Petugas TNI tidak memukuli wartawan...

I despise an incident that happened in Riau, Indonesia last Tuesday. Three reporters were assaulted by the members of the army while covering the site of a plane crash accident. They got a bashing from some army crew and their cameras were confiscated. The unfortunate plane belong(ed) to the Air Force.

The picture below, showing a guy in uniform (doing what looks like) strangling a Riau Post reporter went viral. As a freelance writer, and a human being, I feel like hitting the army guy with the three confiscated cameras. 

I feel a little victory when 2 Indonesian tweeps, @thepopo and @oomleo, made a mockery out of the army guy. Their twitpic conversation yesterday exchanged a series of superimposed pix - another take of what could have been the army guy. Cracks me up.each time.

Ternyata ada petugas TNI yang bantuin wartawan.

Petugas TNI lagi mimpin sholat berjama'ah

Petugas TNI ternyata mau berlayar

..ngomong².. touring ke majalengka barengan club tiger TNI, ..jadi nggak, sih? ..udah ready, nich.. 

Buat wawasan anak band:
Kenapa gitar Bang Rhoma buntung? ternyataaa....

MY FAVORITE : petugas TNI nggak tau caranya keluar dari bajaj!

Petugas TNI kepleset kulit pisang

Ternyata do'i suka yang rada nge-beat

Petugas TNI lagi santai

Petugas TNI belah duren

Petugas TNI buka kursus buat Idul Adha

Udahan? Kok sepi?

The Man I am Most Loyal to

For more than seven years, I didn't allow anyone else to cut my hair except my trustee Kenneth Chan.
And I cut my hair as often as once a month for a couple of years. Now I go every two or three months.

I see Kenneth more often than I see my dad. He knows my next holiday plan, what I'm up to at work and who's going to visit me in Singapore. I took my sister and a few of my best friends to his salon. Now, some of them make regular special trips to Singapore just to get a hair cut. On one new year eve, my friend Fanny and I got a symbolic hair make over at 7pm on 31 Dec - to kick start the new year. We went straight to Kenneth after Fanny landed from Jakarta.

Kenneth gets me, and my hair, without much detailed explanation. Even when I don't know how I want my hair to look. He never did wrong.

The best part is I still pay the same rate as I did seven years ago.

As long as Kenneth is still reachable by MRT, I don't need no other.

Shakespear and Seal

It was another Friday night in Singapore. I was hanging out by the Shakespear park, chatting with Queen Victoria and Richard III, and play fencing with Hamlet.

 

Then I heard the raspy beautiful singing voice of..... Seal! People start screaming and approached him. Including me. We all followed him to the stage and listen to an intimate 1-hour session of Seal!! I was Kissed by a Rose - all over....

The priceless moment was organized by MasterCard, who converted part of the brand new Marina Bay cruise center into a party scene for their Priceless Singapore launch. Good food, free massage, chocolate tasting bar and Seal. 

 
FUN.

Now I'm off to bed. I have a dragon boat to race in 10 hours. Wheeee....

If every child listens to this sing over and over again, it might reduces crime rate.

It's great to be able to stop, when you plan the thing that's wrong, and be able to do something else instead, and think this song.

I can stop whenever I want to. Can stop when I wish. Can stop stop stop anytime.
And what a good feeling to feel like this.
Know that the feeling is really mine.Know that there's something deep inside.that helps us become what we can.

For a girl can be comeday a lady.For a boy can be someday a man.

http://front.moveon.org/over-forty-years-ago-mister-rogers-fought-for-pbs-and-gave-the-us-senate-goose-bumps/?rc=fb.fan

Home-made head piece and I

A few years ago,Utay put a kick to an old hat I found in a vintage shop. I was going to the Emiratets Singapore Derby and the hat was very similar to the one worn by the cabin crew. The hat was a hit. 

Utay @ work for my Derby hat

In the absence of my personal milliner and fashion advisor, I now have to prepare the look for my office's fundraising gala on my own. 

The theme for this year is Eden. I must have a flower wreath! Never had one before. Since fresh flowers are expensivo here and I don't know any garden where I can pick them from, I look in a magic place where everything is available - Youtube. A few tutorial videos indicate it's easy to make at home. So I gave it a go. 

U'ut, how did I do?

Tea shopping for Adam Levine : A day in the life of Camilla

I was about to doze off for my my post-dragon boat power nap when I received a message from a friend in Jakarta. She said "Can you help to buy something for Adam Levine?". 

And how can I say no this:

Image 1.

Anyhoo my friend Mel is an event organizer and she's preparing for Maroon 5 show this Thursday and Friday. Apparently Adam specifically requested for TWG Vanilla Bourbon Tea, which is currently out of stock in Jakarta's outlets.

Despite chronic exhaustion after my pre-race dragon boat practise, I dragged myself to city center and looked for the tea. Kindly refer to Image 1 for motivation. Luckily the TWG here is well stocked with Vanilla Bourbon.

Today, I spent a good time under the scorching sun looking for the nearest and most reliable courier service around my office. Now I know there's a DHL drop point 10 mins away.

"Adam, we're coming", said the tea bags

The tea bags should arrive a day before the show. Adam baby, you better drink those tea!!

What do I get in return? My friend said she's going to kiss Adam for me.

WHATEVA.