Friday, March 28, 2003
Happy Birthday to my girlfriend Diah. 24 lowh say.... hehehehe
5:28 PM
Thursday, March 27, 2003 When a Nightmare Comes To Reality
I took a nap after I got home from work yesterday. Not even a long one. It's
so wierd. I hardly ever dream about anything when I'm taking a short nap.
But somehow I did yesterday.
I dreamt that my baby sister called me early in the morning. From her voice
I could tell that she's been crying and she's panick. I had this strange
conversation with her.
me: Hello ..
Rieka: Uni (my nickname at home) ... you need to call home.. NOW!!! Papa has
been attacked by lots of monkeys. I'm scared ... you need to call him and
find out what's going on.
me: huh ? what ? why ? what monkey ?
All of a sudden I had this vision in my head. I saw my dad .. wearing his
favorite sarong, holding the phone handset ... seems like he's on the phone
with somebody. He was surrounded by monkeys .. lots of monkeys. My dad
didn't do anything ... he just stood there and talked. Not even trying to
protect himself. I saw my brother ... who stood right next to my dad and he
was fighting ... trying to protect himself and my dad from those monkeys.
Scarry... very scarry. When I was watching my dad and my brother ... I
turned around and I saw monkeys right behind me ... they were trying to get
me and one of them was trying to grab my neck. I was screaming ... running
...
Then something woke me up ... I was glad it was only a dream. Trus gue
ngecek2 di Internet kira2 apa sih artinya kalo mimpiin monyet. According to
this web site sih artinya kita bakalan di betrayed or deceived. Hhhmmm...
gue udah niat nih mo nelpon bokap ... mo cerita aja biar bokap bisa jaga2.
This morning my baby sister called around 3am. Nothing urgent... she sounded
cool and calm. She needed to borrow my credit card. She told me she got this
great deal on airline ticket. I thought she wanted to go home ... but heck
no... she wanted to see her boyfriend who lives in Brunei instead. I was so
sleepy and all I can think of was just to get her off the phone ... so I
said ... here's the number .. make sure you toss the number away when you're
done with it. Abis itu gue balik tidur lagi.
Three hours later cell phone gue tuh yang krang kring melulu. Aduh.. siapa
sih nih nelpon gue jam 7 pagi. Udah mo marah aja gue. It was actually my
sister ... AGAIN! From her voice kayaknya dia panik banget. Kenapa nih ..
soal credit card atau apa. Trus nangis2 gitu. Gue pikir dia udah beli tiket
trus diputusin ama cowoknya.. atau apalah...trus udah keburu di charge dulu
ke cc gue makanya nangis2. Wah udah siap2 mo gue damprat ... eh taunya
enggak. Lagi nangis2 gitu dia cerita ... kalo bokap gue dan kakak gue yang
cowok sakit. I was like... HUH! kenapa? Rieka bilang: "Un.. *still sobbing
.. trus diem lama banget* ... papa sakit tuh. Kata dokter sih kena flu
Hongkong yang SARS itu. Kasian deh Un... si papa suaranya abis trus mau
ngomong aja susah banget. Papa batuk2 gitu. *still sobbing* ... aduh gue
takut nih.. gimana donk papa... gimana Un.. telpon donk ke Jakarta..
pokoknya loe musti telpon sekarang juga." Hhhmmm pas dia lagi cerita ... kok
tiba2 gue bisa keinget sama mimpi gue yah. Gue ceritain deh ke adek gue. Eh
dia malah bilang.. "elo tuh yah .. emang bener2 aneh .. udah kayak psychic."
Siyal.. gue dibilang aneh. Tapi emang beneran aneh soalnya tiap kali ada
apa2 sama keluarga gue tuh either gue dikasih tau ama alm. nyokap gue lewat
mimpi... or gue dikasih hint gitu. Lumayan sering juga dan kebanyakan
mimpinya bener semua. Hhiii... bikin jiper kadang2.
Anyway... back to the story. Abis ngobs sama adek gue... gue telpon kakak
gue yang cowok. Ternyata emang dia juga lagi sakit dan emang dasar kakak gue
agak2 ngocol ... lagi sakit2 begini dia malah pacaran bawa keponakan gue
pula. Ya sutralah gue damprat. Lagian gimana sih bukannya di rumah aja
istirahat or jagain bokap gue .. eh ini malah pacaran .. bawa ponakan gue
pula! Entar kalo vico ketularan gimana... pas gue balik gue entar gak ada
mainan donk. HIks.. Hiks ... Nyebelin deh lagi sewot2 gitu guenya eh
telponnya malah dioper ke ceweknya. Adddooohhh... disuruh kenalan pula...
males banget gak sih. I wasn't trying to be rude... tapi kan eyke lagi
panik. Dodol ah! Sempet2nya pula lagi my bro ngomong "Say.. kok gak pernah
nelpon uda lagi say... kan uda kangen. Jangan galak2 donk." Huh... gak
mempan .. tetep aja gue sewot!
Wah rasanya gue belom tenang kalo belom nanya kabar bokap gue. So I called
home right away after I got off the phone with my bro ... taunya my older
sis yang ngangkat trus dikasih ke bokap gue. Alhamdulillah obat yang dikasih
sama dokternya agak2 bikin bokap gue mendingan. Bokap bilang sih kemaren
sempet kecapean karena few days ago tuh bokap baru balik dari palembang
salah satu oom gue ada yang meninggal. Mungkin karena kecapean jadi sakit
deh. Lega deh gue pas tau bokap gue udah agak2 mendingan. Amiin... amiin...
Doain yah semoga bokap gue dan kakak gue gak kenapa2. Semoga mereka juga
cepet sembuh. Nah sekarang gue mau search di internet dulu deh siapa tau
nemu info2 tentang SARS yang useful buat keluarga gue, orang2 lain, dan juga
buat gue sendiri.
Man ... it really takes a lot to update my blog. It keeps acting up. Two
days it's up ... and then it's down for the rest of the week. How shitty is
that!?! The stories I've put down on my notepad got old and I don't even
feel like posting them, ever!
Anyway, what have I been up to? Not much. My life hasn't been too shabby or
rocky. I've been taking things easy lately. I'd go shopping every now and
then, eat out, watch TV, or I simply take a long nap. Sounds like a lazy
ass, doesn't it? Oh well ...go ahead ... sue me for being a lazy bitch!
Hehehehe... I'm really enjoying my time because I know once I'm back home,
my rights to be a lazy ass will be revoked. Why... oh why.
Today is my day off from work. I've been asking for more hours but the store
that I work for is in a tight budget situation so there's no way they would
post extra hours like they used to. One of the main reasons is because
they're not making adequate profit due to the economic situation that the
whole nation is experiencing and they're trying to play safe in case this
situation gets worst. Eversince the war began we haven't had that many
customers came in to the store. Most of them would browse around and that's
pretty much what they're doing. Like yesterday, we're having the so called
biggest sale of the season but 90% of the customers only purchased about two
or three items. The store wasn't even crowded like the last time we had this
kinda sale. It's just like any other slow day. Wow.. that's so unusual. U
know ... when work gets really slow like this... it gets so boring and when
it gets to the point where it's frustrating enough... some associates would
turn their back on each other just for the "fun" of it. Gosh two days ago...
everybody was so damn bored and I could tell rightaway everybody wasn't in
such a happy mood. No customers .. no projects to do ... the whole day was
so lame. Just when I thought it was heaven (infact I was glad that it was a
slow day... finally... a day without dealing with any customers) ... HUH ...
i thought wrong! The minute I walked in to my area, Amy, my coworker,
grabbed my hand and she started telling me about how this other girl (we
call her miss bitch) treated her. She went on and on til the other girl
(miss b.) came in. Then they started arguing and there I was standing right
in the middle .. not knowing anything... being forced to take side. Ah..
whatta mess!I quietly stepped aside and ran to the mall to buy myself a cup
of coffee. I don't like being in the middle of a confrontation especially at
work. That's just so not me. I'd rather be this person who comes in to work
quietly and leave quietly. I'd joke once in awhile but not more than that. I
have enough worries without having to involve myself in a chaos like this.
Good God ... leave me alone!
Enough about work.. I'll talk about something else. Oh yeah .. let's talk
about my going-home-for-good preparation.. hehehe. It's nowhere near finish.
I'm supposed to get the paperwork ready and send them to KJRI this week but
the forms I'm supposed to fill out are gone now. I'm so unorganized or ..
perhaps ... I refuse to be organized so I have an excuse to put things off.
Everytime I called my dad I kept telling him, "I wont be able to go home
anytime soon cause the paperwork is not done yet." I left him wondering why
it took me so long to get it done. My excuse was, "blame it on the war!"
Hehehhe... what's the war gotta do with the paperwork! Surprisingly, my dad
just said "okay". Oh well.. as long as it works with my dad.. it's fine by
me. He wasn't mad at all when I said I'm going to put off my plan for
another few weeks. All he cares is me getting home safe and sound.
Eh I think I've mentioned before kalo gue pulangnya diundur lagi. Hehehe...
tiap kali gue bilang mau gue mundurin .. ini jawaban orang2:
1. "Don't tell me you and your boyfriend just got married!"
2. "But why???"
3. "Ngapain sih lama2 di Amrik .. ayo buruan pulang. Psssttt.. jangan lupa
titipan gue yah *wink*"
4. "Dulu katanya mo pulang akhir Januari, trus diundur akhir februari, trus
diundur jadi akhir maret, sekarang mo diundur lagi ... ya ampun.. bener2 GAK
PENTING!Entar aja telpon gue pas nyampe jakarta baru gue percaya loe bener2
pulang."
5. "Udah pulangnya nanti2 aja .. sekarang lagi gak aman. By the way ...
titipan gue nambah yah." <--- my baby sister.. can't u tell?
6. "I MISS YOU BUT I HATE YOU! Capek deh gue nungguin elo gak pulang2!" <--
my friend left this msg on my msn.
7. "Loe kalo pulang minggu depan gue kasih tiket nonton Inul goyang ngebor
deh van.." <-- duileh.. repot2 bener!
8. "Papa sih oke2 aja ... daripada di jkt kamu juga kerjaannya ngacir setiap
hari." <--- heheh my dad .. of course.
Ya begitulah kira2 respond orang2 setelah gue bilang bakalan diundur lagi.
Hehehehe. .. it's nice to know that some people do miss me back home.
Anyway, I'm getting tired typing. I'm gonna crash now and read this new
danielle steel novel that I about a week ago. Have a good one y'all!
4:54 PM
