Over PD

waktu belum married, berat badan gue 42 kg saja (dengan tinggi 163 cm), terlalu kurus sih dan kepengan banget bisa gemuk, tapi gak pernah bisa..

abis punya anak satu, berat badan tidak bergeming, malah cenderung turun, pernah sampai 39kg! banyak pikiran kali ya...

abis ngelahirin anak kedua, lumayan, berat badan jadi 46 kg.. ideal tuh... kadang melar sampai 48 kg.

tapi.. abis melahirkan anak ketiga berat badan menjadi 52-53 kg.. dan dengan bottom gue yang seperti ini, gue jadi keliatan gemuk, apalagi kalau pakai sepatu flat, udah deh, berat di bawah..

tapi, yang namanya perempuan, terkadang suka over PD and ngerasa "gk ah, gue gk segemuk itu"

suatu hari, gue mau beli celana jeans.. ini pekerjaan berat buat gue, soalnya emang susah cari jeans untuk bentuk bottom spt ini, akhirnya pilihan dijatuhkan ke GAP dgn alasan lagi sale ( perempuan banget, yak!).. gue pilih model yang straight, biar gk keliatan tambah melar.. si mas2 yang bantu milihin nawarin gue untuk langsung nyoba nomor 4... uuhh.. enak aja, gue khan gk sebesar itu.. lalu, dengan PDnya gue bilang, nomor 1 deh mas, kayaknya nomor 1 juga muat, si mas2 kontan ngeliat gue dgn tatapan "gk tau diri nih...", lumayan tnggap sih gue, langsung diralat.. sekalian sama nomor 2 deh, soalnya kadang nyangkut di pinggul

lalu, berjalanlah mantap gue ke kamar ganti.. boro2 muat, masuk ke pinggul aja gk bisa, nyangkut di paha, dua2nya lagi..

baliklah gue ke mas2 tadi.., "ya udah deh, nomor 4".. yang dibalas dgn tatapan "khan tadi udah dibilangin".. balik lagi ke kamar ganti, sambil bolak balik celana, "kayaknya kegedean deh, tau gitu bawa juga nomor 3".. dan yang terjadi, nomor 4, gak bisa ditutup retsletingnya!!

lalu, gue balik lagi ke mas2 tadi, dan berkata pelan "hmmm... ada nomor 5?", si mas balas dengan menahan tawa "nomor 6 aja.." .."ya sutralah.." dan benar .. nomor 6 sukses ditutup retsletingnya.. tapi, ini khan nomor 6.. duh, nomor 4 aja, keliatannya udah gede.. banget!

gue harus diet! tapi, susah kayaknya, soalnya kayaknya si bottom ini udah menolak untuk menjadi kurus...

kitmania, persahabatan tanpa waktu

sebelumnya, sorry ya, Win.. fotonya robek dikit.. ini khan foto lama... kalo ada yg lbh bagus, diganti deh.. janji!!

buat junni, salah sendiri gk ada, kenapa waktu itu gk dateng..

kitmania itu singkatan dari keep in touch mania; ini terbentuk dari waktu gue masih kuliah di UNPAR di fakultas ekonomi jurusan akutansi yang ketua jurusannya tiur manurung (..gk penting!)

kalau diinget2 sih, kita lbh sering becanda2nya ketimbang kuliah, kalo gk salah sih, kuliah yg paling serius kita dengerin adalah kuliahnya pak haryono.. tapi, tetep aja sih, harus ngulang juga :) dan kuliah favorit gue adalah budgeting ... yang selalu memberikan privilege buat gue :)

kitmania adalah gue, stella, nanat, erwin, lewin, clipe, heru, yos and junni..

stella --> diantara gue and nanat, jelas stella yang berpikiran paling jernih.. sampai sekarang, suka anak2 dan punya se-trilliun cinta buat erwin

nanat --> kuliah dan duduk di sebelahnya, artinya bisa dapat tissue minyak gratis (inget khan, pas kuliah TA.. :)).. ); sampai sekarang gue paling suka denger ketawanya, lepas banget dgn tone yg agak berat; gue masih inget waktu nanat pinjem mbl gue pagi2, gue msh bobok and pas pulang complained krn di jln diliatin org2, krn mbl gue kuning menyala dgn knalpot bocor; walaupun gue belum pernah mampir di cafenya (keterlaluan gue ya, maafkan ya.. ) tp gue yakin pasti semua enak2; dulu paling anti asap rokok yang gue hembuskan, tapi sekarang.. *sigh*

erwin --> awalnya gue lebih deket dgn adiknya donni, tp gk tau skrg malah lbh dkt sm dia; orgnya mobile banget, mau aja kemana2; identik dgn stella

lewin --> pantatnya putih (...uuupppsss); dulu sih, gk suka anak kecil, gk tau skrg.. ; berhasil membentuk heru menjadi spt skrg :); temen kostnya namanya asep (ahahahahahahah)

clipe --> mr wise guy, kalo gue kalut, panggil aja papih dan kayaknya dunia jadi tentram dengan wejangan2nya

heru --> speechless.. teuing kamana jelmana; tapi heru udah dapat hadiah masjid, karena heru adalah orang yang memperkenalkan gue sama widi, suami gue sekarang.. thanks ya..

yos --> yang paling gk bisa dilupain, adalah org yg kyknya plg cuek sm ceweq ini, tiba2 curhat di dpn kantornya tiur ttg perasaan cintanya pada seorang gadis makasar, gk banget!; .. eh, gini2 model iklan tv lho...

junni --> paling konyol waktu gue ke-gap sama ortunya junni lagi beduaan di kamar and mereka seneng banget :p; pernah tidur di mobil berdua abis dugem

beberapa hari yang lalu gue berjanji bbq-an, bikin sate kambing andalan, duh.. semoga terwujud; tadi pagi, janji shopping bareng, dugem bareng and ke waterbom bareng

dgn kepindahan gue ke kemayoran, semoga kita dapet lbh sering kumpul2, secara skrg tempat tinggalnya pada dkt banget..

i love you, guys.. kalian adalah orang2 yang membuatku selalu tersenyum dalam suka dan duka, yang selalu saling mendukung setiap keputusan yang diambil, tanpa men-judge apakah itu benar ataupun salah.. tanpa kalian, gue gk bisa menjadi gue yg sekarang..

dufan

belok kanan dari apartment udah nyampe ancol..

deket banget, dan kayaknya ada yang kurang, kalau liburan kemarin gak ngabisin waktu di dufan..

yes, gue bangga banget sama dufan.. menurut gue, tempat ini masih jauh lebih entertaining dibanding disneyland hongkong, bener!!

yang kalah mungkin cuman gak ada karakter walt disney aja :p selebihnya jauh lebih menyenangkan ..

dari dulu, gue pengen banget nyobain arung jeram, cuman gk kesampaian terus, karena biasanya antrinya gila2an, tapi kemarin berhubung gue ke sananya pas anak2 sekolah udah back to school, jadi sepi.. dan, gue gk tau kalao arung jeram itu bikin basah kuyup (asli niagara gak ada apa2nya).. jadi terpaksa beli short untuk ganti baju di sana..

i really enjoy the time visiting dufan, even though i got sun burnt, but it's okay.. i am having so much fun there with my kids and hubby..

so guys, start enjoying dufan as i do, it is a fascinating place for your holiday..

orgasm at kemayoran

i am feeling orgasm by living in kemayoran;

the experience of waking up not so early in the morning,
the experience of arriving in the office in a very short time,
the experience of having swimming everyday,
the experience of easily finding good food in the night,

including;

buy weekly groceries in the most convenience supermarket, diamond..

long times ago, when i still worked in mc cann, i was having argue with olga about the most convenience supermarket ever; at that time, carrefour seemed perfect.. and i remember that olga mentioned diamond is the best place.. and it is proven now, i am so orgasm of so many variety of veggie, tofu, noodle, fishes, meat, poultry, condiments available.. my God, it is so complete and fresh..

the other weekend, i was walking headed to gramedia, when i found a japanesse shop, the daiso, which sells attractive yet cheap japan products that automatically stimulate my compulsive buying habit :p

even though, i am now far from my home but i am so entertained living in kemayoran, oh well.. i am having orgasm at kemayoran :)

dukun muda

awal cerita:

alex masuk smp; gk ada smp yg sreg dgn kita di cibubur.. dan tercetuslah nama jubilee school dari alex sendiri; setelah dicek lewat internet and directly visit the school; it is a good school, indeed.. but it locates at sunter jaya, kemayoran

jadi, kita juga harus pindah, supaya alex gk tambah kurus, kecapekan bolak balik kemayoran-cibubur...

off course.. kita harus merelakan rumah kita disewakan, supaya kita juga bisa bayar sewa apartment :p

masalahnya, rumah mungil kita di blok T belum pernah kita tinggalin, takutnya kalau dikontrakkin jadi bermasalah..

akhirnya, diputuskan tgl 10 may, kita harus pindah ke blok T, test bocor, test keamanan, bocor, dll.

direncanakanlah upacara slup-slupan, upacara masuk rumah yang kejawen banget, tapi.. menurut aku, it is a must, soalnya gue percaya.. :p

tadinya, my mom in law yang bakalan mau datang ke jakarta, tapi berhubung ada acara mendadak, jadi diutuslah nadia datang dengan membawa perabotan slup-slupan yang terdiri dari tikar (lambang keharmonisan), kendi air (lambang rejeki melimpah), tempat beras keramik (lambang kemakmuran), lampu cempor (lambang penerangan) dan sapu lidi (lambang pengusir bala).. semua perabotan itu dipak di dalam dus kecuali sapu lidi yang hanya dibungkus koran..

dan.. ketika nadia memasuki pemeriksaan di bandara dgn segala macam perabotannya, petugas bandara melihat isi dus dengan barang2 klenik yang dibawa nadia dan petugas itu mengambil sapu lidinya dan bilang "mbak, ini buat ngusir2 gitu ya..."

hehehehehehehhe... nadia, disangkain dukun muda :p

tergila-gila akan waterbom

*sebenarnya ada sih, foto gue pake bikini.. cuman mending gk usah didisplay deh, soalnya shapenya gk ok banget and udah gosong banget.. 2 weekends in a row spending our times in waterbom, PIK.. for 8 hours each :p*

i love waterbom since i tried once in bali..

kayaknya udah lama, gk ngajak anak2 main selain ke mal and hunting apartment.. jadi, gue ajak anak2 main air ke waterbom di PIK.. lumayan jauh and sempet nyasar, salah belok..
nyampe sana, otomatis, gue jau lebih suka waterbom PIK ketimbang yang di bali.. soalnya kolam anak2nya ada slidingnya juga.. jadi rico gk bosen cuman berkubang nungguin air jatuh dari giant pail.
main di waterbom, artinya harus siap kulit gosong, karena kalau udah nyampe sana, gk mungkin inget waktu deh... yang ada, cuman pengen sliding, kesiram air dari giant pail, sliding lagi, pake ban ngikutin arus, and so on...
tips nih, kalau ke waterbom, harus nyewa joglo, lumayan utk santai2 sambil makan2..

minggu depannya, desi and keluarganya dateng.. rencana awal sih mau ke dufan, tapi, bisa ditebak sih, akhirnya kita dateng lagi ke waterbom..
kali ini lebih seru, karena anak2nya jadi tambah banyak and desi belum pernah sama sekali ke waterbom and biasanya suaminya susah banget diajak mainan kyk gini..
but surprisingly, semua mau nyobain sliding, even gue yang biasanya phobia banget sama ketinggian.. gue rasa gue udah kecanduan sama waterbom.. and kali ini, badan gue bener2 gosong.. plus rambut makin merah, kayak abis main layangan..

Solo, Jogja, Semarang

we visited solo with simply reason to avoid the expensive airplane tariff to semarang; so, to make our visit more valuable, we arranged a culinary trip in solo.

we departed in solo at 7am, picked up by desi, my sister in law and her family, the 1st culinary plan was having tengkleng in pasar klewer for breakfast; but we lacked of information on operating hours.. it opens at 14.00... so, for sure, we did not have this kind of food.

second culinary trip destination was sate buntel tambak segaran at sutan syahrir.. and not yet open, as well.

so practically, our culinary trip in solo was totally failed.

next prompted idea.. visited prambanan.
surprisingly, i met mainak there with his wife and daughter.

prambanan is so beautiful, more beautiful than angkor wat, it is clean, greeny and well maintained; but totally uncomparable in term of size to angkor wat. we rode a mini train to see whole prambanan area; it was rain but still the beauty of prambanan was captured.

next destination was gudeg yu djum, yogya.

sayang.. chicken head has already run out.. that's my favorite chicken part for eating. :(

imagine, it was 11 of us, but we only paid total 216K for food and beverages. :)

next destination was semarang.

we spent our weekend in desi's house; i did not really in the mood to go out in semarang, except spending 4 hours in beauty salon with desi, nadia and my mom in law :)

it feels so good and so right to have fun together with my big family, even though, what we have done were only simply things such eating & pampering ourself, but the togetherness with them is always a very precious moment for me.

Wafatnya Soeharto

Rasanya sulit dipercaya, akhirnya bapak pembangunan itu meninggalkan Indonesia untuk selama-lamanya diiringi tangisan, isak haru dan bahkan caci maki.

Pak Harto meninggalkan kita semua pada hari Minggu, 27 Januari 2008 pukul 13.10 setelah kira-kira 3 minggu lamanya dirawat di RS Pertamina. Saya pribadi mempunyai teori sendiri tentang arti pukul 13.10 yang tentu saja akan saya simpan sendiri. Saya mengenang Pak Harto sebagai mantan presiden Indonesia yang ke-2, tetapi banyak orang Indonesia yang mengenang pak Harto lebih dari itu; ada yang mengenangnya sebagai bapak pembangunan, penguasa orde baru, sebagai pemimpin yang murah senyum sampai sebagai diktator penindas HAM dan penyulut KKN. Saya ingat, salah satu mantan pemimpin Indonesia ketika diwawancarai oleh salah satu TV swasta bahkan sempat mencacinya; tindakan yang menurut saya, walaupun mungkin yang dia katakan adalah benar, tetapi tetap saja tindakan yang sangat tidak terpuji.

Menurut saya, apabila seseorang itu telah tiada, biarlah Tuhan yang menghakiminya dan kita harus berpikir dewasa, bahwa seandainya Pak Harto tidak pernah memerintah, mungkin kita masih menjadi negara terbelakang yang menolak globalisasi atau masuknya modal asing.

Tapi, ... kalau masalah anak-anaknya sih, saya setuju, mereka harus mulai disiplin.. :)

Disappointed HongKong

eventhough i had good times with my fam in hongkong, but it was not met my expectation; so many things disappointed me.

we arrived in hongkong from macau by jetfoil; we took VIP class and paid quite expensive ticket price incl. set meal but surprisingly, it was only couple snack with terrible taste.
we stayed at BP International Hotel in Kowloon; a hotel with spacious lobby but has narrow bed room and small bathroom inside.

the 1st night, we went to clock tower to watch symphony of light; it was nothing compares to musical fountain sentausa island, singapore. after the show was over, we walked towards avenue of stars, but since it had already dark, we could only enjoyed some stars' statue there.

The 2nd day was disneyland day! we bought ticket at hotel and took MTR to lantau island. we stopped by at ngong ping village to see giant budha by cable car for approx 360 m distants.. what a surprise, ngong ping village was not a village! it was just a replica of traditional chinese houses which was used as souvenir shops & restaurants, it was not attractive at all and even we had to climb hundreds stairs to reach giant budha, and with all sanity we had, we right away went to disneyland.

to go to disneyland, we had to take special MTR that decorated with disneyland characters and made us feel like inside the cinderella's horse carriage. all disneyland characters were amazed us, feel so magic being there.. but if the characters were peeled off, i think i would prefer to visit dunia fantasi instead; because hk disneyland was not too spacious and most of the games were more suitable to younger kids. but, anyway, we had a very good time there, we were also get excited at dinner menu, souvenir shops and fire works. we backed to the hotel very late and i started doing my laundry while widi was hunting biten bugs in the hotel room. finally, he got frustated of the bugs and reported to the hotel manager to change our room. we got the same type room, different floor and complimentary breakfast vouchers but... the bugs still there!! capek deh...

we woke up earlier in the 3rd day and asked how to apply shenzhen visa to the travel desk counter at hotel; the lady officer informed that on saturday, shenzhen will only process visa for man (???) we changed the plan afterwards, did not go to shenzhen but went to the peak tower by tramway; the tram was upward to the hill and we enjoyed the city view from the peak terrace, but i like macau view better!

the travel officer information was bothering me because actually I did not believe her for the first time and then i decided to just go to shenzhen as i remembered long time ago i could applied visa on arrival anytime. arrived in shenzhen, we got trouble on the currency, we did not have ones! the money changer was difficult to find, so i walk towards to shangrila hotel to exchange money, but unfortunately they only did it limited for their hotel guest. as i always tell my son to not give up easily, i asked help from one of the hotel guest who really generous to exchange the money for me.. and he did it... aaahhh, finally..

but, it had already dark, so we only visited window of the world with less excitement and kept blaming on the travel officer.. i would never recommend BP international hotel to anyone!!

list of our disappointments:

1. bad food at VIP class jetfoil


2. small hotel room


3. biten bugs inside the hotel room


4. not too good symphony of the light


5. expensive laundromat


6. less adventurer games in disneyland


7. fake village at ngong ping


8. hundreds stairs towards giant budha


9. expensive entrance ticket to the peak terrace (the view was so so)


10. stupid travel officer in the hotel

finally, we left hongkong for one night stay in singapore..

Enchanted Macau

on this occasion, i lack of time in planning my trip, maybe because i was not too firmed on the plan of taking vacation; but, after considered that my children had 3 weeks school holiday without going nowhere, i decided to had vacation to places that never been visited by my kids.
i took itinerary to macau-hk-shenzhen-singapore as my children really wanted to visit disneyland and i was too obsessed to take picture in front of ruin of st. paul's church in macau.
thus, on jan 9, i flew to macau via kualalumpur by airasia (for me, airasia always value for money). took off at 8 o'clock in the morning from jkt and landed in macau at 5.15 pm (one hour ahead than jakarta) with 2 hours transitted in lcct, kl.
macau is a serene city with cold yet dry weather; the panorama almost similar to semarang, many hills and upward path. we took taxi and headed to hotel royal which has excellent service and hotel staffs.
all interesting places in macau open in the morning, so we spent the 1st night by having dinner at a-lorcha restaurant, an autentic portugesse restaurant. i ordered their special menu of bacalhau (codfish in cream sauce), african chicken and grilled lamb; all the food served had excellent taste and made me paid MOP 335.6.
the next morning, we had walktour as i would like to pass so many beautiful buildings on our way (most building have european architecture). the 1st building we visited was Monte Fort. inside the fort, other than cannons, i bumped into sight to few old ladies practising sword martial art and i was entertained by watching them :), it more like tai chi than sword martial art.
next to monte fort, downhill, laid Ruin of St. Paul's Church, beauty as expected and thus, made me kept on admiring it as well as felt magic because of its beauty and sacred.. so i accomplished my obsession by taking many pictures in front and inside the ruin.
we continued headed to Largo de Senado and on our way, we stopped by in bakery shop to buy the famous and yummy portugesse egg taart. in Senado square, i entered a church adjacent to Post Office; i forgot the name but this church brought different feeling as you entered others. it was built with european architecture and has wood old-fashioned benches that obviously describes on how old the church is.
after done sightseeing in Senado square, we moved on to A-Ma Temple and this time we walked lil bit further than before without any good sight on our way and.. when we reached A-Ma Temple, i was no longer too excited to explore the place because for me, the most beautiful temple is laid in Bangkok.
we returned to hotel by taxi and started packing our bags to continue our trip to hong kong; luckily the hotel provided free shuttle bus to ferry terminal where we should get on to jetfoil to hong kong.