Friday, September 26, 2008

SENT.

September, 30th 2008

To : Creative Director

CC :
1. President Director
2. Financial Director
3. HRD


Dear Sir and Madam

Having held the position of Sr. Copywriter for over 4 years, I have gained experience and have been rewarding to share knowledge related to my work with some colleagues during my tenure at Dentsu Asia. I appreciate the nice work environment at Dentsu Asia.

However, the idea of wanting to know wider spectrum about life, pushes me to find a richer and a more mature experience. Therefore I am obliged to resign from this agency and please consider this resignation letter as a one month notice.

In closing this letter, please allow me to express my appreciation for having the opportunity to work here at Dentsu Asia. I am sure we will be able to maintain our good relationship in the future.


Sincerely,

Farika R. Lawendatu


Wednesday, September 17, 2008

An angel (or) a demon and a baby

Tadi malem, sekitar jam 12 (so cliche, eh?), aku ngalamin kejadian supernatural bareng Kukka :D If you’ve been reading my stories about my little girl, you’d already know that she’s a handful & almost hysterical baby :D Nah, last night, it was one of those moments. Karena aku ngga berani gendong Kukka (coz she kept moving & stretching), aku taro aja di kasur. She was angry, of course. My temperamental little baby hehehe... Udah agak lama baru aku gendong lagi. She was still crying angrily & kept tossing her head right & left. Tapi begitu mukanya ngehadap jendela kamar, dia diem. Her eyes focused on the upper part of the drapes sampe melotot. Aku ganti posisi, matanya tetep tertuju ke situ. Ngga lama kemudian....

She smiled, laughed & cooed again & again :D :D :D :D

It was like she was talking to someone. Sejak menjelang usia 2 bulan, Kukka emang udah bisa diajak berinteraksi. Diajak ngobrol dia senyum, ketawa lebar & ngebales “Hooo... Haooo...”. Tapi biasanya sih belom bisa terlalu lama. Tapi tadi malem....

Hihihihihihihihi... She looked really cheerful & I never saw her that “talkative” before. Pelan-pelan aku ngelirik ke atas jendela. Hiiiiiiiiii....!!! Seketika langsung merinding disko!!! Padahal AC kamar 24 Celcius! Deg-degan juga. Terus aku elus tanganku. Goosebumps! :D :D Sementara Kukka masih asik “ngobrol”. Now this is the part where I found out that I’m not a hysterical woman :p If I were, I’d be running out of the room, screaming heheheh... Instead, I remained calm (padahal deg-degan setengah mati :D) & talked to my baby cheerfully (dipaksa :D)

“Who’s up there, sweetie? Who are you talking to? Is it your guardian angel? Is “it” telling you to be a sweet baby? I’m sure your angel is telling you to go to sleep, ya? Hey, angel... Please tell Kukka not to cry ya... It’s very late for a baby. She should be sleeping right now. Please tell her, okay?”

Matanya Kukka tetep ke arah yang sama. Selesai aku ngomong gitu, Kukka ketawa lebar & ngomong “Hoooo” panjang :D :D Setelah itu, Kukka anteng di gendonganku sampe akhirnya tanpa macem-macem (biasanya pake macem-macem :p), dia tidur pulessssss....

Well, how about that! :D :D :D I was happy of course, that my baby is FINALLY asleep! Tapiiii....pelan-pelan aku juga keluar kamar hihihihih... Serem bow! Aku bukan termasuk orang yang into this kind of “thing”, IF there’s really such a thing. So, truthfully, it was kinda creepy :) But after awhile di luar kamar, setelah tangan mulai pegel ngegendong, I had to go back to the bedroom. Meski tangan masih semi goosebumps, aku mikir. Well, whatever it was, it sure did make my baby laughed & calm. Besides it’s Ramadhan. Katanya kan setan-setan dirantai semua hihihihi... Akhirnya ya udah... Aku taro Kukka di crib-nya (deket jendela :p).

I called Ica & told him all about it. Turned out, dia juga pernah ngalamin hal yang mirip, tapi kebalikannya. Kukka tadinya anteng, liat ke jendela jadi nangis :D Nah, tadi nih, pas abis ganti popok juga gitu. Kukka lagi asik ngobrol sama aku, melotot ke arah jendela, meringis terus nangis. It may sound silly but aku langsung liat ke jendela & said:

“Well, whatever you are, kalo bikin anakku tenang, you can stay up there. But if you bug her, then get the hell out of here & stay away from my daughter!”

Hihihihi! Jadi geli sendiri. Ko jadi ngomong sama gorden ya :)) Kalo kata papahku, Kukka ketemu “temennya” yang dikubur deket jendela kamar (ari-arinya maksudnya :p). Kalo kata aku... Terserah mau ketemu siapa asal jangan marah-marah melulu hihihihi...


Wednesday, September 10, 2008

To My Beloved Niece

Namira...

I just saw your pictures with your junior high friends.
I'm so happy you grow up to be such an outgoing & fun loving girl.
I'm so proud to see that you have lots of interests & good taste on things.

Am sad tho...
Tears are pouring down my cheeks.
I just can't believe you're this big now.
And apparently you already have a boyfriend now? :)

Oh my God...
I don't think I will ever be ready to see you as a grown up.
I'm not sure I want you to.

How can I?
You used to sleep on my chest when you were a baby.
I changed your diapers & rocked you to sleep.

I'm sorry, love.
But to me, you will always be my baby girl :x


PS:
And I'll be checking on your so called boyfriend with watchful eyes.
Sorry, but I can't help it :p


Monday, September 08, 2008

Colicky baby, anyone?

Beberapa hari sebelum puasa, Kukka kita bawa ke dokter. Aku senewen banget sama “kebiasaan” barunya dia yang nangis ngga karuan dari maghrib sampe subuh. Tidur baru sekitar jam 8an pagi. Bablas emang tidurnya. Sampe ngga bangun untuk nyusu. Tapi aku tetep parno banget. Takut dia kecapean, kurang gizi, sakit badan etc. Tapi menurut dokter (Bambang Tri), itu normal. Istilahnya colic. Semacem fase dalam kehidupan bayi, yang dateng tiba-tiba, ilangnya juga nanti tiba-tiba. Ngga ngerugiin si bayi. Ngga bikin cape ato apa. Tapi bikin orangtua & yang di sekelilingnya stress berat heheh... Menurut dokter, selama bayi masih mau nyusu & berat badan naek, all is good. Kukka kalo nyusu hot banget! Kaya ngga ketemu susu seminggu :p And she’s gaining a lot of weight. So, no worries kata oom dokter. Alhasil pulanglah kita dengan hati yang (sedikit) santai. Tinggal pusing mikirin gimana caranya supaya aku & Ica (terutama aku sih...) bisa istirahat yang cukup karena tiap malem asli begadang.

Eeeh... Ngga taunya begitu masuk bulan puasa, jadwal colic Kukka berubah! Ngamuknya jadi siang sampe abis maghrib! Abis itu dia tidur bablas sampe jam sahur hahahaha! Lumayan juga. Biasanya aku begadang sendirian, sekarang jadi banyak temen. Siangnya aku bisa sedikit istirahat karena Kukka dioper ke neneknya, yang dengan senang hati gendong dia sana-sini. Tapi kalo Kukka udah ngamuk sih panik juga neneknya :p I’m sure you would too kalo denger tangisannya hehehe... Not my intention to exaggerate, but really. My baby cries like there’s no tomorrow :D

Aku baca, tiap bayi yang colic solusinya beda-beda, tergantung bayinya. Ada yang cukup digendong aja, ada yang harus diayun-ayun, ada yang tenang kalo dipijet, ada yang anteng kalo dibawa jalan-jalan etc. Kukka? Well, ada beberapa posisi gendongan & ayunan yang bisa bikin dia tenang. Yang jadi masalah, I couldn’t do any of those :D

Cuma Ica yang bisa. Dia juga yang nemuin tehniknya. Minggu lalu sih lumayan... Ica sakit jadi ngga ngantor selama beberapa hari :D Begitu digendong Ica, Kukka langsung diem. Dalam keadaan “pewe”, dia pasang muka kalem seolah-olah sebelumnya ngga terjadi apa-apa. Bukti nyata bahwa dia abis ngamuk cuma genangan aer mata yang ada di celah matanya. Kadang diiringi senyuman lebar & suara “Haoo” kalo diajak ngobrol sama Ica. Lama-lama Kukka tidur di gendongan bapanya. Tapiiiii pas ditaro di box ato kasur, sedetik kemudian matanya melotot lagi. Nangis lagi. Ngamuk lagi. Yaaaa digendong lagi deh :p Buat Ica, gendong-gendong Kukka, yang beratnya udah 4 kiloan, ada bright side-nya. Itung-itung olahraga. Sama kaya angkat beban katanya heheheh...

Sekarang Ica udah ngantor lagi :( Yang struggle nenangin Kukka ya aku lagi, dengan tingkat kegagalan yang tinggi heheh... Tambah parah karena aku ngerasa Kukka juga ngga nyaman sama aku. Kalo liat bapanya, dia ketawa-ketawa. Matanya sampe melotot berbinar-binar. Kalo sama aku, bibirnya manyun-manyun, tatapannya datar-datar aja. Apa dia bosen sama ibunya? :p Sial hihihi...

Yang pasti aku cape, bingung, bosen, stress... Sampe bekas jaitan sakit lagi & keluar flek lagi...

Jadi makin sering nangis sendiri...
Jadi suka inget masa-masa dulu...
Jadi nyari-nyari yang ngga ada...
Jadi pengen punya “Me Time”...
Jadi makin kangen sama suami... (Eh itu sih selalu ya, Mun :p)

Jadi....aaaah ngga tauuuuuuhuhuhuhuhuhuuuuuuu....! Ngeblog aja sampe ngga jelas giniiiiiiii!!