an apology

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    I am so sorry. I’ve been such a bad blogger. The last time I posted something here is Monday. It’s been a very hectic week. I’ll tell y’all about it later. I’ll be back with a Friday Night Movies post tonight. See you! 😉

    *UPDATE*
    I just want to share this picture I found on Aleks’ blog 🙂

    Sincerely,
    Putdar.

    9 September 2011

    eid al fitr 1432: part 1

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    Our journey to Lampung this year was one hell of a ride. It usually takes approximately eleven hours for us to go to Nyai’s house by car (and a ferry boat), but it actually took us almost 23 hours to go to Auntie Laili’s house (which is still one hour away from Nyai’s). TWENTY-THREE HOURS! God, that was super exhausting and boring.

    Our journey to Merak seaport was quite smooth. No traffic jam along the highway. But right after we came out of the Merak highway, tadaaaa! Traffic jam. We arrived there at 7am and we could release ourselves from the jam at 4pm. That was nine hours of sweating inside a small Honda Civic with five passengers under the sun. After being free from the traffic jam, we still had to wait an hour to get in to the ferry boat and sail away to Bakauheni. My, my…

    We sailed for two hours and we arrived at Bakauheni at 7pm. We had dinner in a restaurant but I had completely lost my appetite. I was so tired that I fell asleep for the rest of the journey. I woke up right when the car got in the garage in Auntie Laili’s house. It was almost 2am and so we had sahur together and I fell asleep again. We were off to Nyai’s house in the morning and arrived at 8am, safe and sound.

    The car was stuck there for hours. Dad even got the time to take pictures at the side of the road. Haha!

    Putdar and Daw’s tired faces

    The crazy, crazy lines of cars waiting to get in to the ferry boat

    Sunda strait and a glimpse of the sunset. Beautiful!

    Mum looked extra exhausted

    To be continued in the part 2 😉

    Sincerely,
    Putdar.

    4 September 2011

    heart ♥ kristel’s ELF collection giveaway

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    I first heard about ELF from Kaelah. She posted her opinion about ELF products on her blog. She said she loved them. All of them! I really want to try them but unfortunately they’re not available here in my country. I can’t order them via their website either because I don’t own a credit card. (Yeah, it’s hard to be a college student with limited money supply 😐 )

    That is why, my friends, I was very surprised when I found that Kristel is giving away ELF products. Not one, not two, but lots of them. And there’ll be two winners! *die*

    To enter, simply click any images above or click here. Let’s win this giveaway!

    Sincerely,
    Putdar.

    3 September 2011

    on changing

    Some people forget but not forgive. Some other forgive but never forget. I am the latter and I guess you are the first. I always envy people who can easily forget, but now I understand that to be able to do both, forgiving and forgetting, is such a miracle. And it might be impossible for me.

    I am a girl with a lot of mistakes. Some are necessary and others are not, I guess. They’re merely… stupid. Foolish. I have said things I shouldn’t have said. I have done things I shouldn’t have done. This Ramadan, I had stopped for a while and looked back. There are so many people I’ve hurt badly. There are so many things I regret.

    I told you I wanted to be a better person. I mean it. I do. And when I said “I’m sorry” today, I meant it. It wasn’t because it’s Eid al Fitr and I should apologise to people for the sake of formality. No. I swear I’m sorry.

    I know some people don’t really get what I mean. Some people can’t believe that I want to change. I might have lied a lot in the past, but please trust me on this one.

    And Lord, I know You’re watching me from up above. I know You know, You understand, what I’ve been going through and what’s really inside my heart. I know You appreciate every step I’ve made today. Lord, I know You know I just want to get closer to You. Please open up their heart as You have opened up mine. Please help me change. Your help is the only thing that I really need right now…

    Sincerely,
    Putdar.

    31 August 2011