Tuesday, June 30, 2009

06302009, 11:26 pm

Batman is back online!! Yipeee!! That means he's feeling better because to use the computer means that he must go upstairs. And he had been too weak to do that these past few weeks. But it was only for half an hour. But it's fine. One step at a time. :)

Batman, Batman, I wanna see you again...

Monday, June 29, 2009

06292009, 08:26 pm

Just finished my dinner of pecel ayam. Worked on 2 presentations today. And now I'm beat. I just wanna go home then call Batman. I miss him.

Friday, June 26, 2009

06262009, 12:29 pm

Yahh, gue gak tau musti gimana lagi deh. One second he's being sweet, the next second he's being disappointed ini me and then trashing at me. I will NOT take anymore of this bullshit!! Enough with the hyper-sensitive guys. Fuck you all to hell and back!!!

Batman, ke laut aja lo! Gak ada lo juga gue gak mati!

Goodbye, Jacko...


(1958-08-29)
Rest In Peace

MICHAEL JACKSON

August 29, 1958 - June 25, 2009 (aged 50)

You Are Not Alone

Peace Be Unto You

Thursday, June 25, 2009

Kunti's Love Life

Today's post is Kunti. I was introduced to Kunti, Kucil, and Mama at the same day, which was my first day when I started to work in my new department back when I was still in NtarTipi. But we didn't get close until a few months after that. Funny, I don't even remember what made us best friends in the first place. Pokoknya tau2 udah jalan bareng aja. Kemana2 berdua, eh bertiga deng. Hahaha... Kayaknya siy ya, dulu gara2 sering lunch bareng, trus lama2 jadi kayak punya kelompok teman sendiri. And in time, we all turned to be best friends.

Kita suka kabur rame2 naik mobil Kunti untuk makan siang di daerah Santa, di salah satu warung soto favorit deh. Gue kangen banget pengen makan soto itu lagi. Hiks... Saat2 awal kita jalan, Kunti masih pacaran sama Govinda. Mereka bener2 kliatan sebagai pasangan serasi abis deh. Kunti kan cantik, tinggi, modis, dandannya pol, baik hati, dan cinta banget ma si Govinda. Trus si Govinda itu kan klimis, kliatan mapan, kerja di agency iklan terkenal, udah kayak yuppies gaul lah. Kalo lagi pergi berdua, gue kayak lagi ngeliat halaman mode di majalah tentang socialite dah. Cakeeep...

Kunti udah tunangan sama Govinda. Dan sedang mempersiapkan pernikahan. Gue dan anak2 cewek 1 departemen dapet bahan kebaya buat seragam acara resepsi dia. Segala macem udah diurus bla bla bla. Ehhh... Ternyata Govinda sebenernya entah gak siap ato udah gak mau sama Kunti, trus dia mutusin pertunangan dan mereka pun pisah. Hati Kunti hancur banget. Mana mutusinnya pas Kunti lagi diopname di rumah sakit pula. Sadis banget deh. Dan gak lama kemudian Kunti mergokin dia jalan sama cewek lain. Jadi keliatannya sebenernya dia selingkuh sejak masih jalan sama Kunti. The whole time, gue dampingin dan nemenin Kunti. Dengerin semua curhat dia. Nemenin dia nangis. But that was something she needed to get through. I couldn't do anything but staying at her side then. Thank God she recovers enough to get on with life.

Then she got another boyfriend named Cory. It wasn't a love thing, but she always needed a man by her side. So she took his offer to go out with him. At first, everything seemed fine. But later she told me what an asshole he actually was. Either he had a lack of confidence or just plain psycho. Anak mami manja seanjing-anjing lah. Selalu cerita tentang mantan2 ceweknya yang dia bilang lebih cantik, kaya, dan dia selalu dibeliin macem2. Eh, maksudnya tuh lo cowok matre ya? Dan gimana Kunti udah membuka diri ke keluarga Cory, kalo dateng kerumah Cory selalu ikut bantu2 seperti layaknya pacar ato mungkin malah calon istri. Gak seperti orang lain lah. Ternyata menurut nyokap si cowok gila itu Kunti cuma cari muka doang. Gila! Gue tau mang banyak nyokap2 yang overprotektif ke anak lakinya, tapi ini mah udah beberapa bulan gak ada tanda mencair, malah semakin sadis. Ditambah juga si Cory minta dibeliin sepatu mahal, jam, dll, bilangnya siy mau diganti. Tapi sampe sekarang gak diganti juga tuh. Cory emang bisa mainin pikiran Kunti, jadi Kunti selalu maafin dia. Mind games gitu deh. *Kalo gue ma Alv super mind games dong ya?*

Thank God mereka akhirnya putus juga, dan Kunti langsung dikenalin ke cowok yang sekarang jadi suaminya. Prosesnya cepet banget. Ketemu, suka, cocok, jalan, nikah. Lancar banget. Emang udah jalannya kali ya. And they love each other so much. I'm happy for you, cuy. May you live happily ever after.

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Phil Collins On The Drum


Phil Collins emang gilaaaa...

06232009, 11:26 pm

Went to PIM yesterday and enjoying Sushi Tei. It was bliss. After so long, at last I could satisfy my craving of it. I went solo, and had California Roll, Stamina Roll, and Salmon Sashimi. I wanted more, but I was so full already. Damn!! Anyways, I took a picture of my solo dinner and then posted it on my FB profile. Then I tagged Frigie and Kunti who were also sushi maniacs. And boy, were they mad!! Wkwkwkwkwk... Peace, yo...

And then I strolled around, checked a new fragrance from L'Occitane, then crossed the bridge to PIM 1. I went to Gramedia and bought Raditya Dika's Kambing Jantan. I started reading it this morning, and it was hilarious!! Haha... I digress... From Gramedia, I went to Body Shop and there's BIG SALE!! Yippeee... I bought my favorite Body Mist for my stock. And believe it or not, I left my shopping there at the counter and I'd only came to realize it this morning. Idiot!! I've been calling them today and not once did they answer it. Huh!!

I met Psycho and his wife and kid in front of Levi's shop. We chatted and caught up some news, meanwhile I also played with their daughter. She was cute. But not nearly as cute as my Li'l Bangbag. :)

I moved on to Starbucks. I had a decaf dripped black, and enjoying it on the couch. Not long after that, my brother pinged my BB Messenger and told me that he was at BK. So I went there and finish his french fries. :p He bought a book of Learning Piano because we just acquired a new piano at home. And no one could play it, hahahh... But it's a good investment. I'm going to push Bangbag to learn it when she's old enough to learn it. Go, Bangbag!! Soon to be the new Maksim. I think I'm going to be her manager and give her a stage name: Lady Maksima. Tweww...

Before going home, I and my brother dropped by at Famous Amos and bought an ounce each of their cookies assortment. Overall we bought 7 ounces. Imagine all the fat and sugar swimming on my thighs. Not trimming at all. *Sigh*

When I got home, Batman texted me saying that he's on his way to the ER because his condition got worse instead of getting better. Dammit!! I don't know what to do or say. No doctors could diagnose his illness so far. Where else should he go?

Monday, June 22, 2009

Dalam Rangka HUT Jakarta

Nulis post ini dalam rangka HUT Jakarta niy. Jadi thematic gitu. Padahal mah isinya sungguh amat subyektif. Tweww... Jakarta, ibukota dari Indonesia. Pertama kali disebut dengan nama Jayakarta, kemudian oleh Belanda disebut Batavia, hence the name 'Betawi' for the settler there. Then it became Jakarta. I was born in Jakarta, and have been raised here as well. Regardless all the craziness of life, I love it here, and wouldn't trade it for any other place. Yet. Hahaa...

Memori kehidupan gue pastinya semua seputar Jakarta. Dan sedihnya, gak ada yang seru dan lucu kayak yang di acara si Bolang. Hehee... Tapi waktu kecil, gue inget sekolah di playgroup yang ada kolam renangnya, trus masuk TK di daerah Pondok Indah. Pulang pergi sekolah naik becak. Sekarang bisa nemu becak aja udah syukur. Trus kalo sore kan pasti banyak banget tuh tukang jualan yang lewat depan rumah. Naaah, suatu hari, ada tukang rambut nenek. Gue pengen banget, dan gue cuman punya duit 25 perak. Gue pikir cukup. Jadi gue bilang sama abangnya bahwa gue mau beli satu. Udah siap, gue terima tu rambut nenek, trus gue kasih duitnya. Eeeeeh, dia bilang kurang, mustinya cepek. Huh... Gue nawar dong, niru nyokap kalo pergi ke pasar. Cuma masalahnya tu barang udah gue pegang kan, udah gue mulai makan pula. Dia tetep gak mau nurunin harga. Gue marahlah, gue bilang, 'Abang pelit!! Jualan kok mahal amat!!' sambil gue tinggal. Kelar main, sorenya gue pulang, nyokap langsung marah besar ke gue. "Mama gak pernah ngajarin kamu ngompas orang gitu!! Bla bla bla...' Sialaaan... masa iya siy gue umur 5 tahun dibilang udah bisa ngompas orang. Gak mungkin deh. Orang itu aja yang kalo jualan kemahalan. Huh!! Dasar tukang ngadu tu abang2...

Entah kenapa gue punya banyak flashback kamar hotel. Dan nama Hotel Mandarin sangat melekat di otak gut kalo pas lagi inget2 masa kecil. Ternyata ya, gue diceritain sama kakak gue kalo waktu gue masih pitik dulu, nyokap suka impulsively decided mau nginep di hotel. Cuma untuk iseng aja. Halah, mak. Iseng aja bisa mpe nginep di hotel. Sayang gue cuma dapet flashback kamar hotel doang, gak inget ngapain aja dulu. Hiks... Sama suka dibangunin jam 2an malem gitu trus sekeluarga pergi makan bubur ayam di coffee shopnya Hotel Indonesia. Sekarang udah gak ada lagi, padahal enak bangeeet... Sumpah tu bubur enak!

Dulu kalo mau makan Kwetiau paling enak di daerah Mangga Besar. Kalo sekarang mah yang namanya Kwetiau Pontianak udah ada dimana2. Tapi kenapa ya sambelnya udah gak ada yang seenak dulu? Kalo mau makan sea food perginya ke Pecenongan. Kangkung hot platenya gue gak lupa mpe sekarang. KFC cuma ada di lantai 2-nya Supermarket Gelael di Blok M. Kalo Burger King ada di sebelahnya. Gue dulu jadi member kiddies clubnya BK loh. Hahaaa... Eh ampir lupa. Di Gelael ada hotdog paling enak sedunia. At least itu menurut gue dan bokap gue. Secara dulu rumah kita gak jauh dari Blok M, kalo pulang sekolah ato sore2 gitu suka beli hotdognya. Practically everyday tuh. Hiks, kangen sama hotdog itu. Sampe hari ini belum ada yang nyamain. *BTW, kenapa jadinya malah nulis tentang memori makanan siy?*

Biarpun Monas jadi icon Jakarta, gue cuma pernah beberapa kali aja masuk kesitu. Sebenernya siy 2 kali doang. Sekali pas karyawisata sekolah, yang sekali lagi sama bokap gue. Pokoknya gue udah pernah berada di puncak Monaaas!! Tapi kalo pas Jakarta Fair mah pasti dateng duunks... Makan kerak telor, makan gulali sampe mules, digendong bokap di bahu, minta dibeliin balon, sama nangis kalo liat badut. Believe it or not, waktu kecil gue takut banget sama yang namanya badut. Kalo sekarang siy gue tendang2in aja pantatnya. :p Kalo perlu gue tarik wignya. Hihihi.Sejak Jakarta Fair dipindahin ke Kemayoran, gue jadi males kesana. Cuman sekali doang dulu waktu masih baru2 pindah. Dan baru sekarang lagi gue kesana, itu juga gara2 kerjaan. Jauh amat yak? Trus susah pula kendaraannya. Modalnya gede banget tu, kalo pulang malem kan terpaksa naik taxi. Gila, dari Kemayoran mpe Sudirman aja udah berapa, apalagi sampe rumah gue. Tweww...

Waktu SD gue ikut klub renang, latihannya 2x seminggu di Senayan. Kakak gue dengan setia dan galak anter jemput gue latihan. Emang beliau yang maksa dan ngebet gue masuk klub renang gitu kayaknya. Ditungguin pula. Hiiii... Kalo berani nolak, eh gak pernah berani gue deng... Gue sempet jadi juara 3 se-Jakarta loh. *Cih, gitu aja bangga!* Trus waktu SMP kan musti ada nilai olahraga dan kalo berenang di kolam renang Pondok Indah aja dong. Gak ada deh yang bisa ngalahin gue, termasuk cowok2nya. Kalo disuruh lomba sama gue, pada gak mau. That's how good I was at the time. Kalo sekarang mah bisa ngambang aja udah bagus. *Halahh* Pernah sekali gue musti berenang di kolam renang Bulungan. Cukup sekali2nya itu aja deh gue kesitu. Pengalaman buruk yang bener2 made me scarred for life. Jeez... Pas udah ganti pake baju renang, gue sama temen gue jalan ke ujung kolam, siap2 nyemplung. Alhamdulillah gue udah terbiasa untuk stretching dulu. Sementara temen gue main langsung nyemplung aja. Pas lagi stretching itu, gue ngeliat ke dalem kolam, penasaran kok kayaknya ada sampah ato apa di dasar kolam gitu. Kirain apaan, tapi ternyata oh ternyata, itu adalah BOKER sodara2!! Sekali lagi, itu adalah BOKER MANUSIA yang berwarna coklat berbentuk seperti lontong dan berwarna coklat menjijikkan. Ohmaigat!! Untuuung aja gue ngikutin pakem olahraga untuk stretching, jadi sempet buying time to observe the warzone. *Halahh, lebay!* Gue cuma bisa nyengir jijik sambil manggil temen gue dan menunjuk ke arah benda tertuduh di dasar kolam itu. Apes lo, cuy!! Wakakakakakakak!!!

Dia langsung naik dan mandi sambil jerit2 jijik sendiri. Gue ganti baju lagi dan nunggu dia sambil duduk di deretan kursi penonton yang ngelilingin kolam. Di belakang gue adalah pagar kawat yang menghadap jalan. Gue gak inget apa yang membuat gue menoleh ke belakang, tapi gue noleh. Damn!! There was this bapak2 lagi ganti baju di rerumputan depan pagar itu dan gue melihat BURUNGnyaaah!!! I saw 2 inappropriate lontongs in one shitty day! *Hueeek!!!* Gue yang jelas kaget dan sempet terpaku menatap benda aneh itu, dan si bapak itu tau gue lagi ngeliat dia, cuek aja loh. Malah ketawa mesum ke gue. *ANJIIING!!!* Gue langsung lari ke kamar mandi dan nyuruh temen gue untuk buru2 kelar. Gak lagi2 deh gue ke kolam renang Bulungan. Najis!! Cuma di Jakarta gak ya yang kayak gitu?

Yah, ini cuma beberapa pengalaman gue di ibukota tercinta. Kapan-kapan bikin sequelnya deh. Haha. Udah gak konsen, soalnya banyak yang musti dikerjain. Cya, peeps...

Met Ultah Ye, Jakarte!!!


Ooooiii... Aye cume mo ucapin met ulang taon buat Jakarte, ibukote kite tercinte nii...
Selamet Ulang Taon nyang ke-482 yeee...
Semoga jadi kote nyang indah dan nyaman buat para penduduknye
Semoga kagak terjadi lagi banjir2 kayak kemaren
Semoga rampok2 ame nyang suka ngompas ntu bisa dilibas abis
Semoga kemacetan di jalan bise berkurang
Semoga bisa jadi tempat buat penduduknye buat majuin keidupan ye...
En semoga aye juga bisa sukses di Jakarte tercinte ni...
Muah muah... Tiup lilin dulu ah.
Fuuuhhh fuuuuhhhh... Banyak amat yak lilinnye? Ampe dower ni bibir... Fuuuuhhh...

*Picture credit: Ondel-Ondel from flickr.com/photos/esilisyastuti/2565804819/ (esi-1, flickr.com)

Fortunate - Maxwell



Verse 1:


Never seen a sun shine like this
Never seen the moon glow like this
Never seen the waterfalls like this
Never seen the lights off like this
Never dug anyone like this
Never had tasty lips to kiss
Never had someone to miss
Never wrote a song quite like this

Chorus:

Fortunate to have you girl,
I'm so glad you're in my world,
Just as sure as the sky is blue,
I bless the day that I found you.

Verse 2:

Never had room service all night
Never took a trip first class flight
Never had a love affair so tight
I've never felt a feeling so right
Never seen a winter so white
Never had words to recite
Never had a flame to ignite
And I never sang a song with all my might.

Chorus 2x

Silence child hope you hear
I'm callin out to your body
Baby you know just what to do
Close the door no interlude

chorus 2x

Maxwell, is definitely one of my favorite musicians!! You rule, Max!! Keep on the great musics...

Getting Sweeter

I’m in love. Or infatuated. Who cares? What matters is I’m with him now. There are still complications about his past, but he never did bad things to me, nor did he do bad things in front of me. And I can see that he cares for me too. So that’s it. Can’t say for sure if we’re really a couple now, but this relationship is mutually exclusive.

On the surface, he says the most endearing words to me. He wishes good things for me. He holds my hand, kisses my cheek, rests his head on my shoulder, smiles lovingly, and looks at me as if I’m the prettiest girl in the world. He puts me on a pedestal. It gives me the high. But on the other hand, it makes me worried too. I don’t want him to be disappointed in me. And I’m a little scared to get hurt again. But I’m going to enjoy it while it lasts. And wishing there would be no more problems.

Bengal and Batman, what a weird couple…

06202009, 10:15 pm

Batman was still treated at the hospital. The guys planned to visit him and see how he was. But at the last minute they changed their minds and all went home. I have thought that I would see him and spend the night there. I knew he was alone. So I went alone by ojek to the God-knows-where hospital. He was so happy that I was there. And so was I.

I kissed his forehead the instant I saw him, and he wouldn’t let go of my hand. We just looked at each other and smiled stupidly. Hahah… He didn’t look so good, mainly because he had headaches and high temperature. Later, his fever spiked and I called the nurse. He was shivering and sweating and looked in pain. He was feeling so cold, and the stupid hospital didn’t even have an extra blanket. So I took off my jacket and wrap his feet in it. I also had brought a ‘kain bali’ to keep me warm at night, and I put it around his upper body. Then I climbed on the bed and held him close to me until his fever subsided. The nurses checked on him occasionally, and seemed fine with the fact that I’m in bed with him, so I continued until he’s feeling better. Than I tried to sleep on the hard chair while he slept. Couldn’t find a comfortable position, so I just watch him slept while dozing every other minute.

Morning came, I washed my face and then waited for him to wake up. When he did, it was so cute. He seemed stunned that I was still there, and a bit overwhelmed too. It was so sweet. Hahaa… We spent the morning chatting and being happy, just the two of us. So sweet… :D

At 7 am, I left him and went to Menik’s place and spend the day with her. Couldn’t have anyone from his circle see me yet. Hehee… Get well soon, dear. Muaach…

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

06162009, 11:56 am

Hari ini rasanya garing. Dari semalem Batman marah sama gue gara2 gue pulang duluan. Ternyata dia bela2in dateng ke kantor padahal lagi demam gitu cuma untuk ketemu gue. Hiks... Maap yaaa... Gue kirain kan lo ke kantor gara2 diajak bos, bukan untuk gue. Lagian gue juga lagi gak enak badan, trus di kantor juga gak ada yang dikerjain, ntar gue dikira gila lagi kalo yang lain pulang dan gue gak pulang. Lagian kan buat kamuflase aja, biar orang kira gue jalan ma Doyok, padahal sebenernya ma lo, Batman.

Tiap kali gue SMS lo jawabnya cuma 1 kata doang. Sekalian aja lo gak usah jawab kenapa? Biar gue tau lo maunya apa. Kalo gini kan masih gak jelas, Dodol!! Terserah lo lah. Gue gak mau susah. Orang mau seneng kok malah dibikin ribet. Cepet sembuh aja deh lo, Pret...

Monday, June 15, 2009

06152009, 05:17 pm

Monday is back. Yesterday was day 2 of our event. I came to be a nurse again because another freestyler fell from his motorbike. It wasn't when he was performing, but because he was avoiding a lady who suddenly appeared and crossed at an intersection. And he was hurt even worse than the other guy the day before. Nurse Bengal is in action!!

The crowd was better than the day before. Our performance on stage were by a Top 40 band, a newcomer in the industry, and a reggae one. As a rule of thumb, there would always be fights or clashes when watching reggae, and yesterday was no exception. I counted at least 6 fights, and about 3 chases of thugs by the police. There was even a beating. Wow. Were they all smoking pots? The jerks. Peace, yo!!

We finished a moment before dark, and started dismantling our properties. I ran away for a bit and had my hair washed and dried in a salon in the mall. Heheheee... I didn't have anything to do anyway. :p I was already home at midnight. Cool.

And today is lazying time. Going to catch on my lost sleep, and maybe going to the mall later. I miss my girl pals. Wish to see you all later. I hope.

Saturday, June 13, 2009

06132009, 11:40 pm

Day One of the event in Tangerang. My job desc was not exactly descripted. :p And I was kinda confused as to what should I do because everything seemed to have been taken care of. But later it turned out that one of our freestyler fell and hurt his knees badly. So I turn on my nursing mode. Hahah. He's the best looking freestyler in his club, and I took care of his knees!! Aww... *Jeez, I must be sick!!*

I also accompanied the MCs for the field sessions, and organized the door prizes. Easy, eh? Anyways, Batman was still sick, but he insisted on coming to the venue and worked. The idiot! Did he have a death wish or what?? *Grrrrhhh...*

I told him to just sleep in the tent and not do anything. Thank God he complied. Overall, this day wasn't a hard one. :D

06122009, 11:58 pm

Setting up the venue today. Not so hectic like the last time. But it made me feel weird because I expected to work like a romusha today. Instead, I only needed to finish a few easy jobs, then I had time to just have coffee with Batman, went around the mall with CrewCut, and so on. Overall, it's an easy day. Hahaa...

So, good night, everyone. I need to wake up way earlier tomorrow. I'll be sleeping at the office until Sunday. Muach...

Thursday, June 11, 2009

06112009, 08:05 pm

Left home at noon because I waited for CrewCut to finish while I also check some of our equipments for the upcoming event. Then Frigie needed me to help her on a new presentation outline for our new client. We spent the whole day working on that because we needed to finish it at the same day so we'd be able to send it to AdidasMan.

Damn, I'm still not in the mood to write. Whyyyyyyyy, oh Providence??????

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

May and her English

Bahasa Inggris gue gak bagus2 amat. Tapi gue suka banget baca buku, dan sejak SMP nyokap cuma ngijinin gue baca novel yang berbahasa Inggris. And learning it didn't seem hard. So I'm a little bit confused as to why this certain person has so much difficulty in mastering the language. She took courses since God knows when. Many times she took it, but she's still so lacking in English. I can't understand why.

Let's call her May. She's an innocent over thirty year old woman. A very diligent person. I remember when she was still in college, her GPA was almost 4.0. She was my neighbour back then. But even though her marks were high, she didn't even know what encyclopedia was. I couldn't forget that, not even til now. Huahahahaa...

Right, I dodn't mean anything by posting this. And I absolutely don't mean to insult her or anything. Gue cuma gemes buanget!!!!!!!! Mbak, masa cuma mo ngasih tau ke guru Englishnya kalo lo gak masuk karena gak enak badan musti nanya dulu ke gue, bahasa Inggrisnya gimana?

Gubraaaakk...

Vicky Cristina Barcelona


Hari yang gak begitu sibuk. Jadi gue bisa nonton DVD di kantor. Hehee... Nonton Vicky Cristina Barcelona, which is by Woody Allen. I watched few of his movies, and it all starred by Scarlett Johansson. All have unusual themes. And I could connect with the characters. But I especially can connect with Johansson's role in VCB. Sometime, I'd like to think that I'm kinda like her. Hehee...

Ceritanya ada 2 cewek Amerika yang bersahabat sejak awal mereka kuliah, baru mendarat di Barcelona. Vicky sedang melakukan study tentang kehidupan dan budaya Catalan, sementara Cristina nemenin Vicky. Rencananya mereka bakalan spend the whole summer in Barcelona. There, they stayed at Vicky's relative's house. Vicky adalah cewek yang saklek dan lempeng, mempunyai visi dan arah hidup. Sementara Cristina is more free spirited, she doesn't know what she wants, but she knows what she doesn't want. Gue banget deh!! Wew...

When viewing paintings in an art gallery, a Spaniard wearing red shirt caught Cristina's eyes. Apparently, he was a painter whose marriage and then divorce were the talk of town. His name was Juan Antonio. Later that night, the two girls went to have dinner in restaurant, and Juan Antonio was there too. He stood and approached their table, than offered a wild proposition, wild according to Vicky, hahah. He invited them to come spending the weekend with him in Oviedo, which was only a short flight from Barcelona. And he also proposed that they might eventually have sex that weekend. Vicky opposed hard, and Cristina, being what she was, of course wanted to come. At last they went by Juan Antonio's friend's private plane.

They stayed at a hotel. The first day was spent sightseeing. The town was beautiful. But not until at night the subject of making love surfaced again. Anyways, Vicky excused herself, and Cristina went to his room. They started kissing, but then she got ill. Apparently, she got ulcer problem as well as food poisoning. She had to rest. So the next day, it was only Vicky and Juan Antonio. She kept up her guard, but at last, they made love that night. Tweww... On their flight back, Vicky was silent while Cristina kept apologizing and voiced her worry about Vicky and Juan Antonio at each other's throats. Which, we know didn't happen. :p

After that passed, Juan Antonio called Cristina and asked her out. She was ecstatic. They went wine tasting, and from there went back to his house. They of course made love, and from then on, it all was heaven for them both. He asked her to move in with him. She complied, and they lived blissfully until the phone rang one night. Maria Elena, Juan Antonio's ex wife had tried to kill herself, again. So he went to take care of it, and he took her home with him. There were complications and fights at first, but the three of them reconciled, and believe it or not, they become lovers. A threesome. 

Wow, this is really a spoiler, eh? Hehee... Sorry. Okay, I won't tell again. Suffice it to say that, oops... Sorry, I won't tell. I won't. Just watch the movie. I recommend it. Alright? Just to tip you off, Miss Johansson was sexy in this movie (well, she always has been, and I'm not a lesbian), Miss Hall was kinda stiff, but Mr Bardem, aaaah... Javier Bardem is my new favorite male. Hihiiiy... 

Overall, I give 8,5 points for this movie. Welldone, Mr Allen.

Tuesday, June 09, 2009

06092009, 01:45 pm

Going back and forth both offices without actually doing anything. Not exactly like that, but after being all hectic for the last three weeks, this week feels like an anticlimax. But still I can't take time off to see my best friends. Shit, eh?

I miss them. We met at Kucil's engagement party. But it's only for a short time as we all already had agendas. Menik was meeting her new closest guy friend, Kucil of course needed to be home with her family, Kunti was having mild fever, and I was tired. Anyways, what kind of agendas was that? Blo'on lo, Ngal!!

I wanted to write about Kucil's story again, but I simply not in the mood now. Maybe next time. *Promises, promises...* But to make it short, she finally made the decision to go on with her guy after all. And now they're engaged. I'm happy for her. Congratulations, Kucil.
:D

Monday, June 08, 2009

06082009, 09:55 am

Spent two thirds of yesterday at home, just lazying on my bed and watching movies. Playing with Bangbag. Dozing until afternoon. Then Batman called and woke me up from my slumber *halahh*. We agreed to meet at Citos. He wanted to look for a black jacket. We searched around Matahari, but couldn't find anything that even remotely similar to what we're looking for.

Then we hopped to Poins and started searching again. Sebenernya siy kita udah kayak orang bingung. Jalan gak jelas. Harapan nemu jaket yang kita pengen udah gak ada deh. Jadi kita ngopi di Dunkin, trus muter2 aja di sekitar Poins. Mau cabut, tapi kok kayaknya masih nanggung. Belum juga malem banget. Mau karaoke, tapi lagi gak mood. And I know he's still not feeling well. At last, we decided to go home after all. In the taxi, I persuaded him to go to the doctor, and at last he agreed. We went to a clinic in Cinere area. Ternyata dokternya bilang Batman kena tipus. Hiks, kasian si Batman. Udah kena tipus, bermasalah sama anak2 kantor, gak ada yang ngurusin. Life's a hell for you at this moment, ya? Hang in there, man. I pray you'll get well soon, and to have a better situation. Amen.

060609, 11:40 pm

I went to the reunion of my junior high class at a cafĂ© in South Jakarta. I’m sorry to say that I couldn’t recognize any of my old friends saved for a few persons. I even didn’t remember one of my quite close friends back then. Damn... They all looked so different. Many of the girls were wearing hijabs, and one ar two chicks were dressed like sluts. And the boys… Well, I mean guys, they also were so different. I knew Yoyo because I met him last year when I was with my brother, and he worked for a financial institution which had my brother’s office as its client. There were also DC and Baldy. I knew them instantly because we went to the same elementary school. And I gotta say because DC had been my first boyfriend. :p

I didn’t mingle much. I wasn’t really in the mood. I never like school reunions. It pisses me off when I couldn’t place someone’s face, then he/she would say, ‘Don’t you remember me? How could you?’ How should I react to that, dammit? I think we all should wear nametags to save the embarrassment of not remembering everyone’s names.

Right. I hadn’t been an outgoing person. So sue me… I didn’t talk much back in school days. At least in junior high. Reminiscing, junior high years were almost forgotten. I don’t have striking memories of it. I just breezed through those years. I couldn’t even be sure of who my best friends were back in those days. Crazy, huh? But what’s even weirder was that almost all of them remembered me! Did it mean that I didn’t change much, or that I have bad memory?

I didn’t have anything to talk about. I didn’t have any memories to share. I just listened to them, laughed at the right times, staring at some persons trying to remember them. All to no avail. It’s all hazy. I was like in another dimension. I guess I took the wrong decision to come to the reunion.And there’s gonna be another one next month. I hope it coincides with an event so I’ll have a legit reason not to come. :D

Friday, June 05, 2009

R.I.P. David Carradine

I was surprised reading that David Carradine passed away in Thailand today. A maid found him in a hotel room's closet, and apparently he died by hanging himself. It just seemed a waste. Mr Carradine who recently kinda mirrored his life as the one he portraited in the Kung Fu series, just threw his life like that. Until now, there's still no clue as to why he did it. 

I grew up watching classic TV series. One of them is Kung Fu. There were great morals to be learned from this series. There was also the sequel, Kung Fu: The Legend Continues. I know it's all cliche now, but it was so cool way back then. And it was also the moment of eastern teachings and stuff. So many movies and series had similar theme. Kung Fu, Street Justice, Best of The Best, Karate Kid, Excessive Force, and so many more. But The Kung Fu series is the most memorable for me. Even then, I knew it was gonna be a classic. 

Mr Carradine played as Kwai Chang Caine, a man raised by shaolins in China. He killed a royal family member as a revenge because that guy killed Caine's teacher. He then had to fled China, away and he arrived in the western world known as America. :D
He encountered many injustices and attempted to fix it using his eastern wisdom taught to him. And when it all was still insufficient, the Kung Fu played. And so the story goes. Until now, whenever I hear 'David Carradine', 'Kung Fu series', 'Kwai Chang Caine', there will appear in my head the image of brown dust or soil, brown shaolin's clothes, and his Buddha-like calmness waiting for he enemies to attack. So cool. Hehee...

The last time I saw Mr Carradine in a movie was when I watched Kill Bill. His role here is the antithesis of Kwai Chang Caine. And he was nominated as Best Supporting Actor in The Golden Globe. 

Oh well, whatever your reasons were, you're still a hero for me. Mr Carradine, may you rest in peace now. Amen.

Thursday, June 04, 2009

Rocksteady - Remy Shand

Here's the lyrics of one of my favorite songs ever. Too bad, I didn't have time to find the clip.

ROCKSTEADY - Remy Shand

Tell me how, baby, could it open my eyes
For a night, it took me by surprise
Oh what you said to me


Love me do
Whatever you want back darlin won’t be good 
That is why I woke and cried out


Rocksteady can’t break my world
Nobody’s gonna ever think twice
Oh how I, how I often cry
Rocksteady can’t can’t make that change
Nobody’s ever gonna re-arrange
As time moves slippin’ fast
Love just won’t become you


Now my mind baby
My mind is free 
Oh you played it hard lady
So hard and deep
Oh what you said to me


Love me do
Whatever you want back darlin won’t be good 
That is why I woke and cried out


Rocksteady can’t break my world
Nobody’s gonna ever think twice
Oh how I, how I often cry
Rocksteady can’t can’t make that change
Nobody’s ever gonna re-arrange
As time moves slippin’ fast
Love just won’t become you

I miss Remy Shand's songs. He has unique and oh so smooth voice. Added to that, the melody and music are just awesome!! My favorite song is ROCKSTEADY. I can't describe it with words. It just so perfect. Sadly, I don't have any cassette or CD of him. I couldn't even find the clip on Youtube *Sigh*.

Dammit!! Where are you, Mr Shand??????

Tuesday, June 02, 2009

06022009, 11:15 am

Still very tired, but at least better than yesterday. I took Sangobion, Bloodcare, and Ester C to regain my condition. And I think it's going to work. Because I feel more fit, while the other guys were all still tepar. Hehee...

Well, just sleep it off, guys. You'll be better by tomorrow. 

Cheers,

Bidadari Bengal

*Halaahh*

Monday, June 01, 2009

Bidadari Bengal & Batman Reunited

Gue gak percaya!! Asli aneh!! Maaasaaaa, pas event luar kota kemaren, gue n Batman dapet celah mulu tiap malam!! Cihiiiy... :p

Malem pertama gue sampe sana, langsung ke venue dan kelarin semua yang harus dikelarin. Masih banyak yang kurang juga. Baru nyampe aja gue udah langsung angkat2 meja dan kursi bareng ma Doyok. Trus setting printer dan revise rundown. Semua yang last minute digeber gitu deh. Sempet rehat bentar, duduk ngopi di depan tenda sama Batman dan Bang Ian, sound engineer kita. Orangnya guede banget. Tapi hatinya rinto. Hihiy. Kayak teddy bear gitu pokoknya. Trus sempt ada tante2 janda kenalan Batman disana dateng, pegang2 Batman. Cih!! Trus Batman pura2 berdiri, kursinya langsung diembat sama Boty. Eh, Batman malah ngegeser gue, jadinya kita duduk satu kursi berdua. Nekat banget!! Gak mempan, CrewCut dideketin ma Tante Janda. Ma dia ya kesempatanlah. Ceritanya rangkulan akrab gitu, tapi secara gue tau CrewCut ye, pasti dia tangannya gerayangan deh. Pantesan aja si Tante Janda itu mukanya seneng banget. Wew...

Kayak biasanya, Doyok dan Batman bentrok secara laten. Gue lagi benerin dokumen yang mo diprint, trus Batman nanya gue mau balik bareng ato gak. Gue siy gak ngeh juga, cuma setelahnya aja gue diceritain ma dia. Ternyata si Doyok jawabin dengan ketus, 'biarin si Bengal kelarin kerjaannya dulu!' Batman bete digituin, langsung cabut deh ke hotel. Pas gue siap2 mau balik, nyariin tu orang udah gak ada. Huh. Gue naik becak sendirian lewat tengah malem ke hotel. Sampe sana anak2 masih pada sibuk di venue, dan para bos masih di jalan. Celah euy!!

Batman ke kamar gue. Gue belum mandi belum apa, langsung ditarik. Kejadian deh. Batman dan Bengal kembali bersatu di tempat tidur. Halahh. Karena ketar-ketir, kita cepet2 gitu. Rasanya gilaaaa... Fiuuh. Abis itu gue langsung mandi, Batman balik ke kamarnya, gue kelar mandi, Bos Noy dan para MC tiba. Selamaaat... Huahahahaha... Badung banget deh.

Besoknya hari pertama event. Hectic abis, panasnya puoolll, dan kalo diukur, gue sehari itu udah jalan sampe Aceh kali. Begitu maghrib, gue balik ke hotel karena masih ada tugas dari Boss Man. Gue musti buat presentasi buat Senin pagi. Gila apa!! Huh. Gak ada internet pula. Bete. Sampe hotel, gue mandi, Batman telpon gue bilang kalo dia ada di kamarnya. Gue kesana deh. Celah lagi!! Wkwkwkwkwkwkwkwk...

Event yang memorable buat gue. And you know why. :p