Saturday, September 11, 2004
Wakkk... hari ini gue kesiangan banget ke kantor. Although it's Saturday tapi gue kalo nyampe kantor diatas jam 2 tuh udah gak produktif banget deh. Ini gara2 gue telat bangun. Yah gara2nya telat tidur juga sih. Padahal gue niat banget tuh kemarin pulang kantor langsung tidur. Emang terjadi sih... kalo gak gara2 gangguan2 gak jelas tadi malem.
Nyampe rumah tadi malem gue langsung mandi, solat, trus nyalain aromatherapy. Kebayang deh gue bakalan tidur nyenyak bener. Baru lima menit tiduran ... tiba2 ada yang teriak "SETAN .... ADA SETAN" di luar. Kuping gue jelas sensitive donk kalo denger the word "SETAN". Apalagi depan rumah gue tuh ada tanah kosong yang udah lama banget ditinggalin sama yang punya. Tanah sengketa gitu lah. Trus kemaren siang gue baru buka2 foto2 korban bombing di kuningan. Jiper lah gue. Pas gue buka pintu patio gue ... lowh kok banyak lampu sorot yak. Trus ada orang teriak lagi ... "SETAN... TOLONG... " abis itu ada yang teriak.. "CUT.. ulangin yang tadi." Siiiiaaaallllaaaannnn... ada orang filming depan rumah gue. PAS GUE MAU TIDUR PULA! Sumpah gue bete banget. Yang paling nyebelin ternyata ada satu scene yang ceritanya ada orang pingsan trus diangkut ke bajaj. Jadi gara2 scene nya musti diulang2 melulu tuh bajaj mondar-mandir depan rumah gue ... DAN TAU DONK BAJAJ ITU BERISIK!!!!!! Gue nanya donk ama housemaid gue ada apaan di luar. Housemaid gue dengan ngantuk2 bilang ... "oh itu orang2 lagi bikin pilem DISINI ADA SETAN." Long story short ... dari jam 11 ampe jam setengah 2 gue kagak bisa tidur. Dengerin discman juga gak mempan saking berisiknya.
Aduh... sekarang di kantor gue kagak bsia kerja karena masih ngantuk.... hiks.
3:05 AM
Thursday, September 09, 2004 Allahu Akbar
I don't how to tell the story or knowing where to begin ... but I've (indirectly) witnessed a miracle.
*Sigh* As you may have seen in recent news on TV and other medias, a car bomb exploded near the Australian embassy in Jakarta. Killing 7 people (could be more) and wounded nearly 100 others. The bomb was extremely powerful. Its blast had damaged two other buildings nearby, Plaza Kuningan and Plaza 89.
The day started okay. The sun was out, traffic was everywhere as usual, everybody's keeping busy with their routine, in short ... it was just another ordinary day to begin with. I was in meetings all morning with vendors 'til about 10:25-ish ... when I heard a big 'bang'. I was at the reception area and our receptionist went, "what was that?" Then we looked at each other and I said, "oh well it's bright outside .. but heck ... whatever." Well what can I say ... you can't always predict the weather.
Two minutes later an office boy came rushing and told us that a bomb just exploded in Kuningan. He said, "Plaza 89 di bomb ... ayo turun." I was SHOCKED. I reconfirmed, "did u say Plaza 89?" and he nodded. OH MY GOD ... MY BROTHER !!! I ran inside ... grabbed my purse and my cell phone. My boss asked what was going on ... the only thing came out of my mouth, "my brother works in Plaza 89. Oh God ... Oh God ... save him please." Tears rolled down my cheeks as I dialled my bro's number on my phone. I kept getting busy tone. So I called my younger sister. She didn't know what happened. She was SHOCKED, too. Then we both tried to call him to find out. I was almost giving up. But then my sister called back and she said she got a hold of my brother ... HE'S ALIVE!!! Alhamdulillah ... when I finally reached him I was so happy to hear his voice. He's voice was shaking, "Kantor gue ancur ... aduh ... kantor gue ancur. Aduh mobil gimana nih?" I told him, "just get out!! get out !!! don't worry about the car ... leave it!" Then we got disconnected.
An hour later my bro called me. He took some of his friends who were injured to the nearest hospital. He told me not to panic 'cuz he's okay and alive. He was lucky.
My bro was supposed to go to a training session at 10-ish. He left the training room to go to the restroom just a few minutes before the training started. When he was about to washed his hands ... the bomb exploded. He was the only person in the restroom. He just stood there ... not knowing what to do. He ran out of the restroom. The next thing he saw was people running to save their lives and he heard someone screamed "emergency exit!" He went down the staircases and finally made it outside the building. He was relief that he was alive. His friends who were still in the training room when the bomb went off were all injured from the blast. Fortunately he was still in one piece with not even a scratch on his body. If he didn't make that trip to the restroom ... God knows what would happen. It was luck. No... it was a MIRACLE!
I'm so grateful ... I'm speechless. I couldn't dare to imagine what it would do to me if the opposite thing happen. I've lost my parents .. I'm not ready to lose another member of my family. Ya Allah ... Thank you. Allahu Akbar ... Allahu Akbar ... Allahu Akbar.
Reasons why I chose to support lung cancer as my profession :p ...
1. Perokok pasif lebih berbahaya daripada perokok aktif, maka untuk
mengurangi resiko tersebut aktiflah merokok.
2. Menghindarkan dari perbuatan jahat karena tidak pernah ditemui
orang
yang membunuh, mencuri dan berkelahi sambil merokok.
3. Mengurangi resiko kematian; dalam berita tidak pernah ditemui
orang yang
meninggal dalam posisi merokok.
4. Berbuat amal kebaikan; kalau ada orang yang mau pinjam korek api
paling
tidak sudah siap / tidak mengecewakan orang yang ingin meminjam.
5. Baik untuk basa-basi / keakraban; Kalau ketemu orang misalnya di
Halte
kita bisa tawarkan rokok. Kalau basa-basinya tawarkan uang kan nggak
lucu.
6. Memberikan lapangan kerja bagi buruh rokok, dokter, pedagang
asongan,
pembuat asbak, pabrik kemasan dan perusahaan obat batuk.
7. Bisa untuk alasan untuk tambah gaji karena ada post untuk rokok
dan
resiko baju berlubang kena api rokok.
8. Bisa menambah suasana pedesaan / nature bagi ruangan ber AC dengan
asapnya ) sehingga seolah-olah berkabut.
9. Menghilangkan bau wangi-wangian ruang bagi yang alergi bau parfum.
10. Kalau mobil mogok karena busi ngadat tidak ada api, maka sudah
siap
api.
11.Membantu program KB dan mengurangi penyelewengan karena konon
katanya
merokok bisa menyebabkan impoten.
12. Melatih kesabaran dan menambah semangat pantang menyerah karena
bagi
pemula merokok itu tidak mudah; batuk-batuk dan tersedak tapi tetap
diteruskan (bagi yg lulus).
13. Untuk indikator kesehatan; biasanya orang yang sakit pasti
dilarang
dulu merokok. Jadi yang merokok itu pasti orang sehat.
14. Menambah kenikmatan: sore hari minum kopi dan makan pisang goreng
sungguh nikmat. Apalagi ditambah merokok !
15. Tanda kalau hari sudah pagi, kita pasti mendengar ayam merokok
16. Anti maling, waktu perokok batuk berat di malam hari
17. Membantu shooting film keji, rokok digunakan penjahat buat
nyundut
jagoan yg terikat dikursi... hahaha penderitaan itu pedih
jendral..!!!
18. Film Koboy pasti lebih gaya kalo ngerokok sambil naek kuda,
soalnya
kalo sambil ngupil susah betul.
19. Teman boker yg setia
20. Buat ngelobangin jawaban-2 Ebtanas
21. Membuat awet muda, karena konon orang yang merokok berat belum
sampai
tua udah mati duluan kena kanker paru-paru.
Fakta lain ...sekitar 30% orang meninggal didunia adalah perokok.
70%-nya
bukan perokok.
Maka merokoklah agar masuk ke golongan yg lebih sedikit itu
Until the art of cloning is perfected, you have to face facts: there
are
only so many slim, devilishly handsome, six foot ten-inch Rhodes
Scholars
out there with a penchant for world travel and an income in the high
six
figures. If you've ever, in the course of your dating adventures, made
any
of the following remarks to a sympathetic girlfriend, you might want to
consider the possibility that you're being just a tad too selective.
1. "But he lives, like, ten miles away!"
I once met a gal who considered me "geographically undesirable" because
I
lived in midtown Manhattan and she lived on the upper west side. (For
those
of you unfamiliar with New York, that's a 20-minute walk or a 10-minute
subway ride.) It's okay to sweat the first number of your potential
date's
zip code, but paying too much attention to the last digit (or demanding
that
he live on the same block) may be a bit unrealistic.
2. "I was hoping for someone a little taller."
Just how much shorter is he than your romantic ideal: two inches, or
two
feet? If the latter, you're entirely within your rights to keep
walking. If
the former, well, imagine how you'd react if you overheard a guy
saying, "I
was hoping for someone a couple of pounds lighter." He'd be a grease
spot on
the pavement, right? There are lots of things that go into a great
relationship, but — unless you're one-half of a circus act — height
isn't
one of them.
3. "I don't think he makes a lot of money."
Once again: does the guy make very little money, or only a bit less
than
J.R. on Dallas? There's no law that says you have to downscale your
lifestyle for love; if you're used to dating doctors and lawyers, a
high-school math teacher probably won't be a good match. But if you're
looking for a guy who's worth a hundred grand a year, eliminating
someone
who pulls down only $75K is shortsighted. How do you know how much he
could
eventually make, with you behind him?
Location, height, income: those are the three biggies. The following
quotes
are presented as a public service to women who wonder why they're more
likely to receive an AARP card in the mail before a phone call asking
for a
second date:
"I don't like the way he pronounces the word 'spaghetti.'"
"He's got this sandy-blonde hair thing going — I was really hoping for
someone with that salt-and-pepper look."
"Wait 'til I tell you what he ordered for an appetizer. Ewww!"
"I'm sorry, but if he can't grasp the ethical implications of the North
American Free Trade Agreement, then he's simply not the one for me."
"He put the salad fork on the left side of the plate. On the left! Can
you
believe it?"
"His coat looked Armani, but I think it was a factory knockoff."
"One of his eyebrows is at least a quarter of an inch bigger than the
other."
"He calls that a dog? It looked like a big hairy caterpillar."
