Bye Monash! :)

SO MUCH TO WRITE!

I cheated on this blog with my travel blog recently. Hahaha. Sorry, bro.
It feels like when I am about to write here, all the deep thoughts are just coming out from my head.
However, what I needed in the couple last days was happy thoughts.
So, sorry. I am now back to this blog.

Anyway, the biggest news is TODAY IS MY LAST DAY OF EXAMINATION IN BACHELOR DEGREE.
For God's sake. Akhirnya gue sampe juga di titik ini. Di titik dimana lu jadi semi-pengangguran. Kenapa pengangguran? Karena gue belom dapet official result gue. Masih ada kemungkinan ngulang next sem (choi-choi-choi *ketok kayu*), walaupun kemungkinannya kecil. Amen.

Temen-temen gue yang lain kaya Jetink, Lia, Ley, Ivan ma Richard udah kelar beberapa hari sebelom gue. Dan begitu gue tanya mereka gimana rasanya setelah ngerjain exam terakhir, katanya... rasanya beda.
It was a different freedom that they felt. I could not feel it till I experienced it myself.
Tapi, begitu keluar dari exam hall, all I felt was... disappointment. Subject terakhir gue adalah Food Microbiology. Dibilang susah, ya susah. Soalnya mesti ngapalin nama-nama microorganisms dan spoilage on food dan food borne illness. Muter-muter dan mejret. But I studied and memorized them, with all brain capacity that I had. But, it turned out, soalnya beda banget dari yang gue bayangin. Bisa sih, tapi nggak gitu yakin dan I'm pretty sure I won't score high in this subject. Padahal gue aim minimal D. Tapi pupus sudah harapan gue. :(

Dan, pas gue sampe rumah, David (remember my good friend), bbm gue dan ngabarin kalau nanti jam 12 ini dia bakal off to London buat ambil master dia. Rasanya, campur aduk. Gue berasa waktu jalan tu udah kaya  Speedy Gonzales (inget kan tokoh mini toons yang larinya kaya flash?). Rasanya gue belom sempet napas dan menikmati hari-hari gue sama temen-temen gue, tiba-tiba aja gue udah harus pisah.

To be honest, I am having a hard time now.

Gue kelar ujian tanggal 19, dan bakal berangkat ke Tioman tanggal 22 malem. Jadi practically gue cuma dua setengah hari buat farewell sama temen-temen science gue (Sandra, Elvis, Willy, Novita, Nukke), Gibon, Richard, Evelyn, Kris, Velia dan entah siapa lagi. Karena tanggal 26, most of them udah ciao semua.

Shoot.

Perpisahan nggak pernah enak yah?

Dan gue dari kemaren udah ngebayangin gimana sedihnya pisah sama mereka. Mereka yang tiap hari nemenin gue, bikin gue ngakak, ngehibur gue kalo lagi sedih, ato simply be there for me, harus mau nggak mau melangkahkan kaki dari hidup gue.

Tau sih, kita harus keluar dari comfort zone supaya lebih mature lagi. Tapi berat cuy.

Ah, udah lah. nggak ada gunanya galau-galau juga kan? Just enjoy my time with them :)

Here is a short movie about my university, Monash University :)

Lazy Sunday :)

It is almost near study week of my last exams on my final semester.
These days, I feel like... everything is mixed up in my head.
I've been thinking about my plan after graduation. I have applied to some companies here, in Malaysia and Singapore, but so far, there was only one interview job.
I'm pretty sure life's gonna be tougher after graduation.

I know I have lots of things I need to do and think about, but I wanna reward myself for one day off.
And I choose today.

I've been spending my late noon by looking at Grey's Anatomy Season Finale 'Flight' in Youtube and Google, hoping that I could find new spoilers for this last episode of season 8. Waiting until Friday (well, this movie is aired on Thursday night in US, so I can just download it on Friday night) just simply kills me. Been told that all the main characters are in life-threatened due to plane crash. Shoot. I'm just hoping that one character that will die in this episode is not my McDreamy a.k.a Derek Shepherd. This show is no longer worth to be waited if Shonda just kills him, for McDreamy's sake.

And when I realized no new spoiler, I moved to watching Sonia Lee's wedding video with Andy. Sonia is known in Jayesslee, with her twin sister, Janice. I looked at their wedding photos and they were all sophisticated. I could feel the magic behind all smiles, all decorations and the wedding itself. Don't blame me if I was imagining my own wedding too =P.

I was curious who was behind these all magnificent photos. It was actually Australian young pretty photographer, Jenny Sun. You can find her blog here. I was completely amazed with her blog. With her layout, with her photography, and with her writing.

There was a special section for 'Travel'. This led me into thinking, "When am I going to travel to Europe?"

Traveling to Europe has been my dream since I was kid. I am always left speechless and jaw-dropped every time I see anything, culinary, old buildings, winding street, people, arts, attractions, simply anything, related to Europe. I've been dreaming of standing in front of Eiffel, riding a gondola in Venice, praying in the Basilisk of St. Peter, getting thrown chocolate and flowers in German, watching football match in Portugal, visiting Madame Tussauds in UK, taking pictures in front of Colloseums, and bla bla bla bla.

I was born to enjoy the beauty of the world. I really really want to travel there, someday.

But then, something popped up in my head when I was looking at Jenny's wedding photography.
When is the best time to travel?

I always imagine to travel to Europe with my good friends, not with my current family or my future family. I couldn't imagine going to backpack to Europe with my mom and dad or with my husband and children.
I just could not.
I want my first experience traveling to Europe with my good friends.
Of course, since now only Sylfester, Ley, David, Topel, Lia, Erick, Jetink, and Ivan that are in my mind, I imagine I will go to Europe someday with all of them. But who knows? I once imagined going to Redang and Perhentian with my old friends from CIMP, but it turned out, I was going with my new good friends. These people I love so much.

Who knows I'm going to meet other good friends out there who will accompany me traveling? ;)

My Life is a Blessing

Oke.
Sebenernya gue HARUSNYA mengerjakan lab report Food Preservation di library.
Tapi instead of doing that, gue malah ngobok-ngobok blog orang.
Dan salah satu blogger yang gw obok-obok blognya adalah Mikhal Anindita (found her blog here).
Mikhal ini temen satu batch di school of science. Bedanya gue ambil Food Science and Technology, dia ambil Biotechnology.
Dulu, gue masih sering bareng sama dia pas first year. Tapi setelah kita pisah major, jadi makin jarang bareng.

To be honest, gue diem-diem ngefans sama dia HAHAHAHA.
Satu hal yang gue suka (well, from what I read from her blog) dari dia adalah she always tries to be grateful for whatever happens in her life. Yaaa, memang sih gue bisa dikategorikan tidak terlalu deket ma dia, tapi gue suka cara pikir dia yang selalu berusaha buat ngeliat segala sesuatu dari sudut pandang positif. :)

Gue adalah orang yang typically melancholic. Kalo lagi kumat, melankolisnya bisa ngalahin grup band emo.
And that's why most of my posts here are gloomy.
Insecurity and Negative Thoughts are like my middle name.
Gue dulu paling susah sama yang namanya bersyukur.
Well, I am getting better. Gue bener-bener berusaha SEKUAT OTAK GUE buat bersyukur, buat melihat segala sesuatu dari sisi positif, walaupun susah, karena standard otak gue udah negatif. hahahaha.

Padahal, kalau mau dipikir, my life is completely a blessing.
Dibalik semua masalah gue, sebenernya gue adalah orang yang blessed.
Masalah gue juga kalo dipikir-pikir bisa dibilang nggak sebesar masalah temen-temen gue.
Kalopun ada masalah besar, SELALU ADA ORANG yang nemenin gue. keluarga gue. temen-temen baek gue. :)

Gue punya keluarga yang gue tau sayang sama gue BANGET.
Bokap yang galaknya kaya gatot kaca, tapi diem-diem hatinya lembut dan perhatian.
Gue masih inget gimana kelabakannya dia waktu gue patah hati. gimana dia telpon gue sehari tiga kali buat make sure gue nggak bunuh diri. Dan gimana dia pas meluk gue dan diem-diem netesin air mata pas gue nangis-nangis bombay.
Nyokap yang PALING PENGERTIAN sedunia. Nyokap yang selalu back up gue. yang selalu nasehatin gue dengan nasehat-nasehat yang nggak gue bisa temukan dari orang lain. yang selalu ikut seneng kalo gue ikut seneng. yang selalu berkorban buat gue.
Adek cowok gue yang bisa merangkap jadi adek, koko, sahabat, pacar, semuanya. Adek yang nggak pernah ngajak ribut. adek yang nggak pelit. adek yang selalu dengerin gue kalo gue lg stress. Adek yang sebentar lagi jadi laki-laki hebat. <3

Dan nggak terbatas soal keluarga, I have GREAT and SUPERB friends here.
Ika, my twin sister. Yang selalu nemenin gue setiap gue drop. yang mengerti gue disaat gue nggak ngerti diri gue sendiri. yang selalu bikin gue ngakak. yang bisa jaga rahasia, even my darkest secret.
Lia, Gibon, Jetink, Ley, Stella. My girl friends. Yang mau nerima semua kedodolan gue. yang masih sabar ngadepin gue yang sering nyebelin. yang selalu denger keluhan gue. yang mau nemenin gue kalo lagi takut sendirian. yang selalu bikin gue ketawa. yang selalu ngasi advices. yang bisa diajak gila-gilaan. yang bisa membuat gue merasa bahagia. :)
Sylfester, David, Ivan, Topel. Anak-anak markas yang selalu dengan tangan terbuka (yah, walaupun mungkin dengan terpaksa) menerima gue yang dengan seenak udelnya mengobrak-abrik rumah mereka. Yang baik banget. yang banyak banget ngebantuin gue. yang bisa ngebuat gue ketawa ngakak ampe nangis. yang bisa bikin my dreams come true.
Erick, si snowman berlesung pipit yang gila. yang udah baik banget ngajak jalan-jalan terus. yang nemenin disaat gue butek. yang bikin gue just simply smile :)
Marsel. Yah, walaupun si engkong satu ini udah ciao ke Jepang, dia nggak bakal pernah gue lupain. Semua ke'jahatan' dia, semua advices dia, semua bantuan dia. I miss you Sel. *by the way, if ANGELA NATHALIA happens to read this. trust me i miss your boyfriend so much, in friends term lho yaaaaaaaaaa! peace!*
Richard, si bawel yang secara tidak sadar membantu gue buat jadi lebih baik dan lebih dewasa :)
Dedek n Nukke. My classmate, my teammate, my gossipmate, my workmate yang lucu-lucu. kadang gue sering ngerasa jadi emak lu pada deh. secara badan lu berdua kaya kurcaci, dan gue kaya raksasa. hiks.
Nicky. my ex. Gue yakin banget nggak semua orang bisa ngerti status hubungan gue ma nicky. Kita masih sedeket dulu waktu masih pacaran, tapi bedanya sama sekali nggak ada feeling. Aneh? Gue juga ngerasa aneh kok bisa sampe ke stage ini. Stage sahabatan sama mantan. :)

Dan dari semua yang gue alamin selama gue di Malaysia, gue merasa bahagia.
Gue bisa dapet kesempatan ini itu. Bisa sempet ngerasain:

• Kampanye buat student association (walaupun akhirnya kalah polling)
• Monash ball!!
• Liburan kesana kemari, terutama my last holiday to Redang Perhentian
• Internship
• Be a little wild ;)

Dan masih banyak lagi. Masih ada banyak hal baru yang gue alamin disini. Yang enrich and improve myself.

Ah udah ah, gue sentimentil banget kalo lagi berasa grateful gini. :P

OKAY NADYA. GO BACK TO YOUR WORK.

Coincidence

Coincidence is one of the strongest evidence that world is small.
Well, I believe that.

I've never undergone such awkward coincidences before I stepped into college life.
My friends and I are coming from many places, many countries. But still there is this red line that connects us.

It started two weeks after my arrival in Malaysia. I accompanied my friend staying in her house in Casa Subang. We had a long night conversation till she told me that she was in a such complicated relationship. She was once being cheated on by his boyfriend. His boyfriend had 8 girlfriends for Pete's sake. Panda (my friend's name) was one of them. At that moment, I tried to recall my memory. My junior high school friend once told me that she was also being cheated on. Who imagined that Panda and my junior high school friend were being cheated on by same guy? What a small world.

Then more coincidence happened when it came to my 'twin' sister, Ribka Julia. The first thing that brought us closer is the purchase of our cameras. We were on our second semester in CIMP and we took Computer Technology as one of our subjects. Since photography was included in the syllabus, we were advised to buy our own camera. My dad bought me a Kodak M73 camera digital with silver colour in Jonas Photography when he went to Bandung. I was truly surprised when Ika showed me her camera. It was exactly same with my camera. The difference was hers was black, whereas mine was silver. And couple days later, I found out that she even bought the camera in the same shop! =.="

Started from there, almost everything happened in my life happened in Ika's life too. It was like having someone  like yourself in slightly different situation. Too bad I could not recall one by one (because there are too many of them!). But if I remember any of them, I am gonna share it with you guys!

Not only with Ika, but also with other friends. I have a good friend and brother here, named Yohan Marselinus. I was getting closer with him lately, around one year ago. We never talked much before, since we only met after the mass in church. But who imagined we came from same elementary school? He was my senior and he went to same church with me and even worse, he once had a crush on one of my best friend's sister! Ck.

And I was more amazed when I met Katarina Siena. She was one of my good friends when we were in elementary school. We used to hang around together when we were in 5th grade.
One day I read her twitter. She said she missed indomie so much. That 'tickled' me a little bit. 'She must be somewhere outside Indonesia', I guessed. So, I direct-messaged her, asking where she was. And who thought she was having internship in Malaysia? And I was even more surprised when I found out she lived near my apartment!
Then we planned to meet in Sunway Pyramid. I missed her so much. We were close back then. It was good meeting your old friend. But it was even better knowing that she was Marsel's cousin. =.="
I was like... wth, man. In the middle of our conversation, I told Katarina that I had a friend in Malaysia, that came from same elementary school with us (Marsel, I mean). He lived in Witana Harja. She replied, "Well I have one relative living there too. And his name is Marsel. Maybe your friend is my relative! Who knows?" Then after collecting proofs from both sides, Marsel and Katarina, it was true that Marsel who was my friend was Katarina's cousin. =.="
Apparently, they are not cousins by blood, but by marriage and they barely know each other. But after I connected them, they eventually got closer. :)

Relating to Marsel, there's one more thing that shocked me much. During last holiday in Indonesia, I tidied up my room by sorting out old stuffs. I found a photo album and a newsletter of my outbound camp in Sentul, 8 years ago. When I was looking to the camping participants, I noticed one face that looked familiar to me! And suddenly I realized that might be Marsel! I bbm-ed him right away, asking whether he was in the camp or not. And guess what, he was! I still remember clearly that I once met a friend named Marsel from Canisius and I never imagined that Marsel was Marsel that I know now!

Until now, I am still waiting more coincidences to come between me and Marsel because I believe there are more! :)

More story happened recently. Remember when I posted about David's farewell? After sending David out from Lagoon View, I helped Sylfester's friend, Sarah. She was about to move to LV but the room was not ready. So meanwhile, she put her stuffs in Syl's unit and I helped her since I had nothing to do. To be honest, I didn't have any feelings that she might come from my past (tsahhh...).
In the next day, when I went to Syl's unit, Syl told me that Sarah asked about me whether I ever took an English course in ILP or not. And I said yes. Sarah told Syl that my face looked familiar. And it turns out, Sarah was my old friend when I was taking an English course in ILP. Sarah and Dinda were my closest friends in ILP back then.

Surprised much? :)

Detached much?

For the start, pardon my galau-ness.

In a week, me, Jetink, Ley, Stella, Topel, David, Syl, and Erick will be going to Perhentian and Redang Islands! This is like a dream come true, traveling with your best buddies to a place that is almost impossible to go to. Well, I thought it was impossible at first, because it seemed many obstacles had stood in our way.

And while waiting for 22nd of February, I decided to go home, seeing my parents and brother.
Everything is different here. The longer I stay abroad, the less comfortable I am in my own home. How pathetic is it? I am trying my best to feel homey, but that seems to be the hardest thing to do. I keep counting down the days I'll be going back to Malaysia. I keep missing my room there. I keep texting my friends there, just to let my hunger of their existences be fulfilled. Am I that bad?

I'm not sure I ever wrote down about my "detachment disorder" here. But I think, from the posts I wrote, you all can conclude that I am a person who easily attach yet hard to detach. I was once in a hard situation of detachment, somewhere around 2009-2010. I used to be really close with my girls (RJ, AN, MS, SL, SKD, MC), NR, AW, TM, and SR. No need to know who they are, but they really meant a lot to me. They colored my life. But as the time went on, people have grown apart. Each one of us started to find another comfort zone and here we are, being almost strangers to each other. To be honest, even dinner was like an "important" eve, where we needed to make an appointment and think of a conversation.

I had a hard time understanding this situation. Understanding that people grow apart and friends do not stay forever. I don't like being a "grasshopper", jumping from one group to another. Once I am comfortable in one group, I have a tendency of being attached so much. But eventually, I made through this. After all efforts (I did not exaggerate, but I did put lots of efforts), I finally could accept this.

But once again, I am now trapped in the same situation. Again, I am trapped in one zone that comforts me much enough that I even started to miss them right after the plane has landed. Every day, in own home, I've been counting the days down till I get back to Malaysia. Am I that "rebel"? Lia told me, I need to enjoy in everywhere I am. But that is fuckin' hard, man.

I can't imagine, in the next 5 months, I'll be graduating from Monash. That means, I need to go back home, say goodbye to my friends, my sanctuary, my Sunway. I really can't imagine it. I wish time walked much slower. I don't want to leave Malaysia. :( I don't want to leave my friends :( :(

Kenyang Bego in Chinese New Year!

One of my friends, Christofel, said that my blog was such a mixture of all feelings and it was like roller-coaster. It turns up and down. Well, yeah. That is why I blog because blog was created to be a place where I can share all my feelings, right?

ANYWAY.

Recently, my Facebook page is dominated with red color. Why? Because it is CHINESE NEW YEAR baby!
I didn't regret my decision of staying back here because my CNY was awesome!
Even though I didn't celebrate it with my family, I was having fun with my friends here. :)

It started on Saturday night. Erick, Jetink, Dedek, and me went to church and then had dinner in Jalan Alor. I ate a lot that night. A portion of pork burger and kwetiao were enough to satisfy me. Having dinner in Jalan Alor was kinda a temptation for me. The restaurants there offered lots of yummy food. How can it not be temptation for such a any-food-eater like me?

And the street itself was damn crowded, with lots of Chinese people, loud music, fire works, and Barongsai (or Lion Dance). I loveeee the fireworks. This time, I felt pretty close enough with the fireworks, even I could feel the fire hit my cheeks. But it was such a blast. I was like a little kid who excited much seeing fireworks.

And the celebration continued in the next day.
Sandra and Sylfester joined us after work for dinner. Since we didn't make any reservations in Chinese Restaurant, so we went to Rasta @ TTDI. This was just usual dinner (even though it was CNY night) with friends.

After dinner, we went home and had a sleep-over in Sylfester's house.
*well, I suddenly feel I need to share this in Indonesia :p*
Berhubung cowok-cowok (baca: Erick & Syl) pengen olah raga dulu sebelom kongkow, mereka main pingpong di LV. Gue, yang notabene buta soal olahraga, jadinya cuma mentok ngerumpi sama Jetink sambil ngambilin bola pingpong mereka.

Entah kenapa, unit Syl selalu jadi tempat ternyaman buat ngumpul-ngumpul. Apalagi di kamar Syl. And there you go, kita nonton The Green Mile di kamar Syl and I ended up being scolded by my friends. Menurut gue filmnya touchy dan bagus banget, tapi berhubung emang endingnya agak sedih dan menurut mereka tidak seharusnya di malam CNY mereka nangis, jadilah gw kena omel. Tapi gue puas, 3 jam nonton film yang berbobot, walaupun harus nangis dikit-dikit :p

Dan kebiasaan kalo sleepover di tempat Syl adalah, habis capek nonton, kita masak-masak. Secara Syl cuma punya kentang goreng (supply dari kantor gue) dan lotus leaf bun, jadilah kita makan makanan yang ada. Sambil makan, kita karaokean dan ngerumpi sampe nggak sadar waktu uda nunjukin jam setengah 7 pagi. Ck. Kamar Syl abis itu disulap jadi tempat penampungan anak-anak ilang. Gue & Sandra tidur dempet-dempetan di kasur Syl, sedangkan si Tuan Rumah & Erick harus rela tidur di lantai. :p Jetink mengungsi ke kamar Topel soalnya dia nggak tahan dingin dan Dedek balik ke kamar dia.

As expected, we all woke up at around 12 in the afternoon. Kelaparan (dan encok buat yang cowok-cowok). Setelah siap-siap, kita langsung cabs ke Pyramid, dimana ada harapan restoran masih buka. Sunway was damn quiet man. Hampir semua toko tutup. Akhirnya, setelah Erick maksa mau beli Prosperity Burger yang katanya adanya setaun sekali, kita memutuskan untuk makan McD. Pathetic ya. Chinese New Year mestinya dihabiskan dengan mengunyah makanan Chinese, bukan fast food. Tapi mau gimana dong. Nggak banyak pilihan sih.

Time seemed fly so fast (ya iyalah, lu pikir aja lu bangun jam berapa Nad =.="), tiba-tiba aja kita udah harus siap-siap pergi ke Seoul Garden di One Utama. Dan mendadak semua jadi warna merah. Hampir semua orang Chinese yang gw temui hari itu pake baju warna merah, including me.

Gue beneran kenyang bego hari itu. Kenyang bego disini means kenyang sampe napas aja susah. Tapi lumayan lah, walaupun menurut gw pilihan dagingnya nggak banyak banget (jadi nggak worth it sama harganya), tapi rasanya OK banget.

Gue sampe berpikir nggak lagi deh makan sampe kenyang bego (at least sampe besok pagi), tapi ternyata, lagi-lagi gw gagal. Pulang dari Seoul Garden, kita kongkow lagi di rumah Syl dan nonton Johnny English: Reborn. Kali ini gue nggak dibolehin milih film karena menurut mereka film gw dark and twisty dan nggak cocok buat ditonton di malam CNY.

Gue pikir, begitu kelar nonton, kita tidur, secara udah capek juga. Tapi ternyata nggak. Instead of sleeping, we cooked 5 bungkus of Indomie dan ngemilin bacon yang dibawa Erick. Heran? Yeah me too. Gue hari itu beneran kenyang bego, sebego-begonya. Sampe tidur pun dengan perut agak melilit gara-gara kekenyangan. Ck.

And we woke up the next day at 2 pm. Worst than the previous day. Rencana awal kita mau ice-skating, tapi liat aja. Bangun aja jam 2, belom ngulet-ngulet, belom siap-siap mandi dkk, belom makan siang. Jadilah gagal rencana ice-skating kita. Sore hari kita dihabiskan dengan nonton film Indo yang bener-bener nggak mutu (selama nonton, entah berapa kali komen negatif keluar dari mulut gue) dan makan siang delivery dari Aldy.

Around 5 pm, we decided to go to Pyramid, shopping for our (late) dinner. Erick si koki rencananya mau masak masakan andalan dia Black Pepper Sauce. dan gw cuma iseng-iseng bikin sushi (just like last CNY :)).

~sushi~

~black pepper pork~

~entah apa namanya sayuran~

Dan lagi-lagi gue kenyang bego.
Apalagi ditambah Choco Banana buatan Syl yang penuh fattening. Bayangin aja, udah eskrim, dikasih lelehan coklat, ditambah whip cream. Apa nggak bikin tumpukan lemak di perut numbuh?!

Syl's Choco Banana officially ended my CNY holiday. Beraaat banget rasanya kalo inget holiday is over dan harus mikir besok paginya gue harus bangun pagi buat kerja. Tsh. Why does time go faster when it comes to holiday?

Setelah dipikir-pikir,gila juga gue, CNY dipenuhi massive food. Nggak heran celana gw sekarang pada sempit dan pipi gue membengkak. Salah siapa? Ck. Tapi puas kok. Gue sempet takut CNY kali ini bakal garing, karena cuma ada 6 orang disini. But it turns out I was totally wrong. My CNY this year was awesome! :)

~credit goes to Erick Sulistya~

What's good in goodbye?

I hate farewell as much as I hate monkeys.

David, one of my good friends here, is gonna go back to Indonesia, since he has already finished his degree in Monash University. I am like, suffocated by something that I should not be thinking about.

I've undergone this kind of situation many times, since I started studying abroad. People come and go. New friends come and good friends go. I am sick of saying "see you again, buddy!", where the truth is, once people step out of your sight, they will eventually step out from your life as well. 

I have befriended with many people from many different places. We were good friends when we were together, but once they moved out from Malaysia, we did not contact each other, at all. Well, I don't think 'happy birthday' wish in Facebook could be counted in maintaining friendship, couldn't it?

I have problems in long-distance-relationship. Not only in love-relationship, but also in friendship-relationship. In matter of fact, LDR is damn hard to maintain.

Out of many-friends-I-have-had, to be honest, there are only few of them that are still in contact with me. In contact here means knowing-their-latest-news-from-themselves. Even, there are only fewer of them that are still close with me.

That is why I hate farewell.

David and I held dinner together with our friends in Bubba Gump. I was even being "fooled" because this was my birthday dinner. 

So there is this 'tradition' in Bubba Gump, when there is a birthday dinner, the birthday boy or girl should stand on the chair, give speech, and dance, while the waiters are singing and dancing. And yeah, that was me standing on my chair, giving speech.

~ I'm gonna miss you so much, Buddy :'( ~

~ dinner with my good friends ~

Anywayyy,

I forgot to share my birthday surprise here!

I had such an unforgettable birthday this year. I was loaded with happiness and laughs.

I was quite busy on the day before my birthday, which is November 25th. David, Christofel, Sylfester, Ley, Jessyca, and I went to Pyramid for shopping. Not really shopping anyway, because the guys were looking for internet cable and the girls were playing DDR. But then, the girls accompanied David shopping. :p

We then cooked for our dinner at the guys' house. That was such a fast cooking, since David and I needed to leave very soon for our choir practice.

David and I finished practicing at around 11 pm, when suddenly Jessyca whatsapp-ed me, telling that she wanted to meet me at the guys' house. So yeah, I dropped by and met her. She was like having something in mind that troubled her. She even began to cry after telling me what was on her mind. 

I was about to cheer her up when suddenly she grabbed my arms, Sylfester came and tied my hands at the back, and David closed my eyes with someone's tie. OMG. I didn't even have the chance to break away.

All I knew was my face was drawn by Ley and I was forced to walk without knowing the direction.

And after all 'singing-happy-birthday', 'blowing-the-candles', and 'cutting-the-cakes', I thought the persecution has been finally over, but I am wrong. Those who live in LV, again, closed my eyes with the plastic bag and brought me to from what I guessed, swimming pool. They were about to push me to the pool when a security guard blew his whistle. Failed attempting to wet me, they brought me to the shower! Haish.

And these were the pictures taken during my presecution:

~ yeah right, i'm so... *speechless* ~

~ THOSE precious people <3 ~

~ the master minds ~

~ me after being bathed under the shower ~

I know people make fool of me, just like what they did to me on my birthday. But I feel loved.
I feel I am something for them, not just random girl they know. And when I heard the story behind my birthday surprise, I was... flattered. What actually happened was, Jetink and Ley asked me to go to Pyramid so I could find my own present. Then the guys, they actually did not plan to buy internet cable, but they went to Raspberry to buy my cake. That was why Syl did not go shopping with us and just went home. :') Jetink and Ley even went into one cosmetic shop to another, just to find perfect make-up for me :')

Thank you guys.
This is really the best birthday surprise ever :')

Best Mid Break Ever!

This was the best mid break I've ever had. Seriously. The best. I mean it.

For almost 3.5 years I've been in Malaysia. This was the best mid break.

It all started from I got accepted to Sweet Kiss Sdn. Bhd. for my internship. And Monash Ball. And finally, TRIP TO PENANG.

In short, I've been looking for the job since last semester, and finally I got this internship in Sweet Kiss. Well, it is not a big company, but enough for me to have new experience working in food industry. :) 

Monash Ball 2011, Soiree A L'opera was held on September 23rd, 2011 in Marriott Hotel, Putrajaya.

Overall shows were not that interesting, but I was quite happy, just by being with my friends, Sherley, Novita, Yoan, Sylfester, Ivan, David, and Christofel.

Here are some spotlights on us!

~me and my date, Christofel~

As usual, after Monash Ball, there was after party held. This time, after party was held in one of the clubs in Puchong. But since we had no idea where the location was, so we decided to go to Ministry of Sound - Euphoria and had a good time!

Ah, life's good.

The following two days, we had the trip to Penang!
Wanna know our days in Penang, check out my travel blog here.

cheers.

Thank you guys

Gue tiba-tiba ngerasa takut.
Takut buat lulus Monash.
Padahal, sepanjang gue kuliah di Monash, 80% harapan gue adalah cepet-cepet lulus dari Monash.
Because you will never imagine my hell life in Monash.
Tapi, begitu waktu bergerak dengan cepetnya, tanpa ampun, menuju akhir dari waktu kuliah gue di Monash, suddenly I am scared.
Scared of getting out from my comfort zone.

Gue nggak pernah khawatir sama "perjalanan" gue setelah lulus Bachelor dari Monash.
It is either taking master or getting a job.
It is either one of them.
If I have the chance taking master degree, I will definitely take dietetics or human nutrition or psychology or marketing.
If I have to get a job, I believe I will get one.
Why am I never afraid of choosing one of them? It is because I believe God will lead me. I won't walk alone.
But, when it comes to getting out from comfort zone, it's only me and myself left.

I really thank God for giving me such... amazing last year.
To be honest, after what I've been through, I do not expect having unforgettable last year, like this.
I once read a quote.
"Sometimes we need to let something good fall apart so something better fall together"
Quote ini sangat sangat menggambarkan diri gue yang sekarang.
It took away my pride, my fragile heart, and part of myself to let good things fall apart.
But look what I've gained after letting good things fall apart. Happiness. Good friends. Adventure. Experience. Laugh. Trust. Unforgettable memories. More good pictures. and one important thing, new comfort zone.

I really want to thank my friends who have made my days.
Because of them, my gloomy days turn to smiley days.
My tears are shed, my worries are gone.

Thank you, Angela Nathalia, Alvianie Jessyca Sutikno, Sherley Kuncoro, Sylfester Arian Gunawan, Ivan Reynard, David Nugraha Santosa, Christofel Wong, Stella Amanda, Margaret Churchill, Yohan Marselinus, Richard Jerry, Kenneth Cheang, Kristoforus Rusli, Katarina Siena, Sylvia Lautan,  and my twin sister, Ribka Julia. 
(For those whom I don't mention here: it's not like you don't mean much to me, but I just want to be honest with myself. I am sorry if I don't mention you intentionally or unintentionally.)

Hari Botol Sedunia! :)

I just read this note this morning, and I am sure I miss her like hell. I miss the days I spent with her. I miss stupid stuffs I did with her. But I miss herself more. :)
This note is taken from Ribka Julia's facebook page.


HARI BERSEJARAH INI,,

TANGGAL ENAM BULAN EMPAT TAHUN DUA RIBU SEMBILAN
(06.04.09)

merupakan hari bersejarah sepanjang CIMP

berikut merupakan LIST hal-hal BO-TOL yg terjadi hanya dalam waktu

SATU HARI SAHAJA. . .

KEJADIAN 1 :
dimulai pukul 00.00 - saya dan partner beserta gibon lagi belajar CHEMISTRY d 08/03/04
saking streznyaa,,, KAMI,,, saya dan partner berbuat hal2 yg TIDAK SEWAJARNYA DILAKUKAN SAAT BELAJAR. . . seperti :
- dengerin iPod sambil teriak2 nyanyi *gak sadar range suaranya dari 1oktaf sampe 8 oktaf kaliii*
- berjoget2 ria sambil dengerin lagu west,, indo en CHINESSEE yg merupakan sbuah KEAJAIBAN kalo partner saya yg bernama NADYA KARINA dengerin lagu CAI HONG sama HUAI REN. . .
- bikin video klip *yg akan beredar secepatnya d FB*
waktu belajar pun slesai pada pukul 2.40 . . . kegilaan berakir UNTUK JAM DAN WAKTU TERSEBUT

KEJADIAN 2 :
saat malam harii,, kami baru diingatkan belum mengerjakan DRAFT CHEMISTRY yg DUE DATENYA pukul 4PM di HARI YG SAMA !
alhasil,, kami pergi lebih cepat dari biasa,, dan selama period 1 kami MENDEKAM d library NGERJAIN DRAFT. . . *anakkk rajinnnn skali kann*
SAKING SENANGNYA EN SEMANGATNYA KERJAIN DRAFT CHEMISTRY,, kami melupakan kelas KOMTEK dan alhasill,,, kami telat masuk kelas selama 10 ATO 15 MENIT *pada saat itu,, kelas sudah penuh *yg sebnarnya KEAJAIBAN!*

KEJADIAN 3 :
sehubungan belajar CHEMISTRY d malam hari,, kami melupakan SEMUA HOMEWORK subject yg lainnn
dan pada saat itu kami mempunyai HW FUNCTION sbanyak SEMBILAN NOMOR yg BERANAK PINAK
berhubung KERJA SAMA antara saya dan parter SANGAT ERATT,,, kami men-SHARE-kan homework kitaa
*g kerja dari nomer 1,, lo kerja dr nomer 9,, tar ketemu di tengah2 okk,,,, baru SALIIN!!!*
saking RAJIN-nya,, kami cuma menghabiskan waktu 40 menit buat makan en the rest,,, WE DO OUR HOMEWORK IN FRONT OF CLASSS.... *tepatny d tangga sampe ngalangin orang jalan*

KEJADIAN 4 :
di dalam kelas function,, kami baru mendapat kabar terbaruuu....
ternyata LAB CHEMISTRY HARUS DIKUMPULKAN HARI INI!!! DAN tentu sajaa KAMI BELUM MENGERJAKANNYAAA. . .
terjadilah,, kami sibuk2 ngomongin chemistry disaat guru function kami tercinta nge-review pelajaran,,,
untunglah,, kami murid teladann jadi tidak di tegur . . .*biar diliatin truz spanjang kelas. . .*
sbgai tambahann,,, pas kerjain homework,, g sibuk cariin PENSILL!!! en hal itu berlanjut sampe d KELAS,, g cariin PENSIL , mpe nanya k 4-5 orang en GAK DAPET PENSIL YG BENER!!!

KEJADIAN 5 :
setlah kelas FUNCTION *pas d klaz kita mikir SKIPP,,SKIPP,,SKIPP KLAZ FUNCTION!! hahaha* kita langsung FREE RUNNING LEBIH CEPAT DARI BIASANYAA buat ngejer kelas CHEMISTRY en kerjain LAB YG BELOM BERES EN JELAS CERITANYA GIMANA. . ..

*sampai saat inii,, SETIAP HOMEWORK YG KITA KERJAKAN DENGAN SUSAH PAYAHHH,,, GAK ADA YG DIPERIKSAA!!! BENAR2 USAHA YG SIAA2!!!!*

KEJADIAN 6 :
abis kelas chemistry,,,, kami melaju k comlab buat nerusin DRAFT yg uda DI UJUNG TANDUK DUE DATENYA ... setelah ber-BLA-BLA-BLA-BLA-BLA-BLA sejenak d depan WORD,, akirnya beres sudahlah DRAFTNYAAA!!! YESSS!!! tapi, perjuangan kami belum berakir sampai di siniii. . .

KEJADIAN 7 :
selesai draft,, kami melaju k LECTURE THEATRE 7 yg super dingin!!!!! buat TEST CHEMISTTRY chapter 5 en 6. . . saking strezny belajar semalamann,, kami NYANYI2 LAGU GAK JELAS di saat yg lain sedang BELAJAR hahhahaa . . .
semua mata tertuju kepada kami,, yg memang diakui NYATAIII SKALII!!!

KEJADIAN 8 :
terjadi di TENGAH2 TEST,, di saat HAPE SAYA YG TERLALU SENANG MEMBANGUNKAN SAYA PAGI2,, BERBUNYII!!! ALARM G MASI NYALAAA ! ! !! TANPA DISADARII
pas pertama denger dikirain suara apaann,, egh makin lama makin kenceng,, dan itu ADALAH BUNYI ALARM G!!! sudah jelaslah MALU BANGET!! NTU TEST DR PERIOD 1 SAMPE 5 !!!
SAKING MALUNYA,, MATA SAYA HANYA TERTUJU KEPADA GURU TERCINTA SAHAJA,,,
*ada yg blang,, orang2 depan sampe balik k blkg liat keributan yg disebabkan oleh HAPE SAYA YG SEMANGAT BANGUNIN G PAGI2!!! ITU SORE2 WOIII BUKAN PAGIII!!!*

KEJADIAN 9 :
SETELAH MASA2 SULIT BERLALUU,,, tibalah saatnya kamii beserta gibon ME-RELAKS-KAN DIRII!!!
kami pergi k PYRAMIDD en nonton FAST EN FURIOUS 4 yg KEREEEENNN ABISSS
CUMA DASAR,, ad orang yg anehh. . .
disaat2 MENEGANGKAN,, egh,, ntu ORANG malah TIDURR!!! ==a

BENAR2 ANEHH. . . .

demikianlah rangkuman hari bersejarah d CIMP

dimana semua kejadian BO-TOL (baca : BOdoh dan TOLol) terjadii SEMUANYA DALAM SATU HARI!!!

TERIMA KASIH ATAS WAKTUNY MEMBACA NOTES YG BO-TOL iniii

hahahahha

P.S : PARTNER!!! MARI KITA KACAUKAN HARI-HARI KITA LAGI D CIMP!!!!

short movie yeaay!

Heyhoo!
Time shows 1.27 am in the morning, and I still do not feel like sleeping.
Too much sleeping I think. Coz I'm catching a cold and I was sleeping all day, resulting in no sleepiness at night.
So yeah, I decided to blog.

Quick update about my daily routines.
As you all know, I am always busy with my assignments. But there is this little thing that cheers me up.
Well, it is not that little since it will involve much time and energy to do it.
I AM MAKING A SHORT MOVIE!
I am freakishly exciting!!
I planned to make one right after I finished making "ESCAPE" (You can watch here), but (this is one of my weaknesses) I don't have the "mood" to make one, until I talked to one of my friends, Sylfester, and yes, we'll make one. :)

I am still doing the script and Sylfester is checking on the places.
And on Lebaran holiday, Sylfester, Stella, Ley, Gibon, and me will hold a casting for the lead male and lead female characters. :)
I hope everything will be alright. :)

Actually I plan to write something in my head, but the mood suddenly disappears.
But, just so you know, I am thinking about you right now, N.
Thank you for once being in my life.

Happy Birthday!

Hey you, someone who once happened in my life!
Happy 20th birthday.
I hope everything goes well with your life, your study, your financial, your family, or (maybe) your new lover. :)
I'm on my way to accept the reality that I'm not with you anymore.
I prayed for you last night.
I really prayed.
I don't want you to become ordinary guy.
I know you are not.
I prayed for your safety, your happiness, your study, your career... for everything about you.

well, I'm mumbling.
I guess that's all.
Happy birthday, N. I really wish you nothing but the best.

LOST

Wow, look at my last post. It was posted on April, and see? It's already mid June.
Well what you have to understand is for an amateur writer like me, who does not have talent in writing, i need extra effort and good mood to post something in my blog. Plus, my assignments and (NOW) my exams seem distracting me from writing.

Anyhow, there are MANY things I am supposed to write.
My midbreak getaway to Malaka with Arnold, Lia, and Dicky.
My sudden-crazy-plan weekend escape with Jessyca, Sylfester, and David.
Both getaways were SOOOOOOOO, um, what you called it, exciting!
Yeah, besides my never-ending-assignments-and-lab-reports. *sigh*
Don't think life could be pleasant these days.

But in this post, I don't plan to share my exciting getaways, but more about my thought, just now.
I was just waking up from my nap, when I read the timeline in Twitter.
One post from @jcqlie interested me.

"Just for once, I want someone to be afraid of losing me"

Those words pricked me. right away to my heart.
I ask myself, "Have they, who admit to be my friends, ever been afraid of losing me?"
It did not take even a minute for me to have the answer.
No, I don't think so.

Let's start from my boyfriend. *I really hope he does not have the time or interest to read my post*.
I don't think he is THAT afraid of losing me, like i am FREAKINGLY afraid of losing him.
He got all he's wanted. Good looking face, good fortune, good posture, good inner beauty. Who doesn't want him? It is super easy for him to find a girl, of course better than me. But I don't know why he still sticks with me after all this time. I don't think my existence is THAT matter for him.

And my friends.
To be honest, there are two best friends, few special friends, and many friends that I have.
First best friend. I don't need to mention her name, but she really is special for me. It's like I never have someone who understands me deeply like she does. I am like finding my other half soul. I will do everything to  "maintain" my superfriendship with her. But what's on the other side? I don't think that I am matter for her anymore. Well, I don't expect to be that close, like we used to be. At least, I still want to be the first person whom she tells for everything. But seems like she's found new exciting world, without me in it.
Second best friend. She's like my little sister. Superb, I can say. I can't thank her enough for accompanying me when I am down. or up. or whatever. She used to depend on me. Well, it is good to know that she's more independent, but I am afraid, I am not useful anymore for her. And being not useful is like a burden to me. Because it's like you are not needed by them, anymore.

My special friends.
I've got few special friends. and they come and go, without really think about my feeling.
I blame myself for it, but wait. I don't think that all are my faults. They've got new friends, started to be comfortable with them, and yes, you can tell the ending. They forget me.
These days, thank God, I have the opportunity to make new friends. I don't expect too much with these friendships I've just had. At the end, what's going to happen is, we leave each other. So yes, I don't put too much feelings on them, like I used to do to my old gank. You know how long it took to get over my feelings on my old bestfriends? a year. A freakin' full-of-efforts year.

Think that I am complicated?
Yes I am. I am THAT complicated when it comes to relationship.

Somehow, I wanna see who's crying on my funeral, if I am dying now.
My boyfriend? Will he go back to Indonesia, just to "send" me away?
My bestfriends? Will they shed a tear for me?
The only thing I am sure 100% is the lost-feeling that my daddy, mummy, and little brother feel.

The further I am thinking, the more I believe that I am the b*tch.
The b*tch who always asks for more.
who always carves more attention.
who always wants to be number one.
Because the thing is, we don't always get what we want, and we're not always number one.

I don't usually post something like this in my open-read-blog.
But for once, I just want to be honest with world.
You could be offended by reading this. but I'm sorry.

Creepy Christmas 2010

hey folks!

Christmas has passed and New Year is coming

! Yeey!

So much to tell, lately, especially about my creepy Christmas.

a bit late, i know! but better late than nothing, rite?

On December 24th, I went to Christmas Holy Mass in my Church, together with Paula, Stella, Sandra, Elvis, Indra, Nando, and Rezty. Well, not so much for a christmas eve, but enough. I kinda missed my family. this was my first christmas without them. But thank God, I got friends to celebrate my christmas.

And we celebrated christmas in one of most well known restaurant nearby, Murni SS2. Ley, Damian, and Pei Vern were coming later a

nd celebrating xmas with us.

*pei vern . ley . elvis . sandra . indra . me . paula . stella . damian*

(Pardon me, but i prefer telling this creepy christmas in Indonesian!)

Percaya nggak percaya, hari Natal yang sebener2nya malah lebih "aneh".

Setelah ngantuk-ngantuk ria, karena mesti nganterin Pei Vern balik ke Kelana Jaya, gue "nongkrong" di kamar Stella. Ngobrol ngalor ngidul. Terus dilanjutin nonton "Chasing Liberty" (you guys should watch this movie. it's good to kill the time!) dan Ley ended up tidur ngorok.

And yeah, we (me stella and ley) spent Christmas day, doing nothing, sleeping, leha-leha-ing, etc. Sampe akhirnya kita memutuskan, "Christmas woy! Masak cuma dirumah kongkow2 nggak jelas gini? Ayo jalan2 ke pyramid! Makan apa kek!"

Jadilah, kita bertiga menghabiskan waktu sekitar satu jam buat musyawarah "Kita mau makan dimana". Dari yang cupu macem Mingtien, sampe yang out-of-budget macem Tony Roma's. Dan akhirnya kita mencapai mufakat. Kita makan di BBQ Plaza.

Because that was christmas, we wore red dresses and hiasan Natal di kepala. Segalanya terlihat menyenangkan. tapi, lagi2, kita emang kadang gak bisa nolak sial. *sigh.

waktu ke pyramid, gue yang bawa mobil. (iyeeee NYETIR mobil!!!).

keren woyyy! hahaha.

*um nggak keren sih nyetir kancil. tapi buat gue udah keren abis! secara kalo di indo, tiap ada nyokap gw cuma boleh muter2 kompleks, saingan sama anak tetangga gw yang muter2 pake sepeda*

as i said before, everything went normal. paling macetnya itulah yang gak tahan. sama cari parkirnya, kupret, susye bener.

NAH. satu hal yang nggak gue sadari adalah masalah ngikutin selama gue di pyramid.

lanjut cerita dulu deh.

berhubung BBQ plaza terlalu rame dan perut gue udah keruyukan, jadilah kita makan di Manhattan Fish Market. berhubung kita ketemu Wahid, jadilah kita makan bareng dia. :)

(dia plan buat pergi ke Fraser Hill ato apalah itu malem itu juga. macem Cameroon Highlands, tapi edisi lebih spooky. urrggh gw tempted banget buat ikutan!! sayangnya crazy team uda ngacir semua. satu balik indo, satu cabut ke NZ, satu ngilang ke US. tinggal gue deh yang gila)

*me . wahid*

*dedek . stella . ley*

Abis makan, yah, girls' habit, being camwhores.

we camwhored in like, everywhere, as long as that place got christmass tree or christmas ornaments.

and the "sialness" began.

pas nyampe parkiran, ley yang gantian nyetir. soalnya buat keluar dari pyramid, kita mesti "naik" dan gw gak bisa kalo disuru "stengah kopling". jadi kemudi saya serahkan kepada Ibu Ley.

kuprutnyaaaaaa.. mobil nggak bisa dijalanin. nggak bisa distarter. oh my god.

gw pikir, "nggak mungkin lah. masak malem natal sempet2nya kena sial sih?"

tapi ternyata gw salah.

gw pikir, si ley uda ngantuk kali ya, jadi masukin kuncinya melenceng.

taunya nggak.

terus, gw udah takut aja. pas diliat2, kunci mobilnya agak bengkok. sumpah gw takut banget. jangan2 tu kunci mleyot gara-gara gw taro di tas. *tapi ya masak kunci bisa mleyot. kan nggak gw dudukin?*

ih sumpah lah gw takut banget.

ini masalahnya sama mobil cuy. gak cuma masalah sama saman.

si ley tiba2 ngomong, "apa jangan2 akinya abis yah. soalnya kamu tadi gak matiin lampu, nad!"

omigotdragon.

si oon ternyata lupa matiin lampu mobil!!!!! (maap ya temen2. nggak pernah bawa mobil malem. biasanya sore, sekitar jam 5 ato 6, bareng anak2 balita yang lagi belajar jalan).

jelas aja akinya abis!!!

haissh..

terus ada satu om2 sama dua anak cowoknya berniat nolong kita.

mungkin dia sadar lah, something wrong sama mobil kita. secara cewek2, keliatan panik, mondar mandir, dan gak pergi2 dari parkiran.

dia datengin kita dan bicara pake bahasa planet. (well, bukan bahasa planet sih. dia ngomong bahasa mandarin. tapi, berhubung gw buta bahasa mandarin, jadilah gw kategorikan tu om ngomong bahasa planet).

"wo ching cau bla bla bla wo ai ni bla bla bla ni hao ma bla bla bla wo bu cek fan blubub blubub wo bu ce taooo blukutuk blukutuk.."

oke. enough. gw cuma bisa bengong ngeliat tu om berusaha menjelaskan ke gw, sesuatu yang gak gw mengerti.

gw cuma bisa tanya, "eh, can you speak english?"

dengan gagah berani si om menjawab, "NO"

matek. skakmat.

untung anak cowoknya langsung maju dan ngomong, "yes, can we help you" atau apalah gue lupa.

jadilah kita jelasin keadaan kancil kita tersayang. dan disimpulkan, aki si kancil emang abis.

and you know?

kita menghabiskan malam natal kita dengan mendorong mobil kancil kita tersayang dengan harapan tu aki bisa nyala lagi.

*urgh, uda cakep2 pake dress ma hiasan rusa di kepala, harus dorong2 mobil kaya kenek truk! ngepet.*

sialnya, tu kancil tetep gak mau distarter.

omg.

plis lah. masak malem natal masih bisa kena sial sih?

setelah dorong berapa meter, si om menyerah. dia ngomong bahasa planet lagi. kira2 artinya "wah, gak bisa ni kalau cuma didorong. kalian coba panggil montir atau bagaimanalah. saya sudah capek dorong mobil ini. sekarang saya mau pulang. ciao!" *sotoy.

dan pulanglah si om beserta kedua anak lelakinya, meninggalkan empat perempuan cantik dan malang di parkiran basement sunway pyramid. *sigh.

kita udah pusing banget lah.

telpon elvis, eeh dia nggak ngasi saran berarti.

udah mo telpon si bang Jusuf (fyi, suami gibon + yang punya mobil kancil), tapi takut disuru bayar aneh2.

jujur deh, gue udah desperate banget. waktu itu udah jam 11 malem kalo nggak salah dan kita masih nggak tau mesti ngapain.

akhirnya, stella mengeluarkan ide cemerlang. telpon Damian. (baca: ngerepotin Damian).

entah gimana ceritanya, akhirnya Damian ma kokonya, Koko Arief, dateng jauh2 dari Damansara ke Sunway Pyramid cuma buat nolongin kita. Haish. maap yah udah ngerepotin...

padahal gw rasa si Damian lagi spent quality time sama Ko Arief dan neneknya. Yaaa secara malem natal gitu. tapi dengan biadabnya, kita suru dia malem2 ke pyramid cuma buat bantuin kita.. :(

Lagi-lagi, selama nungguin Damian, kita berubah jadi camwhores lagi (ckck, emang dasar cewek =.="). Here are some photos!

*nape lo om, seneng liat 4 cewek cantik kena sial? :P*

Kedatangan Damian dan kokonya seakan membawa berkah di tengah malam bolong.

sumpah deh.

nggak ada mereka, nginep kali gue di pyramid.

Dia dateng sambil bawa air aki. terus gak tau deh, ko arief ngotak ngatik mesin bagian depan.

Terus ada satpam patroli tiba2 dateng, bantuin kita. masangan jumper ato apalah itu, buat nyetrum akinya.

dan begitu kancil gila bisa distarter, rasanya maaaakkk GILA LEGA ABIS.

bener2 lega. bisa ambil napas. bisa kentut dengan sempurna.

fiuh.

Mesin mobil kancil gak boleh dimatiin dulu. Jadilah kita keliling2 sunway dengan perasaan lega.

sampe sempet2nya muterin daerah mentari court cuma buat ngeliatin bencong. HAHAHA.

*emang Natal yang aneh.

ketemu bencong lucu2 deh. ada yang lagi nawar. ada yang lagi duduk.

macem2. tapi cukup ngebuat kita seneng lagi malem itu.

sempet juga mau mampir ke daerah Tiara buat liat rumah2 bagus (hey this reminded me of someone who used to live here before. :D ) tapi gagal soalnya gak boleh masuk. gue mesti boong2 sama satpamnya lagi, biar gak diusir secara tidak senonoh. haha...

yaahhh, Natal aneh. Creepy Christmas.

Tapi seenggaknya, ada cerita lah yang bikin gw tersenyum tiap inget my Christmas 2010.

HAPPY CHRISTMAS and HAPPY NEW YEAR people!

have a blessed.

acknowledgement:

Om-om dan 2 anaknya.

Damian.

Koko Arief.

*liat deh bekas templokan tangan2-entah-siapa-yang-mendorong-kancil-gila.

the crazy me is back!

actually, not completely.

but i guess i should thank HIM for giving me another chance to "live up" the real me.

i am crazy. i love challenge. i don't like staying home all day. i don't like being alone.

and here i am, the crazy me is back.

yesterday, i spent my morning doing nothing.

facebooking, tweeting, cooking (well, that could not be counted as cooking, since i spoiled my veggie *sigh), and watching old movies.

then, my friends asked me heading to MidValley.

and there we went, to one of my favorite mall in Kuala Lumpur, MidValley.

I felt the smell of Christmas there!

They really worked hard on decorating the main hall!

and see this picture below, me and my lovely super big micky:

urgh too bad i don't have dslr! the decoration was damn awesome!

We didn't spend too much time in MidValley, since we needed to catch Christmas Drama in Ley's church.

and you know what?

I wasn't regret for coming to that drama! It was AWESOME!!!!!!

This drama raised up my christmas spirit, which was a bit extinguished recently.

Good Job City Harvest! :)

and the trip continued to KTZ in ss2.

i was heading there with Damian's car.

the food was.. so-so. not that special. and it exacerbated my sore throat.

here it is, the famous honey dew loh.

and I was home at 12.30.

see, you see how the crazy me is back (pathetic, aren't I?)

well, don't compare to what I was back when I was surrounded by crazy friends, because it is all different now.

but, thanks God for letting me smile and feel the happiness & craziness once more.

*and besides, He gave another little surprise at night!!! :)

GUE EMANG NGGAK PERNAH BISA MOVE ON DARI ELO SEMUA!!

KENAPA EMANGNYA KALO GUE GAK BISA MOVE ON?

GUE FREAK?

IYAAAA???????????

whole gank

i miss them. damn much. yes. that much, till I couldn't handle it anymore.

God, can I just turn back the time, when I could feel this happiness?

emang dasar sial! =.=

ternyata perjalanan gw yang SUPER-AMAZING berlanjut sampe dua hari.

DAY ONE

i woke up EARLY in the morning. since i barely saw the sun rising in the morning, i was so excited looking at the sky. i started my day with stella, dedek, and ley, having dim-sum as our breakfast in ss2.

perjalanan dilanjutkan ke bangsar. SHOPPING TIME, GIRLS!

sayangnya pas nyampe sana, butik2nya belom pada buka. (sial #1) jadi mau gak mau kita mesti jalan2 di Bangsar Village, another unreachable mall. gimana mau reachable, toko aja unknown semua gitu (harganya jg "unknown"). kita muter2 kaya komidi puter, muterin tu mall yang sepinya uda ngalahin kuburan. yaa, ada photoshoot session jg sih. lumayan bisa buat mengisi waktu. :P

jam 12, we started to walk around Bangsar, masukin butik2 satu-satu.

nggak tau gmn, gw gak nemu2 baju. ampe capek sendiri. liat baju, mostly sih gw gak suka. begitu nemu yg suka, gak ada ukuran/jelek di badan/harganya najis.swt.

kita makan siang di papa rich, berhubung cuma itu satu2nya restoran terpercaya selain resto india & pub2 gt. mau gak mau deh makan situ. gw sumpah wkt itu uda super duper capek. gak ada niat lagi mo jalan2. tapi berhubung rugi kl gak muter ke semua butik, mau gak mau gw paksain diri jalan2 lagi abis lunch.

ada satu butik yang menurut gw sangat2 fair. blook. sebenernya si tu butik biasa aja. jual baju2 pesta gt, and they're quite good. tapi yang bikin ni butik unik adalah ukuran baju2 dia. rata. ada yang baut orang kurus, ada yang buat orang berisi. bahkan gw nemu satu baju yang sumpe gede abis. gw yg berisi (gak mo blg gendut ahhh.:P) aja bisa tenggelem di baju itu.

akhirnya gw masuk ke butik terakhir di bangsar. finally, i got one cute dress!!!! harganya mahal woi. 70rm. tapi berhubung tu baju cute bgd daaan, bisa bikin gw keliatan kurus, jadilah gw dengan berat hati beli tu dress. lucu dehh! :P

dan begitu balik ke mirror, *stella balik ke ni butik buat beli baju yang uda di"cim" dari pagi* gw nemu satu korean dress gt. lucu sih. *lucu bgd malah* sayangnya pantanya rada nyeplak gt. mesti diakalin nih. :P

naaaaaahhh.

kesialan kita dimulai setelah kita pulang dari bangsar.

pas nyampe mobil, kita mendapati ada dua kertas dijepit di wiper mobil.

pertamanya gw pikir tu advertisement aja. biasalah ditempel2 di wiper mobil.

taunya.. ITU KERTAS TILANG SODARA2. (sial #2 - and this led to another unluckiness aarrgghh)

jadi, gw yang emang lagi "high" gara2 kecapean, lgsg datengin officer disana.

ni officernya rada dodol jg si. gak gitu dong sama apa yg gw tanyain.

akhirnya ada bapak2 india gt. dia jelasin semua lah. dimana gw mesti bayar dkk.

dan kt si bapak gw mst bayar di DBKL Dewan B-something Kuala Lumpur. kl dalem bayangin gw si kaya samsat gt. tadinya uda mo diselesein hari itu juga, secara pas nyewa mobil.. eeeeeeeeehhh ternyataaaaaa..(sial #3) DBKL tutup jam 5 DAN saat itu uda jam setengah 6. supershit.

akhirnya kita memutuskan buat cari makan. berhubung masi terang dan kita berencana buat makan malem di alor, jadilah kita memutar halauan ke china town buat makan nasi babi yang super duper enak, buat snack gt laaa..

TAPI... sial #4 kita kesasar2. kita berempat adalah manusia yang tidak kenal arah, jadilah kita kesasar 2 jam, cuma nyariin china town. pas uda ketemu dan mo cari parkir, eeeh malah kelewatan dan malah jadi kesasar. gnteng banget dah. uda mana laper, tension jg gara2 kesasar2 molo (padahal uda pake gps loh) ahah. emang dasar disoriented. mo pake gps secanggih apapun, pasti kesasar. :P

gara2 uda pada kelaperan dan china town gk ketemu2 (kita cm muter2 di daerah yg sama mamen! dataran merdeka, DBKL, restoran warisan, taman negara, dkk =.=), akhirnya kita memutuskan buat langsung ke alor. secara uda jam 8 malem jg. sempet salah jalan jg si. mana iphone stella *baca:gps* baterenya abis. jd mau gak mau pake gps di bb ley. dan bb ley lemoooott. =.= kita ampe kesasar di satu jalan panjang yang gelap abis. gw uda ampe mikir aneh2 lah. takut dijambret lah. takut distop lah. takut diapa2in lah. takut ketemu hantu lah.. =,=

untung bukit bintang gampang ditemukan dan thanks god kita gampang nemuin parkiran. parah lah. kita uda super teler. capek. dkk. ley lah paling kasian. ya stres gara2 ditilang. stres gara2 jalanan rame. capek jg. ditambah stres gara2 kita (baca: gw ma stella) salah molo kasi jalan. hahahaa.

di alor, gw ma dedek makan nasi babi, si stella ma ley makan apa ya? kl gak salah cumi, kerang, ma sayuran gt deee. yaaah lumayan lah makanan2 di alor membuat kita "fresh" lagi. haha. abis dari alor, kita jalan2 ke daerah pavilion buat foto2 ampe mampus.

abis dari pavilion, pulang deh. uda teler bangettt.. =.=

tp jangan salaaaah. ada sial #5. kita pulang, lagi-lagi kesasar. *capek.

mana uda gelap banget cui. makin mikir yang nggak2 deh.

ujan pulak. =.=

dan gps di tempat ley bener2 gak bisa diandalkan. jalannya lambat banget. gw bener2 ngerasa legaaaaa banget begitu liat tulisan bandar sunway. rasanya nothing can replace the feeling of relieve pas baca tu plang. apalagi pas uda keliatan my lovely mall, sunway pyramid. aaaaaaa.. rasanya bisa bernapas!

and yeah, we ended our "journey" at 12.30 am and it's been 18 hours! *geleng2 pala.

DAY TWO

hari ini gw percaya, kalo sial emang gak bisa dihindarin. *ambil napas sebelom mulai cerita.

we started our day at 8 am. since we extended our rental time, we had time to have breakfast in ss15. makan mie babi (yea yea i know, always babi. :P) di deketnya uncle seng.

well, we thought that today would be fine.

perjalanan ke KL pagi ini berjalan dengan sangat lancar. gak kesasar. *soalnya ada gps iphone. :P

gw ampe seneng bener lah. malah sampe kepikiran mo puter2 KL kalo masi ada waktu.

dan gw seneeeeng banget pas liat gedung DBKL. dengan sombongnya kita berkata, "asik, uda ketemu gedungnya. cepet yah ternyata." *gw gak tau aja kesialan bertubi2 uda baris buat ketemu ma kita2.

begitu ley uda mulai masuk ke kompleks DBKL buat parkir, kita uda siap2 sama argumen kita soal tilang dengan bilang "well, we didn't know anything and we were not familiar with that place. besides, there were other cars parked there. we just followed them bla bla bla bla bkutuk blukutuk blublub" supaya denda kita direduced. hehe. *emang dsr orang indo.

nah, si sial mulai dateng. kt bingung mo parkir dimana dan yang ada malah KITA KELUAR DARI KOMPLEKS DBKL. sial #6

gw pikir, "alah, gampang. tinggal cari roundabout. nanti kita bisa balik lahhh.."

dan yang gak kita tau, cari roundabout di KL itu kaya nyari kutu di rambut. susye bener. kesasar molo. gw ampe apal sama yang namanya jalan semarang (sumpah namnya jalan semarang!) gara2 ngelewatin tu jalan bolak balik. =.= kita malah ampe kesasar arah jalan genting mamen. saking jauhnya kita kesasar! edan.

it took about half hour to find the right track! sampe akhirnya kita ketemu lagi ma tu gedung laknat.

kali ini gw ma stella turun duluan buat bayar sedangkan ley ma dedek cari parkir. di sono, gw ma stella sempet ilang jg si.

dannn pas ketemu sama officer di DBKL, dia bilang, "ooh, these two papers are different. this one you should pay here, but the other paper you should pay at balai polisi." PALE LO KOTAK. sial #7

sumpah gw uda lemes banget. tapi seperti biasa gw ngotot ma tu officer. *enak aja lo kire gw orang free dan banyak duid yg bisa kesana kemari????*

dia tetep bilang kl gw harus bayar kepisah. gw ampe kehabisan kata2 gt. akhirnya mau gak mau bayar tu fine. untung gw bayarnya within two weeks. jadi dapet diskon 50%. tapi ya same aje mamennn! keluar duit buat hal yg menurut gw, useless!

gw terus melanjutkan perjalanan ke balai polisi terdekat. di dpn china town. and you know, kita lagi2 kesasar. YAK PPL. GW KESASAR. gw ampe uda capek banget. capek pikiran capek badan.

dan akhirnya setelah tanya sana sini, kita nemu tu gedung polisi kampret.

kita berempat misah. si ley ma dedek jaga mobil di parkiran, gw ma stella jalan ke balai polisi. mana ujan deres dan kita gka ada yang bawa payung lageeee. sial #8

kita tanya sana sini mana gedung polisnya dan begitu kita sampe ke balai polisnya, TU POLISI2 GENDENG LAGI REHAT DAN BARU KELAR JAM 2. sial #9

gw ampe lemes loh. lemes beneran. mna kita tu janji ma mikhal buat balikin tu mobil jam 12, dan waktu itu uda jam satu dan ada orang laen mo minjem jadi kita mesti buru2 balikin. sial #10

gw gak ngerti deh knapa kita sesial itu hari ini. gw uda nggak ngerti mesti giamna lagi.

akhirnya ktia memutuskan buat balik. terus tiba2 kita kepikiran. denda yang satu ini kan bisa dibayar di balai polis manapun, kenapa kita gak bayar di sunway aja??? *ide pinter.

jadilah kita pulang. kesasar sekarang uda jadi hal common. kl gak kesasar gw malah feeling gak enak.

dan ditengah2 jalan, tiba2 aja ujan deres. (sial #11) ganteng bener dah. ujannya bener2 ngeledek. deres banget. mana wiper kaca mobil tu sumpe kotor banget. jarak pandang cuma satu meter. WOY KITA KAN MESTI LIAT PAPAN JALAN. capek deh. mata gw ampe nyureng2 gt tiap liat plang ijo. kampret. untung kita sampe sunway dg selamat.

uda brenti sialnya? BLOM SODARA SODARA.

begitu pulang sampe lv, kita langsung berangkat lagi ke pyramid, ke balai polisnya si... buat bayar denda. dan you know, begitu kita sampe balai polis sunway, si polisi bilang kita gak bisa bayar saman disono. harus ke balai polis laen. minimal di puchong. sial #12

ANJROOOOOTTTTT PALE LO KOTAAAKK!!!! gw ampe bingung mesti gimana lagi. anjrit. kurang sial apa coba... hadeeeeeehhhh...

kita memutuskan buat beli popiah sama bubble tea buat perjalanan ke puchong. laper banget cui. itu uda jam 2an lebih dan kita blm makan siang. =.=

pas nunggu taksi, gw tanya2 gitu ke information center di sebelah taxi counter. ada polisi2 jg disana. dan mereka cukup membantu lah.. mereka kaya kasi alamat ke gw dan jelasin dikit2..

gw uda gak tau lah.

yang lucu, ada satu polisi blg, "mestinya ini bukan perkara besar lah dek. bisa tak bayar jg. kl adek pny boyfriend polis.."

gw saking keselnya ampe bilang, "boleh deh pak cik. mumpung saya single. ada polis yang single tak? mau saya pacarin."

=.=

untung kita dapet supir taksi yang baik. :)

nyampe di puchong, kesialan belom berakhir.

pas gw mo bayar, si polisi2 kampret itu bilang nomer tilang gw belom didaftarin jadi gw gak bisa bayar sekarangggggg!!!!!!!!!! sial #13

PALE LO BERTATO. EMAK LO KONDEAN. AYAM LO KECEBUR EMPANG???????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

gw uda bener2 emosi disana. kl di balaipolis2 yang laen gw masi bisa ketawa, skrg gw uda bener2 emosi. kl gak inget tu berursan sama polisi uda pengen gw maki2 aja.

KAMPRET BANGET COY.

gw malah disuru nunggu sebulan! DOES IT TAKE THAT LONG TO REGISTER FINE NUMBERS???????? WHAT ARE YOU GUYS DOING WHOLE DAY?????

anjrit. gw bilang aja sebulan lagi uda mo exam. gak ada waktu buat ngurus hal2 gak penting kaya gini. gila aja lo. GW UDA BUANG 30 RM PP CUMA BUAT TAU THIS STUPID INFORMATION? ARE YOU INSANE????

akhirnya gw tanya polisi lain dan OONNYA itu polisi ngomong hal yang berbeda, dia bilang suru tunggu seminggu.

gw uda bener2 emosi lah pas itu.

gw cecer aja tu polisi. KL GW BALIK SEMINGGU LAGI LO BISA MAKE SURE KL UDA KEREGISTER BELOM???? ADA TIME LIMIT GAK. LO ORANG BILANG GAK ADA TIME LIMIT, TAPI TAUNYA NTI MASUK KE COURT SEGALA. BLA BLA BLA..

mana tu polisi geblek. diajak ngomong bahasa inggris gak dong. bahasa malay jg gak dong. lama2 gw ajak ngomong bahasa monyet aja. kali aja tu orang tau.

gw uda ngotot2 aja ma tu polisi. tolol banget lah tu dua orang. =.=

nyaris pake urat segala.

sampe akhirnya gw memutuskan buat pulang ke sunway dan balik lagi ke balai polis abis gw exam.

untung banget gw dikasi tau info2 gt ma supir taksinya.

parah lah. kl ada meteran emosi di kepala gw, uda merah aja tuh.

i've never experienced that unluckiness before in my life!

but yeah, it's unforgettable laaaa.