I wish I was better at remembering all the things I want to look up. If I make a note it's more likely that I'll lose the note or simply forget to look at it when I can look the thing up. Anyways, after months of saying 'Man, I wish I knew how cranes are assembled', after seeing a portion of a crane being driven to a construction site, I finally looked it up this week. 

My sister and I recently tried some food from the newly opened Otarian on Wardour Street. They proudly declare themselves to be the first low-carbon emitting restaurant. This claim is probably made on the basis that the furniture and decor are made from recycled materials, the take away containers and cutlery are biodegradable and the carbon emissions of the foods on the menu are distinctly lower than their non-vegetarian equivalents. They've even printed the CO2 emissions of each dish right on the menu, next to the amount of calories each dish provides.

Anyways, I actually just wanted to post telling you how amazing their lasagna is. I dunno how to describe it to do it justice.. It's a roast veg lasagna. The flavours were rich and the cheese on top even more so.

I was awoken by receiving several text messages in the space of two minutes. It annoyed me but I was even more annoyed when I realised that it was 8am as I'd hoped to get up before 7 like I have been. I suppose I should have expected to wake up later now that I'm fasting again, especially since I couldn't get to sleep last night. (I cried when I imagined myself asking Steve when I would hear from him next.)

It's rather cloudy now but it was very sunny earlier when I went to the shops to buy some butter; I plan to make cupcakes later. There was a light breeze too, so it wasn't too hot but actually very refreshing when I went out. I pretty much snuck out to keep the walk peaceful; if I told my parents they'd ask a few questions in jest and ruin the calm. I leapt into my siblings' room announcing I was dressed to go out, then walked out, down the stairs, put my shoes on, quietly opened the door and quietly closed it. I didn't shut the door so that I need a key to get back in cos that requires jiggling the key in the lock and causes a racket. 

Outside the shop I met my brother's friend, Kiaan and his dad. They were waiting for mum, who was at the dry cleaners, as they were going out to a café for breakfast. Oh I'd really like to go out to a café for brekkie. I was up really early yesterday and itching to get out cos it was sunny but Miriam's in hospital and Aakash didn't reply (until late at night when I told him that I hated him and looked like this >____< as I typed the message).. I should've gone for a bike ride by myself, even if I live in a very boring place to cycle around.

I've met a man that's made his dream come true and it made me cry

The couple behind Original Production were in London this summer for the Sonisphere Festival. They organise events, such as music concerts and family shows, in Indonesia. These two have brought Beyoncé, Dionne Warwick, Bon Jovi, Air Supply and many other acts to Jakarta. 

When Tommy Pratama was a kid he'd dreamed of this job and even got in dentention for drawing promo posters he'd dreamt up. There was this one time (his wife told us as he sat quietly/shyly for it seemed like this wasn't the first time she'd told the tale) when his friends in class were telling him to put the drawings away or he'd get in trouble. He was drawing a poster saying that Deep Purple and Scorpions were putting on a concert in Jakarta. His teacher snatched it off his desk, laughed at what he'd drawn, saying that it'd never happen, and gave him detention. Some years later he organised this very concert and a kid that was in that class with him was in the audience, found Tommy and hugged him to congratulate him for achieving his dream. While Tommy had actually forgotten all about that incident.

When the dream is gone the world is a lonelier place

I should probably be ashamed for having found the title of this blog on a post on LookBook..

But if I hadn't found the line you'd probably have to wait a while longer before I told you my plans. meh.

So.. did I tell you that I'm going to spend a year studying in Tokyo?  I fly out September 13th at 9:10 in the morning and I hope that my brother and sister will get up ready enough to come see me off at the airport, especially since I'm sure they'll be able to get to school in time afterwards. Maybe they could nap on the way. I have a 4 hours stop over in Abu Dhabi and will land at Narita Airport around lunchtime. Then I must send my luggage to my dorm and take a Skyliner to Ueno where I will meet someone from the hospitality team and will be escorted to my dorm in Toda Koen. I'll be living some 45 minutes away from uni. The journey time includes the walk to the station, changing trains and walking to uni.

I have two weeks off around Christmas and New Year's, and I'm hoping some friends studying abroad for the year will come visit me or I may go visit them. I have a month off from mid-February to mid-March and I'm going home for about a week. During this week I will visit Kent: sit in on anth lectures with Clare and Matt, have dinner with some friends and give them gifts. Then during half term I will fly out to Tokyo with my family. My year ends in July and I have one more year at Kent.

Since the 2011-2012 year at Kent will be my last, next summer will be the last opportunity for me to work at Walt Disney World in Florida under their scheme for interntional college students. I need to put a CV together as soon as I can, post it off to the appointed recruitment agency and hope they can arrange for my interview to take place while I come back in February.

Then after I graduate I want to spend a year with the JET program as an assistant in schools helping children practise their English speaking. This way I'll have two awesome referees to add to my CV and will be able to apply for working with Camp America.