The Apems : Destya Adventyas

"A true friend is someone you can disagree with and still remain friends. For if not, they weren't true friends in the first place."
---Sandy Ratliff---

<3 Destya Adventyas <3

Waaaa I really have trouble remembering when and how did the first time I knew Destya. She just "there" haha with us.. And the moment she's there, we straightly call her "BOSS".. (honestly it really feels so strange to call her by her name.. we're so not use to it ^^). She got that name because:

1. She has a gangsta look (LOL), even a hoodlum will think twice to mess around with her (LOL). 

2. She's a leader-type, you know.. : very responsible, independent and really take care of us.

3. She has the guts to do almost anything ^^

4. She's cool and calm and really don't sweat the small stuffs.

Those things I mentioned above are also the things I admire the most about boss ^^


But as "The Boss" she also has a softy side, and this side appears when she's in love (haha). She could be really caring and lovable (LOL) and a lil emotional too (so strange to see a sentimental gangsta.. haha)

Her secret passion is to become a Trans Jakarta Bus Driver haha (really want to see her drive that bus). And she has natural talent on cutting hairs.. but only specialized on cutting bangs ^^


She may look ferocious but she's really friendly actually, and she has a lot of friends. One more thing that I admire from Boss is the fact that she loves adventure. A day with boss is always adventurous ^^


xoxo

The Apems : Gita Zuliyanti Pertiwi

"Friends are the most important part of your life. 

Treasure the tears, treasure the laughter, 

but most importantly, treasure the memories."

Dave Brenner

If you watch a movie about a group/gang of best friends, there's always one character who plays the role as the 'slowest' one yet the funniest one, who seems to have a total different way of thinking (like he/she has his/her own world of imagination), who laughs the hardest when she/he doesn't even get the joke, or even laugh the last ^^, who always try to give brilliantly silly ideas or solution to any problem -LOL-, who always be loved and taken good care by all other members of the group.

I am sooo lucky to know and be friend with this type of character. 

The Apems's days are never be so 'grey' since we have...

<3 Gita Zuliyanti Pertiwi <3

Me & Gita at Liza's house

Days with Gita are always fun. Everything she does and say always bring laughter to the people  surrounds her. She doesn't even try to look or act funny. She really is funny and so honest ^^. She has a bunch of silly stories that really happen to her (which you all could read on her blog http://gitazz.blogspot.com/) But one of those stories that really stuck in my mind and still crack my hardest laugh was the one with the pole on the bus. Ow gosh.. she came home from college pretty late (I don't know if it really is because she's too tired or she really need to get a new glasses LOL). She got on a full bus, standing and spontaneously reaching something to hold. She thought it was a pole (you know.. a thin long pole in a bus for you to hold when you have to stand in the bus?!) turned out she was holding a cardboard that belongs to the passenger who sat in front of her (LOL) and it took 1 minute to realize it wasn't a pole. And yup.. that passenger looked weirdly at her, wondering why is Gita holding her cardboard so tight?!!! ^_^

Or the one with "fairytale princess's beauty contest". One day Liza, Ola, Martini, Gita and Me were in 'Angkot No.25' (Angkot stands for Angkutan Kota. It's a small car that use as public transportation in Indonesia) on the way to Ola's house. We were pretty sleepy at that time and strangely nobody's talking (normally we talk all the time wherever we are). Gita broke the silence by asking "Eh Eh.. what would happen if Cinderella and Snow White enter a beauty pageant? Who do you think will win the contest?". When I heard the question. I thought it was like a guessing game, totally not a serious question. So I answered.. "mmm probably Snow White. Because Cinderella will change back to ordinary girl at midnight". And she said "Oh.. so it is.." while nodding her head.

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Liza, Ola, Tiny and I looked at her.. waiting for her next response. "That's it Git?! Is my guess right? Who's the winner?". She innocently answered "I don't know, that's why I ask you guys who's the winner" wahahahahahaaha..

That question happened to be 'a mystery in her live' that she really struggled to solve. hihi silly! 

Me & Gita at Karaoke Studio

And there's many more funny stories of her. 

From my point of view, Gita is a smart and diligent girl when it comes to academic things. She's pretty sporty too. But yeah on daily conversation, she's the one who always make us laugh by her funny ideas and experiences. That's why hanging out with her is always be such a good time.

She could be too worry too. And when she's mad, she really look like a lil girl ^_^

What I admire the most about her is her honesty and innocence.. and of course she could also give seriously wise advices too.. when it's needed ^_^

xoxo

The Apems : Liza Ayu Febriani

Friends are angels who lift our feet 

when our own wings have trouble remembering how to fly. 

-- Unknown Source --

<3 Liza Ayu Febriani <3

Me & Liza at Sushi Groove

Liza is a simple yet complicated person. Sometimes she seems like not taking problems seriously, when her friends come to her and tell her about their problem, she always manage to cheer them up with simple words such as "don't be too worry, everything's going to be just fine, don't think about it too hard ok!". And she barely has her finger in someone else's pie ^_^. But her mood swings could make her turn into a total different person. We often find her suddenly putting her sad face (almost cry), we know that something is troubling in her mind, but she says no word. Or suddenly she becomes so sensitive, she could unintentionally say harsh words to everyone. The key is just leave her alone for a while when she's in sensitive-zone ^_^

I don't know exactly when she becomes one of The Apems. Cause she's actually not a gang-type. She makes friends and hangs out with basically everybody in our class. She's a very cheerful girl (when she's not in sensitive-zone -LOL-). She laughs the hardest everytime someone cracks a joke. But be careful when she's laughing (no matter who tells the joke) she always raise her hand and give a hit/smack/lash to anyone who's peskily sitting next to her (trust me.. it hurts T__T). Rule No.1: If you want to tell a joke, make sure that you're not standing to close to Liza ^_^ protect your arms and thighs!!

@ Grand Indonesia Mall

Oh Liza done so many silly stuffs too. She's really expressive. Always use body language when she talks. Her lips.. owww GOD.. The Apems gave her the award as "sexiest lips No.2" (I'll tell you later who's the No.1 hihi). She could strangely trill and twitch her lips while talking, and it looks ridiculously funny! And her voice is annoyingly funny as hell when she sings. 

One thing I admire about Liza is that she's independent. She lives by herself. Do chores and take care of the house by herself (though it's messy most of the time haha) and she goes everywhere alone (which one of the thing I probably wouldn't do : going somewhere alone, except go to Uni and to work).

Having Liza in The Apems definitely brings new color ^__^

xoxo

The Apems : Julnadia Misla Aswandi

In my friend, I find a second self.
-- Isabel Norton --

<3 Julnadia Misla Aswandi <3

Me & Ola at Goethe Institut

On my 1st day at college (when I was busy gossiping with Martini about her friend from senior high school, who's also my neighbor) I noticed a tall slim girl with bizarre curly hair (haha seriously.. her curly hair looked so weird at that time) and she's damn white!! (still envy her skin until this very moment.. arrrggghhh.. hahaha). Her name is Julnadia Misla Aswandi. We call her "Ola". She was busy promoting beauty products from "Oriflame" at that time. And I don't know exactly how it started, but Martini, Ola & me ended up hanging out together pretty often. Maybe it's because we're heading home to the same direction, take the same public transportation. 

Ola is a smart girl. She could be very kind and very sarcastic at the same time -LOL- she's really straightforward, says what she has in mind, and most of the times her words are 'very sharp'. It's a good thing though.. because you know.. once man said "a good friend stabs you in the front" =D

@ Ragunan Zoo

She's very creative too on designs & writings, and honestly her creativity is pretty inspiring. One thing that I really like about her is that she always want to learn new  things : how to wear a modish 'Hijab', how to eat Sushi in a right way so you won't puke (haha--she even joins a Sushi-cooking-class), how to earn more coins on pet society (haha.. yeah she's an online gamer, who's assiduous enough to join game forum to find out how the game works and also to socialize with other gamers), how to run an online business, etc. She basically occupies her mind with new things & fresh ideas, and I learn pretty much from her. 

She has good sense of fashion and really creative on mix-and-match clothing. A modest smart and creative person who doesn't mind to share her knowledge, that's who she is. ^_^ But she does silly stuff too, she's the only one of The Apems who could touch her nose with her own tongue (wahahah really funny when she does this).

Having Ola in my circle of friends was a step closer to form The Apems (^_^)


xoxo

The Apems : Martini Eka Wahyuni

A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are slightly cracked. -- Bernard Meltzer

 To be frank, I never be 'the-popular-girl-at-school-type', who could make other students fall for her beauty and admire her appearance (everybody simply want to be her friends--cause your pride and prestige could raise in school social's life when you become friends with popular student), and who could easily steal everybody's attention. Nor 'the-fun-and-friendly-type', who could easily adapt to every new environment and take only 1 or 2 seconds to make new friends. I'm more like the-observer-type. Everytime I get in to new environment, I never talk much, I unconsciously put on my 'ignorant-face', and just taking some times to 'observe' new people surrounds me. (When I'm doing this.. people said that I look so arrogant & bitchy --LOL--). I kinda build an invisible wall surrounds me and wait for someone to climb it up and meet me on the other side to say "hi" to me. When I feel "click" with this person, I'm starting to take off layer after layer of my invisible wall and letting this person become a part of my world. This happened most of the times. And in college.. it was all started when Martini Eka Wahyuni tore down my wall by just asking "hey girl.. can I borrow your pen?" ^_^

<3 Martini Eka Wahyuni <3

Martini & Me at a wicker shop

She's my very 1st friend at college (we're studying German at Jakarta State University). From the moment she asked me to lend her a pen, I just knew that we could be such good friends. Our conversations grew easily. My other friends from college even thought that me and Martini already knew each other before entering the university. Cause we joke around a lot since the 1st day. Well it's because she's such a very fun and friendly kind of person. She's really open and make me feel comfy to hang out with her.

5 years has gone by & we still are friends ^_^.

Of course we had some fights too, a lil misunderstanding or a really bad mood could cause troubles between us. (yeh.. one of the things we have in common, we're moody & can be really sensitive + temperamental when we have bad moods) but of course, as best friends we always find a way to forgive each other. It's also because we're fair to each other, when we don't like something, we'll say it right away, we could be very sarcastic too, but after we let out the anger, we will leave the problem behind, consider it 'solved'. 

One thing that really irritates me sometimes, is when she mad. She will ignore the person who made her mad (haha.. really Tiny, I can't stand it when you're doing this LOL) act like that person didn't exist. But when it happens, I know just what to do : apologize & give her some time and space until her rage gone away, then she'll be fine again.. back to the fun and friendly Martini ^_^

@ Kelapa Gading Mall

She's my 'eating-partner' haha.. yeah we both love to eat so much, always play the role as 'trash bin' who 'responsible' to eat all the leftovers when our other best friends feel replete.. ;p and she's also my 'daydreaming-partner', we're fantasizing our future in a real funny way (marry a 'BULE' and live in Europe is one of the thing we fantasize -LOL-).

One thing I admire the most about her is, her kindness to the less fortunate people. She's helpful and generous. (still have in mind when she helped a blind man finding the right public transportation on a crowded terminal, and when she treat a beggar in college's cafeteria. Those are simple things that sadly happen quite seldom in Jakarta).

xoxo