Charisma or Character ?

Confidence is captivating

It is powerful and it does not fade

And that is endlessly more interesting than beauty

Photographed by: Enjie

UP

So I went to Ujung Pandang the capital city of South Sulawesi after exactly a year, time really flies, it feels like yesterday.
I love the streets in this town its wider than the streets in my island and its so easy to get around cause everything is so close together.
I'm quite familiar with the streets here. Unfortunately I don't get to see much from this town but I get to taste various kind of delicious culinary here.
I even went to some school to eat their simple but of many kind food.

I took a ride on a pedicab (a traditional vehicle where the driver rides it like a bicycle
and the passenger sit in the front, it holds up to 3 people), it's a lot slower than any normal vehicle.
I expect to be at my grandma's home in ten minutes but it took me almost thirty minutes to get there.
I was on the phone with my sister when at one point she asked "why haven't you arrive?"
Just exactly the right ride to practice your patience lol !
Or is it possible that I gain weight from eating too much food that
the driver couldn't pedal any faster cause I'm too heavy ? Well I hope not !

The other thing that's unique about a pedicab is because its so slow it makes you feel like a fish in aquarium where everyone turns to see what's inside the aquarium. People might stop for bit to see what's inside the pedicab. In this case I feel like a rare fish. But I couldn't care less.

The first days of my stay was extremely fine. I get to meet my mum and my cutie pie sisters and my beautiful cousins and my grandma, I even managed to catch up with some friends.
But I dedicated most of my time for my little sisters Kezia and Kennisa.
I can't seem to keep my hands off Kezia, she's too cute ! And that's also the main reason blogging, tweeting, and texting has sort of taken a back seat.

I don't mind, not the slightest.
Cause you know time is the best gift you could ever give to others especially your loved ones !

I was supposed to stay there for three days but I decided to extend so I can spend more time with my family.
One of the thing that swallowed my time is when I hang out with Kezia, cause
I really have to pay attention to her, take care of her meal, her toys, see when she needs to pee or poo,
but most of the time you can find us cuddling anywhere.
So maybe I was meant to stay there a bit longer so I can learn how to take care of a kid, just maybe.
But eventually a woman should head there one day and I am no exception.

Now that I am home am emotionally exhausted. Physically I am perfectly fine,
I had enough sleep during my stay there unlike my previous visit.
But I always wonder why is it every time I get to the end of my stay in UP I always have a little argue
and I felt a slight of discomfort with my mum and her situation.  

Oh well every family have their own problem.
We are shaped through each and every member of our family, our closest ones that is.
I thank God for every incompatibility, for every problem that occurs
and function as an eye opener, for every friction that sharpen us.

At the end of the day it's your family who will always accept and stand for you through every trial and hardship and to this reason you should keep and stick with them through the thick and thin of life.
Fight for your family if you must and cherish not only their good traits
but you should also embrace their flaws.


PS: Please pardon the quality of the pictures,
       I forgot to bring my camera and took it 
       with my camera phone instead

strange enough but i love airport

the Star in my family

my supermom

Kennisa & Kezia

my beautiful cousins

my cous and my nephew

durian time with jemps

karaoke with little crew as company

Fadil is super hilarious

ride with me in a pedicab :)

baby kez in action

mouth watering dessert, mind you it's durian on top yummm

es pisang ijo, the specialty from South Sulawesi

Young Hearts Run Free

come ride with me ;)

I have always infatuated by poems and poetry. I spent hours and hours reading it and

browse inspirational and love poems on the internet.

And you know how fond I am toward words

It sparks my imagination.

I never have the courage writing my own until early February when I talked to a friend of mine. 

We shared the same interest in reading, writing, and some arts. 

But she’s somekind a whiz kid to me. 

Too talented, sharp, and her sources are much broader than mine.

Can you imagine when she was little she doesn’t have any children book to read ?

Instead she just have to put up with encyclopedia for children everyday during her childhood. 
That’s just a little background about her so you can understand how she influence me. 

Although she lives in the neighborhood, we didn’t spend much time together due to our busy schedule especially her, she could work for ten straight hours in front of the computer which soon I adapt.
So whenever we have time to talk which is always a short time it is when we pour our hearts 

and share about outer space that spices our life.
You see you don’t get to meet people like this everyday, one whom you can talk about

your desire, pleasure, and dreams passionately. 

So that night after meeting I went to her house to grab an audio file for my sister. 

We slightly exchange about what’s going on not with our life but with today’s life.

Until she told me about what’s new and I told her how I plan to make a small book 

and I wanted her to be part of it as an illustrator. At that very moment she rushes in and came back with two small books, one is similar with what I want it’s about a letter from a mother to her daughter. The other one is this book of poems for a young reader which I don’t like at first.

But then she reads it for me and things are starting to open up to me.

So when you see some of poems I wrote in some of my posts you know where it begin.

I’d like to see myself as a freestyle writer.

Cause that’s how art suppose to be, no rules, no border line, no limitation.

At the very night she also taught me the substance of nature

how you can see the work of wonder from the Creator. 

How detail, how accurate, how precise, how each work is a masterpiece

and you can never find a copy of each masterpiece.

When you come to appreciate the Creator’s masterpieces you will begin to understand how awesome He is !

Then you start to wonder cause you will find how unfathomable things in every work He does.

How amazing His thinking and how unpredictable His way is...

Full of mystery, He keeps me wonder in awe <3

What Is Love ?

We often mistake love for lust

We fail to recognize love 

We feel infatuation and we feel as if it's love

When we obsessed 

We also think it's love

We loose sight and understanding 

of what love really is

I think those are roots of our broken hearted

The reason why we loose hope in love 

Love isn't lovey dovey feeling 

Love uses plenty of common sense

It keeps no record of being wronged 

Always hopeful

Never insisted, never judge, 

Never gives up, never get tired of doing the right thing

Never expect anything in return

It's pure and sincere

No matter how many times I fail

To recognize and demonstrate love and

There are countless of times 

When I feel like I can't understand love

At times I even think love as a mental illness

That must be avoided as it will waste all of my valuable time

At the end of the day

I can't seem to turn away from love

I have a strong conviction about love

At the very deepest corner of my heart

I know love is real and 

It's the most important thing in the world

 

 Love is the sweetest thing

The very core of our existence

It lifts us up where we belong

It cause a good deed

It creates wonderful invention 

Most of the time 

It changes a person's life

How can we give up love 

When love never give up on you

When love continually forgives you

Love is God

I won't give up on you love ;)

Photographed by: Valerie

Love Isn't Black

Why do people hurt each other ?

Some say its a way of defense

As a shield before the other party hurt them

Like when you put a cold face

To bluff people

So they won’t mess with you

But it still leave a big question mark

In my subconscious mind

Why don’t you yield ?

Do the opposite 

Show them there’s better way than hurting

The way of love  

Photographed by: Enjie 

Vagabond

I have a suitcase

Which i rarely unpacked whenever I got back from a certain place

Somehow I see myself as a nomad

Whom ready to go anytime with my clad

I was meant to fly

Go to the extend of the sky

But that doesn't mean I can’t stay still

Provide me a safe and gentle place so I am thrill

I can make it as a nest

As an extension station to fluoresced 

These ones was taken by Ardika, he's Anesta's best bud and it seems like they're inseparable. 

Although he's younger than Anesta, Ardika looks a lot mature than his bud. 

You can see it from his eyes, so calm and gentle.

He talks with this soft voice which sounded a little bit like a whisper, 

as if he doesn't want his tone offend you in any way. 

He's also very patient and considerate to others. 

Full of initiative when it comes to carry girl's stuff. 

He even went all the way through the wet and dumpy bush to buy us water to wash our dirty feet.

What a gentlemen !

It's amazing how you can describe a person's character after only meeting them once.
I didn't say it's their real character no, I'm just saying you can pick up a few points after spending a day with them preferably when in groups, you can see how they interact with each person in a group.
And one thing for sure, the eyes cannot lie...

Told you I'm an observer ;)

Get acquainted with more of Ardika's work here

Through The Misty Rain and The Green Grass

Nature and its vast lavishness

contain a mystery

Its beauty and diversity 

tickle me to throw questions like 

"where did it come from?"

"why is this made?"

'what is it made of?"

Those questions lead me to think of The Maker 

He must be terrific in thinking 

charming in creativity 

irreplaceable in ideas

It is out of wonder that He is wonderful

These are the shoots from last weekend for Vintage Treasure new collection. 

It was raining the whole day, heavy rain in the morning followed by misty rain in the afternoon

and goes on till midnight. 

We did these shoots in between misty rain and a little bit of sunshine. 

There are five photographers work with us and these ones come from Anesta. 

It's our first time working together after adjusting schedules and deciding concepts we finally met. 

Anesta is more detail almost perfectionist in taking his shoots. 

He know what he wants and would stop every now and then if he found something that doesn't fit his way. 

He has this piercing eyes when he works but later change into a friendly eyes during the break.

Repeatedly calling me with the wrong nickname hahaha... 

Don't worry Nesta, you are forgiven, you can call me whatever you like.

When you work with different people you get to learn so many different and useful things. 

You know the do's and dont's, learn to contribute and more initiative.
You learn to be proactive and sensitive at the same time

Anyways, it's been a pleasure working with all the crew especially to our new co-workers

Anesta and Ardika. I love your work and how you do it and I look forward to our next project !

My best regard also goes to our exotic dark yet beautiful model sisters, thank you for your time and talent 

I really appreciate your hard work and patience. 

Photographed by : Anesta

Models                  : Irene  Debbie
Wardrobe              : Vintage Treasure
 

When Head and Heart Collide

Do you know that your heart is actually located in your right brain ?

If you don't, now you know (:

When I started my blog, the first thing I did was making it's logo

so just by looking at the logo people can have a glimpse of idea about what this blog is all about. 

After combining my interest, passion, and things I love, 

I told my sister to make a logo where heart and brain collides.

Because I see my blog as another way to express my feelings and thoughts on things

that I see or I find interesting in everyday life. 

So I come up with a short explanation about the logo:

"a curious mind with a piece of thought".

Artists often time work with their right brain, because right brain enable you to feel,

to imagine things that never were, go with your guts, 

see the bigger picture, and can be subjective. 

While those who works with their left brain tend to be more logic, 

that's why the only way to convince them is by showing some facts, 

they look into a finer detail and analyze them.

Those traits help them to be more objective. 

With my heart and by now it is obvious that I'm definitely a right brain person,

I see and feel things around me.

God also talk to us through our heart and the right brain will help us capture it. 

Whilst with my left brain well even if its only a few percent I collect some data and facts

from books, internet, magazine and even polling. 

It also enable me to use a lot of common sense !

When two aspects compound I am able to give you "a piece of thought". 

So, by combining love and logic this blog is made (:

Photograph by: Nisita