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The 1 week Israel trip that I mentioned cancelled before, has been replaced by my sudden decision to go to....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^=}

aih... ih... ih

So... 
Final conclusion, no Israel this year...*sob sob

Setelah sekian banyak bedebat (di otak, bedebat with myself....) mikir, timbang2..... gw putuskan kalau pergi Israel bareng anak TLG taon depan akan lebih asyik banding pergi sendiri taon ini. 

Lalu otak gw pun bekerja dengan giat suddenly dari semalem buat cari tempat short term holiday baru, yg bisa dipergiin sendiri, aman, keluar idup2, en...bahagia :) Kalau mau drama neh (saaaahhh... ikutan anak ababil kemaren ah....lol) I felt like sth's missing dengan ilangnya Israel trip ini....

So kepikirlah gw on a place.... katakanlah : neverland. Tiba2 gw so amped up !!! Yeah !! I should go there !! Dgn semangat gw research kanan kiri2 on the flight, hotel deals.. tanya2 those ppl who has been there... going there...is there... 

But one thing is daunting: visa is needed. En for the fact that gw mo pergi di bulan2 deket gini.....(emang ini otak koslet semalem....sudden decision & feel good somehow...haha)......gw cukup worry that I couldn't get a visa in time... 

Dan....biar kata gw semangat pergi jg, yg namanya jalan2 perlu duit gimana pun jg tul ? Byk duit tepatnya....jadi ga bisa dunk gw suddenly decide aja LET'S GO !! 

Niwei intermezzo. Ini my colleague's FB status:

Maybe one day, I would construct my life into a calm, uncomplicated, and solitary pursuit. For now, my desires for heart stopping adventures and whirlwind romances remains. I do not need lectures on life. I'm 25 and recklessness is my rights

I don't necessarily agree with her posting.....but I do agree being young and reckless was such a great privilege to be enjoyed......so I probably reasoned that my sudden decision is me wanting to extend my being reckless, careless, and carefree....the privilege of singleton :P hehehe :P

Niwei back to travelling matter : so by the time otak gw berhasil deduct a conclusion dr flow chart of options , pros , and cons.... utk pergi atau ga... bisa jadi udah ga ada waktu buat apply visa... yg bikin gw berpikir : aih... enak bener jadi Singaporean yah ? I need this kind of passport buat support my random sudden decision......which I foreseen will be alot more in the future :P haha ...

ktk gw nekat, kepepet, ga mikir panjang, fall in deep love, en kedorong adrenaline : gw beli rumah ..haha...
ktk gw butek sama SG & all the fun hard work of Nasi Boengkoes and many weddings planning in 2009 : gw decide buat pergi US sendiri....
ktk Israel ga kesampean en dd gw offer buat temenin jalan2, en suddenly my other 2 cousins can join : untuk pertama kalinya kita ber 4 randomly, suddenly and in a manner of less than a week, decided to book a trip to hongkong in November nanti. Bertaon taon kita ngomongin travel bareng ga pernah kesampean, eh now.... jeng jeng !!! Voila !! DONE !! less than a week.... flights + hotels book !

That's the beauty of random sudden twist decision :P 

hm....andai PP ijo kita punya super power buat jalan2 kayak PP merah red dot island ini....just so that we can be more random & sudden :P 

at this point of time gw bisa bilang : I envy Lydia Sista :) HEHEHEHEH :P

bombie {=^o^=}

Ya amplop ababil be ge te !!

Okay....let me admit that I'm one of those people yg kl emang there's a chance for me to be not known as Indonesian, especially by another Indonesian yg lalu lalang di Orchard terutama, I'd rather be not known as orang Indo. 

Tp somehow spt layaknya orang indo laen yg dah lama di SG, gw cukup cepet identify other indonesians around. I mean, keliatan deh dari cara pake bajunya, cara jalannya.... semua cara caranya lah .....spt kata gua : mereka berbau Indo. Esp, rambut sarang lebahnya tante2 Indo di Paragon, plus make up tebelnye, and birkin-nye. Yg satu itu seh udah identifier paling jelas dah yah ...hahaha....typical :P 

And for what I've learnt so far, statistik membuktikan kl gw cukup blend in as non indonesian. Yah apapun yg mereka pikir, slm kl di sekitar orang indo yg ga tau gw indo, gw ga disangka indo ajah, beresh dah :) Kl liat dandanan gw nan lanchai...harusnya gw pass as non indo :P HAHA !!

So hr ini abis latian nari, gw bakalan dinner at my aunt's house di trendale as usual. Gw kepikir buat beliin Bon Chon. Jadi dari Novena, gw ke Ion dulu. Nah, orang Indo di SG yg demen makan Bon Chon pasti tau bener kl antrian bon chon itu penuh nuh nuh....sama orang Indo. Ga mungkin u miss out. Pst ada minimal 1 orang indo ngantri/ makan disana. 

Begitu pula hari ini. So this group of ppl :

(yg off course ga gw liat tampang2nya gimana, as I was trying to blend in as Singaporean only to realize that today gw pake kaos bertuliskan gede2 : Mencari Putri the musical.....gagal sudah kamuflase gw)

mereka ngantri di belakang gw. Ga tau brp orang, for sure ada satu couple (anak muda. Muda being late teens, early 20-ies), ceweknya terusss terussss terusssssssaaaaaaaannnnn berkoar koar demikian dari antrian msh 2.5 meter, sampe antriannya jadi 0.5 meter sajah : 

Si cewek : Gw makan apa yah ? 3 piece drumstick plus rice ? Apa ayam aja ? yg berapa biji yah ayamnya ? Set ga yah ? Ada apa yah di setnya ? Eh....ada katsu !!! Enak ga yah burger katsunya ? Apa gw itu aja yah ? Eh .....ada seafood box jg !! Ah ya udah gw seafood box aja, tp ga mo prawn nya. Bisa tuker ga yah ? Eh tapi gua abis ga yah nanti ? Hm....Eh cuman ada apa aja seh di sea food box nya ? Loe pernah makan ga ? Enak ga ? hm...jadi mikir....Eh ... tapi keliatannya burger katsunya enak juga... hm.... apa burger katsu aja kali ya ? Loe makan apa jadinya ? Apa gw itu juga yah ? Kita beli sini apa makan bungkus ? Aduuh.....gw bingung neh

and on ....and onnnn....aaaannnnddddd......oooooooonnnnnnnnn 

kl gw ga civilized: gw pengen balik badan en teriak : SHUDDUPPPP !! Those train of thoughts should just be mention in your head and not on and on and onnnnnnnnnnnn...... to others' ears..... 
karena gw ga bisa teriak, gw cuman liat depan and roll my eyes (toh mereka di belakang gw) giving the kind of look that has "Thus I never have any wonderful moment growing up as teen in Indo as I have too many 'Ah Be Go' mates then....and globalization does nothing to change these "Ababil" phenomenon till date....they still exist if not makin ruarrr biasa unbelievable" written all over my face. Seriously, ini cuman ayam Bon Chon leh girl.... no big deal gurl ......adaoooowww :P 

Sampe akhirnya terakhir : she ask her friend (another cewek) yg by then udah diem en ga ladenin dia lagi : 

Si cewek : Jadi gimana neh, gw makan katsu burger atau chicken rice box yah ? 
The (very clever) friend : WHATEVER LAH !!! 

OH YEAH !! I love you friend !! 

Guess what ? Dia lanjut blabberingnya to her boyfriend....auhehuaea ...kasian sang boyfren :P wakakaka....  mungkin cowoknya udah ambil vow : for better or worse, for quieter or cereweter, for good mood or PMS-sy mood.... I shall love u....

Finally ...... sampe akhirnya giliran gw, gw pesan ayam dengan cepat, and I walk away dengan amat cepat too, to avoid hearing this amazing girl :P 


bombie {=^o^=}

A very long blabbering

So today is August 20th, liburan kedua di bulan Agustus.

Biasanya kl liburan gini enaknya nganggur doang right ? Just males2an the whole day, makan tidur nonton, makan lagi, tidur lagi, nonton lagi .... 

But not today...out of the sudden (kemaren).....I felt like sibukin diri sendiri today (not that 2012 hasn't been busy) So I came up with a plan to do the following : 

1> bersih2 kamar and laundry (yang emang udah gua push to do sampe senen, biasanya weekend)

2> while doing so, ambil foto buat posting about cleaning home

3> make drinks (u'll see later)

4> and as usual fulfill my fetish appetite for make up

5> and the most important of them all...... fire all my thoughts that I've been wanting to blog about... 

And all that thots are coming here .... so hang on coz this is gonna be a longggggg posting :P 

Jadi ceritanya....minggu lalu gua reached a point of : fed up, "fu****-up" (pardon the language), mentally  beaten up.....and so..... I was pushed to a point of....giving up.... 

Tired....capek.... tired of fighting, of the non stop demands to be a better person, to keep being positive, to keeping up with the tectonic shifts my work place & my life brings in 2012.... capek.... 

I really felt like giving up on 3 longest race I'm still running so far... guess for yourself what they are... I really just wanna quit these races.... 

So... gw sering insomnia kl depressed. Badan capek tapi pikiran ga mo rest. I'm sure u've experienced them in your life.... And so malem itu gw insomnia lagi. Puter kanan puter kiri, told my brain to stop thinking, just go to sleep, pipis, coba tidur lagi, pipis lagi....coba tidur lagi...all done with accompaniment of tears all da way.... well, dah lama I didn't have such "teenage tears" moment and like I always say : Thank God for tears! I think it's the best "letting go invention" ever created. And thank Jesus for associating tears with women.... 

Jadi dalam keputus asaan gw of my tiring life then yang bahkan buat tidur aja...the simplest thing a human can do....susah....kepikirlah gw that maybe this is a good time to write a song, you know ? 

Those songs where the lyrics are close to this kind : 

"Have you ever feel like giving up ? Where everything you wish to happen just never happen ? Where life just seems to go against you? And no one seems to struggle as hard as you? You feel so alone, as everyone else are standing just against you.

Well this is life. Shit happens, so just keep fighting on, coz you are not the only one fighting so hard just to hang on. Keep pressing on and you'll be amazed how much you can actually take on. And in the end you'll find yourself stronger, better, a fighter, and most importantly you are not alone in this fight you're fighting on. Things never happened without any good reason. And you'll finally see, there's a hero lies in you..uuu...uuu" 

and blah ....blah.... blah....*text di atas bukanlah lagu yg sebenernya....hanya lampiasan marahan gw belaka*

You know ? Those songs ? Like :  Hero by Mariah Carey, There can be miracle by Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston, Stay the same by Joe Mac Intre (spelling need to be confirmed), and the most recent one : Stronger by Kelly Clarkson

Those songs that ask you to do just that : hang on, pressing on, fight on.... and for most of the time the conclusion of the song is YOU ARE STRONGER THAN WHAT YOU THINK YOU ARE !! 

And that night: I just want to say that those songs are really Bu**sh**s !! (marah neh ceritanya) Coz you know what ? No.... in the end I always find out that I'm not stronger than what I think am.... and No.... contrary to what you the songs says that every disappointment might make one person stronger, better, wad-ever.... they forgot to mention that they don't happen costless. There's full cost involved : scars in the heart, which seriously don't make you feel any better, if not tired .....and mostly....felt totally like ....giving up ! Fed up !!

So no, I'm not stronger or better, nor have I become a fighter !! And you know what ? I am alone (matter of factly....karena emang gw sendirian di kamar ).

So gw pikir, apa gw coba bangun and pen a song that says the truth that " Life's really suck sometimes ! And no, you're not getting stronger trust me" Kali aja gw bisa jadi song writer and reap up a fortune out of this ? Gw cukup yakin byk successful song writer jg started coz they have sucky life :P haha !! Yah perpaduan antara hyung hyung kecapean, mentally & physically, plus jam yg terus bergerak nearer to wake up time bikin gw mikir that I probably should write a different kind of song that says "I'm not strong enough".....sampe gw sadar lagi that.....there is such song :

"I know I'm not strong enough to be, everything that I'm supposed to be, I give up,  I'm not strong enough..... Hand of mercy wont you cover me, Lord right now I'm asking you to be, strong enough, just strong enough, for the both of us" 

Damn...there's goes my $$ !! haha !! And the song is well written and sounds super good too...sooo....no writing song then. I decided to take warta BCS and read all the articles written....till past 2 am and I'm finally asleep..... so....there goes one of my sleepless night...

And I'm still not stronger, nor am I a better fighter....so I will follow the song and rely on the hands of mercy to cover the imperfect me.

Now let's talk about sport... 

Growing up, subject of sports doesn't really come close to my life. Yah bokap gw seh sll berusaha bikin gw jadi sporty through badminton dan yg lain2nya. Most probably coz badan gw yg cukup "bongsor" alias kata gendut, en pelajaran  O.R (Olah Raga) di Indo is almost not fun. Ya mo gimana yak...maen Kasti gw takut kegebok, lari keliling SDK XII gw udah kayak Sapi di drag keliling Taman Safari, maen basket takut kena bola di kacamata gw yg minus 8 waktu itu, maen Volley tenaga gw kegedean tiap kali serve selalu keluar bolanya, sikap lilin, handstand, headstand gw kagak bisa.... dan yg lain lain lainnya dah. Gw cuman suka kl kita ambil nilai SKJ, ambil nilai modern dance (hebat yah Indo yg ginian masuk pelajaran olah raga), tiger roll, front roll back roll, and ambil nilai renang. 

Yg paling gw sebel ? Apalagi kl bukan : ambil nilai lari !! Gila bete abish dah kl udah ini subject.... so who can ever tell that setelah 30 taon gw idup, gw suka bener lari sekarang, and the distance goes longer and longer ? Gw suka jalan... that's a fact... tapi run ? Not in my wildest dream :) Wad starts my hobby ? My company run last year...To be honest, wad happened last year was... I was quite surprised that I can finish that distance they set in less than 1 hour and I'm not that tired. From then on, gw coba untuk belajar jogging... and now I'm loving it...kinda addicted to running ...haha :P  

Looking back, my fitness indeed has increased in the past 10 years ever since gw ditaroh di negara Singa ini. Mulai dari jadi dancer di BCS, then to be involved in musical dance followed by a series of dance classes (some are really life (and body & muscle) changing), to running now. Gw...sedikit nyesel that I'm only a little bit sporty di umur segini.....than dari kecil...but no time for regrets and nobody to blame. My father did his best to plan the interest on me, but .... well some ppl are late bloomers...like me :) ... so I promise myself... if one day gw punya a chance to have a family... I will make sure we are a SPORTY, DANCY, SINGY family !! Marooks haha :P 

Lanjut to the third topic: 

It's about perfect time ! I here believe that only God has a perfect timing for everything. It was proven again last week. Ceritanya ada seorang client yg terbang dari negara jauh yg beda time zone sama kita. Dia sampe di SG jam 3.50 PM sore. Dr jauh2 hari dia udah book mo ambil duit sebesar .....besar dah pokoknya....hihi :P Dia cuman di SG beberapa jem aja. Di hari yg sama jam 10 malem dia terbang out of SG. Jd waktu dia very limited en very mepet to our cashier's closing time which is 5 PM. 

That day, gw monitor abis pesawat dia. Dia mendarat jam 3.45 PM, 5 mins earlier than scheduled. I'm crossing finger that dia bisa arrive on time. Gw call the cashier minta tolong mereka extend the closing time to wait for this client coz ini client terbang dr tempat yg jauuuhhh bener. So cashier kasih gw time limit jam 5.15 PM. 

Jam 4.15 gw berhasil telpon sang client, en dia bilang dia udah di imigrasi (adooowww masih di imigrasi, padahal mendarat dari jam 3.45 PM). For the whole 45 mins sampe jam 5PM, gw beneran ga bisa concen kerja nungguin si client. In between telpon cashier nego nego jam lagi....ga bisa tetep 5.15 paling telat. Deket2 jam 5, gw mulai telponin lagi si client en guess wad ? No reception  !!(bukan HP SG indeed). Non stop gw telpon dia sampe jam 5.10....ada kali 20 telp. Semua HP dia yg ada dr negara manapun gw telponin...en masih ga keangkat...seriously jantung gw udah lebih cepet daripada waktu nungguin roller coster di USS (padahal ga pernah ngantri si roller coaster emang....hihihih). By then gw  udah bahasa roh aja, only God's miracle yg bisa bawa client gw sampe in 5 minutes....gw cuman mikir... wad can 5 minutes do right ? 

5.14 PM, msh ga masuk HP nya !! OMG!! .... gw nyerah jg akhirnya, gw telpon Boss gw yg lagi cuti hamil, discuss gimana bagusnya kita handle this matter kl2 si client dateng jam 5.20 / 5.25 en kena rejected by the cashier. 

While gw masih discussing, yg gw cukup yakin another minute has gone by,which mean itu udah jam 5.15 PM, tiba2 receptionist telp and THE CLIENT HAS ARRIVED !! TADAA !!! 5.15 PM. DOT !! PHEWWWWW !!!!! Wad can 5 minutes do ? It can change your life... just like 1 second can change the life of Korean fencing athlete in London 2012. 

However, I'm also on a mixed feeling about it. On one side I'm fully relieved and thanking God, and amazed the He can answer on the RIGHT EXACT time. On another side I prayed that in my life He will not make me wait till 5.15 PM for all my struggles. My heart cant take it as it rather bears the fear of riding a roller coaster. Haha :P 

Now on Indonesia. 

Jd tgl 17 kemaren ulang taon negara kite yg ke, 67 :) En tgl 18 kemaren ada acara di YRC, TLG Freshmen welcome. That day team PW nyanyi "Bagi bangsa ini, kami berdiri, dan membawa doa kami kepadaMU. Sesuatu yg besar, pasti terjadi, dan mengubahkan negeri kami. Hanya namaMu Tuhan ditinggikan, atas seluruh bumi" 

You know I'm not the biggest fans/ devoter/ lover of Indonesia. Gw cukup tau kl  at this point of time gua most probably ga akan balik untuk idup di Indo. Gw ga ngerti kenapa though, when I heard that song, I start to sob. Sobbing & praying for Indonesia, after 11 years. The last time I prayed & fasted for our country was on 2001. Since then, I kinda lost hope for our country. Feeling kinda distance. And I know that I never revived anymore hope for Indonesia. 

But that evening I'm affirmed : there is hope for Indonesia, for our hope is in God and not in men. Lastly, I'm affirmed : deep down this heart can't never be taken away, from Indonesia. God bless my country !! 

So that's all....my blah blah for last week...

Sekarang, time to show wad I do today : 

Start with drinks. So gw mo coba bikin milk tea with earl gray tea + sugar + milk + ice, put them together to shaker, and tadaaaa....

The results. Yg kiri more earl gray, yg kanan more milk. Good ? Not really !! hahaha :) Ga boleh pake milk yg ini kayaknya, harus yg lebih creamy lagi. Tp ntar jadi teh tarik malah.. haha :) Good attempt indeed. 

Sekarang about bersih2. So today, gw mo nyapu ngepel kamar. Here is my best friend when it comes to cleaning all the hairs on the floor. Jadi ini adalah roller buat bulu binatang yg dijual di IKEA. Bisa beli yang kayak ginian dimanapun benernya, just that gw tau yang di IKEA bisa di refill aja, and murah :P heheh. This is very useful for me along the week, to not only pick those hairfalls,  but also the light dust yg suka terbang2 ga karuan. Jadi kamar gw terjaga bersih rapih ciamik

  

This is how you peel the sheet after use, to get a new sticky sheet. 

 

And now, to clean the whole house, I will always start with this. This magiclean wiper can be found anywhere in NTUC. Harga sekitar 21 dollar and you can get the stick and 2 dry sheets & 2 wet sheets for trial. Sebelon gw mulai nyapu, I will always start my cleaning house routine with it, as it traps all the lightweight dust that will become a problem if I straight away start with the broom. Soalnya debu enteng itu bakalan terbang2 ga karuan kl kita langsung nyapu. And this stick, does magic to those dust, so waktu kita mulai nyapu, tinggal debu2 yang berat aja yg perlu disapu. 

Hasil tangkepan debu satu rumah hari ini adalah sebagai berikut : (picture might be disturbing buat yg ga biasa bersih2)

When done, just take off the sheet from the stick, fold it, and throw it in the garbage bin :P 

By the way, this is how we put the sheet in. Masukin ke dalem trappernya yg ada di the cleaning stick. 

 Seharusnya gw show this earlier tapi lupa foto, so here you go. 

What I really like about this stick is that the mob itself is made of rubber. Jadi kl udah buang the dry sheets, you can wash the mob and dry it out. 

And then, di sore hari gw maen2 make up. Mari gw pamerkan 22 sets of make up brush from coastal scents yg gw beli July kemaren kalo ga salah....apa Juni yah ? Somewhere dah...(gilaaa...how time flies).... 

Emang gua bukan make up artist, tp gw demen banget beli make up. Pasang make upnya mah cuman demen on weekend and on kawinan orang. Tp sekali pasang, full blast kayak wayang sometimes. HEHE :P 

Waktu kecil sih centil. Kayanya gw pernah bilang kan kl waktu kecil gw ga mo ke TK kl Mama gw ga mo beliin gw lipstick. When I was young, I really cant wait to wear make up every day when going out. Udah giliran boleh...gw malah MALESH abish :P ahhaha 


I use this base, beli pas Dian dulu masih kerja di Luxasia. It was on sale, kl ga salah jadi 12 bucks deh.

The face after putting the above foundation only. Rambut masih basah en ga jelas.  

 And now the usual gothic make up I always do. Yah gw cuman paling jago kl yg gini ginian deh...kl make up normal gw agak2 susah euy :P 

Dan gw paling suka foto2 yang ini. Contrast cahayanya en kesan misteriousnya... (muji diri sendiri sebelon di comment).... 

And so....there goes my busy monday holiday :) 

Time to rest soon. Before that I'm gonna set myself another drink. U'll shall see the drink on next posting. 

bombie {=^o^=}