New Gadget

Finally i got myself an iPhone! This cool gadget that my friends always talked about. After think and rethinkin it over and over, i decide to buy it! First impression : i was amazed with its photographic ability, taking pictures, editing them and then posting them was never this easy! very cool! I also like the games applications, and the latest found was 'blogger' application, to make it easier to blog anywhere anywhen! This post is my first try at the application btw :D

Surya Namaskara A

Just like what I wrote in my previous post, I started practicing Yoga. It's been around 3-4 months now.

I never knew before that Yoga was very challenging and addicting! I used to stare at Yoga class from the glass door entrance and wondering what they were doing in there. I was only a starer until my stepper fellow, Lily, asked me to join a session just to have a taste of it, I decided to give it a try.

I still remember my first yoga session. It was hard! the moves that I always thought can be done easily were surprisingly difficult! The moves themselves were simple but we must do it right. The posture must be right, the breathing needed to be done with Ujay breathing – breathing from the throat, usually done when we wanted to clean our glasses or sunglasses using the humidity of the breath, please note that we can hear a hissing sound coming from our throat as we breath out – and some movement needed a full concentration as they need some internal rotation. By the end of the class, I felt like I've been worn out ! The mattress and the floor surrounding me was wet. I was wet as if I was poured by a rain. I swore that I sweat more than a cycling or pumping session. Besides a good workout, the other benefit that I felt after each Yoga session was a peace of mind. The savasana - corpse pose that was done at the end of session was a total relaxation pose when we inhaled a positive energy into the body and exhaled the negative one out.

By the way, this post actually about series of movement that is a must be done when we practice Yoga. It's called Surya Namaskara A or Sun Salutation A. The series that I usually done is shown in picture below, oh I get the picture from here

The flow of a sun salutation A are in order of :

1. Mountain pose or upward tree position - Standing with arms position up over the head.

2. Uttanasana A - Bending and reaching the knee, glut stretch

3. Uttanasana B - Flat back

4. Jump backward and straight into plank position

5. Chaturanga Dandasana - similar like push up

6. Upward facing dog or Cobra

7. Adho Mukha Shavanasana - Downward facing dong.

8. Jump back forward and straight to Uttasana B

9. Breath in as we do Uttasana A again

10. Samasthitih with a breath out.

I usually do the sun salutation A three or four time. But I read on someone blog that they can do this series movement for 54 sets. Crazy! hehehe... Well, I am still learning, and will write about other movement later.

Julian, Off to Yoga Class..

 

All that I want....

Gosh... It's 23rd of December already...
The new year is coming and it's coming fast! Do you guys always make resolutions on each and every year end?
Me, Sometimes I did, but sometimes i just forget to do so..

I know it's a bit early, and it's not really a resolutions too.. Just things that  I want to be happened in 2011.

• I want to have lot of money! So that I can buy a house (A must in 2011), treat my friends right, and the most important thing to buy something for my parent that can make them smile.

• I want to have a six pack muscled body! It has been like a lifetime wish ya, the one that seems like it will never become real. But next year, I will make it! *crossing finger*

• I want to have many friends! I must admit that I am a selfish one, I always put myself first before everyone else. This year, I met new people who have this pleasant personality and they just shone this warm light that attracting others. I want to be one of them.

There! Only three simple wants! the things that i will try to achieve in 2011!
May it all become true!

Julian, Wishing you all a Happy New Year!! 

Fishing Luck in Friendship

"Friendship is about fishing luck.. If we are lucky, someone will bite our lure and be our friend forever, in the other hand, if we are unlucky, someone won't be attracted to the lure, or worse someone already bite it but then get off before we can catch them for good"

This is some words about friendship, my friend Toma, once said to me. I like it, and I think it's true.
The lures : Talking about the lures, I personally think it's the common interest. People can easily get 'clicked' because they share the common interest. it could be anything. I got some of my bestest friend now because we share same idea, same spot of hanging out, same hobby,  etc. The theory is when we have same interests then we have something to talked about. That's when it started, right?
The process : I guess we all know, the process of fishing itself is not easy and quick. We need to know the technique of  when to reeling in the fish and when to reel it out. It's the same with friendship. In order to become best friend, it takes quite some time of understanding each other, maintaining a continuous and reciprocal connection. This continuous communication is the fertilizer to a best friend tree to grow strong. A good friend will be there in happy moments and sad moments. They will be there to laugh together, to share our happiness yet they will also be there to cherish us when we are down. They'll lend their shoulder for us to cry. The time frame here is a bit unclear though. With one person, It could takes months or even years until we can feel that they are our best friend while with another it could takes maybe days to feel like we've known them forever.
The catch : IMO the key to a catch is the trust. For me, when I feel comfortable and ready to trust someone with my deepest secret, my craziest thought, my humiliating behaviors with him/her, that's the time that I have catch them as my best friend and they have catch me as theirs.  

Do I have a lots of luck in finding friendship?
The answer is NO. he he he...
The fact that I am a shy, introvert, selfish, egosentrical person makes me kind of difficult to fish in the pond of friendship.
I realized that, and slowly I tried to change this not so good quality of mine.

Oh another thing, I am kind of forgive not forgotten person too. So, if my friend do something really 'big' that crushed my trust and hurted my feelings so bad. I will forgive them in time, but I'm not that kind to forget what they've done and I called this as the moment when the friend has catch the lure but then they get off before i can catch them for good. This has happened twice now. well, I guess it was just not meant to be :)



Julian, gone fishing...




 

Sickness...

It's been a long time since I've had any sickness. As long as I remember I was always healthy, at least along this last year. Then, exactly two weeks ago, this cold attacked! Along with the cold, came the cough and also the dizziness.  I was completely defeated! I can't go to gym, can't focus at work, practically can't do anything.
I've been visiting the clinic at my office twice. Some medicine given and taken. I even asked for a stronger one on my second visit there. I maintained my supply of Vitamin C too. But none of them seems to worked. I am still having this combo of cold, cough and dizziness. Argghh.. I hate to be sick. It sucked!!

Some of my friend were suggesting me to took a lot of rest! Yeah, that's the one that I haven't been tried and that's the one that I will do. First thing first, another visit to clinic. I am gonna ask for a really strong medicine this time.

Julian, Huacchimm....*Sniff-sniff*

Kembali ke fitrah... Yoga yuk..

I just love fasting month...

I could easily shed some weight without having too much work.

Just right before this year fasting month started, my weight wouldn't dropped below 80 kg. No matter how hard I tried to do my cardios. It's my 'stuck' weight, right at that 80 number on the scale. An instructor in my gym once said that to start losing weight again from a 'stuck' weight is to change the diet and also to change the work out schedule. I think I did both already, still no result gained.

So, When the fasting month came, I was so excited, knowing that I would eventually lost some of those impertinent fat! And i was right! Voilaa... I dropped 6 kg during the whole fasting month. The key was to keep doing the workout, just before the fasting break. I usually did some cardios an hour before the break, to burn those fat. I was also still watching the food I ate. Happy happy happy.. but the work is not over yet. My goal to reach 72 kg and replace those fat with muscle is not even half-reached yet. Still long way to go.

Oh, I also would like to share that now I have a new favorite work out. It's Yoga! hehe.. some of you must thought that Yoga is easy and even not a work out! I used to think like that. But apparently I was wrong. It started when my friend introduce a class of hot yoga to me. It's a yoga class, only the room was filled with hot air like in Sauna/Steam room. I was intrigued. So I came to join the class only to find out that it was a very hard and energy spending class. I sweat more even more than a cycling or aerobic class. I also found out that Yoga has a good impact to make our postures right. We need to strengthened our back, no arching, and also must rely on the core (abs) strength a lot. I watch some of my friend could do impossible move like head stand. I post the picture below. I will learn and I will be able to do that move! can't wait....

Til the next post Guys, Keep a healthy life will you?

Julian.

BO to the KEK ~ BOKEK!

Bokek! And it's just the 18th of the month! *big sigh*

Masih 7 hari lagi menunggu pundi-pundi tabungan terisi kembali, rasanya lama banget ya? 

Yep Gue lagi bokek, not literally sih, masih ada tabungan yang bisa dikorek-korek. Tapi kalau tabungan dikorek terus setiap bulannya kapan ya gue bisa ngumpulin dana darurat yang kata Mrs Financial Planner - sering on air di radio- harus disiapin setidaknya enam kali pengeluaran bulanan? kapan juga juga punya dana liburan yang bisa dipake buat keliling eropa? Trus kapan juga impian gue buat beli rumah sendiri bakalan tercapai?

Talking about spending, kayaknya memang benar ya kalo spending itu tergantung dari life style kita, and our life style's changing depend on the earnings! I still remember, when I was still an unemployment, and was counting on the monthly ransome my mother gave me! Ya ampoon.. itu 750 ribu cukup aja gitu buat bayar fitnes dan bersenang-senang di akhir pekan! Makan dan tempat tinggal kan otomatis masih gratis karena nebeng orang tua. Terus pas dapet kerjaan dan masih masa percobaan which is paid with honor 'percobaan'  juga! Tapi dengan honor yang ngga seberapa itu masih bisa diatur lah biar gue dah bisa ngekos, bayar makan, transport, sama sedikit bersenang-senang! Terkadang masih kerasa ga cukup sih, dan ujung-ujungnya nodong nyokap minta injeksi! Tapi sekarang... dengan gaji yang udah hampir dua kali lipat honor percobaan itu *bukan mau nyombong* masa masih ga cukup dan bisa bokek gini sih? There must be something  wrong with my wallet management! hi hi hi

Kalau dirinci-rinci, spending gue yang fixed ga banyak-banyak amat sebenernya! Harga kosan termasuk sedanglah, untuk kamar ber-AC di tengah Jakarta Pusat dengan fasilitas cuci baju dan air panas. Pengeluaran tetap lainnya, Fitnes due! Hmm... I must admit, untuk yang satu ini, gue bayar agak kemahalan, tapi I like the club, and I still think the cost worth the benefit! Jadi ya sudahlah ya. Others spending adalah perawatan tubuh. Mau gimana lagi dong? Muka gue maunya dirawat dengan perawatan mahal kalo ngga jerawatan. Terus keringat gue juga kan ngga mengeluarkan aroma sandalwood atau musk! Jadi ya mau ngga mau mesti dipakein lotion, deodorant dan eau de parfume biar tetap wangi. he he.. Mana belakangan rambut agak rontok gara-gara shampoonya ga cocok lagi. huh.. Dateng temen gue, malah pake nyaranin beli shampoo kerastase yang harganya aja bikin gue mikir 5 kali buat belinya! *tapi masih dipikir which mean mungkin akan dibeli juga*. Hal lain yang cukup menguras kantong gue ya belanja makanan! Kalau abis gajian nih, maunya nongkrong-nongkrong di yoghurt booth, atau ngga di tempat yang jualan kopi dengan harga selangit itu! Belum lagi belanja camilan-camilan kecil -habis dimakan sehari dua hari- sampe 50 ribuan. Ya gitu deh, belanja-belanja ngga penting!  Kalau kata temen gue, gaya hidup yang Hedon!!

Iya juga sih, gimana ga bokek kalau gaya hidup sok mewah-mewahan kaya gini. Mungkin saatnya di re think lagi nih pengeluaran-pengeluaran gue! Biar ga kejadian bokek di tengah bulan kayak gini lagi...

Julian, mau nodong Nyokap ahh...   

Mystical Djokdja

There was a long weekend holiday at the end of last May! It was the last long weekend for this year, so I was thinking that I must used this time for a little refreshing. Some of my office mates planned to go to Singapore. I've never been to Singapore, and of course would love too. Unfortunately my wallet won't allowed me! ha ha Jadi, budget uang liburan yang udah disimpen dari awal tahun cuma cukup buat liburan domestik. Moreover, I got an offer from my buddy to come to Jogja where he stayed. Bebas transport dan penginepan deh! begitu tawarannya. Ya udah! It's decided then, Djokdja here I came!

The last time I went to Djokdja was such a long time ago! Back when I was still on elementary school. I remembered that I have visited Borobudur temple. And those memories were fading away anyway! So, I was kinda excited, yet worried at the same time. Truth is, I've never traveled for a vacation alone, not to mention to a place where I am not really familiar with. I used the Argo Dwipangga train to reached Djokdja! Quite a long journey, about 8 hours. To my surprised, the train was comfortable, I like it. When I arrived, my friend already picked me up! So, this is Djokdja, I said! Kotanya cukup kecil ya, tapi ternyata jalan-jalannya itu quite confusing. Mirip Bandung, dimana jalan-jalan banyak satu arah dan serupa penampakannya. 

Day 1 was kinda like an introduction, I only managed to go to Klaten to eat 'Bakmi Godog' and sipped a bowl of 'Wedang jahe'. Makanan dan minuman yang biasa saja sebenernya, tapi entah kenapa saat itu terasa nikmat sekali. 

Day 2 was amazilingly tiring! Early in the morning, gue dah siap-siap menuju Candi Prambanan! Tiket masuk Wisnus alias wisatawan nusantara seharga Rp. 15,000.00. Subhanallah... Candi satu ini bener2 megah, seksi, cantik sekali... It was a mystical experience for me, where I couldn't stop staring at the temple. I've never get bored! Amazing how this temple was build hundred years ago. Just by piling the stones one into others making a building that tall.Really a must be seen object! Sepulang dari candi, ada tukang jualan souvenir-souvenir gitu, tadinya udah males nanya karena takut dimahalin, tapi untung temen gue jago nawarnya! Candi-candian dari bahan logam apalah itu yang semula ditawarkan seharga 15ribu sebiji akhirnya berhasil didapatkan dengan hanya 10 ribu saja untuk 3 biji! satunya cuma 3 ribuan perak saja! Trus gue juga iseng beli craft becak-becakan seharga 10 ribu juga!A good deal lah menurut gue. 

Selepas dari Prambanan, kita lanjut ke Imogiri. Katanya disini ada makam raja-raja! Sekalian juga ingin nyicipin minuman sampah, 'wedang uwuh', yang katanya rasanya unik dan pernah masuk ke tipi! Well, memang benar sih sebutannya minuman sampah, karena selain warnanya yang merah, minuman ini juga dibuat dari macem2 daun-daunan kering yang dicampur jadi satu. Rasanya.. hmmm... anget khas wedang, ada wangi rempahnya juga, susah dideskripsikan sih, mesti dicoba sendiri saja! The cemetery itself, I must admit brought back some uneasy feeling! To reach the cemetery we must climb a berry berry long stairs. Menurut kuncen disitu, setiap orang yang menghitung anak tangganya pasti berbeda-beda! I was not counting, because I was concentrating to climb those hundred staircase. Capek! Setiba di atas, temen gue nanya mau foto-foto ngga? I look left and right, okay, there's no sign that taking picture was prohibited! But then, I questioned my self , do I really want to take a picture in cemetary? Jangan-jangan nanti ada yang ikutan berpose lagi. hiiiyy!! Perjalanan hari kedua dilanjutkan lagi ke pantai Parangtritis! Tadinya mau ke pantai Baron, atau pantai Krakal yang berdasarkan rekomendasi temen-temen lebih bagus. but my tourguide ga tau jalan kesana oi.. jadilah kita ke Parang tritis saja! Pantainya sih biasa aja, ga sebagus Anyer malah, tapi lumayan lah untuk bisa dapat feel vacation with sand, beach and sun! hi hi Apalagi abis main air dipantai, kita lanjut makan seafood di pinggir pantai! Komplitt deh!

Day 3 was the time for hunting hand fruits aka oleh-oleh! Sebelumnya kita sempetin sarapan Gudeg Yu Djum yang katanya terkenal banget, lumayan, I am not goin crazy about it, karena basically kurang suka dengan gudeg yang manis, kurang cocok di lidah gue tp I like the krecek! Lanjut dr sarapan, Gue singgah ke Malioboro, masuk ke beberapa toko batik! Lanjut lagi ke pasar Beringharjo! Sayangnya harga yang ditawarin lumayan mahal-mahal ya, mirip-mirip sama harga di Jakarta! Sebenernya bisa sih kalo mau gila-gilaan nawar, gue dapet kemeja batik 30rb, daster17rb, sama kain batik pesenan nyokap seharga 30rb! Cuma ya itu mesti gigih nawarnya! Otomatis ga banyak yang kebeli disini, secara temen gue udah mulai bete mukanya nemenin keliling hampir setengah pasar! ha ha! Siangnya masih disempetin jalan-jalan ke Keraton, alun-alun, sama Taman sari. Just taking picture here and there.

Ga kerasa, udah abis aja gitu long wikennya. Overall, I would say I am not regreting my decision to go to Djokdja! It's magical dan mystical.. and I would definitely visit you again soon! Masih ada Borobudur yang kelewat ga sempat dikunjungi karena waktunya mepet.. saving it for next time...Many thanks for my friend, Hendra, yang udah mau nemenin muter-muter Djokdja. Untung ada lo bro! he he  

Julian, Au Revoir Djokdja!!

The Transformen

Holla! Welcome 2010...
I know it's a bit late to welcoming 2010, but this is actually my first post in 2010, so it's still ok, I guess!

So, what's new in 2010 for me? hmm.... I could say one thing : I'm getting fat! huhuhu..
I was managed to reach my ideal weight around december 2009, which was 72 kg. But then, the holiday came and all the diet and worked out routines slipped away. Here I am, back at my stuck-hardtolose-weight again : 80 Kg! Erghh...
Today is the day! I am making a commitment : to shed this 8 kilos away in the next two months! Kalo istilah L-men nya : transformed into better body shape! So, In order to stick to this commitment, I will try to post my diet and work out routine here, as a reminder!

First for the diet :
Kebetulan sekali kemaren pas browsing ketemu web yang bisa ngukur BMI dan kebutuhan kalori harian. (click here) Berdasarkan website tersebut, My calorie needs is around 2,800 kcal perday! Sementara itu berdasarkan website lainnya (click here) : "If you want to lose fat, a useful guideline for lowering your calorie intake is to reduce your calories by at least 500, but not more than 1000 below your maintenance level." Hal ini berarti gue mesti mengurangi kalori intake sebanyak 500 - 1000 kcal. Let's decide to reduce 800 kcal perday then!. Pengurangan ini sendiri sepertinya bisa dari work out ataupun dari asupan makanan. My asumption is if I get to burn extra 800 kcal per day from work out, then I could keep my meal around 2800 kcal, but if I am being lazy and skip the gym, I should reduce my meal portion as much as 800 kcal.
The next thing to do is to calculate how many meal is 2000 kcal right? Dengan komposisi karbohidrat : lemak : protein = 40% : 20% : 40% dari total kalori, serta perhitungan 1 g karbo = 4 kcal, 1 g Protein = 4 kcal, dan 1g lemak = 9 kcal then I need to eat 200 gram karbohidrat, 200 gram protein, dan  45 gram lemak.
Rada ribet ya, ngitungin kalori intake ini, plus agak ga mungkin juga bawa-bawa timbangan setiap mau makan. Tapi paling ngga kan sekarang gue bisa menimbang-nimbang, nasi yg gue makan dalam sehari udah 200 gr belom, dada ayam atau daging yg dilahap udah 200 gr belum dst...

So, I come up with this diet schedule :

6-7 am : Lemon-ed water

8-9 am : breakfast : honey-ed wheat bread
11  am : snack : crackers / banana / apple
12 -1 pm : Lunch : Rice + bunch of green vegetable + chicken breast
3 - 4 : snack : Juices
6 -7 : Dinner : Chicken breast / Banana

Doakan gue bisa stick to the diet ya guys! Next post I'm gonna write about the work-out program


Julian, stick to commitment!! 

I am Handsome and Everyone loves me!

Pas lagi browsing kompasdotcon, ga sengaja gue baca artikel tentang Jennifer Love Hewitt (terakhir gue inget dia maen di serial ghost whisperer). The article wrote about her comeback to the entertainment world!  Surely with spectacular body shape for her age and also she seems glowing (dari fotonya ya, ga tau deh hasil fototoko bukan hehehe). So, what's her secret? Setelah dikorek-korek oleh wartawan yang nulis berita tersebut tentunya, ternyata her secrets for better quality of life are only two simple things! First, when she was going to sleep at night, she would feel beautiful! The next secret is when in the morning, right just before doing her daily routines, she would stand up in front of her mirror and then said five good things about herself to herself! Katanya sih, sehabis melakukan ini, she usually feels good about herself and ready for any challenges for the whole day.

After reading this, I thought that it's not such a bad idea huh!

Jadilah gue tertarik untuk mencontek resep si Jenn ini. Tonight, I will go to my bed and will feel handsome,  imagining that I am the most handsome guy in the universe! Next, tomorrow morning, I'd stand in front of my mirror while saying these things:

Julian, You look so handsome this morning

Julian, Your Smile is Perfect

Julian, You look slimmer than yesterday

Julian, Your outfit is very cool

Julian, Everyone you'll meet today is gonna love you.

Hahaha..kok kedengarannya narcissist banget ya, but let's try it and see if it will makes any difference

Julian...

Updates!!

Gosh.. It's been quite a while since I existed on the blogsphere. Last post was on July, that means almost two months ago. Well, Just wanna give new update on this post. So, What's new on me?

First, I got a job! Yippie. The long wait was now over! My friends knew how i longed to find a job. After six months of holding the title 'Pengacara aka Pengangguran banyak acara', Now I'm officially an employee. The job itself is in a bank, on treasury department. Well, I could say that this job is actually my dream job. The one that I can see myself do well on it. The story about the workplace will comes later as I'm still on training right now, and no exciting moments to be told happened yet.

Next, I now stay at a rent room (bahasa kerennya kamar kos, hi hi hi). The last time I stayed far away from home was like 4 or 5 years ago, back at my last year on college. Well, pilihan untuk nge-kos sih sebenernya terpaksa ya gue jalanin, secara tempat kerja letaknya di Thamrin dan selama masa training gue kudu masuk jam 7 pagi. The first week of works, I tried to drive my car or use the public transportation. Neither was good option. I got so tired on the journey to and from the office. Not to mention, the crazy stupid silliest traffic jam of Jakarta! Thanks but no thanks!! So, the option to stay on a rent room is the best one right now. Gue sebenernya senang sih nge-kos, in a way that I have more freedom yet I have to be more responsible. I like them both, being free and being responsible. Tapi eh tapi, despite that I like being anak kos, pas lagi bulan ramadhan seperti sekarang ini, jadi anak kos is sucked! Gue harus bangun jam 3 pagi, terus keluar beli makanan ke warteg yang lumayan jauh dari kosan, dan apa-apa mesti disiapin sendiri. Huh.. I miss sahur at home, when everything is already been served on the table for me eat!

About my work out program. It's kinda stuck he he he. Sebulan kerja, gue rada males nge-gymnya. Selain capek dengan rutinitas baru, gue juga harus nunggu transferan membership fitness dari single club to all club. Jadi berantakanlah program menuju perut ratanya. Mana selama training ini, the meal is served. Coffee break dua kali sehari plus lunch yang teratur seems to took its toll on me. Kalau kata temen-temen perbaikan gizi, but for me, it's like a nightmare! ha ha ha... seeing that I get chubbier, dan lubang ikat pinggang bergeser perlahan ke kiri. That's it! the moment where I said I'm so not gonna waste years of worked out! So I started to lessen my meal, only ate the meats and the veggies, with 5 spoon of rice max! he he he.. Thank God also, It's already ramadhan month! Fasting always make me loose a kilo or two on the way to end of it. So all is good now. Work out is started again like usual and meals are controlled. Although I have to missed a promise to myself that I will get a flat abs on my b'day this year. Well maybe it will be realized next year! Ganbatte!

Oh, My b'day! yes, I had it on last 21st of August! Urggh.. I'm getting old. :'(
Well, tentang bestday tahun ini, cukup memorable. Pertama, dapet best wishes and prays from all my friends. Sangat menyenangkan, mengetahui bahwa kita memiliki orang-orang di sekeliling kita yang ingat dan merayakan kelahiran kita. It makes me feel like I have been meant something being born to the world. At least to these wonderful persons I called family and friends. Btw, I also get a surprise from my office friend which is diceplokin dengan telur, tepung, susu. hehehe... Adooh, sounds childish huh, udah umur segini masih diceplokin kayak anak smu aja, but it was really nice gesture. It made that day becomes unforgettable. Thanks guys. (PS : Zera, tunggu giliranmu september ini! Hahaha *evilish laughs*)

Udah ah update-nya. Benter lagi udah mau sahur, time to sleep!!

Julian, grateful for his wonderful and beautiful life

IPNTM's Portofolio

Like i said in my previous post that i joined IPNTM, a themed photoshoots contest taking format from ANTM. Setelah lebih dari delapan minggu harus foto-foto dengan berbagai tema, akhirnya keeliminasi juga euy di TOP 5. he he he. Walaupun cuma kontes seru-seruan aja, tapi ya lumayan lah buat mutusin urat malu (dari yang malu-malu sampe jadi ga punya malu soalnya harus foto-foto di keramaian gitu) dan sekarang jadi punya portofolio foto-foto. So, here on this post, I wanna share those pics. Oh ya, Thank you berry berry much untuk Toma, Wardrobe Adviser Merangkap Pose Instructor juga Mukie, Photographer merangkap Photoshoot Director (hi hi hi sok keren gitu ya istilahnya) yang udah mau nemenin gue foto-foto setiap minggunya. Jangan kapok yaa.. kapan kita foto-foto lagi?

~ Epsd 1 : Men's Bag ~

~ Epsd 2 : Summer 2009 Campaign ~

~ Epsd 3 : True Colour, BLUE ~

~ Epsd 4 : Hands ~

~ Epsd 5 : Puppet ~

~Epsd 6 : Male Modelling ~

~ Epsd 7 : Extreme Pose, SUNBURN!!

~ Epsd 8 : Swimwear Campaign ~

Dadaku Gatel...

Udah beberapa hari ini dada gue gatel, literally, bener2 gatel yang gatel, bukan karena 'gatel' ingin digaruk cinta (apa sih?!?) Penasaran, gue liat ada apa sih di dada gue, eh ternyata ada rambut2 tipis kecil gitu deh. Setelah diinget-inget, gue baru nyadar kalo seminggu - dua minggu lalu gue baru aja shaving bulu dada. hi hi hi... jadi deh gini akibatnya, bulu-bulu yang baru tumbuh itu bikin gatel dan bikin gue garuk-garuk melulu.

Iseng banget sih ya gue, pake acara shaving bulu dada. Padahal mah orang-orang sengaja oles-oles minyak firdaus biar bulu dadanya tumbuh lebat. hahaha jadi ceritanya kemarenan gue kan mau foto-foto buat ipntm dengan tema sunburn. Otomatis pas foto ya harus shirtless dong ya. Nah malem sebelom foto, gue teringet pas nonton make me supermodel di youtube, tuh model-model pada di wax gitu. Dibersihin abis semua bulu-bulu di badannya. Ya udah, biar berasa kayak model beneran, gue pun ikutan deh shaving chest hair. Heboh pisan yak gue, padahal mah cuma foto model kelas forum dan facebook doang.

Aniweiz, jadi inget pas nonton para model itu di wax. Ouch... kok keliatannya sakit banget yak. jadi itu tuh body part yang mau di wax, diolesin dengan cairan lengket gitu, semacam lilin mungkin ya (ga tau juga), trus kan ditempelin kertas gitu, abis gitu kertas itu ditarik kenceng-kenceng sampe tuh bulu-bulu kecabut semua. Uhh.. ngeliatnya aja udah nyeri apalagi ngerasain beneran. Oke... mungkin upper and down body part masih bisa ditahan lah ya sakitnya. tapi kalo yang body part bagian tengah (u know what part i meant), gimana? hahaha Jadi salut deh ama cewe-cewe yang katanya bikini wax is a must. But then, women is stronger than men when it comes to holding pain right? Terbukti dengan slogan mereka yang beauty is pain itu. he he


Julian, Duh.. postingan blog kali ini ga penting banget

Obsession...

Udah lama ngga nulis di blog, dan kali ini gue pengen cerita masih tentang obsesi gue punya badan yang kurus, well.. I've written it before that my weight was once reach 106 kilos and it's the slap on the face that I needed to start loosing weight. Kalau diinget-inget, gue mulai kenal dengan yang namanya olahraga dan gym itu akhir 2005 / awal 2006 deh, ahh.. berarti almost 3 and half years, I've been workin out my butt and burn all those fat. The last time I step on a weight scale (couple minutes ago) it showed the number 75 kilos. Ini artinya gue dah lumayan sukses membakar 31 kilo lemak dari tubuh. Not bad lah ya. Tetapi eh tetapi berat yang gue idam-idamkan masih belum tercapai euy, angka 72 yang udah kayak lucky number itu masih harus antri beberapa bulan lagi biar dapet. Mudah2an tercapai sebelom my birthday on august soalnya sempet janjian dengan seorang temen, sebagai pemacu work-out kita kalau pada saat ulang tahun kita tahun 2009 ini, kita mesti buat foto shirtless if not nude. Tak mungkin kan buat foto seperti itu kalau gundukan lemak masih terlihat jelas nangkring di perut. he he he

Sebenernya sih temen-temen bahkan keluarga gue bilangnya udah cukup, gue ga usah nurunin berat badan lagi. Malah bokap nyokap barusan kemarenan ngomentarin gue badannya udah kayak orang penyakitan, katanya udah 'abis' gitu deh, pantat udah ga ada, perut udah ga ada dan pipi pun sudah kempes bin tirus. Beberapa temen juga memberikan komen yang sama, kalo yang ketemu langsung pada terheran-heran, kalo yang liat via fesbuk juga pangling liat foto! Kata mereka, gue udah beda sama dulu sewaktu masih kuliah. malah ada yg komentar jangan-jangan abis sakit ya guenya. hihihi. Terus terang aja, gue sih ga merasa ya kalo berat badan yang udah turun ini ngefek ke penampilan. Ya itu, malah bawaannya masih pengen turunin dan turunin lagi, pengen lebih kurus dan kurus lagi (namanya juga obsesi yak!). Paling yang kerasa beda ya celana sekarang molor semua secara dulunya pake size 38. Kemaren iseng nyobain pake celana adek gue yang size 32, ternyata alhamdulilah udah muat. Trus sekalian buka lemari adek, gue juga iseng nyobain baju-baju dia. Dulu teh sempet ngiri karena adek gue kalo pake baju tuh modelnya bagus-bagus, semacam ukuran medium body fit begitulah. Dulu mana bisa gue pake baju begituan, eh sekarang ternyata udah bisa loh.. hahahaa... lumayan bikin hati senang. Trus berhubung temen-temen pada komentar senada, maka gue pun buka foto-foto lama, mau bandingin gue yang dulu dan sekarang dan ternyata emang udah beda. lols

Btw, kemaren ikut kuis berapakah berat badan idealmu di facebook, U know what?!? masa kata nih quiz berat badan ideal gue itu 65,7 kilo. WTF? kalo dari berat sekarang, berarti mesti ngurusin sepuluh kilo lagi? Gilak aja!! bisa aja sih kalo gue mau, tapi kayaknya dengan berat segitu gue udah kayak tengkorak idup kali ya. Serem ah.. Hmm.. sekarang mau fokus bentuk muscle aja, pengen bikin biceps dan triceps lebih toned. Gue juga lagi demen banget sama latihan squat yang katanya bisa latih hamstring sekaligus ngangkat butt sehingga keliatan lebih sexy. Sekalian ah, pengen keluarin bikini line di waist terus bikin perut yang udah mulai rata muncul garis-garis kotaknya. hihihi... Weleh-weleh, targetnya banyak banget. Moga-moga kesampaian semua tahun ini ya.

Julian, Still Obsess but With Muscular Body Now

KIds : Adorable OR Adohsebel

Last sunday, I hanged out with Medhia, Dhea and one little guest star named Medina. She is Dhea's lil sis. The meet up idea actually came from Medina. kalau kata Dhea, adeknya ini ngebet banget pengen ketemu sama gue. It all started when I replied to her comment on Dhea's facebook status. Dari bales-balesan status, trus add friend, bales-balesan wall tenyata sukses bikin Medina pengen ketemu ama gue. Frankly, I was amazed with Medina, She really talks like adult, or at least teenager, very mature. So u can imagine how shocked i was when I found out that she is not even ten years old, and still sits on the 4th grade elementary school.

Medina and her BlackBerry

Back to the meet, jadi kita tuh janjian buat lunch di Plaza Senayan. Ada beberapa kejadian lucu, jadi waktu gue sampe dan baru aja duduk, si medina ini langsung sibuk ambil blackberrynya dia (Uhh, anak kecil udah punya BB sendir euy) dan diarahin ke gue, jepret!! Eh, gue difoto ternyata, trus langsung diupload ke fesbuk sama dia. Bikin kaget aja deh adek kecil satu ini. Trus si Medhia cerita kalo sebelum gue datang si Medina sibuk sendiri bingung ntar mau ngomong apa sama gue. hi hi hi... Emang kenapa sih dek Medina? Kayak mau ngomong sama artis siapa aja pake bingung segala. Oh iya ada satu lagi yg jadi gong sore itu, pas tiba-tiba Medina nyeletuk ke gue : "Boleh minta tanda tangannya ngga?" Dan sukseslah kita bertiga ngakak abis! Uhh.. that kid is adorable and funny too. I was having such a great time. One more thing, bawelnya dia di fesbuk tenyata emang beneran bawel juga in real. Kebayang dong sepanjang kita makan dan jalan semuanya dikomentarin, dan setiap omongan kita dipentalin dan diargue sama dia. Mungkin efek karena dia disekolahin di international school kali ya, jadi udah terbiasa debat, standing for her own opinion. Gue sih seneng-seneng aja liatnya, cuma tetep geleng kepala liat mulut ceriwisnya itu.

Medina, Si Ceriwis

Speaking of kids, Jadi inget kalau couple weeks ago, ada keponakan yg dateng dan stay di rumah for almost two weeks. They are Fifi and Firza. Dua kakak adek ini juga very-very adorable. Lucu-lucu banget. Pertama memang mukanya mereka yg udah bikin gemes. lainnya ya itu ada aja tingkah-tingkah khas anak kecil yg bikin kita senyum ngeliatnya. Jadi mereka diajakin belanja sama nyokap ke Tanah Abang. Nemenin mamahnya mereka sih sebenernya. Terus karena udah bosen diajakin lihat lihat baju dan mereka juga ga dibeliin, tiba-tiba si Firza nyeletuk : "Udahlah itu belanjanya, cari maenanku lah dulu. Udahlah itu belanjanya" Haduh.. kebayang ga sih anak lima tahun ngomong gitu sambil mukanya ditekuk. hi hi hi Udah pengen dicubit aja pipi gembilnya itu

Firza, 5 y.o and Fifi, 6 y.o

Tapi selain being adorable ada juga sih masa-masa dimana mereka just being a kid and bikin sebel. Kalo lagi moodnya jelek, si Firza bisa nangis jejeritan ga jelas jam 7 pagi, dan jelas saja mengganggu gue yang masih terlelap di buaian pulau kapuk. Atau masih jelas banget moment si Fifi nangis-nangis di Mall ketika sandal kilap-kilap ala penyanyi dangdut yang dia pengen belum juga dibeliin sama mamanya. Uhhh.. Child's cries give me a headache. Atau ada lagi cerita pas si Firza pup di tempat anak-anak mandi bola. Untung aja mereka berdua tinggal satu-satunya yang main saat itu dan yang mba-mba yang jagain juga udah pulang. Ga kebayang deh gimana reaksi yang jaga besoknya pas liat ada ee' bertaburan di bola-bola itu. hi hi hi Rusuh bener ya!

The Angels

Oh ya, in days count, my best friend, Sindy will delivered her baby. Sebenernya sih udah telat beberapa hari dari perkiraan dokternya tanggal 15an april. Ga tau deh, si babynya mungkin masih malu dan belum siap untuk dilahirin. I can't wait for it. A new experience for her for sure, being a mom. But also will be a new experience for us, her close friends. Kalo selama ini kita selalu jalan dan hang out seenak jidat, this new baby will surely change everything. Trus dapet kabar dari kiki, kalo another best friend of mine, Dona, is also expecting his baby. Istrinya, Putri, udah hamil. Belom dikonfirmasi langsung ke Dona nya but it is indeed a great news. Mudah2an sih baby mereka nantinya jadi anak yg adorable bukannya bikin adohsebel orangtuanya ya.

Julian, If someday I have one, would it be adorable or adohsebel?

It's raining and I'm a narcissist, Whatever.... *sign out*

Hu hu hu...
It's always raining everyday for almost a week now. Frankly, I don't like the rain. It's hard to do activities when it's raining outside. First there's this thing, the chilly humid weather that turn us sleepy. If I have to choose between doing things outside and curling up in bed with blanket all over me, I'd settle upon the later. Rain also makes us can't relish the excitement of outdoor activities. Like this afternoon when I have to cancel my going-to-gym routine, because it's raining heavily and I only have my motorbike as my transportation. Or Like last weekend, during my trip to bandung, where I have to went back and forth twice to 'Kawah putih' just to enjoy half an hour clear-without-rain scenery. humph! It's sucks! On the other side, I guess there's also times when me likey the rain so much! When the temperature gets to hot, a couple hours rain would be like a blessing! I also once read a quote from someone, that he likes walking in the rain cuz then no one will recognize that he is crying! A great idea huh, walking in the rain to cry!

Aniweiz, about my trip to bandung, I think I got some of my friends in amaze of seeing how narcissistic I've become lately. lols. Every now and then, whenever there is a good background, a great place, an amazing scenery, I was always posing and then asked to be photographed! Dhea and Medhia then Uploads the pics on the facebook through their BB. I don't realize how many pics were taken until I opened my facebook account and there are more than a hundreds notification of pics tagged on me! ha ha ha
This things makes me remember, my best friend, indry's comment on my facebook wall

Indry, March 19 at 6.24 pm : Kel, masih ada kebingungan di hati gw...Sejak kapan yah lu jadi narcis????Fotonya kayanya makin banyak ajah....

Indry, 54 seconds ago : Kel... please dong fotonya..cukup cukup...huhuhuhuhuhu...

I also didn't know what turned me to a narcissist like this, Cuz I never liked to be in photograph before! Maybe it's because I can accept and get much comfort with this not-so-fat images of me or maybe I've been possessed by a narcissist ghost! If the case was the second then I guess I need H-E-L-P!

But being a Narcissist do no harm no anyone right? So can I just say whatever?!? and then continue taking pictures? :P
Whatever then sign out! Can't help but to write a story about this, the things that toma and egi said is very me! lols. The story was about a YM conference with Gengges + Vikry. A healthy discussion turned into a sensitive and mind-boggling one to me! Instead of arguing with them, I just said whatever! and then I sign out of YM! Yeah yeah.. very childish of me and I regret doing so after few minutes passed and I get calmed down. But that moment already framed on everyone's minds whom were on the conference that night! We make fun and laugh about it nowadays!

Julian, Whatever! *sign out*

Wanna be on Top?

"Wanna be on top? " That's what Tyra banks always said in the opening of America's next top model show.

But instead of Tyra, there's Mr. Sharkie Banks who said this to me! Shark aka Albert is the host of this show named Indonesian pageants' next top model. A photoshoot contest on the internet held by one forum, Indonesian pageant forum. The contest itself took format from the infamous ANTM where contestants ~ mostly members of the forum~ get a challenge and a photoshoot task each week with different theme. The weakest contestant meaning the one with the weakest photos will get eliminated one by one until the next top model is chosen. The next model because the show itself already reach cycle 2.

I always thought that this show is just for fun, that's why I decided to register myself as one of the model. It's not until today, the day I received the Shark's mail about the challenge and the photoshoot task that I finally realize, This is serious business! Ohmaigod!! ha..ha..ha.. I don't even know how to pose in front of camera and camera always have bad sentiment on me, well at least that's my thought after skimming through my photo album! what should I do now?!?! Arrgghhh.... Lols!!

I still get two weeks before the deadline of submitting my photos come. Crap.. I must watch Antm season by season all over again now, to learn some fierce pose! hehehe.. hopefully I won't be eliminated on the first episode cause that would be SUCKs!!!
For infos, U may check the official IPntm site here

Julian, Ready to be on TOP!

What-a-weekend!

Last weekend, It looked like i had just done so many things

First thing, I got to attend a wedding of my college friend, Yudhis! Interesting thing about this wedding was that I got the invitation via facebook. We all knew the power of tagging right? Apparently Yudhis deciced to employed this facebook feature by uploading a picture of his wedding invitation and then tagged us, all of his friend along in the picture! Amazing huh, how the innovation can be so useful and of course money saving!
Not much happened at the wed tho, but I had a great time seeing and chatting with old college friends.

From the wedding party, I hurried to Plaza Senayan, seeing another friends, Medhia, Dhea, Inda and Windy. The meet purpose was to discussed our plan to spend the upcoming long weekend (Nyepi Holiday this Thursday) in Bandung. We talked about where we would go, where to stay also transportation and also not forgetting the 'urunan' - collected money for expenses. The meet with the girls ended up with me watching movie 'confession of a shopaholic' with them. I was hesitant at first but they insisted me going on with them. Well, I ended up enjoying the movie, not bad, maybe the story was too girlie but it surely give me good laughs as the dumb and silly act of avoiding debt collector by becky went out of control.

At 7 pm, my sis suddenly gave me a call, saying that my mother went to a wedding party of her friend's son and she needed me to pick her up! Urghh.. I stuttered.. remembering that I have appoinment to hang out with Gengges (Muki, Toma and Egi). It's not only the appointment that made me stumble but also the vivid image of foods that will be served on the party that surely will tempted me and ruined my whole diet! As predicted... I ended up munching a plate of sate padang, a plate of sate madura, a cup of zoupa soup, and a plate of main course! So much for a diet huh lols

By 10 pm, I already arrived at Wiwied, The place where I supposed to meet with my fellow Gengges + Vikry. Like usual, they were late! Thenk God I have a friend to accompany me through the telephone. Toma rushingly talked about my wrongly written text to him previously that night with others. Something about going to Egi's house while Egi was not at home. he he he Aniweiz, that night, we had a pajamas party at Egi's place except none of us wear pajamas. Nothing much to be done but watched movies, karaoke-ed, chatted all nite long. I excused my self around two i guessed since my eyes won't cooperate. So sleepeeeh. Oh I forget to pointed out that Egi's house is very cozy and comfy but I can't help to get a lil mystical ambience from it too. Of course Egi's stories about si muka bolong and her friends that was spotted occasionally by his family didn't help but added dramatic impression.

It was almost noon, when we said Goodbye to Egi's parent. And It didn't have to wait much longer til Toma had this greeat idea to visit Ragunan Zoo. Hummpph.. and I thought U just said it was a bad idea couple weeks ago Mr. Toma. Well, The idea turned out was not bad. I think I enjoyed my first time ever to visit this zoo. Seeing the animals especially the big one like tapir, elephant and giraffe was unimaginably refreshing. The greatest time I had from this visit was when I got to see the Gorillas. Oooomaaigod. That creature was just so beautiful yet strong. I am amazed. All was good until the heavy rain struck and left us wet and shivering in the sideroad shelter. Urghh.. Goddess of rain was not cooperating. Toma ended up get a cold. I think I also was very exhausted and started to not felt good. Nothing that a good rest can't overcome

Overall, It's pretty hectic weekend huh.. So much have been experienced
I really had a great time, Thanks to my amazing friends


Julian, preparing himself for another blasting weekend

The Burning Plan!

Well, It started when I crazily put a status 'Julian wanna get slimmer by 5 kilos in two weeks! Flat tummy.. here I come' on my facebook.
Of course, a controversial status like that intrigue some friends' comment. Some askin how, some askin why, and some just sayin good luck while askin for proof! Oh maii God... Proof? So I really must slim down by five kilos in next two weeks then.
I need a plan, burning down the fat needs a lot of determination *war mode is on*
Well, with this plan written down, I'm hoping I can stick with it.

The Diet
I'm gonna divide meal time into four times a day
6-7 am ::: A glass of Milk
10 am ::: Fruits ~ Banana
12-1 pm ::: Lunch
3-4 or 6-7 pm ::: Fruits again
No cemilan allowed for next two week! Right!

The Work out
Daily ::: 5-6 am Jogging; 100 times Push-up; 100 times Sit up
Monday ::: 4-7 pm --> Body pump, Step, RPM
Tuesday ::: 3-5 pm --> Weight lifting 1, Power jump
Wednesday ::: 4 - 9 pm --> Step, Power jump, Latin, Body Pump
Thursday ::: 7-9 pm --> Weight lifting 2, Cross trainer, Hip Hop
Friday ::: 8-10 am --> ABT, Step ; 6-8 pm --> Body pump, Freestyler
Saturday ::: Free
Sunday ::: 12 -2 pm --> Weight lifting 3, Step

Phew.. It's gonna be hard peeps...
Let's see the result in two weeks! he he he


Julian, in the mood of getting slimmer!

My Strengths and Weaknesses!

As an active Jobseeker, I get to attend for job interview here and there.
One of the question that I noticed always appeared was

"What is Your Strength and Weaknesses?"

When the first time I was asked this question, I was stumbled as I've never thought before what my strentgh and weaknesses are. I think one of the reason I failed on some interview because of this, not knowing the answer to this Q

So after giving a serious-long-getting to know myself better moment of thinking, I think I manage to point out some points

My strengths

• Determined, I always do my best to get something that I want or in doing my works. I usually won't stop til people recognize me. I think it's a strength rite?
• I would put fast learner as one of my strength too. I think I don't have problems learning something that is completely new for me. Usually I manage to learn this new thingy in a lesser time than anybody else
• I don't know if this is a strength or not, but I think i'm a good listener. I always enjoy listening to my friends' stories and memorize the important or valuable moments on their stories. I think if I can relate this to working world, a good listener for instruction would be a plus point

My Weaknesses

• Being a last minute man probably was one of my weakness. What I mean by last minute man here is that I works my best near deadline. All these great ideas suddenly pour on my head when the clock ticking to the end. Maybe it's the adrenaline or whatever it is I don't know. Actually there's nothing bad about being a last minute man as long as the job is done, rite? But the down side is we won't have time to revised, check and re-check again our works.
• I'm an individualist! If i can do something by my own, I would do it myself. it's not that I don't like working with others, it's just that I don't trust them. A karma of a perfectionist I think, that I only trust my works. It's not good, because imposible for me to be good at anything. I realize that, but still, I just can't help it
• I would also put shyness as one of my weakness. I have this desire to know new people, expanding networks, making up new friend but there's something that always hold me back. the thought that I would be boring, I can't find something to talk about and so on keep making me stay in silence whenever I realy want to make friends with new people

Julian, finally know himself better