teehee... just won a bid on ebay a few seconds ago..this is definitely the most pricey and valuable item we have ever bought online..the last few minutes of the auction was pretty intense..tapi emang kalo jodoh itu nggak kemana..=))
Weekend was fun, consist of good food..good people..good talk and good laugh. Went to have dinner at stir crazy on friday night. I'm officially addicted to it's famous banana wonton desserts, it's a fried wonton wrapper filled with banana and white chocolate, with cinnamon sugar, caramel sauce and vanilla ice cream on top of it...it's good for the souL. Sabtu nya pagi2 ke optik and then have brunch at a dannish pastries nearby..dan sorenya ke pengajian at deb's, it was the last time to be held in her house cause she's leaving for good end of this month..and since it was the last time....of course the food was special...*nyam2*....abis itu mampir ke rumah om bentar..ngobrol ngobrol. Minggunya bangun pagi..*hey 10 o'clock is considered early for sunday right?*....mandi2 dan langsung ke LULU for dimsum session...all 18 of us..rame banget deh..dan kita kalap gitu mesennya..hehe...abis itu strolling down delmar boulevard dan beli babelti. Trusnya ended up at Babies R us and got my baby a car seat...=))..The weather was unbelievably nice last weekend, around 50s...unlike the previous weekend where we were hit with snow. I can live in a weather like this forever...hari ini juga masih enak banget weathernya..i didn't even wear my jacket at all..too bad i had to work and deal with my bitchy manager instead of enjoying the weather outside....Oh by the way..they just upgraded the networking system at work, now we can share documents with other computers..making working in a team a lot easier..
Minggunya bangun pagi..*hey 10 o’clock is considered early for sunday right?*….mandi2 dan langsung ke LULU for dimsum session…all 18 of us..rame banget deh..dan kita kalap gitu mesennya..hehe…abis itu strolling down delmar boulevard dan beli babelti. Trusnya ended up at Babies R us and got my baby a car seat…=))..The weather was unbelievably nice last weekend, around 50s…unlike the previous weekend where we were hit with snow. I can live in a weather like this forever…hari ini juga masih enak banget weathernya..i didn’t even wear my jacket at all..too bad i had to work and deal with my bitchy manager instead of enjoying the weather outside….Oh by the way..they just upgraded the networking system at work, now we can share documents with other computers..making working in a team a lot easier..
There's nothing like a baby boy
to change the way you see things..
to make the world a
better, brighter place.
There's nothing like ten tiny toes,
bright eyes and little ears
or the sweet expressions
on his little face..
There's nothing like the pride
and joy of holding in your arms
the miracle of life,
so fresh and new.
There's nothing that compares
to the love that you will know
and the happiness
that's wished for each of you..
-taken from one of the cards that we received from the baby shower..
Dendre got a surprise baby shower at his office this morning...so he'll bring lots of gifts home today for the baby...hehee..how sweet of them...=)
My school is over this semester, so that's a good thing at least i can take one thing off of my mind...still don't know if i'm going to take classes in the spring or not, if the baby is born before the semester starts then i will go to school but if not then i will take one session off. Work is kinda crazy as end of the year is approaching but we handle everything OK i guess...and i just need to decide when i'm going to take my maternity leave..probably january the 6th or somewhere around that time as long as i have finished everything that is supposed to be finished before i leave..i just don't wanna leave a mess behind. Not sure when i'll be coming back to work..probably a month after, or maybe 2 months after the baby's arrived..or probably never?..huehe..we'll see...but at least we have a day care here at the office, so it shouldn't be that bad..
America's Most Dangerous Cities (2002)
(Based on murder, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary and motor vehicle theft)
1. St. Louis, Missouri
2. Detroit, Michigan
3. Atlanta, Georgia
4. Gary, Indiana
5. Baltimore, Maryland
America's Safest Cities (2002)
1. Amherst, New York (Diaaan..ini coba di confirm yaa?..hehe..)
2. Brick Township, New Jersey
3. Newton, Massachusets
4. Thousand Oaks, California
5. Sunnyvale, California
- 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.....