quick post

Here are a few thoughts.

1. Why are books so expensive these days? Today I was at Kinokuniya and I wanted to buy this dictionary but seriously? Rp.234.000? I think thats way too much to pay for a pocket 2 language dictionary though I really wanted it -_-.

2.By the way, the Rp.2000 note is purple!! Yeah, hahhaha no, Maria, it's not orange :P Just like we predicted, it's purpleeeee :) Hahhaha. At the beginning of the week, Maria, Arin, Vania, JM, and I were talking about the new colour of this note, and we said that it'd be purple. Turns out we're right. I saw the picture in the Life & Times section of the Jakarta Globe today.
I was reading the papers today both the Jakarta Globe and the Jakarta Post, like I do, almost everyday. Both papers have a few pages about yesterdays bombings. I read that the Indonesian all star players who were staying at the JW Marriot hotel decided to skip breakfast and go to train straightaway, man, are they psychics, or is it just luck? Maybe they can tell the future?

3. Speaking of future telling and stuff, have you heard of indigo and crystal children? They're supposed to be the kids who bring us into a new age. At this point, I don't know what to believe. These kids are said to be born with special 'abilities' though. If you're curious read up about it yourself, because, I'm not familiar with this idea of supernatural kids, I'm not going to write about it myself, but these so called 'indigo and crystal kids' are said to really exist.

4. Hahahhaa, today I saw Harry Potter. I must say that it wasn't great. In fact, it failed to deliver as well as the book did for me. When I was reading it, I imagined the whole movie way more interesting than what I saw on screen, but hey, they can only fit so much into a 2 and 1/2 hour movie right?
Oh, and the one who plays Ron Weasley is an excellent actor. Great acting skills displayed on-screen.

OK that's all for today's quick post. Arghhhh seriously I need that book. I know, who wants a dictionary right? But let me explain to you that over the last one and a half months or so, I have had the sudden urge to learn a new language and so far, I've progressed a bit. But I need the dictionaryyyyyy arghhh.
To be honest this is not the first time I'm trying to teach myself something totally new, but previously, I've given up on many things. This is the first time I've had this burning determination to learn something properly... hahha and it happens to be a language that none of my family is familiar with.
My mum probably thinks I'm whack and that's why she doesn't want to buy it for me. I told her that I'd pay her full price for it at home because I didn't bring the money but she said she'll look for a cheaper version -_-
If I had the dictionary right now, I'd probably be reading it, instead of writing about how I don't have it, but it's okay, I'll buy get one really soon, I'll use my own money if really necessary.
Oh and I want a polaroid camera too, but it's not something I really want, it's just something that I think is nice to have. Oh and the dictionary is more expensive than the polaroid I had my eye on(there's this 2nd hand polaroid selling for Rp.200.000, still in good condition ;) teeheee)
It figures, if I had to choose one, I'd choose the dictionary anyway. Stuff I happen to want more always tend to be more expensive, be it a book over a camera.
I need to buy the dictionary the next couple of days though, you know, before the determination fades away, hahhahaha.
Oh one more thing. Rp.1000 notes are no longer in production!! Ahhhhh. This is sad. It's the dawning of a new economic era here in Indonesia. Instead they're going to start making Rp.1000 coins. But who want's coins???