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Wednesday, December 26, 2018

I bid adieu


22nd of August in 2013, I first came to Surabaya and on 22nd of December in 2018, I flew one way flight to Makassar. I am home for good (again). 2013-2018 was indeed a very colorful period in my life. Never in a minute, that I was putting to stay still. Things were dynamics, were ups and downs, and were ended in unexpected twist. Nevertheless, everything does not leave me in regrets, but a grateful heart. This post is about me saying 'good byes' to things that have given me so much life. I will divide it into 3 parts.

First of all, I bid adieu for Surabaya. I am going to go home for good. I have spent almost 3 and a half year in Surabaya and 1 and a half in Malang. Total 5 years. The conversation was just carried in the afternoon, a day before my departure. My big boss asked me..
"How many years you have been away from home?"
"5 years working with you and 4 years for college. Total 9 years sir"
"so... what have you learned for all these years?
I answered... "I know my self better. I meet my self" As in fact, I think that confidence is everything, and you need to know yourself well to be confident in yourself.
I believe tha a person needs to go out from her/his comfort zone at least once in a lifetime to know the real taste of world. A better understanding of oneself since you will deal everything by yourself.
Indeed as one has said... "Travel far and you'll meet yourself"


Surabaya is a wonderful city. People are more civilised compared to Makassar, my home town. Compared to other cities in Indonesia in general. You can see it on the road. People know the rules. Talking about the people, they are more professional too. The hospitality in on another level. Small or big places, most of the staff has a certain level in serving. I will miss ths the most. The customer service is sincere for most cases. Second, I will miss Pecel Tumpang so much. One of the few foods that I can only find in East Java. First, I hated it, but I grew fond of it more and more. Third, I will miss seeing pork menu on public place, like food courts in some area. Many restaurants in the hotels or in certain area will serve pork.

pecel tumpang
Now, I am going to bid adieu for 2018.
It is no easy year as well, but things are getting revealed. The bads and the goods. It teaches me to see in every sides. By that, I know what I did wrong, and what I did right. I learn not to blame on oneself , and I understand not everyone is on the same level of understanding about this.2018 has another plot twisted ending, but it surely for a better thing. I cant wait about 2019. Dreams and to do list are written and I know that trust the timing...
2018 is a year full of sweet escapes, a year full of tests, a year full of heartwarming stories, another year to fight for. This year I went to Semarang in Chinese New Year, I went o Matt Maher's concert, and Project Pop!!!
August 2018

I met Rina in 2018 June
Lastly, I am going bid adieu for my 20s, in 4 months, I am going to enter 30hood with a better personality. I know what I lack, and what I am good at. I was losing my self in the beginning of 2018 because I did not trust my self. I have values that I ignored. I did not fight back because I forgot how strong I am. All the things happened in 2018 especially in December made me understand that I am strong that is why people felt intimidated, and it was not my fault.

Also, I am going to bid adieu to Blogpost. Strawbearies will be continued in Wordpress platform with more thoughtfull posts. Thank you blogpost for being a home for Strawbearies for 7 years!!!!!

For the 2019 Chendani, I will walk with my head up, but with a tied toungue to say things that are not destructive. But, I am not going to be fake because I am not. All these experiences in Java taught me to be wise with my words. This Chendani is good enough, but there is no reason why I shouldn't be better :)

So 2019...

let's do it!
CVB

Thursday, October 29, 2015

Currently

Whoa, I haven't been really posting up about 'Currently' thingy as much as before eh?

It is nearly coming to the end of October. Not so long till Christmas time. Oh My, time comes and wooossshhh... flipping trough.Here goes again 'Currently' post. Just 5 things that currently are the cores of Chendani's life.





I am currently...

1. SICK started Thursday 13th. I went home and did not feel well and it continued till the next week and my body broke down eventually. I took 4 days off. Stayed home, Bed rest. Through those sick days, I survived my own. I took care of my own self. Cooked for myself, slept, cleaned the room, hahahaha. I think I can write a guide book of 'How to survive when you are sick and live alone"


2. super addicted to Kim Phil and Kwak Jin Eon. These two infamous winner of Superstar K6 has brought me to another level of all the K-pop thing. I love the combination of the two even though they are not officially a duo group. Jin Eon was the winner and Kim Phil was the runner up. Both have sung various songs together and I am craving for more. Kim Phil with his unique range, not a falsetto, a bit husky, rock and roll and combined with the super low sexy voice of JIn Eon. Can't ask for more. I have been watching Superstar K6 without ENG SUB T_T. Can;t fully understand it, but I can take a gist of it ;). I never really watched Superstar K before but I knew the winners and they were pretty good. Many of them are my fave; Ulala Session, Dickpunks, Eddie Kim, John Park, and Seo In Guk. These two have caught my heart dearly.  Both have sung various songs about 'encourage' not just a simple lovey dovey song with rap like what we have from K-pop these days. I sincerely wish that both would be around for a loong loooooong timeee in this cruel industry.



3. watching too much of Korean drama hahaha... It is piling up. There were dramas that I wanted to watch because of one particular cast was on Misaeng for I want to see how they are outside all the misaeng thing. Some, I just wanted to watch based on dramabeans review. And I ended up not finish many of them. But, that's not stopping me to have the next list to watch

4. refreshing my 'favorite things' when I am feeling down. These past few days were quiet a torment. Being sick alone is never been easy. You just feel all sort of feelings. I end up try to come up with a ' solution' of course.
- watching misaeng, when I am feeling suffocated -
- doing laundry and clean the bathroom to clear up my mind -
- make up and take a selfie with style -
- back to Elmo and get all the cuteness overloaded -
- Immortal Songs 2 on Saturdays...-
- listening to my playlist; Let's walk a little (Jung In and Gary), Reminiscing (Jazztronik), Love Recipe (Clazziquai), Just get away, you deserve it (Sweet Sorrow), Anhyeondong (Sweet Sorrow), Lie, Lie, Lie (Lee Juck), Exhausted (Kwak Jin Eon, Yoon Jong Shin, and Kim Phil), and Don't Worry (Kwak Jin Eon and Kim Phil, originally by Deulgukhwa).
- writing is always... a therapy -



5. having a regular 'homesick' syndrome. I recognize its syndrome quickly now. It's coming shorter than before. It is coming in the third month or so. Hahaha... Don't ever think that I will not have homesick syndrome since I have moved so many time. The attack is still here. I am still feeling down, negative, and all the stuff, but I think I can handle it in a better way. I don't hesitate to cry and admit the fact that I am homesick because soon it will be gone.

Should I say that I am not excited of coming to the end of this year? Honestly, I don't want it end too soon. Another year, getting older, maybe same situation with upgraded problems, and all the busy schedules. I am strangely not really excited of a new year. Whoa... am I losing hope? or maybe am I one of those grown ups that just live lifelessly? However, I still love surprises that life gives. You just never know. What will happen. It tingles me thinking that maybe next year there will be another crazy adventure like trapped in the airport because of volcanic eruption or a spontaneous fun trip? I never know...


maybe?
I think I will just enjoy the process like I have always been doing...



Cheers...
CVB

Monday, August 10, 2015

Tiap Tempat Memang Selalu Punya Cerita - Makassar

Tiket sudah di tangan, bahkan boarding pass sudah masuk lewat sms, tinggal tunggu check in bagasi, lalu syuuuuut, terbang dan tiba di Makassar ketemu Gassing. Waktu itu baru pukul 10 pagi WIB. Berangkat dari Malang jam 7 pagi WIB, ready by 6 AM, as a result, I did not sleep at all. Mau tidur nggak bisa-bisa... akhirnya nonton Kpop Star sampai jam 4 subuh. Maybe because it was my first time to travel by plane from MALANG via Juanda airport, jadi agak lebih banyak hal yang dipikirin. Takut macet lah, takut travelnya nggak enaklah, dan seterusnya-seterusnya.
 It turned out to be not bad. Aku udah khawatir supirnya bakalan ngebut-ngebut, aku mabuk, mobil bau, dll. Nope. It was not at all. Mobil penuh barang sih, tapi masih sangat nyaman, dan mungkin karena aku nggak tidur semalaman, alhasil tidur nyenyak.
Pesawatku terjadwal untuk berangkat 13.45 WIB, itu artinya masih ada 3 jam sebelum berangkat. Sengaja aku milih berangkat paling pagi dari Malang; karena takut macet, musim liburan, daaan bisa nge-bucks lagi. Baru 2 bulan tinggal di Malang, but oh My God, begitu masuk Terminal 2 Juanda, berasa orang gunung masuk kota. hahahahaha. Apalagi di gerai Starbucks, percakapannya seperti berikut;
"ko, punya credit card ANZ nggak?" koko-koko dengan rambut dandy bertanya kepada papa-papa muda yang tidak kalah dandy sambil menggendong baby boy yang udah cas cis cus pake bahasa Inggris.
"Nggak ada, kalau pake BCA bisa mas?" si papa-papa dandy bertanya kepada si barista
"Kalau ada yang platinum ko..." jawab si barista kalem
"Oh ada... itu beli gratis semua? atau gimana?" papa-papa muda tadi bertanya lagi
"Satu kartu satu transaksi ko" jawab mas barista
"Pa, papa punya kartu platinum nggak?" si papa-papa muda bertanya kepada engkong pake baju kaos oblong dan celana pendek.
"Ada. Itu kartunya titi juga ada..." pandangannya menuju ke si koko-koko yang tampangnya nggak lebih dari umur anak SMA or freshman in college
#bengong

Sambil mikir, orang kaya punya kartu kredit bejibun dengan fasilitas "prioritas" tetap heboh dengan gratisan. hahahaha.
Ah Surabaya, dandanannya, logatnya, orang-orangnya kok jadi asing ya? Padahal baru 2 bulan ditinggalin. Di Malang, jajanan paling mahal cuma Calais tea saat ini, dengan harga 25000an, nggak ada promo kartu kredit kecuali promo 10 stamps 1 free drink, yang udah sukses aku dapatin dari pembelian Calais Tea di berbagai kota. Orang Malang kebanyakan mahasiswa, jadi nggak terlalu banyak lihat tas Michael Kors di mana-mana, adanya cuma tas-tas lokal yang nggak kalah cantik. Unik. Personal. Di Surabaya, dulu kalau ke Galaxy Mall, hampir semua cewek menjinjing tas yang sama entah asli apa KW paling bagus. Bukan menjelekkan loh ya. Just want to point out these differences. Intinya, aku resmi merasa seperti orang gunung.

Hahahah
Eittss... cerita belum berakhir.
Setelah happy ngendem di Starbucks dan makan Hoka-hoka Bento (FYI, hok ben ada kok di Malang hahaha), aku akhirnya masuk ke ruang tunggu. Waktu menunjukkan pukul 13.25 WIB. Agak harap-harap cemas, karena tadi waktu di Starbucks udah dengar banyak penerbangan delay dan cancel. Kebanyakan Singapura Surabaya. Semuanya gara-gara gunung Raung menyemburkan abu vulkanik lagi. Kejadiannya seminggu sebelum lebaran. Aku awalnya tidak begitu khawatir, toh nggak ada pemberitahuan resmi kalau Juanda ditutup, yang aku dengar Bali dan Lombok yang penerbangannya jadi kacau balau.

But, jeng jeng... 13.45 langsung diumumkan Juanda ditutup sampai pukul 20.00 dan semua penerbangan di cancel.

Sigh...
Again? That's the first question I had in my head.
14 Feb 2014, aku juga terjebak di Juanda gara-gara gunung Kelud. Kali ini gunung Raung. Itulah akibatnya tinggal di daerah yang mempunya ribuan gunung vulkanik. Oh well, surprisingly, aku lebih calm. Mungkin karena udah ada firasat sedikit. Aku kangeeeeeeeeen setengah mati dengan Gassing. Nggak biasanya. Kami disarankan untuk refund atau reschedule. Aku milih reschedule. Bener-bener pengen pulang aku, but as always I have plan B in my head, yaitu... jadi anak Surabaya lagi kalau nggak pulang. UNTUNG ada teman yang baik hati mau menampung pengungsi kesasar ini. Sebelum kita lanjut ke sana, let me tell you about my special encounter yang bikin hari itu berjalan jauh lebih tenang.
Waktu masuk ruang tunggu, I spotted pasangan bule di situ. Waktu diberitahukan oleh petugas bandara soal Juanda ditutup itu pakai bahasa Indonesia logat Jawa, jadinya si bule rasanya nggak gitu clear infonya. Si cewek menatap aku dengan pandangan meminta informasi lebih. I guessed, I had to tell her about the situation then. Si cowok pun datang bergabung dan mendengarkan informasi yang aku sampaikan dengan seksama. Dari aksennya ternyata mereka bukan dari Amerika, somehwere in Europe, sekilas seperti bahasa Belanda, but no.. it was not Dutch. Ternyata mereka mau ke Raja Ampat melalui Makassar. Jadi, kami sepakat untuk berbarengan reschedule. Nama mereka Olivier dan Irina. Pasangan dari Swiss. Untung perusahaan yang aku kerja sangat hopeng dengan Glion (one of the top hospitality schools in the world baby), jadinya bisa ngobrol ngibril sedikit tentang Swiss, sekolah2 hospitality di sana dll.
Antrian di gerai Garuda Indonesia belum terlalu panjang. Mungkin karena kami bergegas setelah dapat pengumuman. Tapi, tetap saja lumayan lama juga menunggu giliran. Setiap orang kira-kira menghabiskan waktu paling kurang 20 menit. Entah apa yang mereka bicarakan. Mungkin ada sesi curhat dulu, marah-marah sedikit, baru mengambil keputusan. Kami bertiga sudah sepakat untuk mengambil waktu penerbangan malam karena menurut tinjauan Tuan Olivier, kalau malam sudah tenang, sudah aman, gunungnya sudah capek katanya kalau malam... hahahaha. Jadilah kita setujut untuk mengambil penerbangan jam 19.00 keesokan harinya. Kita juga sudah omongin kalau Juanda masih ditutup atau kalau Gunung Raungnya masih meraung, si suami istri orang Swiss itu akan ganti haluan ke kawah Ijen dan Bromo (masih aja gunung vulkanik), aku cuma memikirkan Galaxy Mal dan Tunjungan Plaza. Maklum butuh memaksimalkan kesempatan masuk kota.
Selama ngantri, kita jadi ngobrol macam-macam. Cas cis cus pake bahasa Inggris, agak menarik perhatian orang sekitar juga sih. Yang kita obrolin banyak hal. Aku jadi tahu kalau mereka terobsesi sama Indonesia! Sekali lagi OBSESI. Si cowok udah kelima kali ke Indonesia, dan mereka ambil cuti 3 bulan! Udah ke Kalimantan ketemu orang utan, dan emang udah rencanain untuk keliling pulau Jawa soon. Orang Eropa yang negara-negaranya nggak kalah eksotis itu jatuh cinta sama Indonesia. Percakapan kita jadi nyambung ke Toraja, Borobudur, dkk. Tiba-tiba dia nyeletuk kalau di Indonesia ngantrinya rapi ya, nggak kayak di Swiss. Bengong. Aku noleh ke belakang dan takjub sendiri melihat antrian panjaaaaaaaaaaaaaaang tapi rapiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii. Nggak biasanya. Masih trauma dengan kejadian Feb kemaren, yang Juanda terminal 1 udah kayak terminal bus. Mungkin karena ini International airport, dan rata-rata adalah penumpang-penumpang Garuda. Bukan berarti merendahkan, tapi mungkin mereka kagok melihat ada banyak expat juga yang ngantrinya rapi. Dan tentunya dibantu ama petugas bandara yang lebih sigap. Nice one Juanda. Kata si Olivier, kalau di Swiss udah ada kejadian kayak begini, semua orang akan stress, panik, dan byuuur berkerumun di loket, marah-marah.Bengong lagi. Dalam hati aku, kamu nggak tahu aja orang Indonesia aslinya kayak gimana. Ini kebetulan, peristiwanya itu alam yang punya kendali, jadi manusia nggak bisa ngapa-ngapain. Tapi, tetep aja aku bengong. Dia bilang lagi "you are very organized, nice. We usually get stressed when the situation turns out like this. You seem so calm, and handle everything nicely". Makin bengong. Aku kira selama ini orang Eropa itu tertib dan organized, ternyata nggak juga?, and if I may add, orang Amerika jauh lebih tertib kali ya? Soalnya aku jadi patuh sabar ngantri itu gara-gara di'training' waktu di Amerika dulu. Sepanjang apapun, selama apapun, mereka tertib ngantri. Pas aku ngomong begitu, pasangan orang Swiss itu setuju. Mereka juga nambahin kalau yang tertib ngantri juga itu orang UK. Well, itu sih nggak bikin bengong.
Anyway, akhirnya tiba giliran kita. Selama ngantri, aku juga ngobrol-ngobrol dengan orang-orang yang bernasib sama. Jadi, udah punya strategi. Alhasil, urusan kami nggak makan waktu lebih dari 10 menit. Si mbak-mbaknya ketak-ketik, ngeprint. Done. Untunnnggg masih ada 3 seats. Tinggal tunggu besoknya, apa kami bertiga akan sampai di Makassar apa nggak?
Setelah semua beres, Olivier ngomong... "Thank you, because we are on this together, everything went well" "Thank you, same here..." I replied :)
Asli, kehadiran mereka emang bikin situasi lebih fun. Kami bisa bareng-bareng brainstorming, nggak neko-neko, dibantu petugas Garuda yang nggak neko-neko juga. Fiuh. Done! Waktunya leha-leha dan akhirnya bisa curi waktu untuk nikmatin 'luxurious living' di Surabaya lagi hehe.
Karena dadakan, aku terpaksa dikunci di rumah si teman hahaha. Dia masih keluar, cecenya juga ada janji. Jadi, aku sukses istirahat tanpa diganggu. Besoknya, dibawa ke Tunjungan Plaza dan ketemu Big Salenya Zara. Nggak lupa ditraktir Sushi tei sama cece wulan. yeyeyeyyeye..
Ternyata bukan cuma aku yang bernasib begitu, hampir semua crew vistarian lain yang mau mudik juga kena. Kita saling ngupdate di What's app. Making it more meaningful somehow. Soalnya, berasa 'we got this together, and we get trough this together.' Peristiwanya nggak fatal sih, tapi lumayan dredek istilah orang Surabaya. In short, aku bersyukur bisa ketemu orang-orang yang secara nggak sengaja jadi membantu.

Keesokan harinya, aku gambling ke airport. Pokoknya kalau masih aja ditutup, ya udah tiketnya direfund, aku jadi anak surabaya selama sepekan kedepan.
Ketika check in, masih di waiting list? Bener? Nggak salah? Untung ngomongin kalau kemaren itu nggak dibilang kita di waiting list, toh ini gara-gara Juanda ditutup kok. So, akhirnya check in smoothly, masuk ruang tunggu ketemu Olivier dan Irina, dan akhirnyaaaa terbaaaaaaaaaang. Sumpah, hati aku belum tenang sampai pesawat itu mendarat di Hasanuddin Makassar. Finally pukul 21.00 WITA, aku, Olivier, dan Irina tiba di Hasanuddin dengan selamaaaaaatttt, amaaaan, sentosaaaaaa *joget-joget.
Sampai di rumah disambut mesra sama anjing-anjing cakep; Gassing dan Echong tentunya. Bisa hang out dengan teman-teman, makan makanan enak, tidur sampe siang, main piano sampai hati puas, ketemu mambo, daaaaan akhirnya liburan selesai.

Tapi, tenang... cerita belum berakhir sebelum ditutup dengan BANG.

Ada cerita keberangkatan, ada cerita kepulangan.
Tedeng deng deng, salah ingat tanggal. Chendani Vianey Budhi ini harusnya berangkat itu tanggal 21 Juli, bukan 22 Juli. Dasar tolol. Aku mengumpat-ngumpat diri sendiri. Pasalnya, aku udah tiba dengan cantik di airpot saat itu hahaha. I am forever grateful punya papo yang nggak panikan, jadi dengan cool head but beating heart, aku ngurus tiket. Hats off for Garuda, tiketku nggak hangus dan bisa diupgrade! Tambahnya lumayan sih, tapi naik business class karena seat yang tersisa cuma business class (OMG). Namun, setelah dibandingin sama maskapai yang bukan Garuda dan bukan business class, harganya kurang lebih nggak jauh beda,  jadi oke lah. So.... drum roll... Chendani Vianey Budhi pulang ke Surabaya - Malang naik business classnya Garuda... #eaaaaaaaaa. Emang beda ya kalau naik business class. Ngantri di counter khusus, mau ngambil bagasi bisa tunggu di lounge, bagasi turun pertama. That's what we call first class isn't it?Tiket kemaren aku beli dapat tiket promo, jadi kalau diakumulasiin, nggak rugi-rugi amat. Sooooooo.... aku merasa beruntung tapi tetap merasa tolol. hahahahaha
Dan lengkaplah sudah pengalaman pulang pas liburan lebaran kemaren. Tanggal 21 itu ada untungnya aku masih di Makassar, jadi bisa ketemu adek-adek group PAKAR (papa Kami Arsitek, para sepupu yang papanya arsitek semua). Karaokean sampe hati pun ikut sumringah. Senang. Bahagia.
Memang ada harga yang harus dibayar ya untuk sebuah kebahagiaan. Oh well... apapun itu, I am still grateful. Thank God. Ceritanya nggak pernah biasa, heran deh. Tapi, that's the fun part. Nggak bosenin.

Tiap tempat memang selalluuuu punya cerita.

Pelajaran kali ini:
1. Garuda is the best
2. Kalau beli tiket promo dari jauh-jauh hari, jangan lupa doa rosario biar perjalanannya lebih lancar
3. Lihat tanggal keberangkatan sehari sebelum keberangkatan
4. always ready with plan B, biar nggak begitu kecewa dengan worst case.
5. Forever grateful...

Dan mari kita katakan AMEEEEEENNNN

Maaf baru menceritakannya sekarang, harap belum basi. Abis pulang liburan ada meeting ala-ala Misaeng di Malang, jadi harus tertunda sejenak.

Hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoy writing it and remembering it again...

#writingistherapeutic



CVB

Friday, April 10, 2015

(Always) Magical April

Today's the 10th day of April, first post in April, but what I can say, let's just talk about April.
Aside from it is the month of my birthday, April is always fun, but this year is exceptionally blossom.. I am gladly saying to you that I will be travelling soon. It can be said as a birthday trip. In fact, it is actually a business trip to U.S.A. Yeah baby United States of America, my so-called second home. This time, I am going to different states. Just exciting! I will be in Chicago for about a week,a couple of days in Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Vermont.

The story behind this trip is actually something that I want to talk more.

So... as you might know that the company that I work having partnership with various schools overseas. We often get invitation for a FAM Trip (Familiarize trip) or agent conference. I am so blessed that I got this opportunity. Actually, I was also in for another FAM Trip to Europe, but I voluntarily out of the line, and voted for US trip.
The reason why I chose US over Europe because it's just magical. It started with a simple daydreaming. I happened to do "I wish" a lot in the beginning of this year. "I wish I can experience winter again" "I wish I can eat Chipotle again" "I wish I can go to US again". I merely wondered to do stuff that I missed to do in the States. I missed some food, I regret not doing 'this' and 'that' in my last trip in 2013. It started simple. Soon, not long after those "I wish", an email came to me at one night. Asked whether I wanted to go to US FAM Trip or not. Jaw dropped.

I think I am sane enough to take it although I am a US graduate. The purpose of this FAM trip is to be FAMILIAR (duh! heck ya) with the education system, schools, and surrounding. Once, US trip was given to another colleague because my boss said that "let's just give another (country) to Chendani" (heartbroken, #notreally). So, I am surprised that I got this trip. I was totally excited and retreated from the Europe trip because I will be going to the states that I never been to. Most of them are in Northeast. Perhaps, that's nothing much in South Virginia or Vermont. But, different states has different things. I like to explore more. Can't go to Washington DC, can go to Pennsylvania. Can't go to Minnesota, can go to Chicago. I am just excited with more States are put on my list. I am just excited that I can do what I haven't had a chance to do while I was in US or in my last trip (2013). Ah, I never got enough of US. I still have US visa on my passport until 2017. Who knows, I can make one more trip. I tell myself to go to Seattle again someday. US might be not the best country in the world, but you can never explain why you are in love with something can't you?.

Another "dream come true" moment. My favorite airline so far is Korean airline. I like the food, I like Incheon airport, I like the movies on the plane, I like the musics, I even love the blanket. Guess what. An email came on Good Friday; an itinerary.

SUB - DPS; Garuda Indonesia
DPS - ICN; Korean airline
ICN - ORD; Korean airline

I cried

Thank you
Because this trip is so smooth and well-planned unlike my Batman Adventure last year which was rushed but FUN. Hopefully, the trip goes smooth on the D-day as well. Travelling never been easy. I still get nervous for an overseas trip. Especially, when I need to catch multiple flights in short amount of time. Nevertheless, I am ready for the 10,000 miles or so trip, despite the sexy rate of dollar currently.

Today is also exceptionally blessed. Many good news come.

Thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you



CVB

Thursday, March 19, 2015

Currently...

Can't wait for April!
It is 2 weeks away, yet I just want to rush everything.
I am sorry to keep telling you how I can't wait for April.  I honestly don't have a high expectation of what will be going on. I purely am just excited of what will happen. How it will happen, I don't really care. Oh well... sorry again to keep telling you this without explaining of what is going to happen. hahaha Don't worry, I am not getting married. hahahaha

March is in contrary with February which full of rides. March is stable as the river flows with the low current. Only the first week which I have made a 72 hours away to Hong Kong. Other than that, nothing much. Even in my personal excitement, I haven't found anything new that excites me. However, I will keep update about my 'currently post'

1. Elmo and Newsies are still my medicine for sadness. I just figure that they keep me happy and my mind healthy out of boredom. March is so calm, and I feel kinda lazy. Watching them late in a day making me smile before falling asleep.



2. Health life, I still drink my lemon infused water, and start to swim week to week. However, I haven't been cooking for a long time. Maybe on my day off, I will jumble around the kitchen again. I gain and loose exactly 3 kg every time before I have my period and while I am having my period. weird!

3. My reading mood is deteriorating. I have read Jhumpa Lahiri's Namesake for about 3 weeks now. My #menuju30buku is a failure. hahahaha. Whenever I went to bookstore, there's nothing new. I am looking forward some excitement of new books, or desire to read. But none of it. I bet this month is about rejuvenation in a calmer way.

4. My mood in writing is taking a rest as well. My MABOG is in hiatus for about 2 weeks now, though I have made a couple of posts that are ready to posted. I am just not in a mood. What do you think? post about Love and Faith (Indonesian Movie) or the Glimpse of Musical world?

5. I  am currently in a huge crush on Sarang (Superman returns), Lee Dong Wook (Roomate), and Beauty Bloggers. Into make up. I finally realize that make up is about shading and shadows. You want to hide something while you want to show something else. Playing with colors is fun. My current fan is Fleur Deforce, Essie Button, and Andra Alodita. Been trying a couple of tricks. However, I haven't found a good corner of my room to take a picture. haha.
Sarang-chan


I guess, March is where I need to calm my self before my adventure in April aaand the big one and the new one in June.

Seriously, January and February were about work loads. March is just so quiet. In addition to that, we are in a lent season. Is this a time where silence speaks louder? Where you can find answers trough silence? I honestly find it monotone. Hardly thinking of anything. Just about lazing around and snoozing off here and there.
I am sorry, I still can't talk much about what's going on in April that makes me so excited. Apart of being 26, is another 'dreams come true' moment. Just hold on a little bit. I will tell you every single beat of it.

Another thing, I just realize that I have typed so many posts on this blog in 2015. Maybe because my current reading is in English. I find my self like a sponge. If I read in Bahasa, I will write in Bahasa, if I read in English, I will write in English.

Hopefully, in the end of March, I can perform better. I just need to rest for a bit. Pampering my self this weekend by lazying around my bed. Jump into swimming on Tuesday. What do you think?

And oh I realllyyyy want my hair to grow. 


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Sunday, February 22, 2015

February Shots

I know this is the 22nd day of February, and THERE ARE TOO MANY to be TOLD.
February is the shortest month, but gosh, you don't know what has happened!
This is like my mini roller coaster ride before the BIG coaster ride that might be happening in the middle of this year.
ANYWAY!

Le's start with what has happened in this month.
I was travelling  from Jan30th to Feb8th because the fair season is back! In the company that I work, we have 4 education fairs in a year. This year starts in end of January. Our route was Jakarta - Bali - Bandung - and the last, Suabaya. I was officially off from the office for the whole week. This was exciting because we had a chance to have at least a free day in each city. Greedy me, I tried my best to make a little catch up with my friends and family around those places.
Sara and her baby. and Anton
Road show is always a reunion time. Aas you might have noticed, I have met tons of friends especially from Seattle around those trips ACCIDENTALLY. So, I told myself, why did not I tell them that I was coming, and we might be able to spend a little time and catch up those 6 years. My first meeting was with Sara Lea and Antoni Rusli whom I met accidentally last August. Sara, Anton, and me were friends because of something weird. Alcohol. Don't get me wrong, I am not an alcoholic, we are not. But, we did meet for a little drinking game. We did other fun things as well, and believe me, we are all devoted Catholics. We went to church every single week when we were in Seattle. Anyhow, the original plan was I would be picked by Sara at Hotel Mulia, and we would meet Anton at Grand Indonesia. Guess what happened. We were stuck on traffic and dashed by heavy rain, surprise, surprise Jakarta. Sara only said, "this is all because of you Anton. All for you" Sara stayed in Bogor, me stayed in Surabaya, and we all happened to be in Jakarta on that Saturday. It was a short meetin, but jeez, brought back old time. It was memorable. We happened to share dessert like we always did, but no alcohol! hahaha. Nice short catch up and good laugh.
Green tea match creme brulee 

goldie and putra

The second day was with my Art Institute of Seattle friends. I did not go to AIS, but I happened to know many people from there including Sara. That day, I made an appointment with Goldie, my Korean lunch buddy to meet up. She asked me to join her and her other AIS friends to have a Korean dinner. Another "surprise... surprise..." I happened to only know one girl, but never mind. Goldie said she would invite Putra as well. OMO hahaha. Putra a.k.a Elmo (only me who called him that way), was a friend whom I met in Mudika, and we were playing music for Indo mass once a month. He played drum and I would play piano. He used to drive me almost everywhere for Mudika's gathering. Long story short, we hung out a lot together and our friendship was continued because of msn messanger, facebook messanger, and whats app. It's been 6 years as well, just like Ronny. Our trip from Harris hotel to the Korean place (he picked me up), was around 40 minutes, and we caught up on many things! Putra stayed the same. Oh BTW, I called him Elmo because he always moved his head in a funny way just like ELmo when he was playing drum. Haha. And Thanks to Winny, she treated a delish jja jangmyeon!

Then the rest of my day off, I went out with my crazy colleagues!!! Except one dinner, I went out to my Mama Henny's house in Bali. I have mentioned that I have many "moms":). In Bali, we also had a karaoke session because there were quiet dramas going on which I would not type in here. We had so much fun! Bandung was nice as well.
bandung and sby team

me my mamah wkwk

To be honest with you, I love my job, one of the reasons is because of these trips. I have a miraculous chance to meet my friends whom I have been missing. I have a chance to get closer to my crazy colleagues. With my colleagues from the same branch or with other cities. I also have an opportunity to make a new friend. School partners are from everywhere. From Singapore, US, to Italy. I have made a couple friends out of our professional thingy. I just met a friend from Seattle who was originally from Midwest, and she is Catholic. Those things happened. We just clicked the right button at the right time. So much things I was grateful for, just because this trip.

Next, I needed to go home because of a wedding I couldnt miss. My mom would raise from the grave because of it. haha. Ok, I am too much! On that wedding, I heard "yours next year" many many times. Those people shook my hand and repeated the same thing said that my wedding should be next, and I said AMEN to that. haha.
"AMEN!" 

This might out of the context, but it just hit me, that I was in that end where I might face two heading roads. One, get married in mid 20s just like my high school friends do (mostly), or stick with career. Looking on the road that clearly on my way is career. Somehow, career comes along first. I have no choice other than hit the career road along with the hope for finding 'the right one'.
There's been this stereotype stating about woman who hits her thirty without getting married is because they chose career over marriage. I see it differently. I bring this issue up, because all just leading to this matter. February is the valentines mood, everyone gets engage, or in a relationship around this month. I happened to be in a wedding, and as a woman in her mid twenties and showed no sign of tie a knot any soon, made people asked me a lot of questions like "when is yours?" (wedding), "where is yours?" (boyfriend). Additionally, I happened to watch a movie on my lonely Chinese New Year about this matter as well. Titled "Kapan Kawin?" (review is here), a story about a woman in her thirties and hasn't been married yet. Her parents keep asking her, when is she getting married? All lead to the same thing. While making that review, I watched a Kick Andy's show. That episode titled "Kapan Kawin" as well. Guests are 3 women in their thirties. Two were singles in their thirties, one got married in the age of 38. Many of their answers struck me right in the heart! It's like a "hallelujah" moment.
 I am still in my mid 20s, I am not in a situation where I have to be worried about what people say. However, it just strikes me when I watched that episode. The guests  all said that they wanted to get married but just did not meet the right one at the right time. It does not mean that they choose career over marriage. I happen to feel the same way. I actually am not old enough to say about this, because I am still 25 going to 26. Many things could happen. Bu for now, career seems come first. Again, not because I chose it, but it seems it is just my way to live.


This leading to exciting yet terrifying news. Perhaps, in the middle of the year, there might be some changes in work. I might have to move again. But, story about April first! I think this April will be a milestone for me. I am not sure if I could tell you about this now. I think I should put it off until everything is clear. Anyhow, by being single, I have these opportunities to travel, to decide my own, to enjoy my time. Those three women who were invited in Kick Andy said the same thing. What's good about being single, they had more time, more opportunities, and more things to be achieved, but they all agree in one thing, so do I. If there will be a choice between career over family, they said hey will chose family, I do too. I will chose family over career.

I am not really sure why I am typing these down. But, it just bothered me the whole month. The idea was jumbling around my head, and it is annoying.

To conclude this post,
I can't lie to myself, that I am so so so excited about what's going on in April. I am terrified about what happened next, towards the end of the year. But! First thing first! I should be worried about March. March is the only month I have to work my butt off. Too many things will happen afterwads. I don't know if I can pull it off.

Well, good luck for me!





CVB

Friday, October 24, 2014

Currently

I currently...
1. In love with Sesame Street! I dont know where has my childhood gone? Why do I become so crazy about it in the age of 25? Hahaha
It's fascinating how a song or act teaching kids words and language. Maybe similar to Unyil hahaha

2. In love with Elmo!!! It is weird if I like Sesame Street but dont like one of the characters
Yep. My fave is Elmoooooo

3. Currently drinking lemon infused water. Leading to healthier life. It works 😉

4. Currently reading Rumah Adalah Di Manapun, a travel short stories. Into this kind of books lately.

5. No more PMS acute!!! 😇
Been making myself busy if I am in a  moodswing.

Can you believe that 2014 is almost ends? No more than 2 months left. Jiaaaahhhh...

Can't wait to see a recap of my 2014...

Life is a chain of changes. No change no life.

Yippie

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