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Holiday has always been a good one for me. I think this time I'd spent my time efficiently and not like before wasting time carelessly. Chinese New year is just a week left which means my holiday is also only a week more. It's almost the end of January, and I can remember pretty well when I spent the New Year's Eve last time welcoming 2014. Currently not in the mood of blogging, I feel my blog has been abandoned for almost 2 weeks. Semester 4 is coming in a blink of eye and Im not ready actually. Please give me more holiday!!!

Book review: Soulmate.com (Jessica Huwae)

I bought this book because of the recommendation of a fanbase in twitter. Tbh, I dont hate it but this is not my cup of tea. The story is just too flat and predictable that I dont feel any sparks in it. It tells about a woman called Nadya Samuella, an executive editor in a famous magazine. She's dumped by her boyfriend because he needs to marry another girl. Quite active as a blogger, she soon finds a guy named Oka, a Balinese, who often comments on her posts. They start to chat together through social networking and more intense through messages and phone calls. When Oka came to Jakarta because of work, they met up and talked like there's no tomorrow. I think this is the point where they start to fall for each other. Not long after that, Nadya visits Bali and this is where all of these start. They become a couple. She is happy with Oka beside her and feels that the whole world is siding at her. The nightmare starts when a news comes out that Oka is married. The worst part is she agreed to be his second woman although she was previously against any kind of affair. Then half of the story involves about their affair and how Nadya was unstable in deciding every matters in it. I was pretty pissed off, since it's too dramatic and it's just nonsense that she wanted to be a second woman in other people's marriage life. I mean like she has everything: beautiful, attractive, stable career, bestfriends, and how on earth she becomes that desperate?!! This book has been a bestseller, published in 2006 and the one I read is the 7th press released. This one is absolutely not the type of story I will read for the second time. Besides, she writes a lot of poems and tells the story using a chatting type not narration. One of the reasons why I also dont really like the story. But every people have their own preference right?

Variety show review: The Return of Superman

The second variety show I consistently follow up after Running Man. At first I only wanted to watch haru and tablo but ended up watching the whole episode. The show portrays about the relationship of father and children where there are 4 couples in the show. The fathers are celebrities who might not know how to take care of the children well because of their business. Tablo of Epik High, Choo Seung Hoon the judoka, Jang Hyeon Seong the actor, and Lee Hwi Jae the comedian take up the challenge of not having their wives for 48 hours and have the responsibility of taking care of their children. The reason why I love this show is because you can see how they try to get close and understand more about their children and the children's act are just so cute. Lee Haru (Tablo's daughter) is my favorite one since she's just 4 year old but she is s mature. I cant stop laughing when she likes her mom first and fish then his father. Tablo did try hard to have her attention and he succeeded. Lee Hwi Jae is having a hard time in the beginning because he take care of the twins (Lee Seo Eon and Lee Seo Jun) but he starts to enjoy it along with the show. Choo Seung Hoon who lives in Japan teaches his daughter (Choo Sarang) Korean because his wife is also a Japanese so Sarang is more familiar with japanese. Sarang is also very cute; she keeps eating and talks in japanese. She likes Mickey Mouse very much and it's just funny to find out that Choo Seung Hoon didnt know the difference between Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse. Jang Hyeon Seong's sons are the oldest of all with Jang Jun Woo (11 yo) and Jang Jun Seo (7 yo). Jun Woo is very clever and mature, but he didnt know about failure. He was disappointed when he got a 97 score in exam and Hyeon Seong try to explain to him that it's okay not to get the one we want and everybody will experience failure while Jun Seo is still doing things whatever he wants since he's just 7. I really hook into this show because of the charm of those couples and highly recommend this one! ^^
PS: you can watch the full episode with sub in KBS World TV youtube channel HERE
 

Viva holiday!

Omg like finally it's holiday!!! After celebrating Christmas and New Year with papers and notes, Im free today! Im not that satisfied with my result but it's okay that Im really grateful. Having some free time, I plan to watch You From Another Star since I've missed so many new dramas. New Year means new spirit right? Im in the mood of blogging lately even though it's so random. Although Im not really following kpop news now, Im still surprised to find out on the first day of new year that Yoona and Lee Seung Gi are dating! Not that I like Yoona that much, but Lee Seung Gi is one of my favorite actor. He doesnt has that really handsome or charming face, but he has that luck that not everybody has and almost all the things he did were always good. Dramas, CFs, reality shows, etc are success with the guarantee of him. For Yoona, she's not one of my favorite actress or singer, but I should say she's indeed beautiful. I dont know if they suit each other but well Im happy for the news. And today another dating news is out from another SNSD member Soo Young. After a few times being rumored with Jung Kyung Ho since last year, both agencies finally confirmed that they're dating. Rumor said they'd dated for a year but rep didnt say anything about it. There's many dating new since last year and celebs are starting to go public with their relationship. It's a good thing but sometimes it's pathetic when fans are giving negative responses to their relationship. Well I mean they're also human who have their own private life right? Nevertheless, hoping for more good news happen in this year yeay!

Conclusion and resolution.

Finally it's the last day of 2013. Many great things have happened in this year. I still remembered clearly that last year almost everybody was worried about the doomsday rumor which they said would happen on 21 December 2012. I was one of those people who were worried too, since I havent done much accomplishment. Turned out nothing happened and all of us continue our lives. This is one of the things Im always grateful for. In just a few hours, 2013 will end and soon we face 2014. My year-end conclusion actually has been done in my previous post so this post will actually list my new year resolution about what I want to do in 2014:
- This blog is still active because the only way I can pour down and write everything I want
- My family and me have a healthy and good life
- I can keep the pace well in my academic
- Take a good care of my eyes (still)
- Keeping the healthy lifestyle I've done.
- Getting skinnier (always)
- Have a good social life
- Be a child that my parents are always proud of
- Keep in touch with my high school classmates (they're the best!) and my other bestfriends
- Do a great job of being a buddy for exchange students
- Can do an exchange
- Start doing my final academic project (a.k.a skripsi)
- Can go for holiday!
I think that's all conclude what exactly I want to do next year (well actually it starts tomorrow). I hope by the end of next year, I'll be satisfied enough to have achieve my 2014 resolution. Last, although this blog is not THAT popular (I know), Im still grateful for whoever that has read my blog. Thank you so much and early Happy New Year 2014! ^^

Yes? No?

Officially 2 days more to 2014. Never though that time would fly so fast. I think this is just the same thing I said last year when 2013 was approaching if I read my blog post again. Always be grateful for everything that has happened in my life, I still have some regret, to be honest. But I try not to regret too much and turn everything into a positive energy, to me and my surrounding. I got a lot of new experience this year: being a project officer for SCOPE ALOHA 2013, coordinator PDD for Musyawarah Anggota 2 2013 Kamadhis UGM, and the last one was of course being selected as a buddy for UGM Buddy Club. Maybe it's not really a big achievement if it's compared to what others had done, but Im pretty satisfied of myself because I consider I was active this year besides only doing my academic things. Being a buddy is the one I dont predict because I applied when it's almost the deadline since I just knew it THAT time. After the document selection, they did an interview where I thought I was trying my best but after it was finished, I kept thinking "Why did you answer it like this? Why not that? Why dont you tell more?". Honestly I really want to be selected but we should always prepare for the worst right? So that's why Im super happy when it's announced that I was one of the buddy that being selected for February-May period. That's only a bit story of it. These few days Im in the mood of writing, where actually I've to study since exam is coming this Friday. People say it was hard, but we should always believe in ourselves and be positive thinking, yes no? Fighting!

Joyeux Noël!

Merry Christmas peeps! Christmas has passed for a few days but this time I didnt feel the hype. Mostly because next week exam is coming and I consider this week is my hectic week. We got 2 days holiday which was good as I spend my time quite productively. In my opinion, Christmas has always been identic with christmas tree, mistletoe, winter, gifts, and Home Alone movie series! One of Indonesia's TV station always air it every year during christmas but too bad they didnt air it this year. Dont ask me how many times I've watched the movie as it was my all-time Christmas movie! I think Macaulay Culkin is just perfect in Home Alone 1 and 2 and the boy in Home Alone 3 is not bad as well and the story has always been good. Actually there's a lot of great movies air during this holiday and I want to watch all of them but yeah, you know. I like Barbie series (dont laugh okay), Airbud (my another all-time movies), Doraemon, and blablabla. This time there's also Transformers and Iron Man but too bad I miss it. A few days to 2014 and my first resolution for the new year is of course a good exam mark ^^ Let's countdown!

Drama review: 最美的时光 (Best Time)

This is probably one of the worst dramas I've ever watched. Not that the leads aren't good at portraying their characters, the storyline and the ending are absolutely absurd. I have a high expectation towards this drama since it starred Jannine Chang and Wallace Chung but it just nonsense. The story tells about a woman named Su Man (Janine Chang) who had a 10-year-crush to Alex/Song Yi (Jia Nai Liang) and at first she met Lu Li Cheng (Wallace Chung) with a very bad first impression. When she knew Alex has come back from US, she searched everything about his details and even moved to his company although she's had a steady carreer in her workplace. Coincidentally Lu Li Cheng is her superior and Alex is his rival. It continues as Su Man tries to get closer to Alex but he doesnt even remember who she is. Li Cheng also gets closer to Su Man but she doesnt care about him since her focus is always Alex. In the middle of the story, she and Alex dated but something then came up which broke their relationship. The ending is the most annoying one to me and Im not surprise because since ep 10++ I think the story has lost its main plot. At first I thought it's just okay she wanted to pursue her love but then as it flows, it starts to be annoying and Su Man looks like an obsessive girl. When she starts to date Alex, I get confuse even more because I think the main actor is Lu Li Cheng since in the poster it's Su Man and Lu Li Cheng not Su Man and Alex. This absurdity hasn't ended. Hoping they'll break up in the middle because this is just the sidestory, they are still in an unclear state where I cant guess whether they has broken up. The worst part is that even until the very last episode I still cant guess who she'll end up with. This is why I decided Best Time is in my most worst drama lists. Actually Im disappointed since I prefer an obvious plot where you know this will end up with who or how the ending will be or maybe even if we cant guess the ending, it's clear enough for me to understand and be satisfied. It'll be far way better if they let us know it's a happy ending or sad ending. Enough said.
PS: you can watch it HERE they uploaded the complete episodes but there's only mandarin subtitles or maybe you can watch it in viki.com.

Synopsis:
Written by TongHua the same author with Startling By Each Step, this is her first novel happened in modern time.The stories of four young people are interweaved with their best-kept secrets. Su Mann, a white collar, backbone, elite but ‘leftover’, screwed up every arranged blind date until she met her prince charming--Song Yi--since her high school days. To pursue her love, Su Mann followed Song Yi to join the MG Company with a fake resume fabricated by her best girlfriend. (viki)

dont you think they suit each other well?

this is the one I hate the most.