Infinite Happiness

I met him two weeks ago.
He has lost the sparkles in his eyes.
This guy used to be the most cheerful guy I’ve ever known.
However, he has changed.

C, free your mind.
You’re just too scared to be happy.
You’re such a confused guy and I don’t like to see you like that.

Maybe, you shouldn’t listen to me.
What do I have right now?
I’m broke most of the time; I hate my job and most of the time I shy away from realities.

But I feel fine.

You have more cash, you go out every weekend with your friends, spend the night with the artificial happiness, and you’re not fine.

At the end of the day, money isn’t everything.
I’ve proved it to you, I’m broke and I’m fine.
I was lost, but now I found my way home.
I am sure that you’re lost as well, but with a stable life.

Come on,
Take a giant step!
Don’t be too scared.

Find your infinite happiness.

Life is just too beautiful and it is not right to waste it with your perpetual suffering.


Yours truly,


The slurpee girl

Foster The People @ Kuala Lumpur

Who likes Foster The People?
Pumped Up Kicks is everywhere, on tv, bars, clubs, malls and you name it.
I bet everyone is familiar with the catchy tune.

It’s very rare for indie bands to come to Kuala Lumpur and have a show here. Although I’m not a big fan of Foster The People I was pretty excited to see them live.

Honestly, I was kinda underestimated Foster The People. Come on, they only have one album so far, yeah Pumped Up Kicks is having a catchy tune, but do you think it will be fun to watch the indietronica live?

I went to KLCC with very low expectation. Unexpectedly, the venue was quite crowded. I came late, so I missed the first two songs, Houdini and Miss You. The venue was pretty packed and stage was not high enough for people with my heights to see them clearly.

The sweaty Mark Foster didn’t talk much to the audiences, but we enjoyed it. Time flies when you’re having fun. 13 songs were passed just like that. I couldn’t say that I was satisfied with this concert, because I couldn’t really dance, move and see them clearly. Nonetheless, despite the fact I couldn’t see them clearly, but I did enjoy their live performance.

Foster, Fink and Pontius, I hope you guys are going to visit Malaysia again; tour with your new album. Until then, cheerio!

Top Five Most Inspirational People

Woody Allen.
His sarcastic jokes, his skeptical views, his movies, etc etc. Oh God, he’s my numero uno!

Jens Lekman
His songs inspired me in many ways. Reading his blogs, has successfully made me want to write even more. Because life is the opposite of Hallelujah, it’s the opposite of being you.

Nick Hornby
High Fidelity! About A Boy! How to be Good! Juliet Naked! He’s my favorite author. His knowledge in music and the way he writes, it just made me get highly addicted to him. Oh well, not him literally, but his works.

Larry David
He used to be a paralegal. Then, he did it.

Anna Wintour
Enough said. She never let anyone stay in her way.

December

Time flies.

It feels like yesterday, when I listened to Let it die by Feist on the New Year’s Eve.
And yes, without any consent from me, time flies.

I thought I’m gonna leave Malaysia for good, but here I am working here as Paralegal, a job I never thought about it before.

2011 is a year to remember.

I failed in many ways, I was lost and but now I found my way back.

I met some guys, I made new friends, I got robbed, I lost my ipod, my favorite bag, monopoly deal and so forth.

I spent three months in Singapore to learn that there’s no perfect life. The life I want, there is no shortcut.


I cant wait for 2012.
On my list so far;
India (16-26 February)
Laos (21-24 June)

The grass is greener on the other side

Whatever it is, don’t get jealous with other people’s life.

Please, promise me.

The grass looks greener on the other side and it will always be like that.

Do you like to watch How I Met Your Mother?

Do you remember one episode when everybody’s smiling on the picture?

Do you remember what was actually going on?

Yes, Marshall and Lily were having a complicated relationship. Ted’s parents were divorced but Ted’s mother has the tendency to share good news only, hence she hasn’t told Ted about that matter. Barney was competing with Robin and etc etc..

The grass looks greener on the other side; everybody’s smiling on the picture.

You don’t need to be jealous, because you don’t know what is actually going on.

Be thankful, whatever it is be thankful.

One of my favorite quotes from No one belongs here more than you by Miranda July;

“Look at the sky: that is for you. Look at each person's face as you pass on the street: those faces are for you. And the street itself, and the ground under the street, and the ball of fire underneath the ground: all these things are for you. There are as much for you as they are for other people. Remember this when you wake up in the morning and think you have nothing.”

Cherish whatever you have right now, promise?

Just Kids

I spent my lunch hour drowning to the poetic words of Patti Smith.
I’d like to thank you, dear Kiddo, for giving me this book.
You told me, you gave me this book because you want me to remember you.

I was ignoring your words,
but today, I’d like to admit that I will remember you.

What we have right now won’t last forever.
I enjoy every moment with you,
it’s just too beautiful to live for a moment.

In the next five years or maybe ten years,
We’re gonna meet again and I will tell you that you and the book had successfully turned me to be melancholy.
I will tell you about the unspeakable charm you have.

I bid you goodbye since the beginning.
Kiddo, we’re just kids after all.



Yours truly,

Chika

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L,

I don’t wanna hear your complain.

Here I am, writing this letter to you, I just want to let you know that you and I are totally different type of travelers.

I want to travel because I want to see people, their cultures, foods, etc etc.

I don’t care if I need to stay in the place that you think it’s just too fugly for your standard.

Let me tell you something, if you want to stay in the five stars hotel go ahead, but you don’t really need to go to travel actually. What is the different between five stars hotel in Jakarta and in Bangkok? Do you get what I mean?

If Hong Kong people are rude or Chinese are impolite, I don’t care.

I want to know them.

I want to enjoy the unusual stuffs.

They don’t need to impress me, I go traveling not to be impressed, but to feel the differences.

I will accept all the good and the bad part of that particular country.

If you want to be impressed or if you want to receive the same treats like you have in your home, then don’t go out. Stay home or just go to the nearest mall.

I want to travel not for the sake because I can take a picture under Eiffel Tower or pretend to understand the meaning of Mona Lisa in Louvre; I want to travel because I want to see all those things that I can’t get in my country.

I want to enjoy every little thing they can offer to me.

So L, you better stay home or go to the mall.

And I,

I will travel the world, I will open my mind.

And you, who are having the same thoughts with me,

Let’s cheers for the joy the world can offer to us.

Because we’re not empty, we’re not empty, so come runaway with me now babyyyy.

=)