why pink?

i suddenly wonder why there is a word 'pink'. I mean, basically it's just light red, right? Why doesn't light blue, light green or light orange have the same privilege and get their own 'names'?

Anyway, it's 1 AM here and my brain has begun to... generate questions like this. I guess I'll just have to hit the sack now. Nighty night.

Sailor Moon!

I was sitting in front of my table, supposed to be doing my homework but was too bored. Then I noticed that I have this little figurine on the table.

It's cute, isn't it? This is one of the characters in the Sailor Moon series. When I saw this, I immediately remember my childhood years, when every Sunday morning is dedicated for watching the 'Sunday morning cartoons'.

This is the character of Sailor Mars (Rei). Well, she's okay, but not my favorite one. My favorite is Sailor Jupiter (Makoto). I just thought that it would be so cool to have the power to control thunders and all that. She is also good in cooking and housekeeping, the two areas that I lacked the most. Her picture can be seen here.

So, what's your favorite cartoon characters when you were a child?

Electroplated Valentine

Hello, hello. So, how's everybody's Valentine? I had a little celebration in commemorating St. Valentine's. You'll know my opinion about this day by seeing this picture.

What a merry little Valentine.

This is an aluminum plate, electroplated with copper. Experiment done by my friend Jessica, heart shape scraped by me. Yes, this is what happens when 2 Visual Arts student accidentally took Chemistry HL class. A madness in the lab.

Anyway, this is just my way to express my opinion about the unimportant-ness of the Valentine's Day. As a friend says, "Valentine's Day is a holiday invented by greeting card companies to make people feel crappy." So, Happy un-Valentine's Day to you all.

The 'Fake' Louboutins

I was strolling in the mall yesterday and found the most curious thing. I was in the department store and saw this long array of shoes with RED SOLES. Yes, with red soles and they were NOT Louboutins. I mean, like, is this even allowed? Has Louboutin patented their trademark red soles?

In attempt to satisfy my curiosity, I Googled that and found that actually some brands such as Forever 21 (and even Paris Hilton's 'bridal collection'!) has made some heels with red soles too. If you're interested to read about the discussion on this, open this link:

And actually, yes, Louboutin DID patented his red soles. (link)

Although the designs were different to those of Louboutins, some of these heels are made based on Louboutin's design. Rotelli is one of the brand that sells these heels. And another, Amadea, is not really well-known. One of them is a peep-toed heels with bows at the back, made of satin and about 12 cm heels. Reminds you of Louboutin's? And another one, peep-toed, with triangular stones decorating the toe box. They are priced at around $100, which is about 1 million rupiah and WAY cheaper than the real Louboutins.

As for me, I would call this extreme plagiarism. But hey, who would know that you're wearing 'fake' Louboutins (except if they constantly read Louboutin's catalog regularly)?

Red, Maroon, Crimson, Carmine (and Pink) Everywhere

It's nearing the Chinese New Year! I went to the mall yesterday and saw that ALL the stores were displaying red stuff on their foremost part of the store. Clothes, shoes and accessories were flaming red. And since this year is the Tiger Year, everything is tiger-ish, from mini statues of tiger, tiger dolls, tigers on t-shirts, Pooh's Tigger positioned on the center with the others circling him... And my father constantly grinning and saying that "Hey, this is my year."

Chinese New Year this year is on the 14th of February. Yes, it coincides with the Valentine's Day. Therefore the lighter shade of red, pink, also dominates stores, especially for the teenage and chocolate stores.

Yesterday was the final day of midnight sale in Mall Kelapa Gading. It was crowded, but I was there and saw mommies choosing and buying red clothes for everybody in the family and girls buying fancily packaged chocolates for their boyfriend (this is an assumption).

For me? I spent my time in the bookstore, bought a cartridge for my printer, correction fluid and pencil. What a merry Valentine's.

A Song In My Mind

If It Kills Me - Jason Mraz

Hello, tell me you know

Yeah, you figured me out

Something gave it away

It would be such a beautiful moment

To see the look on your face

To know that I know that you know now

And baby thats a case of my wishful thinking

You know nothing

Well you and I

Why, we go carrying on for hours on end

We get along much better

Than you and your boyfriend

[Chorus:]

Well all I really wanna do is love you

A kind much closer than friends use

But I still cant say it after all weve been through

And all I really want to do is to feel you

As the feeling inside keeps building

And I will find a way to you if it kills me

If it kills me

How long, can I go on like this,

Wishing to kiss you,

Before I rightly explode?

This double life I lead isnt healthy for me

In fact it makes me nervous

If I get caught I could be risking it all

Cause maybe theres a lot that I miss

In case Im wrong

[Chorus]

If I should be so bold

Id ask you to hold my heart in your hand

Id tell you from the start how Ive longed to be your man

But I never said I would

I guess Im gonna miss my chance again

All I really wanna do is love you

A kind much closer than friends use

But I still cant say it after all weve been through

And all I really want to do is to feel you

As the feeling inside keeps building

And I will find a way to you if it kills me

If it kills me

If it kills me

I think it might kill me

And all I really want to do is to feel you

Yeah, the feeling inside keeps building

Ill find a way to you if it kills me

If it kills me

It might kill me

So, what do you think? A mere copy-pasting of a lyric of a well-known song?

This song has been playing and replaying in my mind for about 3 days. I've liked this song for a long time, but a few days ago, I was taking a bath and really listened to the lyrics. And I found out that it's beautiful. And romantic. And because I like it for reasons that I can't mention here :X

The Very (Un)Important Discussion on Ears

During a 'study time' on Monday, I noticed that Stella's ears seem unproportional to her head size. And that is why I was tempted to...touch hers. They seem so fluffy, but her ears were so DECEIVING!

As soon as I touched it, I felt that her ears were so thin. Like...crepes. Stella, feeling raped and uncomfortable, looked at me and said, "what. are. you. doing?"

Then I explained my motives. Slightly calmed, she touched MY ears. Then she said, "It's so weird!" And continued saying that my ears are flimsy and elf-like. I'm pretty okay with that at first, since I imagined the super-cool Legolas from The Lord of the Rings. But Stella mentioned Avatar, and I was not as pleased. But then it's okay, since they have sexy tails.

Then, came Cassandra. And annoyingly, she agreed with Stella's opinion that my ears were the abnormal one. So, we began comparing ears. It involves a lot of ear-touching, folding and rolling. By this time, more people were involved in the discussion.

Jessica, having the same ear-type as mine, showed that her ears too, could be easily folded and rolled. Then she said that her right ear is more flexible than the left. While for me, it's the contrary.

I came up with this brilliant theory that the side that you tend to sleep on everyday, would be more flexible. This is due to the cartilage that is experiencing constant pressure during sleeping hours. And this is proven to be true :)

Anyway, after the long discussion, I came up with a list of ear types:

• Stella - too small, complex shape (due to the slow growth of ears), thin, but with hard cartilage.
• Cassandra - a bit small, VERY hard, almost impossible to fold.
• Mine - left ear more flexible than the right, proportional and adorable :D
• Jessica - flexible, small (but proportional to head size)

Any other people want to be tested and put in this list? :)