KESTINGRUM: Casting Dari Rumah

My husband, or as some of my loyal readers might now him as SiBapa, is a...complicated man. You can't really describe him with just one word or two. For example SiBapa can be very lazy. So lazy that he often does nothing but playing DOTA all day long and finishes his job at the very last minute. But when he's being productive, SiBapa just won't stop doing the things he does until it's done. And it has to be good. Everything has to meet his standards which are often quite unusual. If things don't go according his way, SiBapa can be a really pain in the butt to work with. That's why I never want to work with or for him :p But SiBapa, from what I've heard, is also a very cool person to work with. He enjoys teaching to those who are eager to learn. He's very smart, very funny and he will tell you things as it is. If your idea sucks, SiBapa will tell you in your face. Then he lets you think by yourself to make your ideas better after giving you some hints. Many times he'll help you by offering some solutions or at the end even his ideas. And so far, SiBapa's ideas from what I've heard are... Not disappointing :p

SiBapa enjoys his work as a commercial director but he's never satisfied. He always wants more. Not long ago practically out of the blue SiBapa wanted to make t-shirts. What did he do to make it happen? He bought a Screen Printing Rotary Press. It's a machine which you can print stuff on t-shirts. Does he sell any t-shirts? Not that I know of. But Kukka did! There was this school project which she had to earn some money. What did Kukka do? Made t-shirts using SiBapa's machine :)) Alhamdulillah lots of friends and families bought Kukka's t-shirts and the money was donated to her school for the expedition to Gunung Padang. Not bad 'eh? :)

Anyways... SiBapa has been directing television commercials for 9 years now. You might know his TVCs such as Ramayana, Tokopedia, Aqua, etc. For many years of experiences SiBapa often work with the same team, same people, including the talents/models who act in his commercials. Sometimes it's a must but many times he also has to use the same talents because of the lack of choices. But SiBapa believes that somewhere out there, there must be lots of people who actually can act. It's just a matter of finding the people and giving them the opportunities. Then one day SiBapa had an idea of making an application called Kestingrum. What is Kestingrum? Now before I tell you about it, please don't consider this blogpost as a promotional act :)) I don't do that. Not even for my beloved husband. I write about Kestingrum because objectively speaking, I think this is a brilliant idea. How do I know that it is brilliant? Well... I did work in advertising for many years. I still remember how we use the same talents over the years again and again and again. And it still pisses me off! You can even see it on tv, right??? Oh this is the guy from commercial A! Oh look! There he is again on commercial B! And on and on and on. BOOOOORING!!!! And so after lots of hours of hard work, here is SiBapa's latest thing:

Kestingrum is a free application which you can download from Apple App Store or Google Play on your smartphone. It's an app which will let you know if there's any vacancy as a model for a tv commercial. If there is a cast wanted, Kestingrum will let you know everything that you have to do and you can post your action on the app. If you're selected, congratulations! If not... Well... At least you don't have to spend hours in traffic or standing in lines in some office which is far away from home. Then when it's finally your turn, it only lasts for one minute or maybe even less. Yup! Casting can be mentally and emotionally exhausting. It also costs a lot of money. Then the worst thing happen: after probably days of waiting in vain, you find out that you're not selected!! :( But now all you have to do is download the app Kestingrum, look for the jobs you want, follow the instructions, find a nice spot at home to act, upload your video and wait for the announcement. You can also find Kestingrum on Facebook, Youtube and follow its instagram account: @kestingrum.

SiBapa is very passionate and proud of Kestingrum. I must say it's been quite a long while since the last time I see him so eager doing a project like this. There were days (and still) when all he talks about is Kestingrum and as his wife, I totally support him. There are days when I see him very exhausted. But then I hear him making jokes and laugh outloud with his team while working on Kestingrum. So I assume everything is going great. It's March 2019 and SiBapa has already done so many things. Who knows what he has in his mind for years to come. I, the wife, will just let him surprise me. Like always ;)

Oh! As a bonus, here is SiBapa talking about talents: 

Enjoy! :p

Inktober 2018: DONE!!!!

Finally!!!! I did it! I FINALLY FINISHED INKTOBER 2018!!!! :)))) I've tried doing this one-month-drawing thing since a long time ago yet I always failed to finish it. But in the beginning of this year's October I promised myself to do it again. AND THIS TIME I FINISHED IT!!! :))) Not that I want to promote or gloat or anything... But I think personally it has something to do with doing it on an iPad and using Apple Pencil :D Why?? Well... First of all it's more practical. When I go out I didn't have to add more stuff inside my bag. No drawing book and a pencil case. What do I already have in my bag? Oh just the usual... Like a wallet, pills, iPad, chargers, a novel, sometimes my diary and some women stuff. Yes. I do carry around a big bag :))

Anyways... The Inktober2018... Yes. I did it and it was a lot of fun! Sometimes I couldn't stop drawing! I could draw 2 dates in 1 day. Many times I couldn't stop drawing even if it was already past midnight. And I'm very sorry to say that every so often I even kind of negleted my precious Godsend :D I found the Official Inktober Prompt List on Pinterest. I started to draw and failed. Then I tried to do it again and again and again. But nope! Couldn't do it :))) It turned out I'm not THAT talented. But I refused to give up. Then it occured to me that the main reason I gave up was because I didn't have any idea what to draw really... :)) After some time I had this idea. I decided to cheat by searching-looking-copying from other people's drawings. I searched on instagram, Pinterest and Google Images, everywhere. I was amazed by how many people have done the Inktober and their drawings are astonishing! So many talented people out there! At the end I decided to just copy the drawings that I like and gave a little changes here and there. Some personal touches if you might say... If you know me very well and pay attention to the drawings, you can see the insights I've put in them. So yeah... That's basically how it started! Everyday I checked the list of Inktober 2018, searched for drawings that I really liked and copied them one by one. One day, one drawing :D

Copy... Sound so easy but trust me! IT'S NOT!!!! Especially if you have high expectations of yourself. Of your ability, your discipline, your concentration, etc :))) The drawings that I liked were obviously so beautiful, creative and many of them are extremely complicated to even copy it!!! But I tried. How hard have I tried? Well... Check them out, in random order :)

Now these... Are my personal favorites. Why? Oh just because :)

And finally today.... It's DAY 31: SLICE

The last time I went for a check up, I told dr. Rocksy about this "project" and she was quite impressed when I showed her my drawings. To dr. Rocksy my drawings were...very informative. This activity is good for me because it involves a lot of things. One of them is boosting my confidence, which apparently I'm quite lack of. And also by looking at some lines that I did, my doctor could see that my hand was shivering while drawing. Some lines are tolerable. But some... :( I told her some lines were so "jiggly" I almost use a ruler! :)) 

So... This is it. Finally I would like to thank everybody who had encouraged me and showered me with very sweet and generous compliments about my drawings. I would also thank the people whose drawings I've copied. Now all I have to do is find a new project to draw. Or... Finish my writing which have been neglected for a long time. Wish me luck! :)

14

Now let me tell you a little bit about this year's wedding anniversary present for SiBapa. The present which made me excited, nervous, sweaty & sleepless!!! LOL! As you my dear friends & loyal readers must know by now, I've been together with Hubster for a long time. We've been a couple since 1997 & we got married in March 6th 2004. As far as a I can remember, I always have an anniversary present for Hubster. Too bad I don't keep track of each one of them :)) The "problem" is there has been so many anniversaries I'm already out of ideas! :))) I really didn't know what kind of present I should give him this year. I was quite frustrated. Because to me, surprises mean a big deal. I know, I know :)) Well... Why not? Just because you've been together for a long time doesn't mean you ignore those kind of things. Right? Small things do matter. A simple love message, a warm hug. Anything to keep the excitement going. So there I was busting my brain every day, trying to find "the perfect" anniversary present for Hubster. Then one morning when we were lying around in bed, an idea hit me! I got this sudden rush, an excitement that I hadn't feel for a long time. I immediately googled here & there, contacted this & that. It was quite difficult & I was pretty nervous. Until FINALLY I got all the things that I needed. Then I put everything together & THIS is it:

14th wedding anniversary is traditionally celebrated with a gift of ivory. So I thought... Hey! Wood is pretty close to ivory. Right?!? :)) For your information, Yayang... Every single wooden letter, the wooden spoons & the frame are especially made. Just for Hubster, for SiBapa. Yes. Just for you, Muniku :)

You really can find & buy everything online I tell ya'! I ordered the letters from Bandung, the spoons from Medan & the frame from Ciputat. All I have to do was browse an online marketplace, order, pay & sit tight. The only store I had to visit was Toko Prapatan to buy the board :)) I had to be very certain though that Hubster wouldn't be at home when the packages arrived. Dewi also had to make sure that SiBapa wouldn't be the one who opened the door when the postman came. Everytime the door bell rang or SiBapa was outside, ready to go to work, I was like "Come on! Just go! Why are you still here!?!? The delivery guy could come any minute now!" :)) 

Dewi & Ari had their share of panicking. They tried to find the perfect place to hide the big frame, the board & everything else. Kukka also made sure that everytime SiBapa came to her bedroom he wouldn't see the big frame hidden behind the curtain. Kukka also had to protect the frame so that Moochi won't nudge it by accident. So yes! I thank everybody in this house for the awesome cooperation! When everything was ready to be assembled, I sweat my butt off putting the letters together nicely. I had super glue all over my fingers, on the floor & also a little bit on Moochi's fur :))) It was his fault though. He was really curious about the whole thing. Moochi even played with the dots from the "i"s of "since" & "spooning" LOL! I was scared he would swallowed them accidentally. Anyways... It may doesn't look much but it took a lot of effort to make it. Especially for me!!! LOL LOL LOL! I'm not a handy-crafty-creative person but it turns out that I do like to make things, as long as it has a special meaning to me. So again... 

After 21 years being together & 14 years of being married, I finally understood why ALLAH made your body so warm & my feet always so cold... Because we are made to spoon forever until death do us part.

 Happy 14th wedding anniversary Muniku! 

Ich liebe Dich über alles :*

Bring it on, 2017!

As I’m writing this post, it’s already 00:32 in January 1st 2017. I’ve just realized that I didn’t write anything in December 2016. My last posting was November 24th. That’s not good. Not for me. It’s like I’m losing the only thing that I love to do, which is writing/blogging. I’m not sure why. It’s not like that nothing interesting is happening. But if you ask me now “What-Where-Why-Who-How”... Mmm... I can’t answer it. I have to cheat first by checking out my twitter, instagram and path accounts. #LOL. But what I do remember is that...

My health is getting steadier if not better. Partly because my awesome doctor has figured it out why and when I would get seizures. So yes, my seizure is now “controllable”. And also my appetite. The new pills don’t make me want to eat like every second. All I have to do is taking my pills on time, get enough rest and no stress. Yes. The last part sounds awfully cliché. But it’s true. Because as far as I can remember, the second I worry or overthink about something, my body starts to shiver, my hands shaking and that annoying nausea starts to attack my tummy. And don’t get me started with that awful and strange headache. It’s not just about the pain. It’s that disturbing...feeling of being there and nowhere. You can’t make up your mind what to think, where to be or what to say. You know those swirly scenes in the movies when a person falls into a limbo? When a person just kind of floats around in the middle of nowhere, along with lots of stuff like chairs, tables, books, cats, glasses etc? Yup. That’s how it feels like. No matter how hard you want it to stop, no matter how much you want to...”land”, you can’t. That’s how it feels like. But yes. Now I can control it much better than before.

Besides getting much needed rest, I also try not to give a lot of shit about things that are...shitty anymore :)) I’m trying. But like I said many times before. This illness of mine is some kind of a hidden blessing. Why? Because there are a lot of shitty, sad and awful things that I don’t/can’t remember!!! So yes. It’s not that I don’t want to think about it. It’s because I CAN’T!!! #LMAO Now if that is not a blessing, I don’t know what that is. Hmmm... What else? Oh yeah! I just remember that on January 2016 I did blog about making resolutions! Okay let me check them out. Oh and please do notice that striking one resolution out doesn’t mean that I did it and then stop doing it. It could mean that I already did it and I have to keep doing it and be even better. So let’s see:

Love.
Smile.
Rest!!!
Forgive.
Apologize.
Exercise!!!!!!!
Make it happen.
Write every day!!!
Be brave. Speak up.
Judge less, help more.
Spend time with Kukka.
Shit happens. So what!??!
Accept my flaws. And others.
Listen to my body, soul and heart.
Meet my friends in real life more often.
Make lots of phone calls. Use less chat apps.
Embrace my old self. Yes. The fun part that is.
Do whatever makes me happy. Yup! WHATEVER.
Do crazy things sometimes, or often, IS necessary.
If shit happens, sit back and relax. Let life do its magic.
Make new friends, stay in contact with old ones and maintain.
Haters can kiss my ass. Lovers do come, let’s smooch and hug.
Never lie to my daughter. Teach her to accept the truth instead.
Read, remember, read again, recall and actually do all the #frikis2016, which now changes into #frikis2017

Any changes? Anything new to add? Hmm... Let me see...

Laugh!!!
Dress up!
Be more confident.
Cook (almost) every day.
More girl talk with Kukka!!!
Lose weight!!! At least 10 kilos!!!
Embrace my old self but less crazy!!!
Talk to Kukka in Bahasa Indonesia & German.
Don’t push myself too hard to remember the past.
Create better, healthier and more awesome future instead!!! 

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYBODY!!!! :)

Mayo Diet Survivor

I’m the kind of girl who loves to eat. I eat big breakfast - lunch - dinner and everything in between. I eat fatty, greasy, deep-fried food anytime. I rarely cut back on my portions and I never count calories on my food and drinks. I guess that’s why I never be that skinny-slim girl. I think it’s in my genes too. One time I heard someone in my family said that it was okay to spend money more on food than on anything else. I agreed. I love food. Absolutely. And everything was fine (except the size of my butt and waistline).

Then things happened. Things that later on affecting not only my mind but also my body. My back and shoulders started to hurt a lot and I rarely slept through the nights. To make my back and shoulders feel better, I started to take pilates classes. And these last couple of years my stomach finally went on strike too. Every day I was feeling bloated and nauseated. Sometimes I threw up without reason. I didn’t know what to do. 

Until one day I came across a friend’s posting on Instagram. She took a picture of her lunch set from a certain caterer and her caption mentioned something about Mayo Diet. I heard about Mayo Clinic Diet but I didn’t know much about it. I stalked on the caterer’s account (@kelincitertidur) and I googled around. I immediately decided that this Mayo thing was the answer to my upset stomach. Maybe there was too much going on inside and it needed a clean break. Long story short, I began my Mayo Diet on November 10th, 2014 for 13 days!!!

It wasn’t easy. Not at all. Even before I started, almost everybody who already experienced it whined that Mayo Diet is really, really, really hard. The food tastes terrible because of the NO SALT rule. The first 3-4 days are critical. Many failed on Day 5. So you see, mentally I was supposed to be down already. But I wasn’t. I figured if you have a strong willpower to do something, you can do it. No matter how hard it is. Even for me. The food lover. And so it began. 

Day 1, 2, 3, 5... I felt fine. I still woke up at 4AM from Monday to Friday, I took care of everything for my daughter, I went to my pilates classes twice a week and my instructor kept the sessions (hard) as it is, I hung out with my friends at cafes and restaurants and watched them eat. Everything was okay. The toughest thing I had to go through during the diet was the fact that I was only allowed to drink coffee ONE CUP every morning. I didn’t mind the bland taste of the beef or chicken, the boring salad, the liters of water and I’ve never cheated, not even by a grain of salt!!! But only ONE CUP OF COFFEE A DAY???? That was.......T O U G H. So every morning for 13 days, after I smelled its mind blowing aroma, I sipped on my one and only cup of coffee niiiiiiiice and sloooooooooow until the last drop :))

One week passed by. I’ve lost around 2kg and 3cm on my waistline. And the most important thing was my tummy felt goooooooood!!! No gassy, super bloated feeling. No throwing up either! And I slept through the nights like a baby. But on Day 9 I started to feel lightheaded. After picking up my daughter from school, I took a long nap that felt more like I was collapsing. Luckily, Ayi, Miss @kelincitertidur herself, was always available for questions. She gave me some advices and I was always on guard of my health. On Day 10-11 I felt better but still a little bit lightheaded. I started to think that my already-low blood pressure must have dropped even more and maybe the lack of salt in my diet had something to do with it. I almost quit but I had only 2 more days to go. I couldn’t quit now!!! So I kept on dieting!!!

Alhamdulillah, last Saturday I’ve finally completed my first diet ever!! I’ve lost 4kg and 5cm on my waistline. I feel great and happy to have lost those extra weight. But above all I’m proud of myself, of my determination, my strong willpower and of my patience. I believed that I could do it and I did. 

I’m officially a Mayo Diet Survivor!!!

The Kukka Project

Suatu hari di Kopitiam Oey Bintaro, aku baca sebuah artikel di majalah Sekar. Isinya tentang Unit Perinatologi RSCM yang ngurus bayi-bayi beresiko tinggi, seperti prematur, sakit berat atau cacat bawaan, & banyak dari mereka berasal dari keluarga yang kurang mampu. Dan sebuah kotak kecil berisi info di pinggir artikel ngasih aku ide untuk “ngerayain” ulang taun Kukka yang kedua.

Sebulan sebelum 16 Juli, The Kukka Project, as I called it, “di-launch” via BBM ke keluarga & temen deketku. Isi BBMku adalah sedikit info tentang bayi di Perinatologi RSCM, niat Kukka untuk bersedekah di hari ulang taunnya & aku nawarin “jasa delivery” buat yang ingin ikut nyumbang tapi ngga sempet kesana. Kenapa hanya keluarga & temen deket? Karena aku ngerasa kurang nyaman nyimpen uang orang lama-lama :D Apalagi uang untuk sedekah. Ngga lama kemudian aku announce di timeline Twitter-ku & Kukka dengan hashtag #kukkasproject untuk nge-update para dermawan ybs. Alhamdulillah respon keluarga & temen lumayan juga :) Di Twitter aku juga ngabarin bahwa rencananya pas tanggal 16 Juli, aku & Kukka akan kesana & nyerahin sumbangannya secara langsung. And since we love babies, we wanted to visit them too. Tapi rencana awal terpaksa melenceng karena Kukka masuk RS. I had to wait until she was totally healthy & pas Kukka udah sehat betul, aku sibuk ngurus pindahan :D Alhamdulillah, alhamdulillah, alhamdulillah. Rabu, 4 Agustus kemaren akhirnya kesampean juga ngajak Kukka ke RSCM. Di sana aku ketemu Penanggung Jawab Administrasi Unit Perinatologi, Ibu Rohjanuarnina (Nina). Setelah nyerahin sumbangan aku diajak keliling liat bayi-bayi yang ada di sana. And this is what I found out...

I saw the poor helpless babies... Sebagian besar tidur di inkubator & masih keciiil sekali :( Kondisi kesehatannya macem-macem. Ada yang prematur & beratnya cuma 800gr, yang kelainan jantung, bahkan ada kembar siam yang ngga terekspos media. Yang paling sedih, banyak dari mereka yang ngga bisa pulang. Alasannya mulai dari karena orangtuanya ngga bisa beli obat-obatan yang dibutuhin anaknya, sampe ada orangtua yang ngga diketahui keberadaannya karena ngasih alamat salah/palsu. Sepertinya mereka emang sengaja ninggalin anaknya yang sakit di situ... I can’t blame them, really. Buat makan sehari-hari aja kali udah susah. Apalagi ngurus bayi yang sakit parah. At least di rumah sakit mereka lebih terawat. Gitu kali pemikiran orangtuanya...

Money is probably this unit’s biggest problem. Cuma sekitar 5% yang “bener-bener” bayar pake uang/cash. Selebihnya di atas kertas berupa surat Gakin dll. Itulah sebabnya meskipun alhamdulillah ada aja yang memberi donasi secara rutin, Unit Perinatologi ini tetep butuh bantuan lebih. Apalagi kalo ada bayi yang harus dioperasi jantungnya. Biasanya mereka cari donatur lagi karena butuh biaya sekitar 40-50 juta... Jadi berapapun jumlahnya, pasti diterima dengan senang hati. Untuk para donatur yang pengen tau secara jelas “kemana” uangnya, Unit Perinatologi bisa ngasih semacam laporan keuangan. Misal Rp X untuk beli popok, Rp X untuk obat apa, dll. Aku sih kemaren ngga mau karena toh sebagian besar yang ikut nyumbang justru pengen anonymous aja :)

Nah, masalah lainnya adalah sepertinya ngga banyak orang yang tau soal Unit Perinatologi RSCM ini. Jadi, ya mungkin aja sebenernya banyak yang pengen bantu tapi ngga tau mesti kemana. Ini juga salah satu objective-nya The Kukka Project. Bukan untuk "gembar-gembor" bahwa Kukka & keluarganya nyumbang ke RSCM...

The Kukka Project simply wanted to inform & remind you that not so far away from the place you are right now, there are babies who are in desperate need of medical care & most of all, your love & attention.

*To you, Kukka's families & friends, we would like to say million of thanks for participating in this small & personal little project. Only Allah SWT can return your kindness in the best possible way. Amin...*

The Unhuman I’ve Become

I was never been born as a chatty or chirpy kind of girl. But I wasn’t the quiet type either. Yes, a lot of my friends said that marriage has changed me. They said I’m more quiet & reserved. Some even said ‘ngga asik’. But those who knew me better said I’m turning into a better person :) I guess there’s always 2 sides of me: the crazy side & the loner type. And I can’t please everybody :p But these last 2-3 years the loner is taking over. And that..is..not..good.

Awalnya aku ngga terlalu nyadarin. But lately I’ve just been having this strange kind of need to be around people more often. Like, I was looking forward to go to my junior high reunion atau mengiyakan ajakan temen (yang biasanya selalu aku tolak) untuk ketemuan. Atau di lain waktu aku giat nyari info pengajian supaya bisa ngga cuma ngumpul, tapi juga sekalian ibadah. Dan yang paling “aneh”, I’m more than willing to meet new people in new places & occasions :D

Iseng-iseng, ceritalah aku soal keanehan ini ke Si Neng. Tanggepannya cukup mengejutkan. Dia bilang dia juga nyadarin banget & ada 1 kejadian yang sangat berkesan buat dia soal perubahanku ini, yaitu pas aku dipertemukan dengan sepupunya untuk ngambil tiket nonton New Moon. Meskipun waktu itu baru dikenalin, Si Neng said during dinner, I was actually very “rame” & komunikatif sama sepupunya itu. And then she said it “Now you are more...human.”

DANG!! :D

Until then, I didn’t realize how unhuman I was this whole time. Naturally Si Neng blamed the computer & the internet for my “mutation” :D That’s the thing about social medias. You think you’re still in touch with your 1000 friends. Karena bisa jadi tiap hari bales-balesan message di wall FB ato Twitter. Or chat for hours di YM or BBM. So in your mind, hubungan masih akrab-akrab aja. Tapi pas suatu hari dijadiin ketemuan, eh saling diem-dieman garing heheh... I don’t want to end up in a situation like that.

And so here I am, in a quest of becoming human (again). So far, not bad lah! Like the other day I got back in touch with an old friend from Russia. I haven’t seen him since 2002 & sengaja ngga kontek2 lagi. One thing leads to another, he’s back & we met again. I promise him this time I won’t disappear :)

May 15th was the coolest. Setelah 6 taun saling sapa, saling muji, temenan di FB & Twitter, akhirnya aku ketemu Neng Wenni & Miund :) Sebenernya udah lama banget pengen ketemu. Tapi ternyata emang momentumnya ya baru kemaren itu. Lunch berempat ngerayain bday-nya Si Neng di Sushi Tei, sambil ngobrol kaya emang udah sering ketemu sebelumnya. I hope we can do it again some time soon, girls :)

Yesterday I happily tagged along Si Neng to an event she’s been working on. Met her friends, wasn’t very chatty tho because of my sore throat. But I was there, exchange few words & laughter.

So I guess I’m in the right track, don’t you think? :)

English Speaking PRT

Sejak Kukka berumur 1 taun, aku & Ica sepakat untuk nerapin ESL (English as Second Language). Yang artinya, aku harus konsisten & eksklusif bicara pake bahasa Inggris sama Kukka, sementara sama yang lain pake bahasa Indonesia, termasuk sama bapanya. Dulu sih rencananya aku mau ngajarin bahasa Jerman, Ica yang bicara pake english. Tapi karena takut Kukka bingung, ya udah kita stick sama english aja dulu. Lagipula ibunya udah kurang fasih Jerman-nya karena udah lama ngga punya temen ngobrol :(

Alhamdulillah sepertinya Kukka termasuk anak yang cepat bisa bicara. Emang anaknya pada dasarnya napsu banget pengen bisa ngomong, sebelum setaun pun udah bisa ngomong “Apa” & “Bapa”. Soal ini, aku patut berterimakasih sama PRT-ku, Mela, yang sehari-hari juga ikut ngurusin Kukka. Untung banget Kukka punya mba yang banyak omong. Kalo mereka lagi berdua, rumah ngga pernah sepi. Selalu ada aja yang “diobrolin”. Dan yang bikin aku seneng, Mela bicaranya seperti ke orang dewasa. Ngga pernah pake bahasa yang di”anak-anak”-in. Normal aja. Kalo ngajak Kukka ngelakuin sesuatu, Mela juga ngejelasin benda, keadaan, cara kerja & segala sesuatu yang ada di sekeliling. Makan ato minum, Kukka diingetin untuk ngomong “Bismillah” & “Alhamdulillah”. Dia juga ngajarin Kukka Iqra, meski baru sampe tahap “Ba” & “Tsa” :) Lucky me punya PRT yang ngga hanya beneran sayang & care sama Kukka, tapi juga tergolong pinter.

Mela punya rasa ingin tahu & semangat belajar yang tinggi. Salah satu contoh, kalo abis makan di restoran, diem-diem dia perhatiin & “meneliti” rasa makanan yang aku pesen. 2 hari kemudian, makanan yang persis sama udah terhidang di meja dengan rasa yang lumayan enak. Nah, kalo aku bicara ato bacain buku ke Kukka, aku notice dia juga merhatiin dengan seksama. Lagu-lagu anak-anak yang biasa aku nyanyiin buat Kukka, dia simpen di HPnya & nyoba untuk ikutin nyanyiannya, based on what she's hearing. Buku-buku Kukka dia coba baca juga. Setiap kali nemenin Kukka nonton Barney, dia juga suka ngulang kata-kata yang ada di film itu. Sebenernya dulu Ica pernah bilang sama aku untuk sekalian ngajarin Mela english. Waktu itu aku iya-iya aja sambil mikir dalem hati “Ngga usah deh... Nanti ngga bisa ngomong rahasia-rahasiaan lagi sama Ica.” Hihihihi....

I should’ve known better karena pada suatu pagi Ica & aku denger Kukka lagi main sama temen barunya di lantai bawah. Ngga berapa lama kita pun turun. Eh, si temen baru itu ternyata udah ngga ada. So I asked “Where’s your friend, Kukka?”. Dan dari belakang Mela nyaut dengan santai “Udah pulang tadi.”

Wekweeeeeeeeeew!! :))) Ica melongo, aku cengar-cengir kaget. “Gawat juga nih kalo si Mela bisa bahasa Inggris! Kamu harus mulai ajarin aku Jerman, yang!”, kata Ica yang masih takjub sama jawaban Mela.

Heheh... Ternyata lumayan juga kursus Inggris “kelas conversation” aku ini. Ibarat sekali tepuk, dapet 2 nyamuk :))

Ready For Another?

Masuk 2010 pikiranku “terganggu” oleh satu pertanyaan yang aku ajuin ke diri sendiri. Am I ready for another baby? Dan pertanyaan yang lebih basic lagi, do I want another one?

Honestly, I don’t know. Dalam hati kecil, masih ada keinginan punya baby lagi. Apalagi kaka iparku sekarang lagi hamil 3 bulan. Wuih... Kayanya seru kalo inget jaman hamil dulu. Bener kata sebagian orang. Kalo udah pernah hamil, enjoyed it, pasti ngiler pengen hamil lagi kalo liat bumil lain. Belom lagi masalah biological clock. Let’s face it, I’m not young anymore :)) And they say 35 is when the yellow lights goes on. Taun ini, kalo masih dikasih umur, aku 34. Hamil 9 bulan. Itung, itung, itung... Kalo mau ngelahirin sebelum 35, ya harus hamil taun ini!!!!!!

HUAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!

Tapi begitu liat Kukka, seringkali aku langsung mantap dalam hati. Ngga ah! She’s more than enough. She’s almost perfect. Lagipula, tampangnya Kukka kayanya ngga cocok punya ade :) Selaen itu aku senewen sendiri mikirin bisa fokus ato ngga ngebesarin Kukka secara emotionally. Knowing me, kalo sampe insya Allah hamil lagi, pasti aku bakal ngebatasin diri banget secara fisik. Takut kenapa-kenapa kalo sampe kecapean dll. Meanwhile I have an Energizer toddler running around our house who also constantly wants to be with me :) Will I be able to handle it? Handle her? Handle the pregnancy?

The pregnancy. Ah, yes... Untuk hamilnya aja bakal sebuah perjuangan sendiri. Like my lovely husband said, will I be able to take the pain, the struggle, the commitment to regularly or even daily visit the doctor? Dengan mantap aku bisa jawab, the pain, I CAN handle! Daily hormon shots? Ambil darah seminggu 3x? Blah. Just like being pinched by a baby :p It’s the “inside” struggle that keeps me thinking. Most of all, it’s Kukka that I’m worrying about.

But then again, lots of mothers are doing it. Sepupuku udah punya newborn baby pas anak perempuannya baru umur 1.5 taun!! She’s doing great & so is her daughter. Dan kalo mikir lagi that there could be another mini mixture of me & my loveofmylife, my heart would just melt & says yes, yes, yes let’s do it!!! :D And Kukka is a sweet, caring & affectionate child. She already loves babies. I’m sure she’ll make a great big sister. And if Allah say yes to everything we’ve planned, Kukka will be above 2 years old. She could be enrolling in a preschool. Probably she will be the one who wouldn’t have time for me. To busy learning, playing & being a social butterfly like my friend said :))

Tapi, tapi, baruuu aja beberapa bulan ini aku bisa nikmatin bercangkir-cangkir kopi lagi & ehm...beberapa gelas Chili’s’ Margharita hihihi... Baruuuu aja bisa terima job freelance yang pake ngantor. Baruuu aja lepas dari tanggungjawab menyusui. Eh, dicampakkan tepatnya :)) Am I really ready to let those “freedom” go AGAIN???

But look at those cute little babiessss! Aaaaaaw!!! Baby boys! Baby girls! Their angelic smiles!... Their sweet scents... Who can resist those??? I want one!!

Aaaaaaaaaaargh!!! Soooo much to think about!!

On The Market: Your dream house for Rp 650mio

Emerald Townhouse Blok AA-56, Bintaro Jaya Sektor IX

2-stories dream home, SHM, LT: 84, LB: 89

Downstairs:
1 master bedroom with parquet flooring
1 bathroom
1 bedroom for maid + 1 bathroom,

Upstairs:
2 bedrooms
1 bathroom

Semi furnished:
4 Air Conditioners
Water Heater
Kitchen set
Credenza
Small storage room
Computer desk
Pergola
Window grids + Roller blinds

More pics in my Facebook album.

Interested? Leave comments here anytime ;)

Rencana (Jangan Cuma), Oh Rencana

Insya Allah, kalo Kukka setaun nanti (July 16th), ASI-nya mau di-stop. Lama-lama gigi-gigi kecilnya semakin buas soalnya :D So, I suspect that it would mean that I would finally have more time for myself. Ada banyak hal yang pengen aku kerjain. Ada rencana yang udah mulai basi karena udah lama banget direncanain :p Ada juga yang baru-baru ini kepikiran. So, here goes:

Les piano
Dulu sempet les 2 taunan. I loved it & still love playing it at my parents’ house. Tapi kemampuannya nanggung. Sekedar bisa, masih jauh dari jago. Dulu obsesiku bisa maenin Für Elise. Now it’s Moonlight Sonata. Syukur-syukur bisa mastering SEMUA musiknya Beethoven :) Nah, yang jadi masalah, ngga ada piano di rumah. Sementara kalo beli, ngga murah juga :( So, I guess this would be a long time plan.

Kursus masak
Rencana yang udah dibikin dari taun kapan :D Tapi baru sampe step browsing nyari info tempat kursus masak. Belom pernah direalisasiin tapi masih tetep pengen :)

Kursus make-up
Yayayayaaaa! I knoooow! It’s soo not me. Tapi emang kenapa :p FYI aja nih yaaaaa!! Aku udah punya rok bunga-bunga 3 biji!!! Dan itu bukan rok untuk ke kawinan. Tapi untuk jalan-jalaaan!! See, see!! ;) Jadi ngga aneh dooong kalo sekarang aku pengen kursus make-up hihihihi...

Les bahasa asing
Still couldn’t decide which language I want to learn. But it ranges between french, spanish, & italian. Somehow pengen belajar jepang (lagi) juga. Tapi begitu inget harus belajar huruf-hurufnya, jadi malesss :D Hey, I want to do this for fun! Bukan untuk nambah masalah :p

Belajar fotografi
Basi emang. Everybody seems to do it. But I love taking pictures. And I have two of the most beautiful objects to shoot: my husband & daughter :) Again, this is an expensive hobby. So...ngga tau kapan bisa kejadian :D

Ikutan seminar tentang anak
Segala sesuatu tentang pendidikan anak, cara ngebesarin anak, pokonya segala sesuatu yang berhubungan dengan anak deh! Padahal kan banyak tuh! Tapi belum pernah sekalipun aku ikutan. I’m sure they all teach you “just” theories. Tapi tau teori itu juga bagus kan ;)

Nyelesain nulis
Nulis novel, that is. Yesss... I’ve been writing this story for... 2 years? Sampe sekarang belom selesai. Padahal udah tinggal dikit lagiii...



Ayo, Farika!! Stop making plans! Just do it already, damn it!!! :D

Rumah Sakit Khayalan

Kalo suatu hari nanti, aku dapet rejeki barokah yang berlimpah-ruah, setelah bikin mesjid, aku pengen bikin rumah sakit.

Rumah sakitku dari bentuknya aja udah homey & bersahabat untuk semua orang dari berbagai kalangan. Ngga akan ada pihak yang ngerasa terintimidasi ato males untuk berobat di situ. Rumah sakitku punya taman yang luas & hijau, ada kolam ikan & aer terjun kecil. Supaya kalo pasien bosen di kamar, dia bisa jalan-jalan sambil menghirup udara segar. Kamarnya semua nyaman & bersih, mulai dari kelas paling rendah sampe paling tinggi. Hiburannya juga banyak. Apa aja, nantilah dipikirinnya hihihihi... Yang pasti TV isinya bukan cuma channel lokal :p

Nah, yang paling penting dokter-dokternya. Dokter yang mau kerja di rumah sakitku bakal ngelewatin berbagai macam ujian yang super ketat. Jago di bidang masing-masing sih udah pasti harus banget! Tapi ditambah juga harus supel & compassionate. Sekalinya ada pasien yang kumplen soal dokter yang ngga komunikatif, jutek ato sebangsanya, si dokter aku kasih SP, maksimal 2x! Lewat itu, pecaaat!!! :p

Ini berlaku juga buat perawat-perawatnya. Ditambah, kalo keluar-masuk kamar harus pelan-pelan!!! Jangan sampe ngebangunin pasien yang udah dengan susah payah berusaha tidur! Kalo mau “aplusan” (<-- this is the new word I’ve learned here at the hospital :D), ngga perlu lah abring-abringan lapor ke pasien. Kayanya pasien ngga peduli deh perawat mo ganti shift atau apa... Yang penting, perawat selalu ada saat dibutuhin, 24 jam!

Nah, urusan perut juga penting nih!! Makanan di rumah sakitku bakal ngerubah persepsi orang tentang hospital food yang biasanya ngga enak & dingin. Makanannya sehat, bergizi, tapi juga super yummy! Bikin si pasien malah pengen nambah & nambah lagi (tanpa biaya tambahan ;p) I would find the best chef in town yang juga ahli gizi. Not 1 but many. Coz tiap pasien kan kebutuhan makanannya beda-beda. Jadi makanannya ngga disamaratakan. Pokonya istri si pasien ngga bakalan nyelundupin rantang isi gepuk & sambel terasi deh! Atau sampe harus hunting steak ke restoran di Novotel Bogor malem-malem, & ujung-ujungnya malah bawa grilled king prawn :D

Last but not least, mau tajir, mau tinggal di kolong jembatan, semua dapet pelayanan & perawatan terbaik. Bayar bisa belakangan, & buat yang ngga mampu, totally free. Pokonya my hospital will be perfect!!

Hah.... What’s next? Hmmm... Oh, I know!

A PERFECT orphanage :)

Counting Down...

Insya Allah, kalo semua lancar & selamat, seminggu lagi Si Baiyi "datang" & bakal nempatin kamarnya di rumah :) Buat kedatangan si kecil ini, persiapannya luar biasa heboh!

Dari awal bulan Juni, dinding kamarnya dicat warna Lawn Green-nya Dulux. Box, lemari, meja kecil, plus armchair buat ibunya, semua udah siap. Belom juga Project Baiyi selesai, bapanya keidean untuk nge-duco seluruh kusen, railing balkon & pintu kamarnya Baiyi jadi warna putih. Meski melenceng dari rencana semula (& budget! :p), alhamdulillah emang jadinya keliatan tambah seger.

Eeeeh, gara-gara ngeliat hasil yang memuaskan itu, si bapa jadi semangat juga untuk nge-duco putih SELURUH pintu & kusen yang ada di rumah!! Trus ngerembet jadi ngecat rumah juga & pasang pergola. Lagi-lagi melenceng dari rencana DAN budget :p Rumah jadi kotor & berantakan sampe ke jalanan. Orang yang lewat rumah kita pasti ngeh lah dengan kehebohan yang terjadi. Sampe-sampe ada tetangga lewat & berkomentar “Wah, rumahnya dibikin cantik buat si ade bayi ya?” Seperti biasa, aku pasrah. Kapan jugaaaa aku pernah bisa nolak keinginan suamiku yang sangat persuasive itu! Segitu ngga sampe segala jurus & mimik muka memelas dia keluarin :p Nah, karena debu beterbangan & bau cat di sana-sini, aku ngga bole ada di rumah dong?! Jadilah kita berdua ngungsi. Itu baru urusan rumah. You should’ve seen me in my busier days :p

Kalo ngga salah, mulai hamil 5 bulan aku udah sibuk ke sana-sini setiap hari, belanja ini-itu buat Si Baiyi. Dari yang gede-gede & penting, sampe printilan yang dipenting-pentingin. Herannya sampe sekarang pun ko rasanya belom lengkap juga ya :D Man, am I glad udah ngikutin saran situs & buku kehamilan yang bilang bahwa 2nd trimester is the best time to shop since you’re in the honeymoon stage of pregnancy. Kebayang kalo aku baru mulai belanja lewat 7 bulan, seperti saran kebanyakan orang! Weks! Bisa-bisa sekali pergi, yang kebeli cuma 1 item saking telernya :D Bakal ngga ada ceritanya tuh mallhopping & naek turun ITC. Emang sih... Banyak juga yang protes ato nunjukin muka gimanaa gitu kalo aku cerita udah belenji ini-itu. Karena ya... Kan custom-nya belanja kebutuhan bayi setelah 7 bulan yah? And there’s a long list of dos & don’ts during pregnancy which I keep hearing. Tapi I remember what my Mom always says, & I quote:

“1 hal yang harus dipegang teguh: berpegang hanya pada Yang Maha Kuasa, jauhkan yang berbau syirik, mohon petunjukNya. Kalau musibah menimpa kita, naudzubillahimindzalik, semua karena Allah. Bukan karena persiapan baju bayi sebelum 7 bulan atau tidak membawa gunting pada waktu hamil. Berdoa & serahkan semua kepada Yang Maha Penyayang. Insya Allah kita selamat dunia akhirat.”

Daaaaamn :D

And so, shopping becomes a joyful moment for me. Now I know how my hubby’s feeling everytime he goes shopping :p While he enjoys shopping for himself, I only enjoy shopping for Baiyi. Eh, ngga juga ya? Sejak ngerasain "asiknya" beli car seat & stroller, Ica juga jadi semangat belanja buat Si Baiyi. Malah dia yang suka ngajak duluan ke Mothercare & BabyGAP :) Padahal dulu sih dia yang wanti-wanti ke aku ngga bole beli yang mahal-mahal buat Si Baiyi. "Beli di Melawai ato di pasar aja!", gitu katanya. Tapi itu duluuuuu... Ya, Mun? :p

In the mean time, kebutuhanku tetep terlantar & terlupakan. Sampe hospital bag-ku pun baru lengkap minggu terakhir ini. I hope I already have everything by now...

So, let’s go through the checklist again, shall we?

Baiyi's nursery freshly painted but still need decoration
House is overall "Baiyi Ready"
Baiyi's clothes, sheets and all, clean, soft and smell really nice
Car seat and stroller ready to use
Already registered at RS Hermina Jatinegara
Back up obgyn already met and greeted
Baiyi's & my hospital bags are FINALLY ready
Our fluffy pillows & blankets standby

Checked, checked, checked, checked, checked, checked and CHECKED!!!

Now... I wonder how’s my mental preparation is doing :D

Money + Me = Dummy

Okay. Kali ini aku mau ngebahas the trickiest, hardest, pain-in-the-assest part of berumahtangga. Apakah itu?

ME-ME-NEJ U-ANG!!!!

Hueeeee! Dari dulu sampe detik ini, ngurus uang was never my strongest point :p I’m more my dad’s daughter mungkin, yang punya belief “Uang bukan untuk disimpen, tapi untuk dinikmati” Heuheuehue. Dulu, waktu ada temen yang udah nikah ngomong “Ntar kalo udah berumahtangga ngga bisa gitu lo!”, I just shrugged & said “Biasanya yang model aku begini, dapet suaminya yang pinter ngurus uang.” And whom did I marry? An almost-accute Shopaholic!! :p

Waktu masih ngekos sih urusan manage uang ini ngga begitu big deal. Paling tiap bulan yang harus dipikirin cuma bayar kos & several tagihan. Nah sekarang??? Ada gaji pembantu, uang listrik, uang aer, uang langganan koran & majalah, uang pemeliharaan lingkungan. Belom lagi paket supir yang terdiri dari gaji, uang harian, uang lembur & uang kontrakan. Trus how would I know that, yang dulunya cuma ada belanja bulanan, sekarang malah ada belanja mingguan & semi harian? I used to say that hospital is my second home. Well, now I have a third, supermarket :p Alhasil, 2 hari sebelum gajian cuma ada 160rebu di ATM :D Ajakan Keke untuk ngupi-ngupi terpaksa ditolak terus. Tunggu gajian, kataku.

“Dari cuma istri direktur seni sampe jadi istri direktur beneran ceritanya sama :p”, kata Keke.

Hkhkhkhkhkkkk… How true :D Dari dulu juga gitu ya? Hihihihi...

Masuk 3 bulan tinggal di rumah sendiri, I feel the need untuk nanya-nanya sama yang lebih berpengalaman. Baru ada 2 sih yang ngasih saran masuk akal. Ada yang bilang, kalo abis gajian, pengeluaran bulanan langsung diambil biar ngga kepake untuk yang ngga perlu-perlu. Trus dimasukin ke amplop yang udah dikasih label: UANG BELANJA; GAJI SUPIR; UANG LISTRIK. Nah, sisanya yang ada di rekening itu uang harian pribadi. Mmm… Okay… Interesting.

Ada lagi yang sharing, pengeluaran harian dikasih post-it. Tulisannya sama: UANG BENSIN; UANG MAKAN dll. Trus taro di dompet. Nah, pengeluaran harian punya pribadi pun terkontrol. Wow… This one is hard, I think. With so much money in my wallet, I ended up spending UANG BENSIN on a cup of hot choco & a slice of avocado mousse :p Then again, ngga jauh beda sama nge-debit sih… Hihihihi…

Well this month I’m gonna try the envelopes thing tho… Let’s see how that works out. Wish me luck ;)

The Art of Interviewing

Udah beberapa hari ini aku ngerjain proyek amal, yaitu jadi HRD-nya thedrawingsquad :D Jelas aja amaaaaal!!! Namanya juga bantuin suami sendiri :p Sapa juga yang tega liat suaminya bantul (baca: banting tulang) tiap hari, dari pagi sampe malem, tanpa bantuan seorang CW yang handal… Berhubung si doi sibuk berat, ngga punya waktu buat interview calon CW, ya udah si istri menawarkan diri. Lagipula it sounds kinda fun…

Sekitar seminggu yang lalu aku posting imel di milis copywriter, yang bilang bahwa tds lagi nyari Jr. CW. Siang posting, by sore imel penuh rayuan gombal & janji-janji yang semoga ngga palsu berdatangan. Mulai deh aku sortir yang kira-kira layak dipanggil. Hihihh belagu banget nih! Kaya CW jagoan aja lagaku :p Tapiiii…kali emang karena sendirinya CW kali ya…(ato karena masih interviewer amatir?) Jadi setiap kata yang ditulis di application letter-nya matters banget buat aku :p Padahal kali mereka lebih fokus sama attachment portfolionya hihihihi! Eniwei, kebanyakan nulisnya standar. Tapi ada juga yang baru dibaca 2 kalimat, langsung aku ‘bunuh’ (emang ide aja yang bisa dibunuh :p) Why? Well, let’s just say that person picked the wrong words ;) How disastrous would that be if someone wants to be a CW? & some might not pass the attitude test :D Coz working in a team, I think being a self righteous pain in the ass wouldn't help :p

Orang pertama… Kedua… Ketiga… Lama-lama kok cape juga ya?? I had to repeat the same things & questions over & over again. Makin lama, makin mahir & makin ngebut ngomongnya :)) Untungnya, setiap aku tanya “Ada yang mau ditanyain nggak?”, jawabnya “Nggak kok… Abis Mbak ngejelasinnya jelas banget. Copywriter sih ya…” Yeeeeee :))

Selain cape ngulang, ternyata jadi HRD lepasan itu bikin bangkrut juga hihihih! Scara kalo ketemuan pastinya ngga di lobi ato ruang meeting Dentsu dooong! Minimal di café lantai G Graha Niaga. Trus yaaa masa senior ngga ngebayarin calon juniornya sih?! Tega banget kan?! Dah calon, junior pula! Sebagian malah belom pada kerja. Kalo udah gajian sih ngga apa-apa. Lah ini, Dentsu kan gajiannya tanggal 35 (← colongan curhat)!!! Jadilah, beberapa interview harus di-postpone sampe si senior ini gajian heuheuheuehuehuhe…

The moral of this story? Does every story has to have a moral?? :p Well, it still is a lot fun. Trus keliatannya ternyata aku belom keilangan skill bersosialisasi dengan orang baru :)) A skill that I thought I've lost these couple of years. Trus…cerita berulang kali tentang tds bisa dijadiin latihan presentasi juga, & I think it gets better every day hihihihi… Trus… It’s kinda nice to hear a lot of enthusiasm from young people. Bikin inget waktu jaman muda dulu… Tapi begitu nyadar perbedaan usia di antara kita :p langsung jadi berasa tuaaaaaaaa banget! Gimana ngga! Mereka lahirnya paling tua taun 84 ato lulusan 2006!! *sigh* Untung langsung 'sedikit' terhibur pas mereka bilang “Hah?? Mbak angkatan 94??? Kok keliatannya masih muda banget???”

Huehuehuehue… THAT line, my dear, could be your password to tds! Pinter-pintar ya anak muda jaman sekarang :p

My SIMS-LIKE Life - Part 1

Heheh… Siapa yang nyangka… Hal-hal yang biasa aku lakuin untuk Sims-ku, sekarang malah dijalanin sama aku sendiri. Kalo maen TS2, abis beli rumah, aku milih & ngatur furniture. Tinggal klak-klik-klak-klik, tempat tidur siap! Dapur, jadi! Kamar mandi, beres! Ada yang kurang sreg, tinggal diklik, jual lagi, beli deh yang baru! Kalo uangnya kurang, tinggal cheat :D Dalam waktu 10 menit (kalo lagi ngga pengen aneh-aneh), Sims-ku siap nempatin rumah barunya. Meanwhile, my life isn’t as easy as my Sims’.

Rumah udah jadi dari berapa bulan yang lalu. Tapi belom juga bisa ditempatin. Setelah akhirnya serah terima, masih banyak yang harus dikerjain. And that, my friend, is not easy! And it certainly isn’t cheap :D Seminggu berlalu, boro-boro nempatin rumah! Kursi pun belom ada! :)) The list is still long.. Malah mungkin getting longer :p So far, these are the things yang udah (baca:baru) done:

20.03.07
Janjian sama si Tante & ‘Arab Jati’ (namanya Nouval, tauuu! :p) di sushigroove. Tes barang dulu.. Bikin 1 item kecil, meja TV. Kalo ternyata jadinya wokeh, baru mesen banyak & yang ‘serius’.

30.03.07
Janjian sama my sister, Mba Tanti, di Starbucks Melawai. Kita mau ke Blok A. Nanya soal folding door. Akhirnya ketemu sama Koh Pintu :p Folding door harganya sekitar 6jeti. ‘Sekitar’. Berarti masih mungkin lebih :( Andai bisa ctrl-shift-C type motherlode... (<-- cheat code) Sabtu janjian sama tukang buat ngukur.

31.03.07
Jam 12 janjian sama tukang pintu. Kasian dia mesti nunggu sejam. Maap ya Pa :D Tadi mandinya kelamaan. Lagi sibuk ngukur sana-sini, tau-tau ada mas-mas dengan muka memelas masuk. Ternyata dia nawarin blinds buat jendela. Kebetulan banget. Kita emang butuh (& males nyari). Selesai tukang pintu, giliran mas rollerblind pamer barang. Banyak banget contoh bahannya. Sampe bingung. Setelah dia ngukur-ngukur, baru deh dapet harga (yang bikin syok). Pas lagi ngobrol soal harga, eeeh dateng lagi ‘pasien’ baru yang ngga kalah memelasnya :D Pa Teralis, tukang teralis. Pas banget. Kita juga butuh teralis banget (& males nyari :D). Setelah dealing sama mas rollerblinds, giliran teralis. Sama-sama ngukur, sama-sama dealing harga. Ica diajak ke rumah tetangga untuk ngeliat hasil kerjaannya dia. Aku lebih milih makan es krim di dalem rumah. Scara panasnya bak di gurun Sahara :p Setelah liat-liat model teralis, Ica mutusin untuk ngedisain sendiri. Berarti Pa Teralis harus ngambil disainnya ke kantor Selasa siang. Sip, katanya. Sementara si mas rollerblind masih nungguin kita. Dia pengen nunjukkin hasil karyanya dia di Permata. Rumahnya Ibu Lusi ceunah :D She didn’t show her face but we were allowed to check her blinds. I was more into her cat, yang manja banget leha-leha di depan pintu. Biarlah Ica yang ngecek :p
Selesai dari Bintaro, kita langsung meluncur ke Starbucks Setiawan. Mo interview supir. Yup! Supir bagian dari rumah juga nih :) Ica udah nolak mentah-mentah dari jauh hari kalo harus nyetir Bintaro-Sudirman :p Alhamdulillah, setelah pencarian yang cukup panjang, kita ketemu Maman. Nice guy. Very polite. Hopefully honest too :)

Today
Tukang pintu ‘membelot’ & aku memilih si pembelot yang ternyata freelancer di tempat Koh Pintu :D Soalnya harganya lebih murah sih… Sori ya Koh… Mungkin kita berjodohnya kalo aku udah punya uang yang lebih banyak lagi so that I can afford you :p Pa pintu said it’s gonna take like a week or so to make the door. Ow well… What’s in a week :)

Lucu juga nih… Allah tau, aku & Ica orangnya males ribet & males survey :D Jadi dikirimlah orang-orang ini. Tinggal tunggu di rumah, mereka dateng sendiri. Saling butuh, saling untung. Harusnya sih ngga gini kali ya :D Harusnya rajin survey, cari harga yang paling bersahabat. Tapi..ko males ya? :D Yah..dulu aja nikah pake WO. Kalo ada HO (House Organizer) pasti kita udah pake juga. Tapi kalo ada uangnya juga pastinya :p

Woops! Have to stop blogging & call Bintaro supaya listriknya dinyalain minggu ini. Kalo ngga, para tukang ngga bisa ngebor. Pfeew… If I were a Sim, I would've rest in a hot tub in the backyard by now...

to be continued