Monday, October 31, 2005

the days have passed...

akhirnya acara the youth weekend fellowship kelar juga. capenya amit2. dan yg bikin lebhi cape lagi adalah the two incompetent teammates i had: citra & olen. citra, yg de jure adalah koordinator sie pubdok, knew nothing. olen, knew nothing but begaya. gw mgkn sound harsh ya, tapi faktanya begitu. kita ngomong soal dokumentasi. in an event, mgkn dokumentasi adalah salah satu faktor yg paling penting, soalnya pictures make the event (and people who participated in the event) immortal khan. nah, how can those be immortal, klo gak kliatan apa2 di gambar2nya? we were using compact camers, dammit, so get close! mo diharepin apa dari flash yg segitu kecilnya? wkt gw lihat foto2nya, i had to delete some of them, soalnya bener2 gak bisa diapa2in lagi. bbrp msh bisa gw re-touch, diterangin dikit, meskipun hasilnya adlh noise yg gila2an. oh well.

terus ada lagi: equipment. wkt gw diminta sama reinnese utk jadi sie pubdok, gw lgs keinget kamera olympus gw: what a piece of junk for indoor picture taking. c-310z lgs out. dan mulailah gw mencari kamera2 baru. dan hasilnya adalah canon powershot a95 gw. dan gw jg lgs beli memory card yg cukup gede: 512mb. nah, citra doesn't have a digicam. olen punya, tapi memory cardnya cuma 32mb, for a 5mp camera, that translates into... what... 10-16 photos?!?! come on guys, have some common sense, please! if you can't be serious, don't take the job! kalian cuma bakal jadi burden bagi org laen! dan burdennya itu jatoh ke gw. i had to take over everything. being me, gw emang cenderung work alone sih, so no probs there. tp, tugas gw selama acara kmrn bukan cuma motret2. gw musti jadi operator notebook.

dan akhirnya, gw cape abis2an. begitu sampe rumah kmrn sore, gw lgs tepar. sayangnya, gw gak bisa lgs tidur. gw musti neraning sebagian foto dulu, then i could go to sleep. dan bangun2, everything was spinning. i guess it was my low bad pressure. damn!

oh well, gw musti back to work nih. 2 more days, stlh itu libur seminggu!

Monday, October 24, 2005

(trying to ) sleep, creatively!

katanya, klo susah tidur, kita bisa ngitung domba yg loncat pagar. sounds boring to me. gimana klo dombanya kita ganti aja. misalnya dgn pacar. now it's more interesting, isn't it? bayangin pacar kita yg lompat2 pagar. dan tentunya lebih dari satu donk, tapi tetap org yg sama, biar bisa diitung. nah krn manusia itu seharusnya lebih pinter dari domba, si pacar ini bisa aja nolak utk loncat pagar. mgkn dia bakal jalan muter. cari celah, gitu. ato bersama2 dgn kembaran2nya, kerja sama, saling dukung, utk bisa ke tanah sebelah tanpa harus ngelompat. ato mgkn karena capek, gak lompat, tapi manjat. ato, nah yg ini plg pinter: pagarnya dipotong, terus dia bikin pintu. niat khan? hehehe...

ide gila ini muncul semalem, sewkt gw "sama2 nyampah" sama 1 temen gw. dia blm ngantuk, dan lagi cari cara utk bisa jadi ngantuk. nah gw usulin aja ide yg di atas. klo gw sendiri sih, sleeping is not a problem. justru yg jadi masalah gw skrg2 adalah lack of sleep!

Sunday, October 23, 2005

mixed, mixed, mixed

gw gak tau, am i supposed to be grateful being involved di tim kerja youth weekend fellowship, ato malah cursing all the way to hell. now i know things i'd rather not know. spt misalnya psgp. gw akhirnya sadar banget, when i was out, i was OUT. capitals. big. yup. out of touch. gak ada yg bother utk update2 gw on everything. anes nikah, i didn't know. psgp pergi ke yogya, i knew. tp keberangkatannya, gw gak tau. damn it. i thought i deserved at least some respect from them. or maybe it was just that fucking fashion designer. hmmm... kyknya gw musti jaga2 jarak ya, spt gak kecewa lagi.

on the other hand, gw seneng dgn tim kerja inti ywf ini. soalnya cukup kompak. pdhl sebagian itu baru gw kenal stlh gw balik lagi ke psgp. misalnya dips & alda. two of the most hard-working, intelligent girls i know in effatha. now i have more friends, dan gak usah terpaku banget sama psgp. perasaan yg sama yg gw dapet wkt gw ikutan jadi tim kerja acara pelatihan pengurus pemuda taon 94 dulu banget itu.

a new toy

gw blm puas ngutak-ngatik kamera canon powershot a95, ehhh dateng lagi pesenan baru gw: sony ericsson k750i. akhirnya gw mutusin utk beli hp dgn kamera built-in! (actually, my first camera phone was se t310, tapi itu khan kameranya model attachment, hehehe) yup, gw udah fed up sama n-gage gw yg udah mulai sering error. dan gw pikir, akhirnya ada hp yg kameranya good enough utk dibawa ke mana2, for candid shots. kebetulan jg a95 itu bulky banget dibanding olympus camedia c310 gw, jadi klo gak perlu2 banget, gw gak usah bawa ke mana, cukup bawa k750i aja.

keunggulan2 k750i dibanding n-gage jelas cukup banyak. mendingan gw ngebahas kekurangan2nya aja. yg pertama, gw udah kebiasa multitasking di n-gage. jadi misalnya gw cek email, gw yakin bakal lama koneknya, jadi gw buka aja browser. multi-task! yg kyk gini gak bisa gw lakuin di k750i. but it doesn't matter sih benernya.

yg kedua, phonebooknya. se udah improve greatly, removing its old, silly limitation of only 510 numbers. now k750i has 500 names, each with its own fields. nah, sayangnya, utk hp, cm terbatas 5 nomor: work, home, mobile, fax, other. ini beda banget sama n-gage (and nokia's other symbian phones), yg bisa nerima custom fields.

apa lagi ya... kyknya sih baru segitu. gw masih maen2in nih. dan already gw udah mikir utk beli memory stick yg gedean *sigh*

Wednesday, October 19, 2005

mojok

gw lg mojok di gedung pertemuan, soalnya laptop gw ini baterenya udah mo abis. secara gw males pindah ke bawah balkon (tempat colokan biasanya), gw liat2 apa di panggung ada colokan. eh ternyata ada. ya udah, here i am, di balik tirai, gelap2an. hehehe... unik juga. tp yg jelas: gelap banget! keyboard sampe gak kliatan.

Monday, October 17, 2005

claudia alexandra a.k.a sandra a.k.a. al3x4ndr4

claudia alexandra. nama yg cantik. knp gw bisa milih nama itu utk alter-ego gw di irc? claudia. gw selalu suka nama ini. gak ada hubnya sama claudia schiffer, btw. somehow gw ngerasa nama ini cakep banget. alexandra. this one is easy. ini ngambil dari alexander, kata ke-2 di nama lengkap gw. sebenernya, di awal rencana gw, nama lengkap sandra itu adalah: claudia alexandra josephine warouw. oh wow! hahahaha... tp seiring wkt, yg dipake cuma claudia alexandra, or just sandra.

nah. knp gw chat sbg ce? ceritanya gini. gw dulu lebih sering chat di microsoft comic chat. sama dgn irc, tp interfacenya agak unik, krn bentuknya comic strips. di ms cc, gw chat sbg diri gw sendiri. akrab dgn 2 pasang manusia, 1 co 1 ce. i'm ashamed of myself now soalnya gw lupa nama mrk. anyway. kemudian gw akrab dgn imelda, temen gw di bond uni. dia yg ngajak gw utk chat di dalnet. dgn mirc. i thought, ok, nothing to lose. dan masuklah gw ke dalnet. otak sinting gw wkt itu tau2 dapet ide utk masuk sbg ce. mgkn biar gak digosipin ya, kok tau2 si ime bawa2 co ke irc. dan lahirlah claudia alexandra, ato sandra, dgn nick al3x4ndr4. lgs bikin heboh. di channel gado. sementara itu, si sandra jg terkenal sadis thd co. begitu ada co yg ngomongnya ngawur dan nyrempet2 ke arah seks (and there are a lot of people like that in irc, even now), lgs di-nuke sampe diskonek. she was mean! hahaha... i was enjoying myself greatly then. rencana gw saat itu adalah utk pelan2 tampil sbg diri gw yg asli. tapi ada 1 penghalang yg kemudian muncul: sandra diangkat sbg op. uh-oh. trouble. masa stlh diangkat sbg op, ilang dan tau2 muncul co, dgn alamat ip yg sama? gw putusin utk memperpanjang hidup sandra lebih lama lagi. dan makin populer si sandra ini. ime sendiri pernah blg ke gw, klo dia chat dgn sandra, serasa ngomong dgn ce, org yg sama sekali beda, dan bukan lg ngobrol dgn gw. omigod. i was that good at impersonating a girl! hahaha... dan gw bahkan sampe niat utk ngebikin alamat email khusus utk sandra.

things became more complicated. people got attached to sandra. ada 1 co yg bahkan nembak. ridiculous. gimana ceritanya co bisa naksir ce yg dia gak pernah liat. note: sandra itu gak pernah ketauan mukanya kyk gmn. lha ya, gw gak sampe seniat itu utk cari2 foto ce cakep dan ngakuin foto itu sbg foto sandra. dasar co gebleg. haha... pusing jg gw ngadepin org kyk gini. not to mention eneg banget. there i was, chatting, talking to someone who proposed to what he thought was a girl, not knowing that "the girl" was actually a man. hahahaha...

pelan2 gw mulai munculin diri gw yg asli. tentu aja gak bisa bareng, soalnya pasti ketauan, krn ipnya sama. tapi terus muncul script yg bisa spoof ip address. dan gw ngelakuin hal yg cukup mustahil saat itu: muncul sbg sandra dan diri gw sendiri di saat yg bersamaan. damn, intel wasn't thinking about hyper-threading or dual-core yet, but my brain was divided into two already! hahaha... pusing sih jelas. soalnya gaya sandra dan gw itu beda banget. si sandra yg centil, dan gw yg rada serius. ketawanya pun beda. sandra: huhahauahuahuahuhuauhauha ato kekekeke. sementara klo gw ya ketawanya standard: hahahaha ato hehehe... gaya ngomong udah jelas beda. ime sampe ktawa ngakak beneran di depan layar monitornya ngliat org2 tertipu dgn tingkah gw. me, i didn't have the time to laugh. i was concentrating hard! hahahaa...

terus ada penyelamat: liburan semester! nah, gw pikir itu saatnya utk menyingkirkan sandra. stlh kul mulai lagi, sandra tiba2 menghilang. poof. gone. disappeared. sementara gw pelan2 makin sering muncul. ime pun played her part in the drama, blg klo gw dulu chatnya di tempat lain. klo ada yg nanyain sandra, kita blg: wah dia balik indo ktnya, disuruh nikah sama ortu. stories like that lah. until some times, people asked for sandra. tapi akhirnya ilang. dan channelnya sendiri makin lama makin sepi jg.

ada bbrp org yg curiga sih, jelas. who wouldn't?? tp coverupnya lmyn aman. but sandra left something. sampe bbrp wkt lalu, some people actually remembered claudia alexandra. ckckckck... gila ya. but that's irc. you'll never know who you chat with. waspadalah!

Saturday, October 15, 2005

tempat sampah

i'm a blessed person. yup, talenta gw cukup banyak. mulai dari nyanyi, cepet adaptasi dgn electronic gadgets, good at languages, etc. tapi ada 1 talenta gw yg benernya bikin gw bingung sendiri: i'm a good trash bin.

not that people stuff me with garbage, no. jgn dibayangin yah! hehehe.. somehow org demen curhat ke gw. dan gw sendiri don't mind dengerin curhat org. gw bahkan seringkali jadi simpathetic dgn org tsb. ini gw baru sadari wkt gw mulai demen irc, taon 98, my first year in gc, oz. wkt itu gw klo online, nyamar jadi ce, dgn nama yg sangat cantik: claudia alexandra. i'll post another blog on why i disguised myself as a girl, in another time, hehehe... nah. si claudia alexandra ini, ato lebih dikenal dgn "sandra", wkt itu terkenal sbg ce yg heboh, supel, lucu, cakep (pdhl si sandra gak pernah nunjukin foto), dan demen dengerin curhat org. co ato ce, meskipun baru kenal, lgs pd curhat. *note to self: i may have a chance to apply for a job at those hotline services...* naturally, karena si sandra tampak sbg ce, lbh byk co yg ngajak ngobrol & curhat. which they did. and sandra, or rather, me, listened.

why sandra listened? krn cukup menarik dengerin cerita2 org. sangat menarik, malah. bukan utk jadi bahan gosip lho (bukan sering2, mksdnya), tp ngebuka wawasan. ternyata banyak banget karakter org, dgn masalahnya masing-masing.

nah, kebiasaan si sandra dengerin curhatan org ini, akhirnya kebawa ke diri gw yg asli. gw jadi demen denger org curhat. bahkan kadang2 gw nawarin diri utk jadi tempat curhat. sampe skrg. tentu aja, gak semua org bisa curhat ke gw. skrg2 ini gw orgnya subyektif banget. cuma org2 yg gw anggap temen baik yg bisa curhat ke gw. salah satu temen baik tsb kasih julukan buat gw: tempat sampah. thanks a lot! hahaha...

ok. there's nothing special being tempat curhat. biasa banget khan, temen loe curhat, loe dengerin. klo temen gw curhat, gw bisa kasih ide ato solusi yg ternyata, beberapa kali, tepat sasaran buat mrk. practical ideas. mgkn krn itulah mrk demen curhat ke gw ya. soalnya gw gak cuma "oic. ya. uh-huh. ok.", tapi gw bisa kasih saran.

dari seluruh curhat2 yg masuk ke gw, sebagian besar, naturally, adalah tentang kehidupan percintaan. things i'd normally classify as BORING. tapi anehnya, gw gak bosen dengerin. knp bisa gak bosen? ngejawabnya gak gampang. meskipun saran/ide/solusi gw seringkali tepat sasaran, strangely enough i can't apply them for myself. ini mgkn situasinya mirip dgn dukun nomor yg gak bisa nebak nomor undian utk dirinya sendiri. my love life sucks. and it has been like that since the very first day i fell in love.

nah, balik lagi ke pertanyaan "knp bisa gak bosen?" jawabannya, mgkn, adalah gw sendiri berusaha mencari solusi yg pas utk diri gw sendiri. dgn tau permasalahan org lain, mgkn ada yg situasinya mirip dgn gw, dan dgn begitu bisa gw coba sendiri. sayangnya sampe saat ini, blm ada situasi yg bener2 sama dgn situasi gw, jadi my love life still sucks. hahaha...

jawaban lainnya, mgkn, i'm a nice person. sebuah pernyataan yg mnrt diri gw sendiri adalah sangat menggelikan. i'm far from being nice. lebih tepat klo dibilang rude ato kasar. i don't greet people unless i have to. i don't look up to my elders. and so many other things i don't do, even though morally i should. but coming from a person who had an alter ego of a girl, i'm just an unpredictable guy. hahaha...

Friday, October 14, 2005

my sweet spot

klo di aksara, gw pasti selalu dapet tempat di kiri pojok. always. gak pernah gak. ya mgkn gw lucky aja ya. hehehe... nah klo di starbucks pasaraya, dlm 3 kali kunjungan terakhir, gw selalu di tempat yg sama jg. always. my sweet spot. hahaha...

how do i live...

gw bukan mo nulis ttg lagunya yearwood ya. hehe... udah ada bbrp org yg nanya gmn rencana gw ttg masa depan. nah, terus terang gw bingung jawabnya. soalnya gw bukan org yg mikir terlalu jauh ke depan. cara gw ngejalanin hidup gw sehari2 adalah dengan nentuin peristiwa penting apa yg bakal terjadi, plg jauh 1 bln di muka. nah, stlh ktemu peristiwa tsb, gw bakal nungguin sampe saatnya tiba. itu yg bikin gw semangat.

kyk misalnya bulan ini, peristiwa yg mnrt gw menarik dan cukup penting adalah acara the youth weekend fellowshipnya gp effatha, tgl 29-30 okt. krn gw jg termsk dlm panitia, scr otomatis gw ikutan ngurusin khan. dan lmyn sibuk.

utk november, ada bbrp acara yg lmyn penting, misalnya at least 2 acara utk klien. dan mgkn jg gw bakal jadi jalan2 ke kl.

desember, pasti natal lah. selaen itu gw blm tau bakal ada acara apa lagi.

nah, dlm perencanaan gw saat ini, peristiwa yg paliiiiiiiing jauh adalah nikahannya rianti. bulan juli taon depan. that's as far as i want to think. gw blm mikir apa2 lagi stlh itu.

jadi, klo ada yg nanya ke gw, misalnya: rencana jangka panjang loe apa? loe pengen karir loe nanti spt apa? kapan loe nikah? blahblahblah. jawabannya adalah: gw gak tau. i live day by day aja. hehehe... that's how i live.

Monday, October 10, 2005

it would be perfect if i'd just...

go to sleep and never to wake up again. hahaha... cape banget nih. bbrp minggu ini adalah minggu2 tersibuk gw. di gereja. di kantor. everywhere! not that i'm complaining... much! hehehe...

in a way, being busy is also keeping me on alert and focused. klo gw lg santai kyk skrg, kerasa banget klo kepala gw tuh sakitnya lmyn ngeselin, dan balance gw lagi jelek banget. gw bisa bangun tiba2 & lgs gelap semua. klo gak konsen, pasti gw lgs jatoh. darah rendah kali yee... gw jg ngerasa lightheaded banget. kleyeng2 gak jelas. perhaps i'm just not fit right now.

Saturday, October 08, 2005

reliving the past

damn! i'm having a nostalgic moment now. gw lg buka irc. malem2. sambil muter mp3. situasinya ampir persis banget kyk dulu wkt gw di oz. perbedaanya adalah: i know noone now. hehehehe... now i'm being melancholic....

meaningless post

secara gw lg iseng doank nih, nungguin download kelar, jadi post gw yg 1 ini rada2 meaningless. asal aja.

1. semalem si icha nebak, kira2 gw ini orgnya tipe apa. soalnya dia blg klo dia itu phlegmatik, conya melankolik. ktnya gw mgkn sanguin. what the?!?! i don't even remember what a sanguin is. secara gw penasaran, gw buka wikipedia. dan ini hasilnya:

"Sanguine personality - optimistic, cheerful, even-tempered, confident, rational, popular, fun-loving; the temperament of blood. One of the four humours, the others being choleric, phlegmatic, and melancholic."

gee... ok, i'm usually cheerful. optimist? don't think so. gw mgkn bkn pesimist, tp yg jelas gw jg bkn optimist. confident? yes. rational? sometimes. popular? who am i to say? fun-loving? of course! even-tempered... hmm.. i'm very temperamental, if i may say so myself.

terus gw coba cek yg 3 lagi, choleric (kdengeran kyk penyakit ye?!?!), phlegmatic, dan melancholic. it turned out that ada bagian2 gw di 4 tipe tsb. hmmm.. interesting... that means i can't be typecasted...

2. hari ini gw, ortu, & chelsea ke serpong, ke tempat kakak rona. udah lama jg gw gak ktemu dia, almost a year kyknya. terus kita rame2 makan di japos bsd.

3. gw dpt sms dari marcia, minta gw utk mo jadi panitia natal jemaat effatha, jadi sie pubdok, the same position i'm in for the youth weekend fellowship at the end of this month. what the?! me, stephen warouw the rebel? hahaha... well, gw gak mo back down dari sebuah challenge, so gw setuju aja. who knows, maybe it'll turn out to be fun.

4. blog si icha, yg dihost di modblog, akhirnya up lagi, stlh ampir seminggu ini down. tapi warnanya berubah total. dari item gelap, jadi putih terang. dan dia ngomel2 di shoutboxnya. hehehe.. cha, justru skrg itu jadi sesuai sama namanya: GLOW. alias terang benderang! hahaha... =P

well, that's it. the meaningless post for today. =P

Friday, October 07, 2005

NOW I'M ANGRY!! F**K THE BITCH!!

that was my status on yahoo messenger this afternoon. ya, akhirnya i lost my cool. krn apa? ya sapa lagi klo bukan BAWANG!! pak de also didn't help. ckckck... a couple of stupid, digitally-challenged bosses, who doesn't know what a PCMCIA is, doesn't understand how to create an appointment on microsoft outlook, doesn't know how to organize emails into folders, doesn't understand how to operate mobile phones, and the list goes on... it's amazing they can survive in IT PR for so long... God help indo pacific's IT division...

Wednesday, October 05, 2005

akhirnyaa...

akhirnya gw ktemu sama si temen gw yg selama ini invisible, icha. hahaha... cha, kok kyknya kita kyk bukan org yg blm pernah ktemu ya?? hahaha... eniwei, lmyn bisa ngobrol2 lgs, ngebahas byk topik pula. sayangnya gak bisa lama2, krn dia ada janji sama temennya & gw musti ke effatha.

omong2 soal effatha, lagi2 gw keburu2 utk kelarin poster youth weekend fellowship. untung gampang, dan gw udah copy semua clipart gw ke komputer ini. dan hasilnya not too bad, mnrt gw. *bangga sendiri*

catatan perjalanan

gw pengen nginget2 lagi perjalanan gw ke bali last weekend, terutama wkt hari sabtu. so here goes:

bangun quite early, jam 9an. soalnya gw kedinginan! airconnya dingin abisss... jadi males2an dulu, terus online deh. stlh itu baru mandi. makan pagi. bengong. atur2 rencana utk hari minggu. makan siang rada telat, sekitar jam 2-2.30. terus lgs cabut ke dreamland. pantai yg penuh org2 bule. tapiii... turun tangga! oh no. gw males mikirin utk naeknya. so i opted to stay behind. it turned out to be the right decision, soalnya temen2 gw wkt naek pd ngeluh capek. hehehehe...

abis itu kita lgs cabut ke discovery mall. i was impressed. mallnya cukup gede. dan di pantainya ada semacam beachwalk, with restaurant. reminded me of st kilda di melbourne. makan di kfc. cabut ke kudeta. tp di tengah jalan, ce2 ganjen pengen belanja. once again, i opted to stay behind. gw ngobrol2 sama driver, pak gunadi. i guess my journalist instinct was at work. gw dpt byk cerita ttg tradisi ngaben, dan apa artinya upacara2 tsb. stlh anak2 balik, kita terus ke kudeta. seblm sampe, guys in the other car called, told us to stop. berhubung sunset udah lewat, kudeta dicancel. kita split, 1 mobil bawa mrk yg pengen belanja, 1 lagi pulang.

secara gw udah janjian sama sepupu2 gw utk ktemu, gw ikutan yg pengen belanja. kita nglewatin jalan yg penuh dgn cafe & shops. di sini jg tempat sariclub & paddy's yg ancur wkt bom bali 2002. lagi2 anak2 turun di sini, dan gw tetap di dlm mobil utk ke discovery. dan lagi2 gw ngobrol cukup byk dgn pak gunadi, kali ini ngebahas ttg bom 2002 dan efeknya buat bali.

sampe di discovery, gw didrop. dan gw ktemu dgn kak alvin & kel, dan kak andre. kita ngobrol2 di pantai, yg beachwalk tadi itu. then i heard the bangs: BOOM! BOOM! they were muffled, but loud enough utk narik perhatian. awalnya gw gak curiga klo itu bom, soalnya, hey, it can happen twice, right? mgkn ada restoran yg kompornya mledak. lagian org2 di discovery msh pada cuek. no signs of panicking whatsoever. tp kemudian my phone started getting busy. calls and smses came in. then i realized something must've gone wrong. kak andre lgs turun utk kontak security, cari info lebih banyak. the smses got more busy. dan gw gak bisa call out, ktnya network busy. it got more serious. kita keluar. jalanan udah macet. org2 centro udah pd berdiri di depan, tangan kiri pegang ht, tangan kanan pegang hp. by this time it was confirmed some bombs exploded.

jalanan macet bukan krn org2 panik, tp krn di sana sini ada roadblocks. kita gak bisa ke mana2. sementara itu, msk sms dari boss, telling us to be on stand by. i didn't reply. more smses came in. beritanya mulai simpang siur. ktnya ada 6 bom lah. more bombs will explode lah. things like that. dan gw msh rada cuek. hey, i'm still standing, i thought. terus kita akhirnya keluar dari mall.

makan di warung somewhere, gw gak tau namanya & tempatnya. di tv udah ada berita soal bom. di sini gw mulai kuatir caranya utk pulang. dan hp gw akhirnya mati, flat batt. untung gw sempet salin sms dari vishnu utk jalan pulang. tempat nginep kita itu di jimbaran. dan 2 bom mledak di 2 tempat di jimbaran. more roadblocks.

kak alvin nganter gw pake motor. dingin, bo! dan secara gw yg gak apal jalanan, jadinya kita sempet muter2. lewat jalanan naik turun. bah. untung akhirnya sampe. my friends were all relieved to see me. terus gw dikasih kabar klo kita udah propose ke boss utk take the stand dan nyiapin media center. oh joy. a holiday turned into a day-to-day routine.

gw lgs ngecharge hp. as predicted, more calls and smses came in. dgn gaya gw yg biasa, gw blg aja klo gw udah mledak, jadi yg bales sms itu arwah gw. hahaha...

setelah mandi dsb, the hectic day & night came to a close. gw tidur kira2 jam 3. dan bangun besoknya jam 6.

and that was it. the bombs sure did ruin everything we planned...

Monday, October 03, 2005

home sweet home

back to jakarta. so damn tired. ya jelas aja cape, kmrn itu hari minggu practically i worked the whole day. itung2 pengalaman pertama di crisis center sih, which was good. tp sebel aja, rencananya liburan, ehhhh malah musti kerja.

but at least i came back in 1 piece.

Saturday, October 01, 2005

bali blast

what the hell??? bom! di bali! again??? dan gw lagi di sini! OH MY GOD ALMIGHTY!! i actually heard the blast. thought something was dropped or whatever. well, my pessimist side thought of an explosion, but the optimist one won the day. in the end, it was a blast. two of them, in fact. people died. grrr...

dan secara gw kabar2i kehadiran gw di bali, sms2 lgs byk yg masuk ke hp gw. i'm touched. they're concerned. thanks, people! i love you all...

jalan2 ke bali

pas dgn heboh2nya masalah harga bbm, gw malah ke bali. agak2 gak sensitif ya? hehehe... cuek deh. i can use some holidays like this. =D

ini pertama kalinya gw naek awair. dan pertama kalinya pula gw naek pesawat yg gak pake seat allocation. so bener2 rebutan. siapa cepat, dia dapat. meskipun realitasnya gak seheboh bayangan gw, tetap aja aneh. dan yg bikin gw ketawa adalah pramugarinya yg ngider utk ngitung penumpang pake alat itungan yg klik-klik itu. hahaha... what cracked me up even more was the food. or lack thereof. musti beli! dan spt apa makanannya? well, popmie!! astagaa...

untungnya flight cuma less than 2 hours. kaki gw udah pegel2 banget, soalnya jarak kursi ke kursi bener2 kecil. ckckck...

soooo, here i am. blogging from bali. jangan sirik yah!!