Dance with Me?

Dance with me, will you? You choose the song then we dance. You may look clumsy while I look silly. You can step on my foot and I will make you laugh. It's okay. Just dance.

Frustrating Crush

I often read my friends' facebook status that said thing such, "I'm still single because I have crush on anime character." Everytime I read that kind of status I was like, "Duh." I've watched cartoons and been interested in some characters but I haven't had crush on any of them.

Then I read Girls of the Wild's and I have a crush on Li Mi Nam. He's a high school student and a boxer. 

This crush makes me frustrated because:
1. he's fictional
2. he's a comic character so it's not even possible to meet the actor in real life
3. he's not the main character so I can't see him often
4. I can't find many fanfictions which include Li Mi Nam (yes, I like fanfiction)

It's not that I want to date Mi Nam. It's just .... I can't even explain.

Anyway, if you like Korean manhwa and martial art, I suggest you to read Girls of the Wild's.

p.s. I don't know Korean so I don't know the proper transliteration of Mi Nam's name. Is it Li Mi Nam? Or Lee Mi Nam? Or else? 

My Handbags

Several days ago, I was about to go out and I carried my white sling bag. My mother noticed that and said, "Why do you carry that bag? It's already dull. It's dirty. Why don't you carry the green one?"

I said, "The green one is not big enough."

"Then you should use your backpack," she told me.

I ended up carrying my backpack.

Talking about bag, I always choose a long lasting and big backpack for school. Appearance doesn't matter. I like dark or dull coloured backpack since if it get dirty, it won't look so dirty easily. However, I like pretty handbags.

The picture below is the white bag I first carried.

My mother bought it for me long time ago. The bag is made by knotting technique called macrame. Let's have a closer look. 

The green bag my mother mentioned is another macrame bag. It looks like this:

Closer look:

Yesterday, on Saturday night, my mother took me to Ngarsopuro night market. She said, "We need to buy a new bag and some T-shirts for you."

At first, we saw a stand of canvas tote bags. They looked good but we needed a big bag so we continued walking.

Then we found a stand of handbags and I bought the biggest one.

That bag is made of zipper. If you look closer, you will see....

I then told my mother that I also wanted the canvas tote bag so she bought me one. Hooray!

I really like the owl painted on the bag. It's fierce yet colourful.

Anyway, I've just found out that there are many kinds of handbag. You can read the wikipedia article. 

Lipstick Again

I bought lipstick again a while ago, on June 5th (yes, I bought it after accompanying Lady Slytherin to market). This time I bought a lipstick with natural colour: La Tulipe no. 13. I like the colour. It looks almost exactly like my natural lip colour. It's pink with slight purple and brown mixture. Also, the lipstick smells like grape (if my nose is correct).
Another info, La Tulipe is manufactured in Sidoarjo, Elsa's hometown.

p.s. I've just realised that lipstick colour in the photo above doesn't look like the real one.

Blanja Jamu

Mbiyen dina Jumat tanggal 5 Juni aku ngancani kancaku golek adas nggo skripsine dheweke. Kancaku iki neng postingan basa Inggris jenenge Lady Slytherin. Merga iki postingan basa Jawa karo basa Indonesia ya wis aku njenengi Nyonya Besar.

Awake dhewe motoran nyang Pasar Gedhe. Tekan kana takon karo tukang parkir, "Pak, pados obat sinshe ten pundi nggih?" Bar kuwi diancer-anceri panggone. Jebule adas sing digoleki Nyonya Besar ora ana ing toko obat. Ing toko obat kuwi anane obat sinshe sing wis dikemas. Ngendikane sing njaga toko, "Cari di kios jamu aja, Mbak. Di dekat kios buah-buahan di sana itu." 

Mlaku adhoh meneh. Bingung meneh. Takon meneh karo Pak Satpam sing njaga toko teh, "Pak, menawi badhe tumbas jamu ten pundi nggih?" "Ngrika, Mbak. Ngandhap jembatan," ngendikane Pak Satpam.

Pas mlaku menuju kios ngisor jembatan, awake dhewe nggawe video. Ya critane pengen nyoba nggawe video travel kaya YouTuber ngono lho. 

Tekan kios jamu ....
Nyonya Besar (NB): "Pak, ada adas?"
Penjaga toko (PT): "Adas yang jamu apa yang masak?"
NB: "Bedanya apa, Pak?"
PT: "Lha Mbaknya mau mbuat jamu apa mau masak? Kalau mau masak ya beli adas masak."
Aku: "Yang buat masak itu yang manis apa yang pedas?"
PT: "Yang buat masak itu yang manis, baunya agak harum. Kalau yang buat jamu itu yang agak pedas, yang warnanya agak hijau."
NB: "Oh ya udah, Pak. Coba lihat yang manis dulu."
PT: (maringi adas manis)
NB: "Ini harganya berapa, Pak?"
PT: "Mbaknya mau beli berapa?"
NB: "Sekilo berapa?"
PT: "Sekilo Rp 50.000,00."
NB: "Ya sudah, Pak. Beli sekilo sekalian."

Aku lagi pisan kuwi weruh wujude adas manis. Jebule bentukane kaya gabah. Tenanan, goleka ing Google. Mangga menawi kersa maos artikel saking Wikipedia basa Indonesia:  https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adas_manis ; basa Inggris: https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Anise
Oh, iya, bar kuwi aku nonton videone awake dhewe pas mlaku nyang ngisor jembatan. Jan tenan, videone tengil -_-

Body Language, Grit, and OCD

It has been a long time that I haven't posted in this blog. Many things happened and I hoped I could write them right after I experienced them, as usual. But I couldn't. I just felt tired.
Anyway, recently I've been watching TED a lot. Here I want to share three videos that I like and I think you should watch, too.
1. Amy Cuddy: Your body language shapes who you are
My father told me to maintain straight posture because I slouched a lot. Then I found this video and I was like, "Whoa!" Amy Cuddy said that our body language can affect our mind. How? You should watch the video.
2. Angela Lee Duckworth: The key to success? Grit
This video is short compared to other TED Talks videos. That's why I like it. Angela Lee Duckworth told us it's grit, not social intelligence, not IQ, that determines our success. Watch the video to find out what grit is and how it determined our success.
I guess I should embrace my inner Hufflepuff more.
3. Debunking the myths of OCD - Natascha M. Santos
Psychiatry and psychology are interesting. It's so interesting that many people like to diagnose themselves or their friends and family with certain psychological condition. OCD is one of those conditions that is often diagnosed. You should watch the video to understand that OCD is not so simple as being meticulous.

Useless Advice

A guy friend of mine is in love. My other two friends who know the girl he's in love with tried to give hime advice. The conversation went like this

"She'll only use you."

"But I love her."

"She's full of drama.'
"What do you mean?"

"She's annoying. She will hurt you."

"I can take the pain."

"I just want to say, take care of your health."

Hearing that conversation, I remember Sujiwo Tejo said that the most useless thing to do in this world is giving advice to someone who's falling in love.