Friday, December 30, 2011

I love you !!!

Time waits for no one
While it's still on my side
Let me say it out loud

I LOVE YOU !!!!! SO MUCH !!!!!! Much more than what u can think of
I LOVE YOU 2011 !!!!!!

This heart is in great sadness to let you go......
Thank you for being SO ROCKINGLY AWESOME !!!
will cherish every impact on each way u opened for me this year...

thank u thank u thank u

Wednesday, December 21, 2011

wohoooo !!!!

fying off in less than 1 hour
I thought I would be able to blog about how AWESOME 2011 has been to my life last night before I fly
But since my sanity & health is more important at these crucial time, I forced myself to sleep...only to wake up in less than 3 hours after...... keleyeng2...puyeng2.... hehehe

in any case
I'M SO EXCITED !!
Let's TRAVEL everybody :)

and I promise I will list down the awesomeness of 2011 to count my blessings by the time I'm back or whenever I have the opportunity to have a descent internet connection and computer to do so :)

see you Singapore
THANK YOU GOD :)

bombie {=^o^=}

Monday, December 19, 2011

how do you measure ?

So my sister's wedding was over, December 17' 2011.

Having been into much of wedding party, and having the privilege to be the organizer / helper in some of them, being human we tend to compare the wedding we went through. Also, we (read I) tend to be selfish in the sense I always hope for my family member & those friends whose wedding I helped is smooth & successful.

So how do we measure the success of my sister's wedding ? As I'm her sister, my answer would mostly be biased here.

Let's see:

The preparation :

Before the wedding day, baju gua dikritik sama my mom & my sis and they keep asking me to buy new dress which was so last minute. Buat tenangin dia orang, gua pergi ke TA, find some dresses, ga nemu, and then decided to stand on my ground buat ga beli new dress. Stick to my decision.

Also, gua udah leave dari tanggal 12 Dec, while my sis cuman mulai leave dari kamis on Dec 15. In that short time span dia harus kejar sana sini, en selesaiin video sendiri using my Macbook. Cool, I never even make any video using Imovie/ Iphoto. She completed all and even teach me how to use IDVD as well. Cuman yah itu: the timing is so mephet. Thank God selesai.

Taking everything into consideration, I say the preparation is okay. We've done all we could and... que sera sera.

As for my sis & leo, they received lots of praises for taking care of everything about the wedding themselves. Ga nyusahin. Lucunya they got critics for rejecting parents funding. Mereka insist on funding the wedding themselves, and parents di Indo pada protes. well ....?!?!?! speechless abit.

The Holy Matrimony, Saturday December 17' 2011 : 11 AM. Annex building.

Have I told you how happy I was to hear the best news this year that dede gua udah join gereja, JPCC ga nanggung nanggung, and after years of her pending her faith confirmation, she finally get baptized taon ini, officiated by none other the father of gembala JPCC Pst. Jeffrey Rahmat, and above all : accepted and sanctified by one and only GOD ?

For many years I waited, sometimes giving up, to hear the good news and this year semuanya Tuhan kerjakan dengan baik dan sempurna. So buat ngeliat dede gua bisa jalanin wedding ala Holy Matrimony-an gereja instead of makan tok..... I feel SO BLESSED to witness the wedding, and to see my parents taste the goodness of His grace.

Even happier to know that they are planted in JPCC, udah join date, udah ikutin semua aturan panjang persyaratan nikah JPCC (seriously : kudos for their persistence), and to know that the wedding is blessed by Pst. Jose Carol whom I personally favored & respect.

Best part : I have my relatives came, mostly are not believers yet, but at the end of the holy matrimony we saw tears everywhere on every girls and guys (my cousins & uncles are crying)

So I guess : it's one score of success for the Holy Matrimony.


The dinner : 17 December 2011 : Upper room annex building. 7PM onwards

Overall I say :

1. Family members are VERY happy & entertained.

2. MC is good. Dede gua hire Ferly dari stasiun TV mana gua jg kagak ngerti...yg udah sering dipake for his company event. Yg pasti dia profesional, bagus en manteb, warna bajunya aja sampe masuk ke decor, sampe semua pada minta contact si Ferly en pada mo foto2.

3. Band is spectacular. Fantastic. The singer, the songs, the grand piano... woots :) good :) Dede gua sewa some band yg perform dari Nikko hotel on live show every monday. Sekali lagi gua ga tau show yg mana.

4. Baju gua received lots of praises on the day itself ...heheheheh ..untung gua ngotot not to buy new one. Thank you El for recommending Rani. And I've relearnt another lesson that sometimes, you just have to stick to what you believe regardless what the world say, when you know that it's something right & good. It's not what they think that matters, it's how standing in the right ground made you feel, that's what matters.

Also another lesson: parents don't always know best. And I know from the long history of my mom buying or choosing some clothes design for me, that she doesn't know best. Sometimes a hit, sometimes a miss. Tapi biasa mothers, they always think they know best. Spt halnya dlm baju gua dimana dia ngotot luar biasa for me to make/ buy new dress. Well I stick to my ground.

5. Baju dede gua seh ..... va va voom lah hoh. The designer is her high school friend who designed one of dresses worn by Lady Gaga for her photoshoot in harper's bazaar. Google aja namanya : Tex Saverio. Gua sempet ketemu dia sekali doang less than 1 minute, and yup : dia beneran keliatan keluar dari some Manga book :P so animetic.

Banyak yg berentiin dede gua pas lg siang2 foto di hotel buat numpang foto sama dia en bajunya :P Pas dinner, banyak yg nunggu dia turun panggung buat foto sama dia, sambil nanya nanya designer nya siapa. She hired a very good make up artist yg bikin dia cakep bener. Thank God dia share make up artistnya sama gua :P eheheheh thank you De :P


6. General feedback on food was super fantastic. My cousin's fiance, Rachel the Korean girl terus2an dateng ke gua siang en malem just to say : Melissa , food is SUPER GOOD !! I love it..

7. Timing is of the essence and they didn't start too late and didn't end that early either. At the end of the reception we saw alot of ppl staying late just to enjoy the party, and keep taking pics with the couple.

Really overall-ly successful in my own limited WO-ing experience view. WO yg dede gua sewapun do a very good job. Team-nya jg manteb.

So I say overall : it's a successful wedding party with lil bit of small minor hiccups here and there which is normal and make the day unforgettable.

But is that how we measure the success of a wedding ?
The dress, the food, the number of guests, the photos, the make up, the band ?

Which bring us to the sermon that Pst. Jose brought in the morning.
Dia cerita about his wedding. It was in 1998, year of riots. Jadi pendetanya telat 3 jam datengnya karena ketunda penutupan jalan. Sound systemnya sewa 2, yg dateng cuman 1 set, so harus dipindah pindah dari ruang holy matrimony ke ruang wedding. By the time the wedding is started in the evening, itu udah jam 8.30 akibat ke drag sama telatnya holy matrimony en akibat sound systemnya yg baru selesai set up. Undangan yg nongol cuman setengah dari yg diundang coz ppl masih trauma sama riots, and then by the time 8.30 PM udah kesisa temen2 Pst and wife only, which is 300 an orang doang. Sekitar 500 an orang are the parents invite and they have went home.

His wedding was a mess. But is his marriage in a mess ? Definitely not.
So he told my sis en husband (now) : your marriage doesn't depend on the success of your wedding. And the success of your wedding doesn't determine the success of your marriage.

What so good about a successful wedding but a train wreck marriage life ? Good thing about wedding is probably ang pao cuan (kata si Pst.)

So is my sis wedding a success ? Given everything that I saw and the feedback from people during the night, I say it is.

Her marriage however, we just have to wait and see, while praying and blessing them with strength and hope and understanding to go through it all till the end, till it last a lifetime.

a happy sis {=^o^=}
bombie

rambut

gua smoothing rambut gua kemaren
coz udah ga tahan sama rambut panjang gua yg susah dilurusin, en kl dibiarin keriting yg bener cuman bagian bawahnya doang. Yg atas udah acak adut kagak jelas, plus keriting itu amat sangat merontokkan rambut sodara2..... so gua decide buat lurusin dulu sambil jaga kesehatan rambut biar lebat ....
potong jg...belon potong sependek yg gua mau coz gua pikir potong pendekannya nanti aja di SG :P potong ini biar liberating benernya

tapi....GUA GA SUKA HASILNYAAAAAA......
huaaa kembalikan rambut keriting gua

udah gua bilang sama mbaknya jangan lurus2....udah bilang mbak ga usah catok2an lagi...jangan lama2 kasih obatnya...udah sampe bediri diri ingetin dia udah waktunya cuci...

capek deh...kuciwa daku kuciwaaa.....
bener2 laen kali bonding di Singapore aja deh
I did once in Singapore, it took less than 2 hours, painless, and the result is fantastic
benernya tadi masih mo bonding di SG cuman pikir besok kan I'm rushing with time to get everything done before travelling. So I decided to do it in Indo. Half price of SG anyway.

I did many times in indo wkt msh zama kuliah, the result is always flat hair, and it took me more than 3 hours sitting my butt in salon. Though cheap.

Points taken. next time, ga usah ngirit.
Go for the best.

huaaaa
*mencari solusi cari keritingan rambut biar foto2 travel gua ga bikin aib*

bombie {=^o^=}

Thursday, December 15, 2011

time

2 more days
and she'll be married

7 more days
and I'll be away

16 more days
and the year's gonna be over

thank you 2011
you've been surprisingly full of sweet surprise
sad that you've come too long and gone too fast

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

random things in this short span of time

So I'm back home sabtu lalu Dec 10.

Next day I went to JPCC with my sis and bro in law to be in less than 1 week time.
Guess who served the PW that day ? GBI Rock Ambon :P hahahha ;)
Lagu yg dia orang bawa to open the Worship is : Sembah Dia 4X.
Followed with songs that some I know, some I didn't, but overall I felt (yg diconfirm with my sister too) like coming home .... GBI :P hahahahah:) My sis said yg JPCC bengong....ga biasa sama GBI style. While me there, is awed sama suara2 indah rekan2 GBI Ambon and the presence of God we experienced that day :) Mereka pelayanan ke 4 hari itu, there is still one more, and they are still SO powerfull.

Yup... I felt like coming home. haha :P

And so that was Sunday dan gua tidak menyia nyiakan waktu dan kesempatan yg ada di stiap saat buat cari makanan Indo yg gua suka.

So on Saturday evening when I landed gua minta nyokap beli Martabak telor :) Terus minggu siangnya gua minta titip Sekba (bebek Tim) then malemnya gua dinner sama dede gua after church di Pepenero : my face Italian Restaurant yg kudu gua makan tiap kali I'm back in Indo. Terus senen quest berlanjut, gua minta nasi goreng & bihun goreng dahlia. Kemaren gua makan hachi2 di TA, then today udah ada bakmi, nasi Nci Medan dari K7 dulu, en Nasi padang on the way... MAKMUR abis !! busyet dah.... dan kawinan dede gua on the way sabtu ini... haih...

Tiap hari gua sempetin diri sit up push up plus planking demi melawan semua lemak jahat :P *erm..yah kl makannya gitu yah susah jg yah....* cuman gimana cara ngelawan makanan enak yg jarang2 mendarat di perut gua ini coba ? hohaoehoaho :P *alesan*


now on to other things:
I have some pretty humbling things coming home, where smua yg gua lakuin, pilih, dan sukai kembali jadi hal2 yg kurang dimata keluarga gua.... well you heard the word before : family is you best critics (but it may lead to some other not so good things as we all know)

So yah anyway : gua bikin baju buat dede gua yang gua suka, but my family smua protes bilang ga suka... haih sedih. Sekarang gua lagi dipaksa cari baju baru dalam waktu sekejap, spend some money again, and fact that body gua bukan body indonesia biasa (alias kata bengkak kl ukuran Indo)....ga segampang itu buat masuk ukuran L tok. All gamble, kadang muat kadang kagak :P...
So itu satu yg kurang di mata keluarga gua.

Then kemaren gua bantu nyokap isi raport mandarin. Dan kerjaan gua harus nulis huruf dari angka nilai mereka...
Contoh my mom nulis 100, nah gua tulis di kotak yg disediakan : SERATUS.
Bokap gua terus terusan kan cheong terus : kita ada 8 kelas Cie.... 8, sehari doang harus selesai..... gimana bisa ? Sementara gua sok pede : ada Cie Cie Pa...another hand to help, takut apa seh ?

Teruslah gua proceed buat bantu nulis huruf2 itu. Alhasil first attempt : langsung kena cela my mother, ini ga perfect ga bagus ga rapih ga ini ga itu dan ga ga ga lainnya... haih :P sedih lagi :P ahhahah :) there is nothing that's ever be perfect enough from what I do for my mom.... but I grew up with it so I'm used to be belittled and strong enough not to take the face value of her (or their) words, instead dig deeper to know that they are actually proud enough to have me..

oh intermezzo : to all the teacher friends out there who needs to fill up report card, salute dah sama kalian. Tangan gua sampe berasa mo copot semalem nulisin 3 kelas doang :P beh :P hari ini berlanjut my missery :P mana mata kunang2 pula :P ehuahueh :) but well.. I got a job to do :P

Back to the topic, friends if you have a choice, do teach your children with a mix of western and eastern value okay ? It's hard enough to be children of eastern culture where nothing you do is ever enough.

Kiyoko did remind me : don't be too hard on yourself girl. Give credits where it's due.
I like those line and I will hold it dearly.

But overall it's a good humbling experience after I lots of "victories" this year (from musical to DND to small lil competition for Xmas deco in the bank), I'm happy to know that I'm still not good enough. That way I know, I have BIG ROOMS to grow :)

sekian Indo report till this day....
now off to write some more raport and getting busy for my sis wedding prep.

bie {=^o^=}

Sunday, December 11, 2011

random

nope I wasn't tag
tp ini lagi ga ada kerjaan en belon mo tidur

so here we go...iseng2 ngisi things yg udah di tag earlier by El & Gill *sambil melatih muter kepala mikirin jawaban hal2 ginian......susah sodara2*

Rules:
1. Link back the person who gave you this award
2. Share 7 random things about yourself
3. Answer the favorite question
4. Award this to 7 blogger

7 Random things about me:

#1 I never felt pretty, always want & put effort to be pretty, and always wonder what would I be if I'm born pretty.

#2 I
REFUSE (caps lock intended)to eat seafood & chili for the first 19 years of my life....at all. No fish, shrimps, crabs, lobster, especially not clam/ oysters. I started eating sea food & chili when I land in Singapore. I would say I can eat them, but I don't love love them.

#3 In my parallel imaginative world : I see myself as an American living in New York, can dance bend & shake like nobody's business, can sing & scream well like Lea Michelle, and living a career as pro dancer, actress, director / producer in LA & Broadway, and E news office is my usual business interview place :P hehehe speak about some dream :P

#4
I love classical music, choir, Disney movies & music, Jazz & blues. It gives you that kind of feeling that you are somewhere chic & high end, comforting & soothing, or that u're just somewhere in USA (when I hear blues)....en anyway classical music's complexity is good for your brain.

#5
My favorite movie when I was young : Sound of music. My fave activity : play piano, dance, sing edelweis, and act the so long farewell part before went up to my old house 2nd floor and pretended to be asleep.

#6 I used to refuse to go to spa because I don't like the idea of people massaging your body when u are lying down with just disposable panties on your body...and I hate to fork out the pricey cost...

#7 Of all animal : I hate snake the most

Questions:
Name your favorite color: anything BLUE off course !! greenish blue & purplish blue

Name your favorite songs: Too many. But one song I strike me the most when I first heard it : We could be in love by Lea Salonga & Brad Kane.

Name your favorite dessert: too much choice, but I welcome cheese cake any day.

What is annoying to you? Unreasonable rich snobbish egotistical good for nothing people who look down on others and worship money as king of everything, parading their branded life & lazy ass.

When you are upset you: most of the time just keep quiet. Unless I'm really really upset, which by then I will run while crying, just wandering around the streets, along the river .....to talk to God and calm my heart.

Your favorite pet: Don't wanna have pet. Chinchilla & puppies are cute but I'll never ever have pets.

Your biggest fear: 3 actually : that one day I walk away from His love forgetting all that He's done for me, that I'll never get married, and that my family don't get saved.

My best feature: I never know... physically : what I like is my teeth that's straight without having to put braces, and my lips. But I think my best feature should be about my behaviour or personality...and on that I say : I like how I love to be neat & clean.

My everyday attitude: life is shrt, why so serious ?

What is perfection: Jesus.

Guilty pleasure: I can tell u but I need to kill u after that :P

*aih capek jawabin ginian euy*

go ahead and take the challenge guys

Saturday, December 10, 2011

and again....at terminal 2

crazy how time flies when you are enjoying life to your fullest..
just like how 2011 has been for me... it way surpassed whatever best year I've ever had....
and the funniest part is.... I declare this as the best year of my life when in actual, my bank account is in it's slimest condition ever since I started to work in 2004.

So what does it says here ? Is that life can be great without money to worry about ... :P hehehehe :P ga penting..

anyway back in terminal 2 about to fly back to Indo for my sister wedding
in the beginning of the year I made resolution to be skinny babe by the time my sister is getting married.... hhhhhh..... resolutions...resolutions... unless I make sure to sign up to a gym membership and find the hottest personal trainer who is single straight available and also looking for long term commitment, plus a christian, not a womaniser, can cook and have a good sense of humour, I'm pretty sure that I'll not lose this weight coz that kind of personal trainer does not exist.... unless they are hollywood actress...

anyway ga penting lagi ... yah gitulah nungguin boarding...u have nothing much to do so ... you blog :P *better than spending my fortune away to another Marc Jacobs perfume : Daisy, that smells pretty damn nice and pretty freaking expensive and will just be another collection of my sweet aroma in my room... forgotten... so....yeah....blogging is better*

point is (do we have any?) ... yeah...point is : I do not manage to achieve losing weight for my sis wedding, I'm back to size 0...with size 0 meaning my original size...not the real size 0 like Fenny Lo size....

but anyway... who cares ? I am HAPPY with my size as long as I dont see that much of double chin and making sure that I eat right..

I am happy when food enters my mouth and taste good... this tounge that can taste is one of God's amazing gift anyone ever have...so u know what ? ... I love food, I accept me the way I am with my fats curve and extra everywhere....I am in charge of my body... and I'll deal with this body when I'm not happy with the way it makes me feel...


Right now : I am just happy...
happy that my sister is getting married
happy that she took the pressure off me a lil bit
happy that I have AMAZING GOD
happy that I live
and happy...that I live...in abundance of God's everlasting love..

I'm going home..
and I'm happy :)

see ya on 21st everybody

bombie {=^o^=}