Wednesday, December 25, 2002 I finally got to see TwO WeEks NoTiCe today. Yay!! I think this movie is kinda cute. Although the story is not really that amazing, I guess Hugh Grant and Sandra Bullock were able to live it up. If you've seen 'sleepless in Seattle' or 'While you were sleeping', you kinda know what to expect from this movie. The story is about this girl Lucy (Sandra Bullock), a Harvard-educated lawyer with a social conscience, who's hired by a millionaire hunk (George Wade/Hugh Grant) to be his legal counsel and de facto personal assistant. After about two years of frustrating corporate work, Lucy decides she's had enough of George's selfish, philandering ways. She gives notice, but gets blackmailed into staying long enough to find a suitable replacement. It turns out to be Alicia Witt, who plays a fresh-out-of-school lawyer, sans personality, who's a lot more willing to sleep with her boss. Lucy decides that her jealousy over the situation must mean she has feelings for Wade. Meanwhile, George realizes how tough it is not having Lucy around, and then. . . blah blah blah .... Oh no... I don't wanna give away the ending :) hehehe. I would rate this movie... hhhmmm... let's see.. in 1 to 10 scale as 1 being the worst and 10 being the best ... hhhhmmm 8 maybe. Well don't take my comment for granted, tho ... hehehe.... I can tell you for sure that it's bias. Sandra has been my favorite actress ever so any movie with her in it, I'd consider that movie a good one to see. She's great, smart, original, funny (I love it when she's making faces), and more importantly ... she's an aUsTiNiTe ... hehehehe. Anyway, why don't y'all go see this movie and judge it for yourself. Hope y'all like it as much as I do :) Tips: it's definitely a date movie. So bring your loved ones along with you.
11:33 PM
Tuesday, December 24, 2002
Heheheh.... it's me again. Three posts within 3 hours!!! Gue lagi iseng2 nih baca kompas (bukan seksologi loowwwhhhh.... hheehehe). Hhhhmmm... my horoscope sounds very much alike with the reality. Not all of it is true, though ... but I could say that the first part of it is somewhat true. Here's what it says according to KOMPAS:
CIPTAKAN suasana hati penuh ceria. Jangan menyerah begitu saja. Bersikaplah supel menghadapi setiap persoalan dan keberhasilan Anda tergantung pada keputusan Anda sekarang sebab inilah kunci keberhasilan kalau ada kebersamaan. Bukankah orang-orang Gemini tergolong orang-orang hebat (is it really?). Anda akan terus melaju ke depan dan menerobos tanpa mengenal lelah dan putus asa. Kehidupan percintaan Anda mengalami sedikit goncangan (dunno about that... hehehe...). Pikiran Anda sering berubah-rubah terus setiap saat (hhhmm... true... ). Ini perlu disadari dan coba tenangkan diri.
Rezeki: Menggembirakan (menggembirakan ma azz!!!)
Asmara: Jangan terlalu berharap
Pas abis liat horoscope ... gue jadi tertarik sama satu article nih... eye catching banget. Judulnya 'Berdamai dengan diri sendiri'. I don't know about y'all... but as for me, making peace with myself could be the toughest thing to do. Inti dari article ini nih gimana caranya supaya kita kalo ngadepin masalah bisa lebih tenang dan gak cepet putus asa. Ternyata ada banyak lowh penyebab orang kehilangan kedamaian sama dirinya sendiri. For example kegagalan, kekalahan, jealousy, merasa tersingkir, and etc. Ada beberapa tips nih dari KOMPAS on how we can evaluate ourselves as well as make peace with ourselves.
* Selalu melakukan yang terbaik. Do the best! Namun, perlu dipertimbangkan faktor X yang mungkin timbul. Bila sesuatu tidak tercapai sesuai harapan, jangan menyalahkan diri sendiri. Bisa jadi, itu bukan porsi yang harus Anda terima.
* Berusaha mengakui dan menerima setiap keadaan yang terjadi. Jika tidak, Anda akan selalu berada dalam keadaan tidak puas. Dan setiap kali merasa tidak puas, Anda tidak akan bisa berdamai dengan diri sendiri.
* Mendekatkan diri kepada Tuhan dengan hati yang tulus dan ikhlas. Itu salah satu caranya. Berdoa sampai berbusa-busa, tapi hati tidak menerima apa yang terjadi dalam diri Anda, tidak akan berarti sama sekali. Percayalah, bahwa apa yang diberikan Tuhan adalah baik. Tuhan tahu kebutuhan Anda daripada diri Anda sendiri.
* Melakukan meditasi. Saat rilek daya pikir biasanya akan lebih jernih, juga lebih sensitif dalam menerima. Rileksasi juga menjadi bagian untuk berdamai. Jadi, lakukan latihan rileksasi.
* Jangan memaksa diri. Hal ini justru akan membuat stres baru bagi Anda.
* Rasional.
Mudah2an bisa ngebantu loe2 pade yang lagi pusink mikirin masalah yang gak ada abis2nya.
10:23 PM
What's my new year's resolution? I don't know!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Clueless... helpless .... and lost. Hihihihi.... This year has gone by so fast ... it didn't even leave me a moment to think about my new year's resolution. Alas!! forget it ... if i ever have time to think about it .. it's not like the resolution gonna last until the end of next year. It'll fade away by January 2nd and it'll go away before January 31st. Hehehehe.... the positive spirit of new year's resolution never linger ... only the problems do.
8:54 PM
Damn... the day before Christmas is a bitch. I was at work the whole day today and I didn't expect work to be extremely busy. I came in this morning feeling a little shitty. My eyes were so dry, my body was aching, my nose is stuffed, and so on. I had a thought of calling in but I can't afford to lose those hours. Ow well... I finally get my ass to come in to work. First couple hours ... things were just kinda slow, me and my co worker just chillin'... looking for stuff to do. Then a few hours later it started picking up. There were long lines everywhere, people grabbed things from the rack without thinking twice .. I guess all that matter is to get their christmas shopping done. I kept telling myself that it's only gonna last for about three hours and the crowd is gonna die down later on the day. But i was so wrong... those last minute shoppers kept going around the store, trying on clothes, and stuff like that. Man... I planned to shop myself. I guess I don't get to look around and cuci2 mata dikit this time. Aih ... i'm so mad. Good thing I've already put some stuff on hold. I have tried most of them but not all of them. I was debating whether i should just buy them all and try them at home. But hhhmmm... that wouldn't be such a good idea. So I grabbed one of my friends who was leaving the store and she helped me pick those stuff that I should get. Phew... jadi juga deh eyke shopping2 dikit. Hehehehe..... and yay... i'm off tomorrow. I don't have any exciting plan except sleeping in and relaxing. Well we'll see.
Anyway, to those of you who celebrate christmas .... Merry Christmas ... to those of you who don't ... Happy Holiday ... to all of you ... Have
a happy new year
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12:09 AM
Yang tadinya gue tidur di lantai gue sampe nyempil tidur di tengah2 adek gue sama bokap gue yang lagi pada tidur di kasur (heheh.. kalo kata kakak gue... gue manusia paling penakut). Gue lansgung inget gitu kata tante gue kalo orang meninggal itu arwahnya pas 7 hari pertama masih ada di dalam rumah. Gue yang ketakutan gitu lowh jangan2 nyokap gue marah ama gue apa gimana gitu. Eh trus pas gue fell asleep... gue ngimpi nih. Kayak di kamar rumah sakit gitu gue ngeliat nyokap gue diselimutin kain batik yang dulu tuh kain emang pernah dikasih ke gue. Trus nyokap gue bangun... sambil nyari gue trus lari2 ngejer gue. Nah dimimpi gue tuh karena nyokap gue bangun... gue ngibrit tau gak sih ... hua hua hau.. kocak deh... gue yang ketakutan gitu. Trus gue keluar dari tuh kamar rumah sakit tiba2 di sekeliling gue tuh udah kayak padang rumput gitu ... ijoooooooo banget kayak subur gitu. Tiba2 gue berenti, balik badan, trus ngeliat nyokap gue udah di belakang gue ... kita berdua berenti trus tiba2 nyokap gue meluk gue errraaaattttt banget kayak gak mau ngelepasin gue. Siyalll... abis itu mimpinya kelar. Pas bangun gue langsung nangis karena gue masih berharap ada miracle kalo nyokap gue meninggal itu cuma mimpi... tapi taunya.... taunya... beneran.
I thought it was the first and the last dream of her ... tapi gue bersyukur ternyata bukan. Kadang2 kalo gue lagi susah gitu nyokap gue suka dateng nemenin gue .... udah kayak pilem seri Providence.
*sigh*... ngomong2 nyokap gue apa kabarnya yah. Ah sudahlah .... nyokap gue sudah bahagia sama hidupnya yang baru. Kalo nyokap gue seneng ... gue juga seneng.. although I do miss her very very much. Yah ... how I wish heaven has a payphone.
Oh gue musti cerita nih ... something unforgettable buat gue dan keluarga gue. Waktu pas jenazah nyokap gue dimandiin ... di daerah rumah gue tuh sempet hujan sebentar gitu trus gak lama kemudian tiba2 ujannya berenti. Setelah disolatin dan segala macem... kita2 siap2 tuh mau ke makam. Eh heran lowh... sore itu tuh bener2 ceraaaaaahhhhhhhhhh banget. Satu hal yang bener2 bikin gue takjub... nyokap gue kan dimakaminnya jam 5 sore pas jam2nya jakarta lagi macet total apalagi daerah tanah kusir. Tapi anehnya kita sama sekali gak kehambat traffic. Udah gitu pas di jalan... kemana mata gue memandang ... selalu ada pelangi ... pas lagi di jalan tol gitu pelanginya malah ada dua (on top of another gitu). Acara pemakamannya juga lancar. Yang paling aneh tuh yah ... pas acara pemakaman kelar.. dan semua orang masuk mobil... ujannya mulai lagi. Aneh... tapi emang bener2 kejadian. Kalo kata oom gue... semua itu karena dulu nyokap gue pas semasa hidupnya tuh banyak banget ngebantu orang dan banyak berbuat baik. Ain't that something. Gue sempet bete tuh hari itu.. soalnya gue pas lagi 'halangan' jadi gak ikutan solat buat nyokap gue. Ternyata nyokap gue nyariin gue lowh... heheheh... gue orang pertama yang disamperin sama nyokap gue (dalam mimpi lowh). Ceritanya gini... pas nyokap meninggal kan kita sekeluarga tidur di kamar bokap buat nemenin bokap. Sampe sobat gue yang waktu itu lagi nginep di rumah kita ajakin nimbrung juga... hihihi. Trus pas deket2 subuh gitu ... kira2 jam 4 pagi lewat dikit ... gue kebangun. Setengah badan gue tuh merinding dan gue yakin banget itu gue bukan merinding kedinginan.
12:06 AM
Two months later ....
suatu hari gue nelpon ke rumah trus gue tanya ke pembokat gue nyokap gue kemana. Trus pembokat gue bilang kalo nyokap gue di rumah sakit. Nah lowh... gue yang bener2 yang kaget sampe gak bisa tidur. Abis itu nyokap gue sempet pulang ke rumah... dan pas gue nelpon ke jakarta lagi... sempet ngomong sebentar sama nyokap gue. A few days later... gue nelpon bokap gue ke kantor ... eh bokap gue suaranya yang bener2 sendu banget gituh. Gue maksa donk pengen tau ada apa. Akhirnya bokap ngaku kalo nyokap gue sakit parah. Pertama kalinya dalam hidup gue... I fell apart. Kayaknya gimana gitu. Nah beberapa hari abis gue telpon bokap... gue nelpon lagi ke Jakarta buat Iedul Adha. Ternyata semua orang lagi pada ngumpul di rumah sakit nemenin nyokap gue. Hari itu tuh gue bener2 maksa ke kakak gue kalo gue mau ngomong sama nyokap gue.Pokoknya gue gak mau tau... gue bilang gue mau denger suara mami... kalo gak gue ngambek gak bakalan nelpon2 lagi. Yah berhubung kakak2 gue tau gue emang rada2 keras kepala .. akhirnya telponnya dikasih ke nyokap. Gue baru mau nanya, "mami gimana kabarnya.." eh nyokap gue langsung ngomong pelan banget tapi kayak susah napas gitu .... "Uni (panggilan gue di rumah... ehhehe)... doain mami yah... Jangan lupa solat yang rajin, jadi anak soleh, sama belajar yang rajin" abis itu telponnya diambil ama kakak gue. Believe it or not... that was the last time I've ever heard my mom's voice. Untung waktu itu gue bener2 maksa .... i knew i had to do it for reasons i can't explain. Kayaknya ada urge aja yang maksa gue untuk ngomong sama nyokap gue that day. (That was on March 16th, 2000 - personal reference) Days gone by... nyokap gue sakitnya tambah parah. Gue akhirnya mutusin buat cabut ke jakarta padahal waktu itu gue lagi ada 5 mid term. Gue yang udah gak peduli lagi sama kuliah gue .. langsung packing barang, trus cabut ke jakarta. Dari hari pertama gue nyampe di jakarta ampe hari nyokap gue passed away...gue tidur di rumah sakit nemenin nyokap. Banyak kejadian2 aneh sih kalo gue bilang. Anyway, long story short... tanggal 5 April 2000 nyokap gue menghembuskan nafas terakhirnya. Kita sekeluarga berusaha tenang dan tawakal.
12:01 AM
Monday, December 23, 2002
Anyway, yesterday's mother's day. Yang masih bisa ngerayain mother's day sama nyokap2 kalian tersayang ... bersyukurlah. *Sigh* ... I'm jealous... you all are so lucky. Satu hal yang gak akan pernah bisa gue rayain lagi sama nyokap gue. Not that we always celebrate this kinda thing sih. Waktu gue, kakak2 gue sama adek gue masih pada kecil2 kita2 suka metikin bunga bantuin nyokap nyuci piring and all that kalo pas hari ibu. Now that we all are grown-ups dan tinggalnya pada dari ujung ke ujung dunia ... yang namanya mother's day jadi agak2 terlupakan. My mom was somewhat conservative sih. Buat nyokap gue tanggung jawab dia ngurusin keluarga dari pagi buta sampe malem suntuk bukan sesuatu yang "wow" dan musti dirayain pas mother's day ... tapi udah emang kewajiban. Bayangin deh nyokap gue tuh kalo bangun jam 5 pagi trus bikin sarapan (nasi goreng, jus tomat buat bokap, dll) trus ngebangunin kita2 supaya gak telat ke sekolah, trus nganterin kita ke sekolah, bikin makan siang, trus beres2 rumah, run errands, masak buat makan malem, sebelom tidur beresin meja makan, dll. Amazing yah... gue gak yakin sama diri gue sendiri kalo gue bisa jadi kayak nyokap gue... kayaknya hil yang mustahal abezzzz... Masakan gue aja biar kata bokap gue mirip banget sama masakannya nyokap gue... tetep aja ... gak ada yang ngalahin deh masakannya nyokap gue. Pas gue sama kakak 'n adek gue growing up... nyokap gue tuh selalu masak dan yang namanya kita makan keluar or jajan tuh sumpah jarang banget.
Hhhhhmmm ... sekarang semuanya udah beda. After she passed away two years ago nothing remains the same. Kadang2 kalo gue liat nyokap sama anak shopping di mall... sometimes i wish that it's me and my mom. Semua barang2 yang pernah nyokap gue kasih ... gue simpen semuanya. Ada pjama, alarm clock, make up, kerudung, sampe... hhhhmmm jangan pada ketawa yah... makanan yang nyokap gue kasih dua taun yang lalu masih gue simpen. Kenapa makanan? Dua bulan sebelom nyokap meninggal gue sempet pulang ke Jakarta. Well waktu itu gak tau kenapa ... gue sama nyokap gue agak2 gak get along. Nyokap gue sibuk ngurusin ponakan gue yang baru pulang dari London dan mungkin gue... stupid me for acting so childish... ngerasa jealous soalnya gue juga dateng dari jauh kok waktu buat gue gak ada. Terakhir2 sih kita get along. Anyway, seminggu sebelom gue balik ke amrik gue sempet bilang sama nyokap gue kalo gue pengen dibawain rendang sama dendeng. Ya udah deh tuh sehari sebelom gue balik nyokap gue tuh masak seharian buat gue. Dan guenya asik2 jalan di PS belanja belanji. Pas gue pulang... gue sneak in ke dapur ... eh gue liat nyokap gue lagi duduk depan kompor sambil ngaduk2 panci yang isinya rendang buat gue besok. Gue langsung yang diem gak enakan. Igh ngerasa bersalah banget deh gue. Waktu itu nyokap gue udah rada sakit2an sih cuma nyokap gue yang gak mau ngaku gitu sakit apa.
Gue baru tau di kompas ada column seksologi... hua hua hua ... ini dokternya kayaknya gadungan banget neh!
11:48 PM
Sunday, December 22, 2002 Yabba Dabba Dazzle!!! I'm back... alive and kickin'. Hehhehe... my stories are so fuckin' old. I just wish I have more time for this baby. So many things have kept me busy lately. I've got a long list of stuff to do... plus work.... plus other stuff that's just kinda pilin' up. And the thing that I dislike so much is also on my to-do list... which is... PACKING. Dude... me and packing are no good buddies. It's hard enough for me to pack for a week trip and now that I'm heading home ... guess how much packing I have to do (u do the math). Gosh... I just don't know where to start. It seems like my stuff breeds. Hehhehe... well the fact that I'm a shopacholic kinda explain the situation... hehehhe... (DUH!!!)
I finally got to see TwO WeEks NoTiCe today. Yay!! I think this movie is kinda cute. Although the story is not really that amazing, I guess Hugh Grant and Sandra Bullock were able to live it up. If you've seen 'sleepless in Seattle' or 'While you were sleeping', you kinda know what to expect from this movie. The story is about this girl Lucy (Sandra Bullock), a Harvard-educated lawyer with a social conscience, who's hired by a millionaire hunk (George Wade/Hugh Grant) to be his legal counsel and de facto personal assistant. After about two years of frustrating corporate work, Lucy decides she's had enough of George's selfish, philandering ways. She gives notice, but gets blackmailed into staying long enough to find a suitable replacement. It turns out to be Alicia Witt, who plays a fresh-out-of-school lawyer, sans personality, who's a lot more willing to sleep with her boss. Lucy decides that her jealousy over the situation must mean she has feelings for Wade. Meanwhile, George realizes how tough it is not having Lucy around, and then. . . blah blah blah .... Oh no... I don't wanna give away the ending :) hehehe. I would rate this movie... hhhmmm... let's see.. in 1 to 10 scale as 1 being the worst and 10 being the best ... hhhhmmm 8 maybe. Well don't take my comment for granted, tho ... hehehe.... I can tell you for sure that it's bias. Sandra has been my favorite actress ever so any movie with her in it, I'd consider that movie a good one to see. She's great, smart, original, funny (I love it when she's making faces), and more importantly ... she's an aUsTiNiTe ... hehehehe. Anyway, why don't y'all go see this movie and judge it for yourself. Hope y'all like it as much as I do :) Tips: it's definitely a date movie. So bring your loved ones along with you.
Anyway, to those of you who celebrate christmas .... Merry Christmas ... to those of you who don't ... Happy Holiday ... to all of you ... Have
Yabba Dabba Dazzle!!! I'm back... alive and kickin'. Hehhehe... my stories are so fuckin' old. I just wish I have more time for this baby. So many things have kept me busy lately. I've got a long list of stuff to do... plus work.... plus other stuff that's just kinda pilin' up. And the thing that I dislike so much is also on my to-do list... which is... PACKING. Dude... me and packing are no good buddies. It's hard enough for me to pack for a week trip and now that I'm heading home ... guess how much packing I have to do (u do the math). Gosh... I just don't know where to start. It seems like my stuff breeds. Hehhehe... well the fact that I'm a shopacholic kinda explain the situation... hehehhe... (DUH!!!)