can two people fall deliberately in love?

i certainly believe so.

the problem with the society today is that we are given so much choices that it is confusing. choosing the correct lifetime partner would be similar as to shopping for some expensive and highly maintainace product, but in a vast market place. you look at the money that's in your pocket and then look at the product. compare the price, plus and minus points. then when the price and quality meets your standard, a purchase will be made.

my shopping habit would include a lot of comparison. i would say i am rather cautious when buying an expensive product. definitely look around for the best price and quality. compare brands of course. being the usual fickle self, i ponder a lot. if i do not feel satisfied with the product range i see, i'll tell myself that there'll be a better one in the market. sometimes, when seen a lot of product range (all good but none stands out), i would delaying the intend purchase. and there goes another few more months. then, there'll be times when i reach my limit. i'll go to the market place, browse through the product for quite a while and pick the one i like best, and purchase it straightaway. the biggest problem i have is with time and that i am still pondering as to whether i would need the product. if i feel okay without is, then i'll probably delay the purchase, until i go berserk one day. geezzz... the more i think about it, the more similarities i see in my shopping and dating pattern.

and about the deliberately falling in love thingy, i'm pretty sure it could be done the other way round.

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let's see at what the experts have to say:
Yes, you can make yourself deliberately fall in love with someone you presently like but do not really love, but not easily. Usually, you strongly favor a few traits of your beloved, such as beauty and intelligence. And you firmly convince yourself that your beloved uniquely possesses them and fall in love with that "special" person.
Because of your distinct prejudices, you have great difficulty falling for anyone else, however much you like them. But if you work hard at convincing yourself that another person has uniquely outstanding traits and will lead you to certain bliss, you may fall in love with him or her. Don't, however, count on it.
Albert Ellis, Ph.D. - Albert Ellis Institute

Romantic love, commitment and all but the most fleeting passion share one important feature: Each is created with intention. Romantic love may feel magical, but we learn to love in a deliberate fashion. Can we learn to love just anyone? Not without entirely re-creating ourselves, our personal beliefs and attitudes, a process that would be unlikely. One needs shared core beliefs and attitudes, a simple foundation on which to build.
Learning to love another person is an adventure, but it is not about scaling mountains. Rather, it is negotiating the ordinary business of life. Love is becoming intimate, learning things that few others know or care to know about one's partner.
Robert Milardo, Ph.D. - University of Maine; President, International Association for Relationships Research

The answer, of course, is "Yes, it happens every day." Yet our culture persists in the belief and promotion of an idealized romantic notion of love that makes the pronouncement, "We were made for each other." It is as if we have little to say in the matter—either love finds us or it doesn't. These romantic falsehoods tend to obscure the actual work involved in creating love between two people. This work involves shared commitment, responsibility, fidelity and mutual respect. When we say that people "fall" in love, we would do well to think more in terms of "choosing" and "creating" love together.
James Morris, Ph.D. - President, American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy

the grass on the other side is always greener

in the past few months, i have been attracted to males who are attached. they seem to be more aggresive and friendly than the single males. plus, they seem to be more open about their feelings. maybe that's why they seem to catch more attention.

why is it that girls are likely to be attracted to males who are attached? the moon on the other side is more round? more challenging maybe? does these males produce a certain type of scent that attract girls to them? or is it that we have been fighting for our toy, so that the habit is still buried within us? or is it just because it's chemistry?

whatever it is, i would certainly hide my feelings towards them. i would chose not to see them often because i do not want to let my feelings grow for the wrong person. it would be stupid to confuse myself. it is not my style to snatch the posession of others. i know how bad it would feel like. i would not want it to happen to me. as much as i would like to, i wouldn't. i just couldn't.

but somewhere inside my heart, it hurts.

oh noooo!!!

been out for lunch and dinner so often these days. and have not been going to gym for it's making me gain weight!

22/04 thr dinner : two face, behind menara imperium
23/04 fri dinner : jap resto, beside mal kelapa gading food court
24/04 sat dinner : satoo at shangrila hotel
25/04 sun dinner : izzi pizza at menteng
26/04 tue dinner : pondok sedap malam at muara karang
27/04 wed lunch : suan thai at cideng
27/04 wed dinner : hanamasa at puri indah mal

29/04 fri dinner plans: ding tai feng at plaza senayan
30/04 sat dinner plans: kevin's residence at karawaci
01/05 sun dinner plans: maybe attending a friend's wedding dinner

hiksss... when will this end. it's killing the weight loss program and my pocket! i better take a break and go to gym tomorrow.

i have been feeling rather needy these couple of days. i need some tender-loving-care. i guess this is probably the worst thing about being single! just too bad...

minor machine problem

one of the machine has been having some minor problem lately. so had to flew in the technician to the rescue. he told me that he would be arriving at 15.30, but called at 14.00 to inform that he had missed the flight. oh well!

anyway, it was 18.00 when he arrived jakarta. so i asked the driver to take him straight to the resto, where i and my cousins joined him. had the dinner at pondok sedap malam, muara karang. they served one of the most refreshing pandan coconut drink there. yummy yummy drink. by far, i think sedap malam was vinson's most enjoyable meal in jakarta. i've taken him out for lunch and dinner for more than ten times, but never have i seen him ordering additional drinks and rice. i guess he probably likes seafood a lot. i was glad, of course. anyway, the food they served was above average. everyone enjoyed more than expected but i did not feel at my very best, cos i was pretty exhausted.

after dinner, my driver sent vinson to his hotel and i joined my cousins back at the effendy's residence. it was then followed by this supposingly reputable martabak at pluit which costs Rp. 44.000 each. martabak was good. we also had chinese tea to cleanse the fats.

later, harry went to pick up henry from the airport. kennie, tere and me stayed to watch tv. i slept while watching. halfway through, kennie sent me to uncle donny's room where i could sleep more comfortably on the bed.

the next thing i know is that kennie, harry, henry and tere barged into uncle donny's room laughing. henry was kind of shocked to see me, cos he did not expect any of the girls to be there.

henry bought four phones back from hongkong! three were nokia 9500. one for kennie, one harry and the last kevin. so it'll be the nokia communicator cousin's club eh? the fourth was a siemens 720, for henry himself as a second phone. i could not believe that henry still wants to keep his xda x2 instead of changing to a new 9500. since henry had been using x2, he never picks up calls nor replies sms. it annoys almost everyone of us, except henry himself i suppose.

anyway, had a tiny cup of gogo orange juice before tere drove me home. hmnn... it really feels good that this time round tere is the one who's driving me home.

off to bed now. tomorrow will be full of work and steal some time off work to play with my gold fishes.

judge a fish by its poop

there are ways to tell if your gold fish is doing well. and one of it would be looking at their poop.

long & thin
same color as there food but its thin and long. this normally caused by stress and not eating well. fish should be closely watched.
white with air bubbles
there isn't any color to the poop and there is air trapped in the poop. this is signs of constipation, the food isnt being prossed in the fish. fish should be not feed for three days and then feed nothing but peas for three days.
thin & white
there isn't any color to the poop. this is a sign of a bacterial infection inside of the fish. fish should be placed on anitoboitics and feed nothing but anitibotic foods.
long & clear (zig zag) with air bubbles
there isnt any color to the poop but it is long and with air bubbles in the poop. this is normally the fish reabsorbing eggs.
long & thick
the poop is long but the same color as the food you feed them but it trails the fish. this fish is feed to much and is a little consitapated. fish shouldnt be feed for three days.
short to medium
good healthy poop should be the same color as what you have feed them. the poop should be short to medium length and not be trailing the fish for long lengths of time.

mine seems to be the long & thick poop. hmnn... have to reduce the feedings. have to.

yaaayyy....

hip hip hoorah. it's been 25 days since i first bought the 4 goldfish. it had not been easy and i have been observing at my gold fishes carefully.

one of them died a week ago due to swim bladder. he was a sinker. another one (the smaller and cute black baby ranchu) had some fin rots and fungus. and some of its tails was gone and parts of it reddish. called the fish doctor, my collegue for help. he said to buy some medication to drop it in. and after a few drops of that greenish looking medication, it seems to be getting better.

i just found koko's goldfish world on the net. only read a few parts of it, but will read more about it soon. i want my goldfish to live a long life. and i want to name my three babies. 2 black ranchus, 1 bigger and 1 smaller. and 1 orangey whitish one. any suggestions people? i need cute cute names.

awwww...

was supposed to have dinner with hairy, kennie, asun & anne. but i felt kind of tired. i did not get enough sleep last night. nor did i sleep this afternoon. so i sms har & ken to cancel. then gave hairy a call to confirm. harry was like "come with us, vi. it'll just be a while. five's better than four. i'll pick you up, k."

yesterday night, it was the same situation with the midnight movie. i wanted to get home so that i could be up and fresh for sunday's church. then har & ken persuaded me to go for the movie.

just can't resist these people's company.

i'm getting sick...

sick of seeing the same thing over and over on the blog. did try to change some of the things on the blog, but it still looks pretty much the same to me.

i needed more. i yearn for the dazzling, vibrant, bling-bling, flamboyant color. the colors that would lighten up the blog. the fashion colors. but i'm afraid i'll get bored of them in a blink. lasting colors would always be black and white.

not sure what i should do. maybe i'll leave it as it is for now.

music: ken hirai - gaining through losing
midnight show: wedding date

prayer before work

my heavenly father, as i enter this work place, i bring your presence with me.
i speak your peace, your grace, your mercy and your perfect order into this office.
i acknowledge your power over all that will be spoken, thought, decided and done within these walls.

lord, i thank you for the gifts you have blessed me with.
i commit to using them responsibly in your honor.
give me a fresh supply of strength to do my job.
anoint my projects, ideas and energy so that even my smallest accomplishment may bring you glory.

lord, when i am confused, guide me.
when i am weary, engergize me.
when i am burned out, infuse me with the light of the holy spirit.

may the work that i do and the way i do it bring faith, joy, and a smile to all that i come in contact with today.
and oh lord, when i leave this place, give me travelling mercy.
bless my family and home to be in order as i left it.

lord, i thank you for everything you've done, everything you're doing and everything you're going to do.
in the name of jesus i pray, with much love and thanksgiving. amen.

cookery cookery

felt like cooking.

so i made some chocolate jelly. gelatin powder, chocolate milk powder, milo powder, condensed milk and water. mix them well and bring to slow boil. pour into a bowl and wait at least half an hour for it to cool off. put inside fridge. serve 2 hours later. it turned out greater than i imagined. maybe because i use lots and lots of milo.

also made egg mayo. put eggs inside pot and fill it with tap water until the eggs are fully submerged. cook for 6-10 minutes. drain and drop the unpeeled eggs in icy cold water (so that it'll be a lot easier to peel the sheel off). unshell the eggs. cut into slices. add english mayo, jap mayo, salt and black pepper. mix and mash it with a fork. and viola. it's done!

yummy! yummy!

homealone

had dinner with mum yesterday. the last dinner before she was off for her holidays. crystal jade la mien at plaza indonesia. together with 8 other family members. later that night, mum stayed over at uncle buck's place as they have a 6 o'clock flight to catch early tomorrow morning.

watched my crazy love (a.k.a my love ssagajy) after i got home from dinner yesterday. korean romantic comedy. i was cracking up pretty bad by myself. oh well, some parts of it were really funny. main actor was kind of suave. actress not too bad either. after all the comedy, out comes all the romantic. did cry a little. not sure whether it was the hormones; the storyline or just the fact that i had not been crying for long. pretty much one of those puppy love thingy. but yea, it was quite entertaining to me.

and on my first night of homealone this april (had tini accompanying me yesterday), i watched wicker park. not too bad, but not very good either. the story is kind of stupid in some way, as i do not think that someone could miss out another person in that way. i mean, it is so easy to get in touch these days. emails, phonecalls, sms, ym, msn, fs... it is so impossible to miss! and the movie was not in the 60s settings. or maybe they are just not so keen into trying to keep contact.

also watched wimbledon at tere's place before i went home. only wacthed the later part of it. this is at least more sane than wicker park. better, imo.

one thing to be happy about. i can use my mum's chauffeur till she's back. which means: sparkling clean car everytime and getting chauffeured around everywhere. uhhh... i like all that pampering.

that's for it now. guess i'll better watch some tv and tuck in to bed soon.

shopping

i got myself:

wet & dry vacuum cleaner
[planned - ace hardware]
to vacuum the dust particals that got stuck inside the interior of my car. i'm allergic to dust!

armour's leather care protectant
[unplanned - ace hardware]
to clean the synthethic leather on the car seats.

bags of rags
[unplanned - ace hardware]
to be used with the leather care protectant or when cleaning car's dashboard.

cadbury fruit and nut 45 gr
[unplanned - ace hardware]
felt like some chocolate on that instant moment.

mng jeans series t-shirt
[unplanned - mango plaza indonesia]
to be worn. to satisfy my boredom of clothing selection.

i'm especially satisfied with the vacuum and t-shirt. however, a big complain: things are getting more and more expensive these days.

fish fetish

... ... ...
e: hold on for a while k.
e: sorry, i was opening the door for the office boy. he just helped me changed the water for my fish tank.
w: oh, since when? the fishes?
e: i got interested in it a couple of months ago.
w: what kind?
e: goldfish.
w: oh... goldfish. hmnn... you getting married any soon?
e: huh? what has that got to do?
w: it's like when people starts to have pets (dogs, cats or fish). it is sort of like a training for them before starting up a family.
*e laughs*
e: i hope so.
w: don't you have someone already?
e: hmnn... not really.
w: oh well, you rejected the one before. *hinting*
e: just haven't met the right one.
w: what's not right according to you might be right according to god.
e: yea yea...
w: how many goldfish?
e: three. supposingly four, but one died.
w: hmnn... that means it's not the right time yet. some sort of like, your kid might lose a limb or something.
*w chuckles away*
e: yea rite! that's not going to happen.
*phone conversation continues*

*e feds her fishes. took photos of them. and start staring at them for almost 10 minutes.*

strike back of the gastric

felt uncomfortable for the whole day. did not work. did not pick up calls. did not reply sms. did not want to go doctor. i slept and slept and slept. only to wake up for late lunch and dinner, plus toilet visits. and still, i feel uncomfortable.

it's the same ole gastric. i thought it was gone, but apparently it striked back. harder this time round. yikes. i guess it's because i've been thinking too much about work issues (pressure from up and down). it freaked me out. stress = panic = tense = gastric.

definitely have to get back to work tomorrow. there are some issues still unattended. it's a half day saturday, so i guess it's going to be fine.

two upcoming events for tomorrow.

first: my honey's birthday dinner. she informed me about that a week ago and reconfirmed via sms today. i have to arrive her place before 6.
second: kev sms inviting all christians about a parade from bundaran HI at 15.30, which will be followed by a service at monas, 16.30. "the greatest masterpiece" by rev. stephen tong.

i'll most likely go to the birthday dinner, cos i have promised my honey. plus the parade thingy sounds doubtful. and i guess it'll be perspiring hot! maybe i'll call up kev to ask him about it tomorrow.

tried applying eucalyptus oil on my tummy, but it still feels bloated and uncomfortable. will try applying more soon. i just love the smell eucalyptus oil, don't you?

disturbing

someone in the company, who is still a trainee, wanted to quit. she was not as good as i wanted her to be, plus there are still a lot of things that she has not yet accomodate to. so i felt there was not much reason to keep her around.

last week, she claimed to be sick and did not show up at all. this monday, she promised to show up to clear her work, but did not.

i guess i'll have to tell that to the new upcoming employee that i need someone who i can trust to be responsible at the very least. annoying.

note: need to call up the upcoming employee to tell her about this.

late for work

i slept at 9 yesterday. and was awaken by my mum. she was in her room talking (on the phone quite loudly) around 7.30 this morning.

woke up 7.30. but still, i reached office at 9.30. this is bad. my official clock time is 9, but i'm always late. or should i say never early? it is such a bad habit and i want to get rid of it.

any advice/tips to that my dear friends? as a side note, it would take me around 30 minutes to get from my apartment to office in the morning.

looking at: shoewawa (all about shoes, gals)

gastric attack

my tummy doesn't feel good. and i've been burping since morning. the usual gastric i guess.

i did took some medicine this noon, but it does not seem to work well.

arghh... hope it goes away soon.

dining again?

this time was with marcella, angel, aan and the usual cousins. had it at chianti classico bistro at menara rajawali, ground floor.

just found out today that chianti and fj bistro & deli at kemang raya share the same owner. no wonder they share similar interior, logo and food. and both serves european/italian cuisine.

been to chianti once before. with indra and hary for lunch on saturday. the place looked different at night. i prefer the interior at lunch time, most probably because of the natural lighting.

ordered scallop with pork bacon penne with garlic olive oil. scallops are small, but it can be considered fresh. bacon's good. tried one of marcella's escargot. yum. overall, food is quite good.

dinner was followed by sweets at praline. tere and kennie had crepes with ice cream, while i had tiramisu ice cream. the rest, only drinks. their hot chocolate was way too thick and had cinnamon in it. cinnamon with hot chocolate is definitely not my cup of hot chocolate. other than that, everything's great.

ambiance wise: romantic. reminds me of those cafe in paris. red wallpaper, yellow lightings, gold plated chandelier and posters.

plus, all the three draft proposals are done. hooray!

the drafts are done!

the draft proposal for two project are finally out. seems like i work much faster at home. or is it that i work more efficiently at night? cos there's no phone calls interupting, no one coming into the office, no customers coming. besides, working in pj is much more comforting. isn't it?

however, i forgot about one last proposal. it's not mine, but i guess i'll do it. don't mind helping, cos it's not that difficult to me. will have to do the draft for that tomorrow night.

off to bed now. taaa...

diarrhea

had dinner at sushi tei, then a drive through tamang lawang. not much 'chicks' around to show to liew. everything went on pretty okay, until i was dropped off at my apartment.

when i was walking towards the lift, i felt such pain in my tummy. second time round today. then kennie called to say that i left my cosmetic pouch on harry's car. told ceng to go retrieve it, cos i just had to go.

had diarrhea. similar to the one in the afternoon, but slightly worse off. not sure what had caused it.

and now, i would be really glad if someone would wash my face, hands, feet and put me to bed. but still have two proposals which are due the day after tomorrow. there goes my beauty sleep.

driving home early

was having a slight tummy ache this morning. and the attack came again in the late afternoon. it was bad. so bad that had to go to the restroom to settle it before i drove home. after that, i felt weak. it was uncomfortable, so decided to drive home straight. to my astonishment, the traffic seems pretty good. considering that it is a monday.

a grayish mettalic jazz near junction caught my eye near the red light junction. i have confirmed that it is a jazz, and not a fit. looks nice but yet not so commercialized. makes me desire for colour change. but the thought would be not be acceptable. i would rather do something else with that amount of money.

saw a beautiful sunset on the way home. it got me excited. took a few shots with my phone, which made my car lagged a little. was hoping to post it here right now, but i do not have the cable to transfer it to the home pc. too bad.

think i'll take a 30 minutes nap, then bath. going out later at 8.30ish.

question & answer sunday

at the sermon this morning was the "questions and answer time" by pastor dave kenney.

how do we know that the lord spoke to us?
first, it must be from the heart. second, it must be agreeable to the scripture.

is it okay for us to take life support off someone?
a person who is on life support is not going to live "naturally" without the life support; therefore it is acceptable. however, it is not okay to starve them or dehydrate them or inject some chemical into their body to end their life.

let's say someone is exteremly sick and in pain. it would be okay if we pray to god to end their sufferings. if their purpose in life has been fulfilled, their children is up and well and everything is taken care of. then maybe it is time to go. everyone, including you and me, has our own time. the only expection would be if god came before our time is up.

is it okay to give undertable money?
if you are paying someone to get what you are supposed to get, then it would be acceptable. but if you are bribing someone (get something that are illegal and not supposingly yours), then it is wrong.

pastor dave's example: he gets pulled over by the indonesian police while driving (most probably because of his skin color: caucasian). he would just give them 'what they wanted', because arguing with the police will not solve the problem. of course, he is unhappy about the situation.

are we obligated to give 10% of our salary? is it 10% of our gross or net salary?

according to the old testimonial, we are obligated to give 10% of our salary. however, we do not follow a lot of the teachings of the old testimonial (like not eating animals with woofs).

if let's say someone claims to be dedicated to god and gives only 1% of his/her salary then it would show how much his/her dedication is to god.

if you are bad with maths and gives 9.5% of your income, god would not mind. god does not need our money. the point is to give joyfully, systematically, generously and in response to the needs.

a friend of mine who is a doctor says that masturbating is healthy. so is it okay to masturbate?
the bible does not address to this matter in particular. however sex is intended for a husband and wife to get closer to each other. and adultry is definitely a sin. sexual activity with anything other than what god created sex for would therefore not agreeable to what god wanted.

tsunami happened on after christmas and the earthquake at nias after easter? is there any connection?

no. it was just a coincidence. people are always trying to find a way to find out why things happen. and if you try hard enough, you'll find something somehow.

plus, there was also a question about the da vinci code. but i forgot to take note on that one. it was very interesting though.

guess that covers most of what was asked. hope that helps. :)

lily's birthday at satoo

had dinner at satoo to celebrate lily's birthday tonight. the newly renovated resto looks much brighter than before. it's my first time there since it changed its name. we had buffet, which served all food ranging from japanese to chinese to indian to whatever it is. i was kind of lost when i had the first browse through at the range of food. there's so much variety and i was rather confused at which to start with. impressed actually.

presentation of food is well. freshness scale, not too bad, considering it is a buffet. dessert is definitely good, especially when they have a chocolate fountain in the dessert section.

while having desserts, tere asked her lily how old she is this year. replying with confidence, lily said "40. life starts at 40."

lily continued that at 40, people are financially stable to be able to afford almost everything that they want. it is kind of true yea. mira said when you are 41, you grow wiser. small matters do not matter much. and you start forgiving people for their ignorance. i would, of course, love to grow wiser.

dinner was great. conversation was entertaining. a treat for both the tongue and the mind. and yet again, i feel satisfied.

colored contacts

ughh... feel sick now. i think i ate too much just then.

and i just bought new pairs of contact lens (same brand, same color, same diameter, same everything as the previous ones) but the lens for my right eye seems to be a little too big. and it feels uncomfortable. isn't that weird? it's the same everything and this had to happen to me!

i am not sure why, it seems more difficult to find a suitable set of nice colored contact lens that it was a few years back. it's irritating. i've tried all of the well known brand and they all seems either too small or uncomfortable. guess i'll just have to wait till my eye adapts to it.

or until i find a better alternative.

think i better go sleep soon. not feeling all too well here. nighty nighty.

another saturday, another week

just got back from watching hostage with cousins. not too bad, but it's definitely too bloody to be my kind of movie.

dinner at tokio joe was not as good as i remembered it used to be. maybe i got sick of fusion sushis. maybe i ate too much crab stick in the afternoon. maybe i was full. however, made a new discovery today! tokio joe have really nice, sweet ribs. plus, their salsom sashimi is still served in the perfect thickness. yum...

talking about food, i really miss asuka buffet. even just thinking about those mouth watering grilled gindara teriyaki is such a pleasure to my brain. i could easily finish half dozen slice of it. and then martabak. sweet sweet martabak. geez! i can't seem to get food out of my mind. must be the hormones due to the period thingy.

btw, i have discovered that my liking towards how the food is cooked changes as i age. i used to like all fried stuff, but now i appreciate soupy things a lot more. not that i do not like fried stuff now. i still do. but it does not attract me so much as before. soup, on the other hand, seems a lot more tempting these days. but in taste wise, i am still sticking with the salty, savoury, spicy stuff.

salty + savoury = yum
salty + spicy = yum
salty + spicy + savoury = yum yum
salty + spicy + sour = nahhh
sweet + salty = nope
sour = quite good
sweet = yum... but not too sweet please!
sweet + bitter = yum
bitter = okay sometimes, depending on the mood.

also an interesting to consider (the topic was raised by kennie a few weeks ago). can you tell if someone is a fried or soup person? kennie said i looked like a soup person, but i'm kind of like in the middle. although it is true that i like soup more than fried food these days. limi looks like a soup person; but in fact, she loves fried stuff a whole lot.

what am i writing about? i'm not too sure if anyone can understand it. but i can. hehe. oh well, i'm happy. satisfied.

going to church tomorrow. have to wake up at 9 to pick up julie. hopefully i can persuade tere to come along too. and maybe meni-pedi after church, then nap at the effendy residence before going for lily's birthday dinner. sounds too good and tempting. but got a problem. what should i get for lily?

music: almost here - brian mcfadden duet with delta goodrem
reading: the purpose of life - rick warren

phone trouble, again!

yes... it happened again.but this time it's my mum's. she has been having phone troubles for weeks (since she decided to get rid of the slow se t610 and change to that berserk nokia 6110).

today, i was renaming all her contacts to caps. previous contact entries were some in caps; some mix and some small letters. apparently the stupid nokia 6110 could not detect it small and caps at the same time.

and previously before that was to transfer phone contacts from her previous se t610 to the nokia 6110 and 9210i (for trial usage). 9210i was far too difficult, therefore the project was cancelled instantly after trial.

i keep telling my mum to change her phone, cos i feel that phone does not meet her demands. 6110 can only keep 300 contacts and another 200 in the sim. my mum has way more than 500 contacts that needed to go into the phone. plus, if the contact phone memory is almost full (95% or above), the phone goes a little berserk. berserk in here means: could not find contacts that starts with D and E... blablabla.

hopefully i can persuade/get her some decent phone that allows for more than 1000 contacts. would be good if the phone has a camera for her to play around with. the most important thing is that i hope mum actually wants to learn how to use it... cos she seems a little frustrated now. but i do understand that it is frustrating for old people to keep on changing phones and learning new stuff. oh well.... i'm rather frustrated too. but i've gotta be patient.

note: i'm a nokia user myself. but i feel that there is something wrong with the 6110 that my mum's using.

new hair cut

the photo was taken using my hp's camera. turns out rather blur and a bit distorted. maybe they embedded the fish eye lens. hihihi. :)

but i like my hair. it's adorable. although i get annoyed about it sometimes.

pleasant events

first: got both of my hp back. the 9500 upgrade software was free of charge. fixing the 9210 costs 250rb. pay one to get two, definitely nice.

second: got new fish tanks plus 4 new goldfishes. 2 orange, 2 black. they r still baby goldfish. one of the orange one seems to be rather unbalanced/unhealthy. lek said those fishes would not survive till 4 april. melia bet on two weeks. how sarcastic are these people? as for me, i think they will survive a few months or so, at least.

third: had a new haircut by my favourite hairdresser, vivian of fazio. my fringe is short now. some said i looked cute. some nice. some not nice. but i love it.

third: had dinner with henry, harry & kennie yesterday at kiyadon, plaza senayan. the hygiene was bad! the food so-so. then it was followed by watching the pacifier at planet hollywood. shared a cup of caramel popcorn with henry. but i think i finished most of it. hehe.

forth: had dinner with henry, harry, kennie & limi. this time was at bebek bengil, dharmawangsa square. the food is better than expected. was followed by a visit to the ranch market. nice supermarket, since they have a lot of imported stuff. i bought some japanese brand mini marshmallows and grass jelly.

life's good. life's good!