Yeah, so the title is from a song by The Bluetones. Nothing much to do with the content of this post, actually, because my driving skills still suck - but I do have to learn to stop worrying and becoming very nervous when I have an unfinished business or if something doesn't run according to the schedule in my head ( Read more... )

Yeah, so right now my MP3 player keeps on playing songs from 20 years ago or even older. This is due to my revived interest in old (mecha) anime, especially the ones I watched and enjoyed when I was really young. I was raised in a small town in Kalimantan, and some of my best friends there were Betamax videos from the rental and the satellite ( Read more... )

The rules are:

1. Post about something that made you happy today even if it's just a small thing.
2. Do this everyday for 8 days without fail.
3. Tag 8 of your friends to do the same.

I'm tagging the ones who haven't been tagged... Sorry if my memory is wrong: four_alarm, azerulogy, cracked_halo, janegray, kisame_widi, lemoneko, stereoclash, graverunner. Everyone is free to do this if you want.

Day 1
Got the NME The ( Read more... )

You feel too lazy to read Twilight? Read this instead. Thanks lemoneko. Lol.

tyrant_mouth has bought Bloc Party's Intimacy. YES IT'S RELEASED HERE DESPITE THE COVER YIPPPEEEEE GO TO HELL PORNOGRAPHY LAW ( Read more... )

If you love Kanno Yoko, try to listen to her Turn A Gundam soundtrack. I highly recommend the opening song, 'Turn A Turn', sung by Saijo Hideki. Goodness. Our Indonesian word for something of this scale is 'dahsyat'.

Sometime ago, I read this article by Soe Tjen Marching and gave it a nod:
After my composition, along with the works of Michael ( Read more... )

...it was not the volume of Otomen that I ordered. I stared at a shoujo manga of the type I would never buy: Kino has input the wrong ISBN.
Thank God all volumes of Reverse End came in one piece, and so did Deep BlackWell, about Deep Black: My usual conversation with other Mamahara Ellie readers about this title is like this ( Read more... )

Another example of how awesome Indonesian publishers are:
Less than two weeks before the deadline, I got the news: We’re pending all manuscripts for future publications. GOOD. Didn’t I say I wasn’t that inspired after all?

But I don’t really care anymore, really, because…
CATHERINE WEBB REPLIED MY SNAIL MAIL. With a handwritten letter. My ( Read more... )

Yesterday after work (weekend tutorial for students who are going to have their Cambridge IGCSE and AS/A Level Exams), I met amamiyarin and ivles at Senayan City’s Burger King. After that, we went to Plaza Senayan to join some IYF members, many of them I haven’t seen for a long while, including fir3crackerIt was fun, and it really helped me ease my mind off a project I’ve ( Read more... )

Been busy. Very busy. Details later. But I'm fine and I'm happy.

Bayou's comic, published by Tokyopop!

Ooooh Oom Adrie thanks for your effort, but please try harder to bring Manics here! We don't mind the rain!

OH FUCK. THAT'S WHAT TWILIGHT CAN DO TO YOU.

Your result for The Literary Character Test...
Tom Sawyer

Tom Sawyer is the ( Read more... )

Bring Manics to Jakarta petition.

This morning we have a halal-bihalal - an Indonesian tradition, held in weeks following the Idul Fitri in which co-workers, circle of friends, etc meet to ask forgiveness from each other with the words "Maaf lahir batin". Because I'm a teacher, it meant: more than 1000 handshakes in a day. I washed my hands ( Read more... )