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Unproductive notes...

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I haven't really blogged lately because there isn't honestly much to say. The only productive thing I've done in the past couple of days was going to IKEA and buying bed sheets and comforters for college. I still have lots of necessities to buy, but I'm going to go try to pick up as much of that as I can tomorrow with my Dad. I'm starting to pack already, because I'm afraid I'll forget things if I do it last minute. I can't believe I'm going off to college in 2 weeks.

Continuing from the topic of college, I got my dorm assignment. I'm going to live in a double in an on campus apartment. I'm going to have 4 suitemates. I've only talked to one of them through facebook and she's really nice. I can't wait to meet her in person. In addition, I finally enrolled for classes. I'm waitlisted on my math class, and I'm crossing my fingers that I'll get in. I'm #1 on the waitlist. Overall, enrollment was a pain to say the least.

What other things have I've been doing you ask? I've been playing Asda Story. It's a MMORPG. It's a fairly new game to the North America. Beta testing ended just a couple of weeks ago. The original version is in Korean and it's called MicMac. I've been playing for about a couple of days now, and I've been liking it so far.

Unproductive notes...The game has a lot of quests and grinding (game term), but I personally do not mind. It's a nice change for me from playing Ragnarok, which I quit awhile ago. I only have one character so far. I'm a Two Handed Sword Fighter and currently level 22. If anyone plays the game, feel free to message me on the game. My character name is 'Kumiko'.

Moving on, I've also been watching 'Moonlight Resonance' with my mom. It's so addicting. I got into it because 'Heart of Greed' was so good. I haven't loved a TVB series this much in a long time.

Unproductive notes...I love Raymond Lam! He's so cute and adorable. I hope he ends up with Linda Chung in the end. :) Bosco's cute too but I like Raymond more.

Until next time, bye y'all!

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Title: How to Break through a CREATIVE BLOCK




Sometimes I just feel downright lazy, unproductive, and like a complete loser. I feel like I'm wasting my time and that I'm dishonoring my passions, talents, the work that's important to me. Anyone that's dealing with anything at least remotely creative knows what I speak of. Writers call it "writer's block." And I guess a painter would call it "painter's block?" Being a naturally contemplative, calm, meditative, and take-it-easy sort of dude, I can appreciate what it means to constantly take a step back from your work, whatever it may be, and allow the mind to settle and the creative energies to reform. If it wasn't for these sort of meditative breaks of calm, tranquility, and relaxation, I wouldn't be who I am as many artists wouldn't be able to do what they do. But sometimes we go overboard and what starts out to be a nice little break from our passions becomes a stagnancy and laziness creeps in little by little each passing day that we aren't doing what we love. Perhaps we're scared. Perhaps we feel that it's too hard to make our mark on the world with so many other people out there. Perhaps we've lost confidence in ourselves. Perhaps all of these things. When this happens a wall is erected between or passion and ourselves. We become cut off from our own art. Art being the product of our creativity. Artist being one who creates — painter, programmer, accountant, writer, etc. To be more exact, one who creates with love and passion and joy is the Artist. We are all Artists and perhaps most of us don't even know it. So when you stop creating what you love, everything that you are comes to a standstill and it's as if someone presses the pause button on your life. Now you're just breathing, eating, and sleeping, but not living. So here's a little meditation that I came up with to help you breakthrough any creative block you may be facing. 1.)Start out by building space around and inside of yourself. Space being room in your mind — don't think. Space being distance between you and any distractions — nosy parents & neighbors, unwanted noise, little kids running around, anything that can potentially distract you. Do whatever you have to do to find peace and calm throughout your body and spirt. Play soothing and inspirational music. Or perhaps do some yoga poses. Maybe go for a walk. Remember, you don't have to be physically inactive. Though I prefer to sit silently and listen to some good music, usually of soft sounds and less of words, like Sigur Ros, Radiohead, or The Flashbulb. Do this for as long as it takes to get you to that emptiness. Then, gently, almost imperceptibly, allow the passion of your art to fill you. Gradually begin to feel the joy of your passion. Feel the warmth and pleasure of your passion. Don't stick to anything, though. Remain empty. When you feel the excitement of your passion taking over, they joy, just observe it and let it flow through you. If you feel frustrated and blocked, then that's okay too, just let it flow through you. Be gentle with yourself. Remain looses, flexible, and allow yourself to float away in your passion. Do this for 15 minutes if you can. 2.) Then immediately begin your work. If you're a writer, then write. Painter, then paint. Programmer, then program. Activist, then hit the streets. Professional marijuana grower, then into your grow room! Just go do what you love. Regardless of how you feel at this point — inspired or uninspired, creative or stupid — doesn't matter, just jump into the work. Work for a bit, then stop. 3.) Completely leave your work alone for at least a few hours, preferably a day. Allow ideas to come to you during this repose and take mental notes — don't write anything down. No matter how brilliant, just let anything that comes to you just come to you. Same thing with bad feelings, feelings of laziness, unworthiness, etc.. Just let them come and flow through you. Don't hold onto anything and you'll be building up creative energy to pour into your work. 4.) Then get back to your work a day later and repeat steps 1 -3. Do this meditation for 1 - 2 weeks. And if you like the results, you may even choose to do this everyday before you start working. I do. It helps prepare my mind, body, and spirt for the creative work to come. It creates the inner path for Nature to work through me. Terence McKenna said it best: " Nature loves courage. It shows you that it loves courage because it will remove obstacles. You make the commitment...and the world will lift you up. This is the trick." Visit http://mindpetals.com to watch more videos


Title: Piano lessons - You're doing it wrong!




Here is a my little rant about Piano lessons. I really feel that they are teaching piano in an unproductive way, trying to teach it all classical instead of chords like guitar. That's why there are all the guitar bands these days, John Mayer, Jack Johnson, and hardly any piano bands like Kean and Maroon 5.


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Fashion, academically.

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I'm a student at a liberal arts school. I spend August through May with the writings of great minds. My freshman year I fell in love with Hobbes and last year introduced me to the wonders of Sartre and Hannah Arendt. My copy of The Second Sex is packed with margin notes, I kind of adore Beckett, and I think that Rousseau was a lazy hippie. The intense curriculum is sort of responsible for my blog. With upwards of 200 pages to read a night, there's little time to browse Style.com or accessorize. While I started the blog as a high schooler, it's become essential to my sanity since starting college. My love for the fashion world needs an outlet and Classic Black Pumps provides that. And I try to incorporate fashion into my studies. I wrote a paper about Communism meaning the ultimate downfall of the fashion industry. My Natural Sciences final essay talked about fashion trends being an accelerated mirror of evolution. It's a little mission of mine to prove to my fellow scholars that fashion has a place in academics. Now, there's already a pretty brilliant list of this nature on the wonderful blog, Academic Chic, but I thought I would make my own version of the list.

-Fashion, Culture, and Identity; by Fred Davis
-The End of Fashion: How Marketing Changed the Clothing Business Forever; by Teri Agins
-The Language of Fashion; by Roland Barthes
-The Fashion System; by Roland Barthes
-Appearance and Identity: Fashioning the Body in Postmodernity; by Llewellyn Negrin
-Queen of Fashion: What Marie Antoinette Wore to the Revolution; by Caroline Weber*
-The Fashion Reader; by Abby Lillethun
-Fugitive Denim: A Moving Story of People and Pants in a Fugitive World; by Rachel Louise Snyder

Fashion isn't just about what looks pretty. It's about history, society, and art. And we style mavens need to be well versed on the subject. Happy reading!

*This book is pretty much the cornerstone of my scholarly forays into fashion. If you only read one, this is it. So good.

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BATIK SUROBOYO

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BATIK SUROBOYO Batik Suroboyo 'Bayusumilir Pattern with Suro and Boyo (Fish and Crocodile)

BATIK SUROBOYOBatik Suroboyo in Sawunggaling Motives

BATIK SUROBOYOBatik Suroboyo


The color of Batik Suroboyo (Batik Surabaya) has the specific characteristics such as green tosca, maroon (red), and yellow. Those colors have been the basic color of Batik Suroboyo. Those colors represents the characteristics of Surabaya people who brave and openness. Those colors are also influenced by the characteristics of coastal area, and then the motives chosen is simple motives, such as leaves (such Daun Semangggi), spiraling upward (of plants), flowers, fish and crocodile (Suro and Boyo), fighting cock (Sawunggaling), and also mangrove. The Daun Semanggi dan Sawunggaling is the icon of Batik Suroboyo.
The creator of Batik Suroboyo is Hj. Putu Sulistiani Prabowo, 50 years, the owner of Dewi Saraswati Gallery and Workshop at Surabaya.

BATIK SUROBOYOBatik Mangrove

BATIK SUROBOYOLulut Sri Yuliani and Batik Mangrove

BATIK SUROBOYOBatik Mangrove Pattern

The other motives of Batik Suroboyo is Batik Mangrove or also called as batik "SeRU" (Seni batik Mangrove Rungkut). This batik was created first by Lulut Sri Yuliani, an eco-activist who concerns on preservation of mangrove forest and the community living around it. Starting from her dream of making her own garden look greener, mother of Nadia Chrissanty Halim was appointed chairperson of Environment Care Forum of Rungkut Sub-district, Surabaya. After an intimate introduction with mangrove, she began to look after the best solution for preserving mangrove as well as creating its sustainable community. The first solution was Sirvega, liquid soap made of Toga mangrove. She claimed that the soap specially made for washing batik cloths is eco-friendly as made of mangrove from species Jijibus jujuba and two other plant species.
Eventually, mangrove forest gives her brilliant ideas. As former art teacher, she applied her artistry into her latest concern to create Mangrove batik. Leaves, flower, fruit, and other parts of mangrove tree as well as organisms living on the environment become her main inspiration. The result, there are 44 pattern designs of mangrove batik she has created in 2009, such as "Aegiceras corniculatum", "A. floridum", "Avicennia alba", "Bruguiera cylindrica", "Lumnitzera racemosa", "Acanthus ilicifolius", "Xylocarpus granatum", "Sonneratia alba", "Rhizophora mucronata", "Pemphis acidula", "Nypa fruticans", "Barringtonia asiatica", "Calophyllum inophyllum", "Calotropis gigantea", "Pandanus tectorius", "Acrostichum aureum", "Ipomoea pes-caprae".
Each pattern is specifically titled according to both local and latin names of mangrove species it resembled. Pattern of Tanjang putih, for example, is depicting mangrove growth that resembles the species Bruguiera cylindrica of the family Rhizophoraceae. In Mange kasihan pattern, a tree featuring the species Aegicera floridum from the family Myrsinaceae is delicately design with figures of crab, fish, dan shrimph as its decorations.
Apart from the pattern, this new batik style also uses various parts of mangrove tree on its process of production. In coloring process, a mixture made of fruit and flower of Bruguiera gymnorrhiza is used to create red. Shade of yellow is taken from mixture of Turmeric (Curcuma longa) and Calophyllum inophyllum, locally called nyamplung.
As a handmade and eco-friendly art, Mangrove batik has its own exclusive value. Developed within a society with very fluid, flexible art value, each piece of mangrove batik has its own perfection as well as human flaw. Each of 60 batik artists on the society work freely in applying patterns and their combinations. The most important value lies on its eco-friendly processing method. What makes it more special is that it takes a month to make a piece of mangrove batik, three weeks longer than chemically processed batik.
Text and Photo source: http://ekstra.kompasiana.com/group/english/2009/11/06/mangrove-batik-eco-batik-from-surabaya/
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Semanggi Surabaya Semanggi or sometimes being called as pecel semanggi, is one of Surabaya traditional culinary. This food is rare to be found, and tends very difficult to find. The problem is about the limitedness of the semanggi or clover leaves as the main ingredient. The seller who sell Semanggi is commonly middle-aged ladies who walk around the menu by lifting up the basket while making some particular noise like "Semanggiiiiiii" in order to let the people know their existence. The ingredient in pecel semanggi is, of course, Semanggi leave (Marsilea crenata) or boiled clover leaves, there is also boiled bean sprouts. Those leaves are completed by the seasoning sauce that made of boiled sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) mix with palm sugar, salt, shrimp paste, little bit peanut and chili. Mix all the ingredients until it form of sauce. This pecel served without rice, only clover and bean sprouts vegetables which sprinkled the seasoning sauce and served in banana leaf Pincuk, it is kind of banana leaf that folded and used as kind of plate. There is no spoon or fork to eat this food but krupuk. We can eat this pecel semanggi using particular cracker called kerupuk puli. This cracker is made of rice, some Javanese people call this cracker as kerupuk gendar. This cracker is large enough, and we can just chunk the cracker to be the spoon and eat together with the dishes. The vendors are mostly from Benowo area, west of Surabaya. Because of the difficulty of the raw materials of clover leaf, the seller is selling uncertainly. Sometimes once a week, sometimes every two weeks. The clover leaf that used is not a wild clover, which is commonly grows in rivers and rice fields, but it purchased from a person who cultivates this clover. If we lucky, we can find this food in some restaurants or stalls, but the originallity is coming from those ladies who carry away their menu in the middle of modernity vendor that walking around the city. We should be so proud to them anyway. The price is similar between those walking ladies, which is cost around Rp. 3,500 per pincuk. But if we buy semanggi in restaurant or stalls in will cost Rp. 8,500 -- Rp. 10,000 per pincuk. Convenient takes more price. The ladies who carry the basket and sell semanggi have particular outfit that signify the semanggi seller. They always wear batik cloth and kebaya, a traditional Javanese cloth, complete with scarf that wrapped over their head in such a way to be a base on the basket when it lifted up. One hand is holding the merchandise on the head, while the other hand is carrying a basket containing banana leaves to be a Pincuk and other gear. Sure it takes incredible balance so that the merchandise is not spilled out. Have you enjoy your Semanggi, today? More info visit http://www.eastjava.com
Title: Tutorial Canting elektrik.wmv

Petunjuk cara pemakaian canting elektrik prosuksi kami. dari arek suroboyo
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Interiors: Creamy Natural

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In sharp contrast to my post yesterday, I'm offering up some casual, comfortable, soothing, creamy neutral spaces.  The versatility in these spaces show us that sandy beige, off white, and pale yellow work with any aesthetic to create a space that depends less on sharp lines and more on soft comfort.  Assuming one day B and I have a house of our own, I will be definitely be utilizing these spaces for inspiration.

images: hus & hem (via style files) 2) the decorista (source unknown) 3) marie claire maison (via tea for joy) 4) Otthon

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Title: Jaguar S-Type 4.0L V8 EXECUTIVE AUTOMATIK Full Review,Start Up, Engine, and In Depth Tour




For more in depth reviews check my channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/avtomobil... Filmed by: Tomaž Kožar Jesenice Ann Arbor - The Jaguar S-type was one of the most keenly anticipated new cars of the past decade. The baby Jag, as it was universally referred to (before the name was announced, anyway), would bring the leaping-cat cachet to a much wider audience, one that was eager for Jaguar's almost mystical combination of Olde English snob appeal wrapped in sexy, feline sheetmetal. Since it went on sale midway through 1999, the S-type has been a commercial success, nearly doubling the marque's sales. But, while the public has rushed to embrace it, critics have scrutinized the S-type because it's the first Jaguar to share its platform with a Ford Motor Company product (the Lincoln LS). Although all S-types are assembled at Castle Bromwich, England, the car was engineered with Ford. Ardent Jaguar fans were concerned that the S-type could be something less than a true Jaguar because of that. Turns out that the under-the-skin commonality with Lincoln was handled adroitly. The two cars drive differently, and the S-type feels like a Jaguar. But after twelve months and 30,000 miles with a sapphire-blue S-type 4.0, count us among those who see elsewhere in the S-type a veneer of Britishness, of Jaguarness, that in places appears thin. Take, for instance, that feline sheetmetal. Start at the front--no subtlety here with the oval grille and four round headlights. By and large, it works. "The Jag is an absolute hit with the general public," reported associate editor Joe DeMatio after a trip to his mid-Michigan hometown. "They know it's a Jaguar and are very excited about it." To our eyes, though, the side is entirely too busy, with too many character lines. More than one staffer likened the main crease along the door handles to that of a Chevy Lumina. That's like suggesting the queen wears army boots. But it was the interior that came in for the most criticism. Jaguar has always had a special knack for interiors, which invariably are likened to a men's club. When one contributing writer described the S-type's atmosphere as "more pub than club," it was a cute way of saying it falls short of the traditional Jaguar standards. It's hard not to think that the S-type interior shows what happens when the idea of British luxury gets refracted by the Dearborn "glass house" that is Ford Motor Company's world headquarters and then blurred further by myopic MBAs who can't see past the next quarter's bottom line. "There's none of the detailing and craftsmanship that made Jag interiors so nice," said executive editor Mark Gillies, who's been riding in Jaguars since he was a lad in short pants. Whatever one thinks of the way the interior looks, there is no getting around its lack of storage space (which is somewhat alleviated for 2001 with the CD changer's move from the glove box to the trunk) or its tight accommodations overall. On a happier note, seating comfort generally received good reviews, even on long drives. Extended road trips demonstrated just how much the S-type coddled its captain and crew and how eagerly it gobbled up the miles. With 281 horsepower and 287 pound-feet of torque, the 4.0-liter V-8 never wants for power, either on the highway or in town. Despite a slow-shifting transmission, it provides the kind of smooth, effortless thrust that really does bring to mind those images from the Discovery Channel where the live jaguar sprints across the Yucatan to chomp down on some hapless wild pig. We'd say the V-8 is beyond reproach, but it was sometimes a little lazy starting on cold mornings, and its short cruising range was appreciated only by true devotees of service station architecture Part of the S-type's seductive quality on road trips, long or short, was its accomplished blend of a responsive chassis and a creamy ride. Helping our car's double-wishbone suspension achieve this feat was Jaguar's optional CATS (Computer Active Technology Suspension), which automatically switches the dampers between soft and firm settings. Unfortunately, as the miles accumulated, the ride became noticeably ragged, with the S-type transmitting an un-Jaguar-like amount of impact harshness to the cabin. In addition, the brakes always felt undersized, requiring more pedal pressure and travel than we would have liked. The steering, however, was spot-on in its quickness and effort. Curiously, for 2001, Jaguar has switched to a ZF power steering unit, which the company says improves steering feel and isolation. We drove a 2001 model, and, despite those contradictory claims, the steering felt pretty much the same, but that's fine with us.


Title: Kishin, Day blooming waterlily from Garet Uemura




Hybridized in 2004 by crossing two unnamed lilies. This lily has very double flowers that are pastel lavender on the outside with creamy white-lavender interior petaloids. Unlike Kelly Mashiba, the petals on this lily are very long and slender. The leaves are solid green on the top with purple below. In Japanese, Kishin means "Joyful Heart" and is the "Kaimyo" (Buddhist name) of Garet's grandfather.


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THE INONESIAN BATIK COLLECTION OF BARACK OBAMA'S MOTHER EXHIBITION

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THE INONESIAN BATIK COLLECTION OF BARACK OBAMA'S  MOTHER EXHIBITIONBatik is a traditional dress with many creative painting on the clothes.
After exhibiting in Los Angeles (June 1 - 4, 2009) and Chicago (May 17 - 20, 2009), the Indonesian batik collection of Obama's Mother, Ann Dunham was exhibited in San Fransisco (June 18 - 21, 2009). After that, the other cities where will be taken as an exhibition place are Houston (July 2 - 5, 2009), New York (July 21 - 24, 209), adn the last is in Washington (August 9 - 23, 2009). Rayon Scarves - Beautiful Batiks, 10" X 66"THE INONESIAN BATIK COLLECTION OF BARACK OBAMA'S  MOTHER EXHIBITION


Above are some pictures of Indonesian Batik Collection of Barack Obama's Mother when exhibited in San Fransisco. In this time, there are 20 pieces of clothes and 2 pieces of shawls, the Indonesian Batik that were collected by ANn Dunham when she was living in Indonesia. Those batik consists of batik from Yogyakarta, Solo, Indramayu, Cirebon, Pekalongan, and Madura.
The theme of this exhibition is "A Lady Found A Culture in Its Cloth: Barack Obama`s Mother and Indonesian Batiks" and taken place in California College of the Arts, San Francisco. This exhibition was attended by more than 250 people.

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Title: Making Batik

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