Good Food Great Catch

Now is the time to reunite with fellow comrades from first year. My freebie gals, my ex-neighbors from Terrace. Catching up with them after all we rarely see each other the end of year one. So we went to the most hipster place aka NEWTOWN. The last time I was in Newtown was also with Bunga and Santa eating at Pie Tin. Best pie in town.

At first, we nibbled on Vietnamese cuisine in Thanh Binh. I am a fan of Vietnamese food and must I say the food there is great. Service was great but one catch though the waiter kept on calling us young ladies.  

PIE TIN <3<3 well the time shows more than 3, anyway (just scroll downwards if you guys don't get the joke)

the maltesers pie we ordered

the lemon brullee

a kind stranger took this photo.

aww audrey hepburn !

this is so lovely

i really love all the graffiti works in newtown walls

lol i'm the only focused one here. awkies..

Afterwards, I went back and got ready to go to mascot to Ko Danju and Ci Copin's place for dinner. I was late.

The 10 days of January

1st of January, Thursday

Hello 2015! Goodbye 2014! Also, Happy birthday Vivi. Finally you're 17!! So we got church this morning and we celebrated New Year with the whole congregation of GKY in Jakarta. It was a full house we even had to sit in the second floor. It was packed. The sermon was about  being the light to the world taken from the passage from the gospel Matthew 5:14-16. We also have to show good work and worship our Father in Heaven. The governor of Indonesia, Bpk Basuki Tjahaja Purnama aka Ahok, also attended our church today. It was very encouraging when he shared that he read the bible diligently everyday for a very busy guy like him. He shared that he was trying to make a new movement to make a better Jakarta/Indonesia of making it cleaner, appropriate for the homeless and all sorts. After church, we went to the museum of GRII in Kemayoran along with Laushi DongLan. A student price ticket costs Rp.50k and an adult ticket costs Rp.100k. We haven't eaten lunch yet but our excitement overrides the hunger. The museum is called Sophillia. It was quite extraordinary. There were a lot of paintings from famous artists such as Leonardo DaVinci, Michael Angelo, Rembrandt, DelaCroix, VanGogh, Picasso, and more. No photos were allowed to be taken inside the gallery. The good thing about the museum was that there is the tour leader and she describes each painting very well giving us a broader view about the story inside the painting itself. After the museum session we went back home. And we ordered bakmi GM and Dominos for our super late lunch + early dinner. Received cake from Ie Susan, and again it is always a pleasure to my tastebuds. 

2nd of January, Friday

Went to Senayan today! Shopping at Senayan City and Plaza Senayan. It was great. The mall was quite small but it was nice to visit a mall that I last visited 2 years ago. The last time I went there was with my friends from Uniprep. I almost got a pair of comfy shoes today but I was a bit disappointed with the model so I decided to search for another that suits me more. Couldn't believe there are continuations to Wicked. I am lazy to buy them. I think I'll just read the wiki about it. Ate Mie Laiker today which was satisfying! 

3rd of January, Saturday

Went out with Dad and Vivi today to Plaza Indonesia. We finally bought the T-shirts we wanted from a comic shop. It was a pay2get5 promo and it was worth-it! Vivi bought lots of shirts. We then ate at Zenbu again. I felt super bloated after devouring the 3 large portions for the three of us. We had to pack the remainder home because there were so many leftovers. Then we bought bread from Tous Le Jouis. It was such a cute bread shop. It smells wonderful there. Afterwards, we went to my cousin's house and spent 2 hours there. Good thing, Vivi was there with me, so the two of us had each other to keep each other's companies. 

4th of January, Sunday

It rained in the morning and the atmosphere was nice and chilly and dark. My alarm clock went off but I was confused why mom had not woken up yet which was a bit peculiar since she is an early riser. I had to wake up because I had to play the piano for the sunday school kids. I was worried that we would be late but luckily we didn't and I arrived at church at a nick of the time. After playing the piano, I ran to the church service but apparently I was late as the sermon had already started. I had to sit down outside and I decided to just join the next service which is at 9:30. I talked to some sweet old people. They were very friendly. I also found a friend at the toilet. Her name is Yuri, she's a very chatty woman and she's around late 30s or early 40s. I sat with her during service. It was a nice feeling to have a friend. Church was about the 3Ws: Worship, Word and Witness. We, as Christians, have to worship our Lord as a respond to His love for us. We also need the Word and grow with it. The Word about the gospel is very important as it saves us all from death. Lastly, we ought not to stay quiet but be a witness to all people about God's sovereign and great love for us that he sent his only son, Jesus Christ to die on the cross for us and it is only by Jesus that we can be saved. 

After church, I was super hungry and Vivi, Helen and I went out for dimsum. Dad had already gone home while Mom was still at church having a sunday school teachers monthly meeting. We ate at SunCity, it was crowded. We had to wait for 30 minutes to get a table. The food was amazing, my craving for dimsum was now fulfilled. It was pricey though but still cheaper compared to Sydney. We should have gone there during weekdays as there is a 50% discount while weekends is only 30%.

5th of January, Monday

I woke up at 8 with a stomachache. I think this might be because of the chilli I ate yesterday with the siomay. Then I watched some youtube videos of Mickey Mouse shorts. It's very cute, I really adore the animation. I had the motivation to go to my hair lesson today. But I thought I would just go after lunch. My cousins came over as she was 17 and had to create her Indonesian Identity Card like Vivi. Ate lunch with them and talked for a while. Mom and Vivi had to go and deal with this errand while I had to wait for Mom's class while she's away. So I did, when I reached home it was about 2ish and I still procrastinated and waited that I would just go at around 2:30. But in the end I played the piano and decided that it was too late for me to go anyway. You know what, I had been struggling with this thing this summer. It has always been a battle for me to go for my lesson and most of the time, my procrastination overrides my motivation of  finishing the lesson. 

6th of January, Tuesday

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7th of January, Wednesday

I went to the haircut lesson again today but I only took 1 lesson since I was planning to go to a JIC reunion. However when I reached home, I felt so unwell, I kept on sneezing, my eyes were puffy and my nose was blocked. I had to drink honey with lemon which was super soothing. I decided not to join the JIC group despite the fact that it was me who chose the meeting location, how irresponsible I am. I felt super bad. 

Anyway look what I found on the Bajaj today with a major flaw of spelling mistakes. Adelle should be proud out of the attempt though. 

8th of January, Thursday

Being diligent today and went to the hair salon early in the morning and finished at around 5:30. 

9th of January, Friday

Reunion with JIC peeps: Stella, Filbert and William since I couldn't make it two days ago. First plan was to go to Sun City for a dimsum which is 50% of every weekdays before 3pm. But we changed spots since we kinda past that dimsum happy hour and we changed to Henis instead. Such a great time to catch up with the USA peeps since we haven't seen each other for 2 years. What a time. 

oh my half-opened eyes. -_- 

Then later that night, watched Gone Girl with Vivi. I love it, and Rosamund Pike has definitely grabbed my attention and she has charted to my favorite thriller actress list. 

10th of January, Saturday

It is super hot today. I don't even bother to look at the temperature but I am guessing it is somewhere above 30 or maybe nearing to 40. My motivation of going to the hair salon is gone in an instant when I was having my honey milk breakfast. Rain started to fall too. Gone, no haircut lesson today, that's it. The three of us played heads up which was fun and a traditional pictionary game. Despite sweat trickling down our faces, we still had so much fun and laughing out loud. What a good time. Then we went to the supermarket and bought lots of fruits. Oh, btw, I finally had my first 1-dollar sandwich ice cream at Lokasari, ordered the match flavor and should I say, I am not satisfied. The taste was distasteful. I spent the rest of the time practicing piano for tomorrow Sunday School and blogging this lenghty post. 

Save The Date With Santa

The day that Santa and I have been planning for even before the beginning of exam is finally here! I am too excited! Too enthusiastic that I could not even sleep that night. I know this might sound a little bit odd to you, it is to myself too, but then again, I don't know why. Oh I know, this might be one of the reasons of being too long getting locked up (not exactly locked up) in my room.

I woke up pretty early that day. Took a shower, returned a book to the library, but then I missed the bus  and had to wait for another 30 minutes for the next bus to arrive. That sucks. But no need to worry, I was being amused with a new app called snapchat. I adore this app so much! It is super easy to get addicted to it. You just send an image or video to a friend and the recipient would view it in a maximum of 10 seconds. It is for temporary sake only, the pictures or videos will no directly be saved into your gallery like any other messengers you use. Sounds fun right? Download now if you must!

It was kinda drizzling when I arrived at the Grounds! But that didn't stop us from having fun aye. What was stopping us was the huge crowd at the Grounds itself. It was super long. The waiting list was about 40minutes-ish. It was a complete no-go-for-us-to-the-museum if we had to stay and wait for the line. So, instead, we grabbed a couple of hot dogs.

We were both planning to catch up with the museum tour at 2. So, we were trying to be on time.

There were basically lots of things to catch up for the both of us. We rarely met each other during second semester. We talked quite a lot.

Then we took a stroll around the place. There was the cutest farm again along with Kevin Bacon and the other farm animals. They are adorable. The rain made the photos that I took look quite pleasant. I have no idea why.

cute cactus flowers in their square-ish pots. 

It was time for us to go. We walked to the nearest bus stop in the rain, it was a good thing I brought my umbrella with me. But again, it was kinda broken. I haven't got the time, well, honestly, I am too lazy to buy a new one. Because, the thing about Australia's wind is that it is too strong and no matter good and sturdy your umbrella is, it would soon be broken. It is just insane.

It was a 45 minutes journey from our current location to the art gallery by bus. Not to mention, the bus that we got into was crowded. We only got seats after a few stops. Fortunately, when we arrived it was raining no more which was incredible aye.

the state library in Sydney

The glitch about this public library is that you are not allowed to enter with your backpack. You have to put it inside a locker in which you have to pay. Yep, no thanks to that, I was just going to sightsee what is inside, so Santa and I proceeded on our journey in finding where the art gallery is.

Found it at last! Thanks to the help of GPS and Santa's navigating skills.

there is a native american paintings exhibition. 

C for Crystal

Santa and me (doing a peace sign)

The place is indescribably wonderful! The inner building looks really grand. High ceilings with marble floor and lots of entrances to different sections of the museum. There are Aboriginal arts, Modern Australian paintings and other sorts. But to me, my favourite would be the European paintings. I thought there would be a section about Greek Myths. I have always admired mythologies since the day I watched Hercules and actually understood what it meant.

reminds me a lot of anatomy class

I love this painting. It is entitled Crown and Sceptre. 

Queen Sheba visiting King Solomon 

China 

that's totally not a light effect up there

this looks peaceful to some extent

I love this painting. The comic patterns just put a nice embellishment to the whole aspect

geometry

Santa laushi

Entitled: Sunday Morning

this looks a bit gory and disturbing

from Bali

this was made of wood! 

I love the colours! 

Photography Periodic Table

Despite the colourful choice in colour, the statements were depressing, showing the irony

Alice in Tokyo!
I love this concept!
So the artist who is an Australian went to Japan and felt like Alice where everything
is small and just not the right size for her.

Magic mirror! you'll see why later on in the post

Tadaa! My butt looks LARGE! I look like a bee

Both of us were just wandering around again, up till the moment that I heard a voice. There were a woman and a man conversing. Curious about it, I went to take a look. And bam! I saw these two clowns lying there. They looked so real, I was in shock! I held on Santa's arms. The saying curiosity kills the cat really works huh. Especially on me.

another magic mirror. At first i thought I would just play around taking picture on a really black window.
Apparently when we saw the output on my camera, it was really clear. 

And I saw this too! zz

COLOURFUL! 

In the desert I saw a creature naked bestial who squatting up on the ground held his heart in his hands and ate of it
I said is it good friend? it is bitter. Bitter he answered
but I like it because it is bitter and because it is my heart. 

Afterwards, when it was closing time, both of us proceeded on hunting for dinner. We were planning to eat at Chanoma. So we headed there. We passed St. Mary's Cathedral! It was huge! We even saw a pre-wedding photo session taking place.

However, to our bad luck, the place was crowded. We were planning to eat at Oiden but the line was too long. The other place were a bit pricey so we moved on to another place similar to Oiden just a few blocks away. I forgot what it is called. The name of the restaurant just slipped our of my mind.

ordered regular one. trying not to be guilty succeed! 

Christmas decorations <3 

T2

kyaa! Line emoticons

minions

photobox purikura is too expensive Q_Q

how cute! ELMO! this literally awakes the inner child in me

TOTORO

Luigi! and MARIO

Jake the DOG

Mike Wazowski and Sullivan! 

After dinner and more walking, we decided to go home! I ABSOLUTELY love the date! Santa if you're reading this, let's go some more time soon next year!