Good news first:
We went to Queensgate mall in Lower Hutt, and when I went to Jeans West I saw a black belt that I really like. The real price was $19.95, but it was discounted to $9.95.

"Dad.. would you buy me that belt?" I said as I approached my dad.
"How much is it?"
"$10"
"Okay."

Then I took the black belt and tried it on, and chose between other belts of the exact same model (just to see which one's got the best quality). When I took the best one, I looked at the price, but the discounted price label says "$4.95"!!

"Hey dad.. how come this one's only $4.95?? The other ones are $9.95! I think it's really meant to be $9.95.."
"Then someone must've put the wrong price label on it. Just take that one! You're only gonna have to pay $5 cos it's their fault anyway," my dad said as he handed me a $5 and $10 bill (just in case it really costed $9.95)

Next, the lady scanned the price label and it says on the screen $9.95. So I took out the $10 bill and she gave me 5 cents for a change. As I went out of the store..

"How much was it?" my dad asked.
"$9.95" I replied.
"But the label says $4.95! Go back into that store and get $5 as a refund!" he demanded.
"But it really IS supposed to be $9.95 dad!"
"But it's their fault! Just go back to that store, if the lady resists on giving you back the $5 then that's okay. But if she gave you back the $5, then that's our luck!"

So I did what my dad told me. I told the lady about it, and she said "Oh.. sorry, someone must have put the wrong price label." I thought she was just gonna let me go without giving back $5. But then she took out a $5 note and gave it to me, along with a credit note that I had to sign. After that I exited the store, and as I handed him the $5 I said "Yup, the belt's only $4.95!!"


Now, the disappointing news:
I called my guy and asked him what we're gonna do in New Year's Eve. But then he said "well.. I was gonna go to Phoenix.." Then he told me that it's a nightclub yang ancurrrrr.. and he's gonna go there with his Kiwi mates. I wanted to go there too but from all the things that he told me, I can easily assume that he didn't want me to go with him. He said "it costs $45 to enter anyway.. and I wanna stay there til morning" and bla bla blaaaa.. And he said he wants to confirm it to his mates whether they're actually going or not. But still!! I thought he wanted to spend NYE with me!!! But nope, he'd rather go with his Kiwi pals 'n drink 'n get drunk in a madly out-of-control nightclub 'til morning!!!!!!! I'm SOOOOOO disappointed!!! What kind of boyfriend is he????!! Not wanting to take his girl out for New Year's Eve!!!! A real gentleman would have put me first and asked me to spend NYE with him. But this?? This is the opposite!! It was ME who asked HIM where we're gonna go for NYE!! And for a total disappointment, he didn't want to go with me at all!!! Damn, I hate that jerk!!! I should just dump him like garbage!!!!! Right, guys??!!

My fam and I went to town today (it's boxing day!!) When we went to Farmers, I wanted the Australis pink sparkling lipstick so baaaaaddd, cos the color suits me! I wanted to buy it, but I didn't wanna spend my money on it! So I asked my mom if she wanted to buy it for me, and she did!! Yeaaayyyy!!!

Instead of going to Om Pieter's, Om Toary's, and Tante Rika's house for their Christmas thingy, I decided to go to my guy's house (and luckily my mom & dad let me this time). I went there from around noon til almost midnight, huehuee.. :p He picked me up and I brought lotsa food from last night's dinner at my house. As usual, he played a computer game continuously for hours!! Then we took a nap, and he woke up and played the game again!! While at his house, some of the things that happened were.. hmm what's the perfect word for it? Scandalous? Nope. Out-of-control? Maybe. But whatever, haha!! Oh yeah, Goddess was sooooo sweet that time!! It was like she kept on wanting to be close to me. She slept with me, with myself hugging her, and our face just an inch away, with our noses touching each other. Soooooo cute!!! ^^ But that was in the afternoon! At night, she was sombong towards me!! She kept on getting away from me and approached my Coconut^^ instead.

As I went out with Rohymas and Vandana today, we went to James Smiths where there was this sort of machine that could tell you your height, weight, and horoscope. It costed a dollar, and I never wanted to try it before. But as Rohymas tried it, I decided to try it too. It's only a dollar anyway, what's there to lose?

Well, the machine figured these out for me:

Height (with shoes) : 1.67 m
Weight (with clothes + handbag, so that I'd weigh more than I should, hahaa!) : 48.3 kg
Ideal weight (without clothes, that's what it says) : 57.6 kg

Horoscope:
Business: You feel you are at the mercy of events. It is only a temporary situation which will pass by. (Hmm.. I don't really get this. Blah, who cares about business??!)
Love: Try to spend more time with the person you love, or you may be in for an unpleasant surprise. (This love horoscope is soooooo true!! I can't believe it!! And you know what, Rohymas's love horoscope also suited her situation, and so does Vandana's!! I better try this machine next time just to know my love horoscope for the day!!!)
Health: Try to relax more (Are you kidding me? I've already been relaxing ever since I had no more lectures. Or should I say.. I've been relaxing TOO MUCH! Cos I've been sleeping for hours every afternoon!!)
Lucky Numbers: 3, 15, 24, 25, 39, 40 (Naah.. I don't care about lucky numbers)

Oh yeah, at night Yuli's family, Endro's family, Tante Vina's family, and Om Budi were invited to my house for dinner. My mom asked me whether I wanted to invite my bf, but I said no, cos I'm sure he's gonna get bored (cos I don't think he'd feel comfortable having conversations with my brother, Hendra, and Endro. And if I were to talk to him the whole time, Yuli's gonna be neglected. On the contrary, if I were to talk to Yuli the whole time, he's gonna feel isolated).

Oh anyway, up til now he doesn't know what I've been doing today (plus the dinner thingy at my house). But still, for once he didn't ask me out tonight (but I'm not surprised).

"Should I stay or should I go now...??
Should I stay or should I go now...??
If I stay there will be trouble!!!
But if I go it will be double!!!!!!"

Hmmm that song suddenly popped into my head. But that's the version that was sung by Michael Murphy (NZ Idol's runner-up).

Anyway, Nina's been asking me to go to Taupo (and Rotorua and possibly Auckland too) with her and Sari. We're gonna stay in Sari's apartment in Taupo. Oh yeah, we're gonna meet up with Mila & Mas Dwi in Rotorua. Now the thing is, I wanna go too, and Nina's been forcing me to go (well, not exactly forcing me, but she's been pleading me to go). But the problem is, we're gonna go tomorrow!! And I'm still totally unready! I haven't told my parents about it yet, and I haven't packed my stuffs. I'm gonna go to town with V and Ro in about half and hour, and tonight Yuli's family and Endro's family are gonna have dinner at my house, so I really don't think I'll have time to get ready to pack my stuffs. Anyway, we're gonna go there from Saturday (25th) 'til Tuesday (28th). And if I AM going, I won't have a chance to see my Coconut this weekend. And who knows, if my family's absolutely going to Auckland for the New Year's holiday, then that means I'm not gonna see him the next weekend too! (Also that means I won't be able to spend the New Year's Eve with him). Hmmm.. so what should I do... should I go to Taupo with Nina and Sari, or should I just stay..?? If I stay, I still might go to Auckland next week, but what if my family's not gonna go there at all?? Then unfortunately I'll have to be stuck here in Wellington for my whole mid-summer break.. *sigh*..

Hmmm.. hmmmmmm...

Should I stay... or should I go...???

Okay okay, I've made up my mind!! I'm gonna stay! I'm not gonna go to Taupo & Rotorua & maybe Auckland with Nina and Sari tomorrow. Well, the main reason is: I'm totally completely unready. Oh well.. I know it would be fun to go with just the three of us females (plus Mila & Mas Dwi later on in Rotorua), but.. that means I'd have to sacrifice my weekend with my guy..
Oh well..

Hey, I just came across these two pics that were taken while we were having a barbecue in Kaitoke. The first pic was from Gunawan's online photo album, while the second pic was from Nina's friendster. Then I realised that my bf's lips and my lips look so similar! Haha! (Well, only in these two pics though.. ) Hmmmm.. they DO look similar, don't u think?? Or is it just me who really thinks our lips look similar in these two pics? Oh well.. who cares.. but I DO believe they look similar!!! (Hehehheee.. maksa deeeehhh..!!)

L-R: Erick, Ditha, Koko (my bf), Mario

L-R: Likta, Gunawan, Gusti (the big guy), Me, Muti, Nina, Sashya, Ayu

To all you guys who love to read my blog..

I'm soooo sorry cos from now on, once in a while though, I'm gonna write my postings in French. I gotta do this, and I wanna do this to prevent myself from forgetting the language that I've learned and loved so much for the past two years in high school. And sorry, but you won't be able to translate them directly through online translators (like the Google online language translator), because it won't make sense 80% of time, trust me ;)

OK then, byeee.. and Happy Holidays to y'all!!! ^_^

Ce matin, apres avoir verifie le bulletin board a Friendster, j'ai verifie le blackboard au site de l'Universite de Victoria. Je pensais que peut-etre ma marque de l'examen d'ACCY223 est deja montree au blackboard, mais au meme temps j'esperais que les marques ne sont pas la encore, parce que je n'ai voulu pas voir ma marque. Je croyais que j'ai fait mal a l'examen. D'ailleurs, les marques de l'examen d'ACCY223 sont la quand j'ai ouvert le blackboard. Et quand j'ai vu ma marque, etonamment j'ai obtenu 76%!! C'est un A-, et je suis contente que je l'ai obtenu, car l'examen n'etait pas facile pour moi. Mais simultanement je ne peux pas croir que le professeur les a marques rapidement! Il n'a pas meme pris une semaine pour le faire!!

Et maintenant.. comme d'habitude.. je m'ennuie vraiment!! Ah oui, mon Noix de Coco m'a dit "salut" a MSN. Mais il etait si ennuyeux! Il n'a dit que "salut", et c'est tout! Il ne m'a pas meme demande "ca va?" ou tout ca. Il etait le personne qui m'a salue d'abord, donc il devrait le personne qui mene la conversation, n'est-ce pas?? Bien sur!!!

J'espere que tout sera interessant bientot.. =) Surtout avec mon Cocotier^^..

Quand je l'en pense, je n'ai ni parle ni ecrit en francais pour un tres long temps!! Et maintenant, je suis effrayee si je vais l'oublier. Ah non, je devrais te dire que je crois que je l'oublie deja!! N'est-il pas terrible??!! Car j'ai appris cette langue depuis j'etait en "5th form/Year11" jusqu'a l'annee derniere en "6th form/Year 12". Je faisait toujours tres bien en francais, et je l'aimait vraiment! Pour cettes raisons, je ne devrais pas l'oublier facilement!! C'est pourquoi j'ecris en francais pour ce posting.

Ah oui, il y a quelques minutes mon petit ami a pense que je lui a menti! Mais non, ce n'est pas vrai!! Je ne mentirais jamais a lui! Peut-etre il a essaye de m'a telephone, mais il m'a dit en MSN que la ligne telephonique etait occupee. Alors je lui a raconte que personne n'utilisait le telephone, mais il m'a dit "tu ments!!!". Et j'ai essaye de le convaincre.. Mais encore, il m'a accuse pour dire la verite!!

Note: The Vic Commerce Library will close
from: 5pm, 23 December 2004
to: 8am, 5 January 2005

Went to Johnsonville Medical Laboratories this morning at around 8 am. Got my blood taken (about 8.5 mililitres, it was a lot! I saw how large the tube is and stared at it as my blood got sucked to fill it). Then, on our way to town through the suburban road, we passed Koko's car. My dad and I waved at him, but he didn't see us, so my mom 'n brother laughed out loud and were like "Aaaaahahhahahhaa!! Dicuekin!!!!!" (meaning: "Aaaaaahaahhaa!! U (both) got ignored!!") Then my dad and I were laughing too, embarrassed at ourselves, hehee..

Today's the last day of uni before the Xmas break! Yay!! And two days ago he asked me if I wanna go to the movies tonight (to see "Saw") with him and his friends, but too bad it was cancelled. He was going for dinner with his guy mates instead, so I stayed at home.

Friday morning:
9.30am - 11.10am : ACCY223 Mid-term test worth 40% (it was half hard, half alrite..)

Then I walked around town and met Vanna & Emir twice! (but in different shops though)..
Oh yeah, I finally got my bent glasses fixed. I took it to Visique in Willis Street, the place where my guy bought his new glasses a few months ago. I thought I'd have to pay for getting it fixed, but nope, it was free!! Maaan, I LOVE NZ!! Just imagine if it was in Indonesia, they'll make you pay just for fixing your bent glasses (kacamata bengkok).

Anyway, last night my guy asked me if I wanna go out with him tonight (hmm.. this is unusual, cos it was usually ME who asked HIM out). And of course, I would never resist his offer! ^^

Oh gosh I'm feeling dizzy rite now..
L8erz..

Well, who do I mean by "him"?? Unfortunately, it's the guy whom I deeply love (or should I say, the guy who I "used to" love deeply??!!! Cos now I'm sick of how he's been treating me: ignorant, unloving, uncaring, unattentive, always acting cold-heartedly, always disappoints me, always pisses me off. In one word, like my big sis told me, he's a JERK!!!!!! And he totally doesn't deserve me!! And I don't deserve to be treated like this!!!!!!!!!)

I was quite surprised when he called me this afternoon while I was having a break in the ACCY221 lecture. These days I gotta admit, I haven't attempted to make a lot of phonecalls to him. Usually I'd call him every single night. But since last week I feel tired of having to be the first one to always call him/text him/etc. A few hours ago I finished studying for my test, and I felt like calling him, so I did. But to my astonishment, when he picked up the phone and knew that it was me on the other line, the tone in his voice was totally uncomforting. He spoke very ignorantly, like only saying two or three words as necessary!! From the way he talked, I just knew that he didn't wanna talk to me, and I was so pissed off when he said repot nih.. and I said repot kenapa? and he said lagi maen game.. Then I got mad so I ended the conversation immediately!! I think the phonecall didn't even last for a minute.. or like.. not even two minutes at most!! The thing that made me angry was because he didn't even want to talk to me despite the fact that I haven't called him for days!! Long ago, when things were still going on well between us, the tone in his voice used to be cheery when he knew that it was me who called him (even though he was playing computer games at that time). And long ago, he used to like it if I called him at ANY hour (even when he was sleeping), and he used to text me saying "please call me at home" or something like that. But now.. things are getting worse between us. He doesn't like it if I "interrupt" him while playing games or sleeping. It seems like we're getting further and further away from each other.. and somehow I feel that not only does he not love me anymore, but I also feel that he's trying to avoid me.. get away from me.. "walk away" from me..

Now I'm completely tired of being treated like this. I need to put this to an end!! I have no idea why he's totally changed now... Was it something I did? Was it something I said?? Or was it just the whole thing about me?? I'll have to find out. I gotta find the right moment to talk to him about this. I gotta force him to open up to me and all that. If he won't tell me everything, then that means I'd still be treated like this forever, but I wouldn't want to be treated like this forever, so who knows.. I might want to dump him even though it'll hurt. (But I'm sure it'll hurt less than having to be treated like this for the rest of my life!!)

Hmmm.. now I remember.. Stacie Orrico's song totally describes how I feel right now:

Last night I saw "The Grudge" with my Coconut. It was so damn freakin' scary!!!!! It's the most terrifying movie I've ever seen!!! The Ring's freakiness is way below this!! I hardly get scared when I watch horror movies, even when most people said "gosh.. that was totally scary!" and all that. So when people told me that The Grudge is really scary, I only thought "umm.. yea.. okay.. probably just like The Ring.. not too scary". But I was so wrong! Cos when I was watching the movie, I got freaked out a countless number of times!!!!!

Oh yea, not to forget mentioning that he acted coldly towards me last night. No idea why.. probably he was in a bad mood. Or probably he didn't really wanna go out with me. I wanted to ask him what's wrong, but I was worried that his bad mood might worsen. So I kept silent.. But the good news is: no tears as soon as I got home!! (But when I was about to sleep, I thought it all over and got so mad and pissed off about his ignorant treatment towards me. It's like he's treating me like I'm his NOBODY!! I'm tired of it!! And before I started dreaming, a thought suddenly crossed my mind.. that breaking up with him --dumping him viciously-- would be the best decision....... but I don't wanna lose him!!!!!!! Dammit!!!)

Just got back from Rotorua last night! We went there with the whole KBRI people. The trip was fun, although it was much more fun two years ago when lots of my girl friends went there too. This time, the girls were only me, Likta, and Fifi. Oh yeah, we went there on Friday morning. And I was in the same van as Fifi, heehehe =P

The most fun part was when we went riding on the Luge! Gladly, this time I wasn't the only Indo girl who played the luge. Cos last year in Queenstown, it was just me and a whole bunch of guys (Yuli would just sit down 'n watch, same as Ayu). This time, Likta & Fifi were excited to ride the Luge! Hehe!

Well, it wasn't such a bright day when we started riding the Luge. The sky was cloudy, but gave no signs that it was gonna rain. Anyway, on our third ride, it started to rain a bit. At the end of the 3rd ride, we got wet of course (but only our jackets & butts, hahaaa, it looked as if we peed on our pants!!) We didn't care, cos we still got 2 more rides to go!! So instead of going inside the restaurant to wait for rain, we continued to our 4th ride. In a few seconds, it was raining real hard!! And in the end, we got totally completely wet!! Literally!! My pants were ALL wet as if I soaked it in a bucket of water. For real! I'm not kidding! And my hair got all wet, as well as my face, and the rain began to soak underneath the I-thought-it-was-a-waterproof jacket. After the 4th ride, we thought it would be crazy to continue to our final Luge ride, so we decided to stop and went back to the van. It was already time to head off to the Thai restaurant for dinner anyway. But surely we couldn't turn up looking like we just swam with all our clothes on. So we had to go back to our motel first to change clothes.

Oh yeah.. my black-framed glasses that I got 3 years ago from Indonesia got bent!! Aaarggh! How dumb! I hardly felt like wearing my glasses, so on my 1st day in Rotorua, I put it inside the pocket of my brown cargo pants, and nothing happened to it. But on the 2nd day, I was wearing another pants (and it's got no pockets), so I put my glasses in my bag. I thought it was gonna be OK, but in the afternoon when we reached the Gondola thingy, I wanted to wear it, so I took it out of the bag. And to my surprise, my glasses got bent!!! It was weird, cos I thought that if someone bent it like that, it should've got broken. But nope, it didn't break! And I thought that if I sat on it, it should've got broken as well. But nope.. it didn't break! It just got bent in a way that it should've got broken!! And till now.. I still kept it a secret from my parents. I'm gonna have to get it fixed in a glasses store soon..

As I had predicted, my hunny bunny didn't even make an attempt to contact me at all when I was in Rotorua. How disappointing.. how sad.. how pissed off I am 'til now!!

Hmmm.. OK then, that's it. There's a lot more to tell about my trip in Rotorua, but I'm sleepy rite now, hehee..

I guess I've been really moody these days, especially yesterday when I was in a bad mood all the time. I stayed up til late past midnight, doing nothing, just going online and sitting still. And suddenly Ike started a convo in MSN, and I ended up telling her about the things that's been bothering me these days. Man, chatting with her last night made me feel so much better! I felt more relaxed after that, then I went to sleep peacefully.

Oh yeah, next week I might go clubbing for the very first time. Ike asked me to go with her, and sure I'd love to go clubbing. But my parents would be a problem. I'm sure they won't let me. Or should I just sneak out of the house in the middle of the night? Hehe.. =P Oh yea, and as for my bf, I'm not gonna ask for a permission from him, cos why should I? It's not like he's gonna care about it, cos he doesn't care about me anyway. If I suddenly end up in a car accident, unconscious in the hospital, or like.. gone out of NZ for a month without telling him, I don't think he'd ever give a damn about it. Hmm.. what about if I end up sleeping with another guy?? Probably he won't give a shit about it cos he'll just hook up with a hot kiwi chick anyway. Oops.. I think I'm getting out of my main topic, hehe. Well yeah, if I AM gonna go clubbing with Ike next week, I'll just tell him the next day.

Oh yeah, this morning I told him that he can take Goddess home tonight. I wonder how he's gonna act towards me.. well I'm sure he'll act coldly, with no signs of love and affection. He might just treat me like I'm his friend, like the way he treated me the last time we went to the movies. Well, if that's how he wants to avoid me, then FINE!!!!! If he's trying to get me out of his mind (and heart), then FINE!!!!!!! F - I - N - E !!!!!!!!!!!