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Thursday, March 17, 2011

Drawing

I love drawing since i was a child. Especially drawing manga (comic)
And lately i interest in painting too.
I think drawing is like express my feelings. When i'm bored, when i'm happy, or when i'm sad.
I always drawing.

At the first time i didn't really like drawing.
I just see my older sister drawing, she used to like draw fashion design and she's coloured it too.
Then i start interest to do it too. But when i tried it was really bad and the draw is not balanced at all.
I feel a bit annoyed .____.

When i like to reading comics, i fad to tried to draw manga.
It was Tsukino Usagi from comic Sailor Moon.

(Lily)
Then i get interest with drawing 'till now.

These are some my drawing.
I'm sorry my draw is still bad m(_ _ )m







And this is my latest manga which i drew :P LOL






As far i only domineer to draw a girl O-o
I still learn.. haha xDD

AKB48


AKB48 (エーケービー フォーティーエイト Ēkēbī Fōtīeito) is an all-female Japanese theater/idol group produced by Yasushi Akimoto. AKB48 is theater-based and have their own theater in Akihabara (a district in Tokyo) where they perform once every weekday, and more than once on both Saturday and Sunday. AKB48 currently holds the Guinness World Records for being the "Pop group with the greatest number of members".

AKB48 is special for me because i think they're different with all, the concept of this group is 'meet the idols everyday', in Japan they're always have event which always involve their fans.

AKB48 is divided into three teams: Team A, Team K and Team B. There are a total of 48 members with 16 members in each team. Minami Takahashi is the captain of Team A, Sayaka Akimoto is the captain of Team K, and Yuki Kashiwagi is the captain of Team B.

The members are ::

Team A

Team K


Team B

Read HERE for all AKB48 members with their photo

This is AKB48 main members / singers




AKB48 has some Subgroups too, there are ::
  • No3b (ノースリーブス) (Kojima Haruna, Minegishi Minami, Takahashi Minami)
  • Watarirouka Hashiritai (渡り廊下走り隊
    • Watarirouka Hashiritai 7 (渡り廊下走り隊7)
    (Watanabe Mayu, Nakagawa Haruka, Oota Aika, Hirajima Natsumi, Kikuchi Ayaka, Iwasa Misaki, Komori Mika)
  • French Kiss (フレンチ・キス) (Kahiwagi Yuki, Kuramochi Asuka, Takajo Aki)
  • Not Yet (Oshima Yuko, Kitahara Rie, Sashihara Rino, Yokoyama Yui)
  • DiVA (Akimoto Sayaka, Miyazawa Sae, Umeda Ayaka, Masuda Yuka)
Soloist from AKB48 is only Itano Tomomi. Her debut single is just release on 26th January title Dear J.
Tracklist:
01. Dear J
02. TUNNEL
03. Stay By My Side
04. Thank You
05. Tsundere

SINGLES of AKB48
AKB48 1st Single: 桜の花びらたち (Sakura no hanabiratachi)
Released on 2006.2.1
Tracklist:
01. 桜の花びらたち (Sakura no hanabiratachi)
02. Dear my teacher

AKB48 2nd Single: スカート、ひらり (Skirt, Hirari)
Released on 2006.6.7
Tracklist:
01. スカート、ひらり (Skirt, Hirari)
02. 青空のそばにいて (Aozora no soba ni ite)


AKB48 3rd Single: 会いたかった (Aitakatta)
Released on 2006.10.25
Tracklist:
01. 会いたかった (Aitakatta)
02. だけど... (Dakedo...)


AKB48 4th Single: 制服が邪魔をする (Seifuku ga jama wo suru)
Released on 2007.1.31
Tracklist:
01. 制服が邪魔をする (Seifuku ga jama wo suru)
02. Virgin love


AKB48 5th Single: 軽蔑していた愛情 (Keibetsu shiteita aijou)
Released on 2007.4.18
Tracklist:
01. 軽蔑していた愛情 (Keibetsu shiteita aijou)
02. 涙売りの少女 (Namida uri no shoujo)


AKB48 6th Single: BINGO!
Released on 2007.7.18
Tracklist:
01. BINGO!
02. Only today

AKB48 7th Single: 僕の太陽 (Boku no taiyou)
Released on 2007.8.8
Tracklist:
01. 僕の太陽 (Boku no taiyou)
02. 未来の果実 (Mirai no kajitsu)


AKB48 8th Single: 夕陽を見ているか? (Yuuhi wo miteiru ka?)
Released on 2007.10.31
Tracklist:
01. 夕陽を見ているか? (Yuuhi wo miteiru ka?)
02. ビバ!ハリケーン (Viva! Hurricane)


AKB48 9th Single: ロマンス、イラネ (Romance, Irane)
Released on 2008.02.27
Tracklist:
01. ロマンス、イラネ (Romance, Irane)
02. 愛の毛布 (Ai no moufu)


AKB48 1st Re-release Single: 桜の花びらたち2008 (Sakura no hanabiratachi 2008)
Released on 2008.02.27
Tracklist:
01. 桜の花びらたち2008 (Sakura no hanabiratachi 2008)
02. 最後の制服 (Saigo no seifuku)


AKB48 1st Digital Single: Baby! Baby! Baby!
Released on 2008.06.13
Tracklist:
01. Baby! Baby! Baby!
02. Baby! Baby! Baby! (情熱の祈り ver.) (Jounetsu no inori ver.)
03. 夢を死なせるわけにいかない (Yume wo shinaseru wake ni ikanai)
04. 初日 (Shonichi)

AKB48 10th Single: 大声ダイヤモンド (Oogoe Diamond)
Released on 2008.10.22
Tracklist:
01. 大声ダイヤモンド (Oogoe Diamond)
02. 109 (マルキュー) (Marukyuu)


AKB48 11th Single: 10年桜 (10nen zakura)
Released on 2009.3.4
Tracklist:
01. 10年桜 (10nen zakura)
02. 桜色の空の下で (Sakurairo no sora no shita de)


AKB48 12th Single: 涙サプライズ! (Namida Surprise!)
Released on 2009.6.24
Tracklist:
01. 涙サプライズ! (Namida Surprise!)
02. 初日 (Shonichi)
03. FIRST LOVE ~BONUS TRACK~


AKB48 13th Single: 言い訳Maybe (Iiwake Maybe)
Released on 2009.8.26
Tracklist:
01. 言い訳Maybe (Iiwake Maybe)
02. 飛べないアゲハチョウ (歌:アンダーガールズ) (Tobenai Agehachou (Song by: Under Girls))


AKB48 14th Single: RIVER
Released on 2009.10.21
Tracklist:
01. RIVER
02. 君のことが好きだから (歌:アンダーガールズ) (Kimi no koto ga suki dakara (Song by: Under Girls))
03. ひこうき雲 (シアターガールズ ver.) (Hikoukigumo (Theater Girls ver.))


AKB48 15th Single: 桜の栞 (Sakura no shiori)
Released on 2010.02.17
Tracklist:
01. 桜の栞 (Sakura no shiori)
02. マジスカロックンロール (Majisuka Rock 'n Roll)
03a. 遠距離ポスター(歌:チームPB) (Enkyori Poster (Song by: Team PB))
03b. Choose me! (歌:チームYJ) (Song by: Team YJ)


AKB48 16th Single: ポニーテールとシュシュ (Ponytail to Shushu)
Released on 2010.5.26
Tracklist:
01. ポニーテールとシュシュ (Ponytail to Shushu)
02. 盗まれた唇 (歌:アンダーガールズ) (Nusumareta kuchibiru (Song by: Under Girls))
03a. 僕のYELL (歌:シアターガールズ) (Boku no YELL (Song by: Theater Girls))
03b. マジジョテッペンブルース (Majijo Teppen Blues)


AKB48 17th Single: ヘビーローテーション (Heavy Rotation)
Released on 2010.8.18
Tracklist:
01. ヘビーローテーション (Heavy Rotation)
02. 涙のシーソーゲーム (歌:アンダーガールズ) (Namida no See-saw Game (Song by: Under Girls))
03a. 野菜シスターズ (Yasai Sisters)
03b. ラッキーセブン (Lucky Seven)


AKB48 18th Single: Beginner
Released on 2010.10.27
Tracklist:
01. Beginner
02. 僕だけのvalue (歌:アンダーガールズ) (Boku dake no value (Song by: Under Girls))
03a. 君について (歌:MINT) (Kimi ni tsuite (Song by: MINT))
03b. 泣ける場所 (歌:DIVA) (Nakeru basho (Song by: DIVA))


AKB48 19th Single: チャンスの順番 (Chance no junban)
Released on 2010.12.08
Tracklist:
01. チャンスの順番 (Chance no junban)
02. 予約したクリスマス (Yoyaku shita Christmas)
03. フルーツ・スノウ (Fruits Snow)
03a. 胡桃とダイアローグ (Kurumi to Dialogue)
03k. ALIVE
03b. ラブ・ジャンプ (Love Jump)


AKB48 20th Single: 桜の木になろう (Sakura no ki ni narou)
Released on 2010.02.16
Tracklist:
01. 桜の木になろう (Sakura no ki ni narou)
02. 偶然の十字路 (歌:アンダーガールズ) (Guuzen no juujiro (Song by: Under Girls))
03. 黄金センター (Ougon Center)
03a. キスまで100マイル (歌:MINT) (Kiss made no 100 Mile (Song by: MINT))
03b. エリアK (歌:DIVA) (Area K (Song by: DIVA))
OFFICIAL SITES

Online Chat

Online chat is a trending activity done by many people nowadays. Some chat through chat site, others through facebook, yahoo messenger, or even the blackberry chat. Chat is a lot of fun right? If we think further why people chat online, there must be a lot of reasons. They might have no friends (at all? wow!!), they want to kill their time, or they want to experience new way of  making friends.

I learned how to do online chat in 1997 or 1998. My sister taught me. And years ago internet conncetion is so rare, i had to go to the local post office. becaus eit's the only internet cafe available in my hometown. I paid 6000 rupiah per hour for a snail connection and many times i had to queue. I logged in to MIRC, that was the most popular chat site. My motivation to chat is to practcie my English with foreigners. And yes, i've got many overseas online friends. I even sent letters to them, i made friend with a lady from Canada, a Chinese guy, and a Tunisia man. I don't remember others.

Online chatting helps me a lot. I gain more vocabulary and i learn many new slang and uses which i didn't get at school. i also learn about custom of people. Most of my friends are American, Indian, Turkish, Canadian, Middle Eastern, and French. But unlike the real world friendship, the chat friendship usually is not long lasting. There are things to be considered when you want to try the online chatting:
  1. Never believe in your new online friends just by chatting with them few times.
  2. Be carefull,. many people in online chat hide their real personality, you can look at their eyes so it's hard for you to know whether they say the truth or not.
  3. Never give your personal e-mail address to your chat friends (i have another e-mail address, not the main one for chat friends only, so whenever they spam me, i will have no problem to deactivate my optional e-mail)
  4. Be careful of scammers. Scammer is someone who swindles you by means of deception or fraud, So he/she will try to get money from you. There are many ways that they can do, but of course they usually start with a good friendship even romance relationship.
  5. Be careful. Many people in the chat site are adult so they might ask you to chat about sex and other adult content. You can just block or avoid this kind of  people.
  6. Always look at your real life. Online friends are cool but you have to ensure yourself that they might be unreal. Your friends at school, your neighborhood friends are real so keep up your good relationship with them.
  7. If you want to learn English, don't be hesitate to try online chat. Most of the people i met in online chat use English as their second language, others use English as their foreign language just like us, Indonesians. So, don't worry with your English. Happy chatting.
(Silvana)

Yummy Meatball

I don't know who invented meatball, but this food is very popular among Indonesian. Meatball, made of chopped meat which made into a ball, as big as a ping pong ball. Of course to enrich the flavor some spices are added iwth the meat dough. Then it is boiled, or steamed i'm not quite sure with the meat broth. To serve, noodle is put in a bowl, then 5-6 meatball go with the noodle and then extra soup (from the meat broth). Fried shallot is added too with sliced onion leaves. Oh no..just writing about it made me drooling already..yummy

Meatball brings me a lot of memories, from my childhood to my womanhood.. When i was a child, whenever i went to my grandparent's house, my grandparents always spoiled me by buying me and my sister meatball. When we took a nap, my grandpa would bought two bowls of meatball, which was the best meatball at that time, and put them on the dining table. Later he will woke us up at about 4 p.m maybe half an hour after he bought and told us tyo have our meatball. I still remember that the seller name is Pak Ndut (The fat man).  Somehow i can still remember the taste.It's nice.

(Silvana)

When i was in elementary school until junior high, my family always spend our dining time in Bakso Pak Man or Bakso Remaja in my hometown Mojokerto. I couldn't remember well bakso Pak Man. What i remember was at that time the seller didn't have any electricity in his foodstall, so he used traditional lamp powered by kerosene. Bakso Remaja was my favorite. The seller sold es campur too. Es campur is mix fruit, sliced bread, and other ingredients served with chocolate milk and coconut milk with ice topping). What i remember very well from Bakso Remaja is i used to eat two bowls of meatball at once with my mother. When i got the second rank in my junior high, my mother conratulated me by buying me two bowls of meatball instead of one. And i could finish them haha.. I really miss her a lot. I remember her many times i eat meatball. The memories are irreplaceable.

When i was in college, bakso Sayang accross SMAN 2 Surabaya was my favorite. A friend took me there and it was the best meatball i'd eaten at that time. Unfortunately i don't know where the seller moved due to the food stalls resettlement program done by the local municipality. The last time i ate was maybe in 2005.

And now in my adulthood i ate meatball anywhere. To me meatball is a simple food but tasteful. Every seller has its specialty. To name some in Surabaya I've tried Bakso Sayang (reviewed), Bakso Tanjung Anom (near SMPN 4), Bakso Rasa Sayang (Jl. Ciliwung), Bakso Kotak (Yani Golf), Bakso Kalidami, Bakso Kota Cak Man, Bakso Pak Djo (Petra Manyar), and almost all bakso in my neighborhood. The ones mentioned are popular. You can just asked people and most people know where the sellers are. Some suit my taste, some don't. Some are pricey and some are at reasonable price. Dare to try?