Hepi Burday Gerry!

Gerry's birthday was days ago.
April 13, 2007. He's turned 17, in just a blink of an eye.
Mom called earlier to make sure I remembered his birthday.
Of course I remembered it, puh-leassee, but it's just that
it's only the 12th in SF, thus I planned to make the call later
that night. Bummer, my international calling card has
insufficient funds for the call home, so I smsed him instead.
well, they had a party. And daddy gave him a sweet bday gift.
I wasn't jealous just because Mom n Dad didn't give me any
present for my birthday since I'm far away, but it's just that
I miss celebrating my birthday back home. Everything seems
so different. I miss everyone.

Oh well, so I went to IKEA for 2 days in a row straight.
yesterday, and today. Decided to re-model my apartment
into a new look for the summer. Not bad, my days had
become pretty productive these days. Most importantly,
I've bound my process book and it's all good for Monday.
However, there's gonna be a stupid huge-ass test on paper
on monday. I hate tests. I hate memorizing. I think tests
are just the dumbest way of reciprocating to a student's
knowledge. Way too dumb. I'm sorry Jeff, but the purpose
of attending an art school for me is to not encounter any
more tests or what-so-ever anymore. SO, SHOO.

Finals is just another 4 weeks to go. A MONTH SOLID.
fun fun day. spring is just another wrapping up to do!

come summer come, bring in the sun.


//April 16

T I R E D

but, i feel good.
Work on cherry blossom was extraordinary.
Lotsa people, lotsa havoc, LOTSA TIPS.
It was quite a scene when Mogi made too
much mistakes. I'm just glad I wasn't the one
making mistakes anymore. The feeling was
godly. Well, I forgave her, when I said "people
make mistakes." It's true. I like her a lot, cos
I think she's the nicest people ive worked with
aside from cute Sharon.

Alberto on the other hand still acts like a male
bitch though. He thinks he's the boss of the
restaurant, while I think he may be the boss
of the kitchen. BUT SO WHAT?

School was great as usual today:
Scott loved my idea for a How to be a minimalist
However, Printing class sucks. The fat-ass quiz
turned out to be a really fat-ass 4 pages quiz.
Cmon, Jeff. Give us a break. I know ima getta
C for this one. SHIT... The talk was interactive.
Guest speaker Dan Maddley was awesome.
LOVE HIM! Well, at least he's the first guest
speaker I love.

I'll be doing kickboxing tomorrow with Gina
at her dorm! YAY! I can finally get a FREE kickbox
lesson from her. HOW GREAT LIFE CAN BE!

yosemite national park hike trip this sunday!
cant wait cant wait cant wait...!!!

mark reynolds gave away the last question
for our midterm exam.

"How many triangles are there in a pentagon
pentagram?"

Met ultah to dearest me,
I just turned twenti.
it's a stupid round up number
I could never accept.
what's wrong with being 19?
It's the best, although it seems
unstable.

anyway, daylight saving time
began again. On my birthday.
how sweet. sweet o sweet america.
so the difference between me and
jakarta is only 2 hours. which is
good news. getting closer and
closer. Can't wait for december
to come.

it's midterm week.
I've been studying my ass in and out
the weekend while shuffling my new
job altogether. I've an art hist exam
today and gottta work in the evening.
It's been good news in Osakaya cos
i jut got hired. i love working there.
A truly fun environment. Plus the food
is just marvellous.

SPRING BREAK KICKS OFF IN 2 DAYS!
this weekend I'll be off to Yosemite
with the school. YOSEMITE, guys.
how exhilarating. I'll be hikinig up
the most breathtaking mountain
in California and it'll be a blast! I
can already feel it. It'll be a 3-night
getaway. ohhhhhh... I just bought a
new goretex hiking boots. really speed
my mood up like this.

dah ah. mo boker dulu. mo exam nih.
in 1 n a half hour... i'll be sitting down
writing some essay which i hope the
Madonnas will be the ones out!
Madonna of the Meadows VS Madonna with the Long Neck

ciao

Haven't been writing for quite a while.
Been busy, too much things on hand.
That's why I've just too much things to
share here now.

First of all, today's Wednesday, thus
I'm done for the week. Btw, it's wk 5
already, time flies so fast it's good.
2 more weeks to the Midterm week.
Bad/good? It's definitely GOOD.
School's been so fun lately, I crave for
more. However as I'm being overly too
relaxed this semester, I decided to
get a waitressing job in Osakaya
Restaurant down in Japan town center.
I'm under training, 3rd day yesterday.
Undergoing another 3 more days this
week, then hopefully gue di terima.
Then my days will be more pretty than
before... The pay's $9/hr, which is
more than enough for my expenses.
segoiiinee

Last weekend we went to Tahoe with
the school. Sure, we had so much fun,
the weather was helping on the skiing
day. But not for the homecoming. It's
got so rad in the morning. Heavy blizzard.
Imagine this. A trip from Tahoe to SF
takes only 4 hours in an ordinary day.
On Sunday, it took us 13 hours to get
home to SF. We left the hotel at 10 am
and reached SF half an hour before midnight.
How marvellous. Yea, we got stuck on the
mountain before Truckee for 7 freaking hours.
It was never to yearn for. Was so hungry.
Everyone craved for lunch, dead...
Gosh, finally when we got to Truckee, it
was around 3.30. We took our hungry
tummies straight into Subway. Some
dug into KFC and Albertson's.
Screw Subway... the lady working there
was new, OBVIOUSLY. She took 10 minutes
to make a sandwich. MY GOODNESS.
And there were 4 of us and we got only
15 mins to board back the bus.

one thing leads to another, we finally
reached SF, just in time to rush through
homework in the wee of the night.

muach to snowstorms...

talking bout snowstorms, here's an extra.
SF is suffering from HAIL!!!!!!!
omg, 2 days straight, it's raining ICE!
ice ice ice, tiny rounds of drops of ice.
charming....

http://s79.photobucket.com/albums/j160/yohansudarman/tahoe%20trip%2023-25%20feb%202007/?start=0

President's Day is today.
It's a holiday, and a legal one.
Don't believe me? Read here.

BUT

my acceptionally beautiful
school decided to skip this
moment of Monday holiday,
and open the classes instead.
So, I did went to class till 6.

WHILE

other schools like USF, CCA,
CCSF, and whatever-so take
it as a holiday and libur de
anak2nya. How lovely.

Jamba Juice was closed,
Lee's was closed,
Specialty's was closed.
What was opened was
Chipotle, Starbucks and
the Crunch drug store,
which turned out to be
a looonnnggg queue in there.

THIS WORLD IS FAIR.
IT'S JUST TOO FAIR.

gue hari ini ke jap town cari job.
the reason is, gue terlalu relax.
ga banget kan. gila, semester lalu
ga gini. it was terror. tiap pagi
bangun pasti pikirin peer. skg,
buset, pagi2 bangun uda mikir,
mo maen rollerblade, bernang
ato ke downtown ya? gile...

so, tadi moga2 gue dapet kerjaan.
skalian tambah2 uang saku.. mo
kumpulin buat beli iphone nih,
ama macbook. sip de kalo uda
bisa ada tabungan...

btw, happy vals day ye untuk smua.

ya kno. alot has happened this week.
the flood's over guys.

my dog's dead.
well at least that's what gerry said.
he said:

"ci si pocki kena virus lindung gara
gara banjir. itu virus ga bisa di
cure. so, kita suntik mati."

And I fckin believed that.

the next day...

before I knew it, he lied.
that senseless devil.
he freaking lied.
Yola said he saw the dog healthily
barking and jumping around.
my boy's alive...

I can't tell myself how happy I am.
the happiness overcame my anger
on being lied upon.

last night I cooked a perfect king
prawn marinara fetucinne with
roasted tomato n green pepper
red sauce. so glad

I love the smell of the rainbows over
my own face...

banjir jkt ud surut.

HOREEEEEEEEEEEE

jgn ampe banjir lg
aje.

my Marco Polo Club is finally
back on track.

pheww

at least a satisfaction after
an utter hopelessness.
11,000 miles more to silver.

CANT WAIT

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LOOK AT THAT!

It's the integration of
Leonardo Da Vinci and
Mona Lisa.

is it just a coincidence?
or is it true about what
Brown's been talking
all this while about the
Mona Lisa?

this guy i had, Mark Reynolds,
teaches the Sacred Geometry
class i had this evening.

this is my first time I encounter
a hilarious, super-self-thrilled
early 60s aged man. He's so funny
that any word can never be as
close to accurate as to describe
the way he talks and his ecstatic
emotion even if he doesn't smile
that much.

He's nice. He says that his
students gets into his third
priority in life. He says that he'll
tell us he loves us after every
class and he did!

"I love you, peace out!" with the
peace sign shown to us.

I love that guy...

And did I mention that he's a genious
artist who draws and works on his
advanced grids every single day?
EVERY DAY WITHOUT FAIL!

MONDAY BOO!

first class kicks off @ noon today.
I was packing my stuff for school
and realized I left my sketch book
and english text book at home in jkt.

whatta joke.

ARGGGHHH!!! MY NOTES, MY SKETCHES,
MY THUMMMBBBNNNNAAAIIILLLLSSSSSS!!

how could i get so fergetful?!

god, get me home now.

new skin's up.

>INFALLIBLE FURGENE

God blessed my apartment.

The fire alarm went off this morning.
I was still asleep, for goodness sake.
The voice system was forcing me to
make escape.

"For your attention, please, a fire has
been detected. Please proceed to the
nearest fire exit and go down.
Do not use the elevator, I repeat,
do not use the elevator."

I was helpless. It was only 8.20 a.m.

I brisk-walked down 14 stairwells;
reached the clearing outside the lobby
downstairs. There were a number of
sleepy looking faces, and already, there
was a fire truck and several firemen
entering the building.

I scanned up Dana building.
There wasn't any fire. Forget fire,
there wasn't any smoke detected.
Attempt wasted. True enough, the
firemen exited our building and
everyone started entering and up to
their respective apartments.

najis...Gue udah ampe seger gitu
mana bisa tidur lagi. Akhirnya ke
Safeway aje de blanja untuk stock
kulkas. Some morning...

Im back in SF.
shit man, a month too fast.
SO FAST!! creepy days like now.

School starts monday.
January 29th 2007.
New classes, new hope.

Again, no jetlag.
Last evening when I came home,
I was so sleepy you wouldn't imagine.
But I stayed awake till eleven.
Forced myself away from the bed.
o God. it was hell. but i earn from it.
ZERO JETLAG.

I feel homesick.
y is this feeling back?
the feeling of years ago
where I've to leave jkt for
singapore after the holidays...
i miss everything back home.
ah God.

Yet, I don't wanna graduate fast.
This world is too cruel to not
be a student...