Tea

A drink that particularly mute the world's cacophony. That moment when the world went silent for just a split second as I inhale the aroma of its exquisiteness eases my mind. The scent comforts me like the warm maroon sweater on a december night. It certainly makes me feel safe. It makes you feel at home.

I drink tea more than I drink water. 

Things that have made my week

on Monday, watched Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

on Tuesday, watched Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

on Wednesday, watched Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

on Thursday, watched Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

on Friday, watched Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix

on Saturday, watched Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

on Sunday, watched Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Two Things

ONE

After having a pretty long conversation with friends about how their names are greek, it makes me want to have a greek name too. Not that I don't like my name (in fact, I wrote a whole post about how I'm amazed with my name). It's just that greek names sound really intriguingly appealing to me that eventually the idea of changing the name of this blog with a greek name came up. I then googled about the greek mythology names which I found to be a really good read. Aegle, goddess of radiant good health takes me back to the meaning of my first name. I grew fond of this word.

TWO

My middle name which means musk aroma originated from a small member of the deer family, called Moschidae. I then combine both words into one word, moschidaegle. I know it's supposed to be the other way around according to the order of my name, but I couldn't help taking the "ae" in both words making it as a conjunction. Creating words can actually be fun.

The name is Saras

Apparently it runs in my blood to have random questions popping out in my head in the most unpredicted time of the day. It all started this morning at packaging design class, where I was actually working on my web design project. There's something about me and doing a certain project not in its actual class. I always seem to do that. It all depends on my mood which apparently is not always synchronized with my schedule. Staring at my logo, "What does my name actually mean?" suddenly came up in my mind.

Being the typical me, instead of ignoring the question and moving on with the project, I started googling my name. I remembered God knows when I once asked my mother what my name means. She told me "Saras" actually means mentally healthy (waras) in Javanese. Honestly, I thought she was joking (secara waras sangatlah tidak merepresentasikan gw). Yup, she jokes a lot, so I often don't really take her seriously when I really should do.

I found a fair amount of different meanings of "Saras" in different languages. It turns out my mother wasn't joking. One of the meanings, (1) mentally healthy was right. She then told me later (after I asked her again) she gave me that name hoping that I'd be in good health mentally and physically. I don't know about mentally (just kidding), but thanks God I've never been that badly sick where I had to be put in a hospital bed. And I don't wish to. The other one I found was (2) quintessence. It's from sanskrit which is originally a historical Indo-Aryan language. As a matter of fact, it is actually a classic Indian language. Another one I found from the sanskrit is, (3) pond. The Rigvedic term refers to stagnant water. I then got to know about a holy river in India named Sarasvati which is one of the main Rigvedic rivers. "Vati" means to own. So, the word "Sarasvati" signify the meaning of owning something or to have a tendency to keep flowing like water in the river. The Hindi Goddess "Sarasvati" was originally a personification of this river which has the meaning of "the source of life". 

My middle name, "Syazwina" means Kasturi (musk). As mention in the holy Quran, it is a substance with which are sealed the pure drinks of Paradise. My mother told me that it has this really good scent. Then I read somewhere that musk is to be the king of all scents. Apparently, it is that good. That makes "smell the scent of Kasturi" on the top of my bucket list. Other than its usage as a fragrance, it is also used in medicine. In that aspect, I was utterly clueless. Kasturi is also used as a detoxofier and is a potent aphrodisiac. O-kay now I'm pretty amazed. 

And finally "Salim" - my last name which happens to be my family name simply means, to be safe. 

Despite being teased as 'Saras 008' (some Indonesian girl superhero that was really popular back in the late 90s) by most Indonesians ever since I was a little whenever I introduce myself, I personally think Saras is a great name. In all my life, I've never been to a school where a lot of people named Saras can be found. Sarah and Sara are most commonly used. Thus, luckily I was always the only Saras in all the schools I've been to. Yeay to that! And currently in this campus where only 115 Indonesians can be found, I'm the only Saras in this campus. Well, who wouldn't be happy having something that only you have? Even if it's something as simply as a name.

I would like to thank my much loved parents for giving me such a great name.

8AM-ish. Video class. 

As expected, bloated eyes. No coffee, no breakfast.

Ta-da! A new Logo. Finally made up my mind.

Ouch. It still hurts.
But it's okay, I'll just grow a new heart.

List of things I've been missing lately :

- dolce latte

- sushi

- reading

- drawing

- painting

- swimming

- a companion

- laughing till I get stomachaches

- deep honest conversation

- eating at my granny's

- wandering at noon

- long rides

- a pet hammy

- home

Yellow

Apparently I've been feeling yellow lately. I changed everything in my laptop into yellow. I get bored really easily. I need constant change. That's why I change everything in my laptop almost every month. It keeps me refreshed. Usually it's colorful, but this time they're all in yellow.

Not to forget, my google chrome theme has been yellow-ish-ed too. Now, they all match. The egg yolk makes me happy. Happy is indeed simple!

Both

Necklace? Rings?

October Cats

I'm currently in love with my new background for twitter. It's orange and cats are on it! I just changed it today. I can't remember when was the last time I changed considering I don't really tweet. I always like a good change. It feels fresh. 

Things that have made this week better

1. The fact that this week's wednesday, thursday and friday was Chuseok holiday so I had 5 days off in total this week.
2. Monday, I played guitar at a radio for the first time. It was aired.
3. Tuesday, I watched one of the greatest Indonesian film, 5CM.
4. Wednesday, I painted again.
5. Thursday, I was a fairy at another photoshoot.
6. Friday, I had indian for dinner.
7. Saturday, definitely the Mods' Honey Pie.
8. Sunday, stayed all day in my room and finished a book, "Who moved my cheese?".

Intro

Ignore my first post earlier.

It's 3AM, and my eyes are wide awake. It is probably because of the vanilla latte I had this afternoon. Yes, usually the after-effect lasts that long on me. It's only a latte though. Milk.

Honestly, I've never had a blog before. I usually post daily on tumblr. I don't know if it's consider  blogging. I actually enjoy writing, it makes me think. There is something about writing in your bed at this hour when the whole city is asleep. The silence relaxes me. Indeed, silence is expensive.

Just now, I decided to make a blog. Yes, my decisions are usually made at this hour when I'm on my bed, unable to sleep and have this strong urge to write. A year ago, right at this moment, I decided to post stuff on tumblr. Not just re-blogging, but actually posting my thoughts, personal experience, monologues, etc. It's probably because my summer break has just started and the thought of doing nothing just kills me. 

Last year, tumblr. This year, a blog. I just hope that this blog doesn't end up like my tumblr which was pretty much abandoned when school started. 

Anyway, hooray for this.

ps. only God knows how long will this sudden impulsive writing of mine last.

Halo

Test. One. Two. Three. Blurry