Cocktail Dress!!!!!!
Summer is here. There is no White Christmas. So I can wear a simple short dresses to Christmas party. Wohooo! So write it down on my wish list... Dress dress and dress.
Saturday, December 15, 2007
All I want for Christmas is...
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Labels: Fashion
Christian Lacroix - what a divine
I want these shoes!
Christian Lacroix Crystal Wedges with genuine crystals on a 4 inch high wedge heel and a satin bow on the ankle strap is a truly divine. It is sold out at net-a-porter.com and the price is US$1,600.00 (crazy ehh?!)


Oh if that isn't too much, I want this one too *grin*. Price is US$695.00

Christian Lacroix Printed Signature Silk Sandal with Bow
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Friday, December 14, 2007
A Farewell
A farewell party was held a day before International student graduation ceremony on 13-12-07. We, chemical engineering girls graduate met on Pancake Parlour, Chadstone to say goodbye to the internationals who will fly back to their home country next week. We sure will miss you all. Wondering when will we meet again. It was a great 4 years knowing you girls - thru the ups and down, assignments, and exams (not forgetting the parties).
You are now officially an engineers.. Hip-hip-huraa!!!
While I'm still waiting for my ceremony (hopefully) with the locals in May next year ^_^
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Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Delicious Day Out
Went to strawberry and cherry farm the other day. It was awesome! For paying only AU$8.00 can get access to the farm and pick half a kilo of strawberry. As for cherry, the price is AU$5.00 and AU$8/kg cherries picked.
The strawberries are sweet as sugar. Although the bigger ones are not allowed to be picked =( However I'm happy. It probably the sweetest strawberry I've ever tried. Definitely a place to go to :)
where? Located at Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, AU.
Have to use private transportation since it is not reachable by public transport. However there are lots of day tour packages available from the Melbourne city. The journey is approximately 2 hours from the CBD.
P.S. Strawberry season is from November - April, while Cherries are available from December to January only. More information is available here
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Labels: travel
Friday, December 07, 2007
Art of Graffiti
Location: Flinders Lane, Melbourne, AU

Pic 1. The garbage bin corner. Little corner of street art.
Pic 2. Blue creature on a cup of coffee
Pic 7. Samesame the pink-nosed raindeer
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Labels: art
Wednesday, December 05, 2007
Silent night
My housemates have gone for work and will be back in 3 days. So today I filled my day with VOGUE, some few cherries, and lots of Project Runway. Suddenly miss my high school girlfriends "The Capsa Queens". Wondering the time when the four of us will meet up again. Their locations at the end of year 2007 are: Yulichia : Vancouver, Canada Felicia a.k.a Amoy : Jakarta, INA Dewi : Perth, AU Myself : Melbourne, AU Hopefully at the end of year 2008 we could celebrate New Year's Eve together, as we planned.
My mom who usually calls, today didn't.
My chatterbox girl-friend who usually very chatty, today didn't.
My boy-friend who usually bugs me, today didn't.
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Saturday, November 17, 2007
Design Celebration
The final thing to do with the Design Project. Final poster and Presentation. Lucky for my group Adam did all that. All I have to do is just stand there, and do nothing.. ha-ha!
Yesterday was the last time we, chem-engers together. So I asked them to write on my doggy doll. Like what people usually did in highschool - except I didn't get to do that. Wonder why... graduation in my highschool was so plain boring-- eekkk...
so here's the photos of the doll before and after HAZOPed!!!



Without forgetting to showing off my team 'lovely-pastel-coloured' poster =)

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Thursday, November 08, 2007
AARrghhhHHhhH
I am so damn tired of this! It's not like I didn't study at all! It's the freakin fuckin questions that is so fuckin tough! I'm sure I'm not the only one who fucked up that exam. What is wrong with that bald, ugly-faced, meanie lecturer????? "Do the tutorial questions and you'll be fine guys"-yeah right I'm NOT FINE. Why can't he be nice for ONCE!!!!! This is fuckin last semester. And the subject he teach is freakin ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING. NOT fucking design!!!!!!!!!!! It supposed to be theory with the little tiny bits of simple calculation. Why the HELL did he gave fucking design question?????? Since when does environmental engineering equals to fucking design???????? Fuck this! I just want to pass engineering. Why you make it seems impossible?? Freakin MEAN lecturer! Fuck fuck fuck!
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Tuesday, November 06, 2007
Golden Gaytime
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Monday, November 05, 2007
A fight inside me
My heart doesn’t obey my brain
Silly, that it is confusing
Silly, that it hurts
Hoping the brain win the battle
or
they resolve it in a peaceful way
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Sunday, November 04, 2007
Spice Girls – Now Return
I really should be studying Biochem for tomorrow exam instead of this *sigh* Bored of the lecture notes, I decided to review the Spice Girls new album titled Now Return. What I heard was that this is going to be their last album (Seriously last this time!) and also to say goodbye to their fans. Geez girls, sure you can do better that that.
I must say that I am a bit disappointed to this new release. I'm expected not just good, but great songs like their old ones: Wannabe, 2 become 1, Mama, etc. What I get from this album is lame lame and lame. In some songs they are even sounds like they are drunk. Listen to track 5: Space Invaders. What song is that?! They were talking or having girls talk which totally NOT important. Even the Christmas songs are ridiculously bad. The only songs I actually like are track 9: Step To Me and track 8: Aint No Stopping Us Now. And that is because they sing it in duet!
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Labels: music
Saturday, November 03, 2007
Secrets
Secrets? I have a lot? Really?? I don't even realize them… at least not until this convo yesterday night with a best friend. MeL: Ugh, I really2 want to go back to the start of the semester Wixwax: for what? MeL: Lots of things I wanna do over.. Including my holly thesis.. =P Wixwax: Really? what else? Seems interesting… MeL: too many to be mention here. Too complicated as well. Hahahaha MeL: this year is such a roller-coaster for me Wixwax: Really? Up and down? MeL: yup. Not just thesis tho.. lots of things Wixwax: such as? MeL: secret! Wixwax: u seems to have lots of secret lately MeL: really? When??? About what? Wixwax: umm… Wixwax: the one I asked u bout ur personal msg. about.. why did u jump?? MeL: why the hell did I jump? Hahahahahaa. MeL: oh btw.. now I know the answer, and I would jump again if I can turn back time. MeL: hahahaha… Not explaining ya :P Wixwax: haha Wixwax: if u wanna keep that as a secret that's fine. I won't ask further more… MeL: haha. Thx babe ;) Well, I guess I have a thing or two I wanna do over this year. Not really a secret, but a bit embarrassing to tell. Another "if only" for me…
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Labels: life
Bla bla
Looking at my friend's blog, I realized how plain boring my blog is. Guess I'm not such a writer after all *sigh*
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Labels: nothingness
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Hectic Design Project
It has been a while since my last posting. What happened in last couple of months was the freakin' Design Project! Yes, it is the project that I must complete in order to get the Bachelor of Chemical Engineering degree. The topic was about Offshore LNG Production. I have to write 12 chapters plus the essential drawings (PFD, P&ID, and General Arrangement Drawing). It was really hectic. Imagine this, 120 pages of report + appendices and drawings, three interviews, and four other subjects all packed in 13 weeks! That was the first time I stayed in uni until 1 o'clock in the morning. Don't even ask me what it was like in the 13th week. Computer lab is my new home. Or, should I say "our" new home. The up-side of doing this project is that it brings all chemical engineering students close to each other. Usually the Aussies and international students rarely, or never talk to each other. The project was done in a group of 5 and we were pushed to stay in uni everyday from 9 am to 12 am. From stranger to classmate, and classmate to friends. I remember in the first week we were all so cranky. We thought 20 hours per week of design project is crazy and we will not be able to finish it in time. Who would have thought that everything is possible? Yes, we made it in time. Friday, October 19, everyone rushed to print off their report. Get them bind and stick the A3 drawings to the appendices. We forgot lunch. We run here and there. We helped each other. It was hectic. It was fun. After that, I saw smiling faces saying "WE DID IT!". It really like we graduated. After that was party time. We went to dinner and then club. All the hard work; all the energy drink that we drank twice a day; all the group tension; in the end it was worth it. What left now are the final presentation, group photos, and best wishes for the future. Chem-eng-ers, I'm proud of you J
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Monday, September 24, 2007
10 Reasons to Date an Engineer:
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Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Life is about choices
Sweets or crackers?
Skirt or jeans?
Long hair or short hair?
How I wished that choices in life is as simple as that.
Why choices?
Life is full of choices. Your future is built based on the choices you made.
"What if" is the next question. What if I chose the red pill instead of the blue ones (remember Matrix the movie?)
I have HUGE decisions (yes its plural) to make before the end of this year. These decisions are related to each other and I have to sacrifice one in order to get the other one. And this decisions will definetely affect my entire life.
I hate to make decision; I'm afraid to make the wrong one.
The time is ticking... I have to decide soon...
God Help me!
Posted by Melissa at 1:01 PM 2 comments
Labels: worry
Tuesday, August 14, 2007
Lady Stranger on my iPod
Every time I go to catch a bus I need to cross a main road. This road isn't very big, however it has 4 lanes. Today, when I want to cross that road (I never use the zebra cross because it's too far), suddenly an old lady grabbed my wrist and yelled. I can't hear what she was saying because I had my iPod on. I firstly thought she wanted me to help her to cross the road, until I finally realized it was the other way around. She yelled, "Wait, still have car", then she pointed at my ears and bubbling some other words that I could not understand (I'm guessing she is Greek or Italian). Ooow, she actually yelled at me because I had my iPod on, which is quite dangerous when you want to cross the road. He-he, this is the first time a stranger yelled at me for using iPod. That small thing made me smile. Thanks for making my day Lady Stranger J
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Sunday, August 12, 2007
Random Quiz
The Keys to Your Heart |
![]() You are attracted to good manners and elegance. In love, you feel the most alive when your partner is patient and never willing to give up on you. You'd like to your lover to think you are stylish and alluring. You would be forced to break up with someone who was ruthless, cold-blooded, and sarcastic. Your ideal relationship is lasting. You want a relationship that looks to the future... one you can grow with. Your risk of cheating is zero. You care about society and morality. You would never break a commitment. You think of marriage as something that will confine you. You are afraid of marriage. In this moment, you think of love as something you can get or discard anytime. You're feeling self centered. |
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Friday, July 20, 2007
Ulat di dalam SilverQueen Cokelat
Ada yang suka coklat ini? Ada berita buruk nih. Baca terus ya...
Barusan ibu telepon, katanya ia mencoba product barunya SilverQueen yaitu SilverQueen Chunky Bar (maaf gak bisa nemuin imagenya). Dibukalah si cokelat, kertasnya dirobek, terus cokelatnya dipotes di tengah. Begitu kagetnya ketika ia melihat putih-putih rada menjijikan di dalamnya. Begitu dilihat lebih jelas, ternyata isinya adalah seekor ulat! Yang lebih parahnya, si ulat ini menggeliat-geliat. Yup, dia masih hidup! Spontan, dilemparlah si cokelat. Rekan kantornya justru yang memberanikan diri melihat lebih dekat dan lalu membelah batang cokelat itu di bagian yang lain. Ternyata tengah cokelatnya ada bolong-bolong kecil alias keropos sudah digigiti si ulat. Bayangkan berapa ulat yang hidup disana. Sayang ibu tidak mengabadikan gambarnya (gak inget foto katanya). FYI, SilverQueen tersebut dibeli di Hypermart Kota. Kata ibu sih mau dilaporkan ke consumer affair. Tapi aku bilang masukan ke Surat Pembaca saja, biar seluruh Indonesia tahu!
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Labels: nothingness, worry
Sunday, July 01, 2007
Review: India Arie (Testimony Vol.1 Life & Relationship)
A review from India Arie latest CD: Testimony Vol.1, life & relationship.

Ooh, I love love loveeee it!!! The albums has been playing on-and-on this last few days. Can't get enough of her...
I think this is a beautiful album with nice rhythm and the best of all, she has a great voice :) But the one thing that really catch me is that every single songs has a meaningful lyrics (unlike songs in my previous post). They are mostly tell a story about how beautiful, yet hard life & relationship is, but somehow there is always hope:
He lived a simple life and was extremely poor
On top of all of that he had no eye sight,
but that didn't keep him from seein' the light
He said, what's it like in the USA,
and all I did was complain
He said-living here is Paradise
He taught me paradise in your mind
There's hope
It doesn't cost a thing to smile
You don't have to pay to laugh
You better thank God for that
(India Arie – There’s Hope)
There are also songs about losing love. How heartbreak can get you down. But life goes on and all you have to do is get up and see the light. Life is beautiful, with or without that certain someone:
It's crazy how much I miss
a simple good morning kiss
It's crazy how much I've missed
Now it's time for me to live
oh ohhhhhhhhhh
Good morning...
Good morning optimism
Good morning to my faith
Good morning to the beginning of a brand new day
I know that God's will be done
So I lay down my pain and I'm moving on
I know that God's will be done.
So it's a good morning after all
(India Arie - Good Morning)
If you being heartbroken or cheated on recently, this is definitely a song for you; when forgiveness is all you need to be able to move on.
I wanna be happily everafter
And my heart is so shattered
But I know it's about forgiveness
Forgiveness
Even if, even if you don't love me anymore
(India Arie - The heart of the matter)
Oh my favourite ones is about celebrating yourself. You don't need anyone else to make you happy, you are your own strength. The full lyrics goes like this,
I'm having a private party
Ain't no body here but me, my angels, and my guitar singin' baby look how far we've come here
I'm havin' a private party
Learning how to love me
Celebrating the woman I've become, yeah
I tried to call my mother, but
She didn't get where I was going
I called my boyfriend and he said
Call me back a little later baby
I hung up the phone, I felt so alone
Started to feel a little pity
That's when I realized that I
Gotta find the joy inside of me
I'm gonna take off all my clothes
Look at myself in the mirror
We're gonna have a conversation
We're gonna heal the disconnection
I don't remember when it started
But this is where it's gonna end
My body is beautiful and sacred
And I'm gonna celebrate it
All my life (all my life)
I've been looking for (I've been looking for)
Somebody else (else)
To make me whole (ooo)
But I had to learn the hard way (ooo)
True love began with me (ooo)
This is not ego or vanity (ooo)
I'm just celebrating me
Sometimes I'm alone but never lonely
That's what I've come to realize
I've learned to love the quiet moments
The Sunday mornings of life
Where I can reach deep down inside
Or out into the universeI can laugh until I cry
Or I can cry away the hurt
(India Arie - Private Party)
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