(11/19/10)
So.. in one hurried morning, I didn't have much time to finish assembling the burgers I prepared. I left those ready-to-be-assembled burger pieces:buns, sausages, lettuces, tomatoes, pickles slices, with all the condiments; on the table, running away catching the bus while telling you to just eat them and pack the rest for lunch, -if there's any.
I wasn't expecting anything much on that lunchtime later when you said you brought some of them for lunch. Since if it was me all I could think of was just to throw them on plastic bags for food maybe. No idea how that would survive my fully-packed backpack though :D
Aaaand, when the lunchtime came, I found you've prepared them in individual lunch box. Each first wrapped in plastic, then serenely positioned in boxes that just fit them perfectly so they won't move and get dislocated. It was so professionally packed, just really seemed like the store-bought ready made food!
I was super impressed! Thank you my kuingkuing =')
And one night, I found that my beloved blanket had gone missing from my bed.
And lo and behold: it's stranded conspicuously on the heater on the wall instead @_@
Turns out you put it there to make it warm and ready for me when I get to bed =')
And today, on my worrisome thoughts on finding works after graduation:
me: kalo ci ntar ga langsung dapet kerja tapi gpp?
j: gpp
j: kalo ga kerja jg gpp
Awww, I love you so much, my kuingkuing yg kukuing dengan sekuingkuingnya =')
Monday, January 30, 2012
Monday, January 23, 2012
Rants on recent Indonesian songs and singers
Taking a break from happy happy kpop bubbly-autotune galore, I found myself listening to Youtube playlist of Harmoni SCTV few days ago. This phenomenon was triggered by an awesome vid J suggested : a performance by Tantri "Kotak" and Dira Sugandhi. I applaud this one performance as the most breathtaking of all the performances. Must watch!
On pronouncing "R"
J then discussed how he noticed the ongoing trend of improperly pronouncing "R" by the Indonesian singers lately.
They pronounced "r" as an English speaker would as opposed to a clear pronunciation of "r" as an Indonesian would.
I, being an absent minded listener that I am, did not really notice it. So I asked him to enumerate those offenders.
He mentioned Andy /rif did it. I kinda remember he has always done it before. If I'm not mistaken it was indeed because he couldn't pronounce "r" properly. J then mentioned Armand Maulana, Fadly Padi then Inna Kamarie in that Harmoni show.
I have no idea abt the last one, haven't watched her performance yet. But I vaguely remember Armand did have the same problem with Andy /rif and has been using the improper "r" instead in his songs.
I didn't really notice this trend that J dicovered, but I did notice the unconventional pronunciation of everything by this singer in particular : Astrid.
J, using his detective skill, located the unusuality of the pronunciation of "k" : "kyu akyui" and "akhyiri" hahahaha xD.
And later the pronunciation of "i" as "yi". Aside from the common improper "r".
I thought it was just the side effect of her unconventional singing style though. I don't know, I don't really enjoying listening to her style of singing x_x
But then with time, after listening to more and more Indonesian latest songs, I do notice this trend!
I understand we are now already in the phase where we are already very familiar with English language. And thus we started to have this language mixed to our language in the song. I accredit all the singers who then properly pronounce the English parts of their lyrics properly. But that doesn't mean you should pronounce the Indonesian parts with English-style pronunciation!
I understand for the sake of expressing the song, it is sometime needed to accentuate the "r" by pronouncing it strongly, or accentuating the other part of the word, such that the "r" is pronounced rather softly. But pronouncing it softly is a different story to pronouncing it English-way. Much even worse if you pronounce it European way, with "r" spoken from the throat (in German: in the way you say Berlin, Hamburg; in French : in the way you say Paris).
I think there are those three levels of "r" pronunciation:
1. Indonesian, Italian, Spanish style : strong "R"
2. English style : rolled "R"
3. French, Germany style : throat spoken "R"
We should be happy being a nation with a language that trains us to properly do the strong "r". It's super hard for French native speaker to say the "r" like we do.
So how about being proud of our language and maintaining this identity of our own language properly?
On a side note, there's one surprising performance for me in that Harmoni SCTV show. It was from Anji Drive:
Oh, he really does sing?!! o_o
and pretty well too apparently? o_0
It's surprising because I've really never heard that he's a good singer.
The only things I heard of him were the news that he impregnated girls x_X
How sad is that? A singer known for his mischievous "love adventure" instead of his own singing ability.
On singing technique
All in all, J touted Reza from The Grooves as the singer with the best technique on that Harmoni SCTV show. And... I'm not so good about singing technique stuff, but I think I could agree with him.
This talking about singing technique reminded me of a vid applauding Indonesian singers technique. While the captions and the tone of the makers clearly is flaming and abashing the other team, I must agree that the vid maker conveyed some truths there.
This correct singing technique is one I can't master either though.
I was taught about it in my uni choir group:
"Imagine the note first in your head, aim at it first, before then fully sing the full note, imagine it as you'd hit a target with a bow and arrows".
It's easier said than done. Super hard, really x_x
I finally just decided to sing to my heart content anyway,
After all it's just me, and sometimes my poor husband, who has to listen to it anyway hahaha.
So, I really applaud you my dearest Indonesia singers who are singing correctly! *_*
On latest Indonesian songs trend
I'm not really talking abt the KPOP imitation trend.
While I'm glad for the fact that Indonesian songs do have the diversity in that area, I haven't seen one that impressed me in the term of dancing skill and vocal strength.
So, yeah, on that genre of music I'm still waiting for one worth to be dance-covered to as I said here :D
The one genre that I'd like to discuss here is the back-to-Malay-pop style trend.
I just can't ignore anymore how almost all of the new Indonesian songs lately are in this vein.
J called it Dangdut v.2.0. Dangdut minus the percussion and flute accompaniment.
And I can't agree more to that x_x
I think it was all started by ST12 band. Despite their "urban" appearance and music style, apparently lots of people do love their songs. This new found popularity of this kinds of music apparently fueled all these recent new artists and songs.
Don't get me wrong, I love the diversity in music. And surely the popularity means a lot of people do like this music genre. But that doesn't mean all have to be uniformed to that genre. How about more creativity?
And what bugs me the most from this kind of music is their lyrics tendency.
I understand this kind of genre commanded that the singing is done with certain degree of melancholy.
However this doesn't mean all your songs have to be about all the sad sad things and all your desperation in love, does it?
This brings me to my next rant topic :
On lyrics
I hardly could stop complaining listening to each of the recent Indonesian songs. I found more and more questionable and mind-boggling lyrics every time. Up to the point that J commented on how I just like to complain and am asking too much :D
But, well, if human is known for never asking too much, we wouldn't have invented anything would we? xP
So let me bring to light examples of lyrics that just bugged me:
Abracadabra :
.... what the?
If you do have that magical power, how about asking something more ambitious?
You know, such as creating the perfect human maybe?
Rather than fixing just that one flaw which I think is just the surface wound of one rotten soul? I can't even find the proper translation of "main perempuan". That's how bad that term is.
And then there's song about a guy who got so heartbroken he wondered, should he die to be fine?
Well, yeah, if you're that desperate just go die already then!
What kind of a man would sing such song?
I think the only appropriate song for heartbroken guy is this song.
Sure, he's sad and crushed, but it doesn't mean he'd compromise his pride and grovel before the infidelity.
I could go on and on and on about lyrics that I found disturbing. The recent trend is about loving someone who has already someone else, or about affairs it seems. But let's stop at these two examples.
My main point in talking about this is that :
I think singers, through their songs, could really convey ideas to the listener.
They could inspire you to do something big. The way I always feel inspired every time I sing songs such as Bendera for example.
What kind of a nation would you like us to be when you kept on singing these hopeless melancholic songs?
Our former first men had spoken. Soeharto on his time had warned us out about this melancholic song phenomenon ("lagu cengeng"). He pointed out how these kind of songs would defer us from empowering ourselves in the development of our country.
Soekarno at his time banned the "ngak-ngik-ngok" songs for they conveyed the capitalism culture. They defer us from developing our national identity.
And if I could conclude this rant, just as Soekarno and Soeharto had spoken on these matters, music is not just something trivial.
Lots of good thing could come up from good music.
So how about creating more and more songs with empowering lyrics?
And with more creativity in the term of the tune and style?
And with proper Indonesian language, PLEASE!
On pronouncing "R"
J then discussed how he noticed the ongoing trend of improperly pronouncing "R" by the Indonesian singers lately.
They pronounced "r" as an English speaker would as opposed to a clear pronunciation of "r" as an Indonesian would.
I, being an absent minded listener that I am, did not really notice it. So I asked him to enumerate those offenders.
He mentioned Andy /rif did it. I kinda remember he has always done it before. If I'm not mistaken it was indeed because he couldn't pronounce "r" properly. J then mentioned Armand Maulana, Fadly Padi then Inna Kamarie in that Harmoni show.
I have no idea abt the last one, haven't watched her performance yet. But I vaguely remember Armand did have the same problem with Andy /rif and has been using the improper "r" instead in his songs.
I didn't really notice this trend that J dicovered, but I did notice the unconventional pronunciation of everything by this singer in particular : Astrid.
J, using his detective skill, located the unusuality of the pronunciation of "k" : "kyu akyui" and "akhyiri" hahahaha xD.
And later the pronunciation of "i" as "yi". Aside from the common improper "r".
I thought it was just the side effect of her unconventional singing style though. I don't know, I don't really enjoying listening to her style of singing x_x
But then with time, after listening to more and more Indonesian latest songs, I do notice this trend!
I understand we are now already in the phase where we are already very familiar with English language. And thus we started to have this language mixed to our language in the song. I accredit all the singers who then properly pronounce the English parts of their lyrics properly. But that doesn't mean you should pronounce the Indonesian parts with English-style pronunciation!
I understand for the sake of expressing the song, it is sometime needed to accentuate the "r" by pronouncing it strongly, or accentuating the other part of the word, such that the "r" is pronounced rather softly. But pronouncing it softly is a different story to pronouncing it English-way. Much even worse if you pronounce it European way, with "r" spoken from the throat (in German: in the way you say Berlin, Hamburg; in French : in the way you say Paris).
I think there are those three levels of "r" pronunciation:
1. Indonesian, Italian, Spanish style : strong "R"
2. English style : rolled "R"
3. French, Germany style : throat spoken "R"
We should be happy being a nation with a language that trains us to properly do the strong "r". It's super hard for French native speaker to say the "r" like we do.
So how about being proud of our language and maintaining this identity of our own language properly?
On a side note, there's one surprising performance for me in that Harmoni SCTV show. It was from Anji Drive:
Oh, he really does sing?!! o_o
and pretty well too apparently? o_0
It's surprising because I've really never heard that he's a good singer.
The only things I heard of him were the news that he impregnated girls x_X
How sad is that? A singer known for his mischievous "love adventure" instead of his own singing ability.
On singing technique
All in all, J touted Reza from The Grooves as the singer with the best technique on that Harmoni SCTV show. And... I'm not so good about singing technique stuff, but I think I could agree with him.
This talking about singing technique reminded me of a vid applauding Indonesian singers technique. While the captions and the tone of the makers clearly is flaming and abashing the other team, I must agree that the vid maker conveyed some truths there.
This correct singing technique is one I can't master either though.
I was taught about it in my uni choir group:
"Imagine the note first in your head, aim at it first, before then fully sing the full note, imagine it as you'd hit a target with a bow and arrows".
It's easier said than done. Super hard, really x_x
I finally just decided to sing to my heart content anyway,
After all it's just me, and sometimes my poor husband, who has to listen to it anyway hahaha.
So, I really applaud you my dearest Indonesia singers who are singing correctly! *_*
On latest Indonesian songs trend
I'm not really talking abt the KPOP imitation trend.
While I'm glad for the fact that Indonesian songs do have the diversity in that area, I haven't seen one that impressed me in the term of dancing skill and vocal strength.
So, yeah, on that genre of music I'm still waiting for one worth to be dance-covered to as I said here :D
The one genre that I'd like to discuss here is the back-to-Malay-pop style trend.
I just can't ignore anymore how almost all of the new Indonesian songs lately are in this vein.
J called it Dangdut v.2.0. Dangdut minus the percussion and flute accompaniment.
And I can't agree more to that x_x
I think it was all started by ST12 band. Despite their "urban" appearance and music style, apparently lots of people do love their songs. This new found popularity of this kinds of music apparently fueled all these recent new artists and songs.
Don't get me wrong, I love the diversity in music. And surely the popularity means a lot of people do like this music genre. But that doesn't mean all have to be uniformed to that genre. How about more creativity?
And what bugs me the most from this kind of music is their lyrics tendency.
I understand this kind of genre commanded that the singing is done with certain degree of melancholy.
However this doesn't mean all your songs have to be about all the sad sad things and all your desperation in love, does it?
This brings me to my next rant topic :
On lyrics
I hardly could stop complaining listening to each of the recent Indonesian songs. I found more and more questionable and mind-boggling lyrics every time. Up to the point that J commented on how I just like to complain and am asking too much :D
But, well, if human is known for never asking too much, we wouldn't have invented anything would we? xP
So let me bring to light examples of lyrics that just bugged me:
Abracadabra :
aku sulap kamu jadi lelaki setia
yang tak suka main perempuan
.... what the?
If you do have that magical power, how about asking something more ambitious?
You know, such as creating the perfect human maybe?
Rather than fixing just that one flaw which I think is just the surface wound of one rotten soul? I can't even find the proper translation of "main perempuan". That's how bad that term is.
And then there's song about a guy who got so heartbroken he wondered, should he die to be fine?
Well, yeah, if you're that desperate just go die already then!
What kind of a man would sing such song?
I think the only appropriate song for heartbroken guy is this song.
Sure, he's sad and crushed, but it doesn't mean he'd compromise his pride and grovel before the infidelity.
I could go on and on and on about lyrics that I found disturbing. The recent trend is about loving someone who has already someone else, or about affairs it seems. But let's stop at these two examples.
My main point in talking about this is that :
I think singers, through their songs, could really convey ideas to the listener.
They could inspire you to do something big. The way I always feel inspired every time I sing songs such as Bendera for example.
What kind of a nation would you like us to be when you kept on singing these hopeless melancholic songs?
Our former first men had spoken. Soeharto on his time had warned us out about this melancholic song phenomenon ("lagu cengeng"). He pointed out how these kind of songs would defer us from empowering ourselves in the development of our country.
Soekarno at his time banned the "ngak-ngik-ngok" songs for they conveyed the capitalism culture. They defer us from developing our national identity.
And if I could conclude this rant, just as Soekarno and Soeharto had spoken on these matters, music is not just something trivial.
Lots of good thing could come up from good music.
So how about creating more and more songs with empowering lyrics?
And with more creativity in the term of the tune and style?
And with proper Indonesian language, PLEASE!
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Prosedur beli emas di Logam Mulia Antam Jakarta
Salah satu resiko menjadi orang dewasa adalah : harus realistis memikirkan uang dan masa depan.
Money, and everything related to it, has always been an icky subject for me.
But as an adult,- hopefully a responsible one at that - , I need it anyway to live and to secure my future.
And for that I need to learn stuffs about it...
Saving and investments are some of the key points in managing money well.
And as the story has it, I finally found myself in the path that have been taken by our ancestors ever since the beginning of civilization... saving in gold.
And here's an excerpt of my small adventure in buying gold at Logam Mulia Antam Jakarta. May this info be beneficial for anyone who might need it.
(Data per akhir Desember 2011)
Datang pagi!
Pukul 07.00 : Antrian mulai diterima
Kami berangkat dari rumah jam 6.15 (plannya jam 6 sebenernya :D) dan sampai di antam sekitar jam 7.15an, antrian sudah panjaaaang.
Kami mendapatkan nomer 72, setelah kami antrian masih panjaaang juga, tapi petugas lalu memotong sampai urutan 100 karena hari itu hanya 100 orang dalam antrian yg diperbolehkan (hari normal 150 orang).
Pada saat sampai giliran antrian akan ada body search singkat, kemudian pembeli diharap menunjukkan ktp dan mengisi formulir singkat.
Pukul 08.00 : 100 orang dalam antrian yg sudah mendaftar tadi dipanggil namanya satu-persatu dan diberi lembar antrian.
KTP harus diserahkan pada pos keamanan ini sebagai jaminan.
Setelah membawa lembar antrian, jalan ke gedung utama pembeliannya.
Dari pos satpam jalan terus lalu ikuti jalan ke kiri. Nanti ada gedungnya di kanan, semua orang lain kesana juga, jadi gampang.
Ruangnya kecil, ada dua ruangan. Ada cukup banyak tempat duduk, dan ada dispenser aqua dan nescafe gratis. Di ruang yg sebelah kiri agak lebih sejuk dan ada TV untuk yg bosan :D
Pukul 09.00 : Harga hari itu, jumlah stok yg tersedia, dan jumlah maksimal pembelian per item dipublish di meja informasi dan layar informasi. Nomor urutan mulai dipanggil. (Pada prakteknya waktu saya datang dilakukan pukul 8.45)
Pendaftaran order : Bagian 1A, 2A, 3A di ruang sebelah kiri
Bila ada kartu identitas lain: SIM, NPWP, dll dapat ditunjukkan disini.
Kalau tidak, dapat mengisi form saja : Nama, No. Telp, dan Alamat rumah.
Informasikan disini apa saja yg akan dibeli, dan bagaimana hendak membayarnya (transfer/ debit/ cash)
Dari bagian ini akan diberikan faktur dan nomor antrian baru untuk pembayaran.
Tunggu nomor tersebut dipanggil untuk melakukan pembayaran.
Pembayaran: Bagian 5D, di ruang sebelah kanan,
Jelaskan bagaimana akan melakukan pembayaran.
Bila via transfer, ada mesin ATM Mandiri di sebelah kanan bagian ini. Untuk debit bisa dilakukan langsung disini, juga via cash.
Setelah pembayaran selesai faktur akan dikembalikan setelah dicap "Lunas" dan kita diberikan tanda pembayaran (slip debit dll).
Bapak yg bertugas di bagian ini ramah sekali dan tidak habis senyumnya dari pagi sampai siang :D
Pengambilan barang : Bagian 6, 7, ruang sebelah kiri, seberang 1A, 2A, 3A bukan berupa meja tapi 2 pintu ruang tertutup.
Setelah melakukan pembayaran langsung masuk salah satu ruangan 6 atau 7 yg sedang tidak melayani pembeli dan serahkan faktur dan bukti pembayaran yg sudah diterima. Sebagai gantinya kita akan diberikan nomor baru, kali ini berupa lempengan plastik bagus, bukan nomor kertas. Akan tetapi kita akan dipanggil menggunakan nama lengkap, bukan menggunakan nomor ini.
Setelah dipanggil, barang akan diserahkan.
Cek barangnya, cek sertifikatnya.
Cek bahwa nomer sertifikat sama dengan nomer pada lempengan emas.
Simpan dengan aman sebelum keluar dari ruangan 6 atau 7 ini.
Keluar dari gedung, kembalikan kertas antrian yg diberikan di awal di pos satpam untuk menerima kembali KTP.
Selesai :)
Ps.1. Harga toko emas bisa lebih murah daripada antam. Untuk meyakinkan bahwa akan diperoleh harga terbaik bisa dilakukan dengan menunggu publish harga antam (jam 9.00) kemudian mengecek via telpon ke toko-toko emas. Info toko-toko emas di thread kaskus ini bisa dijadikan acuan.
Ps.2. Thread diskusi emas tersebut cukup informatif juga dibaca untuk info-info aktual dalam hal investasi dalam bentuk emas.
Money, and everything related to it, has always been an icky subject for me.
But as an adult,- hopefully a responsible one at that - , I need it anyway to live and to secure my future.
And for that I need to learn stuffs about it...
Saving and investments are some of the key points in managing money well.
And as the story has it, I finally found myself in the path that have been taken by our ancestors ever since the beginning of civilization... saving in gold.
And here's an excerpt of my small adventure in buying gold at Logam Mulia Antam Jakarta. May this info be beneficial for anyone who might need it.
(Data per akhir Desember 2011)
Datang pagi!
Pukul 07.00 : Antrian mulai diterima
Kami berangkat dari rumah jam 6.15 (plannya jam 6 sebenernya :D) dan sampai di antam sekitar jam 7.15an, antrian sudah panjaaaang.
Kami mendapatkan nomer 72, setelah kami antrian masih panjaaang juga, tapi petugas lalu memotong sampai urutan 100 karena hari itu hanya 100 orang dalam antrian yg diperbolehkan (hari normal 150 orang).
Pada saat sampai giliran antrian akan ada body search singkat, kemudian pembeli diharap menunjukkan ktp dan mengisi formulir singkat.
Pukul 08.00 : 100 orang dalam antrian yg sudah mendaftar tadi dipanggil namanya satu-persatu dan diberi lembar antrian.
KTP harus diserahkan pada pos keamanan ini sebagai jaminan.
Setelah membawa lembar antrian, jalan ke gedung utama pembeliannya.
Dari pos satpam jalan terus lalu ikuti jalan ke kiri. Nanti ada gedungnya di kanan, semua orang lain kesana juga, jadi gampang.
Ruangnya kecil, ada dua ruangan. Ada cukup banyak tempat duduk, dan ada dispenser aqua dan nescafe gratis. Di ruang yg sebelah kiri agak lebih sejuk dan ada TV untuk yg bosan :D
Pukul 09.00 : Harga hari itu, jumlah stok yg tersedia, dan jumlah maksimal pembelian per item dipublish di meja informasi dan layar informasi. Nomor urutan mulai dipanggil. (Pada prakteknya waktu saya datang dilakukan pukul 8.45)
Pendaftaran order : Bagian 1A, 2A, 3A di ruang sebelah kiri
Bila ada kartu identitas lain: SIM, NPWP, dll dapat ditunjukkan disini.
Kalau tidak, dapat mengisi form saja : Nama, No. Telp, dan Alamat rumah.
Informasikan disini apa saja yg akan dibeli, dan bagaimana hendak membayarnya (transfer/ debit/ cash)
Dari bagian ini akan diberikan faktur dan nomor antrian baru untuk pembayaran.
Tunggu nomor tersebut dipanggil untuk melakukan pembayaran.
Pembayaran: Bagian 5D, di ruang sebelah kanan,
Jelaskan bagaimana akan melakukan pembayaran.
Bila via transfer, ada mesin ATM Mandiri di sebelah kanan bagian ini. Untuk debit bisa dilakukan langsung disini, juga via cash.
Setelah pembayaran selesai faktur akan dikembalikan setelah dicap "Lunas" dan kita diberikan tanda pembayaran (slip debit dll).
Bapak yg bertugas di bagian ini ramah sekali dan tidak habis senyumnya dari pagi sampai siang :D
Pengambilan barang : Bagian 6, 7, ruang sebelah kiri, seberang 1A, 2A, 3A bukan berupa meja tapi 2 pintu ruang tertutup.
Setelah melakukan pembayaran langsung masuk salah satu ruangan 6 atau 7 yg sedang tidak melayani pembeli dan serahkan faktur dan bukti pembayaran yg sudah diterima. Sebagai gantinya kita akan diberikan nomor baru, kali ini berupa lempengan plastik bagus, bukan nomor kertas. Akan tetapi kita akan dipanggil menggunakan nama lengkap, bukan menggunakan nomor ini.
Setelah dipanggil, barang akan diserahkan.
Cek barangnya, cek sertifikatnya.
Cek bahwa nomer sertifikat sama dengan nomer pada lempengan emas.
Simpan dengan aman sebelum keluar dari ruangan 6 atau 7 ini.
Keluar dari gedung, kembalikan kertas antrian yg diberikan di awal di pos satpam untuk menerima kembali KTP.
Selesai :)
Ps.1. Harga toko emas bisa lebih murah daripada antam. Untuk meyakinkan bahwa akan diperoleh harga terbaik bisa dilakukan dengan menunggu publish harga antam (jam 9.00) kemudian mengecek via telpon ke toko-toko emas. Info toko-toko emas di thread kaskus ini bisa dijadikan acuan.
Ps.2. Thread diskusi emas tersebut cukup informatif juga dibaca untuk info-info aktual dalam hal investasi dalam bentuk emas.
Sunday, January 08, 2012
Reasons not to grow your nails long and wear nail polish
Aside from the sanitary concerns and the fact that it would interfere with ablution process:
- They take lots of time to apply!!
You need to have the following layers in a proper and healthy application of nail polish:
1. Base coat : to protect your nails from the chemical in the nail polish
2. The nail polish : Depending on the color of the nail polish you might need 1 or 2 layers of this.
(2. b) Ornament nail polish : I used glitter nail polish to add some sparkling elements to my nails.
3. Top coat : This will coat your overall nail polish. It provides you with the desired finish (matte, shiny, etc), smooth the nails (glitter nail polish left you with gritty texture in your nails) and strengthen them: protect your nail polish from chipping.
- (And when you do have lots of time to spare) They are super duper hard to apply!
The bad case of failure in applying nail polish :
The nail polish in my index finger was finally cleaned and removed as they crumpled @_@
My mistakes :
1. Applying the nail polish too thick
2. Applying them in non-uniform layer
3. Not waiting for each layer to dry up first before applying the next one
These mistakes caused the nail polish to build up on the nail edges as a soft, thick tissue of nail polish. They don't really stick firmly to the nails and crumpled upon contact with hard objects. The example of such failure can be seen on the tip of my middle finger and ring finger nails.
The only success in that picture happened to my little finger nail. I only applied one layer of color and since it's small everything dries up properly before I applied the next layer.
I found when you are using transparent nail polish you could save yourself from some of those hassle though. You'll still need to wait each layer to dry out but at least you need not to worry about applying the next layer to even out the color or to make sure that it has been applied uniformly.
- They interfere with cooking and daily chores
I'll consider wearing my nail polish later when I'm in Indo at my parents home where I have no need to do any household chores at all.
- Eating with ur hands doesn't really feel right.
Yeah, I suppose this is why wearing nail polish aren't exactly something in our Indonesian traditional culture (excluding using henna/"pacar"). We enjoy eating with our bare hands!
- They got stuck between keyboard keys.
And considering what I do, this is likely the main reason I'll never grow my nails long and wear nail polish ever again.
Anyway, having ventured myself the area of prettifying your nails using nail polish, I now could appreciate more all the girls (and boys?) who managed to keep their nails all pretty and lacquered. All those time and efforts... beauty is pain!
- They take lots of time to apply!!
You need to have the following layers in a proper and healthy application of nail polish:
1. Base coat : to protect your nails from the chemical in the nail polish
2. The nail polish : Depending on the color of the nail polish you might need 1 or 2 layers of this.
(2. b) Ornament nail polish : I used glitter nail polish to add some sparkling elements to my nails.
3. Top coat : This will coat your overall nail polish. It provides you with the desired finish (matte, shiny, etc), smooth the nails (glitter nail polish left you with gritty texture in your nails) and strengthen them: protect your nail polish from chipping.
- (And when you do have lots of time to spare) They are super duper hard to apply!
The bad case of failure in applying nail polish :
The nail polish in my index finger was finally cleaned and removed as they crumpled @_@
My mistakes :
1. Applying the nail polish too thick
2. Applying them in non-uniform layer
3. Not waiting for each layer to dry up first before applying the next one
These mistakes caused the nail polish to build up on the nail edges as a soft, thick tissue of nail polish. They don't really stick firmly to the nails and crumpled upon contact with hard objects. The example of such failure can be seen on the tip of my middle finger and ring finger nails.
The only success in that picture happened to my little finger nail. I only applied one layer of color and since it's small everything dries up properly before I applied the next layer.
I found when you are using transparent nail polish you could save yourself from some of those hassle though. You'll still need to wait each layer to dry out but at least you need not to worry about applying the next layer to even out the color or to make sure that it has been applied uniformly.
- They interfere with cooking and daily chores
I'll consider wearing my nail polish later when I'm in Indo at my parents home where I have no need to do any household chores at all.
- Eating with ur hands doesn't really feel right.
Yeah, I suppose this is why wearing nail polish aren't exactly something in our Indonesian traditional culture (excluding using henna/"pacar"). We enjoy eating with our bare hands!
- They got stuck between keyboard keys.
And considering what I do, this is likely the main reason I'll never grow my nails long and wear nail polish ever again.
Anyway, having ventured myself the area of prettifying your nails using nail polish, I now could appreciate more all the girls (and boys?) who managed to keep their nails all pretty and lacquered. All those time and efforts... beauty is pain!
Wednesday, January 04, 2012
Winter woe
Eating during the winter is a race with time...
Devour it fast or you'll have to resort to enjoying your cold food.
Devour it fast or you'll have to resort to enjoying your cold food.
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