The Great Reorganization.

By: Anita.

Assalamualaikum.

I've been wanting to reorganize (and dust) my CD's for quite a long time but only now that I've found the right occasion to do so. My current choice of reorganization is to have them grouped by how I interpret their music. As I only have a 3-storey CD rack, I'm dividing them into 3 large groups (d'uh):

The lowest shelf is for the easy-listenings. Starting from noneother than King of Pop himself: Michael Jackson, to be followed by early 90's chart toppers such as Paula Abdul or Rick Astley, who are then followed by boyband pioneers Take That, Backstreet Boys, *Nsync to their lovely sidekick Britney, to the more current hitmakers Sugababes. Next in line are American modern rock bands the 'Rejects/Phantom Planets, to the more experienced Foo Fighters, to the rather heavier and dreamy-tuned Incubus and Jimmy Eat World. To add a taste of the Britpop, I've put the likes of Snow Patrol next to Keane next to Suede to be ended with the discoesque Charlatans and the legendary New Order.

The upper shelf is for the heavier stuff yet quite easy-listening for some ears. Starting from the incomprehensible yet musically challenging Pavement/Reggie & the Full Effect to be followed by the nicely produced Franz Ferdinand/Strokes/White Stripes. Punk bands Ash and the great Manic Street Preachers come next, followed by the more sweet-tuned Weezer to OK Go, with The Adams/Spinto somewhere in between (tee-hee), to be ended with Ryan Adams. Rock n roll.

It's either because Ryan Adams' music is quite ranging or because I ran out of space in the second shelf that I put Ryan Adams' Cold Roses/Love is Hell to start the highest shelf. The minorstream shelf. This is where I put Travis next to the oh so lovely Cardigans and the likes (including White Shoes =P), to be followed with folk bands The Thrills/Wilco/The Shins. Special treatment for this shelf, also because I couldn't find them any other group to be put into, I put Jason Mraz to bridge folk/pop, John Mayer to pop/blues, Jamie Cullum to blues/jazz, followed with Nial Djuliarso, and world music Bossanova and Perez Prado's Mambo at the end of the line.

My, this is relaxing :)

Wassalamualaikum.

In Troubled Times..

..you are allowed to do many things that'll ease your troubled mind. For instance, you could:

1. Lock yourself in your bedroom, put on Cat Power's The Greatest or Turin Brakes' Ether Song, and think about what you've done or what you've been through. You may justify your actions and get extremely mad for getting things you think you really dont deserve. And then you may feel sorry for yourself for all the unfairness and the mess you're in. And then you may feel guilty for all the people you've hurt and the damage you've done. And lastly, you may cry your heart out for your plain stupidity. However, this should only be done once in a while. Or else, you'll end up feeling sorry for yourself all the time and be one of the most depressing people and then no one will ever want to befriend you and you'll end up alone and feeling even more sorry for yourself. Oh the viscious circle.

2. Have your loved ones around. Preferably ones who aren't related to the problem in the first place. Spouse. Boyfriend. Parents. Siblings. Or your extremely cute, dodol, and nyebelin nephew. Or if they arent available, contact your close ones. Bestfriends. Invite them for a meet-up. Anyplace with coffee should be good. Talk about anything but your problem, as it'll take your mind off of it for the time being. This won't solve the problem for sure but it should help clear your clouded mind. Unfortunately, this cannot be done so often as even your parents, who are bound to love you unconditionally, will need their privacy sometimes (ew.. I didnt mean THAT sort of privacy, u pervert!). And also those coffe places, as I often said, are somewhat money sucking. If you don't be careful, this'll only add to your problem.

3. Do something productive. Something mind-challenging. Something hygienic. Something that also forces you to do some physical excercise. Or, in the words of Rob Fleming: The Great Reorganization (okay so maybe it was Laura who actually said it, but that's not the point now is it?).

The Great Reorganization is not as easy as you may think. There are certain procedures to be done.

Firstly, put on your old shirt cuz it gets dirty, bringing those CD's down. Secondly, you have to set the correct mood. For instance, when I started to put the CD's off the rack, I put KT Tunstall's both Telescope and Acoustic Extravaganza on, because they're what I was feeling. They also helped me decide the reorganization groupings.

And then it gets more heated, so I put OK Go's two albums so as to put my spirits high to do the most exhausting task: putting the CD's back to the rack following the chosen grouping methodology.

By the time it's finished, you'll feel like taking a cold shower. And then you'd want to indulge yourself to a cup of hot chocolate (or a cup of tea, if you're feeling REALLY bad). Dont forget to say goodnite to your loved ones and do your prayers.

And, lastly, put on some inspiring music (current choice: bossanova, the Format, a bit of Belle & Sebastian) and write some words on your blog, preferably something light and relaxing.

Enjoy your troubling moments! Cheers.

Wassalamualaikum

I'm a bitch

..(pardon my french) somebody stated this fact to me yesterday.

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Meet me, I'm little miss bitch. A two-timing liar. Self-centric egoistical bastard. May I suffer for all my wrongdoings.

Wassalamualaikum

When all the tuyuls is gone

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Ah..nothing beats ice cold capuccino latte in the (rather warm) morning after an hour of hard work (eg. do my bed - which i did, mop the floor - which i didn't, putting my clean clothes in the wardrobe - which i did, washing dirty laundry - which i didn't, etc etc). I never get to have clean feet each time I walk around the house, or around my room even, but still I can't be arsed to even try to sweep the floor. I'm just gonna be smart and wear my sandals in the house instead, kekekekek.

Too bad it's already late when I realized that from now on, I can go swimming again! Hahah, yeah baby, the fasting month is gone! Minal aidin wal faidzin, btw, dear bloggie. I'm so sorry if I neglected you from time to time, but I always came back eventually, didn't I? Well now I do. And I'm gonna cherish every moment with you as much as I could.

Just heard the news from Ceuceu yesterday that Imeh, our (underage) worker, is quitting. Tsk tsk, and to think Ceuceu has subscribed Majalah Bobo just for her. Now who's gonna make all those earrings again? We certainly can't afford to stop the production. Not when we have that Kartini event next month.

Ah well. Enough of work. It's still holiday! Went to Bandung for three days. Didn't experience much culinary delights since most of the delicious mur-mer eating places are closed for Lebaran. So we went from the hotel, to Sierra, to Kafe Excelso, to McD, to The Valley, to KFC, to Stone Cafe, which were all oh so money consuming but certainly not worth every penny. Really really miss Emak's infamous Sambel Goreng Ati & Pete, and her Semur Lidah, oohh.. heaven. Anyways, met my relatives. Nothing new. Some got fatter. Some got uglier. Some got fatter and uglier. Kekekekek.. just kiddin'.

Plans for today: write blog, check. Clean my room, half check. Iron the clothes, ackk. Wash my hair. Kiss and hug Armin. Make a copy of KT Tunstall's Acoustic Extravaganza. Meet Yoga. Go to the movies: The Departed. Have kupi with the girls. Avoid Zara and the likes.

Now here's a girl with a plan. Haha.

Have a good Friday y'all!

Wassalamualaikum

Everything wise.

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My oh my. Can't believe it's been over a year since my last post. I've even forgotten my blogger password I have to reset it to be able to logon.

Quick recap:
Physical wise, not much has changed aside that I let my hair grown quite long but I intend to have it cut sometime today so nevermind.

Financial wise, I'm actually doing quite well if only I dont have to pay my monthly car loan. And my monthly telephone bill. And my monthly internet bill. And my monthly credit card bill. And how about that vacation expense I owed Mutti since like ages ago. Aw, nevermind. I took it back. I'm still the same old me. Trying to struggle between my wants and my needs. The only difference is now I'm supplied with an expert financial advisor so wish me luck, my friends.

Career wise, well.. if I have to point out one thing that's static and keep being so in the last year, this will be it. Hmm.. I smell complaint, you might say. To tell the truth, I am complaining. Kind of. I'm complaining to myself why can I not have the motivation to push myself forward, why can I not be miserable to be in the same position for over a year, and why can I not be unsatisfied with what I'm doing and who I'm working with right now. But that is a whole different story that I might share in another time. Or I might not.

Relationship wise, the possibility of my sharing the most private part of my life to some strangers that apparently have the extra time to read blogs is almost the same as the possibility of having dinasours be brought back to life. Dream on.

Mental wise, I was hoping to find the sane part of it by writing again. So once again, wish me luck, dear friends.

Wassalamualaikum