HANZKY

- I am thankful to be pregnant and still be pregnant..and that as far as I know my baby is healthy and growing right on track, this pregnancy has humbled me in more ways than anyone would think of

- I am thankful for my family who I'm extremely close with, for my wonderful hubby *ehm*..the way God brought us together is a miracle..

- I am thankful for the wonderful friends and everybody who's presence in my life makes it a joy

- Hmm..the list can go on and on down to the very little things *such as thankful that stretchmark is still nowhere in sight, etc etc*, i realized i have a lot to be thankful for..and i'm thankful for that fact..but now i. really. have. to. go.....tadaaa...

Just noticed that i have a full schedule this week...today was just like another monday..work and there were a lot of stuff that had to be done, mainly the database that consist of the people who are going to receive the fitrana money. If the Ied is tomorrow (which is most likely to be tomorrow) then i will pray in the morning at the St. Louis Community College, Forest Park..and then go pick up dendre at work around noon so he can come with me to my dr's appointment at 1.30, after that..dentist appointment is waiting at 3.15 for him..and then i will go straight to class from there all the way until 9. I have to work on wednesday..and go to carbondale right away after work for the basketball game, it's a 2 hours drive from here..so we probably will come back around mid-nite or so. And on thursday..we all gonna go to Springfield (about 1.5 hours away) for Ied open house..and then i have to work the next day...isn't that great that i still have to work on friday during the thanksgiving break?!?!..other people wake up early on that day to snatch some good thanksgiving sale deals at the mall but not me.. i will wake up early to go to work instead..hmm..something is definitely wrong here..*sigh*....but i'll try to take off early so we can go visit this new mall/outlet that just opened 2 weeks ago.

..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..

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...