Unforgettable 3 hours at the night of Monday August 23rd 2010

Oh my gosh! Gimana caranya ya berkomunikasi dengan anak expat keturunan Thailand? Yang besar lumayan bisa bahasa Inggris meskipun belum lancar, tapi paling tidak dia bisa mengerti apa yang aku bicarakan. Tapi yang kecil ini, dia pure anak Thailand lho… Kalau buat anak seumuran dia di negaranya sana, dia sudah pintar berbahasa. Tapi buat aku, wah musti mikir dulu kalo mau ngomong sama dia.

But I know one thing that I was learning from AGC Promise Land Children Church; if you are sincere and willing to go into the same level with kids, it’s easy for you to go into their world without any hindrances. We will talk the same language and that’s what we called ‘love’ ^_^ so, let’s work in out, gals! ^_^

Actually this is not the first time I met both kids. My boss has already brought them to office when they came at the first time to Jakarta last year with his wife. And up to now, they have been coming to office and get along with all of us. They are like the other kids, especially boys. They like to teasing each other, running, screaming, drawing, and playing around. So welcome to the screaming world! hahaha…

Like I guess, there could be screaming and teasing during the 3 hours. But never came in my mind that it would cost my forehead to be hit by their one of their toys and its hurt!! Huuuuaaaaa… I almost cried because the tennis racket hit my forehead so strong because the youngest kid played with it near my head (swinging it around) :(

But I could not cry because his face was quite cute when I spoke to him in English that he has hurt me with his racket and I don’t want to play again with him. Hahaha… I think he understood my conversation that time because I was showing a very sad face while holding my forehead that was hit. I guess he was showing his sympathy too, hehehe… what a boy! ^_^

Well, 3 hours was quite short actually because most of time we were doing many activities, such as watching TV, playing Lego, eat cookies, reading books, and finally drawing. Like I said earlier, the language that we used was love at most of the time. It’s because the older one is not so fluent in English yet, and the youngest is very fluent in Thai. So when the young boy talking in Thai, sometimes his brother was trying to explain the meaning to me and then he could not and just give me a big grin hahaha… And when I wanted to ask the young boy to finish his cookies, I asked his brother to tell him. So we played translation games actually wuahahaha… LOL! :D

But you know, kids are still naïf and they have sincere heart. If they see that the adult person is caring and loving, they can easily get along with him or her. When I came there, I got a warm welcome from the young boy who hug me and said “P’ Yulia!” ^_^

Unforgettable… :)

Kapan ya? (2)

Ups, ngomongin “kapan ya” ya enggak habis – habis donk *big grin* But as long as you have already understood the key, then there will be answer for the question “kapan ya”.

But for a single woman in my age, there’s a special issue related to the question “kapan ya”. Can you guess? Yep, it’s about marriage life. When you will get married, remember how old you are right now, what you are waiting, don’t postpone anymore, we want to have grandchildren from you, and many more. Are those questions seemed familiar for you? For me yes, couple year ago my parents still ask me about that. But not again for now, yipppiiiieeee ^_^ hahaha….

Well, I thank God that I can give a good and reasonable reason to my parents and they can understand why I am not thinking about that first right now. And I need not to worry about that anymore, what a relief hehehe… He knows the best for me and I just have to believe Him for that 

I just know deep down in my heart that I shall not worry about that and I should focus on how to finish what I have in front of me right now. Let’s keep on keeping on, girl and do your best until you see the result! ^_^

Kapan ya?

Kapan, kapan, kita berjumpa lagi… Kapan, kapan, kita bertemu lagi… Mungkin esok, kita berjumpa lagi *singing mode on*

Lho, kok malah nyanyi tho? Liriknya sudah lupa pula hahaha… *lol*

Never mind, back to the topic and let’s find out the answer to that question. But wait, do I have the answer? I don’t think so; depend on the other words that following after those 2 words. So, let’s go further with more words after ‘kapan ya’.

Let’s see, if I question: kapan ya Indonesia bisa bebas dari korupsi, kemiskinan, dan masalah – masalah lainnya? Wah, dalem ya pertanyaannya hehehe… Untuk orang yang sudah muak dengan segala permasalahan bangsa ini, jawabannya mungkin tidak jauh dari “kapan – kapan, emang gua pikirin, auk ah gelap, nanti kalau saya jadi presiden, kapan ya? Lho, kok malah gantian nanya?” Hehehe…

Kemarin kita baru saja merayakan hari kemerdekaan Indonesia yang ke 65 tahun. Happy Birthday, Indonesia! Masih banyak pe-er yang harus dikerjakan oleh pemerintahan saat ini, semua pihak mengakui hal tersebut. Apakah itu hanya tanggung jawab pemerintah saja? Tentu saja tidak, kita sebagai warga negara Indonesia masing – masing punya tanggung jawab yang tidak kalah pentingnya dengan pemerintah kita. Oh really? Yes, yes, and yes, absolutely yes.

Perubahan ke arah yang lebih baik sangat dibutuhkan Indonesia dan hal itu bisa dimulai dari hal – hal kecil oleh setiap pribadi yang berdiam di tanah air Indonesia tercinta ini dan mengaku dirinya warga negara Indonesia. Jika tiap orang mau dengan kesadaran pribadi yang super luar biasa rela untuk melakukan perubahan kecil – kecil di kehidupannya, tentu tindakannya itu akan membawa dampak yang perlahan namun pasti ke orang – orang di sekitarnya.

For me, I shall start it by living a discipline life (again). I did it but then recently I am more to loose my discipline life; simple thing like wake up early in the morning. Although my boarding house is now closer to my workplace, but still I need to wake up earlier so I can exercise and cook for my breakfast and dinner. By doing so, I will have a good shape and healthy body *imagine what it looks like hehehe…* while I can save more money too because I don’t have to buy food for breakfast and dinner and usually for lunch I buy the food for practical reason. Besides of having the good and healthy body, I will have more energy too to work. If supported by good food that I cook for breakfast and dinner, the result will be much better. I need not to worry to lose my energy during the weekdays even when I need to work overtime.

Little changes will require commitment, discipline, and perseverance. And I better start it now so I can enjoy the result starting on one month from now. Jiayou jiayou!! ^_^

Debu

Kecil, ringan, ada dimana – mana, dan buat beberapa orang yang alergi debu, benda itu sangat tidak diharapkan kehadirannya. Juga untuk para ibu yang membersihkan rumahnya yang terletak di pinggir jalan, wah benar – benar tugas yang tidak ada habisnya tuh, every day must clean the house.

Buat aku, kalau ingat debu, aku ingat bagaimana Davina (anaknya temanku Inggrid dan David) bersin – bersin pada waktu dia mainan CD di rak dekat televisi di apartemen mereka. Inggrid bilang, anaknya itu alergi debu, sama dengan dirinya. Lucu sekali mukanya Davina pada waktu dia bersin, sudah imut tambah imut pula ^_^ hahaha maaf ya Ing, doesn’t mean anything but she’s truly a cute little girl:D That’s why I like to take pictures of her so many times and I could not forget her cute face that day when she was sneezing couple times hehehe…

Sekarang di tempat kosku lagi banyak debu karena ada renovasi rumah untuk dijadikan kamar kos baru. Hmmm…aku harus menutup jendela kamarku dan itu bikin udaranya di dalam kamar jadi tambah panas dan pengap hiks…hiks…hiks… Pernah aku buka pintu supaya ada pergantian udara, eh ada tikus kecil nyelonong masuk kamarku whuuauaaaaa….untung aja dia langsung keluar begitu aku teriak dan usir dia pake hentakan kaki. Huft, jadi serba bingung deh, buka jendela salah, buka pintu juga salah hehehe…ayo mikir strateginya ^_^

Atau pindah kos? Bukan karena debu aja sih, tapi aku pengen kamar yang ventilasinya lebih besar dan sinar mataharinya bisa masuk. Eh, besok kan tanggal merah kan? Let’s hunt the new place! Semoga bisa dapet yang cocok ya ^_^

Passport process

It’s fun!!! Is that honest expression? Hahaha…
I don’t have any words to express the process when I was applying for my first passport. Oh really? Hmmm…perhaps I can also say exciting, tiring, and great ^_^ See? It’s more than fun right? Hehehe…

I thank God that finally I got the opportunity to apply for a passport and the process was not so scary like what I thought. First, I thought the cost will be expensive and the process will take few weeks. But then I found out that the cost is only 275,000 IDR and the process was nearly 8 working days. That’s only if we do everything by ourselves and not through a help from a passport pander of course. Second, there was a thought that they will ask for a letter that proves I’m the Indonesian citizen because I look like Chinese; the letter is Surat Bukti Kewarganeraan Indonesia (SBKRI or Indonesian Citizen Papers). If your parents are Chinese and born around 1940 something or less than that year, we do have this issue long time ago. But thanks God that since few years back, we don’t use such papers anymore and we just use the birth certificate, ID card (KTP), and family card (Kartu Keluarga).

So bring the complete documents and be confident in applying the passport at the Immigration Office, the process will not be smooth from the beginning until you receive the passport. Don’t forget to prepare your body also by having a good sleep because you must wake up early and please have your breakfast first before you go there; it will give you the energy for the day especially when you need to go there by public transportation. And you can also bring a book for you can read while you wait for the queue, although you can see some interesting views at the Immigration Office (especially South Jakarta Immigration Office). Why? Because there were some expatriates with their family like from Asia and Europe who were having a photo session for their limited stay visa. So you will not get bored while you wait for your number to be called during the queue ^_^

Okay, that’s all for now, guys, have a nice day for you all!

Sakit leher?????

Kalau kita bicara tentang sakit leher, ada 2 kemungkinan yang bisa terjadi (based on my own experience).

Pertama, sakit leher karena sakit tenggorokan; bahasa Jawa-nya “pancingen”. Biasa tanda – tandanya adalah kalau buat menelan sakit dan itu bisa dicurigai sebagai gejala batuk dan flu.

Dan yang kedua, sakit leher karena “tengeng” akibat dari salah posisi pada waktu tidur dan pada waktu bangun tidur paginya leher terasa sakit, tidak bisa menengok ke kiri atau ke kanan secara leluasa. Orang – orang biasa menyebutnya salah bantal. Lucu ya, bantal kok disalahin *big grin*, tapi istilah itu sudah terkenal di dunia maya lho, jadi salah kaprah istilah memang banyak terjadi di negeri tercinta ini, harap maklum ya hehehe…

Nah, kalau buat saya sendiri, sakit leher itu ternyata akibat dari masuk angin. Lha, kok bisa? Saya sendiri juga heran kenapa bisa sampai begitu dan tahunya masuk angin juga setelah 2 kali fisioterapi. Dan itu juga setelah mendapat cerita dari sopir taxi yang pada hari Kamis itu (29 Juli 2010) mengantarkan saya ke kantor imigrasi Jakarta Selatan.

Si bapak sopir itu melihat saya yang sedang kesakitan memegangi leher bertanya kenapa dan setelah dia tahu kalau itu karena “tengeng”, bapak sopir itu menyarankan saya untuk minum Tolak Angin Sido Muncul yang cair sebelum tidur, supaya besok paginya bisa sembuh. Si bapak sopir itu berbicara berdasarkan pengalamannya pribadi; bahkan dia sempat dipijat dua kali belum sembuh juga. Akhirnya ada yang menyarankannya untuk minum Tolak Angin cair sebelum tidur, eh besok paginya sembuh!! Woooowww…saya langsung semangat ingin mencoba, tapi baru sempat beli pas pulang kantornya. Jadi malam itu saya minum dan besok pagi leher saya terasa jauh lebih baik. Thanks God, what a relieved… Berhasil!!! Yiiipppieee!!! ^_^

Akhirnya hari Jumat saya bisa bekerja dengan posisi leher yang jauh lebih baik dan dari kejadian ini saya belajar untuk lebih menjaga kesehatan. Saya juga bersyukur dengan menjalani 2 kali fisioterapi saya diajarin juga untuk senam leher oleh ibu fisioterapis yang bekerja di sana (many thanks ya bu ^_^). Karena lebih baik senam leher itu daripada leher di-“kretek – kretek” kalau terasa pegal, begitu kata ibunya. Terima kasih juga buat bapak dokter yang sudah memberikan 2 obat untuk melemaskan otot dan efeknya bikin nguuaantuuk *big grin*

Okay, that’s all for now about the stiffed neck, it’s already recovered and it’s time for the new spirit to work harder and smarter! Semangat! ^___^