ALVIANA KALIN

You're like a laserlight, burning down on me

2012-01-31T21:21:00.000+08:00

Had publication design class today, and I'm really glad that I'm doing quite well in this class. Being the one with the best/correct work every time is the best feeling ever. Btw, today was not that cold. I even regretted that I wore my down coat because I felt so warm. 

So how r the days treating you all? January is going to end soon. I hope you guys had a nice January! February is coming, and I'm so excited that my bf will come here for a while in the end of February. :) Hopefully all will go well!

Hyou guys check out my food blog? CLICK HERE :) 

xx,

Alviana

Guilty Pleasure

2012-01-29T15:59:00.000+08:00

I have this different interest from fashion, which is food. I love to eat, and I also love to make the food. From cooking until baking. They are my guilty pleasure :) But I'm still learning, I'm not a pro. I still do research for the basic things in cooking. So that is why I decided to make another blog introducing my other side of me, a food blog! I will feature the food that I've made, including the recipes and tips. I will also share my experiences eating outside. Whether it's here in Shanghai, Jakarta or anywhere else! So better stay tune in my new food blog! 

Click and hopefully you'll follow/comment for critiques or questions HERE ! 

A little bit sneak peek on the blog ;)

made the header and footer myself. I made it look like a Italian professional chef with a little twist with the pink lip to show that I'm an ordinary girl that inspired by Italian cuisine. It really inspire me to learn cooking in the first place, because of the deliciousness and beauty of the food. 

Yay or nay? need honest opinion! 

xx,

Alviana

Being Homey

2012-01-19T15:05:00.001+08:00

Been stressed lately with some homeworks, but thank God I'll be having my one week break because of the Chinese new year holiday. Though I still have homeworks to do for the following weeks, but at least I can be home and rest more.

I should say that I am one of those home-lover-person. When I am going out and having fun, I will feel like going home in the end. I don't know why. It feels nice to be home. Anybody else has the same issue as me? Or is it just me that's weird?

Yesterday was a fun class, we talked a lot with the teacher (since he had a lot of experiences already) and gave us a lot of stories about design. But the weather was not nice. It was raining and colder. :(

xx,

Alviana

Finders Keepers

2012-01-18T15:45:00.001+08:00

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xx,

Alviana

New Responsibilities

2012-01-10T19:43:00.001+08:00

Have been starting my new term from last wednesday. Still need to put more motivations to do homeworks because I'm still kinda in the holiday mood.... Been watching many series lately. I have finally finished the final season of Lost! anybody watched it also? I love the series so much. Though I'm a little bit dissapointed because there are still so many unanswered questions in the end. But still, Lost is one of my fav series now!

Finished Walking Dead season 1 also, it's pretty good. Really extreme and shocking scenes, LOVE that!

I'm quite a big fan of TV series. Are you a fan also? What do you watch? Share with me ;)

grey blouse - factory outlet, jegging - Uniqlo, belt - ZARA, parka coat - local store, boots & hat - H&M

the weather has been pretty nice lately. I love the fact that this winter is not as cold as last year. Last year's lowest temperature was until -11! But now it can only reach until -4 max (usually in night).

xx,

Alviana

2011-12-31T14:23:00.000+08:00

I can't believe we're going to start a new year again. It seems like yesterday that I celebrated the 2011 new year with my boyfriend's fam in HK. I miss those moments a lot.

This year has brought me a lot of things. I'm glad that my family has still been blessed by You. Thank You for giving me the most precious boyfriend I've ever met. Thank You for guiding us through this whole year being in a long distance relationship. Thank You for the support and strength that you've put in me when I was stressed with the projects of school. Thank You God, you are the greatest of all. :)

I hope you had a wonderful year too, don't forget to say thank you to Him. Have a nice new year celebration! See you 2012 :)

xx,

Alviana

The Christmas Spirit

2011-12-26T01:55:00.003+08:00

christmas decoration in my apt..

this is pretty obvious right, red+green? The perfect colors for a homemade christmas cake!

I'm wishing you all a very merry christmas! God bless!!

xx,
Alviana

Pink Christmas

2011-12-24T00:53:00.003+08:00

This is going to be a random and mixed up post, sorry! hope you'll enjoy it though :)

Soooo, it's getting nearer to Christmas! what are your plans for christmas guys? I'm going to church and gonna have christmas eve dinner in my apt. I'm gonna cook Cornflakes-Crusted Chicken Breast and made christmas cookies. Hopefully all will turn out good! :)

Last week, I saw this beautiful Pink Christmas tree in Taikang Lu. There are so many christmas trees around here in Shanghai. The christmas spirit is EVERYWHERE! There's always something about christmas that I love..
Christmas feels...magical.

The pink christmas tree..Thank God I could capture a clear picture of it, because there were quite a lot of people.

So today, I had lunch with my friends to this place called Villa 1 . It has some of good restaurants from Thai to American.
We decided to have lunch at a Greek restaurant called Greek Tavena. The interior is awesome. I love the colors, ambience, food, services, homey feeling of it. Will def recommend everyone to go there too!

they also have nice patio upstairs. But because it's winter here already, so nobody would wanna sit there.

One of our food, Greek Salad

I'm gonna share the shots from last week when I went to a Thai restaurant called Teddy Bear Cafe. The place is sooooo damn cute. Full of teddy bears (not a big fan of teddy bears, but when you got here, you'll def gonna love teddy bears!).

last Tuesday I managed to bake Nutella Cheesecake, finally! original recipe HERE

I'm wishing you all a great christmas day ahead!!

xx,

Alviana

Best Dream

2011-11-29T19:30:00.004+08:00

I went to Jakarta for a week and just arrived back here in SH yesterday morning. I went there to attend my cousin's wedding (as I said in my last post).

It was one of the greatest moment in my life. I had a lot of good experience and achieved so many things there.
I spent most of the time hang out together with my family and boyfriend. Because my brother also came back to Jakarta so the family member was complete!

Now I'm back in SH, and I'm in an extreme homesick!! The short moments I had there were like a dream to me.... best dream ever.

red gown - Custom Made designed by me, clutch & necklace - online shop

I wore cheongsam along with the family members (females only) of the groom in the morning

And of course, some food pics that I took :

Cute dimsum with lotus paste filling

this is soft shell crab with strawberries. Love the mix of the flavor!

nb : I gained 3 kgs in a week! can you imagine how excited I was back there? lol

xx,

Alviana

Sichuan Night

2011-11-17T22:30:00.002+08:00

This is the second time I met Janet, a blogger friend from Surabaya! She went to SH for several days, so we managed to meet in the mall near her hotel.

I took her to this famous sichuan restaurant in town. At first I had to ask her if she can eat spicy or not. Because if you don't eat spicy, you will die literally eating sichuan food!

So here are the pics :

captured by Janet :)

me and Janet after finished eating!

So...here it is the Sichuan dish that we ordered. Looks really spicy huh?

to neutralize the spiciness, we ordered non-spicy dishes. lol

I had real fun and chats with Janet. We talked about a lot of things, mostly about SH, Malay (where she finished her diploma), Surabaya and Jakarta. And also about graphic design things.. (because hey, we both took graphic design major)

See you later, Janet! Maybe someday I could manage to go to Surabaya and meet you :)

xx,

Alviana

Made it Asymmetrical

2011-11-12T02:51:00.003+08:00

Went out this Friday night to hang out and have dinner at X Bistro, Sinan Mansion with some friends. The place is kinda small, but the atmosphere is pretty good. Love the music (especially when it gets late). The service was nice. So basically I had real fun there!

SH is getting colderrrrr! And this leather jacket saved me a lot in this weather. Never thought I would wear it so often.

I wore simple purple basic dress that I made into an asymmetrical dress because I was bored with it.

crème brûlée for dessert

my friend's Prosciutto Pizza

Chicken something with Caesar Salad (love the cute bottle where they used it for the mayo)

xx,

Alviana

Blue Cross

2011-11-09T15:42:00.004+08:00

Hi there! It's been a while since my last post. I've been kinda busy with school and SH is getting cold, so I am in a really lazyyyy mood lately. But at least the weather is still nice. Sometimes if I'm lucky, it can be quite warm here.

What's up with me? I'm kinda in a rush rite now, because I have to prepare all the projects that I have to submit earlier. Why? Because I'm gonna fly back to Jkt for a week! Yeah I know, only a week. :( But it's better than nothing though.. I have to attend my cousin's marriage, that's why I have to skip classes and have a short trip to Jkt! And my brother is coming back too from Holland (where he works). So I'm pretty sure this short trip is gonna be a BLAST!

So here's what I wore today :

leather jacket : cache cache, blue top : ITC Mangga Dua, blue necklace : online shop, cross necklace : LolyPoly, wedges : Heatwave

xx,

Alviana

Quick Post!

2011-10-09T11:09:00.001+08:00

Wore this outfit for a casual lunch this Saturday in PI.
And now I'm in a rush to prepare myself for a quality time with family.
So here's a quick post! :)

xx,

Alviana

Home Sweet Home

2011-10-06T19:37:00.000+08:00

"Wherever you go, the best place in the world is your own home."
I believe in this quote.
I enjoy SH so much, but Indo still wins my heart. :')

My sister shot these pictures for me while we were waiting for my bf to pick us up.
Weren't planning to shot outfit shots, but whatever. We've got nothing to do. :p
That was why the pictures are not in the best quality, because we captured them with pocket camera that I always carry around in my bag.

So FYI, right now I'm enjoying my holiday here back at home in Jakarta. Be back to SH in 15 Oct. :'(

xx,

Alviana

Print with Pink

2011-09-09T20:00:00.000+08:00

I was in a rush because I was gonna be late to class. So I happened to manage these two things together. Printed pants and pink top. 

I've been sleeping so late lately because of the final projects piling and killing me slowly. But I'm halfway done now. So I'm kinda relieved.

Btw, next Thursday I'll go back to Jakarta. And I'm and FREAKING EX CI TED ! *running around and dancing*

sorry for the bad quality picture

xoxo,

Alviana

Sheer Zebra

2011-09-01T17:56:00.002+08:00

Wore this zebra printed sheer top to class last tuesday..

And I've been so busy right now, due to final project.. Wish me luck!
I can't wait for these projects to end.. because I'll go back to Indonesia in the term holiday! yay!

xx,

Alviana

Rainy Days

2011-08-28T23:32:00.002+08:00

It's been raining lately, so I have to wear my crocs flats everyday. They're the best for rainy days you know. 

been in love with this song lately:

Raindrops bang like rocks
On my windowpane
I thought they'd never stop
Never see the sun again

And I've been sleeping in
For way too long
Mmm, wake up, enough's enough
Yeah, those days are gone

I'm gonna throw out my raincoat
Mmm, I hope it's all right
Gonna go find me a rainbow
And hang it up in the sky
Blues pass me by

Raincoat - Kelly Sweet 

Are you coming?

2011-08-24T21:03:00.009+08:00

It's gettin' chillier here in Shanghai. Are you coming, Fall? If yes, I'm really glad. Because summer here is the worst.

Had Page Layout class today, and decided to pull out this outfit. I bought the cardigan on my last trip to HK in Cotton On shop. I love the fabric and color so much.

and guess what, my hair is getting thicker and thicker, I couldn't stand the heat sometimes in this summer season. So I've been doing this hair bun for like several times now. Yay or Nay?

the cute vintage bag is also from HK. I bought it only for like $10 :)

xx,

Alviana

Sweet Memories

2011-08-14T12:49:00.001+08:00

6 years and a half. we've already come this far, and I want to say that I'm not bored, or mad about this. The fact is, we love each other more. I couldn't describe how happy I am to have such sweet memories with you. I miss your laugh, your hug, your kiss, your voice, your funny expressions, your intentional attempt to make me annoyed, your kind behaviors.... I miss you a lot :') 

Below, I want to show you my pictures from my last HK trip :

oh how I love Disneyland !

In front of Madame Tussaud

This is probably the food that I miss the most when I'm not in HK. The tofu is so tender, and the soy sauce is extraordinary.

xx,

Alviana

Wonderland

2011-08-05T07:23:00.005+08:00

I've always been a fan of music boxes. I love the feeling of the music they gave me, makes me wanna sleep and imagining far far away.... 

Last weekend, I went to have lunch in Taikang Lu and wandered around there. Then I found this one place that specifically sells music boxes. I was like "WOAH WE HAVE TO GO IN!" to my bf. So we got in, and I was so happy that there were so many different styles of music boxes there.. 

So I managed to buy two beautiful music boxes.. The first one is this one below, and the second one looks like a snow globe with my zodiac sign in it. I haven't captured a photo of it yet, so maybe in the next post

And this one below is one of my outfits last week that I managed to get a picture of it while waiting for my bf in the fitting room.. 

Sorry for the poor quality photos, it's because lately I've been so busy everyday and couldn't manage to get my hands on to my SLR again. Probably after my bf leaves! promise :) 

xx,

Alviana

Two is better than one

2011-07-24T10:49:00.001+08:00

Sorry for the long hiatus, because right now I'm pretty busy with life here, because of the projects and my bf here. We go out a lot.. I'm so happy that he's here. :) So I decided to make a quick post with my outfit. 

He took this pic in front of the metro, not my best expression, but at least the outfit looks clear :D 

xx,

Alviana

Brunch in a perfect weather

2011-07-01T16:54:00.001+08:00

Found this photo and forgot to post it.. Had brunch with my girls in Enoterra. The weather was so perfect, I love it. But lately, the weather is kinda killing me. Raining and always cloudy.....

Anyway, I'm enjoying my last week holiday right now with my bf here :) Spending quality time together, each and everyday.

xoxo,

Alviana

Moganshan Lu

2011-06-17T15:34:00.000+08:00

Had a trip with classmates and teacher to this one place called Mo Gan Shan Lu. It's like an art district with lots of gallery studios. The photo was taken by my classmate, and I just got it yesterday. So I thought I should do a post with my outfit that day. I had real fun there, so many gorgeous art that I found. But boo to the weather! it was raining and cloudy..

That's why I decided to wear my sneakers because it was raining.

xx,

Alviana

Blast for June

2011-06-08T19:47:00.002+08:00

Finally June has come! This month is gonna be a blast. First, I will finished my 3rd term then I will be having holiday. I'll be having my holiday with the bf. We will go to HK too (actually this one's is a last minute plan!)

And so sorry for making a new post so latee. Because lately the weather had not been really nice. The weather was gloomy and raining..but fortunately, today the weather's came back to normal and I decided to do outfit post.

xx,

Alviana

Pretty ain't easy

2011-05-26T21:44:00.005+08:00

I always get confused on people that can easily lose weight. I've gained more weight since I moved here. Maybe because of the food and my activities here. I am forced to stay in front of the screen like all day. In class, and in home. And in this case, I can assure you that I feel hungrier in these kinda activities. I love to eat sweets, chocolates, cakes. omg. That's why I'm getting fatter. lol
I've tried once to go on a 3-day-plan diet, just to get back on my normal weight, I thought it was easy, I mean c'mon, it's only 3 friggin' day..... BUT IT IS DEFINITELY NOT (at least for me). In the first day, I've already getting stressed and failed.

So hail to you guys that have succeeded doing diet.

So that's why I totally agree in the phrase of being pretty is totally NOT easy.

HYPE! HYPE! HYPE ME!

This was my outfit to class today. I couldn't go outside to shot pictures, because it was pretty cloudy and windy. So I decided to do indoor shots instead.

xx,

Alviana

Miss my babies

2011-05-20T16:06:00.003+08:00

I need to get my hands on new shoes ASAP!! 

and I also miss my shoes back in Jakarta.. :( 

Btw, had interface design class yesterday, and decided to wear something light because the weather is kinda warm.  

HYPE! HYPE! HYPE ME!

Last Wednesday I did these two photo manipulations of tsunami. The first photo is the buildings in Shanghai that I captured when the teacher took the whole class to The Bund last week to do this week's assignment. The second photo is not mine, the teacher gave it to us as a stock photo for exercise. So we had to finish 2 photo manipulations in the class that day

What do you think guys? Need comments. :)

xx,

Alviana

Grateful

2011-05-17T18:23:00.006+08:00

Have you ever felt that God is so damn kind to you? I always feel that way. I think God is really great for giving me the opportunity to live in this world.  I'm really thankful that I have great people all around me. From my family that always there for me, my boyfriend that also include my best friend and brother to me, my friends in Indo and here. Also my uni life has been really good to me. Though there are so many homeworks, but I love doing them. What else could you beg rather than loving your homeworks? lol. 

Every single day I keep praying to You to show my gratefulness. I don't know if you're tired of hearing me saying "Thank you", but I really do. I really really do.

HYPE! HYPE! HYPE ME!

xoxo,

Alviana

Red Town

2011-05-15T00:07:00.001+08:00

Had a small trip to Red Town today. The place is quite nice. I love the beautiful sculptures, scenery and environment. I came here because I had to do school homework. And also my friends.
I'm trying to make a post with some of these photos although I'm feeling quite tired right now.. and sleepy.. tomorrow I have to wake up early to go to church. So, I think I have to go to bed right now, enjoy this short post!

i bought this top in some local store for like $3!!

And because some of you told me to post my cheesecake pic, so here it is !! (pardon the messy look lol)

I'm pretty much happy about the result, because it didn't crack on the top. (It is a failure if you bake a cheesecake and it cracked) I gave it to some of my friends and thankfully they like it :') 

xx,

Alviana

French

2011-04-30T01:12:00.003+08:00

This post has nothing to do with French. I just want to ask you, my readers to recommend me French songs. I could listen from the old ones until new ones. 

Thanks if you could help me out here! :)

So, this is my outfit last Thursday when I had my last class for this week. Yeah, I only have class until Thursday. How AWESOME is that? :D

pants : ZARA - tank top : Uniqlo - blazer : Tally Weijl - bag : Charles&Keith - shoes and necklace : local store - left bangles : gifted from Ecuador - right bangles : F21

HYPE! HYPE! HYPE ME!

nb : We all knew that Kate's wedding dress is a design by Sarah Burton. What do you think about the dress? Yay or Nay?

xoxo,

Alviana

Officially 19

2011-04-27T21:14:00.004+08:00

I know it's kinda lateeee to make birthday post today. because my bday is on 22nd April, and today's already 27th April. lol 

So just to recap, I had a lovely 19th birthday. This was the first time I had my bday without my family :( But at least I have my friends here who kindly made me a bday surprise and gave me bday presents. I love you guys! :)
And it was kinda weird that I had this bday without my boyfriend with me.. I was sad, but at least we could do skype. Skype is totally the best friend of LDR couples! :D

These photos below aren't actually the outfit that I wore in my birthday. I wore this outfit today to class :p

black maxi dress : Body&Soul - pink outerwear : factory outlet in Bandung - belt : local boutique - heels sandals : Heatwave - bag : gifted from brother in Harrods

HYPE! HYPE! HYPE ME!

My 19th surprise birthday cake from friends :

I have this tradition in family that when it's your birthday, you have to eat noodles to make your age longer like noooddllleee lol 

So in the morning I made Water Spinach Noodle (or in Indonesian : Mie Kangkung). I didn't pick the right noodle actually, but that's what was left in the supermarket :(

Thanks for fellow bloggers that tweeted and wall-ed me in facebook to say happy birthday. Meant a lot to me! :*

Oh! And I had the chance to meet Yessy from Antara DSC last Monday! She was travelling in SH, so we arranged a meet up here. We had dinner together at an american restaurant called Munchies (the burger tastes good!). After a longgg chat, we discovered that we lived quite near in Jakarta! lol 

xoxo,

Alviana

One of those days

2011-04-20T20:36:00.001+08:00

There has to be one of those days that I'm feeling tired to wear heels.. Especially today. I was not in a really good mood in the first place (period, guys) And I've been kinda stressed with assignments lately.. I'm getting pretty tired to be in front of the screen all the time. In class, also back in home. :| No wonder my eyes getting worse....

I don't know what the heck was I thinking by moving my left foot lol

red knit sweater : bought in Germany - black top : Uniqlo - shorts : Cotton On - legging : ZARA - sneakers : Converse

HYPE! HYPE! HYPE ME!

xx,

Alviana

Daydreams

2011-04-19T20:13:00.001+08:00

Addicted to Breanne Duren's song called Daydreams 

purple mini dress : Body&Soul - top : H&M - tights : C&A - belt : local boutique - trench coat : local boutique - boots : Bulluci

HYPE! HYPE! HYPE ME!

xx,

Alviana

Having fun with my Krey

2011-04-17T21:34:00.003+08:00

Had a really good lunch with pals in Latina. I felt like wearing casual today.. So I ended up with my krey shawl from Cotton Ink, and wore it in a different way. What do you think?

Took 2 quick outfit pictures outside my apt. Didn't plan to have outfit shots today but what the hell I took them anyway :p 

I love the environment here.. They also provide good connection of wifi here!

I ordered this Roast Beef sandwich, and it tastes extremely GOOD. The meat is so tender! 

krey shawl : Cotton Ink - legging : ZARA - black top : Uniqlo - black cardigan : Tally Weijl - shoes : bought in HK - bag : GUESS

HYPE! HYPE! HYPE ME!

xx,
Alviana

BATIK Indonesia

2011-04-14T21:11:00.001+08:00

Today the weather's sooooo warm! I wore an inner top with this Batik blouse and blazer (I put the blazer on to keep me warm if it's chilly or windy outside). But it turned out to be so warm! The sun's shining pretty bright. Thank God I bring my sunglasses with me!

batik blouse : Nyla - blazer : Samuel&Kevin - tights : C&A - DIY denim skirt : thrifted - gladiator heels : local boutique - sunglasses : F21 (gifted)

HYPE! HYPE! HYPE ME!

Some pictures that I took from my apt.. I fell in love with the scenery and the weather here.. It's so nice that I don't need to wear long john anymore to keep me warm. And I don't need to turn on the heater as well. YAY TO SPRING! but I'm kinda afraid of summer......

xx,

Alviana

Geometric

2011-04-12T22:55:00.003+08:00

Wore my geometric top that I got THRIFTED. That's what I adore about thrift store, you could find from unique until vintage stuffs.

YOU KNOW WHAT I'M HAPPY ABOUT LATELY? THE WEATHER IS OH SO NICE!

jeans : Guess - geometric top : thrifted - cross necklace : Lolypoly - bracelet : F21 - blazer : Samuel&Kevin - shoes : Heatwave

HYPE! HYPE! HYPE ME! 

xoxo,

Alviana

Streetstyle Photographer

2011-04-11T01:04:00.002+08:00

I think being a streetstyle photographer is a cool job. I've always wanted to do this kinda job some time. And finally, today I had this great opportunity! Thanks to my fashion design friend and housemate, Bella :) She has this project from school to capture streetstyle photos. So she asked me to help her do the photographs because I have SLR camera. So we went to Nanjing Xi Lu (with her 2 other friends) to find fashionable people. 

And at the end, we've collected 21 people already! We were so exhausted because we have to repeat asking permission again and again and again. And also explaining that we were doing project from a fashion design school and elses and elses -_- (but FYI, I'm not a fashion design student, I was just helping) 

But at least we had fun!!! 

This is a picture of me captured by Bella :

HYPE! HYPE! HYPE ME!

we had our lunch in Papa John's

After finished capturing photos, we went for a place to sit and restore our energy. So we went to Awfully Chocolate.

Butterscotch White Chocolate Swiss Roll

chocolate ice cream. I love the cute packaging :)

xoxo,

Alviana

Denim Red

2011-04-09T18:29:00.006+08:00

I bought this Zara knit dress in Jakarta before I went here to SH. But I didn't get the chance to wear it. So today I decided to wear it and paired it with my denim jacket (I found it from my closet back in Jkt. I don't even remember where did I get it. lol) and Cotton Ink red Krey Shawl.

HYPE! HYPE! HYPE ME!

xoxo,

Alviana

Busy

2011-04-04T01:31:00.003+08:00

Went out with friends for a Korean BBQ dinner. It was a sudden thought to wear neutral-colored outfit. Do you like it?

One of my favorite song in my Itunes playlist so far : Olly Murs - Busy

xoxo,

Alviana

April for Me

2011-04-02T01:55:00.004+08:00

The month of April means a lot to me. My birthday and my name. My parents named each one of us with the first letter of our birth months.

So, April for Alviana.

nb : since everyone's been asking, my birthday is on 22nd :) 

xoxo,

Alviana

My First Spring

2011-03-31T17:35:00.010+08:00

xoxo,

Alviana

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Let's Meet Janet!

2011-03-20T00:48:00.001+08:00

I've realized that blogging world has opened a really wide space to make new friends. I've known a lot of new friends through blogging world. And I think it's really awesome!

Yesterday I met the gorgeous Janet (do check her blog HERE). She is also from Indonesia, but she's currently having a holiday. Right now she's having her holiday in Shanghai until Wednesday. That's why we could finally meet! :D

She is so nice and so humble. Had a nice dinner and chit chats with her! Hopefully we could meet again some time :)

Get ready for the FOOD PORN! (Too bad I forgot to bring my camera. But thank God Janet brought her SLR camera, so the good pictures are still on her. Mine were only taken with my mobile phone. BOO..)

We had dinner in Element Fresh. Because the place was so crowded, we had to wait for 20 minutes to get the table. So we decided to go window shopping first while chit-chatting :) 

Strawberry and Chocolate Smoothies. I LOVE IT! :D

xoxo,

Alviana

Crazy Wind

2011-03-14T17:51:00.003+08:00

Today I had my final exam of Color for Designer subject.. I didn't study at all. But at least I did a good job, I could answer all of them. :D

When I went outside, the wind was blowing soooo hard! The thing I hate about the wind here, it blows so hard that you can feel it rushing through your bones. SO not cool. and also, it makes your hair messy like in half second!

xoxo,

Alviana

Playground and Vegetable Market

2011-03-12T15:11:00.004+08:00

I just got back from a one day trip to Playground and Vegetable Market. 

You must be wondering what is the connection between those two. Let me get this straight. I had to capture some photos for my photography final project. It has to be 2 topics. So I chose the nearest places from my apt. A playground and vegetable market.. Because I was pretty lazy to go far away from home just to get good photos. I mean, it doesn't have to be cool places like Pearl Tower, Yu yuan Garden, etc to get good photos right? In the simplest places like playground or vegetable market, you could also manage to get good photos. :)

well another reason why I chose vegetable market is because I wanted to go there in the first place. Since I've been living here for like 5 months (maybe?) I hadn't gone to the vegetable market though it's very near from my apt. (It's in front of my apt!) And after I went there today, I've decided to go there more often. I have always buy the ingredients to cook in the supermarket. But now I realized that the meat, vegetables and fruits are far fresher in the market.

So enough rambling, now I'm gonna show you the outfit shots I took in the playground. So here's the funny story, I wore this outfit with a pink furry coat. Because I was afraid that outside is pretty chilly. BUT IT ENDED UP REALLY WARM! Thank God the playground is in my apt area, so after I shot some pictures, I went upstairs to go change with another jacket. So that's why I have two pictures shot :p

xoxo,

Alviana

Prints and Black

2011-03-10T18:29:00.001+08:00

I'm back guyssss! I AM SO SORRY FOR THE LONG HIATUS! That's because I didn't have proxy for like several months. (proxy is a software that you have to use to open banned websites in China. Including blogger, facebook, youtube, etc) 

And also because I went for holidays to HK-Macau for New Year and to Jakarta last February to celebrate CNY. And now I'm currently back in SH! I bought a new proxy, so that's why I can BLOG again! Yay!

So I'm gonna give you some several pictures from today's outfit.

xoxo,

Alviana

Changes

2010-12-25T14:57:00.000+08:00

This was what I wore the day before Christmas Eve. Went to hang out with friends to Nanjing Lu. 

Because the weather was not really cold that day, I just wore my military-like jacket and jeans. This is probably what I look like when I'm not really in the mood to dress up nicely. I'm really stressed out with my body right now (esp. my cheeks). I think I'm getting chubbier and chubbier each day. Well clearly that's because I eat too much here. :( Oh crap.

And when we were walking and window shopping, we met this CUTE clown! Look at the face! hahaha

And guess what, today's Christmas!! Yesterday night I went to the church to celebrate Christmas eve. So before that I cooked for myself my Christmas Eve dinner :)

And I captured a scene from inside the church. Look at the crowds!

So how was your Christmas Eve guys? Mine was not the best. The weather's so cold here, and I had to search for a taxi (and it was SO DAMN HARD) in the middle of the night after the mass. And I had other problems too yesterday..

But at least now I'm feeling better! I learned a lot from last night though. And I really hope that I could change the negative sides of me after this Christmas. :) 

Merry Christmas again everyone. God Bless You All 

xx,

Alviana

Chocolate Theraphy

2010-12-23T01:13:00.007+08:00

Hello guys! How are you doing? I'm enjoying my holiday right now. I've finished my 1st term here in my uni. I couldn't believe that it's been 3 months already I've been in Shanghai. I still miss my hometown though. My family, my dog, the food (esp. my mom's cooking).. I feel like screaming some times!! But at least I'm enjoying my life here, don't worry. :)

So I had a night out with my friend to a chocolate restaurant named Whisk. They also have main food like pastas and pizzas.. But their specialty is the dessert. And their chocolate cakes are DELICIOUS. Thanks to my friend, Cherry that told me about this place! :*

So this is what I wore :

with my friend, Kiki :)

And introducing the delicious Chocalate Theraphy cake!! So delicious!

And then we walked all the way down the street. Til we found this one department store with beautiful Christmas decoration. We couldn't help ourselves to get in and take pictures!

Too bad I didn't bring my camera. So I have to take the pics with my mobile phone.. :(

and when I arrived my apt, I saw that my whole apt scenery has been transformed with christmas lights! and also in the lobby, there is Santa Claus, and so many christmas decorations.. I'm so happy to see that I could get christmas spirit here!! :D

To fill up my hiatus, this is a picture of a view from my apt, when Shanghai was snowing. Beautiful right?? But I couldn;t stand the cold.. seriously.. So I'm pretty glad that the snow only happened for 1 day..

Ah! I also want to tell you about my fav food here lately : Fried Xiao Long Bao (or dumpling, I'm not sure). Don't even ask me how it tastes!! :p

And on last Monday I went out with my Indonesian friends (including my roommate) to go shopping and have dinner together. We had dinner at this Malaysian restaurant called Banana Leaf. And I am so drooling over the menu to see so many Indonesian food I miss!! Esp. this one, Kangkung Balacan :

my roommate ordered this coconut. And we get confused on how to eat the meat?? Because as you can see in the pic, they cut the hole really small. I guess they don't know how to enjoy coconut like we do.... LOL!

Long Friday

2010-12-04T00:09:00.003+08:00

So I had a long Friday, because on Friday I have two classes from 8 am until 5 pm. And my condition right now is not so well. I got sick, again. This time is my throat. I don't know why!! Maybe because of the weather that is changing and changing everyday. Sometimes it is not so cold that you could wear ONLY t-shirt with jacket only, but sometimes it gets really cold that I have to wear layered outfit!

So now I'm having pretty bad sore throat. It is kinda hard to swallow food, so you know how hurt it is. The results are : for today's lunch and dinner I ate porridge. :'(
Anyone knows how to cure sore throat?? I've been drinking mineral water like A LOT, but still couldn't work!

Anywayyy, I had a long day with the morning and afternoon classes. And in the night I went to Raffles fashion show. This was the first time I've ever been to their fashion show. The show was held in an art gallery. So the fact is, it's not that kinda BIG fashion show with huge catwalk. so I just wore my simple outfit. :) The fun thing is, I met so many good friends there. :)

Because I'm not feeling well, so I had to leave first and refused my friends' offer to find 'night food' here in Shanghai. By 'night food', I mean satays, and that all kinds of fried food. So not cool for my condition right now huh!! (I'm craving for one though :'()

So I'm going to give you the pics of today when I went to the fash show :

black top - H&M ; black cardigan - Topshop ; inner lace top worn as outerwear - bf's mom's ; black mini dress (that can also be a skirt) - Centro ; shoes - Urban&Co ; brown belt - local shop ; necklace - local shop

This night is colddd and windy, so I had to layered up my outfits!

Long lost Black maxi dress

2010-12-01T20:43:00.009+08:00

Introducing my long lost black maxi dress that I bring from my hometown to here because I thought I would wear it more often here..Since the weather is chilly. 

a closer look on my bag :

paired it with patterned top and blazer :

FYI, my hair is becoming longer and longer each day.. So now it looks messy! -_-

Sooo, this is the fun part. I used photo booth to capture these shots below (and also the first pic)! (but of course I edited them again..since they are in poor qualities..)

Because I was really impressed on how the sunlight rushing through my bedroom window. So I decided to make photoshoots straightaway!  

The detail of my patterned top :

Another look, paired it with loose pink-outerwear and white jacket :

I love Monday?

2010-11-29T15:59:00.005+08:00

Maybe this is the first I don't hate Monday. Why? Because I don't have class on Monday! Yeehaa!
So this morning I went to watch Unstoppable with my friend in a theater. Anybody has watched it? the movie's gooooddd :))

Today's not very cold I don't know why. So I just wore my polkadot shirt and my fav nude colored sweater from H&M.

Are you guys having a nice Monday? :))

Shots

2010-11-27T22:06:00.008+08:00

So I know my photos still not getting any better because I haven't got time to buy the tripod. I hope you guys can still enjoy the poor pics below of my outfits today.. So sorry for the poor picsssss!

I took these shots in front of the lift when nobody was around lol

So in the morning I went to the bank to take money and then had wonton for lunch. The wontons here are really good!! Maybe next time I'll show you the pics. And the best restaurant of wontons (so far) for me is so near from my home. yay! And in the afternoon I went to 2 malls to hang out with my Taiwanese friend, Minnie. And I ate a lot today, seriously. Now I feel so full :s 

And I want to share my last friday's project. Me and my friend made a advertising video. And it was hillarious yet challenging at the same time because we had no idea how to make a video! lol

So I uploaded on youtube so you guys could see!
The funny facts about this video are that we made the faces with oranges! hahahahaha..

So we covered the oranges with white plastics (as you could see in the behind the scenes pics) :D

and we did the drawings with photoshop..

So I think that's all for today's post!

Have a nice weekend guys :))

Couldn't help but post

2010-11-19T19:10:00.006+08:00

So today I am not feeling so well I don't know why. Probably because of the homeworks that have been my nightmare lately.. I had 2 whole days to work on today's projects. So I kinda feeling tired. (but I've still got so many homeworks for next week) :( 

I woke up at 10 this morning, and felt like puking idk why. So I decided not to have lunch because there was something terrible with my stomach. So I just fried the Mantau (can somebody please translate this word into english?) and eat them with condensed milk. And when I had class at 1 pm, I feel sooo tired and sleepy. That was why I had to refuse my friends' offer to have dinner together. Because I really had to get a rest! 

While waiting the time for the class to be started, I took several photos with my mobile phone camera (again. how sad), and couldn't help but post them today! 

FYI, I was not only wearing that stripe blue cardigan! I could die if I did that, seriously (because of the chilly weather) I wore 1 mini dress and 1 inner top in it to keep me warm. :) 

And alsoooo, I want to share these pics below to you guys when I had a really nice lunch with my father's relative here. He took me and his family to eat at this place called Yang Che Hu (Yang Che Lake). The specialty about this place is the CRABS! The crabs themselves are called Hairy Crab (maybe because of the hair on the body?) The crabs are from the lake fyi. 

We had 1 and a half hour to reach the place! But it was worthy, seriously! The crabs are really good. :))

As you can see below, the man was capturing the crabs from the cage. There were like A LOT of crabs inside! he was so brave. :p

Introducing the Hairy Crab from Yang Che Lake!

and he also oredered this delicious dish. They are like the small version of escargot, maybe? And we have to pick the meat inside with toothpicks. 

So that's all for today's post! 

see ya in the next post :))

xoxo 

TWO FAV PIECES

2010-11-09T21:39:00.004+08:00

Sorry for this boring outfit post guys. That's because I haven't bought tripod to capture good picture of me, so I kinda lazy to do outift post you know.. I was planning to buy it this Thursday, but turns out this Friday I will be having a history exam.

Yeah..history.... Sounds bad right?? I'm in Graphic Design major, but I'm having this history class for this semester only.. The history is about how Graphic Design was born. So I have to memorize all the years and names and elses.. and I am so damn horrible in memorizing! So you could imagine that on this Friday I should study throught these 200 slides. Yeah, TWO HUNDRED. -___-

So enough with the blabbering, I'm just gonna give you this picture of today's outfit. This picture probably can represents the way I go to school. I know that I've worn the blazer in the last post, but I just couldn't resist wearing it again and again. Because it just fits in each and every occasion.

Like today I just wanted to keep it simple, so I grabbed my favorite top from H&M and mixed it with this blazer. At least this represents the title : TWO FAV PIECES. Because I love how they work out in every single outfit or occassions!

More pictures ahead after I buy the tripod. I PROMISE!

inner top : H&M - blazer : SOGO - Jeans : Giordano - heels : Zara - bags and socks : local store here

and as you can see in the pictures, I took these pictures with my mobile phone. That's why they are kinda blurry and poor. lol

Actually I didn't mean to take these pictures to be posted, but I just ended up posting them then! lol

and oh! I forgot to tell you that this is not my bedroom. This is my roommate's bedroom. Because she has this huge mirror attached on the back of the door, so that's why I could capture my whole body there. I don't have that kinda huge mirror in my room. huhuhu..

Back on Track

2010-10-21T21:10:00.001+08:00

Finally I could access everything in China! Gosh. It's been very stressful that I could only open some not-so-important websites. Thank God I still could access Chictopia.

So for those who follow my updates in Chictopia, maybe had seen these pictures below. :)

Those are probably what I wore here.. The season's Fall, so the weather is kinda chilly that I have to wear jacket/blazer all the time. 

The grey blazer is probably my best blazer ever! it fits in every outfits, and the fabric is very soft and comfortable!

So my mom have gone back to Jakarta, and I'm missing her more than ever.. :( 

We went to few places here in Shanghai. The most famous one is the Shanghai Expo. lol 

But the event is too crowded! I couldn't enter the pavillions because of the CRAZZYYYY lines! 

So these are what I wore at those days..

Girls Day Out

2010-09-27T20:35:00.004+08:00

I had a super fab day with my girls, Piping, Nora, Fhenny, and Michelle at PI and GI. 

Had lunch at Cork&Screw, took some shots, wandering around the mall, and headed off to a karaoke place. Too bad Michelle couldn't join us karaoke-ing :p 

Finally met Fhenny again, since she had her 1 week holiday here in Jakarta, so we arranged a day out with the other girls :) Too bad Diana and Stella couldn't join us :(

We sang from Katy Perry's to F4's songs! LMAO

Really can't wait to meet you guys again. Err maybe next year? Since I'll be leaving Jakarta next Monday. Boo.. :(  

Meeting Becky

2010-09-22T01:28:00.003+08:00

I am very impressed with what blogging have given me. I got so many new friends, esp. my blogger friend, Becky, who turned out to be my junior in school! And after getting to know each other, her house is in my neighborhood! Gosh. What a coincidence. 

So we arranged a little meet up in the nearest mall from our homes to have lunch together. Too bad Piping still in Taipei and Riati had a class. So they couldn't join us. (since they live not too far away from our homes) 

top : colorbox - black tank top : unbranded - pants : ZARA - watch : Tommy Hilfiger

photographed by : Jennifer Kalin

We had lunch at Ipekke Komachi :)

It was really nice meeting you, Becky. :) 

Pasta Shots

2010-09-18T10:37:00.001+08:00

Went out to meet my friend with my older sister and had lunch at Pasta de Waraku. 

top : thrifted - purple dress : Body&Soul - necklace : *forgot what the store's name* - shoes : Jabshop - bag : sis'

My meal : Hamburg Steak Spaghetti. The sauce is good, but the steak tastes a bit weird. Maybe because of the soft texture. 

My sister's meal : Chicken and Mushroom

My friend's meal (since she had her lunch already, she just ordered this)

Memorable Top

2010-09-16T19:21:00.002+08:00

The floral top is actually my second sewing project after the skirt.

So here's the story. I really really wanted to know how to make clothings. So I told mom that I wanted to learn it before I go to Shanghai. Then she took me to this sewing machine stores, and then we ended up buying one!

The funny part was, we both didn't know how to operate it. My mom used to learn how to sew when she was young. But she ended up saying, "I used the old version of sewing machine! Not the automatic one like this."
So we ended up being taught by the owner of the shop on how to operate it.

But that wasn't THAT easy too!! I was pretty much being stressed out in home when I start to operate it by myself. lol

Then here is the result! Still have to learn so many things more. But at least I'm so happy that I made my own clothings, a top and a skirt! (I'll post the skirt picture later on, okay?) :)

I've been totally in love with Katy Perry's new album. The album hasn't come out yet in my country (and have to wait a longggg time, boo..), so I had to download them.
I wanna share with you guys the songs, so here they are!

Say hello to the new image!

2010-09-09T00:48:00.004+08:00

Tried to change the image of a 'long hair girl' into this :

photographed by : Jennifer Kalin and Felicia Kalin

So what do you think guys? Does this hairstyle suits me well, or the long hair suits me even better? :)

Btw, SELAMAT IDUL FITRI to those who celebrate it! and happy holiday!
xoxo

Last post with long hair

2010-08-31T00:04:00.005+08:00

So I did cut my hair, due to the heat of Jakarta and the boredom.. I have never tried any difference with my hair EVER. I was always the girl with the long hair. Since I will be starting my new life in university soon, so I kinda want to change my appearance. My friends and my family were fully shocked with my new hair. Because yeah, they had never seen me with a short hair like this. LOL Now I'm waiting for it to get long again, because I just wanna try it once to fulfill my curiosity!
So stay tune on my next post with my new hairr! :))

This is what I wore when I had lunch with the bloggers at PEPeNERO. Thanks for the fun lunch guys!! xx

white top : Sogo - belt : Zara - skirt : somewhere in China- scarf : thrifted - shoes : Zara

very much in love with this drink, Delight Squash. I love the taste so muchhhh! you should try one :D

And this is a non-related picture for the post, but I can't help but post this pic of a toasted Baguette filled with minced beef and peas. They are so damn delicioussss! The making is actually easy too. But you have to need a microwave to toast them! :))

check out my tumblr guys :)

Easy Wednesday

2010-08-27T00:02:00.001+08:00

Had a meeting with my soon-to-be housemate in Shanghai. We arrived at Pancious with our own moms and mostly talked about going-abroad stuffs.
I couldn't believe that I will be leaving Jakarta for about a month later. Because I'll be gone to SH at the 4th of Oct..(well actually I'm not sure yet, because I haven't actually booked the ticket. but surely it'll be around those early dates of Oct)
I will be missing my hometown like A LOT. From my bedroom, mom's cookings, my dog, weekends w/ bf, my lovely sisters, until how does it feel to be excited when my dad's goes home from work (mostly it's my dog that getting TOO excited -_-")

So I think I'm trying to spend every single day with them while I'm still here.
I feel like every single day is so precious right now.. :)

top : Colorbox - legging : Gaudi - belt : Zara - sandals : sister's - Bag : unbranded

Dimsum Addict

2010-08-21T22:45:00.002+08:00

You know what, I had dimsum AGAIN last Sunday. lol
I love dimsum so much I don't know why!
I went to the dimsum restaurant with my family.. So I tried to put on some casual outfit.

White top : Banana Republic - Shawl : Cotton Ink - Shorts : Gaudi - Flats : Jabshop

You know what, the Cotton Ink Krey Shawl is a birthday gift from my pretty blogger+childhood friend, Piping! Her blog is currently not working rite now..So I couldn't link her. :'(

And I'm sorry to wear this flats too often. But they are just so comfortable to wear!
I think I need to buy more........

Safe Colors

2010-08-15T19:08:00.003+08:00

Had a dimsum dinner with my bf's family on Friday to celebrate his mom's birthday. I was in the mood to dress up simple. So I came up with this black and white outfit from head to toe.

white top : Banana Republic - inner tank : Mom's - black legging : Nyla - heels : ZARA - bag : Guess

Btw, lately I've been in my lowest self-esteem. Because of the bigger cheeks and thighs. I've been eating too much lately, seriously.. Maybe that's because I have nothing to do. :p
and also the pimples.. Oh my God, pimples are the most stressful problem for me lately!! Please pray for me that the pimples will go away soon!

VISIT MY Tumblr AND TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK! :3

Fashion Videos Addict

2010-08-13T10:12:00.007+08:00

I've been wanting to make or to model this kinda fashion videos. Must be fun!

Wildfox Couture Fall 2010: It's Witchcraft from Vural Tuna on Vimeo.
(Hey look, it's Nicole Fox from ANTM!)

Where Have All the Cowboys Gone??? from 80's Purple on Vimeo.

Wildfox Couture Spring 2010 from Wildfox Couture on Vimeo.

Wildfox Couture - Spring 09 | 80's Purple from 80's Purple on Vimeo.

I'm Always Waiting for You... from 80's Purple on Vimeo.
(Is this Brittany from ANTM cycle 13??)

Thanks to Estefania's blog that submit some of the videos above, so that I would notice :p

This video below is my FAVORITEEE! Frida rockssss!

Vagabond 2010 - Frida Gustavsson
(Anyone has the songgg??????)

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nb : how do you like my new HEADER guysss??

Drawstring pants : Cotton Ink

2010-08-01T00:38:00.004+08:00

Wearing my Drawstring pants from our gorgeous local brand, Cotton Ink.
The fabric is so soft and comfortable. You won't regret buying one! :)

I tried to keep it simple when I went hanging out with my lovely cousins. We watched Inception. And for me, the movie is beyond AWESOME!!!! four thumbs up from me! :D

Because we watched it at 9 pm, so I wore my Topshop long sleeve black top to keep me from the chilly weather..
The bag happened to match the pants. So I had to borrow it from my elder sister. She bought it from a local store in Bali on our last holiday there..

photographed by Jennifer Kalin

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Blue Shade

2010-07-25T15:51:00.003+08:00

Had a night by accompanying my bf to get a haircut and then watched The Sorcerer's Apprentice on my last Friday night.. It was a good movie (though doesn't really make sense). Then continued by having a very late dinner at Fish&Co..

As you can see, I bought the printed mini dress in a local store in Bali. The fabric is really loose and fit me right.. I kinda regret that I only bought one. :(

Can't Stop, Won't Stop

2010-07-21T20:30:00.005+08:00

Lindsay Lohan - Can't Stop, Won't Stop

model and editing : Myself - photographed : Jennifer Kalin (my dearest sister)

I've been doing photo editings lately.. And these are the recent works I've done.

VISIT HERE FOR MORE WORKS OF MINE

Chinese

2010-07-19T23:29:00.001+08:00

Had a casual birthday dinner in a Chinese restaurant in Jakarta (no, no. that was NOT my birthday! lol). So I was trying to keep it simple with the mix of mini dress and casual denim shirt. I bought the denim shirt from my cousin's shop.

My sister wearing her new Zara pink mini skirt :

look at the necklace! it's Cinderella's coach plus her glass-shoes lol.

her braided hairstyle..mom made them for her.

The delicious and very cute birthday cupcakes!! They say "Zhu Nin Sheng Ri Kuai Le" which means "Happy Birthday" in Chinese.

Friday the 16th

2010-07-18T02:17:00.005+08:00

Had a lovely dinner at Saturday night with my bf at Bibliotheque.

I'm sorry for the blurry pics.. My bf took the pics. He is absolutely NOT a good photographer. LOL *don't be mad dear, I appreciate ur help :p

a pretty outerwear from a.n.d (as I've seen on the tag) that I bought from Brightspot Market.

outerwear : a.n.d - mini dress : body&soul - heels : Zara

the old and classic design of the restaurant..

We had escargot for the appetizer. But STUPID me that I didn't take the picture! Yeah, blame me.. D': Maybe that's because when the escargot has already served by the waiter, I got too excited and ate them altogether with my bf then forgot to take the picture.

My dinner : Norwegian Grilled Salmon

My bf's dinner : bla bla Tenderloin ( I forget what it's called)

The dessert :)

Lately I've been eating too much..I think I've gained my weight.
I hate the fact that If I gain weight, the first thing I know : my cheeks will obviously getting bigger! Not my tummy or whatevs. You can't cover your cheeks like your tummy to make it slimmer or anything.. D':

More Of Me

2010-07-14T18:50:00.017+08:00

Get more of me on my new tumblr HERE

There will be my fashion inspiration photos.. And also some of my photography and graphic design works. You could also find great songs and vids that I wanna share with you all. :)

And don't forget to follow my tumblr and I'll follow u back!

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I've been tagged by Cherry Chanels blog. And I'm doing the tag rite now!
1. Did you ever had a secret crush on a tv actor/movie star?
Hmm.. I don't have any secret crush on movie stars/tv actors actually. But I do recently fell in love with Spanish soccer player, Iker Cassilas. I love his masculine and sexy look. :)

2. Is there a TV serie you never miss a episode from?
Many!! lol. I'm pretty much an addict on TV series. I have watched all of the episodes from Desperate Housewives, True Blood, Vampire Diaries, How I Met Your Mother, Ugly Betty, 90210, and elses.. I'm watching another tv series too, but haven't finished them. Like Skins, Big Bang Theory, Grey's Anatomy..

3. If you had to choose: A (love)relationship or two good girlfriends? (not both!;))
God, what a hard question! lol But I would like to choose to have two good girlfriends.. Because we could mingle around together and attract nice boys, and then have a love relationship right? :p

4. Do you have an addiction, something you can never resist? (like chocolate or shoes…)
I can't get enough of HEELS! and also my blackberry, computer and my mini bolster pillow..

5. Do you have a dream you try to chase in your life?
To be a fashionable and also a great mum for my children and husband!!

6. Describe your ideal day. What would you do?
Waking up with relax feelings in mind. And spend the day with the ones I love til midnight. :)

7. It’s Saturday night. You are: chilling on the sofa, watching television/movies and enjoying snacks OR going out to a hot club with your girlfriends, dancing like you had only one day to live?
I am so not a club person. I don't really spend my nights in clubs.. Because I'm still living in my parents' house and they kinda have negative minds about being in clubs. (esp. my father lol) :pp
But If I had to choose from both of the choices, I would say the second choice. Because it must be so boring to be just in home in Saturday night, right? But that doesn't mean being just at home is totally not cool. It can be relaxing too sometimes..:)

8. Which colour do you wear the most and is that colour telling something about your personality?
I don't have 'the most color I wear in my outfits', But I do adore pale/nude colors.. and also black color!

And now I would like to tag these questions to Patricia, Victoria, Diana, Veren, Becky, Nora and Wynne :):)

Superb Saturday

2010-07-11T14:02:00.009+08:00

I had my superb quality time with the girls this Saturday.. We went to PI and dropped by at the Brightspot Market. The best buy there is the drawstring blue-sky shorts from Cotton Ink! It's so comfy to wear and I love the color so much. And I am THIS close to buy the Neptune maxi dress, but I kinda chickened out..Now I regretted it. dang.

After we (Nora, Piping, Riati, and me) had done shopping there, we went out from the Brightspot Market to meet Fhenny. And then we rushed to the Pancious because of the tiring feet.. lol. I ate the delicious waffle with the vanilla ice cream.. :D Oh, and we met Lalita too at the Pancious! So we chit-chatted together.. And then we went out from the Pancious and met Michelle. And then we went AGAIN to the Brightspot to meet the other Michelle Hendra and Diana. :)
In the end, we ended up in Marmalade Pantry with a great chit chat together with nice live music.. <3 (Too bad Nora had to go to home early :()

What a great but also tiring Saturday! :)

believe it or not, the outer-skirt that I wore is NOT a skirt actually. It is a vest. But I kinda bored if I wore it into vest, so I wore it into skirt! (I flipped it and then tighted it on my waist with a belt)

the accessories that I wore on my hand. :)

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Givenchy Fall 2010

2010-07-08T23:40:00.000+08:00

Love all of the dressessss.. <3

I am so much in love with the details..

For the mouthwatering post..I'm gonna post my recent food that I made. I made Oreo Cheesecake parfaits. They turned out to be parfaits (again) because I don't have a spring form pan. -_-
Here are the pictures :

I put strawberry jam in the middle on this one..:)

While I'm working on my cheesecake, my elder sister made this summer drink. It contains of lemon juice, green tea, syrup, and cincau. (I guess that's all :p)

Into The Blue

2010-07-01T13:14:00.017+08:00

Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air. -Ralph Waldo Emerson

Playing with my underwater toy camera..I edited some of the pictures with photoshop so they went well like these..:)

a very casual day

2010-06-29T21:28:00.001+08:00

My cousins from out of town are staying at my home rite now. We haven't met for like 5 years ago! So it was weird at first, but we got along pretty well..:) So today is the last day they will stay at my home. So we decided to go to the mall to hang out and shop at the supermarket.
This is why I pull out my casual outfit..

Oh, and finally I bought two new pairs of flat shoes! well, this is a little confession of mine.. I had only 1 pair of flat shoes. ONE pair. That is the reason why my heels are piling up...... -__-
So I'm going to Shanghai soon to start my university life. And I have to own flat shoes obviously..lol

Strawberry Parfaits

2010-06-20T18:47:00.003+08:00

Today is Sunday. And I have nothing to do than to take care of my home because my mom and dad are going to Bandung.
So, I tried to make the day became useful. So I decided to make Strawberry parfaits! So I ran into the supermarket (thank God the supermarket is so near from my home!), and bought the ingredients. All I need was just cream cheese, whipped cream, sugar powder, strawberries, butter cookies. Actually I also need sour cream. But the supermarket doesn't have it. Booo..

So here are the pictures!

The mess I made (as usual :p)

Sorry that it looks kinda messy. But at least the taste is good right? :)

Too bad I don't have 'proper' cups. So I have to use some plastic cups (that don't match each other LOL)

Regarding to some of the comments for the recipe, I got the recipe from HERE

How was your summer guys??
I am so into summer. I love beaches, sunsets, summer hats, bikinis (though I haven't wore one lol), tanned skin girls, oh.... so summer.... :)
So I founfd these GORGEOUS fashion pictures from Velvet Magazine, July 2010.
I love the face of this girl, Heather Marks. And she did a great job doing this photoshoot!
Check out the pictures here :

great shots, aren't they? :)

Pancake Ice Cream

2010-06-18T15:56:00.003+08:00

I'm sorry for posting food stuffs lately. But I just couldn't help myself to stop making food. :p Next recipe, I'll make Meat Loaf. :D

But I promise, for the next post, I'll post an outfit post. lol.

The preparation..

The results :)

New Video from Justin Bieber feat. Usher - Somebody To Love

I am not a big fan of Justin Bieber actually. But I love his songs and love the dance moves in this video.. Thanks to Usher then!

Leona Lewis and Matthew Morrison singing together:

I love their voices and made this song became even more beautiful....:)

Graduation Night

2010-06-10T00:41:00.002+08:00

I just had my graduation day in my school last night. Let me share the pictures with you guys..:)

Btw, sorry for the boring outfit. I didn't really prepare for yesterday actually. I didn't even search for a new dress bla bla bla. All that happened before the big day was : I ended up buying a pair of heels from Zara. Well actually that wasn't me who did the payment anyway,my bf did. But I should have bought a dress! lol

A quick edited picture of me and my dog. :)

If you are wondering where the hell I got the rose, well the rose was given at the ceremony and we had to give it to our parents. Because my dad was going abroad to Thai, so it was only my mom who came with my little sister.

The hair-do.. I tried the braided hairstyle. Does this style fit me well?

with my super awesome MOM..

jennifhsieh - GIVEAWAY

2010-06-05T17:07:00.003+08:00

Floral Flounch Shorts giveaway from Jen!

check out HERE !

here is the picture of the beautiful giveaway! :D

Make me win Jen ;) ;)

BALI, Indonesia

2010-06-04T00:00:00.023+08:00

I can't believe that my trip to Bali has ended. :'(
I won't forget this trip because of the memories. The environment, food, people, shops, private villa, and of course the very hot weather. lol

And I just found out from my friend's tweet saying that Miss World 2014 will be held in Bali! This is so exciting!!! :D

So let's just let the pics do the talking. I'm so lazy to make up stories you know..:(

Starting from the amazing private villa in Jimbaran. I would like to go there again someday..Because the place is just amazinggg. I'm sure I want to build my house/villa someday (If i was rich enough) like this. :p

American breakfast in the morning..the toasts are really good. :)

UBUD trip :

i love this shot. thx to my little sister! :D

The famous Babi Guling Bu Oka (or known as 'Bu Oka's Suckling Pig' in english). The suckling pig is really tasty!!!

QUICKSILVER trip :

right : that was me swimming.. *_*

I look hilarious here with the snorkeling tools ahahhahaa

I was a bit shocked when my dad jumping off into the sea without the float. well,that's my dad.

@ Nusa Penida Island

MISC. photos :

left : Bubba Gump
right : Waterbom (look at the coming soon water ride behind us. Too bad when I played there, the ride hasn't been opened. huaaa T_T)

Dreamland :

Sorry for the super HEAVY image post! :p
Some of the photos are captured by my brother. check his portfolio here :
Hariskalin - deviantart (gallery)

and some are captured by my loyal photographer, my little sister, Jennifer :)

Vogue China June 2010

2010-05-17T23:53:00.003+08:00

This is Chanel Iman posing for Vogue China.

Why did I post this? This is the reason :
I've always been obsessed and really want to pose like these shots. :)
The 'jumping' or 'floating' thing is just awesome! I've seen that kinda pose in some of ANTM's episodes, and that is sure not a simple or easy pose to do! I've seen some of the finalists got stressed and confused to maintain their bodies (ex:legs, hands, etc) and their face to look great like these shots :

Chanel Iman has really rocked this pose! XD

and another great 'floating' poses from the ANTM cycle 14 finalists :

Alasia, this shot is just gorgeously beautiful!

Jessica

Is there any kind fashion photographer that want to shoot me like this? *dreaming LOL

a little bonus for today's post :
GORGEOUS WINGED SHOES

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a quick update!

2010-05-15T19:07:00.004+08:00

This is what I wore today.
Believe it or not, I edited these pictures for only 40 mins. Because I have to rush again to have dinner with my family. fiuhh..
ENJOY! :D

the details :

I cut and ripped the denim skirt for only 10 mins! lol
But I think I'm going to cut it more later, to make it more fashionable :)

Great Mashup!

2010-05-14T23:21:00.001+08:00

This man is SUPER INSANE!!

You should check this out if you love these songs : Telephone - Lady Gaga, Blah blah blah - Ke$ha, Rude Boy - Rihanna, OMG - Usher feat.Will.i.am (wow, I sure do LOVE these songs!)

Welcome home, brother :)

2010-05-11T19:34:00.002+08:00

I had super great Friday and Saturday!

On last Friday, my brother came back from Netherlands (he's working there). He will be staying here in Jakarta for only 3 weeks. :( :(

He bought me, my sisters and my mom some souvenirs.
He bought me this beautiful chain bag and other stuffs. I'm so damn happy! I love the color of the bag so much :)

So I went to GI with my family (except my daddy because he was working hehe) and my bf as the driver at last saturday. LOL
I wore the chain bag with printed pants.
Well actually I have to rush to the mall to meet my cousins at the mall. So I think I have to let the pictures do the talking!

My brother bought these cute little purple bag and Eiffel tower necklace for my little sister!

for the GLEEKS

2010-05-06T00:38:00.010+08:00

9 years old Lea Michelle. very cute! just realized she has big ears. lol :p

These are the audition videos of Glee. They are sure have great voicessssss *envy :

Kevin McHale (Artie Abrams)

Cory Monteith (Finn Hudson)

Lea Michelle (Rachel Berry)

Chris Colfer (Kurt Hummel) and Amber Riley (Mercedes Jones)
I love Kurt!!! :D and Amber's voice is just UH-MA-ZING!

Jenna Ushkowitz (Tina Cohen-Chang)

I am actually not a big fan of GLEE either. But I just love the fact that the story goes well and their real voices are very greatt :)
I love the songs! Can't wait for the Lady Gaga and Britney Spears episodes!! :D

Enjoy! :D

My computer is my BEST friend

2010-05-04T23:00:00.008+08:00

Getting bored with my long-term holiday (I've graduated my high school, and now I'm just preparing my IELTS in terms of entering Raffles Uni. and the intake is on October), all I do everyday is just make food, hang out to the mall, watch movies in theaters, go on a date with my bf, and the activity that I almost everyday do : browsing and downloading songs.
I usually browse fashion, gossip and music blogs/websites (that's why my music folder is so full because I download songs almost everyday -_-")

Today I found this amazing fashion photography by Mikael Wardhana for The Duchess. I am so much in love with fashion photography! My very kind brother wants to give me his SLR camera so that maybe I could learn more about photography. especially fashion photography! :D

So here are the very nice photos by Mikael Wardhana :

Found this HILARIOUS video from youtube. The Simpsons singin' Tik Tok!

And here are the song recommendations for today :
ps : I'm sorry for the Darrelle London's unoriginal song, I couldn't find the original and HQ one in mixpod. But u can download it with limewire or others. I downloaded it with limewire. Darrell is a new singer that has a very nice voice. You should check her song below! :)

Cheryl Cole - UK 's Harper's Bazaar

2010-05-03T00:29:00.007+08:00

I just love this woman. Love her face and also her songs.
I have had her 3 Words album since ages ago, but until now I haven't got bored of her songs. still in my hot playlist in my iTunes. lol

This is Cheryl Cole, posing for UK's Harper's Bazaar June issue.

I love this shot the most! her eyes are so damn beautiful..

Can't get enough of her photoshoots and songs.
Here is her latest album 3 Words :

Charmed Life

2010-04-24T11:38:00.002+08:00

I went to have dinner at a Chinese restaurant called Red Duck with my bf's family. The dishes are yummy! (maybe because we were all too hungry because of the traffic jam. lol)

So I wore my custom made skirt. I bought the fabric in Pasar Baroe, Jakarta. I love the details so much. :D

teal tank : Zara - vest : mom's vintage stuff - skirt : custom made - heels : Charles&Keith

I love the details of the buttons :)

Another birthday blast in my birthday!

A Tiramisu cake from my lovely friend (Cindy Ratika) and her mom. Soooo delicious!!

Right one : Cindy even made me a touching letter! aww. thank you dearrr.

Left one (with the orange - made by herself - envelope) : My little sister also made me a cute handmade birthday card and letter! hihi :):)

Mommy's Mie Kangkung!! nyammm

Last weekend

2010-04-17T21:46:00.005+08:00

@ Easter Day

FINALLY!

2010-04-16T10:52:00.014+08:00

a closer look

final touch with the leaf :)

I put grapes inside and they made the jelly become moreeee delicious!

my sister lol

@Kitchenette yesterday. Had a super fun day with the girls. :)

Grandma's Stella Mango and Lychee drinks (Riati's and mine)

Our drinks :)

The crepes and the mango drink have made Riati's day lol :p

The crepe with the DELICIOUS vanilla ice cream and roasted peach!!

The good friends :
Stella, Riati, Nathania, Michelle, Ayu and Nora!

nb : credits by the most gorgeous and beautiful, Michelle. :D thanks a bunch for the photos dear.. :):)
and thanks for Ayu to take some of the photos using Michelle's camera. :)

TROUBLE

2010-03-16T21:21:00.000+08:00

once again, I am having trouble to upload pictures to my blog.
why oh why :'( :'(

I've put the HTML code, but the picture won't show. :(

Taylor Swift on ELLE

2010-03-07T01:18:00.003+08:00

I can't believe this is Taylor Swift!

She transformed into a beautiful and gorgeous model. love her faces here so much!!

New Video :

Sliimy - Paint Your Face

Love the digital art!!

Goldfrapp - Rocket (love this song!)

Grandma's Birthday, 26 Feb '10

2010-03-03T18:54:00.002+08:00

I'm sorry for the late post! My computer was damaged and being repaired.

I've been wanting to post my new photos. So here they are when I got the chance to celebrate my grandma's 77th birthday at Ah Yat Abalone, a dimsum restaurant.

Jennifer - Mom - Felicia - Grandma - Me

Beloved grandma :)

My favorites!! :D (Right : Sago Melon, Left : Taro Sweet Bread)

Late CNY and Valentine's Day Post

2010-02-19T18:44:00.002+08:00

I'm sorry that I'm too late to post these pictures!!
I'm not in the mood of typing. so let the pictures do the taling, okay?

This is what I wore at CNY day :

Hmm..purple on CNY? too bad I didn't have any choice so I bought this purple mini dress. well actually I don't really like this dress because of the simplicity.

But I didn't have much time to search again..:(

Purple dress : zara

jeweleries : handmade (bdae gifts from my cousin)

inner lace : mom's

coral blue nail polish : Skin Food

Me and Sofia

CNY cake from dad's realtive. and it was so damn goooooddd!

My cousins' dogs. Brenda and Brendi.

Brenda is my dog's mother.

Felicia.. how cute is she rite? :)