holy city.

Hello fellas, it's been a while since I came home that I lost track of time. It's very very boring here, all I do is watching dvds (got a stack from Jakarta - phew).

I guess I've learned this so far: Kudus is a small, smaaall town. Having yummy opor ayam, soto ayam, nasi pindang, n lentog is not enough to make up what it's lacking of. Geez.

Last week, out of boredom, I searched through the cabinets in my dining room- guess what I found! A measuring scale, few spatulas, cake knife, and a mixer. A stand mixer! However I found out quickly too, that the metal whisks are missing. So I gave up the thought of baking anything :p The next day, out of boredom again, I searched the drawers that I haven't checked and I found the whisks! Should I bake - was the question. As the oven is not working and I was not sure whether or not I could use the microwave oven, I asked my sist. As disappointing as it was, the microwave oven uses lotsa energy that my house's electricity went down after my sist warmed water in it. Oh wow. I miss my apartment in Melbourne.

My IDs - national and driving license will be expired on this August so I went around these days to renew everything. I went to renew my driving license the other day, my driver took care of everything so all I had to do there was to come and take photo. Same happened today with my national id. Hey I hate the new driving license, it's ugleh. I hope the national id will look better. My dad gave that old guy extra Rp 10K and asked him to finish it by today. But I haven't received it yet, hmm. Scary huh, everything can be done here in Indo with money.

What else, hmm. Ah yea when I was not around, my dad called the vet to groom Eagle! He told me that someone will come and pick Eagle up and bring him home later. Cool. All for Rp 35K. So yesterday I arranged Eagle to be groomed again. Someone picked him up early (when I went out at around 9 the cage was already empty :/), but hasn't returned him until around 4.30 so I asked. A while later Eagle got home, and running around wildly. Hmm I guess he misses home too. He's so cute when he's all groomed :3

icky and sweaty, but I'm home!

Why am I all sticky even tho I stayed inside aircon-ed room all day long???

And I am not exactly home. Yet. Still stuck in Jakarta, the city where Dewa Macet lurks...Well I arrived last wed and going back this wed, going back to my lovely holy city. Gosh I miss lentog tanjung!! Raawr~

Anyway anyhooo! The boy left today for Macau! Grr so jealous :p Awas kalo ga bawa oleh-oleh yah! Hehe. I'm kinda bored here already. Kerjaannya cuma makan n nonton dvd doang. Paling ke mall bentar. Which I don't really look forward to do... meh.

What should I do to kill time this hoool??? It could be my last one before I'm starting work oh noo D:

indonesia negara sinetron

Sambil nulis blog ini, gw terkenang akan masa kecil dulu...Waktu hujan masih hijau, burung merpati masih ngirimin surat cinta, dan rembulan masih tersenyum (eeeh?! ?gw lahir di jaman apa toh?!??).

Dulu. Duluu, banget. Pokoknya waktu gw masih kecil gitu deh, tv di rumah auranya beda sama tv yang sekarang. Bukan karena tv gw yang sekarang gepeng dan anorexic loh, yang gw maksud isinya. Bukan, bukan kabelnya. Acaranya itu lho!

Gw inget berabad-abad yang lalu; nyokap, cici-cici gw, pembokat gw dan gw; tiap sore duduk berdampingan sambil bagi-bagi kacang, nonton tv...BUKAN SINETRON! Tapi telenovela. Yes, telenovela yang sekarang dah punah! Extinct! Ga mampu bertahan melawan produser-produser punjab nehik! Ditiadakan, dibunuh, dirajam batu dan disiksa dengan keji karena dikhawatirkan mengganggu rating sinetron-sinetron sampah yang jumlahnya kayaknya udah ga cukup kalo diitung pake jempol kaki semua penduduk Jawa!

Yeah, telenovela itu.

Cewe: "Fernando Jose..."
Cowo: "Marimar..."

Cewe: "Fernando Jose..."
Cowo: "Paulina..."

Cewe: "Fernando Jose..."
Cowo: "Rosalinda..."

Seinget gw sih, cowonya selalu bernama Fernando Jose.

Rosalinda ayaamoor~ jreng jreng jreng, gitu jinglenya *bodo amat bener apa kaga, gw dengernya waktu kecil gitu pokonya*

Jaman sekarang? Duduk di tv pun semua gelisah. Rebutan nonton sinetron di rcti ato di sctv (yeah, indosiar sekarang sampah). Nonton 5 menit iklan sejam. Maen bentar bersambung. Udah 1 seri cuma setengah jem, adegannya slow motion semua! Apa coba!

Udah Indonesia ini negara sedih, acaranya melankolis semua. Harusnya kan yang ceria gitu, eh ini malah isinya nangis darah mulu. Perhatiin deh iklan sinetronnya rcti. Cuplikan iklannya sedih semua pokonya! Nangis, nangis, naaangis mulu. Liatnya juga sebel.

Beberapa hari lalu gw bete gara-gara nonton sinetron, abisnya bodoo banget bikin gemess.
Bokap gw doyan nonton sinetron ini. Liat aja ntar, kalo serinya dah 1021, pasti juga bete sndiri...Wait n see...Sinetron ni judulnyaah Alisa. ato Alysa. Not like I care...

Ga kreatipnya, actressnya Alysa Subandono...gimana eja namanya ga ngerti, intinya gitu deeeh!
Opening clip.
Alisa nangis.
Alisa dikejar cowonya sambil nangis.
Alisa nangis.
Alisa nangis.
Alisa mewek.
Alisa nangis.Alisa nangis.Alisa nangis.Alisa nangis.Alisa nangis.Alisa nangis.Alisa nangis.

RAAAGHHH!!! Cut it oooofff! D:

But hold on, the worst is yet to come!

Jadi di episode yang gw tonton itu, ada 1 ibu yang ditusuk sama mantan suaminyah, pake piso dapur di tengah jalan yang kebetulan sepi. Setelah 10 menit dengdengdengdeng pake slow motion, tiba-tiba scenenya ganti udah malem! Dah gelap! Dan ibunya masih idup! How commmeeee?

Keanehan selanjutnya, dia panggil-panggil orang yang lewat nae motor, eh ga da yang mau nolongin! Trus akhirnya ada yang brenti, mas2 gitu deh. Si mas inipun takut nolong begitu dibilangin ibu ini abis ditusuk orang. ALESANNYA TAKUT! Dari hongkong? Jadi gini to moral bangsa Indonesia yang dibangga-banggain sama para koruptor itu? Ckckck.
Baeknya mas ini, biarpun ga mau ngasi tumpangan, dia ngasi pinjem hapenya, sodaraku! Ibu pun telpon Alisa, bilang dia abis ditusuk trus uekkh sbelom sempet kasi tau dia ada dimana.
Bak disulap, baru jatuh bentar, ada ambulance dateng! Guess who came with the ambulance?? ALISA!!! Darimana dia tau kalo ibu itu ada di situ ya? Pasti pake dukun..Hmm.

Keanehan yang aneh lagi. Begitu sampe rumah sakit, ada dokter yang muncul. Trus Alisa mohon tu dokter buat selametin ibu itu. Dokter yang luar biasa pinter itu langsung bilang, "Maaf, kondisinya sangat kritis!". Diliat aja belom dok, kali dia cuma pingsan gara-gara liat tikus? Sotoy! Truuus, Alisa ditagih uang buat operasi *ya ga punya lah, tokoh utama kan harus mengenaskan dan menyedihkan*, kalo ga ada ibu itu ga bisa dioperasi. Howeevaaa, pisaunya udah ga nancep...Masa dicabut doang?? Bukannya udah diambil lewat op yah? Lousy...*maklum kebanyakan nonton Greys Anatomy...*

Adegan selanjutnya, Alisa nungguin si ibu di kamar pasien. Tiba-tiba, pulse ibu ilang! Nah, setelah adegan slow motion diiiringin musik seru khas sinetron indo, akhirnya Alisa jadi pinter trus manggil suster. Suster di rumah sakit itu ternyata langka, terbukti dengan sampenya Alisa ke ruangan dokter...

Abis gitu, ya biasa lah terjadi kejahatan dan kesedihan luar biasa yang ga usah dicritain. Bokap gw aja jadi bete liatnya trus ganti ke channel laen. Hahahhhh eat that.

Kemaren gw nonton sinetron. Kali ini bukan Alisa, karena rcti lagi nyiarin sepak bola indo-oz. Ini cinta fitri season 3. Season 3?? Seinget gw, nungguin season 2 nya heroes dulu lama. Nah ini dari season 1 ampe 3 sambung menyambung menjadi satu.

Anyway cinta fitri ni juga ceritanya udah makin dark and twisty alias gejebo. Kemaren aja, ada adegan yang mayan bikin bete. Kan, 1 keluarga ini lagi dinner. Trus 1 couple rese numpahin sayurnya. Adegan sayur tumpah pun di-slowmo. Lagunya seru ga karuan dengdengdeng. Mata-mata melotot. Ada yang sampe mewek segala. Oh tolong. Ga usa berlebihan deeeng. =.=

Sejak kapan tv indo jadi sampah gini ya? Kita tuding noktah merah perkawinan! Kayanya itu nenek moyang sinetron indo deh...Bikin bangsa ini jadi tambah bodo aja T_T omg

Udah ah. Ga ada matinye ngomongin sinetrooon
ciao~

happy cina new year fellas!

Before we start, lemme try to rememba when was the last time I celebrated chinese new year.

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Last year? Nope. I was in Sydney...
The year before last year? I was in Sydney too...
Before I went to uni?

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NO! NADAAA!!!

I HAVE NO MEMORY OF CHINA NEW YEAR!!!!
D: RAAAAGHHHH

I can't remember when was the last time I did "kionghi kionghi" dengan 'minta angpao' gesture!
Speaking of pathetic, I'm sure I haven't got any angpao ever for the last...15 or so years? Don't blame me if I have no culture running in my blood! Blame those cheapskate old cina! *yang ga perna ngasi angpao, jadi my imlek ga perna berkesan..mwahahah*

Mari kita mengingat masa lalu itu sejenak.
Nysia yang masih kecil dan polos, dulu waktu imlek sering diajak ke rumah emak sama bokapnya. Nah, di situ om dan tante berkumpul. Nysia yang baek dan budiman dulu diajarin buat kionghi-kionghi sama tetua-tetua disono. TAPI nasib sebage anak kecil yang polos di keluarga orang pelit, Nysia ga pernah dikasi angpao! Ever!

Jawabnya selalu:
"Oh, angpaonya besok yaa."
"Besok ya."
"Besok tak kasih yaa."

Besok your butt lah stingy cinas. Mentang-mentang Nysia masih lugu jadi bisa dibodohi! Rawr~.
Jadi setelah mengalami berbagai penolakan dan patah hati Nysia memutuskan bahwa chinese new year isn't that awesome afterall.

Every imlek temen-temen pasti bersemangat keliling ke rumah-rumah sodara dengan mata ijo dan tenaga yang freshly charged buat melakukan minta-angpao-gesture. Nysia? Sante dirumah. *sambil ngemil cemilan dari parsel imlek* .Imlek for me is just another normal day...ironically.

Ngomong-ngomong soal cemilan dan parsel..beberapa hari yang lalu di rumah baru dapet kiriman parsel dari temen bokap. 6 toples kue kering yang so fattening!! Noooh...How about my diet??? I'm screwed!

Hari ini was the first time I spent imlek at home for the past 2 years. As me and my Dad were home...I thought we might go to my emak's place. Apparently my Dad too, has lost his chinese-y life.

Jam 10 pagi pintu kamar Nysia digedor bokap.
Bokap : "Udah siang!! Bangun!!"
Nysia: "ho~..."
*menggeliat-geliat 20 menitan baru keluar kamar*
Bokap: "Pergi makan yuk"
Nysia: "Emang pada buka?"
Bokap: "Buka looh."
Nysia: "iya mandi dulu..."

Perjalanan mencari makanan di saat yang laen sedang sibuk mencari angpao pun dimulai. Karena pilihannya soto ato sate kebo, Nysia pun pilih sate kebo. Siapa yang mau makan soto panas di siang yang panas gene!? Aje gile. Anw, sepanjang jalan ternyata banyak toko buka. Tapi soto kebonya tutup semua!! AAAGHH!! Gimana toh ini! Yang ngerayain imlek malah bapak-bapak sate kebo! Mungkin ini adalah hari perdamaian antara tukang kebo dengan kebonya! Jangan-jangan mereka semua lagi nonton lion dance di klenteng, tukang kebo dan kebonya bergandeng tangan mesra!! *kok ngelantur, I must be starving*

Lalala~ setelah muter-muter yang gagal, akhirnya mobil pun meluncur ke tukang opor ayam. Eh untung buka *dan sepi*.

Ok! Hari imlek masih panjang, sodara-sodara! What do Nysia do? As for now, browsing the web and continuing her life as a pathetic cina! xD
so long...!

bersih bersih! clean clean!

Buat ngabisin waktu liburan yang pathetic ini, dua hari belakangan gw bersih-bersih rumah!
It started from chucking all the useless stuff...packing old clothes to donate...bagi-bagi boneka bekas...

Trus gw baru nyadar kalo kamar ini begitu penuh dengan barang-barang ga guna yang udah terkumpul dari jaman purbakala! Selama 2 hari bersih-bersih, gw ngrasa barang yang dibuang udah 1 truk!! Ga ada abisnya!

Begitu kamar gw bersih dan rapi...tangan ini mulai gatel buat bersihin bagian rumah laennya. Next target would be...Dining room! And there's a particular reason why I chose it!

*rewind ke acara new year eve bbq!*

Buat acara bbq, kita rencana pengen bikin es buah. Maka dibelilah sekaleng fruit cocktail di foodhall matahari tercintah...Malem taon baru, temen-temen cari sirup buat dicampurin ke es buah tersebut. Malang bin malang, seingat gw di rumah ga ada sirup! Pencarian sirup pun dimulai. Ruang makan diperiksa. Kulkas ditelanjangi. Ditemukan barang bukti; sebotol sirup yang tinggal dikit. HOWEVER. Setelah diliat dengan lebih seksama, botolnya keliatan udah lamaa banget. Mungkin udah puluhan taon disitu. Dengan was-was kami pun mencari tanggal expirednya sirup ini.

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taon 2007.
Taon dimana kuda masih berlari riang dipadang tanpa takut disate ato diperah susunya.
Taon kemerdekaan kalimantan utara *emang ada?*

tidaaaaaaaaaaak!!!

*kembali ke masa kini*

Ehem. Begitu inget kejadian itu, gw memutuskan buat search through my dining room. Sapa tau ada tikus kejepit (yang pastinya sudah jadi fosil) yang belum dibuang dari jaman kadal pake baju.
Beginilah rincian hasil penggeledahan *aka barang yang berhasil dibuang*:
- Obat2an ga jelas yang expired taon 2004-2008 (2oo4?????????)
- Obat pilek my nephew yang expired taon 2007
- Kapsul my nephew yang expired taon 2004 (eww yang ini nyaris terlewatkan karena pake plastik apotik dan tulisannya ga jelas).
- Another bottle of syrup
- Popcorn instan...ga tau expired tanggal brapa tapi gw inget tante gw bawa ini kira-kira puluhan taon yang lalu. Dan ternyata ga ada yang menjamah benda keramat ini...sampe sekarang.

Itulah hasil penemuan yang significant! Yang laen berupa gelas hadiah (gelas cantik), garpu plastik, tisu basah dari garuda (ngapain disimpen???), botol oxy kosong, dan laen-laen. Tikus tidak ditemukan dead or alive, alhamduileh.

Next destination! Gudang depan! Dulu, once upon a time, this room was called 'kamar belajar' karena isinya cuma meja belajar dan buku. Kini, isinya komik, kardus tv, kardus rice cooker, kardus dvd dan kardus-kardus laennya yang menumpuk hingga setinggi ceiling. Jalan menuju lemari terblokir. PENUH SESAK!! AKhirnya, hari ni gw buang banyak barang. Ada 2 dus buku pelajaran sma...Majalah taon batu...Maenan abad 19...Dan kawan kawan. Koper mickey mouse jaman sd...Play-doh yang udah sekeras bata...Mungkin truk sampah besok pagi bakal penuh sampah rumah gw doang.

Setelah dibuang dan ditata, this room was so much better. Lagi mengagumi hasil karya alias my masterpiece ini...tiba-tiba...

Pembokat: Nys...
Me: *ga denger* lalala~
Pembokat: Nys, nysia?
Me: hue?
Pembokat: sikat sedotan kolam renang dimana ya? Tadi kardusnya disini...*nunjuk one spot*
Me: HUE??? *Inget kardus yang gw masukin kardus tv raksasa, gw taroh di tumpukan paling bawah! BAWAH!*
Me: Erm. Ntar tak cariin deh.

Dengan bete dan berlinang air mata gw pun nurunin box2 yang ada di atas box tv...buka box itu...dan ketemulah sikat sialnya. Ga tau si bener itu yang dicari apa engga. Bodo laaah. Dah cape ngurusin kardus. Hohohoh.

True Worshippers! In my lovely holy city!!

FYI, 'holy city' is not holy-city as in the holy city of the muslims. My hometown is a small (SMALL! Excessively SMALL!) city called 'Kudus'. In english it means 'holy'. Hence the nickname, holy city.

Anywaay, couple days ago my fav christian band, True Worshippers came to kudus. It was quite a surprise...I'm pretty sure most of their crew had no idea that this city exists before they step their feet here =.= yeah that's how pathetic it is...

Well, they came for my church's anniversary and late christmas celebration (no more christmas feel, hello it's january alreadyyy). Again, it was a surprise...I was expecting my church to invite some oldies band...I don't kno, maybe as old as koes plus? Why? Because my church is...well, oldies xD

My friend and her mom picked me up that night, we went to the place, we got a super awesome parking space *right beside the audience area*. I was a kinda expecting the place to be super jampacked already as I see a long queue towards the entrance *dan bergerak selemot siput double-decker*, and I was ready to face the truth that I had to sit outside and see the performance from outside, through the screen. That would've been sad. It's like watching tv. Why should I be out in the rain!!?? But fate has its own way. As I came in with my friend (her mom was still outside, chitchatting with other tantes), my uncle greeted us. Apparently he was ushering that night! Lucky us, he got as two seats. IN THE VIP AREA. SECOND ROW FROM THE FRONT! WHERE THE RICH OLD PEOPLE SAT!!! UHUUUUY xD Umm, we got some weird questioning doubting stares from some people, but who cares. The usher lead us here, people~

The beginning was boooring~~
Baru mulai setengah jam, perutku udah mulai laper. Tiba-tiba tercium bau harum makanan. Dengan manuver keren, gw pun melirik ke belakang. ADA IBU-IBU YANG NYUAPIN ANAKNYA SAMBIL MAKAN!!

me: pi...laper loh. ibu2 yang di blakang dah makan nih...
cilpi: makanannya apa ya? *mulai tergoda bujuk rayu iblis*
me: ga tau... dari sini keliatan kayak nasi kuning *ngarep*

namun kita pun menahan diri buat ga maem dulu. takut kalo acaranya bakal panjang dan lama dan kita
pingsan kelaparan karena ga punya makanan lagi.

Funny thing happened as always tho :p

*Ruangan gelap, siap buat penyalaan lilin*
cilpi: eh, kita nyalain korek ini yah?
me: hemmm (bayangin bakal kebakaran kalo pada nyalain korek api laknat ini) kayaknya ga deh.

few seconds passed.

cilpi: loh, kok pada dapet flashlight?? kita harusnya dapet juga kan ya?
me: *liat kiri kanan* iyaH! cari deh!
*berdua sibuk ngobok-obok tas konsumsi buat cari senter. hasilnya nihil. ada juga korek yang tadi*

cilpi: hmm masa ada yang dapet korek ada yang dapet senter yah?
me: masa sih...dunia ini tidak adil D:
sepupu *yang duduk disebelahquu*: girls, senter itu DARI KOREK INI LOH! *nunjukin korek api yang di bawahnya ada senter kecilnya*
cilpi n me: oooooooh iyaaaaaa *kayak orang bego trus ketawa ketiwi sendiri*
akhirnya kita semua menyalakan senter dengan perasaan tenang biarpun terlambat beberapa menit. kok orang2 pada pinter ya bisa tau tu korek ada senternya? ato emang kita aja yang katrok? *berusaha keras menolak statement yang terakhir*

Abis penyalaan lilin, ada pemotongan tumpeng. Tenang, ini bukan acara sunat masal kok.
Abis tumpeng dipotong, kita maju kedepan minta sedekah. Tapi itu fiktif belaka. Biarpun pengen sih. APalagi setelah tahu kenyataan bahwa konsumsi yang kita dapet bukan nasi kuning tapi nasi putih *ngintip punya tetangga pake senter*
Yaudah deh terima nasib makan nasi putih dengan lauk seadanya. Not bad. Sayang dingin.

When TW comes out, as I expected, the old and boring people stood just for like 5 minutes or a bit more. Then they sat. Poor TW, they must be dissappointed xD well you came to the wrong place perhapsss :p

However! After the show went on, the heat rose. YEAAAH. The youth came to the front of the stage, singing and jigging. Lift up the atmosphere a bit, eh?
Lalala~
TW was awesome that night tho :D uhuy! Sidney Mohede was chubbier than I expected...lol
anyway...that made my holiday! *tapi sekarang semangatnya udah luntur lagee. noooo D:*

tante misterius

Someone's been haunting me for the past few weeks of my peaceful (read:boring) holiday. Who can it beee??

*deng deeeng*

I remember my convo with one of my best friend, nopha;
Me: I see her EVERYWHERE
Nopha: *LOL* ha, maybe dia berjodoh ma loe!
Me: JODOH? AMIT-AMIT laaah!

Kata keramat itu jadi terngiang-ngiang: jodohjodohjodohjodoh
Tobat lah jodoh sama tante itu...

So, who is this tante geje??

The story begins few years back, when I was still in high school. Me and some of my friends used to help the church's kantin -> actually, it's not much of a kantin, cuma ada 1 display dijejali berbagai makanan ringan dan berat dan recehan kalo ada orang ngamen. Yang terakhir bohong ding, orang ngamen kalo masuk pasti dah disetrum dulu sampe gosong sama security. Tapi itu juga bohong. Halah.

Nah ternyata, as young and fabulous teenagers, tante-tante pengurus komisi wanita rupanya ga 100% percaya sama kitekite. Hal ini was proven dengan ditempatkannya seorang anjing galak...I mean tante-tante buat mengawasi kita. Bahasa kerennya supervisor gituloh.

But! This tante was an evil godmother *loh?*. She was the most annoying tante ever lived in my kampung halaman!! No kidding! Her face is full of wrinkles, and she has a permanent frown on her face, and her hair was dyed with some oogly colour. I believe she's younger than she looks. Anyway, she always have the pissed off look that can kill any coro. She's annoying, totally. She's supposed to help, but she's to sotoy to trust anyone, she's too hyper and to pissed and too random and and and...beyond words.

ONE PEACEFUL SUNDAY, we were helping there. My friends, my beloved friends, I believe all of you do aware that accidents happen anywhere everywhere, RIGHT?? RIIIGHT?? So that day, a plastik of bakso kuah just popped accidentally *can't remember how nor who did that*. Then all I could remember was...TANTE GEJE TO THE RESCUE!!! *pamparapaaam*

She grabbed the bakso, poured the leftover of the kuah to a new plastic bag, and dashed to the restroom. WHY RESTROOM?? GOD, WHY??? Ehm. Anyway, she appeared with a grin *but the permanent frown is permanent*, a winning grin as if she just did something worth nobel prize-winning. Later on, she told us.

Tante GEJE: "Sayang kalo dibuang, ini masih bersih kok. Tak cuci di wastafel tadi, pake sabun."
Anak-anak muda yang malang: "..." *wajah pucat pasi yang kemudian berubah dari ungu ke hijau ke abu-abu karena jijik*

Pesan moral: budayakan makanan instan, aman terpercaya. jangan terima bila kemasan rusak.

When I graduated, I tot I won't meet this tante geje ever again. Apparently, I was wrong. Since the day I went back from Melbourne for my summer hol, I've seen her for lotsa time already.

Sighting #1
I was out for lunch with my dad di rumah makan in a street known as gang 1. Tante geje was spotted, helping out there. I felt nauseatic somehow. Could it be...

Sighting #2
Every weekend, my dad will visit my grandma. My grandma has a jewelry store that is now run by my aunt. TANTE GEJE WAS HELPING THERE. With her permanent frown and cold stare. I feel so unsafe.

Sighting #3
I forgot where I went to, but when I got home, I saw tante geje buying nasi tahu beside my house. *shivers*

Sighting #4
I was in my car, going home after dinner. Tante geje was walking on the side walk, going somewhere only heaven knos.

Sighting #5
It's not a sighting anymore, it's an encounter!!!
So, I was eating at the same place where sighting #1 happened. As I expected, tante geje was there, helping. While I was eating, she washed her hand twice in 3 minutes, while staring at my table (or maybe me, or my dad!). Then she asked my dad about my aunt's housekeeper and yaddayadayadda. When my dad was paying the bill, she suddenly asked for a ride to "blahblahblah" (her language and accent was too advanced to be understood). I was shivering. My dad tried to refuse, but this tante was too ngilfilin. After tense minutes passed, she got in the car without anyone's permission =.= Hmm. Hmmmmm. Anyway. That was so random. She was in the car for about 5 minutes only, because apparently we're not going to the same direction. She was so impatient!

Tante geje: Yaudah turunin di onde-onde aja
Dad: yo *pasrah*
Tante: EH DI SITU DISITU TURUN SINI SINI SINI
Sopir: iya bentar, ga bisa
Tante geje: YA YA TAK TURUN SINI AE TURUN TURUN
Dad: omongmu, aku ditangkep polisi nanti *mobil udah jalan ke pinggiran siap buat ngelempar tante2 itu kluar*
Tante geje: Halah ditangkep polisi opo, orak ono! yo wes tak turun sini.
My dad, me, sopir: ...

Finally peace returns to my car...Omg omg omg.
Meh. What a random tante.
Oh she dyed her hair black now.
I think white suits you better, tante.

listen to the rythm of the rain...

I woke up today, a bit late but who cares - I'm up anyway, to find out that it was raining...
No wonder it was so cold in my room! I woke up early in the morning just to put on a thicker blanket xD and went back to my deep sleep. Even my desperate phone couldn't wake me up...lame.

Anyway! What I'm trying to say here iiiis...I love the feeling! Nyahahah :3
It feels like holiday; waking up late, it's raining outside and I don't need to go anywhere but in front of the tv to watch some more pirated dvds. *wait, it IS a holiday T_T*

Now I just need a hot shower and wish the day will be perfect :p
Hmm no, nothing stupid happened yet. I haven't interact with anyone at home. People are out of sight! D: Nooooo~

O well. I'm going out tonight. There's a late christmas celebration plus anniversary of my church! Time to socialise! HAHAH. Long holiday does make me crazeeeh.

Til latta

holiday tastes no better than dark hot chocolate :9

Yay I'm bored.
Sounds fun? Yeah.

I miss Meeeelbbooourne D: and don't blame me if I do, as I can't satisfy my lust for chocolatey stuff in my lovely hometown, Kampung Kudus. Believe it or not, tho, Kudus is not a kampung, nor kecamatan nor kabupaten. ITS A KOTAA!! KOTA! I wonder what makes people think so. It's FAR from my image of a city. Hey, where's the mall? And the xpensive restaurants we all love? OH AND THE FAST FOODD restaurants???

*tapi gak smua keluhan yang lo baca itu bener. I do enjoy cheapo food. Hail cheapskate asians!*

I still have approx a month til the time I go back to Melbourne...So I need to find something to do. However. I'm just to lazy to move my butt. I think I'm becoming a couch potato xD
Picture this in your mind:
A big flat screen tv, a comfy sofa, tons of cushions, coffee table that is perfect to put your feet on, my loyal fluffy dog, a tall stack of (pirated) DVDs, and ME!. Woohooh! Just nice. Oh the bathroom is close too, just in case of nature call. Lalala~lazy me. Lucky I lost my apetite a bit :p

Oh and speaking about my house...It seems that my dad has succesfully turned the whole space into a bird motel. Yeah, bird motel...fully serviced. Dari garasi depan sampe kebon di belakang, semua untuk burung. Hmm speaking about bird motel...

Scene 1:
Burung: *buzzz*
Pegawai 1: Ya pak, bisa dibantu?
Burung: Saya cari kamar yang ada view-nya.
Pegawai 1: No problemo! Tunggu ya pak ya *manis ala orang Indo*
Burung: *whistling*
Pegawai 1: Ini ada 2 pilihan, yang 1 kamar dengan view menghadap kolam ikan, yang 1 menghadap kolam renang.
Burung: Yang menghadap kolam renang berapa harganya?
Pegawai 1: Menang lomba kicauan tingkat kabupaten.
Burung: *hands the pegawai satu sertifikat lomba*
Pegawai 1: Hmm hmm. Oke pak, the room's yours.
Burung: Fasilitasnya apa aja to?
Pegawai 1: tiap pagi kita bawa melihat pemandangan dari tempat tinggi, 3x meal diantar ke kamar, sunbathing tiap siang, toileteries di-provide, vitamin dan minuman segar setiap hari.

Scene 2
Burung cerewet laki-laki (BCL): *buzzz buzzz* Hoi mas, mbok ya kalo servis itu yang bener (ngomongnya medhok), saya udah nunggu lamalhodaritadisampepegelinilhonunggunya,
kalosayasakitgimanantargabisaikutkejuaraaannasionalblahblahyaddayadaa.......
Pegawai 2: Maap, maap, bisa dibantu?
BCL: ya bisa banget to ya, saya ini cari kamar lho, coba saya dibantu, saya ini wong ndeso ora mudeng opo opo, pie to pie ini pie??
Pegawai 2: *...bengong* Oh. Emm ada kamar yang murah pak, ngga ada viewnya, ada yang lebih mahal ada-
BCL: lho lho lho maksudmu tu opo, emang saya kayak ndak mampu, gitu? enak wae, gini gini saya ini burung yang dicari om-om lho, suaraku merdu dan rupawan, kamu seenaknya aja nanti tak lapor manajermu kapok ya! Coba, yang mahal berapa semalemnya?!
Pegawai 2: anu..oh ya maap pak. Yang mahal...menghadap kolam renang dan kebun...sertifikat lomba nasional...
BCL: *diem* Kalo yang murah?
Pegawai 2: Ada di deket dapur pak, smoking area.
BCL: ndak nanya dimana, BERAPA!?
Pegawai 2: aanuu iiitu..u..ga bayar pak, tapi harus ikut latihan tiap hari biar bapak bisa nyanyi dulu yang merdu.
BCL: Ya wes tak ambil yang murah.

Well doesn't happen IRL but still, my dad really spent time n money for those birdos. Noisy birdos. And my dad, who doesn't like traveling and didn't even go to jakarta to see his newborn grandson n granddaughter because of that reason, traveled far far away for bird competitions. Hmm speaking about ironic. Not that I'm complaining tho, I'm happy he has something to do now. *apart from nonton sinetron dan pijet*

Haah I hope Feb comes asap xD

Bringing back the dodgy memories - part 2

continued from last post!

19 November 2008

Bondi Junction. One of the best Westfield shopping centre in Sydney! It's big and full of interesting shops.
Watch out for lazy Santa on Christmas time.
Things to love here: Max Brenner. Not that special anymore, but worth some loving.

21 November 2008

Sydney Tower - Revolving restaurant.
I know it's pricey, and the food's not that special, but don't miss this chance to see Sydney's aerial view!
Warning: don't go there on cloudy or rainy days. May makes you feel so desperate, looking at this gloomy city. Makes you wanna jump from the top too, perhaps.


Makoto sushi bar! If you love Jap food or just sushi like ME, you definetely must eat Makoto's sushi!! After that, try the awesome dessert, GREEN TEA BRULEE. Oooh ~ feel the power.

WARNING
After eating here, you won't be able to eat sushi anywhere else without saying the magic word..."Makoto..."
Surely you'll miss the green tea brulee badly too. Omnomnomnom.

22 November 2008

Back to Darling Harbour!
Well, can't resist the iced choc. Omnomnomnom XD

Until next time, Sydney! :D

Bringing back the dodgy memories - part 1

At least, the promised post... XD My Sydney trip last month!

Visiting Sydney sure brought some dodgy memories alive, remembering I spent one year and a half there...

15 November 2008

Darling Harbour used to be all 'wow' and 'whoah' when I first come x)
After several times, however, the 'wow' became 'oh' and 'so'.
Now...after spending half a year in Melbourne, it was quite wow again at the first glance :p
Things (foods) to love here: Pancake on The Rocks - even tho I prefer the one in The Rocks, Darling Harbour's closer to city XD; LINDT CAFE!! - uhuyyness; umm, there's Hurricane too if you're just too lazy to go to Bondi beach.
Note that Darling Harbour goes all the way to Kings Wharf, and there's Kingsley... The steak's quite good, the memories' better *To Ade and Arif...inget kaaan? hiahia*
Also if you're single and desperately looking, Darling Harbour might makes you feel intimidated. Lotsa couples doing kissie and huggie there. Maybe more, I just haven't got a chance to bust'em.
Less dangerous than the one above, but still be cautios to seagulls. Don't feed the birds! Let human be the only kind that eat JUNK food.

16 November 2008

QVB!
Full of expensive stuff that I can't afford, but if you go to the low levels, you may find some bargains here XD lol.
Things to love here: Mondo's gelato, some random japanese cafe upstair - the breakfast's nice :9, victoria's basement - found some cute stuff there.
This mall is so hectic at peak hours, specially in the lowest level as it connects with Town Hall station...watch your feet, might get stomped a lot.
17 November 2008

Opera House...Can't say you've been to Sydney if you haven't been here!
Be warned that this place is full of random Asian tourists wearing random Australia clothes and accessories.
Like Darling Harbour, Opera House is full o sea gulls.
And the random Asian tourists feed'em.
To love here: err....knowing that you're in Sydney?

Fish Market
The place to get lots and lots of cholesterol.
The food's not that awesome, but I like eating here xD The seafood platter might bring out some apetite.
To love here: seafood platter


18 November 2008

The Gallery of Victoria


Ichiban boshi!
You need to q for a while to get seated, but the food is really worth the price! Totally recommended. The service is good too ~ I love japanese resto.
While waiting to get seated, you can try taking photos with your pals to kill time. You might get stared by fella q-ers, but who cares anyway.

Things to love here: Ichiban boshi for sure. Kinokuniya...why don't we have it in Melbourne? D:, shops shops.

The Strand Arcade

Doesn't really bring back any memories, but worth mentioning too.
Because...ermm...
Well, maybe it doesn't worth mentioning.

continued in next post!

Jakarta Kota Sinetron

I'm in Jakarta! The city that's so famous for it's traffic jam...and for me...the extreme heat *caused by polution, perhaps?*

I arrived around a week ago, after uber tiring flight...I've decided to hate malaysian airlines because it took me so long to get to Jakarta from Melbourne, lol. FYI, it was the worst flight I've ever had. I caught a cold, I suspect it's because I was out in the rain before the flight. I got stuffy nose, and my ears hurt badly, I couldn't sleep really well, caused me to have back pain...Just perfect.

Arriving in Jakarta...I could feel the heat straight away. Phew! Awesomely hot.

Now, after staying here and going around for one week...I think Jakarta is a sinetron city at heart.

Why? Hmm.

• The main reason is; tante-tante with wrinkles put on make up as heavy as geisha's make up. They also do their hair as if they're going to wedding-> high and stiff because of the classic hairspray!! Oh and they shop in ZARA...Errr, and the norak clothes. So tante.
  

• Expensive bags,,,can be seen around. You know, those bags with random monograms like LV n stuff. Total sinetron-antagonist look. Hahah.

• The poors are poor poor. While the rich embraces richness, the poor sit in poorness puddle. You can see beggars at lotsa traffic lights. Some of them have 'sangar' look that forces you to give your coins *emphasise the 's'* to them. You don't want to have your Mercedez-benz scratched, do you?

• Ahh, expensive cars. Why would you want to drive a Ferrari here? How do you drive through speed bumps huh? I'm so gonna cry if I scratch a car that's as expensive as my house.
  

• Ooh here comes the Blackberry era. I just saw a bunch of teenagers sitting down in a mall, chit chatting with each other, each of them held a blackberry. And I thought Indonesia is poor? Hey, remember wall-e? Maybe someday in the future you'll be talking to someone who's sitting right next to you through computer-webcam-thingie. And you'll be fat. FAT.
  

O well, it's not like I have any right to complain tho, as all I am doing is sitting here and checking my facebook. lalala~

Jakarta oh Jakarta...How I hate the traffic here. I miss Melbourne so bad! However, I'm losing apetite here. Which is good for my diet program *if I have any*.