Exhausting Day

A few days ago, I got a wedding invitation from my high school friend who now lives in Singapore.
The wedding will be held at Sukabumi. Since I'd already promised to her that I would come, I persuaded (more likely forced) my boyfriend to drive me there yesterday.

My first trip to Sukabumi was when I'm in Senior High School. I went there on a weekend with my room mates. Back then most of my room mates were Sukabumis. We took public transportation from Bogor directly to Sukabumi. I was squeezed during the trip (poor me). But the trip was kind of fun.

Encouraged by my one and only trip to Sukabumi, I went to Sukabumi yesterday. The trip was completely different. There were traffic jams all the way (pasar cicurug lah, ciawi lah, cibadak lah and ci ci lainnya) and heavy rain was pouring down. We were stuck, couldn't turn around since the other way was also jammed. It took us 3 hours to get there while the distance is only 58 km! Our average speed was 20-30 km/hour and sometimes even 0 km/hour.

When we finally arrived, the wedding was done. All the guests were gone, only families there. Thank God, the mother of the bride still recognized me and told me where my friend was. I caught her right before she leaved the building and grabbed her to the nearest table. I had not met her since 4 or 5 years ago. My friend, Mei, she looks happy but so skinny, she said she couldn't eat much in Singapore. She does not like Singaporean food, so she cooked at home after her exhausting job. I almost chocked. Mei cooks! hahaha... back then in high school, she only cooked Indomie Goreng+kuah (a lot of kuah, more than my Indomie Rebus haha).

We couldn't stay long there, we had to go back before it's getting dark. After saying our good byes, ate whatever left there and of course taking a couple of photos, we went home. The weather was terrible, but the traffic was better. All the markets closed already I supposed :P

I picked my mom at Bogor, and went to my cousin's house at BSD (My mom sleeps there during the week day) and went home at 11 PM, tired and exhausted.

PS: Congratulations to Mei and Hans! Hoping to see you soon.

Pictures of Aston Denpasar, Bali

Here are some of the pictures about our Hotel in Bali, Aston Denpasar.
I got it from their web.

The room

The Living Room



Next time I will upload our pictures of the Hotel.

Bali, Island of God, Day 1

At last I go to Bali for the first time. As an Indonesian but never been there, it's such a shame. Anyway, I go to Bali to do my pre-wedding photo shoot. Hurray. I spent 5 days and 4 nights there, and no I did not spend all of my days there to do the photo shoot. Even though if I could, I would! I'm that narcissist *blush*

Arrived on 21 August 2008.

After we met Pak Made (our pick up guy) we went to the Hotel to put our belongings, which is 36.6 kilos by the way. "We" = me and my fiance. Of course I would be dead for sure if I did not include him in our pre-wedding photo shoot. We got Aston Denpasar hotel as part of our deal with the photographer (FnG, Faith and Grace, Managed by Edward Suhadi). The hotel is new, still in soft opening promo so it's very clean and the staffs were excellent. Strongly suggested.

After that, I went to Evy room's (my make up artist/marketing of FnG) to have my make up put on while Hengky (you know who, yes he is my fiance) taking a bath.

Our first photo shoot was in our bedrooms which was by then covered with our clothes. (Jualan kali ye). The theme was picking each other clothes. Still "malu-malu" deh.
Since I did not eat anything but milo yesterday, and only ate little sandwich on the plane my stomach growled like Alec Azam (dah nonton WALL-E blum?), so we got out from the hotel to find a nice place to eat.

Unfortunately, Bali was still on Galungan holiday. Many restaurants were closed and we ended up eating in the middle of no where and ate Ayam Betutu. Sorry, can not give more information, too hungry to think. The food was just okay but very fulfilling to my empty stomach.

Next stop was Sukawati. Me, the girl who loves colour and shopping, went crazy. Nothing new. We took a lot of photos there, by looking at a glance on them, they seem fantastic.

It was 4 PM already, so we went to the Nusa Dua beach. So excited! Beach... beach...beach...
We changed our clothes inside of the car (believe me, starting from that moment I'm truly appreciate magician who can change clothes inside of small cupboard). We put down our sandals, headed to the beach., and.... no idea how to pose. It's a beach for God's sake. Nothing there but water and the sand. So, Victor and Hendry (our photographers) told us patiently what to do. They even did a sweet and romantic holding hand pose. We lost our volley ball on that moment. Haha. :D

A bit tired and hengky started to catch a cold, so we went to eat at Rumours. We were told that Angel Hair Pasta is recomended by Edward. Therefore 3 Angel Hairs, 1 Fetucinni, and 1 Lasagna were ordered. The cheft must be cacthing and collecting the angels first, because we waited quite some times there. And then the food came. After I ate it, I decided to rename the food back to the original name I supposed. Mi Swa Goreng. FYI, Rumours' motto is "what you hear is true" so trust this one, Mi Swa Goreng, no kidding!

We went back to the hotel after that, asked for our welcome drink (ga mo rugi banget sih), took a bath, put on a lot of cajuput oil (kembung bok dari pantai) and while me sleep like a baby, hengky is stil sroot...sroot...sroot...

Day 1, finished.

duuuh.. i can not live in a village!

Hari kedua.......

Pagi pagi udah
bangun loh... tapi seperti biasa pluk bobo lagi abis ngantuk sih.... finally i
can sleep better walau sempat ketakutan karena semalem ujannya deresssss
banget....bukannya apa-apa sih.. takut longsor bok. gue berusaha menyakinkan
diri sendiri bahwa gue ditengah hutan hujan tropis yang notabene byk pohon
dengan berbagai macam akar, yang salah satunya pasti ada yang punya akar
tunjang untuk mencegah longsor. ** biologi gue bagus

kan

masih bisa ingat akar tunjang, my
teacher will be so proud of me hehe **

btw yang disebut pagi itu buat gue adalah 6:45 :P. pas
keluar kamar eeee clientku malah dah rapi mo pergi.. ** jadi malu ** tapi gpp
deh

kan

gue
tidur lebih malam dari dia ** ntn film sih **. sikat gigi, cuci muka trus mandi
deh.. dandan bentar ** dihutan
ngapain dandan, dasar cewe ** trus makan hmmm.... abis makan trus pergi deh ke
warehousenya buat mulai kerja.

duuh ternyata
policy disini ketat banget, ga bole pake sambungan segitiga, bolehnya pake jack
segitiga langsung dari kabelnya jadi musti minjem ama orang nih. terpaksa deh
keluar dari warehouse ke gedung sebelah. tiba tiba si om bilang awas kupu.....
ya ampun mak jaaaannnn.... yang gue kira daun kering itu ternyata kupu kupu
gajaah yang sedang terkulai lemah di lantai ** once again, betapa bagus biologi
gue, bisa mengkategorikan si kupu sebagai kupu gajah berdasarkan bentuk sungut dan
bodynya yang giant **

tau dong kalo yang namanya ariyani itu takut banget ama yang
namanya kupu-kupu. ** As my defense, nicole kidman juga takut kok, so people
let it go! Stop saying “kenapa sih
takut ama kupu kupu? Kupu kupu kan lucu” (baca dengan nada sinis ala me) kupu2
is not lucu! It’s ugly and scary and should go extinct along with
dinosaurs. It would be better if more insect went along too (cockroach, spider,
praying mantis) and don’t forget to throw in snake, crocodile and shark. (this
time read with staccato tone) ** The story continue.. jadi teriaklah gue sambil
ambil langkah ga tau berapa ribu meninggalkan si om yang terkaget-kaget ** kenapa
nih ce tiba tiba histeris?? **

singkat cerita, sampe juga ke gedung sebelah dan dapat
kabel, which mean i have to go back ke warehouse ngelewatin kupu kupu lagi...
hikkkkksssss T _ T. untungnya karena dah tau jadi dah ancang-ancang pas dah
dekat langsung lari dan buka pintu.. stage clear!

kerja dan kerja ** chatting sih padahal, frustasi ama
actuate sih! ** tiba juga jam makan siang, keluar dari warehouse lagi
ngelewatin kupu lagi yang sudah disepak ama om by my request ** thank you, om
** .

kenyaang... makanannya enak glegh..kerja lagi dong sampe
akhirnya jam 5 dan diajakin balik ke mess. di pintu kok kupunya pindah posisi..
kirain dah mati kok bisa pindah posisi.. mulai curiga deh. ya ampun belum titik
toh, masih koma tuh kupu-kupunya alias sekarat ** sayapnya ke angkat sebelah
**.... histeris lagi, lari lagi eeeeee ciiiiittt ngerem mendadak karena ada
belalang ijo, ngepot dikit, lari lagi, lah lah lahhh ada kecoak gendut yang udah
terbalik kyaaaaa..... ** once again meninggalkan si om yang keheranan **

sampe di mess diajakin liat danau buatan. ceritanya nih
bekas galian tambang emas yang dah ditutup trus dikasih air buat penghijauan kembali **
lumutan kali airnya jadinya penghijoan bukan pembiruan (garing) **. aniwei jalan kesananya asik tuh.... gue byk
take picture pemandangannya ** http://www.flickr.com/photos/bohemian11 **
jalanannya menurun jadi tidak capek plus diiringi suara monyet
teriak-teriak..nguk nguk nguk ** maksud lo?? **

sampe danau, agak kecewa sih karena danaunya ternyata
posisinya jaaaaauuuuuuuuuuuuuhh dan curam boook... jadi cuma bs ambil foto 1
dengan posisi yang aneh. pulang deh akhirnya. tau dong pepatah, dimana ada
turunan pasti ada tanjakan.. karena sepanjang jalan pergi itu turun, pulangnya
booooowww..senin kamis deh napasnya. ga tau gimana akhirnya bisa balik juga sampe
site, lagi ada pertandingan volley antar kampung ** kok bisa ya?

kan

antar kampungnya
jauh banget, segitu bela-belainnya.. **

sampe kamar, nyalain kompie upload foto, makan malam upload
lagi deh hehehe..
besok kerja lagi duh...tapi malem ini mo ntn amidol dulu
dong... could not, would not, should not miss simon cowell's comment..

My Poor Ear

Hari ini gua akhirnya pergi juga ke hutan kalimantan, lokasi tepatnya disalah satu PT penambang emas di Balikpapan. Yang pergi kesana bukan cuma gue doang, tapi serombongan orang karena ternyata setiap senin dan jumat PT tersebut selalu mencarter pesawat imut buat membawa rombongan mereka ke site penambangan.

At first I was very excited. Jarang-jarang khan naek pesawat yang pilot and co-pilotnya bisa keliatan dari kursi penumpang :P. Pertama masuk, kita dah dibekali ama sumbat telinga karena takut berisik mendengar suara mesin dan baling-baling pesawat. Abis itu kita duduk manis pake seatbelt dikursi masing-masing.

Beberapa menit abis lepas landas, i was still excited, tapi lama-lama hutan belantara dan sungai yang berkelok2 ga tau berapa ratus kali itu menghipnotis gue alias ketiduran **abis capek banget ga bisa tidur di hotel sih**

20 minutes later, akhirnya gua kebangun dan melihat rawa-rawa yang besarnya duuuuuuh azubillah **swamp thing aja bisa nyasar kali** akhirnya pesawat mulai terbang merendah dan tiba tiba aja nggggggiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiingggggggg kuping gue sakit and sakitnya duuuuuh maaaaak minta ampun de. rasanya sampe dah mo pecah aja kepala gue. dan itu berlangsung mulai ketinggian sekitar 2000 sampai akhirnya mendarat dimana tambah turun tambah sakit....T _ T. gue sampe mikir waaaah mati deh gue, kalau gendang gue pecah bisa budeg gue.. tidaaaaaaaakkkk!!!!

akhirnya gue turun dari pesawat sampe mencengkram jaketnya si om karena agak lemes nahan sakit di kuping gue plus kepala yang ikutan nyut-nyutan dan terduduk lemas nungguin mobil jemputan yang untungnya dah datang jadi ga perlu nunggu lama lama. didalam mobil kuping gue masih berasa sakit and terutama jadi aneh kalo denger suara sendiri. seakan-akan ada speaker dalam kepala gue. jadi gue denger suara gue bergema di kepala gue. not a pleasant feeling!

akhirnya 1 jam an kemudian barulah kuping gue mulai membaik yang sayangnya berbanding terbalik dengan kondisi jalan yang tambah lama tambah grudak gruduk walau akhirnya kita sampe juga di lokasi dengan selamat dan tidak kekurangan apapun kecuali tekanan udara dalam kuping gue.

tempatnya disini ternyata asik juga, rumahnya rumah panggung rendah **dihutan sih** dan lantainya dilapisi parket kayu ** hmmm love it **. airnya juga disediakan air hangat dan dingin and walau airnya jernih tapi tak layak minum tuh katanya ** dun know why and dun want to know why **

so abis makan and ntn filmnya fantasia barrino, akhirnya siapin diri berbaring dikasur and hoping to get a good sleep since i dont have any in this week.