February 2012
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“SO MANY THINGS went down in 1952 in terms of arts development, music education,...”
– Every time I read these books I could come up with so many more thesis topics… it’s exciting and terrifying at the same time. #…grad school? :-/
“Yesterday I was all “EAT BETTER” and cooked salad with spinach,...”
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“PSI CHI SO BUSY GAHH. The treasurer is meeting with WSA this week, secretary is...”
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Caramel Custard
Some of you probably remember that one post in which I was going batshit nuts about cooking with dog.
Well, I STILL AM.
Actually, there is this Indonesian phrase “lapar mata” which roughly translates to “eye-hungry”— that is, if you crave something that pleases your eyes when you don’t actually need it. Well I went lapar mata on the custard pudding they did...
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Tiramisu Tales
I’ve tried to make it twice already. Finished all my ladyfingers but still have 2 oz. of fancy coffee mascarpone -_- what to do? But that can wait.
At first I was like, ah, easy. No bake, just putting things together. But turned out cakes like these need precision too. I ended up making two huge errors (and fixing both of them).
First time error: overlooking the importance heavy whipping...
“welcome back, Taiko blisters.”
– (painful under running water but I must shower)
Why is online window-shopping so entertaining?
(These are all from ASOS btw).
Looking at my selection above, I might have an incurable “Martine syndrome”…
January 2012
22 posts
“I really want to make maple french toast bacon cupcakes. One of these days.”
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Remnants of Last Semester on My Desktop
from my paper on depiction of 19th century classical music performances in Hollywood cartoons— here are some pictures:
One more thing about being an academia, other than “writing something no one’s gonna read” other than yourself/people in your field— is that you can’t do crazy things like this anymore. I don’t think many scholars get to write about...
“This writer’s block is so massive, and sadly I find myself (too...”
A day of ultimate Wesleyan networking
(Hastily written, sorry for errors!)
So I made it to NYC/the career outlook thingy at MTV! Thanks Hsiao-Tung for agreeing to wake up in the ungodly hour of 6 AM, going with me and directing my disoriented self. Subways in NY are a tad creepier than U-Bahn. Or a lot.
It was a great program!
There were some 7 Wes students and Rachel who works for the CRC. We went up to the corporate offices floor...
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Guess who's visiting MTV tomorrow...
…me :D
So the career center at Wesleyan posted “career outlook” opportunities every winter break. Students can be paired with a Wesleyan alumni or parent, visit them for a day to bug them see how they work, “job-shadowing” so to say…
Apparently one Wesleyan alumni (‘91) was appointed president of MTV just last year.
His office/studios is, well, at...
Re: Glue Kimchi?
You want to glue Kimchi to the bench? How dare….
Before you do that, dud and mum will glue you to the tree…
and let you sing there night and day….
a thoughtful reply from my mother regarding my cooking with dog show plan
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Cooking With Dog
Dream job found. I want to be the lady in cookingwithdog Youtube channel.
This lady has more than 200,000 subscribers and 34.9 million video views!
She’s no Rachael Ray or Martha Stewart. Just an adorable lady who cooks amazing (sometimes complicated) Japanese food with very exact measurements and high craftsmanship.
She’s sweet and smiles a lot. She speaks Japanese, so...
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This is What Happens When You Give Thousands of... →
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“Back on campus. Writing.”
...second appearance in Michael Roth's Blog. →
Part 1 here and 2 here.
Also, the description of my thesis topic (or “big paper”, will print it on A3 paper. Just kidding) is a bit off. As far as my research goes, Pasaribu wrote only works for piano and strings (and “songs”/patriotic marches) and not Indonesian instruments. Ha. I still feel no one would read my thesis but I will send it to my three main sources.
But...
December 2011
11 posts
From Onboard the Northeast Regional
I’ve distanced myself from anything Christmas-y so far. All the winter wonderland Santa tree presents bells carols reindeer red-green things I used to love but now could live without; it’s such a good feeling to keep Christmas personal, plain, quiet, reflexive…
It hasn’t snowed in the east coast but is freezing cold. Will spend the next 3 weeks with my sister in...
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Get Up, Kimchi.
“Kimchi, get up.”
“I’m tired.”
“Kimchi.”
“No.”
“Kimchi, look, who’s this!?”
“Who?”
“Pochi! I miss you! *starts talking dog* woof woof woof woof”
“Woof woof woof woof”
“Okay Pochi needs a bathroom break. LOL”
“Naaaaaaawwwww. You tricked me!!”
...
“Just beasted a 15-page Film Music paper. Officially done with 2 Music Major...”
The Endless Wall of Cupcakes →
some of you know that I have a Tumblr blog dedicated to cupcake pictures.
Well, I recently changed the layout so that when you open the blog, it resembles a collage of the best cupcakes I’ve ever seen, and previous pages will automatically load every time you reach the bottom…
turning the blog into an endless wall of cupcakes. Try it. Keep scrolling down.
I stare at the wall when...
My unintelligible murmuring is genetic
Lana: What are you doing
Dad: Mom's typing something... I am about to make a brochure
Lana: What's Kimchi doing
Dad: sleeping
Lana: oh
Dad: 3 days ago mom bought basmati rice, very low-calorie, I call it the "zhonk" rice cos it's hollow (texturewise)... then she found bugs in the rice and was angry cos it is expensive... I told her the "zong" rice is "zong"
Lana: did she bring it back to the supermarket?
Dad: Mom called the store, saying something is wrong with the rice.
Something wrong ....
turning wrong zong zong ......
So Kimchi sings; Wrong zong zong ....
Wrong zong zong,
cupi cupi cupi cupi cupi wrong zong zong .....
wrong zong zong .....
wrong zong zong .....
cupi cupi cupi cupi cupi wrong zong zong .....
5111 | 5111 | 7122 | 2222 | 1231 | 1...
wrong zong zong
5111 | 5111 | 7122 | 2222 | 1231 | 1...
Lana: ...I thought you said you're making a brochure.
Dad: It's almost done
Finishing Up
Hello!
I was just done with my last performance of the semester, playing the flute. It was my fellow music major’s group that fuses orchestra with band, and plays pop and jazz songs written by three friends. It was a good show! We sped up a lot though o_o
The rest of the weekend I am just going to sit somewhere with my computer, try to type up my thoughts into 5 different things including...
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Things (I don't need but) I want.
A dress.
Too bad I don’t have $125 (but if you do and you want it, you can get it here).
it’s something Martine would wear (and I’d wear anything she wears).
P.S. Wow. $125. It costs probably $20 to get this tailored for me back home. Deep blue in color. I should just go home for good, go to a design school in Jakarta and start my own line. Yes? No? I bet mom would approve...
November 2011
17 posts
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RainyMood.com: Rain makes everything better. →
Studying music.
