Found a Bird Nest!

This week I found a bird's nest outside my house, with 5 cute little bird inside it... They are lovely and cute, and just started to grow feathers, they're veryyy small and tender, I think they would crushed as easy as I break a toothpick... Although, no, I had (of course) no intentions to hurt them, I'm an animal lover, especially birds... :)

These many years I've been now and then encounter a birdie, fell to the ground just outside my house, they fell from their nest, or sometimes they fell when they tried to fly... Yeah they learn to fly on their own, it's amazing!

Anyway, so, the last time I encounter a birdie, it fell from the nest- maybe the nest is located on top of the roof of my house, maybe, I don't know coz I don't see a nest nearby- it was starving because apparently the parents were not brave enough to come down and feed their kiddo... I stormed back to the house, fetch a little amount of rice, and feed the birdie... At first she refused, but then as I wait and wait, finally she gave up and eat it straight from my hand (yay!!). And her parents stood by on the roof, watching their kid fed (and maybe hoping that I won't hurt their child). A few days came along and the birdie started to learn to fly on her own, and one day, poof! she fled! :)

Ok, so this week I encounter a WHOLE NEST... There are 5 kids inside the nest... And, it sits atop my condenser of AC outside my house... apparently, their parents make the nest on the top of the tree then it fell down, so my father then put it in a safer place... They like it there, I think... Because the condenser tend to be warm especially when I turn my aircon on... And also, I think, they like to build the nest outside my house because they found many foods scattered on the grounds. I always threw away the rice, corns, and nuts my hamster won't eat every single day on the ground (my hamsters are very picky of the food, they only want to eat pellets, bread, and sunflower seeds, apart from that, no) so it's easier for them to find food.

Today I throw crumbs of biscuits because the birdies are finally out of the nest!!! They started to learn to fly, for a short distance though, it's heartwarming to see them learning to fly, from my sugar apple tree, to the mango tree, back and forth, resting in the process.. One of the birdie is still too young to fly apparently. She tried to follow her brothers and sisters but ultimately fail. So she just stay on the grounds, watching the others flutter happily. Don't worry though little kiddo, you'll fly in no time...

Here's the picture of the nest, the quality of the picture is poor, because, again, this time I used my iPhone... And some are using my sister's SLR for greater definition of the birds (hihi)...

maybe you can see the little birdie opens his mouth... AAAaa! :P

Those cute little eyes!! Now its my turn to scream... Aaaa!CUTE!

Aaaa!!Mommy this girl takes so many photos of me! Tell her to pay me some royalties!;P

Aren't they cute? Anyway, have a pleasant Sunday everyone! God bless... ^__^

My First Digital Drawing

This is my first digital drawing, made in approx. 8 hours... (Phew!) Don't laugh at me please, I'm new in this kind of art... And don't blame the simplicity of the drawing. :P What I don't understand is how to make the lines smoother... (I hate the way my hand tremble while making the circles :( ), I understand this needs a lot of practice... Hope next time I'll make a better one! :D

Also available on my dA: [link]

(#4) Tonight's Tune is...

Told ya I would be here posting Tonight's Tune (again)... :P

Okay, so tonight I was a little melancholy, and my mind often wanders off to some nostalgic memories in junior high... And this song, this song is actually released when I was in primary school, but, well, I don't have the song up until they introduced MP3 format sounds, and me, understand on how to open the internet thanks to my junior high computer teacher and the internet extracurricullum every Monday afternoon, finally I understand how to make my own e-mail, and eventually, Friendster account (yup, guys, Friendster was a phenomenon by then, wayyy longgg before Zuckerberg invented Facebook). And then I finally discover this song when I was searching on the internet... It's my favorite song ever since I was in primary school btw...

Enjoy!

Have a nice evening everyone! ^__^

Barney Stinson's 'Dictionary'...

So, I like this particular TV show, which is called How I Met Your Mother...
Maybe some of you know it.

Maybe not...

Anyway, this show is interesting for me because of one particular character... Barney Stinson... Have you heard of him? Well, he's kind of a ladies man, slept with many girls, and EXTREMELY narcissistic (<-- do I spell this right?). What I love about him is that he has a good humor (the TV show producers made his character to be seen that way obviously), throwing some of the witty ones to any of the characters in the show, and that he acts like doesn't care of what people might think of him, a happy-go-lucky and easygoing person as he is, he seemed 'never' get sad, although he caused so much trouble for the main character, Ted Mosby, his 'best friend' as quoted from him in the first premiere episodes.

SOooo, today is a fine day to go to Aksara bookstore @ eX Plaza, and while I was rummaging into shelves and more shelves of endless 'love themed' books, I stumbled upon this book here:

I was, like, "Okay, yeah, you know what? If Barney Stinson really exist in the world, he WILL someday gonna write a book", and there it stood in the shelf. The Playbook. Shiny and new.

At first I just cringe my head, but it's to good to pass, so then I took the book from the shelf and began reading.

The purpose is for fun of course, and it's obvious, you can see it clearly from the book cover (what can you expect from A Barney Stinson anyway?), with the first many pages dedicated to 'the usage of the book' etc etc.

And then, "This is sooo go into my blog!" (<-- This one is quoted from Barney, I didn't remember exactly of how he said it, but the essence is just the same)

Anyway, if you haven't seen the show, go and SEE it!!!!! It's a must watch TV show... :D

SO, that's all I want to share tonight... Thanks for reading... G'nite everyone!!

Barne-diction... :P

My Laptop's Back!! :D and Tonight's Tune is.....

Okay here goes... My laptop's finally back!!! *happy mode on* :D

After two weeks of unknown, and growing anxiety over what might have happened to my data and stuff inside it (my photographs and documents, and songs of course), finally it is back! Even better now with Windows 7... Yippiiee! *throwing hands in the air*

Goodbye Vista! The notoriously failure product... :P *Sorry Bill (Gates)*

Anyway, I don't get a new laptop, and it's actually fine... I was... Content...

So, my laptop is broken since the day after I went home from my Singapore trip... Fortunately for me, I haven't transferred the photos from my digicam, or it might as well gone like the other data (which is a false assumption of mine since my data are completely fine and restored, thanks to my dad's friend as the brilliant technician).

Now I can resume my work, err... My final paper, I mean... :)

Here goes Tonight's Tune then:

Well, I think that this is one of the brilliant books ever written, and also one of my favorite films this year!! I just saw Jane Eyre yesterday with my sister, and we thought it to be stunningly beautiful!! The casts, the set, the director, and especially... The Music... After all, what is a movie without music? The music of a movie can effect of how the audiences feel, of horror, hatred, love, sadness, happiness, etc. Without the music, the film will left as is, no feelings, cold... Therefore, the composer is the one who is also important to a film. In this movie, the composer is one of my favorites, Dario Marianelli. He successfully captures the pain, sadness, horror, passion, heartbreak, and happiness of Jane Eyre, like the ones he had done with Pride and Prejudice and Atonement. This one is more of a lullaby to me, it is subtle. Jack Liebeck who plays the violin solo is also brilliant!

Have a nice night... :)

Precious Moments: Pray and Praise The Lord Everyday! :D

Just posted another drawing. This one is a little religious. I am a Catholic, so I do this, well, if not, almost everyday. Yeah I admit I forgot sometimes so I made this picture as a reminder to pray each day, and praise the Lord every morning and evening before going to bed, because He's the only reason we got here, right now, the reason we are still here, breathing, doing things... :)

Have a Miraculous Monday everyone!!!
No, don't hate Monday please, because Monday is also the reason to wait for Saturday and Sunday right? :D

(Oh, what's with the Holly Berry she wears on top of her head? Well, actually, I did this drawing back before Xmas holiday in 2008, so, yeah the theme is Christmas Spirit! :) hehehe)

dA link: [here]

ToNight's Tunes is...

Adele!!
It's night already here, and I would like to share a link to a music video I recently addicted to. :D

I particularly liked this song in her newest album 21, it's a little bit of a sad song, but I'm a melancholic girl, so, yeah, I listen to sad songs. Love the piano in this one! Love it Love it Love IT!! Go Adele!!She's brilliant!!
Anyway enjoy and good night everyone!

P.S.: Oh and I leave the lyrics under this video... :)

Adele - Turning Tables Lyrics

Close enough to start a war
All that I have is on the floor
God only knows what we're fighting for
All that I say, you always say more

I can't keep up with your turning tables
Under your thumb, I can't breathe

So I won't let you close enough to hurt me
No, I won't ask you, you to just desert me
I can't give you, what you think you give me
It's time to say goodbye to turning tables
To turning tables

Under haunted skies I see you, ooh
Where love is lost, your ghost is found
I braved a hundred storms to leave you
As hard as you try, no I will never be knocked down

I can't keep up with your turning tables
Under your thumb, I can't breathe

So I won't let you close enough to hurt me, no
I won't ask you, you to just desert me
I can't give you, what you think you give me
It's time to say goodbye to turning tables
Turning tables

Next time I'll be braver
I'll be my own savior
When the thunder calls for me
Next time I'll be braver
I'll be my own savior
Standing on my own two feet

I won't let you close enough to hurt me, no
I won't ask you, you to just desert me
I can't give you, what you think you give me
It's time to say goodbye to turning tables
To turning tables

Today's Post of Nothing in Particular

Okay, the first news I got here is quite a surprise for Nolan's films addict (point to me), Batman Comic's fans, and Batman Movie's fans (me again). I got this news from my sister actually... This afternoon when I was in front of my computer playing those Facebook games (darn adddictive Facebook games xP), and she is also in front of her computer (I dunno what she was doing, maybe searching for some design pictures for her assignments)...

Behold, The Dark Knight Rises Teaser Poster!!

No Catwoman, no Bane, nothing. Just the plain old bat and the collapsed city (Wait, uh, collapsed? As in Inception's "The dream is collapsing"?). Anyway, I seem to recall The Dark Knight's teaser poster was Joker. 

Okay, news number two is about my iPhone. 

My last post was about my jammed iPhone. No, it's not fixed. Not yet. So today was the day that my iPhone's got 'medical treatment'... I hoped it gets better. The BAD news is, I won't be able to recover ALL of my data! Which means, all of my data is GONE... As in POOF! Vanished...

What do I miss? Well, a LOT actually. 

I lost my notes, lost all my pictures (the recent photos which I haven't got the chance to save to my computer), lost all my games, lost my Inception app (this is an important application, if you've downloaded it you'll understand why...), and lost my phonebook numbers... *sigh*

*silent*

*silent*

*sigh, then silent*

Nothing to say, just... B-A-D iPhone, I wish I put all my data somewhere else where I should not have to recover, or lost.

:'(

sad...

iPhone's Bad Day :(

Yes, it jammed. This morning to be exact... I dunno what I do wrong, it just did. And whatever I do to turn it back on again, none succeeded... I've tried to remove my card, tried to unplug it from any source of electricity, and it just stood there in silent, screen is black. Nothing happened.

I started to search for my iPhone box for the manuals, you know, for answers to this problem. Well, I stumbled upon this paragraph:

"Keeping iPhone within Acceptable Temperatures: Operate iPhone in a place where the temperature is between 0 C and 35 C. Low-or high temperature condition might temporarily shorten battery life or cause iPhone to temporarily STOP WORKING PROPERLY."

Okay, so I plugged my iPhone for charging this morning, and it is working properly and fine, and the next minute, it switched off by itself (or jammed). When I try to switch it on by pressing the On/Off button on top of the thing, well, nothing happened... I started to panicked, then I umplugged it from the electric port (because it started to get hotter), and I tried to plug it on my computer... In a normal condition it will sync itself through my computer, but now, nothing. 

I think the problem happens caused by the temperature swing, the way it's described in the manual, because it's getting hotter when I unplug it... But, well, you never know, right?

Now that it cooled down, still nothing happened when I tried to turn it on... I wonder what happened to it... I got this iPhone last year (when I say last year, I meant it, I bought this iPhone from iBox, a reseller in my country in July 2010, and I haven't had any trouble with it before), and now just after the 1-year warranty is invalid, it started to throw tantrums like this... It's just weird... :(

Well, let's just hope that it will worked by tomorrow, because the manual didn't even say anything about how long it will stop working properly... *sigh*

My Hamster's Cute Kiddo ;D

Three weeks ago my hamster (as you may recall from my last post, was named Momoy and Papoy), finally gave birth to 8 little cute children! Well, Momoy did actually, Papoy is only involved in the 'making'... xD haha

Okayy so this is Momoy:

And this is Momoy when she's pregnant, eating some bread:

Here is the picture of one child after Momoy gave birth (see?the red one?):

And this is Momoy's only survived child... All 7 of them had died not long after their birth because apparently, Momoy didn't understand how to care and treat them... Momoy just sit on them all day (to warm them up actually) without feeding them...

Ain't he/she cute? Oh well, I don't have a name for it yet, because I still dunno whether this one would turn up a boy or a girl, yet, judging from the hyperactiveness, maybe it is a boy... :)

Here's other picture:

And here is him/her compared to her mother's size... Pretty small, huh? (oh, I haven't mention the age, Momoy's child is 3 weeks old now, almost 4 weeks)

I wanna touch him so badly, but then he's still in his mother's care and I don't want to intervene. If I touch him,  Momoy might think that he's not her child (by the unrecognizable smell from having touched by our hands) and eat him up! <:0

The 101 rule for post-birthing hamster:

1. DON'T touch the child, or they will eat it because they don't recognize the scent; 

2. PUT the hamster's cage in a dark place (I cover my hamster's cage with a newspaper); 

3. DON'T clean the cage although I know it becomes smelly after a few weeks, but keep it as the way it is until the child is all grown up and can find the food all by itself;

4. DON'T check on the cage too often, it may cause the mother too stressed, or disturbed (and it can eventually leading to the mother eat the child);

5. Separate the mother and the children from the father (in this case: Papoy; yes I put Papoy in other cage ever since Momoy's first childbirth. If you do not do this, well, the father can actually eat his children);

6. GIVE ENOUGH food inside the cage; you don't want the mother to get too hungry or she will eat her child; in this case, you can put all kinds of her favorite food such as sunflower seeds and other grains  (I give mine a little amount of milk occasionally and a little amount of oats post two weeks of giving birth);

7. PUT a DROP of vitamin to our hamster's drink to help her regain her strength after all those exhausting childbirth and breast feeding (you can always buy a vitamin from a pet store)

8. DON'T touch the child even though the mother seemed to not care about it and not giving her children any food, because well, in this case, you really supposed to trust the mother's judgement and, instinct...

Sorry for my lousy English... I cannot explain this properly... >.<

Thank you for reading! ^__^

Back from "The 3 Deadly Week"

Finally I'm back from those weeks of piled up assignments and final exams...! Whew...

As exhausting as it was, I felt really grateful for what I've achieved so far... I've just received my first three A's (yay!) in the past few days and content for what I've done and today I want to congratulate my 'Effort'... Well, congratulations, Effort! You've done it! I'm all through the study week with stress and frustrated feelings, yet it all got paid off in the end... Still two more scores to go, and I hoped for the best, of course.

The last semester of college... *sigh* Time passes by so quickly I didn't realize that I already passed 3 years of college! The next semester is the thesis time! I'll having a great time with my business plan...

Anyway, to celebrate the week, I had done a little photoshop to my old drawings... Here is one that also can be found on my deviantart website: [Link]

It's an Angel Precious Moments if you are not familiar with this figurine... :)
Well, enjoy, and have a fun weekend!! ;D

Exhausting April

This April, all due dates, all assignments, all studies...

No refreshing, no pampering myself, no drawing, no dilly-dallying, no cooking, no playing around, no nap, no watching TV, no, NO TIME!

All I can see is a 'no', all I cannot see is 'yes', 'hoorah', 'hoopla', 'yay', and whatever words you might use when you're happy...

Yes, I'm not happy, so much to do, so little time, so far it's not going so well... I'm confused of what to do first, and then I have no idea what I'm doing, plus its all jumbled up inside my brain and start to make me itch, 'Should I do this first?', 'no,no', 'should I do that?', 'naah', 'what am I going to do with this?', 'How am I suppose to do this?', 'Oh gosh I panicked!'

And then, the worst thing that can happen today is... My laptop keyboard seemed to not cooperating well... (Although you might not see it here, cause I typed just fine, but I'm actually struggling to press the "C"... Dunno why the "C" key is rather jammed or something, and it was fine this morning... Think its hard for me to spell my name now... It will spelled "Ha" instead of "Cha" and I feel like The Joker from The Dark Knight right now... "Ha" "Ha "Ha")

Oh, the only one thing that is going well is my thesis proposal... is accepted today... Yay... (Even the 'yay' is not convincing...)

Anyway, I'm bak, sorry exuse me, I'm baCk to work now...

Changed my blog adress... :)

Hmm, finally I decided to change my blog address... Because I feel that the last one is too long... So here is my new address now... http://creatingwishes.blogspot.com/ :)

Anyway, Happy Sunday Everyone!

Little Red Riding Hood... (no, it's not a movie review)

Little Red Riding Hood. What comes up to your mind when you heard this? Hmm...

A girl, young, wearing a red hoodie that looks more like a combination of a rapper's hoodie and Superman's  cape...

The reason I blogged about this girl is because I am intrigued by the story behind this legendary children story...

It is told that the story has different meanings to all people... Some people thought that the little red riding hood is a girl before she encounters the wolf in the forest, and that The Famous Big Bad Wolf itself is a symbol for a man, seducing the little girl (its like a pedophile, don't you think?). And it is a very interesting idea, because the red cape symbolizes the blood from the periodic cycles a woman has, and The Wolf, which symbolizes the man, bears a symbolic warning for women, in terms of sexual predators... In the story, Red Riding Hood encounters The Wolf inside the forest in a way to her grandmother's house. Little Red talks to The Wolf, in which she's told not to talk to strangers by her mother. The Wolf started to persuade her to pick up flowers, while he is busy finding the grandmother's house and eat the grandmother, dressed himself and take the grandmother's place. Waiting for the girl to arrive.

I personally think that this is an interesting children story, because, well... It's a Children Bedtime Story that is told by every parents in the whole world, and there is this 'other' meaning to it, rather than just the story itself. There is something more to it, the 'darker' side of it, the mature side of the story, that children in the world could never understand (as they grew up they will). In this perspective, we, as a mature person, see this story in a different angles from children, and thus, we saw a mysterious crafted timeless bedtime story that is still enjoyable for adults... The message is clear: Stay away from the forest and the Big Bad Wolf (for children), and don't talk to strangers (this also suited for the kids as well as adults), and to be careful of "predators".

P.S.: Anyway, in case you're not believing me, check Wiki for sure... :)

Back to Where I Belong

It's been months since the last time I updated my blog. I've been to LiveJournal since... Because this is my first blog and I technically had no experience in writing a blog and what I would write about, so I just thought that this blog is mainly used for movie reviews purposes...

And NOW, well, there seems to be an 'awkward' moment in which Hollywood movies are banned in my country. It's sad really. I don't watch movies anymore. Or so happens that I watched movie, but not 'good' movies... If you know what I mean.

So, I'm back to "where I belong" or "where I'm supposed to be"... Writing in my old blogger. Having two different blogs is a little... difficult, I write in this one, then write in the other too, simultaneously.

Anyway, I'm sort of lost of words right now, so I'll just go, finished my studies and back to work...

And anyway the thing is, LiveJournal is better for a blog... If you have many ideas that would turn into writing only, you can use that blog. But its lack of customization, and they also used a paid member system which is pretty annoying for me actually... Because I seldom used my blog, and this blog is only for my pasttime... :)

Oh, and the other thing is, Blogger is much better in customization, and also free of charge! It's just that it is a bit boring at times, and I still cannot maximize the usage of this blog... I don't know how actually... Haha, so sad...

10 of My Favorite Things...

Good to be back on track... My works done (well, its not done yet, but I think I deserve a cool down for a sec...), tomorrow's a holiday... (Yippeee!!!), and tonight I'm going to watch more episodes of Vampire Diaries Season 1 on my DVD!! (All of the campus tasks had made me forget the episode... Uhh... I'm like 'Where was I left it?')


But first of all I intend to write this blog... I just had a thought in my mind the other day about The Favorite Things from The Sound of Music... You know? The movie? With Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer and those cute kids singing? (Speaking of Christopher Plummer, he did look handsome in that movie! And now he's a Grandpa!! :D)


So I just had this thought that I would like to share my favorite things...


I think this is going to be simple, and I'll make it as short as possible... (Anyway, these things are ONLY things that can be sensed by our senses, in the way that it is something 'real', can be touched, can be seen, etc etc...)


10. The smell of damp grass and air after a heavy rain...


9. The light blue sky without a cloud, or very few clouds... Along with a far and wide green meadow, or grassland.


8. The sound of bacon, or a ham, or sausages sizzled on the frying pan...


7. The silky white clean piece of paper with no single scratch on it... To sketch the papers alone is preferable though :)


6. Smooth and light silk dress... (Can't find a reason not to like it... :D)


5. Watching sad and deep storyline movies with sweet caramel popcorn in hand, feet on the couch...Crying not only because of the characters, but also of the acting accompanied by a great script...


4. Sitting alone in a windy day while watching people passing by, listening to some instrumental music.


3. The smell of old sheets of papers inside an old book, with all its crippled edge and yellowish papers...


2. Eating the 'Charms' out of "Kellogs Lucky Charms" cereal in the afternoon, as a snack rather than as a breakfast, NO milk added... Just plain cereals...


1. A light on the darkest nights, in forms of anything, candles, lightbulbs, anything...


Okay, thats all my favorite things... There are tons of other favorite things I'd like to share, but the page would not allow it... :) 
Anyway, spending my time thinking of these things made me appreciate more (and pay attention to details more) to the environment... Its good to look at every fragment that completed your life sometimes... Getting out of your routine, just feel what you have to feel at that time, and sensed using your five senses the beauty of life... That way you'll feel blessed and soon you'll find yourself appreciate your life more... :)

Today's Exhausting Marathon...

Phew, how I am very grateful that this day had FINALLY come to an end... Why? Well to explain it would be such a long story... Haha... I'll explain it anyways...

First of all, my business plan assignment... Finally wrapped up and although it is not ready yet, I'm happy and content with it... So happy that it is finally done, with our group efforts and all... This assignment has taken very much of my time, days and nights... I'm exhausted to the max, especially yesterday when my head started to 'scream' at me for sleeping out of normal schedule...So, yesterday I was making this assignment til past midnight, and going to sleep feeling unwell, my stomach full of gas, my head spins, and I haven't finished my assignment... I switched on the alarm on my cellphone, picking 5.30 am to wake up in the morning, in order to finish the task...

Too bad I cannot wake up the next day, my alarm rings, yes... But I guess I'm too sleepy to wake up, so I only consider myself as half awake, switched off the ring ring tone, then go back to my dream world (almost immediately). Then, when I woke up later, the sun had risen from her dark lair, the birds are all chirping noisily outside my bedroom... And the thought, okay, do I dare to look at the time? I grabbed my cell from the desk and... Yeah... Its already 6.30 am! I've overslept for one hour, and haven't finished my job, and the class started at 9.00... To top it all, my sister has a presentation this morning, and so she cannot be late for her 8.10 class... The journey from my house to campus takes about half an hour in a normal day, so I have to get there as soon as possible... Say, 7.30 am?

Shortly after I arrived, I was helped by one of my friend to finish the task... We finished doing what I should've done the night before, including printing it on campus... At 10.30! We missed class and thats too bad... Yet we saved the day! Hahaha...

So, my day continues from an exhaust mode to a drowsy mode... I got home at half past four, and found out that I got a Chinese Language Course, from my mother... Its so sudden, and although I've heard it before and had agreed to join the course, still it surprised me... A little... Before I go to the language course, I done my usual routine on Friday which is do some workout at home... What do they call it? Cardio?

It ends to now... The machine worked inside my body shouted to me to stop doing anything... And that is exactly what I would do now... Go to sleep is much easier when you are exhausted anyway... >__<

Today's mood: drained of energy...