Rain

Haunted!

2011-12-08T20:13:00.002-06:00

So a quick recap, currently I am working at a client site, one of the biggest heavy equipment dealership in Indonesia. Well, we've been located in the newer building since um..mid August, and on Monday we will relocate to a neighboring, older building. A midst the excitement of a new workplace, there's another topic that is being talked about right now. The building is haunteeed..! "Apaaah?"
Yes. The building is kind of heavily haunted, in which no one ever work overtime there. For a reason, I guess.
Hadooh, ini adalah tantangan besaar bagi Accenture untuk menyelesaikan to-be deliverables kitaaa. Kita kan sering pulang maleeeeem, gimana urusannya kalo pas diskusi malem2, ada tambahan tim? Gimana coba? ha? ha?
Apalagi, katanya the biggest activity is at the girls' bathroom. Oh whyyyy is it ALWAYS the girls' bathroom? What have we girls been doing in toilets to make it so habitable to the otherwordly entities? what??

2011-07-11T02:19:00.002-05:00

Wiiiii.....! Lagi nyoba posting blog dr android gw, seru yaaaaa walopun ribet sih benernya secara gw salah2 mulu ngetiknya belom jago. Tp gapapa...tetep seruuu
Tadi gw lunch di grand lucky, ada gerobak bakso di dalem supermarketnya, enak juga ternyata, even if it's more on the pricey side utk just semangkok bakso tp gpplah, masih enaaaaakkkkk

Let's go swimming!

2011-05-15T22:55:00.002-05:00

So yesterday we took li'l Kay to go swimming for the first time, it was so much fun! Sayang datengnya udah kesiangan jadi ga bisa lama2..takut anak gw item hahaha

eniwei..

Iya jadi ceritanya a few days ago kan gw beliin Kay pink bikini, because they were so adorable, gw jadi semangat untuk cepet2 ngajak Kay berenang. So...you can say that berenangnya Kayla was actually driven by the bikini purchase...*blush

Tadinya gw sama mas Peno udah agak nervous takut anaknya ga mau and nangis2, soalnya pernah tu dulu nyobain sekali dan dianya nangis. Nyobainnya di plastic tub sih, yg bentuknya silinder rada tinggi jadi kakinya dia bisa berenang2, bukan yang cetek gitu. Kayanya yang salah waktu itu pelampungnya sih. It was somehow so badly fitted that her chubby cheeks were squashed by the floatees...nangis deh jadinya dan mood berenangnya pun jadi gone huhuhu

Nah kalo yang kemarin, awal2nya juga gw pakein floatie itu sih tp kita inflatenya ga full2 bgt biar ga terlalu mencet pipinya si Kay...well, masih sih dikit tapi udah mending lah. She didn't cry right off the bat at least. Awal2 masuk kolam dia agak merengek gitu, jadi gw cobain dikit2..bertahap lah ceritanya. Begitu dia merengek, gw angkat dikit, trus masukin lagi...sampe akhirnya dia familiar with the water and calmed down. Ujung2nya gw juga memutuskan to take the floatie off altogether karena keliatan dia uncomfortable dan kesian ga enjoy. Sooo....begitu pelampungnya dilepas, langsung happy dehhh diaa. Seneng gw liatnya, hihihi. Main air kecipak2, muka kecipratan berkali2 juga enjoy2 aja tuh dia ^^

Dear God save our country

2011-05-09T03:17:00.002-05:00

Baru baca2 berita online tentang kelakuan anggota DPR yang makin menggila. Udah dikritik rakyat kiri kanan pun ga ngaruh. Malah mereka ngancem kalo dikit2 dikritik, ntar lama2 bisa jadi nggak peduli loh...begitu katanya

Gw sampe speechless..

Udah capek banget emang baca2 ttg kelakuan they who're supposed to be our voice in the government. But turns out that they're the biggest traitor we've ever have.
Damn...gw nggak tau pasti sih kapan hal ini mulai terjadi. Mungkin udah dari dulu...tapi at least dulu masih ada 1 authority figure yang ditakutin orang, so there was still order. You see how bad it is when people started missing a dictator they once struggled to kick out of his post.

Huff...this is one of the times when I miss being far away. It is soo much easier to love your country when you're far away. It is also easier to do something concrete, as simple as promoting your country and the culture to other nations, trying to keep our good name abroad.

Disini, cuma ada putus asa. Dulu, ada mahasiswa yang bisa kita andalkan untuk memimpin revolusi against evil governments. Now...kelakuan mahasiswa di kampus2 yang dulu pernah jadi pahlawan banyak yang jadi bahan ketawaan, cenderung memalukan.

Generasi2 penerus yang muda2 udah nggak ada yang tau Pancasila. Dulu kita memang didoktrin untuk belajar Pancasila dan Undang2...tapi at least dengan itu kita jadi lebih tau what's right and what's wrong...dan apa aja hak2 yang harus kita perjuangkan (i.e. sumber kekayaan alam negara harus dipergunakan untuk sebesar2 kemakmuran rakyat) dan kewajiban2 apa aja yang harus kita lakukan.

Hmh...mo nunggu pemerintahan yang sekarang lengser pun...ga tau apakah akan ada pengganti yang kompeten?

Next pemilu golput aja aaahh......*hopeless

Steak steak steak!

2011-05-05T23:09:00.003-05:00

Aduh, tadi malem gue nonton Masterchef Australia, trus ada bagian dimana si chef nya ngajarin para kontestan untuk masak steak yg benar. Ada tenderloin...sirloin..rib eye...haaa mampus deh enak banget keliatannyaaaa padahal cuma digaremin doang

Ngidam steak...huhuhu

Faux college hysteria

2011-05-02T02:34:00.002-05:00

*grin
*frown
*grin
*frown
Ada apa sih kok senyum cembetut senyum cembetut ganti2 terus udah kayak orang sakit jiwa??
Jadi begini niiihh....gue akhirnya telah diconfirm dan disetujui untuk berangkat training ke KL akhir bulan Mei ini > *grin
Tapiiiiii lamanyaaaaaaaa itu loh. Trainingnya 2 minggu aja dong..anak gue mo dikemanaiiin > *frown
Cuma asik juga sih, rasanya bakal kayak balik kuliah lagi, belajar lagi hehehe. You know how I miss college and all the fun stuff! >*grin
Again, 2 minggu..mo bawa Kay masih susah soalnya dia kan udh mulai makan and makanannya musti dimasak. Nah gue bisa masak dimanaaa? (kebayang jongkok di balkon kamar hotel kipas2 bubur beras terus dimarahin sekuriti krn asepnya kemana2) >*frown

Dan seterusnya.

Mandy's promise!!

2011-04-18T23:39:00.002-05:00

Hookay so I added a few pounds due to my pregnancy (a few pounds?? more like the weight of a whole human child) and been trying to get back to my previous heyday body since. or more like wishing.
I know...I need to put more effort into it, but it's just sooo haaarddd *whine
baiklah kalauu begitu, to show my seriousness of losing this pregnancy weight, I'm going to announce this to the whole wide world:
I hereby state that I will run on dad's elliptical machine for at least 15 minutes, e.v.e.r.y.d.a.y!!

Ah...there's the discussion again

2011-04-14T22:40:00.004-05:00

Finally! back to the discussions sessions at work, which I love. Great minds, alike and opposing, all joined into one lively discussions that are both dizzying and intriguing at the same time. No more zombie time! Read several tweets from a sharp-minded novel writer today about how a good writer can lose herself in her writing, falling in love with her character, confused about the world that she's writing and the reality. She wasn't surprised that writing is one of the job that's prone to suicide and depression. Huh..I guess she's right about that

Kaykay's first meal

2011-03-24T02:34:00.002-05:00

Yes! Kayla's officially 6 months old now! Gosh how time flies...anak gw udah 1/2 taun aja gitu umurnya. Please don't be a teenager too soon ya nak...mama belum siap mental huhuhuhu

Kayla sicky…:(

2011-03-23T02:30:00.001-05:00

Kayla sekarang udah 5 bulaaan yaaay ^^. Makin aktif dia dari hari ke hari. She's a little dynamite and I couldn't be prouder as a mom. Jadi teringat doa gue dulu, may she be a vibrant child that's full of love and bring joy to everyone around her. And that she does…thank you ya Allah for her J

Unfortunately, this little locomotive is a bit under the weather. Within this last month she's been throwing up a lot, often throwing up the whole content of her little tummy, poor thing. Over the course of the month gue udah berniat untuk bawa dia ke dokter, tapi masih ragu2 gitu. Abis kalo udah muntah gitu she looks pretty happy and okay dan gue ga mau maen bawa dia aja ke rumah sakit apalagi ke UGDnya. Gue nggak mau mengekspos dia ke udara rumah sakit kalol emang ga perlu2 banget. Lagian, 2 minggu lagi juga udah jadwal imunisasinya so…ah I don't know. The decisions to made when we're parents…ga pernah sebelumnya gue dihadapkan dengan keharusan untuk membuat keputusan yang menyangkut well-being seorang anak manusia, let alone my own child!

Anywhoo…hari ini gw ditelepon motion radio buat record suara, ditanyain opini ttg sesuatu, and will be aired tomorrow morning hihihihi…tau aja mereka kalo gue pendengar setia. Btw, ada yang tau Gedung Kontan di Kebayoran Lama dimana ngga? (yg jawab di Kebayoran Lama mending ga usah deh…itu mah gw jg tau)

Kenyaaaang!

2010-08-23T01:27:00.003-05:00

Huwaaaaa kenyang banget!
Hari ini gue makannya keterlaluan deh. Pagi2 udah menghabiskan 1 porsi breakfast package yang terdiri dari nasgor, 2 pieces of toast, scrambled egg, 2 sausages, a cup of tea (with creamer) and a glass of orange juice. I ate them all but the toasts (was gonna safe them for the afternoon cravings).
And siangnya, diajakin lunch sama pak bos + 3 other bumils and 1 other person. Kita makan ke Beautika. To be honest, I wasn't really hungry but was just happy to socialize. I was even sure that I wasn't gonna finish the whole portion. But was I wrong or what....I ate the whole portion, plus a glass of lemon tea and a portion of Es Kacang. Ghaaa....parah nihhh!

Sekarang anak gue lagi melancarkan aksi ikan paus kecilnya...alias berenang2 di dalem kayak monster Lochness (kaya yang tau aja Lochness geraknya ky apa -.-').
Paus keciiiiil kamu lagi apa di daleeeeeemmmm....nanti kalo weeked ini kita bedua masih ndut, diketawain om dokter lagiii (teringat last visit, om dokter: Manda, 4 kilo lagihh?)

Hiks.....

Mommy-to-be :)

2010-08-15T20:50:00.003-05:00

Goodness my stomach is really getting bigger and bigger!
I still have about 7 weeks (too long) to go and I don't know how big this is gonna go until the actual D-Day. I have added 44 lbs in 7-ish months and I'm currently adding about 8 more lbs/month. Sweet..

But you know what, honestly, I am not THAT concerned about my weight + swollen feet + extra stretchmarks. Right now all I care about is being able to deliver my little girl safely, and hopefully by normal labor. I'm not really concerned (yet!) about the variety of labor pains despite all the videos I've seen and testimonials I've heard that it's gonna hurt like hell. I just want to hold my baby in my arms and hope that this last 7 weeks can pass by quick enough.

Gosh I still need to let it all sink in that I'm going to be responsible for a human soul for the rest of my life in just 7 weeks. It does sounds funny that I haven't gotten it all sinked in to my brain that I'm going to be a parent, despite the new car switch from a compact to a station wagon-y car, despite the fact that my body has changed (and still is) tremendously, despite the time I spent caring for my baby inside and got called by name whenever I entered Mothercare now...(yikes! haha). Yeah seriously, the people at Mothercare Pacific Place now know me and my husband on a first name basis because we go there almost every week. Even just to have a look around and not buying anything, we just have the 'pull' to enter that doggone store everytime we go to the mall.

Yeah well ayway..pregnancy has been fun for me so far. I am one of the lucky ones not to experience bad mood swings. And hopefully with me being happy most of the time like this, will be good for my little girl :)

Sooo....?

2010-01-06T03:25:00.002-06:00

So I'm married!
Yaaay! ^^
Alhamdulillaaah...

And sekarang, mo honeymoon dulu aaah..

Dadaaaaah ^^

Yes, it bothers me

2009-12-26T04:06:00.003-06:00

I started to think that I might have an OCD problem when I imagined falling down the stairs with dirty, oily plate, and oily fingers...and couldn't give a clear answer whether I'd call for help straight away, or go wash my hands first (in pain), then grab the phone and call for help.

Huh...

Contemplation

2009-12-13T08:54:00.004-06:00

Dear all,

Have been thinking for days of what I'm going to say with no avail. Things kept popping in my head randomly. I've felt that my focus is slipping away and been trying to hold on to it for dear life. I'd probably need to step back, take a breath and see everything from a bird's eye view.
But do I have the time?
Growing up will not wait for anything. Like time.
I need that moment when time stands still.

Laughter. From the heart. Out loud.

Damn I miss that.

I am one of those who believes that growing up does not mean losing the happy part of you, substituted by responsibilities, obligations, needs, and the list goes on.
But now I know that it is not as easy as it seems.

Why am I stuck doing things that is utterly meaningless?
Why am I stuck doing things where I am situated to be cautious of other human beings?
Why am I stuck doing things that does not seem to bring that much good?

I don't like it. I stay because of need. I stay because of responsibilities.
Meaningless...passionless...
I don't like it.

Once you're counting the days when you can leave something, that's usually one of the first signs that say you need to find something else.
What do I truly want? What do I truly need?
And why does my wanderings kept being halted by the thought of reponsibilities...

Akh...my head hurts. I don't know what to do..I don't know who to talk to.

Laughing out loud. Let's just make that my short-term goal.

ulang ulang ulang

2009-11-17T00:58:00.001-06:00

Baru nyadar 3 post gue yang terakhir judulnya repetition semua hahaha (termasuk yang ini sih tapi yg ini sengaja ngulangnya jadi ga masuk itungan hehe)

Rain rain rain

2009-11-17T00:53:00.002-06:00

Yesterday I was attending my dad's first book launch. Soo proud of my dad and I am surely hoping to be able to follow his step.
I will, too, someday write a book! Well mungkin bukan buku teori sih tapi lebih ke buku cerita hehehehe.
Bisa ga yaaaa.....Harus bisa! :p

Sekarang lagi excited nunggu jam pulang, mo dijemput Dee hehehe udah kangeeeenn
Dyah lagi liburan ke sini nih tapi cuma bentar sih, kl ga salah cuma 2 minggu aja.

Yikes di luar ujan lagi...musim ujan sudah officially mulai, nyang artinya muacett dimana2!

Hh..kekenyangan ih tadi makan siang plus rujak. Padahal rujaknya udah diserbu rame2 loh.

Kemaren malem nimbang, udah musti mulai diet lagi damn hahaha

Mandi mandi mandi!

2009-11-13T22:39:00.002-06:00

Lagi siap2 mo mandi sambil dengerin deep forest and sambil nungguin donlod album Madredeus 2002 can't wait to check out what the music is like hehe.
Bentar lagi dijemput niiiii ma mas Penooo...gue ama mas Peno ama nyokap mo ke tempatnya Joko buat fitting kebaya. Mana gue lagi ndut krn makan mulu dr kmrn and lg bloated juga gara2 ud mo dapet hehehehe. Ribet yaaa cewek tuuuu doh doh doh..

Ayo ayo manda mandiiii jangan maleees!

Ng ng ng ng

2009-11-12T02:40:00.003-06:00

Halooo semuaaa

Tadi siang gue abis ketemuan sama career counselor gue yang baik hati bak fairy godmother atau peri birunya pinokio (apa sih) buat ngobrolin objectives dan kondisi gue di kantor yang baru ini. Tadi kita makan siang (ditraktir, yay!) di The Duck King Grand Indo berburu dimsum and Red Mango for dessert afterwards. Walaupun lagi pilek tapi gue tetep aja bablas. Hey don't judge me, freebies tempt me haha. BTW Red Mango enak juga loh, akhirnya ada alternatif laen selain Sour Sally.

Sekarang gue masih di kantor nunggu dijemput mas Peno jam 5 (lama amat sih ayank, pulang kantor tuh before 5 gitu loh hahaha). Tadi sih lumayan uprek2an ada kerjaan dari Rinny. Hihi supervisor gue ini lucu deh, kalo lagi sibuk kayak angin puting beliung bawaannya jadi pengen ngipasin sambil ngasih teh anget (meriaaang kali).

Ih tadi pulang2 dr GI gue sempet kena migreeen, huh. Tapi udah minum obat lama kelamaan sembuh wuhu!

Teruus...apa lagi yaa...

Udah sih gitu doang updatenya ngga ada yang menarik lagi.

Oh iya tadi ujan gede loh (ga penting)

Adrenaline Rush on a Monday Morning

2009-11-01T21:01:00.003-06:00

Waaah kok gue semangat sekali yaaa hari Senin iniiii

Padahal ini teh abis begadang jangan begadaaang (bang rhoma foreper) baru tidur jam 1/2 4 pagi aja gituh

Padahal hari ini sambutan pagi pacar gue beda2 tipis ama gaya sipir penjara meng greet para napi2nya di pagi hari (lengkap dengan pentungannya!). Bersyukurlah para sipir2 itu napinya ga ada yang centil kayak gue centil ke cowok gue ya gak om? om? om peno? kitik kitik kitik (apa sih haha) *wink2 --> tapi ini asumsi orang yang ga ada dasar pengetahuan solid tentang kehidupan per-penjara-an dan per-sipir-an sih..

Padahal hari ini gue juga ga salah minum obat atau apa kok sepertinya. Sebelom tidur juga gue ngga munching on sugar.

So this is a natural high! yay!

Wahh...hari ini enaknya ngapain ya kalo gitu?

Setelah pagi2 gue udah menyapa temen2 kantor dengan semangat yang setara dengan org kebanyakan minum kopi pagi2 (ih jadi pengen jus mangga lagi)

Kemaren hari Sabtu gue ketemuan sama Wuuudhiiiiiiiiii. Seru ketawa ketiwi mengenang2 kedudulan2 yang terjadi waktu winter vacation ke Blanda bbrp taun yang lalu. Wudhi bawa temennya yang gue lupa namanya siapa (mari kita sebut saja mas beruang madu untuk saat ini).

Mas beruang madu juga orangnya lucu dan sepertinya agak heran awal2nya melihat 2 mahluk ajaib bernama Manda dan Wudhi yang berumur 26-27an tapi terlihat seperti sepasang anak sekolahan yg masih pake seragam dan ber ransel. Yang 1 bawa ransel sinchan yang 1 bawa ransel kura2 ninja. Lalu 2 mahluk itu bertemu dan mulai ketawa ketiwi ga jelas...

ajaib...

Oh terus tadi malem gue ke kawinan Ayu anaknya tante Melly. Nah si tante Melly ini pretty much adalah referensi si mamah mengenai urusan per-wedding-an gue. Dia di Bidakara juga gedungnya dan pake Akasya juga as the caterer. Cuma kl tante Melly ini pake adat Minang. Bride n Groom nya look pretty! And buat hiburannya mereka pake Endah & Rheza yg lagi lumayan naik daun. Cool gitu buat 1 gedung gede hiburannya cuma 1 quirky singer and 1 quirkier acoustic guitarist. Tapi suaranya jelas kok kedengeran kemana2 and bagus juga. Makanannya juga enak2 kok.

Tapiii sayangnyaaa parkirnya susah banget (kata yg pada dateng sih, gue mah dateng awal jadi belom terlalu antri). Udah gitu gedungnya juga packed with people and panas. Ya iyaa laaah, secara di bagian belakang di salah satu "gubug" makanannya pake bawa panggangan yg biasa buat daging2 kebab yang ber api2 itu loh..yg guedee..jelas aja agak2 gerah hahaha

Nah kita (as in CPW yaitu gue, my bonyok and para panitia kita yg jg dateng di acara itu) jadi puyeng dan berpikir gimana caranya biar kita ga sampe kayak gitu. Soalnya jumlah tamu kita beti gitu deh, mirip2 walopun agak lebih sedikit. Masaaa jam 9 antrian yang mo nyalamin penganten masih panjang aja gituuu, dan denger2 dari aliran pergosipan sopir2 katanya ada bapak2 tua yang jatuh pingsan pas lagi antri mo salam oh no1! (lebay). Dan yang lebih penting lagi, kapan PW dan PP nya mo indehooy, udah keburu teler kali hahaha

Ya Allah semoga yang punya gue nanti berjalan lancar dan nyaman buat yang dateng amiiiin. Jangan sampe bukannya dapet doa malah dapet kutukan2 hahahha

Hmm..terus apa lagi ya yg mo diceritain. Oiyah hari iniiii gue harus inget mo nyetak pas foto 12 biji buat KUA. Itu foto 12 biji dipake buat apaan ya sama orang2 KUA? Agak banyak deh kayanya

Oh iya kemaren pagi gue kan perawatan yah di Martha Tilaar. Dipijitin di scrub dan di masker sebadan2. Trus terakhirnya mandi susu sekalian bubble bath gitu. Sayang sekali pas gue lagi asik main2 busa si mbaknya ngingetin kalo yang mo ngeblow rambut gue udah nungguin. Iiih gimana sih kata mbak yg 1 lagi minggu lalu "mbak kalo disini anggep rumah sendiri ajaaa santai aja ya". Nah ya itu lah yg gue lakukan, gue menganggap kl gue lagi mandi di rumah sendiri jadi suka2 gue kali ya mo selama apa juga. Masih untung gue bubble bath ga pake bawa bebek2an.

Yah eniwei kemaren itu gue khusus minta di cuci blow karena malemnya mo kondangan (ternyata kondangannya jam 7 malem, it was 11 in the morning, I didn't know gw kira kondangannya siaang). Jadilah rambut gue dibentuk2 dan pake sasak2 segala. Pdhl gue udah pesen "mas saya mau yg simpel2 aja ya..tengkyu (senyum manis)". Dan hasilnya pun gue keluar salon dengan sasakan setinggi monas dan rambut yang dikruwel2in bawahnya. Tanggapan resepsionis ama tukang pijetnya aja waktu liat gue "waaah...mbak kondangannya jam brp? oh jam 7? nanti kempes kok atasnya". Gue dalem hati: yey gimana sih kok 1 salon pegawainya ga saling mendukung gini..berarti mbaknya juga merasa kl dandanan gue ajaib hahaha. Tapi untungnya pas kondangan udah lumayan kempes and kriwel2nya dicopot ama mama yg sambil misuh2 ngeliat anaknya jadi kayak eskrim McD yang dulu dijual 500 perak-an itu loh...

Ah udah ah udah panjang...adrenalin udah lumayan tersalurkan skrg lanjut cari trainiiiing :D

See ya!

Bridezilla

2009-10-25T20:54:00.005-05:00

Hhh.....ayo bernapaaaas.....
in....out....breathe in.....breathe out....

Doh, bermasalah banget nih gue, very very not good euy..

Hari ini pagi2 udah argue sama my husband to-be cuma gara2 masalah kecil doang. Gue sih emang yang nyolot tapiii giimaaanaaa. Hh...mana ini hari senen, pula. dohhh...

Ga tau nih belakangan ini kok gue semakin nyolot yaa? Awal2nya cuma kalo lagi PMS doang tapi makin kesini makin ga sopan ke nyolot an nya merambah ke hari2 biasa doang. Ihhh ga rela banget gueee!

You know, gue tuh termasuk jenis orang yang happy go lucky sekaliiii. Ga banyak hal2 yang bisa mengganggu gue apalagi bikin gue bt. Tapi sekaraaaaang? Ya ampun sekarang ini gue udah kayak godzilla, sumbunya pendek abeeyysss.....Hal2 kecil aja udah bisa bikin gue upset/bt. ih! ih! ih! (tu kaaan......)
hh...godzilla.....anjeyss skrg gue baru paham knp ada istilah bridezilla itu hahahaha kurang ajaarrrrrr kayaknya gue kualat dulu setiap ngeliat iklan acara bridezilla di tv waktu di st louis gue suka meremehkan gitu, gue pikir "gile santey aja dong nyonya2...it's just a wedding...". And look what happen to me now..Haiiyyaaaa ya Tuhan maaphkan akuuu...ga lagi2 deh ngeledekin para bridezilla ituuu.....nanti2 lagi setiap ngeliat bridezilla I'll just give her a hug and say everything is gonna be fine...puk puk puk..

Hh....omaigat....I know I am sooo much better than this. Amanda yang easy going itu kemanaaaa batang hidungnyaaaa!!! Giliran lagi dibutuhin malah ngilang entah kemana (dang now I'm even mad to my imaginative self haha this is bad)

Hhh...maapin aku ya sayang (just in case anybody need a clarification, I am referring to my future hubby), I know I am making it hard to like me now (heck I don't even like myself very much right now)...but I will try my best to go back to my old sweet self (like I am ever sweet before haha).
Sabar2 ya ngadepin aye....luv u very2 much and despite all my craziness, I know for sure that you are The One and I can't wait to spend the rest of my life with you (cie cieee...haha)

Update:
barusan Dee juga kena semprot hahaha
Gue lagi curhat kan ceritanya sama dia, terus:

dee: amandaaaaaaaaaa
me: Deee hiks hiks hiks
dee: kenapa da?
wats wrong darlinggggg *british accent
me: Dodol hahaha
Baca blog gw deh
Gw nyambil2 kerja yaaa
dee: oki
mgkn
lo stress
all those things buat nikah
me: Kesian jg sih si mas peno
Dia salah ngomong dikit aja gw ud suka nyolot jadinya
Mending kalo ngambeknya diem, ini jadinya nyinyir gt hahaha
Bitchy abis
dee: hahahahahahhahaha
me: Hhh...bt ihh...skrg aja gw emosiiii
Sbnrnya urusan wedding ga brp parah, cuma krn di barengin ama workload yg tiba2 banyak at 1 time gini ya pdhl sebenernya biasanya gw bisa handle dgn santai2 aja tp ga tau nihhh. segini mah pdhl ga banyak2 bgt gw aja agi sensi
dee: yeah well
udah gapapa
one person has many sides
or shades
hehehehe
gw abis pilates
syenang
me: Iya tp the side yg nongol skrg tidak menyenangkan dan gak gw banget
dee: yeah
well it's uuuuuuu baby --> pay attention, disini keadaan mulai memanas
makanya harus bisa di control
me: What? So u're saying I'm bitchy? --> aaaand the godzilla is out
(Ah see? See? Contoh nyata haha)
dee: hahahahahahahha
OMG
:P
lo sensi amat ya
hahahahaha
mungkin overload aja
kerjaan dsb
kena semprot juga gw
:P
me: Hahahahaha
Iyyaaa loe aja kena, apalagi mas p
Bayangkan
Hahaha
dee: ahhahahahahahah

So...itu lah salah satu cuplikan kecil, contoh dari kelakuan gue

A very long sigh........hhhhhhh........

2009-10-21T03:29:00.004-05:00

Hadoooooooh ini begimana siiiiihhggg

Internet di kantor sumprit bapuk banget inih...gue teh seharusnya melakukan research. Reee search! Yang artinya butuh speed yang acceptable lah untuk berpindah dari halaman satu ke halaman lain sampe ketemu hasil yang bener2 pas.

Lah ini, mo buka 1 halaman aja gue sampe bisa nge Milo dulu, maen2 BB, garuk2 idung, menghela napas, maen2 BB lagi, masih aja belom kebuka gitu loh.

Tapi anehnya yah, website2 lain yang ga berhubungan dengan research gue kebuka dengan mulusnya. Seperti Detik.com, fesbuk, dan blogger. Hmmm...

Doh hari ini suplai kesabaran gue lagi lumayan untungnya. Kalo engga kesian cowo gue yang jadi bulan2an ntar sore.

Soalnya kenapa coba gue butuh kesabaran ekstra tersebut?

Satu lagi masalah yang bikin gue keki adalah urusan poto2an buat preweeeddd....

Hiks...serba salah...abis yang punya temennya cowok gue, dan pas gue sempet ketemu orgnya juga baik

Tapiiiii so far kynya susah bener dihubungin buat ngatur jadwal foto prewed, udah gitu, begitu gue dapet dokumen ttg apa2 aja yang dibutuhin buat foto2annya, gue ternganga (halah terngangaaaa...)

Ternyata semua2nya harus dari kita sendiri yang nyiapin gituh....dr mulai baju aksesoris asisten buat bantu2 sampe make up.

Hair and Make up sendiri??

Yes.

Untuk kalian2 yang sudah mengenal gue sejak lama, mungkin saat ini sudah manggut2 mengerti.

Gue ga biiisaaaa kaaliiiii menata rambut dan make up buat yang formaaaal....

Kalo buat yang foto candid outdoor mah gapapa tapi buat yang formal, I risk looking like lenong...atau terlalu polos aja

Rambut juga mo diapain gue bingung. FYI, gue bukan termasuk mahluk Tuhan yang rajin nyambangin salon yah. So God help me

And about the assistant. Gue ga tau siapa temen gue yang bisa dengan rela stand by ngurusin gue dari jam 7 pagi sampe 6 malem. Mo minta tolongnya juga gue ga tega itu mahh. Aduh gimana ya, nyokap juga kalo tau pasti gue yang kena omel knp bisa dapet paketnya yang kayak gini (udah mo nangis)

hiks....gue udah kirim imel balik sih ke orangnya...semoga bisa dapet bantuan. Soalnya kan kalo cari make up and hairstylist sendiri buat ikut ke pemotretan itu bakal cost lagi keluar. Udah gitu belom cari2 lagi yang cocok siapa (mo nangis lagi)

OK maybe my patience pool is not as deep as I thought

hiks....

Sicky Mandy

2009-10-01T02:04:00.002-05:00

Adoooh....udah lama ga ngerasa sesek, gile akhirnya kambuh juga.. Man it sucks real bad...I can hardly breathe and everytime I make a sudden move, even just to turn my head sideways, I'll cough.

I've been trying real hard to suppress my coughs. My throat and my chest really hurts when I cough and I know 1 cough will cause other coughs to follow.

Yech...this is no fun.

Luckily I don't think I look sick at all, just more quiet than before. Of course, I have to keep myself from coughing all the time.

Huff...hopefully I can get better soon!!

Bad Mandy

2009-09-24T20:57:00.001-05:00

Glory Box is still my soundtrack.
I’m so tired…of playing…playing with this bow and arrow...
Gonna give my heart away...leave it for the other girls to play...
For I’ve been a temptress too long….

Ngeeeniweeii

Huwahhh kantor gue masih kosong beginiiii…..emang sih harpitnas jadi kayaknya pada ambil cuti sekalian biar bisa pada masuk senen aja

Hmm….what should I do at the office today….from the look of things, I think I can skedaddle from here around 3pm…Hmph if I don’t have that bundle in a sack (a heavyweight laptop and its heavyweight paraphernalia) I would have gone to Grand Indo and have a (window) shopping day! Hahaha

Oh and by the way, I have finished my 2 weeks new joiner training yay! ^^
So relieved and surprisingly got great feedback from the instructor!
I think he’s really nice because on the “assignment submitted” part, he wrote: on time. While actually I submitted the last assignment kind of late..like a week late. And, it was supposed to be a toughie, other new joiners are working with teams of two and did it for a few days while I was working at it by myself and finished it (rushingly) in about 3-4 hrs, and that was because I got an email from the instructor asking about it. If not I’d probably still procrastinate. So I’m just glad that I still got good result despite the rushing and the “asal2an” work :p
Baaad Mandy! Hahahaha

From the humongous desk of Enclosed Room 4

2009-09-08T03:32:00.002-05:00

Hooo....kay...

Pardon the lack of quality posts lately but boy, I tell you, boredom sure does numb your mind!!
Like right now, still in the early days of joining a new company, I am now sitting down in a private office (for training purposes, mind you..I'm not that high up in the organization chart yet haha), doing nothing (geez this starts to sound like a broken record), close to start twiddling my thumb if not for the internet. And by the way I almost break my own record for the Brickbreaker game on my Blackberry, did it for the last 2 hours.

Now some of you might ask....why don't you do something useful??

I know I know...but listen. This is Day 2 of my 2 weeks New Joiner training. I have finished reading the materials for today and 2 days ahead and just refuse to continue on to another day. There's only so much training a person's brain can take in a day, and I've absorbed 3 days worth of stuff. So no. No more training, missy!

Hmm...let's see...what else is happening.

Oh right. I am having a break the fast dinner/mini reunion with my friends from SD (yikes I am blanking on the term for SD...see what an overloaded brain does to you??...oh elementary school..right.). We are supposed to meet at the Food Louvre Grand Indonesia. But you know what...I am craving for Burger King....yummmm....I have never dined at Food Louvre before, I wonder if they have burger. If not, then I'll just take one to go for Sahur hehehehe. Again, yummmmm ;p

Lastly, I want to pay respect, homage, and send my condolence to my dear friend Joseph. His mom just passed away from cancer last night. may she rest in peace. Your family is a strong bunch and I admire that. ((HUGS))

Eeeks!

2009-09-01T21:20:00.002-05:00

Horeee, my mom and dad pulang hari iniii (kesannya anak mami banget ya hehehehe).

Ih tapi iya loh, gue merasakan bedanya gue yang dulu dengan gue yg sekarang (sebenernya ngga dulu2 banget sih..not more than 6 month-ish ago). I used to enjoy my alone time at home, do my own thing, etc. But this most recent time when my parents left me home alone for 10 days, I felt lonely and a bit scared staying at home alone! This is NOT a good change for me!!

I am lucky to be accompanied by several of my loved ones, sometimes everybody's present at one time, sometimes just part/one of them. But when I was left alone (just 1 day!), I felt a dependency on them. Nooot gooooddd....

I need to get back my okay-ness of being left alone by myself...just the okay-ness first, and then I can move on to the fondness of being alone occassionally hehehehe

^^

2009-08-15T08:14:00.000-05:00

I'm engaged!!!
^^

Craziness

2009-08-13T04:04:00.003-05:00

What is wedding jitters? Does everybody experience it?
Is it normal to have a jitters about wedding jitters?
Does having jitters about wedding jitters makes it double?

Man...this is nuts...I have been having dreams about the same topic almost for the whole week. And last night was even worse, I woke up like...really woke up (not the sleepy, want-to-get-back-to-sleep kind) like..5 times last night, and every time I went back to sleep, there it was, the same theme to my dream. Crazy.

Crazy crazy crazy

Now I have a stomachache

Sweet

Lagi Pengen Ini

2009-08-13T02:19:00.001-05:00

2009 Honda FC Sport - fuel cell technology...go green! ;p

2009-08-09T23:33:00.002-05:00

Aduuuuh parah gila

I couldn't concentrate at all! I'm supposed to finish something but I did not produce anything since this morning (aaand I came to work early! might as well take that extra 30 min sleep rather than just stare at the computer)

This is soo...unproductive. I need to set my mind on anything other than the things that I am thinking about right now. Brain freeze, frozen on that same thinking spot since this morning.

The First, The Last, My Everything

2009-07-27T23:54:00.000-05:00

We got it together, didn't we?
Nobody but you and me.
We got it together, baby.

My first, my last, my everything,
And the answer to all my dreams.
You're my sun, my moon, my guiding star.
My kind of wonderful, that's what you are.

I know there's only, only one like you
There's no way they could have made two.
You're, you're all I'm living for
Your love I'll keep for evermore.
You're the first, my last, my everything.

In you I've found so many things,
A love so new, only you could bring.
Can't you see if you,
You'll make me feel this way,
You're like a first morning dew on a brand new day.

I see so many ways that I can love you,
'Till the day I die....
You're my reality, yet I'm lost in a dream.
You're my first, my last, my everything.

I know there's only one, only one like you
There's no way they could have made two.
Boy, you're my reality.
But I'm lost in a dream,
You're the first, you're the last, my everything.

already counting the days

2009-07-23T22:36:00.002-05:00

I am sure I haven't stared at Facebook for this long, ever. Nothing to do, just look at it.
That's how bored I am in the office. It has been a week for me not having anything to do at all I'm seeing my office boy's job as a tempting opportunity, damn..

Oh geez...1 month...just 1 more month....

ppbbbffftttt

2009-07-16T04:14:00.003-05:00

Why you're mad at me, my dear friend, I know not.
All I know is you were never angry with me before, and for the first time that you do, I know nothing about the reason.

Ah but for I am a fool, I still love you anyway, you bastard

haha

ga penting

2009-06-23T21:58:00.000-05:00

sore ini aku mau ke surabayaaaa tugas dineees...hehehehhe

Maapin aye yaaaa

2009-06-08T01:55:00.002-05:00

Hauhuahauhuahauhua --> gabungan antara seneng dan terharu

Besok daku insyaallah mau berangkat umraah...

Hari ini udah keliling menawarkan titipan do'a ke orang2 kesayangan macem tukang kredit...dan hasilnya sudah tercompile...
Do'a2 yang dititipin bervariasi dari yang normal, baik hati (baca: ikut ngedoain gue dlm doanya...God bless you guys haha), dan ada juga yg tengil (cth: jodoh yg mirip linda carter wkt jadi wonder woman dan ada yg minta jodoh mirip taumingse). Pokoknya semua doa gue catet biar gue ga lupa walopun bagian2 yang tengil gue edit sedikit karena (spt yg gue bilang ke mereka juga), gue ga mau do'a gue di depan Ka'bah jadi nggak khusyu gara2 ada yang ngelempar sendal ke kepala gue..disana kan klo kita tengil2 (yes, termasuk berdo'a yg tengil2 juga, I presume) balesannya langsung kena gue. A'udzubilah hiii...

Yah pokoknya gue minta maap ya ke semuanya kalo gue ada salah2...Dan doain aja mudah2an disana ibadah gue bisa lancar and oke biar doa2 gue juga terkabul (ini demi terkabulnya doa2 titipan kalian juga!), dan semoga gue ama keluarga gue bisa sampe balik lagi ke Jakarta dengan sehat walafiat dan tepat waktu back on the 18th! (yes, tepat waktu, karena kalo kelamaan ntar gue tambah kangen ama my boo auw auuuww...hahahahaha)

Yah eniwei, sori dori and i love you all yaaaaa

*big hugs n kisses for everyone*

I miss...

2009-06-03T02:49:00.002-05:00

Waw udah lama juga ya gue ga update blog....well i've been busy (gayyaaa haha)

bingung juga mau cerita apa ya....belom ada lagi sih kejadian yang signifikan.

palingan....apa yah....

oiya beberapa hari yang lalu gue sempet kepikiran St. Louis gitu. Gue kangen banget euy sama St. Louis....ga tau udah berapa kali, udah sering kali yah gue bilang gitu

But I guess I just miss the freedom that I have there, the freedom to do anything I want, to make my own decisions and face my own consequences. I miss that I can just get anything I want whenever I need it, be it at 8 am or 3 am without having to ask or having to find somebody to go with me. I miss that I can actually find booze whenever I'm tired and said "I need booze" hahaha. I miss that I can go to an outdoor cafe, be it for a cup of ice green tea or a cold Bud, with my close buddies or by myself with a book. I miss that I can find a getaway whenever I was depressed and didn't want to be around people, driving around the city at 2 in the morning, got lost and back again. I miss that I can hit the club as soon as I get off of a 15-hr shift and go dancing until early in the morning. I miss that I can talk on the phone for 3 hrs without having to worry about pulsa.
I miss the freedom
I miss the fun
I miss the bonding moments
I miss the heartbreaks
I miss the responsibility

naon deuih

2009-05-20T05:13:00.001-05:00

Sitting, waiting, wishing....

for the time for me to go home

hihihihihihi (depannya dramatis terakhir2nya taunya buat pulang doang)

apaa sih mandaaa??

bhindheenghh...

2009-05-15T04:03:00.001-05:00

ini kantor....hghghghghg....have no more words to describe this...
hghghghghg....making my sore throat worse!

Kebodohan yang lagi sakit tenggorokan

2009-05-12T01:58:00.002-05:00

Adooohhh...kena sakit tenggorokan lagiiiii

Ni gara2 kantor gue yang dinginnya ga kira2 seharian kemaren trus baju gue rada pendek gitu jadi bagian belakangnya kan keangkat2 gitu tuh trus jadinya pinggang gue suka ter expose gitu deh (brarti ini salah gue apa salah AC ya....ah salah AC ah siapa suruh dingin2 bener, as I've said before and will say again, "emangnya kita sayur, apa??"

Kemaren mah masih cingcay lah cuma batuk2 doang nooo problemo. Gue juga udah tidur early noh jam 9an gitu kayanya gue udah tidur. Eh lah pas bangun kok tenggorokan rada perih. Tak suuudiiiiiiii daku tak sudi jatuh sakitttt!!

Karena ketidak relaan gue buat sakit (wiken mo maen nih!!) akhirnya gue bawa deh tuh teh Fortune Delightnya babeh and Lo Han Kuo buat diminum anget2. Jadilah gue pagi2 minum 2 gelas berturut2 tuh 2 macem. Kaga ngaruuuhhh >.<

Akhirnya gue turun ke basement beli Komix cair yang di sachet2 gitu...Fisherman's Friend, ama Vitacimin. Ga membaik juga....trus yasudahlah pas makan siang gue ikut nyebrang ke ambas, mampir di Century buat beli Lemocin. Dan udah gue makan juga. Kaga ngaruh jugaaaaaa malah perihnya skrg tambah parah + ngantuk gara2 cocktail obat2 yang gue minum macem2 tadi huhuhuhuhu bodohnyaaaaa

Gue suka foto iniiiiii

2009-05-06T05:49:00.000-05:00

listening to: As Long As You Love Me - Backstreet Boys

2009-05-05T04:47:00.003-05:00

Ai gile beku di kantor gueeeee.....!!

K guys it's counting down time....it's 4:47 pm, 13 minutes away from 5:00pm.

Mau bahas apa ya sekarang...? Hmm...lieur juga sih..

Oiya tadi lunch lumayan seru, ditraktir sop buah ama Ayas (thank you saaayy ^_^), trus dikenalin juga ke ceweknya Yola, she's nice I like her ^_^

Rencananya sih tadi abis makan pengenliat2 DVD dulu tapinya mepet banget waktunya. Beres makan aja udah jam 1, pdhl harusnya jam 1 gue udah balik ke kantor..bandel ya hehehehe..
Sebenernya gue masih ada sih bbrp dvd baru yang belom gue tonton spt Slumdog Millionaire, Red Cliff 1 & 2, 10000 BC, Burn Notice season 2, and 1 cd KBH RX lagi..hmmh..banyak juga yaa, ngapain gue nyariin dvd lagi coba.

4:53 pm....7 minutes away from 5 pm

Sebenernya gue pengen sih nontonin itu, tapi kayaknya filmnya panjang2 semua dan akhir2 ini gue sering pulang malem. Biasanya kalo udah sampe rumah pengennya tidur2an santai sambil baca buku (ini aja pace gue udah jauh berkurang drpd biasanya...even for interesting book as well!)

Hh..apa lagi ya...well I have a deadline for Thursday morning...really hoping that I can finish this at a coffee shop or something (hey, dejavu!)

4:55 pm

4:56 pm

yess yes yes yes 4 minutes away before I can pack my bags and leave...!

Hari ini jadwalnya ngegym ama mas P tapi lagi berpikir mo mulai pake PT hari ini apa ikut kelas ya? Kelasnya menarik soalnya. Om Bro katanya malem ini ngegym juga disitu jadi mungkin bisa ketemu juga. Sekalian ngenalin deh soalnya mas P belom pernah kenalan sama om Bro.

4:58 pm
5:00 pm!! Yaaaaaayyyy!!!

eh...tapi kok belom ada yang beranjak sihh.... >.<
aaaa aku mau pulanggg...ayo dong people, c'mon let's gooo >.< !!!

Memories di waktu ngantuk

2009-05-04T01:42:00.003-05:00

source:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Subterranean_delmar.jpg

Aduhh....I am so..so..very very sleepy..have something to do..data entry, basically. I have to type in the interview results that we got since last week. In total I think I still have..um...7 or 8 more to do? Hh..I wish I can finish this in a cafe or something. Now I', imagining one of those coffee shops on Delmar Loop...mid-May...oh how awesome it would be if I can do this right there.
The quirks of a small coffee shops full of books, vintage board games and cute barista...and the small African restaurant on the corner...blueberry hill with its awesome potato skin, variety of beers, and its quirky little toys and memorabilias on its walls...hhhh

Kangeeennnn!

Si Ujang dan Si Sapi

2009-04-28T01:57:00.005-05:00

Ah kenyangnyaaa........tadi gue makan Menado (lagi) pake ikan tongkol pedes (lagi)...dasar Manda ga ada variasinya deh ah hehehehe

Eh kemaren di kantor lagi rame loh, makan siang di kantor ayam presto courtesy of 3 orang yang ulang taun (mbak Desi, mbak Evi and mas Anto), and Riri yang pindah kerja ke Honda, yang pabriknya adalah di Sunter dan masuk jam 730 pagi yuk mariiiii...hihihihi.
Jadi kemaren tu makanannya nasi box ayam presto dan ada plecing kangkungnya (enak dan gue sampe membajak...eh bukan membajak deng tapi ditawarin dan menerima...(sopan kok sopan hehehe) . Udah diperingatin sih kalo kangkung itu bikin ngantuk tapi gue gitu loh...kalo belom kena sendiri belom percaya dan malah penasaran pengen ngebuktiin. Jadi gue makan lah itu 2 porsi kangkung. Come 3PM-ish....bener aja gue ngantuk. Taapiii...gue masih belom 100% percaya soalnya faktor ke ngantuk an gue bisa macem2 kan...bisa karena emang jam2 segitu adalah jamnya ngantuk, bisa juga karena emang kekenyangan in general aja bukan gara2 kangkungnya doang, dan ya..bisa juga emang gara2 kangkungnya. Yah eniwei....this means the theory still stands unproven and further investigation will follow.

Eh trus trus ya, kemaren itu kan orang2 dari TASS Axia yang awal taun ini pindah gedung ke Argo Manunggal kemaren pada ngumpul disini semua buat lunch...nah disana teh ada anak baru (sekitar 2 bulanan deh kl ga salah), namanya gue lupa but for the sake of discussion let's just call him Ujang. Nah si Ujang ini sama mbak L dikenalin sama anak2 sini...terutama ke yang muda2...sepertinya ada usaha penjodohan juga deh hihihi. Trus kocaknya...dia kan disuruh duduk sebelah gue pas makan, the conv went kira2 like this:

Mbak L: ayo2 dong kenalin nih...Ujang, ini Manda, Manda, ni anak baru, Ujang...
Gue: *sambil nyengir*
Manda...maap yaa tangannya kotor
Ujang: Ujang...*sambil nyengir jg*
Mbak L: ayo loh ngobrol2...kalian seumur kan?
Gue to Ujang: *ngangguk2 tp skeptis*
(ga yakin...kynya engga deh..Ujang looked so young..ky baru lulus SMP)
kamu umur berapa?
Ujang: 22..
Gue: oo ya ya ya...................................
Gue to mbak L: *ngangguk2 membenarkan* iya mbak. bener. kita seumur kok

Haiiyaaaaahh...pas gue umur 22 Ujang masih Es Em Peeeeeeeee! >.<

ngik ngok...

2009-04-14T03:11:00.002-05:00

Hari ini adalah hari yang amat sangat tidak produktif. Uuuh....
Bahkan lebih parah daripada kemaren...padahal buteknya kemaren..biasa post-holiday syndrome.
Tapii...hari ini urusannya beda lagi, bukan post-holiday syndrome lagi.
Ayo dong ayooo Mandaa....maju2 smangatt!

ga produktiiifff iiiihh

ah...bbrp hr belakangan ini adalah hari2 yang aneh...cape dee

Studi Banding (hihihi)

2009-04-07T01:17:00.007-05:00

http://supersapi.googlepages.com/FM_090405_001.MP3

To start click on the above link yaa

Ok ok ok so this is what I did last Saturday in Bandung. I had a good Saturday night but I was home at 12am-ish already. Because I was still a bit hyped so I couldn't sleep yet, I tried to think of something to do. And then I looked at my MP3. And then something "weird" just suddenly crossed my mind: "Hey, what if I try, to search for a dangdut radio station, and listen to it for at least 1 hour??"
So I did.
And I'm glad I did.
I was laughing and giggling by myself for the first 30 minutes, and then Wudhi said hi on YM then we laughed and giggled together hahaha. This is good!!!

Radio yang gue dengerin judulnya Rama FM 104.7, semboyannya Geboy (kl ga salah sih...because they said that alot!)

Potongan lagu pertama yang gue denger,
"Lara hati....ku lara hati..suami lupa diri...sudah mabuk judi, juga mabuk minuman, masih saja kakang tergoda janda kembang..tak sudi ku tak sudi..."
background lagunya: everybody..everybody start rockin'..house..music..jump jump!

huahahahaha.....liriknya keren, backgroundnya juga keren (ga singkron sama tema liriknya padahal tapi who cares yang penting geboy!

The second song (yang beberapa saat kemudian gue dapet judulnya adalah keong racun, soalnya ada yg ngerequest tapi penyiarnya bilang "yah Keong Racunnya udah diputer euy kang Wawa...yang laen lagi atuh? Salam2nya, sepesialnya buat siapah..?". And the song goes like this:
"Dasar kau keong racun, ey baru kenal langsung ngajang tidur. Ngomong nggak sopan santun, kau anggap aku ayam kampung? Mulut kumat kemot matanya melotot, lihat bodi denok pikirannya jorok. Mentang2 bohai aku dianggap jablai. (dst.)

hihihihihi yang ini keren juga...but again, who cares yang penting geboy!

Dan yang terakhir, ini yang dahsyatnya...keluar pesan2 dari Bang Oma yang lalu dilanjutkan dengan nyanyian beliau...dan ternyata bener loh bok....dia ngomongnya mendesah2 gitu, selama ini gue cuma denger2 dr film2 atau joke2 aja kl niruin Rhoma Irama, ngomongnya pake mendesah2 gitu kannn....gue pikir pada lebay eh ternyata emang begiiituuu!!
And here it goes:
"Kaloh semuah sudah mendengarkhan Rama...ngaphain..mendhengarkhan yangh lhainh..Ghebhoy..Marhih...khitha samakhan shuara...Haaaaaa (sambil dicengkok2in..kalo ngga ahli mah susah mo ngikutinnya, kontestan American Idol jg ga ada yg bisa lah...dan lalu lagunya masuk disertai dengan intro gitarnya yang terkenal itu)
Kita manusia yang berketuhanan...tentu tak pantas bersikap seperti setan. Kau dendangkan kesesatan...kau dewakan nafsu syeetan...tiada lagi halal haraaaammh..(dst.)

Ahahahaha gustiiiii.....this is gold!!

Yah eniwei I had a good laugh that night hihihihihi....toop top lah

Ok on a more serious note...mungkin alasan kenapa dangdut itu populer dan merakyat, adalah kalo loe perhatiin teksnya, bahasanya lugas banget ya. Gak pake kiasan2 (example: Kla "bulan merah jambu luruh di kotamu"), ga pake bahasa inggris2an yg susah dimengerti, pokoknya bahasa lugas and literal lah. ;p

BREAKING NEWS!!!!!!

2009-04-02T02:43:00.001-05:00

*taken from www.masalatime.com*

Ah ngantuk akuu......

Taksi Bombastis

2009-03-25T02:51:00.004-05:00

Ahh...

Hari ini adalah hari yang cukup produktif sepertinya. I finished two out of my three projects which deadlines are before the end of this month. The other one is about 60% done so I can work on it from home tomorrow (public holiday yay!) and continue on Friday should I find myself caught up in the abundance of games and chinese novels in my room (eh he he he).

Hmm..so...what is the thought of the week ya...
Oh iya! Para pengguna jalan (especially cars (to be even more specific, taxis!)).
1 kesimpulan: Gelo!
You know what?This is actually from Friday. I remember distinctly, it was a pink (or salmon, maybe) taxi. Taxi Mersindo no 008. Kan gue nyetir di Tendean nih...itu teh jalan 2 jalur yang (of course) jadi 3 jalur karena pada ngga bisa deh liat jalanan lengang dikit...sepertinya aturan mesjid kebawa2 ke jalan raya ("kalo ada saf kosong ntar diisi setan loh"...begitulah guru2 agama waktu masih sekolah dulu memotivasi kita untuk merapatkan barisan..hh). Yah eniwei...ini taksi teh ya...ngagokiiin banget...jadi kalo mobil depannya dia udah jalan teh...dia ngga langsung maju gitu..jadi kayak ada delay sekitar 10 detik sebelom dia maju. Lumayan lama loh 10 detik teh, terutama kalo loe adalah mobil yg dibelakang si taxi pinky itu! Sekali-2kali mah gapapa lah gue masih mafhum lah...nhaa secara ini lagi ngantri lampu merah kan berarti cycle maju-brentinya banyak tuh kalo kita masih jauuuuuh dr lampunya. Duuuh sebel banget deh pokonya mah.
Makanya teman2 sekalian....inilah salah satu bukti kenapa sarapan itu penting. Karena kalo loe kurang sarapan energinya jadi kurang, dan darah jadi kurang terpompa ke otak, trus jadinya proses mekanisme otak loe jadi kurang lancar. Otaknya mo muter juga males (iya..iya...gue tau ini asumsi yang sangat besar sekali untuk perilaku si tukang taxi itu, tapi udah deh biarin aja.). Nah eniwei....tengah2 jalan akhirnya taxi itu udah ngga didepan gue lagi..dia pindah2 jalur jadi pokoknya udah di depan lah udah ga keliatan..seneng dan lega lah gue..lalu gue melanjutkan perjalanan sambil bernyanyi...

dan beberapa saat kemudian.....

Ciiit.....!! gue ngerem mendadak gara2 ada mobil nyalip tiba2 ga pake sen ga pake pelan2 ga pake otak ataupun hati nurani (huh!). Gue deg2an dan langsung lemes karena ternyata di depan gue itu....udah ada sedan pink bertulisan: Mersindo - TARIF BAWAH - 008...
hiks...

Late lunch and a wifebeater shirt

2009-03-16T02:52:00.005-05:00

Did you see that??

Itu kejadian hari Sabtu kemaren waktu gue makan di Caza Suki...
You would think that the management would kindly suggest the gentleman to put his shirt back on? Nope they didn't.
It was pretty disturbing as I can't stop turning my head towards that guy and felt a little sick to my stomach everytime.
Not mentioning the time when he helped himself to the buffet..still with the wife beaters on..I was just hoping and praying silently that he wasn't sweating..They had just refilled the buffet with fresh meats and vegetables and yet I lost my desire to get more food. Luckily I was pretty much full when he started getting food from the buffet line. Hhh.....bastardo...

People are just so damn......interesting! You'll never know what they're gonna do and how outrageous they can act!!

Balada si nenek di hari jumat

2009-03-12T21:15:00.002-05:00

Huffff......tauuu gaa sihh

Dasar si nenek pelupa...

Jadi begini ceritanya, gue teh tadi malem dapet bb baru dari tante atiw (hiehie), trus ud semangat tuh mo buru2 make...jadi sebelom tidur g ud set up semuanya..trus ud bisa tuh nyala segala macem...tapi datanya kan masih kosong tuh, bangsa2nya address book, bbm contacts, aplikasi facebook jg belom ada...yaudah g install lah tu desktop managernya...biar datanya bisa gue transfer dr bb yg lama ke bb yg baru. Eh....udah semangat2 gitu, tauunyaa data cable bb g yg lama ketinggalan di kantor...ugh sebel bgt gue...dan g jg rada gemes kenapaaa jenis colokan bb yg baru ini harus beda ama bb yg biasa sihhh? dia pakenya yang lebih kecil giituuu...kan jadinya repottt.
Tapi ngga papa...gue masih bisa bersabar...bawa aja bb yg barunya ke kantor besok...urusin semuanya di kantor..gampang lah..beres...hehehe. Yaudah gue rapihin semuanya, bb barunya pun gue charge, trus gue plastikin lagi dengan khidmat, disiapkan untuk dibawa ke kantor dan siap dipakai untuk keesokan harinya. Dan gue memandang bb baru itu dengan senyum terharu penuh kasih sayang, ngga sabar menunggu esok hari, lalu gue pun tidur.

Dan pagi datang...

Dee and tante atiw said good morning, and I happily replied. But then a second later, gue baru sadar. Dudul, bokap gue kan juga punya blackberry, brarti punya data cable juga dong!!
Ngeeeeng....tau gitu kan semua urusannya udah bisa beres tadi malem dan gue udah bisa dengan riangnya pake itu bb baru hari iiiniii. Ugh...! Yaudah g langsung nyalain laptop lagi mo nyoba transfer data saat itu juga, terus gue nyamperin bokap minjem data cable. Ternyata bokap lupa naronya dimana dan harus dicari dulu. Hhhh...ga jadi lagi soalnya ntar kesiangan kalo pake nyari2 dulu mah.

Tapi ngga papa...minor setback...gue tetep pada rencana awal aja...ngurusin semuanya pas udah di kantor...sokay sokay...dan gue pun meneruskan rutinitas pagi gue dengan tetep ceria.

Dan gue pun sampe di kantor...

Dengan semangat gue menyiapkan semua2nya...bb baru dikeluarin dari plastiknya (juga dengan khidmat), bb lama dielus2 dengan juga penuh rasa sayang....berterima kasih atas pengabdiannya buat gue selama ini..menemani di saat macet dan ngantri..trus gue mulai menyambungkan bb lama gue ke laptop, back up datanya, dan memulai proses transfer data. Hhh (tersenyum dengan arif dan tenang)....here we go..
"okay we're half way there...." sekarang tinggal mindahin datanya ke bb baru...dan gue pun mencoba menyambungkan data cablenya ke bb yg baru. Dan lalu gue tersadar....bahwa bb baru ini butuh data cable yang berbeda..
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kupret

data cablenya ketinggalan di rumah.

Himbauan

2009-03-12T01:40:00.003-05:00

*on the background: Forever - Chris Brown*

ahhh....kenyangnyaaaaa....baru balik lunch tadi di Bellagio sama Medina, mbak Wenny, mbak Shinta and mbak Hani. Makan ikan patin bakar yumm...enakk....dan amat mengenyangkan dan murah hihihi. tapi trus tadi pas mo pulang eh di luar ujan gede gituuuu.....jadilah kita naek taxi beramai2 pulang ke kantor (beramai2 tuh spellingnya with 1 or 2 rs sih?)

yah eniwei....my current wants for today: jagung bakar dan jalan2 di sepanjang Michigan Avenue!
Ya..ya..ya....saya tau memang tidak nyambung, saya tau. Tapi boleh dong, namanya juga wish list.

Pengen nonton 7 pounds juga euy, my mission of finding a movie that can really make me cry masih belom terpenuhi. Kayanya terakhir gue nangis nonton The Bucket List deh, itu juga bentar doang nangisnya, ngga ada 2 tetes2 acan..
Aku merasa rugi untuk membayar tiket film drama tapi filmnya ngga bisa bikin gue nangis. Rugii...ii

Next...mari kita bahas mengenai 1 topik yang menurut gue cukup perlu untuk diketengahkan. Sebenernya gue udah mau membahas ini sejak lama tapi belom sempet2 aja. Eh apa udah pernah gue bahas ya? Yeah well anyway secara gue udah lupa, jadi kita bahas lagi aja ngga papa.
My current (and has been for a while) pet peeve: Bapak2 yang udah berumur, berpakaian seperti ini: tshirt & jeans, dengan lengan tshirtnya dilinting.
My question is: why???
Gue ngga tau mereka bermaksud apa dengan melakukan hal tersebut. Soalnya jelas2 diliat dari segi akal sehat maupun estetika, ngga masuk aja gitu, ngga bagus. Nggak ada bagus2nya!!
Apakah mereka bermaksud untuk terlihat lebih muda?
Karena menurut saya gagal tuh usahanya, kalo emang niatnya itu sih.
Apakah mereka bermaksud untuk mengikuti trend?
Menurut saya ini juga gagal. Karena trend lengan dilinting sekiranya sudah berakhir berbelas2 tahun yang lalu.
Apakah mereka bermaksud untuk menciptakan trend baru?
Menurut saya ini kurang berhasil. Karena jelek.
Apakah mereka bermaksud untuk menarik hati wanita2 muda dengan menunjukkan bahwa "nih saya masih trendi loh, lengan baju saya dilinting"
Menurut saya ini juga bukan rencana yang efektif. Karena wanita2 muda yang mau sama mereka, kemungkinan besar mengincar sesuatu yang lain dan bukanlah pembuktian ke awet muda an mereka dengan lintingan lengan baju tersebut.
Jadi kurang lebih emang ngga ada alesan yang cukup bagus atau kuat untuk pelintingan lengan baju ini.
Oleh karena itu....sadarlah wahai para bapak2 sekalian....

penuh

2009-03-10T01:22:00.002-05:00

Hooooo...kaay....

This is my third post for today. THIRD!

Some of you may wonder..."what the heck is she doing? blogging writing nonsense in the middle of the day?"

Well..I'll tell you what, I am wondering the same thing too..

It's just that...I can't do anything else today because I just can't. I don't feel like I have the energy, nor do I want to do anything else. Plus, I don't know why but my keyboard keys feel really plushy and comfy...I just love the feel of them on my fingers...haha

Hm...quite full, just ate a big Mozza burger from A&W, after thinking before that "I wasn't going to eat lunch because I'm too lazy to chew" nonsense....turned out that I ordered that big burger and finished it (slowly but sure)...took me about 30-45 minutes ish to finish that big thing.

Dan sekarang....tinggal urusan sakit perut. Now that I am full....I feel the need to empty my stomach and go to sleep. On my cozy...cool...bed...nice.....(mulai ngelamun)
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Ngeburn CD aaah...tadi di sebrang gue beli CD kosong buat diburn2 trus didengerin di mobil. Harus cari yang dungces dungces nih biar gue semangat nyetirnya dan ngga bosen kalo misalnya macet gitu...better than blackberry (no it's not.) hehehe

Truus...ini aja g lagi menutup dunia luar gini, pasang earphone sambil dengerin beyonce "Diva", abis ini Gigi yang Diva..hehe samaaa yaaa

ni earphone kenceng juga ya...padahal udah seminim mungkin volumenya, ga bisa dibikin lebih pelan lagi, kalo dipelanin lagi mah udah nol alias mute.

Lah kok yang nongol savage garden ya..yaudahlah gapapa enak juga kok (dih padahal playlistnya juga gue yang nambahin sendiri ga sampe 5 menit yang lalu kok ngga nyadar gitu siiih)

Huwaa...perutku kembung sekaaliii....

*sigh*

fly fly to the moon and back...la la la....

enak tuh...bisa jalan2...
kalo misalnya bisa jalan2 gue ngga mau sih ke bulan tapinya...kurang menarik ah kayaknya sepi2 aja gitu. Mana dingin lagi (sotoy mode: ON)

enakan juga liburan ke mana gitu...hiking..atau naek sepeda ke ancol...lewat jalan tol...lebih menantang daripada jalan2 ke bulan

ad: butuh jamu kuat

2009-03-09T23:42:00.002-05:00

Ah..kenapa ini siii...gue mo ngelanjutin kerjaan gue kok ga bisa2...padahal udah tinggal 2 training module lagi trus beres deh...
Pengennya cuma nulis, nulis, dan menulis. Tapi lieur juga da ngga ada ide mo nulis apaan...
Tadi malem sebelom tidur tiba2 gue laper berat gitu jadi nyari2 makanan.....
Hooooo mungkin gara2 itu kali ya makanya gue ngimpi yang aneh2 gitu terusnya...huehuehue make sense make sense

Akan tetapi ini imbasnya rada panjang, jadi lelah letih lesu dan tak bergairah gini --> *potensial untuk dijadikan bahan iklan jamu kuat *

Weh padahal gue punya red bull loh 1 kaleng lagi di kulkas...tau gitu gue baawaa...ini mah mo keluar makan siang juga males (ga mungkin banget sih hahaha).
Eh tapi bener loh lagi males ngapa2in gini..

Hmm..terus apa lagi yaa....haduh ini mp3 gue sudyah sekarat pula batrenya...jangan ikut2an gue dong cil (namanya kecil item, atau item kecil...tergantung emaknya aja lg mood pengen manggil apa)..kamu harus bersemangat dan berenergi! Biar gue bisa lanjut mendengarkan radio lagi, menemani ke tidak semangatan gue hari ini.

Ahh dasar orang yang tidak berterima kasihhh! Udah dikasih long weekend, masuk kantor bukannya refreshed rejuvenated, malah nongol2 dengan muka Garfield full-on..ditambah pegal2 sisa dr mimpi2 ga jelas dan ga maju2 kerjaannya.

Maju dong ah (apaan sih)

Jadi inget helm doremonnya Presya....

random sekali sih ini...

hm...

Stinky Carpet and X-Men

2009-03-09T21:06:00.002-05:00

*sniff sniff....*
itulah hal pertama yang gue lakukan setelah keluar dari lift yang baru sampe di lantai kantor gue. Iiih karpetnya bau apeeekk...kalo misalnya kantor gue di basement atau lantai dasar yang kira2 memungkinkan kena banjir mah gapapa, masih make sense. Lah ini posisinya di lantai 12, masa bisa banjir...kecuali..kalo misalnya smoke detector tiba2 nyala trus fire sprinklernya jadi membanjiri karpet, bisa juga...tapi kayanya engga deh (keukeuh). Untuuuung yang bau karpet di jalan masuk menuju kantor gue aja, tapi di dalem kantornya engga. Kalo sampe di dalem kantornya sendiri juga bau apek, beuh bisa ijo muka gue deh pas pulang ntar (lieur, maksudnya).

And moving on to the next topic...

Taadi malemm gue mimpi aneeeehh...gue ngga inget lengkapnya gimana deh pokoknya for some reason, I was with a guy in my dream, he kind of liked me but then heard somewhere that I like XMen...then he asked me "u like xmen, huh? so you hate the other xmen? (I was assuming he was talking about the bad guys, Magneto's bunch)...it sounded like a normal question, right? But the way he said it, he was really...I don't know keliatannya napsu aja gitu trus ud mau marah2 ngamuk gitu misalnya gue bilang "iya gue ngga suka penjahat2nya" gue sampe takut. Jadinya gue diem aja dan dia kayak yang udah siap mau nerkam gue gitu...dan tiba2 dia ngejar gue sambil teriak2 "jadi kamu nggak suka sama Beast ya???? Menurut kamu Beast itu jelek ya? You think you're better than him? huhhh???"
Buset deh gue sempet bengong sesaat terus gue ngacir lah..buset ni cowok, perasaan sebelom2nya kelihatan seperti orang normal...jadi ceritanya kejar2an deh sama dia..dan g ternyata salah satu member XMen gitu soalnya gue bisa ngacir cepet banget kayak terbang jet gt deee...

Naaah....belom selesai nih...abis tu...ga tau gimana caranya, tiba2 dia ud ga ngejar g lagi, tapi jadi berubah. Dia jadi cewek gitu dan gue jadi superhero cowok (nah loh). Dan ternyata dia itu some kind of a witch dr grup yang jahat, kayanya cantik tapi dia ga ada mukanyaaaa...bajunya sutra biru melambai2 gitu deh. Ga tau gimana pokoknya dia jadi nempel terus ke gue (yang adalah laki2 ;p) dan bilang "I am not going to let you go...you will be stuck with me forever..nyahahahaha". Dan gue dalem hati kayak yang...dih ni cewek agre banget sih trus g bilang aja ke dia "eh lepasin dong...gue mau pergi nih...lepasin dong..." tapi ga lepas2...Ga tau gimana dia jadi setan terus ahirnya gue baca2 Al Fatihah gitu deh...akhirnya lepas juga...

Trus gue balik ke "markas" Xmen gue...eh disana udah heboh. Ternyata gara2 gue "panik" tadi, kekuatan gue bikin reaksi kacau. Pas gue liat ke langit, udah kayak mau badai gitu, yang udah bergulung2 gitu dehh...temen2 xmen gue pada yang: eh dikontrol dong tuh kekuatan loe, tanggung jawab tuh balikin lagi!
Tapi ga biiisaaaa.....susah banget soalnya udah lumayan gawat. Sampe temen2 gue ama atasan2 Xmen gue juga urusin tapi ga bisa juga. Akhirnya kita sampe ngambil 2 sisters dr penjara yg kekuatan mereka ada hubungannya ama nuklir. Rencananya mereka bakal mengalirkan nuklir itu ke badan gue, buat boost, biar storm gede banget yg berasal dr badan gue itu bisa gue kontrol (and yes, I was still a boy there..hh..). Iiituuu yaaa.....those 2 sisters...ternyata kekuatan lainnya adalah bisa menciptakan some kind of sexual hysteria gitu deeh...pakeannya juga yang anonoh (*baca: ga senonoh). Pokoknya jadinya atasan2 gue yg pada kalem2 gitu jadi cekikikan sendiri...trus jadi centil2 dan pake2 make up gt yg cowok2nya..untung gue ngga terpengaruh dan gue minta bantuan asisten gue (cewek asia gt, don't ask me why) yg sama2 ngga terpengaruh buat nyelesain semuanya deh...

Tapi sayang, sebelom semuanya beres, gue udah kebangun.
Dan anehnyaaaa pas baaangun, badan gue pegel2 semuaaaaa.....!!! Dari tengkuk, the sides of my body, tangan, pinggang...hmm...padahal gue tidurnya ngga gerak2 gitu...posisi g pas mulai tidur td malem dan pas g bangun kurang lebih sama kok...dan selimutnya jg rapi..brarti g tidur ga banyak gerak kan? Cuma g pegel2 kayak yang abis berantem2 beneran...hayo looooo

Uhh...aneh2 aja ni mimpi. I mean, when somebody asked "anybody have a dream about XMen?" I want to be the ones who raise their eyebrows, thinking that it is a silly question...instead of being the ones who raise their hands....dudul...

Aand...how I became a boy in my dream was beyond me. You can ask anybody I am 100% girl, girly, girl!....right?

Hari ini adalah................

2009-03-03T02:21:00.000-06:00

hari selasa.

yey....

2009-03-02T20:04:00.002-06:00

Di-ih ini lucu deh...
Gue teh yah udah bikin keputusan kan yah tentang issue yang kemaren...pokonya g liat sampe jumat kl ngga ada perubahan ya gue bay bay....
eh tapi selalu deh (ud pernah terjadi sebelomnya), tiap gue udah ambil keputusan begitu, pasti the next day gue langsung dapet something to do..
hm....interesting.....(mengusap2 dagu)

Pagi yang Aneh + Manda yg lg kesel...Not a good combo

2009-03-01T20:07:00.003-06:00

Pertama2, sebelom kita mulai marilah kita berdoa bersama2, semoga sang penulis blog yang manis dan baik hati ini segera dikaruniai kesembuhan yang bener2 sembuh (bukan sembuh penyakit yg satu trus penyakit satu lagi langsung nyusul seperti sekarang! ahhh geramnyaaa dirikuuu.....ngga selesai2 ini penderitaan tubuhkuuuu)..Aaaamiiiiinnnnn (melototin yang ngga ikut ngaminin)

Huff...whuusaaa..hh.....everything's going to be allright girl...whooo...saahh...

Well....berhubung hari ini (lagi2) gue ngga ada kerjaan....hell it is so darn often I don't have anything to do here and have to ask around for things to do, which is actually on my job desc.."it is the junior consultant's responsibility to ask for something to do should he/she does not have anything to do so as to maximize his/her value to the company",...heck I dunno...as somebody who was always on the go and busy doing something, doing nothing for a long period of time can actually be excrutiating. No wonder I got all this endless sickness that are caused by stress (at least that's what I read from the internet). I mean...you can ask around for things to do for so long...until you start to wonder if they really need you here. Dan sekarang jadinya gue gatel2....really annoying, annoying itchy SOB that attacks my palms and the soles of my feet!! I can't even walk because of it, it's reaallly...reaalllyy annoying.

Okkay....whooo..saahh....restrain your inner preman oh dear Mandy.....whoo...saahh..

Darn it I really2 need something to do to take my mind off of this itchy SOB...(restraaainn....!). Ok2 sorry....what I meant was I really need something to do, to work on, to take my mind off of this darn tootin' itches...(how about that for a PG-13 version? much better?)

Well anyway...tadi pagi gue liat bbrp hal aneh...
1. There was a guy, standing on the sidewalk...facing the wall, feet shoulder-width apart (just like somebody who's taking a piss) and I was like..OMG is that guy for real? Why is he taking a piss on the side of a road that is filled with people passing by??
And it turned out that the dude was actually just talking on the phone. But why would he stood that way anyway while he could just...oh I don't know...stand up straight? Like normal people? Weirdo..

2. There was another guy standing by the side of the road with a girl...they looked like they were either trying to cross the road, or waiting for an angkot or bis or whatever public transportation that they need. So what's so weird about that??
Oh...nothing weird....except that the guy was wearing a full-covered motorcycle helmet and I was pretty sure that the dude does not have any intention of riding a motorcycle because...the circumstances and the fact that there's no motorcycle parked around the area clearly shown that the guy did not or was not planning ride a motorcycle.
So I guess he was just trying to be careful crossing the road by wearing a helmet. Phew...talking about safety precautions!! Nice..haha

Hm...soo......back to the issue of my doing nothing at work.
Do I feel guilty about not doing anything while getting paid?
Hell no...this can already be categorized as a torture and I deserved to get something out of it!!! *hosh..hosh..hosh...--> ceritanya lagi emosi
To think about sitting on a desk from 8:30am-5pm doing nothing!! Oh how I feel like my youth is wasted..I could've taken a class somewhere..maybe taking French and dance lessons? Minus the this and that diseases, because I'm sure I will not be frustrated if I am busy doing something! Boy wouldn't that be a huge plus...
So I don't know guys....what do you think....should I quit or should I go on? That is the major question...hmmmm

Oh my....

2009-02-27T02:06:00.002-06:00

"Stress gue streesssss.....kemaren yah gue teh udah mulai ngupdate2 resume gue gitu masak....abis gue bosen pisan ga ngapa2in gitu jadinya gue menetapkan deadline buat diri gue sendiri"

Bagi para pembaca yang inget quote diatas dari bbrp postingan gue yang lalu (wow props for you guys!! masih inget? hiks terharu..), well....about the deadline yang gue bilang udah gue tetapin buat diri gue sendiri itu....welll...Gue lupa deadlinenya kapan..*garuk2 kepala*

"Terus gimana dong?"

Weyts...jangan takut..gue punya plan B (always have to have Plan B!!!).

"Plan B nya apa dong?"

Nah...plan B gue so far adalah...buat menetapkan deadline baru.

"Jadi deadline barunya kapan?"

.................Dammit!!!!
(mulai mikir buat plan C...which is actually setting the date...next time put that in plan B as well!!!!)

bunga tidur

2009-02-24T00:30:00.002-06:00

Wah...benar-benar 2 hari yang aneh...2 mimpi yang beda tapi ada kesamaan yang disturbing...hehehehe..hmmm....

mimpi yg kemaren bikin gue ngga konsen (walopun sebenernya gue jg ngga mikirin...paling kepikir bentar doang pas bangunnya..cuma ya biarpun ga kepikir secara langsung...the memory of what happened (in the dream) still hovered aja gt jadi kadang2 terjadi bbrp kedodolan yang diakibatkan dari ke nggak konek an gue

trus mimpi yg tadi malem juga bikin mikir pagi2nya...cerita di mimpinya sih beda banget, tapi ada 1 kesamaannya itu tuh yang bikin rada2 mikir. trus ya...then again..walopun g ngga mikirin scr langsung, still hovering..dan gue skrg lemes lesu ga bersemangat gitu hari ini..

*kruk kruk kruk*....membingungkan

we'll see kl ntar malem nongol lagi tuh kesamaannya...kalo misalnya iya, seeing where the trend is going...i should have the "same" dream for..oh..about 7 days in a row, give or take..seru tuh hehehehehe

Amid the Grieving, A Rare Act of Sportmanships

2009-02-19T20:23:00.001-06:00

-Associated Press-

The coach never considered any other option.

It didn't matter that his DeKalb, Ill., High School basketball team had ridden a bus two and a half hours to get to Milwaukee, then waited another hour past game time to play. Didn't matter that the game was close, or that this was a chance to beat a big city team.

Johntel Franklin scored 10 points in the game following the loss of his mother.
Something else was on Dave Rohlman's mind when he asked for a volunteer to shoot two free throws awarded his team on a technical foul in the second quarter. His senior captain raised his hand, ready to go to the line as he had many times before.

Only this time it was different.

"You realize you're going to miss them, don't you?" Rohlman said.

Darius McNeal nodded his head. He understood what had to be done.

It was a Saturday night in February, and the Barbs were playing a non-conference game on the road against Milwaukee Madison. It was the third meeting between the two schools, who were developing a friendly rivalry that spanned two states.

The teams planned to get together after the game and share some pizzas and soda. But the game itself almost never took place.

Hours earlier, the mother of Milwaukee Madison senior captain Johntel Franklin died at a local hospital. Carlitha Franklin had been in remission after a five-year fight with cervical cancer, but she began to hemorrhage that morning while Johntel was taking his college ACT exam.

Her son and several of his teammates were at the hospital late that afternoon when the decision was made to turn off the life-support system. Carlitha Franklin was just 39.

"She was young and they were real close," said Milwaukee coach Aaron Womack Jr., who was at the hospital. "He was very distraught and it happened so suddenly he didn't have time to grieve."

Womack was going to cancel the game, but Franklin told him he wanted the team to play. And play they did, even though the game started late and Milwaukee Madison dressed only eight players.

Early in the second quarter, Womack saw someone out of the corner of his eye. It was Franklin, who came there directly from the hospital to root his teammates on.

The Knights had possession, so Womack called a time out. His players went over and hugged their grieving teammate. Fans came out of the stands to do the same.

"We got back to playing the game and I asked if he wanted to come and sit on the bench," Womack said during a telephone interview.

"No," Franklin replied. "I want to play."

There was just one problem. Since Franklin wasn't on the pre-game roster, putting him in meant drawing a technical foul that would give DeKalb two free throws.

Though it was a tight game, Womack was willing to give up the two points. It was more important to help his senior guard and co-captain deal with his grief by playing.

Over on the other bench, though, Rohlman wasn't so willing to take them. He told the referees to forget the technical and just let Franklin play.

"I could hear them arguing for five to seven minutes, saying, `We're not taking it, we're not taking it," Womack said. "The refs told them, no, that's the rule. You have to take them."

That's when Rohlman asked for volunteers, and McNeal's hand went up.

He went alone to the free throw line, dribbled the ball a couple of times, and looked at the rim.

His first attempt went about two feet, bouncing a couple of times as it rolled toward the end line. The second barely left his hand.

It didn't take long for the Milwaukee players to figure out what was going on.

They stood and turned toward the DeKalb bench and started applauding the gesture of sportsmanship. Soon, so did everybody in the stands.

"I did it for the guy who lost his mom," McNeal told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. "It was the right thing to do."

They may not remember our record 20 years from now, but they'll remember what happened in that gym that night.
? Dave Rohlman, head coach of the opposing DeKalb team on what his players will take away from this experience.
Franklin would go on to score 10 points, and Milwaukee Madison broke open the game in the second half to win 62-47. Afterward, the teams went out for pizza, two players from each team sharing each pie.

Franklin stopped by briefly, thankful that his team was there for him.

"I got kind of emotional but it helped a lot just to play," he said. "I felt like I had a lot of support out there."

Carlitha Franklin's funeral was last Friday, and the school turned out for her and her son. Cheerleaders came in uniform, and everyone from the principal and teachers to Johntel's classmates were there.

"Even the cooks from school showed up," Womack said. "It lets you know what kind of kid he is."

Basketball is a second sport for the 18-year-old Franklin, who says he has had some scholarship nibbles and plans to play football in college. He just has a few games left for the Knights, who are 6-11 and got beat 71-36 Tuesday night by Milwaukee Hamilton.

It hasn't been the greatest season for the team, but they have stuck together through a lot of adversity.

"We maybe don't have the best basketball players in the world but they go to class and take care of business," Womack said. "We have a losing record but there's life lessons going on, good ones."

None so good, though, as the moment a team and a player decided there were more important things than winning and having good stats.

Yes, DeKalb would go home with a loss. But it was a trip they'll never forget.

"This is something our kids will hold for a lifetime," Rohlman said. "They may not remember our record 20 years from now, but they'll remember what happened in that gym that night."

source: http://highschool.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=914609

KITE

2009-02-18T03:22:00.000-06:00

I hid myself from failure and fear
O my dear you're a threat to the bad in us all
They tell themselves that each word from your lips
Or the grace in your eyes overcomes any fall

Over the twilight you're listening for me
Darling, go to sleep
Cradled by moonlight, I'm dreaming we'll be
Loved so deep

Floating and fighting, like a kite on a string
Till you cut through my tether and changed everything
From the sky you looked small, but I loved you the same
So I darted back quickly to spell out your name
And when they say that I'm just a terrible kite
You'll tell them you're proud of my marvelous flight

Don't hide yourself inside till I'm old
O my dear you're a threat to the bad we all see
I'm beside myself for the touch of your lips
Or the grace of your eyes that can see good in me

Over the twilight you're listening for me
Darling, go to sleep
Cradled by moonlight, I'm dreaming we'll be
Loved so deep

Floating and fighting, like a kite on a string
Till you cut through my tether and changed everything
From the sky you looked small, but I loved you the same
So I darted back quickly to spell out your name
And when they say that I'm just a terrible kite
You'll tell them you're proud of my marvelous flight

Kerjaan yg namanya Fate

2009-02-17T01:11:00.002-06:00

Funny how life works.....
hmm :)

buat yang ngga ngerti...sori yee....hehehe

Faint

2009-02-16T01:41:00.002-06:00

Yak Valentine's Day akhirnya secara resmi diharamkan sama MUI Jabar...hihi it's kind of funny....makin banyak hal2 yang difatwain haram sama MUI, kayaknya kok makin ngga credible aja ya tu? At least buat gue pribadi sih gitu ya....jadi makin ngga ada artinya aja deh.

Ini juga bukan berarti gue pendukung Valentine's Day ya...gue sih go with the flow aja...mo ngerayain hayu...mo ngga ngerayain juga hayu...Banyak sih emang yang berpendapat kalo "kasih sayang itu kan harusnya tiap hari...ngga cuma pas valentine's day doang". Iya kok bener...gue setuju...cuma ya nice aja juga buat couples buat punya 1 hari special dimana kita bisa ngelakuin something extra buat someone special kita. Realistically speaking...ga mungkin deh tiap hari pasangan kita ngasih bunga/kado lucu/permen kan...ga ekonomis juga mending duitnya ditabung buat masa depan hihi. So...buat yang emang ga ngerayain Valentine's Day...bisa juga kan hari special itu dirayain misalnya pas setaun jadian...atau yang emang udah common maybe like wedding anniversary...or something like that lah...So true...couples don't have to celebrate Valentine's Day..for whatever reasons including religious. But they do need to pick a day as a special day for both of them. Keeps the romance alive, if you know what I mean ;)

Yah eniwei..kok jadi ngelantur gini ya hehehehe. Gue akhirnya udah masuk kerja lagi hari ini albeit being a rag doll figure (head lolls on top of the chair, that type of thing)..masih lemes banget lah intinya..tapi the good thing is I felt better when I woke up this morning...and just hope that it doesn't deteriorate any further than it has been up to now. Ohh..still 2 more hours to go...wish the time can go sooner...getting faint nih...huhuhu I wish somebody could drive me home. Tadi sih rencananya pergi mau dianterin aja tapi berhubung supir bokap ngga masuk hari ini jadi gue nyetir ndiri deh...Man...so not looking forward to the drive home..lemes abis

Yah eniwei lagi....am so sorry for missing Edhy's wedding last weekend. It sounded like so much fun. I was looking forward to go, heck, I organized the trip! But because of this gosh-darn virus I had to stay. But it's good that I still got a chance to meet Roberto. Well, congrats2 Edhy, you're officially a husband now!!! Yay Edhy!

Ngeeng

2009-02-10T20:39:00.003-06:00

Oh dear Lord what's happening to me. Feeling full of spirit but my body betrays me. One thing after another hits me through and through, from a little thing to a bigger issue. I need to just keep going on and on. But how can it be when it is my own body and my own mind that hinder me.
So, no support from my physical side, and constant maze from the emotional side. What do I have left?

Brrrrrr.......

2009-02-05T01:13:00.002-06:00

Aseli dingin bangettt disiniii. Sering banget ngga sih gue ngeluh ttg dinginnya kantor gue? hihihi...you would think this girl will eventually wisen up and bring a jacket to work and just leave it there just in case the temperature drops again to fridge-level like now (my fingers are purple!)

Tadinya hari ini gue ada jadwal meeting ma klien, ketemu ama dir um nya sekalian. Tapi akhirnya ngga jadi and diundurnya sampe hari Selasa (today's Thursday) next week. Wew....hehehe
Gue kok jadi sangsi ya ini project bakal jadi..yah we'll see dehh

Waah minggu depan mo ke Pemalaang...mo jalan2 naik keretaaaa..semangat deh soalnya udah lama ngga naek kereta. Terakhir naek kereta kalo ngga salah waktu sebelom gue hijrah ke Amrik deh, waktu tol Cipularang belom jadi, jadinya gue kalo travel Jkt-Bdg senengnya naek kereta.
Moga2 kereta yang ke Pemalang kayak Parahyangan. Soalnya gue pernah nyoba naek Argo buat jkt-bdg juga, tapi gue ga sukaaaaa.....walopun katanya Argo supposedly lebih baru, lebih cepet n lebih modern (jadinya lebih mahal juga ituuuu). Gue lebih suka Parahyangan soalnya goyangnya lebih kerasa hahahahaha. Hehhh jangan pada mikir jorok dulu dongg (yes, you Budi...haha gue nembak langsung gt), maksudnya kan enak gitu serasa lebih keayun....jadi bobonya lebih nyenyak...Sama dgn teori gue bahwa tidur di mobil itu adalah tidur terenak dan ternyenyak soalnya serasa dibuai, goyang2 gitu kann...hehehe

Trus2...gue juga belom pernah ke Pemalang...kalo kata temen gue Joko the pilot sih, aerial view (alias pemandangan dari atas)nya Pemalang itu bagus...jadi penasaran. And...to attend Pemi's wedding....ahirnyaaa gue (insyaallah) bisa dateng jg ke nikahan temen St. Louis...selama ini g skip mulu krn gue ngga pernah ada di lokasi yg memungkinkan. Aryo, Ro'i, Yoyo....hiks hiks maap ya guyss....gue jg pengen banget dateng hiks hiks. Untung gue udah sempet ketemuan ama Ro'i dan istrinya yang lagi hamil (hihihi lucunyaaaa).

Truuus....apa lagi ya...gila nih gue kayanya sedikit demi sedikit mulai keilangan kreatifitas gini..apa gara2 jarang di stimulate ya? Mungkin gue harus lebih sering berkarya lagi before it's too late and I lose all my creative juice huhuhuhuhu

A worker's rant

2009-01-30T03:14:00.005-06:00

Kay, to the point aja kali yah (opening yang tidak bagus hihi)

Yah anyway, I don't really have anything meaningful to do here. Everything that I've worked on, tasks that made me cross-eyed and fry my brain, all for almost naught. This is ridiculous.

Well I'm not the kind of person who works for the money/material things. I'd like job satisfaction, apprreciation and respect more. But at least I can learn one thing from this.

If I were to be a leader, I will respect my peers and my subordinates. I will NOT demean any of them unless they did something to cause it. And if they do deserve it, I will NOT demean them in front of other people (again, unless it's for special circumstances which I don't think will likely to rise). Each and every one of them is a real person, each and every one of them love and is loved by somebody. They're somebody's mother, somebody's father, somebody's son or daughter, and so on (you get the idea), so that means they do have value in this life, they meant the world to somebody, and they do deserve to be respected.

Besides, even from good management point of view, it is counter productive to make the work environment uncomfortable for everybody everytime we're around. I definitely wouldn't want to be the person who's avoided by everybody and cursed by a lot of people at times. Yecch..

Even if you do have a lot of power and earn that through hard work or whatever, that does not mean that you can use that in a negative way. Remember Hitler?

Huff....

Penyebaran desas-desus

2009-01-24T06:54:00.002-06:00

First of all, I would like to say that I'm not the one to blame for falling for you, because you tripped me and did not bother to help me up.

Tolong..!!

2009-01-15T02:55:00.003-06:00

Sodara-sodaraaaa

Ini yaa...gue teh udah berhari2 sepi kerjaan giniii..
Stress gue streesssss.....kemaren yah gue teh udah mulai ngupdate2 resume gue gitu masak....abis gue bosen pisan ga ngapa2in gitu jadinya gue menetapkan deadline buat diri gue sendiri, dan mulai menciptakan dan mengerjakan project2 sendiri (yang kalo diliat2 mah ya bisa lah masuk dalam kategori "hal2 yang nggak penting di dalam hidup ini"). Contohnyaaa?
1. Organize Music folder gue - sebenernya mah ini bisa lah dibilang lumayan penting...karena folder music gue berantakannn, teman2 sekalian!! Ini gara2 gue download I-Tunes ke laptop gue, dan file2 yang pernah pada suatu hari dulu gue atur rapih2...gue rename2 biar gampang nyarinya...ehhh di porak-porandakan oleh si I-Tunes yang ngga tau sopan santun ini. Pokonya susah di jelaskan lahhh...
2. Gambar-menggambar - walaupun sebenernya ini juga rada susah ternyata untuk diterapkan...karena gue juga ngga enak kl ada yang lewat meja gue, terus ngeliat tangan (and most probably ujung idung gue) coreng moreng item2 kena serbuk2 pensil..jadi so far yang gue dapet cuma sketsa gambar 3 buah jeruk dengan 2 helai daunnya yang klo dilihat sih yah...lumayan menyedihkan lah..
3. Baca novel Harlequin online - ini mah maha dahsyat ngga pentingnya...karna 99% dari novel2 Harlequin (ladies, as you might already know..) bertopik "apa girrlss...??" yak benar...ROMANCE...bayangkan selama paling engga 3-4 jam dalam sehari waktu idup gue dihabiskan dengan membaca omong kosong-omong kosong tersebut. If you don't know it yet, people, sorry to burst your lovely little bubbles, most of the things that happen in the story, they don't exist. And...ANDDD....they create unrealistic expectations on how a "great" and "true" love should be. Now girls (or guys..who happen to read harlequin novels..no need to tell us who u are, it's probably better that we don't know..but hey..to each his own..), please have a heart..don't torture your poor partner..guys are simple beings..they don't really have the abilities to actually do the things the men do in those novels...So...no. They don't exist.
4. Menghabiskan 1 gelas air setiap 1-2 jam...dan yang kemudian membuat gue bulak-balik wc setiap 2-3 jam sekali. Well at least ginjal gue bersih dikucurin aer putih terus.
5. Browsing2 ngga jelas...dan akhirnya daftar lagi ke game yang udah gue hentikan sekitar 2 taun lalu. So..now I am officially back, Utopia people!! Hail the great wizard! The wicked witch of the west is back!! Nyahahahahaha...

engh......*trus menarik dan menghembuskan napas yang panjaaaaang banget...
hh..
help me.....

Profesi Barunya Manda

2009-01-07T00:46:00.001-06:00

Virgo
Virgos are known for their perfectionism and do very well in detailed-oriented professions. They remember things, excel at abstract thinking, and are very tidy and neat. Many Virgos do well in service-type jobs—you would be very happy with a Virgo manicurist or server (plus Virgos tend to make more money when working for tips). Writing, research, and statistics come easy to the meticulous Virgo brain. They are also easy to get along with as they are generally very cheerful. Many Virgos have a knack for languages. Best jobs: editor/writer, teacher, critic, technician, translator, detective, statistician.

Aaahhhhh daku maauuu....jadi detektiiiiiifff

ngngngngng

2008-12-31T00:57:00.000-06:00

Haiyyoooo...ngapain yooooooo
udah ngga ada kerjaan pisan ini di kantor, kerjaan gue udah gue kelarin dr kemarenn..cobaa yaa, tau gitu kemaren gue pelan2 aja ngerjainnya ga usah kerajinan nyelesain jadinya bengong deh kan sekarang hihihihi

Coba yah ini ngapain enaknya ngabisin waktu sampe jam 5..which is in..3 more hours..

ngngngngngngngngng

Fly

2008-12-30T03:47:00.003-06:00

Whoo..wee...

I am trying to get my mind to stay clear..right now I'm in a stupor...a drugged sleepiness, caused from a mix of two uber-drowsy-causing allergy pills and breathing the air that is infused with turpentine for the whole day. I feel like my head is hovering above my body instead of attached to my neck..haha

Been done with my project since..oh..two hours ago, and now I'm just trying to fill my time with doing something else before the time to go home comes (soon, my dear soldier, soon! hehehehe)

Am planning to go to our small reunion at 7..hopefully I can get rid of this stupor because I am getting ddiiizz..zzier and dddiiiii...zzier by the minute. I guess now I am sure that turpentine is not good for your body...

nooo...nooo (feeling just like those basement get-high moments on That 70's Show he he he he)

The Insomniac

2008-12-17T11:46:00.003-06:00

Hm....
it's almost 1am...and I can't sleep...
This insomniac bug is back...felt like it's been a while since the last time I had trouble sleeping.
But not really. It hasn't been that long.
I just hope that I can work without dozing off tomorrow

Today...I am having a bend-the-rules day. Well, just a little bit.

Well by the way today around 4-ish, the sky got really dark. So dark I couldn't see a thing but my own reflection from the windows. Then it rained hard and I could see lightnings from the 12th floor. It was scary. It was exciting. I thought "hm..when was the last time I walked in the rain..it is so tempting to go outside and just..be soaked". Guess I didn't realize that I was thinking out loud because my co-workers looked at me like I was mental.

Hm...you know what...that reminds me of my early post when I just started this blog 3 years ago..let me look it up.

"When it rains, the sky touches the earth.
It is one of those moments...people say it is rare. Is it?
From the time when God molded the universe, the time when big bang formed one of the greatest gift from God, rain had become the essence of life.
Water defeats fire. If fire is rage, then rain is forgiveness. Is it true that forgiveness give life to the universe? Is it true that despite the accumulation of human destruction, forgiveness keeps the world moving?
..
..
..
..
..
When it rains, the sky touches the earth."

There, I copy-pasted it hehe. It was my second post on August 05.
And now I just smile :)

and still can't sleep by the way. hehehe

Well my dear friends...I am walking on a weird path right now. Discovering stuff that I didn't know before, about me, about other people.
How one can lose a lot and gain a lot more at the same time. I just hope that I won't be so blinded by my loss I'm not going to appreciate or even realize the things that I gained.

Patch. To patch. Patching up is what I need to do right now. Patch it up good so it may stand other blows, and move on.

One thing though...I just want to say that I may not know what it feels to be in love yet...but I do know love, and I believe I do get love. I love you guys, who always have my back. So..I love you guys. And thank you. That's all I can say. And I hope you guys know that I would do the same for each and every one of you in a heart beat. You may not know how much you've helped me so I'm letting you know now. I am standing here intact, with my head held up high, and quite happy. I'm sure I'll get my mojo back in no time, and it's all thanks to you guys. I love you =)

wtf??

2008-12-12T01:41:00.003-06:00

Ugggh.....
I just got a phone call from somebody I don't know...and did not want to give me his name. He gave me names of other people that he thought I'm supposed to know. I didn't recognize any of them. He said he was from the "kepolisian". And still gave me list of names I didn't recognized instead of giving me his own. And after that, he got pissed off that I didn't recognize his voice and told me: "Yaudah ya bu ya lain kali kalo ada perlu apa2 nggak usah telepon2 kesini lagi".
Geez...!!

I don't like growing uuuppp :(

2008-12-09T21:48:00.000-06:00

Growing Up

© By Melissa S. Rawls

Life is so easy
when you are young.
When kisses heal boo-boos
and lullabies are sung.
It seemed that life could go on for years,
as long as the nightlight was there
to quiet our fears.
Why does growing up
have to be so hard?
When did the world become
bigger than our own back yard?
There is no more recess
to stop the stress of the school day.
There are no more falling stars
that can take our worries away.
Decisions are more complicated
now that we are grown,
why cant we go back
to when life was our own?

Save Bandung!!!!!

2008-12-03T04:00:00.002-06:00

Ada satu issue yang bikin gue akhir2 ini rada khawatir nih...
Bandung will not be Bandung anymore!

It started when I first noticed that it is actually easier to drive in Jakarta than in Bandung. I mean..what was that? I always thought that to be the opposite. Maybe it was...ah..so sad..

And then I got an invitation to sign a petition to save Babakan Siliwangi. The local gov't is planning to destroy the whole green spot into a mall. A friggin' mall!!!!!!!! (By the way guys let's support those who is fighting to save Baksil...for those of you who hasn't sign the petition, you can do it here http://www.petitiononline.com/baksil/petition.html)

Terus, tadi gue ngobrol ama kenalan gue yang kerja di PU...katanya sekarang mereka lagi nego sama pemkot Bandung buat menyebarkan pusat bisnis ga cm di jakarta, tp mau coba dialirkan ke Bandung...I was a little nervous hearing that...So I told him, if you guys are going to do it, please at least keep it green in any way possible...

Oh dear....

By the way ini ada link dr bbrp blog yg concern juga ttg Baksil
http://ikhsanputra.wordpress.com/2008/09/18/selamatkan-babakan-siliwangi/
http://jalankita.wordpress.com/2008/09/12/selamatkan-babakan-siliwangi/

2008-12-01T20:30:00.002-06:00

Waa...udah lama ngga denger lagu Stop n Starenya One Republic. Gue jadi inget St. Louis lagi kl denger lagu ini abis disana sering banget diputer dimana2 pas waktu2nya gue udah ampir cabut hehehehe.
Inget juga waktu kerja dulu di BofA pas lunch, g suka parkir di area Shop n Save sebelah bank gue, cari parkiran yg paling pojok dan sepi, trus makan lunch gue dengan tenang sambil dengerin radio/mp3 and sambil baca hehehe.

Yah eniweiii....bonyok lagi pergi nih selama seminggu. Rumah sepiiii, tadi malem baru kerasa tuh..untung banyak film bagus di tivi hihi..nontonin CSI ama ada film Eragon juga tuh.

Teyuus....apalagi ya....doh ngga tau nih gue lagi ngantuk and lemes banget, padahal belom juga jam 10 pagi inii....
Ini...btw....space bar di laptop gue kok berdecit2 mulu gini sih??? Kesannya jadi kayak ada tikus kecil dibawah keyboard gue yang ekornya kepencet2 space bar (apa sih?? hehehehe)

Teyus teyus teyuuus...apalagi nih yaa. Oiya katanya CNN ada kapal pesiar gede yang berhasil kabur dari serangan para bajak laut and the beloved Dubya apologized for the recession (asli nih gue lagi ngga penting banget hari ini hehehhehe)

Ngeeeeniweeii
This morning otw to work...biasalah...traffic...
Man....I think I still need time to get used to the fact that Jakartans are an angry bunch. It still puzzled me how it takes so little to get Jakartans so angry? Geez...hehehe

St. Louis

2008-11-27T07:50:00.002-06:00

Hm....3 in a day...this is a new record (I think).
Soooouw...
hmmm...
mmmm..

I miss my giiiirrrllllsss.....dulu sih kl lg suntuk gini gampang tinggal ke delmar/drunken fish....indulging myself with a cold b and that sushi goodness with my girlfriends...
Huff...this is when I miss Saint Louis the most. The ability to just go anywhere, whenever I want without having to worry about stuff , with people who are close to me.

I remember the last time I had a big "issue"..., I drove around the highways of St. Louis, in the middle of the night, for hours, without having to worry about anything but the stuff that was happening.

Yeah I miss that. Like now, when I just want to get away, I can't. Well at least not as freely, and definitely not without other stuff that I am "forced" to worry about.

Everybody is still a stranger (for now)...and boy does it feel lonely. I know that this is a process...but you know me..the queen of instant gratification..hehehe.
I know I know...spoiled brat..just say it. But nyah nyah....do I look like I care? ;p

Yeah I need a doze of my old life. Luckily tomorrow I'll meet some of them (hopefully). Hopefully it'll be able to recharge my spirit. It's been too damn low. For too damn long.

Manda lagi nyolot

2008-11-27T06:58:00.000-06:00

#
1. apa yg km rasain skr?
=. ngh
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2. apa yg km liyad skr?
=. ?? layar laptop kali? apa lagi???
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3. apa yg ada dipikiran km skr?
=. ngh
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4. apa yg ada disbelahmu skr?
=. hp ga penting
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5. darimana aja?
=. kantor
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6. lg pake bju apa?
=. ga penting
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7. henpondmu waRna?
=. oranye
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8. gantungan henpond waRna?
=. ga pake. ganggu.
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9. terakiR makan?
=. td pagi
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10. terakir mandi?
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11. terakir sms?
=. ngga penting
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12. ama?
=. ga penting
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13. ngm0ngin apah?
=. ga penting
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14. terakir testy daRi?
=. wudhi
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15. ngm0ng apah?
=. mo maen
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16. Lagu terakir yg didenger?
=. ga inget
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17. apah yg Lo pgn skr?
=. ga penting
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18. kenapah?
=. emang yg gue mau pernah penting..?
>
19. pnya atm?
=. pertanyaannya jg ga penting
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20. Pnya msn/ym?
=. punya
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21. Pnya fs?
=. mnurut lo??
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22. baskinR0bin/minimeLtz?
=. ga suka eskrim
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23. terakir naek m0bil?
=. tadi. macet.
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24. terakir naek m0tor?
=. 2 taun lalu.
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25. terakir naek pesawat?
=. bbrp bln lalu.
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26. kota terakir yg didatengin?
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27. status?
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28. Pengen teriak?
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29. Pengen dipeluk?
=. gak.
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30. Pengen dicium?
=. gak.
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31. Lg pgn mam apa?
=. ga laper.
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32. Lg pgn mik apa?
=. minum maksud lo? ga aus.
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33. apa yg kmu pgn lakuin skr?
=. auk.
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oh crap..

2008-11-26T22:48:00.003-06:00

Wah gue lagi rajin ngupdate blog gini yaaa
Hari ini kayaknya gue lagi ngerasa zombie-like gitu deh...tadi juga pas bangun tuh sempet seriously thinking about skipping work. But then conscience kicked in, I don't think the guilt is worth the extra oh..probably 2 hrs of sleep at the most. So I dragged my lazy self out of bed.

Geez...need to smile more today missy..I mean, real smile that comes from the inside, not the faux..plastered on my face kind.

For those of you who knows about my love of driving, yeah well I've been feeling the utter laziness...just flat out refusing to drive since yesterday. I am lucky my dad has a driver, but even if we don't have any, I think I'd still find some other way to go, prolly taxi or busway.

Oooh I hate it when there's something that keeps annoyingly gnawing on my consciousness all day like this..and it's been 2 days! It's like no matter what I do my mind keeps going back to this...thing that I am having. Damn you, mind! Please be cooperative for once, got a shitload of work to do!

Snow Patrol - Signal Fire

2008-11-26T04:17:00.003-06:00

The perfect words never crossed my mind
Cause there was nothing in there but you
I felt every ounce of me screaming out
But the sound was trapped deep in me

All I've wanted just sped right past me
While I was rooted fast to the earth
I could be stuck here for a thousand years
Without your arms to drag me out

There you are standing right in front of me
All this fear falls away to leave me naked
Hold me close
'Cause I need you to guide me to safety

No I won't wait forever

In the confusion and the aftermath
You are my signal fire
The only resolution and the only joy
Is the faint spark of forgiveness in your eyes

Pencurahan keinginan gue buat ngakak hihi (atau ngikik kali ya ini mah..)

2008-11-25T21:49:00.002-06:00

Huahahahaha...
doh g pengen anget ngakak tapi ngga bisa soalnya lagi di kantor, ntar orang2 nyangka gue udah edan lagi hihihihi

Ini gue teh lagi kerja sambil dengerin radio. Lagi dengerin Putus di Prambors, ini Dagienkz (sori kl salah spellnya ga usah protes deh) ama Desta. Mereka lagi bikin kuis gitu. Jadi mereka nyanyiin satu lagu, tapi liriknya dr lagu lain. Nah barusan mereka nyanyiin Backstreet Boys yg As Long As You Love Me, rencananya mo pake nada Topi Saya Bundar, cuma susah bener kayanya..ujung2nya selalu jadinya either Indonesia Raya atau Halo2 Bandung hihihihihihi. Udah gitu pas mereka berhasil nyanyiin juga jadinya keluarnya dodol banget hihihihi
"Suatu kolaborasi yang sangat tidak apik, kawula muda.." komentarnya. hahaha dodool..

Love

2008-11-24T21:13:00.001-06:00

Even after all this time

The sun never says to the earth, "You owe me."

Look what happens with a Love like that!

—It lights the whole Sky. (Hafiz)

2008-11-19T08:17:00.000-06:00

Hoaaaaa...hmmm...ngantuknyaaaaaaaaaaaa
Ini diluar lagi ujan pula jadi enak banget nih buat tiduran hehehehe

Simply

2008-11-14T17:45:00.001-06:00

SIMPLY (dewi lestari)

I stand here with a thousand words and tons of hopes
But blankness is the place they ended up the most
I’m lost in the frequency of the oddities
It feels so hard to breathe
I’m like a hapless piece of symphony that no one really cares to hear

You simply inspire me
Collide into me
But no one’s there
So why don’t you hold me
Why don’t you move me
So I know you care
I wonder how far to go
To simply have you and simply keep you

And now, when everything has been said and done
In silence I can only wish I am the one
I’m floating like a bubble that will pop and be gone
Just trying to make you see
The simplicity of lock and key
And how you’re never ever there to free me

2008-11-11T02:37:00.002-06:00

busyyiiiieeetttttt
ini kerjaan gue..kayaknya kok salah2 mulu sih? bingung gue..
intinya tuh gue ga nangkep2...perasaan tiap g nanya kynya peraturannya berubah lagi..padahal mah engga juga sih kynya
ini emang gue yg dodol apa gimana sih?
huwaaa

an employed and not so single mandy ;p

2008-11-07T08:19:00.003-06:00

Oh wow I am actually employed...and in a relationship right now..all in less than 2 months after I came back to Indo! hahaha..dayum..that's what i call speed hehehe
well...i was actually started to work with the consulting company that i am working for right now as an intern this monday. and 3 days later i was hired..whoa that was fast..i was supposed to be an intern for 3 months!

yah eniwei...i am very...very..very grateful for everything that was given to me. woohoo!!

=)

update?

2008-10-17T08:49:00.002-05:00

Kay so....an update from me..
So far things have been normal (whatever normal means)..just did an MRI today to check what the heck is wrong with my lower back (tukang urutnya kurang sakti ternyata, so I'm turning back to the world of professional medicine..*sigh)
And then we are planning to move to a new place in (maybe) 3 weeks or so...we hunted for furniture at JDC yesterday and visited the house today. It's going great =)
Aand..I've (finally) started applying for jobs and such hahaha..paraaah parah

Oiya akhirnya gue nonton juga tu Laskar Pelangi minggu lalu sama Gusur..the movie was good...but the book is still better..seperti kebanyakan film2 yang berasal dr buku lah...kecuali Lord of the friggin Rings maybe..hehehehe

The value of "Nungging"

2008-09-21T06:28:00.002-05:00

Yak tepat sekali, seperti judulnya, pada hari ini saya akan membicarakan nilai dari sebuah aktivitas kecil yang sering dinamakan nungging, atau mungkin bahasa kerennya "membungkuk" (halah). Pan gini nih, udah dari sekitar 3 minggu yang lalu dakuw mengalami sakit pinggang alias encok mungkin ya..sejak selesai pindahan dari Cypress ke Dorsett. Dicurigai penyebabnya adalah urat yang kejepit. Nah gara2 urat yang kejepit inilah gue jadi kesusahan buat bungkuk, dan gara2 gue susah bungkuk itulah gue jadi nyadar bahwa ngebungkuk itu perlu!!!
Iya bener, ini adalah salah satu aktivitas kecil yang di take for granted banget deh. Contoh yang paling sering mah ya, kalo misalnya gue mo ngambil barang gitu dari lantai, duh susahnyaa...udah kayak ibu2 hamil aja gitu deh. Jadi kl ada barang yang ngga sengaja jatuh atau emang letaknya udah dibawah, keluarlah itu jurus beruang encok atau ya gue jepit pake jari2 kaki gue (ada untungnya juga jarak antara jempol dan telunjuk kaki gue jaraknya lebar hihi). Cuma ya...iya kalo barang2 yang diperluin masih kecil2 kayak pensil...buku..atau apa kek gitu. Nah kalo yang jatoh kulkas atau mesin tik? Gue rasa selebar apapun jarak antara jempol dan telunjuk kaki gue, masih ngga bakalan keangkat deh.

Nah laluu...hari ini gue ke tukang urut tuh di Bandung, tepatnya di Lembang. Kabarnya sih dia bisa nyembuhin yang patah2 segala. Jadilah gue diurut disitu. Sakitnyaaa....duh amit2 deh. Ini sekarang gue udah bisa ngebungkuk sih, cuma nyut2annya sih masih belom ilang ya..doain aja mudah2an bisa sembuh huhuhuhu. Udah setengah mati niiiih....

engg..

2008-09-15T04:17:00.003-05:00

tick.... tock.... tick.... tock....
it's 4:18 am now..in about 3.5 hours i will be leaving saint louis...
i've been trying to sleep but it's no use..i just turn from side to side..ngga bisa tidur!
mana ini kaki gue gatel2 gitu...kayak yang digigit serangga. udah 3 hari-an kl ngga salah deh, and it's getting worse. gue nyoba cari2 ctm atau incidal tapi ngga tau ditaro dimana...adit nando ama mas hep semua lagi bobo jadi gue juga ngga enak kalo kasak kusuk nyari obat dimana2..duh gatelll... :(

ini koper gue juga sepertinya bakal overweight and/or oversize deh...duh mahal nih bayarnya
mobil gue hari ini udah laku dibeli ama jeff...tapi masih ditinggal disini sih ntar mungkin besok bakal di pick up sama dia

trus apa lagi ya...

udah semua belom ya...

aargh...my feet itches so badly!! why all of a sudden?? biasanya juga bertaun2 gue tinggal disini ngga pernah kayak gini...ehh...ini malah pas gue lagi butuh comfort dia break out begini. huh menyebalkan

*sigh

Kyaaa!!!

2008-09-11T16:57:00.002-05:00

Kyaaaa laptop baru gue kyaaa...!!!!!

View from my room window at my new apt

2008-09-10T23:45:00.000-05:00

duh

2008-09-10T11:05:00.003-05:00

Oh my God...ini udah hari rabu...tinggal 4 hari lagi gue bisa tinggal di US sini...huff sediiih...

Kalo udah gini hari tuh rasanya cepet banget lewatnya. So much things left to be done, so many people to see for the last time, but there isn't enough time!

pindahan oh pindahan

2008-09-02T09:48:00.002-05:00

Huwaaa...punggungku sakit sekaliiii.....
duh ini ya...pindahan...ga selesai2 kayanya..
cuma, by some miracle, apartemen yang di cypress berhasil juga dikosongin dan dibersihin..kinclong. we were so proud of ourselves!! haha
Sekarang udah pindah ke apartemen yang baru, dan lokasinya sebelah2an ama Creve Coeur park. Ini yah pemandangannya kalo buka jendela kayak hutan gitu, trus bunyi2 jangkrik ngga cuma buat malem doang tapi seharian, ini jadi serasa lagi nginep di wood cabin tengah2 hutan gitu haha seru juga. Cuma masalahnya kita ngga bisa buka pintu depan lama2. Gara2 belakangnya hutan belantara gitu jadi suka banyak serangga2 yang udah nongkrongin di depan pintu, nah begitu kita buka pintu, pasti adaaaa aja 1-2 ngengat atau apapunlah itu yang ikutan masuk. Udah gitu ada nyamuk2 pulaa...udah lama gue tinggal di st louis sini ngga pernah terganggu sama nyamuk, eh taunya ada juga tempat yang banyak nyamuknya. Kalo gue pribadi sih ngga terlalu kena gangguan ya, cuma for some reason they lo--ve nando hihi. Jadi tu anak banyak bentol2 sampe nyari obat gatel segala di walgreens, kesian. ;p

Sekarang udah mulai clear out sedikit2 sih box2nya..rada bingung juga soalnya ini apt jauh lebih kecil drpd apt kita yang di cypress, jadi banyak juga barang2 yang kita buangin. Ceritanya mau mulai hidup minimalis (apaan sih ;p). Ntar kalo udah mulai layak diliat gue foto2in deh apartemen barunya.

Huwaah...ngantukk....ini baru tidur 3-4 jam an doang..udah gitu punggung gue sakit gini lagi udah 3 hari-an. eh iya maaf lahir batin yaaaa...udah mulai puasa ni kitaaa...
kemaren hari pertama alhamdulillah lancar sih, mungkin karena sibuk (dan bangunnya siang) jadi ngga terlalu kerasa ya..padahal bukanya jam 1/2 8 malem gara2 disini lagi summer. I'd better lose some weight at the end of the month! ;p

sniff

2008-08-28T23:33:00.005-05:00

huachiy..huachiy..huaccchiyyyy!!!

adoooooh.....packing nih packing! ini barang di rumah gue banyak bener...dan seperti kata abadi (yang mengutarakan kalimat ini sambil hampir nangis) "hiks hiks hiks..ni rumah kayak kantong doremon!!!! ga abis2!!"

dan yang serunya lagi, gue sama adit sama2 alergi debu, jadilah kita packing sambil bersin bersahut2an (halah bersahut2aan..)

abang nandoo..pulanglah dirimuuu..we need youuu! ---> lagi keluar kota

yah sodara-sodari..please pray for us..

HUAAACCHIIYYY!!!!

Update?

2008-08-27T13:31:00.002-05:00

Yuhuu...halo2 bandung saudara2 sebangsa dan setanah air!

Huhuhu lagi day off bermalas2an di kasur seharian inii....tapi ngga papa, gue berhak soalnya biasanya kerja mulu, dan tadi malem stay up sampe jam 4 pagi, udah diniatin bakal bangun siang tapi entah kenapa badan ini secara ngga sopan bangun dengan segarnya pada jam 7:30 pagi dong sodara2..huff
....ya akhirnya buat bikin impasnya, gue males2an aja di kasur seharian. Padahal harusnya packing loh ini...weekend ini kita udah harus pindah ke tempat baru, dan sabtu pas hari pindahannya, gue ngga bisa ikutan soalnya gue harus kerja di 2 tempat. Dan gue ngga bisa bolos kerja karna hari sabtu itu lah hari terakhir gue kerja di pusat2 pencarian nafkah gue itu selama 5-6 bulan terakhir ini..
Eniwei...bentar lagi gue balik for good ke indo nih...in less than a month, mon dieu!!!
Dee ama Tina juga sudah cabut ke san fransisco meninggalkan hidup gue di saint louis jadi kering kerontang tanpa samantha dan miranda gue itu (halah...sok2an kayak yang ngikutin sex and the city aja haha)
Waduh sodara2 sekalian, ternyata sekarang udah jam 1/2 2 siang...daku mau siap2 dulu ya, eke udah ada appointment di salon mo potong rambut..yuukk

2008-06-11T00:55:00.002-05:00

Fatigue
that's one way to describe me right now.
As far as I can remember, I don't think have ever felt this tired before. I know..I know...cry me a river, just like a friend of mine would say..but still..
Kayanya hati gue makin mantep aja buat pengen pulang. Kalo bisa secepetnya..
Gue emang belom tau pasti yang gue cari dalam hidup tu apa..tapi gue hampir pasti dan kayanya emang udah ngerasa deep inside, that I will not find what I'm looking for here.

me

2008-05-29T11:59:00.003-05:00

Wah gue udah lama banget ga nulis blog yaa...abis lately gue ngga ada ide aja harus nulis apa hehehe
Sekarang ini gue lagi menikmati aja kerjaan baru gue di bank, walaupun jarang balance at the end of the day (don't ask lah hihi)
Trus seneng juga soalnya ada cowoker yang bisa dikecengiiin ;p. Tapi sayangnya shift kita jarang bareng sih jadinya jarang liat juga huhuhu

udah dr minggu2 kemaren pengen banget ke illinois ngeliat jehan, tapinya boro2 sempet deh...i don't even have weekends now..jadi my typical schedule tu kerja jam 830 pagi di bank sampe siang, trus break 2-3 jam before going to work at kobe sampe jam 10-11:30 malem...and so on
seneng nih minggu ini akhirnya gue bisa dapet break soalnya hampir sama sekali ngga kerja di kobe, cuma sabtu doang jadi gue bisa rada nyante abis pulang kerja dari bank hehehehe

aaand...apalagi ya...i guess that's all for now? i have to get ready nih janji lunch with the girls =)

Maap....ngga penting

2008-05-17T00:00:00.001-05:00

lo ambil hape lo, terus buka inbox ,terus catet 5 nama org2 yg terakhir ngesmsin elo, nama yg sama ga boleh diulang 2x yah. Namanya juga bulbo orang kurang kerjaan. Nggak boleh protes lo pada. Harus sesuai kenyataan. Kalo ga, lo bakal sial se umur hidup.
1. Jim
2. Tina
3. Adit
4. Rasheed
5. Adrian
Nomer 3 pacarnya siapa?
- Ha'uuuu
Nomer 4 itu good looking nggak?
- um..no comment
Kapan terakhir ketemu sama nomer 2?
- kemaren maleeem ^_^
Yang nomer 5 ngesms bilang apa?
- Tentang temennya
Pernah naksir nomer 5 nggak?
- banget! (hahahaha kagak yaan busyet deh)
Nomer 1 sekolah dimana?
- UMSL
Hubungan lo dengan no 2?
- ya temen baek gue laah, ya nggak tinaa?
Nomer berapa aja yang goodlooking?
- no 2 deh
Pernah nyium no 3 nggak?
- ew! ade gua itu!!
Apa urusan nomer 3 ngesmsin loe?
- mo tau aja..urusan ade-kakak hehehehe
Nomer 4 sama no 1 ada hubungan apa?
- sama2 temen gue
Pernah nonton bareng nomer 3 nggak?
- ya iya lah
Ulangtahun nomer 5 kapan?
- waduh lupa...september bukan ya?
Pernah naksir nomer 2 nggak?
- pernah dong, she's cute! hahahaha
Lo pernah marahan sama nomer 1?
- nope
Apal no. hape nomer 3 nggak?
- apal dong
Kalo no. 1?
- engga
Kalo yang laen?
- engga juga

....
...
..
..
ini kok ngga penting sih

Zut alors!!!

2008-04-14T12:04:00.002-05:00

Whoa.....

Tck tck tck (geleng2 kepala hehehe)...
Idup gue sekarang ini lagi very very interesting...it seems to me that the things that hadn't happened, but could've happen to me in the seven years i've lived in the states are happening all at once, in full force. Both the good and (unfortunately) bad things. I need time to sort things through but I don't really have it. Mudah2an sih everything will fall in to place.

Whew!!

Maamppheeeettt

2008-04-03T10:59:00.003-05:00

Mampheeettt......
idung mampet mulu iniii...sebel sebel sebel...huh...
Anyway...tadi malem gue mimpi aneh2 gitu deh...hmh...aneh...
Doh gue teh ya...tadi malem tidurnya early skalee...jam 12 gitu udah tidur, tapi hasilnya jadi jam 1/2 4 gitu udah bangun dan seger gitu susah bener mo dibikin tidur lagi...tapi apparently berhasil dan bablas sampe jam 9 pagi hehehe. Ntar siang mo lunch ma temen di buffalo wild wings tapi kok rada males ini yaa...ntar malem juga sepertinya ada dinner tapi belom tau mau dimana hehehe

Yah ngga penting banget ya postingannya hahaha..

Lagi iseng

2008-03-31T19:09:00.003-05:00

Just got my U2 album yang All That You Can't Leave Behind today, so happy! I am currently listening to it now and loving it! Apalagi di luar lagi ujan2 gitu...tutup pintu kamar, lampu redupin, aaahhh how peaceful! ^_^

Waktunya merenung...(halah)

Aduuh...Yovita udah pulang hari Jumat kemaren....trus Sabtu minggu ini si Deni ikut pulang pula! Doooh makin sepi dan ilang aja ni temen2 hang out gue di StL. Ahh Yovitaaaa....Deniiii....sobat2 fun kuuuuu! Gimana nasib perdugeman kita kl gini caranya ini!! Ikut pulang aja kali ya? hahaha

Btw gue alhamdulillah udah ngerasa agak baikan sih hari ini sakitnya. Tinggal mengclearkan mucus2 menyebalkan ini..
Besok sore kerja interpreter...trus rabu kerja gantiin Sachiko. Lumayaan...pemasukan lagii...hihihi..
Eh ada yang pulang...Dee apa Abadi ya itu..bentar gue intip dulu..

Ooo ternyata si Abad...ni anaknya udah di sebelah gue sekarang hehehe
Yasut gue gangguin si Abad dulu aaaah...