8:54:00 PM
music : les miserables - on my own (eponine)

On my own pretending he's beside me
All alone, I walk with him till morning
Without him, I feel his arms around me
And when I lose my way I close my eyes and he has found me

In the rain the pavement shines like silver
All the lights are misty in the river
In the darkness, the trees are full of starlight
And all I see is him and me forever and forever

And I know it's only in my mind
That I'm talking to myself and not to him
And although I know that he is blind
Still I say, there's a way for us

I love him, but when the night is over
He is gone, the river's just a river
Without him, the world around me changes
The trees are bare and everywhere the streets are full of strangers

I love him, but every day I'm learning
All my life I've only been pretending
Without me, his world would go on turning
A world that's full of happiness that I have never known

I love him..... I love him..... I love him.... But only on my own......

1:18:00 AM
Good psychologist, eh, Joey? *lol* I wish I could... it's too much trouble though. My mom's bestfriend (who is a second mom to me) is a psychologist, her husband (who is a second dad to me) is a psychologist, the daughter (who is an older sister to me) is also a psychologist, and the daughter's bestfriend (who is also my friend) is another psychologist. I'm surrounded by psychologists XD Notice why I'm so into it now? ^_~ Actually, I've been practising psychology (rather unawarely) ever since I was in junior high school. I've been listening to people's problems and giving advices & such. When I got to know my second mom & the whole family four years ago, I started to get deeply interested in the field, and have been taking the class & getting informations since. But anyway, the reason why I didn't major in psychology is because I would have to take biology-related class(es) in order to graduate. As you might have already known, I just can't stand biology and a lot of other science subjects (except for mathematics and computers, among other things). Therefore, I prefer reading psychology books on my spare time instead of actually majoring in psychology and having to survive through it. Uh. I'm rambling, aren't I? ^^; Yes yes, I know this is boring. Sorry ^^;;

12:54:00 AM
I wanted to post yesterday (Thursday night), but blogger was down >_>
Yesterday was a long day indeed. Out of no specific reason, I was very tired (I still am, although not as much) -- the kind of fatigue you experience when you don't sleep for 2 or more days. I don't understand why, because I had 5 hours of sleep the night before. However, I had to wake up at 8 AM due to morning exam... and didn't sleep until 3 AM last night. I was sleepy and weary the whole day that I was afraid I would've passed out whenever I closed my eyes.

For all that is worth staying up last night, I never have any regrets. Les Miserables (performed by the Third National Tour) is perfect. I couldn't find a better word to describe their outstanding performance. Everything is extraordinarily perfect. The actors/actresses, the voice, the songs, the orchestra, the outfits, the lighting, the effects,.... everything *_* Even when Javert commits suicide by throwing himself from the bridge into the River Seine, the scene of him drowning deeper & deeper is so real... as if River Seine was there on the stage. That is what I love about musical play. Not only it is hard to perform -- because they have to sing, act, and sometimes dance at the same time (and of course they have to remember the whole play words by words and tones by tones, because there is no scene taking & retaking), but also they make the best performance & effect out of the limited space of the stage. What always struck me even more is how they tell the story not by speaking, but by singing. Trying to remember all the words for a character of a drama from beginning to end is difficult enough. I can't imagine how they manage to remember the exact tone of each word for the whole play. >_< I'm always into appreciation, and I really appreciate musical play so much. They make a difference in the world. Now now, I'm exaggerating, aren't I? *grins*

My shopping spree doesn't seem to end >_< After beauty products, pants, gloves, coats, skirts, dresses, hats, shoes, and handbags, I'm now into vintage : vintage dresses, vintage coats, and vintage bags. What is the matter with me? O_O;; Even though I mostly only browse around without purchasing, I must stop this insanity or I will be broke before I even know it! And I'm going to NYC next week, too! Wahhh ;_; I wish I had a job, then I didn't have to worry about money -- at least not this much.

Speaking about NYC, I have finally found a nice hotel to stay with Kara :D It's Cosmopolitan hotel at Tribeca (stands for Triangle Below Canal, in case you don't know. Canal refers to Canal Street) -- a very convenient location. It's close to Soho, Chinatown, Greenwich Village, Battery Park, and Little Italy. YAY XD Oh, and I'm going to see a Broadway show, too ^^ I haven't decided yet, perhaps Fosse or Beauty and the Beast. We'll see.

12:28:00 AM
My cable connection is back! ;_; I'm so happy..
I'm currently downloading Argento Soma eps. 1 & 2 (happy, Alexa? ^^) and searching for YnM episodes at VNN200. Please don't die on me again, my pretty cable modem ._.

Uh. I should go and study ^^; Tomorrow is going to be a longggg day.

11:20:00 PM
music : louis armstrong & ella fitzgerald - let's call the whole thing off
My cable modem is down O_O!! It feels sooo annoying suddenly switching to dialup modem again. Downgrade is never good, eh -_- But at least I still can connect to the internet, although the connection is mediocre.

Anne *lol* I believe he has tons of CDs XD I don't want to trouble him so it's alright if it's too much of a hassle to list them one by one. Thank you for asking him ^^

I know you didn't expect to hear from me, Zita :D I was reading through random weblogs when I found out about your birthday (good timing, ne?). 15 years old ~~ 7 years younger than me ^^; I feel ancient ._.

Alexa, I wanted to download Argento Soma, but my cable connection has decided to die on me since a few hours ago so I can't ---> perhaps it is a sign for me not to download it? XD XD By the way, where did you download Kodocha episode 52?

Nyaa, I wish I could draw like you, Sakura! What a cute drawing *_*
I really want to see YnM anime... anyone knows where to download the episodes? I know Ochiba used to feature them for download, but they don't anymore.

2:21:00 PM
I've had the hardest time concentrating today since early in the morning. I was wondering why, but now I finally figure it out. I didn't sleep last night because my sleeping pattern is messed up (again ^^;) -- I went to sleep at 12 PM and woke up at 10 PM yesterday so I decided to stay alert until tonight. I was online the whole morning (talking to people I haven't talked for the longest time: Alexa, Serena, Mary, Joey -- it was very nice talking to all of you :3), then I went to class. I usually don't have a problem dividing my attention to several opened windows (i.e. talking to several people at the same time), but I couldn't concentrate at all this time. After I went to class and came back, I finally understand: I am very very sleepy ~_~ I didn't feel it that much when I was sitting in front of the computer, but when I was walking, I felt like a zombie -- I walked like a fly after being hit ^^; I literally fell asleep while walking >_<;

I can't take it anymore.. I'm going to take a nap, a few hour power nap :D After that I will have to studyyy ;_; Stat exam tomorrow morning. I hate computer programming -_- But hey, I'm going to see Les Miserables with my friends tomorrow evening! Can't waiiiitt.. ^^

10:47:00 PM
Isabela :D Luckily, my friend is going to drive to New York, so I don't have to spend a penny on transportation. Of course, we will always go everywhere by subway in the city ^^ The only thing I might have to spend money is for the hotel ._. I and Kara are trying to find someone that is kind enough to let us stay at their place. But we have different friends, and I don't feel very comfortable asking my friend to let Kara stay at her place. So hotel is the only option left, I guess. But hey, you're going to Greece! I really want to go there... I want to see what it's like. I haven't been to any foreign countries except for Indonesia ever since I moved to USA ._.

Trinity, yes I think it is better... to avoid confusion ^^ Oh, and I've changed your link ^^ Get well soon, ne?

6:36:00 AM
Happy birthday, Zita! I'm not too late, am I? ^^

5:16:00 AM
Ahhh.. lazy... I'm too lazy to do anything....
I've been browsing for hotel deals in New York city for the past few hours. Yes, I'm going to NY again XD Aliza (a Bengali friend) got 4 free tickets to see The View talk show on April 9. So I, Kara, Aliza, and Kassie (a Vietnamese Chinese friend) are going to spend the weekend at NYC *dances* I'm so excited! :3

I also haven't gotten this shopping spree over with. I find myself browsing for sales and clearances online -- mostly clothing, accessories, and beauty products. I don't necessarily buy though... just sight-shopping (Is there such word? ^^; What's the internet word for window-shopping?). I'm becoming a real woman *coughs coughs* =P There are great things at bluefly, girlshop, and styleshop and net-a-porter. Lucky magazine is a good source to great findings.

Nyaaa, we really have to talk, Alexa ._. Two weeks have passed since we last talked ;_; I'm not so free anymore on weekends, which are the only free time I have. Oh, unfortunately, my microphone doesn't work. Remember we once tested it before we actually talked on the phone? I could hear your voice but you couldn't hear mine, at that time. Yes, we need to talk about summer vacation :D I'll hopefully see you this weekend. Good luck with exams and everything, ne? :3

Awww, that's so sweet of you, Alexa (the other Alexa ^^;) for taking the time to make this. Thank you! :D Neee, I'm confused as to how to differentiate both of you Alexas XD What do you prefer me to call you, Alexa or Trinity?

Flipper! I'm dying to chat with you, too ._. And basically everyone else, since I have rarely talked to anyone for the past few weeks ;_; Anne, please do tell them if you don't mind? I don't have their emails and I'm just bad with emails altogether. I'd really appreciate it if you can ask them for the list. Arigato! Oh, and thanks for the effort of finding the photos ^^

Argggghhh! So many things to doooo *_* I'm really not in the mood -_- I will have SAS exam this Thursday and I haven't done two -very difficult and time consuming- assignments from Art 297C. And of course, the ultimate homeworks! *tears hair in frustration* I'm so looking forward to summer. No, not good enough. July is much better. Not only will I finish all my classes, I will also graduate! But I will turn 22 by that time ._. Oh well, as long as I'm through with school. Nya.

On another note, I've just watched Detective Conan movie: The 14th Target. The story is really good, it explains things I didn't understand before. I've watched several other anime these past few weeks, including Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne (eps. 21-24), Love Hina Christmas Special, Inuyasha, and Yu Yu Hakusho. I have downloaded Card Captor Sakura the movie 2 (file size: 950 mb! *_*) and I'm going to watch it sometime soon.

Oh! How could I forget.. The Oscar last night was really good! I love Julia Roberts. And Catherine Zeta-Jones is always as beautiful as ever *_* The best actor, actress, and picture are exactly who and what I wanted to win, so I'm glad they won. Julie Andrews was lovely... I've always liked her. Similar to Audrey Hepburn, she has this royal distinction on her appearance and personality. The type who always looks good no matter what.

Alrighty... grading time ~_~

3:18:00 AM
In case people are wondering, Isabela has moved her blog to pastelmood as well. Since digitalrice is not working, she couldn't put a "moved" notice at her old blog address. Do change your links, ne? ^^

12:51:00 AM
Anne, are the pics the ones from Wulan? If yes, then I have them already (you know, with the text written all over them). But if they're different pics, then I'd like to see them if you wouldn't mind uploading them for me ^^ Thanks in advance!

12:11:00 AM
I've rescanned the NY pics, but my face is still white ;_; Oh well, what can I do... at least the pics are viewable.
Added two more photos:

Feb 2001. Elyse at Nittany Lion Inn.

March 3, 2001. Elyse at the top of Empire State Building.

I have a map quiz tomorrow.. it's going to be damn hard O_O I'd better study now. Take care people!

9:53:00 PM
Alexaaaaaaa, congratulations, dear!! XD XD *hugs her until she's out of breath* I'm so happy for you for having passed the ultimately difficult Biology class =D Good luck with the graduation exams, hon! And then, move to USA for college :D

Photoooosss :D :D

March 3, 2001. Elyse & Aldo at Times Square.

March 3, 2001. Elyse posing at the main floor of Empire State Building.

March 3, 2001. All eleven Indonesians in front of the limousine =P (yes, very corny indeed ^^;).

March 7, 2001. Several Indonesians taking last-chance pictures before leaving New York ;_;
Now, the scanner made my face incredibly white in the pictures ._. I feel like a geisha ^^;; I might try scanning them again, perhaps I can adjust the brightness.

Additional photos (not New York photos):

Feb 2001. Elyse at the bowling alley in State College (PSU hometown) --- you can't see the background, though.

Feb 2001. Elyse, Rizvi, and Kara at the bowling alley. I love this picture. The original print is very good, the light & our skin complexion is almost perfect in this photo, even though it was dark in the building.

Feb 2001. Elyse & Kara did some last-minute winter modeling at Nittany Lion Inn, State College.

Feb 2001. Elyse & Kara inside the Nittany Lion Inn, being Penn State models =P

March 16, 2001. Elyse, Aldo, Martin, Kara at Kara's house.

Alright, I'm going to scan several more pictures and rescan the ones with white-faced me (;_;) now. I hope it's turning out good.
Oh, and Dican, I will still be at Penn State until mid August (perhaps the 10th or so). My commencement is on August 4, and I'm taking summer classes, so I'll definitely be here if you arrive around June/July. What department did you get accepted to?

4:22:00 AM
Wahhh, my New York pictures have been developed! =D They're soooo good, I've been looking at them forever XD I will post some here whenever I finish scanning them. That reminds me... I should continue my New York story ^^;; Alright.. it's coming.. towards the end of this post or on the next post (I might separate the story from this post).

A good news! I have a new hostee: Isabela-chan :D Her new collective is now located here. Please change your links to the new address. Nice to have you here, Isabela ^^ Enjoy your stay! Ne, where did your blog disappear to? ^^;

Dican of iritabilita.net might go to Penn State this fall. Come here, come here! :D Too bad I'm graduating this August. But I still might visit this town in the future... you know, just to say hi to people ^^ Well, you certainly can ask me whatever you want to know about PSU if you decide to come here, okay?

Alexa, are you still sick? ._. I wanted to talk to you last weekend, but I didn't see you. I was online all Sunday evening.... and didn't see anyone ;_; Anyhow, ah-ha! Just the right comment I've been expecting from you about the URL XD I will make it a realization as soon as I finish making a new layout (which is still a raw image as of now ^^;). I also have an image I'd like to use for ikkoku.net's layout, but you know me... always procrastinating & being lazy ^^;

Serenaaa, your archives aren't complete :O I think I missed several days of your posts, so build them up, ne? ^^ *Serena's yelling: and how about your incomplete archives as well? ^^;* Worry not *coughs*, I will build them right after I've published this post =P Anyhow, I agree with you about blogger being personal writings. I also don't want my family & Penn State friends to read my writings since I talk about them a lot. Or if not, at least I wouldn't want them to read about personal matters I might have. I hope they don't read this ^^;; And Serena, if you think it's cold over there, try coming here =3 You'll be frozen XD Nyaaa, did you cook Korean food? I want, I want, I want! I loveee Korean food, mostly because it's spicy. I like spicy food because I love chili too much :D As for male & female bestfriends, I and Bayu are also the living proofs =D We have been bestfriends since more than 3 years ago. It's nice to have an opposite-gender bestfriend, ne? ^^ If you ask me, in most cases it's better than same-gender bestfriends.

How come I never see you anymore, Mary? ;_; I miss youuu *whines* Are you still on ICQ, hon? Ne, Mary, your "NOOO" statement has changed your blog's alignment quite a lot ^^;;

Oh ya, I watched Breakfast at Tiffany's with Kara on the evening. Audrey Hepburn is the most beautiful woman of all time! *_* Really, no one is as perfect as her... look at those almond-shaped eyes, cute nose, wonderful eyebrows, beautiful smile & perfect face. Not only that, she can wear almost anything and still look good, even without make ups. And her hair is also wonderful and fits her face perfectly -- Alright alright, I'll stop ^^;
But anyway, the movie is wonderful. I love the storyline, it's very romantic & the meaning is very deep. I love the leading actor and I love Audrey Hepburn (*people: alright we know that already, so don't continue!* ^^;). I have had the video for the longest time (I think I bought it 2 or 3 years ago), it was just sitting nicely on my video board. You know me, the most important thing for me is the buying, not the viewing ^^;;

Oh, just so people know (I hope Felicia doesn't mind... well let me know if you do mind, okay hon? ^^)... six.nu has been closed and she's bought a new domain (I can't tell you the name right now). It's not done yet, so I'll announce the domain name as soon as it launches, if she permits, of course ^^

Alright, it's 4.30 AM already. I need to sleep ~_~ I have to wake up at 11 for class so I'll continue tomorrow, hopefully. Good night!

1:51:00 AM
Nya.... what is that supposed to mean, Alexa? ^^; Hope nothing bad has happened... Just so you know though: if it's because you don't want to bother me, then please don't feel so, because I'm really glad to help, honestly. I'm used to listening to people's stories/problems (even if I'm only being a good listener in the end, cause I can't give any advices ^^;). But if it's for your own reason (regarding the person), then it's good that you decided to let it happen naturally without putting too much energy on it. Because of the complication, it's the best way to face it, I think. But anyway... good luck *nods* and I'll talk to you this weekend! ^^

Oh, don't worry about it, Anne ^^ Everyone has the right to complain about my being on N/A all the time ^^; Hey, do you have AIM? We can talk there instead since I'm more available on AIM rather than ICQ (too many people ;_;). AIM is more private. Let me know your screenname via ICQ, if you have one, kay? Oh, by the way, Alexa told me to tell you that she fully supports your Faust-resemblance theory about Argento Soma, in case you don't read her blog.

I want to move this blog... I'm so bored with the address (is that a valid reason? XD) I might want to use a full domain name (not a subdirectory) this time. I'm still thinking about the name. Or I might as well use one of my other non-working domain names =P But.. I need to have a new layout, and I just don't have the time *sighs* So I guess I have to wait...
Oh ya, I have to continue my New York story. Hmmm probably this week. I'm currently doing a paper that's due later today. I'm sooo lazy >_< I'd better finish it soon though, since I still have reading assignment (a lot *frowns*) to do.

One last thing: runbox.com seems to be a pretty reliable email account. They give you 100 mb of space and POP account. They even give you its own SMTP account! Wonderful, ne?

2:01:00 PM
Exam, exam, exam, exam *is getting dizzy*
Too many exams this week! ¬_¬ The last exam is today... but I'm not free yet. Still have to do a paper assignment and visual images web assignment. NYAAA!! >_<

This iconic test is so cool! Try it and email the owner of the test, Aaron Parmet, what your three raw scores are. It's a memory experiment for his psychology class. Interesting, ne? But you have to tell him the first scores you got (on your first trial, not your second, third or fourth trial). On my first trial, I got 68% for the free recall, 73% for the cued recall, and 63% for the delayed recall. On my fourth trial, the scores improved to 74%, 96%, and 73%, respectively.

Get well soon, ne, Alexa ._. And glad to hear you've recovered, Isabela ^^
Anne dearie, I'm so busy this week, I have to keep on N/A or else I won't finish anything. Gomen gomen ^^; I will be somewhat free starting Friday, so I'll hopefully be able to talk.

Serena! Lookie lookie XD
Serena: hanyaaaaaaaaaaaaan~ XD
Elyse: zzzzzz...... *is hugging her precious body pillow and dreaming about food XD*

Oh my goodness... looks like twain.phpwebhosting.com suffered a hard disk failure and Diana is one of the victims (it affects her subdomains only, I think) >_< Hope it's fixed asap!

Luno, I like your new layout! I just adore simplicity :D How are your teeth now? Getting better? I'm going to pull another one of my wisdom teeth soon ._.

Oh no! 2.10 PM already and I haven't finished studying >_< I'd better go..

4:27:00 AM
Last night was the most hellish night of my almost 4 years living in State College ¬_¬ But I refuse to talk about it in detail. Believe me, you DON'T want to know! Ask Alexa if you don't believe me >_> But let me tell you something: one guy was totally drunk & busted from drinking too much at the club and then was forced to drink 4 or 5 (or perhaps more) shots of Absolut Mandrin vodka in my apartment! (not only I blamed him for drinking much more than he could handle, but also the other guys for persistently and forcefully giving him the shots ¬_¬). So you know the idea: I and the other 3 guys spent the next 3-4 hours or so taking care of him and cleaning the whole apartment O_O!!!! Really, I couldn't get angry anymore. I felt like exploding, but I couldn't quite bring myself to. But we were shouting at him the whole time... gah, thank God people hadn't been back yet from their spring break holiday. If it had happened in any regular weekend, we would've gotten complaints and such.

The epilogue: I ended up sleeping at 6.30 AM or so, and I haven't done a single homework/studying until now O_O *is now terribly scared*
But the good thing is, I finally talked to my dear Alexa XD I'm so happy! I wonder if you knew how much I missed you. After all, we hadn't talked for more than 3 weeks ._. (I just checked my ICQ history.. last time we talked was Feb 16). Next time it happens again, we'd better start emailing each other ^^; But hey, I have to agree with you in one thing: his name -is- sexy XD

As for New York, daaaaaaisukiii!! :D :D I really really love New York this time! I never loved the city as much as I do now *_*
Well, you might wonder what I did there that results to my loving it so much. And to my own surprise, I didn't do anything out of the ordinary: pretty much just shopping (a lot =P), walking, enjoying the atmosphere, hanging out in cafes, eating (of course! State College food just simply sucks ¬_¬), taking pictures (my ultimate pleasure :3)... But it was snowing almost the whole time when I was there (except for the day of arrival and the day of departure -_- Now, really, why did it happen in spring break? It was supposed to be springy, not snowy! ._.)

I love talking about my travelling, so I must warn you: feel free to skip the next part as you might get bored ^^; The purpose of this blog is not to entertain people, but as a personal journal as well as a tool to let friends know how I am and what I'm up to, especially since I can't talk to them in a daily basis.

My hotel is in the middle of the Theater District in Manhattan -- between 45th St and 8th Ave. It's a close walk to Times Square and Broadway theaters. Basically it was fairly easy to find food and entertainment. Although I've been to New York a couple of times before, I had never been there for more than a day with a lot of friends. I had always gone there with my family; or if with friend(s), we didn't stay overnight. We had always left at the same day. Therefore, even though it was quite difficult to compromise what everybody wanted, it was really fun. Empire State Building was the first place we went to -- it was really windy up there, I had to hold my hat tightly. Too bad it was foggy, the visibility distance was only 5 miles. I have a friend who works at JP Morgan in Manhattan (I had mentioned about it previously when I blogged from New York), so I stayed over at his place for the first night. His apartment is considered the best apartment complex (in my opinion) in Jersey City, located in front of Hudson River facing the lower west side of Manhattan. I could see World Trade Center from there ^^ Eric (my friend) picked me up at the hotel, and the other guys decided to go with us to have supper in Chinatown before we parted. I loved the bubble tea (I ordered 3 cups of bubble tea XD It was verrrrryyy good! And the cuttle fish ball was sooo good I ordered 3 plates!! But I guess it was just my appetite XD).

The next day (Sunday): Soho! I believe the 3 guys (including Eric) who accompanied me shopping had the worst time ever in New York, because I spent 5-6 hours shopping and they (being a gentleman) carried all my shopping bags! XD I felt like a princess (BWAHAHAHAHA XD XD XD). Err.. I guess a princess doesn't laugh that loudly... ?? Nevermind then ^^;
But I love what I got: Anna Sui dress, skirt & cowskin jacket (and all of them were on sale!); A|X pants, skirt & blouse; Via Spiga boots; French Connection pants; and Joseph pants. Why so many pants, you ask? Well... I've gained weight since summer 2000 ;_; And so 6 of my old pants can't fit anymore ;_; My pants size changes from 0-2 to 4-6! Can you believe that? *_*

While we were shopping, the rest of the group went to see Statue of Liberty and World Trade Center. Of course, shopping was more important for me than tourist spots :3 After all, I've been to the Statue of Liberty with my family before, so I didn't want to go there again... it wasn't worth the time. They joined us at Soho later that evening, then Eric took us to an Indonesian restaurant =9 Ahh, the joy! I missed Indonesian food so much, I ate like a pig ^^;

I'm too sleepy to continue so I'd leave the story here and continue tomorrow. Gomen nasai. I have a midterm exam tomorrow (err, today ^^;) so I have to sleep now. Good night!

10:37:00 PM
I'm not dead yet. I was just not in the mood to blog. Perhaps because spring break was too quick. It's over already ;_; Three nights in New York weren't enough. I need the full week or two to spend in the city. I still missed a lot of things ._. Ah well, it's Saturday night already and exams, homeworks, assignments, quizzes, etc are waiting for me next week *is horrified* I know I should've started doing them on Thursday (I got home on Wednesday), but I wanted to enjoy my holiday. And the result? Nothing. I didn't have fun. What's there to have fun with here in tiny State College anyway? *sighs* I miss New York ;_; It's too hectic, but still I like it. I might as well go there again before I graduate.... *nods* Yeah, I should do that.

Serenaa, gomen nasaiiii :_: My computer hang when you said you were going to bed. Sorryyy >_<;; That was why I suddenly left. This computer has been acting up on me lately >_> I guess I have to start moving the files. Too many files on the hard drive. It was very nice talking to you, Serena ^^ Hope I'll be able to catch you soon!

I will have to continue tomorrow cause I'm going clubbing now. I have to get ready. Until then...

10:54:00 AM
I'm not going to Washington DC for sure. Instead, we will extend our stay in New York for another day (perhaps two, if weather permits). I'm happier that way... that means more time to shop XD Besides, there are still a couple of museums needed to be seen. Alrighty, see you around Thursday *waves*

3:51:00 AM
*is extremely tired but can't stand not to post something when it's the only time she can have access to the internet here in New York*

Happy 21st Birthday, Anne =D Sorry for being late.. I hope you enjoyed your day! But it seems you had a wonderful birthday, especially with those lovely birthday presents your Suppi-chan gave you ^_~

Thank you Anne & Isabela for the wish.. I am having fun ^^ But I'm so tired.... I only had 1 hour of sleep the night before we drove to New York, and I had to walk around 30 blocks wearing high heels today -_- (around Times Square area -- from 47th & 8th to 34th & 5th, which is the Empire State Building).

But it was fun indeed. On the way back from the Empire State Building to the hotel, we rode on a limousine --- all eleven of us!! XD --> a proof of how crazy & corny we are XD XD
I'm going to Soho tomorrow, so I guess I'd better get enough sleep tonight. I'm currently staying at a friend's house in Jersey City, NJ. That's why I now have access to the internet. I will miss the internet since I'm going back to stay at the hotel tomorrow onwards. No more internet access until I go home >_< It's going to snow somewhat bad, starting tomorrow until the day after... Argh, I hope the road is still driveable. If not, we will be deserted... we won't be able to go to Washington DC or even go homeee ;_;

And now, sleep is the only drug I need...

4:31:00 AM
This is going to be my last post before spring break holiday. I'm going to New York in 4 hours and I've just finished packing. I still have to do some more research on the Soho area though, so I don't know whether I will sleep at all >_< I need to eat, too.

Alexa, I'm sorry I ended up not being able to call you.. It was too hectic yesterday -_- Especially since I'm the coordinator of this group trip. I guess I'll see you next week... I'm dying to talk to you *_* And Flipper, too. And Mary, Serena, Yoshe, Ruby, Pattie, Anne,... basically everyone I haven't talked to much lately ;_;

Anyhow, have a great weekend, everyone... and don't think that I'm dead ^^; I'll be back on Thursday next week. Ja ne *waves*

5:17:00 AM
Aaahh, sleeping is the best medicine :D
It's currently 3.30 AM. I just woke up from almost 8 hours of sleep (yes, I slept very early last night --- went to bed at 7.30 PM ^^;). I had to cram in front of the computer yesterday, working on my 5-page midterm exam paper that was due at 4 PM yesterday (yes, a procrastinator indeed *nods*). Therefore, I only slept for 2 hours the night before ~_~

Mmm, I miss talking to people ;_; I haven't been around the computer much lately, except for browsing for hotels and researching for my paper. Why hotels? Because I'm going to New York this weekend! XD Eleven of us Indonesians at Penn State are going to spend 3 nights in Manhattan, then 2 nights in Washington, DC. Spring break is next week, so it's holiday tiiiimee =D I've done a research on the Soho area.. I'm going to spend a whole day (maybe two?) there - shopping, relaxing, enjoying the cafes and restaurants... hmmm I can't wait! XD

Neee, Alexa, I think we need to start emailing each other ;_; I miss talking to you so much ;_; One of these days I will call you *nods* Perhaps later today... before I go to New York tomorrow. Hey, have you applied to RISD yet? If you have, tell me the exact time of your summer school, kay? ^^ Oh, and I love your current blog layout, especially the colors *_* I always am a sucker for dark red / maroon / dark pink.

I had cut all contacts with my ex-boyfriend (and yes, I have gotten over him by now) when suddenly he emailed me yesterday -- after more than a month without news. And the email was really formal, too, as if we were strangers. The reason being? I trust it's because he's dating a girl in Indonesia/Singapore right now. I'm glad we're now far from each other (he's back to Indonesia for good). Not that I'm jealous or still bitter over him, but I don't want to have my life revolve around him too much anymore. Perhaps you'll say that is selfish, not wanting to be hurt or anything of that sort. But no, that's not the case. I only want to take a break from it all, and enjoy my own private time with my friends. I want to enjoy my life to its fullest and make up to the lost years of friendship while I was devoting myself 100% to him. I think I deserve that, living my days and enjoying myself and be happy, after all the sacrifices I had given. So from this moment on, we're just acquintances. But I still treasure all the memories I had with him, because they were beautiful when they happened, although they did not last. I never regret nor do I hate him for anything that happened. I'm thankful, honestly, because it has taught me the most beautiful feeling of life: love...

I sound so poetic, don't I? *lol*
I just realize.. the only day that I was by myself in my apartment (meaning, no one came or stayed over) was this past Wednesday! That means, I have people coming over everyday, even staying over. Shall I be happy or sad? >_< In any case, I have to hold on to my priorities. That is, I must be prepared to say no to them, if I need to be by myself.

Oh, I hope it will snow once again (just once, onegai) before spring really comes. I want to take picturesss with the snoww... XD It snowed on Thursday last week, and I was planning to take pictures with Kara & Martin on Friday afternoon (I and Kara were the models, Martin was the photographer =D), but we were late so the sun had already set by the time we took pictures. And it was freezing, too, so we couldn't stay outside too long. That was fun, though.. getting dressed up at this small town - where no one would dress up if not for special occassions ^_~ I hope the pictures turn out good.

After taking pictures, we dropped by Kara's house. Initially the plan was to take her stuff to my house since she wanted to stay over for the weekend. But, we ended up chatting, singing, dancing (I'm talking about ballroom dancing here ^^ Martin & Kara performed waltz & swing while I watched and drooled =P), etc until 9.30 PM *laughs* I planned to cook siomay (made of fish-paste & flour) and batagor (the fried style of siomay: made of fish-paste, flour, and beancurd) that night and I already invited people to come over. Obviously, we were late ^^;; The food was ready around 11 PM, and I was verrryyy hungry by then O_O We watched Swingers afterwards. How amusing to see that women's and men's opinions were totally different towards the main actor *lol* Women said: "Aaaw, poor him..." Men said: "Sheesh, he's so whiny!" XD That leads to one conclusion: most men have problems with faith & trust ._.

That night, once again I slept on the same bed with the same people in the same pattern: myself, Martin, Kara, Aldo (a girl, a guy, a girl, a guy XD --> same people as in Kara's house a week before). The only difference was: I switched places with Kara. I wasn't the meat between two guys sandwich this time *laughs* Good thing my bed is king size (two twin-sizes strapped together) so we had wider space. The stupid thing was: the next room (which was occupied by Arlene until last semester) is empty! But everyone slept at my room although we had to squeeze >_< We could've had one twin-size bed for each person, had two of the people slept at the next room ^^;

I'm hungry >_> Have to cook now! Until then..