[.on.the.way.to.sweden.]

Reporting from Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Bangkok. Brea and I landed at around 4 p.m. - and it was a very nice flight, nice food, not too crowded and the seats were comfortable.

Now sitting at the internet cafe at the airport. A little bit dissapointed as I recalled that last year I spent 8 hours waiting at the lounge talking on skype with free wi-fi, now we have to pay 100 baht for 20 minutes use of internet. Better than no internet at all, though.

I have 6 minutes left. Gotta go. The flight to Stockholm will depart at 01.00 am 'tomorrow', we have 8 hours to go round the airport. It's a nice airport, anyway. See you soon in Sweden / France!

Amreta

[.tryout.]

I'll be traveling for 3 weeks + ... so I need to test whether I'd be able to post entries from my iPaq.

[.small.room.decorating.]

Times’s up. No more excuses. This weekend, too, will be a very busy one. A trip to prepare, projects to finish, but first of all, a room to rearrange and redecorate.

Yesterday my magazine collection has found a happy solution through Benita’s blog :-) Now it’s so great that Domino Magazine has some pretty ideas that may work well for my icy-blue painted little room. Let’s see these:

The two pictures below are from Lili Diallo’s loft, I love the comfortably creative style, I love the mix of colors. And I love it that there are a lot of books and magazines inside, too :-)






Steven Gambrell’s desk below is just perfect to illustrate mine when done with the rearrangement. The same wall paint color, the same vernished wooden desk located on the right corner of the room. Perfect.



All pictures above from Domino Magazine

[.a.busy.week.]

Yay, busy-busy week at work. So much to do and to be done before my departure to Sweden next week. And there are new graphics to be uploaded this weekend. Oh, where does time fly?

Mom is also coming to Jakarta in a few days. She always loves doing the 'shopping part' in the preparation when I'm going traveling. Good for me and it makes her happy, too ;-) But well, suddenly I was thinking that I'd better not imagine what she'd say about all those magazines stacked in my room. A lot of them. A magazine junkie like me. "I need them for inspiration mom, I draw graphics, remember" should I say that? She already knows it, I guess. All I need to do is to make the magazine piles look pretty. Is it possible?

Hmm. Doesn't one say "Luck favors the prepared mind?" Yippii. I visited Benita's blog {chez larsson} today and I'd like to thank her for posting an entry about how she organized her magazine collection!! Exactly what I needed! And she presented it very nicely, too. Read her post here





pictures above from {chez larsson}

[.happy.birthday.jakarta.]

22 June 2008...Jakarta is 481 year old! And I can tell you it's always quite an event here when Jakarta celebrates its birthday. I will check later what's up in the city.

I made two scrapbook-style photos for blog and will upload the templates tomorrow. And more templates in the members area. Now it's just so late and I need some good night sleep....so stay tune :-)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JAKARTA!!!



Visit Jakarta



This 2,5 meters-tall giant puppet is called "ondel-ondel", traditionally parades the streets of Jakarta during a celebration, accompanied by traditional music from Betawi (native Jakartans)

[.happy.midsummer.]

"Glad Midsommar!" wrote my Swedish friends opening or closing their emails or sms yesterday. It's midsummer. I called my mom in Yogyakarta. "Happy midsummer, mom!" - and she bursted into laughter, realising it was one of many influences I got from working closely with the Swedes for many years.

It is practically 'summer' all year round here in Jakarta. Leaves on the trees are always green, flowers keep blooming, the sun shines approximately 12 hours a day, every day. Still, I'm fascinated at how the word "summer" always brings such a happy feeling to most people.

And this midsummer weekend I really enjoy a quiet time at our terrace-turned-into-restaurant, thinking about my friends in Sweden who must be celebrating the midsummer in the storybook-like countryside right now. I looked at the neighborhood's tiny park just across the street. I noticed that if we really pay attention, we still could hear the voice of birds singing, though often masked by the noise of cars passing by. Can it create a midsummer feeling, somehow?

Now, I would like to have these for lunch...a beautiful feast at the home of cookbook author and Indian cooking authority Maya Kaimal. See all the pictures and read the article on Country Living.





pictures from Country Living

[.happy.father's.day.]

Here's to my dad, my best friend, my teacher, my mentor, my biggest fan, my supporter, my hero. Miss you, Dad!