Ho Ho Ho :D Christmas is coming! I know It's three days 'till Christmas but this year's Christmas is absolutely the most memorable and exciting one for me. 

All my life, I've never been a religious type of person. For years I used to go to church only once a year (that time I couldn't decide yet). On the other hand, actually I think going to church once every week doesn't make you a good person either (I'm not saying going to church is bad ya. You know what I mean). What's the use of being in church, praying and praising God while the rest six days of the week you act like a leader of some gangs outside? I'm not gonna judge anybody. As for me, I hold on to the belief that it's not only what you do, what people see that matters, but also what's in your heart. Err ... I don't know. Only God knows. 

I had thought of converting to Catholic during high school period / shortly after graduation. I cannot really call it converting though. It was stated I was a Catholic but I grew up learning Christian because of school. Then later I attended a Catholic one as well and went to both churches.....(It's a long story but please take a note, I had never been baptized as either one). I went through a long learning process (I still have to learn a lot of course) after having delayed for years. So happy that I've finally decided my faith and I believe that I've made the right and best decision for myself. Yes, I've been baptized now as a Catholic.

I was emotionally touched during the baptism ceremonial. I had teary eyes, in case you're wondering. 

The priest said, "Aku membaptis Engkau, Lawrence, dalam nama Bapa dan Putera dan Roh Kudus." as he was pouring holy water three times onto my forehead. "Amin.", I answered, wholeheartedly. These words .. will remain in my memory. I am saved.

Next, he anointed me with oil on my forehead and I was handed a piece of white cloth as a symbol of new life, a lighted candle and gift/souvenir from the church. Then he fed me my first communion in 2 forms. I had my first communion. Yay!♡

my friends, the ones taking my photos, were present on my baptism day. of course, photobombs everywhere.

and a group photo. can you even spot me? lol

Truthfully, for the first time in my life, I feel that I am a much better person spiritually. I'm so thankful. :') (I wanna thank everyoneeeee!)

Beyond happy.
It was the happiest me.

I feel blessed. Thank Lord.

I am reborn,

Lawrence Novita

Yo! :D Notice some changes on my blog? Yup, I decided to change my template from pastel to monochrome one. I wanted to make it fresher, simple but professional  (yas I wanna look professional writing nonsense...). Whatcha think? Is it Good? :P By the way, editing the template got me .. fed up? Firstly, I'm not familiar (read:understand) with all HTML codes that quite hurt my eyes. Secondly, I had to think of an alternative to edit things that's sadly actually editable with HTML (lacking in knowledge :( ). For example, on the header part, I had to replace it with a picture instead of text since the actual size of the title that came along with this template was gigantic and not looking good (Originally the title was a picture that came in separated file. When I pasted the template, it became random font). I tried to figure out how to resize it and reposition my tagline (was on the side before) but nothing worked. Then, replacing it with a picture? What can you expect from a photoshop illiterate like me? Canva.com is the life saver ♡ It helps you to design pictures, cards, or Facebook covers you desire with lots of backgrounds, styles, fonts, etc and it's FREE. They provide you everything! You just have to be creative. In my case, I wanted a simple black and white one yet catchy to suit the theme so the above picture is the result. Nice, isn't it? hehe. Do check it out if you need help in designing. :)

Anyone who's close to me knows that I eat like elephant and never gain weight. Is it a nightmare or luck? I used to think it was a nightmare, I never had self-confidence. However, what's passed is past. I guess I'm kinda lucky that I can eat as much as I want without worrying how much weight I'm gonna put on although I do worry about how much harmful substances I might have put in my body. But, lately, I've been eating less than my normal portion I don't know why *tells self not to get skinnier*. Eating the same cooking frequently bores me, especially home cooking. Whenever I went out to try new cafés, I only ordered their desserts too, something sweet (I've been craving for ice cream!). I lost my appetite. -_-

As the result, I've been snacking a lot more. I put more snacks into my shopping cart, from sweets, my favorite Chitato potato chips to some imported snacks I have never tried before, I grabbed them all including this new Leo PopCorn! haha

I thought it won't be THAT good since Leo's other products  (potato chips) ain't one of the snacks I wanna consume every time. But this one is SO good! The caramel coats the whole popcorn perfectly, each of em! The sweetness pops from the very first bite (I don't wanna compare, but look at the popcorn sold at the local XXI cinema. You can tell how barely sweet it is from the color). Not to mention, the size is much bigger than any kinda popcorn I've tried my entire life. The grain must really have popped. LOL. It's so cheap, only cost you IDR 8.000. 

maybe I expected too much. this was snapped before I touched it. they should consider making the package smaller or something to save the environment. it's 80% air. SMH.

Despite how tasty it is, you're not recommended to consume any type of processed food for daily basis ya, judging from how much preservatives and chemicals they contain that will slowly impact on not only your metabolism system but also your health. Once in a while is okay lah. :D

That's my current favorite snack. What's yours?

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Hello! I'm back! I'm back!

What a long absence! I was gonna publish this post in the middle of September (and it's December now!). Something was not right. -_-   Stressing over things that are not even worth my time does affect my moods. I haven't been happy so I can't write. Bunch of things going on in my life right now. Maybe I am being too much but I feel like this is probably the 'down' in my life while actually it's the 'up' I'm supposed to be happy about. Too much thoughts taking control of my brain. I'm worried. I'm afraid. They're distracting me, making frowns on my face. I hope things will turn out well eventually. 

I told you before that I wanted to write a review about something, remember? Finally it's up! One Sunday in September I went for a dim sum at Kini Hotel with a friend and thought I can write something about it.
September 2015 was my first dim sum experience ever so everything was new for me (I'm so late, aren't I?). Kini Hotel itself is already well known for years for their dim sum. Why did I just try it? Simply because what comes to my mind when you say dim sum is steamed food, such as dumpling, shumai, mantou etc. I've tried these many many times before and thought the ones in Kini Hotel shouldn't be much different (in fact they were totally different *shame on me*). Besides, I don't really follow what's trending. You may assume I'm stingy but I don't care how many people have been to a luxury / big restaurant or hotel for the same food I can get at other places or cafes with more reasonable price (unless I can afford it hahaha). Another thing, I'm kinda lazy to get dressed up only for eating purpose. lol. You most likely don't expect me to wear a random t-shirt, shorts and flip flops in a luxury restaurant, do you?

Alright. Once I hit the restaurant all I could see was people everywhere and it felt like I was attending a wedding party. FYI, the restaurant itself is commonly used to celebrate certain occasions/events, for instance birthday and wedding party. They also set the tables as how they normally will do on wedding party and  had some wedding decorations from previous event left in the restaurant too. They had big round red tables and small square ones for 4. The dim sum itself is only available until 2 PM (my friend told me if I'm not mistaken) so you better come earlier if you don't wanna miss it.

Thank God I came along with a friend who's a dim sum expert to guide and help a dim sum virgin like me (ok my other friend made up this term) on how to order or choose the food. It could've been awkward if I came by myself, really. Having said this, I feel like I've been living in Mariana Trench all these years. Why did I not know such thing, eh?

I don't know the names of the food ordered. Don't put all the blames on me, they were not written on the carts. LOL. Though they must be written clearly on the bill but ... my friend had it. *lack of information* *cries* So I provided some pictures below ~

I randomly ordered it only because I found it unique visually. It looked pretty simple like a piece of tissue with chicken (the orange color) filling. definitely ordering this on my next visit.

I've tried this countless times already and I don't know what I was thinking that day to have picked it.

Superb crispy balls! My friend recommended this. it's fried bread with shrimp in it. I fell in love at first sight.

Everything we ordered was super good and I loved loved 'em! Too bad, for the beverage they only had iced tea and a pot of warm Chinese tea that can be refilled as much as you desire with no extra charges. I wish they provided more options instead of these two? I disliked the somewhat bitter taste of the Chinese tea too... Err .. Meanwhile, the price was quite reasonable. Only IDR 145.000,- for these all.

These all for 2 tummies.

The Chinese Tea

That's all for today! Also, please pray for me so that I can feel better soon and gain my happy mood back. Thank you for reading. ♥