Thursday, February 06, 2003 Titipan... titipan... dan titipan....
Nah ini dia yang bikin gue bete banget. Gue kan suka curhat ama temen2 gue .. barang gue banyak.. shippingnya susah dan segala macem.. ada yang ngerti ada yang enggak. Trus dengan seenaknya kemaren ada yang orang2 yang msg gue di msn ... nitipnya CD 3 biji... bola football ... trus barang yang unik2. Ada lagi yang mo nitip tas ama sepatu. Mereka sih bilangnya entar nyampe jakarta duitnya diganti. Well bukan masalah entarnya sih ... cuma kan itu barang2 bakalan dibelinya pake duit gue dulu.. sekarang2 gini gue kan lagi banyak banget pengeluaran trus mo gue tempatin dimana pula tuh titipan2. Belom lagi pada minta "oleh2". Adduuuhhhh... bokap gue juga nyuruh gue nyari pajangan2 gitu buat sodara2 yang lain ... trus temen2 gue minta dibawain pernak pernik ... padahal niatnya gue pengen beliin key chain aja selusin.. hihihihi. Tapi kalo buat sodara2 segen banget kan ... masak dikasih gantungan kunci. Gak penting banget yah! Swear deh nih... gue suek abis .... gue lagi ngitung2 expenses gue buat pindahan... nyewa uhaul ... trus beli kotak... bayar shipping ... trus gue musti beli koper. Dan reseknya... hours gue sekarang banyak dipotong jadi income gue gak banyak2 banget. Man... I'm in deep shit nih kayaknya. Mana lagi titipan2. Ada nih temen gue ... kalo dikasih barang musti yang bagus. Kalo gak tampangnya lansgung beteh. Ih... nyebelin banget gak sih. Sempet nitip boot nine west pula... aduh gue pikir kenapa juga duitnya gak loe simpen aja trus kan di PS udah ada Nine West tuh... kenapa gak beli disitu aze! Dibeliin sepatu disini entar ada "made in China"nya tambah bete lagi... belom lagi kalo ukurannya salah. Ugh... bingung... gue kadang2 kalo gak beliin titipan orang tuh yang ada ngerasa bersalah. Gue etnar pasti bakalan nitip2 gitu deh kalo ada yang mau balik dari Amrik... ya kalo gak bath & body works stuff lah... kalo gak inilah .. itulah ... entar kalo yang sekarang2 nitip gak gue beliin... gue bisa2 kena karma. Aduh.. dilemma nih.. dilemma. Gue udah ada priority list sih. Cuma temen2 deket gue aja ama sodara2 gue yang bakalan gue kasih oleh2. Ada temen gue sih yang nitip baju, jam tangan gitu2 ... kalo yang ini sih bakalan gue beliin soalnya dia dua kali udah ngebela2in jengukin gue di Amrik... trus tiap kali bokap gue nitip tuh selalu dia yang ngambil ke rumah sampe titipan gue juga dianterin ke rumah ... wih baik banget deh tuh orang. Trus nyokapnya Emil juga mo nitip ... (but of course... kali deh nyokapnya gak masuk priority list... hihihi)... kan masih sodara lowh. *oopsss* ... heheh we are what they called "the kissing cousin" (distant relative.. jangan salah!). Trus paling sama titipan buat keluarga gue. That's it.. no more than that!
4:25 PM
I'm not in such a good mood lately. I don't know if it's the weather that's been so gloomy and cloudy lately.. or is it because I haven't had enough rest this last couple of weeks. I found myself having a hard time to sleep. I feel tried but I end up just laying on my bed thinking about stuff that I shouldn't worry about. And I guess this whole going home for good thing is contributing a great deal to my weariness. *sigh* I have it all planned out so perfect but now everything seems to go out of my hand. Well let me tell you how the story goes. I think I've mentioned a few weeks ago that I was planning to go home in late february. I've shopped around to find some good deals on shipping. I got two shipping companies on my list that would offer me considerably lower rate. The only thing is these companies are based in LA which means that I have to ship all my belongings to LA and that will cost me quite a bit of fortune. Although it's nice that they offer door-to-door service, however, it'll cost me about $700 altogether (including domestic + international shipping for 2m3). Wow... I don't think I'm willing to spend that much money on shipping. So anyway, I got this email from a friend telling me that someone in Denver is renting a container sometime in March and he's trying to get as many people to share it with. He's charging $120/m3 which I think is a very good deal. I emailed this person right away just so he can put me on the reservation list and I jot down a few questions for him. I've made it clear from the beginning that I don't live in Colorado and I need to know the exact date so I can gather all my stuff and drop them off on the due date. He emailed me back the next hour and his email wasn't sound very courteous at all. I was expecting to get some information from his email but all I get is phone number and a few lines saying that he put me on the list and I have to call him if I need more information. He refused to answer questions through email. Not that I make such a big deal calling him or whatever ... but still why can't he just email me back and just say ... okay ... here's the loading date ... this is the paper work that you have to deal with and let me know how much space you need. That's it. As easy as it is. Oh well I don't wanna hold grudges. I finally called him a few days later and guess what he said ... "the initial loading date is March 8 but if the container gets full before then .. considering there's a lot of people going home since the new INS regulation is out ... we might ship this container in two weeks... I'll 'email' you if there's any changes". Oh shit ... that container is gonna leave without my stuff. Fuck !!! this guy has absolutely punked out on me. Oh well, the container is under his name so he gets to do whatever he wants with it. *sigh* .. $700 is about to go down the drain.
Monday, February 03, 2003
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11:13 PM
Wahhooo... bentar lagi mardi gras!!! Wah seru nih... party time lah hay. Of course I will not dare to miss out all the fun. In fact, we're going to Samba Party this coming weekend. Kayak mardi gras gitu juga sih. Jadi kalo di Austin dari mulai weekend ini sampe the weekend after Fat Tuesday tuh ada party terus. I'm not gonna go to all of them sih. Gile kali yeeee... hehehehe... Anyway, orang2 yang dateng ke party ini pada pake customes, ada juga yang enggak, dan ada juga yang sama sekali tidak pake apa2 (as in naked, telanjang, or however you wanna put it). You know how it is .. less clothe gets more beads. Gue udah beli masks, boas, chokers, beads, and pernak-pernik lainnya. Tiap hari kerjaan gue kalo gak chating, nge pack, kalo gak nyari pernak-pernik mardi gras. Hihihi... heboh banget deh kayaknya. Sampe kadang2 kalo lagi chating sama temen2 gue .. guenya ampe kelupaan kalo lagi ngobrol sama orang atau gak ngomongnya jadi gak nyambung. Kayak waktu itu gue lagi ngobrol sama Kemal, a good friend of mine who lives in NY, lagi asik2 ngobrolin politik gitu eh gue nemu this turquois mask that will definitely go with the custome I'm gonna wear for that party. Udah deh ngobrolnya jadi gak jelas ... ampe dia bolak balik bilang ... i don't get your point. Hihihihi... maap mal. It's so hard to get my eyes and my mind off of that mask. Luthuna ... gue jatuh cinta banget sama ini mask pada pandangan pertama. Udah gue order sih dan mudah2an barangnya sama kayak fotonya. Wah kalo gak bisa ngamuk2 gue... hihih tapi gue beli mask satu lagi buat back up. In case the other one doesn't work. Boanya juga beli dua... satu warna baby blue.. satu lagi light pink. HIhihi.. imut2 sekali yah warnanya. Aduh gue gak sabar nih. Mudah2an aja weather nya agak2 compromise. Katanya sih bakalan dingin ... alah paling juga kalo udah joget2 (sah dangdut ajah) entar juga anget ... hihihihih. Sekarang masalahnya tinggal costume nih. Huh gue orangnya moody banget. I change my mind as easy as flipping my hand. Entar udah dibeli taunya gue berubah pikiran ... gawat deh tuh entar. Tapi mudah2an enggak. Gue udah ada ide sih buat costumenya cuma gue gak tau nih kira2 orang biasanya pake costume kayak apa. Any suggestions?
1:51 AM
Tragedy Over Texas
Most of you must have heard the tragic news that happened yesterday morning. Buat yang agak2 telat berita ... gue ngomongin soal space shuttle Columbia yang meledak kemaren pagi. Man... that was really sad. Gue gak nyangka banget lowh. Gue bangun kira2 noon gitu trus gue ceki2 email sekalian liat2 msn sapa2 aza yang lagi nongol. Lowh kok temen2 gue nicknya pada related ama Columbia. Gue pikir something is going on in Columbia (the country.. not the space shuttle). Yah emang dasar guenya lagi agak2 dungu gara2 kebanyakan minum pas jum'at malem... dengan cueknya msg temen gue ... eh emang Columbia perang yah ama Amerika. Aduh stupid banget yah... temen gue kayaknya lagi away gitu jadinya gak dijawab (man ... how stupid yeah ... i should dye my hair blonde from now on... heheh just kidding yo blondies). Ya udah gara2 gak dijawab gue jadi lupa sendiri ampe Emil pulang dari Bengkel and he asked ... have you heard about Columbia? and I said no. So he told me the whole story. I thought he was joking ... aduh ternyata tidak toh. Meledaknya di atas Texas pula. Can't they pick a better place ... hehehehe. Kasian kan sapi2 dan kuda2 yang ketimpuk sama puing2 pesawat. Penyebabnya kayaknya sampe sekarang belom ketauan pasti. Cuma setau gue, and please do correct me if i'm wrong, waktu pas launching ada part dari pesawatnya yang lepas trus kena sama sayapnya jadi ada dent gitu dan bikin retak. Waktu pas mau balik ke bumi ... karena ada pressure, heat, dll ... yang retaknya tadinya dikit jadi malah tambah gede yang bikin pesawatnya gak balance lagi. Nah pas di atas California tuh udah meledak tapi ancurnya diatas Texas. Jadilah hujan puing2 di Texas. Ada yang bilang technical problems, human error, malah ada yang bilang terrorist attack. Gimana mo terorist attack coba.. yang di dalem pesawat itu Jew bukan orang Islam (if u know what i mean). Huh.. maen tuduh aza ... ada yang bilang missile attack lah dari Iraq ... gila kali yah.. mana ada missile yang speednya bisa nyamain space shuttle. Bayangin coba dari California ke Texas cuma dalam waktu 6 minutes. Kalo pesawat biasa ... boro2 6 menit ... 3 jam lebih malah. Sedih yah... udah mo pulang, mo ketemu keluarga ... eh ketemunya sama Tuhan. Yang paling bikin gue sedih banget tuh pas liat bokapnya yang Israeli pilot. Udah siap2 gitu mau di interview sama TV Israel karena anaknya is now known as one of Israeli heroes (jarang2 kan orang dari negara selain US or Russia yang bisa jadi astronaut). Taunya malah nyaksiin something that he never expected to see on such a (supposedly) happy day. Tabah yah Oom ... your son has finally reached his final destination.
1:09 AM
Wahhooo... bentar lagi mardi gras!!! Wah seru nih... party time lah hay. Of course I will not dare to miss out all the fun. In fact, we're going to