Henna - a form of Body Art

So I went to this mall the other day to meet a friend. Along the way, (inside the mall) I passed by this booth that does Henna tattoo. And I thought, I should do this at least once in this lifetime of mine. So there goes, my first Henna tattoo. Interesting huh?

Logitech Tiger

This is how my new mouse looks like. I totally love it!!! I love the colour and the design. I'm a Tigger fan too you know.

FYI, this is the 4th mouse I've bought so far. All the others are dead and not functioning. I suppose because they were too cheap. So this time, I bought a mouse that costs about 7-8 times the usual amount that I spend to buy a mouse.
I certainly hope it will live up to my expectations and accompany me for a long long time. I won't ever buy anything second rate anymore. And that goes for my shoes too.
If I got this job, the first thing I do would be to buy a new pair of work shoes. The one I wore to the interview today, it hurts my feet so bad that they're now sore and blue black. I'm going to buy those shoes that costs about 4-5 times as much as this pair. Mark my words.

Imported Ami-Quelle

Hi everyone!
I've finally decided that I won't be able to update ami.Quelle (my second blog) like I used to anymore. I suppose the fire for it has burnt out. I'm sorry.

Many people also seem to misunderstand my purpose in starting that blog too, where they mistook the works I posted as mine.

So as of today, I've imported all the posts from the ami.Quelle blog into this blog. So if one day you are browsing through my posts and found an odd post or some odd comments, it might be one from it.

I also want to thank you everyone who have visited the ami.Quelle blog in the past. I really appreciate all the lovin you've given me.

Regards,
Melisa

Nocturnal

I'm a nocturnal.
No question about it.
My brain is usually more awake at night, when the air is cool, and everything is dark and silent.

And lately, my days are nights and my nights are days.
But I can't go on living like this for always.
It's not healthy.

Goodness knows I've tried.
I've had periods of normal waking hours, but then I would fall into this bad habit again.
Sigh...

Maybe it's also because, when I'm exhausted from being awake all night, I sleep better. Dreamless, restful sleep, as opposed to the tiring sleep I usually have during regular nights. I absolutely hate it when I can remember my dream.

Are You Ready to Go?

If it's your time to go today, are you ready?

When you realized you're dead, will you have any regrets?
Have you lived your life to the fullest?
Have you told them that you loved them?
Have you given everything you had to everything you do?
Have you made everyone that matters happy?

Honestly, I don't think I am ready.

I wonder how many people will come to my funeral.
But most importantly,
I wonder what will people remember of me.

Funbike 2009

I've been sleeping for two days...

Since I got home from joining the Indosiar Sepedaria (funbike) event this Sunday.


I woke up at 3.40 am, washed my face and changed my clothes. Then waited for my bf to come over.

At about 4 am we went to his friend's house to join them.

After that, we cycled all the way to Senayan. The road was blocked for cars from Monas onwards. We had 3 lanes for ourselves. We split up with his friends before we reached Monas though.

When we reached Senayan, we had a bit of drink then cycled back to Monas.

On the way, we stopped at the Bunderan HI to eat a bit of breakfast.

Once we got to Monas, we started on the way home, even though the route is supposed to go back to Senayan.

By then I was very tired and my backside hurts like hell. So we started to walk alongside our bikes, cycling occasionally.

Near my boyfriend's house we started to walk all the way.

His house is nearer than mine, so we stopped there. It was about 8 am. So we've been cycling for 4 hours.

His mother fried some nuggets for us to eat, then after that early lunch, I went home.
My bf tucked my bike in his car and drove me home. Of course, I have no more energy nor will to cycle anymore.

The moment I got home, I took a bath and slept. It was an quite an uneasy sleep, cos my thighs, the part just above the knees, they hurt like hell. Nevertheless, I slept until night comes. When I woke up, my legs kind of hurt when I walk.

Thank goodness, today they don't hurt anymore.

All in all, that was an interesting experience. I got to see thousands of cyclists on the road, and there was even a club of people with old bicycles and costumes. There were also bicycles that were pimped to look like motorcycles. And when else can I go to Senayan with a bicycle?

The only thing I regretted was not bringing a camera. I was so dumb not to think of bringing a camera for such once in a lifetime experience.

It was fun, but I don't think I'll ever go again.
And forgive me for such a boring recount, I'm such a bad storyteller.
Thanks for reading though!!!

Reluctant Commissions

Have you ever been commissioned for something that you're currently not in the mood to make? I know I have. In fact, it's happening to me right now.

The thing is, I would be quite crazy to refuse them, since commissions don't come everyday. But sometimes you've been doing one thing too many times that the fun is gone. And every moment I'm making them, I would be thinking of every other things I'd rather do.

How about you? Would you rather do something you don't like than to lose some income?

Face Lift

For those of you who frequent my blog, what do you think of my new layout and colours?

Is it better? Fresher? Clearer due to the white background?
Or have I just become another one of the common crowd because of it?

All this while I stick to my green blog so that it's unique.

Give me some feedback kay... Whether or not I should change back to the old face.

Thanks!

Furnace

I've been sleeping in hell for the past few nights.
My A/C is broken and the temperature has been way up there in the scale.
Even now, sitting here with the fan full blast, I'm dripping sweat.



Uwaaaaaaaaaahhhhhh!!!!!
I can't stand this heat anymore!!! My skin is already itching with rashes, especially around my neck. And there's really a limit to the number of times I can take a bath in one day.

I really hope it will rain soon. Cos the longer this heat goes on, the more probability that the rain will pour in buckets when it comes and I really really don't want any flood to happen.
And of course the rain will definitely pull down the temperature a bit and bring me some sort of relief.

The Curse of the Pens

Pens and Pencils are really mysterious things.

I never really ever run out of them. Even though it seems like a long long time ago since I last bought any. (Could possibly because I kept getting free promotional pens with various brands affixed to them. Or I've been buying without being aware of it. XD )
Anyway, the weird thing is, even though I have 5 mugs full of pens, sometimes it's hard to find any that works. (Hmm, must be because I really seldom throw any away, unless I'm really really sure it's dead.)
The same goes for pencils too. Some are jammed, some has no lead inside, some are broken, etc. I have so many of them but I just can't find any that works when you need them.
On the contrary, I have many many many coloured pens that never seem to die. Have I really not used them enough? I've been writing mostly with coloured pens nowadays, seldom with ordinary black or blue pens.

But the most dangerous thing is, I always feel the urge to buy new pens and pencils every time I passed by the stationary section of the book shops. Especially coloured pens. Especially those glitter gel kinds. And those cute mech pencils. And those cool looking pens...
(That's why I avoid going near it nowadays.)

P.S. I regret not buying that syringe-looking mech pencil I saw quite a long time ago.

What I Got for Christmas

Top left corner: A set of 3 brown towels
From the gifts exchange at our big family Christmas party.

Top right corner: The Secret Life of Bees & Tales of Beedle the Bard
From my aunt.

Bottom right corner: Beading book & a box of beads
From another aunt.

Bottom left corner: DIY calendar
From my cousin whom I gave the coin pouch to.

Handcrafting as a Full Time Job

All this while I've been making stuff as I do other things, like my school paper, an office job, part time job, teaching, etc. I've never really concentrated in only making things. As a result, I've not really made anything much, with a very very long list of 'want-to-do's and a bunch of ideas that I've not acted upon.
And now that I've quite decided I'm going to do it full time, (if I don't get this office job I'm stalking or if I don't get any students this semester), I realized that it IS a job that really needs a lot of time.
Really, I wonder how do those other crafters can do it. I mean, in between making commissions, making presents for friends and family, doing personal experiments, how do they still manage to stock up their shops? Not to mention craft fairs, etc.
Damn, this must mean that I've not been working hard enough.
Come on come on, I can do it!!!!
Hiyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!

Room Cleaning (Finally)

I finally cleaned up my room today. Took me about 5 hours to tidy up the table and the floor. I've been basically throwing my stuff down to the floor for the past 2 (almost 3) weeks. And that's also quite how long I didn't sweep & mop the floor. I am really that lazy. I usually wait until I really can't stand it anymore before I'll start to clean up.
It's really weird actually, since I have some contrasting habits. I can't stand feeling a bit of dirt or grease on my hands so I would wash my hands many-many times in one day. I would wash my hands before I touch my laptop. I'd wash my hands every single time I touch some glue, even though it means I have to go back and forth to the bathroom.
I also won't lie on my bed with clothes that I've worn outside the house, or clothes I've sweated in. I will also usually lie on my bed only after I've taken a bath.
But yet, the funny thing is, I don't understand why do some people loves to clean every single day. I suppose it's true, it'll only take a few minutes to do it everyday compared to taking 5 hours in one day. But I really generally avoid cleaning unless I really really really have to. And it will get dirty and messy again anyway. So why not do it all at once, as rarely as possible?

Happy New Year 2009!!!

Hi Everyone!

May this New Year bring you and me even greater things than the previous years.

Don't worry be happy!

I'm Partially Back

Hi, finally my part time work is done. Yesterday was the last day and I'm so really glad it's over. I was already a bit past my saturated point with boredom of doing the same thing. My body is also tired with fatigue and I'm very sleepy and sluggish. Basically, I'm in the 'LAZY MODE' right now.

I'm partially back because I'm not yet in the mood for writing anything worthy, not in the mood for editing and uploading any photos, not in the mood to do anything other than lay around in my bed, or doing some other passive thing like watching tv.

I already finished reading the 2 books I got for Christmas and now I've ran out of things to read. One was okay but the other one really sucks. But I just read it for the sake of finishing it.
Damn, I really need to get that Brisingr.

Anyway, please be patient while I get my spirit back. I just want to do nothing at the moment.

Merry Christmas!!!

I just want to take a little bit of my time to say





To all of you who celebrates Jesus' birthday.

May this day reminds you of His wonderful deeds and be thankful of His existence in this world.

For He was an enlightened man, more advanced than ordinary humans.
And thanks to Him, we can all be enlightened too.

Short Info

Hi people, just wanna inform you that there'll be very little activity here in my blog for the next two weeks.

This job I got is very physically taxing.

I barely got the strength to check my blog n email every night.
Even less to make any crafty thing.

And right now I'm going to sleep soon.
I'm having a slight headache already.

C ya!

New Job

Tomorrow I'll be starting a new job. It's a part time job actually. Only for 14 days.

I'll be working as a Surveyor at the mall near my home.

Don't be fooled by the cool sounding name. It no more than simply asking people to answer some questionnaires.

I have to get at least 10 completely filled questionnaire everyday. Seems manageable right?
Maybe not, because each questionnaire has 9 pages. :O

But anyway, I've decided to take on this job because I thought that I can't be scared forever.
How can I go forward in life if I keep staying in stasis / non-action?

CHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRGE!!!!!!!!!!

Historical Moment

It is a historical moment for me today.
Just a few minutes ago I finally found the strengh and courage to click the 'FINISH' button on Etsy and listed my first item.
Maybe you find this silly, but it is a really great deal for me.

Forward with valor!!!

Swimming

I finally got to go swimming again today. After nearly 5 years out of the water. So glad to have finally found a nice and clean pool here. It's not far from home too. And most importantly, I have my dear bf to accompany me every time. He's the swimmer.

Obviously, I'm very out of shape. I hardly have the strength to keep myself from drowning at the deep side of the pool. lol!!!

But anyway, I'm looking forward to getting some stamina back into this lazy body of mine.

I have to, after buying a brand new swimsuit (diving suit actually) and swimming goggles. Must not let it go to waste right...

Didn't bring my camera this time though, maybe next time.

Anyhow, the main thing is, I had fun today!!!