forget, click here . Fyi, I finally bought the 3rd book of "QUEEN OF BABBLE" series by Meg Cabot! Woohooooohooo... I am soooo excited to read it!! Apparently I bought the English edition that hasn't been published here yet ^^ Though I should wait for a month before the novel arrived in my house, I am so thankful I have it now.. Oh, thanks to Periplus . This book store is recommended for you who wanna find import novels like me but confused to choose where to buy . I love their service especially for the low price they gave hihihi.. Hellooooo, it only cost Rp 90.000,00 for an import novel like this :

Beside those stuff above, this summer was started too by a wedding invitation from my senior, Kak Tata . The wedding reception was held last Saturday, July 7th 2012 . I came with my friends from PMK FTP UGM . Actually I've made a promise to come along with Tyas & Dhini .There, we were watching the first ceremony too before the guests congratulated the bride & the groom . And the most ENVYING MOMENT was where the two did the WEDDING KISS in front of the guests!

OH MY GOODNESS... >o<

Well, short story we enjoyed the night and we did hope for the best to the couple :D

Wearing vintage polka dress + vintage chocolate biker jacket +
UP wedges + Hana's plum bag

Cookies I got from the wedding reception! So deliciouuuuusss ^^v

So, last thing I say here >>

Friendship Soundtrack

I just loveeee listening to this song and remembering the moments I have spent with my besties ♥♥

Yep, it is the Original Soundtrack of "The Sisterhood of The Traveling Pants" movie :)

You can download the music by clicking here .

I like this movie very much as I like the series of the books too . Fyi, there have been 2 movies of Sisterhood and I own all of them hahaha! It's really touchy and I absolutely recommend this movie to be watched with your BFF!

Or, maybe you want to know the movie trailers?

Well, lemme show you these ...

1. The Sisterhood of The Traveling Pants 1

2, The Sisterhood of The Traveling Pants 2

THE LYRICS :

What's this life anyway?
What's it to you and me?
What's it to anyone?
Who are we supposed to be?
Make me a story book
And write me away from here
I need a different now

Reff:
Where we can wear each other for a while
And I'll lend you my tears
If I could borrow your smile
And we'll get through tomorrow
Somehow today
Happy after
Once upon these days

There's four roads to anywhere
Four ways to everything
We were unbreakable
We spoke our destiny
Let's take a moment out
Go where we never go
Let's make a new world now

Reff 1x

And then one day we'll find
when we're looking back at this time
Wondering how we've come so far from this
And when we close our eyes

What's this life anyway
What's it to you and me
What are we doing here
Who are we supposed to be
I'll take a better world
I'll take anything
I'll take our little world now

Where we can wear each other for awhile
I'll lend you my tears if I could borrow your smile
We'll get through tomorrow somehow today
Happy After...

Once upon these days

PS : Hold your best friends tight . You'll never know until you lost them :') God bless you & all of your bffs ..

Holiday Novel ~part 2~

AAAA~ The second book of "Queen of Babble" series is sooooooooooooo awesome!!!
Recommended for you who loves drama or romantic novel :)) Read my review here, and the 1st one here .

Anyway, on this 2nd part of my holiday novel section, I wanna post my novel wish-list! Yep!
I hope I can read all of them this year (at least buy it first, because most of them should be bought online) .
So, here they are ...

1. REMEMBER ME? -- Sophie Kinsella

2. SISTERS -- Danielle Steel

3. THE UNDOMESTIC GODDESS -- Sophie Kinsella

4. REFRAIN -- Winna Efendi

5. ELIXIR -- Hilary Duff

6. GOOD WIVES (2nd book of "Little Women" series, I've read the 1st) --

Louisa May Alcott

7. ABOUT A BOY -- Nick Hornby

.. And still waiting for Gramedia Pustaka Utama to publish the third book of QoB this year,

8. GETS HITCHED -- Meg cabot :)

Other novels I'm craving for are :

> The L.A Candy series from Lauren Conrad, and

> The 4th and 5th books of Sisterhood of The Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares

I really really wish having much money to buy all of that hehehe.. But I focus to buy the eight books above first this year ^^v

Holiday Novel ~part 1~

Before the holiday came in the end of January, I have done preparing some stuff to be read . Well, you never know when you will have enough time to spend just by laying down on your bed, accompany by a cup of coffee or ice tea and ... reading a book you've waited to be read!! HOHOHO...

So, I did .

US version

I bought a novel . Meg Cabot's "QUEEN OF BABBLE" . It's the 1st book of the "Queen of Babble" series . The story is so simple . About a twenty-something TALKATIVE (this word is kind of the "key" or central point in this story) woman who desperately in love with her boyfriend until she revealed the truth about him . And she flied thousand kilometers to London just to find her "doom" . Until her very-best-friend saved her life by giving her a chance to make-up the summer holiday in a France castle named Chateau Mirac (sorry I can't find the symbol tools) & meet the new-love-of-her-life .

And, oh, I find an interesting website for you who loveeeeeee reading book (especially novel), here :

GOOD READS

there you can find million (I think) titles of novel you may have or want to be read .

If you ask me what is the best activity to do when you're in a holiday.. I obviously will say :

READING :))

Because it won't cost you much money, right? ehehehe ^^v

PS: now, I'm on my way to finish "Queen of Babble" 2nd book called : In The Big City -->

US version

Leadership Advice

Dear bloggers and sisters...

during this global era, I think it is important for us to understand the power of a leader .

Recently I'm reading a book, my first psychological book (and I guess it will be my first inspirational guidance book) called "IT'S NOT ABOUT THE COFFEE" by Howard Behar .

Howard Behar is the former president of Starbucks Coffee Company North America and Starbucks Coffee International . In his book, he reveals the ten principles that guided his leadership — and not one of them is about coffee :o

I'm still on my way to finish this book but, it's getting much more interesting every time I turn back the pages .

Wanna know more about this book?

Click here