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Moving!
Posted by paramita on Aug 21, 2009 in Uncategorized
I’m moving this blog to http://www.abiamy.com/astridparamita 
See you there!
Photoshop Hand Tool Bug
Posted by paramita on Aug 11, 2009 in techie
So, I’m currently trying to redesign my blog again. Nothing too fancy on the design (so far) but still, it means I have to do some more work with Photoshop.
Now I got this bug again and again several time. No matter what tool I chose on Photoshop, it only shows the hand tool [will post a screenshot when it happens again]. At first I thought: “Okay, I have a bajillion thing on my memory it must screw it up. And I haven’t restart for a couple of days so let’s do that.” But after it happens more than once in a day. I start to pull out my hair a little bit.
One google search came up with this:
http://www.davidbisset.com/2007/12/15/photoshop-stuck-on-hand-toolicon/
*relieved that I’m not the only one*
I summarized a couple of things you can do to solve it from there:
- Restart the computer (a pain, but take it as a reminder if you haven’t restart for weeks
) - Pretend nothing happened, go procrastinate for a couple of mins and see if something had changed.
- Go to Edit > Preferences > General (or Ctrl-K) and then click Reset all Warning Dialogs
- CTRL + ALT + SHIFT at startup and delete preferences
- Press the space bar or caps lock
My 2008 NaNoWriMo Experience
50.000 words in one month. It’s my second time, the first time is in 2006. I’m quite proud of myself because this month I also wrapped up my study with my final colloquium. Two big things achieved in November. Not bad 
One thing I learned from my years of NaNoWriMo is just never give up. Refuse to give up. I’ve had obstacles too this month, I had to prepare my thesis presentation, which takes me the whole week (preparing, presenting, unwind from the stress of presenting). And then comes the usual devil of procrastination (this year’s suspects: facebook and plurk).
But I’m lucky, I’ve got advantages as well. I’m healthy, I don’t have any other obligations (pledging myself to be a full time author), and I have great support from my husband, my friends, especially fellow NaNoWriMo authors (yes I’m talking about you, wolfie, duckie, mike, miyu) whom I shared lots of word wars with.
In the end, I still have to write half of it in the final week. Here’s my progress graph:
Lots of reds and just a little green. Red means I didn’t get my target word count for the day but those bright greens means I did exceedingly well (I wrote 7000 words on Friday).
So, yeah, I did it! And now comes the more grueling task of finishing the novel and editing it. Bring it on!!!
Rainbow in Berlin
Posted by paramita on Oct 30, 2008 in inspiration
The first rainbow I saw in Berlin. Beautiful and vivid. Here is the flickr link.
Thesis Writing: LaTeX vs Word? – Part 1
Posted by paramita on Oct 3, 2008 in techie
I have done both. Microsoft Word for writing my Bachelor thesis and LaTeX for my Master thesis. I learned that both has its better and worse features and neither is superior in all aspects. It all depends on your needs.
I’m going to post my experiences using Microsoft Word 2007 and LaTeX under Windows XP in several parts. Here comes part 1, which is about the installation and document structures.
My Shoes Are Too Big
Posted by paramita on Jun 26, 2008 in fashion
I have small feet. I’m 163 cm tall but my shoe size is 36 and tiny. By tiny I mean my foot a bit on the narrow side so sometimes I have to go down to 35.5, especially for high heels.
Usually though, for the flat shoes, 36 always fits. That’s why I ordered these pretty Pretty Ballerinas, especially irresistible since it’s half the price !
I wait for them come, seemed forever although it’s only 4 days , and then they finally came. I impatiently tried them on and they are too big for my feet 
. Damn.
La Tigre e La Neve (The Tiger and The Snow)
Posted by paramita on Mar 9, 2008 in movies
A Roberto Benigni’s film, 2005. Starring Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, and Jean Reno.
Staying Happy and Healthy in Winter
Posted by paramita on Jan 21, 2008 in health
As someone who was born and raised in a tropical area, I never thought that such things really exists when my friends told me so. That is, until this year. It’s my 3rd winter in Bremen, and I’m feeling down. Am I suffering from winter depression?
Perempuan Punya Cerita vs A Thousand Splendid Suns
Hari ini gw terbaca sinopsis film “Perempuan Punya Cerita” di kompas online. Sayangnya kompas nggak bisa di-link, tapi sinopsis film dan trailernya juga bisa dilihat di http://www.kalyanashira.com/perempuanpunyacerita/.
4 cerita pendek. 4 sutradara perempuan bercerita tentang 4 perempuan biasa yang punya pengalaman luar biasa. Tapi kenapa dari 4 cerita ini, kok semuanya cerita penderitaan perempuan ya?
Please don’t let it be another depressing movie…
Old Photograph…
Posted by paramita on Jul 6, 2007 in love
of me, my hubby, and our friends in our first year of university. That was in 1997. 10 years ago… Wohoo I feel kinda old now 0.0.
It’s funny to remember that at that time he was just “someone from the same class as I”. Mind you, there were 78 of us (although only 60 are in the picture), so to get to know everyone personally was not a really simple task. We became good friends only 3 years after we met, half a year or so later we dated, and finally we got married.
So yes, I believe that love can grow. Or perhaps love was there all the time, but it will only reveal itself when we are ready.
About Me
Astrid Paramita Mochtarram is currently living in Berlin, Germany. This year she vows to finish her first novel. She loves books, movies, traveling, and somehow addicted to (shoe) shopping. She is trying to control the addiction ;-).
