NO TV

huhuhu.... kalo ada muka orang nangis bakalan gw pasang dengan segera :P 

So.....ceritanya neh : rumah gw ga ada tepe dari Sabtu malem sampe hari ini......dan hidup tanpa teve buat gw, apalagi di weekend = DISASTER

Love relationship gw sama teve udah berlangsung dari gw TK...kali (ga jelas.com). Yg gw tau, bonyok en auntie2 gw selalu bilang kl gw doyan bener nonton "Sound of music" en peragain lagu edelweis atau yg so long farewell, sambil turun tangga di rumah Pho Pho gw di Pasar Baru (yg masih rumah model Indo Chinese zaman sixties retro style getoh) terus pura2 tidur di ujung tangga minta dibopong ke ranjang....gila gw masih umur 3 - 4 taon kalih itu :P.... nostalgila masa balita

Terus masuk SD, gw inget banget kl gw SUKA BANGET nonton Wonder woman and hulk di RCTI jam 3 - 4 sore-an gitu. Waktu mudaan dikit, gw demen nonton He-Man and Care Bears !! Kemana yah itu si He-Man? Kayaknya dia bukan di RCTI deh waktu itu. Nah sekalian neh gw kasih pelajaran sejarah sama Jenita en Nchep yg belom menginjakkan kaki di muka bumi ini pada waktu itu. Jadi yah Jen Nchep (gw berasa kayak Ngkong cerita ke cucunya) zaman aku, David Chandra, Dian Alfons Lydia lahir ke muka bumi ini yak, hiburan kita cuman satu TV show di TVRI. 

Mi re do re mi re re, mi re do la do la la ----> alias si UNYIL :) together with temen2 nya : si Pak Ogah, Pak Raden .... en sapa lagi yah ? Udah ga inget gilaaaa :P Dah lama banget yak ? Deket2 30 taon ada kali (lah aye aje udah sa chap it). Yg aku quote di depan itu lagunya si unyil. Coba di maenin di piano deh, pasti langsung freshback to our memory, yg angkatan pue-chap (80) an yak. Yg 90-an bisa bingung kali ini nada apaan :P 

Baru pas kita masuk Es De, datenglah si pelopor stasiun TV Swasta : Rajawali Citra Televisi Indonesia. Kl ditanya ke gw PSPB or PLKJ or PPKN ataupun PKK singkatannya apa, asli gw ga inget. Tapi RCTI....selalu oke --->sambil angkat jempol ......iklan banget dah........aih gila kok gw tiba2 kangen masa kecil yah sambil ngeblog ini.... 

Terus dari RCTI inilah pelan2 gw kenal Kitt alias si Knight rider tiap rabu jam 8 malem, Hawk si helicopter tiap kamis jam 8 malem juga, en sapa seh yg ga kenal en ga nonton Mc Gyver di zaman gw, tiap jumat jam 8 ? 

Anyway pas RCTI dateng baru deh kita mulai bisa nonton2 yg gw mention di atas itu.  Thanks to RCTI, akhirnya my childhood had some colours :) Warnanya merah biru --> baju wonder woman, and ijo --> hulk and swamp thing :) 

3 seri di atas tiap hari Rabu, Kamis, Jumat itu yg paling populer zaman gw.... and I think my childhood is pretty awesome thanks to Mc Gyver en musuh bebuyutannya si Murdoch yg udah jatoh ke jurang pun, bisa idup en balik nyerang lagi di episode penutup season :P AHHAHAHAHA :P Also, sesame street taon 90-an seh colornya manteb loh .....retro bener dah :) Fave songs dr sesame street ? Lagunya si Kermit : Why are there so many, song about rainbow..... ??? 

Naek kelas tinggian, kelas 5 SD ke SMP gitu...dateng deh Beverly Hills, Who's the boss, Saved by the bell, 21 Jump street, PS I love you, Quantum Leap tiap minggu siang, Time quest, JAG, Melrose Place, Win loose or draw, Wheel of fortune, Kuis keluarga Lifebuoy, tak tik boom, Step by Step, Full House, Growing Pains, Family ties, Jari Jari, Sailor Moon, Doraemon, St Seiya, KBH (Ksatria Baja Hitam), Tokyo Love Story, Return of the condor heroes, Friends, My secret identity, Remington Steele, Miami Vice, Lenong Rumpi, Ba-sho, Family cepek, Pondok Indah...... okay I shall stop...ini kalo lanjut bisa 3 HVS panjangnya...... 

Nah yg namanya bonyok gw jg tau dong kl anaknya yg satu ini doyannya Tepe. Jadi Tepe suka dijadiin umpan kl buat belajar. Jadi kl selesai belajar, boleh nonton Tepe. Dijatahin deh 2 - 3 jam max sehari. Kl pas lagi liburan, gw sikat abis nonton seharian. Sekolah mulai, reward system dateng lagi 

Akibatnya, addiction ke Tepe lah saya. Selalu berasanya kurang cukup wkt buat nonton geto. Sering banget dulu gw en dede gw nungguin mama gw buat keluar nyetir jam 8/ 9 malem, pergi jemput papa gw pulang dari toko. Waktu itu mobil masih 1 kan. 1 cukup zaman itu, sekarang babe udah pensiun aja mobil minimal 2. Heh....teknologi2...so addicting. 

Anyway : pas nyokap lagi jemput bokap gitu tuh, saat yg paling dinanti nantikan gw en dede gw seharian.... kita pesta nonton teve. Kan mbak udah bobo jam segitu, so ga ada yg tau kan kl kita nonton. En mama gw tuh somehow lucu, ga demen gw nonton Hawk / Mc Gyver atau apapun dari jam 8 ke atas dah gitu.... heran jg ga tau kenapa. Anyway, pas papa mama gw udah deket2 jam pulang...sekitar 9.30 gitu, especially pas suara mobilnya udah kedengeran di tikungan gang, langsung berdua chiaatttttt : cari remote, matiin Teve, cover pake kaen sambil angin anginin dulu, biar ga berasa panas Tevenya, lari cuci kaki en then melesat masuk ranjang, matiin lampu sampe gelap bener,langsung pura2 bobo. Jujur, gw en dede gw bukan sister paling akur di muke jakarte. Tapi kl kerja sama soal ini, kita kompak abis !!!  Pas bonyok dah masuk rumah, kita pura2 pulesh di ranjang....sometimes ketauan en bokap suka bilang.... "ini anak Papa udah pada bisa boong ya pura2 tidur" sambil disayang sayang tapinya.....bukan disabet... then ketauan lah kita boong. Lah abis itu kita lanjut mesem2 geto pura2 ngulet ngantuk sambil acting kesel kl diberisikin (mungkin dari sini neh gw latian acting)....gengsi kan kl ketauan boong... Tp skali dikitikin .....langsung ngakak :P Gagal sudah pertahanan kita..... heheheh :P

So yah... kl ditanya addiction gw apa, gw ga malu2 en sadar bener 100% : tepe! So pas kemaren hari sabtu Pst Herry Kho ngomongin lagi soal addiction, gw otomatis sadar number 1 list gw : teve. Pernah satu kali gw maen di rumah Elrica, gw sampe minta El boleh buka tepe ga ? Terus gw maen2 sendiri deh channelnya ... since gw dah hafal mati nomor2 fave channel gw di starhub and jam tayangnya :P El sampe comment : Gila loe hafal yah bomb ? Apparently iyah El :P 

Cuman yah inilah... masalah paling besar.....masalahnya adalah gw ga berasa kl addiction gw ke tepe itu mengganggu en berbahaya.... padahal gw tau kl gw udah levelnya addiction. Soalnya sering kejadian dimana gw udah ga ada yg bisa gw tonton, tapi tangan gw goyang aja terus browse channel2 yg ada....yg end up bikin gw tidur malem bener...padahal kagak perlu kan kayak gitu ? Bahkan kadang2....gw sering biarin channelnya run aja....gw ga nonton, tapi gw kasih suara aja...sambil guanya baca majalah....or buka laptop.....I just like the sound...

Atau weekend....gw prefer banget laze around and just watcth Teve WHOLE DAY....kl gw bisa....walaopun ga ada yg bisa ditonton !! 

Jadi yah....beberapa hari ini tanpe Teve....idup gw asli...sepoooooyyyyy bener... !! Hening geto.. saking heningnya sampe gw udah beres setrika yg biasanya hari jumat gw lakuin, en gw udah selesai packing koper ke London coba ? En kemaren waktu gw tau ga ada latian Danz en ga ada teve, gw gelisaaaaahhhh gitu... ga mo pulang rumah cepet2 soalnya ga ada teve.....takut sedih liatin Teve yg ga bisa revive ......Kebayang bayang gitu......Lebay ember...en salah satu runaway mode is ...ya ngeblog ini :P 

Haih....gw sadar ini udah tahap kronis....jadi doain aja supaya gw tobat teman temin :P Kali aja beberapa hari ini ga ada tepe karena emang God has His own way to speak LOUDLY through SILENCE.........and His action is real :) Only He can do such thing can He ? 

Tapi...saya tetep cinta Teve...huhuhu....
Seribu ragu yg kian menyerang 
Tp diriku terlanjur sayang
*mengalir lagu memes...istrinya Adi MS......*

Come on Starhub !! Work again pls

bombie yg miserable ...en kangen her Cable Channels :P
The voice, masterchep S3, en si Emmy nungguin aye neh

Bibir

Ada kompetisi bibir di website Elrica (www.pinkbuble.blogspot.com) and here is my entry for the lipstick posting :P 

bare face with BB cream and powder only

Then I put on some make up. In warna asli bibir aye with addition of lip gloss rasa fanta orange, hadiah dari Mando Paramon when she went Thailand :) 

masih warna asli bibir 

U know what I like the most dari foto di bawah ini ? My dagu yg lancip...udah jarang euy :P ehheheh

And then I started applying lipstick. First look, nude lipstick. Very nude lipstick. This lipstick is from MAC, lady gaga's collection. It was a special edition last year. Kl pake lipstick ini, you cant wear it with nude make up. You have to wear it with heavy make up. Otherwise you will just look like ghost soalnya bakalan keliatan super pale. 

By the way gw mo minta maap for background di belakang foto ini :P aeheha :P Itu jemuran di kamar :P HAHHAHAH :P 

And now second look, brownish shu uemura lipstick. 

Lastly : red lipstick from Maybelline, yg gw lupa fotoin semalem lipsticknya :P maap :) 

I called below look " Makan apa ya entar ?"

Next look "Apa loe liat2"

Ini sok sexy tp gagal :P 

And the one I love the most, I called this face " Bitch ! Please :P Like I care ?? *roll eyes* " HAHAHAH :) 

Selesai apus semua lipstick, gw pasang lip gloss hadiah dari Gill when she went Spain last year. Lagi2 gw lupa foto. Glossnya from H&M :) 

Demikian posting bibir ane...Maapkan the bad lighting soalnya ini foto malem2 :P Also, sorry kl gw selalu pake si baju kuning kebanggaan gw ini....Si baju kuning gw ini bagaikan baju Burger King nya Gill. Dejavu geto... coz dia adalah baju ter NYAMAN sehari hari :) Gw doain in baju last long and longer. Made in Indonesia bok :) 

sekian. salam bibir {=^o^=} 

Maybe ..... just maybe... we gotta let go and let's go :)

So.... here we go!
The 1 week Israel trip that I mentioned cancelled before, has been replaced by my sudden decision to go to.... LONDON !!!!!! *big grin*... 

pertamanya mo sok misterious.... ga bilang2 sapa2 terus tiba2 ilang ajah geto...pas nongol2 dah pasang foto aja di facebook.... seru jg kan sok misterious ? Yah right :P  

Tp akhirnya gw sadar.... gw bukan superstar :) ga ada yg tertarik bener sama whereabout, jadi yah I drop all the thots of surprises and must as well gw kasih tau ajah ke dunia kl GW HEPPY BENER BISA PERGI KE LONDON !! *AAAAAAA tereak *... it's well too proven that I cannot hide good news (or bad news for that matter, so next time just give me boring news if you want to keep it a secret) haha :) 

Benernya: reaksi awal gw waktu otak gw tiba2 speeding beyond my control focussing on going on London, ga sehappy ini. Flashback dikit, scr panjangnya itu kejadian di sebuah minggu malam after latian nari where I went for dinner di rumah sodara gw tanggal 25 Agustus. Di hari itu juga pas latian nari gw confirm sekali lagi sama Gill en Raimond di hari sabtunya kl mereka PASTI ke Israel taon depan. Diliat dr history nya: kata2 Mas Raimond bisa dipegang dengan tepat dan benar. So there goes my psycho brain looking for new adventure sepanjang latian nari sampe akhirnya pas di rumah sodara gw, though we were having dinner and I stay longer coz my auntie & uncle just arrived from Jakarta, my brain can't stop shaking and it has has shot its target and the destination place is non negotiable : LONDON !! 

Benernya logically ada reason kenapa my brain deduct London as the destination:
1> On Monday August 26, boss gw baru aja balik dari UK travel with her hubby & friends :) 
2> Kemaren, sept 14, Kiyoko baru aja terbang ke London :) 
3> And then gw jg mikir, I can only travel alone for those 5 days, for just a very short get away. I decided that I'm that kind of person who actually like to stay long at one place and not travel around the country. Just one city, like 2010 New York, which was GREAT :) Gw cuman dateng, kelilingin satu kota sampe botak en then pulang Singapore :) Buat trip kayak gini, gw ga bisa ke tempat yg gw cuman bisa pake bahasa tarzan (Korea, Jepang, India, Italy, French, Cambodia, Vietnam, Philipines...u get me). En karena gw pengecut, it will be best to go to a place dimana ada temen gw disana ..... so I thot : kemana lagi kl ga ke London where we have Tanjaya and Lily, who will not be staying in London for longer than next year perhaps ? This is it, or never maybe :P 

Di otak gw, gw berasanya : see...everything and every reason clicks !! Tp in my nerve and heart, gw deg degan banget : the voice kept on saying : this is your adrenaline striking an action again.  You are MAD !! U haven't even plan for this !! U are totally boncuss !! Gw ga bakal boong kl berasanya sedikit mirip sama waktu gw beli rumah last year :P i.e : setengah kesambet petir !! AHHAHA :P 

When I finally got home, langsung tangan en mata bergerak doing the ticket price search. Berasa cukup puas with the preliminary search on Sunday while still making decision, hari senin gw decide to ask my boss yg udah bagi2 UK souvenir to all of us, and Kiyoko on their plans. Terus gw langsung wadsapp Lily en Owen yg emang cinta UK, to ask them to spill on everything bout UK. 

U see, gw ini super American lah kl mo di categorized. Loe tanya gw the gossip, the movie, the TV series, wad's happening to Obama and USD, Iphone 5 launch, I probably know.  But anything else on European are things that I will leave travel agent to do. So I need to do a quite a research to know what to see other than London eye, london bridge, buckingham palace, westminster abbey en friends (cuman segitu yg gw tau off hand..hebat kan ?) 

Senen malem gw research lagi, meanwhile feeling guilty about this decision. U see I'm supposed to be saving money for my Israel trip next year, not spending another fortune for a sudden compulsive mind bogging trip. On top of that, dengan keadaan keluarga mama gw yg one by one pada falling sick, gw jadi mikir shouldn't I just be good girl staying in SG or Indo ? Solidaritas gitu ceritanya....mixed bener deh the feeling .... guilty & excited. 

Then on Tuesday nite, gw decide to go Kino cari london's lonely planet. Xilin yg emang nungguin boyfriendnya pulang, temenin gw. Gw liat sekilas semua buku yg tersedia. I read them fast fast. By the end of dinner Lily whatsappan sama gw and when she mentioned the name of the places she would love to bring me to go, if I go. Waktu gw baca nama2 tempatnya .......hati gw... MELT :P berasa anget2 adem gitu.....kayaknya cuman cewek yg bakal ngerti ini posting :P Perasaan gw kayak : gila.... What a lovely name for just a place!! HAHA. Contoh yg plg ultimate deh : Covent garden --> ah...langsung di hati gw keluar taneman, kupu2 dan bunga2 beterbangan ---> LEBAY ALAY !! haha.... but THAT NAME OF COVENT GARDEN my friend --> SETS me leaving all my guilt and decided to : GO !!! *setelah doing all the research : covent garden itu bukan garden.....but better...it's a ...SHOPPING & EATING PLACE GIRLSS !! --> my version of garden ... AHHAHHAH* 

Lily nanya lagi ke gw: apa lg yg loe demen bomb ? Gw demen british accent Ly.... *keluar emoticons yg smiley heart face* ....Lily bukannya ademin ati gw: malah makin disamber sama alcohol : Ah Bomb...it's so lovely :) Dia kasih tau gw beberapa daerah yg bisa buat cuman ngafe doang and liat ang moh exec ganteng2 bertebaran in their working suit with their brit accent :P Heart atack gw dengernya :P haha

Yah, by Rabu gw udah siap2 apply Visa, mantau harga tiket pesawat and book hotel. By Kamis gw udah beli buku london di atas, en book Visa appointment :) Hebatnya appointment visa buat UK yah, schedule appointmentnya ga sampe kayak US yg 3 months dimuka gitu :P gw ampe shock that I can actually make appointment the next day :P Best part : officenya is within walking (long walking) distance from my office. Jadi ga perlu ambil leave.... ow yeah :) life's good :) 

Singkat cerita (setelah bikin kalian smua bosen sama my planning details above), gw apply Visa tanggal 5 Sept kemaren. Gw udah book Hotel tp belon book pesawat soalnya kl pesawat non refundable, sementara si Hotel terus2an naek harganya. Orang visanya bilang processing days is 15 working days. Ajeh gilee ini lah masalahnya. US Visa 3 hari jadi waktu itu. Jumat appointment, selasa collect. Ini UK Visa 3 minggu cuy, en gw belon beli flight :P ai yaa... Dia bilang kl cepet 10 hari beres, kl ga yah..normalnya yah 15 hari kerja :P adooo. 

So, dr tanggal 5 Sept kemaren gw TIAP HARI super diligently masuk terus ke websitenya to track my application. Lebih rajin dari makan obat gw, cek itu website, pagi siang malem. Nomor application udah hafal mati di otak. So waktu sampe kamis malem application gw masih belon berubah statusnya, tambah lagi Owen bilang ke gw kl dia punya dulu 4 hari approved, gw cukup takut banget. 

Nah, kemaren hari Jumat. Spanjang taon ini, Friday has not turned out well for me.  For most of the Fridays I had surprises in office. I need to da bao for lunch, and I am just an angry person on the supposedly happiest working day. Same goes yesterday. Gw sama sekali kagak sempet check application gw through all morning, all the way sampe gw selesai lunch which was around 2.50 PM yesterday. Whatsapp message dari El ga sempet gw reply or baca at all. 

Pas gw akhirnya sempet mo ngecheck my Visa app status, just a thought cross my mind, taunya sekali gw ga kanjiong check, statusnya bisa jadi berubah hari ini neh :P 

EN IT'S RIGHT !! Statusnya beneran berubah from "Under processing" for the longest time I've felt to "Processed and will be returned to application centre in 3 working days" AH SENANGNYA :) Gw langsung foto screen nya and send wadsapp ke Lily :) See ya next month I say :) 

Malemnya when I check my gmail from bie-phone, eh gw baru tau kl benernya gw udah diupdate via email on my application status at 10.14 AM Friday Sept 14 :P Gw jadi makin amazed :P 

Sometimes, when we try not to be in control over things that's totally beyond our control, there probably we will have what we want achieved :) and now..I am set to go and happy :) 

Flights, hotel, Insurance and sterling account ready :) I am ready :) LET'S GO :) 

excited & grateful bombie {=^o^=}

PS: the award for the person who shows most emotion when I tell them where I am going, and proofs me right that indeed it was a nonsense crazy idea, goes to : JENITA DARMENTO :P ----> Dia tereak dong di tengah2 Clarke Quay waktu gw kasih tau !! kaget gw :P Terus abis teriak, dia langsung cool down :P haha :P Jend jend :P 

Then pas FA, dia bilang ke anak2 FA : tanya deh dia kemana... tanya deh.....heh...ngeselin tau gak :P Gini neh orang banyak leave and banyak duit. Yg segera gw correct : banyak leave, duit ga banyak....tapi gw terima semua kata2 nubuatan dengan tangan, hati, dan dompet yg terbuka menerima berkat :) amennnn :) HAUHEUHAUEUH :) luv u jend (kebalikan dari jendluvu)

One happy dysfunctional family

Di suatu hari jumat yang mendung kelabu, bombie pun ber-whatsapp-an sm Depot, teman jalan jumatnya yg setia en temen rumahnya juga : 

B : Depotttttt, dimanakah dikau ??? hohohoh :)
D : Udah di Blok 418 Serangoon bomb (Red : markas kite). Kenape ? 
B : WAH !!!!! CEPAT SEKALI DIKAU !! hoho :P Gw mo pulang juga neh, mo nitip apa dari NEX ga ? mari makan2 :P 

singkat cerita sampelah bombie di NEX, beli makanan en cemilan, dan sampe di markas. Sampe di rumah bombie pun bertanya : Fabio mana ? Tumben ga ada di rumah. Fabio adalah hozmates bombie and Depot. Recently Fabio lagi nyari kerjaan so for most of the time he's at home. Dan ktk dia ga di rumah hari itu, penghuni rumah pun bertanya, sambil setengah celebrate en say: YAY ga ada Fabio. Jangan2 baru kita ngomong bentar eh dia pulang lagi. haha..

Ketlek2, suara pintu berbunyi ennn.... bener aja si Boss pulank :P HAHA !! Fabio pulang, ambil his royal position di singgasana kebesaran dia, while bombie and Depot duduk di fave spot masing masing.  They wander through TV channels puter2, ga ketemu channel bagus, puter terus, sambil sibuk di HP and laptop masing2. 

Jam 9, ketlek2... suara pintu bunyi lagi. This time around, Catherine pulang. Ga nahan, bombie pun comment : wedehh...tumben pada jadi anak baek2 smua hari ini.... hari jumat malem jam 9 semua udah pada di rumah duduk rapih... auw auw :P (jadi inget Maharani kl pake kata auw auw) 

Begitulah cerita singkat dr sebuah hari jumat of 418 Serangoon Central, dimana para penghuninya mengakui that they are one happy dysfunctional family. Dysfunctional karena kita memang bukanlah family by blood, karena itulah we are dysfunctional as a family. Happy adalah statement yg kita declare karena emang kita ga berantem, ga banting2 pintu, ga teriak2-an or jambak jambakan.. 

In short, di dalam keadaan kita yang jauh dari our blood family and tanah air betass ( jamak ceritanya)....we are happy to live where we are... having dysfunctional conversation over living room that sounds like this: 

Fab : Delivery yukz !!
Dep : YUKZZZZ !!!!
Fab : *stunned !!* gilaaa !! Cepet banget respondnya !! Biasanya  mikir2 dulu :P haha
Dep : lapeeerrrrrrr  gw !!!!

conversation pun berlanjut dengan keputusan sbb: 
Fab : Ga jadi deh !! Kemaren dinner gw makan crab .... feel so guilty :P
Dep : GRRRRRR !!!! ngeselin amat seh ini anak..... dia yg nanya dia yg cancel
Bie : Ini kita yah dari minggu lalu discuss mo makan di NEX. Giliran udah pada siap, bubar semua ga jadi ke NEX. Eh terus sekarang delivery juga ga jadi ....susah amat mo makan
Fab : Eh eh eh....iyah NEX, minggu lalu kita ga jadi makan dim sum, jadi kapan kita dim sum neh ??
Bie & Dep : *ga sabar* YG PENTING SEKARANG MAKAN APA DULU DEHHHH !!!! *kelaperan anger*

Dan ketika akhirnya decision has been made buat ta pao martabak and prata dari bawah HDB:
Fab : ya udah gw mandi dulu
Bie : HAAA?????  ngapain mandi dulu ???? u look presentable :P pls Fab, cuman beli martabak di bawah...u're going for a date ...adddddoooooooww
Fab : Ini rambut keluar2... (nunjuk rambut belakang yg udah pendek en jauh dari yg namanya keluar keluar dalam definisi wanita) 

Bie & Dep : *facepalm....* 

demikianlah rumah tangga kami di 418 serangoon central.... 
we are happily dysfunctional :P 
and we call this home away from home

bombie {=^o^=}

Juz sayin

When you know you're not exactly the best, but yet you're certainly one of the better ones, and people still demands moreeeee....out of you...like ur good is not enuff....but they acknowledge that you are good enough....u just can do better !! Really ????? This feeling....Sucks! When's good enough ever gonna really be...good enough without a demand for getting better ? At least for now I kinda...had enough !! bie {=^o^=}