I Heart Hamburg :)

It’s been two months since I arrived in Hamburg and I have been enjoying every single day of it ;)  It’s a great city and I’ll be here until the end of September..so tell me if you happen to be around :) Tchuss!!!

Food with “embedded” positive intentions.

A piece from an interesting article that I read today:

Intentional Chocolate, founded in 2007 by Jim Walsh, uses a special recording device to capture the electromagnetic brain waves of meditating Tibetan monks; Walsh then exposes his confections to the recording for five days per batch. Gimmick or not, in this economy any product that promises a spiritual pick-me-up could be in high demand. Since the recession, says Phil Lempert, editor of health-food site Supermarketguru.com, “everyone is ready to jump of a bridge”. With the right marketing, he says, embedded food “could be huge”.Still, not everyone is keen on the idea if packaging spirituality. Once the profit motive comes into play, “it’s difficult to keep things pure” says George Churinoff. “Then the product may not be blessed in any way with motivation except maybe to make money.

Mind Over Chocolate – by Alana B. Elias Kornfeld. TIME May 4, 2009.

Heineken vs. Bavaria..Ouch!

Below is Heineken’s latest commercial in the Netherlands. Hilarious and highly memorable.

Apparently Bavaria decides to do something about it….LOL!

Funny… :)

Happy Valentine’s Day

All you need is love
All you need is love
All you need is love, love
Love is all you need
There’s nothing you can know that isn’t known.
Nothing you can see that isn’t shown.
Nowhere you can be that isn’t where you’re meant to be.
It’s easy.

Happy Valentine’s…I don’t celebrate it, but feel free to send me some flowers and chocolates. :)

OASIS concert in Amsterdam!

So last night was the night! Me lucky me finally got the chance to watch Oasis live! the weather in A’dam was terrible, as usual..but I didn’t get discouraged at all..way too excited! Met up with Kemal, Chaki and Meity at the Burger King nearby the Heineken Music Hall before heading to the venue. The first thing I did in the HMH was buying a t-shirt of Oasis, lime colored. A British band called Twisted Wheel was the opening act. I was busy pushing myself (and people around me) to get to the front row, so I didn’t really pay attention to the band.

Oasis began their performance at around 8.30pm. The stage was really impressive as seen in the pictures! Me & Chaky could manage to get ourselves to stand really close to the stage, don’t ask how, it was terrible…thus, I could really make some great close-up pictures of Liam & Noel. My camera really did a great job in capturing the moments.

Oasis performed some of their classics such as Wonderwall, Don’t Look Back in Anger & Champagne Supernova (which successfully made me and the audience overly ecstatic).  They also played songs from their newest album, obviously. Noel had to sing some songs to cover Liam, as he just recovered from a severe throat condition. Good that they didn’t cancel the concert as they did in Dusseldorf only two days before. But hats off to Liam, he could still deliver a great performance. All in all, Oasis performance last night was a blast. I enjoyed it big time :) Here is a short video of Champagne Supernova from last night.

…BUT DON’T LOOK BACK IN ANGER…I HEARD YOU SAY!!
(Sorry..couldn’t make it ’til he finishes the lyric, my camera’s memory was low)

Obama asal Jawa

Now this is hilarious! :D  Indonesian Obama. Watch the commercial and see his picture below. hahaha..

“Gara-gara bertampang mirip presiden Amerika terpilih, Barack Husein Obama, Ilham Anas, ketiban rezeki nomplok.Anak asli Bandung ini dikontrak oleh sebuah perusahaan obat asal Filipina untuk membintangi iklan televisi produknya untuk kurun waktu satu tahun. Tujuannya, tak lain untuk bercanda dan bergaya seolah-olah mereka telah berfoto dengan Obama asli, yang saat ini juga tengah menjadi tren dimana-mana. “Waktu itu sih niatku hanya ingin membuat teman-teman senang. Mereka malah minta foto satu per satu seolah-olah foto dengan Obama yang asli. Hasilnya mereka kirimkan teman-temannya lewat milis” jelas Ilham.” (Tempo Interaktif)

New year, new look.

And no, it has nothing to do with hairstyle. It’s 1.24am and I’m sitting behind my laptop (I really shouldn’t….gotta work tomorrow) but hell…no boyfriend around means more ‘me time’….so I decided to rejuvenate the design of this blog. Not much, as (some of) you might notice, just the header. I like this one a bit better, somehow looks less stiff than the one before. Anyway, I should go to bed now.. the coming week is gonna be one hell of a week in the office. However, I’m very looking forward to my trips to Switzerland, Spain and Belgium the week after. I guess I’ll stick with my motto this year: work hard, play hard :)

Slumdog Millionaire

The story of Jamal Malik, an 18 year-old orphan from the slums of Mumbai, who is about to experience the biggest day of his life. With the whole nation watching, he is just one question away from winning a staggering 20 million rupees on India’s “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?” But when the show breaks for the night, police arrest him on suspicion of cheating; how could a street kid know so much? Desperate to prove his innocence, Jamal tells the story of his life in the slum where he and his brother grew up, of their adventures together on the road, of vicious encounters with local gangs, and of Latika, the girl he loved and lost. (IMDB)

I loved every scene of the movie (even the typical Indian dancing scene in the end), perfect casts, perfect cinematography, ah perfect perfect!! You just gotta watch it yourself!! I wouldn’t be surprised if Slumdog Millionaire sweeps Oscars 2009, including the Best Picture. Ah we’ll see..the nominations will be announced in 2 weeks.

Just dropping by to say..

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!

I wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! May we all be better, happier, wiser, and smarter people in 2009!

Addiction Alert!

My roomies and I just bought a set of Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock!! We were playing like rockstars last night and are planning to spend the Christmas break trying to master this game! It was a good decision after all to buy the guitar set.

Feels like yesterday.

Some short videos of me and my little brother, taken by my dad, a looong looong time ago. One was taken in Bali, and another one in D.C. My outfit, my hair..my my my..all so HILARIOUS, ha! I looked like Ronaldo, the infamous Brazilian soccer player :P  And my oh-so-cute brother parroting my words and following me around. Ah he adores me! :) Time flies so quickly it’s creepy.

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