..lebaran sebentaaar lagiii *nyanyi lagu bimbo*..hihi..enak banget sih yang pada mudik untuk berlebaran sama keluarga nya...gue nggak pernah tuuh ngalamin gimana hebohnya bermudik ria itu..maklum lah nggak punya kampung sih...*betawi asli niihh*...jadi lebaran ya di jakarta jakarta aja...dan yang paling enak kalo lagi lebaran itu..jakarta sepiiii..jalanan lancar selancar lancarnya.pokonya tenang banget deh. Anyway buat yang mudik...hati hati di jalan yaahh..dan buat semuanya Happy Idul Fitri..mohon maaf lahir dan batin..=)
The people here believed that last friday night was THE night, the night of power..the night of honour and dignity. The Masjid opened all night long ..it was soo crowded..good thing we were all prepared for that..udah sewa valet service segala, hire some cops..and we even rented a shuttle to transport people from the park to the Masjid because a lot of people parked their cars in the park across the street since we wouldn't have enough space at our own parking lot. and we had a fundraising dinner before the taraweh, the committee was expecting to raise about $30000 that night...and guess what..they raised about half a million..wayyy beyond their wildest dreams....hats off to them....
I didn't do anything special this weekend..just sitting around being lazy at home. Finished off The Red Diary by Moammar Emka and pleasee...do yourself a favor and use that Rp25000 for something useful rather than buying this nggak penting book. Beneran deh bukunya nggak penting banget. Gue bacanya juga kebanyakan di skip soalnya banyak banget puisi puisi nggak jelas dan percakapan2 sms yang begitu begitu aja. Pokonya nggak jelas deh..nggak ada naik turunnya *aduh mo ngomong apa sih han??*..pokonya baca buku itu datar aja nggak membikin kita carried away with the story gitu. But i still managed to finish the book though..cause that's me..somehow i was taught since I was a kid to finish everything that i've started *berani memulai berani mengakhiri..lhoo apa sih kok jadi dangdut gini*...jadi kalo ngerjain apa2 ya harus di selesain..jangan setengah setengah. I also finished off Akar by Dewi Lestari over the weekend, in one go...I like her first book better than this one..i'm not saying this one is bad...bagus siih..tapi kurang bisa relate aja sama tokoh nya si Bodhi itu...dan juga agak2 nggak ngerti dengan hubungan spesial yang dia punya dengan Kell (or is it kerl?) sesama backpacker yang ketemu di Thailand. Trus gaya cerita nya si Dee di buku ini enggak menggunakan tanda petik (") untuk menandakan suatu percakapan..jadinya sempet bingung juga pertama nya.
Now i'm reading Biru by Fira Basuki..i have a feeling i'm gonna like it..i always like her book..simply because the storyline always about everyday life dengan karakter yang banyak di temukan di sekitar kita..so it's easier for me to visualize it...bahasa yang di pake juga bahasa sehari hari yang nggak jelimet. So i guess i'm off to read her book now......later!
for some reason i couldn't get back to sleep after sahur this morning..i guess part of it was because of the tea i had and also because of the acrobatic moves my baby always seems to perform whenever I'm about to sleep. So i've been awake since 4 in the morning...i was a bit sleepy when the clock hit 6 o'clock but then my alarm went off not long after that..*sigh*..time to get up and smell the monday morning weather!!!..I don't know how i'm going to function today..i guess i'll just be cranky all day long....*beware people*..teeheee....
On a happier note though...new gallery is installed *YAY*...thanks to my mastah, Thomas yang udah sabar banget ngajarin dan bantuin ngutak ngatik. I love this new gallery system..making uploading and managing images a lot easier.....
Aaahh akhirnya sampe rumah juga, home sweet home. Work was hectic today..as usual but it was more bearable to me cause i had the whole office all by myself since my manager was not around, today is her day off..that's why i always love wednesday especially since we're not in a good term nowadays. I am not speaking with her..biarin aja, abis jadi orang nyebelin banget sih.
Waktu gue pertama dateng buat submit resume gue juga udah bingung ngeliat orang itu....kok jutek amat??..tapi setelah kerja bareng sebenernya sih dia baik baik aja, cuma emang suka jelek adatnya gitu, tapi gue sih cuek aja..abis emang dia orangnya begitu..mau di apain lagi. Tapi nggak ngerti kenapa nih dua minggu belakangan ini dia jadi moody banget, emang sih kerjaan lagi banyak banyaknya tapi ya nggak usah bagi bagi stress gitu dong. Nah yang bikin gue kesel nih, minggu lalu tau tau dia bilang sama gue kalo gue nggak boleh nerima telfon di cell phone lagi during office hours. Padahal, gue kalo nerima telfon paling dari dendre aja..emang sih bisa 3-4 kali sehari..but that's not even last one minute...cuma nanya lagi ngapain atau nanya entar mo di jemput di mana bla bla bla atau nanya sesuatu yang emang perlu di tanyain pas saat itu. Ya namanya juga hidup berumah tangga *ceilee* ada aja lah urusannya, nanya bill ini itu, atau insurance kek atau nomer credit card atau urusan tetek bengek lagi lainnya. Pokonya nggak pernah ngobrol ngobrol di telfon lah, paling kalo nanya juga cuma beberapa detik and that's it! dan gue kalo lagi nerima telfon yya sambil nerusin kerjanya juga, jadi nggak ganggu sama sekali, and i use my own phone..bukan telfon kantor..kalo telfon kantor kan masih make sense lah nggak boleh. Makanya gue nyolot banget pas dia bilang gitu. Dia tuh disini tinggal sendiri, bener2 single fighter...all of her families are in Thailand, trus dia juga yang nggak ada temennya disini, she's in her mid thirties, belum kawin dan nggak punya pacar. Ya nggak heran sih nggak punya cowo...orang juga males lah liat mukanya yang sepet melulu..*jahat*. Makanya dia kayanya nggak ngerti how it's like being in my shoes.
Ya udah sejak itu gue jadi sebel aja, udah gitu dia yang bilang.."i really need you to speed up your work" padahal kemaren kemaren dia yang sering bingung kok gue ngerjain apa apa cepet banget and i do think that i am very productive at work dan terakhir2 juga nggak yang slacking off gitu, kok dia bisa bisanya ngomong gitu??. Tadi ada lagi kejadian yang nyebelin, kan yang punya kunci ruangan cuma gue, dia, the school principal and executive committee, but she took my key last month and gave it to the election committee, karena mereka tiap malem harus nge check ballot yang berdatengan sampe bulan depan when the election is over. Biasanya kalo dia lagi off, gue pinjem kuncinya si kepala sekolah ini..tapi tadi dia ada meeting di luar, jadi kuncinya di bawa. I called her *my manager* a couple of times but she didn't pick up the phone....nyebelin deh, gue udah minta bikinin kunci duplikat dari kemaren kemaren nggak di bikinin..tanggung katanya bulan depan juga kuncinya bakalan di balikin. Akhirnya gue terpaksa telfon executive committe nya dan minta tolong salah satu dari mereka untuk dateng dan bukain...kan nggak enak ganggu ganggu orang, and this is not the first time it happened to me, sebulan yang lalu juga pernah. I was stuck for an hour outside this morning..aturan udah bisa nyelesain banyak task..jadi keteteran deh, dan lagi kan banyak telfon masuk..orang kan jadi bakalan mikir kalo gue nggak masuk hari itu..atau males ngangkat telfon...=(
Hihi..ini gue lagi bulan puasa malah ngomongin orang...biarin deh gue nggak puasa ini...hihi. Abisan bener bener lagi gondok banget sih and i just have to let it out of my system. Waktu hari senen kemaren di kantor juga enak..soalnya dia nggak ada...sakit, waktu nelfon suaranya udah kaya orang mo mati gitu..dia nih kerjaannya sakiiitt mlulu..mungkin karena hatinya nggak bahagia kali yaa *apa sih?*..jadi dikit dikit sakit. Dia udah kerja di sini 6 taun..sebenernya banyak yang sebel sama dia..tapi karena dia bener2 satu satunya yang nge handle foundation ini, yang tau segala urusannya dari a sampe z...jadi orang juga nggak bisa apa apa, cause we need her. Tapi banyak juga yang ngedukung dia sih...soalnya kerjaannya emang bagus, perfectionist, reliable and very well organized. Cuma aja she's not a people person..jadi orang di BT in terus sama dia.
Oh well..ya udah lah biarin aja..let see sampe kapan gue mo ngomong lagi ama dia..hehe..
DESCRIBE YOUR
Wallet – a worn out Jones New York wallet that i've owned for a couple of years now..it's bulky, has a lot of card slots, a picture slot, coins compartment, etc. I've been wanting to replace it but haven't found the one that i like
Hairbrush – I don't know..but it's black with rubber pad and nylon pins...I don't really brush my hair that much except right after I washed it, somehow it looks more manageable untouched...
Toothbrush – a blue oral B crossaction vitalizer
Pillow cover – greenish-grey, i got it from ikea
Blanket – the same set with the pillow cover with some beige lines
Coffee cup – don't have a fave one, i'll grab the first cup/mug that i spotted
Sunglasses - a big square frame with dark brown lenses
Underwear – boy short or low rider
Shoes – no high heels until January
Favorite top – my plain tiny tees
Cologne/Perfume – I have a lot..but my signature scent is W eau de parfum from Banana Republic
CD in stereo right now – Coldplay, Padi, Limp Bizkit, Danniel Benningfield.
Piercing – just ears (nose has closed up but thinking of getting it repierced!)
What you are wearing now – a dark blue athletic pants with drawstring and a grey tiny tee
Hair - shoulder length
Makeup – None currently...i've removed them all and put on some night serum
In my mouth – nothing..midnite snacking is not a choice for me..my allowance is 4 pounds a month!!
In my head – the list of baby stuff we need to buy that I just created
Wishing – for the weekend to go by very sloooowwwwlllyyyy and for the baby to shift position so he doesn't use my bladder as a trampoline...
After this – heading to bed
The last thing you ate – spicy home made fried rice and tempe goreng tepung for dinner
Something that you are deathly afraid of - losing the people i love..=(
Do you like candles – yes yes..they are everywhere in my apt.
Do you like the taste of blood - hey what do you think i am..a dracula??
Do you believe in love – yes
Do you believe in soul mates – uh huh...
Can you eat with chopsticks – yes..but not really good at it though...
Errggh...the manager is ngeBT-in total hari ini...i know it's monday..but r.e.l.a.x..i hate moody people and i hate them even more when they start being annoying and creating bad vibes..as if it is our fault they are in one of their mood swings....
Sebenernya trick or treat itu kapan sih? Semalem atau nanti malem??..soalnya semalem ada yang ngetok pintu apt2 gue dua kali…tapi nggak kita buka sih..soalnya kalo ternyata anak2 kecil pada minta permen kan kasian..kita nggak punya permen..cause we thought the trick or treat is tonight..and since we’re not gonna be home anyway..jadinya ya nggak perlu nyiapin permen. Halloween taun ini rada beda dari taun2 sebelumnya….why?..cause it’s freaking hot in here..biasanya kan kalo Halloween udah dingin dan udah pake baju tebel tebel..tapi sekarang?..i even turned the air conditioner on in my car this morning…seharian ini bakalan panas banget deh, orang2 aja tadi lari pagi pake tank top and shorts…bagus lah kalo panas lagi cause that means I don’t have to worry about buying new *and BIG/maternity* winter clothes just yet..
Just received my grades yesterday....i got an A for the business law..woohooo….but I got a freaking B plus on the class that I was so sure I would get an A..well I got As for both of the exams and I did really good on the final project, makanya nyebelin banget deh kok bisa dapet B, I emailed my prof right away to make an appointment with her and she seemed so out of reach and suggested me to come by her office sometimes next week?..i don’t want to see her next week I want to see her now..So I went to her office yesterday but her secretary told me to make an appointment first bla bla bla padahal she’s there in her office and only a few steps away from me..and all I asked is for her to spare her few minutes..so her secretary went back and forth delivering message from me and her..and I insisted that I wanted to see her right then and there..hehe..i can be so annoying when my mind is set on something, so she finally gave up and let me in. So I asked her about my final project..she said I did really good and the only thing that hurt my grade was my poor attendance…WTF??!..she must’ve mistaken me with somebody else…cause I’ve only missed 1 class session out of the 8 class sessions..and there’s no freaking way one absence could downgrade my grade to one level...when I asked her if I could see her attendance record she said she didn’t have it handy with her and said she’ll look over it again tomorrow and change my grade to A if she’s been miscalculating it or something. So we’ll see next week..if she doesn’t change my grade..i’ll definitely report this to the dean!!..what is she thinking messing up with my GPA……
So I wasn’t a happy champers yesterday morning..but was back to my happy mood after spending some quality time at Sephora..hehe…got out the store with Laura Mercier Lip Gloss, Nars Blush, Sephora Lipstick and MAC Holidazzle Eye Pallettes..woohoo…it’s another proof that retail therapy is indeed the best therapy out there..!!..:P
I just ordered a bunch of picture for prints from 3 different online digital photo printing last week. Photoworks.com rocks..I placed the order on monday and it's arrived in my doorstep on wednesday, using their regular shipping method, and my first 24 prints were free...!!. I also ordered from Adorama.com, the quality is the same, they are as good..but in Adorama we can choose either Matte paper or Glossy paper and we can request the white border in each prints if we want, but it took them a week to delivery my order. Ofoto.com is dissapointing...it took the 10 days and the quality is not as good as the first 2 places. the price is the same for the three places, 29 Cents each and it's the cheapest i can find...
Anyway...I’ll be leaving to Chicago tonight after work….have a fabulous weekend peeps…and
HappyHalloween..=)
Hmm apa yah? Kayanya gara2 puasa kok jadi maleess banget nge blog?..padahal sih puasa juga enggak..hihi..hey i did try to fast on the first day, but finally gave up around noon when i started to get dizzy and felt like i had no energy left..I haven't had a chance to try again after that..i'd probably fast during the weekend when i could just stay at home and sit around, lagian sekarang2 ini i don't feel like in my healthiest..soalnya cuacanya lagi nggak jelas..kadang dingin banget, trus tau tau panas lagi..dan anginnya kenceng banget..bikin sakit deh, apalagi kalo pake heater somehow it makes my throat feels yucky...gotta get a humidifier nih, trus matanya juga rasanya nggak enak...kaya pegel2 gitu, idungnya juga agak2 mampet gini..huhu..i just popped a vitamin c..hopefully will get better tomorrow, kalo enggak wahh nggak enak banget..we're going to chicago for the weekend..surely don't want to have a bad trip up north.
Kalo lagi kerja, biarpun nggak puasa juga rasanya tetep aja kaya puasa...well what do you expect..my office is located inside a mosque where everybody fasts..jadi nggak bisa makan seenaknya, minum aja susah..harus celingak celinguk dulu to make sure nggak ada yang liat. Jadi sebelom berangkat harus makan dulu sekenyang kenyangnya....abisnya males kalo keluar lagi buat makan.
Anyway...the NBA season has started..and i'm now back on my comfy couch watching ESPN, and this is actually the only time where i could sit for hours in front of my television. I'm not a big TV person, it's on only for the sake of company..paling nge check news aja atau kalo ada acara2 bagus di discovery channel or something. i've never watch the TV shows like Buffy the vampire, Smallville, Dawson Creek, The Bachelor, Will & Grace, Survivor...etc..I sometimes watch Friends and Sex and the city, but not religiously..and that's about it. Makanya kalo udah basketball season seneng banget...akhirnya TV gue kepake juga, hehe. Selain nggak begitu sering nonton TV..i'm also behind when it comes to movie...seneng sih seneng nonton film..tapi sewa dvd aja nonton di rumah, i don't remember when was the last time i went to the cinema...so now you know you ask the wrong person if you ask me who won the oscar last year..hihi..but i could tell you this year NBA draft list..or who made it to final four last season..:P. Oh well...I guess that's why i've never drools on any male celebrities....you will never hear me talking about how hot brad pitt is or how sexy colin farrell is, i can guarantee you that..heehee *with an expection for JERRY YAN tapi yaaa*....:D. I know i'm weird like that sometimes...! Udah ah..enough babbling, LeBron James is on TV..buhbyee...
According to ISNA, there were no moon sighting in North America last night, therefore puasanya baru mulai hari senin besok. I, myself don't know if i would be able to fast during this ramadhan...-well i am afterall 7 months pregnant and permitted not to fast-, but i'll try anyway..if the baby can cooperate with me, i'll fast tapi kalo enggak ya enggak.
So Have a very happy ramadhan everyone..=))
I’m not worry about my telecommunication foundation & management class, I think the A is in my hand..*amin amin amiiinn*..tapi kalo yang business law ini yang agak agak nggak jelas, well first of all I don’t like the class, it is interesting sometimes reading those cases but still I don’t see the point of taking that class..*it’s a core curriculum that’s why I have to take it*, when you’re taking a master’s degree, you just wanna go straight to the point and learn and deal with stuff that are related to your major, it does give you a little benefit to have knowledge on the business law areas though but I don’t think it’s necessary, I just don’t see me dealing with those kinds of stuff in the work environment. Kalo soal ethic2 an sih kayanya if you have a good common sense then you won’t have any problem. Gurunya pikir gue peduli kali Robinson Patman Act isinya tentang apa….. Jadi ya gitu lah, I didn’t take this class seriously at the beginning, but I did put a lot of effort when it was time to do the project but unfortunately….temen se group gue ini nggak bisa di andelin banget. Harusnya kan satu group itu 3 orang, tapi kalo gue Cuma berdua..soalnya yang laen udah 3 – 3 semua..see..this is why you should come at the first class session of the semester, cause that’s when they formed the group. I didn’t come the first day, jadi pas dateng ke session kedua..tinggal satu orang aja yang belom punya group and that left me with no choice. Pertama nya gue happy2 aja se group sama dia..orangnya baik banget, she always come to class after work..with her work suit and everything..jadinya keliatannya professional gitu lah. Tapi seminggu sebelom project nya due gue mulai2 curiga kalo ni orang agak2 nggak beres..ehh bener aja..when the presentation came, kan gue duluan..abis itu dia..she was so unprepared..kerjanya bolak balik kertas melulu..nyari2 note nya dia, udah gitu she didn’t even present the case clearly..and she skipped a whole section..nggak ngerti kenapa tuh tau tau di skip gitu sama dia..i guess she didn’t know what to talk about that section..gila yaaah… Not that I say mine was a masterpiece..it wasn’t perfect or anything, but people could see that I put a lot of effort into it and I know what I’m talking about..Erghh.. this is what I hate about group projects, I hate the idea of letting people take parts of my grade..not that I think I would have done a hell of a better job if it’s done all by myself, but I do care about my grades and I don’t know if others care about theirs as much as I care about mine. Makanya nyebelin banget deh, kayanya dia tau kalo gue agak2 BT, abis itu dia yang ngasih2 alesan kalo her sister just delivered her baby in the morning so she’s been awake all night waiting for her at the hospital.b.la blab la. Ah ya sudah lah….we’ll see how it turns out…
Work has been a breeze..i don’t have that many workload..malahan waktu hari selasa kemaren I didn’t know what to do at work, jadinya malah bisa belajar deh. We have a gourmet bazaar this Sunday, but we have a special committee for that..makanya gue jadi nggak sibuk..Cuma Bantu bantuin dikit aja.
Sebenernya…I didn’t fill my last two weeks with study and study only siih..hihi I managed to squeeze in sometimes to take dendre’s mom and sista around..yang ada emang kebanyakan jalan2nya sih..huehe. More jalan2 to come I guess now that I’m free of school work..and I finally can read those books and magazines she brought for me..YAY…ada Akarnya Supernova, ada Biru nya Fira Basuki, ada Perjalanan Spiritual Selebriti, seratus tokoh, ada Jakarta Undervocer..dll…trus banyak majalah2 juga, dari mulai SWA, A+, Kosmo, dewi, female, male emporium..etc. etc…bisa nonton VCD Andai Ia Tau....life is indeed good once again....=)).
Selain itu juga di bawain baju2 bayi banyak…newborn basic lah yang disini cuma sedikit aja macemnya. Trus juga di bawain kaya gurita, minyak telon *bau khas bayi Indonesia*, pajamas. Trus juga di bawain bantal dan guling bayi beserta bed cover untuk cribnya..wahhh lucu banget deh...disini soalnya nggak ada bantal dan guling bayi, bener2 nggak ada..jadi bayi2 disini ya pada nggak di kasih bantal, makanya gue minta bawain. Trus palingan di bawain blanket2 gitu, dan baju2 bayi yang lucu2 lainnya..hehe..my baby is gonna by STYLIN!. Sekarang udah hampir 27 weeks..meaning bulan depan udah 7 bulan..wahh nggak terasa yaa..it feels like yesterday when I discovered that that line on the magic stick turned blue…kayanya bentar lagi gue bakalan semakin membesar... I think he’s developing Ok inside *I hope he is*, especially now that I’ve been very well fed since his mom is here..hehe. Dia juga tambah sering bergerak..there are times when I feel he is doing a cartwheel inside..but apparently he also has his lazy days…that’s when I couldn’t feel his moves all day long...and sadly, up until now, the baby is still remain nameless…huuhu..poor little baby..it’s hard to find boy’s names..i have a long list of girls names that I like..but I only have 2 list of boys names. Makanya waktu belum tau ce/co nya itu gue pernah bilang ke babynya while rubbing my belly..”little baby…if you’re a girl..you’ll have a name, but if you’re a boy..you may name yourself”..huihihi…whatta great mom banget nggak sih gue...
Ya sudah lah….i’ll update some more later……….
looks like i won't be blogging much for the next two weeks. final week is approaching, i have one project, one presentation and 2 final exam coming up..and there are a lot of other things going on...I need to get my act all together to deliver a top notch work at the end. so until then...take care everyone..=)
note: cold-static.com will still be updated on a daily basis though..so go point your mouse over there...