Moving, moving, moving
Posted by: Diar on: December 31, 2008
This is my new blog address (but still a BIG mess, so please be patient):
Keep checking back in there to see whether or not the mess is already decluttered.
See you there 
I’ll be moving to Blogger :)
Posted by: Diar on: December 19, 2008
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Yes, yes, another moving. From GorgeousInspirations.Com to WordPress.Com, and now to Blogspot.Com (or Blogger). Why?
- I had another big plan about this personal blog of my own (this is absolutely beyond my online journal or something), but unfortunately my big plan is not supported by some features I needed the most from WordPress.Com (I love WordPress.Org, but apparently I don’t love WordPress.Com that much ).
- A friend ‘provoked’ me through his one article
(look what you’ve done, Budi… he he…).
While I’m preparing my new blog on Blogger, you can either enjoy my writing on this old blog or on my other blog, www.gorgeousinspirations.com (download the free magazines, if you want to) or my other blog (again?), http://semuainibikin.dagdigdug.com.
I’ll see y’all soon
Would you let your husband sink with Titanic?
Posted by: Diar on: December 17, 2008
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I was in the middle of getting rid of my old magazines when I decided to re-read almost all articles before I said good-bye to them. Then I struck to this one funny-yet-pretty-romantic ‘fight’ I love between Lisa Kogan, the lovable writer-at-large of O, The Oprah Magazine, and spouse Johannes (I quoted the said dialogue from Lisa Kogan Tells All column of O’s February 2007 issue):
* Notes:
- Johannes (J)
- Lisa (L)
- Julia is their little daughter
- if you watched Titanic, then you know who John Jacob Astor is
J: What are you reading about?
L: Ida and Isidor Straus. They were an amazing couple! Instead of getting into the lifeboat, she decided to die with her husband on the Titanic. Of course, if Julia were grown, I’d do the same for you.
J: What do you mean?
L: What do you mean, what do I mean?
J: You’re not getting in the lifeboat?
L: No, I love you too much to let you drown all by yourself.
J: But I won’t be by myself—I think they were playing poker and getting drunk.
L: So you’re saying that you’d rather play poker with John Jacob Astor than cuddle with me?
J: That’s not what I’d be doing, because if you’re not getting your ass into that lifeboat, then I am. We are not leaving an empty seat.
L: Oh, you’re getting into that boat over my dead body.
J: Where the hell is the Tylenol?
L: Try the bathroom…you know, the place with the ocean blue toilet water.
J: You mean like the ocean you want both of us to sink to the bottom of?
Do you notice how true what people say, that we women take emotion side the most and men mostly prioritize their common sense?
Now go listen to Celine Dion’s My Heart Will Go On and think again about whether or not you want your husband to sink with Titanic
Me? I’m truly in a dilemma
Girls, create your own feminine napkins!
Posted by: Diar on: December 14, 2008
Photo credits: Hillbilly Housewife & Sew Green
Do you guys remember my post about me, making my own feminine napkins? In the last paragraph, I asked you, whether or not you happened to have some ideas in making comfortable, earth-friendly, and usable (I actually meant ‘re-usable’), DIY feminine napkins.
Well, I’ve got the answers, people. Thanks to Denise, the BlogHer Community Manager, for the gorgeous links
I cross-posted the exact same post on my other blog on BlogHer, and there’s where I got these amazing sources to start making your very own feminine napkins or sanitary pads, for the sake of the Earth, your health, and your money, of course:
- Homemade Sanitary Pads – Hillbilly Housewife
Maggie, the writer of the article, gives step-by-step instructions on how to create your very own cloth menstrual pads using old and/or new flannels (detailed pictures are included), including the instructions for washing and maintenance. If you’re not a sewing-person just like me, she also writes a no-sew alternative (which I’ve been using now every month). Oh, and before she wraps up her article, Maggie even tells why she after all converted from ‘conventional’ pads to a more earth-friendly ones. A great insight for all of us, women. - How to Make Sanitary Napkins – eHow
A brief step-by-step instruction in making sanitary napkins, but no pictures to complement. However, it’s still pretty handy. - Cloth pads – Sew Green
Similar with the previous two, yet you can see that the pads made here are more ‘perfect’ (instead of safety pins, the writer uses buttons). As handy as the above articles. Highly recommended.
With a big amount of conventional feminine napkins being left at landfills, it is absolutely no good news for Mother Earth. So, from now on, girls, let’s change, baby step by baby step.
Read also: “How to Green Women’s Personal Care” – TreeHugger
Walk, run, walk, run, a major leap
Posted by: Diar on: December 11, 2008
Bust that ass!
I made a pretty major leap starting Nov 14. Well, not that major to other people, but it is to me.
So, what was the leap? After a year, I finally busted my ass again. Sorry for the language 
I mean, I worked out again. Yes, after a year. Let me be honest, that I mostly exercised for only about every once a year or so. Oh yeah, that’s my honesty. And yes, I’m THAT lame in shaping up my own body.
You see, here’s the thing: I’m not a ‘moving’ person—I’m trying to say that I don’t like moving my body, literally. I simply don’t like sports and the like. A good guess that I have a not-that-fit body. Not to mention that I don’t have decent food intake every day. Omigod, I just now realized how lousy I am!
Go out and face those people!
Anyway, on the said date, I also eventually went out of my house and even out of the complex where we live to walk and jog, all by myself. That’s also a major leap. Why? I’m originally more of a stay-at-home person and kind of ‘scared’ of people. So, going out to exercise is, of course, such a HUGE step for me. Never, in my history, I had jogged alone. I have had always ‘covered’ myself by having a company while jogging.
And now I think again, “Okay, some people on the street stared at me as I was the only one walking and running, so what? They even stared for not more than one minute, big deal!” Yes, despite the fact that the roads do not have proper pavements, there’s actually nothing to worry. God, where have I been?
Who inspired me to make this major leap?
I necessarily think that I do need to mention the name of that inspiring person. It is a blogger whose blog I always keep up with (you can see the link in the sidebar of this blog): Zandria.
I’ve been keeping up with Zan—who is ‘only’ four years older than I am—for about a year, more or less. I first knew her from her blog on BlogHer.
Then I gave her personal blog a visit and fell in love at the first reading, in particular when I found out that she used to be in-between shy-quiet person (it’s so me!). Keeping up with her enables me to see lots of her life progress, including the progress in which she is no longer that shy-quiet.
I’ve been learning numerous real-life lessons from Zan, big time. If she can at last cope with more people than she used to, why can’t I?
Fitness is one of the things she has been ‘teaching’ me. Seriously, she’s the very first person who makes me think that fitness really IS for every one (I used to think that fitness has to do only with those hot, sexy chicks—duh, everybody wants to be healthy!), and that it can be fun as well.
So, I humbly thank you, Zandria
PS: I work out pretty much regularly now (to my surprise). So, no, it’s NOT a mere sporadic leap, people
PS #2: I featured Zandria’s blog as one of 5 gorgeous blogs for your heart, mind, and soul on my other blog, Gorgeous Inspirations.
101 Things Project: November 2008 recap
Posted by: Diar on: December 9, 2008
I did a few things of my 101 Things list in November, but I didn’t complete them exactly in that same month, so no, I officially did not cross anything off my list in the said month (pretty lame, I know).
But it’s almost a year I’m doing this project, so I’m more thrilled
Read also: my 101 list
10 Facts About Me
Posted by: Diar on: November 13, 2008
- In: Tags| This is Me
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I was tagged by Ollie to write 10 facts about me. I have actually revealed 25 random facts about me on this blog, but let me reveal 10 more for the readers’ convenience
Here are 10 facts about me:
1. Good academically, but lousy in real life.
I’m blessed with a pretty good brain when it comes to school stuff. But lots of people, because of the fact, often think that I should be perfect in other stuff as well. Well, people, I don’t. I may get almost 600 for ITP TOEFL score, but I’m lame in adapting with real people in real life, believe me.
2. Almost always forget to drink water every day.
I don’t know what my problem really is, but when I’m not at restaurants (and I’m very, very rare to be in restaurants), I almost always forget to drink water, even after eating. One or two glasses of water are my best taking each day. A great guess that I have a bad digesting system
3. Don’t like chatting while browsing.
Chatting with people are sometimes fun, but I don’t like having my focus broken apart when I have to chat while browsing. It’d be easier if I just spend some time to chat and put browsing aside for a while, but I can’t. I prefer browsing than chatting. So, Y!M isn’t my favorite thing on the net
4. Kind of ‘scared’ of people.
My friends would cringe knowing this. Seriously, I can’t stand being near one, two, or even ten people (and yes, even if they’re my friends and family!). I don’t know, I’ll be panicked or something. Is this called agoraphobia?
5. Not obsessed with ‘formal’ jobs.
Being a university lecturer might be great (for some people), but not for me (that’s why I quit). Instead, I dream of doing a more ‘informal’ job—paid blogger, magazine editor, photographer, writer, and the like.
6. Didn’t have the courage to light a fire from matches until I was in high school.
I know, that’s lame. But I suppose I’m ‘destined’ to have a pretty slow ‘growth’ in some stuff—lighting matches, riding a bike, …, you know, life stuff.
7. Sort of obsessed about NYC.
I don’t remember since when, but do love NYC (yes, New York City). I dream of ‘conquering’ that Big Apple, and can’t really comprehend why, while I actually hate big cities. Ironic.
8. Have to read something while eating.
This, I can’t also explain why. I can’t really concentrate on eating if I don’t read anything at the same time. I prefer reading comics while having my meal. That’s why I don’t like eating out with people that much since I’m ‘obliged’ to talk with them
9. Don’t like talking.
If it’s not important, please don’t call me on the phone and talk to me I know that’s rude, but seriously, I just don’t like talking. I prefer to be quiet, listen, and write rather than talking. So yes, I adore SMS more than phone calls
10. Don’t like David Beckham.
I cannot understand why numerous female love Beckham so much, while I never think that way in the first place. Some high school male friends said that I had to like Beckham just because most girls do. Gees, what is the point?!
According to the rules, I have to tag other ten, so I’d like to tag these following people:
1. Dhana
2. Ririn
3. Ucup
4. Dini
5. Budiarno
6. Puspa
7. Achan
8. Heriyanto
9. Yanti aka Ning
10. Hendra
Here are the rules of the tag:
1. Each blogger must post these rules
2. Each blogger starts with ten random facts/habits about themselves
3. Bloggers that are tagged need to write on their own blog about their ten things and post these rules. At the end of your blog, you need to choose ten people to get tagged and list their names. Don’t forget to leave them a comment telling them they’ve been tagged and to read your blog.
101 Things Project: October 2008 Recap
Posted by: Diar on: November 11, 2008
I crossed these things off my 101 Things Project in October 2008 (based on chronological order):
99. Motivate someone to do the 101/1001 project of his/her own. [3 Oct 2008]
I motivated my far-away best friend, Jude, to do this kind of project of his own and he finally did (btw, my friend Jude was featured in Gorgeous Inspirations magazine issue #2).
43. Memorize at least 2 more short surahs from the Quran. [2/2 completed, 9 Oct 2008]
- surah Al-Kafirun, 24 Sep 2008
- surah Quraisy, 9 Oct 2008
93. Re-read my old journals and find an idea of doing again one thing I haven’t done in at least three years. [23 – 25 Oct 2008]
I read my twelve old journals and got these idea to re-do one day:
- Call my friends… just to talk
- Listen to / watch religious preach
- Compose and send/submit a poem
- Talk and share things to my older brother
7. Launch the reincarnated Gorgeous Inspirations weblog. [27 Oct 2008]
Read also: my 101 list
I’m in the local newspaper!
Posted by: Diar on: November 10, 2008
Okay, go ahead, call me narcissistic… but hey, whatever… I was featured in the local newspaper!
First of all, I have to get things straight, that I will never, ever, tell anyone should my being in the paper is because of some crime I do. And since I didn’t do any crime, here I am, telling you, that the paper says good things about me
When I think again, oh yeah, it’s a good thing to have a good work in the WWW. Moreover, it’s a better thing to have a journalist friend that eventually asks you to be interviewed about your work in the paper she works for (and just about time, as she’s about to quit from the job, sooner or later).
So, what did my friend, Ririn, write about me in Tribun Pontianak of November 1, 2008?
Well, basically she wanted to expose a local woman blogger. She decided to choose me, since she knows that I blog in English and she has the fact that I create a for-free-download quarterly magazine in the concerning blog, www.gorgeousinspirations.com.
Despite the fact that she didn’t write my father’s name correctly, there’s only one part in her writing that makes me a bit uncomfortable. She wrote that I was inspired by my older brother who once worked as a graphic designer in one of the local newspaper companies in town. With all due respect to my older brother, though I do salute him for his achievements in life, but in regards to creating Gorgeous Inspirations magazine, I never was inspired by him. Sorry, Bro (and sorry, Ririn).
But overall, I’m happy that lots of Pontianak citizens read and know about me, at least for one day
101 Things Project: September 2008 Recap
Posted by: Diar on: November 4, 2008
I crossed these things off my 101 Things Project in September 2008 (based on chronological order):
5. Compose a draft of Gorgeous Inspirations business plan. [06 - 17 Sep 2008]
1. Map out the reborn of Gorgeous Inspirations. [started 31 Aug – 23 Sep 2008]
45. Read La Tahzan during one of the Ramadhans every day for 30 consecutive days. [30/30 completed; 1 - 30 Sep 2008]
Read also: my 101 list
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