Have A Bad Day

This posting supposed to be posted last nite, but blogger was down, so it was not succesful. So this story was yesterday one ya...
Yesterday was really a very bad day. Started with a bad headache from lack of sleep, as usual been chased by the bloody deadline, brought up wrong subject to my mom *sigh*
Top of the news, my driver, suddenly called said,"Sorry bozz, I need to go for funeral".
I still didn't suspect anything,"Umm okay, but who?"
He said,"Isa passed away".
I thought he was joking,"Are you joking?"
He answered,"It's true.."
I 'm shocked , weak, confused, etc...
Mohammad Isa was his name. He was about 18 years old, if not mistaken now is his final year in ITE (equal to STM in Indonesia). He was one of my part-time worker, espcecially during school holidays.
The first time I knew him, he called me "Miss". He just treated me as his teacher *sigh* I called him "Isa", just like the way Indonesian pronounce, but his friends, called him 'Ise'. He was a nice young man, very responsible towards his works, very protective towards me, especially all those nite that I had to helped them to finish work outside.
He was a very soft spoken young man, very polite and very hard working among his peers. My supervisor always called him "handsome".
He was a cheerful young man, who likes to compose his own songs during his works, and sang it loudly with his friends. His voicemail for his handphone is very unique.
His father gave him a scooter, he was a very careful rider, responsible, and didn't like to speed. It was an accident that took away his life instantly, near Singapore Polytechnic.
The latest news that I heard this morning he changed his scooter to motorbike, and nobody knows how it happened. Somebody found him lying down near the drain with smashed face and badly broken arm, blood everywhere. The body was 500 m away from the motorbike, and the helmet was 500 m away also.
Isn't it ironic? A very young man, which I believe would have a bright future has left the world suddenly. Why him? Why today? Why so young?
Probably it's true a good man will have a short life...then I started to think,"doesn't it mean I'm not good? I'm still alive though til now?"
My last contact with him was 9 August 2006, Singapore's National Days, I was using my other handphone, sending sms to all my Singaporean contacts, to wish them Happy National Day. Suddenly I received a reply from Isa,"Thank you, but Errrr may I know who r u?"
I replied,"It's me Flona".
After waiting a few minutes he replied,"Mmmm sorry to ask again, but where do I know you?"
Then I replied,"Oh I'm from Bla..Bla..Bla...(I typed my company name)".
He answered,"oh okay..thanks again".
A few hours later around 11 pm, he sent another sms,"Have u slept?"
I answered,"Nope, why?"
He typed,"Errrr...Bla bla bla (my company name) have so many staffs inside, but may I know which one are you?"
Holding my laughter, I typed,"Errrr...I'm bozz"
He replied,"Oopppsss...sorry bozz, I didn't know your real name.."
What a memory...Bon Voyage Isa, my friend...
I feel something empty in the corner of my heart, I'm still in a deep shock...disbelieve that I will not be able to meet him
We all here will miss you for sure...

I'm back *sad*

Yeah finally I'm back to Singapore again *sigh*
Still deaf as a result from the flight, but here I am, almost midnite, sitting on my office chair, doing my works with a bad headache *jedotin kepala ke tembok*
It's like a very short dream *sigh* and then now I woke up to the real world of mine *hiks..hiks...srottt..*
The world is so cruel *sigh* And tomorrow oopss...7 more minutes is Monday
Oh nooooooooooo.....

It's Very Me

*sigh* dulu ahhhhh *senyum manis*
Because of the past 2 week end I'd been hunted by MLM, so I've decided to go somewhere this week end *senyum puas*
But in the mean time, a lots of my friend started to ask me since yesterday,"What time is your flight?"
Until now I'm in the middle of yahoo msn, the question are all the same, and my answer,"Eh I haven't checked.." huhhahahhahahha...It's very me...cuex kayak bebek.
I've already started to receive a few sms from my liason officers *caelah* in my destination country, even to the extend IDD call, asking what time is my flight, and my answer is still,"Don't know leh, haven't checked.." huhuahhahahahaha....
So you who are somewhere out there, if wanna meet me, faster join jalansutra...they're having meet and greet for me tomorrow nite loh...*promosi*
Okay then....I sign off first ya....have a nice week end...gonna miss you all..*hugs*

Menghitung Hari

Duh kepala gue lagi cenut2an banged niy, jadi gak isa mikir ide buat posting. Panadol udah, stronger than panadol juga udah, tapi tetep ajah cekot2 *hiks..hikss* Btw gue dapet endorsment dari Panadol gak ya? dah nyebut2 doski 3 kali nih hihihiihih..
Jadi gue post ini ajah ya, yang gue dedikasikan untuk seorang Pahlawan Devisa yang bekerja di rumah gue, yang telah membuat hidup gue porak poranda selama hampir 2 tahun.
Nunik bentar lagi akan pulang ke kampung halamannya nih. Jadi ceritanya dia lagi "Menghitung Hari". Jangan bandingin si Nunik sama Krisdayanti, of course jaoh booo...dan liriknya juga cuma sampai bait 1 ajah, gak usah diterusin *ngancem*
Eh jangan2 di kamarnya Nunik ada coret2an di tembok kayak narapidana buat ngitungin hari ya *curiga* Ntar malem gue cek ahhhh....

Mampoes..poes...poes...poes...

I'm not Garfield's friend anymore I haaaaaaaatttttteeeeee week end *cry*
Coba imagine...last Saturday on the way to my friend birthday celebration, I was about to reach my handphone to called my friend, suddenly my handphone ring...eh vibrate dink...I always put my handphone in vibrate mode, coz I love peacefull environment *caelah*
I saw the display, it was from my dad's cousin. Yupe my dad has a few Singaporean cousin, as 2 of my dad's aunties migrated to Singapore. I was wondering whether I pressed the number accidentally or it was really her calling me *puzzled*
But anyway I picked up my handphone, and then it's true my dad's cousin, she said,"Are you free for dinner tonite or tomorrow nite?"
I felt a bit strange so far I've been staying in Singapore for 6 years, she only offers me dinner for Chinese New Year's eve or her mother (which I called Grand Aunt) birthday. So I asked her,"Is there any special occasion?"
She said,"No lah...just want to invite you for dinner.."
I still felt puzzled,"Did you strike lottery?"
She said,"No lah...only my mother said long time never see you.."
I said,"Oh okay, tonite then I think I could make it, is there anything that I could bring to your house?"
She said,"No lah no need to bring anything.."
But I still felt uneasy, must be something going on lah...Ada udang di balik bakwan uppss..batu geto loh....after tried so hard to squeeze my brain I thought it might be something to do with MLM thingy lah, coz I remembered the last time I was visiting her mother she told me that she would be going to Hongkong to attend some MLM thingy, which she didn't want to reveal at that time about the brand. She also said wait until I investigate about it further then I'll tell you...
Okay...I came to her house, after a nice dinner *sigh* there she goes la la la la...*nyanyi* huahuahahahhahaha....true enough man..it's Lampe Berger thingy...she said,"I've never believed in MLM thingy, but this one is different...it doesn't require you to sell, but what you need is invest and work hard to establish your self. All the people inside very friendly, they are willing to help you by sharing their experience..."
Wadoh inside my heart I was saying,"Of course lah they were nice to you, coz they really want you to invest in the name of making them more wealthy what...How can she been brainwashed with all the MLM talk thingy....since she is a very tough ball all these while."
Well...well..well...nothing comes free in this world my friend, just see lah...even a nice invitation for dinner also proven to be "Udang di balik bakwan" jrengggg....
Alamak what I've done wrong until I had to be bombarded by MLM thingy 2 Saturday in a row *sigh* Does that mean I shouldn't be in Singapore very week end yak?

Girl's Nite Out

Last Friday, after a long time of not being out to club, I decided to have a girls' nite out together with my partner in crime and one of my Singaporean friend.
As usual, we hung out at my partner in crime usual hang out, one of the club in Singapore, no need to say lah ya....later on you all will start to follow us to that club lageeeee..* nyengir*
Why I like that club, partly also the guitarist is very cool, and the crowds is not too young as well, cocok lah geto loh...So we bought a drink and asked the cute waiter to pass to that guitarist, with message "from all of us" lah ya.....
But then we were so surprised, looked like the guitarist had already got somebody. He was wearing the ring on that finger *sigh* And there was 1 woman, stood near the stage, staring at him, but strangely she didn't sway to the music at all, looked very cold, but pretty....
During the break the guitarist was talking and standing near her, so we were busy trying to figure out whether his ring matches her ring *senyum manis* but looked like they matched *patah hati*
Then suddenly my partner in crime said,"Eh Flon, kok tuh orang cantik-cantik tapi kok cold blooded ya..."
Gue jawab,"Eh berasa kayak si manis jembatan Ancol gak siyy?" Coz she was behaving very misterious and cold...
Ihhh sereeeeemmmmm....
Have a nice week end all ya....I don't want to go to that place anymore ahhh....angker booooo.......

Dirgahayu RI yang ke 61

Would like to say Happy 61th Birthday to my beloved country, Indonesia. The country where I was born and raised up. The country that has provided me all these while, and formed me to what I am now. The country that has taught me about unity in diversity, all the good value of being a human, how to respect each other in daily life.
Suddenly I recalled one of our National Song that was written by Ibu Sud, the title is Tanah Air, and I heard it was sung again by Cokelat, but too bad I haven't heard, and couldn't find as well.. the lyric goes like:

Tanah airku tidak kulupakan
Kan terkenang selama hidupku
Biarpun saya pergi jauh
Tidak kan hilang dari kalbu
Tanah ku yang kucintai
Engkau kuhargai

Walaupun banyak negri kujalani
Yang masyhur permai dikata orang
Tetapi kampung dan rumahku
Di sanalah kurasa senang
Tanahku tak kulupakan
Engkau kubanggakan

Yes this is my pledge, no matter where I am and who I am, I will always be a true blue Indonesian at heart, just like an Indonesian wise word says "Biarpun hujan emas di negeri orang, lebih baik hujan batu di negeri sendiri".
Once again Happy Birthday Indonesia...

Memory

I think my memory overloaded, can add some more RAM or not ya? *sigh*
Yesterday in my singing class, I brought that Samson CD, but I forgot to bring the CD cover with me. My teacher asked me,"Which song do you want?"
I said,"No 8, please.."
In the middle of the hearing my teacher said,"What's the title of this song?"
I tried very hard to remember, jreng...I felt nothing left inside my brain, ...clean....very clean, can't remember anything *serem* Even my teacher said,"Hey..what's happening to you today?"
And then when the song was played, I could sing the whole songs, but by the time my teacher play in the piano and adjusted the key for me to sing, after singing 2 lines, my mind went blank again *sigh*
I stopped and opened my mouth, tried my best to recall something, but couldn't find anything *tablo (=tampang blo'on)*, again...my brain is very clean *sigh* and my teacher also stopped playing and looked at me with puzzled look *sigh*
Alamak...memory overloaded...

Sarang Penyamun

Just posting about beautiful day only last Friday, then I had my week end ruined on Saturday afternoon *jedotin kepala ke tembok* Seems I am not allowed to post beautiful things in my blog kali yaaa? I have to complain and tell about bad things only in my blog *yakin bin yakun (eh yakun kan the one that sell nice kaya toast yak hihihihii)*
The story goes like this, last week I received a sms from my friend (remember I ever wrote about my friend, husband and wife, which are very annoyingly try to sell Amway thing to me?) saying that,"Hi we would like to invite you to our baby 1 month old celebration this Saturday from 1pm-4pm".
Since I respected them as my long time friends, and I did visited the wife in the hospital after she gave birth, so I replied,"Tolong sms-in alamatlo lagi donk J ke gue, thanks ya".
Suddenly I received a phone call from J, so we chit chat lah...basa basi geto loh...and at the end of conversation, I agreed to come on Saturday around 1 pm lah...
When I arrived at their place, jrenggg... loh kok a lot of people, and I didn't know even one of them, so I thought may be their colleagues lah..But then J said,"Oh go straight ahead to the food and have your self lah, ini mereka colleague-nya istri gua..."
So I took my food donk, then sat in 1 corner, then the wife came, and introduced me to all the colleagues. After that suddenly 1 guy came and sat next to me, starting conversation,"Looks like you're a very important person in this party leh..."
Wadoh..I started to feel uneasy nih...What a way to start a conversation yak *serem*...yeah I always feel uneasy with a sweet mouth person...But anyway, getting used to it in my daily live, I think "aiyah...who scared lah...head on.."
I asked him,"Oh so you're Y's colleague? You also work in Banyan Tree?"
He said,"Hmmm no I don't work there, I'm self employed.."
Jreng...Oh no....this must be Amway people...started to feel uneasy lah gue....then I made a few mistakes that allowed him to bombarded me with the Amway product and service, which I tried to save my self by saying,"Oh ya Y has already shared with me about that..."
Oh my God...gue di sarang penyamun *serem* luckily one of my fren sms me during that scary talk, so finally I told him,"Sorry i have to make a call..."
And as you can guess after that i told him"Sorry ya..I have to make a move, because I have something urgent to attend to..anyway nice talking to you.." *Hoeeekkkk...muntah2*
Dan berpamitanlah gue dengan tuan dan nyonya rumah yang diiringi dengan ucapan,"Oh yah kita orang kapan2 main deh ke rumah elo...gimana kalo minggu depan?"
Gulps..Oh my God..not another Amway preach nih...I said,"Wah my schedule next week is pretty tight.." (which is also true lah...)
Still not giving up, they said,"How about the week after next?"
Gubraks...persistent amat siyyyy...gue jawab,"Eh gue bakalan balik Jakarta...Why don't you just give me a call when you wanna come down, coz my work schedule is pretty unpredictable (which is very true lah..), other than we make apppointment then cancelled, not nice kan..."
With their dissapointed face,"ok lah..."
Waaaaaaaaaa...piye iki Gusti....duhhh..kok bisa ya, berkulit badak sampe tebel gitu...apa gak berasa apa signal2 dari gue? *sigh*
Moral of the story, if you get involved with Multi Level Marketing, please don't friend me ya...wkakkakaakakka...oopsss...wrong...deh...
If you're into Multi Level Marketing, please spare your friends lah, I mean friend is friend indeed, just tell them,"Eh I'm selling Amway or what lah...if you need something please contact me ya..."
I think that way will be better, because I agree Amway product is good, but I just don't like the way they pester me, as though I'm a stranger that they can brain wash with their idea...friend is friend lah...don't hard sell...agree?

Week end is coming

Ahhhh...week end is finally here, even though week end or no week end most of the time is no effect for me *sigh* but anyway "Oh, I love week end.."
Since young I always feel that on week end whether it's cloudy or not, the sky is always brighter, I feel very happy, and like the soft bell is ringing in my ears...
Hhihihihii..that one likes peabo bryson song ya? huhahahahha...
Pokoke it's a beautiful day *nyanyi*
Happy week end everyone

Sandwich

As a food it could be said quite yummy, but I wanna talk about being in a sandwich position. It's very bloody annoying, like the phrase "Mundur Kena Maju Kena" *sigh*
Gue benci sama orang yang suka merekayasa suatu kejadian di antara 2 orang, tapi kemudian yang jadi isinya sandwich itu gue...Apa sihhh maksudnya?
I don't like dirty politic, it's not easy to have a real friend, but it's very easy to make enemy, so why shouldn't we treasured every body friendship, and live happily ever after?
Life is hard, why should we make life even harder...
Moral of the Stories...Please don't eat sandwich *gak nyambung* wakakakkaka...

Samsons - Kenangan Terindah

Lagi males posting nih he he he...
Tapi tadi pagi tumben gue bangun pagi, trus mendung tuh (di singapore mendung lah..jangan pada protes yaa..), angin sepoi2 lumayan dingin...
Pas nyetir ditemenin lagu ini, wadoh..gak kuat...pas bagian depannya, yang ada violin apa cello geto deh gue gak yakin, pas ada suara violin ato cello, rasanya kayak hati gue diiris sembilu, miris banged...
Coba dehhh dengerinnnn...
Tapi sayang yah pas udah mulai tengah, lagunye mulai bising...tapi gue tetep cinta mati koq ama lagu ini, coba deh dengerin *teteup*
Buat yang di Singapore, met liburan yah, National Day nih, cuma kan gue ga isa bilang Happy National Day donks? Kan dikau2 pada masih tetep Indonesia kan? *pe de*

Getai Hunting

I never go to Jakarta *singlish* Yoo..I cancelled my ticket 3 hours before my departure time, realising that I wouldn't be able to finish my work on time *sigh* Of course I had to pay penalty *sigh* But what to do, there any other things that is more important than paying penalty...
Anyway...now is Hungry Ghost Festival, which according to Chinese beliefs, every 7th month of they Chinese Calendar, all the souls would be release from heaven or hell, that's why it's called Hungry Ghost Festival. Where here in Singapore you can find joss stick everywhere at the road side, accompanied by cake or fruits, and people start to burn the paper. So they also have celebration, if they were cash rich, then they will have getai, which is singer accompanied by full band.
After reading yesterday newspaper, I became quite curious about getai, so there I was yesterday, searching the getai performance schedule in the internet, then found out there were 2 performance near my place, one in Redhill and the other one was in Queensway Shopping Center.
Couldn't decide to see which one, so I drove around those 2 places, to check it out first. Seems that the one in Redhill was quite happening, so I went there, and joined the crowds..of course not really inside the crowds, but just choose the less crowd place...
Of fourse they spoke in Hokkian, and their Hokkian is very deep, it's hard for me to catch up what they were talking about...surrounded by uncles and aunties, luckily last nite one not the very scary one *sigh*
Let me tell you, it's more fun than watching Singapore Idol, all the getai singer have a very good quality of voice...with all the light settings, suddenly it threw me back to the 80's where in Jakarta still have quite a number of people holding a wedding banquet with Chinese full 8 course dinner in the night club, where the singer, wore very glittering clothes, high cuts, dance lively, with those type of disco lights....*sigh*

Confession

First of all I feel touched and honoured reading all your comments about my cooking *take a bow* well...well...thanks for all of your trust *salute* Nah...really wanna try my cooking? Move to Singapore then *senyum manis* ahakz..ahakzzz...
Well, the title sounds very dramatic isn't it? Yeah I have confession to make, last nite the drunken master didn't cook pasta, so we ate put and after that he made dessert at my place...And let me tell you, the dessert was not good, but it was damn good man....Frankly speaking I'm not a dessert person, I don't like cheese as well, but last nite wow...it's unforgettable experience *day dreaming*
But I promise you that I can create the same dessert experience for your all. Money back guarantee *nyengir* Soo the line is on, send email and fixed the date *teteup*
Another confession *blush* after two days in a row been infused by a lot of alcohol *more blush* here I am, everytime I burp *excuse me* I can still experience different kinda alcohol flavour, which was described by drunken master when we were drinking (so called wine drinking experience mah...so it's like a class). Fyi, last nite dessert also have a lots of alcohol infusion inside *senyum bahagia*
Wadoh I sounds like alcoholic already *scared* this morning when I woke up, I still feel a bit fly...yeah just imagine, this is deeper confession, on Tuesday nite, we order, champagne, beer, a few of vodka based drinks, and Bombay Sapphire (this one was damn unique, kayak nano2, rame rasanya) *blush* But I only drank a few sips of beer and a glass of champagne lahhh...plus sedikit icip2 yang diminum drunken master hihihihiihihi...
But last nite...we opened 2 bottles of ice wines, 1 bottle sparkling juice (eh no alcohol okay *winks*), Bailey's *ngelirik Astrid*, beer, and Absolute Vanilla ahakz...ahakzzz...cheese, stroberi, peaches, raisins, dried plums...ehhh beware your saliva dropping hihihiihihi...
Sekarang saya mo pamitan dulu, untuk melaksanakan tugas mulia, saya harus," Ke Jakartaaaaa aku kan kembaliii hi hi" *nyanyi* Mo nyari pengganti Nunik nih...hmmm apa gue skalian call produser 'Ari Wibowo mencar pembantu' ajeh ye? Buat bikin seri baru 'flona mencari pembantu' *ahakz..ahakz..*
As usual sorry can't do off air fans meeting with you in jakarta, I still not too sure what my schedule is going to be...but please do drop me an email with your handphone number, if in case any posibilities to hold a fans meeting ahakz..ahakzzz...
Pray for me ya, so I could get a good choice for this time...
Have a good week end for all of you *hugs*

Intoxication

Detoxification program is becoming talk of the town nowadays, a lots of people are doing it. Spas and clinics are trying to offer this programs to people also. But me, of course, I don't follow the trend easily, I always against the flow *ahakz ahakz* the "in thing" for me is Intoxication instead *smile sweetly*
My friend, who is famous as Drunken Master (read as :wine expert) in JalanSutra group, is in town for these few days. We supposed to have dinner last nite, but it was postponed until wee hours drinking session *sigh* He was pleading with me in sms,"Please, I need a booze of alcohol, coz i had too much coffee and krating daeng for today".
So you know lah what happened next, I hung out with him to satisfy his alcohol cravings in the wee hours, where all our usual hang out place had been closed for the day *sigh* So we went to Balcony at Heereen, which opens 24 hours, as per what I expected, the collection is so dissapointing, but no choice what *nyengir*
Luckily last nite he was not really in the mood, otherwise he likes to chat up with the waiters about drinks, which usually ends up we will have lotsa freebies vintage collection of wines *phew*
He will be quite frequently comes to Singapore these fews weeks, which I don't know whether it's a good news or bad news, coz that means I'll be in intoxication program during his stays *pasrah*
The other good news is tonite he will be cooking his famous pasta for me at my place, and I would like to share this good things to you, by inviting you all to have another kopdar in my place? I'll cook that pasta for you *senyum manis* Hayooooo wanna try? send email and fixed up the date folks!!!!