dependable to electricity

November 26, 2009 in Umum with Leave a Comment

A few hours ago, the electricity went down. It covered quite a large area of northern part of the city. I don’t know if you guys got the same rainy and darky night as I had.

I know, I need to update with a new post. I just can’t think of anything. It’s been a really rough couple of days for me in every way imaginable. My brain is just not functioning properly. Hopefully, when things settle down a little and I get my sanity back, my blogging streak will return.

Until then, see you folks…

Stress Relievers

November 25, 2009 in Umum with Leave a Comment

It’s been one helluva week. *whew* I’ve been distressed lately that I can’t seem to handle working full-time  while at the same time also finishing my final project. We all experience stress from time to time, aren’t we? When stress gets to be too much, it can take a toll on our health and wellbeing. That’s why effective stress relievers are essential in restoring inner peace and physical health. I don’t know how you guys handle your own stress and come up with good result but here is a growing list of stress relievers I found on the internet.  10 tricks out of 25 (sorry, the rests are excluded on purpose) a few suggestions do the trick for me. How about you?

1. Journaling, this is something that I heart to do recently…it works fine for me…
2. Meditation, well, I’m definitely not up to it right now…how about you?
3. Breathing,  studies show that breathing the right way does help, I don’t know guys,…meditation and breathing, are we talking about yoga lesson or something?
4. Playing guitar, well, this will do the trick for me…
5. Watching movies…yup…I’ll find the time…
6. Take a Walk, I should do this…
7. Time Management, for me it’s a must
8. Reduce Caffeine Intake, a few people suggest me this, hmm I think I’ll pass…
9. Don’t Procrastinate, whew…this is pretty hard folks…it became my hobby…hmm…
10. Massage…haha…it’s gonna cost you a lot…not just 30 thousand rups kinda massage, I’m talking about going to Bersih Sehat and having two full hours done by the expert.

Overslept

November 23, 2009 in Umum with Leave a Comment

Last night, I overslept. The usual hours and not to mention the coffee time that I regularly spend in front of the computer at night turned into nothing but lying down on bed from head to toe (again). UGH! I hate that. I hate scrambling in the morning for getting up too early. I have a very set schedule in the evening and I know exactly where I need to be and what I should be doing at each time. For instance, the time I slept was the time I should already be starting to write a post or just doing a mumbo jumbo over the internet.

Anyway, Lia was an angel and totally helped me out by not disturbing my precious time on bed But actually the best part was when she woke me up as we needed to go grocery shopping.

There are nice ways to be woken up and there are not nice ways of being woken up. My personal favorite way of being woken up is not being woken up at all and Lia knows this, which is why I know there’s something wrong when she wakes me up on a weekend. Usually it’s because my mobile phone’s ringing or being called by my in-laws for late dinner.

Late in the evening, after we got back from the grocery store, I kinda noticed her sitting on bed at a glance when I was about to close my eyes (again). She had a silly grin on her face while watching TV program and that made laugh. Man, she was so excited watching Mulan II the movie. What? Are you kidding, Lia?

Oh, and I’d prefer to go back sleeping. Not my hobby actually, but definitely that seems to be what I regularly do for over than 8 hours a day. Not a hobby, huh? Go figure…

Updates 23.11.09

November 23, 2009 in Umum with Leave a Comment

Hari minggu kemarin, Brahmana berulang tahun ke 32. Brahmana ini suami dari Astrid, sepupunya Lia, yang sudah dikarunia seorang putri yang sangat lucu, Keshia namanya. Setiap weekend mereka datang ke Bandung dan kami bertemu. Hari minggu, kira-kira jam 12.00 malam menjelang pagi, beberapa orang datang ke rumah, ini inisiasi dari Astrid yang ingin memberikan a little surprise party untuk suaminya. Kita sudah merencanakan hal ini dari sehari sebelumnya. Saya ngga banyak punya ide selain bantu-bantu sebisanya aja.

Ide surprise ini berganti-ganti terus, bahkan ketika saya lagi nonton pertandingan Chelsea vs Wolverhampton di TvOne, ide acara berganti lagi, rencana awal akan ketemu didepan Apartment Majesty, sambil pura-pura cari makan, trus berubah lagi karena belum tentu juga mereka buka pelayanan jam segitu dlsb. Akhirnya acara diganti menjadi di Setraduta. Rencananya sih Cucho dan Lula (dua anjing gila itu) akan dimasukkan ke dapur belakang dan dikunci disana supaya tidak menimbulkan suara gaduh. Dan memang tidak terjadi suara apa-apa yang menimbulkan kecurigaan. Brahmana pun sedang sibuk bercanda dengan Keshia di kamar. Astrid jam 12 kurang sudah mondar-mandir ke kamar kami membicarakan hal ini. Tak tampak kecurigaan sama sekali.

Jam 12 lebih 5 menit akhirnya mereka datang dan ngumpet diteras depan, mereka menyodori saya 3 butir telur, ternyata ada rencana memecahkan telur itu di kepalanya Brahmana, kemudian melumurinya dengan tepung terigu, saya sebenarnya tidak terbiasa dengan ritual seperti ini. Tapi pikir-pikir, lucu juga hehe…

Jadi kami jabanin deh acara ngga penting itu kemarin malam dan memberikan surprise party ke kamar dengan terlebih dahulu mengetuk pintu, membawa cheese cake yang tidak ada lilinnya dan terpaksa menyalakan lilin ditempat yang terpisah, agar Brahmana bisa meniupnya, sialnya lilinnya mati ketika kami masuk kamar memberikan kejutan. Trus akal-akalannya adalah membawa dia ke ruang makan dan disuruh memotong kue dan make a wish. Potong kue dan make a wish-nya sih ngga penting karena tujuannya adalah kita ingin melempar telur dan terigu ke kepalanya. Dan itu berhasil. Pertama adiknya brahmana langsung benturkan telur itu ke kepalanya Brahmana dan pecah, saya pun melakukan hal yang sama dengan dua buah telur di tangan. Yang pertama berhasil pecah di belakang kepalanya, dan yang kedua tidak berhasil ketika saya benturkan di badannya. Saya dengan sekuat tenaga akhirnya pecahkan telur itu dikepalanya lagi dan tentu saja pecahan telur dan isinya itu tersebar kemana-mana, haha…sialnya setelah telur terakhir yang berhasil saya pecahkan itu, plastik terigu melayang kearah kami dan gubrak. Kena ke seluruh badan saya juga. Ini yang ulang tahun siapa???

Jadi kemarin malam itu saya bermandikan tepung terigu dan berusaha membersihkan tepung di kepala saya sebisanya, karena sudah dini hari dan cukup mengantuk, ya saya biarkan saja sampai pagi. Begitu bangun pagi rambut saya seperti pakai hair foam, keras sekali. Dan bukan pemandangan yang menyenangkan tentunya jika bercermin. Damn.

Siangnya sepulang dari kebaktian di Gereja, kami makan siang di Ayam Pesmol Cianjur didaerah Pasteur. Makanannya enak dan banyak. Gratis pula haha…thanks bro, sekali lagi, selamat ulang tahun. God bless you and your family…