-Nelden- Djakababa

SD Tarakanita I, SMP Tarakanita V, SMA Tarakanita I, Psychology University of Indonesia, CADES Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, AMC University of Amsterdam

University Of Indonesia (ui), Attended 1991 - 1998, Class of 1998, Master's Degree, Psychology

A happy Learner, a cool tante of William's :-D

Cozy Street Corner, PPI Leuven, the Pangaea Writing Club, Forum Jomblo (anggota non-aktif, soalnya rapatnya di Depok. Jauh), The Pack of She-Wolves, Black Pegassa, GaGaTa percussion rookies (GAk GAmpang, TAuuuk...:-)

Reading everything, freewriting, walking, traveling with my ol'faithful backpack, music (eclectic), crafts, learning to be aware, synchronicity, cracking stupid jokes with the right friends up to very near the point of nausea, making new electric braincells connections, devouring rucola pizza after shivering in Leiden's wet night, Belgian beers, Belgian chocolate, becak rides, motor ojek joyrides....Anywhere!), bicycling especially in weekends, ngojek, feeling the wind on my face in general... Living in FLOW...^_^

So Many! Well, an attempt to list them: FICTION includes books by Haruki Murakami, Nick Bantock, Paolo Coelho, Hanif Kureishi, Zadie Smith, Anita Desai, Ayu Utami, Dewi Lestari, Peter Ho Davies, Djenar Maesa Ayu, Salman Rushdie, Soebagjo Sastrowardojo, Arundathi Roy, Vikram Seth, Intan Paramaditha, Dave Eggers, Isabel Allende, Rattawut Lapcharoensap (si gila), Ali Smith, Ian McEwan, Seno Gumira Ajidarma, Tracy Chevalier, M. Somerset Maugham (iya, gue baru baca sekarang... ke mana aja ya gue?!), Julie Orringer, Sherman Alexie (that angry "feathers-and-arrows Indian" who writes beautifully), Maggie Tiojakin (not bad lah), Nukila Amal (dreamily complicated), Michel Faber, Amitav Ghosh, Elmo Jayawardena, Raymond Carver ("it GETS to you, innit?!" says my friend who'd just introduced me to Carver's works. Brilliant..), Andre Dubus is also top-notch, Eve Ensler, Marjane Satrapi, Daniel Mason, Rana Dasgupta, Reine Melvin... I'm not even bothering to start a list of the nonfiction. Too many.

Waaay too many!... Latest watched in a movie-theater: DREAMGIRLS (7 euros), and LITTLE CHILDREN (ook 7 euros), and some short flicks which were part of an installation art display at STUK-Leuven.

Any kind that strikes a chord with me, including Cozy Street Corner (Nah...tuh guys, I've mentioned you!), the amazing BONITA, etc...

Mostly use TV to have some noise at home :-), but few favorites are CSI, Scrubs, Discovery docus...

Gemini

I am an ancient soul with a very young heart... :-)

I'm still trying to make sense out of life by doing occasional senseless things... lol

I'm a traveler.

I'm a freewriter.

I'm an intuitive photographer.

I do not like dishonest people. I really do not.

I am also a FLOW-er.
("flow" as defined by good 'ol Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi...Dude, U ROCK!)

To live out loud,
to be present in silence,
both with the same intensity of passion...!

Anyone who knows they're creating they're own realities.
Fun people who can laugh at themselves.
In-between people.
Shallow and deep people who can be truly alive without hurting others.
People who are comfortable and honest, especially with themselves.
Happy people.
Good people.
Interesting people.
Creative people.
Fellow travellers.
Anyone who can show me cheap places selling even cheaper beer.
Celestial Bartenders.
Cosmic jesters.
Hidden teachers.
My "Sputnik Sweetheart(s)" ;-*
A jolly writer from Curacao with whom I now have a bet due 2008... ^_^ (oh what have I done this time?? :-D)

And then: I'm letting synchroncity do the job. So far it has been.... well... interesting! ;-)