Eid Mubarak (Selamat Idul Fitri)

I am back, would like to say Eid Mubarak to all my muslim friends...

Car Washer

Lately my brain ability to process things is a bit slow, so I take quite sometime to get out from the car, get my things from the car boot, and started to walk towards the lift.
One day I arrived home very late, when I was still taking things from my car boot, suddenly there was a man approaching me, and said,"Good evening ma'am".
Luckily I was in a stupid mode, so I was not shock at all with his sudden presence. He asked me," I can help you to wash your car everyday, Monday to Friday".
I am not too keen with the car washer at the carpark, because I experienced that the paint work would be damaged by their wipes...so I prefer to wash at the car wash in the petrol kiosk.
But I know I can't say this things to him, so I just sheepishly said with my best smile,"Oh no thanks, I have somebody washing my car in the office".
But he knew I lie, because my car's rim is very dirty and he kept on staring at them *sigh*
So he said,"Why don't you let me wash your car?"
I said," Oh well may be next month".
He was still staring at my car's rim and said,"I'll give you my number ma'am, please call me".
I took it and put it inside my bag...
A few days later I met him again when I arrived home late...he ran to me and said,"Hey ma'am, why you haven't called me?"
I said," Errr....the month hasn't ended, right?"
He said," Don't forget to call me next month..."
Oh man...eversince that insident, I was playing hide and seek with him.
I am trying my best to avoid him, so if I saw him when I enter the carpark, I would just leave my belongings in the car and run into the lift as soon as possible...

Taxi

One day I had to take Taxi down to a place call "One North" which is relatively quite a new area in Singapore. After I got the taxi, I went in and I said politely,"Hi, can you bring me to One North, please?"
Taxi Driver:"Huh?"
I repeated:"I want to go to One North, please"
Taxi Driver:"Huh? Where?"
I tried to think very hard, and I said,"It is somewhere in Buona Vista".
Taxi Driver:"Huh?"
I was thinking whether he had a hearing problem...but I repeated slowly,"Buona Vista".
The he said,"Oh Buona Vista...South or North?"
I said,"North"
Then I tried to explain how to go there in my half past six Chinese (my friend used to say that towards my broken Chinese) and patched up with the best Singlish that I could speak...
Finally, when we reached Buona Vista, then he asked again, "How? Turn where?"
Me,"Go straight, then 2 more traffic light turn right".
Suddenly to my surprise he said,"Oh One North, ah?"
I am speechless.... *tepok jidat*
Kemane ajeeee tuh orang *banging my head again the front seat*

Renungan Indah - W.S. Rendra

Renungan Indah - W.S. Rendra

Seringkali aku berkata, Ketika semua orang memuji milik-ku
Bahwa sesungguhnya ini hanyalah titipan
Bahwa mobilku hanyalah titipan-Nya
Bahwa rumahku hanyalah titipan-Nya
Bahwa hartaku hanyalah titipan-Nya
Bahwa putraku hanyalah titipan-Nya

Tetapi, mengapa aku tak pernah bertanya:
Mengapa Dia menitipkan padaku ???
Untuk apa Dia menitipkan ini padaku ???
Dan kalau bukan milikku, apa yang harus kulakukan untuk milik-Nya itu ???
Adakah aku memiliki hak atas sesuatu yang bukan milikku ?
Mengapa hatiku justru terasa berat, ketika titipan itu diminta kembali oleh-Nya ?

Ketika diminta kembali,
kusebut itu sebagai musibah,
kusebut itu sebagai ujian,
kusebut itu sebagai petaka,
kusebut itu sebagai panggilan apa saja
untuk melukiskan kalau itu adalah derita.

Ketika aku berdoa, kuminta titipan yang cocok dengan hawa nafsuku.
Aku ingin lebih banyak harta,
ingin lebih banyak mobil,
lebih banyak popularitas,
dan kutolak sakit,
kutolak kemiskinan,s
seolah semua "derita" adalah hukum bagiku
seolah keadilan dan kasih-Nya harus berjalan seperti matematika:
Aku rajin beribadah, maka selayaknyalah derita menjauh dariku,
dan nikmat dunia kerap menghampiriku.

Kuperlakukan Dia seolah mitra dagang, dan bukan kekasih
Kuminta Dia membalas "perlakuan baikku",
Dan menolak keputusan-Nya yang tak sesuai keinginanku
Gusti, Padahal tiap hari kuucapkan, hidup dan matiku hanya untuk beribadah.
"Ketika langit dan bumi bersatu, bencana dan keberuntungan sama saja"....

(Puisi terakhir Rendra yang dituliskannya di atas ranjang Rumah Sakit)

Thursday

Well...by right it's officially Friday now, but anyway...

It used to be my favourite day as well, it's a official shopping day in Sydney, where the shops close at 9 pm instead of 6 pm on normal day. It's kind of perfect timing as I received pay cheque on Wednesday and go shopping on Thursday...

Shopping day, where else to go? Of course Pitt St mall, which equivalent to Singapore version of Orchard Rd. I don't shop all the time, my favourite is watching the performance of String Quartet outside Grace Brothers' Building (not it becomes Myer's), which played famous classical song.

They normally performed on late autumn until early spring, where the weather still slightly cold. I've never got bored listening to them. I will stay there no matter how cold the weather is, until my flatmate dragged me for dinner, while imagining it would be wonderful if sometime later I would be able to stand there, listening to the same group, playing the same music with the prince of my life. My favourites of course "Canon in D".

The things that I still keep on thinking until now, why they only perform during cold period?

Wednesday

Used to be my favourite day of the week when I was still studying in Sydney, simply just because it's a pay day *yayyyy*

Will take the train or bus to Circular Quay...walking in a hurry towards that building which name I've forgotten already, but I still look for the same building every time I come to Sydney, but too bad the company is no longer there...

Waiting impatiently for my name to be called and in the same time hoping to see that cute manager which smile could even melt the snow at the tip of Mount Everest...by the way where is that guy now...I wonder...

Comparing the pay cheque and the next shift that we got....cursing to the max if we couldn't have any shift for Saturday Night or public holiday (just because the pay is double).

Walking happily in groups, chatting and singing all the way to the bank to drop the pay cheque, continued with having coffee together, dinner or sometimes movie...

How I wish I could turn back the time when life was soooo much simpler then...

Murphy's Law

I've posted about Murphy's Law quite sometimes back, but yet it keeps on happenings to me. I am just wondering how is the mechanism work in logical point of view, because what I am experiencing right now is not something that I face directly.

It was indirect contact somewhow, but yet it could happened. If it's a direct contact it still does make sense in a way, may be people see "the not so nice face", so people started to abuse you, that's logical...

For the indirect contact...well I am still trying to squeeze my brain out to think about it...anybody can help?

Sergio Alvaro

He is a 7 years old boy, very bright, funny and innocent. I always like talking to him, he is very entertaining. He is not like the average boys at his age, he is very mature, but yet funny.

Interacting with hime for the past 1 week, taught me a lots of things in life that I used to take for granted.

I've never been visited a children wards before. The experience of visiting the children wards, especially the ICU, is quite a traumatic experience for me. I've never expected the children could suffer from all kinds of disease that the children are not deserved. I just can't understand why he has to go through all these sufferings.

I thought everything is gonna be allright after the tumour removal operation, but yet the doctor said they only removed part of the tumour, and yet another problems arised.

I just can hope and pray that he's gonna be allright...and may God strengthen the whole family, especially the parents.

We Are The Reason

Nice songs with a deep meaning

YouTube - Glenn Fredly Dewi Sandra -- When i fall in love.flv

Everytime i see this video clip, I always feel very tragic...
Yeah they were so deeply in love and compatible when they sang this song but yet they are separated..Very tragic...
but that's life...nobody knows what's next :(

Michael Bublé - "Home" Official Music Video

Potato

Before I joined Cordon Bleu, I've never given any thought about the shape of the vegetable that I normally eat in the restaurant. Let be it tomato, carrot, potato or anything...I just though oh may be they are part of the garnish (for tomato and carrot), meanwhile I don't really care about the potato,

But after I learned different variation of cutting the vegetable, especially potato, then I realise, how much effort that the chef put in when cutting the potato,

Especially when duing the turn cut, even until now, i stil can't get it right. May be when I go back to Singapore, I'll order a 20 footer container of potato, to learn how to cut it right..

Well...I will always appreciate whatever they serve on my plate from now on :)

1 Week in London

Not exactly 1 week, but almost there...well the first time I arrive, mmm not really the first time denk..the first few days..especially when seeing all the old buildings, I was like very enchanted, but after a while it become just normal phenomenal :(

Anyway it's kind of a mix feeling for me, between I feel too early, so I have so many times (about more than a week) before i started the class. I should have come this week instead of last week. May be it also like when you come to another country for travelling purposes then you'll feel happy, but when you know that you would be stuck for likeat least a month like me, then you will started to feel miserable, just like the first time I moved to Sydney and Singapore...

Well, no offence for yout who stays in London, but I just feel I am more suitable for Sydney, the people in here, somehow is not too friendly and warm. They are very individualistic just like Singaporean. Even though they greeted you, you can feel most of them not genuine...

The safety...I don't feel quite comfortable to stay out late...it's not that I tried to compare to Singapore...even if I compared to Sydney..I feel safer in Sydney...hopefully I'll be allright...

The food, nothing authentic, I mean the Japanese food, Vietnamese food...but i haven't tried the Indian..I heard the Indian is very good.

Well...I am trying to catch some of the performances may be....

Hijrah Ke London

Learn from April, there is this songs..Miss you guys...i'll continue posting from there....Please pray for me

Happy 64th Independence Day Indonesia

Excuse Me

Last week end (from friday to sunday) i went on Star Cruise with my cousin. i was very excited as we were getting the biggest ship that they have, Star Virgo. We went for cruise to no where. It's just cruising in International water, yeah sounds like I have nothing better to do, taking this weird cruise to nowhere things.

But it's out of my expectation though, not much activity that we could do on board, practically we only went for a show that play arounds 9 somethings for 1 hour. I didn't swim because the swimming pool was very ridiculously small. And the weather was not so good either because of the Sumatra forest fire, so it was hazy :( Besides at this part of the world, what could we expect to see?

The first impression when I was walking in the hall to go to my bedroom, I felt claustrophobic, and when I entered the room, I really thank God, that I choose the room with balcony, it was a very tiny room. Imagine if there were no balcony, i'd feel more claustrophobic.

Just went out from our bedroom to check what's on board, we were walking slowly, suddenly there was somebody shouting from the back quite loudly,"Excuse me!" we turned our head to see that bloody Singaporean Auntie with the annoying look.

Being pissed with her behaviour, I shouted in Indonesia,"Mo ke mane Mpok? Yang jalan kan kapalnye". So we felt pissed just went on board had already encountered such an experience, so i told my self not to put too much expectation from this cruise, since we had that very first experience.

On the 2nd day, during the afternoon tea break, again she shouted very rudely,"excuse me", she went to take the food but from the wrong direction, felt like throwing my plate to her head.

Worse still in the night when I was in the casino playong black jack, suddenly, there is a familiar voice, but this time with a manner,"excuse me" *sigh* She sat next to me and smiled to me (this time can smile)...there goes my luck... So I decided to moved to another table to avoid any further lost...

In conclusion, the cruise is boring, the things is only gambling and eating, nothing else, the performance was good, but too bad only less than 1 hour. So just once in a lifetime experience is enough for me.

Better cruise with my own boat, even though small, but cosy...and fully equipped with all my needs...

Jesus Loves Me

This is one song that I often hum subsconciously, especially when I was down. It's just like an automatic function in my brain, I don't know why.
But anyway I always feel there is emptiness inside my heart that always been there all these while. Regardless I do know there are so many people out there who concerns, loves, prays and worries about me for not being able to love my self.
A few weeks ago to my surprise, I just found out that there is 1 person whom I've known for a few years and I've never really expected to bring me to her prayer every night without fails.
Today she specially prays together with me, to remind me about God loves, that God has sacrificed His own son to redeem us from sins. And suddenly I recall this song.
Hopefully from today onwards, I would be able to love and appreciate my self more and more

Umbrella

Let's not talk about the bombing lah ya..yes I do sad about all the messiness that happened back in Jakarta. My deep condolescence for all the victims..

Let's talk about umbrella...remember sometimes back I cursed Rihanna's song "Umbrella"? But now I am hooked onto it, after sometime back I went to Kuala Lumpur, and chilled out at Marriott's lounge.

The habits that I used to do during the night when I visited KL, just because the singer sometimes sings Indonesian Songs (not too often now, the group have changed), and her voices is damn good...

The last trip, she was singing Umbrella Jazz version, and now I am really hooked onto it so much, be it Jazz, be it acoustic version...it's really cool....

Pssssttt Let Me Tell You A Secret (Part 1)

I have a couple of secrets whom has been known by some of you and also might be done by some of you...

One of it is texting during my toilet break...everytime i text to some of friend, they always reply,"You must be inside the toilet"...well...don't you think it's about multi tasking things...you still can be productive when you are trying your best to do something in the toilet

But children, please do not try this at home...especially you who are using Sony Erricson Handphone...2 of my phones died either because i dropped it into the water or the water splash onto it..of course it did not happened in Singapore...

Dillema

Just received and email from Cordon Bleu London regarding my application for short course in i forgotten what I'd applied *yeah it's me, forgotten what I'd applied*
And just received a phone call, following up the email...i have to answered by next Tuesday..
Ahhhh take or not yaaaa??????