♥ Vintagious Sweetheart ♥

Goodbye, Grandma..

A human life is a story told by God -- HC Andersen

I was shocked when my mother called me two days ago .
It was not because she called me when I was so busy copied a lot of practical reports in a copy center near my campus with my friends, but, because she told me a very sad news .
She said that my grand mother from my dad side had just passed away .
I couldn't hide my tears .
My friends then helped me got another shift to replace my lab's activity at that moment .
Because I needed to go home as soon as possible .
So, after finishing my lab activity, I went to my home in a flash .
My family had gathered in terrace to welcome me .
My parents especially my dad hugged me tight and asked me to get ready to go to Randublatung, Blora, my dad's hometown and also the place my grandma stayed .
I found an awkward silence inside the car .
Everyone was busy in their own cell phones .
Maybe tried to call any other friends and relatives outside the town .
After we reached the place, many people had been gathered and prayed near the bed my grandma placed .
I sobbed all of a sudden as I approached the bed .
I just starred at my grandma's face .
Couldn't say anything .
I thought I haven't do the right thing that made her proud yet .
Like, the thing she always asked these recent years every time we met :
"Now I try to accept you for what you believe . I just wanna see you graduate and get a great job in a big company and attend your wedding, honey . But first, when will you introduce your special friend to me? Hehehe.." T____________________T

Bye bye Grandma, I'll always love you~ ♥♥♥

her last hug.. Aug'12

Life means all that it ever meant.
It is the same that it ever was.
There is absolute unbroken continuity.
Why should I be out of mind
because I am out of sight?

I am but waiting for you.
For an interval.
Somewhere. Very near.
Just around the corner.

All is well.

(Henry Scott Holland)

cr: http://moyra.hubpages.com/

Latest Snaps!!

Sooooooo long no update! TT_______TT
Since last month, I've been very VERY busy . Studied for the mid-term exams, wrote the lab reports, joined #TIP2012 solidarity night in Kulon Progo, PLUS currently working on my new project with my 6 other friends! The last one is special! hahaha.. Fyi, it helps me reduce my stress of tight schedule nowadays :) #thankGOD

But, here I come with plenty of pictures! Hohoho.. Snapped by my LG Cookie cell phone . Enjoy! *wink*

Blue Velvet + Hot Latte at Paris Bakery

Van Houten Chocolate~ free!!

My brunch menu when I came to Garden Cafe UNY

My dinner menu at Paris Bakery few days ago

Slushie Nation

Tamansari Food Court Ambarrukmo Plaza

Delicious "Mushroom Cheese Egg Crepe"
- Shihlin Taiwan Street Snacks

Gotri Restaurant

Pattaya Tofu at Warung Rakyat :)) My family's favorite!

Chocolate Pudding + Toffee Ice at Bee's Galeria Mall

Pizza Hut Ambarrukmo Plaza

Note : My most favorite menu from all pictures above is :

Feels like heaven~! Green Tea Ice Blended ♥

Another photos...

New friend from Tokyo! Say "hi" to Ayaka!
She studied Bahasa Indonesia :)

a short caption of "Waduk Sermo", Kulon Progo .
Calm & pretty ♥

Me and my besties, Odonk, went to a new cafe named CALAIS . It sold many kind of Bubble Tea & Coffee in a plastic cup (which I think doesn't quite match with the eco-friendly concept people know nowadays) . Anyway, here are some snaps :

Feat. Cicil + Nanin :)

That's it for now! See you soon, readerssss :*

A Magic Man Imagination

I've been watching a movie called : BEAUTY & THE BRIEFCASE, starred by the one and only Lizzy McGuire's Hilary Duff, and noticed that some of her lines quite resembled me .
So, Lane Daniels (her character) said :

Love just doesn't happen to girls like me, girls who build their hopes on an intricate web of day dreams. The truth is that everyone has issues and maybe building up a fake, perfect man in my mind was my biggest issue of all. I've been walking around with the ghost of my magic man. He's been haunting me, keeping me from a world of opportunities that were right in front of me...

There's no such thing as perfection. Love is for people who are realistic and smart enough to open up their heart and minds and to realize that a real relationship is the ultimate fantasy.

I haven't found that relationship yet, but I've shaken up the shadow of my magic man and I'm finding myself. I think that's a pretty good start!

Hmm, I guess I must try to not thinking too much about this "magic man" of myself ~~(I know who he is)~~ . And let's face the reality :\
Okay .
Fighting .
Yep .

But by the way, there's more important thing I should face first . That's my MID-TERM EXAM STARTING ON MONDAY!!!
Hell .
Yeah .
Demmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm T___________________T

This is What PERFECTION Looks Like..

".. if you wear this, people may think you are PERFECT!" [one of the memorable things in 2012]

I have ever made a promise to someone, if I wore this tees I would share the pictures to that person . I waited for that person to do something like what that person had promised . But unfortunately, until I posted these pics here and there, that person never came up again . Am I wrong trying to keep in touch with that person??! T_T

Perfection tees by Parachute -- Shorts + Skirts by Friday to Sunday

Here are some quotes about 'perfection' :

"A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away." -- Antoine de Saint

"Love is friendship that has caught fire. It is quiet understanding, mutual confidence, sharing and forgiving. It is loyalty through good and bad times. It settles for less than perfection and makes allowances for human weaknesses." -- Ann Landers

"It is through art, and through art only, that we can realise our perfection." -- Oscar Wilde

"Success is the result of perfection, hard work, learning from failure, loyalty, and persistence." -- Colin Powell

"Practice means to perform, over and over again in the face of all obstacles, some act of vision, of faith, of desire. Practice is a means of inviting the perfection desired." -- Martha Graham

"I wasn't expecting perfection any more, just hoping for an occasional inspiration." -- Neil Diamond

Read more at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/

Interviewed by BIPTECH :)

You must have read my experience welcoming some guests from Ehime University (click here), so short story, me and my other two friends who joined that program (Grandis and Bani) were interviewed by BIPTECH crew . BIPTECH is an official magazine made by the Press and Information System Department in HIMATIPA . Here goes the interview which has been released in this Sept edition on "English Corner" rubric :)

New Friends From Japan

It must be an amazing experience when we can make friends with foreigners who have different language and culture from us right? And that’s what happened to these TIP students : Widha Septi (2008), Icktyani W (2008), Gading Gaharunni (2010), Ikhsan Bani (2010), and Tectona Grandis (2010). On August 2^nd – 17^th 2012 they got a chance to accompany 9 students and 2 professors from Ehime University Japan. The 9 students from Ehime were joining the KKN Program held by FTP UGM and this kind of program has been conducted several times between two universities. Feel so curious about their experience? Fortunately, Biptech crew had already made a special interview with Gading, Bani, and Grandis. Let’s check it out !!

1) Would you please give us a brief explanation about the program?

Bani : it was a KKN Program which has been held since three years ago between UGM and Ehime. The participants lived with people in the village (in Wonolelo Village, Magelang) for 10 days and made some programs due to what they’ve got in college, mostly in agricultural thing.

2) Was there any requirement needed to be one of the UGM team and join that program?

Gading: Actually there was no requirement specifically. Bani, Grandis and I were chosen because we loved to make new friends, didn’t mind to spend some of our time with them and didn’t afraid talking in English! (don’t worry, high English ability was UNNECESSARY ;D)

3) What kind of activity did you do during the program?

Bani : We just accompanied them and followed their schedule as long as they were in Yogyakarta. We helped them to communicate too.

Gading : We had lunch and dinner together, biked around campus, watched their KKN programs presentation and also went picnic to Malioboro, Borobudur, and Prambanan!

Grandis : Whatever the activity was, we tried our best to make them comfortable living in Indonesia. We always showed the good side of Indonesia.

4) Last, how do you feel after participating as one of the UGM team members?

Bani : I got a great experience by helping them. They were nice and crazy too! I was really impressed and honored welcoming them.

Grandis : The program was good. We got a chance to expand our network abroad and showed them how the reality in Indonesia was. This program must be continued next year.

Gading : ASDFGHJKL! I'm speechless haha. Little bit tiring , but mostly fun! I thanked God who has given me new friends from Japan again (because last year I participated in a similar program with Osaka City University). Oh, and so happy because all of the lunch, dinner, and picnic were FREE!

Cr: Lu'lu'atul F
Edited by ME! :p

Overripe Banana and Tempe Bacem

I just wanna share a short personal story . Hehehehe.. :p
It is a quite funny story and one of my unforgettable moments ever .
I don't know why, but since that happened, I always giggle every time I see or eat these two :

THE OVERRIPE BANANA

AND

TEMPE BACEM!

So, here goes the story ..

One day, I had a friend who got hospitalized and of course, like all of the patients there, he was advised to control his diet . Then, almost every day, the hospital gave him menu of "TEMPE BACEM" . At first, he just stared at it and I began to tell him that TEMPE or TEMPEH was one of Indonesian traditional side dishes made from soy (fyi, this friend of mine aren't Indonesian hehe..) . He then tried to eat it, but ONLY TO SAY : Gading, I think I DON'T LIKE THIS KIND OF FOOD . O_____O

I was shocked getting his response like that, but instead of asking "why" I said : well, I LOVE TEMPE! and then took that tempe bacem, nom nom nom, I ate it PROUDLY!

BUT!

I guessed my action was too much . I realized and began to regret it because on the next days, every time he got another TEMPE BACEM menu, he left it, not for anything, just FOR ME! So I could eat it, because I said I LOVE IT! HAHAHAHAHAAA.. :"D

It's weird you know, but funny too!! I never get any food left for me before (for some reason), even from my family . So even though I already had lunch in my campus before going to hospital, I couldn't refuse his offer to eat that tempe . And I still can imagine his smile when he said he had been waited for me so he could see me eating the tempe . That was just ... SWEET! >.<

Hey hey hey, don't think too far soon . It was just my feeling on that time . He was sick, you know . He needed a support and just by seeing his smile I knew he would recover soon ;) And of course I was happy knowing that it was me, the reason behind his smile..

And, there's still one more story! Now, about THE OVERRIPE BANANA!

So, still with the same person, and still during his staying in hospital . One day, when I came to visit him, I looked a banana in his table beside his bed . I wondered why he didn't eat it . It must be not because he left it for me too, right?! -____-"

I took the banana and peeled it in front of him so he could see and might be he then wanted to eat it right away . Hellooooo, you were sick and banana would give you a lot of vitamins to your body, Sir! I said it on my mind . He looked interested and took the banana, but just before he put it inside his mouth, he said : Gading, I DONT WANT TO EAT THIS! LOOK AT IT! *pointed at some brown spots on it*

UH'OH!

He didn't want to eat it just because it was an OVERRIPE BANANA?! Lalalalaa~ another shocking moment that I got from him! And fortunately, I got used to it hehe *hard sigh* . And he didn't stop there! He then gave the overripe banana to me while saying : I know you want this! Just eat it, I don't mind! *and again, he was smiling.. ~~dammit~~* I stared at him deeply and felt my hand grabbed the banana . See? I couldn't refuse it (again)! OMG what's wrong with meeee???!! >.<

So, I ate the overripe banana, even though my stomach had already full *seriously I could feel I wanted to throw up*, with a SMILE ON MY FACE! I knew it wasn't his fault . It was MY FAULT because I can never stand over his sweet smile and funny act :")

HEY! I kinda miss him now.. *NO KIDDING*

A hint for my next post is -->

http://img0.etsystatic.com/007/0/6868143/il_fullxfull.364126652_ss76.jpg

hihihi :*

Pictures sources : https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-_nIL8YbZ3Q4bO6LI73kOfd3DAJffthMZn5m9krSX6amQPe0ROJdEkoi0L5K-3rs3gwjLi8_BwUOhWUL7y5Gq_2OU2LegSTjRNgd3ClPNVet7wFzkUum-ehHKAuhS_HkU0aI7mqo5Pds/s1600/bananas.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0e/Tempe_bacem_lauk_soto_Pak_Marto.JPG

Cookie's Snaps [AUG edition]

Here are some photos I took using my cell phone (most of them hehe), just a recap from the 8th month :D

First, my guilty pleasure..

Choco-Oreo Waffle at Hungry Bear Cafe

Sandwich at Coffee Bakar

Vanilla Ice Cream Pancake at Coffee Bakar

Spaghetti Bolognaise + Tomato Juice at Solaria

Roasted Duck + Chicken at Rice Bowl Restaurant

Menus at Mr. Bamboo

Top : Ice Lemon Tea + A slice of Dark Velvet
Bottom : Green Tea Cupcake + Red Velvet + Caramel Latte.. [SERAFIN COFFEE & PATISSERIE]

Then, snaps of me..

120816 -- Prambanan Temple

120822 -- Lawang Sewu Semarang

120830 -- Serafin Coffee & Patisserie

.. and people around me :)

After Party Reunion 6 SHS Jogja at Coffee Bakar with (left-right)
Noim, me, Ayuk, Dephu, Tonki, Nanin, Simbah, Dito 120810

Let me introduce you : We are RUMPIX GIRLS : Me, Liza, Dhini, Tyas & Yayas.
We like to talk about everything and we're good on gossiping each others! HA!
Hungry Bear 120828 (Cr: Liza)

120830 -- Serafin (Simbah Fem, Ayuk and me)

Firework Party with my little cousin, Ghea :)
Randublatung (Lebaran Holiday) 120819

Resident Class A 5 JHS Jogja Reunion!! HURRAY!
Pondok Cabe 120813 (cr: Cahyo)

So, what's your last month story, readers?? :D