Unjustice

Another Rambling Moment 

Sometimes world can be truly unfair 

sometimes i wonder why in this world most of the times 

The Bad always get away of what they do, and never get punished, 

Instead the Good One be a Victim 

It's Ironic When :

Few people thinks One Assault and Battery is just a small case, not taking anything serious from it

One is truly afraid, shock, shaked and probably traumatized - it's a matter of life and death situation and his life is in danger - it truly shows how trembled he is - sitting down while praying in that little room - his tears continues to fall down without stop - thinking of the family, the wife, his little kid at home - maybe reviewing back of what he did wrong to deserve this kind of treatment

Some others who already know about it - just pretend that they didn't see anything

Some others sympathize , empathize but remains still - cannot do anything 

The Last Big Group of people watch closely what would the Few people do for the matter - in other words, the Last Big Group of people wanna see what kind of justice that they will see ...

But when The Decision Comes Out ~ 

it's like Boom !!!

One Death & Life Matter combines with Assaults and Real Battery 

Is Only Be Punished with a Piece of Paper 

Speechless ... Needless to Say More

It's Like the Night Sky without Any Stars and Moon

Just Empty ~ Gazing at the Dark Black Sky

Maybe Half Wonder and Ask

God, What's Your Plan Behind this

Because You Always Have the Right Plan for everybody

Reality Check

Some Things Left Being Not Understood

Some still be God's Master Mind

Teach Me to Understand More of Your Plan

Keep Protect and Guard Us

Wherever Whenever

Real Justice Come From You not By People

reminds us why we don't need to depend on other human

but Just to Rely on You, God

The Hunger Games

Watched this movie saturday ~ Thrilling Adventure ~ Quite Cruel infact : the idea of collecting people to fight one another to find Only 1 Winner from 24 participants ~ ckckckck ~ Can I say it's a Killing Game that's Legalized and Official ~ 

It doesn's stop there ~ Guess what : This Cruel Killing Game are actually made to be easily watched from big screen from many people all over ~ The Socialite and the Rich bet on who would be the Only Survival ~ Some other people cheers and love to watch the games ~ Some people have to watch because their families are in the games, they watch while praying and hoping that their family who is there in the Hunger Game will not die and can return to their family.


I was quite surprised and impressed to see all the high technology they used to create the challenges for the games ~ they made the replica of the challenges and can just put it in the middle of 'participants' battle field'.  So, this is a real Killing Game.

About the character in the story itself, there are actually only 2 persons who out-stand the others (at least from this episode) : Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark. 
The whole situation of the games itself becomes constructed as if they are making a drama set, sadly to say, but in order to Survive and Comes Out Alive and get the benefits and attention from the sponsors, they have to do that ~ I'm very sure that for Peeta, Love is Truly in the Air between him and Katniss, but I'm not so sure the same feeling goes to Katniss.
Til now, i'm still gray whether Katniss' cares and attentions to Peeta at the Games is her true feelings, or is she just doing it because of she follows mr. H's suggestion to make people and sponsors love her, she has to do that accordingly.

It doesn't matter though ~ The Movie is Good and Very Entertaining

Birthday 42 years

One can never Be too Much Sentimental at One's Birthday ,  not exception , I always feel all Sentimental especially at night when all I have is my own quite time to make some peace and flashing back of all I've done so far.

Always Amazing Experience God's Unconditional Love to me every single day without any absence ~ for giving me the Strength to carry forward all these years ~ Praise God Jesus, Please Continue to Protect n Lead us, How Great Thou Art. You know for all I've sin but still loving to me.

Another Wonderful Birthday to always be Thankful for ~ for the 42 years I've lived so far, and for how many years will still be ahead of me ~ Still Breathing Healthy ~ Blowing Up Candles to 4 Yummy Birthday Cakes, from my Kids & Colleagues ~ Prayers & Greetings from Friends.

Receiving a Special Birthday Gift.  Listening to him saying several times Don't go anywhere.. Siggh,,, Tingly Moment

At our Night Praying & Holy Communion with my Kids ~ Something to be Realized that Nobody takes Good Care of Me better than You, God ~ You take care, build, and teach me through all different kinds of people surrounds me ~ Grateful for All My Life & All I have ~ Thank You for This Special Day

April 20th had, has and will always be My Special Day.  For All I am Right Now, it Comes from You, It arranged by You,,,..... 

from BELLAMORE ~ the Beautiful Love

My favorite scenes and My favorite Quotes:

(there are plenty actually, these are just some of them that I love and it gives a stain in my heart)

“hey, had lunch with the new investors. Wanna know what they served.  Roast Duck in VIRGIN Olive Oil.”  

Langsung terbahak2 juga baca ini, I am more like … wow, this girl (Karla, the author) is smart, how she get the idea of this weird connection,,, between Virginity and Virgin Olive Oil.

Chapter dimana Lana bertemu dan akhirnya duduk berhadapan dengan Fabian di Serendipity Café, di New York….

Yang berakhir dengan sesekalinya Fabian menyentuh Lana dengan merangkul pundak Lana, tapi berakhir dengan something like this ….

“See you soon, Fabian”

“Bye, Lana” …….

Ouch ouch ---  sepatah kata yang nusuk banget …  sigh…..   I am already in stress if I were Lanavera.

Banyak kata-kata favorit, kalau boleh dibilang hampir semua conversation yang ada di Bellamore, I love.

I will end my post with this  Very Beautiful Letter written to Lanavera …. And I am also crying hard.

“They said that it is Love when all you want is that person to be happy, even if you are not part of their happiness.  So I guess it is truly Love that I’ve been feeling for you, for all I want is to see you happy.

…….

Just remember that I will always love you – Ti amo, di un amore che non morira (Aku mencintaimu dengan cinta yang takkan pernah padam.

……..

Arrivederci amore mio,

Son to Sempre (I’m yours always)

________________________________________________________________________

Gosh, it is hard for me not to be touched by the words ... all written soo toughtfully and beautifully....  I am very melancholics as it can be now ..................  

BELLAMORE

Bellamore (a Beautiful Love to Remember)

TWO THUMBS UP lah pokoknya untuk Bellamore.  Beautifully written,  never thought simple story can be this good.   Baca berulang-ulang,  dari awal, dari tengah, kadang hanya beberapa section,  Our Emotions is mixed -- Emosi kita dibawa untuk tercampur aduk  – sesaat jengkel, sesaat marah,  dan lebih banyak Sad Feelings, Romantic Mood.

Direkomendasikan oleh Julia bbrp waktu lalu, dan pd saat itu masih ada keraguan whether or not I will like this novel, since most of the books I read have something to do with Korea. 

It is written by Karla M. Nashar

Cerita dari Bellamore ini sebenernya quite simple aja .. ttg seorang perempuan muda dengan prinsip tegasnya untuk mempertahankan virginitinya sampai dengan pernikahan.  She is Lanavera (beautiful name), yang mana digambarkan oleh Karla M. Nashar, author dari buku ini, sebagai cewek yang pintar, cantik, sexy – apa ada perempuan muda yang dari luar bisa dibilang cukup sempurna seperti dia (entah dipikiran gw siapa ya yang tepat untuk potray seorang Lanavera …  seperti siapa perempuan ini, if I have to pick one person for example). 

Bellamore : a Beautiful Love to Remember – Yes, Yes, it’s Very Beautiful Indeed.

Pertama-tama baca buku ini cukup kaget n rather shock , mungkin karena bahasa dan conversation yang lugas dan apa adanya. Conversationnya lebih dewasa. Ini terjadi mungkin karena so far buku2 yang pernah terbaca sebelumnya bahasa-bahasanya lebih halus.   Tapi di pertengahan buku, romantismenya baru sangat terasa, dan sebenarnya gak kalah halus dan indah seperti buku2 lainnya.

Banyak kata-kata indah, romantisme yang tulus, pengorbanan,  reality check…. Sighs ….. memang buku ini pantas untuk kita menarik nafas panjang ….  

What’s my opinion about the three characters inside this book.  It seems that I am so much in love with those three.   

Lanavera :  like my opinion above, this woman is perfect,  sapa yang gak jatuh cinta dengan cewek spt ini, i think anybody would love her, not just men (maybe) ... 

Fabian Ferdinandi:  hhmm… Fabian, the Italiano is Manly and handsome.     

What I mean MANLY in full meanings : positive and negative aspects of MANLY) …  Secara positif : Manly --sudah pasti tentunya secara cowo Italia, classic face and mesmerizing,  yahhh,, gambaran cowok yang macho dan mempesona.    

Dan Manly di satu aspek lain menggambarkan sisi Fabian yang secara normal adalah … well, he is a man, dengan segala kebutuhan sex-nya dan penilaian fisik terhadap seorang perempuan. 

And it is showed not only at the beginning when all that virginity and sex matters appears, but somewhere almost 2/3 toward the end, he is still portrayed as a normal man who has sexual needs …..  

Satu character that I personally like from him, that he never pretends – gak pernah ada kepura-puraan atau kemunafikan – that shows what it takes for him as a man – when he likes it, he shows it – and also when he doesn’t like it, he shows it.  

Pembicaraan dengan Julia februari lalu,  Karla bahkan sempet share at her blog , ada pembahasan kira2 seperti apa tampangnya si handsome Italiano ini.  Eventhough not too close with my imagination of Fabian , but I guess Karla’s imagination of Fabian is good enough.  My imagination of Fabian is actually stronger in Latin.

Danny (additional character if I may say so, because it appears almost at the end, but the story would not be completed without the existence of Danny) :  Danny, kalau opini aku, tokoh ini adalah sama seperti Lanavera, Perfecto tetapi di gender yang berbeda.  Danny, seorang pria yang mestinya sih quite handsome juga, pria Indonesia, smart (tersirat dalam posisi dia di office), tampil dengan segala character Danny yang caring, loving, very understanding, and other good characters a man could possibly have…  Come to think of it, I love him more than anybody else. I love that Karla, the author add Danny, although Danny is not the same at all as Fabian.

Kalau dari sisi cerita sendiri, di pertengahan begitu terlihat bahwa Fabian mulai menghindar dari Lanavera, yahhh,, mungkin termakan banyak cerita drama Korea, jadi mulai agak mengerti bagaimana kisah2 selanjutnya dari kedua orang ini…    Bagaimanapun, apa yang Lanavera dan Fabian alami jauh lebih dalam, intense, dan juga painful setelah mereka justru ‘berjauhan’ … 

from SeoulMate

"Kamu kenapa ?  ah, susah sekali jadi hantu, aku tidak bisa mengukur temperaturmu. Kamu baik-baik saja?"  ----- a simple attention but sounds romantic in my imagination

"Jika kamu memintaku tinggal, aku akan tinggal .. Kamu hanya perlu mengatakan itu"

......

"Hanya satu kata, dan aku akan selalu berada di sisimu".. Ucapan Jang sangat menggoda Sun.. "Satu kata saja"

"Kita ini soulmate … kita akan bertemu, percayalah padaku, …  Kali ini kamu yang menjadi soul dan aku menjadi mate, aku yang akan merencanakan semua kisah kita….   ……………. Yang perlu kamu lakukan hanya menantiku." 

.................................................

Kamu tidak perlu melakukan apa-apa, aku yang akan merebut hatimu."

"Kau yakin akan mengingatku? …. Ingatanmu khan buruk."

"Yakinlah padaku…. Ini adalah sebuah harapan.. Harapan membantu kita menggapai apa yang kita inginkan." 

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Ternyata sebenarnya Cinta tidak kenal wujud, tidak kenal tempat, tidak kenal bentuk .. manusia terlahir untuk bisa mencintai dan dicintai oleh apapun, siapapun ....  In the Name of Love

My New Addictions

Been so long never talk about food & beverage. For sure, this topic is much better tasted than talked or written about. 

Recently (maybe the beginning of 2012) became my new addictions.  Let's forget about diet for a while.

One place is Tous Les Jours (a franchised Korean bakery and coffee shop - with the advertised famous K-actor : Won Bin) and another one is Chatime (franchised tea place -- like the past Taiwan bubble tea kiosks that were popular maybe around 6 to 7 years ago here in Jakarta , and unfortunately slowly went down in years - not very sure this Chatime is franchised from which country - Maybe Taiwan?).

These two place happen to be in MKG (Mal Kelapa Gading), so every time going there we for sure never absent from stopping by at these two favorite places.

maybe Chatime sounds like the regular taiwanese bubble tea we know from some times ago, but there are certain distinct special tea taste that make Chatime differs from the other similiar tea shops.  My favorite is the regular milktea ; I usually order the Chatime Roasted Milk Tea with Grass Jelly.  The Tea itself tasted very special, aroma of the tea very strong, and the milk tasted very fresh, especially the Grass Jelly (cincau nya bener-bener enak, kenyal, bedalah pokoknya) ...

what makes ChaTime more special is that we can order as we like ; the amount of sugar and ice that we like.  That's why Chatime become my favorite drinks so far.  

My regular order is ChaTime Roasted Milk Tea with Grass Jelly, less ice, and 30% sugar. 

I tried the Pearl, and the pearl also taste far better than the regular pearl /  bubble from others.
anyway,  so far I think ChaTime is pretty specific and special in term of taste either the tea, milk, the grassjelly.

Be patient of Waiting because everytime i go there the Queuing always quite long enough.  

this French named Bakery is actually more popular in South Korea (at least that's what I know, because it appears many times in Korean drama).  The bakery and coffee shop itself has green color for its logo.

I always amaze of how Korea government goes into our world starting from their K-pops and K-dramas and goes further away and further more into what we know as Korean wave or Hallyu.  South Korea applies best strategy for people start and looking more deeper into its countries.  

Like I said, seems like whatever comes with the embel-embel Korean (let's say ; many Korean language courses, many novels/books with Korean background/story/name, tour & travel to S. Korea, stationaries, we can name some more and more),  it already half-success via its name.  And so far (as far as my knowledge) what comes out with something Korean, it doesn't disappoint me.

Anyway, this bakery as the name 'Tous Les Jours' started to be written down when the store renovated, my daughter and I already get excited, not that we know the taste of the products already, because obviously we've never tasted this bakery before, but because the name already famous and we eagerly wanted to taste them.

Tous Les Jours has many varieties of croissants / pastries, sweet breads, cakes, specialized in fresh cream (i think).  The cakes looks soo delicious and yummy, the softness of fresh cream.  For anybody likes yogurt, Tous Les Jours have Yogurtcake which taste great.  

My favorite items to buy in here:  the Wheat Bread (Roti tawar Gandum) -- taste very nice, not like my regular wheat bread -- their wheat bread not just made by one kind of grains, but 4 kinds of grains, this wheat bread loaf is very selling, that sometimes i have to wait half to one hour to get this bread if it's already out of stock... anyway, i always buy 2 loaf for our 1 week breakfast menu.

besides the wheat bread loaf, there are also red-bean, cream cheese bread, which my kids love soo much ..  Sourdough bread filled with walnuts and raisins is another fave of mine...   actually I personally love their filled croissants, but I have to limit myself on this pastry because I know for the fact how bad croissants for our health.

from watching Transporter Jason Statham, I become curious of how madeleine taste like , and i can find it here also, although the price of that small madeleine is quite high compare to the tiny size of the bread/cake itself. 

Besides the bread, Tous Les Jours also served varieties of coffees, taste almost the same as the other coffee specialty.  Try the Green Tea Frappe - taste soo good and fresh, usually from some tasting of Green Tea Milk Drinks never taste okay for my palate, this one taste great.  You will get a Stamped Card with Wonbin's face which said 'Wonbin's Choice' on it .

I noticed Tous Les Jours in MKG (Gading) have many Koreans customers also. The management who brought Tous Les Jours here to Jakarta is by CJ group (a Korean group which is according to my boss, one of Samsung group also)

btw, for location if we are far from the north or east, can go to Senayan City and find these two shops over-there also.

SeoulMate

SeoulMate by Lia Indra Adriana

ceritanya unik, kenapa aku bilang unik krn baru sekali baca novel tentang hantu (kalau cerita vampir mungkin udah lebih familiar di telinga kita -- as we are familiar with the Twilight series)  ~  novel ini mengisahkan kehidupan hantu dan hubungannya dengan manusia (kelihatannya hantu2 yang disini adalah hantu2 yang belum terpanggil ke dunia yang lebih dalam, whatever itu)  ~

Lia Indra, si author dari Seoulmate ini, kok bisa2nya menceritakan kehidupan hantu2 seolah hantu2 ini sama sekali gak menakutkan, gak ada efek serem, yah, pokoknya baca novel ini kok yang tergambar di otak kita adalah hantu2 ini manusiawi sekali sifatnya, bisa marah, bisa iri, bisa uring2an, termasuk bisa jatuh cinta, bisa cemburu antara sesama hantu dan juga jatuh cinta dan cemburu ke manusia   ... apalagi dia menggambarkan bahwa antara hantu (Soul) dan manusia (Mate) bisa mempunyai hubungan yang khusus terutama saling membantu dalam mengerjakan tugas2 yang diminta oleh manusia2 lain yang minta tolong dunia hantu untuk sesuatu yang menguntungkan diri manusia ... 

konsep hantu sebagai SOUL dan manusia pendamping (yang mempunyai indra penglihatan hantu2, bakat khususlah ibaratnya) sebagai MATE menjadikan mereka berdua ini harus berpasangan sebagai  SOULMATE

SOUL + MATE = SOULMATE

Seperti layaknya konsep SOULMATE yang kita pahami, sama juga dengan cerita disini ~ jadi antara manusia dan hantu yang ditunjuk harus menjadi soulmate supaya tugas2 yang harus dikerjakan dapat berhasil dengan sukses.  Untuk menjadi Soulmate secara otomatis, mereka berdua harus saling memahami satu sama lain, saling bisa merasakan satu sama lain, dll. 

Aku sendiri gak pernah baca cerita seperti ini, makanya di bab2 awal Seoulmate ini jadi ga terlalu menarik, bahkan setiap kali baru bbrp lembar baca stop baca, sambung lagi, stop baca lagi ... dan setiap putus baca, sehingga harus ngulangi lagi baca dari bbrp lembar sebelumnya ...  tapi setelah beberapa bab, lumayan lah ceritanya menjadi cukup seru ...  

Klimaksnya mungkin pada waktu mencapai ke point dimana setelah Kim Sun (si cewek yg jadi tokoh utama) tau tentang asal usul si Soulmatenya yaitu hantu Jang (hantu yang amnesia gak tau asal usulnya) berujung pada dilema Kim Sun untuk membuat keputusan apa yang harus dia lakukan ...

Dilema Kim Sun sempet buat Penasaran juga apa yang akan dilakukan. Kisah setelah Kim Sun buat keputusan tentang Jang ini juga bagus karena membuat kita bertanya2 lagi ttg endingnya.

Personally, aku suka dengan Lia Indra Adriana ini yang sangat konsistent membawa konsep SOULMATE dari pertama sampai ke akhir cerita (yang mana endingnya gak mungkin diceritain disini ya) 

Coba liat Bookcovernya Seoulmate yang cukup menarik :

Kim Sun (cewek tokoh utama) ini digambarkan seorang perempuan yang gampang marah, kasar (dalam bahasa maupun tindak tanduk) .. dan Jang (si hantu amnesia) malah keliatan jauh lebih manis dan cute (pertama liat gambar hantu Jang yg pake baju item ber-kerudung/hood dia keliatan seperti perempuan juga)... sungguh perpaduan soulmate yang gak cocok banget kalau lihat hanya dari gambar diatas (my personal opinion)...  Yang melayang2 di atas sana pakai hanbok adalah tokoh hantu yang sudah berumur 100 tahun lebih tapi punya tubuh muda namanya Arang. Arang ini juga hantu yang cukup menarik.

sinopsisnya ada dibawah ini : diambil dari belakang bukunya

Ketika kenyataan menentangmu untuk terus berharap

Sebuah harapan untuk bertemu kembali dengan seorang pria telah memaksa Kim Sun menggunakan kemampuannya berkomunikasi dengan hantu. Ia memutuskan menjadi mate dan bergabung dalam sebuah organisasi ‘penyalur hantu’ bernama SeoulMate yang menerima proposal permintaan bantuan dari manusia. Sebagai mate, ia bertugas menjaga serta membantu soul atau hantu yang bergabung dalam SeoulMate untuk melaksanakan proposal dari para klien SeoulMate.

Tak disangka, Sun ditugaskan menjaga soul yang amnesia! Hantu baru ini sama sekali tidak mengingat kehidupan manusianya dan terus mendesak Sun untuk membantu menemukan asal-usulnya. Sun tidak habis pikir bagaimana dia dan Jang—nama yang dia berikan untuk soul-nya—dapat menyelesaikan proposal klien jika mereka selalu bertengkar.

Namun, semuanya berjalan di luar dugaan. Tanpa disadari, sengatan-sengatan perasaan aneh yang disebut cinta itu mulai tumbuh antara Sun dan Jang.

Pada saat yang hampir bersamaan, sebuah kenyataan menghadapkan Jang kepada pilihan, antara tetap menjadi soul yang menjalin cinta abnormal dengan Sun atau menuju tempat yang wajar bagi para hantu dan menghilang dari kehidupan gadisnya...

Books Shopping @ Gramedia

Hasil belanja buku di Gramedia hari Sabtu lalu cukup oke, walaupun perburuan masih gak maksimal, karena kita sampe di mal sudah malam,  karena parkir MKG seperti bisa ditebak 'tanggal muda di MKG, parkiran sampe muter bawah, atas, bawah lagi, baru dapet... perjuangan banget cari parkir'............

Akhirnya bookshopping jadi gak maksimal, karena terburu2, plus Gramedianya penuh kayak apa gak tau deh, terutama rak2 atau floor display yang ada signagenya 'Discount 38%', 'Discount 40%' , dan 'Discount 25%',,, sayang ada banyak buku juga yang rusak di floor display karena orang 'buang kesana kemari' ... 

I, myself, bought several books ; ada boxsetnya Ilana Tan yang Four Season -- sebetulnya agak sayang beli boxset ini, tapi liat boxset ini dengan harga discount jadi sekitar Rp 103 ribu, yah I didn't think twice, I grabbed this boxset for collection ... afterall, since my daughter lend these 4 seasons book to almost every friend, i don't feel comfortable to actually touching those books ... keliatan sudah kumel, dekil, dan pinggirannya banyak yang kelipet sana sini ,,, siggh,,, entah gimana cara mereka baca buku ........

Selain boxset Ilana Tan, ada juga boxset Darlene Shan, belum pernah denger mengenai buku ini sebelumnya tapi baca keterangannya keliatannya cukup menarik.  Books about human half vampire ... Dan beberapa buku novel ringan lainnya bertemakan Korea ... satu buku biografi ? 'from the city of apple to the big apple - belum dibaca sih, tapi penasaran dari judulnya , kisah seorang indonesia yang berhasil dari kota malang menjadi direktur di kota new york .. sangat menarik ....

Actually in mind before going, I was going to buy the book by Merry Riana, and it was on disc 25%, but then looking at it for several times, I changed my mind ... I don't feel like something serious for quite sometimes near this time...

Ada satu buku lagi yang masih penasaran dari bbrp waktu yang lalu ; buku yg judulnya : Please Look After My Mom, karangan seorang penulis Korea Shin Kyung Sook ... bbrp bulan lalu pernah dengar di radio (siaran KBS radio) bahwa buku ini cukup terkenal di America, sempet lupa untuk bbrp saat, dan ternyata bbrp minggu lalu lihat lagi mengenai buku ini lebih jelas di salah satu koran dan yang lebih bagus lagi adalah sudah diterbitkan versi bahasa indonesia ... jadilah buku ini lebih menarik lagi untuk dibaca.... i was looking on the computer in the Gramedia, it was written there is 0 available, and to make sure i asked one of the employee, but i guessed there is none in Gramedia Gading.... Sayang sekali, padahal buku ini juga discount 25% ... that's really too bad ...

anyway, eventhough not get the maximum benefit of the discount, I came home happily, especially since I only paid very cheap for all the books I got there ... it's all thanks to Gramedia and BCA credit card (my poin reward also deduct almost 100rb of the totals)... such a Great Bargain ...  especially for mommy who has little children, there are many interesting boxset available in 38% or 40% discount , nice ...

maybe i will put up the picts of all the books bought sometimes later on ...

Sering-sering ada discount semacam ini sangatlah menguntungkan buat orang yang gemar membaca.... 

Happy Reading ...