tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-359085872012-02-01T20:51:41.893-08:00Life should be learnt backwards, but lived on for the futureIrenenoreply@blogger.comBlogger231100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35908587.post-20492352013637747722010-03-23T05:58:00.000-07:002010-03-23T06:19:43.136-07:00

I am back to blogging..."Hi, everyone. My name is Irene , and I am a runaway blogger"Looking at my last post, it was made in 2008.Life then was very much different than life now.Last time I wrote in this blog, I was crawling out from a bad chapter in my life.Now, I am not only standing up and walking, I am running. :)Life do gets better like they say. I am glad that it does, and I hope from now

Irenenoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35908587.post-44238492015559726332008-03-22T08:21:00.000-07:002008-03-22T09:03:00.424-07:00

It is nice to meet some old friends that you haven't met for a while. I had a reunion with my high school friends today for brunch and dinner. We do this sometimes, just catching up to find out what everyone is up to and just to have a little bit of fun :) We went to Trio for brunch in the morning. Trio is a middle eastern restaurant which servers great food! The brunch is a different style than

Irenenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35908587.post-46322000531171688132008-02-17T06:18:00.000-08:002008-02-17T06:31:25.290-08:00

When I was hospitalised in Indo for a head concussion, i had nothing much to do beside watching movie, read magazines and think about life.One movie that leaves an impression and gets me thinking is Frankie and Johnny (1991) played by the talented Al Pacino and Michelle Pfeiffer. It tells about life, love, dissapointment, expectation, and all that intertwines in all these. Basic story line is

Irenenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35908587.post-1294206766030504222007-12-25T04:51:00.000-08:002007-12-25T05:05:35.750-08:00

I am a sucker at romantic stuffsI believe in romanceand I love fairytalesBut life has its own course for mesometimes, things doesnt work as you want it to beand then u realize that you dont have much control of these things that happenand you'll learn to give in and to accept the factsA quote that has helped me a lot the past couple of months is this:"Pain is inevitable, but suffering is optional

Irenenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35908587.post-3140440770784778072007-11-12T03:25:00.001-08:002007-11-12T03:25:33.608-08:00

Found a song titled "Irene" today !!!!

Irenenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35908587.post-3947194680688379272007-07-21T21:39:00.000-07:002007-07-21T21:47:55.819-07:00

Aih aih, After trying to resist and delay this as long as I can, I am finally going back to Uni again for a postgraduate degree. My first class starts tomorrow, Monday, but I've already start feeling the pressure since last week! All these readings that I need to finish before the class is driving me crazy...!!!I am taking 2 subjects this session, despite everyone's suggestion that I drop one

Irenenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35908587.post-52846727722589666372007-07-06T10:38:00.000-07:002007-07-06T11:16:35.553-07:00

Ah, where do I begin? San Fransisco is such a beautiful place that it is breathtaking and the only thing that crossed my mind when looking at the city was "I so can live here!" It is just a clean, neat, beautiful city with nice victorian houses, heritage building, and gorgeous fisherman's wharf (esp. Pier 39).It helps that I have a friend in SF. Vince took us to his office which is located on the

Irenenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35908587.post-89406955031447541232007-07-06T10:31:00.000-07:002007-07-06T10:38:50.256-07:00

If any of you, my friends, are visiting Las Vegas anytime soon, I strongly recommends watching KA by Cirque De Soleil in MGM Grand!It is by far, the best show I have ever watched!!! I mentioned this to my friend, Vincent when I met him in SF. You know what he said? "I know that show! I watched it twice when I was there!!" It is just sooo good! The visual effects, stage designs, costumes and the

Irenenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35908587.post-55097545839028424572007-06-28T09:20:00.000-07:002007-06-28T13:39:41.563-07:00

I went to Mexico last week for a 2 days tour. I was really excited about it because I haven't been there before and it is a different kind of country from US or Australia. First thing you notice when entering Mexico is how different it is with USA. This really strikes you because these 2 countries are only separated by a really long wall. This border runs for around 3,141km, and has the highest

Irenenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35908587.post-61578880826946063052007-06-25T13:38:00.000-07:002007-06-26T00:32:33.875-07:00

Here I am in L.A ! Today is a very sunny day with nice cooling wind blowing outside my window. The holiday has been Goooooodddddd. Weather is supportive, Places I've been too are just amazing, and some little shopping won't hurt too! ;-)So here's the summary of the places I've been to:Los Angeles:I am staying in West side of LA in my auntie's house. It is a really nice peaceful neighbourhood with

Irenenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35908587.post-89402422726982942242007-06-05T05:42:00.000-07:002007-06-05T05:54:28.577-07:00

Yesterday we celebrated our 6th anniversary together with a dinner in beautiful Cafe Sydney. One thing that you must must try here is the Warm apple and passionfruit crumble with mango ice cream and custard. It is sooo divine!!!! I was so tempted to order another serve, despite my bloated stomach! I'll definitely coming back to Cafe Sydney to have this dessert again!We then went to Sydney Tower

Irenenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35908587.post-37685840099992113332007-06-03T06:57:00.000-07:002007-06-03T07:03:24.693-07:00

I went to the pet shop on the weekend. Take a look at what I saw!Little ShihTzu cross Lhasa Apso puppies wearing 4 Ugg boots!!How cute!!!!

Irenenoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35908587.post-37368961111735335382007-05-31T06:09:00.000-07:002007-05-31T07:02:54.643-07:00

Today I went to Google Developer Day 2007 with my colleagues. (Photos here). This is a free event held by Google simultaneously around the world (Tokyo, Brazil, US, UK etc). It was held in Technology Park, Redfern. Since this is a free event, tickets were gone really fast! Fortunately I have reserved my ticket 2 months ago!In this event, Google showcases their popular products such as Google Maps

Irenenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35908587.post-13373329882403502092007-05-25T07:02:00.001-07:002007-05-25T07:20:20.496-07:00

We had a Chilli Challenge competition at work today.This is 9 out of 11 that we had to eat:Clockwise from 10 o'clock:Jalapeno + cream cheese + crackerFiery chilli paste + crackerBelow it: Cream cheese mixed with heaps of chilli powder and chilli flakes + crackerNandos extra hot peri peri sauce infused breadVery very hot sambal + breadSambal with shrimp paste + crackerTabasco + cracker (changed to

Irenenoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35908587.post-4252141420646931412007-05-21T07:04:00.001-07:002007-05-22T18:12:46.463-07:00

Last Saturday nite we went to my cousin's place for a traditional Indonesian dinner. There were 7 of us in total : Me, Yap, Mimy, Johnson, Lia, Russell, and Desmon.The meal that we had is famously known as "Tumpeng". To be honest, I never even tried it when I was still living in Jakarta. It was a food only served during a celebratotary event, particularly served in presidential events. There are

Irenenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35908587.post-54400820674184563012007-05-20T16:46:00.000-07:002007-05-20T16:56:40.506-07:00

Damana sent me an interesting personality test today. This is to measure how introvert / extrovert etc you are.Here's the link: http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes2.aspAnd here is some background if you are interested...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myers_briggsApparently I am a ESFJ with these points:ExtravertedSensingFeelingJudging Strength of the preferences % 1115033I'm not too

Irenenoreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35908587.post-6007630313523065572007-05-15T03:57:00.000-07:002007-05-15T04:20:31.416-07:00

A few weeks back, I celebrated my come of age of turning 1/4 century.It's not bad... not as bad as I think it would =PI thought I'll feel sooooo much older and suddenly the next day, puffy eye bag and forehead lines (famously known as Wrinkle) will come to visit. However, not much thing is different.... I did an online survey thing a few days after my birthday, and the only thing change is that I

Irenenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35908587.post-51963977321731692952007-05-08T06:44:00.000-07:002007-05-08T07:22:55.275-07:00

I am writing this to my blog so that I can remember the 2 beautiful events that happened last Saturday, 5th May 2007.My best friend, Ineke, got married to the love of her life.It was such a beautiful day to get married!This is the outdoor photo shot in La Perouse. From left : Yansen, Widi, Herri, Ineke, Lia, Me.The day started with waking up at 6.30 am for a make up and hair do by Robert De Rooze

Irenenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35908587.post-12692555181901411442007-05-03T22:23:00.000-07:002007-05-03T22:25:01.679-07:00

There’s a discussion happening in Domain blog (http://blogs.domain.com.au/ ) about living in city vs suburbia… I just read them and found some interesting things from the readers...Which one do you prefer? :) ----------i lived in clovelly 6km or 20mins to the city. beach 200m away. i loved it. then my partner got sick and lost his so called "job for life". we were going under on a monthly

Irenenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35908587.post-58979300739496530482006-11-28T05:10:00.000-08:002006-11-28T05:48:48.772-08:00

A few weeks back, I found this great website for gadgets, and other "lust-have" items. http://dstore.com.au/It has a lot of interesting stuffs that will just make our life .. hmm.... more complete...! Things like : magnetic bottle opener (stick it to your fridge so you'll never lose it again), bad breath detector (for those important moments ;>), electric shock lie detector (need I say more?),

Irenenoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35908587.post-10428361701683945502006-11-27T21:34:00.000-08:002006-11-28T05:49:04.383-08:00

I went to Harbourside shopping mall on my lunch time today to find a present for Jonathan, my new 3 months old cousin.Went it to Cotton On Kids, coz it's the only children clothing shop available in Harbourside. It was my first time, and I must say their collections are quite nice! It is full of basics and cute small polos for the babies (great to be worn matching with Daddy as it's exactly the

Irenenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35908587.post-27178381522036885822006-11-24T21:19:00.000-08:002006-11-28T05:49:18.875-08:00

Thanksgiving is here! What a beautiful concept, I wondered who initiated this in the beginning :) A day to give thanks for all that we have received and experienced this year..... as we should be!I'm having my close friends coming over for dinner tonight. We are going to have a festive of:- Potato salad- Marinated mushroom- Garlic & Chilli Prawns- Crackling Roast Pork- Macadamia Leg of Ham-

Irenenoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35908587.post-1160878339174693112006-10-14T18:52:00.000-07:002006-11-28T05:49:49.752-08:00

After 3 days of heat wave in Sydney (top of 37 degrees yesterday!), today's slightly chill wind and clouds bring along a fresh breeze to the city's overheated population. Sometimes I wonder how weird the earth's weather is lately! How can a drop of 16 degrees in one day becomes possible? It's 21 degrees today, mind you.And it also reminds me to a day last summer, where it was 31 degrees in the

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