Posted by paramita on Dec 2, 2008 in
NaNoWriMo,
writing 
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!!!
Tags: NaNoWriMo, writing
Posted by paramita on Oct 30, 2008 in
inspiration 
The first rainbow I saw in Berlin. Beautiful and vivid. Here is the flickr link.
Tags: Berlin, city, inspiration, rainbow
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.
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Tags: review, software
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.
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Tags: fashion, shoes, tips
Posted by paramita on Mar 9, 2008 in
movies 
A Roberto Benigni’s film, 2005. Starring Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, and Jean Reno.
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Tags: inspiration, movie, review
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?
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Tags: health, tips
Posted by paramita on Jan 17, 2008 in
books,
movies 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…
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Tags: book, movie, review
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.
Tags: inspiration, love
Posted by paramita on Jul 2, 2007 in
Script Frenzy 
I made it!!!!
What an experience…
30 days, 20.000 words, around 120 pages of movie script. I honestly thought it is going to be easy. Well, actually it is. All I have to do is write 667 words a day on the month of June. Simple. Everyone can do it.
Did I do it like that? Of course. HA! I lied. I can only manage to write on a daily basis for 4 days. After that, everything else was my top priority. My master thesis, work, grocery shopping, and of course on the free time I have, I procrastinate. So I ended up doing the last 14000 words in a week and the last 6000 words in the last 1.5 days. Typical ol’ me.
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Tags: Script Frenzy, writing
Posted by paramita on Jun 8, 2007 in
Script Frenzy Another challenge on my Script Frenzy.
Is it really because the weather or is it just me being lazy and try to find an excuse? Well, I found out that the best working temperature for summer time is around 23 – 26 degree Celsius and it’s 32 degrees Celsius in my working place (/bedroom/flat).
Sounds weird because I’m from tropical country where the weather is supposed to be warm and all, yet I can’t manage to work in this heat. I tried drinking lots of water which should work to keep my body hydrated. It was (I think) but my brain still didn’t work so well especially with the creative stuff (like script writing!). I still feel like butter melting in the heat…
I just have to hang in there… word count is bad (only 1600 words so far). My body should adjust to the heat and then I will be all geared up to go again. In the meantime, I should probably take it easy… it’s my birthday tomorrow!
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 
