.:: this holiday… ::.

. it was all about the rediscovery of my passion. i haven’t seriously bake for a little more over a year and i enjoyed every morning (of my holiday) baking, making pudding and even a little cooking. i was having the time of my life. seriously. i hadn’t realized how much i missed doing those activities, but i really love doing those things, even though i’m such novice

. went to watch G-Force 3D with bf. it was funny, but nothing extraordinary. bf liked it a lot more than Up though *roll eyes* prior to the movie, a trailer for Christmas Carols was played. i can’t wait!

. after the movie, i went to Skin Food and bought two bottles of nail polish. they were so gorgeous it was impossible not to! i resisted to buy a third bottle *proud* but now i can’t get it off my mind. should i get it this weekend?

. feli asked my sis to buy her a bottle of cherry red TFS polish during her trip to SG (it’s a lot cheaper down there), and i really wished i could keep that to myself. haha.. maybe i’ll get it for myself next month. my sis bought a bottle for me too, in a reddish brown shade.

. i wanted to get the red and black chequered shoes from CnK, but it wasn’t available at SG. my sis, however, bought me another pair, which was even more gorgeous than the one i wanted

. i love cute tidbits. like these candies. i was actually hoping for a lot more, but my sis only bought me three packs. well, it’s better than nothing

. she also received a free mobile strap for purchasing the candies, which of course she passed on to me

.:: my days lately ::.

.friday.

had a sudden craving for window-shopping, i asked miss o to come shopping with me. unfortunately, she couldn’t make it. i was thinking to go all by myself, but then realized it was the end of the month which meant i should deal with my internet subscription ( which i easily forgot once i got home and laid my hands on my stitching! ). nonetheless, i spent a great time at home. my cross stitch haul from cherlee had arrived, yippie! gracias, cherlee! so glad i bought the magazine. there were so many interesting projects inside! plus, there was a free somebunny kit. it was a tiny kit, i expected a bigger one, but it’s cute nonetheless.

.saturday.

spent most of my saturday morning stitching, then got frustrated because the tangled mess caused by the white blue moon strand. i decided i needed a distraction. i needed to do something else. but my hand still itched to do some crafting, and i dug up my old craft magazines, and worked with the card-making kit included in one of the magazines ( how i wish these magazines are available widely in indonesia! ) too bad i didn’t have much stuff at home, i wish i had glitter glue, inkpads, and more ribbons and embellishments. this simple decoupage card was all i could muster with all i had. i still need to learn a lot of stuff! however, i love decoupage cards.. had to resist myself from finishing off the other decoupage kits, otherwise i wouldn’t have anything left for other times

from this..

to this..

around lunch time, my sis and i drove to plaza indo to redeem her bin house voucher. she got herself a blouse, but there were still some credits in the voucher, so we grabbed some pretty little batik bags as well.

following our short shopping trip, we had a late lunch at pancious. it has been quite a while since i had pancakes here, and i always thought that it tasted quite okay, considering the affordable price. so i was quite surprised to see the higher prices on the menu. i ordered a single coco berry waffle (24.5k) with a scoop of cookies n cream ice cream ( which called for an additional 5k ). now, would i say that the taste justify the price? nope! would i say it was delicious. nope! it was just okay. the waffle was nothing compared to the real waffle i had in flapjacks or gelare. in fact, it was a bit weird IMHO. of course it was probably just me. anyone could have their own opinion, and i know that lots of people liked pancious, as could easily be seen from the crowded restaurant.

 after lunch, we drove to gading and my sis dropped me off at the mall while she went for a massage in a nearby spa. window-shopping all by myself had always been my favourite. i was particularly interested in sakura paper punch and ink pads, but i couldn’t find it anywhere. not in the huge stationery store, not in well-known bookstores, and not even in the small craft store. i realized then and there that there were hardly any decent craft shops in jakarta. so sad!

.sunday.

bf came and we took our time at my place, having lunch and chit-chatting. it wasn’t until 12 we went out and drove to MOI. we still hadn’t watched Ice Age, and the only place that still played the movie was blitz. unfortunately, i didn’t really check the schedule and it turned out the movie started at 12.30 ( we arrived there at 12.39 ), and the next ice age movie would be at 7 pm. oops.. we then drove to mall gading and queued for Up. unlucky for us, the only seats still available were those on first or second row. thanks, but no thanks! so we just strolled around the mall *quite boring for me, as i was there the day before. nonetheless i managed to grab a new cd case, my old one being “stolen” from me. now i have all my cds neatly arranged and i could easily bring it with me anywhere, which was reliefing as i hardly have any time to browse through my cupboard just to get one cd. got home, i found scrabble on bf’s iphone. and now it got me addicted!

.monday.

went grocery shopping with my parents, and while they went into the drugstore, i impulsively bought some music cd. i didn’t have any intention to buy any cd, but when i saw american idol cd, i didn’t want to let go. i grabbed endah & rhessa cd as well, for cilla had given it glowing reviews, aside from its super affordable price. it was so unlikely of me, to buy any pop cd ( i’m talking about the american idol cd ). i believe i don’t have any other cd under pop genre. as i said, it was an impulsive purchase. is it a great album? not quite. i enjoy kris’ no boundaries as well as adam’s version, and a couple of other songs as well. but still, it’s a pop album, and for me, i prefer jazz/swing/audiophile album. i don’t know what got into me that night as for the endah & rhessa cd, it was okay. the vocals somehow remind me of leigh nash. not too great an album, but not so bad either.

.tuesday.

 out of the blue, bf took me to grand indo to watch ice age. couldn’t say no to that, of course. i especially loved watching movies at blitz on weekdays. no queue was needed! we could get our tickets in just an instant. the movie itself was hilarious, i almost cried laughing.

.:: ethnic necklace ::.

dah mayan lama ga jalan-jalan ke itc kuningan, dalam artian bener-bener religiously ngiterin dan liat-liat barang. so, kemaren itu kebetulan gue dan my sis ke sana, dan puas banget! mungkin juga karena dah lama ya, jadi semua barang terlihat menarik. among other things yang gue temuin, ada dua barang ini..

dua-duanya gue beli di toko yang jual barang etnik bali *ga notice nama tokonya apaan* well, sejujurnya setiap ke itc kuningan pasti lewatin toko ini, tapi ga pernah gue bener-bener tertarik sama barang-barangnya, apalagi sampe tanya harganya. gue pikir harganya bakalan selangit dibanding di bali *pelit.com* padahal pan kalo musti ke bali ‘ndiri mahal yak. hahaha.. dan begitu gue liat barang-barang menarik disini, gue memberanikan diri buat tanya harganya. uhuy, ternyata harganya reasonable banget, malah bisa dibilang murah. jadi akhirnya gue beli dua kalung, satu kalung ronce manik pasir merah (20k),  dan kalung tali cord aksen rose hitam (25k), yang gue taksir sejak pandangan pertama. hua.. senang ternyata barangnya murah-murah. sampe harus menahan diri supaya ga nambah belanjaan..

intinya, aku ingin ke bali! dan tentunya borong aksesoris etnik murah meriah. kekeke.. semoga segera ada kesempatan jalan-jalan ke bali.. amin!