An apartment is open for rent in Amsterdam!

Location: Ceintuurbaan 85, 1072 Oud-Zuid, The Netherlands

See it on Google Map here.

About the apartment:
- Located on the second floor.
- Total area: 75 m2 of living area and 40 m2 of roof terrace :)
- Living area: living room, dining room, kitchen, bedroom, bathroom, toilet, and laundry room.
- Fully furnished!
- In front of tram halte "Ceintuurbaan/Ferdinand Bolstraat" which passed by tramline 3 (Zoutkeetsgracht - Muiderpoort  Station), tramline 12 (Station Sloterdijk - Amstel Station), and tramline 25 (Amsterdam Centraal Station - Pres. Kennedylaan)
- Three minutes walk to the famous Albertcuyp Market in Amsterdam, as well as the tram halte "Albert Cuypstraat" which is passed by tramline 16 (Amsterdam Centraal Station - VU medisch centrum), tramline 24 (Amsterdam Centraal Station - VU medisch centrum), etc.
- One minute walk to the almost done new metro station for the Noord-Zuid line.
- Just go downstairs if you need some cash, because it is located on top of ABN Amro bank.
- Within the area of De Pijp with cafes, restaurants, shops, doctor and Sarphati town park.
- Two minutes walk from computer and gadget shops (Mycom, Dynabyte, Paradigit) in case you want to buy something or you got a problem with your devices.
- Also three minutes walk to the nearest Albertheijn supermarket, local bakery, and local wine shop in Cornelistrostplein.

Price: 1,600 Euro/month. 
Internet, gas, water and electricity bills are excluded.
Preferably yearly contract, with 3 months notice period.

Living Room
- The living room is a joined space with the dining area.
- Next to the window, over looking the tram halte (make sure that you're not late for the tram) and the junction of Ceintuurbaan and FrederikBoolstraat.
- Basic amenities such as sofa, flatscreen TV, decorative lamps and adjustable light for warmer atmosphere are available.

Dining Room
- The dining area is completed with lovely wooden dining table and 4 exquisite leather seats.
- Lighten up with a small Asian wooden art and decorative lamp, with a gorgeous city portrait on the background.

Kitchen
- The kitchen is small and compact.
- Aside from the kitchen set, it is already equipped with coffeemaker, toaster, oven, and of course the dishwasher to help you do the dirty work.
- Some glasses, plates, bowls, and pans are also available for your use.
- A fridge is also available.

Bedroom
- The bedsize is 2.5 x 2 m, consist of 2 adjustable single bed with a touch of a remote.
- The wardrobe is spacious, enough room for your suits and your dresses. Another small closet is also available.
- A cloak hanger and suit and shirt hanger are also available for your usage.
- There's a flat screen TV mounted on the wall for your own entertainment.

Bathroom
- The bathroom has a shower and bathtub that also functions as a small jacuzzi.
- The sink is long enough for two, if you're feeling romantic in the evening and wants to brush your teeth together with your partner.
- There's a drawer located on the bottom of the sink.
- Water heater is located hidden in the bathroom.

Toilet
The toilet is separated from the bathroom.

Laundry Room
The laundry room is only a small room. There's the washing machine as well as the dryer for your usage.

Terrace
- Total terrace area: 40m2
- Perfect for gathering, especially during the summer.
- Completed with terrace table, chairs, soft padding for the chairs and umbrella... if it's too sunny ;)

For more information: valentinaws(at)gmail(dot)com

... read part 2
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Tuesday Sept 22
I woke up lazily on Tuesday. I sat with Pooh in living room, doing nothing, and i loved it! After a while, I packed a my bag, got myself into the shower, and headed to Amsterdam. Finally, I got to see Citra's office hehehe and the people working there since I temporarily put my bag in there.

The weather was quite ok for Amsterdam that day. It was already afternoon so i rushed myself to Nieuwendijk to grab some souvenir and also some stuffs for my self - the ever so tempting bras at Hunkemoller! hehehehe that was quite a shopping.

Dinner at Tokyo Cafe [in Spui 15] with friends was next on the agenda. There was Dominik and Lilith (yay, it's great to see them again!), Citra and Edwin, Ardy and Anita, Neysa and Komar (another newlywed hehe), and my dear Yuli :) Although the service was poor that night, we managed to stay happy by exchanging stories with each other.

Good will, unsteady hand hehe

I went to Den Haag to sleepover at Citra's place - i knew that she's gonna kill me if i don't. At Den Haag station, I got a chance to meet Fonzie, too. Yeah, Yuli and Fonzie are such a cool couple - gotta love them together. A bus ride, a late night tea, some CD burning attempts, and we're all crashed into our beds.

Wednesday Sept 23
Another lazy morning...
I pulled myself up since I wanted to go rummaging Dominik's place in Utrecht. Yes darling, I traveled from one city to another, from a friend's house to another :) No shopping, only crashing.
Got a little stumbled upon Citra's funny locking front door since I forgot to bring Rina's liquor from Prague - gonna see her in Utrecht for dinner. Fortunately, Citra's neighbour was at home. My wild guess was he was confused of this crazy girl in front of Citra's front door, grumbling. She might be a thief! But then again, the neighbour showed me the "trick" with the front door lock something with a little left (or right) and upward (or downward) push on the door xD Lol... No, I could not remember!

the dude and the big white couch! plus the new TV set :P

Seeing Dominik in his crib was also an good thing. Aha! So there's the big white couch he was talking about. The fancy TV-set... and the work/play station :P it's all good, man! Only one thing that i didn't like at all: the toilet! It's too small (even for me!) and it took 10-15 minutes to reload the water in the toilet. The people inventing this place was a maniac.

Anyway, we spent the afternoon watching "Horton hears a who" on the new fancy TV :P with me munching roombotter appletaart from AH supermarket *oh, my mouth's watering* Lilith was sick that day, so she was resting in bed most of the time.

Too bad that Dom and Lilith couldn't join for dinner by the canal. Utrecht has an area where most of the restaurants are located downright next to the canal, underneath the shopping area. I had a chilly, cozy, and lovely Italian dinner with Rina, Ruudie, Niels, and Citra. My pizza was so huge, I couldn't finish it T.T sorry dear pizza...

I spent the night at Citra's place again - my last vacation night. hux...

Thursday Sept 24
It just slap me in the face. Holiday's almost over.
With my last strength of happiness, I packed my stuff and went to Amsterdam. Had lunch of patat oorlog en kipkorn with Citra's - and David, too hehe.. a funny guy. I strolled around the neighbourhood to buy some authentic cheese (with pesto and Italian spices) and for some window shopping.

Kecap was going to pick me up in Sloterdijk station so that we can get my suitcase I left in Haarlem. He showed up with his work outfit - suit and tie and all, handsome indeed. I think all boys look good when they pull out their suit :)

Some packing and some shower, and I was ready to go. Haha.. not really tho.
Alfons, Ika, Vina, Citra, and Niels were also there in the airport to say good bye. Lucas also came up unexpectedly hehe..

My suitcase was overweight :P Yeah sure, with all those souvenirs and foods i brought along!
Another funny thing (!) was when I was almost (almost) didn't get a seat on the plane since the flight was overbooked! I was actually happy to know that so then i might had a chance to stay for another night and then able to watch Jose James concert with Cit and Niels. Lol :P

But they got me a seat after all *sigh*
So i said goodbye to my all of beloved, thanking them for their hospitality during my short stay.

Cherioo Amsterdam. Gonna see you again, soon!
*keeping my hope high* :)

More pics on facebook!!

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Saturday-Monday Sept 19-21

Weekend getaway to PRAGUE!

Prague is one of the place I have been dreaming to go! Since i got the chance, then I should go and pursue my dream :P

I went to Prague with Citra. She took care of the flights and the hotel. I guess this is my first time having an unplanned trip abroad. There's gotta be a first time in everything...

Our flight to Prague was a long one, because we got to transit at Charles de Gaulle, Paris. Pfff... I disliked that airport. Got us carrying our stuff from one terminal to another in the most confusing way! Plus, I was already sickened from the extremely awful flight/ride from Amsterdam. As if I'm in the bus instead of a plane! Seriously!

We arrived in Prague at 5 pm something (19/09). The airport was not so fancy, considering the facts that Prague is one of the greatest places in the world - I am now convinced that Schiphol Amsterdam is one of the top-notch airports in the world. After exchanging money to Czech currency (CZK) and buying ourselves bus tickets to get to the city, I figured that Czech do not really speak English. Time to put body-language into practice haha..

The hotel was nowhere to be found, at first. The local people were not helping too.. Yihaa, that's what happen if didn't do any research before my trip xD After running around for blocks with exhaustion, I finally figured out the street names and found ourselves standing in front of the hotel... which was only about 100 meters from the metro station Anděl. Dang!

We indulged ourselves in good (and very affordable) food by Zlatý Klas (Plzeňská 9 Anděl), a Czech restaurant located in the neighbourhood. Mushroom risotto with cream, broccoli and Parmesan cheese by the price of 99 CZK was my order. I indulged my eyes with all the handsome men all around me. What a lovely sight! A small club called Jet Set (Radlická 1C-1D, Anděl) nearby the restaurant was our next stop. It was only 11pm and we didn't think that we needed to end our first night in Prague just yet. So we dropped by and order Lolita - vodka, pisang ambon, orgeat syrop, lemon, and pineapple juice - for Citra, and Orgasmus - vodka, kahlua, baileys, amaretto, cream - for me. The taste? It's orgasmic!

We started the day (20/09) - not too early - walking by the riverside towards Karlův most (Charles Bridge). The weather was certainly nicer than in Holland. Too bad the Charles bridge was under construction :( so i didn't get the full "Prague-in video-clips" effect, especially with European tourists flooding the place for weekend getaway, too. The church next to Charles bridge was holding a weeding ceremony - I had a sneak peek and got to see the long weeding dress and white decorations. We continued our walk to the Staroměstské náměstí (Old Town Square) and witnessed the infamous beyond imagination Astronomical clock with its 24-hour scale, sun, moon, and zodiac ring. What a ingenious beauty!

*a week afterward, i watch Ne-Yo's most recent video-clip "Part of the List" and stupidly think "hey, i think i've seen this place before... it's familiar". A google search later... "Doh! it's Prague!"

Since I was totally confused of the street names (all over again) and also small passages we found every now and then, we just went wherever our feet took us. We did urge ourselves to go to the Pražský Hrad (Prague Castle) complex, located on a hill quite near the city center.

St. Vitus Cathedral was huge and awesome, as well as its surrounding area. As soon as we saw another bride-groom, we realized that we were in a good date: 20-09-2009 :) awwww.. makes me wanna go and just marry someone a.s.a.p (big LOL)

The warmth of the sun really got us in the lazy mood, especially since our feet was already heavy from walking up to the hill. However, we did manage to stroll around the castle, took pictures, and flirted with Czech's castle guard. Hahaha.. i loved the way his eyes followed me around without moving his head whatsoever. We walked down passing the Svatováclavská vinice (St. Wenceslas´ Vineyard) on east part of the castle.

The day slowly crawled into night. We were in Národní area when suddenly our stomach growled. So we walked to Citra's colleague recommendation: U Fleků (Křemencova 11, Praha) brewery and restaurant. It's one of the oldest beer house/restaurant in Prague - when i browsed through the website it is said that the place have been brewing beer for 500 years, dates back to 1499! We sat in Velký sál (The Big Lounge), accompanied with Czech music (which sounded like German's), and Czech big meal for the night. The waiter did offer bok beer and Becherovka as apperitiv, but i said no. Becherovka is Czech original traditional liquer made from herbs and spices; most people do not really enjoy the "medicine-like" taste.

Prague is also the center of jazz and classical music. Those who loves these kinds of music will not get bored in this city since there are always music performances and concerts every single day (Yes! every single day). One of the great place to watch such performance is in Reduta Jazz Club (Národní 20, Prague). Reduta is one of the oldest jazz club in Prague. The place is quite small for a famous jazz place. Oldskol taste, oldskol place. The walls were filled with black and white photographs of famous jazz/blues musician of the world. The tables and chairs were not arranged in an unusual shapes, the bar was somewhere down the hall - one have to get the drinks oneself. That night, from 21.00 till 22.00 something, we watched the performance of Bartas Band - a blues local band from Prague.

The next day (21/09), we went to Vyšehrad, a castle located on a hill over the Vltava river, by trem this time - too tired of walking! But somehow, we still need to walk up the steep hill. After some turns, I saw this huge "fortress" made of big old bricks. The yellow autumn leaves was already decorating the path on the castle complex. Situated within the castle is the Basilica of St Peter & St Paul, as well as the Vyšehrad cemetery. Local legend holds that Vyšehrad was the location of the first settlement which would later become Prague.

Praag is Prachtig!
Prague is beautiful ~*

more prague pics on facebook :)

Continue to Part 3...

Saturday Sept 12
It's 5.20 am GMT+1. The plane landed 30minutes earlier than scheduled. After 16-hours flight with KLM, with a short transit in Kuala Lumpur, i finally set my foot on Schiphol airport. It felt very nice to be in Holland again after almost 3 years away. Haha... i said it like i am originally living in Holland xD

Somehow, i felt sad to hear "mind your step" ~* audio warning placed on those fast tracks. My student days were gone, along with many great memories attached to it... as if i come "home" to "nothing". But when i saw Niels and Citra in the arrival hall to come pick me up, i was delighted all over again.

After putting my stuff in de Baronie bed & breakfast - and added a little rest to that - we went straight to Rotterdam ;) sitting on the car, looking at the A4 highway... was so soothing. A good way of refreshing my aching body from the journey. Walking around in Rotterdam was fun - since i was acting as a tourist ;) visiting the kubuswoningen and the market, taking all kinds of pictures. Outrageous eating habit occur when we bought cheese (combined with olives, dry tomatos, and garlic) and kipbeling (salty fried fish), knowing that we just ate Burger King just an hour ago. I'm sorry, I can't help it! hahaha We closed the deal drinking coffee in Hotel New York. I loooooove the place :)

Citra's house in Den Haag was our next stop! She cooked a HUGE portion of mie ayam and forced me to finish it all and then ate Edwin's apple pie as dessert. I was incredibly full, up to the neck!

Niels dropped Citra n I back in Amsterdam so that we could meet up with our high school friends. Yes, apparently i have several high school friends living in Amsterdam area. We went to ESCAPE and dancing our feet off until 4 am. On the way back, I realized that I hadn't been sleeping for almost 26 hours :p

not so girls night out hehe

Sunday Sept 13
The original plan was to go to Brussels for the day. But suddenly i felt a little lazy, seeing how the clumsy windy rainy weather outside. So we decided to go to Hermitage museum instead. It's a new Russian culture museum located in Nieuwe Herengracht (Waterlooplein) area. We spent about 3 hours there, awed by the gorgeous Tsarina/princess/duchess dresses displayed - alongside with other stuffs, too.

*TAPAS oh yeah!

Alfons was next on the agenda. We went to have dinner in this cute and cozy Spanish eat house in Zeedijk area (the red light district area). The paella was enormous and delicious, accompanied with assorted tapas (ham, black and green olives, sardines, and octopus - all covered in olive oil), and of course Sangria! Alfons was very kind to "trakteer" our dinner ;) For the dessert, we walked to the little Italian ice cream place in Nieuwmakt.

*the name of the eethuis is Centra. Located in Lange Niezel 29, Amsterdam.

Monday Sept 14
It fells funny to go through an old routine: take a train to Hilversum Noord station, and then walk for about 10-15 minutes towards the office. Got a little distracted by the new round about placed along the way. The building stays the same, they're renovating and repainting it i suppose - looking at those high constructed poles surrounding it. Very pleased to see my M&M colleagues. At last, i got to put the faces to the names! The hall to the cafeteria looks the same. Although they replaced the old coffee machines to a more fancy ones ;) My dear wiener melange coffee still have the same taste...

After one introduction day at the office, i went back to Amsterdam to grab Maoz Falafel and its open salad bar :D my stomach was filled with all different kinds of food that day hahahaha

FALAFEL - my favourite :D

Tuesday Sept 15
The weather was quite clumsy- with extra wind blower i guess. After spending another day at the office, i went to Hilversum to drink some coffee in Hilversum with Rina and Prita. Then I hurried back to Amsterdam to meet Ika and to watch Inglorious Bastards at Pathe Tuchinski :p gyahahahaha... *trying to make some people jealous here* Using my Pathe unlimited card [yes, i still have it!] we gain access to the theater.

Lol, got my self dizzy during the movie - with the front row seat [the zaal was packed!], a giant screen, a movie spoken in German-France-and-little-English and dutch subtitle >.<' ROFL and no Dominik by my side to translate into proper English. Gotta watch the movie again in Indo! Wednesday Sept 16
Late today! -.-'
Gotta go to ABN Diemen to manage my frozen account. Gosh! the procedure was so annoying, good thing that the guy was cute. An ease to my eyes :P hope everything's alright with my money.

I managed to take some reminiscing pictures too of my old student flat. De Kiezel, where we all met, became family and lovers and friends for life :) "Whatever happens in Kiezel, stays in Kiezel" Quite right, since the building will be destroyed and rebuild into some new fancy thing soon.

Our beloved Diemen and Diemerplein - full of memories

The train to Hilversum was vertraging (Eng: delayed) for 15 minutes already from Amsterdam. On the way to Hilversum, the train suddenly stop again for about 15-20 minutes at Naarden Bussum station. The train trip, which was supposedly only 30mins max, became a-60mins-trip! Ha, NS clearly stands for Nooit Stipt (Eng: never punctual). Imagine running trains in Indonesia hahaha...

After a training and "enlightenment" session of Selligent, my colleagues and I went to a Japanese restaurant at Hilversum. The name's Kimono - a teppanyaki, not a sushi place. We had a great time up till 10 pm when everybody seemed to be exhausted already. I discover Michele's great feet [compared to mine] and great appetite! Really want to have a second round of Japanese onbeperekt (Eng: unlimited) with Rina and Michele at Osaka :)

M&M colleagues

I went back to Utrecht that night, sleep-over at Rina's crib. On the bus from Utrecht Centraal to Rina's place, I accidentally met April Liping! I still recognize her short hair. It's so funny because we didn't get the chance to meet when she was in Jakarta the previous week. What a coincidence!

Rina's crib? Lovely! The red wall, filled with snapshots of her and Ruudie, the cozy super big Indonesian style sofa, the music instruments all over the place, the colourful posters and accessories. After a midnite chat session with Rina and Ruudie, I slept peacefully at Thijs' overflowing-with-toys room. Hope i can provide a room like that for my baby hehe

Thursday Sept 17

Bazar with my darlings

Had another great dinner today, with friends :) Ardy, Anita, Barry, Vina, Llyod, Ika, Shaula, Citra, Niels, and me. The place, BAZAR, is a Mediterranean restaurant located in Albert Cuypstraat 182. The Mediterranean atmosphere goes all through the 2-storey restaurant, with the enchanting scent from the Arabic/Moroccan/Greek/Mediterranean food presented in a huge and unraveling portion. The price was very reasonable too, around 10-15 Euro per dish ;)
*ok, writing this part makes me hungry... i need to stop*

see... this is how good the food presented. this one's Bizarre Bazar!

Friday Sept 18
It's the last day at the office. Had a free lunch with Indonesian afdeling and spent my last working hours practicing my new Selligent knowledge. Silly thing happened afterward!

Supposedly, I got to catch the train on 17.45 to Amsterdam - then meet Kecap at my B&B - then meet Citra - then go to Haarlem.

But when i was going to step out of the office, Michel and Niels told me not to. The train (esp. to Amsterdam) was out of service for an hour, maybe more... since "something" happened in Naarden Bussum station. We had a tip that it might be suicide! o_O So i called Kecap to postpone. But since he's a very kind person [and maybe out of activity :P], he picked me up at the office! Thanks a lot. Whoa, girls... don't you all agree that we need more gentleman like him in this world?

Since we're not able to catch Citra in Haarlem anyway, we had dinner at this Italian place called Vapiano, Oosterdokskade 145, nearby OBA-Openbaare Bibliotheek Amsterdam (Eng: public library). I enjoyed it very much! The place is a pasta-pizza bar, similar to Marche in Jakarta.

Each customer got a card, they can go around the place, decide which kind of Italian food they want - pasta, pizza, etc - which will be cooked before their eyes, swipe the card, eat and laugh and be happy, then pay in the cashier afterward. My cook was a tall, blond, white South-African lad, with a very strong British accent. He presented my Fussili Pesto met Garnalen en Spinazie beautifully. Gosh, it's yummy! Again, thank you :)

With extra full belly, we went to the B&B to take my suitcase. I have already said goodbye to Tuhami, the nice B&B owner in the morning, so i just dropped off my keys in the kitchen.




His apartment was very much of the boys' den. I was so happy to meet my darling friends - Bouvi, Pooh, Binsar, and Rhein. They're practicing some great music composed/arranged by Aras for their special show. After smoking pot session, i just sat back and enjoyed the friendly "student-like" atmosphere in the room. The big difference is that they're all working now :) yes, that is the thing i miss the most...

two of the boys :)

more pics on facebook *__*

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I just got our self-initiated Inholland yearbook "Class of 2006".
(nice conceptual design neysa) Thank you for brug and Mos for making it happen. Too bad I cant do much to help you guys.

But i know i've contributed something. Pictureeeeessss... It's actually quite obvious since the yearbook pictures are DOMINATED by INDONESIANs :P Yupe. Most pictures put in the yearbook come from my database hehehe...

Well well.. now i really have something to remember. Even though i was no one and was nothing special through out the academic years. Long live class of 2006!

*happy*
;)

yupe
now i also mingle with hyves. the "friendster" netwerk voor nederlandse mensen. or to whoever who is attached to NL in someways.

most probably it's because i miss holland so much.
:)

You cant really say much when you're a half being (or half-ed; i make it own term).

Lately i'm feeling half, seeing half, thinking half - living half except for the eating habit (which can be said that i suffered from four-times half). And until this very second, i am still configuring why am i acting half lately? Even my Jamie Cullum playlist cant help me to solve this.

- - - -

ok, that was me writing, half awake half asleep, at 4 am.
what i wrote there was the truth. i suffer from half-happiness, half-optimistic, half-excited, half-jealous, half-desiring, half-hating, half-denying, half-loving, half-encouraged, half-evil, half-etc. Dont ask me why or how come because i dont even have the answer for myself.

Now, several hours away, i am still having the "half" experience.

This morning, my sister woke me up by the sound of vibrating phone sms banging the wooden bed, right next to my ear. it was 8.16. i only slept 3 hours last night. my sisters ask me if i can go online on msn right away; i said ok. i haven't talk to her online for quite some time now.

she said that she's in the warnet; the school in indo nowadays.. they finish early on saturday, wish we had it few years ago :P

i saw the clock and i said to her: klo tau gitu kan mendingan kmu ke airport, jadinya masih bisa ketemu niels buat ngasih obat. The original plan for my sister was to go to the airport and give niels my eye-drops/medicine so that he can bring it to me after his vacation. he arrives in jakarta at 8.. and that means that my sister actually has enough time to go see him.

and i told my sister's stupidity and my early morning anger to citra. yeah, she just woke up.. or maybe i woke her up hehehhehe.

then citra snaps me. "hey, ini kan jam 8 waktu sini! bukan waktu indo. piye tho kowe? niels itu sampe indo kan ya pas jam 3 waktu sini. kan kmu sendiri yang bilang sama aku semalem."

wow. great! now half of my brain is elsewhere.
thank you citra for reminding me of my own lack of intelligence.
or maybe i just need to go back to sleep...

it is decided.
i'm going to stay here.
as long as i can.

ok, yeah rite, call me crazy to want this or whatever. but i have decided that i'm going to stay in holland, and i'm going to stay here based on my personal efforts and not because of a "significant-other"s assistance.

ya temanku, ga pake acara kawin2an ama lelijke meener XD
gosh gosh.. i'm not that desperate!
(hope i'm not offending some people here)

gambarumasu! ayo cari kerja!!

there's no such thing as a GOOD goodbye. it's not what i believe.
it always saddens me the most when i have to stand still and say goodbye to my dearest friends. yes, they go their own way, and so MUST i.

bea-domi-val-indah-niels-citra-edwin-lina

a week ago 17 july - dom (oh, he missed my bday again)
today 26 july - indah.. oh dear, dubai's gonna be much much much more hotter than this :P
tommorow 27 july - lina.. i know babe i'll stay in your place and you will have to pamper me there. don't expect me to live with those creppy insects in papua LOL
next month 30 august - citra and ika and holland and patat met mayonaise and FREEDOM (well, am not gonna brag about it now)

i hate to say "goodbye"
that's why i say "see you soon"
one thing i know, we'll go TRAVEL DOWN A ROAD TRIP again my friends
(and maybe then we'll share our badluck somewhere else)
;p

According to Webster dictionary, share (v) is "to partake of, use, experience, occupy, or enjoy with others". But what is the ultimate meaning of "share/sharing"?

Do we only "share" among friends - close friends? We share stories, happiness and sadness, even share internet line. For me, it's not a huge problem. But for some people, "share" is kinda problematic issue - at least, that's the way i see it. It is quite confusing to observe these kind of people because i think that they're funny (i can't even put it in the right word).

People live together. In everyday life we live, whether we like it or not, we need to share a little bit of what we possess with somebody else. We share space in metro, we share our own time when making appointments, we share bills when eating in fancy restaurant, we share stories with friends, we even share our one-and-only heart with a significant other. Thus, it can be said that sharing is a part of our live that we can't avoid.

What happened with people who don't share (or refuse to share)? Nothing. They still live a happy life even though the term "share" is still bugging them. However, my personal idea about i-don't-share people is that they are actually selfish and ignorant and they even don't realize it! That's what make them funny to me.

The world will be more beautiful if we are willing to share.
You can start by sharing your money with me.
I'm totally broke.

Sejam lalu gue ngajarin Domi kata2 baru: laper, ngantuk, cape, bosen. And apparently, keadaan itulah yang paling tepat menggambarkan gue sekarang - detik ini. Gue pikir setelah 30 menit jalan kaki bolak-balik dari sini ke gereja dengan cuaca 17derajat celsius yang menipu soalnya kabutnya tebel bgt pagi ini and "bertemu" dengan Tuhan gue bakalan merasa baikan.

I was totally wrong.

Gue sekarang bahkan bingung banget. Untuk pertama kalinya - klo ga salah - gue pengen banget pulang indo and just sleep in my room [walopun sebenernya gue ga punya kamar, cuma sebuah ruangan yang cukup pribadi dimana gue biasa tidur and ganti baju and nonton tipi]. Ga tau kenapa, gue lagi ngerasa berat bgt buat berada disini, dalam artian: gue super bosen dengan segala sesuatu yang ada disini.

fuu.

Tampang gue mungkin kliatan BeTe - wide sih yang bilang kmrn malem. Mo gimana lagi donk? Gue ga BeTe. Gue cuma super bosen, super eneg. And gue bukan tipe orang yang bisa cengar-cengir di depan orang2, berusaha menutupi masalah gue dengan ketawa2. Yeah, bisa sie... klo emang amat sangat diperlukan. Tapi klo di depan temen2 deket gue sendiri, why fake it?

Ada yang tau caranya biar gue bisa dapet energi baru ga di sini? I really need it so I can do my assignment, for my own sake!

Duh, kok rasanya pengen ngebanting barang ya?

Hari ini hari terakhir Kermis di Diemen. Bekas2 vuurwerk masih ada di langit, tapi gue bukan salah satu yang ikut melihat keindahannya. Gue lebih memilih berada di depan komputer and nulis blog ini.

Perut rasanya masih penuh fish and chips-nya mister choco's. Padahal tadi udah gue muntahin sebagian, eneg. 12 euro hilang deh di toilet kamar 122A. Salah satu sahabat gue dari tadi kayanya concern bgt ngeliat gue hehehehe. Dia pikir tampang gue kacau bgt, i don't look ok. Well, she's quite rite. She got a point.

Pikiran gue cuma lagi jalan2. Hati gue rasanya berat. Setiap kali gue mengedip rasanya selalu ada cairan dari ujung mata gue yang ingin keluar. Semoga aja bukan air mata. Coz i don't wannabe a crybaby. Cuma lagi emosional aja.

C'mon girl... don't make such a fuss about it! Gotta be tough.

"Even though I'm the sacrifice,
You won't try for me, not now.
Though I'd die to know you love me,
I'm all alone.
Isn't something missing?
Isn't someone missing me?"

Bea.. Citra.. gue.

Kita lagi punya poto terbaruw!

Hasil iseng poto2 pas ultahnya ardy tgl 30 kemaren [met ultah ya, dy!]. Ketika yang laen pada barbeque-an.. kita kurang kerjaan poto2 di koridor BG kiesel. hueh.. jadi inget dulu sering bgt mengunjungi adik2 JB saya di kamar keramat kiezel [abis katanya ada 'penunggu'nya], tapi untung saja saudara2.. tidak terjadi hal2 yang tidak diinginkan! Potonya malah bagus2 aja tuh... gue bisa kliatan putih gitu and bea kliatan cina abis [sadarlah bea akan jati dirimu!] klo citra mah normal2 aja...

Hasil jerih payah kami dalam berpose dapat di lihat dalam beberapa versie: berwarna [display MSN bea], sephia [display MSN ncit], dan black 'n white [display MSN saya sendiri] ^o^

CUT [copyright 2004 anonymous diva]

Quite a hard day today. Not because I'm workin' on somethin.. but because i need to rethink about a lot of things. I really really want to go back to indo for this summer holiday but i haven't found placement yet. The thing is if i want to go, i have to pay for the ticket tomorrow [payment day ><']!!! But if I decide to go for this holiday, it's too risky because *fool me* the return date is on August 29 while the placement starts +/- on September 1. fuh!

I called my mom and she said that i have to focus more on placement. I shouldn't worry about going home and stuffs. Well, i know it for sure that my family desperately want me to go home and i also want to celebrate my birthday back home with my family. If only i could find placement... things will surely be easier.

Gambarumasu!!!!

p.s. cool site ;) www.2advanced.com

Fiuh.... yesterday was a very exhausting day. gimana engga... jalan selama *hum...* 8 stengah jam!! mana pake boots lagi. Cape bgts.. gue ampe ga bisa jalan lagi. But yesterday was fun. Soalnya udah lamaaaaa bgt ga jalan ke Ams [apalagi cama yayank, kerja muluw sie...], udah berapa bulan yah *exaggerating*?

Jadinya kemaren tuh jalan ma bea sama yokko, muter2, blanja2 "summer sale" hehehhehe.. yokko blanja kaos 'n jeans di WE trus beli iket pinggang di VET, bea bli kutungan bubbles [lutu] sama rok mini *bayaaaaangkan saudara2!!!!* di Berschka [they have a nice website]. Gue sendiri dapet 2 baju yang dari dulu gue pengen >> ga sempat beli >> balik lagi ke tokonya >> udah keabisan!! Nah pas kemaren itu kok bisa2nya si bea nemu baju yang gue pengen banget itu [Berschka] dengan harga murah lagi.. *tangisan bahagia* langsung beli deeeeh. Baju yang satunya lagi dapet di Zara, dulu liatnya di Zara Den Haag, kaos print2an simple yang valent bgt ;p. I love Zara!

Oia.. pas di Zara gue ama bea *iseng* nyoba gaun pesta keren [turun jadi 40e gitu]. di coba ama bea tapi ga muat [di bagian toket heuheuhe] padahal udah maat 40 gitu. Trus gue coba muat [punggung bea kan lebih lebar dari punggung gue] walopun agak2 terlalu meng-expose toket *tuink2!* Anehnya lagi pas kita liat baek2, itu baju kok rada kerut2 di bagian belakang n bagian bawah dada yah? Finally we decided that the dress is made for women with flat breast hauhauhauhauhuhuahua. Garink tapi bener de kayaknya... nasib2.