SCENT.

Scent might be the only thing left in my mind about everything and everyone.

A hint of Dove shampoo I casually sniffed on a random drug store could instantly get me to exact moment in the past when I swirled someone's hair.
A familiar scent from an ex's head.
I could picturize the moment pretty well, when it comes to scent.
Even if the memories no longer linger and all the wounds seem to healed, the smell carries on.
Funny how I have this kind of feature, but this is interesting.
A smell can awake all everything I buried from even many years ago.

Or a windy night and a motorbike ride.
It was a happy year of college where we didn't even bother with the light rain on our way to a guy's place.
When "Sorry, it's a bit drizzling," sounds just as sweet as the scent filled my nose at that moment.
The thick scent of his sweater that only was a few inches from my body.
A human body's scent, so simple and pure.
Sweats.
Or anything about his sweater's smell.

Smell of my boss' car.
It has a very cute baby car seat, with some dolls and blankets.
I loved to quietly sniff the fabric left on the baby car seat.
Wondering about what her baby looks like, imagining the cutie pie from the typical scent.
A baby scent.

Last month, my Mom delivered me a pack of oil perfumes.
They were a set of various smells, inside tiny glass bottles.
There are 4 of them, with different names.
It was a tiny bottle of Incanto Shine, two of Paris Hiltons, and another one is half full and it got my attention.
That half fulled tiny bottle was called Sarah Jessica Parker's Covet.
I texted her saying thanks and asking what that one weird bottle was about.
Mom said that it was hers.
And she wanted to share with me, so she ended up sending it to me anyway.
I smiled reading her text, she wanted her daughter to smell just like her.
Or to have such clue about what she smells like, anytime I miss her.

This idea about recognizing scents very well, tickles me.
I kept all the crystal clear tracks about grandparents, lovers, friends, and places' scent in my head.
Just as I think of any thoughts about past memories, laughters and tears, every scents arouse my senses to many miraculous moments.

Sad thing is, I never knew what you smell like.

I have no idea about what perfume you use.

Years ago, I ever asked the soap you used, it's called Savoury and I really don't know where to get it here in Indonesia or even how it smells like.

I got no clue about how your body scent is.

I never get to breathe you.

PS: I wrote this piece on another sleepless night, also an accidental celebration to something fishy Google just launched this 1st April, called Google Nose. It's basically a smell-based search engine. It's basically a prank, too.

Meet Teddy, P's dog!

Such a baby, huh?
I fell in love right at the very first time.
Look at his straight face starring at the camera, mouth slightly open, n those fluffy feet holdin on P's car wheel!
I think I kno why P named him Teddy, this baby just really looks like a Teddy Bear, much cuter!!!
And I bet Teddy is the luckiest little creature in the world, cuz P loves to snuggling with him. All day.

A LATE 2013 EARLY STARTER: New Hair Cut, New Twitter Account, and A New Crush

I know, I know, I know it's nearing the end of February..
And I've been not writing like.. ages. LOL.
Bunch of stories to be told, embrace yourself.

Btw I visited Sulawesi Island last December!!!
Yeah it's work thing and I go with co-workers, but still!
I love travelling..
We stayed for 5 days in Makassar, South Sulawesi.
I slept at a not-really-cool hotel near Somba Opu Street.
But thanks God there are still great things n of the best is..., it is located right in front of a beach called Losari!
I swear I haven't been visited any shore for like.. I can't remember how long. :(
My last beach visit was around end of 2011, when I sing at someone's wedding ceremony.
Yes, they held the wedding on the beach on Surabaya, named Kenjeran.
Back to Losari, I had a short beach walk in a very hot sunny day and instantly feel happy!
I never really like Makassar untill it comes to the craaaazy culinary!
I loved the foods here!
I tried Sop Pallu Basa, Cotto Makassar, Es Palu Butung, Pisang Epe, and a hot drink I can't remember the name (it's simply coconut milk with brown sugar and strong hint of ginger, LOVE IT!).
We had great times there, the event done very well and the trip was worth our proccess preparing the show as team!

That was about 2 days away from Christmas Eve and I touched down Bali.
It was only about 4 or 5 hours transit on Ngurah Rai Airport but still, who doesn't love breathing the air of Bali?
I feel like another vacation was about to start hahaha, but I need to catch my (little) plane to Malang after a grab of Burger King in Bali.

Yeah, I'm home last Christmas.
Best things about coming back in Malang is.. every thing!
I spent a hearty coffee time with my buddy Alfonso.
I meet some old friends at church, some with their babies, some just jet-lagged from Seoul!
I had a short hair cut too! My Dad did his another magic right after I asked him to cut my dry-ends cooper hair and voila.
This is me now..

I love my new short hair, it's smooth, fluffy, and most important healthier than my old hair.

I had it recolored to a medium honey brown and loved it as well. ^^

And I spent new year in this fresh new hair cut with my gurls at a Korean Chicken Restaurant near Tulodong, Jakarta, called Phong.

MY TWITTER ACC MOVED TO: @xxxfortunata.

This is one of te saddest thing of my early 2013!!!

bfiwehfiuhfihncwinhqwoeihfqomxjfxpowiep[,wzpowpoifmwepongiwerifqxyiwrgisuhgls!!!!!
I hate to rewrite the tragic story about being hacked n couldn't access it anymore.
I even entered the correct password but still it won't work.
So please kindly follow my new acc with that Twitter ID I mentioned above. ^^
I was unhappy and grumpy with Twitter thingy at the first moments I made the new account but I'm over it.
Cuz I met someone! Now I have my sunshine!!!
<3

PS: Thanks to such Twitter accident, the day I discovered @PaulKimMusic n the rest of interactions within the new acc is...history! ^^

Pencil liners? Maybe..

I am a huge fan of bold black winged eye liner!
Since I have a very small Asian eyes and no eyelid on my eye line.., I always need to make fake illusion using eyeliner.
I always use liquid eyeliner and almost never use any pencils (my Mom persuaded me to have her Lyra's pencil liner so much but still I hate it cuz it turned out look like kajal and smudged on my eye line esp down part..)
So, I never purchased any pencil eyeliner anymore recently, retractable or conventional shape!
I do have another version of black liners like gel eyeliners or pencil eyeliners but very seldom to use them, I always prefer the liquid ones (I tried many brands btw).

But last week I had a sleepover at a friend's room and found out that she has this unique pencil eyeliner from Very Me Double Trouble by Oriflame

It has two colors, black (matte and very dark) and white (a bit glittery and not chalky like I wanted it to be).
As usual, I have no interest on using it since it's pencil eyeliner but somehow I tried it.
And wham, it was really nice! Sorry if I already promoted two products of Very Me brand so far but trust me I'm none of their virtual PR ^^
This pencil eyeliner is very easy to apply and the pigment comes out really strong but not smudgy!
I made just the usual cat eyes with the black eyeliner pencil and this is how it looks..

Please excuse my ugly face since I took the pic in the early morning right after I woke up and play with my friend's pencil eyeliner.
The black line stay quite good and once again doesn't smear, so as a former pencil eyeliners hater I can say I like this product..!
Purchase it next time? Maybe. Because it has the white side which I won't really use much though.

Lip stain, lip tint..

I never tried using any lip stains or lip tints before. But lately I've been thinking of getting one.
So I was in a dilemma of buying some brands of good reviewed-tints like Tony Moly, Etude, or Innisfree (recommended Korean line) or Benetint, The Body Shop, or another non Korean brands.
I'm a newbie and puzzled, so I read as many reviews as I can and to the comparison.

So, I end up ordered Very Me lip stain by Oriflame (it's Oriflame's second line with younger look) in Red (swatch number 2).
I found some good reviews about this product and it's not pricey!
But it's still on ordering process and it's coming next Monday so I haven't try it yet (I'll review it later).
I hope it turn out good, pigmented, and last long!

So..
My boss asked me to pick up a copy of a book for research material at Gramedia today when I decide to stop by at The Body Shop store inside the mall.
I once read that they also have Lip and Cheek Stain, so I tried out the tester..
The Body Shop Lip and Cheek Stain I tried is the one with strong red tone, the texture is so watery and not sticky at all. It has no scent also.

I apply some dots on my lips and pat it all over lightly with my pinkie finger but my lip seems just exactly same and so bare.. (sorry, I just forgot to take the pic of my lips)
I put more and look at the mirror but still, it's not even pigmented, just a very sheer pinkish tone.
I have no idea why is it so bad and not so colored, but maybe I need to remember that I used my L'occitane shea butter lip balm first under my Innisfree Eco lipstick before I hit the mall.
Maybe it's because I put something on my lips first then the lip stain's pigment doesn't appear well on me :(
That was just my simple research and self assumption, because when I left the store I found the red stain stays quite good on my pinkie finger.., here you go

It's a bit pricey though, 129k. I think I'll be thinking twice to buy it since it's not pigmented and some reviews said so!
My friend Ismi told me to try Tony Moly Cherry Tint but I ordered my Very Me lip stain and just gonna wait for it!
Please look forward my review to that soon! ^^

Hello to you!

Hey, every one.

It's August 10th and I finally wrote my first run here into 'Fortunata'.

Yeah, I had blog once and been writing for quite long but it didn't last long anyway. So I started out a new one here, 'Fortunata'.
That 'Fortunata' is my middle name which I'm so proud of (my daddy gave me that).
I have no such plan about what's this blog gonna be like, what it's all about, no specific thing.
I just like everything spontaneous, off the cut-thingy.

So, I will put everything I like to write and share here.
About many things I love, arts, musics, journalism and media, social issue, beauty, and even sweet things about life.
Nothing really personal here, if I decided to post anything 'personal' here then it's not a secret since I let all of you read it.

Oh yeah, if you're wondering why is the pic I had on the headline was NYC..
I have something in mind about that, beside it's my fave city I'd like to visit one day after Seoul, there's gonna be this someone coming from The Big Apple visiting Indonesia next month.
So that's why I'm excited and in such New York mood lately.
I had no idea what pic to put so I just used that one, nice huh?