{memories of style: first day to school}

My mother was my first stylist...that's true :o) And my father was the dedicated photographer who didn't want to miss these 'historical moments', his 3,5 year old eldest daughter's first day to school. All dresses are my mom's owns.


school girl in the making




some finishing touches


ok, i'm ready!


"what will my future be...i wonder..."

[.an.a.addiction.]

I bumped into Alyson and Marta’s lists, got inspired and shortly after I was tempted to make my own list. I posed my own questions and I was quite surprised myself that the words I listed pretty much talked about me...wow.wow. :-) .a.a.a. I renamed the list .about.amreta.:.an.a.addiction.
You can try it yourself. It's fun.

my name: amreta
born in: april
star sign: aries
four words: art, alfresco, adventure, authentic
current occupation: assistant, artist
aspirations: archaeologist, anthropologist, architect, astronomer, author
if I could be anyone: Athena, the greek goddess
if I could have a collection of anything: ancient maps
cities: Alexandria, Athens
favourite vacation was in: Alsace
favourite sight: archipelago
favourite author: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
favourite book: Antonietta, A Beautiful Mind, Asterix-and-Obélix
something on my desk: art-pen
something in my room: armchair
something I shout: aye!
gemstones: aquamarine, amethyst, agate
fruits: apple, apricot, avocado
flowers: anemone, aster
veggie: arugula, asparagus, aubergine
actor / celebrity: Angelina Jolie
qualities: authentic, attitude, articulate, adventurous, attentive, amusing
tv shows: apprentice (the), amazing race
movie: amélie, a beautiful mind
legend: Alexander the great
favorite shop: amazon.com
favorite violinist: anne sophie mutter
favorite designer: anna sui
inspiring woman: anita roddick, founder of the body shop
verbs for living: admire, aspire, ask, act, adjust, achieve, advance, appreciate
I’m grateful to be: alive! :-)

Happy Thursday!

[.homework:.tagged.!.]

Oh là! I forgot to post my ”homework!” I got tagged by Sia last week! Yyaay!! It took me a week to finally have it up here! Better late than never, my friends...here it comes:

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Tagged rules

• Start with 7 random facts/habits about yourself

• People who are tagged have to write their 7 things on their blog

• Then choose another 7 people to get tagged and list their names

• Don't forget to leave them a comment to tell them they have been tagged and to read your blog


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7 things about me

1/
I used to hate my name; ”Amreta” is very uncommon name in Indonesia and, if you speak our language, it sounds older than old…’ancient’, that is! And other kids often made fun of it. Until, one day a friend who was studying sanskrit and hindu mythology, recognized that amreta is a variation of amrta, the ’water of life’ (mom also told me that meaning of my name), the drink that gives the gods immortality. I started my research on the internet and found stories about amreta / amrta and loved particularly this story which is related to how Garuda became the vehicle of Vishnu. Well, since then, I like my name! :-)

2/
My little sisters called me ”omeletta” – which is a much-easier-to-prounounce version of Amreta ;-)

3/
My favorite pair of shoes is my knee-length boots, and I love wearing long coats [ I wish there were such things as autumn and spring in Jakarta…;-) ]

4/
I've been wearing glasses since 1995, and just never manage wearing contact lenses.

5/
A home sweet home for me smells fresh brewed coffee and cinnamon over apple pie, and has on the table a bunch of pale-colored flowers with extravagant petals such as peonies or big roses. And the furniture are natural or painted, not vernished!

6/
I’m so curious how come that the Swedish folk song ”små grödorna” [little frogs] is so similar to Javanese folk song ”kodok ngorek” [croaking frogs]. Both songs have the same melody and talk about frogs. I never stop doing my research about it but still no clue until now :-(

7/
During my university years, I was so intensely into practicing and performing with the university’s symphony orchestra, that my classmates in French studies often joked that I was actually ’majoring in orchestra’

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And here I'm tagging (back) Sia, Lola, Meg, Jessica, Maggan, Imelda, Anna, Caroline