The Days of a Silly and Ordinary Girl! :D

Hey, hey, there!

Happee 'Belated' Independence Day, Indonesia! :D

Been wanting to post this on the D-day, but the internet connection at home still isn't working well. Tonight is just one lucky night it's working, and I need to post this entry as soon as possible.

Truth to be told, there are times when I'm proud to be Indonesian, and times when it's hard to say I am. There are things that you'll get to love about Indonesia, the beauty, the food, the culture, a lot of things, but there might also be some things that you'll complain about. At the end, I get to realize that 'real' love is supposed to be unconditional, which means when we love someone, we have to love his/her everything, including their positive sides and their flaws. And, that's the kind of love we're supposed to have towards our own country. I know it's hard, I'm sure not only for me, but maybe we should give it a try? After all, there are a lot of things that we can be grateful about living in this land. Hopefully, I'll get to experience that 'unconditional' love towards my own country anytime soon. :)

Again,




 - Raw Booster
Decided to try the menu called "Mama Melon", a mixed smoothie of "Kiwi + Melon + Apple" (+honey). I thought it's going to taste sweet, but it's not. A little bit sour, but very fresh instead. :)  And it claimed to be good for health.

-Larc Honeycomb Ice Cream

Okay, my internet connection at home has been a real pain the ass for these two weeks. It's being going on and off like crazy again! Like it wasn't enough last time.
You know, the rainy season is back, and it's great because I love rain, but not the internet connection when it's raining. It really pisses me off at times.
So.. while it's going well, I need to post an entry before it's going crazy again.

Today, I want to talk about something that's been in my mind these past few days.

How does it feel when you finally get something you have really wanted for a long time, but when you actually get it, you don't feel good? Like in fact, it's not like what you have imagined it all along? I guess this is what we call as irony.

I'm gonna be very open about this. Truthfully, since I've been single for a while now, (a real long 'while'), there are times when I do hope I have someone, especially when I'm checking the social medias, and see lots of 'so-sweet(-it's-making-you-sick)' pictures of couples. I can't help but wishing I have one too. Doesn't mean I'm desperate. No, I definitely don't.

So, when someone finally reached out to me, I was so happy, thinking that the time has eventually come. This was it.

But well, instead of feeling great, I started to freak out. I was totally freaking out. It felt too sudden.  It's like I was scared with what's going to happen next. I was not feeling excited anymore. Like suddenly I'm not ready to lose the 'single' life I've been enjoying all this time.  

Is it always like this? Or is it just me? Maybe I'm a total coward?

Well, it's ironic cause it's not going the way I wanted it to be. And, it really doesn't feel good (I mean, the irony).

Any of you has any idea what I should do next?

Hey, guys!
I'm feeling quite down today.
When I first started this blog, I thought that I'll only share all the happy things that's happening in my daily life so that I can pass positive energy to any of you. (*too much of Gandhi, isn't it?) And I never had any plan to share anything's negative. Because I don't want you, to feel down too.
Well, a friend of mine once told me this, "It's 'The Days of A Silly and Ordinary Girl', it's basically your diary, so you can share anything that happen to you. You can't always wait around till something comes up and you write about it." And at that moment, I realized he was right.
So, here I am, sharing my thought with you :) Just a brief one, don't worry.

First of all, fyi, I'm currently working as an English teacher. For all this time teaching, there have been several times when some students just come up to me, and tell me that they want to study with me instead of studying with another teacher because they said I was more fun, and I wouldn't torture them much with too much homework and exercises. Of course, as a human being and as a teacher, I should honestly said I'm proud, and I'm happy. It is like when your colleague or your boss tells you, "Hey, you did a good job!" kinda feeling. You know, the feeling of being liked is always nice. Therefore, I thought highly of myself, that maybe I'm a good teacher, I did a good job teaching, and bla bla bla. But today, I realized that maybe I was wrong. They like me, because I am easy to be fooled, to be cheated on, and I won't do anything about it. They're just not afraid of me. They know I'm not gonna scold them. That's why they chose me. Because although they chose me, they still don't study well, and don'tt listen to me well. They still cheat while they're doing their exercises anyway. That's when I realized everything. This kinda feels like having a boyfriend who asked you out just because you're the easiest among the others, you're easy to be cheated on, to be lied to, and you just go on with that because you don't want to ruin your relationship.

The reason I don't scold them is not because I'm weak or because I'm afraid, I'm just worried that if I scold them, it will cause our relationship to be awkward and it would influence the teaching process. You know, when you hate your teacher, you wouldn't want to listen to him/her anymore right? And I surely don't want that to happen.

I guess I'm a complete fool, thinking that they like me purely because they like my way of teaching.
It's true, Life is not always a bed of roses, anyway.
Guess it's really the time for me to start being realistic.

Well, that's all. Just sharing my simple experience with you, maybe you'll learn something from it, maybe not, whatever it is, I hope you enjoy reading. :)

Hi, there!
So today I have review for Pitch Perfect 2!
I really love the first Pitch Perfect! It's amazing!
Which is why, I've been waiting for a long time for this sequel to be released. Yoohoo!


 I know that it's too late, for the review, because the movie was released 3 months ago. Well, when it was playing in the theatre, it's not that I didn't have time to go and watch, or anything else, it's just that for movies like this, (those that I will like a lot), I prefer to watch it at home, from DVD or files maybe, because I'm a type of person who loves to rewind and re-watch the parts that I like from the movie. And I surely can't do it, if I watch it in the cinema. :p

Well, I hate to say it, but I'm a lil bit disappointed, it's just not as good as the first one. Sorry.
I was overwhelmed with excitement when I watched the first movie, I went kinda crazy looking for the soundtracks, videos related to "Pitch Perfect" in youtube, original songs that they covered in the movie; I re-played some of the parts in the movie again and again. And, I even had a playlist in my phone, full of the tracks from the movie and I listened to it like every day. More accurately, several times in a day. Maybe this is why, I expected a lot of the sequel.

When I was watching the first Pitch Perfect, I kinda felt like I could relate, and I could sing along because most of the songs there were popular songs, that you often listened to thru the radio. But for the sequel, I just don't have any hint of  most of the songs they're singing. There are times when I hoped a song I know somehow popped out.

Even for the riff-off part, the part that I like the most, the first one is still better.
Oh, I don't understand, why they say, the "Das Sound Machine" is awesome, because I still think "The Treblemakers" was way off better than them. Maybe, it's because I'm not an auto-tune kinda person.

The only performance that I like from the movie is the ending showcase of the Barden Bellas. They included something really unexpected, and I like that idea, and the ending song too. You probably know which song I'm talking about since it's very famous. Haha. But I'm not gonna spoil anything, so just go ahead and watch. :p

Overall, Pitch Perfect 2 is kinda cool! It's not as bad as you thought. But it's just not as good as I thought it would be. It's still refreshing and funny. They still nailed it by serving us with great performances of Acappellas. I always admire people who do acappella. They're just awesome. And Pitch Perfect is doing great promoting Acappella to us. You can expect to see a lot of wonderful acappella groups from all over the world in this movie. :)

Well, this is totally my personal thought, any different opinion may apply.
And it is still recommended, though. :)
Especially for those who just love songs, music, and acappellas. :D

Psst... Wikipedia stated that the third sequel is coming in 2017. Can't wait! :D:D

See you again,

xoxo