The Oh-So-Happening Lipstick

Hallo everybody! It's been a very long time. I have to admit that even though Im no longer work right now, Im quite lazy to write something in this blog while I have so many to write. This time I will share my opinion or my review about what is happening right now. Girls all around the world must have known about this, haha. Okay, Im not a make up junkie. Im just a girl who curious about it. (Kita switch bahasa ya :p) tentu saja sisi kewanitaan ijk muncul dong. Bohong banget kalo ga pengen nyobain sekalii aja. Akhirnya here it is, setelah kepengen merk ini itu, baca review disini disitu, inilah tiga brand liquid lipstik yang saya punya:

Yupp! tiga merk yang ijk yakin sudah tidak asing bagi perempuan-perempuan masa kini. Dari kiri-kanan: NYX shade Monte Carlo & Moroco, LA Girl shade Fleur & Secret, Lime Crime shade Red Velvet. Urutan penataan pemotretan lipstik diatas sengaja diatur seperti itu karena ijk mau sharing dari yang lumayan oke, oke, sampai oke banget. Udah bisa nebak kan mana yang mana?

Baiklah, kita mulai dari yang paling kiri, NYX. Pertama dari segi packaging simpel karena ukurannya lebih kecil. Harga juga so-so lah masih around 100ribuan. Kalo kualitas lipstiknya begitu nempel di bibir, pertama sih oke ya, nempel matte gitu, tapi ga begitu lama. Soalnya begitu jij makan trus minum, pelan-pelan warnanya agak ilang trus ngebekas di pinggiran gelas. Setelah itu di bibir jadi kaya ga rata lagi gitu warnanya jadi harus touch up ulang. Seems that it's going to be my last NYX deh, ga bakal beli lagi.

Merk kedua adalah LA Girl Matte Pigmented. Liquid lipstick paling murah diantara ketiga merk diatas. Sekitar 70-80ribuan (beda toko beda harga). Tapi ijk suka banget sama merk satu ini. Karena ijk butuh lipstik yang light yang enak dipakai buat sehari-hari dan of course murah! hahaa. Karena kan pasti cepet habis kan kalo sering dipakai. Jadi ga pusing kalo habis dan mau beli lagi. Dari segi kualitas juga bagus menurut hemat ijk. Ringan, kata orang jawa gak nggedebel, trus awet biarpun udah makan dan minum. Pokoknya haucek! Minusnya cuma dari packaging aja sih agak gedean but it doesn't matter to me.

Yang terakhir adalahhhh.... Lime Crime!!! yakk lipstik keren ini adalah hadiah ulang tahun dari pacar ijk tercinta. Jadi ijk gamau ngomongin harga yah secara ini hadiah, haha. Tapi jij sekalian bisa browsing lah range harga Lime Crime ini. Dari semuanya, Lime Crime ini juaranya. Emang ada harga ada kualitas yah. Enak banget dipake di bibir, light and soft trus awet. Lah bedanya sama LA Girl apa? Bedanya kalo LA Girl kita masih berasa pake lipstik, tapi kalo Lime Crime ini dia merasuk banget. Jadi kaya ga pake lipstik gitu. udah enak banget pokoknya juarah. Dari segi kemasan juga cantik banget kan? Singset ramping kaya yang punya, trus baunya harum pula, yumm! Dan jelasnya kalo ini lipstik habis ijk mau kodein pacar aja buat beliin lagi :p eh tapi nanti insyaallah udah jadi suami sih kalo ini habis, hihihi aamiin.

Udah segitu aja opini ijk tentang lisptik-lipstik ini. Maafkan kalo bahasa ijk acak adut. Maklum udah ratusan tahun ga nulis dan lagipula ijk bukan master per-make up-an jadi gatau cara review make up yang baik dan benar. Semoga bermanfaat yah buat jij sekalian kalo mau beli lipstik kekinian ini. Saran dan komentar sangat boleh dilempar. Thank you!

The Storyteller

Hallo! It's been a very very long time. I'm so glad to be back here. How are you guys? I hope you all doing fine. Me? Umm I'm sinking in my job as usual. Can't manage time to be online in front of my laptop as I used to be. I think I lost a lot of my writing skill (do I have one?) due to my activity. Anyway, what am I writing today is to introduce you to my mini bookstore. It is an online bookstore actually. I named it "STORYTELLER" because I believe a person that read a book has a lot of things to tell. That's why I call it Storyteller. At first, I sell my own collections because my book shelf can't handle my collections anymore. Instead of put it in a box, I rather sell it so that their new owner can take care of them very well. Time flies I'm thinking about this business more serious. I can't keep selling my own collections because hey I love books too! So I was thinking about to buy secondhand books and I sell it again.

I'm dreaming of having my own book store, the real book store. So I think this way could be the good beginning for my business. For now, you can check some books I sell on instagram only @storyteller_bookstore. I'm selling a secondhand books with good quality and acceptable price. 

If you are interested you can contact me on sms/whatsapp +628213-213-9696. Here are some of the books, maybe you are looking for one of them. Happy shopping and thank you :)

• Adimodel – Kinky Rain 30.000

• Alberthiene Endah – Cewek Matre 30.000

• Amy Efaw – After 30.000

• Arswendo Atmowiloto – Projo&Brojo 20.000

• Ayu Gendis – Reuni 30.000

• Bacem Wong – Iiih Romatis 15.000

• Charon – 1000 Musim Mengejar Bintang 40.000

• Charon – 3600 Detik 35.000

• Cita Martini – Bukan Salah Cupid 20.000

• Clara Ng – Dimsum Terakhir 25.000

• Dewie Sekar – Impian Moira 20.000

• Djenar Maesa Ayu – Nayla 30.000

• Donna Rosmayana – The Princess in Me 20.000

• Dyan Nuranindya – Rahasia Bintang 27.000

• Dyan Nuranindya – Rock N Roll Onthel 23.000

• Edgar Allan Poe – The Tales of Terror and Detention 20.000

• Elizabeth Strout – Olive Kitteridge 30.000

• Esti Kinasih – Jingga Dan Senja 35.000

• Farrahnanda – Beautiful Nightmares 25.000

• Guntur Alam – Solely You 30.000

• Hara Hope – Target Amore 20.000

• Joe Hill – Heart Shaped Box 27.000

• Karla M Nashar – Bellamore 30.000

• Kate Brian – The Princess ad The Pauper 20.000

• Lia Andriana – My Cousin is Gay 25.000

• Luna Torashyngu – Beauty and The Best 25.000

• Luna Torashyngu – Love Detective 20.000

• Maria Jacklyn – De Buron 20.000

• Meg Cabot – Ready or Not 25.000

• Ninit Yunita – Test Pack 30.000

• Paulo Coelho – Di Tepi Sungai Piedra Aku Duduk dan Menangis 25.000

• Pearl S Buck – The Good Earth 35.000

• Primadonna Angela – Kintaholic 25.000

• Primadonna Angela – Magnet Curhat 25.000

• Raditya Dika – Cinta Brontosaurus 25.000

• Raditya Dika – Kambing Jantan 20.000

• Raditya Dika – Manusia Setengah Salmon 35.000

• Raditya Dika – Radikus Makan Kakus 25.000

• Ria N Badaria – Writer VS Editor 25.000

• Rosemary Kesauly – Mamimoma 15.000

• Sitta Karina – Circa 20.000

• Sitta Karina – Skenario Dunia Hijau 25.000

• Sonya Jones – One of Those Hideous Books Where The Mother Dies 20.000

• Stephanie Zen – Anak Band 20.000

• Syahmedi Dean – A.M.S.A.T 35.000

• Tan Tjin Siong – Sang Penari 20.000

Ugly Handwriting and what it Says about You

Occurred at a glance to googling about “ugly handwriting” because some of friends think mine is ugly :D this article was reposted from --> CLICK THIS

Ugly handwriting needs its very own own post because it has always been the ugly duckling among writers. There are several reasons why I’m featuring  “Ugly handwriting” today – one of the most important being that these handwritings usually have a lot to them and the writers of these handwritings are never bland.

In fact I have always found them to be the most interesting to analyze. So if you have an ugly handwriting read on – there may be more to your scrawl than first meets the eye. We all know what “ugly handwriting” looks like. It’s the exact opposite of those beautiful neat and often calligraphic looking works of art that we all envy.

Ugly handwriting has poor rhythm and many inconsistencies. I was told as a child by an unsympathetic examiner that my handwriting resembled a garden – a garden with weeds. And so people with poor handwriting always find themselves having to apologize: “Please excuse my handwriting as I’m writing in a moving car” – or “galloping in a horse and buggy” etc.

Poor writers hardly received much encouragement from the classical graphologists either. They were a rather stuffy lot in those days and found it difficult to countenance poor handwriting. Crepieux-Jamin, one of the founding fathers of French Graphology, when describing these unfortunate missives referred to their “multiple discordances” with much disapproval.

Ludwig Klages, a famous German graphologist was even more derogatory about this kind of handwriting which he dismissed with the haughty description of “poor form level.” As far as he was concerned anyone who wrote with poor form level was the pits! He should have seen some of the handwriting of today!

Now I’m not trying to suggest that there is great virtue in writing “badly” – or that you should try to cultivate an ugly hand. Far from it. I am in a constant battle myself in this regard because my own handwriting, as I’ve mentioned, is far from beautiful!

Of course, every handwriting is different and generalities, especially in the field of handwriting analysis, can be dangerous.

Nevertheless there are some interesting things that we can point out.

The Meaning of Ugly Handwriting

• Ugly handwriting can indicate a certain amount of emotional baggage. Many ugly writers tend to be emotionally volatile.
• Sometimes, ugly handwriting can be an indication of low self-esteem or insecurity; but it can also show autonomy and a desire to be judged on your own merits rather than conform to the standard way of doing things.
• For those of us who are members of the club of ugly handwriters, there are a few consolations.
• Ugly handwriting is always individualistic because this type of writer is an independent thinker. You will notice that this writer does not always fit in with the expectations of society.
• Ugly handwriting often goes with creativity and sometimes it can be a sign of eccentricity too.
• Paganini the great violinist belonged to this category and he was certainly eccentric and undoubtedly creative.

Picasso also had an ugly handwriting and look at what happened to him!

So, if you class yourself as an ugly writer don’t despair! Some of the ugliest writers have been highly creative or exceptional people in one way or another. Aside form Picasso, think of Beethoven and Napoleon. They had dreadful handwriting and look at what they achieved!

here are some pics of my ugly handwriting :D

no offense for the last pic :D

so for all of you who have ugly handwriting and people complain a lot, don't worry, you are special :)

beautiw

Sisa Kejayaan Keraton Surabaya

Keraton? Iyess! Dulu kota kita tercinta Surabaya punya yang namanya Keraton loh, atau semacam Kerajaan gitu lah. Mungkin selama ini cuma Majapahit yang sering kita baca di buku sejarah tentang kerajaan di Jawa Timur, padahal Surabaya (pernah) punya!

Well sebenarnya saya pribadi sudah tau tentang keberadaan keraton ini sejak jaman SMA, bukan dari buku pelajaran (miris) melainkan dari sebuah acara yang diadakan diknas berjudul “M3S, Mlaku-Mlaku Muteri Suroboyo”. Dari situ dijelaskan gamblang bahwa Surabaya mempunyai sebuah Keraton jaman dulunya. Yah walaupun sekarang sisanya sudah hamper musnah dan tersisa gerbangnya saja :(

nah kebetulan hari minggu tanggal 17 Juli kemarin, saya dan beberapa teman mengikuti acara SHT (Surabaya Heritage Track) yang diadakan oleh House of Sampoerna. Acaranya mirip M3S kurang lebih. Jadi daerah keraton sendiri saat ini berada di sekitar area gang Kraton-Kepatihan-Carikan-Baliwerti sampai Alun-Alun Contong atau yang terkenal dengan taman kota pada saat itu. Beberapa gang di sekitar kampong keraton sendiri dinamai sesuai dengan profesi orang yang menempati daerah tersebut, misal seperti gang kepatihan, daerah ini dulu dipercaya sebagai tempat tinggal para patih kerajaan. Dan gang Carikan sebagai tempat tinggal para Carik dsb.

Yang paling menarik perhatian saya tentang Kampung Keraton in sendiri adalah gapura keraton atau pintu masuknya. Iya, yang tersisa memang hanya ini. Gapura ini dihimpit oleh beberapa ruko disekitarnya. Jadi tidak heran apabila beberapa orang tidak sadar bahwa bangunan tersebut adalah sebuah masterpiece pada jamannya!

at Kraton gang II

di bawah sisa gapura

  

 Okee, kita tengok sejarah Keraton Surabaya dulu yaa. Artikel ini saya dapatkan (aka kopas :p) dari: Harian Surabaya Tempo Dulu

Dipuncak keemasan Mataram ketika diperintah oleh Sultan Agung, terdapat daerah yang sulit ditaklukkan karena kekuatan angkatan perangnya. Daerah itu terletak di Jawa Timur dan bernama SURABAYA yang saat itu diperintah oleh Pangeran Jayalengkara yang mempunyai putra bernama Pangeran Pekik.

 Dalam buku yang saya baca, Kraton Surabaya dikelilingi oleh tembok setinggi 4 meter sehingga sulit ditembus oleh pasukan musuh. Sultan Agung mengincar Surabaya sebagai daerah taklukan karena Surabaya memiliki dua keuntungan yaitu dekat laut dan kotanya di tepi sungai (Kalimas), sehingga dipandangnya kota Surabaya adalah kota yang sangat strategis.

 Sultan Agung melakukan serangkaian penyerbuan Surabaya dimulai tahun 1620-1625 yaitu dengan melakukan gangguan terhadap hasil panen. Tetapi kota Surabaya sangat sulit ditaklukkan karean pasukannya yang gagah berani (Arek Suroboyo, hehehe)

 Karena bila menyerang secara langsung Sultan Agung selalu menemui kegagalan, maka dilakukan taktik lain. Sultan Agung mengirim Tumenggung Bahurekso menaklukkan Sukadana (Kalimantan Selatan) yang dianggapnya selalu memberikan bantuan pasukan ke kota Surabaya. Selanjutnnya Sultan Agung juga mengirim Tumenggung Jurukiting menaklukkan Pulau Madura yang dianggap sahabat Surabaya. Kemudian mengangkat Raden Paseno sebagao Pangeran Cakraningrat dan diberi kekuasaan memimpin pulau Madura.

 Setelah melemahkan sekutu Surabaya, maka diawal tahun 1625 dimulailah penyerbuan besar-besaran. Tetapi Pangeran Pekik dengan gagah berani mempertahankan kota dan memukul mundur pasukan Mataram hingga ke Wirosobo (Mojoagung).

 Kemudian semua panglima perang Mataram mendirikan markas di Wirosobo dan setelah membicarakan berbagai taktik, akhrinya diputuskan membendung anak Kali Brantas yang mengalir ke kota Surabaya yaitu Kalimas.

Keesokan harinya mulailah pasukan Mataram membendun gKalimas dengan jalan menenggelamkan ratusan pohon kelapa yang ditopang oleh bambu, disetiap pohon kelapa diberi bangkai tikus, kucing dan anjing. Beberapa minggu kemudian Surabaya mulai kekurangan air dan sedikit air yang mengalir ke kota telah tercemar oleh bakteri sehingga banyak parajurit dan penduduk Surabaya terkena wabah.

 Melihat rakyatnya menderita, ditengah malam Pangeram Jayalengkara diiringi pembantu setianya naik kuda menuju Wirasaba menemui Pangilam Mataram, Tumenggung Mangunoneng dan minta bendungan dibongkar. Dalam peristiwa ini boleh dikatakan Pangeran Jayalengkara menyerah dan takluk kepada Mataram.

 Beberapa waktu kemudian Sultan Agung mengangkat Bupati Sepanjang untuk memimpin Kadipaten Surabaya. Selanjutnya Pangeran Pekik diasingkan di daerah Ampel....kelak kemudian hari untuk membuat persekutuan lebih kuat, Pangeran Pekik diangkat sebagai menantu oleh Sultan Agung.

Nama Pekik berasal dari kata Fikih, karena memang Pangeran Pekik ahli Fikih. Lokasi Kraton ada dikampung Kraton, dekat kampung Kawatan. Istal kudanya di kampung Maspati Bubutan Baliwerti kata aslinya Baluwarti yang sepertinya juga daerah pertahanan Kraton. Baluwarti = gundukan tanah.

 Makam Pangeran Pekik beada di dusun Banyusumurp desa Girirejo kecamatan Imogiri Kabupaten Bantul Yogya. Sebenarnya makam itu berada satu kompleks dengan Makam Imogiri (Makam Sultan Agung) tapi posisinya diluar kompleks makam Sultan Agung. Kompleks Makam Banyusumurup dikenal sebagai  makam dari keluarga Keraton yang dianggap mblaleo terhadap Sultan Agung.

 Pangeran Pekik dan istinya Gusti Ratu Pandasari dibunuh oleh menantunya sendiri yaitu Sunan Amangkurat I (Sunan Seda ing Tegalwangi). Karena bencinya maka Amangkurat I memakamkan Pangeran Pekik dan istrinya di kompleks Banyusumurup.

 

Dan pada akhirnya wilayah Surabaya diserahkan pada Belanda. Itulah mengapa banyak bangunan keraton yang akhirnya terlindas oleh bangunan colonial Belanda. Cukup disayangkan.

beautiw
ps: thanks buat Dewi atas fotonya :)

I Call it EARGASM

Haha maybe im not going to talk a lot about sex because im not the expert.lol I found that article through my tumblr account, yes yess tumblr gives us lotsa informations that maybe we never find in other sources. So, Musical climax like having sex, me soooo agree! Why? because I feel it myself especially when I listen to my currently favorite song by Avenged Sevenfold, Save Me. Save Me is the longest song in their album, Nightmare. On minutes 5:47, Synyster Gates plays his guitar solo. I really have no words to describe his melody but Holy God! Idk but it seems that I feel climax and I get some new energy during and after I listen to this song.

I can't describe what is that mean, but you can read the article and guess yourself why, haha.

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The Making of "So Far Away"

ahoy folks! miss me? :D

so okay, those lyrics above is one of the "So Far Away" lyrics from my favorite band ever, Avenged Sevenfold. They will make "So Far Away" as their the second video from the album, Nightmare. When the first time I hear that song, it's around July last year, I have already my own video clip for this song. Idk but this video plays itself on my head during I listen to this song. But unfortunately, it's just a dream. They won't use my idea because they have already had their own story to represent this song.

is anybody wanna know my idea about this song? lol I'll keep writing even there's no one want to read, poor me :D

The story is about a girl, she's a big fan of Avenged Sevenfold. She doesn't believe if Jimmy is really die. She believes that Jimmy is here with her now. Until one day, she walks down the street, she saw a man that really similar to Jimmy. Once she doubt that he is Jimmy. Then she walks closer and closer to that man, touch his shoulder, the man turn around, but unfortunately he is not Jimmy. Then she cries out loud, back to her room, shouting and crying on her wall that full of Avenged Sevenfold posters and finally this girl realizes that Jimmy is really gone!

Well, that's my idea about this song. Like I told you, this is just an idea because they, Avenged Sevenfold, have already had their own story :)

Here I'll show you some pictures of the making of this video. I took them from my tumblr. 

enjoy!

Beautiw

Alexandria's Genesis

what's Alexandria's genesis?

Alexandria’s Genesis, a.k.a violet eyes (a genetic mutation). When someone is born with Alexandria’s Genesis, their eyes are blue or gray at birth. After six months, the eyes begin to change from their original color to purple, and this process lasts six months. During puberty, the color deepens to dark purple, a deep purple, a royal purple, or a violet-blue color and remains that way. It does not affect the person’s eyesight.

Those who have this mutation will never grow any facial, body, pubic, or anal hair (not including hair on their head, on their ears, noses, eyebrows and eyelashes) Women also do not menstruate, but are fertile.

So basically they’re perfect people. 

Upon further research, the “symptoms” of those who have Alexandria’s genesis are shimmering, white skin that resists tanning or burning; no body hair other than that which they are born with; purple-colored eyes; a slowing down and even stopping of the aging process; a life span of up to 170 years; their bodies produce little or no waste; their bodies are well-developed; their immune systems are incredibly strong, and resist every disease known to man; they have perfect vision; and they never gain weight. In other words, they’re really “super-human”.

For me personally, this case is unique but there’s still few people having this symptom. but unfortunately, my kids would not or difficult for having those eyes color bcoz I'm Asian :D

For more info you can read here --> Alexandria's Genesis

 beautiw