Planet Clarry

Kindly Help Me...?

2011-04-25T15:00:00.003+07:00

Hello readers! It's been so long, I know. And I have nothing else to say besides I'm sorry for neglecting this blog (again and again).

Life's been so good yet so busy these days -- which I love, actually. It has also given me lots of opportunities and of new things to try this year, which I can't wait to share to you all maybe in the next post, after I finish all the things on my to-do list (I have around 25, by the way).

Meanwhile, if you're kind enough, would you mind to vote for my speech?

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thank you so much in advance, by the way. :D

What Happened During These 2 Months...

2011-02-19T10:51:00.009+07:00

Hi! It's me again. Sorry for the hiatus, it looks like I've gone back to my old bad habit, which is... Neglecting my own blog. Hahaha. Sorry sorry sorry. Life's been pretty good and so hectic lately (I don't even have time to watch some TV now -- or maybe this is just a really bad time management.), and well, I just want to share about what has happened in my life during these months.

Desa Sawarna

Sawarna is one hell of a beautiful, pretty secluded place. I went there for a schooltrip, late January. The place itself is located in Sukabumi, Banten, 7 hours from Jakarta. We stayed on the locals' houses and visited some places there, such as the beautifuuuuuuuuuul beaches (Tanjung Layar, Pasir Putih, Lagun Pari...), a cave (Gua Lalay), and went on a walk around Sawarna. It was so exhausting, but trust me, it was worth it. If you happen to have the chance to go there, Sawarna is a must-visit. Here are some of the pics:

Valentine's Day

This year's Valentine's day was on a Monday, which allowed me to celebrate the day at school with friends. I made them handmade Valentine cards (again) this year, thanks to the printable freebies from Eat Drink Chic and HEYSUSY*. Oh how I love design blogs... Anyway, so my Valentine this year was a blast, friends gave me LOTS of chocolates, and some of them even made their own! and it tastes good! ah, how I envy those who can cook...for I myself am such a terrible cook. :( . My day itself was pretty bad, on the other hand. Last Monday was filled with 2 exams which I failed. Oh well....

Being 18

Yep, I just turned 18 last January. On the 5th, to be exact. I sometimes just can't understand how time flies. Only 2 more years until I leave teenagehood. I hate that. I've always loved being a kid, where I got very little responsibilities, and I can have fun all day and be happy and not worry about everything else... Again, oh well. But I'm so grateful though, for God has given me another day to enjoy the world! ;)

This Blog's Layout

.....Makes me sick of looking at it. I will update the layout as soon as I have time.

NYFW

is another example of how fast time flies. It really seemed like yesterday there was fashion week for the spring/summer collection, and now, whoa. Anyways, here are my faves:

Carolina Herrera

Philosophy di Alberta Ferretti

Anna Sui

Prabal Gurung

....and that's all, folks! Till my next update... :)

Hello 2011!

2011-01-01T00:09:00.002+07:00

I used to make new years' resolutions every single year, but this year I don't want to make or promise anything. 2010 was pretty much the worst year I've ever lived in, and I'm exhausted. So this year, I'm trying a different approach towards my own life. I'm just gonna let life be, and my only resolution is to be able to accept everything that will happen next year as it is, with a happy mind. I believe that everything happens for a reason, and I'm gonna remind myself that I can't change God's plan - so I better accept everything happily. And, oh, to be closer to God is my second resolution. The rest, just let it be. Let life surprise me.

Have a lovely new year, people. I wish you all nothing but the best. :)

A Little Update

2010-12-19T13:27:00.002+07:00

Hello readers. How are you? I hope you're well.

2010 has been a total roller coaster to me, and I'm so glad that it's approaching its end. Certainly not a good year for me.

Anywaaay... Just a little update, I'm having my Christmas holiday right now, which is awesome -- I used to only get 3 or 4-hour sleeps during finals, and now I can sleep for 12 hours straight. Bliss. And tonight I'm leaving Jakarta to spend Christmas down under. So excited! I hope the vacation will be awesome, as I'm currently in need of some refreshment and happy time - badly.

So until then, or next year. Happy holidays! ;)

Outside Orchard

2010-12-01T17:56:00.007+07:00

(This was originally written around last month, but it was unfinished back then, so I continued the story just now. I hope it's not confusing, as I wasn't in the perfect writing mood, but I just felt like updating... Enjoy!)

It’s 1 AM already and i am still in the mood for writing, which doesn’t frequently happen, lately. I’ve always loved midnights like this, when everyone is asleep so i can enjoy a quality time with my own self. Tonight’s no exception. In fact, it’s A LOT better. I’m currently in Singapore for a short eating trip (my mom may call this a business trip, but i call this an eating trip. Yeah.) which is nice, because i just need a getaway.

Singapore has always been one of my favorite destinations. Pretty much the only place where i could travel all by myself. I’ve spent 3 days here – and it’s amazing as always, so far. I’m not the type of Indonesian who stays only around Orchard when visiting Singapore (although it’s my favorite place to be around :D) anymore because I already knew that there are lots of beautiful places outside Orchard ;) credit goes to my mom for her love of visiting Singapore (so I could tag along and explore, explore, explore! Hehee)

So now, enjoy the pictures. And if you have plans to visit Singapore later on, well, these places are worth a visit ;)

Went to 8Q SAM and ate at Food For Thought with Felika, followed by a walk around Dhoby Ghaut while i stare at the beautiful buildings (such as the School of the Arts, above) and took LOTS of pictures – I’ve always been mesmerized by the architecture of most of the buildings in Singapore which clearly reflects its designer’s creativity. Oh how i envy those people...

...and this is my future school :D

Finally had the chance to visit the Marina Bay Sands sky garden. I was speechless. The view was breathtaking, literally. Well worth the S$20. :)

And the best part of all, I got the chance to attend the ION Fashion concert (held to celebrate ION Orchard's first anniversary) which was a concert (with my childhood crush, Vanness Wu, performing) and a fashion show. It was hosted by Marion Caunter and Dom Lau of E! News Asia. Also spotted the beautiful Devon Aoki and her gorgeous fiance. :)

Not to forget, a Marvelous Cream ice cream! Strawberry + banana + caramel --> heaven.

A clever quote I spotted ;)

And that's all. Now let me tell you my christmas + birthday wishlist.

a Kate Spade book clutch or a Sony NEX camera in pink. Oh, or I can just start saving.. now! ;)

Teen Queen

2010-10-23T22:06:00.001+07:00

"My job is to be a role model, and that's what I want to do, but my job isn't to be a parent. My job isn't to tell your kids how to act or how not to act, because I'm still figuring that out for myself. So to take that away from me is a bit selfish. Your kids are going to make mistakes whether I do or not. That's just life."

Miley Cyrus.

A Journey Begins With A Single Step....

2010-10-10T20:07:00.006+07:00

In my opinion, Lao Tzu's saying holds a very important message for me at this moment. It's important for us to take one step. Although the first step may be the hardest step for us, it will open many doors for us as well. However, we may be gripped by fears sometimes, and not take that first step. And when that happens, our dream will remain that, a dream. And we will live the rest of our lives wondering, what if.
- Nadine Alexandra Dewi Ames

Nadine is the newly-crowned Puteri Indonesia 2010. She said those words during the top 5 Q&A, and I love her answer! Despite those rumours of her being Mooryati Soedibyo's niece, I personally think that if she got potential, then she deserves to win. Besides, she's fluent in English (so at least she won't embarrass herself in Miss Universe later on) Go, Nadine!

What's Your Passion?

2010-08-28T17:45:00.009+07:00

Actually, I've been thinking about this for quite a long time. Back then when I heard the word "passion" for the first time, I don't even understand what it means literally (yeah,after all those english lessons and self-help books.).

So, I googled "define passion". ;)
and this showed up:

passion (n) - any powerful or compelling emotion or feeling, as love or hate

The question is, what am I passionate about?
I think it's still hard to answer. So I'm writing a list of things that I love and will analyze it, one by one. Here we go.

Clarry Loves...

Graphic design -- ever since I discovered Adobe Photoshop (it was 2005. 7th grade. graphic design extracurricular class.) I never stopped exploring it. Either it was a simple retouch, or creating something from scratch (such as the covers for my pocket dictionary, class movie, and short story compilation, all of them was bahasa Indonesia projects. Thank you, my beautiful teacher (which doubles as my homeroom teacher too, for two years.)). I simply love to make a good design. And with my tendency to judge things from its cover (but not all the time, of course!), I make sure everything that I created comes in a great packaging. So people would be attracted, and... Well, attraction begins everything, eh?
Creative writing -- this one, was because of my reading hobby. I started to read teenlit when I was around 11-pretty early I guess. From there, I learned that a good book can cheer up a person, give a valuable life lesson, even make a good impact on its readers' lives. How cool, I thought. Then, I discovered Sitta Karina and her books (of course!). I was completely in love. Man, she's a wonderful storyteller! Since then, I brushed up my writing skills, wrote a few stories, and am still learning how to be such a storyteller. I dream of having my own book published (maybe in a few years time), and be like her! It must be the greatest feeling ever to share my thoughts with the world, and affect people's lives.
Food! I'm so blessed, because I have a body that's slim, and difficulties in gaining some weight. Thus, I can eat as much as i can! Eating delicious foods has been a hobby of mine, probably since I was born. :P yaiyalahya. Who doesn't? During my visit to Singapore (which, recently, is quite frequent-i went there 5 times since June last year) I did everything to make sure I have time to visit my favourite eating-places there (and I have quite a lot! Triple Three, Marvelous Cream, New York New York....just thinking about them makes my mouth water.). I'm also into looking for good foods here in Jakarta (let's see... The Marmalade Pantry? Pasta De Waraku? Gerobak Betawi? or... mouth-watering beef kebab from kantin IPEKA? :9). So yeah. Thinking about this makes me feel so so blessed to have the opportunity to taste such heavenly foods... yumyumyum.
Fashion -- this one comes from my other hobby of internet browsing. Looking through celebrity pictures with such nice clothes and great personal style, I just thought that I want to have their sense of style. And style here, for me, not always comes from a huge amount of money (which translates as designer clothes). It comes from within -- so maybe it's like a talent. That answers the kinds of question like, Look! She looks good by just wearing a simple white T-shirt and I don't! Sad, I know. But hey, everyone knows, that passion beats talent guys! But (again) I'm not sure if you can apply this into fashion. Well, there's no harm in trying to sharpen your fashion mix-and-match skill, anyway. ;)

Sooo..... (I know I used this word waaaay too much in this post.) I've got four things so far, and maybe some more later on (if i could think of other things, I'd update this post for sure). To top this off, I'd like to share a quote.

Everything is born out of passion. Tell me sir, if you’re doing things that you don’t like, would it still be worth it? It would be meaningless, pointless and lifeless. That’s why I don’t do anything, the effort will be a waste. I prefer to be a daydreamer than a fool who forces himself to work on things that he’s not even interested in.
– Angelica Sison

Aaaaand still I don't know what my passion is, even until I finished a piece of writing about passion itself. Poor me :(

Dear Someone...

2010-08-25T19:04:00.006+07:00

As (maybe) some of you have known, I can't live without my twitter account. I love it to death - getting all the updates you need (what's happening in the world, promotions from my favorite brands, tweets from celebrities, interesting thoughts from other people, to live update from my very own friends) by just visiting a website? Superb.

About months ago (I forgot what month exactly) #dearsomeone was one of the trending topic. It was one of my favorite twitter trending topics ever, also. I found it interesting to read peoples' tweets about what would they say to that "someone". I tweeted some tweets using that hashtag, too. ;)

So yeah. In this post, I would like to add some more "dear someones". Please note that the "someone" I will mention below is more than one person, and it could be anyone. Yes, anyone. Not just my friends and family. It can even be you!

dear someone. I really want your job! you're so so lucky.
dear someone. You know what? You're smart and beautiful, and God loves you. Be thankful :)
dear someone. Being in that room with you just spending hours talking = bliss.
dear someone. Talking bad about others behind their back is no cool at all, you know.
dear someone. I wish we were twins...
dear someone. I want ALL your clothes + shoes + accessories!
dear someone. Thanks for being such an awesome friend. :D
dear someone. I wouldn't be that mean if I were you. Booooooooo........
dear someone. Wanna switch places with me? I'd love to live your life for just a day.
dear someone. Can you keep a secret?
dear someone. Marry me, please?
dear someone. I hope someday my best friend and I could confess to you that our favorite past time is...well, gossiping about you and that person. Sorry!
dear someone. I really can't understand how your brain works. How come you're so passionate in STUDYING SCIENCE? *rolling eyes*
dear someone. Wanna make friends? :)
dear someone. Thank you SO MUCH for the last thing you bought me. You don't have an idea how much I love this thing.
dear someone. I wish you happiness. Really. My period of hating you is officially over.
dear someone. I admire your wisdom. I wanna be like you..
dear someone. Thinking about you makes me smile without even realizing it.
dear someone. Your homemade chicken muffins is the most delicious muffin on the planet! YUM.
dear someone. Thanks for believing in me. I'm enjoying every moment of it!
dear someone. Thanks for reading this post! I appreciate it so much, you know. ;)

Hello, World!

2010-08-19T19:21:00.002+07:00

...and welcome to my blog. Actually, this isn’t my first time blogging, since I’ve been on the blogosphere for approximately 5 years. Yeah, not really a newbie here. I have my old blog which I decided to keep it private to myself from now on, because I realize that it’s nothing but a mess. Yeah, my writing skill 5 years ago just aren’t the same with my skill now, which I even still need much much improvement on.

The main reason why I created this new blog? You got it right, improvement. And I realized that I still want (and need) a blog, as a medium to share my thoughts to the world (because twitter’s simply not enough!). I will try to write in full English also, and post regularly.

So.. a warm welcome to you, and I hope you’ll come back later on!