Baliiii

One should never leave Indonesia without going to : BALI !!

I should know that .... right ?

not really :P ahhhahah :P gitu lamaaaa gua pengen balik ke Bali.. envy my cousins who went there... envy my friend... regretted many chances that I rejected to go Bali... ogle at compie screen for all the heavenly resorts located there.... ask my cousin for the list of the best cheap romantic resorts around...

yeah... still gua ga balik ke Bali.... since 2001......sampe akhirnya kawinan El kemaren....

bingung jg seh napa gua gitu takut ke Bali .... in my mind ... somehow gua lebih berani to conquer New York sendiri banding ke Bali sendiri...

somehow gua mikirnya: New York ada suburbs, hotel jg harusnya rame terus so pasti ada orang melek all the time, anytime gua lost ada GPS, I know there's lots of crime story there.... tp somehow gua feel more comfirtable conquering NY sendiri daripada Bali...

gua jg mikir... I mean... yah what's there other than beaches ? food should be normal...... ethnic stuffs jg... yah ... pasti ada tapi jg ga sampe gimana banget lah..

yeah.... I flipped out at the very fact that I had a WONDERFUL trip to Bali this time round.... for the second time... I finally understand why Bali is so...... Bali..

Panas as usual..... jauh lebih panas banding Singapore.... spend 2 full days walking around Bali.... sama 2 young girls ...yang spt kata Depot : si centil Jennita (in a good meaning off course) .....hahahah .....en the sweet Becky....

ga tau napa Becky agak diem trip kali ini..... kasian gua...apa gara2 gua sama Jennita yg over excited sampe ke arah kampungan ? *erm...tepatnya gua doang kali... ahhaah*

anyway : couldn't have a better companion than those 2 :) ... make me feel young again.....sampe gua bilangin supirnya ... saya 10 taon yg lalu terakhir ke Balinya Pak...

Pak Nengah : supirnya : wah.... waktu itu muda banget dong adek ?

bombie : .... oh ga... saya 20 waktu pertama kl kesini...

Pak Nengah : 20 ? kapan itu ... baru2 aja ?

bombie : ....loh..10 taun yg lalu Pak....

Pak Nengah : lah.. adek umur berapa skarang ?

bombie :...saya.. 30 Pak ...

Pak Nengah : HAH? saya kira 25.....Saya pikir adek masih pelajar.....*pinter banget yah nih supir ? boleh lah Pak gua kasih extra tip ntar *

so kita mendarat jumat malem after Good Friday service di Denpasar Bali langsung ke New Kuta Condotel.... hotel kita yg manteb !! Murah meriah :) 3 malem I pay for SGD 240++ so each night 80.... breakfast inclusive :)

udah malem so kita istirahat langsung..

Next morning gua en Beck breakfast. Trs gw minta Becky tanyain El kita jadi ke Kuta bareng ga ? Thank God El reply cepet...bilangin kl dia ga sempet kemana mana that day..

Langsung gua cut breakfast asap... jalan ke concierge ..jam 9.20 an pagi lah... check msh ada space buat shuttle jam 10 gak ke kuta

ternyata semua shuttle full dari jam 10 - jam 2... susahnya dari hotel kita : jauh kemana mana... agak deserted... so orang hotelnya nawarin taxi ke kuta for 150rb sekali jalan..

gua pikir rugi dong 150 sekali jalan .. mending gua cari supir...

knowing that it's good friday holiday and there should be alot of tourists in Bali.... gua agak pesimis kita bisa dapet supir... thank God... Jennita dapetin Pak Nengah..

jadilah kita cabut jam 11 dari hotel

first destination : Pia legong. Jemput Pianya Jennita. Lanjut : Khrisna .. Di Khrisna kita bilangnya cuman mo setengah jem aja...yg ada : 1.5 jem !! then kita laper.. so makan di Nasi Pedes Ibu Andika yg MANTEB !!! murah meriah kenyang enak !!! makanan en minuman gua total 20rb tok :)

terus gua centil mo cari bikini....pergi ke surf girl... yg ada mahal yak si Bikini sana...yg gua demen ampir 300 cenk !! bagus seh emang qualitynya beneran...pedingnya tebel..motif bagus.....tapi tetep aja 300 ceng pake jadi daleman doang pula..... malesh dah gua beli...

so dalam semangat kecentilan en ngotot cari Bikini... kita minta Pak Nengah anterin kita ke Pasar yg deket Kuta...

Berburu lagi loh kita di Pasar... itu udah jam 3 an siang...sambil gitu gua minta Jennita contact Wynne yg baru mendarat sabtu siang.. since kita ada supir....kita pikir mending dia nyusul kita di Kuta en pulang bareng ke hotel banding bayar 100 ceng lagi buat taxi.....

tapi Erick males gerek luggage ke Kuta... So mereka decide buat naek taxi langsung ke hotel...But not long after that... Wynne bbm Jenita lagi bilang susah banget dapet Taxi... Then kita decided to stop torturing our wallet di pasar (kl dilanjutin the shopping can go on and on....) en decided to pick up Wynne en Erick di airport terus pulang hotel just on time for dinner with EL Rip & whole family :)

So we reach hotel... msh ada waktu before the dinner.... jadilah kita foto2 di balcon kita yg punya pemandangan not badd.... ngadep laut, kolam renang, bisa keliatan blue point en some pure uluwatu kayaknya....

Pas gitu kita ngeliat El & Rip yg lg foto2 prewed sekitar kolam renang hotel :) ... selesai foto2... I count my spending and took out our "achievements" i.e.: hasil belanjaan kita2....en as what girls usually do : kita cobain hasil shopping kita :) ahoehoahoeho :P

Then...we have dinner with Familynya Arief & El.... ada yg lucu pas dinner. Ada temen El yg duduk barengan kita setelah dinner selesai. Dia ikutan ngobroll.. panjang ... lebar...

Then gua lupa lah pas kapan gitu... EL bilang.. Ini loh Wan ... Wynne.

Then temen si EL (Irwan)... hah ? siapa ?

El : tanya lah siapa namanya... gua bilangin gua temen Wynne, en Wynne bakal dateng ...loe ga percaya...

Irwan : Siapa ya namanya ?

Wynne : .... siapa ? Aku ? Namaku......Wyn........ *dalem ati jennita comment : capek de..* Wynnnnneee

si Irwan : hah ? Beneran yah ? Oh mi gut... beneran ini Wynne ...... gila.....gua pikir becanda... omg.. gila .. malu ....*mukanya Muuuueeerruaaahhh buanget*

kita : HAOEHAHEHOAEAHOAEHHAUEHUAHUAUEHUAE !!!!!

At the end of dinner, kita berhasil nyusun itinerary buat minggunya. Tadinya rencana awal kita mo nangkring di hotel aja seharian sampe weddingnya...

tapi somehow kita gatel mo jalan2 lagi....since Erick and Becky baru pertama kali ke Bali..en Erick cuman sehari itu doang ke Balinya.... so we decide to rent a car again...and plan our full day activity dari pagi sampe ke wedding sampe Erick & Wynne balik ke Airport

So besok paginya kita berangkat dari jam 9 pagi bok !!

First stop : Pia legong. So we want to try our luck to buy si Pia.. Mereka buka jam 9 ....kita sampe 9.40 an lah... and the person in front of Jennita is the last person to get the Pia... *gilaaa ini Pia..parah ramenya*

gagal....kita lanjut ke Khrisna lagi...Wynne mo beli oleh2..... sekali lagi kl udah sampe Khrisna....pasti ada aja dah yg kita beli... aneh !! gua belanja lagi .. *hehehe*..

kelar dari Khrisna udah jam 12.15.... we got to reach the wedding venue at 4.30 pm.... so considering that....gone is our Spa schedule ..... haha :)

Instead .. kita decide to go and eat seafood di Jimbaran ..Wynne bawa kita makan di Nyoman cafe... ENAK BANGETTT !!!! makan di depan pantai siang2.... panas2 bawah tenda, sambil minum kelapa muda, ditemenin alunan musik dari one group band with songs like : stand by me .... haihhh......berasa di Hawaiii *lebayyyyy*

Kita makan sekilo oyster, sebiji ikan merah, sekilo cumi dibagi 2 : sebagian di bakar sebagian goreng, 6 biji udang gede, plus 5 kelapa muda....en langsung dapet kangkung otomatis...plus buah.... all 430 rb....asli kenyang banget en happy banget... Wynne traktir kita :) thank you Wyn :)

Selesai makan we rush back to hotel... nyampe hotel sekitar 2.40... ngebuttt mandi en dandan (bayangin aja 3 cewek share satu kamar in 1.5 hour getting ready to a wedding ceremony).... havoc !! hoho :) fun havoc !!

Then we russshhhh all the way ke Uluwatu.. sampe di Tirtha exactly waktu El do her entrance (maap El kita miss out the beginning)

And the rest ....are history:

When she said she loves him, she said I do....cherish you.... for the rest of my life.....

When she said she loves him, she went and put on her white gown, got down to Bali....and marries him

The venue was beautiful, the ceremony was professionally prepared wonderfully. Good choir :) Before the couple cried...gua udah banjir..... ga bawa tissue ...sampe Becky bingung..... Cried hardest when El read her vow. Loveeee your vow El... mana lu sounds so sexyhhhhh waktu baca vownya....so smooth with a lil bit latino accent :) ahoehoahoe :) mantaaabbbss !!!

Rest of the evening was just as lovely......Located @ cliff with no fench that makes it quite dangerous for running toddlers, *basically salah jalan .... plung u fall ... see ya in heaven*.... with a splendid breathtaking view of the sea and clear bluish orangish sky ... perfected by the smooth breeze of wind... none of us waste our time sitting around, instead : straight away cam whoring :) ... while Arief & El sibuk foto keluarga... kita sibuk foto keluarga BCS di samping cliff :)

We were treated with a sumptuous dinner: gila hr itu gua beneran makan enak banget dari pagi sampe malem ... seafood di siang, tirtha food at night.

Gua suka chicken mushroom saute nya, salmon and potato, delicate beef, sate...risol en lumpianya aja enak !!!! gila gua makan udah ga kira kira dah...

Then I save my stomach for dessert manteb juga : highlight : mango cocktail and orange cheese cakenya.... ENAKKKKKK !!!!!

Malem2 Arief & El unjuk talent :) Dia orang folkstrod bok !! Keren dancenya :) all the worries you have is now all gone El ... gua nyangka Arief can pull it off so well :) salutttteeee !!! susah oi dancenya..... en it was skillfully, sweetly, romantically executed :)

Overall

a very eventful memorable enchanted evening

a very rewarding get away....

and a blessed marriage journey of Rief & El just begin :) thanks for bringing us

Bali I'll be back

bombie {=^o^=}

the union of Hiro Nakamura & Ayumi dopelganger

@ Airport now
nungguin waktu terbang ke Bali..

jadi weekend ini... Hiro Nakamura bakalan bersatu sama Ayumi ....
hauheuahueha.... off course I'm talking about Arief & El...
banyak yg bilang Arief mirip Hiro (menurut gua cakepan Arief.... kasih tau si Arip geh El)
belon ada yg bilang seh kl El mirip Ayumi....tapi kl kalian liat salah satu profile pics El di facebook.... u'll agree with me .... cari yg rambut El pirang abies en dia kayak orang Jepang pol di foto itu....

gua....excited..
tapi jg capek banget...mungkin gara2 kurang tidur sepanjang minggu ini for such a hectic weekend :p.. ahuehuah :)

anyway I wanna talk abt sth else..
mengenai puasa gua minggu lalu...
jadi minggu lalu gua puasa ikan lagi (minum doang kagak makan)
since gereja ada puasa raya, gua decided to join... en tadinya gua mo full 10 hari puasa ikan
apa daya minggu kemaren TLG Danz cukup banyak itinerary ....

jadi dari senen tgl 11 April gua puasa sampe minggu siang 18 April jam 3.30 pm tepatnya : gua buka puasa after 6.5 hari makan air, angin ...en kadang2 makan ati jg .. ahhahah :P

what's amazing is : kl emang hati kita niat puasa, there is no way God will allow anything bad happen to your body ...ada Amen sodara2 ? quite a few amazing things happen in between...
another thing is : this is the longest I've ever gone without food.. dulu2 puasa ikan gua hanya berlangsung max 5 hari ...

off course gua jg bermaksud sekalian detox sambil puasa...
and that's what happen.. pernah denger dong yg detox lemon 10 hari itu ? nah gua belon pernah sampe neh 10 hari...

dan selama gua jalanin yg 5 hari itu...gua belon ngerasa efek indahnya si detox sampe yg WOW !!
katanya neh konon : bisa sampe kulit muka terasa mulus...badan kerasa ringan...de es be de es te..

nah ... untuk pertama kalinya di puasa kali ini..I feel all that..
so di hari minggu malem waktu gua mandi... kerasa banget kl kulit gua itu muluuuuuuuuuuussssss bangett.

waktu nari hari sabtu sore di TLG pun, walaupun itu gua belon makan 6 hari .... badan kerasa ringan waktu nari.... sedikit ringan sampe mo melayang (nah yg ini gejala puyeng maksudnya)... cuman beneran ringan bahagia deh hari itu hari...

so I think.....I might just do it again.... this fish fast
akan gua coba 10 hari... I will train my body in between

however, I will also remind on the danger of this detox program ( kl tidak disertai dgn doa & puasa):

1> it's not easy. train your body first...I've train my body for 2 days fast, terus 3 days, terus 5 days,then I go with 7 now. Jgn dipaksa...kl ga sanggup pls langsung makan

2> orang bilang this might be a way to loose weight fast... which is quite true... however we'll also lost muscle.... karena itulah timbangan turun drastis karena fat lebih ringan dari muscle...

alasan yg kedua inilah yg bikin gua decide buat break di hari minggu siang sebelom latian nari musical perdana, karena gua tau gua perlu tenaga anddd... nari itu perlu muscle..
although badan terasa ringan...gua ngerasa kaki gua capek naek tangga...padahal tangga rumah gua doang.... sementara track gua biasanya tangga serangooon MRT yg ada sekitar 5 X 10 anak tangga
walau badan emang kerasa ringan dibawa kemana mana ... tapi tetep kerasa gitu kl emang otot jadi sedikit kurang kenceng (although mah emang otot gua ga pernah kenceng pada dasarnya...ahuehauheuahuehau ) tapi bukan itu intinya.... intinya as an adult kita tau lah yah composisi badan kita gimana...

so akhirnya gua break di minggu siang walaupun tadinya gua masih mau lanjut sampe rabu tanggal 20 April kemaren..

Thank God... it was the right decision. Karena latian dari Mbak Gillian Sastra adalah latian yang kejam bagi body yg belon makan 6 hari, en bagi dancer2 yg baru tau how FIT Gill is, namun penuh arti en cinta bagi otot2 musical dancers prodigal daughter !!!

all in all...it's a good fast (kulit gua masih halus, badan msh kerasa sehat, tidur masih pulesh... en it's really good detoxing).... it's a good experience... it's a good week....

He's a SUPERBLY GOOD GOD ...
died at the cross..
for u en me..
that we can have this gooooooddd life..

CIAO !!!
c ya nex wk
Bali here I come

bombie {=^o^=}

nope lembar gocengan sama dengan cetiao

so .... gua bakal ke BALIIIIII this weekend...

phew phew phew...

I am.. EXCITED !! uhuy !!!

jadi buat persiapan ke Bali ini... tertulis di agenda gua kl gua harus beli Rupiah...

jadilah gua ngantri tadi siang beli rupiah..

btw : ratenya lagi fantastic sodara2 :) ahoehaoe :) 1 SGD = 6900 Rupiah

so gua mo beli se-jut rup aja buat bawa ke Bali...

bayar 145 Sing... huah terharu gua :P

setelah ngantri sekian lama (setengah jam), sampe lah giliran gua...

orang2 di depan tuker sampe ceceng sing, go ceng sing dollar..

gua.... pek go :P... haha :P *small fry*

en mungkin gara2 itulah... gua dikasih... tebak sodara2..

gua dikasih 200 LEMBAR GOCENGAN !!

haih... lemesh gua...

cuman bawa cetiao doang...gua perlu amplop ke Bali... astagaa....

dgn muka yg kurang percaya, shock, mashgyul, en lemesh....

gua jalan balik ke kantor..

gimana caranya bawa 200 lembar gocengan ke baliiiii sodara2 ??? haih si mas teh nyusain atuh ...

bombie {=^o^=}

Gaga Rio

You guys know who she is. Yup she's Gaga...

What I want you to know is ...or if you have knew it : she's wearing a dress designed by an INDONESIAN ... name : Tex Saverio. More known as Rio (kayak pelem2 si burung yg lg terkenal itu)

and another thing that I want to let you know is : I have heard, or knew about this Tex Saverio from last year .... why ?

and this is the OMG part :

HE'S MY SISTER WEDDING GOWN DESIGNER !!!!!!!!!!!! AND HE'S MY SISTER HIGH SCHOOL MATE (SMAK 1)

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

I've been to his house, seen his gigantic humongous over the top design that he displayed, been impressed by a dress that's more like for Ice Queen in Narnia to wear, been frightened on how my sis wedding gown gonna look like if it's designed by him...... but it has never....ever .....crossed my mind kl dia bakal di pick sama Gaga for Harper Bazar's issue..... even E NEWS (USA) is talking about her shot in Bazar's (tapi ga kasih tau sapa designernya)....

selamat dah De... you've spotted a potential world class designer .... salute!!

*I promise from now on buat berenti protes sama harga gown nya dede gua yg seroket......... instead : Thank God udah deal taon lalu.... kl sekarang... berapa pul jeti jadinye ? * hohoohohoo

heee hee.... jd sedikit bangga neh sama designer indo :P heheheeee

bombie {=^o^=}

nyang lagi terharu...

tp tetep ga bakal bikin sama Tex this time around ...hahaha... ntar keluarnya drama lagi...ruephuot :P

hororrrrr

teman teman

teman teman...

TEMAN TEMANNN !!!!

udah Aprilllllllllllll

dan gua msh ga tau mo nulis apa di blog ini... haih ?!

ya udah gua ceritain cerita horror aja lah yah, seputar seputar Singapore

Minggu lalu gua denger cerita on a client yg telepon minta di block accountnya. Kenapa ? Karena that Friday, dia ambil uang di atm kita. Selesai dia ambil, balik badan, to his horror : ada orang yg dengan ga tau malunya dan pedenya en ga ada sorry sorrynya record pake camera his Pin number en account balance.

Itu orang udah ga tau diri, ga kabur pula. Sang client pun kaget, ngomel.. and according to his own word : he got abusive to that cameraman kurang ajar.

Gua cuman denger ceritanya dari another colleague so I dont know what happen next. I'm just shock enough !! GILAAA ...yg kyk gini kejadian di Singapore, while di Indo lagi heboh sama si Melinda Dee, tante silikon yg konon full plastic surgery en bawa lari duit orang, plush heboh kematian sekjen partai gara2 debt collector.

On the other part of the world, gua baca di kompas.com, ga tau dari twitter sapa, ini another cerita horor bego kl gua bilang.

So konon ada satu orang fotomodel Brazil yg foto sama uler Cobra yg cukup ganas. Konon lagi si model ini suka gaya2 'panas'. Entah napa si model pengen bikin si uler 'panas' juga. Ga tau dah motivasi dia apa... yg pasti dia cium2 si uler ...sampe pake acara jilet si ular apa gimana gua ga lupa kompas ngomong apa..

eh, beneran si uler jadi panas : dia patok breast tuh cewek....

so what happen next ? u probably guess that the model died..... uh uh....wrong

yg meninggal : si uler !!! why ? coz si uler kena patok silikon yg implanted di breast tuh cewek en dia kena racun silikonnya, lalu E O : keok .... muatek..

hebat silikon !! ato hebat tuh model ? haha..whatever it is... buat gua ini amazing stories...even more amazing that kompas masukin cerita ginian..... jreng !!

yah sekian cerita2 horor yg gua tau...

banyak cerita 'horor' lain seputar kawinan since di sekitar gua yg married ada 3: El, cousin gua, dede gua..

but well..those stories are for me to keep...

as are other stories I have kept in all wedding I've helped... well...fact is : there will always be that 'lil grumbling moment' between groom & bride to be due to the stress level of wedding preparation. That's perfectly normal...

so buat yg udah mo married : just embrace it...it's the complete package of the marriage deal anyway :)

and lastly from me : SELAMAT BERJUANG !!! FIGHTING !!! ALL THE BEST !!!

hauheuahue :)

bombie {=^o^=}

the beginning of a new decade

Okay

Jadi ulang taon gua minggu lalu went like this:

Kamis March 24:

never thot of this. Tp my colleague had a surprise for me.

So intinya gua dibawa ke lunch sama my usual lunch partner Alice. Jadi gua ga suspect apa2 waktu mo nge lunch, even though tumben2an dia mo makan Pasta di Riccotti bareng gua. Biasanya mah susah bener ajak dia makan bule di tempat yg agak sedikit lebih mahal just for lunch only seh.

En wkt nyari tempat duduk, gua heran napa dia belok ke dalem padahal di luar banyak seats. Taunya pas gua ikutan belok, masuk ke dalem, a total of 4 friends have waited for me there. They are a mixed of my closest colleagues throughout my 7 years, yg masih lasted in our team..

It was quite a nice surprise, the fact that susah buat gua to imagine gathering them altogether buat duduk & makan bareng. Each are close to me, tapi kl digabung, well.. ga smua cocok lah. So to see them gather together...yah.. seneng lah yah :P

Then Jumat March 25

I was on leave. So I decided for lil journey to the west : homey NUS. Took train to harborfront, naek 143 dari sana, berenti di Fong Seng, beli Ice Milo, passed by Eusoff hall, jalan towards Arts from LT 13, all the way ke Arts canteen yg udah kena Reno, langsung head straight to laksa stall and order as much as I want (9 Item laksa with rice) for just : guess !! 2.7 Dollar !!

Gilee kan murahnya. Abis makan, jalan2 along Arts fac towards Central Library. Sepanjang jalan lg ada bazaar so iseng2 gua beli stuffs that you cant find to be so cheap outside.

Then I landed at CO-OP :) And beli lagi barang2 yg gua suka dari CO-OP: Food :) hahahha :) And then I head home to prepare dinner :) Friday nite, sacred society gather di rumah gua for eat pray love session.

and pass midnite : gua minta sama membersnya especially not to buy cake. Just pray for me will do karena gua akan masuk denial mode kl gua udah.....well .. u noe lah berapa :P

Saturday March 26

The deadline. Wake up, gua change my mind from going to message appointment jam 10.30 yg ga bisa gua datengin on time. Gua cancel appointment gua, terus gua decide to catch a movie to NEX at 10.45 AM. Kosong :) happy :)

I watched Morning Glory. Review says it's not good. But, I cried and I enjoyed the movie so much :) Coz: it filmed in New York, and I love TV. So a movie about TV business is definitely interesting :) Lesson learnt : review doesn't always count as a good gauge.

Selesai nonton gua lanjut ke Kenko Spa di Esplanade. Did a full treatment that tooks 2.5 hours. By 5, gua selesai feeling fresh and rejuvenated.

Then..gua bingung mo kemana :) Yg pasti gua mo ke Orchard. So gua harus naek bus dong dari Esplanade? nah di saat seperti itulah, fate brought me back to where I should be : ohgs !!

bus 36 berenti di depan mata gua at esplanade bus stop exactly when I stepped into it. Sampe di dhobby ghout, tiba2 naeklah Mooya yg nyapa gua kenceng2 : Ci...Happy Birthday !!

Satu bus ngeliat..... sutralah =P ahhahaha :P

Then gua denger dr Mooya kl hari itu yg khotbah : Chris Long. Wuih, sutralah. Destiny brought me to OHGS for a good time. Coz rencana awalnya gua ga bakalan visit OHGS at all.

Sampe di OHGS, ketemu Gill, Raimond, Ieie, Menthol, de el el yg nyalamin gua.

Terus cabut ke Tony Romas sebrangnya OHGS for a jolly good time with my family :) Dinner, lalu pulang.

There... how I spent a good 2 days of celebracion.

Another surprise on Sunday : a gift from TLG Danz-ers

Thanks Girls... Pasti gua pake soon hadiahnya en show it to you girls :) ahueauhe

yup..

i'm 30

bombie {=^o^=}