Mr. Brightside

In the mood for an old song. Because, like a friend said, jealousy turns saints into mermaids. x)

Your Friendly Neighbor

Always a fan of Spiderman. Can't wait! x)

Looking for Mr. Darcy

Whenever I'm in a romantic mood, the story of Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy never fails me. And from the 2005 version of Pride & Prejudice movie, these scenes always gets to me *British-Regency-style-swoon*.

Sunset on a Rooftop: TOR

Houdini

Houdini ~ Foster The People






Rise Above gonna start the war
What you want whatcha need whatcha come here for
Well an eye for an eye and an F for fight
Taking me down as the prisoners riot

Got shackles on, my words are tied
Fear can make you compromise
Fast enough it's hard to hide
Sometimes I want to disappear

When I feel kinda bad and I'm all distressed
Pass it off on a better day
Well you got whatcha want whatcha never knew
Perfect gift from me to you

Got shackles on my words are tied
Fear can make you compromise
Fast enough it's hard to hide
Sometimes I want to disappear

Raise up to your ability
You never knew that I could find
What could come when we realize
The sun won't stop with the compromise

Raise up to your ability
Can't stand while I disappear
Run around before I'm filled with fear
Like a glue cause my life is filled with red

Raise up to your ability
I know that you wanna
Throw me into the sea
For my ability

Raise up to your ability
Yeah you're undecided
Yeah I just want to leave it
Yeah I'm gonna wanna runaway

Focus on your ability
Now focus on your ability
Gain again what they want to steal
Gonna gain again what they want to steal

Waiting For Dr Dee

I'll patiently waiting for Dr Dee. :)

On Melacholy Hill

On Melancholy Hill ~ Gorillaz






Up on melancholy hill
There's a plastic tree
Are you here with me?
Just looking out on the day
Of another dream

Well you can't get what you want
But you can get me
'Cause you are my medicine
When you're close to me
When you're close to me

So call in the submarine
'round the world we'll go
Does anybody know, love
If we're looking out on the day
Of another dream

If you can't get what you want
Then you come with me

Up on melancholy hill
Sits a manatee
Just looking out on the day
When you're close to me
When you're close to me

When you're close to me

Clear eyes. Full hearts. Can't lose!

Friday Night Lights, one of the best TV series I had ever watched. Period.

On repeat this week

Doncamatic ~ Gorillaz Feat. Daley






Down lowly
Make up for the time you've wasted
Come slowly
And claim back the boy you left behind

Close the white book
Unplug the brain from the game
'Cause it's time to wipe out
To the stars
Get on the fame

The song is not the same when we're
All played out, played out, all played out
They said the memories
All played out, fade out, all played out
Tell me did you feel that?

Don't slow down
Even if it's only to escape
Just down, low down
Before somebody steals your place man

Close the white book
Unplug the brain from the game
'Cause it's time to wipe out
To the stars
Get on the fame
And the conversation's over

We're all played out, played out, all played out
Talk to me, talk to me
You see the memories
All fade out, fade out, all played out
Talk to me, talk to me, talk to me, talk to me
Tell me did you feel that?

Owner Of A Lonely Heart

A couple of days ago I was chatting with Syarin, about how songs or music that we listened when we were little would forever stuck in our head. Obviously most of them were the music that our parents listened to. Syarin told how how she remembered cruising around in the car with her dad when she was little, listening to The Beatles. So The Beatles was her childhood music, ergo will always stuck in her head, in a good way I believe.

Then it got me thinking, what was my childhood music. Well, Genesis would be the answer. The cruising around in the car with the dad, while Syarin listened to The Beatles, I listened to Genesis. Oh, and Yes, too. Owner Of A Lonely Heart surely had been embedded in the back of my mind. My Aunt said that I hummed that song while playing with my dolls when I was little. I wonder what songs or music that Aira and Aidan will remember from their childhood. :)

I know, this one post filled with nonsense, but hey, thinking gibberish, talking nonsense, writing whatever comes to mind? Well, this nonsense happened to be in my mind rite now, so I'm writing it. There you go.

Dexter is a chair

I started to think that the Dexter & Deb Morgan characters in the TV series was based on the Dexter & Dee Dee in Dexter's Lab. Wavy kinda red hair & lab coat for both Dexter? Thin long legs & somewhat annoyingly talkative personality for Dee Dee & Deb? And the D initials for both brother & sister? And now both Dexters were being referred as a chair by their sisters. See? x)

Prayer of the day, doa untuk Suarez

Hubby showed me this video & I just can't stop laughing. This video became the highlight of our day, for hubby because of Suarez's amazing goal, for me because of the commentator. All I want to say when I hear the commentator was, "Aamiiiin.. yaoloo.. aamiiin..." Never fail to make me laugh, every single time. "Malik.. malik.. malik..  Ya Suarez!" xD

YNWA. :)

Speaking of Jim Sturgess

Speaking of Jim Sturgess, he's one of my guilty pleasure guy. Yes, I sometimes spoiled my eyes with some pretty boys, and Jim Sturgess definitely one of them. Have you seen Across The Universe? If you did, you'll understand why. First, I have a soft spot for Brit guys. I spent my teenage life in the 90's, listening to Britpop music, so yeah, guys like Damon Albarn will always caught my eyes. There you go, 2 reasons why I swoon aver Jim Sturgess, he's the typical Brit guy that I like and he can sing. Plus the first time I hear him sing was a bunch of my favorite Beatles songs, then I found out he sings other songs too. I couldn't possibly ask for more.

  pics taken from here: pic1, pic2, pic3, pic4.

The Washing Machine Boy

Tahun ini, seperti juga tahun-tahun sebelumnya, di sekolah Aidan diadakan peragaan busana. Yang saya suka dari peragaan busana di TKAI adalah temanya yang selalu berbeda dan seru, plus acara ini tidak dijadikan ajang lomba, melainkan sebagai kegiatan untuk melatih keberanian dan kepercayaan diri anak. Tahun ini temanya cukup seru, yaitu Kreasi Bunda. Jadi, anak bebas memilih kostum apa saja, kecuali karakter kartun, dan nanti Bunda yang harus berkreasi, diarang menyewa. Bunda bisa berkreasi dengan membuat sendiri kostum untuk anak, atau mix-match dari pakaian yang sudah ada di rumah. Jadi intinya, Bunda harus kreatif.

Setelah ngobrol-ngobrol dengan Aidan, akhirnya Aidan memutuskan untuk jadi mesin cuci. Tadinya dia mau jadi lemari es, untung saja akhirnya pilihan jatuh ke kostum mesin cuci, yang walaupun lumayan pe-er pembuatannya, tapi masih lebih memungkinkan daripada lemari es. Saya pun sibuk browsing-browsing, mencari contoh kostum mesin cuci kalau memang ada. Beruntung sebentar lagi halloween, jadi berbagai site menampilkan macam-macam kostum yang bisa dibuat sendiri, dan akhirnya saya menemukan kostum mesin cuci dari kardus di site Disney Family Fun. Memang beberapa bagian kemudian saya modifikasi.

Yang dibutuhkan adalah kardus besar yang sesuai dengan badan Aidan, cat akrilik atau cat kayu, kuas besar, plastik sampul buku, plastik cover warna biru, 2 cup plastik, cutter, dan lakban. Jika menggunakan cat akrilik akan memerlukan  lebih banyak cat daripada cat kayu, tetapi cat kayu baunya lebih kuat. Karena itu pastikan anak mengenakan masker untuk menutupi mulut dan hidungnya.

Pertama-tama, yang perlu dilakukan adalah melubangi kardus dengan cutter. Tentunya ini adalah tugas Bunda. Yang dilubangi adalah bagian atas kardus untuk kepala anak, bagian kiri dan kanan untuk tangan anak, dan bentuk lingkaran di bagian depan kardus sebagai lubang mesin cuci front loader. Potongan kardus yang melingkar nanti juga akan dijadikan pintu.

Setelah itu Aidan mencat kardus dengan cat warna biru pilihannya dibantu oleh kakak Aira. Sementara bagian-bagian kecil yang memerlukan kerapihan diberi cat oleh kakak Aira saja. Saya kemudian membuat pintu mesin cuci. Potongan kardus tadi saya potong lagi bagian tengahnya, sehingga menyerupai  bingkai. Setelah dicat oleh Aira, saya tempelkan plastik sampul bening sebagai kaca-nya, lalu saya tambahkan dengan 2 lapis plastik biru yang saya potong bergelombang menyerupai air. Setelah itu masih saya tambahkan lagi due helai handuk kecil tipis sebelum kemudian diberi lapisan plastik bening lagi dan direkatkan dengan lakban di sekelilingnya, sehingga memberi kesan sedang ada pakaian yang dicuci di dalam mesin. Pintu lalu saya rekatkan di satu sisi dengan menggunakan lakban.

Cup plastik yang sudah di cat silver oleh Aira saya jadikan pengatur kecepatan dan pengatur waktu, yang diberi detil dengan menggunakan spidol marker. Sejauh ini mesin cuci kami tampak cukup meyakinkan. :)

Detil-detil lainnya ditambahkan kemudian, sesuai dengan permintaan Aidan. Seperti kotak detergen dan botol softener yang direkatkan diatas mesin. Juga beberapa helai pakaian yang disampirkan di sekeliling lubang kepala. Pakaian-pakaian tadi saya rekatkan juga dengan lakban di bagian dalam kardus, agar tidak bergeser-geser. Terakhir tidak lupa ditambahkan logo LG sebagai merek mesin cuci, lagi-lagi sesuai permintaan Aidan. Entah dapat ide darimana dia, mengingat mesin cuci di rumah bukan LG, melainkan Samsung. x)

Aidan senang sekali dengan hasil akhir mesin cuci kami. Saat uji coba di rumah, Aidan sibuk bergaya-gaya dengan memakai celana pendek di atas kepala sebagai topi. Dia memutar tubuhnya seperti sedang main hulahop, katanya itu si mesin cuci sedang mencuci baju. Dan ketika sudah selesai, Aidan  memajukan perutnya yang buncit sehingga pintu mesin cuci mencelat terbuka, ceritanya otomatis. xD

Saat hari pergaan busana tiba, Aidan senang sekali karena kostum mesin cucinya jadi perhatian orang-orang. Dia naik ke atas panggung dengan muka sumringah, kemudian menirukan gerakan memutar ala mesin cuci kebanggaannya. Sayangnya seperti biasa si Bunda lupa memeriksa kamera sebelum berangkat ke sekolah, jadi ditengah aksi Aidan, tau-tau memory card kamera penuh. Tapi meski hanya sebagian, video tadi cukup membuat Pak Teddy tertawa-tawa melihat tingkah anak laki-lakinya. Akhirnya di rumah Aidan sekali lagi mempraktekkan gaya mesin cuci-nya plus pintu yang bisa otomatis terbuka untuk direkam Bunda. x)

Aidan The Washing Machine Boy!

One Day

I'd had the One Day novel for a couple of months now, but still I haven't read it yet, along with my When God Was A Rabbit novel. Like always I keep piling new books without knowing when I'm gonna find the time to read them. And now the One Day movie already been released. I know I'm gonna watch it. Jim Sturgess staring in that movie is reason enough for me to watch it. It's Jim Sturgess! *swoon* x)

Now the big question is, should I read the book first, or watch the movie first? What do you think? 

Bubble Toes

Wish I was there.

Another Thom Yorke Post

Okay, I'm still happily watching Thom Yorke dance with a bear in my spare time. Now I tried watching it with various Radiohead songs. Of course Lotus Flower will suits nicely with the animation, but I also think 15 Step & some other songs suits the dance too. My favorite so far still Lotus Flower, 15 Steps, House of Cards, and Jigsaw Falling Into Place. I know.. I know.. this might seems like an unimportant post, but anything related to Radiohead will be considered a matter of importance by me, by default. Hah.

pic taken from here.

Speaking of Thom Yorke..

No matter what the critics said, I always love the 1996 version of Romeo & Juliet movie. You know, the one with Leonardo DiCaprio & Claire Danes staring at each other through the aquarium glass? That movie surely marked my high school era.

And the soundtrack. Oh the soundtrack. The Cardigans, Garbage, Des'ree, The Wannadies, Stina Nordenstam, Radiohead. I just looooveeee the soundtrack, especially the one by Radiohead, Talk Show Host. Not just that I happened to think that the song was perfect for the scene where it was played - the one with Romeo sitting alone by the deserted beach, with the ruins, and sunset, and everything - this song also one of my favorite Radiohead song. I could hear it over and over again and never get bored of it. A gloomy song that always makes me happy.

So please Mr. Thom Yorke, make more great music. I know Radiohead will never fails me.

pic taken from here.

When they finally got bored.

Our plane was delayed & no matter how fun Changi Airport was, Aira & Aidan managed to had fun on their own. They did the Angry Birds dance. Aidan invented it and then they danced it together, until we decided to record it. Well, obviously Aidan thought he should be the star of the video. x)

The Angry Birds Dance from puan dinar on Vimeo.