Back with Awful Voice

It’s been a long time since my last post. Sorry! I’ve been busy lately. In my previous post, I told you about my post holiday-blue. Here I am now, not in post-holiday blue anymore. I think I’ve already got used to this new environment. But I need to chill out after so many assignments I had to finish lately. In the first day school, believe it or not almost every lecturer gave us one assignment. So, I’ve got to finish at least five assignments in a week. Could you imagine that? 

Don’t ask me about the assignments. I am really fed up. Let’s talk about something fun. Here we go. I love Paramore so much. So this is my first video covering Paramore’s song-Ignorance. Hope you enjoy this. If you’re not, comment me what’s wrong. Anyway, I would be very happy if you write a comment for me either it is a compliment or a critic. (I know my voice is awful).

p.s ignore my awkward expression when I'm singing. Hahahaha :D

Talk to you later! :)

Post-holiday Blue

20 hours left for me to be back to school. My heart beats fast, this is not the ordinary post-holiday blue, it’s a post-looooooooooong-holiday blue. I’ve been 4 months off, after high school graduation. Now I’ve got to get ready to hit the books again. It’s not that I feel not ready, I only consider that it is probably hard in the beginning. Going to the college in the first time means seeing new environment, new faces, and so on. Everything is new. What I am excited about is that I would have new friends. Yay! I’ll be happier if I find my besties there, hopefully. God speed!

My mom said, college is a place to flirt to boys. I don’t think so. It was never my intention to have a schoolmate as my boyfriend. I want to befriend right now. Wish I had sooooo many friends :)

Although I don’t know how to get rid of post-holiday blue, at least I have strong confidence that I’ll be a cheerful girl like I used to be (before I moved from one school to others). And I’ll study hard in the college so I can make my parents proud of me.

I remember before studying in the college, there’ll be Ospek. Ospek is a kind of school orientation, so students get acquainted with their school. The main characteristic of this event is that we have to bring a lot of things with unique name. It’s like a riddle. Seniors say the riddles, the following day we should bring the things that the seniors mean. If we got wrong, then we might be punished. Lately I google about it then try to memorize the riddles and the answers one by one. Hahaha. Am I afraid of the punishment? Maybe. Honestly, I can’t stand for a kind of embarrassment. Public speaking, I might be able to handle it. But as for singing a ridiculous song without instrument in front of public for punishment, I’d better die.

Actually, whether or not taking a part in Ospek is not a force. It’s all up to us. I choose to join in because I think it’d be fun. What am I gonna tell to my children someday if I miss it? What am I supposed to do when my friends excitedly tell the experience?

Though I’m not sure I will join an extracurricular in my school, I promise I’ll be an active student. For activities I think it is useful, I’ll join. 

Hey, readers! Would you wish me luck in Ospek? Do you know how to get out from post-holiday blue? Tell me in comment, and I’d thank you so much! Thanks for reading my boring blog! :)

Xoxo,

Agni

Richness + Simplicity = Perfection

Studying in a vocational high school makes me have most of my friends looking for a job after graduation. They seem to be rich, now. At least they could go shopping every week, purchase cool gadgets, go to beauty salon regularly, buy cosmetics, etc. Everyday is living it up, because their money is much. To be honest, I really want to go to work like them. I want to have much money, and be a daughter that my parents could be proud of. Then I find out that my parents want me to go to college, not to work. Even though I can work balancing with my college, I am not sure I can. I have a target, that I’d pass the college by achieving cum laude. I don’t think it is super easy, so I would try very hard and give everything (one of them is my time) I have to reach it.

If someday I get a job, I promise I won’t spend my money only to treat myself. I get inspired by my auntie, Setyowati Rita Okiani, she is a super woman. She is the first children (same with me) of my grandparents. After graduating from Airlangga University, Surabaya, she found a job as a radiologist in a hospital in Situbondo, Indonesia. Since then, she helped my grandparents to pay her siblings’ tuition fee. Do you know how many siblings she has? She has 3 sisters and 2 brothers! If I were her, I was probably sick of spending all money I look for to pay what my parents should pay. But what my auntie did is not to stop paying her siblings’ tuition fee until they were graduated. And lately I heard from my grandma, that she would pay my tuition fee if my parents couldn’t afford to. OMG, I never found any women who have a big heart like hers around me.

Allah is merciful and compassionate. What my auntie did, has done, is doing, do, and will do, Allah knows about it, and sure he gives much better things what my auntie gives to others. She keeps giving, but she is getting richer day by day. What’s more? Her husband is a manager of a financial company, I’m pretty sure the salary is higher than my auntie’s. He is handsome, patient, full-smile, and the same as my auntie, my uncle is rich but not arrogant. Their sons inherit their personality, I see. What a great family! I’m amazed.  

 
The things I remember the most, my auntie never tried to look pretty by wearing either glamorous dress or expensive sparkling diamond, she even don’t wear any make up. She looks gorgeous because her natural beautiful face and her beautiful heart of course. In the BlackBerry trends in Indonesia, my auntie and her family don’t follow it. So is it with other trends, my auntie stay cool with her own style, simplicity.

I want to be like my auntie. She really fits my philosophy of life: less is more. If you want to look gorgeous, you don’t need to be glamorous, simplicity is the best. No matter how much money can I get, I won’t be the other Agni, I won’t be glamorous. I’ll still be a minimalist in the way of dressing up and disbursement. That’s my fashion. Fashion is not about following the trends, it shows what our personality is.

The most part of my first salary I would dedicate to my mom. For the next months, I’ll pay my tuition fee by myself. The rest is for my brother, I let him ask me to buy anything he wants. Oh, that’d be so lovely. :)

Wish I found a good job someday. Hope I reach cum laude, hope all of my dreams come true! I believe I would. Wish me luck!

P.s. Finally I've got a modem for my PC! So from now on, complain me if this blog is lack of my updates. Have a nice day everyone. :)

Xoxo,

Agni

Favorite Games Ever

I have new neighbor. It’s really new, because I don’t have any neighbor before in this new house. There are so many houses were built around my house, this is the second house (my house is the first) that is gonna be filled with a family. I wish the family had a girl (or more), so I have new friend. But lately I knew that the family just had a boy and I am not attracted at him. (of courseeee! I am not single! I don’t need two boyfriends.) Thankfully, the family decided not to move there, they only use the house for business: PlayStation Rental.  

The house is beside my house. Very close, isn’t it? Why don’t the family open warnet (net café)? To be honest, I don’t have PC with internet connection in my house. You can imagine how hard I am every time I wanted to post on this blog. I have to find net café, it’s far away. Yep, that’s one reason why I have been so late to post new entries (sorrrrrrry… I planned to buy modulator-demodulator, I hope it would help me to stop excusing about late posting. Just wait! I’m saving my money now.). If the family had opened net café, I would have been very happy and no longer worry about this blog. Unluckily, PlayStation Rental remains what it is now, not turn into what I wish. 

To kill my disappointment, I should have gone to their house and played PlayStation there (who knows they’d give me free charge? hahaha). Hey, wait. I remember, PlayStation is well-known only among boys, just a little amount of girls know and want to play it. So, the rental is full of boys. (Forget it! I refuse to go there.) Oh, and one more thing, I have PlayStation in my room! 

I don’t have to pay any Rupiah to play PlayStation. It’s free forever. Ok, now I forget my disappointment for a while, and play, play, play!

Harvest Moon: Back to Nature

The first time I got acquainted with PlayStation (it was PS1), I played only this game. I didn’t know much about other PlayStation games. Harvest Moon: Back to Nature is about an adventure of a boy whose grandfather had passed away, his grandfather inherit a farm to him, believing that he must be able to handle everything and restore the farm to its original state and get along with the villagers within three years . If he couldn’t restore the farm and get along with the villagers, he would have to leave. The boy is the character I play. So I have to take care of farm: Planting vegetables, flowers and fruits; building ranches for chicken, cows and sheep; purchasing chicken, cows and sheep to take care of; etc. I love this game in every part of it, especially at the time when I have to find girl to be my wife (‘my’ is the character game, not ‘my’ in the real life. :D), and when I cook in the kitchen. I think it’s fun. 

this image is from here.

Since I had PlayStation 2, I have rarely played this game. In my opinion, Harvest Moon in PlayStation 2 such as Harvest Moon: Innocent Life, Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life, Harvest Moon 3 is not as fun as Harvest Moon: Back to Nature. They are so different. (Maybe I don’t like to adjust myself to a new environment.)

The Sims 2

the cover

For those who are fasting (especially boys), I don’t suggest you to play this game. Sometimes this game show semi-nudity (when the characters take a bath) and let us perform kind of free-sex: smooching, making out, woohoo (making love) as the common ways to socialize even if the characters haven’t got married yet.

Not to mention some gross things in the game, I like this game. I can build the character both physically and mentally. I can choose what color of the character’s skin is, whether the body is slim or fat, how big the eyes are, what color of the hair is, etc. I can choose whether I smart or not. That’s what I love!

The architecture of the houses is so beautiful. It’s interesting to have unique home appliances, electronic devices, and so on (in the real life, it takes a long time to save my money to buy them). It is also possible for me to move to new house (a lot of options).

I have to learn ability to clean rooms, cook, repair, etc here. It fits me. I love cooking. :* 

From this game, I know one of Paramore’s songs: Pressure. That song is one of the game’s soundtracks, it played when I turn the radio on. From that time on, I start listening to their songs, and fell in love with Paramore. :)

Bratz

Girls with a passion for fashion, they are Bratz. This game is mainly about fashion. What I like in this game is not because fashion is the theme. As the game’s language (both spoken and written) is English, I try very hard to improve my English (you know, now mine is sooo bad. English is not my mother tongue).  Then, this game teach me how important to have dreams in my life, dreams would come true if we never gonna give up to reach them no matter how hard it is. The soundtracks tell me a lot of things about what friends and dreams really are for.

Left to right: Jade, Chloe, Yasmin, Sasha

The main characters here are Jade a.k.a Kool Kat, Cloe a.k.a Angel, Sasha a.k.a Bunny Boo and Yasmin a.k.a Pretty Princess. Did you know? I named this blog Kool Kat because I love cat so much, and I love Jade. 

Miscellaneous 

Once I played GTA (Game Theft Auto) San Andreas, I feel like no fun. So do I when I played Dynasty Warriors, Naruto, Avatar: The Last Air Bender, Bully, Winning Eleven, and so on. Maybe I do for the reason that I dislike violence and sport (except Moto GP).  

I never played this

I know, the PlayStation games I like is probably not fun for you. Everybody is different, right? 

Just wait and see whether I can collect much money asap to buy modem so I don’t need to play PlayStation too much everyday (I’d better post on this blog).

See ya soon.

Xoxo,

Agni

 

      

 

  

Snack: Martabak Pangsit

This is a little bit different with the real Martabak Telur or Egg Martabak. While Egg Martabak’s skin is like filo pastry, Martabak Pangsit’s skin is Pangsit, known as Wonton Skin. It’s also much simpler to make. Everyone can do it. Trust me.

Ingredients:

you just need these!

-some sheets of Pangsit or Wonton Skin (in Indonesia, this is very common found in traditional markets.)

-Chopped beef, as many as you like

-a half onion, chopped

-leek

-a half carrot, chopped

-an egg

-salt and pepper

-frying oil

-tomato or chili sauce

Steps:

First thing first, sauté the onion with beef until it is half-cooked.

keep an eye of it.

Place the sautéed onion and beef in a bowl, together with leek and carrot.

Crack the egg, pour it into the bowl. Then add salt and pepper (use your feeling here! :)).

you can add more than an egg, it's all up to you.

Mix everything in the bowl by tablespoon or fork.

Turn the stove on, heat the frying oil. Make sure the heat is low, we don’t want the Pangsit become dark. 

Let’s fold!  :)

Last but not least, fry the martabak pangsits until they are golden brown.

Deep frying is better.

Martabak Pangsit is ready to serve. :) Add tomato or chili sauce if you want. As it is snack, you can eat it at tea-time, or you can bring it to school and share it with your friends.  

Sorry for bad plating, I'm not a chef.

Is it super-easy, isn’t it? So, what are you waiting for? Go grab your apron, go to the kitchen, and cook with love! Happy Cooking! :)

How to Get Rid of Acne, It's Easy!

If you’re bothered with zits in your face, the best step you should take is going to a dermatologist. Nothing could help you until you talk with him/her about your skin. Trust me. To be honest, I was the one who involved in this problem. My face was so awful, full of pimples and black spots. I had tried so many ways to get my skin better. Washing my face with anti-acne facial foam, masking my face with lemon water, applying anti-acne cream in the night, etc. I had spent a lot of money to buy anti-acne products, but nothing was affected. I worried, what if my face would be getting worse due to those products? I didn’t wish that.

So I decided to check up to a dermatologist. That was the first time in my life. I actually worried about how much it would cost, then I realized that my face is much more important than money. It is priceless.

Yeah, my decision was right. My face was back! :D No acne, no black spots. Not to mention that the scars were still there, but it was too smooth to touch. I admit I had spent a lot of money, yet it worth it. 

The problem is that my money has its limit. It’s impossible if I use the dermatologist’s product all my life. I don’t have much money, I am not rich! Besides, the medicine, day cream, night cream, facial wash, and cleanser are made of much chemical. I don’t feel safe to use them forever.

Since I ran out the products, I have stopped going to the dermatologist. At first, I was afraid to get my zits like I used to be. Then I found the ways to keep up the smooth skin. Check them out! :)

Right Facial Foam

It’s little bit tricky. There are tons facial foam products out there, I have to choose one. I remember the facial wash product the dermatologist gave to me, it has no scrubs, no fragrant, no color, it is soft like simple syrup, but it’s not sticky (and definitely not sweet like me! :P). I looked for the thing like that. And thanks God, I found it. Clean & Clear Essentials Foaming Facial Wash. Just to let you know, this is not an advertisement (no one pay me for mentioning the brand).

oil free

After washing my face with Clean & Clear, I get my face is totally clean. Bye-bye for the dust, oil, and make-up dirt. :) Do you know? Acne is happened because the dust and make-up is stuck on the oily skin so that the pore is clogged by them. 

For price, it is very cheap. It is IDR 15000. :) 

I don’t say it would work out on you. Just try it out first. You could use the other product as long as you feel it fits in you. I just give the bottom line here that the right facial foam is when first: it has no scrubs. Scrub would scratch your zits and it would give your skin more black spots which are super-hard to get rid of. Second: it is not soap. Your skin will be dry. Sometimes oil is not bad for skin, if your face is dry, then your skin will produce much more oil (it could be too much) to moisturize. Too much oil could cause acne. Therefore, when you’re taking bath, make sure you don’t use the soap on your face.

Don’t forget to wash your face regularly. I wash my face after waking up every morning, a while after coming back from school, and every night before I sleep.

Big NO for Extracting

80 % bacteria in our bodies are in our hand. That is why extracting acne is not suggested if you don’t want your zits and black spots increasing. I know, after extracting, the zits seem to be dry sooner, but the skin will be injured. Injured skin will turn into black spot. The best is that you wait the zits dry naturally, you’ll see, your skin is gonna be beautiful like nothing’s happened. :)

 Loose Powder

I hate this in the beginning. It quickly blows away with wind. Well, that’s just the key. Long lasting powder (e.g. compact powder, two-way cake, etc) is harmful for me. Like I said before, since my skin face is oily, the dust and make-up dirt will be stuck on the oil, and it will clog the pores. Before loose powder stuck on the oil-face, it has blown away, while compact powder and friends would clog the pores. Again, it causes acne.

As for loose powder, I use Marcks’. This is made in Indonesia. As far as I know, the ingredients are chemical-free, all are from nature. The dermatologist recommended it to me. Oh, and last but not least, it is low-priced. It is only IDR 5000!

I should've bought the new one. :/

 Smile Up :)

Don’t let you’re stressed at anything. Just calm down, and smile. Even though it’s not easy to smile when you have a lot of problems toward you, it is still possible to do. If you’re stressed, believe it or not, your zits will come back again. It happens because the cell that produces oily Sebum in our face is affected by stress hormone. Sebum will mingle with dead skin and bacteria to clog skin pores. One more time, acne is caused by them. Don’t worry about your zits again. Just smile!  

That’s all for now. Do you have better solution for this problem? Leave me comments here, and I thank you so much.

I also thank you for reading this boring blog. Hope this would come in handy for you. :)

See ya.

Xoxo,

Agni       

          

    

If you’re bothered with zits in your face, the best step you should take is going to a dermatologist. Nothing could help you until you talk with him/her about your skin. Trust me. To be honest, I was the one who involved in this problem. My face was so awful, full of pimples and black spots. I had tried so many ways to get my skin better. Washing my face with anti-acne facial foam, masking my face with lemon water, applying anti-acne cream in the night, etc. I had spent a lot of money to buy anti-acne products, but nothing was affected. I worried, what if my face would be getting worse due to those products? I didn’t wish that.

So I decided to check up to a dermatologist. That was the first time in my life. I actually worried about how much it would cost, then I realized that my face is much more important than money. It is priceless.

Yeah, my decision was right. My face was back! :D No acnes, no black spots. Not to mention that the scars were still there, but it was too smooth to touch. I admit I had spent a lot of money, yet it worth it.

The problem is that my money has its limit. It’s impossible if I use the dermatologist’s product all my life. I don’t have much money, I am not rich! Besides, the medicine, day cream, night cream, facial wash, and cleanser are made of much chemical. I don’t feel safe to use them forever.

Since I ran out the products, I have stopped going to the dermatologist. At first, I was afraid to get my zits like I used to be. Then I found the ways to keep up the smooth skin. Check them out! :)

Right Facial Foam

It’s little bit tricky. There are tons facial foam products out there, I have to choose one. I remember the facial wash product the dermatologist gave to me, it has no scrubs, no fragrant, no color, it is soft like simple syrup, but it’s not sticky (and definitely not sweet like me! :P). I looked for the thing like that. And thanks God, I found it. Clean & Clear Essentials Foaming Facial Wash. Just to let you know, this is not an advertisement (no one pay me for mentioning the brand).

After washing my face with Clean & Clear, I get my face is totally clean. Bye-bye for the dust, oil, and make-up dirt. :) Do you know? Acne is happened because the dust and make-up is stuck on the oily skin so that the pore is clogged by them.

For price, it is very cheap. It is IDR 15000. :)

I don’t say it would work out on you. Just try it out first. You could use the other product as long as you feel it fits in you. I just give the bottom line here that the right facial foam is when first: it has no scrubs. Scrub would scratch your zits and it would give your skin more black spots which are super-hard to get rid of. Second: it is not soap. Your skin will be dry. Sometimes oil is not bad for skin, if your face is dry, then your skin will produce much more oil (it could be too much) to moisturize. Too much oil could cause acne. Therefore, when you’re taking bath, make sure you don’t use the soap on your face.

Don’t forget to wash your face regularly. I wash my face after waking up every morning, a while after coming back from school, and every night before I sleep.

Big NO for Extracting

80 % bacteria in our bodies are in our hand. That is why extracting acne is not suggested if you don’t want your zits and black spots increasing. I know, after extracting, the zits seem to be dry sooner, but the skin will be injured. Injured skin will turn into black spot. The best is that you wait the zits dry naturally, you’ll see, your skin is gonna be beautiful like nothing’s happened. :)

Loose Powder

I hate this in the beginning. It quickly blows away with wind. Well, that’s just the key. Long lasting powder (e.g. compact powder, two-way cake, etc) is harmful for me. Like I said before, since my skin face is oily, the dust and make-up dirt will be stuck on the oil, and it will clog the pores. Before loose powder stuck on the oil-face, it has blown away, while compact powder and friends would clog the pores. Again, it causes acne.

As for loose powder, I use Marcks’. This is made in Indonesia. As far as I know, the ingredients are chemical-free, all are from nature. The dermatologist recommended it to me. Oh, and last but not least, it is low-priced. It is only IDR 5000!

Smile Up :)

Don’t let you’re stressed at anything. Just calm down, and smile. Even though it’s not easy to smile when you have a lot of problems toward you, it is still possible to do. If you’re stressed, believe it or not, your zits will come back again. It happens because the cell that produces oily Sebum in our face is affected by stress hormone. Sebum will mingle with dead skin and bacteria to clog skin pores. One more time, acne is caused by them. Don’t worry about your zits again. Just smile!  

That’s all for now. Do you have better solution for this problem? Leave me comments here, and I thank you so much.

I also thank you for reading this boring blog. Hope this would come in handy for you. :)

See ya.

Xoxo,

Agni