[it's positive! ~s]

[this is my favourite part :-)]

everywhere around the world, Smarties and Chupa Chups have the same taste :D

I'm not a big fan of sweets, but I like Smarties a lot :D

Nick knows that I have seasonal pofta for something :D

few months ago, I'd buy a lot of fish products.. then, I had strong appetite for Spaghetti Aglio o'lio (and then I'd make it alone at home quite often- and managed to convince Ralu for having preference for chili :P), and then now is the season of:

- Placinta cu varza

- McDonald's apple pie (feels like home!! though it's written 'Placinta cu mere', but this is the kind of 'pie' that finally I knew about :D)

- French Fries :P

[Don't blame God for your own failures]

"I know divorce is the thing that God hates the most.. for me it's hard, for my children also, but if this is His will, why should I be against it.."

ha? are you sick?

if it's God's will, then why should He hate it?? is He trying to trap human beings to fall under His own 'hatred' ?

come on, just admit it that it's your own failures and that since you do not want to be blamed for, you just .... give it all to God.

or it's only your way of making yourself seem more 'religious' in front of national TV?

[is cheating on a test a No-No thing?]

if it's not a no-no thing, then why do teachers tell you not to? And why do parents will forbid you cheating on a test?

and if you do agree about it, why the chance for you to forbid your children doing it is bigger than saying 'yes, please' ?

Is it true that deep in your moral-consciousness level, you know that it's not a right thing to do?

how many of you can truly say with great confidence: Yes, my dear child, go cheating!!

If this 'cheating culture' is promoted, is it possible that we will see many malpractices ? If for example, a young undergraduate surgeon decides to cheat on an important test. In the future, there might be some unecessery mistakes due to the cheating-effect.[ like, "oops, I cut the kidney! I thought it's something else!!"]

and the victim, might be one of your loved ones.

Okay, okay, I might be thinking too far. But that doesn't mean this is not worth the thinking.

I wouldn't say that I'm free from this, but I have stopped cheating since my first semester in university. Why? It's just a matter of attitude.. Kill your laziness, and realize that you're not as stupid as you think.

[:P]

I went to Praktiker yesterday, and I saw Psychologies magazine (in romanian, of course), and I bought it.

I asked Nick if he'd let me having the UK edition (and order it), he said no. 

If it's Romanian, yes.

oow... i'm going to make scribbles inside the magazine..... ............ hopefully not at every single word..

God help me..

[Real, fara egal]

Yesterday we went to Real.

One of the things we bought was 3 pcs of male's shirts. All were okay at the cashier, until the alarm started ringing and that tall Muschin (or whatever) guy stopped us and told us to go to small room (where they will hit us :P)

turned out, the cashier forgot to take the small anti-thief button out from the shirt's pack.

I felt... a little bit humiliation though stealing is definitely not my hobby (so far :P).

And most of all, I felt like losing my parno ability (read: paranoid). Living here makes me more calm it seems..

In Indonesia, I always look -everytime I buy shoes, jeans, shirts, etc with that button- if the cashier has taken it or not..

because once the alarm rings, all eyes are looking at you :)) eventhough It's not your fault, but still, it's humiliating.

[i'm proud of you]

One statement that made me cry lately..

when your mother, the one who raised you since you were annoying (read: infant), the one with whom sometimes you had several to severe arguments, saying..

I'm proud of you.

I know that if such words come from my mother, it means something serious..

Thank you, mama..

see you this december :)

[Jakarta.....]

yesterday in the morning, I woke up cause I heard one sms came in. It was from my mother. She informed me that there was another bombing in Jakarta's JW Mariott and Ritz Carlton in the morning.

This is the second time.. the first was in 2003............

how come?

at the same place..?

however this time it didn't take many victims as before. It happened in the morning, the restaurants weren't opened yet.

nevertheless, no excuse for doing that.

and now we're expecting another travel warnings and MORE problems for visa requirements.

as for the man who is suspected to be the bomb-carrier, follow the link of the video from hotel's CCTV here

as for the reason.. well I have a lot of things to say. But better not here because out there, there are already many forums and posts regarding this issue.

seems like for some people, they are too afraid to live, so they cowardly choosing this way to end their lives.

[meet Vasi ]

so..

this is the man that took pictures of us during our wedding..

I'd like to promote him because he simply is a good pro. :-)

we like the moments he caught. And how he made it natural (we didn't really feel that someone was following us :D)

so, this is his site. There you can find how to contact him :D

Vasi Vasut

Thank you, Vasi :)

[good bye, tante...]

this is a post dedicated to my best friend's mother..

a good mother.. lovely (even until the last day). Warm, smiley, gentle. A very good christian mother.

struggled with cancer on her throat for nearly 4 years.

30 times chemotherapy, but still had passion for staying alive and be with her family..

had coma for 2 days.. came back from coma on 7th july.

then God missed her so much and couldn't wait to comfort her and gave her freedom from pain..

so He decided to call her back home, on Sunday July 12th.

as for my best friend, Hany..

I wish I could be with you now as you are seeing your mom for the very last time..

I know that you wish that she could be happy with you when you got an A for your final thesis on July 15th... just few more days until 15th... but God had another plan..

be strong.

Good bye, Tante...

I know you're in His good care..