Did I just say I love shoes?

I'm a big sucker in resisting gorgeous shoes, I already bought my wedding shoes, two pairs to be exact with different colours and models.

Mom was a bit annoyed with the fact that I'm gonna wear blue shoes on my wedding day, well, you can't really see them, can you? they're hiding under the dress anyway, right? so I bought a pair of off-white cutie from ebay (I won't reveal it until the D-day, but a hint is, it's a UK & USA edition only aaaand it's not your usual white wedding shoes with diamantes) and a pair of blue (I love BLUE that much). So there you go, it's a win win situation for her and me :) It's still my wedding after all, is it?

Will update with more gorgeous wedding shoes if I found more of them online :) wouldn't it be awesome if I could change my shoes every hour on my wedding day? Just to let everyone know that I love my shoes beside my husband? *big grin*

A princess has to wear the perfect shoes, doesn't she?

What I'm best at.

Gosh, how long i've been neglecting this blog and how long ive been longing to write? sigh ... I blame .... err .. err my daily routine aka work, go home, cleaning, more cleaning, ironing, choir, meetings, and sleep.

I don't even know what I've been doing so far, what I remember was these past 2 months just happened too fast for me. I even managed to go back to my lovely hometown, to J town and Singapore in just 4 days and managed to assemble all furniture in just a couple of weeks, moving in just a week and so on and so on.

Okay, maybe I need to sum up what happened in October and November.

What I clearly remember is purchasing and assembling furniture is absolutely not as easy as flipping your hand. As first time furniture buyers, it took us numerous visits to Ikea and other furniture shops and electronic shops as well ! To make things worse is, shops in Australia close at 5.30 - 6 pm daily except on Thursday nite when they have late night shopping until 9pm, which is not suitable for our situation because we work full time hours. Big SIGH. Tell me about last minute furniture shopping rush and furniture confusion, been there done that.

And what happened after purchasing those lovely furnitures? Of course in here, you have to assemble them by yourself. Now, don't even think we bought a huge ass house, nope, it's small lovely 3 bedroom unit, pretty small for an Australian house. We don't have a theatre room, a separate living and dining room, just a simple 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom, a single living room house after all but it took us weeks to assemble a couch, 2 bed frames, a tv unit, a dining table, and don't even mention the cleaning part which involved washing the new dishes, cutleries, mopping and vacuuming.

I seriously thought I lost 10 kgs just by doing that every night, straight after work for 4-5 hours without dinner. But, no I didn't lose any kilos. another big SIGH.

Then I managed to have a quick weekend gateway to hometown, the capital city and Singapore, for a total of 4 cities in 5 days. With 5 flights, 2 delays, lack of sleeps, 40 kgs baggage, I am somehow amazed by my immunity system. Good thing was, Mum was with me :) for 17 days to help me moving in, also to fill in my kitchen cabinets full of cooking gadgets and homemade meals every single day prepared with love. Oh how I missed my mom's delicacies.

Starting from that month, cleaning and furniture shopping has never really ended. Plus the "unpacking from my previous house" part which also never ends. Lucky him, as he hasn't moved in yet, he has plenty of time to move his stuff one by one and he doesnt any due date to pack his stuff as twas his parents house.

So yeah, that's what life's been treating me for last 2 months, plus the ICYO's events, meetings, friends birthday dinners, farewells, and this month is the work's busiest month so I think there are too many things happening around me.

Summary in 4 words: I'm broke & I'm tired. Broke from buying those endless house-related stuff plus the bills and tired from my daily routine.

I wish 2012 would give me a chance to do what I am best at. BEING A PRINCESS. those beauty sleeps and shoe shopping.

terobsesi

merampingkan badan.

Rasanya kok angka timbangan badan lama2 semakin ke kanan yak, ini harus harus kurus at least 1 kg setiap minggu. Dengan cara, makan makanan rumah siang malem (iyap!), setelah pindah kerja baru ini jadi males makan malem dirumah dengan alasan yang valid yaitu pulangnya lebih malem bok secara perjalanannya aja stg jam (ngook) sampe rumah udah males tingkat dewa buat masak dan ujung2nya makan di luar yang tentunya bikin saya gendot.

Ke toko furniture.

Sampe udah hafal sama harga sofa di semua toko (ehmm lebay), sampe tau daerah mana yang paling banyak jual furniture (alias deket rumah saya, duh! dodol emang). Ngeliat harga bed frame yang di diskon rasanya lebih seneng daripada liat Salvatore Ferragamo sale 80%. Freaky moments yaitu bisa aja loh ke toko 15 menit sebelom dia tutup dan bisa memilih 1 sofa, 1 tv unit and 2 bed frame yang disuka tpi ga sempet bli sih. tapi tapi tapi 15 menit bok, juara effortnya.

Style me pretty website.

Been my very good bff so far. Banyak banget terinspirasi dari sana. Asiknya perayaan tanpa tante tante mulut tajam hati beku, nyemplung aje ke laut kalian hehehe.

Sepatu nude itu.

Yang pas banget sama kaki saya. Cantik manis simple. DISKON PULA !!!! mestinya ga usah bilang yaaak sama si abang, langsung aja bungkus. sekarang kepikiran siang malem sampe gelisah tidurnya (lebay lagi).

Why it is so hard

To find the perfect wedding dress?? *arrrrrgh pake daster bali aja apa*

To find the perfect souvenir???

To find the perfect decoration ??

To find the perfect husband *looh*??

aku tak tau aku mau apaaaa *sudahhampirgila*

you know who you are.

Happy father's day to you.

Thank you for your hard work, for being a good husband and for your love to us.

Tuhan, sampaikan sejuta sayangku untuknya.

Dari Cindy Monica.

Jadi, award ini ada rulesnya juga ternyata, dapat dilihat sebagai berikut:

Setiap orang yang ditag harus juga mem-posting tentang 10 hal mengenai diri mereka masing-masing;

Harus memilih 5 orang yang akan ditag;

Kunjungi blog mereka dan beritahu mereka kalau mereka sudah ditag oleh kita;

Jangan tag balik atau jangan tag orang yang sudah memberikan postingan ini sebelumnya kepada kamu

Hihihihihi norak ga pernah dapet beginian.

Baeklah mari saya kerjakan:

10. Phobia bawang. Takut bawang. Ga suka bawang. whatever it is, pokoknya engga mau deket2 bawang. titik. saya engga pernah pegang bawang apapun itu merah, putih, bombay lah. ANTI BAWANG. jangankan makan, berdiri di sebelahnya aja ogah, makanya pasar sayur basah dan dapur basah indo adalah musuh utama saya.

9. Dua hal yang paling menyenangkan di dalam hidup wendy adalah tidur dan belanja. Andaikan hidup ini cuman dibagi 2, tidur 12 jam dan belanja 12 jam pasti semua orang akan bahagia. Btw, rekor tidur paling lama adalah 14 jam ! dan rekor engga tidur paling lama (bener2 melek ga pake tidur blas) adalah 36 jam gara2 bikin 3 assignments yang duenya di hari yang sama dan baru start itu assignments dalam 36 jam itu jugak.

8. Baru nyadar kalo saya ini brand loyalty nya sangat tinggi, contohnya pake body shop dari smp ya udah sampe skrg itu sabun cuci muka masi tetep pake body shop dan embel2nya pake body shop juga ato sepatu and tas paling suka sama charles and keith, tiap kali pulang indo ato singapore selalu bli barangnya, kalo ga beli ga afdol dan tentunya masih banyak merek2 yang laen.

7. Di dalam hati yang paling dalam tersembunyi engga keliatan, saya amat sangat parah punya passion jadi event organiser.

6. Dan masih di dalam hati yang dalam tersembunyi itu juga, saya juga punya passion tentang sejarah. Dulu hampir banget mo jadi antropologi ato jadi ahli sejarah, sumpah dulu kalo ulangan sejarah paling niat belajarnya. Karna tanpa sejarah, kita engga mungkin ada di dalam situasi kayak gini jadi kita harus menghargai sejarah (ciyeeh). Cuman mimpi itu punah hancur berantakan gara2 takut sendiri di kejar mummi kalo kerja gara2 nonton movie the mummy.

5. Panikan dan emosional. Kata Mr J, orangnya keliatan kalo lagi stres, seneng, sedih, banyak pikiran. Langsung berubah auranya dalam sepersekian detik.

6. Pekerjaan rumah tangga yang paling di gemari adalah nyetrika, waktu kecil sempet punya pikiran buka usaha setrika baju orang (dengan charge Rp 5000 per baju). Karna setiap habis setrika itu feelingnya tenang dan damai, bajunya licin rapi wangi. Tidurpun jadi nyenyak aman tentram *loh*

5.Engga suka make-up'an tapi suka beli alat make up. Ya udah dibeli aja gitu. haha. eh ga lucu yak. maksudnya disimpen aja gitu, dipake paling juga setaun 4-5 kali kalo ada kondangan.

4. Engga sabaran. Grasak grusuk. Harus on time. Engga tau harus bangga ato harus sedih sama yang satu ini.

3. Selalu senang kalo diajak kesini: Ikea, Singapur, airports, toko make up, department store dan kafe lucu seperti the imp ato kafe di nedlands yang lupa namanya apa. Hmm, sekarang ngebayangin aja bisa senyum2 sendiri. hihihi.

2. If I had to choose where I live. London is the absolute answer.

1. I love babies and toddlers. I can't stand their cuteness and tiny figures.

--Lah soal nge tag, silahkan menge'tag diri anda sendiri-- haha

sumpah serapah.

disclaimer:

Banyak banget kata2 kotor di posting ini. JANGAN DIBACA KALO GA SUKA DAN JANGAN KOMEN2 KALO GA SUKA.

Terima kasih.

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Wendy apa kabar?

Baik baik aja kok.

BOONG abis !

kabar saya? sumpek, butek, abu-abu, banyak pikiran.

Kalo ada yang nyenggol saya di shopping mall nih, bisa langsung disemprot pake marah.

Inget khan sama kerjaan saya yang kaya sampahnya India, lah bayangin sekarang itu sampah dicampur tai sama muntahan dari semua negara slums. Yaak begitu, ancur khan ? pengen muntah ga sekarang? ya begitu saya kalo mau kerja tiap hari, pengen muntah darah.

Intinya nih, sekarang kerja cuman gara2 teamnya asik. udah.

Pertama, itu management gonta ganti terus. dan yang terakhir ini, masak mereka mau bikin new agreement yang dimana setiap hari kamis kita harus kerja 12 jam dan setiap hari sabtu. Liburnya hari senin dan selasa tapi kerja dari rabu - sabtu. NON NEGOTIABLE. TAIK khan? dengan iming2 gaji naek, yang notabene nya boong abis secara kalo diatas jam 6 dan weekend loading itu emang ada penalty ratenya yang bikin kita digaji lebih tinggi. GOBLOK ABIS KHAN YANG PERCAYA GITU ?? Dia pikir kita kagak punya social life ya? kagak punya temen? kagak punya kepentingan laen selaen kerja?

Terus lagi, ini state ngasih base rate nya yang paling rendah di seluruh australi. DOBEL SIAL. kenapa sik kenapa pake di beda2in?? curang abis kalo kerja di eastern state secara otomatis langsung tinggi itu rate. NAJIS. DOBEL NAJIS. Pengen tabok2 itu state government.

Eits masik ada lagi, itu target dinaekin jadi 20 connections per staff tiap minggu. TAIK nenek moyang lu ya? kali'in aja tuh team kita ada 3 nih, jadi mesti bikin 60 connex tiap minggu? bisa bikin 20 connex per minggu aja sembah sujud syukur ama Tuhan tauk lah ini bikin 60 connex? MAKAN AJA TUH TAIK.

Trus kita satu state marah dong, enak aje lu pikir kita buruh apa. Sampe telpon ombudsman segala, buka2 fair work australia dll lah. Lah itu bosnya kagak suka, gara2 reaksi kita ga seperti yang dia mau, aneh khan ya? Trus mulai lah dia cari2 alesan aneh buat kita tanda tangan itu new agreement, hasilnya 2 orang udah dipecat aja loh dengan alesan mereka ga sesuai standart kerja perusahaan ini. Dan 2 orang ini yang telpon ombudsman dll.

Saya sih? engga takut, kerjaan baru? udah dapet kok, udah tanda tangan kontrak. Pokoknya nanti hari terakhir saya disini, semua password bakal saya bawa hapus, semua prosedur bakal saya bakal pulang, semua form saya sobek2 trus buang di tong sampah yang jauh. Secara yang tau semua prosedur n password adalah saya. Stock bakal saya pindah pindah, semua folder bakal saya pindah pindah tempatnya. Dan yang paling penting, itu folder password dan semua bookmark sistem di komputer akan hilang as I leave. Sweet revenge.

Tapi kenapa masi sebel?

Masalah klasik, no appreciation at all dan rasisnya bukan maen. Saya benci banget sama itu area manager semoga dipecat aja. Kerja disitu makan ati dari semua faktor, management nya dan customernya. Yang bikin bertahan cuman teamnya yang asik. Udah. sisanya TAIK semua.

Jadi mikir ga sih, fair work situation itu kayak apaan sih?

HAPPY 22ND BIRTHDAY !!!!

MY NOT SO LITTLE SISTER.

Can't wait to uyeluyel you when you are here.

For the joy of electric blanket and hot water.

Let us take a silent moment for whoever invented those 2 most important things in winter.

Salute.

And it ends with.

It all started with me being upset with the service of a bank in a shopping centre, then I got thirsty and decided to get bubble tea in the other wing of that shopping centre.

Which was a bad decision, because *drumrolls*

SALE are everywhere, End of Financial Year Sale, End of Season sale, Winter sale, ARGHK !

My brain cells seemed like popping out from my head screaming it's 50% off GO THERE!, No, go to Myer, 70% off and kept going on like that. As you all know, brain is the part of human body that controls every single thing. So, there I was, checking every store that I passed by.

Who can resist this cutie pie flat for only $10 ? and the pyjamas short for $5? and the list goes on and on.

but at the end, I'm a happy girl again, $65 for 5 items, so proud of myself that I wasn't going nuts for more shopping.

Not yet

It's a big relief knowing that your most expensive shoes ever is still hanging on the non sale items at that shoe store. I know for sure that I will be heart broken once they put up the sale sign, it will obviously blow my mind.

ps: no, it's not a pair of louboutin or manolo's or any branded shoes. My shoes are not even half the price of those branded shoes.

I'm not that rich. yet.

Note to self.

Pre-approval home loan.

Rubber car mats.

Getting thai massage.

New jeans.

Home open.

A dress.

and the matching shoes.

and the matching clutch.

Pre-approval home loan.

Home open.

Ikea magazine.

Getting mature.

And suddenly all my top priorities are totally changed, then note to self that it is time for the next step of life.

do'h.

The notion of my world

Depends on my coffee that week.

I *just* realised that I have been a very bad tempered this couple weeks, with no valid reasons. My workmates all said they've never seen me this mad, I yelled back at customers if they yelled at me, I told customers off if they were rude, I sent a complaint letter to my car dealer, I called up automotive ombudsman, I just was UPSET about something.

I was like, wow, something's really eating my soul.

Then, I realised something,I have been drinking instant coffee in the morning, in a stereofoam cup.

The reasons behind that, my good barista had left a nearby cafe where I work and the new barista just messed up my usual coffee and it's always been raining last couple weeks so I couldn't walk to the coffee strip where I can get my other good coffee.


Yes, you can imagine the mighty power of coffee.

dear motherfucker,

mind your own shit.

Thank you.

Sincerely,

Me.

becoming me.

So, tomorrow is the day. No, nope, not that day, yet.

It's the day to trade my old car with a new one.

Getzy is my first "own" car, dad bought her second hand 3,5 years ago just right before I graduated from my uni and I'm totally getting sentimental over letting her go tomorrow. I grew up on her, learned how to park with her, got my Australian license with her, proudly took most of friends around with her, and the list keeps going on and on.

Then I sat back and had a really deep thought how 3,5 years just gone that fast.

I am now pondering on where my life is going. I've arrived in an empty road in my life where I have to realise that I haven't really accomplished most what I once set out to do. I will officially be in the mid twenties club next year and just to tell you the truth I am not making six figures in my current job and I am not working in a big multinational corporation. I must be mindful how I spend my money and figure out how to survive if I actually take home loan one day. I often ask myself when will my dream come true. Sometimes I get a little depressed then a little wave of sadness washes over me, I mean, I'm not completed soaked over but also not letting me fully dry out. Sometimes I feel like I have failed while fighting back the tears because I am afraid that my train had left a long time ago and won't be coming back for me.

But, I refuse to feel sorry for myself. I refuse to live in regret because even though I feel like having to take a detour in my life, I have met so many amazing people in my life who taught me so much and those memories will never disappear. I know I feel a little bit sad now but I am hoping so much that the best is yet to come in my life.

For now, I am still working on becoming who I am.

Warning: DO NOT LAUGH

Ehm.Ehm.

Remember this post?

Was posted by a 21 old me. Waktu masik ababil. dunia masih terang, semua masih indah, hidup masi dibawah ketek bokap.

Gara2 terlalu banyak ngurusin wedding, sekarang jadi tau semua tetek bengek ngurusin wedding, yang sumpah, duit udah kaya aer keran bocor.

Daaan, saya merasa list yang udah saya tulis itu terlalu princess. Berasa royal wedding aja, sok banyak duit.

Sekarang? Maunya sih kalo married nanti, masih nanti kok, masih di angan angan awan sono,

yang simple aja, ga pake ribet, kasian EO nya nanti.

Yang kata si abang, kalo Mcd ada wedding package, merit disitu aja (yang untung buanget mereka ga punya). haha.

Becanda kok (sebelum di timpuk mami)

Yang di undang udahlah max 100 orang aja, ga pake tante-tante om-om, temen2 aja yang sering ngobrol dan kenal. maap yak tapinya mereka tiap kali ada di kawinan temen2 saya, annoying buanget, yang satu lagi speech yang mereka ngobrol cekikikan, yang makanan keluar lama ngomel aja dibuat gosip. duh.

Terus saya mau pas di gereja harus sakral, itu yang paling penting, pesta mah cuman 5 jam abis itu selesai, lah nikah khan seumur hidup, jadi pas janji di depan Tuhan harus sakral dong dan doa dari yang dateng itu yang paling menyuport pernikahan.

Plus, saya ga percaya harus cari tanggal baik jam baik. Semua hari dan jam diciptakan untuk jadi yang terbaik oleh Tuhan, ga usah repot2 cari jam sama hari. Ada salah satu temen yang ribetnya bukan maen terikat sama jam. Ga boleh ketemu sebelum jam segini, misa harus mulai jam segini, merit harus tanggal segini. Ribet beribet ampun deh.

Gampang dan simple khan. hehehe. Mending duitnya di buat jalanjalan soalnya saya mo honeymoon 3x. hahaha. Ke jepang 2 minggu, ke eropa 4 minggu dan ke USA 2 minggu. hahahahahahaha.

ps: si kecil tetep harus main dan wedding saya boleh simple tapi harus unik dan berbau biru.

Ehm.

vHi. Ehm. Hi.

It is long weekend here again, the last one until October 2011 *nyeeeeh*

Kehidupan saya masih sekitar kerja, latian choir, meeting wedding temen, latian choir wedding, masak buat bekel besok. Udah, mentok sampe situ.

Bulan May, June, July, Agustus ini ada 6 wedding temen saya.

Statistiknya:

5 di Perth dan 1 di Bali.

5 bekas anak ICYO.

3 dapet partner anak ICYO juga.

3 jadi Wedding organisernya.

3 jadi choirnya.

1 jadi bridesmaidnya.

Juara.

Eh, apa lagi yak?

Aku bisa bikin bakso/bakwan goreng loooh ihiiiy, pake resep campur aduk dari abang google. Tapi jadinya walaupun engga sebulet yang di jual, at least rasanya hampir mirip sih hihihi lebih sehat lagi soalnya gorengnya pake olive oil *haha sok sehat*

Trus trus kmrn coba bikin kue berry ricotta cake, jadi itu sponge cake tapi tengah2nya ada berry ricotta nya, wuih enak loh ternyata hihihi. Udah bikin 2 kali tapi belom bosen, besok besok mo bikin carrot cake nih. Doakan saya yah !

Trakir, selamat menikmati foto manis saya sendiri yak hahaha. Biar terobati kalo ada yang kangen. (silahkan muntah silahkan)

Lihat rambutku yang mulai panjang !

Mas Bills.

Saya mau curhat ...

Tentang si Mas Bills.....

Mas yang satu ini sering banget dateng ke kehidupan saya at least sekali tiap bulan, keganggu? oh iya banget , tapi dianya engga bosen2 ih dateng terus.

Mana datengnya rada2 hampir di tanggal yang sama.

Si Mas Bill telepon, bill insurance, bill insurance mobil, bill internet datengnya tanggal 18 semua ! di satu hari, aduh aku khan jadi bingung mau ketemu sama yang mana, belon lagi kalo Mas J ku dateng >.<

HALAH.

Najis.

Intinya saya sutris, tiap tanggal segitu pasti bangkrut total. Gaji cuman lewat, hi-bye tok. Untung gajian tiap minggu paleng engga, minggu depan saya masi bisa beli makan lagi

*yang kata mama, gajian kamu kok kayak tukang bangunan disini to, mingguan gitu*

Dobel najis, bulan depan insurance mobil naek hampir 2x lipat *nyetok indomi satu dus*

tapi

Terima kasih Tuhan, masih punya gaji dan bisa makan dan bisa belanja.

Hiyak maap.

Maapkan sayah yang males ini. hihihi. Inti dari posting2 sebelumnya: selama 4 hari berturut2, siang malem, saya makan porsi orang hamil dengan berbagai macam makanan, dari buffet, fast food, steak, dll. EITS, semua itu kebetulan loh, bukan direncanain sebelumnya *alesan* heihiehiehiehi

Sunday (Long weekend day 3)

Another Easter Sunday mass at usual place and we got KFC for our lunch. It was one massive order, 10 pieces chicks, 2 large chips and 1 "the famous" double burger ( it's a burger but instead of using buns, the used 2 breast chicken for buns).

See, how greedy we were? I could only eat 1 piece of chicken, lots of chips and half of the burger and I could also hear my tummy kept screaming for more chicken esp its skins but then my brain told me it was just my lust for the chicken. So I stopped my hands digging for more chicken on the box but instead, I licked my oily finger and be satisfied. It was one of the best feelings in the world.

And the story continued for our dinner. I had a farewell dinner appointment with my dearly friend, who returned to Indonesia the day after. Since it was public holiday and dearly Perth, as you know, is a dullsville so all good restaurants were (of course) closed, but then I remember about Grill'd, my favourite burger bar in Mt. Lawley and magically, they opened! She's never been there before, so it was all perfectly planned by God.

Because me and Mr J were still feeling full (damn you chickens !) we decided to order one burger and share it (but we of course still ordered large chips)

Oh, that night, me and best buddies planned to surprise Cindy, my dearly housemate and it was a big success. She was shocked, as we planned (: and I had a half piece of choc-strawberry cake, one small midnight munch.

Indulged myself with those oily junk food chicken and the beef burger with a pale ale.

one big happy tummy.

Saturday Vigil ( Long weekend day 2)

I spent the day with working ! sigh, retail sucked, but the good thing was the system was down that day haha so I closed up early hehehe. Rushing to get home, showered, got ready for 6pm mass at North Fremantle parish (from Bentley) but managed to get there just before 6pm.

Indulged myself with Chinese food feast. appetite level - normal.

The very long weekend

Oh well, that was ages ago, Australia had a very long weekend from Good Friday till the next Tuesday.

What did I do for the long weekend? Indulging myself in good food haha.

Oh, Hi blog !

yaak ampoon

Hamper lupak kalo punya blog ! haha.

Gimana liburan ? seneng ga? seneeeng kook hehe.

SIngapore. Menyenangkan as usual dan murah, mana disaat kita kesana A$ lumayan tinggi jadi lumayan berasa "agak" jadi orang kaya. Makanan cuman less than s$6 per meal, jadi kalo makan mahal menurut orang Singapore kayak s$20an gitu menurut kita muraah banget secara disini makan A$10 aja udah murah hahaha. Tapi tapi tapi ga berapa belanja sih, abisan udah napsu menggebu pokoknya mo belanja di sono. Lah kok sampe sana, puter2 kiri kanan ga ada yang menarik yak, menarik sih menarik kalo di pake di Indo/ Spore tapi dibawa pulang sini kok nanti jadinya norak trus abis gni winter rugi juga bli baju summer. jadinya bener2 loh cuman bli beberapa brg tok itupun ada yg bli di Cotton On karna udah ngincer dari sini ( secara harga nya sama tapi disono pake dollar Sing, ya wes pasti lbh murah yah to yah to?)

Surabaya. As usual jugak, makanannya surga, dirumah kayak ratu, bangun tidur ada makanan, pergi kemanapun nyemil jalan terus. Plus lebih murah lagi lah kursnya di Indonesia. Asik yah makanan di Indo, gurame goreng, bakar, asem manis, dll dll dll. Hasilnya naek beberapa kilo dalam waktu satu minggu. Ngoook. tapi langsung turun lagi sih begitu balik sini. kasian perutku dikasi makan enak2 eh sampe sini balik lagi kurang gizi dah.

Habis liburan, langsung tancep non stop kerjaan dari icyo lah, kerja juga bagaikan tsunami menghadang hidupku ga pake napas.

yeay

7 more sleeps for holiday !

Kita kampungan banget tiap hari menghitung hari haha dan norak semua pasti pengen dibeli tapi seneng A$ parity terus sama US$ hihihihi ga terlalu guilty kalo belanja banyak *evil laugh* apalagi di Singapore makanannya super murah semoga engga gendut lah

weekly wrap

Saya merasa blog ini tambah suram, maka dari itu saya berjanji tidak akan menyuramkan kehidupan anda lagi dgn suramnya blog ini.

Dimulai dari minggu ini, yang notabene ada minggu valentine.

Kita? engga ngapa2en intinya.

Hari senin yang disebut-sebut orang sebagai Valentine's day, Mr J kerja dong tetep, saya day off tapi jalan2 sendiri sama temen yg dateng dr indo. Malemnya choir tetep jalan, just another day for us.

Sisa hari2 berikutnya seperti biasa saja.

Eh, Rabu sempet dating sih, niatnya mau nyobain spaghi restaurant tapi antrenya panjang jadinya pindah ke sebastian's deh di victoria park (huhuhu bolak balik bentley - applex - vic park), makanannya average banget deh mahal pulak. Abis itu nonton No string's attached, dan film ini jugak rada ga di recommend abisan standard banget bahkan Mr J tidur ditengah2 filem haha.

Okeh, makanan di bawah ini adalah menu hari Jumat kemarin yang dihabiskan saja di rumah. Yeah homemade chicken cordon bleu with vegies and chips and cheese sauce, turned out to be superb ! (YEAY !)

Lalu hari ini, kita nge date lagi dong, ga perlu valentine kita udah pasti ngedate terus hahaha. So, dinner kali ini we tried The Quarter on Hay, got a $50 coupon from Scoopon for 3 course dinner for 2 with tasting plate as entree, main with side, dessert and wine. I know, what a bargain. We quite liked the ambience here, thats why we decided to try it.

Turned out the food was really bad and poor service. Firstly, the tasting plate was cucumber puree and smoked salmon soup, beetroot with goat cheese and candied walnuts and crab balls ( 2 out of 10 ). The main menu was served 1 hour later, but they gave our mains for a couple sitting next to us and just gave the plates straight to us without any apologies (the couple already messed up the food, fyi) and same thing happened with our side dish and our mains tasted way below average, I mean, I can cook better than that. The dessert were also average ( I mean, supermarket quality). Oh well, at least we tried it so we know we wont return there again.

After all, togetherness is what matters to us.

Happy weekend all !

Terima kasih Tuhan

Semua akan indah pada waktunya.

Belum, dunia saya belum seindah yang kalian bayangkan, tapi at least satu halangan besar di hidup saya sudah hilang.

Manajer saya yang engga bisa apa apa itu (baca: maen fesbuk all the time, leyeh-leyeh di sofa dan telponan sama temennya) sudah pergi, lebih tepatnya lagi I sacked my manager. Karna saya sudah ga tahan sama kelakuan dia, curhatlah saya sama director company ini (baca: bos gede yang punya company ini seluruh aussie) kayak sok deket aja hehehe emang deket kok sama bos ini. Eh trus, besokannya state manager dateng sambil ngepalin tangannya, dia bilang, KOK BARU BILANG SEKARANG ! trus yah saya bales, lah khan situ yang nge hire dia, harusnya dia qualify dong buat jadi manager and I thought you liked him. Dia jawab khan selama ini beres2 aja, langsung saya sambet YAH IYALAH WONG AKU YANG KERJA SEMUA sambil ngasi bukti2 yang ada dan ngasi sales report dia yang cuman SATU ! Masi inget waktu dia pertama kerja disini, dia sempet liat state sales report terus bilang, wah jadi selama ini kamu no 1 ya di state ini, tapi itu ga bakal lama sih, I"LL BEAT YOUR SALES ! hahahahaha wong dia cuman satu selama ini, saya yah begitu2 aja.

Besokannya di pecat deh dia.

Ya udah lah, too bad, siapa suruh dia begitu.

Baru inget juga selama ini saya pernah menyaksikan 3x orang dipecat langsung, yang pertama manajer lama di cafe tempat aku kerja dulu, karna ya tipe2nya sama males gitu. Yang kedua, sales consultant di company yang dulu, dia ngakunya experience udah banyak tapi malesnya bukan maen. Yang ketiga ya manajer dudul tong kosong nyaring bunyinya itu.

Si bapak akhirnya terbuka juga matanya siapa yang paling beres diantara staff2nya, ya kita ini orang asia. Kerjain semuanya tanpa komplen, langsung beres tanpa ba bi bu, ga banyak minta macem-macem tapi one shot semua jadi.

Wokeeh

Salam sibuk ! *lanjut kerjain paperwork yang sejibun*

Time slips

Karna hr ini pulang kerja pagian (halah pdhl jam 4 juga plgnya soalnya udah overtime hehehe), pantesnya ngapaen hayo sore gini? Jawabannya adalah tidur siang ! Heehehe dan tiba2 aja nih pas cuci piring n cuci baju sblm beres2 masuk kamar, balik ke jaman tk sd dulu.

Tiap abis plg skola jam 1an deh kayanya khan pastinya lunch dulu sama mama, abis itu pasti disuru tidur tapi kita (sama adek) demennya maen2 loh ga mau disuru bobok tapi ya akhirnya masuk kamar mama juga sih bobok bertiga brg gitu tidurnya melintang sambil ndengerin kasetnya kak ria n susan :D, dan kita ga bisa tidur kalo ga gosok2 tangan n kaki mama :)

Jam stengah 4 sore pasti bangun soalnya ada Tom and Jerry ato Woody Woodpecker di TPI trus lanjut Kring Kring Olala abis itu loncat2 kalo papa pulang kerja dan sisa sore itu diabisin dengan nyamilin camilan yg mama buat tiap sore.

Kok dipikir2 menyenangkan banget yaaaaaa T.T I can't say thank mom and dad enough for giving the best childhood memories, seandainya aku diasuh sama suster pas itu, kira2 bisa ga ya kangen bobok siang sama suster (?)

When one dream dies, dream another dream

2010 was full of ups and downs for me, there are lots of love-hate relationships and bittersweet experiences with my job. I've seen many good-byes and welcomes to old and new friends in my life. It was a mixed experience for me, lots of questions and uncertainty but I realise that the most important things for me now are, I am surrounded by friends and family whom I love all the time and I have things that I need. I thank God for taking care of me that much.

As I always do, there will be a list of highlights of my life for 2010:

1. Went to Sydney twice this year. My weekend gateways.
2. Changed to 2 new work places, err I moved to a completely different occupation on April 2010, then moved to another company in July but still doing the same shit.
3. I live by my own financially, I've been through times where I only had steamed rice and fried eggs or dried anchovies for days to save up. Utility bills and insurance payments are my best enemies.
4. I bought an iPhone 4. I never turn back to any other brands.
5. I moved to a new house and got break in on the first night. A nice way to say hello to neighborhood.
6. I had my first business trip, the first time in my life staying in a hotel ALONE and got all my expenses paid by the company. I mean, all expenses.
7. ICYO. self explanation.
8. I play tennis.
9. I got my Master degree, fast track, and on time :) ~~ geez time flies.
(I still remember 2 years ago, arguing with Curtin student adviser to fast track my study because my visa will expire in 18 months and I didnt want to apply for another student visa, thank God it was a good decision)
10. I only bought 1 handbag and 2 new shoes (for work purposes) this year. I need to buy more next year ;p
11. I have a foster child, one small thing that I always want to do before I die.

I can say that I don't have any new year resolutions, I'm bad at doing it so I better just to let my life flow like it always has been. Though I have some things that I wanna get or do in 2011:

1. First thing is get a new and better job and career this year!
2. Be more thankful and be more closer to God. Though it sounds so subjective, but the point is I need to promise myself not to complain about my life and be less selfish. Think of others whose life is less fortunate than myself.
3. Buy a macbook. if I get a new job.

Happy 2011 all !