3rd March 2010

Belated Valentine & Imlek Story…

Post Meta Posted by at 4:13 PM under family, melody memories post a comment  5 Comments »

Berhubung udah lama kagak update, jadi stori-stori nya numpuk neh…starting from Feb.14 aja yah…hihihihi…

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*taken from southerncharmz.files.wordpress.com

Taon ini valentine nya spesial banget buat aku, coz selaen this was my first valentine with him, taon ini tgl 14 feb juga bersamaan ama imlek, juga baru kali ini jadi “host” buat nge-jamu bbrp temen hubby, tepatnya para fisio terapis di rumah sakit tempat hubby skolah, trus yang bikin hepi juga, waktu siang hari nya, my family in Manado sini, siapa lagi kalo bukan keluarganya Lolita n Dion dateng ke rumah buat kiong hie-kiong hie ke kita. Yang bikin spesial, kali ini mereka dateng full team, selain Dion, Lolita, n Nathan, ada juga Tante Bertha (Dion’s Mom) n Eldo (Dion’s Bro) yang dateng jauh-jauh dari Surabaya.

But, the thing was, it was not running as smooth as i thought. Hihi, karna hal ini dan itu, pagi-pagi di hari valentine, agak bad mood nih. Hihi. So,sambil nyiapin hidangan sederhana buat tamu-tamu yakni Spaghetti Bolognaise a la Agus Family n Kuah Bakso, agak sedikit bermuka bete diriku hihihi. Sorry beib, for having  sour face that day.

Pagi itu kita bagi tugas, aku motong-motongin bahan-bahan buat masakan, si hubby yang masakin, trus kelar, aku beresin dapur, si hubby cabut ke h*permart buat beli-beli cemilan pengantar ngobrol buat nanti tamu-tamu.

Then, skitar 1 o’clock p.m, datanglah keluarga Dion, kita makan barengan di meja makan, serasa at home lagi hihihii, trus foto-foto. Awalnya gak ada plan buat dinner valentine ntar malem, trus si Lolita kasih ide gimana kalo kita joinan mereka ntar malem romantic dinner@Sintesa Peninsula. Ternyata si hubby angguk-angguk. Lolita bagian yang reservasi akhirnya.

Begitu mereka pulang, si hubby dapet sms, ternyata kloter ke-2 baru dateng ntar jam 5, berhubung jam 7 nya kita musti dinner@peninsula, mereka diwanti-wanti kagak boleh telad. So, siang itu, karna tamu-tamu blom pada dateng, kita sempetin nelpon-nelpon rumah for saying GONG XI FA CAI. Gimana pun kita termasuk yang angkatan muda-muda neh, so musti ngucapin ke yang older-older. Seeediiihhh, kagak dapet hongbao lagiiiii.

Akhirnya, para tamu kloter ke-2 dateng jam 5 lebih, ketawa-ketiwi, ngomong-ngomong. Sempet kasih resep krengsengan daging ke salah satu istri fisio terapis yang bilang bosen tiap ari makan masakan manado, trus mereka juga minta resep spaghetti nya. Hhmmhmm, brarti si hubby berhasil neh, masakannya. Congratulationsssss…

Udah skitar jam 7-an gitu, dengan amat terpaksa kita “ngusir” tamu-tamu itu dengan halus, hihiihi, tapi mereka pada nyadar sih, n bilang,”oiya, dokter mau ada acara jam 7 ya, okey next time kita ke sini lagi ya..”. Hehehe, legaaa bisa cabut ke acara romantic dinner yang pertama. Meski agak ujan rintik-rintik, kita menerobos ujan, membelah jalanan Boulevard yang padaat n rame banget (usut punya usut, ternyata barusan ada acara kawin massal).

Akhirnya nyampe juga di venue, waah kita dikejutin ama atmosfer romanticnya. Di lantai 11 hotel Sintesa Peninsula, kita dinner sambil ditemani cahaya-cahaya lampu kota Manado. Ada balon bentuk hati n sekuntum mawar di meja. Manis banget. Kita senyum-senyum sambil makan.

my hubby n me, senyum-senyum sepanjang malem...

my hubby n me, senyum-senyum sepanjang malem...

Jadi  malu kalo inget-inget sepagian tadi marah-marah mulu ama si hubby…hiks…

Abis dinner, ngobril dulu sama Dion, Lolita, n Eldo. Trus, inspeksi kamar mereka dulu di lantai 7, hihi, jadi pengen bobok hotel juga. Nah, sewaktu kita ngobril n ke kamar mereka ini, di luar ujan deres. Waktu pulang, berhubung kita naek motor, alamak, helmku tersayang jadi kayak ember penampung aer deh. Jadinya, put some tissue sheets inside the helmet, tapi tetep aja rambut basah-basah gitu.

Maleman dikit, dikirimin foto  ama adek, my big family lagi kumpul di Malang. Sedih deh, ga kerasa, agak meneteskan aer mata. N then my hubby yang sabar itu bilang,”ya udah, next year aja pulangnya”. Hihihihi, jadi agak lega, coz ada janji buat pulang waktu xinjia next year.

Yah, begitulah satu hariku melalui valentine n imlek…

15th January 2010

Kaktus and the new years eve dinner stories…

Post Meta Posted by at 9:04 PM under family, precious moments, the queen's bubbly words post a comment  4 Comments »

yihaa…(mentang-mentang lagi ngafe@Black Canyon neh critanya jadi rada terkena atmosphere western2 gitu …)

My hubby n i lagi pake free wifi-nya Black Canyon. Dengan cergasnya dia mendonlot-donlot segala macem jurnal kedokteran, mumpung gretong kan…hihihi…

It’s been a month and 2 days since i set foot here. Kayaknya udah lumayan terbiasa ama ritme kehidupan sini.  Tapi memanggg, masih butuh penyesuaian di sana sini. Ehm, well eniwei, sbenernya mau cerita ttg hal-hal kejadian everyday, my habitual action hahaha. Cuman ada 1 hal yang masih terngiang-ngiang di kepala n mendesak pengen dimunculin di blog (narsis neh critanya…).

Last year, on Dec.31,2009, ceritanya si hubby mau gave me a gift by staying 3days 2 nite @hotel. Katanya, pengen suasana baru aja. So, there we go, bobo @ the hotel yang ternyata packagenya include new years eve gala dinner.

Padahal, that nite kita udah diundang ama keluarga Dion n Lolita buat spent the last nite of 2009 @their lovely house, skalian papi n mami Dion, n juga Eldo the brother dateng dari Jawa. Trus, ada tante n spupu-spupu Dion yang laennya. Yah, pokokna ramee dah.

Berhubung di rumah Dion start jam 8-an,kita dinner dulu@the hotel skitar jam 7-an. Buffet dining, lumayan banyak pilihan buat si manusia roti ini hihi. Dessertnya bener-bener mengundang selera kite. Si hubby sibuk milih main course yang memang jarang-jarang ada di menu sehari-hari kayak roasted turkey, ribs bbq,dll, aku malah melototin aneka pie, pudding, mouse, dll. Hehee, jadinya kalo kita cuman dapet 1 menu yang terdiri dari appetizer, main course, dessert, kita udah pasti ga bakal bertengkar kkkk…

After incip sana sini, kita berdua meluncur ke rumah Dion. Diiringi ujan gerimis rintik-rintik. Bener-bener feel@home di rumah Dion. Ada orang tua n tante Dion, spupu-spupunya, reminded me to my big family back home. Kita mulai acara dengan sharing-sharing semua yang dateng di sana waktu itu. Buat aku, cukup bikin hati ini ceria lagi. Coz denger pengalaman spupu-spupu Dion yang scattered all around the places, cieeh…Jakarta, Pekanbaru, Mojokerto, and Rochester,NY. Gimana yah, as usual fuel up my spirit gitu. That there are lots of people struggle for their life out there. I’m totally not alone.

Thank you for Dion n Lolita for inviting me to the nice n warm new years eve dinner. Nanti foto-fotonya di upload di sini deh…promise ^_*.

Back to the hotel, buat countdown to 2010…

Ada satu percakapan ama si hubby yang bikin aku slalu pengen  slapped me on my own face for being so ignorant. Ceritanya di meja kita  ada sebentuk vas berisi kaktus yang lucu menurutku. Senggolsenggol tangan si hubby,”mau dong bikin ini satu, buat dipelihara dalam rumah”

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Si hubby dengan cool-nya diem aja sambil senyum simpul.

Beberapa hari kemudian, waktu bukain pager buat si hubby berangkat ke r.s,

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Ngekngok

Alamak, kita punya se-pot besar taneman kaktus itu, juga temennya yang jenis ini…

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So, hit me please…on the head…

Well, that nite, ini di luar per-kaktus-an, kita ngedapetin grandprize malem itu…tiket pp Garuda, Manado-Jakarta. Thank God for the blessings upon us.

Me, still, still, have a big urge to hit my own head for the ignorance of the cacti…huuuuhh…


30th April 2009

be careful of what u wish for…(so sad,but true…)

Post Meta Posted by at 10:27 PM under family, queen's thought post a comment  5 Comments »

After reading Livia’s post on Tentang Mertua , I recalled some thought that I’ve been keeping it in my mind (only!) for this long. Mungkin juga karna lagi sibuk-sibuknye mempersiapin hari “H” kali ye…

Hmhmhm, mungkin jaman-jaman kita masih imut dulu, kita keseringan dapet cerita-cerita miring tentang ibu tiri, disebarluaskan oleh perusahaan multinasional Disney, dengan Cinderella nya, trus heboh-heboh kasus Arie Hanggara taon 80-an (aku masih imuttt banget wkt itu hihihhi)…jadilah stereotype ibu tiri itu jahat, tukang siksa, tukang ga kasih makan, de-el-el…well, tapi, waktu mami re-married, kagak pernah sih terlintas kalo my stepfather bakal hajar sono-sini tanpa pandang bulu (kkkk…amit-amit), jadi, propaganda Disney kurang mempan buat dirikuw (ato karna ga dibikin cerita ttg bapak tiri ya…), singkat kata singkat cerita…mamih, papih, adik, n aku idup bahagia ever after…ceilleeee…

Nah…yang aneh, padal tanpa dipropaganda oleh siapa-siapa, cuman keseringan doang ngedengerin curhat para ibu-ibu, dari waktu kecil ampe udah waktunya (bukan maunya lho, tapi, i repeat, waktunya) punya anak gini, kalo mertua mreka bla-bla-bla…n of course lebih banyak negatif daripada positif nya, kayaknya want it or not here we come, jadi terpateri deh kalo mertua (apalagi mertua cewe) itu bisa dipastikan bawel, tukang cela (bukan tukang hajar lho..hehehe),de-el-el,…jadi deh, somehow, deep inside my mind bikin “permintaan” yang sayangnya,…terwujud…he had no parents anymore…

Then, ternyata, jaman udah berubah, n watak para mertua (terutama yang cewe) juga banyak berubah. Contohnya, ya mertua si Livia ini, trus ada lagi mamer (=mama mertua) my bestest friend yang meski idup di seberang lautan, tapi tak lupa kirim-kirim makanan, majalah, baju, tas, aksesori buat my lucky bestest friend ini. Belom lagi kapan ari waktu kita lagi runding ini itu, pokoknye tete-a-tete na pernikahan, dengan pelan he said, “i wish my parents were still alive…”…jadi ikutan sedih juga…

Well, we should ALWAYS see the bright side of every things happen in our life, but I think, we also have to be careful of what we wish for…u never know whether your wish is right for you…^^

21st April 2009

what i’ve done in my long weekend

Post Meta Posted by at 10:22 PM under family, jalan-jalan, precious moments post a comment  2 Comments »

Ehm..hmhmm…i think i did not blink for almost a minute (ehm ehm…)after realizing, well, not realizing actually, but watching the real thing that i did not update my weblog till my weekly twitter update were popped out back to back…sorryyy guys…

Lot of things has happened from the last time I updated. Still fresh in my memory was that I picked him at Juanda Airport (thank God for Sriwijaya has a promo direct flight from Surabaya to Manado v.v…still cheap compare to other airlines ^^). Then, we went to Jember to gather with other family preparing the next day’s journey to Pasir Putih, Situbondo. Well, it’s Ceng Beng, it’s a hokkien dialect for Qing Ming (the real meaning is Clear Bright Festival or Tomb Sweeping Day). Since my grandparents (from my mom’s side) were cremated and the ashes has been spread along the Pasir Putih beach, Situbondo, my mom’s siblings went to there together to “visit” them.

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one of the activity at the sea...fyi, that's my hands in white sweater...

This year was the second time we “visited” them. I think this time required bigger sacrifice than the last year. We finally got the boats at 12 o’clock sharp!!!!(welcome to premature aging, considering how vast the area for the sun exposure )…

thank God we all (especially the woman) had this

thank God we all (especially the woman) had this

Actually, anything related to the sun exposure was not really good for my condition that time, I had a dermatologic problem at that time and it was not good to be exposed to a direct sun and also water. But, thank God it is okay rite now.

The time when I was having the “holiday” was a long weekend for Indonesian. It was one day after April 9, 2009 when people nationwide and also the Indonesian who live abroad had the first election (to choose the regional representatif (a.k.a caleg). I did not use my rights that day. Nope, it was not that I was one of the golputers (=abstainer), it’s really an administrative problem. I was not registered!. Sigh…but, the next election (the presidential one) I surely will have my rights…I’ll choose the one who I believe would bring me my dream (cieeehhhh…)…

Well, I hope that day he could get the “picture” of my big family in where I was raised. So that he would understand me more. My bro, a cousin, him, a driver, and me were heading to Malang after that. And I had a wonderful dinner with him at Malibu steak house. Weleh…jadi kangen neh…harharhar…Hmhm, I should not be missing him. The thing is that the date (both date) was settled already. Right thing to do actually is really the carpe diem thing. Seize the moments I have with my family here and there in Jember. Before I move with him…

Sigh…gotta sleep earlier…gotta jog tomorrow…c u soon guys…

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