had a roadtrip with some friends on tuesday and we drove to castle combe (part of cotswolds). people call it the traditional British village. and some movies have taken place here (e.g. pride and prejudice). i love the breathtaking scenery. felt like i was brought back to the old era. for those who needs to escape from city life, such a place can be a perfect getaway. too bad we did not have the opportunities to stay in the cottage or bed and breakfast hotel for more days as we are all horrified by deadlines. it would be lovely to spend one or more nights there. but there’s always next time. not to worry. hehe..

sometimes i forget that i’m a student living in a tight budget. and sometimes i intentionally ignored.  but girls just wanna do shopping! (all girls say yesssss!) please please i want these stuffs:

1. swedish hasbeens. i fall in love with the high braided clogs!!

2. lomo lc-a instant back+. well, i’m just simply a big fan of old-like camera with instant pictures. but the price is enough to create a heart attack. well, fuji instax film can be applied to this camera. damn i really want!

4. ray-ban wayfarer, this cutie one..

hahaha.. enough dreaming! my birthday is still wayyyy too long. instead, i’m very close to courseworks deadlines and exams. and also, seeing how fast my mood changes, i believe that it will continue to change until my birthday comes for real. most of the time i felt that i have a kind of short period of eagerness or desire or whatever it is, and very easy to be distracted. so it’s highly likely that i will come up with a new wish list later.

boyfriend has become my shopping police lately. haha. he said i have to collect every single penny everyday (and put them in a piggybank) anytime i want to spend on luxury things. and my monthly expenses must be at the same amount as i usually spent. ah! anyway, i define luxury things as everything i simply want, not what i need. can be anything even a 17 pounds lipstick which i did save for 17 days! for now, i think the closest target is the sweedish hasbeens’ clogs. don’t know how long it will take to collect all the money. hope not long enough.

p.s. for this time, please have a trust that i will save money. i smell your doubts on this plan. haha. kidding.

i want the polaroid film to stop being veryyyyy expensive!

i am addicted to polaroid pictures as well as to holiday.

just to summarise about holland. those things in the pictures are what i think holland are famous of. well, there’s one missing: cheese. considering the fact that i despise cheese to death (haha) i didn’t visit any places related to cheese making. just couldn’t stand the smell. so i have no picture of cheese. and a couple of things i’d like to add, hmm, i found out that KFC in holland has the crispy fried chicken!!! (just like in Indonesia) i was so thrilled that i ate a lot of pieces of their fried chicken. haha. ah, so mouth-watering. i rarely ate KFC here in England because i don’t like the original one. i want crispyyyy! and i also found out that Dutch people are very very nice and friendly. they like to greet each other even if they’ve never met or known before. haha.

and my aunt’s family is very warm. they treated me very well and i felt so welcome. aunt cooked home-dishes (hot and spicy Indonesian food) during my stay i was so spoiled. and i love the kids, especially the little one, although we rarely communicated in a proper way. he speaks dutch, a little english and no Indonesian. while i don’t speak Dutch at all, but speak Indonesian and English. now you notice the odds. haha. but we were bestfriends. his name is michael and he likes chicken (kip in Dutch) haha. he wants to have little chicken as his pet. haha. strange obsession. he’s also obsessed with komodo. he asked me once “do you like komodo chicken?” haha. kids.

ok, now i have to go back to work. a very hard one because i have massive deadlines for next month. and exams! and just to motivate me to do my best, i plan a travel destination for next holiday although i’m not sure yet when and where. for the time i have to options, after exams (june) but for only a week because i’m pretty sure my thesis will miss me a huge, or after i finish my thesis (september. amen! please pray for me guys. hehe.) and for the places hmm, ireland? eastern europe? scotland? or other places. i basically can’t choose now where to go because i want to go everywhere. just see where my heart goes to later.

ok, enough rambling. work hard! xxxx

my aunt’s house is in the south of Netherlands, near the border of the Netherlands and Belgium. it is even closer to Antwerp than to Amsterdam. then it’s a good chance to visit Antwerp, one of the big cities in Belgium. left home in the afternoon after little michael finished his class. uncle drove us and the journey took only 30 minutes. the sky was so bright on our way to Antwerp, but turned to a bit cloudy when we reached there. fortunately, there wasn’t raining so we could enjoy strolling around the centruum. but i love Antwerp. so classy and vintage! so so love. there are a lot of food and Belgium souvenir stalls along the way. i came to think nothing beats Belgian waffle. ah, too good to be missed. i didn’t really know the history of Antwerp. all i know is that it plays an important role in the economy and cultural life of the previously known Benelux country (Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg). its position near the sea has become the key of its role.