Thursday, March 28, 2002

****DILEMMA
what would you do with AUS$10,000?
a. spend it for a month trip to NY
b. modal DP beli mobil bekas di Jkt & idup kira2 sebulan selama cari kerja di Jkt
c. masukin managed funds for long term investment
d. modal joinan bikin toko bunga/cafe
e. bayar uni fee for a year (how about the next 2 years???)
f. buat pesta kawin sederhana
g. modal gaul di resto/cafe2 mahal biar ketemu millyuner ganteng yg bisa dikawinin & ultimately bisa memenuhi a sampe f
=D

Tuesday, March 26, 2002

vintage
shoes: la gear yg ada lightsnya, doc mart boots, reebok pump, jelly shoes, mary jane, platform
clothing: rok celana, baju dgn lengan balon, rok 7/8
bhs gaul: wakuncar, tau ah gelap
rambut: polem, poni tinggi, cepak demi moore

males
ngga enak badan, cuma pengen tiduran, nonton tivi, internet ..... ngga berminat mikirin cari kerja ato sekolah ato diskusi topik berat...
cuma pengen nyari tiket & akomodasi semurah mungkin buat ke NY.... =P

Wednesday, March 13, 2002

good morning melbourne!

the highlight of my day: the unusually friendly announcement on the train this morning....
started when the train just left Essendon station, where I get on...
"welcome aboard the 7.37service to Flinders St Station running via the city loop...blah blah.... you can always count on us to be on time......just sit back and relax, and have a pleasant journey"

continuing when the train entered the tunnel to city loop "The next station will be Flagstaff, please be mindful of your belonging, don't forget to take them with you as you get off the train... but, just in case you want to leave them behind, please make sure that they would be useful for me. Have a good day and thank you for choosing to travel with us

thumbs up for the driver for the sincere little announcement that I'm sure had made everybody's day at that moment (the ones who are listening anyway)... the best customer service I ever experienced, even better than Singapore Airlines =)

too bad the situation in my office doesn't live up to the pleasant journey that started my day....

Tuesday, March 12, 2002

***subject: Hidup 202 ***
dulu merangkak sambil menghadap ke masa lalu
sekarang berjalan sementara melihat masa kini
sudah waktunya berlari dengan memandang masa depan

a little note from the heart
officially, the eleventh... dibombardir kata-kata rindu... literally!!! ditambah sabotase telpon/internet secara terang-terangan dan kudeta tidur secara diam-diam....
i never know that a battle ( a war?) could be so exciting and surprisingly pleasant... =)

Sunday, March 03, 2002

weekend gathering
di antara kita sih disebutnya retret komite, tp agak2 kurang holy kayaknya, berhubung toh di sana kita ngga ngelakuin kegiatan religius & malemnya ada acara minum2 beer =)
tp retret kan sebenernya ngga harus melulu religius? arti benernya kan untuk melakukan 'retreat', menarik diri dari dunia sehari2 & introspeksi diri & itulah inti dr kegiatan wiken kita kali ini....
ngga sedikit yg keluar dr komite, banyak yg re-shuffle, pindah seksi, tapi all in all, kita tetep eksis utk terus menjalankan kegiatan mudika for the coming 9 months....
acara sharing yg gue pikir bakal datar2 aja, unexpectedly turn out heboh.... byk juga uneg2 yg keluar, agak2 too much malah... & spt biasa gue & kla ngga bisa menahan diri, byk komentar terus.... padahal udah gue tahan2, tp kok tetep aja terasa kebanyakan yah? emang my biggest challenge tuh adalah utk diam =P acaranya mulai dr kira2 10.30 & jalan terus sampe jam 2 lewat, sampe ada yg udah ketiduran segala......tp yah rasanya tetep aja ada yg ngga selesai & lama2 menimbulkan banyak pertanyaan di kepala gue soal masalah2 yg ada dlm komite ini....... sampe tadi masih gue bahas dgn ramenya sama the usual old buddies, temen diskusi/berantem =)....

di activity tadi pagi gue malah lebih banyak omong lagi... ngga terkontrol...somehow badan yg cape, panas dalem, malah bikin otak gue hiper.... =P tp udah lama yah gue merasa otak gue ngga terstimulasi spt saat ini..... serasa masuk sekolah lagi, ngelakuin analisis & ngeluarin argumen2 & re-buttle.......
ngga cuma di dalam diskusi saat retret, tp juga pas diskusi2 informal di luar itu...... gue merasa dpt kemajuan dlm cara berpikir gue, tp juga masih ngerasain kelemahan2 gue.... selain ngga bisa diem tentu saja =P gue juga masih suka terbawa perasaan bgt, masih kurang bisa ngeliat the bigger picture, kurang peka in reading between the lines of what people say....
seneng juga gue akhirnya mutusin utk ikut... my brain needs the exercise....

gue tuh punya kecenderungan utk become a fanatic yah...... kalo udah berasa belong, trus gue bisa dedicated abis.... waktu pembahasan soal motivasi ikut mudika, gue dgn pedenya nge-list bhw itu tuh krn gue merasa mudika is part of me, like a family gitu heheheh..... sampe si mody terkagum2 hahahahah... geblek.... malah gue jadi malu, soalnya ada orang lain yg motivasinya mulia bgt, yaitu pelayanan utk Tuhan hehehe..... seumur2 ngga pernah terpikir tuh & gue sincerely salut sama orang2 yg punya dasar pengabdian seperti itu...