"The Lord bless you and keep you"

It's the hardest thing in the world to go on being aware of someone else's pain, and even feel it by yourself.

I'm now experiencing that. My heart aches so much. I can't think, eat, or work. I just sitting here at my office, staring blankly at my cellphone's screen, thinking about a pain so deep that belongs to a person I love. I really wish to have a magic spell that allows the caster to share the grief of his/her beloved person. For now, I can't do anything except praying for the best thing that could be happened.

Lord, give us strength. Lord, give us faith. Take away the grief, for all things belong to You, O Lord of all creations.

Amen.

scribble me

(made using scribble)

help me to see

cause I am blinded by love...

home

My home is wherever we can be together.

peeking my workbag

Hi. They say if you want to know someone, take a closer look into that person's stuffs. Today is the special day when I finally let you guys know what's inside my workbag. I'm the type of person who carry only essential things, so all of these stuffs are obviously important to my existence. Let's take a peep!

Here's my workbag! It's from Everbest and it's so spacious I can fit everything inside it freely!

Inside the bag: a folder containing music sheets, ungraded homework, and research papers; my daily journal; a micron pen (I LOVE micron pens!); makeup (two way cake & a red lipstick is enough for me); hand sanitizer (the utmost important thing in this bag!); brolly; paperback novel; wallet; minyak telon (Indonesian baby oil that smells sooooooo good!); keys; and my daily planner!

Inside the folder...

Book I'm currently reading: Burgess' A Clockwork Orange. Intense!

The first page on my daily journal

From those stuffs, can you imagine what kind of woman I am? :)

rose therapy

...is waaaay cheaper than any therapy in this world (at least for me)

missing manuscript

"Give us this day, Lord, our daily miracle. and forgive us if we are not always capable of recognizing it..."

-- Paulo Coelho (Manuscript Found in Accra) 

Hello.

It's been a while since my last post in this blog. Lots of thing have happened in my life since then. I graduated, I came back home, I leave my beloved Melbourne friends, I got my heart broken, I finally had my dream job as a math lecturer, I got really nice students and coworkers, I became a soprano in a choir community called Jakarta International Choral Community and had a 70s themed concert last month. See? Lots.

I am currently ready a really really good book: Paulo Coelho's "Manuscript Found in Accra". That book is amazing. Unlike Coelho's other books that I have read: The Zahir, The Devil and Miss Prym, and By The River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept, the English of this book is completely understandable. And what I like the most about this book is the theme of the book itself. It's about everything. Life, love, miracle, dreams, anxiety, fear, dissapointment, you mention it, it's all in this book. Totally worth reading. Also, I got like Rp.50.000 discount from a bookshop near my office called Books and Beyond. They're now having a promo on that book until the 14th of May, so for those who are curious about the book, I recommend you to buy this book, because this book is the kind of book which you'll read over and over again whenever you need some winged wise words for a stressful, cloudy day.

I tell you. Totally worth reading.

One Day at the National Gallery

Today I went to the national gallery of Victoria to investigate neo-impressionism paintings for my research. For those who don't know, I study pointillism and divisionism art style to be adapted in computers. To put it simply, let's say that my work is to teach a machine to draw like a neo-impressionist painter. Sadly, they didn't allow me to take any picture in the neo-impressionism exhibition room :( but I took many picture of my girl Wilhelmina in the European gallery!

Mina and Monet painting

I can't believe they paint their gallery PINK!

Tired?

Perseus and Wilhelmina

She really liked this room I think

"They should belong together, Tieta. In one painting. Not separated like that..."

"oh God, what's wrong with you old lady?"

"Such a fine detail! Amazing!"

Wilhelmina and a very pretty portrait of a girl

This is Rembrandt, the famous Dutch painter

Just Another Joanna Day

My Fairy

I have a fairy by my side 
Which says I must not sleep, 
When once in pain I loudly cried 
It said "You must not weep" 
If, full of mirth, I smile and grin, 
It says "You must not laugh" 
When once I wished to drink some gin 
It said "You must not quaff". 

When once a meal I wished to taste 
It said "You must not bite" 
When to the wars I went in haste 
It said "You must not fight". 

"What may I do?" at length I cried, 
Tired of the painful task. 
The fairy quietly replied, 
And said "You must not ask". 

Moral: "You mustn't." 

-- Lewis Carroll

Blythecon Australia

Hi everybody!
Sorry for the late post. I've been busy with research, and progress reports, and stuffs. Anyway, last saturday is the most anticipated saturday in this month, because IT'S BLYTHECON!!

For those who don't know what it is, blythecon is like a comiccon, but for blythies and their lovers. It was full of gorgeous and amazing dolls! There were stalls sell stuffs like dresses, hats, and shoes for your doll as well! Lets get to the picspam!

The sign at the entrance door

Dollies!

My favorite Blythe on that day, she's a snow queen!

A rainbow unicorn Blythe!!

Heart candies provided as snack. There's no other food provided, just candies

Dolls on parade!

A very very very amazing Pinocchio custom Blythe!

The stalls opened at the con. So many beautiful Blythe goodies!

The amazing Katie from 2:22 am! I finally met her in person! Visit her blog 

Me and Katie!

The venue!

My Joanna and her new friends from all over Australia

Goodies for doorprize!

Custom Blythe for raffle. Very beautiful! Too bad I didn't buy the raffle ticket :(

Prima Dolly Saffy as Tinkerbell?

Dolls on parade part two

Blythe ad from 1972 :D

My loot from Blythecon: dresses, hats, shoes, glasses, and...............

Two new girls!!!!

This one named Celia

And this one named Wilhelmina

All of my three girls: Joanna, Mina, and Celia <3 i="i">

Exciting rite?? Aaaah i'm so happy i got a chance to go to that con. Too bad they don't have a Blythecon in Indonesia. Hey, how about I start one? :p

Joanna

She's my first Neo Blythe from Prairie Posie line. I actually got her like one month ago but didn't have time to post all of her pictures. I regularly post her pics in instagram tho, but I thought it would be nice to post her pics in my blog as well (because she's shooo cute!)

Her name is Joanna. I named her after Cersei, Jaime, and Tyrion Lannister's mother, Joanna Lannister (although she's red headed, not Lannister blonde). She have four different eye colors: green, blue, yellow (the scariest), and brown. I carry her with me wherever I go: to class, choir reharsal, lab, park, shopping center, coffee shop, even campus lawn :p I just love her to death!

Here she is!

 When she's still in her box. She reminds me of Anne of Green Gables!

Bonjour!

Tywin's beloved

I showed her my favorite shelf at the bookstore

Allyria and her, reading Lolita together (Yes it's not a book for little kids, I know!)

She and the new JK Rowling book I got at BigW for only $20!

Fell asleep after reading, just like me!

Accompanied me during the IR assignment deadline. Such a lamb!

Had afternoon coffee together. Actually it was just me who are buying, she just sit at the table, looking cute

At our pre-concert rehearsal. My friends love her!

I'm planning to make some new dresses for her after I finished my thesis. Wish me luck for my defense guys!

xo