October 2008 | Keluarga Rizki

Fox Mulder vs George Bush

Lagi nonton X-Files I Want To Believe. Jadi ketawa2 sendiri liat adegan ini

Perhatiin, theme song nya X-Files yang spooky muncul pas foto George Bush di sorot? Hwahahahahahhaha.. lucu bangeettzzzz

Mantu Cerewet

ngobrol sama mama tadi pagi

Om koen itu pernah nanya sama mama. "Mbak Yun, anakmu kan laki semua, ngapain sih beli cincin banyak2? wong jari juga cuma sepuluh. tangan cuma dua aja gelangnya buanyak banget." Mama bilang aja, lho justru karna anakku laki semua makanya ta' beli perhiasan yang banyak supaya aku nggak dikirim ke panti jompo sama mantu2ku. kan kalo ada yang mulai cerewet, aku kasih gelang satu, nanti jadi baik lagi toh?

HUAHAHAHAHHAA..

Trus kadang Om Koen kalau lagi nelpon mama suka nanya, "Belom masuk panti jompo, mbak?". Mama jawab, "Ya belom laahh.. cincin ku kan masih banyak." Om Koen, "Nanti kalau mbak keburu mati trus perhiasannya abis duluan, piye?" Dengan pasrah mama menjawab, "Ya tinggal berdoa sama yang maha kuasa biar aku nggak dikirim ke panti jompo."

HAUAHAHAHAHAHAAAAA...

Dalam hati, "Yah mama.. sayang aku nggak cerewet, juga terlalu sayang mama untuk sampai hati masukin mama ke panti jompo. Baiklah, berarti semua perhiasan harus beli sendiri :D"

DIDO - Don't Believe In Love (lyric)

Dido - Don’t Believe in Love Lyrics

Album: Safe Trip Home, November 2008

I wanna go to bed with arms around me
But wake up on my own
Pretend that I’m still sleeping
Til’ you go home

Oh I can’t look at you this morning
I should probably have a sign
That says ‘Leave right now or quicker’
You’ve overstayed your time

If I don’t believe in love nothing will last for me
If I don’t believe in love nothing is safe for me
When I don’t believe in love you’re too close to me
And that’s why you have to leave

Maybe I slept peaceful on your shoulder
Your arm warm around my side
But it’s different now, it’s morning
And I can’t face your smile

The second that I feel your safe hands
Reaching out for mine
I slip away and out of sight
You’ve overstayed your time

If I don’t believe in love nothing is good for me
If I don’t believe in love nothing will last for me
When I don’t believe in love nothing is new for me
Nothing is wrong for me
And nothing is real for me

When I don’t believe in love why do you care for me?
When I don’t believe in love nothing is real for me
If I don’t believe in love you’re getting to close to me
And that’s why you have to leave
And that’s why you have to leave

If I don’t believe in love
If I don’t believe in love
If I don’t believe in love
Nothing is left for me
If I don’t believe in love
You’re too good for me

Gay Yang Banci

Gw sih nggak homophobic ya.. tapi menurut gw, GAY YANG BANCI macem HANS dari Aston Rasuna tuh termasuk golongan orang - orang paling jahat di muka bumi ini. Kayaknya gw mesti manggil GAYMINATOR nih, yang kemaren udah di tangkep satu soalnya. Gw harus kerahkan agen2 lain untuk menggantikan si Ryan.

Pagi Ini

Waktu mau ngambil jalur ke Tanjung Priok:

Suami: "Ambil kirinya.. ambil kirinya.." *gaya potong bebek angsa*
Istri: *irritated* Appaa Seeeeehhhhh???
Suami: Lho? Kita harus semangat. Kan ini hari sumpah pemuda.

HWUAHAHHAHAA

Tadi malem gedubrakan bikin lasagna sama moussaka trus pagi2 gw bawa tuh. Moussaka buat makan siang gw, lasagna buat dibagi2 (kalo ada yang mau, secara keasinan juga hehehehe) sama meat pie buat sarapan suamiku. Yang terakhir ini udah dimakan duluan dan abis sebelum kami mencapai gerbang tol Halim. Lanjut, aku makan Moussaka.. dia nebeng juga. Disuapin lah, abis juga makanan berterong itu.

Sambil makan suami gw sibuk SMS toci di Automotion buat bilang kalo gerbang tol Halim padat banget sekalian ngerequest No One nya Alicia Keys buat gw. Diputerin dong tentunya. Kata dia, "Tenang, hun, aku agak2 berpengaruh kalo di Automotion xixixixi" Sabar ya sodara2, suami gw ni emang doyan ngikik2 berasa yang paling lucu sedunia.. hehehhee..

Trus aku icip2 lasagna yang yummy banget itu. Ehh.. suamiku mau juga. Akhirnya disuapin lah barang 3-4 sendok. Gw tawarin, "mau bawa ke kantor?" Diwadahin aja, ga usah sama loyangnya. Teuteup yaa.. motongnya setengah loyang juga.

Nyampe depan Sera, suamiku mendeklarasikan, "Aku belum kasih kamu uang jajan!" Dikeluarin lah amplop dari Bank Niaga yang berisi 600rb.

"Nih, 100 buat kamu." Trus ngitung2 sisanya 10 lembar buat dia kali yaa..
"Lho, kemarin kamu kan pinjem buat ninggalin Pak Kis dirumah 300."
"Oh iya, nih, 1-2-3-4-5-6. tiga ratus ribu."
"Trus yang kemaren aku bayar telepon rumah 60ribu?"
"Oh iya, nih, 100 buat gantiin bayar telepon."
"Oke."
"Hmm.. mmm" *tampak berpikir keras*
"Kenapa?"
"Uangnya tinggal 100." HAUAHAHAHA
"Kamu tuh.. udah mulai keliatan kayak seorang suami."
"Lho, selama ini nggak? Emangnya kenapa?"
"Iya, duitnya abis buat istrinya hehehehehe.."
"Xixixixi.. Ah, gapapa. Ayo aku drop di lobi."

Berangkatlah suami gw ke kantornya :)

Professional Education Organization International

I have been a member of Online Volunteering community for about 5 years. Haven't do anything useful for them. Inspired by a distant friend, Manoj, I rekindled with OV last week. I seek a volunteering activity which I do best, translation. So I found this organisation named PEOI, which specializes in providing free online education for several countries, including Indonesia. I, basically translate their English contents to Indonesian. It's including general text and course material. I'm starting my first assignment today and will hopefully stick to it.

The job is actually easy but I can see how rewarding it is. So you.. my friends.. I encourage you to do something for your community, people around you or people who might not know you. Along the journey, you may not realize how many lives you have touched. Good luck..

Tergila - gila Mie Ayam

Belakangan ini lagi tergila - gila mie ayam. Dah ky orang hamil aja deh. Dua hari ini aja gw udah empat kali makan mie ayam ini. Hebat yaa.. Jumat kemaren makan mie ayam jorok (yang jualan dipinggir jalan) trus siangnya makan di Bakmi Naga Mall Artha Gading.

Hari ini aja makan siang di kantin Wisma Aldiron (lagi support Car Pooling) pake mie ayam kantin anak2 Sekolah Tinggi Ilmu Penerbangan. Malemnya diajak hubby makan Bakmi Gajah Mada. Bah! bakalan tambah gemuk saja saya ini hehehehehe

Banjarmasin, Here I Come

...........Got email from accounting last week that they asked me to join vehicle stock opname day in all of our branches. Just the idea makes me happy because I can rarely visit the branch because I'm an HO officer. You know what, they sent me to BANJARMASIN.. wuuuhuuuuu..

Came to Bambang Permadi, shook his hand and said, "I like your choice". "What? I thought you'd complaint to be sent to such remote branch." Here's the thing. I WILL complain, yet, refuse the invitation if they ask me to go to Jakarta branches, yet, Java Island branches. Sorry to say, going to Surabaya, Semarang or Jogjakarta, not to mention Bandung, doesn't interest me at all. I can go there by myself and have my own reason. But Banjarmasin is not a city I would likely to visit in any normal day.

So I'm digging out information. I will certainly go to Pasar Apung (floating market) and also Martapura, the city of diamond. I'll update you with details soon. Oh, I'm off on Nov 1st and be back at 3rd.

I am.. anticipating...

Lately

Lately I'm very busy in moving in to the new house. Got furnitures from my mom and still need some stuffs. Like tomorrow, I'm going to take a carpenter to do some jobs there. I hope he'll finish soon so we can enter the house exactly on October 31th. It's Halloween right? ehehehe.. No, don't care.

Random Stuffs

Started my own facebook. Setelah liat di dalem, kok kynya lebih seru friendster deh.
Had a meeting today with someone who's constantly seeking my mistakes and when he couldn't find one, he just made it up. I have the urgent desire to yell "Shut up you, motherfu**er!!!" everytime he speaks.
Sent email to PYTBDN because it's been two weeks and no news yet. If it's bad, I'll take it fine. The point is, I just need to know where the phone interview leads me. It's been 20 hours and no reply yet.. lol.. I just have to wait then.
Ketemu sama bos, yang anak buahnya salah tapi ga berani negor. Kok jadi gw yang disalahin? Jah! Kalo sama yang ini gw beneran negor balik. "Dia kan anak buah loe, daripada loe repot2 negor gw, mendingan loe educate aja tuh anak buah loe."

The Branded Post

Okay.. I call this post "The Branded Post" with reason cause today I'm in touch with some high-end fashion brands.. sure not buying.. can't afford to hahahaha..

Pengalaman saya pertama kali dimulai dengan PedDerRed dimana Rainy berusaha mencari sepatu flat warna hijau yang dia lihat di majalah. Ternyata sold out. Kesimpulannya adalah saat Anda melihat gorgeous shoes in the magz, just straight to the boutique or you'll run out of it. Kemudian kami pergi putar2 itu Plaza Indonesia. Masuk - masuk aja gitu ke Mango, Bodyshop, Charles & Keith dimana Rainy bali clutch orange metalic (patent), oh dan tak lupa Diane Von Furstenberg.

Kami sempat juga mampir ke Aldo dimana ada seorang mbak - mbak yang beli flat shoe warna hitam (patent) seharga 500rb saja sementara di Blok M dengan model dan bahan yang sama harganya hanya 50rb saja. 10% nya booo.. Saya sampai amazed.

Di Marks and Spencer, tempat saya nyari stocking sun tan yang entah kenapa selalu sold out, saya bercerita kepada sahabat saya nan "langsing" itu. Suatu hari saya pernah cerita begini pada teman - teman kantor saya di ruang meeting Maestro-501. "I would never do a Guess." Kenapa? "Karena Guess itu banyak bajakannya (yeap) dan dalam satu season bisa mengeluarkan beberapa belas koleksi. Jadi eksklusifitasnya kurang, padahal harganya mahal. Kalo kayak Prada gitu, dia kan nggak ngeluarin banyak2 dan modelnya paling itu2 aja. Jadi lebih terkesan timeless." And you know what? They said, "Tau deeehhh.. yang mampu beli Prada."

Dan saya langsung speechless.

Pertama, saya tidak mampu beli di Prada. Satu2nya tas Prada yang saya punya berasal dari ibu mertua saya dalam paket seserahan. Kedua, saya cuma mau bilang, Guess itu terlalu banyak beredar di pasaran, bahkan di D'Best Fatmawati aja dijual, belum lagi bajakannya yang seabrek. Buat saya rasanya kok sayang beli tas beratus - ratus ribu tapi dipakai sejuta umat? Untuk apa beli merk kalau tidak bisa membeli eksklusifitasnya? Saya sih mendingan beli tas cina favorit saya, Tob Si Leather di ITC Cempaka Mas.

Anyway, Rainy memberikan respon yang berbeda. Sebelum saya cerita soal temen - temen kantor itu, dia udah bilang duluan, "Iya, I would never do a Guess too. Pasaran banget." Pas saya cerita soal orang - orang kantor itu, dia nanya gini, "Kok temen - temen loe narrow minded banget ya?" Dan mungkin sedikit tersinggung juga karena bagaimanapun mereka teman kantor saya, saya bilang, "Partially, it was my mistake too. I wasn't considering what kind of water I plunged into. I shouldn't talk like that in front of people like them."

Oh ya.. saya ingin memberikan tepuk tangan untuk Shoe Advisor from the new Christian Louboutin boutique. We finally get in touch with tha famous shoes atelier. First of all,

Si abang ini sangat ramah.
He didn't look down to us. Walaupun rambut kami tidak sebesar Raakhe Punjabi dan jelas baju - baju kami nggak mahal, dia tetap melayani kami dengan senyum. Membiarkan kami melihat - lihat, menyentuh - nyentuh dan bahkan dengan baiknya menawarkan kami untuk mencoba. Yang jelas langsung kami tolak karena (a) takut tergoda (b) takut menyakiti sepatunya.

Buat Bung Christian Louboutin, Anda harus tahu bahwa di kota kecil macam Jakarta ini, di negara yang kacau balau dan sumber dari segala kejahatan dari narkoba sampai perdagangan anak, you have to know Chris (beuh, brasa kenal aje luuu) that you have a very very capable young man keeping your trendy boutique on Monday 20th October around 1 PM Jakarta time. So, in case you read this, you should appreciate him the way he deserves it. Cause from what I see.. That!! is what I called service excellence!

Another winner for Erni & Rainy's service excellence award goes to BIN HOUSE. Dengan baiknya, walaupun kami nggak beli apa2, mereka dengan baiknya tetap mengajarkan Rainy bagaimana mengikat kain dengan cantik dan trendy. Ini luar biasa, hebat, glorious, magnificent. Mbak Obin yang baik hati, mereka ini harus disayang - sayang yaa.. those who are in your boutique around the same time we went to Louboutin.

Aku kagum,, kagum sekali ...

Sexy Working Woman

Barusan sekita jam 9, Pak Hare nyamperin gw dan nanya, "ngapain sih kamu masih di kantor jam segini? emang ga ada yang kamu kelonin?" Aku jawab aja santai, "lha yang dikelonin aja ga ada di rumah." Iya soalnya suami gw lagi ke Jatiwaringin buat nyiram rumput. Ngapain pulang just to find empty bed?

Now, that's not what I wanna talk about. He suddenly said, "You know, people may hate me for saying this, but I don't like working women. Business is okay because she can easily goes home whenever the kids need her."

Okay. First of all, I'm in demilitarized zone regarding working/ not working. I think it's one's option and either she goes North or South Korea, I'll be fine. As for me, I'd like to say that I'm not a career minded woman. I love my job and it gives me necessary allowance and financially dependent feeling. Not that I'm not dependent with my husband's money because he never audit me either. I don't really care with performance. I'm doing my job good just because I don't wanna look bad hahaha.. I'm not chasing promotion or bonus but I like to be beyond average. I like to be excellent.

Is a working woman make a bad mom?

I don't think so. Just because she can't run anytime her kid needs her doesn't mean she isn't there. That mom goes to her office everyday with the spirit to provide a better living for the kid. Cmon.. just be realistic. In times like this, there's not enough income from a middle class daddy. Although I'd say "enough is just a state of mind." But truthful enough, most 20 or 30 something Indonesian dads are hardly capable fulfilling their kids basic necessities alone.

As for me, I'm not career minded. There will come a day when I have options and all flexibilities I want. Noo... I'm not going to be a freelancer or consultant or part timer. Hell No! Why should I lose all the perks of being part of a company? All the certain monthly payment, annual bonus, healthcare, travel, a rim of paper and two pen each month? No way I would want to lose them. So that's why..

I am aiming to beee... THE BOSS

mwahahahahahaha...

The Withheld Project

Gw itu sangat tidak senang dengan yang namanya office politic. Buat gw itu tricky dan gw ga berminat untuk berada di situasi dimana gw harus menjadi bukan-diri-gw. Palsu gitu lho maksudnya. Seperti proyek SAP gede-gedean yang skr gw juga lagi jadi tim intinya. Dari jaman pitching vendor sampe milih vendor gw memilih diupdate tapi ga ikut campur terlalu dalem. Dan memang muatan politisnya gede banget secara ada sodara tiri kita ikut tender tapi akhirnya ga kepilih.

Gw bener2 baru jump in pas business process blueprint. Project prep aja gw ga ikutan heheheh.. yah.. bukan niat juga sih soalnya kan emang waktu itu sibuk (bah!) dengan IBID so there's logical reason behind my absence.

Bagaimanapun ini tidak bisa dihindari karena merupakan dinamika project yang mau tidak mau harus dihadapi. Semua pasti ada resikonya kok, yang penting adalah bagaimana kita memanage resiko itu. Termasuk secepatnya recovery dari masalah atau kesalahan yang terjadi.

Now saat gonjang ganjing dengan eksisting vendor gw hadir juga untuk konsolidasi internal. Walaupun gw ga menolak membicarakan ini one-to-one sama vendor tapi gw memilih untuk memberikan friendly advice rather than our policy insight. Semua informasi pastinya disortir tanpa harus merendahkan tingkat kejujuran dan keterbukaan gw. Anyway, gw harap semua masalah ini cepat berlalu supaya kita dapat segera bekerja instead of juggling with hal hal yang bikin project ini terlambat.

I'm Still Sleeping With Him

You thought it was my husband, didn't you?
:D

My typical breakfast

Quaker Oatmeal with Delfi Chocolate Milk
Water
Yahoo Mail Homepage on my beautiful TX2510

The Books..

Ahhh..

Finally, the books are here...

Yippieee... my husband follows the game-based novel and it is the last of the trilogy. He's been waiting for the third book that he never miss any Periplus or Times or Kinokuniya to check it out. Impatiently, I ordered the book, with several others just last month.

It needs approximately one month to ship a book from Amazon.com. Rather than waiting anxiously, I emm.. we decided to just forget it and be happy when it comes.

And it does come today.

Have a happy reading day, hubby..

~powered by the magic and wonder of Paypal~

This Morning

My Dear Husband,

I would like to thank you for making this great morning for you know I'm not a morning person.
Thank you for letting we wake up late, changing my alarm tone to Atlantic Stars' - Always.
Thank you for giving me taxi money cause you can't drive me as you have morning meeting while I was just too sleepy to get to the office on time and there's only 20K left in my wallet.
Ow, thank you for the Hershey Chocolate drink that made my morning taxi ride perfect.

I love you, always..

Random Posts

It's been creepy. I think I got three visits from those who passed away. First one is my dad, the second one is a little girl, I don't know who she is but she haunted me like the red queen from Resident Evil. Just last night, I met with Mr. Ali Sadikin, Jakarta's most prominent governor ever. Well, they're pretty much alive in my dreams. Sigh.. is it a calling (if it is, you'll be creepy too reading this post when I'm passing hahahaha).
Pas lagi laper2nya, Irwan dateng nawarin biscuit marie gosong. Laperr.. nyamm..
Aku benci.. semenjak rainy jadi reception, dia semakin sulit di telpon. apalagi dengan jadwalnya yang unpredictable dan blog nya yang tak terupdate.
Hari ini ada orang yang namanya "Withheld" miss call gw tiga kali. Plus satu mc dari nomer kartu as, lupa catet sama nomer mentari. Gw post disini nih. 081513768054.

Penting

Istri: *mulai sebel karena banyak yang nanya dah hamil apa belum* Sebenernya punya anak penting nggak sih, hun?
Suami: Nggak. Yang penting itu punya kamu.

To Me

I have this very great friend, yeah.. it's you.

She's not the brightest student ever graduated from her university.
Nor having the most sophisticated career a woman her age could have ever dreamt of.
She doesn't have a conservative moral standard most hypocrites around her do.

But to me.. she is ever-beautiful.

She is lovable for she loves to laugh and and never afraid to share it with people around her; no matter how hard it is.
She is fragile for she cries often but never fail to find comfort from friends who love her all the way.
She is radiant for she shines no matter how many light fills the room.
She is strong for she has entered the eye of the storm and she survived.

..
...
Yes to me.. she is ever-amazing.

Berita Duka Cita dari YDPP A10

Dear beloved friends and family,

Our deep condolances to the passing of Dr. Daurie Mochran, SpOG, the father of my Auntie Kartika Ratnasari and her husband, Deden Hamzah. Who is also the grandfather of my much loved cousins; Daffa, Tiara, Kayla and Rivaldo. Mr. Daurie passed away due to diabetes complication in Rumah Sakit Pondok Indah on Sunday October 12, 2008 at 20:00.

He will be buried past afternnon in Tanah Kusir cemetary on Monday, October 13, 2008.

May the Lord give strength and courage to those who are left behind.

~Erni & Rizki~

Hectic

Hadooohh.. barusan dapet SMS dari A Asep, katanya mertuanya Mang Deden, Dokter Daurie meninggal dunia. Berhubung gw yang paling deket (cuma 20 meter aje gitu dari rumah mertua gw), gw lah yang di suruh kesana. Emih sama mami lagi dijemput sama Wa Herman dari Subang. Disana situasinya agak ga beraturan. Semua orang bingung soalnya kynya baru sekali itu ngurusin orang meninggal. Ya udin gw bantuin urusin anak2nya aja.

Yang rewel ya si bungsu, Riva. Maklum lah masih kecil gitu, mungkin berasa ga enak karena ada yang meninggal. Jadi nangis terus minta maminya. Padahal Tante Ike nya yang paling ribet. Secara dia yang paling deket sama papanya. Jadi agak2 blank.. jadi inget juga waktu bokap gw meninggal. Soalnya Pak Daurie itu waktu meninggal "nungguin" Tante Ike dulu sama kayak bokap gw "nungguin" gw.

Abis itu gw ungsiin sepupu yang lebih gede ke rumah tante Ella di jalan Zamrud supaya di YDPP steril dari anak2 kecil. Keluarga besar gw on the way.

Minggu Malas

Setelah seharian bekerja keras di rumah, hari minggu cuma dihabiskan dengan bermalas - malasan. Setelah pagi2, suami gw nyiram rumput. harus tau yee.. dia cintaa banget sama rumput gajah mini dirumah kami. Nggak nginep sekalipun, minimal dua hari sekali pulang kantor dia mampir dulu ke Jatiwaringin, khusus buat nyiram rumput.

Jam sembilan bapak ndut itu bangunin gw soalnya laper. Untung dah siap2 bahan - bahan nasi goreng ayam jadinya cepet. Abis itu mandi, trus hangout di kamar anak I hehehe.. walaupun no baby is yet to come, kami udah punya dua kamar anak di lantai 2 lho. Suami gw maen PSP sementara gw otak atik laptop. Bosen. In the end, kita berdua cuma nongkrong di depan jendela trus mengamati tetangga - tetangga kita. Tetangga depan lagi inspeksi rumput (ternyata desye ndut juga) eh eh.. ngupiiilll :D, si Molly ma Nelsy jalan - jalan, bahkan ada mobil avanza biru yang ngeliatin ke arah rumah kita (mungkin wondering rumah gw dijual atau nggak).

Pulangnya, mampirlah ke Citos gara2 gw kepunan Stingray Black Pepper, bahasa Indon nya (benci gw kl raddy ngomong indon) sih, Ikan Pari Lada Hitam. Nggak sodara2, ini bukan petanda gw hamil, emang doyan aja. Abis itu turun ke bodyshop gara2 gw pern

ah liat di PS waktu bulan puasa kalo Neroli Jasmine lagi buy two get three. Maksudnya beli dua gratis satu. Eh, ternyata promonya abis. Padahal kalo beli tiga bisa buat gw, mami sama melly; wanginya samaan.

Trus iseng dooongg.. semua parfum barunya bodyshop gw cobain (norak? biarin! gw kan preferred customer) dan ada satu banget yang cocok sama mama (yang ini mertua gw). Namanya Sweet Gardenia jadi gw beliin satu nanti biar si mami gw kasih Escada yang dari seserahan gw aja. Soalnya yang itu baunya emak2 banget, mirip sama Red Door nya Elizabeth Arden yang pernah gw kasih di ulang taun nyokap gw ke 35. Eh, pas gw kasih ke mama, sama mama dibalikin pake Pure Seduction (ehem) body lotionnya Victoria's Secret.

Malemnya bapak sama mama ke kondangan di JCC. Udah rapi jali, kinul markindul nih, siap2 berangkat tiba2 Bapak bilang, "Hah? Ma! Ini undangannya tadi pagiiiiiiii." Langsung Bapak disabet pake kipasnya Mama. "Bapak apa sih!!? Bikin kaget aja. Kalo aku jantungan trus mati gimana?" Bwahahaha.. Bapak cuma senyum2 senang. Gw yang lagi nonton Anthony Bourdain di ruang tengah langsung ngakak guling2 di sofa kuning. Off they go lah :)

Stop It!

Suami: Eh eh.. ketik A spasi CU.
Istri: Apaan tuh, babe?
Suami: Cucian deh luuuu xixixixixi *ngikik2 berasa paling lucu sedunia*
Istri: Gosh, stop it hun. That is one pathetic joke, you know? *irritated*
Suami: Jeez, I just want to share you a joke.
Istri: Then share me something funny, okay?
Suami: Okay

Molly and Nelsy

My husband has found a new interest in our neighborhood. It's the amazing two golden retriever our house next door owns. The names are Molly, a three year old male and Nelsy, a three month female. Never quite understand why they named the boy Molly, sounds too girly. Since golden retriever is active and playful dog, the owner must take them outside the house every two or three hours for a walk.

Whenever she's out, Nelsy always waits for my husband in front of our carport gate with the exact smile and position as the above picture. Isn't she cute? While for Molly, well he's a very active dog. He likes to hit my husband until he loses balance. He loves running and can cleverly open our gate to come play in our yard. They're both adorable.

As I'm a cat person, sorry to say baby, there will be no puppy in our home.

Wipol.. My Very Best Friend

The nonexistence of big trees in our home makes the house easily dusted, even in a closed room. We're not officially moved in yet because it has to be done in a good date based on my husband's javanese-version-birth-day. So we sleep here every now and then, approximately twice a week.

The dust irritates my feet because I'm not allowing sandals inside the house. Last time we sleep here was Tuesday and now is just Saturday and the dust is around 1 mm thick (hehehe.. sorry, exaggerating). We arrived here at 3 PM.

I went to the kitchen, preparing dinner. Cleaned the corn, clams, onion, chilly, tomato and other ingredients. I cooked stirred corn with clams. Hey,, just because I'm too lazy to work in the kitchen, doesn't mean I'm not a good Chef. Well, tell ya.. I AM A GOOD CHEF. My super husband always applauds my cooking.. probably because he's afraid one bad word will shy me away from cooking :D

Okay.. no cooking yet, it's still 3:30.

So I changed my cloth, took the bucket and started mopping. After I was done with second floor, I started to mop downstair then went upstair to check my early work. I don't know, the second I landed upstair, I felt like.. oh boy, the floor is still dirty. I need to mop it again. So yes, people, I mopped the second floor all over again.

Landing downstair yet again I felt our floor still dirty then I redo (should it be "redid" as in past tense? Sounds weird) first floor. It's all about mopping today. But hey, it was almost 6 PM so I went to the kitchen and started cooking. I prepared our dining floor as we haven't had the table yet. Oh, I love it. The way we adore the house. It feels like playing Barbie and Ken in a doll house. Although off course, I'm not blond and busty and the hubby is not dumb and sexy mwahahaha...

We slowly bought two bowls, 6 pairs of spoon and fork, two plates, 1 frying pan and the stove for sure. We have no curtain yet so people can actually see us when they walk by our fence. Oh, we also haven't had the-basic-thing-of-third-millennium-citizen-survival-kit, the tel-e-vision.. lol.. I treasure how we gradually manage our little lives of two, stuffing the house piece by piece, the same way we build our relationship. I wish that with patience, and no instant process, we will have a solid marriage and above all friendship.

And yes people, I mopped the floors again after dinner, for the third time. I think I'm obsessed.

And who has the guts saying I'm not exercising?

Disini Bukan Germo

Barusan masuk di stat blog gw, ada referal dari Google dengan keywoed "cari jablay murah tangerang" yang landing ke sini. Kebangetan emang nih orang2 Indonesia. Tapi eh.. tapi kok kasian juga yaa.. secara gw cuma ngebahas soal sate cikupa kekeke... rasain tuh!

IndosatM2 3G Review

Gara - gara ngobrol sama Miss Deborah itu, gw jadi inget cerita gw sama IndosatM2, layanan broadband mobile terkemuka itu, yang udah gw pake selama kurang lebih 15 bulan. Gw seneng banget sama si Indosat ini. Waktu awal - awal make, wuuhh.. kenceng aje yeee.. Dan ini berlangsung demikian sampai kurang lebih bulan April 2008. Masalah utama yang dihadapi dalam menggunakan layanan ini adalah tidak bisa konek.

Well, that's not my problem. Masalahnya adalah, gw bisa konek, sinyal HSDPA kuenceng banget secara lima bar aja penuh tapiii... konek tiga menit lancar.. sepuluh menit kadang masih oke. Nah, abis itu setiap kali mau browsing selaluuu aja "Address Not Found" padahal masih dalam kondisi konek loh.

Jadi gw telpon mereka. Sering banget deh dalam dua bulan itu. Ada kali seminggu sekali dan jawaban mereka tuh standar banget.

"Coba di disconnect trus connect lagi, bu." - Udeehhhh

"Coba pindahin slot USB nya ke tempat yang lain."

"Restart komputernya, Buuu..."

"Dipancing dulu bu. konnek ke GPRS dulu sepuluh menit trus pindahin ke 3G."

Udeh udeh udeh.. Ja elahh.. bikin capek deh, sampe akhirnya gw bosen sendiri gw bilang gini.

"Gini ya mas.. saya tuh udah berkali2 telpon kesini karena masalah yang sama. Saya udah ngerti semua trik - trik yang kalian ajarin itu. Kalo tadi udah solve, saya ga mungkin telpon kesini kan?"

"Aduuhh.. mohon maaf atas ketidaknyamanannya ya bu." "IYA SAYA MEMANG TIDAK NYAMAN." Emosi gw!! Pernah tuh gw teriakin kayak gitu saking keselnya.

"Oh.. ya udah deh Bu nanti saya coba sampaikan ke tim teknikal nya. Ibu ada nomor yang bisa dihubungi?"

Gw kasih lah nomor telpon gw. dan emang beneran mereka nelpon. kalo ga nelpon pasti gw tambah ngamuk dong. yah, tetep aja ya boo masalahnya ga solved. dan gw tetep juga nelpon mereka dengan keluhan yang sama. sampai akhirnya gw udah bosen. lagian juga koneksi internetnya jadi lebih stabil dan lama - lama gw berhenti nelpon mereka.

One day.. ada satu orang yang menghubungi gw. Lupa namanya tapi yang jelas cowok.

"Halo Bu Erni. Saya xxx dari Indosat Multimedia."
"Ya, kenapa mas?"
"Ini bu, saya mau tanya bagaimana kualitas koneksi ibu saat ini."
"Oh yaa.. udah bagus lho mas. makanya aku nggak telpon2 lagi."
"Begitu ya bu."
"Lalu yang kemarin itu dimana masalahnya? Solusinya apa?"
"Oh itu bu.. Kemarin kami mengarahkan antenanya ke arah ibu."

Hehehehe.. hebat euy.. they aligned the antenna for me.

Rajin Nge-Blog

Sebenernya gw cukup rajin nge blog, tapi kok kynya masih males deh buat mempublikasikan blog ini ke temen2 yang lain (selain Rainy, Pupus & Manoj).

IT Girls @ TRAC

Lagi menggali - gali foto, eh.. nemu ini.. There are two versions. One is all black. Guess which one is me? And the second one should be the colorful costume but some of the gals forget to bring it so, there are the colorful ones and black ones. Moi? Tentu saja gw yang paling colorful. Check the girl in pink :blush: The pose really reflects my personality.

Ambisius

Miss Deborah dari PYTDBN bilang bahwa, "wah, kamu ambisius yaa". Hmm.. gw sebenernya suka tertegun when people labelize moi. Got to thinking, "Am I?" I told her earlier that I have no career goal during my college years because my then-boyfriend asked me to be a housewife (well, he's not right now, and isn't relationship all about compromy?)

I think she forgot to ask 'how a goal-less soon-to-be-housewife become an ambitious woman now?'

Well I tell you a little family story here. I was, well.. we were, a fulfilled middle class family that I used to wear Christian Dior compact powder and that my daily perfume is the green Tendre Poison. Both my parents adore Aigner so much they wore them. Sorry, but we weren't into Versace because it reminded us to Anwar Fuady too dang much.

So my dad passed away in 2,000. Leaving us all with insurance, three houses and two cars (I think, my mom knows all the assets). My mom, the lifetime housewife, the one that chauffered, cooked and cleaned by my dad's money was slowly losing the money. We lost the houses, the cars the savings. I used to be angry with her to be so carelessly manage what is left by my father. But hey.. as I grow older, I understand that my mom is a mere human being. That she makes mistakes.. as long as she learns and grows maturer.

So that got me thinking and discussed it with my then-boyfriend that we were having a change in our relationship course. And we manage. So now, I prepare everything for any unfortunate future. I make sure we are covered for our health and lives (trust me, we got different investment instruments, just in case). I make sure no credit card debt that my family have to pay (I got the protection program, it costs me 16,000 every month). Other then shoes and delicious treats, I am good in managing my money (it's our money right now).

Is it allright to be ambitious to make sure my family is well-taken-care-of?

Harus Ke Rumah Sakit

Today I took a day off from the office because my flu is getting worse. Ingus (maap yee) gw mulau bau antibiotik yang biasanya pertanda ada infeksi. Kepala gw berat banget, terutama di daerah2 yang rawan sinus. Tadinya mau ke rumah sakit hari ini eh kok ya rumah sakit deket rumah ya jauh banget. Gw harus dironsen nih. Takut sinus gw kambuh. Besok aja lah pulang kantor ke Tria Dipa. Mudah2an ga kenapa2, males banget kan masa udah operasi waktu SMP kudu operasi lg skr?

Minggu Lebaran

Duhh.. maaf ya ga ngupdate ni blog selama beberapa lama. Semuanya tidak lain dan tidak bukan adalah disebabkan oleh kesibukan saya yang super padat. Hmm.. juggling antara kegiatan mempersiapkan lebaran dan ngurus rumah baru itu benar2 melelahkan. Apalagi rumah kami ini halamannya lumayan luas tapi belum punya puun gede. Jadilah banyak debu. Jadilah gw ngepel2 lantai sampe encok (oke berlebihan).

Lebaran ini, kami Keluarga Rizki menyumbang bakso, minuman (soda & fruit tea berkerdus kerdus), buah kaleng buat koktail, peyek.. mm.. sama apalagi yaa.. oh yaa.. Udang Vanamae tiga kilo buat bikin sambel goreng pete. Eh, I mean it. Hidangan lebaran di keluarga Hatta Mustafa itu full of petai you know. sambel goreng pete pake udang, sambel goreng pete pake ati hihihihi. Cuma aku dan suami aja nih yang tersiksa soalnya kami ga doyan sih (dia kali.. lu mah doyan kan.. ngaku!).

Hari Senin buka puasa bareng Rainy. Ditraktir loh di Tawan (tumben, sering2 aja Rain). Itu aja gara2 dia baru ganti kartu kredit Citibank kesayangannya itu. Ohhh.. sama aku dibelikan Japanese cheese cake sharga 7000. Senangnyaaa.. which, walaupun hanya 7000 but tastes like heaven. Trus sibuk2 dirumah, ngisi ketupat, bersiin rumah, nyiapin sendok garpu dan piring buat sodara2 yang pasti datang memenuhi rumah.

Dan datanglah hari lebaran ituuuu.. pagi2 dah solat id di mesjid yang di kompleks depkeu. Gw sama yuli & mbak dayu sengaja tuh milih tempat yang dibelakang (biar gampang kabur hehehe) Ya Allah, ampunilah hamba2mu yang kurang ajar ini (nunjuk diri sendiri). Abis lebaran, salam2an. Langsung menyantap ketupat yang gw isi kemarin dan dimasak selama lima jam. Great job mam.

Lalu gw online, ngecek ternyata ada imel dari Perusahaan-Yang-Tak-Boleh-Disebut-Namanya (PYTBDN untuk selanjutnya) dan minta gw buat ngerjain test yang mereka kasih. Gw dikasih waktu buat ngerjainnya dua hari. Secara ya booo.. desye ngirimnya Selasa malem. Itu kan artinya gw cuma bisa ngerjainnya Rabu. Pan kamisnya gw mau enroute JKT-SBG-WNY-JKT (sengaja disingkat biar orang pada ga tau kampung gw dimana) seharian sambil nengokin makam almarhum papa.

And thanks to Rainy, lebaran2 gw veeleck. Ingusan terus sepanjang hari. Baru ngerjain dua soal udah teler, kepala berat, akhirnya gw tidur aja. And I missed everybody. Eyang Sri, Eyang Tri, Tante Fitri, Tante Evie, Tante Susi.. hadooohhh.. tapi gimana dong. Magrib2 bangun trus lanjut ngerjain test. gw kirim jam 11 malem tuh. Besoknya ada imel lagi dari PYTBDN buat ngatur schedule intv. Ya udin deh, beres.

Kamis kami mulai perjalanan sepanjang kurang lebih 400 KM keliling2. Hari kedua dirumah emih udah sepi sih. Soalnya orang2 kan dah pada pulang. Jemput adek2 trus kita berangkat deh ke kampungnya si Papa. Emm,,. agak family drama disini, males gw nyeritainnya. Nah, abis nyekar,, pulang deh kami berempat. Nengok rumah kuning dulu trus ngedrop adek2 gw trus pulang ke Cilandak. Cuappeeekkk dan yang jelas boros.

Jumat-Sabtu-Minggu cuma dipake buat ngurus rumah, belanja, ngepel, nyapu. Yah.. tampaknya nyapu+ngepel ini akan jadi agenda harian si Parlan nih. Abis debunya banyak bangeeettt.. bahkan di kamar yang biasanya ketutup sekalipun. Aduuhh,., udah dulu yaa.. mau masak nih, suamiku sebentar lagi pulang.

Doain Yaa

Duh, di hari yang fitri ini, mendadak gw menerima email dari seseorang yang bernama Deborah. Ini email recruitment lho, dan gw looking forward banget because I can really go regional. Doain gw yaa temans..

Updates Oct 3.
done the test and scheduled for phone interview Tuesday Oct 7 15:00 Jakarta time.
Doanya tambah kenceng yaa

Persiapan

Ketupat ketan. Cek.
Ketupat beras. Cek.
Opor ayam, sambel goreng udang, sambel goreng ati, tekwan, bakso, mie goreng, fruits, cakes, cocktail, ice, sambel.. BIG CHECK.

*ini bagian joroknya*
Clean up those bulu - bulu ga penting. Cek.
Mandi besar, keramas, luluran, bersih2.. Cek.

Oh btw...
Iparku hamiiiiiiiiiilllllllllllll...
Selamaaaattt

Now, it's just a great news to share in this holy day, ey???

Selamat Hari Kemenangan

We, Erni & Rizki, would like to warm you

A very happy Idul Fitri 1429 H
Minal Aidzin Wal Faidzin
Mohon maaf lahir dan batin atas segala kesalahan yang dilakukan, dikatakan maupun dipikirkan
Mudah - mudahan masih diberi rejeki untuk bertemu lagi tahun depan

Salam Sayang,
Erni

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