Monday, October 31, 2005

Holiday

This week is going to be a super duper long holiday in Singapore, it's not because of "Cuti Bersama" like the one in Indonesia, but it will be Deepavali (Indian Light Festival Holiday) on 1 Nov, and Hari Raya (Lebaran lah bahasa kita, but only 1 day) on 3 Nov, so a lot of sandwich working days, which people make used for applying leaves from the office...
Sounds very unchallenging week for me, coz no works means boring...*sigh* no more ticket available to get out from Singapore (have sih, but bloody expensive one, double the normal price) *sigh* However, I think I still have to work also during holiday, at least do some more preparation in the new house...*sigh again*
Hmm...deep condolescene for India, bombed again, natural disaster also...I can't understand what's happening with the world...Where is The love ya? Black Eye Peas donks....
Duh ini postingan ketahuan banget yah gue lagi gag niat nulis banget....*blush*

PS: sorry ada yang protes, actually slip out of mind juga siy...iyah tuh di Palu...duh koq yah mo nyullut2 something pake beheaded kepala anak kecil juga siyy? duh beneran where's the love????

Friday, October 28, 2005

Chairman is coming to town

Latest Update:
Just now my client called,"Eh where were you yesterday ah? I'm waiting for you the whole evening but you didn't show up".
Gue,"Opps sorry, somethings up so I couldn't come, so sorry about that".
Clients,"Next time don't do that again, we do appreciate your help, that's why we invited you."
Gue,"Okay, sorry for that..."
Oopsss...it's hard to be celebrity (oopss wrong ya? wakakkaka)..sometimes I wonder, my job is not PR, but why I have to attend lotsa things like this...feels like celebrity..too bad haven't got chance to appear in Tatler *sigh*
Anyway I'm bloody busy, work and work and work until no more mood to do anything, masa rambut gue jadi kayak rambutnya Tintin siyy? berdiri semua saking pusingnya gua...argghhhh week end doesn't feel like one...*sobs*

Orig Update:
Yesterday, couldn't come to product launch, coz another client called me for urgent job *sigh* My life just like 7 eleven, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, anytime you need me, just call me and I'll be there *nyanyi*
After that rushed to the airport, hungry like a horse, ate Burger Kings, waited quite sometime even the crews had been out, and my parents' luggage already went around 2 times on the conveyor belt, finally I saw my chairman and chairwoman came out...
I said,"Kok lama ya Pa keluarnya?"
My dad,"Oh tadi kita musti ngantri di dalem buat Xray check lagi".
Gue kumat konyolnya,"Oh kirain tadi papa sama mama bantuin crews and the gank buat bersihin pesawat". wakkakakakak...
Bokap,"Ah kamu bisa ajah.." ngakak juga...
Confused where to bring them to eat (they always said tha plane food not nice, and they're still hungry), so decided to go to Wisma Atria new food court, they close quite late...
My mom said she wanted something hot, so I suggested her to get the chicken soup from the granny soup stall, until we reached there, suddenly the auntie greeted us in Indonesian Language..*sigh* no choice then made new friend with the auntie, after that my dad still couldn't decide what to eat, so the auntie recommened the dumpling soup from across her stall...
So I went there, and greeted in Chinese, tried my best to speak my Chinese Survival Kits..you know how hard it is to keep the intonation right, as you get older, the tongue will become more stiff *sigh*
Then the auntie down there suddenly said,"Aiyoh ni hen cute de leh..."
Jreng....me? cute? Oh My God, there it goes another fans..*sigh* then I answered,
"Wei she ma wo hen cute leh?" (kayanya hanyu pinyin nya kira2 gitu lah...)
I forgot what is the sentence that Auntie said, but basically she said I'm very cute, the way I speak and the way I look tonight...uupps..that one is a song ya...hehehheh...she said that actually she had been sleepy until she met me, so no need medicine to wake her up...wah..I should have charged her a fee for that hor.. *singlish*
Sometimes I regret to have my name as Flona, it's easy to remember as people tends to mispronounce or double check how to pronounce, so it's easy to mark me, and second one is my face, not a generic face *sigh* and last but not least is my voice *sigh* but basically I'm friendly lah..so that's why I have a lots of followers *pe de* wakakakkakaka...(sounds scary huh? cult leader? *grinned*)
Anyway when we arrived at the new place, I as quite stress, my chairman inspected everything, while I'm holding my breath and crossing my finger *sigh* but so far the turn out is quite satisfactory lah *relieved* but who knows what tomorrow will hold *caelah* right?
Meanwhile happy week end for everybody...

Thursday, October 27, 2005

Alcatraz Prison

Latest Update:
Hmmm, I was cornered by Jo, and seems that she got conspiracy with Jimmy *curiga*
I've been manipulated waaaaaaaaaaaaaa *cried loudly*
Now in conference with Jimmy, Jo and Evi hmmmm..have to clear my good name *gaya*
Eh I just received diamond pendant, actually I've forgotten about it already, til my client called me one day said,"Flo, I have something important to tell you.."
Weleh....I'm very pale...panic...what's going on...*scared*, but try to be cool,"Yes? Anything I can help you?" tapi deg2an..
She,"Would like to apologize to you bout the pendant.."
Jreng...then I suddenly remembered yeah during they Xmas Party I'm entitled to the pendant because I've reached certain amount, but I really totally forgot about it at all...then I said,"Aiyoh no need t stand ceremony lah...I even can't remember anymore until you call..."
She,"But you're our customer mah, so I delay, have to aplogize to you.."
Gue,"No worries lah, you know me well, I'm not other customer which usually nag very actively to them..."
She,"Wah you're so understanding, anyway I appreciate your support to our product".
Don't know what to say, but in my own experience it's not easy to deal with customer in retail business in Singapore, pada neko2 man...udah ah ntar gue kena teror lagiii..

Orig Update:
Right spelling, right? *sigh* I'm enjoying my last few hours before I go into detention centre *sigh again* My parents are coming in about 8 more hours *sigh*
Now already got fever and bad cough *cemas*
I'm wondering what I've done that trigger my cough becoming worse like this, yesterday was okay *sigh*
This morning I received sms from my mom,"eh ntar jangan lupa jemput gua ya.." wakakkakak she's panic coz yesterday I didn't pick up any phone yesterday, and hardly replied to sms-es, as I was bloody busy...
Last evening, I tried to get all my shopping list, but to my surprise, all the things I want are not available, not even one arrgghhhh *frustated*, they said it's because of the Super Duper Long Holiday next week. I thought, OMG, in Singapore? Deepavali and Hari Raya can affect the business meh? *singlishnya kumat*, they said the shipment hasn't arrived and they are out of stock...no choice lah...those are the things that I like and no other thing that I want to replace my choice, but they promised to lend me the furnitures until the real one is arrived...well not bad lah ya...So housewarming on hold lah yaaaa....
Don't be dissapointed ya...as the replacement, I give you a sneak preview of the house first ya, please click here
Today, not even better, since morning I have lost count on how many people sent the data to my email, just pretend don't know lah *sigh* then late afternoon I have to attend product launch, then rush to the airport..*sigh*
What a day....

Wednesday, October 26, 2005

Promotion (ada RA-nya lohhh!!!)

First of all, sorry for not been able to visit your blogs these days, I've been bloody busy these few days, but than you for your continuous visit to my blog...
Yesterday, finally I got promoted for my singing lessson, it's been a year since I said I wanna be a Singapore Idol contestant *evil face*, so now I'm level two yay...*joged2*
And yesterday also for the first time my teacher offer me to try to sing jazz song, finally..I can sing jazz *bangga* firstly i didn't have any confidence though, but she kept on telling me it's suit my voice...so voila..there it goes I sang Summer Samba...If you want to hear me sing, just try to hear that song, nah.. I sing exactly like that *evil face again* wakkakakakkak....
Before the class I got a call from my supplier asking me to meet them for business dinner (again...business dinner *sigh*..so you know lah ya where my size came from...), I wanted to say no, but I couldn't, so I just said yes even though still thinking about my furniture shopping session.
So after class, I faster went to Park Mall to see furniture, more or less have been settled (haven't told the shop yet, but I've decided on what to buy and from which shop). Can you imagine I walked very very fast while I was browsing the shop, this is the fastest shopping that I've ever done in my life *lega*
Nah sekarang giliran bagian RA nih, tadi pagi gue lagi nyari2 kolor...upsss gak sopan yak *blush* cd maksud gue, koq gue liat2 stock gue tiba2 menghilang *cemas* gue gag bilank apa2 siy ama nuniek, cuma pas gue sarapan, gue liat jemuran, loh koq iyah ya stock gue menipis *makin cemas*
Jangan2 bokapnya Nuniek jualan cendol/cincau...gak ngerti kan elo2 pada? nah konon kabarnya nih waktu gue kecil, gue suka diceritain ama supir gue tercinta...tukang cendol/cincau itu di bawah gentongnya itu pasti ada kolornya, supaya dagangannya laku...nah loh...hayooo yang suka beli cincau/cendol hati2 ya...*wakakakkaka*
Duh pusing nih gue...kemaren ini bh, sekarang cd, lama2 atuh gue gag punya pakean dalem atuh *pusink* gimanah ini atuh...*cemas* gue siy gag curiga nuniek ngambil, tapi mungkin pas dia jemur, jatuh, trus digasak sama Max sampe rusak...tapi mbok ya nuniek ngomong donk kalo kejadiannya seperti itu, lah wong dulu ajah baju gue dirusakin dia beberapa kali si nuniek belaga bego ... baju gue tetep digantung di lemari, sampe gue temuin, loh koq rusak, gue nanya dia pertama belaga bego, trus akhirnya ngaku...dohh pusing dah gua....

Tuesday, October 25, 2005

Panic Mode

Yesterday I received a call from my dad, he said,"Papa lagi di kantornya Thai Airways nih, udah check availability buat dateng ke Singapore, yang masih ada seat cuma tanggal 27 october dan 5 november, mending pilih yang mana ya?"
Jreng....I felt weak suddenly, I know that my parents will come very soon, but based on my calculation is they will not be able to come at least until 3 nov. Hearing thta type of question, what choice do I have other than replying by,"Oh yah terserah papa aja mo dateng tgl berapa, kalo papa mau dateng tgl 5 yah ambil tgl 5, kalo mau tgl 27 ya udah gak apa2 juga".
Bokap,"Iya soalnya papa pikir, kalo tgl 5, papa mo ngapain yah di jakarta, gak ada kegiatan, di Singapore ada kegiatan gak?"
Jreng....this one is retoric question, isn't it? so I answered,"Hmm papa kan bisa pergi jalan2 sendiri, ke chinatown kek, ke Orchard kek, ke IKEA kek..yah serah papa aja.."
Then I tried my last luck by asking,"Kalo tgl 27 kedeketan, coba aja papa nanya, itu tanggal yang papa mau waiting list-nya panjang gak?" sambil deg2an.
So my dad asked them about that possibility, then I heard their answer is no *gubraks*
Actually I'd tried my ebst by asking my mom to order kue lapis from her friend, with excuse I wanna give to my clients, as I know well it will take at least 3-5 days to get the cake done...and by the time the cake ready, the ticket will not be able to get anymore *licix* but it didn't work *sobs*
So I only have 2 days to finish my house shopping, the sofa, dining table, and bar stool, uuuups...the bed sheets also...*sigh* so many things so little time... All have to be done before my parents come and the designer doesn't want to get involved *sigh* whereas my ability in blending colour is very poor *deep sigh* Somebody wanna help me to choose the color pleaseeeee? *sobs*
By the way, my panic attack is relapsed *sigh* had been very bad these days...as worse as the first few months I got panic attack *deep sigh* I feel hopeless, and devastated and angry, as I hope it's getting better...suddenly the relapse is quite bad...then just now I received email from Zuji, offering spa holiday, one of the destination is Langkawi...jreng...should I take that offer? who knows I'll get denque fever again there, and hopefully I'll be able to langsung mampus....
Oh ya my panic attack was triggered after I got denque fever year 2002 from Langkawi, so if you happened to go to CDC, you can asked everybody there about the girl who got denque from Langkawi, then they must be able to say out my name *grinned*

Monday, October 24, 2005

I Don't Like Monday

Latest Update:
*^%$$^&%#@#^*!!# gue dikerjain ama receptionist gue...sapi...*&^%$#$^&
I printed 300 names for invitation..then asked her to help to stick onto the envelopes and insert the invitation also..then I left for lunch
When I came back, she said it's only 288 names, I was puzzled, checked one by one...everything the same as my data &^$#@$&*99
Looks like the inserts is too many...so she thought the data is short...and she told me,"here got 12 label (each 24), then plus the other 12 pieces of label.."
Gue,"That came out as 300 right?"
She still confused, I also confused how to tell her, as her english not so good, wanna explain in chinese, my chinese limited...arrghhhhh...Luckily only 300, if 30 thousand how?
And then got client called me,"Hey I've sent the data over to you 30 thousands"
Once I opened, I felt something strange with the data, then I found out, that the data has no customer's name, aiyoh....*sigh*
Why everybody want to prank me? not happy with me izzit? *deep sigh*

Orig Update:
What ad is that ya? *mikir* Doh, can't recall *sebel*
Anyway, this morning woke up, ah Nuniek again...pretending busy wiping the front window *sebel* actually, max pee in the waste basket hasn't been cleaned, under the table also hasn't *tambah benci*
Then I said,"Nuniek, ntar itu tolon yah bawahnya meja dilap dan dipel biar bersih, dan mejanya balikin lap bawahnya meja juga!!!!"
Nuniek,"Ma'am mejanya bisa dibalik toh? gak copot?"
Arrrghhhhh is she lazy or doesn't have brain ya? That table is very strong, how to be broken if you over turn it?
Ini kah tanda - tandanya......*nyanyi*
I've checked one way ticket..one way ticket *nyanyi* to Jakarta for work permit holder also....everything is on my hand now...who want to execute the decision nihhh? *nawarin*
I don't like to do dirty jobs though *senyum licix* I always have to be the angel... wakakakkak...eh gue gag selicik itu lah yau...gue masih concern about her well being if I sent her back home..she might have difficulty in finding future job if she didn't stay in here for 2 years lah...that's the thing that still holding me back...
Feel tired, no energy, since this morning *hiks* I have already played the uplifting songs in my compie, so I feel like I'm in the gym now, but still..be te...
Padahal when I as still in Jakarta, usually I plug my walkman and tune in to Prambors radio who plays crowded songs in the morning to wake me up but it works then...not now... is it a sign of aging? *sigh*

Sunday, October 23, 2005

My Best Friend's Wedding

I'm in panick mode now, coz next year 2 of my best friends are going to get married....the first one told me indirectly by asking me to get a Thong Shu (=Chinese primbon), coz usually in Singapore will be available first before Indonesia....
Then when all the bawang putih came last month, one of them told me she's going to get married in June at Uluwatu, Bali...the date will be 24 of June...
So I started to pester the other one for the date...and I have already started the panick mode, both of them are equally important to me, we've been through up and down together, and have been together for donkey years (ehhh jangan salah sangka yaaa gue masih muda lohhh *bela diri*)
I sms her every now and then to get the outcome, till yesterday suddenly, jreng..jreng...probably on 11 or 24 of June *gubraksss* Bagaikan disambar halilintar di tengah hari, if both of them are going to be in the same day, one in Jakarta, and the other one in Bali, how ahhh? *sobs*
If one in the afternoon, and one in the nite, still can be arrange afternoon flight to Bali or the other way around...but if both in the evening? Alamak.....bagai flona dibelah dua....bagaimana donks? *sobbing uncontrollably*

Saturday, October 22, 2005

Alamak

Since morning I've been thinking, what should I write today's title, but so many things to tell..then suddenly I recalled yesterday my Japanese friend, kept on saying "Alamak", the way she pronounced it so funny, til I decided to use this title..
Yupe last nite, I met my friends for dinner, still remember my back postings about sms to prank me? actually they want to bring me for all you can eat sushi, but i thougt it would cost them a bomb, so I requested Yakitori instead...and then jreng...jreng...I chosed the right thing though, yakitori si more expensive *seneng* eh salah yak...must be sad...pai seh (=malu-kayanya hokkian) how could I know Yakitori will be more expensive than sushi? or is it because they ordered expensive things? *nyari alasan*
But anyway, the yakitori was so delicious, never had something like this before, it's located in the weird place, Far East Plaza...yupe the place where you can buy all the street wears...owned by Japanese, and they are looking for waiter/waitress (Singaporean only) upps...become advertisment wakkakkakak...wow...I ate until I'm tired, and started to asked them,"Still have how many more to come huh?" because my stomach is going to explode any time soon... actually only ate Yakitori and it's very small compared to Indonesian Satay..*bingung* they still asked me wanna order some rice? alamak...dah mo explode koq masih nawarin makanan...
but still, going out with these bunch of friends, is not complete without dessert OMG PDA...and I'm not a dessert person, can't stand sweets...(coz I'm sweet already I guess *pd abis* wakkakakkaka)..then we went to Raffles City, as my friend redemeed voucher for Brooks Brother...yoi coy...not me, but my friend..to rich till bought things from there...but couldn't find any size that suited him, so went to MPH book stores..only browsing around, and then dessert time...asked Haagen Dasz, they said no table available, moved to Bakerz Inn (againnn...) no place..so decided to move Raffles Hotel (again....), luckily this time not going to the Deli...we went to Empire Cafe, they serve local stuff...I ordered Ice Kachang, but couldn't finish as usual (I've never finished my dessert, unless it's coffee or tea..) well..quite pricey though for dessert...but luckily nice...
Have a nice week end everybody...sorry if I couldn't leave messages in your blog, there is something wrong with my laptop settings (againnn???)

Friday, October 21, 2005

Rush Hour

Jacky Chan will be here tomorrow at California Bugis Junction....gak nyambung siy, cuma pas lagi nulis judul, tiba2 keinget Jacky Chan *nyengir* wakakakkakakak....
Well...these few days like racing against time, being chased by something, even now I feel my heart beat faster than my brain....arrrghhh if only I can split my self like amoeba....so many things to do so little time...eh yang ini bukan sks lohh...ini asli karena kerjaan terlalu banyak...
I woke up with my left eyes swollen, kayanya panas dalem, padahal dah minum yang adem2, chng thng lah, cincau lah, doh kali musti minum larutan cap kaki lima..eh salah kaki tiga dink *nyengir lagi* eh koq gue nyengir melulu ya...kayak kuda *blush*
Got problem with one of the supplier, we have already tried to minimize contact with this supplier (which I had already suggested since Dinosour times, but somebody ears has been deaf for donkey years...so I have stopped commenting), everytime we give job and dateline, he ssaid,"Ok, no problem"
When the time is up, suddenly he's gone missing, can't be contacted by phone, and we had to come to his place and knocked his door *sigh*
Problem with my new staff, yesterday when I left, asked her to continue doing my job, then she used the wrong file *sigh*, this one really problem, til my friend said,"eh koq receptionist lo ngangkat telpon kaya mo mati gitu siy?"
And this one is not the only complaint, we found out that she can't speak English...firstly we tought, may be can speak but not that good, but alamak...am siong (=unlucky-kayanya hokkian juga)
If I want to list still a lot of bad things but we should think positive in orther to keep going rite? So finish lah yah, at least TGIF...even though seems week end have to do "rodi" mannn *teteup* wakakkaka...
Clearance niy...for those who's still wondering when is my bday..well well...fyi I always put anyhow date in all registration..so Ria, that one is not true wakakkakaka...even in my birth cert is not my real bday..wakakakkaka..keep on guessing mate!

Thursday, October 20, 2005

Sorry Fans

Want to say sorry to all my fans out there *gaya* wakkakkak...one things led to another, and this stupid laptop and stupid user, my posting yesterday and some other posting under drafts had been deleted unintentionally...
Finally I fall sick, it's been a tradition, that I'll get sick on October which is my bday month and during Chinese New Year period, don't ask me why, may be this one is warning for me not to over eat during festive season *ngaco* wakakkakakka....
Yesterday almost all the deliveries came at one time, the TV and the paintings, alamak...luckily the carpenter still there, got very bad headache, then my throat was not easy as well, felt like soemthing stuck there, and I couldn't cough it out or swallow it down...then I left straight away for the doctor..
Driving made me even more crazy, just about 3 mins away from my new house, suddenly I felt dizzy, and hard to breathe, well I guess my good friend, panick attack had arrived, made me became more suffer...I keep on telling my self,"It's okay to die, but in the proper place please...not in the middle of the road like this, and it might harm other people as well..."
After a long hard battle with my own self, I managed to arrive at the doctor place...had to wait for so long...arrggghhhh...those aunties..so loh so (=long winded-hokkian i guess) with the doctor....aiyoh...but at least already in the doctor premises lah, if something happened they know what to do, rite?
Today I woke up very late and still at home now *nyengir* but I have to take Max down to practice his lesson, he hasn't been good for this week, made me worry for saturday class...I feel like giving up the lesson *sobs*
I feel bloody lazy for today, the whole body pain arghhhhhh...but if I don't do to the office I have to face Nuniek which could make me more crazy....arghhhhh...

Tuesday, October 18, 2005

Birthday Prank Huh????

Latest Update:
Koq gue jadi kayak cacing kepanasan kayak gini siyy? dalam waktu kurang dari 2 jam dah nelpon orang yang sama 2 kali...duh gatel banget tangan gue...
Maybe it's not my nature to have a desk bound job deh...I regretted for not going to my singing lesson, becoz of my throat something wrong..should have gone..then after that if not comfy still can go shopping, true or not?
Duhh sakauuu....coffee cravings...then in my office where got decaf? if not decaf, then I'll get problem...*sobbing uncontrollably*
If only they sell coffee patch instead of ciggie patch..alamak...toolonggg..tolong...

Orig Update:
Saturday I received sms saying,"Flo, can we have dinner on XX? May be around 7.30 so W can break fast (buka puwasa) with us?"
Gue,"Kayanya tgl segitu gue gag tau bakalan housewarming ape kaga ye, soalnye gue bakalan ngadain house warming juga siy..." wakakakakka gak tau mo jawab apa kan..
M bo hwat (=nyerah - bahasa hokkian) udahan,"Oh in that case how about we bring potluck or do you wanna call outside catering?"
Gue,"Well that's not my style though, biasa kan gue yang masak..."
M,"Ok lah, I'll wait for your news ya, either housewarming or we go out for dinner.."
Gue,"ok deh..."
Not long after that, she sms again,"Flo, do you like Elizabeth Arden Perfume.."
Hmmm udah menjurus nih...gue jawab,"Hmm nggak pernah pake merk itu sih...btw gak usah refot2 lah...mo ngasih b'day surprise kan? wakakkakakk"
M,"Oh no lah, only asking kok.."
wakakakkakakakkakka....gue ngakak.....
And then after that CC's hp beep, sms received,"Hey I think flona's bday is around the corner, shall we arrange something for her?"
Dodol duren, he should know CC never reply sms, if CC need to do so, I'm the one who have to type the message..so my title is typist *sigh*
I replied,"What? U don't know my bday? What you want to give me huh?"
Jreng.....got shot again...
he dissapointed,"Damn...I never expect you to reply my sms..."
I replied,"Want to prank me izzit?"
he,"can not oredi lah..."
wakakkakakakkaka.....gotcha....

Monday, October 17, 2005

Lazy Sunday

Raining since morning, woke up too late...then didn't went to the church *blush*
Sent Nuniek to new house, cleaning up the whole house...and because she's too much, just dumped her down there...I didn't even bother to help her lah yauu...
Had lunch at Da Paulo Gastronomia, it's an interesting new place that I've heard since a long long time ago, but I hadn't had any chance to go and check until Saturday Afternoon, and I decided to go back for lunch on Sunday...
Raining heavily and the sky dark, made me more mellow....I like this type of weather, cool, windy...romantic though...I didn't feel like in Singapore, as most of the crowds passing by are bule...till I heard some aunties speaking Singlish..OMG...destroyed the romantic feeling...*sigh*
I took photo of my food, but so sorry I left my bag inside the car...
Then bought the painting for new house, it was love at the first sight since the first time I saw that one, then my client told me, they're having a sale, so I went down there, and haggled the price, voila...the painting is mine...delivered on Wednesday...which is going to be a busy day, everything come on that day...OMG
Haven't settled for sofa, bar stool, and dining table...
Now wanna look around for flairing class....
Lagune ta' ganti yo, ini dari pelem The Myth, gila cewenya cakep buanget...gue sampe kesengsem...naksir abis...gila how lucky to be Jacky Chan...

Sunday, October 16, 2005

Hiyyyy

Koq tiba2 guwe gag bisa posting dari laptop rumah yak? *bingunk*
Inget kan yang postingan kemaren itu juga tiba2 pas gue publish trus ilank semua...eh tadi pagi gue coba buat save draft juga ilank loh!!! *parno*
Jangan2 Nuniek itu whizzkid yang jago komputer, trusan laptop gue diutak atik sampe gue gag bisa posting dari laptop *parno*
Ato jangan2 dia punya jampi2 yang bisa ngalangin laptop gue buat posting di blog *tambah parno lagi*
Hiyyy...seyemmmm....
Ih masa tadi pagi eh gag pagi juga dink, siank gituan deh, kan gue nyuruh si nuniek bersihin rumah baru..nah karena si Max gelisah, makanya gue suruh nuniek turun dulu tunggu di bawah..trus gue urusin si Max dulu, abis itu baru gue susul ke bawah...
Pas gue ke bawah ternyata dia lagi ngobrol ama si Bello ituh...trus si bello masa manggil gue,"Auntie.."
Gilaaaaa segendut2nye gue dan setua2nya gue...masa gue dipanggil auntie siy? geblek banget gag siy?
dah gitu pake sok2an ngomong Inggris segala lagi, dia bilang,"Where are you going Auntie?"
Gue jawab ngasal,"Jalan2..."
Bello,"Oh how nice..."
Gue jawab dengan nada sebel abies,"Mo ikut?"
Bello,"Oh tak mau lah auntie..." pake bahasa Melayu gitu....
aduh mak...gue sih ngurut dada itu tuh penyakit pembantu indo yang kerja di sini, ngomong bahasa Indo pun dah belaga gag bisa, pasti mereka ngomongnya gaya2an apke bahasa melayu gitu,kecuali kalo ngomong ama sesama pembantu baru pake bahasa indo...menyebalkan gag siy? Untung tadi gag gue ajak ngomong bahasa jawa, biar mampus dia.....
menyebalkan....ihhh...amit2 jabang baby dehhh.....

Saturday, October 15, 2005

Parno is my middle name (R Rated)

Gila man semalem gue udah nulis panjang2 dan selesai, tapi gitu gue publish post tau2 ilank...kayanya beneran musti parno gagg siy? Itu yang cerita R rated itu padahal gue tulis semalem kayanya lebih lucu, sekarang gak cihuy deh…
Yupe, after adopting Sutrisno as my last name, now, I'm adopting another middle name, don't you think it sounds great to call me Flona Parno Sutrisno? *grinned* or may be Flona more glitzy as Flona Parno Sutrisna? *lol*
Coz of all the things done by Nuniek, now everyday she's perfectly amazing, just like the first week she was working for me, always has something to do since I woke up till I left the house...may be she is scared to be given one way ticket *grinned*
But actually on the other hand I'm the one who become "parno" though...if I feel something uncomfortable, my first thought is whether I'd been poisoned by her *nyengir*
So if one day, I'm not updating my blog, please check my handphone hor....*singlish* who knows I'll be lying down in the hospital or probably in the mortuary....
By the way, kena gojlok in the gym on wednesday, the PT (personal trainer lah yau..bukan perawan tua wakakkakakaka) was not the usual one, this one is a cute man, looks small, but you'll realise by the time he do the weight, he'll change into the muscular man...but very mean...till I said to him,"Do you realise how cruel you are remembering only 3 of us here today?" (biasanya ada 3-4 orang lagi)...
He only laughed, then I asked,"Will you be here again next week?"
He asked,"Why?"
I said,"Well if you're here next week, I'll consider whether I should come for the session or not".
Yupe, the result guwe teparrrrrrr......yesterday nite, when I was in Isetan paying for my purchase, I nearly collapse because of not being able to breathe, then I just thought oklah if I had to die here, let it be....surprise...never die, not even collapsed...
You must be wondering what I was doing week days at Isetan, nahh ini ceritanya seru nih...tapi patut diceritain gak ye? weleh jadi malu...benernya nih awalnya ilang2an barang gue itu bermula dari pakaian dalam gue, alias bh boooo...wah pasti pada ngakak deh..terutama wendy *nuduh* wakakkakakkaka..gue mo nulis ini ajah udah mikir 3 hari 3 malem dan akhirnya gue memutuskan untuk menulis...
Gue kan travelling quite often, lo tau donk dari blog gue, sering gue ilank ke Timbuktu island...nah biasanya abis travelling geto gue suka males ngeluarin isi koper, ato kadang kopernya gue taroh di ofis makanya suka telat keluarin isi kopernya...
Nah gue itu tiba2 kok jadi shortage of bh geto loh...gue kan bingung dan in my wildest thought gue gag bakalan bisa kepikiran koq tiba2 bh gue bisa pada ilank begini...tapi atas saran temen gue walopun gue belom cek dan ricek dengan isi koper hasil travelling gue yang terakhir which is located in the office...akhirnya bertanyalah gue pada nuniek,"Niek, bh saya pada kemanain ya?"
Nuniek,"Anu ma'am kan semua saya taruh di laci yang biasa".
Laci itu pada waktu itu kondisinya amat sangat berantakan (nah ini salah satu contoh kualitas kerja menutun cink...), dan nuniek langsung volunteer,"Yo wis ma'am nanti ta' beresi lacinya.." (loh itu kan tugas die gimana siy...)
Trus bulan kemaren gue cek dan ricek hasil isi koper gue, ternyata emank gak ada bh, even baju kotor lagi di dalem kotor gue...jreng....bingunglah diriku ini...dan gue menceritakan kejadian ini minggu lalu kepada para bawang putih yang sedang berada di sini itu...
Kata salah satu bawang putih,"Kali si Nuniek yang ngambil…"
Gue,"Hah? Mana mungkin siy kan ukurannya jelas beda banget…kalo gitu besok gue mendingan liat dadanya Nuniek donk, tambah gede kaga?" wakakkakakakakka...
Bawang putih,"Eh pembantu mah kadang2 suka aja ngambil buat koleksi".
Gue,"Duh bh gue yang ilang itu gak fancy2 amat kok, ngapain juga diambil, desainnya biasa2 ajah gak ada unique2nya."
Bawang putih,"yah sapa tau die iseng aja.."
Pokoke bawang putih insist gue musti confront dengan cara nanya begini,"Nuniek, kok bh saya pada ilang ya?"
Kalo nuniek jawab,"loh saya gag tau ma'am".
Gue musti jawab,"Mana mungkin kamu gak tau, di rumah ini perempuan kan cuma kamu dan saya, masa sih CC pake bh saya? Kalopun CC pake bh saya mustinya saya juga kan tau..."
Wuihhh gila cink, satu mobil pada menjerit sambil ngakak semua, kecuali CC tentunya...kan gak ngerti geto loh..wakakakakka...elo2 juga pada ketawa semua kan...*nuduh*
Itulah para bawang putih super duper kreatip....
Then this morning I brought Max for training downstair, suddenly towards end of training, Max jadi gak konsen gitu, I was confused what's happening, then suddenl...jreng...came out another dog, then Max became uncontrollable, then the maid came out also, then started to ask,"What's the name of your dog?"
Gue,"Max..What's yours?"
Maid,"Bello...Ohh usually Max is brought down by Nuniek ya?"
Gue,"Yupe...is the dog male or female?
Maid,"It's a female.."
Ohh pantesan si max jadi keganjenan kayak gitu...
Gue,"are you from Indonesia or Phillipine?" soale dia ngomongnya kaya orang Filipina gitu...dan I just wandering how can Nuniek makes friends with Phillipino if she doesn't speak English...
Maid,"Oh I'm Indonesian..."
Gue,"Oh I tought you're not Indonesian, coz you speak with Phillipine accent.."
Maid,"Oh I also can speak Chinese.."
gue mikir apa maksudnye nih, pengen di-employ ama gue ape? kali dia denger cerita nuniek hidupnya sangat indah di bawa pemerintahan gue kali yak?
Gue,"Ooh good then..ok bye...and bye bello..."
maid,"bye...bello..come on here...pangsai (=boker in Hokkian)...siao pian (=pipis in chinese) ta pian...(=boker in chinese)
Gue pikir ini pamer ape beneran si bello bisa ngerti? weleh...

Thursday, October 13, 2005

I'm Tired Geto Loh

I've been very surprised with the overwhelming response for my last posting, andai saja CC bisa membaca, dan bisa mengerti betapa banyaknya temen2 semua yang setuju bahwa pembantu hanya membuat bossnya tambah stress...weleh...
Entering the last quarter of the year, I feel scared, excited aand tired..when I was young this is the most enjoyable moment in my life, my Birthday, then lotsa friends birthday, then Christmas...I like Christmas feeling...
But now..oh no another birthday, means I'm getting older, lotsa friends birthday, means have to squeeze my brain what to buy for them, then lotsa Xmas party that I have to attend, lotsa my clients' private sale that I have to attend, and I don't like that...Then Christmas which now becoming more and more commercial...then year end, means getting old ..again...
Yesterday business lunch, called buttler services, which is provided by one of the credit card platinum service, booked the place at Sze Chuan Court, 3 persons..the butler didn't call back..I thought everything was allright...till I came there...jreng...the receptionist said,"Sorry, we don't have your reservation here".
Me,"I called that platinum services.."
Recept,"Ok, never mind, I'll check with them later, but you have to wait for a while, coz we're fully booked..."
Untung client yang gue bawa bukan client yang super duper penting dan kedudukannya tinggi, kalo gak kan bisa mampus gue...kok gue kayanya lagi apes niy
Pas lagi makan, tau2 telpon gue bunyi, si buttler ternyata nelpon,"Hi I'm so and so..and I'm so sorry just now I was slipped of mind abou your reservation...I'm really sorry about that"
Gue,"Hmmm..you know I'm bringing my client for business lunch, and can you imagine how embarassed I am?
Butler,"I'm sorry ma'am."
Ya sudahlah gue punya nomer telponnya Quality Service manager dari tuh kredit card, yah langsung aje gue telpon..masa sih punya fasilitias gak digunain..wakakakka...
akhirnya yah kayanya itu orang dimaki2 abis deh...hiks..dan gue dapet voucher hi tea di marriot sebagai kompensasi...
Trus hari Minggu wakssss ada Private Sale..da minggu depan masih ada Xmas Party lagi yang musti gue attend...doh kasian deh gue...

Wednesday, October 12, 2005

Bagaimana Donks?

Sorry yaks, hari ini sirkulasinya telats...abiesnya daku seharian meeting trus2an dan sekarang malem2 ginih baru ngabsen ke kantor...
Sekedar klarifikasi MYOB itu sofwer accounting, dan tau sendiri gue benciiii buanget ama accounting, kayanya gue kena tulah *sobs*
Waktu selasa malem, gue ceritanya nyuci baju guwe sendiri loh...karena gue kuatir baju gue bakalan rusak kalo dicuci ama si Nuniek...dan skalian gue cuci kaos yang satunya lagi juga karena gue gak rela kalo kaos gue berubah jadi tunik satu lagi...
Finished washing, my hand was very bloody itchy, then gue buka deh itu kulkas, karena firasat gue mengatakan I should do inventory check lah...
Jreng....Ternyata bener dugaan guwe, ice cream Ben and Jerry Gue ilank cink...trus sape lagi donks yang makan? Masa si Max? Kalo si Max bearti trainingnya jago juga yah bisa buka kulkas (bagian atas), trus ngambil ben and jerry sendiri *kagum*
Besok paginya nih (udah beberapa hari sejak peristiwa kaos melar itu, Nuniek tiap pagi ngeliat gue pasti mukanya tegang banget...apalagi setelah ditambah peristiwa hari Minggu, gue nyetrika baju gue, trus gue punya kesempatan, buat nanya status setrika gue yang tulisan min sampe maxnya ilank semua keapus, gue bilang,"Kamu pake strika gimana sih kok tulisan bisa ilank begini?"
Dia jawab," Wah saya juga gak tau ma'am, gak pernah saya pegang2 bagian yang itu".
Gue jawab," Saya make setrika ini 2 tahun semua baik2 ajah, tapi setelah kamu dateng dan make ini setrika, kok jadi kaya gini ya?") pas gue bangun dengan wajah tegang dia bilank,"Anu Ma'am laen kali kaosnya biar saya yang nyuci ajah...tolong saya dibilangin yang bener gimana caranya nyuci kaos ma'am, Ma'am gak usah nyuci sendiri deh, saya janji saya akan berusaha melakukannya dengan bener.."
Gue," oh gak apa2 yang ini soalnya mahal, daripada daripada kan mendingan mendingan..jadi yang ini kaos saya gak usah disetrika ya..biar saya ajah yang setrika..."
Nuniek,"walah ma'am mbok ya biar saya ajah yang nyetrika..."
Gue,"nggak usah nanti rusak...oh ya..itu es krim yang ada di kulkas ke manain ya?"
Jreng...langsung kelabakan dia,"Anu ma'am saya makan..."
Gue,"Trus sisanya ke mana?"
Nuniek,"anu ma'am...apa ...itu es krimnya pas saya buka, saya makan, kok rasanya lain sama yang di Indonesia ya...gak enak gitu, jadi langsung saya buang..."
Weleh nih orang pinter gag siy ya nyari alasan...kali benernya es krimnya gak sama dengan yang di Indonesia, karena ini lebih enak makanya saya abisin..itu jawaban yang mustinya dia kasih ke gue...
Tapi dasar gue panjang sabar dan gak siap dapet jawaban yang ngelesnya mantep abis kayak gitu jadi gue jawab kaga nyambung,"Kamu itu mbok ya kalo tinggal di rumah sama2 yah makan apa2 juga harus dibagi rata donk, jangan langsung dibuang, mbok ya bilang saya gitu..."
Nuniek,"Maaf ma'am.."
Temen2 gue bilang, barang jelek mendingan jangan dibawa ke rumah baru...gue lagi menimbang, mengukur, menela'ah dsb dsb....

Tuesday, October 11, 2005

Slimming Centre

Waktu kelas pertama si max, trainernya bilank,"actually by registering in this dog obidient training class, you'll gain 2 things. One, you'll get your dog trained, and the other one guarantee you'll be slim down".
The fast is true, imagine, last Sunday, I was more exhausted than Max, I had to pull him if he walked on the wrong side, or walked in front of me, or didn't want to walk at all, by the time we stopped, I have to correct him if he didn't want to sit *sigh* seems one session can lose up to 1 kg deh...
Kebayang gak sih, ada 1 keluarga, yang dateng nyokap, dengan 4 anaknya (2 cowo, 2 cewe..yang cewe paling gede kayanya paling 10 tahun dan agak gemuk, sisanya pada kerempeng abis semua...), anjingnya ada 3, Siberian Husky, Golden Retriever dan Labrador...dan jangan menduga, ahh easy to handle...kan biasanya Golden ama Labrador jinak tuww..salah deh auuu...yang ini kayanya salah asuhan udahan makanya Golden ama Labradornya udah misbehave abies...
Gue pulling Max ajah dah mo mati kecapean, kalo anjing yang segede gambreng model anjingnya tuh tante gimane donks? mane handlernya anak2nya yang kerempeng2 semua lagi..kasian deh mereka....si auntienya ajah waktu bawa si Husky sampe jatoh karena keselimpet sama talinya...weleh...
Gue lagi keriting nih maenan MYOB, ada yang mo ngasih gue tutorial gag? *sobs*
Hiks....sutris guwe ama MYOB koq gini gak bisa gitu gak bisa yakss...*sobs*

Monday, October 10, 2005

Hangover

Deep condolescence for people of the world, especially those in Pakistan for the earth quake...
After 4 days trying to become a warm host for my gank, finally I have a hangover today...Bloody tired, lotsa a thing to do @ office, in the same time have to entertain my frens..but anyway I enjoyed lah, even though got palpitation...
Now seating in the office, having fever because of the hangover and deadline of the bloody job....
Udah ah capek ngetik in English juga...ganti ke Indo ajeh yeee....
Puncak capeknya itu yah pas acara weddingnya adiknya temen gue itu....dah musti bangun pagi2 lagi hari sabtu itu...sementara hari kamis dan jumatnya gue tidur telat banget...abies itu hari sabtu ada Xmas party juga, dan malemnya wedding party lagih...pulanknya ampe pagi2 buta (padahal tadinya rencananya abis party mo pergi clubbing loh....) trusan minggu pagi ada kelasnya si Max mulai jam 9.30 di Simei (ampir ujung timurnya Singapore), dan gue stay di Clementi (kira2 ampir ujung baratnya Singapore)....
And then yesterday run 2 trip to airport, temen gue yang 2 kloter pertama, abis itu balik ke city nemenin temen gue satu lagi nyari sepatu buat her wedding, dan balikin dia lagi ke airport, sebagai kloter ke 2, sampe airport family-nya bloman dateng, jadi kasian kan kalo ditinggal sendirian..jadi tungguin sampe keluarganya dateng....
Dan teparlah gue semalem *hiks*
Cerita wedding party deh gue yak...gue dah yakin seinget gue tuh jam 7 cocktail dan jam 7.30 door open...tau2 jam 6.55 gue ditelpon ama si J,"Eh elo di mana? udah mau mulai nih kita.." dengan nada galak
Gue kam emank jiper banget ama dia, gue jawab dengan nada panik,"udah on the way nih.."
J," Berapa lama lagi?" masih dengan nada jutek..
gue mengkeret," yeah the most 15 mins deh".
Padahal gue kan masih di rumaah wakakkakakak...yah tapi jiper udahan gue ...
Tau2 J bilank,"Nih gue oper telponnye ye...si D mo ngomong..."
Gue pasrah," oke deh.."
D,"Halo, elo di mana?"
gue bohong,"Udah di jalanan nih.."
D,"Gue baru ajah ajak anak2 keliling2 tour kasih liat kamar2 di sini..yang harbour view ama pool view.."
Gue kaget,"Hah? jasi si J bohong? pestanya belom mulai kan?"
D ketawa,"iyahhh elo dikerjain tuh ama si J.."
gue,"brengsek..gue dikerjain..."
Iye di dunia ini gue paling takut satu sama nyokap gue, dua sama bokap gue, ketiga yah sama si J ini....jiper abiess.....
Trus sampe Oriental, parkirnya penuh lagi, banyak section close for renovation, gue dah suruh CC illegal parking, dia takut...akhirnya saking jipernya gue ama si J (padahal yang punya hajat kan adiknya si D..mustine gue jiper ama D donk ye...wakkakak..),"How about we go out, then do vallet parking?"
CC dengan muka terpaksa," Oh ok..."
Tapi akhirnya ketemu another site buat illegal parking, yah sudah illegal parking lah kita...mana jauh lagi lokasinya....dah berdandan rapih, musti jalan begitu jauh...*sobs*
Pas sampe atas, lewat depan satu ruangan, ampir ditarik masuk sama door men, udah dibukain pintu,"are you here for the wedding of so and so..?"
Gue gak cuneng gitu, gue liat di tulisannya ooh ballrom, bukan donk...gue bilank," Sorry not this wedding.."
Gitu masuk di lobby, gue liat, kok deket lobby ada crowds banyak yang pake batik (cuma orang Indo yang ke wedding pake batik..di Singapore mah gak ada deh...),gue pikir perasaan lobby-nya bukan di lantai 5..
Ape cocktailnya pindah ke lobby?...
Gue nanya...trusan ternyata ooh bukan...kita naik ke lantai 5, loh kok sepi? eh gak taunya ada di sisi sebelah lainnya...sampe sono, berdiri di luar masih lumayan pegel, sampe 8.10 kayanya door baru open...atas permintaan D, kita ditaruh meja paling pojok, kali persiapan buat kalo kita berisik..kali yak?
Tapi yah tetep ajah kita paling berisik, bayangin ajah isi meja udah gank gue..walopun gak lengkap, kan pentolannya ada di situ semua..masih ditambah dengan temennya si D waktu di Canada yang profesinya adalah tentara....yah udah donk pasti rame..apa lagi pas acara toast kan musti teriak2 tuuu...si captain itu yang paling heboh deh...
Dessertnya itu sangat unik, biasanya kan pasti chinese dessert kan, tapi kemaren itu chocolate mousse berbentuk brownies gitu, gue dah heboh nih mo bikin birthday prank lagi...soale si D kan ultah next week...gue bilank,"how about we sing happy birthday for D?"
Tapi pada chicken out yah gak jadi b'day prank deh...kalo gak kan seru tuh, pas orang dah solemn2 makan dessert...tau2 ada yang nnyanyi happy birthday..wakakaaa...abis itu kayanya gue diblack list ama ortunya si D wakakakaka...
Pas kemaren gue jemput si D nih, ternyata ada berita menghebohkan...anak auntie-nya si D ini mabok ternyata waktu kita udah pulank...gak tau gimana ceritanya...katanya waktu acara photo keluarga...kayanya tu anak dichallenge ama kokonya yak kali, akhirnya tuh anak minum 4 gelas red wine, cuma umur 14, yah maboklah dia..katanya dia jadi high and happy gitu...pertama orang2 kira dia acting, doank, taunya bau wine dia..murkalah si nyokap terhadap anak yang paling gede itu wakakakakaka...seru juga..sayang gue kag liat.
Weleh postingan gue wiken kemaren tentang wedding singer yak...kayanya gue chicken out niyy....lah wong gue chicken banget koq kalo di depan publik...gila ajeh gue suruh nyanyi....jaman dulu gue di kelas pelajaran musik ajeh kalo pas test nyanyi dengkul gue gemeteran...gimane suruh jadi wedding singer....gue pilih jadi pager ayu ajah mendingan...wakakkakaakkaka....
Oh yah ini lagune gue ganti...RENT the musical will play in Singapore, November kayanya...with direct cast from New York, and have Karen Mok inside...benernya gue gak suka siy ama dia...tapi pengen nonton...dulu pas nonton du Sydney, itu Australian Cast kan...makanya gue pasang lagu ini....met hari senen men temen...

Saturday, October 08, 2005

Wedding Singer

Ternyata genk gue ke sini juga membawa kabar baik, salah satu daari mereka akan menikah tahun depan, dan temen gue itu merequest gue untuk nyanyi di pestanya dia...
Alamak kalo gini caranya gue bisa buka business baru nih jadi wedding singer...
Hmm meritnya bulan juni, jadi dari minggu depan onwards gue musti nyari lagu, dan tiap minggu menyanyikan lagu yang sama donks? *hiks*
Masalahnya, gue nyanyi apa donks? *hiks*
Jadi inget dulu CC bilang,"Can I ask the musician to play Keliru for me?
Yah otomatis temen2 gue yang ada di situ pada tereat serempak," Nooooo you can nottt.." dengan nada panik..wakakakakka...emank CC tergila2 ama Ruth Sahanaya, especially yah Keliru itu...weleh...beneran keliru milih lagu dia wakakakkaka....
Hmm kemaren pas baca komennya wendi, gue jadi sadar harus menambah character gue, tidak jantan...(heheheh iya donk guwe kan cewe..jadi tidak jantan..)..sori yak miss out, kemaren soale lagi comparison ama genk pan *blush*..
yupe gue orangnya indirect, even though gue bukan orang jawa asli (walopun jakarta kan ada di pulau jawa yeee...),biasa semua kepahitan gue telen sendiri...makanya gue sekarang jadi doyan bittergourd....dulu mana doyan gue...kali dah kebiasaan makan kepahitan hidup ye? wakakkakakak *gak nyambung*...
Hasil training dari para bawang putih, ada salah satu kaos gue, yang semula bentuknya kaos, setelah dicuci jadi tambah panjang, alias menjadi tunik, dan kemaren pagi gue liat, alamak dah mo jadi long dress....padahal gue udah bilangin ke N gimane cara nyucinya...so kemaren pagi gue tegur donks," Nik, kok kaos saya makin lama makin panjang ya?"
N berusaha membela diri,"Anu ma'am saya nyucinya udah seperti yang ma'am suruh kok.."
Gue,"Kok jadi makin melar gitu sih?"
N memeragakan cara dia nyuci...gue bilang,"salah...gak boleh diperes kayak gitu..."
trys gue peragain cara nyucinya lagi
N,"Oh iya ma'am..laen kali saya cuci dengan cara itu..."
Ya sudah tunggu saja....
Mulai hari ini gue gak mau rugi, tiap gak nemu barang gue, gue langsung teriak,"nunieekkk liat barang saya yang bla...bla...bla..bla gak?
kayaknya tampang dia langsung stress, gara2 gue berubah....wakakakkaka...
Sekarang gue lagi nongkrong di kantor banyak banget kerjaan *hiks* pusing...hari ini dikejar2 waktu deh auu....
Kemaren dapet telpon dari client gue yang ngadain Xmas party ntar siank, katanya gue dapet duduk di meja VIP, bareng ama pentolan2 dari Dept Store di sini...mampus...
Trus gue baru nyadar pas baca undangan, dress code: red and gold...mampus lagi....
Ntar sore ada kelasnya Max lagi, dan ternyata adiknnya temen gue, pestanya jamnya juga nyeleneh...cocktail 7, door open at 7.30...mampus lagi...
Biasa kan orang2 cocktail jam 7.30, door open 8 pm...*sigh*
sekarang gue dah mulai deg2an....hiks....
Maap ya kayanya gak sempet blog walking, jadi met wiken ajah deh semuanya...

Friday, October 07, 2005

Juicy Gossips

Ceritanya kemaren kan gank member pada dateng ke sini, yang pertama dateng pagi...dan gue gak bisa jemput...jadi gue jemput yng kloter sore deh ye....dan karena gue jiper ama yang sore, makanya walopun pesawatnya landing jam 15.15, gue udah di erpot jam 2.45....jiperrr mannnnn...daripada daripada kan mendingan mendingan...*nyengir*
Menurut jadwal yang gue bikin, bis jemput mereka kita pergi ke Compassvale mall, weleh jauh ajah yak...iyah...soale si J itu punya mission untuk mengunjungi seluruh mall-mall yang ada di Singapore...nah yang belom kesampean cuma Compassvale mall doank...
Mengingat kesejahteraan anggota gank yang lain, yaitu si L, yang terseret2 dalam modus operandi-nya si J (walah ini beneran kayak kata Samuel, kayak Pos Kota..wakakkaka...), maka gue berbaik hati untuk membawa mereka direct ke Compassvale mall, jadinye si L gag bakal tersiksa harus diseret2 naek MRT sampe sejauh itu...yang diikuti dengan rencana berikutnya yaitu dinner di Jalan Kayu Roti Prata, itu loh punyanya Wak Thasevi..yang terkenal banget...kalo pengen coba, naek ajeh 103 dari city, duduk sampe tolol, pasti sampe di Thasevi...(eh dapet endorsement gak nih? wakakkaka)..
Semestinya tuh sebelom ke mall, gue musti jemput si D, yang ceritanya lagi meeting (gila yak...holiday masih bela2in meeting *kagum* soale suppliernya dia ada di Singapore), tapi ternyata dia meeting yang panjang....dan lamaaaa....(eh itu mah choki2 yak? wakkakaka...), jadinya kita ke mall dulu deh, abis udah bosen di mall, gue telpon D, ya ampun, masih meeting, emank napsunya gede deh temen gue yang satu ini....weleh...gak hanya dia ajah siy, ternyata semua dari kita tuh workaholic abies...dulu sih gue kaga...tapi gara2 Singapore, yah masa sih gue gak adaptasi...*blush*
ya sudah kita nongkrong di Starbucks. Seperti biasa donk kalo gank bertemu kan ada update-an news yang harus disirkulasi di antara member2nya tuh (duh dah kayak majalah ajah sirkulasi wakakakkaka....) jadi gue nanya ada update apa niy, tapi ternyata masih pada malu2 kucing...bilank," yah nothing unusual.."
Abis itu kita proceed ke kantor si D, nah pas udah ketemu si D, ini baru deh heboh2nya dimulai, dari mulai ngomongin kerjaan kantor (oh ya lupa cerita, jadi di antara kita tuh, setelah grow up, nasibnya menjadi:
Si D, megang tampuk pimpinan tertinggi di perusahaan bokapnya di bawah supervision bokapnya...dan sadis banget, dah kita wanti2," ati2 kalo dealing ama staff di indonesia, especially the lower they are, the more unprecious their life is..." Yah gue sih berharap mudah2an so far so good deh yaa....
Si L, juga masuk di perusahaan bokapnya, kaya in charge of pabrik deh, soalnya dia dulu kan study Industrial Engineering...
Si J, kerja di pialang saham di Jakarta...
S, kayanya jadi dosen deh di salah satu universitas di jakarta
M, jadi ibu rumah tangga merit sama Vietnamse Chinese di US, anaknya udah satu...
dan gue yah seperti apa adanya gue sekarang ini...pekerja rodi. wakakakka...) sampe complaint2 masalah pembantu... yang of course gue ditrain nih ama mereka untuk lebih sadis ngadepin si nuniek, liat yah ntar gimane hasilnya...terus terang gue lagi bilank,"Wah gue menyesal nih, rumah gue beloman ready buat elo orang stay, kalo gak kan sapa tau at the end of your stay, si nuniek bakalan minta dipulangin ke indonesia, karena gak tahan dengan siksaan dari anggota genk gue...wakakakkakakaa...
Dan gue juga bilank, apa gue bawa mereka ajah ke rumah gue, dan kalo gue perkenalkan ke nuniek sebagai sisters gue, entar si nuniek pikir, ini koq kyak bawang merah bawang putih ya? dengan gue sebagai bawang merahnya *ngakak* eh mereka juga ngaku loh, mereka bilank," Wahh nuniek bisa pingsan gak percaya tuhh, koq bisa yah ma'am kayak gini, sisternya sadis2?" wakakakka...
Gue juga jadi update dengan berita2 seputar conglomerate2 di Indonesia, iye kalo gue ketemu genk gue ini yang update adalah soal berita conglomerate family lah...soale dulu kan gue sekolah di SMAK 1 tuh, yang indeed banyak conglo, tapi sayangnya family guwe bukan wakakkakakkaka...
Setelah makan prata, kita cek-in ke hotelnya mereka, abies itu ke IKEA (gue bener2 kagum ama si J, yang sangat organised kayak militer banget, dia punya list titipan dari temen2 dan sisternya buat beli barang2 di IKEA, dan murni kita ke IKEA, J cuma nanya gue tunjukin gue bagian ini, tunjukin gue bagian itu, dan alhasil, kita gak jalan keliling IKEA, tapi cuma beli titipannya dia ajeh...)
Abies itu gue bawa buwat liat sneak preview rumah baru gue, dan dilanjutkan dengan liat light up Deepavali di Little India (tahun ini bagus kata gue..) dan belanja belanji di mustafa...trus liat light up di hari raya di Eunos, koq gak seheboh yang digembar gemborin media ya? Frankly speaking gue sih bilank yang di Little India, more interesting...dan abis itu balik ke hotel...
well, ehehehheheh pada gak percaya yah gue paling jinak di antara mereka...tapi bener koq gue paling jinak, tuh buktinya cerita bawang merah bawang putih...hehehehhee...dan Yuli makasi yaaa untuk kepercayaanmu tentang cerita guwe *muachhh*
Oh bukti lainnya lagi adalah, belakangan ini kan kayanya makin banyak deh anak2 SMAK 1 angkatan gue yang pindah ke Singapore, jadi kalo bump into them di tengah jalan, pasti donk nanya,"eh elo masih contact ama siapa aja?"
Begitu gue nyebutin nama2 genk gue, semua langsung pucat pasi wakakakakkakaka..., dan ada yang sampe to the extend,"Haaa? itu kan yang galak banget itu, koq bisa sih elo main ama mereka?" wakakakakkakka....
tapi aniwe mereka harmless koq, mereka mempunyai hati yang murni dan tulus..lah iyalah..kalo ga masa gue bisa stuck sama mereka selama ini siyyy? ya gak?

Thursday, October 06, 2005

Me and The Gank

Jaman guwe dulu SMA pas kelas 2, kan gue ambil jurusan fisika, nah cewenya dikit donk pasti...pas di kelas gue cewenya cuma 14, tapi gak tau gimana ceritanya akhirnya gue belongs to one gank, yang isinye 6 orang....
Gank gue itu terdiri dari:
D (characternya suka marah2 tanpa sebab, kalo lo liat air mukanya lagi gak enak, mendingan jangan elo ajak ngomong seharian..menjauh ajeh...tapi super duper pinter, kayanya otaknya jalan lebih cepet dari mulut, jadi kalo ngomong cepet banget),
S (mukanya serem dan dingin, dan sombong, kalo ditegur, pasti elo dijawab dengan bentakan..),
J(tampang judes abies, dan kalo elo negur dia skali, jawabannya males banget deh, kali pas udeh negor dia sekali elo males negor lagi)
L (tampangnya paling jinak diantara kita semua....rosy cheeks...gak bisa bilang nggak, selalu ditindas oleh anggota2 lainnya)
M (tampangnya memelas, cantik, kayanya hidup di alam mimpi, jago mengkhayal, pinter di Biologi, kayanya fragile abis....)
Gue (kayak nano2, paling ramah, temen menyebar di mane2 dari berbagai kelas, junior dan senior...duh kesannya gue tenar yee...)
Jangan tanya gue gimane ceritanya gue bisa join gang ini, cuma tau2 pas gue sadar, kita ngelakuin apa barengan melulu...yang paling gue inget siy kita les komputer di widyaloka (duhh jaman dulu banged gak siy *seyem*) dan private buat kita ber 5 ini...
Kayanya gurunya itu stress dapet murid kita ber 6 yang ganas2 (exclude gue loh...gue yang paling jinak di antara kita ber 5 itu...sumpah deh...), soale tiap sebelom kelas, kayanya gurunya ngerokoknya sangat syahdu....dan tegang mukanya...pas kita udah bubaran, mukanya legaaaa banged wakakakak....kali si Bapak pikir dosa apa yah dia sampe dapet murid model ginian...wakakakka...
Yang paling gue inget adalah...salah satu temen gue tuh suka marah2 tanpa sebab...dan kalo dia lagi marah, walah ngetiknya super duper cepet banget...(even though dia normal, lagi gak marah ajah, ngetiknya udah super duper cepet, kalo lagi marah bener2 gue ajah sampe melongo...)....jadi si bapak bisa tau bagaimana cuaca pada hari itu waakakkkakkaka....
Selain ngeles komputer, kita juga ngeles tenis bareng, dan tentu ajah, elo orang bisa menduga gimana ganasnya si D kalo lagi marah, bola tenis pada mental semua keluar dari lapangan, alhasil, dia yang dendanya paling banyak (soalanya lapangan tenisnya kan di daerah kampung gitu, once goes out, artinya ilank deh, makanya coachnya bilank, kalo bolanya ilank gak bisa dicarri, bayar go ceng per bola...) tapi si D gak perduli tuuw...waaakakkakak
Trusan pas lulus SMA nih...ceritanya semua orang pada pergi ke US except gue masuk Trisakti (inilah sebabnya gue jadi tambah preman wakkakakakak) trusan satu lagi si S dia masuk Untar....
Nah sebelom pergi nih...kita ngadain farewell dinner di Gandy Steak House yang di jalan Hayam Wuruk itu loh..(duh jaman dulu banged lagi...) dan gue masih inget, gue numpang mobil si M yang lagi keranjingan lagunya Siti Nurhaliza yang judule "betapa kucinta padamu", sampe enek gue di dalem mobilnya itu lagu diputer loop terus2an...
Abis itu parkirannya kan susah tuh yang itu, gue masih inget bener, pas mo parkir, ganti supir, jadi gue buat markirin mobilnya dia, begitu juga on the way out (wahhh ketahuan deh bakat supir gue yang sangat kinclong..wakakakakka)
Wadoh betapa malunya gue malem itu, karena yang ber 5 itu sibuk cerita sambil teriak2 (kebayang gak sih yang tampang lembut memelas (si M), dan yang paling tidak berdaya (si L), kalo udah digabung ke situ bakalan jadi ganas juga kecuali gue jadi jinak banget, sampe seluruh pengunjung pada nengok ke kita semua...kali saking ganasnya kita sampe waiternya pun gak berani mengusir kita wakakkakaka...gue cuma duduk di pojokan dengerin mereka ngomong, sambil nunduk dengan muka merah....kasian deh guwee....wakakakkaka...
Pas malem itu pula, kita decided to buy uniform stationery, so that when we received a mail, we instantly know, that it's from one of us....cailah...menyentuh gak siy...
Nah ceritanya nih si D, adiknya bakalan merit sabtu ini jadi hari ini pada dateng deh ke Singapore, karena kebetulan adiknya si D married with Singaporean dan pestanya di Singapore pula....tapi yang dateng cuma J,L, of course D lah ya...dan gue juga kan station di Singapore...
Sampe sekarang gue juga masi gak abis pikir deh nape gue bisa join ini gang, even CC asked me,"How come you can belong to that gang ah?
Gue,"Dunno..." wakakakka...
semua orang mempertanyakan ke-exist-an gue di gank itu, tetep ajeh gue nggak ngerti...

Wednesday, October 05, 2005

AMKM

Masih inget radio Sonora? kalo sore2 jam mmm 5 ya kalo gak salah kan ada acara AMKM tuhhh yang merupakan singakatan dari Anda Meminta Kami Memutar....
Nah gue gak mo ngebahas Sonora *gak nyambung* wakakkakka...
Masih inget kan cerita guwe yang temen gue menyuplai persediaan majalah Femina buat gue setiap minggu? Nah sebagai tanda terima kasih gue kadang2 nanya ama dia," Lo lagi pengen makan ape? gue masakin deh..."
Walopun waktu itu jadinya amburadul *blush* soale emank semangat masak gue lagi low *nyari alesan*
Trus ada kebiasaan baru lagi nih, CC suka buka2 majalah gue, dan nunjuk, eh masak ini donk besok, trus kita langsung berburu ingredients ke supermarket....
Lalu kemaren gue kan kelas menyanyi nih, gue nyanyi lagunya si Ratu yang judule Salahkah Aku Bila Terlalu Mencintaimu...guru guwe maen piano, dan gue nyanyi, gila ternyata gak gampang loh nyanyinya...dan gue gak pe de juga...lah iyahlah kalo gampang mah gue juga udah jadi Ratu donks *nyengir*
Nah setelah selese kelas, gue bilank," If my house ready, I'd like to invite you for my house warming..."
She,"ooh...ok...that will be nice..."
Gue,"I'll give you detail when it's ready lah..."
She,"Oh ok, how nice of you, will you make your cheese cake again during your house warming?"
alamak....ternyata dia masih kepincut sama cheese cake guwe....beneran AMKM deh auwww...tapi yang ini mah Anda Meminta Kami Memasak....wakakakkakak...

Tuesday, October 04, 2005

Birthday Prank

Of course it's not mine....Lah wong buaya, masa mau dikadalin? *senyum licix*
Jadi inget flatmate gue, Megumi, waktu di Sydney, yang mo bikin birthday prank buat guwe, eh malah backfire waakakkakaka.... ada Agnes jugs dehhh...Nyes..jangan senyum2 sendiri yeee wakakkakaka...inget Bangkok taun kemaren Nyess? *senyum puas* wakakakakka...
Back to the story deh...hari jumat kemaren kan temen gue ultah, gue dah wanti2 CC buat gak nelepon doski....dan waktu hari rabu doski sms ke gue,"Can I borrow your Kinokuniya Card and shopping together?"
Weleh koq sms-nya bunyinya gak enak yak? wakakakka..ketahuan deh gue punya Kinokuniya Card....*blush*
gue jawab,"Of course you can lah..."
doski,"when ah?"
gue,"Sat lah".
he,"fri can?"
gue,"sorry can not.."
he,"how about thu?"
gue,"sorry got class..."
he,"ok lah sat loh...what time arr?"
gue,"dinner lah, 7 pm?"
he,"where?"
gue,"Hu Cui Crystal Jade.."
he,"where's that?"
gue,"I'll bring you there lah.."
he,"okay.."
Pas hari sabtu pagi, reserved tempat buat dinner, trusan ke Holland V, ngambil kue, ke Cold Storage Taka beli lilin, trusan ke resto-nya nitip kuwe...
Malemnya sebelum kita jemput, CC udah gue ceramahin, supaya belaga gak ada apa...kalopun dia nyebut dia ultah, belaga cuek ajah ah oh ah oh gitu....
Pas kita jemput, dia juga gak bilank dia ultah....tapi pas lagi jalan ke restonya die bilank,"Eh dinner tonite is on me yaa.."
gue,"can not lah..."
he,"why can not?"
gue,"the reservation is under my name what.."
he,"that doesn't mean anything..."
gue,"if you want to pay, then you have to reserve under your name.."
he,"I can just say that I'm flona mah.."
gue,"you are Aqua meh?" (aqua in Singlish eh hokkian dink...artinya banci-red)
wakakakkaka...dia kalah...
Sampe dalam lagi makan2 trusan tiba2 dia ngomong sendiri,"you know that I'd just turn 34 yesterday?"
gue,"huh? congrats man..." nyalamin dia...
CC,"oh..congrats for you.." nyalamin dia juga...
yah udah abis itu ganti conversation lagi ke yang laen....
Pas udah abis makan...dia nanya,"shall we order dessert here or somewhere else?'
gue,"here also can lah..."
CC bilank," mmm got one dessert very nice here....let flona order.."
yah udah gue bisik2 ama waitressnya, doh itu waitress agak2 dongo..nanya2 berapa lilin pake bahasa chinese lagi..untung tuh victim guwe gak cuneng...
Yah udah pas kuwenya dateng, kita nyanyi happy birthday, mukanya langsung merah...
wakakakka....kena deh die....tadinya dia kira tuh kita pasdia bilank dia ultah hari ini, gue langsung pesen kuwe, setelah kita bilank, itu kuwe dah nongkrong di Hu Cui sejak siang2 dia jadi terharu....wakakkakaka...
Ngomongin si Max nih sekarang...max itu campuran antara Daschund dan Pomeranian...benernya dah toilet train, bisa salaman (pake kaki depan kanan), bisa duduk, bisa lie down, bisa terlentang, latest trick bisa ngasih kaki depan kirinya...cuma gara2 Nuniek jadi ngaco pipis sama pup-nya...makanya gue sekolahin...benernya tuh anjing pinter abies dahh...dan cute abies...tampangnya bisa berubah2 tergantung model rambutnya...sekarang lagi tampang mini golden retriver, soalnya bulunya baru numbuh dari abis dibotakin kemaren dan warnanya coklat...hehehehhe...
Ganti topik...bom Bali, dari kemaren kan udah disiarin di tipi tuh tersangka suicide bombernya...nah liat ajeh 3 kepala itu, gak merem kan matinya? kalo matinya untuk niat yang tulus mustinya wajahnya damai donk...apalagi yang satu itu matanya melotot gitu...apa bener itu dia bakalan dapet reward setelah mati?
Last but not least..selamat menjalankan ibadah puasa buat temen2 yang menjalankan, semoga Amal Ibadahnya diterima oleh Allah SWT ya...

Saturday, October 01, 2005

Deep Condolescence

My deepest condolescence for my beloved country Indonesia for the Bali bombing. I just can't understand why Indonesia still has to go through a lots of things after so many things happened in these past few years.
All the shocking news keep on coming and going every other day, however even though I'm not presently exist in my country, but yet my heart cry very hard every time I see something happened to Indonesia.
No matter how far I am from Indonesia, deep in my heart, I'm still a very true blue Indonesian Citizen.
For the last posting, it's only a joke saying to be proud as Indonesian, but actually there are many things that we have to proud of as Indonesian.
We are culturally rich, have lots of different cultural background, lives in different islands, speaks different language, but yet we are one, we are all Indonesian, and we speak one national language....
There is nothing that can separate us as one entity, as we learn through the years from school that our philosophy is "Unity in Diversity"
Let's we unite and pray together for the situation in Indonesia.....

Proud To Be Indonesian

Latest Update:
Gila jooo...barusan gue buka kompas, BBM naek 125%, bener2 deh gue berbela sungkawa atas dikeluarkannya berita ini....naek koq yah one shot 125% gituh sih....*ngurut dada* ini mah bener2 keterlaluan yak...udah inflasi gede... BBM naik....weleh...

Original Posting:
Semalem, gue dapet invitation ke Private Sale-nya Perlini's Silver, dan gue punya 3 guest passes..tapi dengan syart ketiga orang itu musti dateng bareng ama gue.
So tadinya rencananya cuma gue, CC, sama temen guwe doank...tapi ternyata colleague-nya temen gue ikut juga...karena kata dia lumayan buat beli Xmas Gift...kan 50% discount tuuu...
Kita janjian ketemuan di Perlini's Silver...karena masih kepagian dari jam yang udah ditentuin, jadinya gue ke Wisma dulu, tapi on the way kan lewat tuh, gue liat ah..masih sepi....
Trusan pas gue udah bosen jalan2 di Wisma, gue pikir yah udah deh gue hang around di sekitaran Perlini's Silver tersebut, to my surprise, walah antriannya dah lumayan panjang dink, ya udah gue ngantri deh, dan telpon temen gue itu....akhirnya masuk juga ke sana, walah penuhnya....karena gue member gue dapet door gift, kalungnya lucu, trusan di dalem, yang gue mau semua tinggal display piece (duh telat deh gue datengnya sobs..sobs), dan ada scratchesnya..of course lah gue gag mau, akhirnya cuma beli kaling doank....asli itu perlini udah kayak pasar senggol saking ramenya..
Pas gue keluar gue nyari CC, loh kok ilank (CC dah keluar duluan...) trusan colleague-nya temen gue itu kan cowo juga...gue nanya ama dia,"Where's CC?"
He said,"Dunno, just now he was here, then he went away, then he was here again then went away again..."
Gue,"Oh never mind, may be he's getting something from Tiffany for me". wakakakka...gue pe de abies yeee....
Temen gue,"Is he alone or with another women?" wahhh ternyata temen gue ini menjaga cittra guwe yeee...wakakaka....becanda siy...
akhirnya CC dateng, kita pergi makan di Pepper Lunch...weleh ngantri lagi jrenggg.... waktu ngatri gitu. ada uncle yang kayak kodektur bus gitu, nanya2in,"How many people?" ke tiap orang...gue berasa kayak naek Mikrolet lagih ditagih ongkos wakakakkakaka....
Abis makan temen gue bilang,"How about we go to Tiffany?"
Weleh....dia kecewa ama Perlini's Silver langsung upgrade ke Tiffany...trusan gue bilank," Seems Tiffany has closed already dehh around this time...."
Tapi dasar temen gue itu berjiwa 45 tetep jalan ke Tiffany, ternyata belom tutup...duh gue baru nyadar kayanya worng dress code deh buat masuk Tiffany...tapi ternyata kita dilayani dengan manisnya oleh staff2 Tiffany yang biasanya jutek itu....tau gak kalian kenapa?
Jawabannya adalah karena kita speak Indonesian sodara2......
Gue pernah baca di koran setelah SARS, the biggest spender tourist every year are from Indonesia...Artikel laennya yang pernah gue baca lagi waktu lagi rame2nya orang complaint about service quality in Singapore adalah...lots of Singaporean said the LV shop's staff treat Indonesian customer llike a king, because they spend like crazy...hehehheheh begitulah kira2...
Makanya itu tante Tiffany ramah2 ke kita....kita jadi the center of attention...duh jadi gak enak ati....*blush*
Dan terjadilah kejadian menyebalkan itu...seperti biasa kalo temen gue mo beli apaan gituw, pasti dia gak nemu, dan yang ujung2nya beli adalah guwe....gak tau kenapa kayanya gue under cursed, everytime I accompany my fren go shopping, at the end my friend will not get what they want, and end up with I'm the one who get something...ihhhh sebel....
This time simply because, temen gue itu ngeliat ada kalung bagus...dia nyoba, tapi gak jadi beli...trusan dia tau gue punya the bracelet trus ngomong ke tante tiffany,"She has the bracelet, you know.."
Trus temen gue sambil nyoba cincin, the tante tiffany said,"Eh you know, that one is one set with the bracelet and the necklace?"
Temen gue langsung memandang gue dengan pernuh arti..."Flon, it's one set..."
Temen gue ngomong lagi ke auntie," She also has the ring...." walah....mampus...
Then the auntie started to look at me then said,"then you should buy the neck lace lah..."
Tambah colleaguenye temen gue,"Eh ya...that'sa beautiful piece..." weleh....
trusan ada customer lagi orang Singapore,"Yeah I also have that one, very nice..."
Dohhh...apa maksudnya sihhhh.....
Setelah menimbang, mengukur dan berpikir...yah udah gue nyerah, jadilah gue beli itu kalung....hiiksss....padahal gue tadinya tertarik sama cincin yang lain...
beneran deh...
Trusan gue bilank ke tante Tiffany,"Well actually I'm interested in the diamond series you know...and my birthday is coming, so please help me to remember these 3 people's face, so next time they come, you know where to direct them..."
Gue,"By the way you do the wedding registry, right? How about you start to do Birthday registry also for me? wakakakakakka....
Tante Tiffany,"Don't worry, I have a very good photo sensoric memory, I know what to do when they come" with a wink..
Dan yah sekalian lah udah kadung gue bilank,"So since my birthday is approaching, will Tiffany also give me something? *pasang tampang manis* wakkakakakakakk...
Gila abies deh semalem tuh semua staff Tiffany bener2 ngakak bareng kita gituw...weleh ternyata yah orang Indonesia itu beneran sangat dihormati lah jreng....
So next time, even though don't have intention to buy those branded goods, be confident lah enter the shop, then start to speak Indo, then the sale staff will follow you where ever you go...wakkakakakakkaka....
Moral of the story....Don't forget to call Tiffany as my birthday is coming lah yauuuuuu....wakakakakka....