Paradiso Perduto

LOL I know I have never been serious serious in blogging (as in trying to gather audience to read my random rambling...aside from occasional shameless self promotion in the few social media I have). However, I like writing, obviously, and I like the idea that people read my writing. (I know some of you might care more about my fiction... you can read my stories in fictionpress  for free...for now). After I lurked for a while in the blog-overse, I noticed that a lot of blogs I frequent have this cute little button telling me to follow them on Bloglovin. I clicked on it out of curiosity, and... BAM. I'M ALSO ON BLOGLOVIN NOW.  It's a very simple platform that allows you to collect all blogs you love, whether they are originally from Blogger, Wordpress, Tumblr, or you-name-it. It helps you to stay update with the blogs you love. They can also help you discovering blogs you might love, based on your preference. For bloggers, it's a nice way to find audiences too. ...

Hola, Paradiso! Surprise... Hahaha. Yes, I am still alive. If you follow me on twitter or befriend me on Goodreads, you might realize that I am even more chatty than usual, although I have been on a long hiatus on fictionpress and (well...) this blog. Actually, the last three months were going quite well for me. I graduated (like, finally), got a nice job, met nice new friends. Germany won the 2014 World Cup, and I think it's going to be a mood booster for me at least until the end of this year, hahahaha. My friend Scott said this a lot to me and it works like a charm every time: V : I'm so [insert complain here] S: At least Germany won. V : Owwwww yeah! (happiness recharged) *hug* Source : Guardian *kiss* Source :  The National AE *very fangirl-ish screech* Source : Reuters   Yup. What a beautiful first half of 2014 for me, personally. I hope I can say the same about the last half :p So, don't worry, I was not on hiatus because I contracted ...

Aida (@aidayuni), Rangga (@rankrank), Riri (@ririe_risa) and I just launched a joint blog project! It is called Illufiction a.k.a Illusional Fiction. I (who recently listen too much to The Beatles than what is healthy) suggest an alternative name for our blog, "The Lonely Hearts Club Blog" (from "Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band"), but ultimately "Illufiction" (Aida's idea) win the voting. Well, a part of my idea was used as the blog theme, hahaha. And about the name "Illufiction"...I have to admit this name grew on me. Hopefully you will like it too : the name and, of course, the blog. True to its name, we'll be taking turn posting a chapter of stories every week. Each one of us will write different stories but we have one uniting theme : loneliness. Don't worry, we'll try not to be too mushy :) Our stories are more like existential loneliness than "galau" loneliness. We also have discussed about our characters an...

I should remind you, though, the message here is "date a girl who reads", not " date the girl who looks like Keira Knightley holding book."   You should date a girl who reads.   Date a girl who reads. Date a girl who spends her money on books instead of clothes, who has problems with closet space because she has too many books. Date a girl who has a list of books she wants to read, who has had a library card since she was twelve. Find a girl who reads. You’ll know that she does because she will always have an unread book in her bag. She’s the one lovingly looking over the shelves in the bookstore, the one who quietly cries out when she has found the book she wants. You see that weird chick sniffing the pages of an old book in a secondhand book shop? That’s the reader. They can never resist smelling the pages, especially when they are yellow and worn. She’s the girl reading while waiting in that coffee shop down the street. If you take a peek at her mug,...

Just installed Blogger for Android, and I think it is something to celebrate! The rating for this app is only approximately 3,5, though, I wonder why... Well I will know, sooner or later. So far, I enjoy blogging on the go! Simple interface, quite light on the memory too. Let's see if this application will help ending my bad habit of neglecting my blog. Tschuess, here's a love in the bottle to cheer your day up just like mine (hopefully oh hopefully so!) :) Liebe Gruße, Deine Vera written in the middle of Pasteur traffic jam, on my way to Jatinangor. Definitely will increase my dependency to Senorita (my cellphone), haha

Michael Ballack dan Matt Damon Holger Badstuber dan Heath Ledger   Mirip kaaaan? Teman aku Ditta Ramalia Guntari bilang Holger Badstuber mirip Justin Bieber, tapi...uh, puh-leassse... Errr...aku pikir mau diliat dari manapun Holger lebih mirip Heath Ledger daripada Bieber... Bastian Schweinsteiger dan Christian Sugiono Walaupun tentu saja gantengan Christian Sugiono sumpah mereka mirip, cuma agak susah nyari foto yang membuktikannya. Hahaha. Sami Khedira dan Ariyo Wahab Pengen ngelanjutin lagi tapi udah pagi dan aku agak ngantuk. Kata Ufi besok (hari ini) rapat KPAR. Ya sudah. Dadah. Dilanjutin lagi nanti...

Lengkapnya berbunyi: Jakarta, Jakarta Raya arrived from google.co.id on " Paradiso Perduto " by searching for vera aku kangen kamu . 22:44:15 -- 1 day 7 hours ago source: feedjit si pengintai keberadaan Anda. muahahaha aw aw aw seriously? Ada yang tiba di blog aku gara-gara nge-search "VERA AKU KANGEN KAMU"? Vera yang dimaksud di sini aku bukan nih? Haha *geer Hahaha. Inilah kenapa aku cinta Feedjit. Lucu aja begitu tau kata-kata apa yang diketik orang di search engine mbah google dan bikin orang nyasar ke blog ini. Kebanyakan nyasar gara-gara ngetik 'pengetahuan mistis' (pasti lagi nyari sumber buat tugas dan malah tersesat ke blog menyesatkan ini hahaha. Sabar ya.). Tapi dulu pernah juga ada dong yang mampir ke sini gara-gara ngetik "MAHASISWI UNPAD SEKSI." Astagfirullah. Hahahaahaaahaa...aku ga bisa berenti ngakak pas tau itu. Ps (terjemah : pesan sponsor) Update 'Sebuah Novel yang Belum Selesai...

Lebih sebagai ucapan selamat datang kepada aku sendiri daripada kepada orang lain. Ehehehehe. Sampai saat ini aku masih bingung kenapa aku bikin blog ya? Terus blog ini mau diisi pake apa? Benar-benar clueless, pokoknya pengen bikin aja karena tampaknya keren. Hahaha *jangan ditiru ya anak-anak yang manis, hidup itu harus punya tujuan*. Kalau ngeliat blog orang lain, rasanya pengen ngiler. "HAAH KOK BISA BAGUS GITU YA? AKU JUGA PASTI BISA BIKIN YANG LEBIH BAGUS!" Tapi ternyata ketika udah dibikin jadinya malah kayak gini. Hehehe. Dasar gaptek emang Tapi yang penting kan ada kemauan untuk belajar. Semoga ke depan aku bisa jadi lebih baik, sebagai blogger dan apa pun. Amin. Sekali lagi SELAMAT DATANG buat diriku sendiri, dan orang lain (kalau ada)