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Sunday, 4 January 2009

I woke up at 8.30 am and be prepared for Church. Last night, I was up 'till 4 a.m, browsing bor lookbook and blogs which i found inspiring :)

Few days ago, one of my "Chick" grandma hand me down her black leather ankle 

boots, a cool necklace and two big belt. I'm so lucky to have chick grandmas *love u Oma Dee, Oma Frans, Oma Ani, Oma Ine* :) They were so chick, they use many accessories like belt, necklaces, bags and so on. Oma Frans even made necklaces by herself and when they no longer use that stuffs, they hand it down to: ME.. yaaay! That's because I'm the oldest grand-daughter and most of their grandchildren are boys. That leaves me and Avi, but Avi doesn't give as much attention to accessories as i do. Or, should I say, haven't give as much attention as i have. Maybe someday she will be as attracted to acessories as i did :) 

Anyway, the 'all night browsing' and my old but new accessories inspire my look today. I war my grey H&M shirt -bought it at Bandung last weekend, on a trip with Arkie and his family *aah, another story* :) - with my black skinny jeans and my grandma's ankle boots. I like to mix and matched my clothes, but sometimes i forgot my clothes 'inventory'. So, i've been thinking to documenting my looks. I've taken few picture from time to time, starting 3 months ago *if I'm not mistaken*. But that pictures goes to trash or just there at my cellphone's memory card. Now, I'm going to post it here :) It's not that i value myself as "fashionable" so that people could be inspired by the looks i posted. It's more like a private archive that I'm willing to share. I'm open for comments and critiques, especially a constructive one :) It's a good timing to start, since it's the beginning of 2009 :) lets see how long i could committed to this 'looks diary projects' :D

At the Church, the Preacher mention about Israel and Palestine. Recently, Israel has attacked civilians in Palestine (that's that I heard from here and there). The Preacher said that even though Israel is 'the chosen nation' (In Christian, Israel is a nation that is chosen by GOD') but when they did inhuman act, when they show no love (which is the core of Christianity), Christian people should take a stand. Well, i think that's an interesting topic which reminds me: I have to be more concern with what's going on with the world, with the environment around me. First I have to know what issue is going on, better if i can understand it scientifically :) after that I have to take a stand, I have to have my own opinion about that issue. Well, I'm a very ignorant person, i don't read newspaper, i don't watch morning news, i don't read news websites. I have tried to, for a few days, but I'm not committed enough to continue. I was busy with 'my thing': my study, my "problems" with family, friends, boyfriends, that kind of stuff. Today, I will try once more, to make myself more concern.

"I promise myself, from now on, I will read newspaper everyday, watch at least 1 news, and open detik.com at least once every time I get online"

After Church, I go home, have some brunch and change my outfit. I'm wearing my pink plaid sleeveless shirt and black skinny jeans. I go to family meeting, my mum's family. The topic is about a family legacy in Manado -where my ancestors came from-. I'm not going to discuss the topic here, but i get this insight form that meeting: there are at least there important yet often forgotten things to be prepared before you die:

1. Make sure you have made a will, this will avoid family feud over your belongings.
2. In time of grief, people often forget to take care of important things like death certificate.So, it's very important to inform this to your family and if it's possible, assign one f your family member to be responsible for this duty.
3. Prepare legal documents for your belongings you've shared in the will, along with a clear will, this should give your family less burden and less feud potential.

Since nobody knows when his life ended, that things should be prepared as early as it could be :)

After the family meeting, I'm having another family gathering, but this time with my dad's big family. It's a farewell dinner for dad's sister. She lives at Germany and will go back home at 6th January 2009. So, this is her last weekend in Indonesia. We gather on some outdoor place called "kampoeng djajan" or "village of snacks". It's a space where you could eat and listen to live music. Not a fancy one, but it suit my dad's sister's preference. There are 27 of us, 13 adults and the rest are children to adolescent. We have so much fun! After the meal, my dad start to sing and the kids are forced to sing in front of everybody. At first, we say "no, thanks" buat ended up singing two songs or more :D Here are some pictures of me and my cousins:

that's me (with the black pashmina) and Nita

Nita, me, Peter, Gilbert, Arnold, Arthur

Wynda, Nita, Me (facing the other way), Arthur

Keke, Lingkan, Me, Garry, Arnold, Arthur, Gilbert

I arrived at home at about 01.00 a.m. Now is 5:06 a.m, I'm still in the mood of writing my mind down, posting pictures and playing fashion war at facebook.

Aaah, what a day! I think it's enough for this post. Thanks for this post. Thanks for reading :) *doubt that anyone will ever read this, but just incase ;P*

cheers,

Pinkz

*who is happy to write down what's on her mind*