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Happy New Year 2012


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HAPPY NEW YEAR 2012...

So, another year has passed.  So quick... a lot of things has happened in 2011 and now... i have to face another new year.  New year, new resolution, new things would happen, i don't expect it would all be great, but whatsoever, this is life.  Therefore, i also have a lot of wishes and also hopes.  What 'bout you?

As for 2011, like i said, alot happened.  Not all of them were great, there were a time when i was so down and despaired, but i am glad, after all, i am standing up again.  It's not a great year for me, but i don't have to regret it too.  I learn a lot from my many failures, even i lost a lot, i gain a lot too.  I guess after all, this is what we call equalities, haha... :p  Complicated year for me, many memories i can't let it just go in vain, i will keep it  in my mind for the rest of my life, as a reminder, bittersweet memories that sometimes need to be open and been look back some other days. Still feel sad, still feel lost, still couldn't find the answer i am looking for.  Still wandering, still have many uncertainties and know nothing of what waiting for me ahead.  But like I said, after all this is life.  But, for many many failures that i try not to regret again, i also happy that this year has already give me many good times.  I am glad that i moved on.  First, it feels like heaven when i decided to go back with my old hobby, writing.  Through this year, i really write a lot and it pays me back greatly.  Been chosen as one of the top twenty in writing competition (wooow... feel so happy, even though i didn't win it, it already drives me to write)... and finally... FINALLY... i was able to published my first romance novel >.< thanks alot to Gradien and also Pak Khun, hehe.......  Oh yeah, for all of you who read this and haven't read my novel, please... do find it in bookstores, haha...... it called FOREVER MINE :)  And then, finally also one of my short story being published in the antologies book with another great author.  This time, have to thanks Kelas Cendol and our beloved head master :D

For other things, my career, my private life, i just hope it would go as smooth as now and even better in the coming year.  So, talking about resolution, wishes, hopes, what would i expect for my coming year???

Okay, here it comes........

1.  I hope to publish at least two novels in 2012 ;) even more would be AWESOME.. haha, but it would take a lot of hardwork and dedication

2.  I real hope that i could start writing in English and finish a story this year.  If it couldn't become a novel, then a novellet would be great too ^^ --- i am realistic, okay... i know my english language skill :p

3.  I want to write and finish some stories.  In it, i plan to write two special stories that has already bugged me through this year.  I would love to see it written down.  Will need alot of time and patience, and also hardwork to finish it, but i can't wait to see the package :)

4.  My career, i hope it would be much greater in 2012, haha... more income, more new experience, more fun, more network and alot of more more things... geez, don't you think i am too greedy? :p

5.  I wish that my new travel agent would be able to develop as fast as F1... LOL.. what's kind of comparation is it?  Haha.. after all.. this is another new project i am working on, i do hope it would take me as far as it could.  Yes, would be a lot of hardwork, but hey... i am ready.  If it's not now, then when?

6.  Then, God... i really would like to take a music lesson >.< haha.... seriously yes.  And maybe dance class :D i think bout it so so seriously.  Will find some good places to learn them :D

7.  Would want to do some leisure activities during some times this new year, hopefully could do some great travelling.  You know what... i would really like to visit Turkey :D

8.  As for my private life, i hope it would be great too.  Hopefully God would still bless me with what i have right now.  Career, prosperity, my love life, health, and still a lot a woman dream of, i want to have it all and perfect, wkwkwkwk.... :p Wake up dreaming, girl :D haha.. but it a wish, right?  Someone ever told me to believe in miracles, funny... that one that has broke my faith, but i decided to believe it this time.  Not hurt to try to believe it, right?

9.   Then, very important, i wish that my family would all stick together, live happily and prosperous. :D Esp, my grandma, i wish to be able to treat her better than before.  And wish to see her in perfect health and happiness.  As the rest of my family, i wish to see them success and happy with every thing they do :D

10.  Last but not least... hmm.. maybe even more wishes and resolution would come later. LOL.  I real hope that i would become a better person and this new year, i hope to be able to help people.  To lessen their burden, to crave their smile, to be more better than just some ignorant girl.  Start with people closer to me, i hope many would have the same resolution as me.  Together, let's create this world a better stay to place, a peaceful place we could call home :)

Hahaha........ reading it again, OMG... so many things i asked from myself.  But i have a great confidence for my coming year... I don't mind with alot of hardworks, but i real expect for its great results too :)  Feel sad to say goodbye to 2011, but once again, i have to move on.  I won't forget every smile, every tear, every laugh and every pain i got from this year, but heading for tomorrow is what i want to think about now.  Let's just keep those past memories as only a past, you could use it as a tool of learning, as a motivation, as a driver to make your life better, but never.. NEVER let it come to your way and hold your step. Don't let your past haunt you and dreaming of a better tomorrow.  Yes, dreaming... everything always start from dreaming.  Then it would depend on you to make it come true.  It's all bout will, it's all bout you want it or not.  It's all about depend on you, after all.

Okay, guess i have say alot.  Can't write even more and spend even more time in here.  I have alot to do, guys.  So, gotta start now.  You too.... :)  Then the answer i am searching for, i hope it would come along with it.  Answer of life :D i would find it somehow then :D


Lots of love,


Cherry

Merry Christmas Everyone!!!


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We wish you a Merry Christmas..............


We wish you a Merry Christmas.............



We wish you a Merry Christmas............


And a Happy New Year

Yaaaay..... Finally, Xmas is coming to your door!!!

So, for everyone who celebrates it... A Happy Merry Xmas for you.  Hope this season greetings will bring you wamth, love and prosperous troughout the rest of the year and also the coming New Year :D

Little Diary


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 It's has been a long time since i updated this blog :( Yup, many things had happened.  But mostly is work, work and WORK.  Gosh, work is suck.  Especially when u get a demanding boss, trying to bossing you around.  Geezzz....  i guess boss never know that this word exists - Satisfied.  Come on... spare me some time. =.=  Has no time to do other stuffs, huft.....

But, leave behind the boring topic.  Good things do happen too :D hehe... recently just got good news from my publisher that my new romance draft is accepted.  Yaaaaay.... so happy :D thank you so much for the support and chances being given to me.  Hope it will be published soon >.<

And now... hmm.... exciting to write a new romance story.  Okay, a little bit spoiler, maybe...


 Hmm... know why i am exciting writing this?  Because i do enjoy it so much.  It's a new thing to explore.  New whole level i try to bring in my writing activities.  Start from the characters, the plot, the storyline, the setting.  Almost everything.  Even putting the elements i like.  Waa... can't wait to finish the story.  I write quite fast, can't wait to end it.  I have lessen my sleeping time, lessen my watching time, lessen my shopping time and even lessen my reading time.  All for focus on this story.  I just hope it would go as I planned, that the storyline won't change during the writing. >.<

Yup, i guess it's enough now.  See you guys not anytime soon, huhu.... But have a great life and don't forget to pick up a book for your reading today.  And do write. LOL. Haha...



Lots of love,

Cherry

Excerpt - Forever Mine


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PROLOG



Sydney, Australia

            Tubuh Livinna membeku saat ia merasakan tangan pria itu mulai menjelajahi tubuhnya sementara dia mencium mesra bibirnya.  Pria itu membisikkan sesuatu ke telinga Livvy dan mulai mendorong tubuh gadis itu ke arah sofa.

            “Livvy sayang, sudah lama sekali aku menunggu saat ini.”

            Tidak!!! Benak Livvy yang menjerit panik menyadarkan tubuhnya yang sedari tadi membeku.  Bukan ini yang diinginkan oleh Livvy.  Ia tidak datang ke sini untuk berakhir di ranjang pria itu atau tepatnya di sofa pria itu.  Dengan seluruh kekuatan yang masih dimilikinya, ia mendorong pria itu hingga sosok tersebut terhuyung-huyung menabrak meja sofa.  Livvy memanfaatkan kesempatan itu untuk berdiri dan mulai merapikan gaunnya yang sedikit kusut.  Lalu, gadis itu mendongak untuk menatap pria tampan bermata biru yang berdiri dengan tampang sedikit bingung.

            “Apa-apaan ini?” bentak pria itu marah.

            Hati Livvy mengerut kecil saat mendengar bentakan penuh amarah itu, tapi ia berusaha menguatkan dirinya.  “Aku mau pulang,” jawabnya sambil berusaha kedengaran ketus.  Datang ke apartemen pria ini adalah kesalahan terbesar yang pernah dibuatnya.  Livvy hampir mendekati pintu keluar saat lengannya ditarik dengan kasar.  Pria itu membalikkan tubuhnya lalu menatapnya dengan campuran amarah dan rasa lapar yang tidak berusaha disembunyikannya saat dia melahap tubuh Livvy terang-terangan.  Dia mendekatkan wajahnya dan berbisik lirih.

            “Kenapa?  Kehilangan keberanian di saat-saat terakhir?  Atau tawaranku tidak cukup untukmu, Livvy?  Atau kau mengharapkan sebentuk cincin melingkar di jari manismu sebelum aku bisa menidurimu, itukah yang kau inginkan?  Kenapa tidak kau katakan saja, berapa hargamu untuk semalam?  Untuk gadis dari kalangan sepertimu, aku bisa membayar dengan pantas, kau tahu?”

            Livvy tidak memerlukan pemicu lainnya, seumur hidup ia belum pernah merasa begitu terhina.  Dengan penuh amarah ia merenggut lengannya sampai terlepas dari cengkeraman pria itu serta mengangkat tangan kanannya yang bebas dan menampar pipi pria itu sekeras-kerasnya sampai telapak tangannya terasa terbakar.  Pastilah dia tidak pernah ditampar oleh siapapun sebelumnya, karena pria itu hanya bisa berdiri membeku dan menatap gadis yang berdiri di hadapannya dengan penuh kebencian.  Livvy tidak mau membuang-buang waktu, ia langsung berbalik dan berlari secepat kilat meninggalkan apartemen mewah pria itu.  Livvy menaiki taksi pertama yang ditemuinya dan baru bisa bernapas lega saat ia sudah duduk dengan aman di kursi belakang kendaraan tersebut.  Tubuhnya masih gemetaran, entah oleh amarah atau karena rasa takut yang tadi sempat melandanya.


Selengkapnya baca di sini aja ^^



Video Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-ANkLS-r58

Sudah Terbit!


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Jika bahagia adalah tanpa keberadaanku,
maka aku rela melangkah menjauh…
Sebelum berangkat ke Sydney, Livvy sudah berjanji ia tidak akan membiarkan dirinya terlibat dalam hubungan asmara. Tujuannya hanya satu: mengumpulkan uang sebanyak-banyaknya demi membantu biaya pengobatan ibunya. Namun, saatia lengah, seorang pria dengan sepasang mata emas, telahmenyihirnya ke dalam cinta.

Xander Clayton, pria kaya asal Amerika itu, mendekati Livvy dengan memendam prasangka. Namun, kewaspadaannya hancur saat ia menemukan sosok yang lembut dan manis. Livvy tidak seperti pemburu harta, dan Xander yakin Livvy sepolos yang ditunjukkannya.Sampai akhirnya ia menyadar bahwa selama ini gadis itu telah berbohong.

My Novel Cover :)


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Yaaaay, finally uploaded these.  Okay, below are the book covers for my romance novel.  Thanks a bunch to Gradien for designing these.  I juz have two words to say: Luv it! 

Hope u guys love it too. 

Jreeenggg........

Here we go...



This is the front cover.  I gotta to say that i really love the picture and the color combination.  It's so soft and i feel so romantic juz staring at the cover. Haha... :p    Flowers just suit it best.  Actually, i was suprised to see the cover design, good suprise i meant, nver thought that Gradien would put up flowers.  As i really into these plants.  Works just perfect for me. :D


And this........


Here is the two sided cover. Oh...woww... told you already, i just love it. Hehe... Once again, thanks to Gradien designer. >.<


Okay, now have a nice weekend.  While me... still stuck in the office.  Damn!  But hope ur day is better.  See you some other time.

Lots of love



Cherry

Video Trailer: Romance Novel Forever Mine


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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ff32YkNH-0s


Such a tiring day... and a super long day.  I have been working for 24 hours since last morning. Non stoppable. LMAO. Hardly believe it, rite? But that's true.  No wonder I find no time to even post on this blog, not to thinking of touching the laptop.  Guess I have to pending my writing for this month.  Huft... just thinking of it makes me down. LOL! 

But, well.  Keep up the spirit.  This is the thing that I have chosen, so gotta keep on moving.  Still, i am so glad to finally could upload my book trailer in youtube and share it with all of you.  Still can't wait for the book to release.  Hopefully soon.  But before, i hope you find the video quite interesting.

Okay, till then.  I have to go back and have a looooooong dreamless sleep. Hahaha....

Ciao


Lots of love


Cherry

My First Romance Novel


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Udah absen berapa lama ya dari blog ini?  Padahal baru dibikin juga >.< tapi selama beberapa hari ini, aku benar-benar super sibuk.  Pulang aja udah malam. *sighed*  But, finally... something great happened. Yup!  Hooray to myself, my first adult romance is going to be available in the bookstores soon. Wooow.... So happy to hear it. Aw... a bunch of thanks to Gradien Mediatama >,<





Okay, so here is the cover of my romance novel.  Forever Mine... And inside, is everything about romance and love.  As for me, a romantic lover... Love is the essential thing in my life, and i couldnt live without it.  So, for all of the romance lovers just like me... I hope u would enjoy it.  And live up ur imagination about love, about romance, about passion, about hope, dan juga pengorbanan.

Sinopsis:



Dia datang saat aku masih memendam prasangka pada setiap pria.  Setiap kali dia mendekatiku, aku tidak bisa berhenti menatapnya waspada.  Tapi, walau benakku meneriakkan kata bahaya… Sungguh, aku tidak bisa menepis gelenyar yang menjalari tubuhku.  Kehadirannya membuatku salah tingkah, pandangannya membuatku merona merah, suaranya membuat jantungku berdebar gila dan dengan hanya menatap sosok maskulinnya yang indah, seluruh diriku luluh oleh rasa mendamba.

Selayaknya godaan yang tak mampu kutepis, aku jatuh dalam pesonanya yang tak berakhir.  Sehingga, pada semua kepalsuan dan kebohongan yang dia ucapkan, aku tak mampu memaksa diriku untuk berbalik membencinya.  Tapi… itu tetap tidak menghentikannya untuk terus menyakitiku.  Dia yang tak pernah berhenti meragukan ketulusan cintaku.  Dia yang tidak pernah lelah menikamku dengan tombak kecurigaannya.

Jika bahagia adalah tanpa keberadaanku, maka aku rela melangkah menjauh…

Sooooo? Go and buy it when it's already in the stores... and tell me what you think of...

Love, love.... XD

Mengapa Menulis itu Penting?


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Pernahkan kamu bertanya tentang hal serupa?  Benar gak seh, kalau menulis itu penting.  Jadi, setiap orang harus menulis ya? 
Ya, ya... ada banyak hal yang mendasari seseorang dalam menulis.  Sebagian besar karena memang menikmati kegiatan tersebut.  Tapi menulis bukanlah suatu bakat yang dibawa dari lahir.  Kemampuan itu tumbuh karena latihan yang tanpa henti.  Karena itu semua orang bisa menulis. 

Jadi, kalau memang semua orang bisa menulis apakah itu artinya setiap harus menulis?
Tentu tidak donk.  Balik lagi ke pribadi masing-masing.  Tetapi kamu-kamu tahu nggak seh, kalau ternyata menulis itu banyak memiliki manfaat.

Gak percaya?  Coba aja kamu simak poin-poin di bawah.
  - Untuk mengekspresikan siapa diri kamu
  - Menulis mengasah kemampuan berpikirmu
  - Menulis bisa membuatmu mengubah sesuatu, kadang juga mampu mengubah seseorang, termasuk diri       kamu sendiri dan bahkan pembacamu
  - Menulis memberimu kesempatan untuk bermimpi, bermain-main dengan imajinasimu
  - Menulis bisa menjadi wadah untuk menumpahkan perasaanmu, semua perasaan yang mungkin tidak bisa kamu sampaikan secara langsung
  - Menulis tidak hanya menciptakan kekayaan intelektual, kadang juga membuatmu menjadi berlimpahan rejeki seperti JK. Rowling
  - Tapi yang terpenting, menulis sangat baik bagi kesehatan kamu, baik secara mental maupun psikis.  Karena menulis adalah terapi yang sangat baik.

Bahkan manfaat-manfaat yang saya sebutkan masih jauh dari keseluruhan.  Karena itu, jangan merasa enggan untuk menulis.  Karena dengan menuangkan perasaan ke dalam kata-kata, hanya lewat sebuah karya sederhana, kamu mendapatkan begitu banyak keuntungan.  So, buat apa menunggu?  Mulailah menulis dari sekarang.  Saat ini juga, setelah kamu membaca postingan ini. ^^









Introduction


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Hello.....
Ehem... actually i don't know what to say. This is my very first post still got nothing to say.  Maybe that's why i never be able to create a blog before, i guess.  LOL!  Hehehe... just hope that i would be able to give something in the coming time.  Till then... ^^