I have always liked the butterflies that constantly flutter around outside my office. They are the prettiest (if not the only) sight for sore eyes here. But my mom always said, "di mana banyak kupu-kupu, di situ banyak ulet."

I have found four so far. And I can only shudder imagining how many there are that my eyes missed.


Here's the little guy that proves that beautiful creatures can come from an icky, wiggly, yellow lumps.

now the sky could be blue, i don't mind, without you it's a waste of time

So today, I decided to open the shade of the window right in front of my desk, here at my office. I decided to live brighter. Since it's a narrow window, the only thing I see is 40x40 blue skies, a green mush of tree top on the bottom right corner, and a chihuahua-like cloud on the top right corner of the square.

Oh. Wait, the chihuahua is floating to the center. Oh wait, to the left. Yep, the chihuahua is running, because it's being chased by a flea-like cloud! Oh. Now the clouds are gone...



But hey! There's you, on Miss Earheart's plane waving at me. Oh, now there's you! On a hot-air balloon dancing away (or swatting away) with the magpies. And there's the rest of you guys, floating around with umbrellas Miss Poppins-style!

Oh! Now the butterflies are knocking on the window, inviting me to join the fun! I gotta run!


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My name is Runi and yes, I'm one of those cubicle rats who daydream about the world outside. This is the 1st of my 12-step program. Blogging about it.

a moment, a love, a dream aloud, a kiss, a cry, our rights, our wrongs

A bit late to go over this, but I went to Singapore around 2 weeks ago. I thought I could start the great 2010 by seeing one of my favorite bands playing live right before my eyes, but turned out, The Killers ain't feeling my vibe. They canceled the gig. Sure, the promotor promised refunds and the band promised to reschedule. Yeah sure. Like I can pull plane tickets and hotel out of my ear anytime.

Anyway, since plane tickets had been bought and hotel had been paid for, Pedhe, Bangun and I went anyway. We totally pulled off the cliche epitome of tourists. Do things that I don't think locals want to do. We went up to see the whole town from the Singapore Flyer, went sightseeing on land AND water with the expensive/tacky/cool Duck Tour, and went wild...life, that is, on a Night Safari trip. Shopped a little between this and that. Well, you know, a getaway always feels nice.

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On to lately. New lives are in the horizon for some friends. Some are facing (hopefully good) separations, some are facing (hopefully great) matrimonies. Which brings me to,

One of my dearest, best, besties is getting married! Just like Hector, the first of the gang! Feeling very excited, and well, a bit surreal.

Thanks to her plan, the gang was reunited last Saturday at my place. We spent a few hours catching up. Not too long, because that's what you get when you grow up--a timed friendship. However, it was still endearing. I missed the feeling so much.

Anyway, the rest of us were blasting this friend of mine with questions about wedding and stuff. At some point, Ped and I were giddily browsing through a throng of bridesmaid dresses on the web.

And man, have we grown up or what.

We've traded choosing prom dresses for bridesmaid dresses. Surreal. I feel happy, excited, and a slight pang. Will we ever count points for yellow cars again? Will we ever squeeze ourselves into a little booth and take pictures again--ones that perhaps will last longer than habits. Will we ever count down for the new years and awkwardly hug it out afterward?



But other than that, I've found the fabulous design for my dress. Yayy!

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The nitbits of lately would involve:

- Me, being able to say, "I'm with the band". Seriously. My musically-gifted friends, Ingga, Bangun, Ebonk and Bapet are forming a band. We... well, THEY, have practiced twice so far. Heheh. Me? Ped and I are looking closely for any crack to squeeze ourselves in. I want to sing and keyboarding--but I think the guys ain't feeling my vibe. So for now, I'm the self-proclaimed photographer of the band. Tee-hee.

- I wrote something a while ago, lyrics, if you may. And a dear friend of mine has composed a cool song out of it. I really want to post the song and the name of my friend, but she's shy (yeaaah, right).

- Working on doodles to illustrate a friend's work. Really excited, but very uninspired. I've been browsing through some illustrators' websites these few days for inspiration. But maaan, I feel small. I still have a lot of learning to do! And while I really, really want to spend hours and hours sketching and erasing and crumpling papers til I get it right, I can't afford to do so. Mwew.

- I finally bought a TLR camera I had always wanted. Secondhand, from Sophan. Still haven't got the hang of it, though. But, yeah, again, excited!

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I wrote many "excited" in the post, but somehow I feel bottled up. I better go and open the shade of my window,

Toodles,
-R.