20 People I'd Love To Marry

Today is the last day of Ramadhan Month. So I want to say Happy Ied Mubarak 1432 H to all of the moslems in the world!

Anyway, this morning when I opened twitter, some people on my timeline were tweeting about #2opeopleidmarry. And that is obviously one thing I often daydream about, so here is the list of names I'd like to marry if I could (not in particular order)

1. John Gomez

Because he's charming, cute, looks genuine and down to earth, wise, funny, he plays guitar in my favorite band (The Summer Set), and mmm... have I already said he's charming? I love his attitude. He can sometimes act like a kid, but then when you need him to be serious about something, he will. He's really bad at spelling but I always find it funny. The most important thing is, he's so inspirational and he can always make me smile.

2. Nick Jonas

He's also charming, cute, and looks genuine. Not to say that his band is the first pop rock band I've ever loved. Before that, I never liked anything that close to rock music. Then, he acts so mature and I love that. And ooh he wears a purity ring. He gained my respect because of that.

3. Tom Felton

Should I explain? I guess almost every girls in this world love him. No? Okay. He's just so charming with his accent and he plays his character really well in Harry Potter series.

4. Kris Allen

He started out as an underdog in American idol, but then when he started to play instruments in his performances, I fell in love. But too bad he seems to love his wife so much so.. there's no chance for me *sigh*

5. Cameron Mitchell

Once you watch The Glee Project, it's so hard not to fall in love with him. He stays true to himself, that's what matter the most.

6. Damian McGinty

His accent is so cute, his face is so cartoon-ish, he's Cameron's best friend, and he's one of the reasons why I watch The Glee Project.

7. Ashton Kutcher

It's hard not to fall in love with this kind of bad-boy-whose-smile-is-so-too-charming-to-be-true.

8. Andrew Richards

I started to love him the first time I saw him when I won a meet and greet session with his band (HelloGoodbye) last year. Since then, I couldn't stop admiring him. He's super nice, gorgeous, and looks kinda innocent. The only problem is, he loves cats so much that I think he'd rather marry a cat than marry me. Sad.

9. Riley McDonough

When I heard his song, I liked his band. When I watched his band's video, I had a crush on him. But by the time I read his tweets, I fell in love with him. He's a genius!

10. Joe Jonas

It might be not fair to put two brothers in this list but what can I do if the members of this family are just so gorgeous?

11. Logan Henderson

He plays a very cute, funny, and stupid character in Big Time Rush. It's hard not to laugh when you see him.

12. Matt Lanter

If there's no Matt Lanter in 90210, I'm pretty sure I'm not gonna watch it anymore. But since he plays this bad-on-the-outside-yet-so-sweet-on-the-inside role, it's hard to try to stop watching it.

13. Martin Johnson

He is so nice to his fans, he has a good style, and I just love him in general.

14. Rupert Grint

Other than the fact that he is cute, he is also funny. And he made me fall in love with Ron character in Harry Potter.

15. Stephen Gomez

If I can't get John Gomez, maybe I'll turn to his brother, Stephen. He's cute and all like his brother, but something that makes me them really different is, while John loves to smile and share his wise thoughts, Stephen hates life and tends to be sarcastic.

16. Skandar Keynes

Whenever I see him, I feel like I'm seeing this perfect fairy tale prince.

Okay I'm getting clueless right now so these last 4 people might not be the one I really want to marry but I'm gonna keep writing it down

17. Justin Bieber

Because he's rich and I want his money. Also because by dating him, I'm pretty sure I'll be famous. HA!

18. Bruno Mars

Because I want him to sing me love songs and make me feel like the most amazing girl in this world. I want him to catch a grenade for me and say that I'm amazing just the way I am.

19. Steve Jobs

Because I freaking want all of those apple products. But well he's retired...

20. Colonel Harland Sanders

Because I love KFC and I think he's a genius for creating something like that!

P.S : Spend 7 minutes of your day by watching this Q&A Video by John Gomez. This is probably my favorite Q&A video ever.

Cenat Cenut? Oh Yeaah!

Check out my guest post at Scenic Glory here

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Hello everyone! I haven’t been blogging for so long since I’ve been kind of busy with school. That means I had no time for blogging and also, there was nothing worth blog about in my life. But you know what? There’s finally one thing to talk about here. And that is about...

THE DOWNTOWN FICTION, HEY MONDAY, AND A ROCKET TO THE MOON Live in Tennis Indoor Senayan, Jakarta, on May 14th 2011!

Yep, I was there. I went there with my friend, Daniya, and met some more friends there. We were so excited that we arrived there about 2.15 pm and guess what? There were already many people there. I was like ‘Gosh would we make it to the front row?’ and turned out, we didn’t. But the good thing is I still got the almost-center-of-the-stage spot on the fifth row. And at the end of the concert, I made it to the center-of-the-stage spot on the third row. Weird thing is, I wasn’t even trying to get there. The crowd was just so crazy that I was pushed and pushed until I got that better spot. Lucky me! :)

The first band who showed up on stage was The Downtown Fiction (TDF). I’ve heard about them since like 8 months ago or so, after I watched JakJam2010 concert. There were some admins of TDFIndonesia who gave pamflets about that band, then I downloaded their songs, and I liked it. Then a couple of months later I heard that they were going to come and I was like 'man how could it happen when some bands I've been longing to see since a couple years ago haven't come yet?!' Anyway, how was the concert, you ask? That was sick!! Not only because TDF rocked the stage (and the fact that their vocalist and guitarist, Cameron and David, looked soo cute and adorable), the crowd went super duper crazy and made me feel kinda sick. Well I guess that’s what happen at a concert of a band whose name of their newest album is ‘Let’s Be Animals!’. The crowd acted brutally just like animals. Lesson learned. Haha :p

Cameron Leahy <3

Their performance was great, but it got a lot better when Cameron said ‘Terima kasih Jakarta! Cenat-cenut? Oh yeaah!’ I laughed so hard haha. ‘Terima kasih Jakarta!’ means ‘Thank you Jakarta!’ and I can’t really tell what ‘Cenat cenut’ means, but it’s from the lyrics of an Indonesian band, SM*SH, which is currently famous here. So it really cracked Indonesians up. Also, he said ‘Unyuu!’ which is another word that I can’t explain to you, but believe me, if you’re an Indonesian and you heard them saying that word, you’ll go ‘WHAAT? HAHAHHA!’. Cameron also said ‘I guarantee you, we would never forget this night!’ Woohooo!

The second band who rocked the stage was Hey Monday. This might be the performance I enjoyed the most because the crowd acted normally. Sure we jumped on their upbeat songs but it’s totally normal, right? I really like it when the the atmosphere turned mellow when they played ‘Hangover’, then all of a sudden there was only Cassade, the vocalist, on the stage and she gave us some love tips. It was cute. And what’s best is, after the tips, she sang my favorite song of their band that I never thought they would sing, which is ‘6 Months’. Oooh I love that!

Cassade Pope

And one important thing you have to know is, the touring member of the band who played bass, Chris Gentile (yes he’s from the band Rumour Has It), is so freaking gorgeous!

Chris Gentile <3

Then it’s time for the last band to perform. This last band is the one I love the most so I was pretty excited. I guess most of the people who watched it agreed with me, cause by the time Hey Monday left the stage, the crowd went crazier than ever that me and a lot of other people on my row felt down just like cards. You get it, right? Thank God when the band, A Rocket to the Moon, showed up, the crowd seemed to agree that we were there to enjoy the show, so we acted normal again.

Their performance is the best of all. I stood there only two people away (if the gap between the first row and the stage isn't counted) from Nick Santino whose smile is so overwhelming. He seemed so pleased to be there.

Nick Santino <3

And Eric Halvorsen looked super cute. Oh my baby Halvoo! He said 'Aku cinta Jakartaa!' which means 'I love Jakarta!' and I just wanted to say 'we love you too!'

Eric Halvorsen <3

At the end, I feel so happy. I just watched three awesome bands performed and they were totally rocking it! It would have been a lot better if after the show I waited long enough so I can met them again when they greeted the fans, but it was still awesome. I didn't take any pictures there because I didn't bring a pocket camera and my phone was running out of battery. Yeah I know, silly. Another silly thing is, I don't have a converse so I always wear a flat shoes everytime I watch a concert (I speak like this as if I have been to a lot of concerts while actually this is only my third concert haha). What's sillier is, I wore my brand new soft pink shoes and after the show it looked like this

Well, it was worth the fun! :D

P.S : All of the concert photos were found at arditop's flickr, the man behind FotoKonser.com

The Dean of Decorator

Don't forget to check out my first ever guest post at Susanne's blog, Kegle99, here. Hope you like it :)

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A few months ago, I bought a book about interior decoration. On the first chapter, I found a quote by someone named Billy Baldwin. It was this

And I suddenly felt in love with that. I mean, it’s totally true right? So I was curious, who is this Billy Baldwin? Then I googled ‘Billy Baldwin’ and all I found is about an actor whose name is just the same.

But then, a couple days ago, I was trying to find some interior design quotes, and I found many lovely quotes that were from the same person, Mr. Billy Baldwin. Obviously, he’s well known in interior design industry. I got even more curious and I googled ‘Billy Baldwin interior designer’, then finally, I found some infos about him.

Billy Baldwin (1903-1984) was a very famous American interior designer/decorator in 20th century. He was at once a classicist and a modernist. He is the man who gave us the slipper chair and brass bookcase.

His style is elegant, simple, and practical. This style became defined as American style. Every spaces he decorated were both beautiful and comfortable. He once said ‘Interior Design is the art of arranging beautiful things, comfortably’. He designed his rooms a long time ago, but they’re still loved. I think we can conclude that his designs are timeless.

He believed that a room should have a personal connection with the owner, that’s why he liked to keep some old furnitures of the owner . He didn’t decorate a room with some furnitures just because those furnitures are beautiful, but because his clients and him do love it. He said ‘Be faithful to your own taste because nothing you really like is ever out of style.’ And also ‘Stick to the things you really love. An honest room is always up to date.’

I’ve mentioned some of the lovely quotes from Mr. Baldwin, now let me tell you a quote about him. This is from Adam Lewis, the author of ‘Billy Baldwin : The Great American Decorator”. And it’s...

‘Billy Baldwin did for decorating what Chanel did for fashion.’

ps : I really need an inspiration to finish my work right now. Hope it will come to me soon!

Paper Sculpture

The art of folding papers is getting more and more popular each day. According to Jae Wagoner, Paper Sclupture is one of the most highly successful forms of advertising illustration. When it is appropriately used the viewer response is unsurpassed. People are fascinated with this art form. They do not know how the work is done, and it captures their attention in a way that regular illustration or photography cannot accomplish. One of his clients had some marketing research done to compare paper sculpture to illustration and photography. Based on the result, the reader rate of retention for paper sculpture was 25% higher than illustration and even 30% higher than photography. In fact, they found that readers even remembered the name of the product being advertised in conjunction with the paper sculpture.

I just discovered this sculptor named Jeff Nishinaka. He is amazing. He studied illustration at The Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, California, where he first experimented with paper art and sculptures. He graduated from there and has created sculptures ever since. Here are some of the lovely sculptures he's created.

Bloomingdale's commercial

Childrens Museum, New York

Colorado Hospital

The Lion King

US Postal Service

Barbie commercial

Knorr Cheddar Pasta Commercial

What do you think? His artworks are amazing right? For more about his infos and artworks, just go to his website. :)

a movie and a girl who plays in it

Finally, after waiting so long, yesterday I watched Ramona and Beezus. I really wanted to watch this movie. Why, you ask? Because there’s Selena Gomez in this movie. Yep, she has been one of my favorite female artist in the whole world. She’s beautiful, nice, sweet, smart, the youngest ever UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, talented, an amazing actress, dresses age appropriate... just perfect. Well pardon me, but if one day – when I’m still alive – a bunch of aliens come to earth and killed all of the men so that we all girls will have a crush on each other instead, I think Selena is gonna be my first crush after that. Hahaha :p

The 14 years old version of me had this super huge celebrity crush on Nick Jonas (the almost-17 years old version of me still have it too, but probably not as big as 3 years ago). And you know that Nick and Selena dated back then right? So when I heard about that, I was like ‘woow they are like the most perfect couple ever!!' I mean, Nick Jonas is everything I wished my soul mate would be, and Selena Gomez is everything I wished I could be. Too bad that relationship had to end.

Anyway, here’s the story of Ramona and Beezus.

Ramona (Joey King) is an adventurous kid who has vivid imagination and too much energy. Well because of that, she becomes a trouble maker and often make people upset, especially her sister, Beezus (Selena Gomez). She hates the fact that she has caused so many trouble. She wants to be a good girl and makes her parents proud of her. So when her Dad lost his job, she tries so hard to help him and her family. Yes, this is a story about a 7 years old little sister who tries and tries to make things get better but mostly, she just ends up making it worse.

In my opinion, this is a great family movie with cute and sweet story. Very entertaining and heartwarming. You can laugh yet at some points, you can cry too. I think you all should watch this movie!

So that’s it. Gaah I can’t believe that I’m going back to school the day after tomorrow. And what’s worse is, the mid term exam will start on Monday. Ooh I think I gotta study right now. Wish me luck!

XXOO

Pencil vs Camera

I'm going to be 17 on the last day of this month. Yep, 17. You know in some country people say you turn into an adult when you're 16. Or maybe 18. But in my country, it happens when you turn 17. I'll get an ID card. So yes, it's kinda big for me. I don't think I'm ready yet. *sigh*

Anyway, let's move on. Do you know Ben Heine? I won't blame you if you don't. Me myself just happened to know him this afternoon when I was browsing deviantArt. He is an amazing artist. He has so many lovely artworks on his deviantArt gallery, but my favorite is on his Penvil vs Camera album. It's so cool I can't even describe it. So you might have to see it yourself. Here are some of the pictures in that album.

See? Those are amazing, right? So, come on. go to his deviantArt gallery. Or maybe to his website. It's worth it :)