November 30, 2013

How sulung are you?




Jadi ceritanya sepagian tadi, I've finished reading this book. Amelia, the 4th series of Serial Anak Mamak, written by Tere Liye. For your information, Bang Tere is one of my favourite writer, and I've been collecting his books so far. Makanya, at the time I heard kalo Amelia has been released, berasa gatel untuk cepetan beli dan baca. Alhamdulillahnya, pas banget semalem si adek mampir ke Gramedia, dan ngeliat Amelia ini sudah terpajang rapi di rak Gramwdia, and since adek juga one of his fans, ya dibelilah ini Amelia. Happy sekali rasanya semalem waktu tau si adek bawa pulang buku ini. 
Well, baca buku ini I felt like terbang ke other point of view, poin of view dari seorang anak bungsu. Agak susah untuk empati, beda dengan waktu baca Eliana, at that time, it's just so easy to feel how Eliana feel as the elder. Jadi ketika membaca banyak hal ketidaksukaan Amelia as anak bungsu, ya flat-flat aja, things yang touching ya tetep partnya Eliana *teuteup*.
Ngomongin tentang sulung atau bungsu dan which is better, I have no idea about that, since I'm not both. Ik anak tengah bow, yang mana seringnya anak tengah itu cenderung lain sendiri, sedikit caper, dan menye. Etapi ya, kalo kalian anak tengah, you probably understand why deh. We, the middlers, are seems to be forgotten, iya nggak sih. Seringnya sih begitu kalau suka sharing dengan sesama middlers *jreng..jreng..ai bikin istilah sendiri duong...*. But eniwei, post ini bukan buat ngebahas keanehan anak tengah sih, atau tentang anak bungsu yang bikin ai susah empati, tapi lagi pengen cerita tengang seluk beluk si sulung *dih, padahal sulung juga bukan-:D*.
Duluuu...jaman masih sekolah/kuliah, I felt that my big sister itu annoying. Meskipun beda cuma 2 tahun sama Mbak Tyas, tapi tetep jatohnya lebih deket sama si adek yang bedanya 5 tahun, sesama pembuat onar mungkin ya. Ya gimana juga nggak, for me at that time, Mbak Tyas itu lebih mirip jadi satpamnya MomDad yang selalu nyuruh belajar lah, ini lah, atau itulah, ya tipenya mbak-mbak pengatur yang seringnya bikin kesel karena nggak bisa diajakin kompakan. Kadang, sering juga denger keluhan Mbak Tyas yang udah frustasi ngadepin kita yang bilang, "nanti gue yang dimarahin". Dih, pada saat itu sih mana kepikir kalo beneran, yang ada malah.. "masak sih, kenapa juga Mbak Tyas yang dimarahin?".
Tapi kan itu dulu, and things went change pada saat ik yang mendadak harus jadi si sulung karena Mbak Tyas nikah dan tinggal terpisah, baru deh berasa kayak gimana rasanya. Dan itu berasa 2 tahun terakhir ini, after I came home from Sendai. Ya secara, pada saat Mbat Tyas nikah, si adek udah kos di Yogya, jadi ai malah jadi anak semata watang di rumah, enak bener. Si adek lulus kuliah di Yogya dan balik tinggal di rumah waktu ai kuliah di Sendai, jadi begitu back for good dari Sendai, baru deh rasakan itu rasanya jadi si sulung. Ternyata emang menye ya jadi si sulung itu, haha. Seringnya ketiban kena tegur kalo si adek bikin salah. Macem, "adeknya kok nggak dibangunin sih?" *padahal ai udah ampe frustasi banguninnya, jadi yaudah capek sendiri, terserah aja kalo dia telat, muahaha, ealah kok ya ikutan disalahin juga*; atau "tuh kan adeknya makannya nggak bener, kenapa nggak disuruh,bla..bla." *dih, yang nyuruh makan bener juga udah capek kaliii*. Apesnya, si adek malah jadi sering ngomong "mbak, lo lama-lama resek kayak Mbak Tyas" atau "mbak, lo lama-lama kayak Ibu deh" *dih males gag sih ik*. 
Nah ya, para bungsu yang nggak bakal ngerasain bakal jadi si sulung yang harus responsible sama urusan adeknya, ya berbahagialah, tapi kayaknya you should think how it feels to be the elders deh. Karena ai as adek, yang berasa kakaknya resek (dulu), sekarang berasa jadi kakak yang dibilang resek sama adeknya. And probably, ternyata based on what I read from Amelia, secara si adek gag pernah komplen, jadi si bungsu juga ada nggak enaknya karena selalu diatur-atur, dan disuruh-suruh. Etapi tetep kan overall, yang paling apes itu si anak tengah dong, karena bisa berasa jadi dua-duanya *ih,kasian deh ik-:D*. 
But still, terlepas dari semua itu...having sisters is incredible..setuju kan? 











November 29, 2013

Awas ya dipotong gajinya...

Jaman kecil dulu, setiap ngerengek supaya MomDad gag berangkat ngantor, atau pengen ikut ke kantor pasti nasihat yang didapet adalah... "Gag boleh nakal, kalau MomDad nggak ngator/telat dateng, nanti gajinya dipotong lho". And at that time lil' In chan percaya banget sama masalah gaji dipotong ini. Dih makanya dulu ai manis bener, gag nakal ngerek-rengek lagi ikut ke kantor atau ngelarang MomDad ngantor. Ternyata oh ternyata, setelah gede baru tau kalau yang namanya PNS itu mana ada istilah gaji dipotong..muahaha..gue dikadalin ternyatah sodara-sodara..
Tapiiiii...itu dulu..sekarang lain cerita, berpuluh tahun kemudian,setelah lil' In chan jadi PNS jugak, beneran ada lhoh gaji dipotong *dih, gue siyal bener*. Baru ngeh, dan mencermati gegara sakit inih, yang mana karena seminggu ini gag masuk, gaji ai bakal kepotong 700K-an. Huaaa..nyesek amat yak..hahaha. Eyatapi wajar sih lah, namanya juga gag masuk, makan gaji buta dong ik nantinya ya...-:p.
Well, kalau inget pertama kali urusan potong-memotong gaji ini diberlakukan, which is awal 2013 yang lalu, banyak cerita lucunya juga lho. Banyakan sih cerita tentang urusan ngejar absen tepat waktu di tengah kemacetan Jakarta yang  semakin menggila. Yakalii pada ikhlas dipotongin gajinya tiap hari, telat semenit aja dipotong bow..muahaha. Alhamdulillahnya sih ai ikut jemputan kantor, yang emang dari awal selalu on time, kecuali macetnya lagi luar binasa. Eh pernah loh, macet gag kira-kira di perempatan Jati Padang, udah sengaja turun angkot buat nyari ojek dan ngejar waktu, begitu sampai di ujung perempatan, ternyata jalan stuck, boro-boro ada ojek. Walhasih ai jalan kaki sambil tengok-tengok cari ojek. Since time is running dan hampir limit waktu jam masuk, akhirnya asal tembak motor lewat dan ai todong as ojek buat ngantor ke kantor..muahaha..mau sih orangnya, even gag yakin itu tukang ojek ato bukan yah...yang penting absen aman. 
Cuma euforia ngejar absen on time ini udah basi sekarang, secara almost all people udah biasa punya habit baru. Intinya mungkin emang berangkat lebih pagi, dan lebih disiplin. Cuma ya itu tadi, lain cerita ya kalau macetnya luar binasa di luar perkiraan *emang macetnya Jakarta bisa dipredicted?-:P. Ada satu temen yang baru mulai ngantor lagi setelah tugas belajar, baru ngerasa euforia dikejar-kejar absen pagi, sampe kebawa mimpi telat absen..hahaha..ampun deh.
Jadi PNS yang males, siap-siap ya dipotong gajinya. Sayang-sayanglah uang negara buat ngegaji orang males, iya gag sih..?-:p. But honestly, buat ai pribadi lho ya, dateng tepat waktu, kerja bener itu gag ada hubungannya sama urusan potong dipotong si gaji lah. Buktinya ini udah usaha kerja bener aja mengikhlaskan diri dipotong gajinya,haha *apes*. Intinya sih balik ke niat, kalau digaji pake duit pajak rakyat se-Indonesia raya itu harusnya udah tau dong mesti kerja seperti apa, buat siapa *ciyyyeeeh kesambet*. Etapi beneran deh, I hope all Indonesian civil servants have this kind of promise in their heart yah.. Just work hard for a better Indonesia, isn't that right  dear colleagues?

Just don't be sad



Lately, I have read a facebook post of a friend yang isinya kira-kira gini, 'ketika amalmu tidak juga bertambah, Allah SWT akan memberikan kesedihan, (if I'm not mistaken) sebagai pengganti amal'. Well, nggak persis gitu sih redaksinya, tapi kira- maknanya begitu. Yet, aku juga lupa itu hadist apa, but as I remember itu adalah hadist, yang mana I have no idea juga itu sahih ato nggak hadistnya *toyor kepala sendiri*.  Tulisan itu, even cuma dibaca sekilas waktu iseng buka fb, tetep nancep soalnya at that time I just feel so sad.  Seminggu ini, eh lebih sih, hati dan perasaan sedang kacau gundah gulana gegara sakit (dih, harusnya orang sakit mah hepi yak biar cepet sembuh). Cuma yang ada tetep aja kepikiran, setres sendiri, lebih ke parno sih sebenernya. Belum lagi ndilalahnya kok ya Rabu kemaren Mbak Tyas operasi telinga karena ada polip, yang mana operasinya makan waktu kurang lebih 6 jam. Beuuuh...nunggunya setres, kebayang dong how's my feeling at that time, gundah gulali, sedih to the max. Makanya sempet kepikir, 'did I do something wrong back then?', or 'have I do a good deed lately?', or ' is this a punishment because I'm not a good enough in wordshiping Allah SWT?'. Iye tau, sumpah lebay banget dah pikirannya *maklum drama queen*. 
Tapi spmehow, this thing beneran bikin mikir kalau, that in the next days, I have to do more good deeds, so that I can get Allah' ridha. Nggak cuma itu aja sih, segala sakit dan sedih ini beneran berasa titik balik yang menekan tombol-tombol kesadaran untuk bisa jaga badan better. Beneran nggak mau lagi deh untuk sakit yang 'agak serius' macem gini. Selain menguras hati juga menguras dompet, padahal gaji dipotong gegara gag masuk lama *dih curhat*. Oh ya, satu lagi, so true ya, kalo most of time kita lupa bersyukur, how great our life is now, until Allah test us by taking somepart of ours. Ya macem, cuma diambil sehatnya dikit, baru berasa sedih dan sayang bener sama badan *kemaren2 kemana neng?*, atau pas lagi sedih nunggu mbak Tyas operasi dan jadi parno kepikiran macem-macem, baru kepikir kalo I have more than enough, surrounded by lovely people as my family is more than enough, and I shouldn't ask for more. 
Oh well, human, we're never satisfy, aren't we? That's so human, but don't forget to be grateful of what you've already had *sok wise, eciyeeee*.


La Tahzan InnAllaha Ma'ana
Don't be sad. Allah is with us.
(9:40)

November 27, 2013

Naik kereta api...tut..tut...tut..


Well...it's been a while 'till I write a new post..aannd 'till I have to have a long journey using train. Oh I should mention before that hate such a long journey by a train or a car for more than 6 or 7 hours.. Thus, I always prefer to use an airplane *songong*,or it would better to stay at home..haha.. *ogah ribet*. 

Jadi,at the time I have to have this kind of journey,it feels so s**k at first. Dimulai dengan sok2 ngeles pengen nunda tugas and blablayada,but still I can avoid this *oh maaan-:D. 
At the end, here I am, sitting on the Dunkin' Donuts' chair in Gambir, killing time while I wait for my train departure. It's not that bad actually,though it's true I need more effort to reach this point. Unlike what I usually have, just waiting the driver come and send me to the airport, I have to ask a colleague to send me to transjakarta bus stop and go to the station by that bus.. *kebayang dong eijk bawa gembolan naik bis,biasa aja sik, cuma buat gue itu luar biasa..muahaha* *jitak kepala sendiri*.
Well, sebenernya apapun itu,it's just how to see it ya. Then, I should just doctronize my self that it's gonna be a supeeeer fun journey, so I will have such one..aamiin..-:).

--repost from draft 10.9.2013, while I'm waiting for my train to Malang.

May 12, 2013

A comeback..

After months..[oh well it's almost a year I guess], here I'm back with a new post. A simple post about my outfit to go lunch today. *err..at least I have a new post..-:D

Have a nice day dear people..-;)

November 1, 2012

Tjap Toean

Last Sunday, I coincidently found a good place to hang out [again]. It's 'Tjap Toean' which is located in FX, 1st floor. But sorry, I can't give any comment about the food since I only ordered a drink which tasted good.. So just come and feel the ambience-:).

September 8, 2012

New playground?

Going out for lunch at Kemiri Resto, Pejaten Village Mall, and I fell in love the ambience and decoration. It's surely nice!



Well, too bad, I only captured the small part of the resto. Just come and see how lovely the place is..-:)

September 4, 2012

A simple love

Today's announcement from the office bus coordinator adalah: besok jemputan akan berangkat 30 menit lebih pagi karena ada acara senam bersama untuk lingkup Ditjen Peternakan which is itu adalah jam 6 kurang seperempat-:/. Yaya,I have no other choice lah secara sini aja masih untung bisa nebeng mobil jemputannya orang peternakan-:p.

And in the afternoon,while the driver asked each person whether mau ikut jemputan ato nggak, most of the answers adalah: 'saya nggak ikut ya Pak' atau 'kalau saya udah ada (di tempat biasa nunggu) berarti ikut, kalau nggak ada ya tinggal Pak'. My answer was the second dan karena dipoyokin Ibu-ibu di jemputan yang bilang kalo saya seharusnya bisa ikut jemputan yang lebih pagi, ya I copied others' reason aja yang bilang kalau pagi itu rempong,harus ini itu,ngurusin anak,bla..bla.. Maksutnya ngurusin anak [nya Ibu] saya-;p *minta disambit orang satu jemputan*.

Well,this kind of conversation bikin saya sedikit mikir dan inget-inget pengalaman sendiri, dimana Mamam selalu jadi orang yang harus bangun lebih pagi dari orang di rumah yang harus berangkat paling pagi. It just reminds me that though I have to go in the very early morning, the breakfast has always already been ready.

Uuuhhh..Mom might never think that it's a burden,since Mom do that with love and care, hiks.. So much true that what I've done till now still can not pay all the love and care that has been given by Mom.. -:((

Love you Mom... May Allah always love you too-:)

June 27, 2012

Meet up!



I just met Ayumi chan last night. It is nine months since the last time I met her, so I thought she has forgotten about me. But in fact she still remember me and so much excited when her Mom told her that she will meet me. When she saw me last night, she's just so happy, she hugged and kissed me, and surely, she asked me to play. If she usually said 'oneechan asobimashou', last night she said: 'oneechan main-main yuk...'. Haha, she's gettin' fluently in speaking bahasa, thought she still speak Nihon go with her parents.
Her Mom told me that after I went back to Indonesia, she always asked about me. There's a day when she has just woken up from her nap, and saw someone resembling me from the back, she suddenly grab and hug  that person, since she thought it was me, haha..that's just so funny.. Kawaiso nee Ayumi chan, kangen oneechan yang mendadak menghilang. Probably we didn't have proper good bye at that time, since Im so much rushing to catch the bus to Narita from Disneyland and Ayumi chan has just woken up from her nap, so she didn't realize that we will separately so much far.
And last night is our first meet up after these months. I had so much fun while playing with Ayumi  chan and also talking to her Mom. I'm glad, that a good friend has just came back home. Family and friends are so much precious to me, coz surrounded by many beloved ones is really such a bless.

June 26, 2012

The Saturday plan..


Yuuuk..mari kita ke museum nasional saja...-:D, it's surely gonna be my Saturday plan... anyone? -:D

Hoshiii daaa!

Well...well..I wish I were able to be there at 6-7 July 2012. If only I didn't have a leg injury, I surely will be there...-:(.

picture courtessy of http://jazzgunung.com/

May 4, 2012

Friday Spirit

To fail..
To fall...

To be broken...
To be down...

Those are common, kind of colourful life which make you excited more to this life..
Hey, colourful wont make us boring right?-:D
What is not common is when we could raise again after falling, stand taller, and stronger than before.

Just enjoy our process... every second of our lives..coz the most important thing is what we become after the difficulties...

"Verily, with every difficulty there is relief. Verily, with every difficulty there is relief" (QS 94:5-6)

picture creditted to: Ajeng

April 29, 2012

It's not good days

I have good days and bad days in my life.. *yaiyalah*, and recent days might be bad days *not that bad actually*, it's just not as good as I want-:D. What I feel inside is so painful, I just keep believing that later on, I will be okay, though it's been a while, and still, I am not okay yet. Everytime the pain comes, I take a deep breath and keep saying 'laa haula walaa quwwata illa billah', I really ask the strength from you Allah. So the pain will just go away.
What I keep doing now are remembering the best days of life, making myself happier, oftenly laughing, not to be alone, and appreciating every little thing that can make me happy *that sometimes was forgotten*. 
This just about the time hopefully, time surely will heal, and I'll be just fine, coz verything is gonna be okay at the end, if it has't been okay, then it's not the end yet...
Amiiin...

February 1, 2012

-:(

Untuk kesekian kalinya...si popat likes killing me, secara lagi2 dia berulah, susah balik lagi after di-rebooted. Masalahnya saya ini adalah miss. cupu yang gaptek parah. Ih pengen nangis deh rasany-:((. Oh..somebody please help..!


October 25, 2011

Complaining [not]

I remember how hate I was, when I hear someone complaining about Indonesia's condition and starting to compare it with the condition in abroad. Thus, I promise to myself that at the time I go back home, I will not complain.
And now, I really proud to myself since I haven't complained about the condition so far. Well, living in Indonesia is not really like in paradise, but I know well about the condition and I have been so used with this for almost the rest of my life. Complaining and whining about the condition won't make it change, it will just make others irritated and you will look annoying.
Happy or unhappy is a choice, and we are responsible to create our own happiness. The traffic jam, the heat, the indiscipline people, the bad sanitation are still look better since I am near to my love ones...and that is precious!

October 20, 2011

Back home..

Well, finally Im home.. So happy that I could rejoin with my family and friends..

And still.. Let's rock on!!-:D

October 1, 2011

Kindness count!

The woman in the right side of me is Sakamoto san. She's the one who helped me wearing a kimono-hakama on my graduation day. What a nice of her since she came to Deffi's house, helped me and in the end, she dont want to be paid.
In my left is Ono san. She's the one who helped Deffi to find a salon (to wear kimono-hakama). But unfortunately, most saloons are closed at Monday, so she asked her friend to help me.
We dont get each other on our conversation, but surely, they are really kind.
Doomo arigatou gozaimashita..

September 28, 2011

[not] the end of the road

Well finally.. I finish my master. Those hard time have gone. I wont forget those sleepless and stressfull time. But indeed, it's not my end of goals, doesnt have to be the next 'es nong nong nong' just learning in every second of my life. Since the more I know, the more stupid I feel inside..
Though I dont really satisfy to my achievement, but still I'm so gratefull to what Allah has given to me. Alhamdulillah..
So let's enjoy the ambience..hoho..!-:)

And yes..Alhamdulillah.. This is for you MomDad..!-:)

September 25, 2011

Aaah CD..!

Demi si adek, saya rela sedikit puyeng di HMV.. Untuk bisa nemu dua cd ini aja saya berasa udah pengen jambak2in rambut.. Ampun deeeh.. *salah sendiri gag bisa Nihon go-:p

Awal masuk toko saya bertekad untuk nyari sendiri cd yang saya cari karena sangat sadar dengan ketebatasan bahasa Jepang saya. Tapi begitu masuk tokonya malah tambah puyeng, karena modal saya cuma inget tampang Yamapi sama JGS aja, ha2..gimana juga mau berhasil.
Jadilah saya nyari mbak2nya..

me: sumimasen Yamapi no cd wa arimasuka? (Nihon go acak adul)

Mbak: Yamapi? Chinese?

Me: No, Japanese..

*mbak2nya bingung, dan saya lebih bingung..mikir, berusaha inget nama aslinya si Yamapi ini.. Untung akhirnya keinget..

me: Yamashita... (ingetnya sepotong jg)

Mb: oh..langsung ngeh..
*Alhamdulillah nemu satu..*untung cd yg ditunjukin judulnya sama kayak pesenannya si adek.

*lanjut ke pesenan berikutnya..

Me: Jang Geun Suk..?

*sumpah ini lama banget di sini,mbaknya nggak ngerti2. Saya sampe pake 'popat' andalan untuk googling nama dia yg bener,tetep aja berdasar nama yg ada di mbah google tetep gag ada juga.
Berusaha ngomong kalo dia Korean..mbaknya tetep bingung,baru keinget kalo biar lebih jelas harusnya bilang 'Kankoku' duh!
Saya keukeuh setiap mbaknya bilang 'nai dese' secara saya yakin banget pasti ada yg salah ini.
Sampai akhirnya saya buka foto2 si JGS yg ada di mbah gugel,kayaknya mbaknya dapet pencerahan..

Mb: ooh Jang Geun Suk (dengan cara pelafalan ala dia)

Me: *iya2 aja, udah stress*

Akhirnya mbaknya nemu juga cdnya.., dan ternyata nama dia si cd-nya Jang Keun Suk.. Whaaat..? Pantesan..-:(

Yaelah moga2 kalo si adek minta tambahan beli cd bukan artis yg lain lagi..jadi saya udah tau tempatnya..
Ampun dijeee...

September 24, 2011

I'm fallin' in love....-:D

Today, Im such deeply in love...










And yes...
I'm falling in love with the blue sky....
So lovely..
Subhanallah..

Izumi Chuo Park, September 24, 2011