23rd Aug2010

Termacet…

by metariza

…sepanjang tahun 2010 adalah hari Jumat kemarin, menurut gw…

Bayangin Jakarta di jam pulang kantor yang emang defaultnya macet

Trus bayangin itu hari jumat

Tambahin kenyataan bahwa ini bulan puasa

Plus hujan gede yang tepat mulai di saat jam pulang kantor

Add those factors up and voila…PERFECT TRAFFIC JAM!!!

Kebetulan pula hari jumat kemaren gw ngga bawa mobil karena Pandu ada acara buka bareng sama orang kantornya. Jumat kemaren juga hari terakhir gw sebelum cuti melahirkan…jadi gw berniat pulang tenggo, naik taxi ke Pacific Place (PP) karena ada yang mau dibeli disana. Pas Pandu bukber, gw misah trus abis itu tinggal pulang bareng. Sounds like a plan, right?

Kenyataannya?

Pulang tenggonya meleset karena gw ngga mempertimbangkan waktu pamitan sama orang-orang selantai including kepala biro dan direktur gw, hihi pas gw selesai pamitan udah setengah jam lewat dari bel pulang dan udah ujan gede. Gimana mau nyegat taxi coba dengan ujan segede itu plus bawaan gw banyak banget karena gw bawa pulang mukena gw plus Anggi balikin munchkin duck tub hari itu juga…bawaan gw udah macem inang-inang di pasar :P

Untungnya temen tim gw, Syeni yang rumahnya deket rumah gw udah dijemput suaminya, jadi gw mau nebeng dia sampe dapet taxi. Katanya suaminya udah di depan gedung Thamrin. Great :) jadi kita turun ke lobi dan…nunggu suaminya 40 menit sampe depan lobi. Gila yah, Cuma buat masuk ke gerbang kantor gw aja butuh waktu 40 menit, padahal jaraknya cuma 150 meter kali. Selagi nunggu, gw coba telp Asti siapa tau dia mau ke PP juga. Gak diangkat…oh well.

Pas gw naik mobilnya Syeni, suaminya bilang klo jalanan kacau banget jadi gw telp Pandu bilang mau pulang aja…toh Syeni rumahnya searah sama gw. Tapi gak lama Asti telp dan bilang dia mau ke PP…yay :) untung gw masih di dalem kompleks kantor, jadi gw turun nunggu Asti di gedung lain. Nunggu Asti sekitar 10 menitan trus kita mulai keluar…
You know what? It took us 40 minutes just to reach the GATE for God Sake. Cuma buat keluar pager kantor gw doang udah abis 40 menit!!! Tentu aja abis itu kita nerobos 3in1, weekkkk terserah deh mau ditilang juga…50ribu sounds so much better daripada lewat non 3in1 :P

Despite everything, gw sangat bersyukur hari itu bisa bareng sama Syeni trus Asti nelp di saat yang sempurna, trus gw jadi dapet tebengan ke PP. Ngga kebayang klo gw ga ada tebengan, musti nunggu taxi di pinggir jalan di tengah ujan gede, God knows bakal dapet taxi jam berapa, mana gw gak punya makanan pula di tas, trus ntah jam berapa baru bisa sampe rumah/PP.

Jadi, terima kasih Syeni dan Asti, for saving my life last Friday :)

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22nd Aug2010

Garage Sale…I mean, Giveaway…

by metariza

do check my garage sale page here …well not exactly sale because all items are FREE!!! I just want to give it away to have some empty space in my teeny weenie house.

Feel free to ask me anything and email me when you know what item you want. I will send it right away to your door J

Happy browsing…

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05th Aug2010

A B M U

by metariza

Eyang Nara baru jalan-jalan ke Bandung kemaren. Pulangnya bawain Nara kaos hasil iseng keluar masuk FO di Bandung…2 di antara kaos yang dibeliin bentuknya kaya gini:

keren yah?
menurut gw keren, hehe
tapi kata Pandu “my son is not going to wear that. Not as long as I live”
hahaha

fyi, alasannya adalah karena Pandu termasuk golongan ABMU
Anything But MU atau Apapun asal Bukan MU

Bye bye cool t-shirts. Looks like you’re gonna spend your whole life in the closet. Pandu would’ve sold them, but he’s afraid of being durhaka, haha

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22nd Jul2010

Baby#2, 31weeks Check Up

by metariza

Setelah postingan yang rada ga penting barusan, gw mau lapor hasil pemeriksaan Baby#2 kemarin dengan Dr. Ridwan :D

  • Alhamdulillah, posisi baby#2 bagus…kepalanya udah di bawah, punggungnya di bagian kiri perut gw, tangan dan kakinya di sebelah kanan perut gw, hihi no wonder perut gw bentuknya suka peyang-peyang ngga jelas gitu. I sometimes poke my right belly just to tease her, hihi.
  • Untuk organ dalamnya, dari USG kelihatan semua baik-baik aja, air ketuban cukup, detak jantung bagus, anggota tubuh lengkap dan berkembang sesuai umurnya, ini itu bla blu alhamdulillah baik semua.
  • Organ luar, dari USG 4D keliatan mukanya dan dari permukaannya kelihatan normal, mudah-mudahan terus demikian…amin.
  • Berat bayi…er di atas rata-rata, hahaha. Sekarang beratnya udah 1600gr, a li’l over the normal curve yaitu 1500gr (bahkan klo dari aplikasi iPregnancy dan WhatToExpect, normalnya berat bayi sekarang adalah 1450gr…wekweeww). Gw cengar-cengir aja dengan bangga sampe Dr. Ridwan bilang “klo perkembangannya terus begini, nanti bisa lahir di atas 3,5kg loh” *cengar-cengir pun berubah panik* men…masalahnya gw mendambakan lahir normal, klo gede banget yang susah gw sendiri bukan? Hehehe…trus nyadar, ngapainlah tadi gw cengar-cengir bangga pas dibilang berat bayinya di atas normal…dodol.

Btw Nara was so excited during the examination. Dia duduk di tempat tidur gw, trus berulang-ulang nunjuk ke monitor USG tiap klo ada ‘pertunjukan’ adeknya. Gw sampe terharu denger komentar-komentarnya seperti:

“hey itu adek Nara…”

“hey, Nara melihat matanya”

“hey, itu kupingnya…”

“hey, adeknya lagi bobok…itu matanya merem”

“hey, itu bunyi apanya?”

“hey, itu yang warna merah dan biru apanya?”

Don’t ask me, gw ngga tau kenapa tiap ngomong pake ‘hey’ di depan

Begitu keluar dari ruangan Dr. Ridwan juga dia langsung lapor sama Mbak Ningcenya “Mbak Ningce, Nara abis liat adeknya Nara…ada matanya, ada kupingnya, tapi lagi bobo sik adeknya” sampe semua orang ngeliatin dan cengar-cengir, hihi maafin anak saya emang lebay.

As for me, ditanyain udah naik berapa kilo…”ahem 11.5 kg dok”

Menurut doi, gw idealnya naik 11-16kg selama hamil. Berarti selama beberapa minggu ke depan, jatah buat kenaikan berat badan gw adalah 4.5kg…Er what?

Bukannya gw ngga tau, hehe soalnya dari berbagai sumber yang gw baca, berdasarkan Body Mass Index (BMI) gw yang average *bangga…walaupun gw gendut tapi BMI tetep average, haha* gw emang harusnya cuma naik antara 11-16kg…tapi kan gw berharap doi ngga tau (ga mungkin ya? mengingat dia dokter…)

Masalahnyaaa…gw udah naik 11.5 kg sementara gw kan masih akan hamil beberapa minggu lagi…there’s a FAT chance that I’m gonna pass that 16kg mark :P

As expected, Dr. Ridwan ngasi saran untuk menahan kenaikan berat badan gw, misalnya mengganti susu yang klo sekarang UHT full cream, pake low fat…dan si ngeyel ini jawab, “yang low fat ngga enak dok” :P trus Pandu, menjadi penghianat dengan nyeletuk “mungkin klo makan 2 piring aja, jangan 3 piring” WOOT??? Itu kan baru sekali terjadiiiii…itupun gara-gara Pandu bawain dendeng batokok yang enak banget dari Palembang! So basically it’s his fault anyway…dasar!  Trus dokternya nyaranin buat ngemil buah aja instead of yang lain-lain…

Gw jawab “baiklah” dengan muka i’ll-see-what-i-can-do-but-no-promise-here-okay and I think he knows that, muahaha…

Lanjut…

Di luar negeri kan udah umum tu buat ibu hamil membuat birth plan, yaitu daftar hal-hal yang diinginkan si ibu hamil pada saat melahirkan nanti yang dikomunikasikan kepada dokter dan rumah sakit tempat dia berencana melahirkan. Tapi di Indonesia kayanya belum umum…jadi gw berusaha mengkomunikasikan keinginan-keinginan gw mulai sekarang…

Salah satunya soal IMD…dulu gw dengan senengnya ngerasa klo gw IMD dengan Nara. Jeng jeng…ternyata apa yang gw lakukan nggak tepat amat disebut IMD!  Gubrak…I feel so gullible. IMD yang benar adalah sang bayi yang baru lahir (tanpa dibersihkan endeske endebre terlebih dulu) diletakkan di perut ibunya, dan biarkan insting si bayi mencari puting ibunya untuk menyusu. Karena dibiarkan menggunakan instingnya, IMD ini bisa menghabiskan waktu setengah jam sampe sejam…(it’s amazing right?) Nah, sementara dulu gw IMD 5 menitan…wekweewww, itu ngga diitung IMD ya? selain itu, Nara langsung ditaro deket banget sama puting gw, jadi bisa dibilang ngga pake effort besar alias kurang melatih instingnya untuk mencari sumber makanannya…

Nah, gw cerita soal itu dan Dr. Ridwan memastikan klo di KMC proses IMD dilakukan at least setengah jam sampe sejam (selama tidak ada kondisi lain yang menyebabkan IMD tidak bisa dilakukan). Trus gw tanya, if…let say, worse comes to worst gw terpaksa harus C-sect, apakah gw masih bisa IMD? Beliau bilang, selama ini walaupun C-sect mereka tetap melakukan IMD, bahkan pernah ada ibu melahirkan C-Sect KEMBAR, tetep dilakukan IMD….Phew…lega!

Concern gw satu lagi adalah, waktu gw melahirkan Nara…dokternya baru dateng pas bukaan gw lengkap dan Nara udah nyariiiss brojol. Gw udah ga tahan, jadi begitu gw liat dokternya buru-buru masuk, gw langsung teriak “saya udah boleh ngeden dok???” dan ga sampe 5 menit kemudian Nara lahir…wheww. Ya waktu itu sih gapapa, tapi klo boleh milih gw pengen nanti klo gw melahirkan lagi dokternya udah ada dong sebelum bukaan 10 :D

He assured me, that he won’t be late. Apalagi karena rumahnya deket.

Ok, senyum lebar.

Selain itu doi juga nanya soal pengalaman menyusui gw…gw cerita klo gw bermasalah bla blu bla waktu Nara sehingga gw ngasi asip lewat botol dan lumayan rempong mompaaaa mulu. One thing (among others) I like about him, memberikan masukan tanpa menjudge *two thumbs up*

We’ll see you in two weeks Doc…

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04th Jul2010

Singin Japanese Songs

by metariza

Miss gaptek lagi ngetes aplot video ke blog (semoga berhasil).

Korbannya tidak lain dan tidak bukan tentu saja sang anak yang belum tau videonya akan dipublikasikan *nyengir*

Jadi waktu Nara ulangtaun bulan April lalu, calon pacarnya Adek (eheyyym) ngasi kado buku cerita anak-anak versi Jepang. Di buku itu ada kayak pencetan-pencetan yang berisi lagu tiap cerita.

Ternyata, Nara suka banget sama kadonya…walaupun gw sama sekali ngga pernah bacain tu buku cerita. Ya iyalah, wong pake huruf kanji gitu, mana ngerti gw…Dannn suatu hari, gw pulang kantor menemukan Nara lagi nyanyi-nyanyi lagu Jepang itu. Gak tau deh kata-katanya bener apa ngga, tapi dia ngikutin sebisa-bisanya dia…

here he is singing japanese songs:

Hiburan gratis buat gw dan Pandu, hihihi *mengeksploit anak sendiri*

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02nd Jul2010

Pengajian Bulanan

by metariza

Hari minggu terakhir tiap bulan selalu diadain pengajian keluarga Pandu dari pihak Ibu. Pengajian ini diadain dari inisiatif para ortu (baca mertua ijk dan bude-bude) supaya anak-anaknya ketemuan at least sebulan sekali supaya tetep leep in touch di tengah kesibukan sebagai warga metropolis *sedddap ga bahasanya? Haha i just made it up* no, actually bener sih alesan untuk menjaga silaturahminya plus daripada sekedar ngumpul gosip-gosip doang, lebih baik acaranya sedikit bermanfaat seperti dengerin ceramah. Oya plus ada tambahan arisan juga biar tambah seru :)

Untuk memberikan tanggung jawab buat anak-anak dan mantu, bayar ustadznya jadi tanggung jawab kita. Hadir ga hadir musti bayar, tentu saja ditagih sama bendahara yang galak yaitu: gw! Hahaha…Sementara urusan makanan (yang lezat dan berlimpah) disediain sama para ortu. Untuk venue digilir antara rumah BapakIbu dan rumah 2bude Pandu yang cukup besar buat nampung semua anak,ponakan dan mantu :) dulu sempet kepikiran buat nawarin di rumah kotak sabun kita tapiii mau ditaro dimana ya orang-orang? Hehehe bad idea, corettt!

Nah, pengajian ini udah berjalan sekitarrrr…hmm sekitar 2taunan. Dan pengajian hari minggu kemaren cukup…berbeda, if not hillarious :p

Ustadz yang biasa diundang emang suka beda-beda sih selama ini tapi yang kemaren bener-bener beda!

He is the ghost hunter! I suppose ada acara tv yang berjudul Pemburu Hantu or something? Nah, he is the man. How do we know this? Because he spent like the first 10 minutes to explain about it dimulai dengan pertanyaan, ‘mungkin bapak ibu merasa pernah liat saya di tv? Mungkin Bapak atau Ibu tau acara Pemburu Hantu? Nahh itu saya…’

Ok dehhhh…
*gw, Pandu dan Adek liat-liatan pingin ngikik*

the more and more I listened to what he said, i have this mixture of feelings, antara pingin ketawa dan sebelll sama ustadz ini. He’s so judgemental :( dan tersoktau 2010.

Dia pake eyeliner di mata bawahnya plus dia sering ziarah ke makam wali songo. Doi juga menjawab dengan sangat charming pertanyaan ‘kenapa sih kita ngga boleh makan babi’ with this answer: “karena babi itu sifatnya jelek. Misal ada sepasang kambing sedang berdua trus didekatkan kambing jantan lagi, maka kambing jantan pertama akan marah karena gak rela pasangannya digoda kambing jantan yang baru dateng. Tapi klo babi, ngga peduli klo pasangannya digoda babi jantan lain.” dan doi menambahkan “selain itu dalam penciptaannya, babi itu diciptakan dari kotoran binatang (apee gitu lupa gw dia nyebut apa)”

Ok, real smart guy huh?

Oh puncaknya adalahhhh *drum rolls* ketika dia lagi menjelaskan bahwa bayi dalam kandungan itu bisa mendengar suara di luar dan sambil melihat gw dia seakan menasihati “makanya klo lagi hamil, sering-sering dibacain Al-Quran, jangan dengerin Peterpan melulu…tuh sekarang arielnya aja dipenjara, mau apa?”

That is the tersoktau man 2010. Belum lagi ucapan-ucapan yang menurut gw cukup provokatif…hadeuuhh, maaf ya klo pengajian kemaren gw malah asik browsing dari hp dan ga sabar buat udahan.

Dann maaf juga klo postingan ini jatohnya jadi menjelek-jelekkan orang, tapi bukan itu poin gw. Poinnya adalah, hanya karena seseorang disebut ustadz, ngga berarti semua yang dia bilang bener. Kita musti pake logika dan yang paling penting cek kebenarannya lagi.

Akhirnya, yang bisa dilakuin adalah ngambil omongannya yang bener (in this case, around 25% of what he said?) dan nikmati sisanya sebagai sore yang menghibur :)

pas ustadznya udah pulang, i heard somebody said “ah, klo tau ustadznya pemburu hantu kan disuruh memburu hantu dulu disini…” LOL

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30th Jun2010

It’s the Thought That Counts

by metariza

Sebenernya udah mau nulis ini dari minggu lalu, tapi berhubung kerjaan kantor lagi hectic banget dan di rumahpun males buka leptop, jadi baru keingetan hari ini…pas dapet kiriman dari Otty. *mudah-mudahan Otty ga marah gw jadiin topic postingan, hehe*

It’s the thought that counts

Maksud gw disini sama seperti yang diajain dalam Islam, kalo kita punya niat baik aja kita udah dikasih pahala, klo niat baik itu jadi dilaksanain, maka pahalanya akan nambah lagi. Kalopun karena satu dan lain hal kita ngga bisa melaksanakan niat baik kita, kita tetep diganjar pahala untuk niat baik yang tadi. Lain sama niat buruk, kalo kita punya niat buruk katanya itu tercatat juga, bedanya klo kita ngga jadi melaksanakan niat buruk kita, dosanya ngga jadi dicatet (apa malah dapet pahala ya? hehe maunya…please CMIIW ya untuk poin ini).

Nah, sementara gw (mungkin rata-rata manusia begini ya) klo denger niat orang mau melakukan/memberikan sesuatu yang baik buat gw, rasa senengnya udah sama dengan ketika orang tersebut bener-bener melakukan/memberikan hal itu. Misal, klo pas gw ulang tahun Pandu bilang sebenernya dia mau ngajakin gw pergi dinner tapi ternyata pada saat itu ngga bisa, rasa senengnya sama dengan klo beneran diajakin dinner. Entahlah apa gw yang terlalu murahan, hehe atau simply karena menurut gw niat baiknya aja udah gw nilai sama dengan actually doing it.

That’s why, ketika minggu lalu Otty tiba-tiba minta alamat gw karena mau ngirim sesuatu. Asli ya, rasanya seneng banget…despite of apapun yang Otty mau kirimin, gw dengernya aja terharu banget. I’ve never even met her yet, and she’s being super sweet. Emang rasanya udah kaya temenan lama, ngobrolin macem-macem nyambung, suka ngikik-ngikik via obrolan gtalk juga, hihi smoga aja someday soon bisa ketemu sama Otty.

Eh kok jadi ngelantur…enihu, gw udah rada lupa sama obrolan minggu lalu itu trus tiba-tiba tadi kiriman dari Otty dateng (i’m on a sick leave today) dan pas gw buka, makin terharu…soalnya yang Otty kasih ibarat symbol moral support soal breastfeeding, she knows how I struggled in providing breastmilk for Nara and how much I wanted to success in breastfeeding my unborn child. Otty makasih yaa…nantikan pembalasanku, hehe or at least balesan dari Allah yang semoga berlipat-lipat, amin. *cup cup*

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10th Jun2010

4th Sunny June

by metariza

Here’s a little reminder about our journey.

#1 the first time we met was at October 2000..and as what Goldfinger said,
‘I didn’t remember what day it was,
I didn’t notice what time it was
All I know is that I fell in love with you…”

#2 the next time we met was at Pandu’s 20th birthday (16 October 2000). I didn’t know it was his birthday but Mia asked me to stop by because we passed his rented room at Dago 124 that night. And so we did :)

#3 our first date was a dinner at Callista (or was it LaVita beb? can’t remember..both are so similar), Dago…standar yee jaman segitu tempat ngedate yang paling ngetop ya dua tempat itu, hihi.

#4 Pandu knocked on my rented room door, on my 19th birthday (18 Dec 2000), at 3 am only to gave me card and birthday presents (hihi yes, in plural form). Gw yakin banget sebelum ke kosan gw, Pandu pasti abis makan sate dan gule kambing di Stasiun :P

#5 we became a couple at 26 January 2001…and that’s when I started to see more colors in my life. The backsound was How Deep is Your Love and that’s supposed to be our song, but Pandu thinks it’s too cheesy so we changed our song into the next song played on the radio…Easy, by Faith No More :D liriknya asli ga nyambung sik…but we both like the song, haha.

#6 and that’s the date carved in our wedding ring, instead of our wedding date.

#7 Pandu never proposed. We just knew that we wanted to get married.

#8 one day in 2003, at an ordinary lunch with Bapak, the 3 of us started planning our future. Pandu and I shared with Bapak when are we going to graduate from college, where we are going to work and when we are we going to get married. Bapak said that he fully supported our plan

#9 we got our bachelor degree in 2004. Pandu moved back to his parents house while Bapak found me a rented room about less than a hundred meters from their house :)

#10 on second half of 2005, Bapak reminded us of our blue print…aka the wedding plan. So the first thing we do is booked a venue, BEFORE asking our parents for permission :P

#11 after we secured the venue and paid the down payment, we told our parents…*I wonder what would happened should they disagree? Hahaha* we’re just to smart I guess to book a venue BEFORE asking for permission, haha.

#12 on Lebaran 2005, Pandu, Bapak, Ibu and Bayu came to my house in Medan…to propose. It’s nothing formal (that’s what I love about my parents and parents in law!!! Ga pake acara ribetttt musti formal dan adat ini itu). The proposal was simple but full of warmth. We didn’t exchange ring and I specifically said that his family didn’t need to bring hantaran or seserahan or whatever it’s called because my dad said that I was not for sale.

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#13 we’ve been saving for our wedding since college because we wanted to fund our own wedding. Hehe which off course, it’s not sufficient dan kita menengadahkan tangan sama mamapapabapakibu :P but our parents must be proud and love us more for our thoughts, hahaha.

#14 we had a red themed-pool wedding party at Klub Rasuna, Kuningan, 10 June 2006. The wedding party was inspired by our friends wedding, Indra dan Mbak Henna which was held at a small mosque near their house in Bandung where the bride and groom mingle with their guest. But since we couldn’t find the mosque like the one we imagined, we decided to have a pool party instead…as long as it’s not a ‘pesta di gedung’

#15 Pandu sang me The Way You Looked Tonight – Franks Sinatra, at our wedding. It was our wedding song. Our honeymoon song was Seven Days in Sunny June – Jamiroquai

#16 we didn’t have kamar pengantin…heihe, no one cared enuf to décorate the room :P

#17 but we had our dream wedding, that is no tetek bengek acara adat and unnecessary formality…we had the wedding as simple as our religion taught us :D but we add some fun as a topping :D

#18 our sunny june anniversaries:
1st wedding anniversary: dinner at Satoo – Shangri La. Nara was exactly 2 months old when we celebrate our anniversary, our first night our since Nara’s birth :)
2nd wedding anniversary: dinner at Pure dine and drinks – Menara Imperium
3rd wedding anniversary: Patra Jasa Hotel – Bali. No no no bukan check in khusus anniversarian, hehe tapi kebetulan anniversarynya pas kita liburan sama Nara :)
4th wedding anniversary: errr…Pandu bakal baru pulang dari lapangan nanti sore dan gw ada 2ujian besok pagi… I’ll take a rain check on the anniversary dinner beb :D

Happy anniversary dear…
Thank you for giving me your hand and never let go
Looking forward to spend the rest of my life with you, Nara and the-not-yet-born baby girl.

I love you

ps. When u get home, find ur surprise in our wardrobe, hope u like it :*

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02nd Jun2010

Mainan Lama

by metariza

25 FACTS ABOUT ME

Mainan ini udah basi belum ya? BASI SIHHH, haha udah kira-kira 1,5 apa 2 taun lalu gitu beredarnya, haha…

Dulu gw pernah bikin di fb tapi ntahlah nyarinya gimana…so I decided to play once more. Care to play with me?

  1. my sisters, brother and I have the same last name, RIZA. It’s not our surname like most people in Indonesia. It’s short for RIsnidar and ZAmanhuri, our parents name.
  2. I was born in Medan. Lived there until 4th grade. I honestly don’t remember much about Medan but I remember lots about our house in Medan.
  3. We all moved to Bandung til I graduated junior high. Our parent rent a house at Jl. Sukasenang (my dad always said we shud be happy living there because of the streets name) for 3 years and then moved into a smaller house at Jl. Cipedes.
  4. I lived with my aunt during my high school, at Bogor. It was hard as hell but I proved the proverb, what doesn’t kill you only makes you stronger.
  5. I went to UNPAR, Bandung to get my bachelor degree…I flunked my UMPTN on purpose because I wanted to go to college in Bandung but I wasn’t interested in ITB (my dad, my mom and my brother already graduate from there, so I think that’s enuf) nor Unpad…so, there.
  6. Those college years in Bandung are the best years in my single life.
  7. I studied really hard for all my exams, because I thought I’m not as smart as my friends…therefore I need to put extra effort to have flying colors on my grades.
  8. And it worked…I got the highest GPA among my classmates (class of 99) since 2nd semester and awarded 2 times during those college years for the achievement (ga penting). BUT I definitely don’t feel smart. I do. However, I’d like to take credit because I was very diligent. I always took notes the class and REWRITE my notes again at home rented room. Why? Because my notes was acakadut when I took it in the class, so I thought I should rewrite it again to make it more readable. (yes, my handwriting is kacauuu). I guess that helps with my studies.
  9. On the other side, I forgot most of the lesson during college because I studied hard ONLY for the grades :( (jangan ditiru…belajar ya buat memperkaya diri!!!)
  10. I used to cheat during junior high and high school in times of emergency aka males belajar pas ujian :P But I NEVER, even once, cheated on my test/exams during college. Why? Because I want to know how I’d do without cheating. And I did just fine :)
  11. I immediately sent out application letters after graduation and I was unemployed for around 2 months ater graduation.
  12. The first company that processed my application was British American Tobacco. I went as far as the interview with user. 2 weeks later I got a rejection letter. I cried. But I learn how to handle rejection. Now I call BAT as ‘the one that got away’.
  13. I had my first job on 2004 at Ernst and Young, as a junior consultant at Business Risk Service division. I was so proud because I felt like a grown up :) you know, being a corporate slave and earned my own (minimum wage) money, haha. I was also in the middle of recruitment process at Nestle and I had to quit the selection process. It was a hard decision.
  14. The late hours and excessive overtime got me hospitalized due to typhoid fever. In total, I catch typhoid fever twice in one year. My doctor told me to quit my job at EY :P
  15. I quit from EY after a year and join HSBC in the Treasury Operations, expecting a more human working hour :P
  16. I decided to quit my job at HSBC during my 4month of pregnancy. I was on the recruitment process of where I work now. But I didn’t imagine I’d be accepted. And, with God’s great sense of humor, I got accepted in my current office EXACTLY one day after I handed my resignation letter to my boss. I feel bad, because the reason I quit was to become a stay at home mom. Until about month later I still haven’t decided whether to accept the job or stay at home.
  17. I decided to take this job after long contemplation (halah) and discussion with Pandu, remembering that my prayers was always about asking the best thing for me, Pandu and our lil family instead of praying to be accepted in this institution. So when God gave me this, I thought that was the best that God has chosen.
  18. I can remember my dreams vividly and always describe it in details to Pandu when I wake up. He thought it’s hilarious, it’s like listening (instead of watching) to Akira Kurosawa’s Dream :P
  19. I always wear Pandu’s shirts to sleep whenever he’s out of town.
  20. I cannot live without chili or red pepper. Seriously.
  21. Back then, I could never imagine how my life would be if I had a kid…but now, I could never imagine how miserable my life without one (or two).
  22. I’m afraid of the crowd. I prefer to hang out with small number of people I’m comfortable with.
  23. I fell in love thrice. The first broken heart was magically healed by the second love. And I fell in love again with the son of my second love, on the day he was born. Hopefully I get to spend the rest of my life with them.
  24. I’m easily stressed out and easily annoyed… I need to lay back and relax a bit.
  25. (What? no. 25 already?) I’m still searching for my passion.

Oh and another thing, my English is awful :P but I don’t care. This is an excuse to beg ask Pandu to get a job abroad so I can improve my english, haha.

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24th May2010

Different Angle

by metariza

Perbedaan point of view anak kecil sama orang gede…

Waktu gw masih kecil, gw sering bertanya-tanya, kenapa sih orang gede itu gak suka lari-larian? Klo jalan pelan-pelan? Duduk bisa lama gitu di acara arisan atau pengajian? In other words, gak asik!

Sekarang…gw suka gak abis pikir kenapa sih Nara gak bisa diem barang 5 meniiiit aja? bisa nggak duduk manis deket gw, nonton tv dengan damai tanpa loncat-loncat dan guling-gulingan?

Nara pasti berpikir hal yang sama klo gw minta dia duduk manis dan berhenti loncat-loncatan, “Orang dewasa emang sangat membosankan!!!”

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