#31-Dec-2012 #home #newyear2013cathphrase

#31Dec2012
A year ago, the Dragon Ball minus their Chief Rimbo, are at hongkong !! We ate Dim Sum, then proceed to eat tsui wah (Chan brothers da bao ing yung kee)...before proceeding to walk near the harbor to watch fireworks !! By 2 AM...we're back at Regal I Club, praying for the new 2012. Any good guess would have said that I will not survive 2012 if not for that prayer that evening :) Thank you Tanto Su.... *a year of Hongkong in remembrance*

Yup, by the time I'm writing this, it's Monday December 31' 2012. Waktu menunjukkan pukul 15.03PM Jakarta Time WIB. Bertempat di kediaman babe dan nyak aye, aye tutup blog aye di 2012 yang asli dikit bener postingannya....ibarat rupiah  yang agak2 jatoh taon ini.....begitu pula jumlah postingan aye di taon 2012.

(gaya bahasa berita presenter) 
Jadi pemirsa, telah sekian lama semenjak saya menulis postingan saya yang terakhir, yaitu di bulan lalu di November 2012. Sejak dari itu, beberapa hal (tepatnya banyak sekali hal) telah berlangsung, di antaranya sebagai berikut :

1> Acara thanksgiving dadakan yang berlangsung di kediaman saya di Singapura bersama para personil gokil dari keluarga Royals dan bintang tamu Bern Yeremia

2> Dinner and dance kantor saya yang bertepat tanggal 29 November 2012 lalu di Novotel Clarke Quay, dimana saya sekali lagi ditarik di menit terakhir untuk ikut berpartisipasi menjadi penari latar dan tentunya group kami hanya berhasil mendapat posisi ketiga karena ketidaksiapan kami

3> berlanjut dengan acara Natal dan YRC service yang terakhir dari TLG ministry yang berlangsung pada tanggal 1 Desember lalu, yang dapat saya katakan berlangsung dengan luar biasa mulus dan lancar berkat anugrah yang luar biasa dari Yesus Kristus yang maha mulia. Sungguh sebuah kerjasama yang sangat baik dari the 2 homeboy Yohanes Wijaya dan Glenn Chua beserta para panitia yang ada !! Great job guys !! 

4> Dan tentunya kita tidak dapat melupakan pernikahan yang telah ditunggu tunggu banyak pihak selama 6 tahun terakhir ini, yaitu di tanggal 8 Desember yang lalu, bertempat di CHIJMES Singapore, saudara Willy Kurniawan mempersunting belahan jiwanya : saudari Yoanalita Sulaiman Lai dalam acara pernikahan yang luar biasa kudus, suci, hangat dan sangat berkesan bagi semua undangan yang hadir. Berkat yang melimpah dan luar biasa kita doakan untuk pasangan rumah tangga yang baru ini.

5> Sejak hari itu jugalah, hadir adik saya berserta ipar saya di Singapura, dan dimulailah minggu kami yang dipenuhi dengan acara makan, makan dan makan lagi. Di hari minggu 9 Desember, kami makan malam di Spruce tanglin. Tak lupa saya menumpang berenang di hari minggu dan nge gym di hari senin, di MBS hotel yang mereka tinggali selama 2 hari tersebut. Dan puncaknya, di hari Jumat tanggal 14 Desember, pergilah kami untuk no bar (nonton bareng) Hobbit di IMAX 3D Lido, bersama dengan sepupu2 yang lain, sebelum kami makan di Bangkok Jam di Shaw building. Dan di hari Sabtu tanggal 15 Desember, kami menjalani program yang bernama "The ultimate garden experience", sebuah program yang di design khusus bagi adik dan ipar saya, oleh sepupu saya Margie dan suaminya. Program ini diawali dengan makan siang di Summer Pavilion Ritz Carlton hotel, lalu kami beralih ke garden by the Bay, berjalan sambil menikmati indahnya tanaman2 langka dan hiasan yang bertemakan Natal, sebelum akhirnya kami mengakhiri hari tersebut dengan makan malam yang sungguh nikmat di salah satu restoran jepang yang spi di daerah Robertson Quay yang bernama "Satchuma". Suatu hari, saya pasti akan kembali ke tempat ini dan tentunya, saya akan mengajak satu atau dua dari para pemirsa yang beruntung :) What an "Ultimate Garden Experience" !!

(sampai disini saja saya akan berbahasa presenter, karena sungguh sangat melelahkan berbicara sedemikian rupa) 

So those are my December "adventures". Call it adventure so it can sound abit fun, when actually...really...surviving such an attack of events on every weekends with tough weekdays during end of the year period, added with all the commitments that one have which are: 
1> writing appraisal for what I thought should be 5 people, which turns out to be 6 ppl #braindrainingexercise
2> writing MC script for the wedding
3> choreoing for TLG flash mob
4> supervising TLG Christmas preparation
5> that point where I was dragged to participate in DnD again...
6> And.....even.... the supposedly fun Christmas gift shopping that is......totally not fun at all to drain your brain thinking for gifts to 20-30 people)

These list of works are .....seriously my friend : it is TOTALLY OBVIOUSLY......BLEHHHH  !!! YUCKS !! OWEEEEKKKKKK !!!

To reach December 22' 2012 when I finally about to fly home (and still burdened with some thoughts on whether I should stay for flash mob).... felt like I have conquered the challenge to win some gold medals to stay that long in Singapore !!

heh .... yup... I'm whining...whining for the last few horrible weeks of 2012 where I went home from office at 8-9 PM daily.....  THANK GOD it is soon to be over !! Coz no no no no.... December is nightmare in Banking world !! 

And in actual... if I may... I wish to whine, complain, and curcol some more on 2012. How has it been for you my friend ? Other than finding my love for running, the unexpected surprised holiday trip to London, the family trips, TLG Danz and all the sweeties of 2012 (not many honestly)...this year has been....hmph... 

It has been a year when I'm forced to push the boundaries of my understanding and my behavior of being a mature adult!!

It has been a year when I'm fully agreeing with what Pak Niko says : 
Kalau saudara mau dipromosikan oleh Tuhan, saudara harus mau di proses habis habisan !!

It has been a year when tears have served no particular purpose nor symbolize any meaningful message when they flow. It has been a year full of personal hardships that craft some deep imprints in my weak and fragile heart. It has been a year, where words spoken could no longer save one out from the agony of wandering living. It has been a year, when I finally take my stand against conformity and make my feelings known, with a big bang action that's called : walking away !!

It has been a year.....where I just raise my hands up....and eat in all demands thrown directly right to my direction...without a word....without a fight..and complete what were asked out of me !! It has been a year of surrendering !!

It has been a year....where I gave up on my own undertanding....and gave a good fight on my faith that "God works in all things to bring the goodness to the people He loves" to press on 

Eventually : God wins !! Faith Wins !! Love wins !!
I do not walk out the same !!
I am healed, which mean to say that I was once hurt !! I'm saved, which says I was once lost !! I'm freed, yes I was imprisoned ! 

And in such a tough year, I found TLG Danz reaching it's new height, new calling, new purpose ! Found my boss finally giving me the high mark for my office work. Found friends that are worth keeping and fighting for...and found my way back to Blessed !

What  a year of contrast !!  And how contrasting it has been compared to the super sweeties best of the best 2011 !!

I'm glad you are over 2012 !! Thank  you for all the lesson and hardships !! Thank you for forcing me to grow !!  Thank you for making me sure that "He will be with me till the end of time. He shall never leave me nor forsake me in times of need" 

For now..... Au revoir !! Adios !! GOODBYE 2012 !!!! You've been mostly bad...God has been always good :)

#home 
Gillian Sastra pernah berkata : loe active yah kl nge blog di indo ?? Yet gw dah pulang dari tanggal 22 Desember kemaren en baru di tanggal 31 Desember ini gw blogging !!

Why ? Karena dari tanggal 22 Desember kemaren: hari bersejarah buat Mas Ceka yg udah umur sa chap sekarang, dan hari yg bakal memorable for many ppl soalnya muacet en buanjir dimana mana....sampe tanggal 29 Desember kemaren....gw tinggal di rumah DD gw. 

Rumah DD gw ada internet jelas...wifi pun ada....PC jg ada... Tapi bener kata pepatah : There's no place like home. Inti cerita gw seharusnya dipulangin kampung sunrise di tanggal 26 Desember kemaren. Tp krn kehebatan mak gw yg decided to bongkar gudang di musim liburan ini....bokap dgn niat baek suruh gw netep di rumah dede gw ajah di Permata Buana. 

Honestly rumah dede gw mah ....kayak resort bintang 10...banding rumah my mom. Dikarenakan kehebatan mom yg suka bener numpuk "harta" (rongsokan)...jadilah rumah gw makin hari makin sumpek !! Yah puji Tuhan gw ga tinggal lama di sini. Kl iyah mah udah kosong itu gudang gw loakin semua and ... my mom probably will be having heart attack with my action !

So yah.... rencana awal...gw ditelantarkan di rumah dd gw sampe gw pulang besok ke SG !! Dari pertama gw bete when I heard that, sampe gw terima the decision and get myself to the idea that I'll be at this beautiful home till I go back to Singapore, sampe akhirnya gw pun finally change my mind en decided to balik lagi ke rumah sendiri begitu chance arrive !!

Yup...rumah dede gw seh fantastic !! Rapih bersih baru nicely decorated, much food and the latest added Kinect games, kosong melompong luas buat gw jejogetan and nonton felem sampe pagi !! But it's not my home.... it's her home!!

So gitu gw pulang sampe rumah, rongsokan pun menyambut gw dengan karaokenya yang very high decibel !! I don't love them...but every single corner of this place is my home !! My home !! Dalam segala kebobrokannya, kegelapannya, keramean gang-nya taman ratu, and sempit berantakannya...this is the place where I grow up...and tidur makan selonjor joget2 karaoke ngakak nangis kentut boker seenak jidat :)

I love my sister's home...but my Mom and Dad are not there!! Some more gw jg ga enak lah gangguin dede gw and her hubby terus. Felt like their life have to stop because I'm there...and I don't want that to happen. Gw sendiri udah berasa so helpless waktu di rumah dede gw en kita ga ada transport keluar....felt like I've lost my independence and control...and I'm freaking out..

In the end.....Home is where the people you love gathers !! And now I'm happy to be back home..... di tengah my super humble (sumpek) home :) (kedengeran my mom voice : Jiee mo pepaya ga ??? Maoooooo *happy pepaya girl *)

I know Gillian Sastra yg seneng bener pulang indo (as written in her blog) will agree with me.hoho


I'm reminded too....that no matter how great our "temporary resort" we have in this world..... our home is in heaven !! We need to remind our self to go home to the right home :) Because home is where our loved one gathers ! Heaven...that is :)


#newyear2013catchphrase
It's new year tomorrow. Biasanya kl new year banyak orang yg demen bikin resolution. Didn't know why, gw ga sempet bikin serious resolution di taon 2012. And ini bukan taon petama I miss making such :P HAHAHAH:) Believe it or not, in those year where I didn't have any resolution..... I really achieve much less than those year where I made them

So...di sisa waktu yg terakhir ini..gw akan menyusun resolution yg rapih, realistis....dan biarlah resolution ini penuh urapan:) ahhaha :) 

Sambil meng-quote 3 catch phrase from 3 random friends yg gw quote dari twitter fb atau dunia elektronik laennya (lupa dari mana euy)
 
Somewhere in Da Chan's blog/ twitter :
“Most people overestimate what they can do in one year and underestimate what they can do in ten years.”-- Bill Gates


From Lily Ratnawati's FB: When you stop chasing the wrong thing, you give the right thing a chance to catch you.
* even though lagi agak alergi sama kata catch gara2 nonton running men... hahahahahahha ... I still love this phrases*

From Elliot's thumb:
"I'm bad and that's good. I will never be good and that's not bad. There's no one I'd rather be than me" Wreck it Ralph

These catchphrases will be my engine to start 2013.
Are you ready world of 2013 ? Here we come !!

bombie 31Dec2012 {=^o^=}

#sharing #OCD #holiday #sick

Hashtags is in... Right ? 

So mari kita bahas per hastags

#holiday 

gw baru aja balik dari 2 minggu holiday dengan rute sebagai berikut : 

3 - 8 Nov JKT

9 Nov SG

10 - 14 Nov HK

15- 16 Nov SG

17- 18 Nov Malacca

dan mendarat balik di SG 18 Nov...back to work today, and feeling so lost sampe2 gw sempet mimpi kl  boss gw suruh gw cari kerjaan baru coz bakalan ada orang baru yg bakalan jadi atasan kita, and coz of that gw ga bisa dipromosiin :P so must as well cari kerjaan baru kata boss gw dalem mimpi

that aside, gw udah jalan2 for the last 2 weeks and it has been a very good round about Asia holiday....except for the fact that..... 

*masuk ke 2nd hashtags

#sick 

gitu gw balik Indo tgl Nov 3, gw udah officially : sakit. 

Jadi pas gw balik Indo, gw dapet....as seen in my previous posting bleeding. So kl udah dapet, cewek teh lemah.....lengkap sama capeknya gw after balik dari London en kejar office work and preparing buat the next round about trip....teparlah gw di Indo..

Biar kata foto instagram makanan indah semua, gw lost weight di Indo coz gw ga ngemil. Batuk parah, sampe tadinya mo ketemu Bayu jadi ga jadi juga...batuknya udah kayak kereta api. Parahnya lagi di Indo gw ga bisa belik obat gw yg ala Singapore so jadinya gw ga sembuh2. Tolak angin abisssh bisssh bissh ...sampe harus stock tolak angin yg baru. 

gw udah kuatir aja gw ga bakal baek sampe di SG en lanjut HK....en betul sekali....walaupun puji Tuhan gw ga makin parah padahal super kurang tidur banget (jam 5 pagi gw dah sampe di Airport, on the day when we're flying to HK) plus all the nice food yg kita makan di hongkong itu definitely not throat friendly

and by the time gw selesai dari rolling around .... gw udah cukup recover dari sakit gw.....

tetep...kapok kl travel tapi sakit ah...

#sharing 

as we all know, well gw udah live independently alone for the past 12.5 years. Basically since gw move to Singapore lah yah... and I took that independence further and further. 

Sama lah dulu gw layaknya ABG taon 2K (gila berasa nenek2 bgt dah gw), pertama kali gw masuk NUS ...gw ga bakal kebayang gw sanggup nonton sendirian di Bioskop, boro2 mikirin bisa travel around out from SG alone....pelan2 gw makin more daring and so the story goes 

Dan kesimpulannya adalah, karena gw sering ngelakuin apa2 sendiri, basically gw jarang sharing things. Esp : sharing makanan....and that is what so refreshing about this trip....becoz for this trip, me & my troop ALWAYS share food, with a side note. That side note being : me getting my own cutleries set and got the food / drink last as I'm coughing badly :P heheheh :P 

and...must I say : I LOVE SHARING...esp food. Kenapa ? Karena jujur...there are MANY times dimana gw ga sanggup abisin one set of food, en gw terpaksa harus tetep makan soalnya udah bayar satu set.... 

Sharing....esp food...is just such joy. Terutama karena my troops jg makan sebanyak gw saja....if not slightly lesser.....so kita ga over eat, and kita ga under eat. Yg mereka ga bisa abisin, gw yg makan buat kenyangin gw :P And that makes this trip is very memorable for me coz beneran takeran sharing gw, my cousin Kaoru & Margie and my sis.... is just nice !! Perfect !! And by sharing, we always manage to taste more variety of food than eating alone.....also : size food gw jadi pas...setengah2 instead of full plate.....jadi gw ga makin gendut kl geto :)  

Dan dari situlah gw jadi ngerti kenapa Gill selalu harus janjian dulu sama Raimond kl ngomongin makanan (biar bisa nyolong makanan partner :P heheheeh biar bisa sharing lah..... aw so cute.... hp anniversary btw) 

And I really hope gw bakal be surrounded by more ppl yg willing to share and sepikir en sehati sm perut gw :) haha

#OCD

and from this trip, we the cousins discover that we also share one same addition : OCD. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Jadi kita cukup cleanliness freak...so kita make sure sepatu ga lewat dari certain line in the room. Then gw lanjut with wiping the floor with wet wipes in the evening. And all 4 of us, once we reach our room, park shoes, kita langsung cuci kaki en cuci tangan before going in to the room further. Then we use hotel slippers to move around the room. 

Also, our normal daily routines remain : anything that has been used to go out of the Hotel room is not to be placed on the bed. So kl kita baru balik dari luar while nunggu bathing time, no one is to sit or touch the bed at all. Capek ? Sit on the floor !! I say this daily normal coz we practice this even in SG. Tiap kali pulang rumah, gw cuman slipin tas gw di kamar without even stepping into the room. Cuci kali dulu di kamar mandi, baru boleh masuk kamar. Same, nothing is to touch our bed, until we bathe. 

haha :P en we were so happy to finally find girls/ people who understand this cleanliness level, only to find out that it's actually running around in our own family line all along :P HAHAHA :P en kita baru discover when we travel together 

Then this OCD continue waktu kita ke Malacca. Tiap kali liat piring, sendok, garpu, kita wipe dulu sama tissue sampe bersih. Then tiap kali reach meja, first thing we do: take wet wipes and wipe wipe wipe all da way :P sampe2 Wing Kit, margie's hubby....was shocked when we have our first lunch. Sekali kita duduk, the next thing he saw is all 4 of us ambil tissue and lap lap lappppppp aja semua meja, piring ...en dia cuman duduk, shock, and stone... 

and Margaret was so happy that Wing Kit got enlightened : this freakness run in the family....his wife is not the only freak around... haha

As for me : my signature cleanliness behavior, is whenever gw mo travel. What do you do before go travel ? Gw : gw make sure gw udah laundry semua baju en udah gw gantung di kamar, all setrikaan cleaned, and one day before I fly anywhere : gw harus make sure kl kamar gw di sapu & pel right before I fly off, so when I come back, ga bakal kotor2 banget en gw bisa do light cleaning pake wet wipes. Coz biasanya abis balik travel pasti capek....so i make sure i don't do anything extra... 

That's exactly what I do before I went london kemaren. Pesawat gw jam 1 AM. Gw nyapu ngepel en do last round clean up from 9- 10 PM. Jam 10 gw istirahat bentar, en 10.15 baru mandi en siap2 ke airport :P and it's the same for all other trips...

and this ..... is the reason why gw suka kecapean before travel coz... on top of packing, I also got to do cleaning and laundrying....and the same goes when I touched down back in SG...

so for that gw conclude, much as I want to go for biz trip around the world, I don't think I can last... 

or tepatnya....gw super jarang bolos ngepel kamar gw seminggu sekali (whenever I'm in SG) for the past 12.5 years gw di SG... it's less than itungan satu tangan alias 5 jari... karena gw bakalan so freak out kl kmr gw belon di pel / sapu seminggu sekali...jadi bete, mo marah, and felt like life is so not balanced :P 

r u guys like that ? *Calling OCD friend out there 

sekian.....laporan 4 hashtaghs saya malam ini

sorry for the jumping random topics 

5 weeks to Xmas peeps !! JIA YOU !!

bombie {=^o^=}

London III end.

Kl Allah Bapa adalah Allah Tritunggal 

Pernikahan yg baik adalah pernikahan yg melibatkan suami, istri dan Roh Kudus (bukan mertua) 

Dan kalo KeTuhanan adalah yg maha Esa (ga nyambung Jek) 

Dan SMP en SMA hanya dihabiskan tiap 3 tahun saja.....
Dan Lord of the rings, Spiderman, Batman, all played in Trilogy

Maka posting soal London akan di akhiri di London III (epiloguenya panjang bener) 

Becoz 3 is a good number....karena itu semboyan yg bener di Singapore seharusnya adalah "3 anak cukup, dan sangat baik" 

heheheehheeh :) 

Anyway : London last part (karena gw ngejar pesawat balik ke SG soon) 

Day 6 

Rabu October 17' 2012

Hari dimana gw accomplish more than my target jalan2 hari itu (sehingga ada waktu extra di hari lain but shopping lagi... HAHHAHAHAH)

Today's menu : Trafalgar square, buckingham palace, ST. James Park, Big Ben, Parliament house, Westminster Abbey, jalan balik through westminster bridge to London eye, done everything by 6 PM way earlier than what I thought so I surprisingly can go to Tower Bridge and Tower of London which is suppose to be Day 7 itinerary.

Yah karena hari ini jalan2 doang mah, gw kasih foto aja yah :) Nothing much to say except : soaking in the beauty of bright sunny day in a wintery cold london with a wonderful view and  a very peaceful heart. 

Gw pulang early on this day, coz in the evening, it was raining heavily. Which is good, so I rest early and enjoy time di Hotel (super holiday lazying mode) 

Oh ini : King's cross station, tempat filming Harry Potter :) 

So now Day 7 : St Paul, Borough market and then shopping began :)
Yah hari ini gw masuk ke St Paul cathedral, which is famous buat tempat marriednya Prince Charles and Lady Di. Pertamanya gw pikir gw ga mo bayar masuk sampe dalem ah soalnya kemarennya gw masuk ke westminster abbey, en udah bayar GBP 16.00 pound buat masuk, liat2 en dapet phone guide gitu.

Nah : Westminster Abbey itu tempat weddingnya yah sapa lagi kl bukan Prince Will and Kate, yg rame2 kita tontonini di hari ulang taon David Chandra yg ke sa-chap (dan gw bolos rayain ulang taon David demi nonton kawinan ini) Nah kesan waktu nonton kawinan Will and Kate itu kayak Abbeynya panjangggggg bener. Pas datengin, lah udah cuman segini ? Kok di TV puanjang bener ? ashtaga :P 

Terus, kesan dari Westminster Abbey is : so dark !! En serem euy, gw ga ngerti gimana caranya suruh ibadah disana with banyak nyak nyak bener kuburan kelilingin ruangan ibadah. Saking banyaknya sampe katanya Abbey udah ga bisa dipake buat gali kuburan di bawah lagi (kl bodynya ditaroh di atas tanah en dibikin batu nisan yg cakep2 bener gitu rata2 yg nobleman : Kings, Queens, Lords), karena udah penuh bodynya di bawah, jadi ga bisa gali :P weuw.... sereemmm gw. Ada tuh 100 - 200 body orang terkenal disana ... 

So coming from there, gw mikir gw ga mo masuk en bayar St Paul deh ah. Eh tapi giliran udah sampe halaman depan, ngintip ngintip, tertarik jg gw masuk en bayar GBP 15.00 (murah 2 dollar SGD). Dan ternyata : St Paul jauuhhh uhhhh uhhhh lebih gede en lebih megah banding Abbey.  Lebih wuah gitu !! Lebarrrr and puanjannggggg bener (pantasan Charles & Diana married disana). plus kuburannya semua di lantai basement :) ahhahah :) Jadi ga serem :) ahhahhaha :) 

Terus pas di St Paul, kita bisa naek ke dome nya (kubahnya) yg rata2 ada total 560 ++ tangganya ke atas. Gw berenti di stop an ke dua : 389 anak tangga, kecapean, keringetan, en diketawain sama anak2 yg lagi study tour dari German kayaknya :) Some of them join me rest half way, bilang I company you. I'm tired too. Well thank you gw jawab. HAHHAHAH :)

Gw ga lanjut sampe paling atas pada dasarnya karena : ga sanggup en... seremh banget euy !! Itu gedung dari taon 1400an en gelap gitu :P mana tangganya sempit en kecil, mesti nunduk euy... kayak felem2 horror day !!!  En gw liat udah ga ada manusia yg mo lanjut ke lantai paling atas itu :P HAHHAHHAH :p masa gw sendiri ? Ga mikir 3 kali... turun grak !!

So abis gw jalanin si St. Paul, lanjutlah gw to my next destination : Borough's market !! Ternyata ini market yg gw SUKA BANGET !! Coz what's inside is aaaaalllllll food :) aaaaarrrrgggghhhh..... I should have discovered this place from day 1.  Gw ga pergi si borough ini dari awal2 soalnya on weekdays dia tutupnya cepet. Aih, this is the paradise of food I should have discovered earlier. So setelah beli hot dog, I make a promise that I will be back on Saturday before I fly back to SG ....ehuaheua :) karena gw mo makan English Pie and Paella :)

Finish Borough : gw lanjut with kejarin shopping list. Today's to do : oleh2 mode. Jadi gw lari ke Harrods, ke V&A, lalu ke Primark lagi :) heheheeh

Malemnya I finally manage to meet Boss Tanjaya Tan lah, mamanya, dedenya, en Lily. We had dinner at Gourmet Burger Kitchen.

Day 8 Friday : October 19' 12
Benernya this is shopping day. Tapi karena gw belon ke covent garden, gw sempetin ke Covent garden dulu. The name of Covent Garden is what made me decide to go London. Waktu Lily type the name Covent Garden,  my heart melts langsung : let's go !!! ahhaha :)

And bener ajah. Sampe sana, it is not a garden, it's a shopping mall yg open space kayak Bugis junction geto. Ada street performer yg juggle gergaji listrik yg bikin gw merem ga mo liat. Then as usual banyak yg jualan antics.

But the best (and the craziest part) of this covent Garden is, ada satu group kwartet (Violin, Cello, Bass, en....apa yah ? mending tanya Jojo...harusnya 2 violin seh)  3 cowok and satu cewek. Mereka perform di one corner, and mostly are songs yg popular classics jd bukan yg susah deep2 classic geto. Mereka perform  four seasons Vivaldi (bener ga Jo?) geto kl ga salah... en other songs as well... The good thing about them is, mereka perform sambil joget2 Irish gitu. So they are basically jumping around, gw kayak liat kurcaci2 and fairys2 dari negri dongeng nongol.

And I just spend 20 minutes looking and listening to them, soaking in the weather, the warmth, the english charm, and thanking God for a VERY GOOD RESTING period I've got from this holiday. Off course kasih duit jg. Ahhh, it just soothes my heart. The craziest part, is this. Ada satu waktu, 2 anak cewek kecil cute2 datengin mereka, mo ngasih duit. Mereka langsung berlutut dong di depan anak kecil itu. Terus gitu anak kecil itu balik ke mama dia orang, mereka ber 3 kejar anak kecilnya and they kneeled again and play in front of the children and the mom.

Percaya ga ? Gw nangis !!! Ah...gila, berasa bego di tengah Covent Garden liat Kwartet performance alone, nangis !!!

I cried : coz my heart says : Happiness, is this !! Happiness, is being able to breathe in the air, each moment we're alive, to experience one good warm Friday afternoon in Covent Garden, and be awed by small little kindness, naiveness, beautiful sceneries around. I'm happy ! And I cried because it doesn't take much to make me happy:) Just this, and I ... am ...truly ... happy (nah ini dah mo nangis lagi dunk)

Jujur : seumur umur gw travel ke US yg my dream land, I didn't get to cry the way I did in UK. Gw ga tau kesambet apa hari itu.... but that day make me think :

Selama ini kl ada temen pergi ke Europe, atau kl gw sendiri mo pergi kemana gitu, to my closest friends gw bakal nanya "do you want anything ?" Kl yg nanya closest friends yah, gw ga berasa itu beban buat find the stuffs and buy for them. Sometimes, gw malah feel cukup sedih kl mereka ga nitip. Contoh yg paling ga suka nitip is : Miss Gillian Sastra :P ahhaah :) Dia selalu, ga usah lah Bomb gapapa. Padahal gw tau dia suka banget Cath Kidston. El juga ga mo nitip apa2.

Gw so far nitip cuman ke Lydia sista waktu dia honeymoon ke Europe. Ampir nitip Shandy kemaren itu, tapi mikir resehnya, susahnya, ah kasian dah ga usah...

But from this trip, I learn to know the feeling of going there and buy it ourselves, which come with the experience of living in the land and breathe the air, eat their food, which seriously comes to nothing else, bahkan sampe kejadian sepet2 gw sama orang london pun, it's experience. Because there are still good people who smile at me, offer me to take pictures, offer the show me the road. The memory, is irreplaceable. Apapun yg kita beli pun jadi much more precious geto. Dan gw jadi ngerti napa Gill kl jalan2 ga belanja2, tp experience the land and the beauty. Which, mo di paparkan pake sejuta kata di blog pun, ga bisa dibandingin with the real experience :)

Dan karena itu udah hari Jumat, yg gw tutup dengan shopping lagi di Primark, kali ini gw udah punya strategi bener buat belanja di Primark (yg akan gw ceritakan laen kali).. dan Sabtunya gw jalan2 setengah hari sama Lily ke Borough market (makan Paella and English Pie), terus jalan2 ke Oxford Street, Fortnum and Mason en balik ke Covent Garden lagi before finally setting off to fly back .....

maka dari itu, postingan London gw jg kelar. Foto2 lengkap bisa diliat di Facebook :) Comment gw jg di facebook.

Terima kasih atas kesediaan sodara2 sekalian to bear with me with my London TRILOGY ;) next destination : Hongkong starting from 5 AM tmrw morning :P urrrgghhhh


footnote : catetan kaki
Gw ga tau napa, tiap malem di London gw kerjanya cuci underwear terus2. Sampe2 gw beli deterjen di London demi cuci2 :P AHHAHA :) padahal gw ga keabisan underwear.

Terus jg, Tune Hotel itu ruangannya emang ga gede2 banget. Tp in half an hour gw sampe, udah gw sulap ruangannya, sampe gw pindahin mejanya, biar jadi sesuai hati gw :P Jadi berasa kayak kamar sendiri geto :P HAHAHAH :)

Done :)
London : I WILL BE BACK and paint the town Red !!
This time around, I'm ready with your rudeness though :) hahaha

bombie {=^o^=}

London II

My time in Indo is limited so mari kita lanjut cerita si Londie (panggilan sayang Owen buat London)

Day 3: Notting Hill, Shopping, Hillsong London (meet Lily) and spend the evening with Lily:)

So pagi2 gw berangkat ke Notting Hill buat ke Portobello Market.

If you read all London travel guide book, they always recommend a visit to their market. And Portobello Road Market is one of it, especially somewhere in summer annually, dimana ada Notting Hill festival. Lily pergi ke festival itu. Jalanannya kecil geto tapi festivalnya ruameeeeee abbbbbiiiiisssshhhh Lily bilang.

Pas gw dateng ga ada festival itu. Tapi barang2 yg mereka jual tetep interesting. Banyakkk banget antics, yg kl emang kita tinggal disana, pasti abis deh duit borongin keramic Teh atau bungkusan bantal yg so pretty, so vintage, and so classic. Banyak barang anticnya itu perkakas rumah, jadi ga bisa dibeli. Ngeliatin aja sambil ngeceshhh......

Portobello market itu panjang, yah ada lah 1.5 nya gank kelinci. Gw jalanin market2nya all da way sampe mentok in the hopes of finding some food on the way, which I did, but only right at the very very end, and gw dah kelapheran :P So I grab anything I can eat. Pesto ball lagi :) Terus, gw jalan balik lawan arah buat cabut for the next destination (honestly, rata2 semua tempat yg gw pergiin di London itu erm.....sizenya agak2 slightly smaller compare to US yg kayak...HAH ?? Masih ada lagi ??? sementara di London....hah ? Udah neh ? Weeeehhhh masih bisa ke tempat laen dunks) Pas cabut pulanks, mulailah gw belanja... ehheeh:) Belanja kaos london, tas notting hill, terus karena gw masih laper belilah gw Nutella Banana Crepes yg harganya 4.5 P (9 dollar SGD bok).. mahal tapi enak anget2....

Lalu, coz I still have time, masih jam 2.30 geto...gw decide to go to the shopping paradise....Oxford Street. Awalnya gw ga tau kl Oxford street itu kayak HEAVEN, sampe gw keluar dari stationnya en melongoooo.... Topman, Topshop, H&M, River Island, Dorothy Perkins, Zara....yg gede2 semua tokonya nangkring di muka gw.....jaw gw drop !! 2.30 en jam 5.30 gw mo ketemu Lily, mana sempet ini ?

So langsung gw hajar seadanya liat2....sambil cari jalan ke Tottenham Court Road where Hillsong Church is. I spent a long time di RiverIsland....coba berulang ulang...en come out with.... haha.....with NOTHING :P Ga tau napa gw ga jadi beli...terus jalanlah gw cari sign Primark, karena kata Lily ...this is what I should be looking for. Gw liat ada yg pegang kantongnya..gw tanya dia....follow her sign en Tadaaaaa ....ketemu Primark.

By then udah jam 5, karena Primark deket sama Hillsong, sebrang sebrangan doang...gw liat2 sampe jam 5. Kepikiran to just grab and pay first coz pasti ada return policy di Primark, en karena gw udah keburu SHOCK liat harga en potongan dia yg...OMG !! Murah en bagush and.... mad dah.

Nah, kl udah baca blog gw, tolong di google Primark !! and be awed !! be amazed !! be shocked and be surprised at this brand !! Gila murah and bagusnya !! Forever 21 and H&M is fully knocked out by this !! Testimony, please ask Elrica :) ahahha

Gw ga sempet beli apa2 that day, I'm only making a promise that I'll be back !!!

Terus ketemulah gw sama Lily, right before the service starts. Masuklah kita ke Dominion Theater and I had some awesome time in Hillsong. Awalnya gw beneran takut canggung banget soalnya, gw bukan anggota PW so otomatis gw ga updated with Hillsong's song. But God and His presence is the same where ever, when ever, how ever and what ever. I was soaking in the beauty of the Praise and Worship. En mereka nyanyi Cornerstone. Malemnya pas gw check email, ada email dari BCS PW suruh pelajarin lagu baru from Hillsong : Cornerstone :P ehehheeh :)

Abis dari Hillsong, gw dinner sama Lily @ Chinatown. Awalnya mo makan this chinese noodle, yg taunya udah tutup, so we moved to Vietnamese Pho. And it's nice :)  Even nicer for the fact that Lily ngotot bayarin gw :P Thank you Ly.

Then kita mo cari drinks, but most shops are getting closed. We only manage to find this Italian place yg penuh with so many Italian chefs. They even speak Italian all across the restaurant. Me en Lily order tea and coffee and one cake to share. And we talk till they are closing :)

Lalu pulanglah gw dan Lily. And surprisingly, Lily ga biasa naek Tube. Dia lbh familiar with Bus. So karena gw naek Tube, gw yg jelasin ke Lily gimana caranya to go back to her station : Barbican.

Day 4: The British Museum, Hyde Park (pass by Kensington Park), Royal Albert House, Royal school of music, Harrods

For this days, gw have nothing much to say. The point is all up there. ahhahah :)So I just let the pictures do the talking :) 

Semua di atas are British museum Pictures 

 The one and only phone booth that I used in London. 

 Harrods bags :) some has nicely landed in my relatives hands.

Then malemnya I had dinner with Lily karena gw finish early and she can meet up :) Kita makan di Pizza express. Abis itu she brought me to this gem, rooftop where St Paul's dome is like just right in front of your eyes. The view is simply amazing. Kata Lily ini tempat dia and Boss Tan merenung, just looking at the view.   

So Day 4, Monday October 15' 2012 is over. 

Nothing much to tell on Day 6 October 16' 2012, no photo also, because that's my SHOPPING DAY !!! AHHAAHHAAH :) jadi yah sodara2.... next time saya lanjut, will be day 7 :) 

sekian London part II. 

bombie {=^o^=}