COSMO MAMA WELCOMING 2008

YOU RUIN MY MORNING..

2011-05-12T13:11:00.000+07:00

Setelah matang alias menua, saya selalu mensugesti diri saya dipagi hari, untuk selalu ceria dan menyambut hari dengan gembira. Dengan begitu saya berharap hari berjalan dengan baik, sampai hari Senin 9 May, TKP di Deplu tanjakan yang setiap pagi sudah hampir pasti macet.

Hidup di kemacetan jalan yang menggila seharusnya sudah membuat orang menerima keadaan dengan lapang dada, walau hati kesal buanget, jadi buat apa marah2 sampai teriak2 ke pada mobil disebelah, yang tanpa si supir tahu apa kesalahannya..

Sampai saya pikir dua wanita ini sudah terkena depresi berat atau paling tidak hidupnya kurang bahagia, sehingga ketika ada celah untuk mengeluarkan sumpah serapah, maka berteriak2 lah mereka.

Cis sungguh memalukan dan sangat tidak pantas kelakuan mereka, kasihan kantor tempat mereka bekerja kalau tahu karyawan nya mempunyai kelakuan memalukan..

INFORMASI

2011-01-07T06:42:00.002+07:00

Sekarang hampir semua orang punya cell phone, semua tidak mau ketinggalan informasi, sampai para pembantu rumah tanggapun punya cell phone... Tapi kadang melihat mereka menggunakan cell phone, bikin kita pingin tertawa.

Kadang ketika menyapu halaman atau menyiram tanaman, mereka ber cell phone ria, entah seberapa pentingnya kah informasi itu buat mereka, mungkin informasi tentang naiknya harga cabai? atau ada satpam baru dikompek perumahan yang cihuy, atau juga sang nyonyah yang cerewet? we never now.

Atau para "mbak" yang ber cell phone sementara sianak lepas tanpa pengawasan.. wah ini sih berbahaya, karena si anak akan berlarian tanpa pengawasan, iya kalau didalam halaman rumah, tapi kalau sedang jalan sore?

SUFFER

2010-12-24T20:12:00.006+07:00

It's been two years since I abandoned this blog, a lot of things happened, and the saddest was when my father died. He left at Sep 3 rd 2010, a week before IdulFitri in a bless Friday. Sungguh rasa kehilangan itu datang dengan tiba tiba, setelah beliau tak ada. Semoga beliau telah bertemu dengan belahan jiwanya dan bersama kembali selamanya kekal abadi.. miss you both..

Memang suatu saat kita akan meninggalkan dunia ini, tapi kita tidak akan pernah tahu kapan, waktu itu saya hanya berpikir bahwa, ayah saya akan bersama kembali, setelah 8 jam dikamar operasi. Sedikit pun tidak terpikir bahwa beliau akan pergi, but he's gone.. and I feel sorry for it..

TERKOTAK KOTAK

2008-11-26T19:51:00.002+07:00

Ditengah pemaksaan kehendak, terkotak kotaknya manusia, dengan simbol2 tertentu, ada quote yang dikutip dari seorang bintang Indonesia yang sudah go International.. yang berkesan buat saya.

Agama adalah urusan personal antara seseorang dengan Tuhan. Makanya tak perlu mengumumkan ke setiap orang tentang agama yang kini kita peluk.

Apakah penting untuk bilang ke semua orang, agama saya ini, agama saya itu. Buat saya yang paling penting gimana kepercayaan anda masing-masing, apakah anda tulus atau nggak. Soalnya banyak orang yang bilang "agama saya ini", tapi tetap saja makan makanan yang haram, judi, minum alkohol, ataupun memaksakan kehendaknya..

Jadi masih perlukah kolom agama di KTP? Yang pernah disalah gunakan untuk mencari agama tertentu dengan memeriksa KTP yang bersangkutan.. cihhh

PUASA

2008-09-23T22:36:00.002+07:00

Kenapa ya kalau puasa ini restaurant/rumah makan harus ditutup dengan curtain? Padahal kan justru itu challenge nya orang puasa menahan rasa lapar. Pernah juga saya nonton acara tivi yang seolah2 merazia orang2 yang sedang makan direstaurant, ada yang ditanya KTP nya untuk melihat kolom agama.. apakah dia muslim atau bukan.

Wah koq saya malah tersinggung ya, memangnya kalaupun dia muslim tapi tidak sedang berpuasa, itukan pilihan dia.. dosapun dosa dia. Kalau kata saya, agama itukan urusan yang bersangkutan dengan Penciptanya, huhhuhuh.

SEKOLAH INTERNATIONAL?

2008-09-17T15:13:00.006+07:00

Ternyata (mungkin?) membangun sekolah itu menguntungkan, buktinya daerah Bintaro dan BSD saja sudah banyak sekolah baru bermunculan, dan kebanyakan adalah sekolah dengan predikat "international".. bahkan ada sekolah baru di BSD yang memberi laptop Apple kepada murid2nya.. nah bayangkan saja harga laptop itu berapa, jadi berarti uang masuknya juga mungkin menembus puluhan juta.. padahal baru sekolah SD lho..

Tapi ya herannya mereka juga tidak sepi dari pendaftar baru, cuma sialnya sekarang bulan2 Oktober itu sudah ada penerimaan murid baru dan sekitar bulan January tahun berikutnya sudah harus lunas uang masuk sekolahnya.. sementara tahun ajaran baru adalah bulan July..

Ada sisi buruknya, yaitu membuat motivasi anak untuk meraih prestasi tertinggi jadi melempem, karena mereka pikir "toch sudah diterima disekolah baru".. jadi lulus asal lulus saja.. pendidikan sudah jadi ajang bisnis yang menjanjikan.

JAM KARET

2008-03-31T20:59:00.009+07:00

Kemarin March 30,2008 kami sekeluarga akan mengikuti acara "100% Sepeda - Save the planet, ride a bike" yang diadakan oleh Bintaro Jaya, acara akan berlangsung jam 6:30 (di leaflet), jadi kita menggenjot dari rumah dan tiba tepat waktu.. tapi ternyata tunggu punya tunggu, sampai jam 7:45 an, belum ada tanda tanda rombongan akan diberangkatkan.

Dan itu dikarenakan bapak bupati tidak bisa datang, dan bapak wakil bupati Tangerang datang terlambat.. what a ****, baru jadi wakil bupati sudah mental "ngaret" kalau memang tidak punya waktu ya tidak usah datang, daripada membiarkan peserta kepanasan dan mood bersepeda santainya sudah hilang bersama meningginya matahari..(untung gue ga ikut pemilihan bupati kemarin dzighh).

Kadang juga kenapa ya panitia acara - acara seperti ini, selalu mengundang pejabat untuk memberi aba - aba start atau pengguntingan pita acara bazar lah or something "remeh temeh" like that.. kan bapak pejabat sedang sibuk, mending start aja sendiri.. atau gunting pita sendiri.. saya juga mau koq kalau diminta.. hoek siapa elu.

BANJIRRR..

2008-02-02T23:19:00.000+07:00

Kemarin (tanggal 1 Februari 2008) itu banjir dimana - mana, katanya banjir besar adanya setiap 5 tahun, lho kan ini belum 5 tahun sejak banjir 2007 itu?. Tapi kenapa bapak2 itu menyalahkan alam? Fenomena alam selalu jadi kambing hitam.

Drainage yang tidak berfungsi, dan sampah2 yang dibuang kekali, tapi yang nyata sih ijin2 pembangunan yang tidak pernah berhenti, sehingga menghabiskan tanah2 untuk penyerapan air.

KB

2008-01-04T07:22:00.001+07:00

Beberapa puluh tahun lalu mempunyai anak lebih dari dua, mungkin cukup masuk akal, karena pertumbuhan penduduk belum sehebat sekarang. Lalu muncullah KB (keluarga berencana) yang memasyarakatkan "dua anak saja cukup". Tapi sekarang gaungnya sudah hilang, tidak ada lagi menteri/pejabat yang mengurusi KB.

Dan yang menyebalkan sekarang ada keluarga yang menentang "dua anak cukup" dengan alasan kalau mereka mampu, why not have children more and more? Banyak keluarga sekarang yang mempunyai anak lebih dari dua, dengan alasan mereka mampu secara "financial", tapi bukan itu alasannya, apakah mereka tidak berpikir dengan makin bertambahnya penduduk, maka bumi yang tidak bertambah ini harus berbagi lebih banyak lagi.. Egois dan sombong banget kalau berpikir seperti itu, kenapa "kemampuan financial" nya itu tidak disalurkan ke hal2 yang lebih bermanfaat?.

Kan sekarang issue yang lagi nge-trend adalah save the world, dengan mengurangi beberapa hal, salah satunya dengan mengurangi jumlah populasi penduduk mungkin. Bayangkan, sekarang katanya world population is over 6.6 billion..

SPG "SOK TAHU"

2007-12-07T17:10:00.000+07:00

Walau sudah tidak muda tapi kami segerombolan wanita tidak tahu diri yang tidak pernah merasa tua, jadi kalau sudah "hang out" bareng kami masih merasa muda. Ya memang ada yang mengecat rambutnya tapi ada juga yang membiarkan rambut abu abu alias uban tidak ditutupi ataupun di"hair coloring".

Jadi waktu itu dua diantara wanita tua yang tidak mengecat rambutnya itu sedang lunch bareng di sebuah mall, ketika melewati sebuah counter softex yang sedang promo, dimana gerombolan SPG nya sedang menawarkan produknya.
SPG : "Ibu softexnya bu"
Dua wanita itu pun hanya melempar senyum manisnya, SPG tidak mau kehilangan kesempatan, dia malah mengejarnya dan berkata ;
SPG: "Bu softexnya kalau ga mau buat cucunya aja deh"... !%@^#**
"You what?" loh koq sok tau sih si SPG ini, dan patut diberi ganjaran, maka timbullah niat jahil si ibu2 tersebut..

Jadi berhentilah ibu2 tsb dan berkata :"Mbak memang tahu kalau saya sudah punya cucu?"
SPG : *mulai kecut*
Ibu : "Mbak jangan sok tahu ya, kita ini belum ada yang punya cucu, dan for your information, kita ga mau ditawarin softex bukan berarti kita ini sudah menopause, lalu kamu seenaknya menyuruh kami untuk membeli buat cucu kami?"
Nyerocos terus
"Biar udah ubanan tapi kita masih mens, dan kita masih belum punya cucu, lain kali yang sopan ya mbak, tanya dulu jangan langsung menuduh ya.."
SPG .. bengong..
Ibu2 berlalu dan 5 meter dari si SPG mereka ngakak sampai pingin pipis.. don't mess up with the old ladies..

KEJAMNYA IBUKOTA

2007-12-05T15:38:00.000+07:00

Saya bukan sok mau me"manja"kan anak2 saya, dengan tidak memperbolehkan mereka naik kendaraan umum, seperti angkot atau metro mini, walaupun mereka semua anak laki2. Karena dulu saya pengguna angkutan umum dari bus PELITA MAS JAYA (huh tahun berapa tuh), pokoknya dulu itu orang tua sayapun tidak takut melepas anak2nya untuk naik kendaraan umum. Tapi sekarang itu beda dengan jaman saya itu, mahluk dewasa tidak mempunyai rasa kemanusiaan terhadap anak2, maka itu saya super parno, dan tidak membiarkan anak2 naik kendaraan umum, jadi mereka naik antar jemput sekolah.

Tapi sekarang saya harus mem"rela"kan anak sulung saya naik turun kendaraan umum, menuju kantor tempatnya magang. Beruntung rumah dekat dengan stasiun KRL dan juga pangkalan Metromini, jadi dia dapat menggunakan KRL, disambung dengan bus. tapi itu setelah melalui "pelatihan" yang cukup panjang. Mulai dari naik Metromini 74 rempoa - blok M, lalu menuju tempat yang akan dia lalui, atau naik KRL ke Landmark, lalu beberapa "do not" yang harus diketahui ketika kita naik kendaraan umum.

Setelah saya rasa dia cukup bekal untuk di"lepas" di ibukota yang "kejam, maka barulah saya "legawa" melepaskan dia kepelukan kejamnya ibukota.. semoga Tuhan selalu melindungi anak saya, dan please ibukota "jagalah anakku dari kekejamanmu.. antarkanlah dia kerumah dengan tanpa kurang suatu apapun".

TV PROGRAME

2007-12-04T06:44:00.000+07:00

Ada acara televisi yang bikin muak yaitu infotainment, yang mengupas para celebrities (?) di Indonesia, yang makin lama makin norak. Bagaimana tidak norak (eh apa ya bahasa Indonesianya : NORAK!), berita yang tidak penting dikejar2, pertanyaan wartawannya juga norak, apalagi celebrities nya. Paling sakit hati itu bintang2 muda yang ditonjolkan, dengan limpahan materi yang mereka dapat, padahal umur baru belasan tahun, apa tidak memberi efek tidak baik buat sesama remaja lainya.

Saya pernah melihat dengan mata kepala sendiri bagaimana noraknya si wartawan dan (apalagi!) si celebrity yang dikejar. Jadi ketika itu saya sedang fitness, tiba2 ruangan jadi ramai, ada seorang cameraman sedang membidik 2 orang remaja (sumpah saya tidak kenal mereka), dan ada seorang wanita berjilbab (wartawannya), yang mengejar, dan bertanya : "mbak lagi ngapain disini" (konyol kan, sudah tahu itu fitness ya ngapain lagi.. mancing?).. terus si remaja dengan wajah2 jumawanya senyum2 menyebalkan jawab malu2 (dzigh) "mau fitness" dslbnya pertanyaan yang tidak penting. See how norak they were..

Saya pikir kenapa ya tidak ada acara yang menampilkan kesuksesan remaja lainya yang berhasil menang catur (yang kalau tidak salah bapaknya seorang pengemudi bajaj, maaf kalau salah), atau remaja2 yang sukses di Olympiade mathematic / science dlsbnya. Masih banyak remaja2 yang tough dan sukses dibidang lain, yang kalau dikemas dengan baik bisa tampil bagus acaranya.

E-NEWS E-MAILS etc

2007-11-29T15:48:00.000+07:00

Kita sudah tidak berlangganan koran lagi, terlebih lagi karena berita2nya bikin sakit perut atau malah jadi stress, apalagi internet tak terbatas tersedia dirumah, baca berita lewat internet saja.. Majalah pun sudah sebelumnya kita berhentikan, kecuali majalah interior import, tapi itupun suami ada juga berlangganan majalah interior yang bisa dbaca lewat internet.. Jadi sampah koran sudah bukan masalah di"rumah kecil" kita.

Surat pun sekarang tidak usah capek2 jalan kekantor pos, jadi kotakpos depan rumah hanya berisi surat2 laporan "billing statement" (kalau CC sudah lewat internet dikirimnya). Laporan listrik - telpon - tabungan masih dikirim per pos, kadang kangen juga terima surat, apalagi kalau hari raya.. surat ucapan cuma satu dua (soalnya kebanyakan kirim ucapan lewat email atau SMS), malah sekarang mengundang pernikahan juga pakai SMS.. hiyakkk.

PHONE BILL

2007-11-27T06:57:00.000+07:00

"Ah bill cell phone anak gue Rp 500 ribu" $@%^!&
"Bulan ini bill telpon rumah hampir Rp 1 juta" *(@&!**
Padahal anak gue baru kelas 5 SD.. padahal dirumah gue jarang pakai telpon rumah.. padahal .. padahal.. suaminya budahal (garing lu). fyi : ini bukan pengalaman saya lho.. soalnya telpon saya sih cuma 200 ribuan / perbulan.. cell phone? tidak mencapai 100 ribu juga..

Lebih lebih para PRT sekarang juga sudah punya cell phone, jadi kadang itu yang membuat bill telpon rumah membengkak, karena kadang mereka memakai telpon rumah untuk ber "silaturahmi" dengan sesama colleague nya. Jadi makin canggih teknologi makin meningkat juga biaya hidup.. "HIDUP CELL PHONE"

Anak2 SD juga karena sudah dibelikan cell phone, maka mereka jadi malas untuk memakai telpon rumah, jadi tanya pe er, atau ulangan, lebih gampang sambil tidur2an, tidak usah keluar kamar, tinggal ceklik2 nyambung deh.. "eh pe er nya apa sih? kamu udah bikin blom?, jawabannya deh sekalian kasih tau" gubrakzzz

ANYWAY BUSWAY ON THE WAY

2007-11-26T20:17:00.001+07:00

Haduh macet sekarang sudah tidak bisa ditolerir, berapa kerugian akibat macet, busway bukan pemecahan yang paling benar. Bapak kan selalu diiringi mobil pengawal, yang akan menyingkirkan mobil lain supaya mobil bapak bisa lewat. Coba dong pak sekali sekali lewat tanpa pengawalan, aduh mampus deh macetnya pak. Lewat toll juga bunuh diri, mana sudah dipalak duluan dengan uang toll, tapi teteup macet. Ayo dong pak serius dipikirkan, kenapa sih pak tidak transportasi kereta yang dimajukan, yang menghubungkan suburb dilingkar Jakarta, toh tidak membutuhkan pembebasan tanah seheboh jalan toll, selebar- lebarnya rel kereta berapa sih?

Seperti Jakarta - Bogor dengan kereta Pakuannya, saya iri deh, bener! Di Bintaro cuma ada Sudirman Express, tapi itu juga jadwalnya terbatas, khusus buat orang kantor saja. Buat apa dibangun double decker, kalau jadwalnya cuma pagi dan sore, kenapa tidak setiap jam gitu pak.

Bener deh pak, pusing nih kalau macet terus..
eh ternyata saya sudah pernah posting juga tentang macet.. >>

MANDUL?

2007-03-10T14:12:00.000+07:00

Kadang kita akan terkejut dengan kata2 yang keluar dari anak2 kita, lucu dan kadang mengenaskan, seperti yang dikatakan Dipta baru2 ini. Dia itu anak bungsu saya yang berjarak 7 tahun dengan kakaknya, dulu ketika sering ditanya, apakah kamu mau adik lagi Dip? ah ga mau katanya, tapi berhubung baru2 ini rumah kita kedatangan bayi cantik lucu mungil yang menginap selama banjir kemarin, tiba2 saja Dipta berkata beberapa hari lalu..
"Bu aku mau punya adik"
"O seperti adik Tera ya?"
"Iya"
"Aduh Dip, aku udah gabisa lagi (maksudnya cukup 2 saja sesuai anjuran KB)"
"Oh ibu udah mandul ya?"
:*@^!%79jo+"`~-.

THE HPs

2007-03-07T19:27:00.000+07:00

I begged him to make my family vector, and this is the vector, made by my "he ain't heavy he's my brother". Thank you my man.. kikikkkk

TEGA nya ... TEGA nya

2007-02-12T21:55:00.000+07:00

Aduh koq bapak tega teganya berkata : "Kalau kita lihat para korban itu masih ketawa. Jangan sampai dikondisikan seolah-olah dunia mau kiamat seperti yang televisi Anda (SCTV) katakan demikian," . Ya iya lah ketawa, mau nangis juga percuma, duh koq tidak berempati banget sih bapak. Apalagi anak2 pak, wah senang banget bisa berenang gratis, tertawalah mereka pak, walau buku2 dan seragam hanyut, ya itulah anak - anak..

Sebagai rakyat biasa, saya merasa harus membantu, ah apalagi kalau saya jadi menteri, paling tidak saya membantu dengan tidak melontarkan kata2 yang malah membuat orang sakit perut, sebelum mereka sakit hati..

Belum lagi yang mengatakan ini "ujian dari Tuhan" lo koq? Bukankah ini kesalahan manusia ? Ketamakan manusia yang terus membangun tanpa menyisakan tanah untuk peresapan, kesembronoan manusia yang tidak menjaga alam yang diberikan oleh Tuhan..

FLOOD..

2007-02-05T19:28:00.000+07:00

Pak..
Masihkah bapak mau memberi ijin membangun ditanah tanah yang seharusnya tidak boleh ada bangunan diatasnya? Masihkah bapak tega membiarkan bangunan liar disepanjang bantaran sungai. O iya bapak kan mau menjadikan Jakarta sebagai kota 1000 malls, tapi tolong pak sisakan tanah buat peresapan hujan.

Saudaraku..
Masih inginkah kita membuang sampah sembarangan? membiarkan lingkungan kita ambruladul, rawatlah lingkungan kita karena ini bukan "UJIAN DARI TUHAN" tapi ini ada lah kesalahan kita..

TRAFFIC JAM

2007-01-31T19:31:00.000+07:00

Pak, kemacetan di Jakarta sudah dalam tahap gila2an kalau kata saya, aduh belum lagi pembangunan jalur busway itu. Kenapa sih pak, tidak diperbaiki saja stasiun2 kereta api di suburb Jakarta seperti Bekasi - Bintaro - Serpong dan lain sebagainya itu. Jadi buat pembebasan tanah juga tidaklah sebesar kalau membebaskan untuk membangun jalan toll yang tidak bebas hambatan itu.

Busway membuat Jakarta semakin sumpek, atau lebih baik lagi Jakarta dijadikan kota sepeda motor saja dijamin lega. Bener deh pak, ampun. Atau jangan ada penjualan mobil pribadi lah, atau apa ya, cape deh ah. Harusnya kan membangun busway itu seperti ini, buat jalur baru bukannya jalur yang sudah ada malah diambil.. bagaimana sih pak, itu kan tidak memecahkan masalah, mau tiru2 tapi asal comot, kasian deh kita.

SORRY... YA

2007-01-18T20:14:00.002+07:00

Aduh maaf ya lagi norak banget nih soalnya baru pasang snap di blog ini, coba saja letakkan cursor diatas kata2 yang ada link URL nya.. tapi kalau URL nya blog sendiri koq tidak mau keluar ya.. aduh maaf pertanyaannya norak bener.. terima kasih buat ibu HAERKA atas petunjuknya.

Buat ibu diatas itu maaf banget kalau saya lancang, semoga ibu berlapang dada dan memaafkan ke-norak-an ini. Maaf juga kalau URL yang di snap tidak ada hubungannya dengan kalimat..

MY LOVELY COUNTRY

2007-01-09T20:36:00.000+07:00

Kalau mendengar keluh kesah orang yang baru datang ke Indonesia lagi, setelah kurang lebih menghabiskan 3 - 4 tahun diluar negeri untuk mengambil S4 (eh ga ada ya S4?), koq di Indonesia macet, koq tidak antri, koq tidak teratur, koq tidak displin, koq.. koq.. dst nya dst nya (panjang lah koq nya), kadang suka miris.

Lha kan kamu sudah tahu bahwa beginilah negeri kita, koq baru datang setelah mengalami keteraturan beberapa saat, terus misuh2.. Lalu membanding2kan dengan negeri yang tingkat penghidupan dan pendidikannya lebih tinggi..

Kasian deh kamu..

AIRLINES

2007-01-04T14:58:00.000+07:00

Beberapa tahun lalu ketika akan memesan tiket pesawat, si-mbak travel biro menawarkan tiket LION AIR, "heh apa tuh mbak kenapa mirip merk produk plastik? Oo ini airline baru bu, murah tiketnya". Waktu itu baru bermunculan airlines baru, tapi pilihan tetap pada GARUDA, beberapa tahun kemudian muncullah perang harga antara airlines, JAKARTA - DENPASAR pernah ditawarkan seharga dibawah Rp 100.000,- gilak ini kan lebih murah daripada naik bus atau kereta api, malah mahal naik taxi dari Rempoa ke - Bandara.

Kenapa bisa murah begitu berarti ada cost yang harus dikurangi, kalau menurut logika bego2an nya. Ketika bulan Setember 2006 kita harus mengirimkan tukang kayu dan cat ke pantai Sanur Bali dari Jakarta, dengan naifnya dikirimlah tukang kita dengan bus antar kota harga tiket Rp 280.000,-, dan perjalanan sungguh melelahkan karena jalan harus berputar dengan adanya kasus lumpur di Porong itu.

Waktu akan kembali ke Jakarta orang proyek di Bali menawarkan untuk naik pesawat terbang ADAM AIR, dengan tiket kurang lebih Rp 310.000,-, wah kenapa murah begitu, akhirnya sekarang pengiriman tukang kita ke Bali memilih naik pesawat daripada naik bus yang tidak nyaman dan membutuhkan waktu lama.

Tapi buat saya dan suami tetap pilihan pada GARUDA, walau memang nasib ada ditangan MAHA PENCIPTA, tapi kami memilih untuk ditangani oleh airline yang sudah berpengalaman dan dengan harga yang seharusnya kita bayar untuk naik pesawat, bukan harga tiket bus tapi naik pesawat. Dan yang mengerikan, naik pesawat tapi serasa naik bus..

semoga pesawat ADAM AIR yang hilang cepat dapat ditemukan

FIRE.. FIRE!

2007-01-03T05:47:00.000+07:00

Saya terbangun ketika mendengar deringan telpon jam 4 pagi ini, dan saya adalah "orang yang paling takut menerima telpon between 10 pm - 6 am" karena pasti itu akan mengabarkan berita yang tidak lazim, (I don't want to mention it's a "bad news"). Jadi saya hanya menunggu suami mengangkat, dan beritanya adalah "kebakaran" dikampung sebelah rumah saya, kompleks perumahan kita berdampingan dengan "lokasi hunian rapat".

Kita langsung keluar rumah dan melihat api berkobar, perasaan saya takut, tapi ternyata sudah banyak warga yang bergotong royong untuk memadamkan api.. dan bisa meng-isolasi api hanya pada satu rumah tersebut, api sudah mulai mengecil.

Dan the best part was, here come the hero, iya pak pemadam kebakaran datang tepat ketika rumah tersebut sudah habis, api sudah bisa dijinakan, kenapa selalu mereka datang terlambat? Padahal jarak tempat kebakaran dan pos pemadam kebakaran dekat sekali.

Dan ternyata juga warga sudah menelpon beberapa jam lalu ketika api sedang membesar, kenapa tidak seperti difilm2 dimana para pemadam kebakaran menembus api untuk memadamkan api (haiya film koq jadi acuan), kenapa pak pemadam datang ketika api sudah hampir padam?

Tapi kebakaran dekat rumah juga mengingatkan saya, ternyata saya belum meng-asuransikan rumah saya terhadap bahaya kebakaran, *icon jambak rambut*.

WELCOME 2007

2007-01-01T01:02:00.000+07:00

Happy New Year...
May this year better than 2006.. (basi banget deh harapannya)
Always happy with the family

CONGRATULATION TO INDONESIA PHYSIC TEAM

2006-07-17T05:00:00.000+07:00

Congratulation to Indonesian Physic Team, for being an ABSOLUTELY WINNER.. and hope Depdiknas really really feel guilty not sent MATHEMATIC TEAM yes shame on you.. and the medias? they only like to publish the news about Miss Universe or some "infotainment news"..

I would tell the world that they can count on our young generation.. let's support them, because they are our future.

*photo taken from cedmedia

BLAME IT ON VISA

2006-07-15T21:20:00.001+07:00

They could sent Nadine to attend Miss Universe, but Depdiknas could not sent these 6 brilliant young men to International Mathematical Olympiad at Slovenia huhhhhhhhh.. and the reason was very simple, they could not get visa on time.. huhhhhhhhh

I know how hard they were prepare for these big event, and they must be very disappointed, it was a big mistake for Depdiknas, and it couldn't be forgiven.

GOOD BYE MICHELLE GOODRICH aka MEG

2006-06-28T19:37:00.000+07:00

It's been a long time I didn't open my son's blog, but I don't know why a minute ago I open it, and I was shock when I read a message in his shout box "Sad news! Our mutual friend Mandarin Meg died at the weekend" sent by Stu Savory. O I'm really sad.. bye Meg.. Though we never met but for me you are a kind hearted person.. you put my son's blog and my blog on your famous blog quilt .... bye Meg

Michelle Elizabeth Goodrich GOODRICH, Michelle Elizabeth
Born November 21, 1953. Entered into rest on June 25, 2006. She is survived by her loving Rob Wooliscroft, and her daughters Karyn (Mike Wilbur) and Lanissa (Willie Spencer). Grandmother of Nathan, Anna, Samuel, Abby, Sara and Ryan. She was a generous and talented person who was many things to many people. "Michelle" to her friends, "Micki" to those who knew her longest, "Grandma Micki" to the grandbabies and "Mandarin Meg" to bloggers worldwide. She started her career with the State of California, and this career path led to her passion for the web and helping thousands create their sites. She was known throughout the world for her helpful tips and assistance on her Mandarinde sign.com. Michelle loved to create things - whether a blog, a painting or music. She was an avid gardener who could and would make everything grow. There was no need to call a florist, as you could go pick in her garden. She never turned away from a stranger and was always friendly and helpful. She would give you all she had to give at any time. She was truly loved and will be deeply missed. Family and friends are invited to attend funeral services on Friday, June 30, 2006 at 3:00 PM at River Cities Funeral Chapel, 910 Soule Street, West Sacramento, CA. 95691. There is no "Lieu of flowers", Mom just loved flowers too much.
Published in the Sacramento Bee on 6/28/2006.

these are icons she had made for us

ART ? or PORN ?

2006-06-24T20:30:00.000+07:00

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art...

* a painting by Indonesian painter sorry I don't know his/her name *

B2WORK INDONESIA

2006-06-12T14:58:00.000+07:00

After their first campaign on bike to work last year, now you can see their activities on their web . Save gasoline - no pollution - less traffic - save money - healthy and fun..

If you think it would take you a lot of cost to have a bike, just take an example from my gardener he's "bike to live"..

And fyi Indonesia is no 3 for the most polluted country in the world, although it's only a small act, but maybe with bike we can reduce the pollution. Don't forget about the price of gasoline, it's getting higher and higher. Not to mention about the gasoline itself which is going less and less..
*photo taken from : kompas*

PINOCCHIO

2006-06-06T13:07:00.000+07:00

If I have made one lie, I have to make another, and how complicated my life is just to think what lie I have to make again, so be honest and live with what I have, I try not to envy others people's life.. I'm afraid if I always lie my nose would grow longer and longer like Pinocchio..

BALITA

2006-06-05T07:57:00.000+07:00

Today I just want to say
Happy BALITA for you
batas limapuluh tahun you said..

from the depths of my heart
for this year and next to come,
I wish all success and happiness would come.

■We know we're getting old when the only thing we want for our birthday is not to be reminded of it~Unknown
■Inside every older person is a younger person - wondering what the hell happened. ~Cora Harvey Armstrong

FRIENDS

2006-06-02T20:53:00.000+07:00

"Friends come and go, enemies accumulate. Treasure your remaining friends!"
I am not good in making a new friend, but my friends now are really what friends are for. Once I fit with someone it would be a long lasting relationship. I have a few categorizing friends, such as ex my office I or II, or friends from my neighborhood or my highschool friends.

I have regularly schedule meeting with my old friends.. and it would be a crazy unforgettable moment, like this last gathering with my friends from my ex office, full of laugh and we were acting like we used to be when we were in the office. I would take care my relation with my friends, and hoping it would be a truly friend in need.

In good times. And bad times. I'll be on your side forever more. That's what friends are for.

BIKE TO WORK?

2006-05-28T21:20:00.000+07:00

This is my gardener's bike, I bet he know nothing about bike to work, but in my husband's opinion he's one of bike to workers so he gave him "bike to work" tag..

"To avoid traffic jam, to save gasoline and to reduce the pollution, leave your car at home and hop on your bike and go to work by bike", that is the mission of bike to work Indonesia.

But in my gardener case, bicycle is the only one he have to bring him every where to get some money for living, he doesn't care about pollution or other bla bla..so when my husband gave him the tag, he just wondering "what is it? " and for him maybe "bike to live" is more suitable.

Maybe you don't want to miss the trend now, why don't you bike to work.. would you?

EARTHQUAKE

2006-05-27T19:28:00.000+07:00

People have been digging to save their property and possessions.
Many people have lost everything

While they are waiting Merapi volcano to blow up, a powerful earthquake flattened buildings in Yogyakarta province early Saturday, the magnitude 6.2 quake. Deep grief for the victims and hope everything under control. And the wounded victims would get help from the paramedics.

*picture taken from news bbc*

GOOD CONDITION

2006-05-26T11:56:00.000+07:00

It's dangerous when you are not in good condition e.g. sleepy, and at the same time you are driving your car. Stop your car and get sleep for a while, but why most of drivers didn't realize that they were sleepy, till they hit something. Thank GOD if just the car scratch a little but how if you are scratches or more than scratches . And it happened to my son, he hit the concrete buffer in a fast speed and the car was very damaged but I thank GOD that my son was safe, maybe he just shocked. I hope it would be a lesson for him..

"When you lose,don't lose the lesson. Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly". Dalai Lama.

EQUAL PARTNER

2006-05-09T13:48:00.000+07:00

"recent research shows that men who are more involved with housework and parenting have stronger marriage, better adjusted children and happier wives"

Now there are no jobs description between man and woman, we are equal, but still your money is my money and my money is my money..

HAPPINESS

2006-04-29T21:39:00.000+07:00

Happiness is in our heart, nobody could make you happy unless you make yourself happy, how could you feel happy if you just keep saying "I'm not happy".. and blame it on others. Complaining would not solve your problem, feel grateful for what you already have now . Everyone should envy for you, but look at you now, just blame on someone else or looking for something to justify your unhappiness.

Being a house wife is a duty not a burden, we have to manage our home, and I'm proud if I could make my family happy, no matter how high your career is, still you have to manage your own home.. And I'm happy now because what I did could help others, at least I have something that I can proud of.

MONOGAMY

2006-04-13T16:14:00.000+07:00

For me, a man who choose monogamy *the practice of marrying only once in a lifetime* is gentle and sexier than a man who socializing polygamy as a way of life. Yes I'm egoist I don't want to share my man with another. How come a man could have more than two wives, is he strong or what?. And the reason for do the polygamy is to help women is really a crap big blah blah crap.. I ever hear.

To keep the marriage right on track would take a lot of effort from 2 peoples from 2 different background, I salute them for that. They could face the barrier and the obstacle and save their marriage, till dead do us part.

COMMENTS..

2006-04-10T07:29:00.000+07:00

Would you believe those comments come really from the readers? Don't you think the owner his/her self wrote those just to make his/her blog look so popular? If the posting is about contradiction news, you could have thousand of comments but if it's just about "not so important posting" and most comments come from "anonymous"? so ...

Although I'm not put my comsys but my truly friends know how to reach me, and fed up their sincere comment.

BUSINESS

2006-04-04T21:22:00.000+07:00

If you want to stay in this business please serve your clients in the best way, admit your fault don't blame others just fix your own fault. Clients do not want to know who you are, they only want to get the best service.

Too much talking and blamed others would make them sick and tired, and remember "mouth to mouth advertise" is very powerful. No wonder one by one left you.. hoeeekkkkkkkkk. phbbt.. d'oh

BOY FRIEND

2006-03-06T17:54:00.000+07:00

Sometimes I call my son with "panggilan sayang" >> panggilan sayang = pet name?<<, "hi pacarku how are you today?" and he replied my greet seriously "Ibu you have already married, why are you still want me to be your boy friend? " >>pacar = boy friend<<.. hah?..grmbll gubrakzz @!%*&

GOD'S WILL

2006-02-28T21:43:00.000+07:00

My friend adopted a baby boy, until now my friend hasn't told him about it. She think he is too young to know the fact, he is 9 yrs old now, maybe when he is big enough she'll tell him about it. So how shock she was when a couple days ago, he suddenly asked her :
"Mom, am I adopted?"
"Who told you so?"
"My friends, because this morning I had a biology class and the assignment was to match our blood type to our parent's blood type, so when my friends found out that my blood type is O and yours are A, they said to me that I am adopted, because it doesn't match"
*fyi : my friends and her husband are A blood type*
For the moment my friend was blank, she didn't know how to explain it, but then she said :"dear son it's a GOD WILL, if GOD have a WILL nobody can't stop HIM.., and you are my son" fyiuh, damn, kids now are smart, they know everything .

MY TEEN

2006-02-26T03:53:00.000+07:00

you came to us after 3 yrs and 3 days of our 3 rd anniversary.. although you are teen now but you are still my baby.. grab your dream and beat the world.

~images by nara~

IT TAKES TWO TO TANGO

2006-02-23T04:05:00.000+07:00

If romanticism is "saying I love you every time" or "calling honey/love/darling to spouse" or "candle light dinner", no we never did that, but if twenty one years of living together legally without any scratch, bruise, is romanticism, yes we are. Why every time we try to call our spouse with "honey" or "darling", we always make a joke on it, "honey? hanibal?" or "darling? dadar guling" , we just calling each other by our name itself, so no wonder when our youngest son began to talk, he called his father "Hendro" instead of bapak, but still call me "ibu" not Rieke.

We never in a big fight, he never prevent me when I want to hang out with my friends, I feel more secure leave the children with him.. he is cool so what do I expect more?.. none, To have and to Hold, in sickness and in health till death do us part....

Marriage is. . . . .
■ the only war where you sleep with the enemy.~ Gary Busey
■ a career which brings about more benefits than many others. ~ Simone de Beauvoir
■ a contract, Love is a feeling, and a Relationship is work. ~ Lori Gordon
■ not a word; it is a sentence. ~ King Vigor

Quotation on marriage
■ Any fool can have a trophy wife. It takes a real man to have a trophy marriage. ~ Diane Sollee,
■ The secret to having a good marriage is to understand that marriage must be total, it must be permanent and it must be equal. ~ Frank Pittman
■ Bad marriages don't cause infidelity; infidelity causes bad marriages. ~ Frank Pittman
■ The development of a really good marriage is not a natural process. It is an achievement. ~ David and Vera Mace

"The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother"

OVER DRAMATIC

2006-02-11T06:17:00.000+07:00

I always worried if my family get sick, so a couples day ago when I found he got a fever, I said to him in Bahasa Indonesia : "tong, jangan sakit dong aku sedih deh kalau kamu sakit" free translate : "please don't get sick, I would be sad if you're sick my dear" and he said : "ah ibu over dramatic nih", heh gubrakz, what is "over dramatic?".. but I wasn't intent to ask about what he had said..

WELCOME 2006

2005-12-29T06:22:00.000+07:00

we thank to GOD for the wonderful 2005 HE gave to us, although 2005 was hard but we could pass 2005... so we hope in 2006 we still could manage it with happiness around our family.. so welcome 2006, resolution for 2006? oh no we just follow the flow.

and one thing for sure I always hoping, we are stay in good health, you know how cruel ( I should say like that ) the medical costs now..

HOLIDAY SEASON

2005-12-27T05:14:00.000+07:00

Please son, don't get sick at this the end of the year, most good doctors are take their year end vacation.. yesterday my son told me, his breast muscle was pain, when I brought him to the hospital, the doctor that we want to visit was on his vacation.. olalaaalaa.. hold your pain could you?

HAPPY XMAS

2005-12-24T16:02:00.000+07:00

So this is christmas
And what have you done
Another year over
And a new one just begun
And so this is christmas
I hope you have fun
The near and the dear ones
The old and the young
John Lennon to Kyoko and Jullian Lennon
I always like Christmas ambiance, the songs are full of joy, and may the joy of holiday season bring us lots of happiness.. may peace spread all over the world..

ho ho ho ho ho ho

THANK YOU MOM

2005-12-22T09:58:00.000+07:00

my late mother
I know how often I took you for granted when I was growing up.. I always argued you, we always in different perception.

But I never really thought about what that meant, till I got older and began to realize how often your time and energy were devoted to me. so now, for all the times I didn't say it before, thank you, Mom.... I love you so very much!

now I know how being a mother, I tell you, you have adorable grandchildren, you must be proud to have them. hope I can bring them to their success... like you did to me

MY WISH

2005-11-24T04:22:00.000+07:00

I'm not enjoying driving my car in this Jakarta's horror traffic anymore, my heart would pound in a fastest speed, or my mouth would keep yelling the species of the whole innocent animals, anjr*t - mony*t (yes this is my bad side), so I've been thinking to buy this friendly environment vehicle (the producer said so), I could have a driver to take me where ever I want to, without making me stress or nervous, but the problem is I should have this to trade in with my wish vehicle. And if I could buy it I prefer the blue one. Is there anybody would sell his/her vehicle to me?, so I can get my wish vehicle.

Birthday present recycling

2005-11-19T04:31:00.000+07:00

Years ago....
It was my 5^th grade class at the elementary school, and it was my teacher birthday. She was opening her presents from her students. "Rieke, uhm you know I need this pen, to write your exams score". I gave her a blue and red pen.

And then : "Endah Suprapti, wow a beautiful fabric, thank you so much I really like it and I can't wait too long to make a clothes.." when my teacher showed Endah's present, I was shock because it was a fabric I gave to Endah Suprapti my friend at her birthday a couple days ago. A red polka dot fabric.. How could she gave it to our teacher? I hate her, she gave my present to another people in front of me. And since that day I didn't want to be her friend anymore.. I hate her.. hate her so much.

Now days...
When my sons celebrating his birthday, they received a lots of presents, after they opened the presents, usually I picked some of the presents and wrote down the name of the giver and stored it in the cabinet. And if I have to give a present for my son friend I just open my cabinet and choose one of it.

Maybe Endah Suprati's mom had done what I do today, recycling birthday present, but maybe she forgot to write down the name of the giver..

psstttt: I hope, no one of my son friend's parents read this.. or maybe they did the same way.. uhm well, if that so.. welcome to the club pals..

DOWN PAYMENT or PREMATURE ?

2005-11-15T09:40:00.000+07:00

Let's say, he married at March, and next September * about 6 months later * his wife gave born a baby girl.. and he said : "Yup my baby is premature". Let's go straight new daddy, her weight is 3.500 gr, it isn't a premature baby weight *usually under 3.000 gr*. and she is as health as normal baby.

So maybe you forgot, you had given a down payment.. be honest >icon devil lol< this is for someone out there who thought that he could fool us with his dumb statement.. premature..

BASI STATEMENT

2005-11-14T14:55:00.000+07:00

I don't know exactly the translation of "pernyataan basi".. hey you know my English.. a play group level. So this is about a statement that people always say when we get something bad. Like when I got accident in my house a couple days ago, after all the horror part had gone, my husband said : "dear why don't you asked us to help you pushing the mattress.." ouch no! if I'd known the mattress would fall into my body, I better just watched television.

Or when we were looted on our way to Bali, one of my relative said : "maybe you hadn't given enough money for charity/donation/zakat/amal etc.." hoy how could you say like that, this is real "basi banget deh ngomongannya"..

Or when someone hasn't have a baby yet, "maybe GOD has not trusted you to have a baby yet.. bla bla bla lalallilillli or when your kid fall or break something :"I told you do not blala blala lalalili"

For me if I got something bad I just think this is my bad day my apes my na'as day and I try not to give a basi banget statement to someone who has got a bad thing.

VICTIM OF "PEMBANTU MUDIK"

2005-11-08T17:54:00.000+07:00

Today at day 7th "do it your self a house keeper job" aka "pembantu mudik, juragan repot", 6:55 am in the morning and I was standing in the middle of my bed trying to push my "king size spring bed mattress" to the wall, and all the sudden.. bammm the heavy mattress had fallen right on my body, and my back head hit the "sharp edge of my wood bed" and I screamed out loud called my husband. And after the helpers *my husband and my sons* came and got rid the mattress from my body, OMG, blood every where. and when my husband checked my back head, he said "we have to go to the hospital, the wound was deep"..

And I got 5 stitches, at my back head, and they cut off my hair around my wounded.. >> yes I'm "4x4 cm bald" now wakzz <<. The doctor not allowed me shampooing my hair for 3 days ahead.. arrrghh.. Yes this is my bad day, and accident could happen any where, even when you just pushing your mattress.. sigh.. oh Joemirah please come back..

MET BILL CLINTON

2005-11-08T03:44:00.000+07:00

It was a fine morning in November 1994, when I heard uproar voice from outside my home, and when I checked, I found a crowd, I asked "what happen?", and they answered "Mr. Clinton would be here in the minute", "Oh Mr. Clinton the president?" yes the president of US. In November 1994 APEC Summit held in Bogor.. and Mr. Clinton came to Jakarta to attend the meeting, and after it was over, Hilary Clinton was attending the meeting with women activists while Mr. Clinton spent his spare time to visit Antique Market at Jalan Surabaya Menteng.

fyi: my home was in Menteng, at jalan Surabaya behind the antique market. Antique market jalan Surabaya Menteng is A unique shopping opportunity, lively open-air antique market on the fringes of the Menteng residential neighborhood. A good place to bargain for exotic treasures. Lots of puppets and brass for sale.

I ran back in to my house and told my husband and in a minute later we *my husband - my son and my self* joined the crowd and stood at one of the kiosk, waited for Mr President of US, and the scenery at jalan Surabaya was very "Hollywood movie" because I saw a presidential limousine in the middle of jalan Surabaya *yes he brought his own* and a bunch of secret service which was, their body were as big as my door and of course with their black eye glasses.. and a wire on their ear..

And suddenly Mr President was standing in front of us, and he shook our hand. OMG we were shaking the hand of US president.. I never forget this moment, we were in a very casual home clothes "baju-rombeng-rumahan" to be precise.. and he was with his casual shirt too, his cheek was red, and he always smile to everybody.. but the bad news was : we didn't have a photo for this moment because it was all the sudden and we just ran of to see Mr President..

I amazed why we were not kicked off from the crowd *secara dia itu presiden Amerika gitu loh, yang katanya Secret Servicenya gimana gitu*, maybe the body guards were very sure that we wouldn't do anything harm to Mr President, but if they knew that my son was have a chicken pox that day, maybe there was another story.. oops.. yes he was getting chicken pox when he met Mr Clinton..

Maaffffffff

2005-10-28T16:36:00.000+07:00

can I walk with you >> INDIA ARIE

generic

2005-10-21T00:41:00.000+07:00

What I most scare of is, if my family is sick, and I have to see the doctor at the hospital, and it happened last week. My son got his asthma and couldn't breath as well, and after the inhalation, I had to pay for the medication, and when the apothecary mentioned how much rupiahs I must pay, I shocked and asked her what kind of medication that caused such a huge rupiahs, and then asked her back, "could I just get a generic one instead the brand one?" . "yes mam, it has a generic for this expensive brand antibiotic". "yes I take the generic" and it cost 40% from the brand.

What ever people think about generic, I think it is as same as the brand, because in my common mind or should I say "pikiran-bego-gw", the materials are the same.. the difference is maybe the packaging.. sorry if I'm wrong about this..

you know dear? I can't stop loving you

TOUGH CHOICES

2005-10-18T07:11:00.000+07:00

She have to choose whether to buy food or kerosene to cook the food? Some choose to provide non meat menus for the family due to the up - up - and - away - prices. And the others have so much choices, a brand new Toyota or BMW << bless you!.

Meanwhile "City Council financing, which doubles or even triples councilors' monthly salaries from the previous Rp 25 million (US$2,500)"

And I choose to buy chicken meat which is Rp 18.000,-/kg, instead of buying chilli for Rp 35.000,-/kg, ignoring we are "sambel trasi maniac".

BEING SINGLE? %@$*

2005-10-11T12:33:00.000+07:00

*if you are under 35 yrs and being single, maybe it's ok, because you have friends or relatives that would pay attention to you. but when you are old enough and still being single, and everybody are busy with their own, that is a disaster.. *

We are not a super woman, so I just don't get it if some "super career" or "super duper intelligent" women refused to get marry, because it would jeopardize their job..

AGAIN?...

2005-10-10T18:49:00.000+07:00

hope it hasn't changed, but I had "printed screen it" thank again..
everybody asked, how could I find it?, uhm I always like to check my sitemeter and then this link appeared and when I clicked, voila .. it was as simple as that..

WE WERE ..

2005-10-08T04:36:00.000+07:00

Indonesians are famous for its kindness, smiling people, but since the suicide bombers blast in Bali.. are we? I just couldn't understand why there are terrorists in my beloved country, who is our enemy? In my humble mind our enemies are corruption, poverty and low education. And if we want to make war against all that, all we have to do are build our country, not blast here and there, it's just killed our brothers and sisters.. and it's make us drowning more deeper.

And you know what, your job has made foreigners don't want to spend their time in Indonesia, they are freak out, and there are a lot of cancellation, their government warn to "not visit Indonesia".. and again it's make us drowning more deeper..

And instead of learning how to make a bomb why don't you learn how to make Indonesia more power and dignity, make a better place to live for our children.. *it's a desperate hope from a simple humble and dumb mother *

CUT HERE and THERE

2005-10-01T13:18:00.000+07:00

What cost should I cut off again?

Any suggestion? do not suggest to unsubscribe my cable internet connection.

but still I am grateful for what I have now, thank GOD..

update: how could they did it again in this "difficult situation"

deep condolence to Bali Blast victims October 1^st 2005..

PUBERTY

2005-09-29T05:50:00.000+07:00

"Bu, what is puberty?"
"A time when someone's reproduction could execute its function, or the period of time when children begin to mature biologically, psychologically, socially and cognitively. Girls start to grow into women and boys into men"
"Today, I had to complete a questioner about puberty, and one of its question was, have you ever sexually harass?"
"Have you? by the way do you know the meaning of sexual harassment? "
"No I don't"
"Sexual harassment is bla bla lala lilili.."
My parents never explain us about "sex" things but parents now day "must" explain their children about it.. so I have to learn about it, and explain it in a proper way for 10 yrs old boy. On the other hand, it's more easy to do it than to explain it..

And one tough question from him when he was 8 yrs old was, "what is a rape?".. I have to think very hard before I could explain it to him. And the answer was "It's a crime" that's it for now.. ask me again when you are 12 yrs old.. oke..

MAKE MONEY

2005-09-24T04:10:00.000+07:00

A metromini stopped at the traffic light, and two girls *5 and 7 yrs old* stepped up into it. The bigger one brought a kecrekan *pieces of metal that could make a sound* and the little one brought envelopes and began to distribute it to the passengers, in the envelope there was a piece of paper with a "not so good handwriting" and it written that they need money to continue their education/school.. so if the passenger wouldn't mind to give them some.. the bigger one began to sing.. and when the little one collected back the envelopes, a woman asked her with out loud "where is your mother? why she allow you to make money in a metromini that full of passengers? isn't it danger for little girls like you? and the bla bla lalala lilili."

The girl just looked at her in silence but maybe her mind said out loud too, "hi mam just keep your crap, and give me some money.. would you?" or in her original language "aduh ibu ketimpringan banget pakek marah2 kalo emang mak gw bener ya ga mungkinlah gw masih 5 tahun genee suruh nyari uang"

BINTANG DI SURGA

2005-09-18T05:55:00.000+07:00

My 10 yrs old son said to me :"Ibu, I am embarrassing, why do you buy that album? ". "uhm I like the songs, and why on earth you asked me like that".. ".. because I think the songs are for kids only?" .."hah?" "yes my friends could sing all the songs and they are like the songs very much".. and the album was PeterPan's album.. is it a kid songs? he thought if all his friends could sing the songs, it mean it's kid song?..

How lucky kids nowadays they could have lots of songs, in my age I just could sing.. little stars aka bintang kecil, go up to the top aka naik naik ke puncak gunung.. mom's love aka kasih ibu.. Now PeterPan always accompany me while I am driving, and he would yelling :"Ibu boeseeeeeeeeeeeeennn deh lagunya itu moolooo".. o bintang di surga .. uhm uhm lala lilillli..

ps: to miss X I just want to sing "Ada apa dengan mu" lalalilili crutz

high tense

2005-09-16T07:31:00.000+07:00

I never or should I say rarely, have a big fight in our marriage, but you would find we were in a high tense ambiance, if we were lost in space oups I mean if we want to go to an address that we never known before, it happened when we got an invitation that arranged in someone's house.. especially now Jakarta has been expanding its area to east west and south.

If the address is a new area, sometime we lost it.. so the war begin, he would order me to see the map, and I am not "a good reader map", so I don't know where we have to move on, to the left or to the right.. and I asked him to ask the audience I mean to someone in the street. Unlucky us, now not many people known about the area, they just answered "I don't know".. and our tense began to raise in a high level.. after so many "maybe you have to turn left or right" / "maybe you have to enter that way" argue.. we arrived at the target.. and our tense were cooling down.. but if I remembered how tight we were on the way to the address.. huh..

NAME..

2005-09-14T12:50:00.000+07:00

My name is Rieke, but why they are still write my name like this, Reike , Reiki, Rike? I always take extra care when I want to write someone's name, people may have an opinion "what is a name?" but I do care. You will know that when you are going to have a child to name it. When I was pregnant, we began to look for a name, and what we found was always a girl's name... so cute, and we never found a boy's name, ughh.. so there were several girl's names in our list but not any of them was boy's name. And then I gave birth to a baby boy, and voila, we didn't have a name for him.. and the rules are we have to have a name before we leave the hospital, for birth certificate ..

And I am sorry if I have made a mistake in writing down your name.. let me know your correct name. Remember, although I'm an old woman, please don't call me Burik

update: again I found someone wrote my name as Riyeke.. huhh argghhh

PLAY SAVE?.

2005-09-07T20:40:00.000+07:00

This evening a called shocked me out : "Ibu may I cut your investment on bla bla, because now the Stock Exchange is getting down, and your stock is falling off, I just want to ask your permission to redeem it tomorrow".. Waawww arghh.. blame it on what? and what is the safest investment now day? My brain is going to blow up..

Since saving in a bank didn't give a good profit anymore, people looking for others investment that could give a good chance to get more than saving in a bank. And the stock exchange is a choice, but look at me now.. blame it on rupiahs or dollars or the oil or SBY.. The safest is maybe we use a traditional way of saving money in a piggy bank or under our mattress, but considering robbery.. still a big risk.. so ... au ah gelep..

I wonder why kids now have a thought to suicide themselves if they find something not comfort to them, it has been a common news now, to read about a kid suicide his/her self.. what's wrong with our society? Is it because the ocean of information we have? I always put an attention of what my son told me about his school, friends, especially when he told about how his friends made a fun of him, I always encourage him..

Beside a bad news, I have a good one, finally I could finish it, but still an obstacle, it couldn't perform well in an OPERA, is it because the Java script or what? tell me please.. thank so much..

RAW FISH

2005-09-04T05:39:00.000+07:00

My friend work at a travel agent, sometime she is invited to another country for a tourism promotion. One day she was invited to Japan and at one session was to visit the best sushi and sashimi restaurant in town of Tokyo. So she and a bunch of another guys from Indonesian travel agents were showed how to prepare sushi and sashimi by the chef.

And when she saw how to prepare sushi and sashimi from a live fish/shrimp her stomach suddenly rejected, although the guide keep saying "this is the best sushi and sashimi restaurant in town".. she couldn't eat the fish and the shrimp in front of her.. she still imagined how a live shrimp was cut... and when she was telling me the story, I just imagined it should be me who must be send over there.. I like sushi and sashimi very much..

When they went back to the hotel they dropped into a Mc Donald restaurant to find an acceptable meal.. for them.. huh you guys you can't appreciate the art of cooking.. blehh

WET DREAM huh?

2005-09-02T05:19:00.000+07:00

Yesterday my 10 yrs old son asked me.. "ibu do you know about wet dream?" and emak *hah uh oh.. gubrakz* : "well a little.." and I've been thinking very hard what is the meaning of wet dream.. "well if you do have a wet dream, it just means your body is maturing sexually, which is a step towards becoming an adult. but if you want to know the details, please ask your bapak or your brother."

son :"yeah actually I've known that"..
emak :"so why did you ask me?"
son :"I just want to know, do you know about wet dream.."
arrghhhhhhhh..

JUST ANOTHER TRASH

2005-08-27T19:44:00.000+07:00

Want to have comments or visitors more than 100/day ? post about something controversial, I remember when I posted about tsunami, and my sitemeter showed that the visitors of my blog was more than 400, which was a very rare number of my visitors (shame on you.. huh), yup who want to read my "trashy posting"? And if you have lots number of comments, is it mean that you are a popular one?..

And how come mapram/ospek/posma is still allowed in some university? Until now I don't get a damn advantage from this what so called "mapram". It was just about some embarrassing moment for me, and I hate "mapram"

RIGHT

2005-08-25T21:06:00.000+07:00

Is it fair if you're yelling about how must to protect your work from people that copy paste it, in the meantime you're still buy pirate DVD or software.. no it's not.. Please follow my friend's rules in her family, do not ever buy pirate or what ever that not legal, so they always buy the genuine one.. no wonder because her husband is one of copy right expert in Indonesia, now they are in Switzerland, her husband work for UN in copy right section for Asia..

If you're still looking for pirate DVDs or something like that.. please keep your crap by yourself, eat it and swallow it.. huh, or in this blog world how could you claim your layout or your posting as your original work? wekz.. we are influence each other..

DIVORCE

2005-08-23T04:44:00.000+07:00

My friend divorced a couple of month ago after her 17 yrs of marriage. When I asked her why, she said she waited for her kids to grow older, and after they are teens she took the decision to divorce. "After so many years of suffering, now it's time for me to free myself from my husband.."

"Why didn't you divorce at the time you found the discrepancy in your marriage? No it would hurt my kids.." uhm I think now you have hurt them too, although they are old enough to understand. So should we hang on with our marriage for the sake of our children?

Yup, we never know what would happen then in our marriage, I just hope that I would be growing older with the same man I married 20 yrs ago..

NOT ENOUGH

2005-08-21T19:53:00.000+07:00

I was shocked when I read about a teacher who switch his job and become an ojek driver *earn money by taking peoples on a motorcycle* he'd been a teacher for 11 yrs, but too bad his job didn't give enough money for his family, so he quitted and then become an ojek driver. Actually he love his students, and it was a difficult decision he made.

I think we lost one of our valuable human resources, a slap for you minister..and how many more would be lost again?

10 HOURS

2005-08-19T04:06:00.000+07:00

I was in Bandung yesterday when my staff called me and informed that the electricity was cut of again, and my workshop fully stop, couldn't do anything.. the carpenters couldn't continue their job.. when I arrived at 17:30 the electricity still cut off .. and it had been 10 hours..

and fyi : State power firm PT PLN said on Friday it would not pay compensation for the massive blackout that affected much of Java on Thursday... argghhh. And they would threaten the consumer if we are late to pay the bill.. huhh, but if they make mistake, they are not take the responsibility.

INDEPENDENCE DAY

2005-08-17T04:37:00.000+07:00

for Dipta : it's a competitions/games time and a bike carnival, and lots of presents, and he had decorated his bike with red paper last night..
for street vendors : selling flags in a variety size.. or selling areca palm trees/pinang trees for climbing contests (the poles are greased up and people try and climb to the top to claim one of the prizes waiting for them)
for my dad : time to tell his story about how he survived from the war..(thx God he's still healthy in his age)
for me : just another day in August and if I have enough time I'll attend the games such as sack races, kerupuk eating or put a pencil in to a bottle in my neighborhood. I just know we have freed from the colonialist, and now we still have to free ourselves from poverties and all the problems we have..

but what ever,
happy Independence day ..
more power to Indonesia.

RED and WHITE

2005-08-15T12:02:00.000+07:00

FLORA and FAUNA EXHIBITION

2005-08-08T10:30:00.000+07:00

collection of cactus

citrus tree

srikaya ( annona : the sweetsop fruit ?)- star fruit - citrus - chili
Last Sunday we attended a flora and fauna exhibition at Lapangan Banteng, many varieties of trees were exhibited, from regular tree to a rare expensive tree. And the prices were from thousand rupiahs to million rupiahs, there was a tree priced for Rp 40.000.000,- (± U$ 4.000,-) and it was sicas macrazamia, a 40 yrs old sicas from Africa.

And what I like was little fruit trees, it was only 1 m high but it had has fruits on its branches, and the price from Rp 200.000,- (± U$ 20,-) up to Rp 2.000.000,- (± U$ 200,-).. and there were plants that could throw out mosquitos from our home, one I remembered was lavender plant, maybe it's a good solution to avoid dengue fever..

ONCE UPON A TIME

2005-08-03T12:28:00.000+07:00

I found these postcards and it's about Indonesia along time ago, I bought the postcards for just Rp 3.000,-/each (30 cent U$?), and I want to share it.

This is a street vendor that sell some kind of ice with syrup, read at "ys djempol" ys means ice, and Djempol maybe the brand , I don't know for sure what year this photo was taken. Look at their outfits, I think it is fashionable.

The traffic at that time, this was a couple in a becak, and at the right was an ice cream street vendor "veronika ys cream lolly".

THE PROCESS

2005-07-29T17:50:00.000+07:00

I had a chance to see the process of making batik in Pekalongan at Hajjah Musrifah's place, hajjah Musrifah is Maknyak's mother in law.

the men were printed patterns at the fabric,
the tool for print a batik is called a cap (copper stamp).
Men usually do the printing by cap.

and then the girls filled the patterns with color.

after all done the batiks are in drying process

they are waiting their masters finish the job and then take them home, these are the batikers's bikes.. (duh bener ga ya batikers?)

NARCIST

2005-07-21T06:38:00.000+07:00

1 entry found for narcist.
narcist n : someone in love with themselves [ syn: narcissist ]

I don't know is the title is suitable or not with this posting, I just want to post what ever I like, nothing special in this week, everything was a routine daily life.. so welcome to my 5L type of house meaning : lu lagi - lagi lagi lu, but we are happy living in our 5L house.

Been sad lately to see the condition, everything became more harder, from the experiencing fuel shortages to PLN's electrical shut down, not to mention about how difficult to find a project now.. ughh tight and cut off "the not so important cost"..

No matter how I have to cut my "not so important budget", BUT I DON'T WANT TO CUT OFF MY CABLE INTERNET SUBSCRIPTION. We can handle our life style, but we *husband - I my self - my son* can't handle our internet addicted..

GIRLS from KALIMANTAN

2005-07-15T17:45:00.000+07:00

How beautiful our culture are, they are from Kalimantan,
Balikpapan for sure, look at their outfit.

colorful and elaborate

BATIKS

2005-07-13T15:25:00.000+07:00

Most of my batik collections are hand made, and the batiks are not made from silk but made from primissima or maybe it called mori (?).. I collected it a long time ago, when I was worked at Kebayoran, once in a moth there was a couple always came to our office to sell batiks. And then my mother inherit me her collections which was antique batiks she gave me. I don't want to write about batiks, and I bet you wouldn't read it too, though.. so just enjoy the patterns..

so colorful

sogan color which means brown color

looking at the pattern always amazed me

flora and fauna as pattern

SIDE WALK

2005-07-11T08:23:00.000+07:00

Last Saturday my son and I walked along the sidewalk in Jakarta Pusat, Menteng area precisely, and we found the sidewalk in Jl. Theresia is friendly for pedestrian, there are so many trees and the size of side walk is comfortable.

big tree around the sidewalk

trees avoid the pedestrian from the sun

this would jeopardize the pedestrians

the sidewalk is too small and they put plant at the sidewalk that make
the sidewalk not friendly for the pedestrian
I wish there are more friendly pedestrian sidewalk would build in my beloved city..

A MORNING at BOROBUDUR

2005-07-06T15:41:00.000+07:00

at 5.00 am July 3rd we were picked up to Borobudur..
and these are pictures I had captured

the real situation is more beautiful than this picture, you should feel it..

an extraordinary achievement from the past.
We were joined a group of foreign tourists, they asked me about the bad things of my country, it's a fact, and I'm not happy about it, but how bad my country is, I still love Indonesia and proud to be Indonesian, and try not to be one of the bad guys.. another photos goes here and here

ps:
to "my googling maniac friends" *I know who*: pls don't google these photos, they are really mine.. swear..

PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION

2005-07-01T05:32:00.000+07:00

to fulfill my son's holiday, I would introduce him to our public transportation..

to SUNDA KELAPA harbor : from our home we took metromini 74, to blok M bus terminal, on the way, there were several street music performer *pengamen?* performed at the metromini, and my son asked me: "bu why they play music on the this bus?".. he don't know that the performer were looking for money.. after we arrived at blok M we headed to Kota by bus way, and then continued with Kopami to get us to SUNDA KELAPA harbor.
and my son just gave up and said :"bu could we go home by taxi? I don't like metromini and kopami, no AC there"

to BOGOR : from Bintaro we took KRL executive *Sudirman patas?*, not bad, and just took 20 minutes to arrive at Dukuh Atas, and then we took bajaj to go to Gambir train station to continue our journey to Bogor by Pakuan KRL, and it was not bad at all.. the train still clean. and the AC was still cold.
and my son enjoyed the Pakuan KRL, I told him this KRL like subway..

In Jakarta's chaotic traffic jam I think it is good if the authority improve our train service, not just build bus way track, because it fast and the track isn't take much site as much as if we build a freeway... so the commuters could take a train to Jakarta..

We made a journey by KRL on Wednesday July, 30 2005, and yesterday Thursday July 1, 2005, 2 KRL train crashed. My deep condolence to the victims

COPY and PASTE

2005-06-28T06:14:00.001+07:00

because I'm a "All rights not reserved copyright is not my business because I still do buy pirate DVDs or softwares" person, so I don't care if someone would copy paste my weblog ..

I'm so flattered and thankful because you copied and pasted my recipes in your online-paper website.. but since I read "© 1996-2004. SUARA MERDEKA All rights reserved. No reproduction or republication without written permission" in your front page, is it still fair?..

so that means you could steal from someone, but someone couldn't do the same to you, I think it isn't fair, because I saw you copied and pasted from my friend's kitchen weblog, and I think for sure they wouldn't like it as well because they had a copyright disclaimer in their website... as you do.

thank you to Ika for letting me know about this..tada yada I miss your comments..

ARE WE RUN OF FUEL

2005-06-27T20:04:00.000+07:00

Recently PLN cut off their supply, the reason was they were run of fuel or cash flow problems?, so they have to cut off the supply.. in several areas experiencing fuel shortages, motorists in Lombok in West Nusa Tenggara, Semarang, Surabaya and Medan have had problems finding Premium fuel over the past few days. ...

The supplies arrived a week ago but PERTAMINA could not unload them as it did not have sufficient funds to pay... some local media predict if the authority couldn't handle this situation, it might be create a chaos situation..

so exactly are we run of fuel or cash? ouch I can't imagine.. are we really in danger? Hope everything would be okay, oo please Mr President fix it.. we are count on you.

The truth is : we has to import 300,000 bpd of crude oil for processing at Pertamina's refineries, which have a total processing capacity of one million barrels of crude oil per day. To fulfill domestic demand, Pertamina also needs to import 400,000 bpd of fuel products.

MY SERENA WAS HIT

2005-06-26T21:28:00.000+07:00

Last Saturday, a motorcycle was hit my car, my night mare in the street finally happened, off course the biker was careless he passed through our car in a high speed, and the result was my car broke and cracked in several parts .. arrgghh..
The good news was, I wasn't drive at that time, and the bad news was, my car insurance had expired..

SOMEWHERE NEAR

2005-06-24T05:25:00.000+07:00

this is not far away from Jakarta.. could it still stand like this in a couple years ahead? or like the other, become a mall.. or a shopping center? o please ..

MOTORCYCLE

2005-06-23T06:11:00.000+07:00

When he got his driver license and drove a car to his university, I just gave him an advice : beware of motorcycle - avoid of motorcycle - watch out of motorcycle and bla bla of motorcycle.. Yes motorcycles are a nightmare to a car driver and vice versa..

And I just can't imagine how could some parents bring their babies and ride a motorcycle, or sometimes they are not use their helms. The worst is, if we want to turn left or right, they will straight a head and pass us in a high speed.

NOT MINE

2005-06-22T05:30:00.000+07:00

absolutely these are not mine

When I cannot look at your face
I look at your feet.
Your feet of arched bone,
your hard little feet.
I know that they support you,
and that your sweet weight
rises upon them.
Your waist and your breasts,
the doubled purple
of your nipples,
the sockets of your eyes
that have just flown away,
your wide fruit mouth,
your red tresses,
my little tower.
But I love your feet
only because they walked
upon the earth and upon
the wind and upon the waters,
until they found me.

PabloNeruda

'70..

2005-06-21T06:57:00.000+07:00

this morning I was surprise when I heard this song Take time to know her by
Percy Sledge from YM, yuhhuu.. my song from my young age era.. Soldier of Fortune.. The Cats and all the song from that era.. miss my nasty memories.. disco era.. uhm am I old?, oo I don't think so..
I remember when I was in high school, and if we were going to make a party, we invited disco gang such as "young disco" "mrinding disco" or others disco gang..hi SMAN IV class of '74 you were rock..

WANNA BUILD A HOME?

2005-06-19T15:33:00.000+07:00

wanna build or renovate the old one?

or furnish your home?

HELP

2005-06-13T07:22:00.000+07:00

How if we would help others, we begin with our proximate neighborhood, by buying our daily needs at our near small shop aka warung, not in a super market. Maybe the price is more expensive than a supermarket, but it help them a lot. just a simple action ..

_{now I feel free, free to decide where I want to go, without any pressure to be courteous.. full of crap out there, talking sweetly but full of ill-will.. blah blah.. no sincere..}

MOTHER INSTINCT

2005-06-12T05:41:00.000+07:00

my mother instinct, want to punch my 10 y.o son's taekwondo trainer, when he kicked my son's leg, to fix up my son's leg position

hi, could you just say it nicely.. and then my husband said that it's better for me not to watch my son taekwondo training.. you'll be hurt then.. it's a normal procedure in a taekwondo, to kick and to punch someone.. but for me it's hurt to see someone kicked him

HYPOCRITICAL

2005-06-09T04:31:00.000+07:00

for me my belief or my religion is my very private stuff, so I don't want to share or judge someone base on my belief.. I don't care he/she do what ever they like, as long it's not caused harm to me.. so many hypocritical. _{my blog isn't perform very well in IE please use firefox

so please go to the sea, man.. << free translate from : kelaut aje lu bang.. @%^!*&^?! munafik ah sok suci banget seh.}

ABANDONED

2005-06-08T07:16:00.000+07:00

my fave food ever, bakso usually served with noodles. To spice it up you can use chili sauce, soyasauce, tomato ketchup, chinese chive. You can, and should, do whatever you want to in order to make it taste good. And it have varying size from ping-pong ball to tennis ball..

MALE....s BAN GET

2005-06-03T13:27:00.000+07:00

I told my sons to buy a present for their daddy's birthday, and here were what they did, hey made photo in a photo box..

I'm not in the mood of posting, everything just in good hand.. so no complain I could shout. I really entertained by your sincere comments and enjoy it very much.. Thank you . Take care and have a rocking week end.