We, kids, do try hard (#TT77)

These two songs reflect children’s feelings in correspondence with the relationship with their parents, in two different ways. I personally like both! The first one is more like a teen figuring out oneself and disliking what parents tell him/her what to do. The second one is about a daughter having an unloving father and how she tried so hard to impress him. Love the video. So touching :’)

Enjoy!!!

I fucked up but won't stop now
We will become the greats of the worst mistakes
Won't fail to let you down
We've got plenty of time to figure it out
We're just kids

Oh broken angel
Were you sad when he crushed all your dreams
Oh broken angel
Inside you're dying 'cause you can't believe

Sometimes I’m still annoyed by the fact that parents can’t understand us. But as I’m getting older I try to accept this coz they’re humans too, you can’t expect them to understand everything. Our world is just different and so is our point of view.

And I promise that it's not your fault
It was never your fault

xo, Jo

Bali Trip – Day 1

This is it! The first post of my Bali trip review. My friends and I went there for 4 days as our graduation trip. Hopefully this post and the next 3 other posts can be useful for those of you who are interested to go to the amazing island of Bali!! We hired a driver from a local travel company to guide us around for 3 days. I’ll leave you the details later at the end of this post.

First meal of the trip: Balinese Suckling Pig

Arrived in Bali at noon with half-full stomach (had a meal in flight) but we still headed for lunch anyway! Honestly it wasn’t what I really expected. I forgot where it was actually located but it was a small local eating house and I personally doubted the hygiene. The food itself was okay. I liked the crispy pig skin actually :p and it was really cheap. I didn’t have stomachache or whatsoever afterwards so it was fine! Teehee.

Putri Ayu Cottages, Ubud

After lunch, we checked in to our hotel to stay for a night. I loved the bed! Thanks to the mosquito net haha. It looks so romantic and when I woke up the next morning I almost felt like a princess :p

Kintamani

Batur Volcano 

 Beautiful!! It was kinda chilly up there. The guide said that every year the locals would bring offerings to the volcano so it won’t errupt again. The last eruption was in the year of 2000.

Dewi Agriculture

Asian Palm Civet aka Luwak.

Luwak’s poop = the most expensive coffee in the world (No, I’m not joking!!). It’s gentle for the stomach and it’s got that chocolate-caramel fragrance. Nice!!

So in this place they own various kinds of plants, mostly Asian herbs, as well as the little guy above, luwak. They produce all those things into a range of traditional tea and coffee. As for luwak coffee, I don’t mind to pay a high price coz I know it’s more expensive elsewhere, but for other stuff like herbal tea, I do think they were overpriced.

Dirty Duck (Bebek Bengil), Ubud

The best thing I had eaten in Bali!! It was a little pricey but considering the portion size and the ambience, it was worth it! Must try!!

Next post: Bali Day 2!

xo, Jo

#TT76 Current favorite songs!

I know I’ve been missing waaayyy too many Tuneful Tuesdays, which therefore I made this list of my favorite songs for the past few months!

Enjoy!

In order of which I discovered first =)

 

I don’t normally dig this type of music, but thanks to the contribution of Bruno Mars that makes this song quite favorable to my ears =) Surprisingly I quite like the lyrics haha, although it’s so NOT me. I wish I could be like that sometimes though =p

 

Cute song, funny video. I remember I straightaway tagged my bf on facebook after discovering it coz I think a games geek like him would like it hehe. Doesn’t it remind you of a movie? =)

 

I know you’re probably bored of this song already! But hey, admit it that this song is beautiful! Plus, I just came across of the official video and oh sweet mother of Jesus!! Taylor looks so prettyyyyyy!!! I totally love her with short bangs!  

 

Don’t know why Rupert Grin is in this but the song is good =) the voice doesn’t quite match Rupert’s face though! Haha.

 

Ed Sheeran againnn <3

 

Many people say that Katy wrote this song for her ex-husband (are they officially divorced yet?), but as for me I honestly don’t really care haha. I like it as it is a pretty powerful song, supported by the video of her being in an army. I’m not sure about her acting in the beginning though, I think she needs to improve on that lol.

 

This is one of the songs that only after you listen to the acoustic version you like the original version.

 

First heard this one on one of the latest 90210 episodes and I immediately got hooked on! LOVE IT =))

 

This one is officially my current “can’t-get-out-of-my-head” song!! The guy is so yummy *drools* hahaha. I keep singing this song till my bf is sick of it lol (right, babe?) ;)

 

Hope you liked this list!

By the way, I’m back home in Jakarta! YAY =D

xo, Jo

Where is the future taking me?

Yes, it’s been WAY too long since my last post. So let’s recap of where and what I have been doing for the past 2 months.

Final Year Project and exams

Project and exams made me fully occupied and stressed! But finally I’m done with all those! Although it’s not official yet, at least for the time being I don’t have business with school. I’m free!!

Quality time with friends

 

 

After my exams were done, I legitimately hung out every single day and started getting my social life back. I had a farewell celebration with my classmates which I truly appreciated. The whole class never actually hung out together outside of campus so it was definitely something. We had so much fun :) Plus, me and my close friends just got back from Bali for our 4day-trip! (Pictures coming up soon) I didn’t want it to end! So now I’m kinda having a post-trip depression :/

Fresh grad, anyone?

Meanwhile, as what graduates normally do after having done with school, I try to get a job. It ain’t easy, especially for non-locals. My alternative of being employed is to get into a training of a bank. So far I haven’t got any replies from any companies, which makes me super worried. I still wanna stay in Singapore!

Thinking

Even though I’m excited for a new life, I’m scared. I don’t have ANY experience related to working and as I’m getting older (maybe not that old but still), I’m also worried of my love life. There’s SO many things in my head right now and the what-ifs, thinking about those makes me emotional sometimes. I wish I could see some kind of trailer of God’s plan so I’d know I’m on the right track. I’m also not very confident of myself either. Ugh, it’s just damn complicated.

My parents said I just need to be patient. Well yeah, but for how long?

I’m going to Jakarta next Tuesday to spend a quality time with family and old friends before entering the workforce (IF I get any calls..). I thought I would be home for Easter but things caught up in the way so AGAIN, I spend this year’s Easter alone.

Anyways, have a blessed Easter, everybody!!

xo, Jo

#PLL: The end of a beginning

Oh hay thereeee long time no post, I know (forgive me? *winkwink*). I’ll explain the whole MIA thing later but first! Let’s talk about Pretty Little Liars.

I’m pretty sure most of you have watched the last episode of season 2 of PLL in which A was revealed.

But it’s not over yet!!

I think Mona wasn’t the one who killed Alison. She may have been asked to torture the girls by being “A” but I guess Jenna (or Melissa) is still the main person behind Ali’s murder.

Previously, according to the writers and actors, the show was doing a total different thing from the books (not that I read the books but well), but apparently they DID follow the books as Mona was revealed to be A. Maybe I should start picking up the books? Hmmm.

Since I naively believed what the writers said to the fans (writers are liars!! lol), I had a wild guess that Toby or Ezra could be A. Haha.

Oh, and I’m really really REALLY curious who the black swan girl could be. At first I thought it could be Melissa, but Melissa is pregnant so it is unlikely for her to fit in that dress lol. I saw a post on Tumblr earlier that someone thought the girl resembled Ashley Marin (Hanna’s mom). Whaaaat??? THAT would be interesting.

Plus, the end of the episode opened up another mystery: Maya’s death. I think it should be related to this whole thing but I just haven’t constructed my hypothesis yet coz there’s so many things to process at once haha.That’s what PLL always does to me! My brain is too slow to digest! :p

Putting the mysteries aside, I LOVED the masquerade theme! Whose dress was your favorite? Mine was Hanna’s ;)

  CAN’T WAIT for Season 3!! I love their dresses in this picture :p

Thoughts? :)

xo, Jo