A SUNDAY WITH IRA & MY MOM AT MY IDOL….

On my way home from the hairdresser with mom last Saturday, my phone rang. It was from My Idol, saying that SHIN’s new CD has arrived. Mom asked who called, I said it’s My Idol, my order has arrived but I don’t know when can I get it. Mom offered to take me there on Sunday afternoon after the noon service. She said she’s curious to see what’s the store look like cause she’ s never been inside before, she usually just waited in the parking lot for us. So I called this girl and asked whether she’d go with us on Sunday. She said maybe, she wanted to but not sure and promised to let me know later. She SMS me again then said yes, so we’ll meet at BP on Sunday.

But actually, she overslept until like 11.30…. (he he he… I didn’t blame her though… she slept at 4am the night before). Mom said she didn’t have to meet us at BP, we’d pick her up instead after having lunch with my uncle & my cousin. When we picked her up, she sure looked fresher than I imagine what she would look like. Then we headed to My Idol. The new CD included a bonus of their concert (we found out about this later on at my house, we thought it’s only MVs). This girl couldn’t make up what she wanted to buy, even after I already paid for my CDs… even after my mom finally bought 2 movies that she’s been wanting for a couple of months!

She finally decided to get Wilber Pan’s CD (though I really wanted her to take Fish Leong.. he he..). At first, she paid for the one in the rack for Rp 110.000,- After we got out, she just realized that there’s another one in the window display with a bonus MV VCD! Thank God the nice Engko Ngadiman was there… (^_^), he didn’t mind we change the CD though the later one was cheaper (Rp 90.000)… he he… I even got a bonus of JAY’s pocket pic v(^o^)v

After all that suddenly Echa had the idea of some ice cream at Ragusa!! Mom said OK. Yikes!! I had cough and all but that didn’t stop me for a portion of Banana Split while this girl had some satay and Chocolate Sundae. On our way home Davira said she wanted to come to my house first…. So we spent a couple of hour watching SHIN, Wilber, JAY, reading mags, burning CDs, etc. I drove her home at around 6.15pm… When I returned, works are waiting… I was so absorbed in my works that I didn’t even bother to change the CD in my tape, so I ended listening to SHIN’s NO LIMITS 3 times, Park Yong Ha once and Z-CHEN’s 3 AM 5 times until I finished my work at 12.30!!! And then I realized that I lost my voice just when I wanted to sing a line from Z-Chen’s Love Can Be So Beautiful before going to bed!!! Like it’s not bad enough, I was sweating so much that I had to wake up to change clothes 4 times with HYDE’s ROENTGEN playing over and over and over again in the tape…..

What a Sunday… this was definitely an unusual Sunday for me…. And Ette: wish you could come over more often too!! (^_^)

REMEMBER ME THIS WAY
Jordan Hill

Every now and then
We find a special friend
who never lets us down...

Who understands it all
reaches out each time we fall
you're the best friend i have found...

I know you can't stay
a part of you will never ever go away
your heart will stay.....

I'll make a wish for you,
and hope it will come true,
if life will just be kind,
to such a gentle mind,
if you lose your way,
think back on yesterday,
remember me this way,
remember me this way.

So how do you want to be remembered? Do you want to be remembered as a good person, a smart person and every good thing you can and wanna be? Or do you wanna be remembered as someone who always listen whenever people needs someone to talk to? A perfect bestfriend of all time? How?

I want to be remembered as someone worth to be around at any occasion. I mean, someday when I’m not around anymore (could be in Heaven, dying, or move to Mars) I want people to remember me and wish I’m there with them, to laugh with them or to be me mad at them.

Don’t you realize that sometimes you miss someone for something that you hate from them most?For example, I have a friend who loves to make comment on everything. From the movies we watched to other people around us, from my way of dressing up to the way I’m driving, every thing! We hate it and always told her to shut up and be silent. One day she was out of town for awhile, me & some friends were in a very bad mood, driving around aimlessly when we realized that it would’ve been better if she was there with us. At least we could hear her comments on anything than being silent for 3 hours on the road!! Don’t you think it’s funny? But hey, it happens all the time… I quarrel with my brother almost everyday when he’s in Jakarta, but can’t help to pick up the phone and call him just to ask if he’s okay when he moved to Jogja. That sort of thing.

So…. How do you want to be remembered?? Ask yourself and find out. But keep the answers for yourself! (^_^) Have a nice weekend… it’s Friday evening already!!

Huah... I came late to the office this morning. I didn't attend our weekly prayer session last night cause I was so tired and needed to catch some sleep. So I went home directly afterwork and after shower I kept coughing... Mom boiled the Chinese med for me, the cough got worse and I had breathing problem. Uh oh! Seemed like another strike of bronchitis to me.... And I was right. The chinese med helped though, and I fell asleep with Daniel Chan' s Be Happier Than Me CD playing and LOTR's The Return of The King in my hand. Mom told me she turned off my room's light and the tape at about 10.30. If only there's somone else who could do my job in the office, I would've called in sick today.... *sigh*... Lucky me, mom promised to pick me up from work so I won't have to take 'ojek'. Thanks mom!

Dad left for a 10 day trip at Tenggarong - Borneo on Sunday morning. He took the earliest flight, left home at 4am, I hate for not seeing him left. Mom said that he called home yesterday, checking if everything's okay, maybe he got a feeling of me being sick, because usually he never called home until like 3 days later. Yeah, my dad always knew when I get sick. When I was little, everytime he went for a trip I had to know when will he return. If he return just one day late, I'd get sick. He he he... I'm not joking, this always happened until I was in Junior High. And it has become a signal to my mom that my dad won't return in the scheduled date, even before he call to tell her. My body temperature rise faster than the telephone connection (^_^) But when I entered Senior High, it's gone. Instead, it's my dad who would always knew first if I'm gonna get sick. He's like my health radar... He said it's very easy to notice that there's something wrong with my health, I don't sing!! I didn't realize this until he told me and I was like: "Really? Am I that quiet when I'm sick?" He said yes and my mom said yes too. So I guess that's the only time I don't sing, when I'm sick.

Mom also has been busy with Abigal Foundation. She' s the "Ketua Bidang Dana" now with Auntie Hanna, Tante Gati, K' Posha and Tante Susy as members. They're all good friends so mom had no problem at all working with them. They're busy raising funds for Abigail orphanage because they lost a couple of monthly donors. Some people like Tante Isye is willing to help by sending letters to her clients such as Unilever to donate their products (soaps, detergent, toohpaste, etc). So far the orphanage could manage for the next 2 months, but they need more donor to survive. This Foundation was founded by my church's pastor almost 15 years ago. He bought a land in Ciputat and built a large place with the help of some congregation members. We took chidren from all around the country, or kids from our own church whose parents couldn't afford their food and tuition. Now we have 56 children, the oldest is in High School and the youngest is a 2 month-old baby girl. Some of them will graduate from High School next year, we still don't know whether we're going to send them to University or trying to get them a job cause either one is not easy. We keep praying for the best and we believe that God will have mercy on the children. God will provide and He always give the best for us.

Sometimes the youth ministry hold a special service in the orphanage, like Christmas or Easter. And sometimes the Sunday School kids celebrate their birthday there too, so they could taste some Mc Donalds or KFC. Really, it feels so good to see the smile on their faces. I could never hold my tears seeing their happiness. And it helps me to be more grateful for what I have and what I am now.

HAPPY EASTER to those who celebrate.
OK, so Easter is the day when we celebrate the death of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. But why do we have to celebrate it instead of grieve over it? Because if He didn’t die in the cross, we wouldn’t even have the chance to taste ETERNAL LIFE. With His death, at least we were given a chance to live according to His will and by His rules so we could get into Heaven.

Unlike other people, Christmas is my time to grieve, though. How many of you doesn’t remember anymore that He was born into this world to die in the cross for our sins? If you remember that, you wouldn’t be having a very “MERRY” Christmas anymore. Funny how I always cried everytime we said prayer in Christmas night, how we always said “Lord, we thank You for coming into this world to save us.” I heard a sermon before, that Christmas was the day The Father cried because He had to sent His only Son into this world to die. To die for our sins. I never forget that. That is why I always cry every Christmas and rejoice every Easter.

AND I'M EXHAUSTED!!!

My Easter holiday is full of church activity. Holy sacrament on Friday, leading a discussion for the youth ministry on Saturday, and yesterday we visited a very small church in Cinangka since very early in the morning until 5pm, and no one told me before that I had to drive Kakak's car!! When I got home I was so ready to take a nap but then I remembered I had to finish the 2003 bookkeeping! I've been working on it during the holiday but it seemed more complicated than before. *sigh* So I took s shower and hit the keyboard, counting and reconciliating everything again... Thank God at 9 there's SEHARI BERSAMA 5566 in RCTI (^_^) He he he.... what a perfect distraction!! Ow, they're so nice and cute... And their English is not bad! Jason looked so young (he's only 17 after all), Rio looked better than in the movie, Zax and Tony looked exactly the way I imagined them, and Sam looked muuuuuuccch better than in the movie! The way they spoke Indonesian was funny, too bad they didn't sing my fav songs, Tiao Puo and Wasabi. At least they sang Ai Qing Man Yu, I like it too.

So I worked on the accounting stuff until midnight. I finished 2 companies!!! Hooray!! Still have 3 more to go, though!! Wish me luck....

My personality is rated 24.What is yours?quiz by midgetfarm.com




Here's what it means:

Others see you as sensible, cautious, careful & practical. They see you as clever, gifted, or talented, but modest...Not a person who makes friends too quickly or easily, but someone who's extremely loyal to friends you do make and who expect the same loyalty in return. Those who really get to know you realize it takes a lot to shake your trust in your friends, but equally that it takes you a long time to get over it if that trust is ever broken.

I haven't seen TITANIC.

Thanks to this girl's latest post.... She said she's 4 months late in watching MIM, hey, I haven't even seen TITANIC yet! And why is that? Because too many people have seen it (and not just once, a friend of mine watched it 10 times!! Imagine that....) and the story's in every magazine and papers that I knew the story line well & didn't think I have to see it after all (^_^). And also because it has sad ending... I hate sad endings! And yes, I'm the kind of person who doesn't mind knowing a movie's ending before I see it... I love spoiler :D I didn't even see THE MATRIX until the original VCD was out! Bener deh, kalo gue nggak tertarik sama sesuatu gue nggak akan melakukan hal itu walopun seluruh dunia melakukannya!

You know, I never really planned to see a movie in a cinema (except fpr LOTR & Harry Potter, of course....) cause it never works! I mean, me and this buddy have planned to see movie after movie, and now after a couple of years we haven't seen any! Though we didn't give up yet (or have we Te?) Everytime we went out, it always ended up with dinner or seeing cute stuff, buying CDs or movies to watch at home instead... Really, we're not destined to see any movie together, I guess. Are we cursed by the 21 Cineplex? Dunno....

But most times I watched movies bymyself. When I was in High School, I'd see a movie in Wijaya 21 (was Empire) or Blok M Plaza.. or KC 21 if I needed some privacy (means: to watched a movie seriously & peacefully). Oh, I once watched a midnight movie bymyself, when I got home it was already 2am and out of habits, my dad was still in the living room waiting for me to get home!! He was furious that I didn't dare to go out after school for 2 weeks!! He he he... naughty me. In college days, Cinere Mall was only like half an hour from my 'kos', so everytime I felt bored or just need to getaway from my assignments, I'd go by 'angkot' and watched any movie available. Once I was bored and didn't intend to return home soon, so after watching a movie in studio one, I bought another ticket to see a movie in studio 3... and the 2nd movie sucks! It was The Bank Robber I think... I fell asleep instead and woke up a few minutes before the movie ended! (^_^) Oh, at that time The Power Rangers was playing too, I was so excited to see the movie that I didn't realize every eyes were staring at me, I was the only grown up lined up for ticket! A couple of moms giggled and asked me why I wanted to see it. I simply told them that I like the movie, I watched the TV series too! He he he... (My favorite's still Voltus 5 & Lion Man, though)

Me & some church friends went to see the first Charlie's Angels in Wijaya 21. There were 11-12 of us, somehow my friends miscalculated and when we're inside we realized that one person didn't get a ticket and all the seat around us were occupied. So I sacrificed myself to sit separately from my friends and watched the movie bymyself (eventually!). And this happened twice!! Since then I never wanted to see any movie in any cinema with so many people.... But I broke it when I watched HP & The Chamber of Secrets with my little cousins, nephews & nieces last December... 11 of us! Dan gue missed beberapa scene karena anak2 itu gantian minta ke kamar mandi mulu!!

I watched Armageddon twice, bymyself... and always cried for the sad ending.
I watched Hercules 3 times too, 1st bymyself and 2nd with my 3 year old cousin who humiliated me by telling everyone outside the theater that "Hercules is dead, don't see it!" and 3rd with the 4 sons of my mom's friend.
I watched The Mummy II twice too. 1st with 4 friends, and since were late, we couldn't get seats together so we sat at the stairs instead. 2nd with my 4 little cousins. We couldn't get tickets for the earlier show and they insisted on watching the movie on that particular day, so we watched the 10.45 show and in the end, I had to wake up 2 of them cause they fell asleep in the middle of the movie!

Oh, sometimes I went to a movie when I'm mad too. I made a big mistake once, though... My friend cancelled a meeting in church just 15 minutes before the time we were supposed to meet, and I have cancelled other plans for it too! It was only 6.30 and mom couldn't pick me up until 9, so I went to BP 21 and 7 DAYS almost start. I didn't realize it was a horror movie (I was in a very bad mood that I didn't even glance at the movie's poster) until the first 10 minutes.... I stayed until it's over though I had to cover my ears most of the times (it's sound that's scary me). Yeah folks, I hate horror movies no matter how good people say it is. No thanks.

*sigh* me and movies....

“Huh, sombong ya sekarang!
Nggak pernah kirim SMS lagi!
Payah!!”

Begitulah isi SMS dari seorang anak kelas 6 SD ke gue siang ini. Anak ini namanya Erina, dan cuma salah satu dari rombongan “anak buah” gue di gereja. He he he.. gue juga nggak ngerti kenapa gue bisa deket dengan anak-anak yang terkenal “sulit” untuk bergaul. Bisa dibilang agak2agak anti-sosial lah. Tapi kalau udah akrab, anak-anak itu memang bisa jadi temen main yang seru. Bukannya mereka yang ngeselin gue, malah gue yang ngeselin mereka karena kalau main gue satu-satunya “orang gede” yang nggak mau kalah dan mengalah!! v(^_^)v Bukannya egois sih, sebenernya gue mau ngajarin mereka untuk belajar sportif dan menyadari bahwa masih ada yang lebih jago & pinter dari mereka, dan untuk ngalahin orang yang “lebih” dari mereka, mereka harus belajar dan berusaha lebih keras lagi… (Alesan! Emang nggak mau kalah aja… he he) Mereka-mereka jugalah alasan gue nggak mau jadi guru sekolah minggu di gereja walopun udah dipaksa-paksa sama tante-tante gue! Soalnya gue takut kurang berwibawa, lebih ngerasa seperti temen daripada guru. Tapi bagaimanapun juga, untuk beberapa hal – terutama – disiplin mereka takut sama gue. Asal gue udah teriak sekali “Bram, Ernest, balik!” Udah deh, langsung pada mengkeret dan nggak berani main jauh-jauh lagi! Tapi namanya juga anak-anak, tetep aja polos. Di perayaan Paskah sekolah minggu tahun kemarin gue dikaryakan untuk memotret kegiatan mereka. Dalam pertandingan tairk tambang, gue manjat pohon terdekat untuk dapet foto yang bagus. Pas gue mau turun gue baru sadar kalo dibawah pohon sudah berkumpul beberapa anak umur 8 tahun-an yang lagi nontonin gue cekrak-cekrek di atas pohon. Gue pun tersenyum dengan manisnya dan berkata: “Misi dong sayang, tante mau turun nih.” Tiba-tiba salah satu dari mereka nyeletuk dengan polosnya: “Tante, kok tante naik-naik pohon sih kayak monyet? Aku aja nggak boleh naik pohon sama papa.” GUBRAK!! DOENG!! Gue berasa ditimpuk krikil… Akhirnya gue memaksakan diri untuk tersenyum aja dan pura-pura nggak denger.. ternyata guru sekolah minggu laen ada yang denger.. jadilah gue bahan celaan selama beberapa minggu di gereja!!

Speaking of Erina… ada yang menarik dari persahabatan gue dengan anak ini. Waktu gue kenal dia kira-kira 4 tahun yang lalu, anak ini pemalu dan pendiamnya bukan main. Kerjanya cuma ngekorin si Hendry aja kemana-mana. Kalau kita paksa ngobrol atau kita tanya2, dia bakalan tambah mingkem atau ngumpet dibelakang punggungnya Hendry. Lama-lama anak2 yang lain bosen juga berusahan deketin dia, tapi gue penasaran. Apalagi waktu gue main kerumahnya dia mau lho nemenin gue, trus main piano buat gue. Gue pun bertekat harus membuat anak ini “bicara”. Suatu saat si Hendry nih rupanya lupa bilang sama dia kalo mau latihan setelah kebaktian pemuda. Jadilah anak ini menangis sejadi-jadinya nggak mau ditinggal sampe Hendry panik dan saking BTnya akhirnya ninggalin dia terisak-isak di pintu. Tiba-tiba HPnya bunyi dan gue liat itu nomornya Auntie Hanna (her mom), eh, dia nggak mau angkat. Akhirnya gue yang jawab dan gue bilang kalo anak itu lagi nangis. Setelah itu gue bujuk2 dan gue ajak ke Bakmi Naga untuk makan, mau! Sejak saat itu, anak ini jadi nempel sama gue. Hampir setiap hari SMS dan setiap ada kegiatan Pemuda dia mau ikutan tapi harus duduk sama gue, harus semobil sama gue, mau makan kalo gue makan juga… Lucu deh! Tapi semakin besar dia juga sudah semakin nggak nempel lagi sama Hendry ato gue. Hebat loh, she never missed my birthday, selalu ngasih coklat pas Valentine dan Natal. Kalo gue ultah, dia yang paling ribut nyari kado (gue diceritain nyokapnya)… Dan setiap dia ultah jadinya juga gue yang paling bingung mau ngasih apa. (^_^) Karena kerjaan yang menumpuk memang akhir2 ini gue nggak SMS dan jarang ngobrol sama dia di gereja, rupanya dia BT dan akhirnya ngirim SMS yang tadi itu. Waktu gue bales akhirnya dia cerita kalo punya temen baru orang bule 4 orang… Oh, rupanya pengen cerita toh!! Akhirnya gue kena hukuman bawain dia coklat deh besok… pake pesan sponsor pula “Harus yang enak!!” Hiah… anak-anak emang pinter memanfaatkan orang dewasa! (Siapa? Siapa yang dewasa?)

Belum lagi si Meinel yang pertama kali main musik di kebaktian remaja nggak mau main kalo nggak liat muka gue di depan selama beberapa minggu! He he he… waktu itu gue juga lagi deket sama seseorang di gereja, dan waktu gue lagi nongkrong sama cowok itu, tiba2 dia nyempil ditengah, lagsung nyender ke gue tapi nggak mau diajak ngomong. Waktu gue telp nyokapnya yang kebetulan temen gue, emaknya bilang: “Loe lagi deket sama sapa sih? Ini anak gue BT berat… katanya loe jalan sama D… melulu! Seharian dia marah2 doang di rumah!” Gimana akhirnya gue baikan sama dia? Main Ice skating dan makan di Taman Anggrek, just the two of us!! Bener-bener kayak orang pacaran, pake bajunya pun sama item-item! Huah, kalo gue ingetin itu dia sendiri malu… sekarang dia udah kelas 3 SMP, udah nggak mau dipangku tapi tetep aja gue nggak boleh absen to kiss give him a kiss in the cheek kalo ketemu… Kalo nggak dia akan cerita sama temen gue kalo gue orang yang paling sombong sedunia! (@_@) Ultahnya dia tahun kemaren gue beliin kemeja hitam lengan pendek pake kantong 2 di dada… kata nyokapnya itu baju cuci-pake aja kerjanya, nggak mau pake baju yang laen. Waktu lulus kelas 6 SD gue tanya dia mau apa, dia cuma bilang terserah.. akhirnya gue tanya ke nyokapnya, ternyata dia pingin punya tas ransel yang kayak gue punya, sama persis!! Mau nggak mau gue beliin yang sama persis… jadilah kita kemana-mana pake tas yang sama….

Kalo mau diceritain semua pengalaman gue sama anak2 sih nggak bakalan selesai dalam 4 halaman kertas folio!! Tapi memang anak-anak itu bisa bikin kita terhibur… Semarah apapun gue, kalau anak-anak itu sudah pasang muka polos dan agak-agak memelas, gue luruh juga!! Kids….

TWEW!! This is how I (almost) look like today! My boss already left for the meeting in Bali ths morning, but he kept calling & complaining over (almost) everything with 90% of it has nothing to do with me! My colleagues said he just missed me... yeah, right! As if! My notebook came this afternoon, but after trying a couple of hour to set up our network in its Windows XP programto no avail, my friend gave up. That Davis guy has to take it back and uninstall the program, change it again into Windows 98. (Or something like that.. I'm a bit "gaptek"). *sigh* And the office boy called in sick too this morning....

I saw this very cute and large doggie plush toy in Ambasador.... Hiks, I really really want it but I know my mom will be mad if I buy another dolls, especially the large one. Yes people, no matter how old I am now I still collect plush toys and they take up almost half of my bed space.... (^_^) And I can't sleep wihout at least one of them! Either it's Eeyore, Mr. Banana, Ducky, Snowman, Santa, Teddy and those I haven't named yet! When I want a new one I usually hide one of those in my bed... but it's getting harder cause I got no more space to hide the old ones now, mom always found out.. "Aduuh, ini beli apaan lagi sih? Pisang? Kamu nih ya ada-ada aja deh, orang mau nonton sambil tiduran di kamar kamu aja udah nggak bisa!" Ye, sapa suruh hobi nonton di kamar gue! So when I'm interested with one plush toy, I'll ask my cousin to buy it and tell my mom that he bought it for me... Untung sepupu gue pada baik, nggak naekin harganya! Mom is suspicious, I know... but she never say a word about it (^_^) I wonder who's gonna get me the big aligator.... (Be sensitive people... this is what I want for my next birthday present!! Besides some CD, of course!)

Another Monday, another week…. So what??!?

He he he… kesannya gue BT sekali Senen gini…. Gimana nggak BT, akhirnya itu meeting yang gue ributin dari minggu kemaren jadinya besok di Bali!!! Dan baru tadi pagi dapet konfirmasi sapa aja yang mau ikut meeting disana! Rese kan…. Kuping gue udah rada-rada budek neleponin orang mulu… Mana galak-galak pula, akhirnya sekertarisnya aja pada gue galakin, biar adil!! Mana big boss selama weekend nelpon mulu nanyain kalo gue udah dapet laptop belon… Aiyoh Pak, maunya yang “nggak terlalu mahal” tapi “cepet, memorinya cukup gede buat kamu, minimal sama dengan CPU kamu sekarang!!”. Gimana coba? Kagak mau rugi banget dah ni orang… !! (>_<)

Wah… another weekend story lagi nih ya? Bosen deh kayaknya… tapi emang nggak ada cerita laen, ceritanya cuma itu doang. Eh, waktu hari Jumat malem, ceritanya Abang sepupu gue nelpon neh untuk ng’BT-in gue, bilangnya mau dinner ama nyokap gue dan abis itu jemput gue di tempat les. Ngambek berat lah gue!! Pokoknya harus jemput gue dulu, baru pada boleh makan, terserah sambil nunggu waktu untuk jemput gue mau kemana…. Akhirnya pada ngalah, mereka pergi beli HP dulu buat bokap gue (bokap gue gaya bener minta ganti yang kecilan katanya, padahal jempolnya aja gede!) trus jemput gue jam 8 teng di tempat les!! Ngomong-ngomong soal les… ilmu gue udah nambah lagi, dan karena “hoby” gue itu, selama pelajaran kemaren gue kesannya jago banget deh! Padahal sih yang gue praktekin itu cuma apa yang gue denger di film dan lagu aja, ternyata lumayan berguna! Karena setiap ditanya dan harus membuat kalimat gue menjawab dengan yakin, akhirnya pas giliran gue dapet kalimatnya panjang bener!! Hue he he… (^o^) Kata temen-temen les gue “LOE TUH EMANG NIAT BANGET YA!!” EMBER!!!! Trus malem itu juga Haryati Laoshi ngasih saran untuk beli kamus Mandarin-English-Mandarin yang katanya cuma ada di Gramedia Kramat, berhubung hari Sabtu siang gue nggak bisa kesana, sorenya gue niatin untuk ke Gramedia Blok M, sekalian ama nyokap yang mau ke gereja. Ya ampun itu jalan dibelakang Melawai!! Mobil udah nggak bisa lewat lho, dipake sama orang jualan yang banyaknya minta ampun, yang beli juga banyaknya nggak ketulungan, sampe mau pingsan gue rasanya!! Tau kan gue paling nggak suka tempat yang agak2 berbau pasar dan keramean (@_@). Akhirnya gue sampe juga di Gramedia (ceileh, kayak jalannya jauh aja, padahal cuma dari Pasaraya!). Setelah mencari-cari dan membolak-balik beberapa kamus yang ada, akhirnya memang yang gue cari itu gak ketemu!! But I have decided to get one Mandarin-Indonesia dictionary that looked complete. Mahal ye! Tapi emang cukup lengkap karena ada Kanji, pinyin dan arti Indonesianya. Cara penulisan kanjinya juga yang ada biasa dan tradisional, jadi tau bedanya. Pas lagi celingak-celinguk di kasir, tiba-tiba gue liat ada majalah Star Hitz yang baru dengan bonus 5566 Song Book! (lihat gambar di samping ini) Hua ha ha… gue samber aja, eh, ada Bintang Asia yang baru juga dengan backcover 5566, beli juga… Eh, ada asinglitz baru dengan cover Ken, itu sih bagiannya Mrs. Tao!!! He he he… gue telpon aja doi biar agak2 penasaran… dia sebel banget karena gue pamer soal 5566 mulu!!! (*_^)

Malemnya langsung deh buka-buka kamus (emang bener2 niat seniat-niatnya manusia deh gue!!), coba-coba cari kata-kata yang gue kenal, ternyata banyak juga! Senang sekali, dan akhirnya gue menghabiskan Minggu siang dengan mencoba menterjemahkan lagunya Z-Chen ke dalam pinyin dengan…. tidak sukses!!! Karena pengucapannya nggak jelas, tapi ada juga sih beberapa line yang bisa ketangkep kuping gue, gue cocokin kanjinya dengan kamus dan dapet artinya!! Woohoo!! What a Sunday afternoon. Tapi gara-gara kamus ini juga gue jadi males makan dan sorenya muntah-muntah di gereja karena maag gue kumat…. (T_T) Tapi gak papa… yang penting gue puas, karena gue kalo belon puas nggak akan berenti-berenti...

Emang sifat gue dari dulu begitu deh… kalo udah suka sesuatu, teruuuus aja dikerjain, dikumpulin, dikoleksi. Kalo pingin sesuatu, teruuuuus dikejar sampe dapet (kecuali cowok, gue anti ngejar2 cowok!!). Kalo suka pake sebuah baju, teruuuuus dipake ampe bosen (ato sampe nyokap gue murka: “EMANGNYA GAK PUNYA BAJU LAIN!!!”) ….*sigh*…… ternyata gue orang yang ngotot juga ya.

Waktu SMU temen maen gue yang cowok2 4 orang itu bisa maen gitar semua, ngototlah gue belajar maen gitar. Begitu sampe rumah, langsung nyamber gitar pinjeman dari sepupu gue. Awalnya minta ajarin doi, terus liat dari buku, terus maen sampe jari-jari gue kapalan… (^_^) Tapi akhirnya bisa, walopun sampe sekarang nggak ada kemajuan, cuma genjreng doang! Kata adik gue: “Lumayanlah, toh yang eloe nyanyiin juga lagu-lagu yang eloe bisa dan suka walopun orang laen nggak tau tuh lagu!” Yang penting bisa! Trus waktu mau ikutan Pecinta Alam, naek-naek gunung juga gitu. Biar udah dikunciin babe gue di kamar biar nggak bisa pergi, tetap aja gue njerit-njerit kayak orang disiksa, belum lagi tendangan-tendangan gue ke pintu dan segala macam jurus untuk ngebuka pintu, sampe akhirnya nyokap gue nggak tega dan membuka pintu waktu bokap gue lagi mandi, ngasih ongkos dan gue pulang seminggu kemudian!! Yang penting udah naek gunung! Abis itu males kalo nggak dipaksa-paksa… enak tapi capek!

Waktu belajar bahasa Inggris juga gitu… Gue agak2 nggak puas karena kalo di kelas (gue les di LIA dari level 2 sampe PI VI, 5 taun bo!!) nggak full English conversation, akhirnya gue jalan-jalan ke Pasaraya untuk ngobrol sama turis!! Gue cari yang udah tua-tua dan keliatannya baik-baik, trus gue ajak ngomong, bilang kalo gue lagi belajar bahasa Inggris…. Mereka seneng lho keliatannya, malah ada yang inget gue waktu ketemu lagi! Seru deh… Walopun sekarang juga nggak jago-jago amat Inggrisnya, yang penting bisa!! Pokoknya gue tuh yang penting bisa, yang penting udah nyoba, walopun gak menguasai… A little bit of everything won’t hurt. Kira-kira begitulah jalan pikiran gue. Intinya sih tetap aja, NGOTOT!! (^_^)

BTW, laki-laki disamping ini namanya Edison Chan… another Davira’s secret boyfriend! Gue nggak terlalu seneng sih ama dia, tapi karena udah dipinjemin CD-nya, gak pa2lah biar seneng!!

Another meaningless stuff and story…maybe...

So… a holiday in the middle of the week was what I needed to get the spirit back I guess. (^_^) I got some phone calls on Tuesday noon, asking whether I could be here and there or do this and that at night. Since Wednesday was a holiday and I shouldn’t wake up so early, I said yes to a meeting invitation in church at 7.00pm. Apparently, the youth band was rehearsing for the competition on Wednesday, so after the meeting I came down to watch the rehearsal. Their composition for such on old song like “Kalau Bunyi Sangkakala” caught my interest. They’re playing 5/4! That was very rare and the beat was so jazzy, with handclapping in the mid of the song too! This must be an outsider’s composition, I thought to myself… Then Abraham introduced me to his pianist friend who made the composition, a Japanese-Indonesian who speaks like Javanese (kelamaan tinggal di Malang kali ye!! He he …) and graduated from an Australian music college who (surprisingly) offered to arrange my own compositions in the church owned Triton keyboard! I was like : Uummh, but they’re not good songs, are you sure you’d do that? I mean, I don’t want to humiliate myself, I wrote those with Abraham’s help..” And he went: “That’s okay, we could try.” Then Abraham said: "She’s my lyricist, I stole 10 of her lyrics and haven’t turned it all into songs! Come on, with need your help!” So we finally agreed to meet again next Tuesday at 7.00pm in church to re-compose me & Abam’s (this is how I called Abraham) songs. Interesting… BTW, this Abam guy is a very good bassist, his previous band called Callahary was dis-banded a year ago, just before signing a record contract. Since then he’s playing in another band that I kept forgetting the name (^_^). And this other guy, Popo, is his band’s pianist.

You know, the thing I like about Abam is that he’s really committed to his service in church. When he first served in our church, he always asked for Sunday evening schedule cause he’s playing in some cafés until very late in Saturday night and couldn’t wake up early. After he was baptized, he said he didn’t mind to take afternoon schedules. He kept his words. No matter how sleepy he was, he would come to serve. Nice guys he is.

OK, now let’s get back on track… and to makes things short (I have the tendency to write and tell stories in a veeeeerrryyyy long way… every detail included! I have to change it), actually the competition was in the morning in Ketapang and I had to be there to assist the kids (Kita ikutan kompetisi Band, Solo Vocal dan CCA – Cerdas Cermat Alkitab). Berhubung kalo berangkat dari gereja kepagian, akhirnya K’ Telly & Tari lah yang nyamperin gue pagi-pagi ke rumah. Pertandingannya sendiri mulai telat. Later in the afternoon my cousin came and we went to Kota for lunch – he drove -- (and movie hunting for me!! Yippy!!) Dengan sengaja sepanjang jalan gue pasang rekaman lagu-lagu Mandarin yang gue bikin (dengan penuh niat) malemnya… He he he… Pasrah lah ketiga wanita di belakang (dengan tambahan Lady) sementara sepupu gue udah biasa, udah bosen complain, malah belajar menikmati (*_^). From kota, a quick tour at Gajah Mada Plaza to My Idol Shop (again!) & Pet Shops (Cute doggies they have there!) yang akhirnya menghasilkan penggemar baru bagi ENERGY (Tari & K’ Telly)…. Hua ha ha… senangnya!!! When we return to the competition place they haven’t announced the winner yet. Akhirnya baru diumumin sore-sore jam 4. WE WON 1st PLACE!!! YUUUHHUU!!! For Band & CCA! They’re going to represent DKI Jakarta in the National competition next June! Wow… o iya, ini di sebelah adalah foto adik-adik band yang menang itu… L – R : Hendry (drum), JC (guitar), Glenn (percussion), Riri (keyboard 1), Harvi (bass) and Daniel (keyboard 2). CONGRATULATIONS GUYS!! Practice more and good luck in the national competition. Untuk kompetisi Nasional-nya mereka akan dilatih sama Aminoto Kosin. Dreams come true for some of them!! He he he… I’m glad for them.

So… because we won, the music coordinator treated us all at Pizza Hut Thamrin, 40 of us!! Huih, seru banget… (^3^) Went straight home after taking those guys back to church. Got home at around 7.30, chatted with mom for a while, hit the shower and playing Lee Hom’s VCD that I bought at Kota! He he… I skipped some MVs (especially the old ones and songs I don’t like) then continue with MVP Lover’s 21st CD. At 10.00 I was sleepy already and slept with Z-Chen’s voice (again!). Still a bit sleepy today so I think I’ll just go straight home after work and slept earlier.

Dan setelah mendengarkan berulang-ulang, ternyata lagunya 5566 ada lagi yang lebih enak!! (^o^)

5566? Not that bad…

(^_^) someone’s gonna hate this post! He he he… Kenapa sih 5566? Padahal waktu mereka baru-baru masuk majalah gue agak2 nggak suka dan berpikir bahwa mereka cuma another pretty face aja. Pada kenyataaanya emang sepertinya begitu! (^u^) Kenapa sepertinya? Mungkin karena belum pernah denger mereka nyanyi live kali ya, jadi agak2 nggak percaya dengan ketenaran mereka yang managernya sesumbar pingin ngalahin ketenaran F4 itu. Tapi setelah menonton My MVP Lover dan melihat beberapa MV mereka lewat VCD pinjaman Ibu ini, gue kok jadi agak2 suka… (o^_^o) Emang sih gaya mereka ng’dance itu boyband banget dan tidak se-dahsyat Energy, tapi karena lagunya agak beda, gue jadi suka. Akting mereka di MVP lover sih standard, kecuali Tony. Gayanya jadi anak orang kaya natural sekali, nggak norak!! Dan gue pengen model rambut kayak dia!!! Ha ha ha… padahal baru aja Jumat kemaren gue pingin minjem cover CD Roy Qiu Zhe nya Ette untuk niruin model rambutnya…. Yikes! Tapi mungkin model rambutnya Qiu Zhe yang lebih pantes buat gue karena agak panjang. O iya, si Zax juga walopun gak cakep mainnya bagus, bisa bikin orang BT dan ketawa disaat yang bersamaan. …*sigh*… gue nih nggak beres banget yah, kalo cari model rambut yang nggak-nggak aja deh… Terakhir gue potong rambut modelnya dari Anima Genki, masa sekarang ngikutin Boyband pula? Grow up dear, grow up!!! BTW, gara-gara ngeliat cover The One Live CD si Tari tiba-tiba pingin potong rambut kayak Jay! Am I a bad influence or what??

Anyway, gue juga udah denger album mereka yang judulnya (kebetulan) 1st Album (nggak original banget deh ya!) and yang gue suka cuma beberapa lagu, itu juga yang OSTnya My MVP Lover. Gue paling suka yang judulnya “Tiao Fa” (yah, kira-kira begitulah tulisannya…) Tapi gaya dance mereka di “Wu Suo Wei” itu juga lucu sekalee… (^_^) Waduh… gue jadi mupeng again… Twew!! (@_@)

O iya, kenapa juga gue tiba-tiba nonton My MVP Lover? Itu karena penasaran bo! Gue baca di beberapa majalah & tabloid, katanya adegan-adegan basketnya keren banget... Apalagi Johny Yan yang jadi Tuan Chen Feng itu ternyata emang atlet basket nasional Taiwan yang main film karena lagi cedera pergelangan tangannya! Maka merengeklah gue minta beliin waktu nyokap pergi ke Kota. Dan ternyata... emang keren! Aktingnya sih sucks banget, tapi gaya mereka maen basket bener-bener T.O.P. Yang gue suka disitu tuh yang jadi Kao Sing.. gak tau nama benerannya apa... hiks (T_T)