Kisah misterius ini bermula di hari Senin tanggal 4 February 2013.
Begini ceritanya... Auuuuum! *kemudian di santet Caroline Zachrie*
Pagi itu seperti biasa gw dateng lebih awal dari bos a.k.a partner se-cubicle gw, Mba Dyah. Kebetulan gw lagi ada masalah dan lagi drama-dramaan via telfon sama nyokap. Lalu datanglah Mba Dyah dengan cheerful nya yang khas menyapa gw. Karena lagi telfonan, gw cuma bales sekenanya. Tiba-tiba beberapa menit kemudian deseu mulai grasak grusuk. Gw yang saat itu lagi serius ngomong sama nyokap pun gak ter-distract. Abis gw tutup telepon nyokap, gw mulai bingung ini orang-orang kenapa pada ngeriung di cubicle gw? Dan dengan polosnya gw nanya "Ada apose sih nih heboh banget?". "Mac gw ilaaaangggggg Gyy! Gw udah heboh sana sini jugak. Tadi gw tanyain berkali-kali lo nyuekin gw" loh loh deseu langsung merepet panjang sementara akiks masih bengong. Masa sih seheboh itu dan gw gak sadar? *yak, another bukti kalau gw anaknya gak multitasking!*. Begitu sadar langsung lah gw ikutan heboh geledah laci-laci, kolong meja, dll yang ternyata udah digeledah dari tadi selama gw telfonan. Deuh.. Basi deh yeiy! *toyor diri sendiri*
Eh anyway, Mac yang dimaksud ini laptop yah bok bukan make up. Kalau make up mungkin akan lebih heboh dari ini secara kita beduaan hobby dendong *loh*. Hahahah! Oke lanjuts. Setelah semua laci udah digeledah, Mba Dyah minta tolong dianterin pulang ke rumah. Walaupun dia inget banget kalau tuh laptop ditinggal di kantor tapi yaa siapa tau aja dia ngelindur malem-malem jalan sendiri ke kantor bawa laptop kan? Kita pun langsung cus berangkat ke rumah Mba Dyah.. Untung rumahnya di Kebagusan yang gak jauh dari kantor. Kalau rumahnya di Priok atau Bekasi sih mending relain aja deh itu laptop *lalu dikeplak Mba boss*.
Sampai di rumahnya, Mba Dyah langsung ngacir grasak grusuk bongkar rumah nyari seonggok laptop yang entah di mana keberadaannya. Eh, udah ditungguin lama keluar dari rumah deseu cuma bawa semangkok jelly chocolate ajah instead of bawa si laptop buronan itu. Lah Mba, laptop-nya piyeh? Ternyata setelah ngubek seisi rumah gak nemu juga.. Yang nemu malah jelly-jelly iku di dapur. Hahaha sempet aja loh. Jadilah kita pulang ke kantor dengan tangan hampa dan perut yang juga hampa karena belum makan siang. Akhirnya kita mampir makan dulu sambil mikir langkah selanjutnya *tsaelah*. Berhentilah kita di Soto Ayam Barokah Buncit yang konon katanya enak banget dan pada kenyataannya.... biasa aja! Bezzz.. Mungkin karena makannya sambil panik bin tegang jadi kalau kita makan hati angsa yang harganya bisa buat beli laptop baru pun akan berasa sendal jepit :p
Setelah perut kenyang barulah kita bisa mikir dengan jernih harus berbuat apa. Ditengah kepanikan dan keseriusan kita mikir, tetiba si Mba Dyah nyeletuk dengan muka super serius "Apa gw ke dukunnya Nazar sm Muzdalifah aja yah? Anak ilang aja bisa ketemu apalagi laptop doang!" Huahahhahah. Here comes the korban infotainment -_-"
Sampai di kantor, Mba Dyah langsung email resmi ke pihak HRD perkara laptop-nya yang ilang dan minta tolong untuk tracking CCTV. Dan namanya juga kantor ahensi yang orangnya seiprit doang, tersebarlah berita itu ke seluruh penjuru kantor dan lumayan bikin heboh. Kenapa heboh? Karena kehilangan kayak gini baru kejadian sekali. Selama bertahun-tahun orang geletakin laptop di kantor gak pernah ilang. Si Mba Dyah pun selama ini suka selebor ninggal laptop tapi ya aman-aman aja sampai hari ini. Sebenernya doi gak mau bikin heboh juga karena kasian sama para OB yang pasti bakal di interogasi duluan. Kita berdua sih yakin banget bukan salah satu OB yang ngambil secara mereka udah puluhan tahun kerja di sini. Bahkan, believe it or not, ada salah satu OB yang megang rekening buat kirim gaji kita SEKANTOR saking udah dipercayanya sama owner. Lah, wong owner aja percaya moso kita yang masih kacung kampret gini mau curiga sama mereka :") *peluk Pak Pardjan, Mas Isak, Kang Enon*
Yak, lanjut!
Jadi, selama CCTV itu diproses yang katanya prosesnya semalem suntuk, gw dan Mbak Dyah gak sabar dan jadi musryik nanya-nanya sama temen yang "sakti" ( bukaan, bukan dukunnya Nazar Muzdalifah kok :p) Sang temen sakti bilang laptopnya masih ada di sekitar kita. Nahloh tambah bingung! Akhirnya dari pada bingung kita memutuskan untuk killing time nontonin make up tutorial di youtube *kerja kalee woooyy!*. Hahah. Eh tapi percaya deh di akhir cerita akan ada hikmah dari nonton youtube ini. Just keep reading.. Hahah! Jadii.. gw tuh kalau nonton video atau dengerin lagu di komputer kantor pake headphone. Nah, berhubung kita mau nonton bareng jadi kita nyari keberadaan earphone biar bisa dengerin berdua. Dan, disinilah puncak kehebohan hari itu..
JENG JENG JENG!
Pas lagi nyari si earphone di dalam laci, tetiba gw ngeliat seonggok benda yang tidak asing. Dan yak benar! LAPTOP NYA ADA DONGG tergeletak manis tak berdaya. Padahal ini laci udah kita geledah bareng-bareng tadi dan gak ada apa-apa. Aselih. Kenapa sekarang dia nangkring di sini secara misterius? MAGIC!! Ternyata di kantor ini ada bakat pesulap yang terpendam *prok prok prok*. Gw dan Mba Dyah sontak freeze liat-liatan beberapa detik saking shocknya ala-ala sinetron stripping gicu deh. Abis itu Mba Dyah langsung lari ke ruang HRD dan lapor kalau laptopnya tetiba datang tanpa dijemput. Orang-orang HRD pun pada dateng ke meja kita. Asyemnya, kita balik diintrogasi dipikir lagi becanda cari sensasi. BOK! Cukup Jupe sama Depe aja deh yang hobby cari sensasi. Kita mah gak mau ikutan bersaing, udah pasti kalah pamor, cyin! Kalau bikin sensasi di kantor bisa bikin naik gaji 10 kali lipat mah, sekalian aja harga diri nih yang diilangin bukan sekedar laptop *deuh.. emang stock harga diri situ masih banyak, Sist? :p*
Well, walaupun kita sempet dituduh becanda yang super LUCU ini, geng HRD tetap ngelanjutkeun kasak kusuk investigasi kok sampai sekarang. Soalnya, yang kaya gini harus dikasih warning berat. Entah apapun tujuannya yah.. Ada yang bilang mungkin awalnya becanda tapi gak nyangka dampaknya jadi gede, ada yang bilang mungkin udah sempet dibawa ke penadah tapi karena itu laptop kantor yang di lock jadi gak laku, ada yang bilang dia belum sempet jual tapi karena tau lagi diusut trus takut trus dibalikin deh, and so on and so on.. Gw pun sampai sekarang masih wondering siapa orang dibalik kehebohan hari ini..
Pencuri? Pesulap? Atau jangan-jangan.... bukan manusia?
Kita tunggu kelanjutannya.. *zoom in - zoom out*
Tuesday, February 5, 2013
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
HEYHO 2013!
"Hastagah udah 2013 aja nih? Buru-buru amat sikk? Aku aja belum dilamar-lamar :("
Begitulah sekiranya hal pertama yang melintas di otak gw dan mungkin.. mungkin loh yah.. perempuan-yang-memasuki-umur-ngebet-nikah lainnya di hari pertama 2013. Who's with me? *ngebet kawin aja kok ya nyari massa sih Nda :p*
Anddd... speaking about umur ngebet nikah, this year tepatnya bulan Agustus insyaAllah I'll turn 25. Which is umur target nikah bagi sebagian besar perempuan Indonesah. Bahkan yah dari jaman gw piyik masih pake miniset kalau ditanya mau nikah umur berapa sama temen sekolah dengan lantang gw jawab DUA LIMA! Padahal pas ditanya cita-cita mau jadi apa aja masih garuk-garuk kepala a.k.a bingung. Hahahah. Bakat genit ternyata sudah terpupuk sejak dini yah bok. Eh, sekarang giliran udah mau 25 malah panik. Tapi alhamdulillah-nya sih udah bukan panik nyari pacar. Karena pacar-manis-baik-hati-yang-insyaAllah-jodoh nya udah tersedia depan mata. Nah, trus nunggu apa lagi donggg? Hhhhhhh.. kalo dijawab gak akan cukup dalam satu blog post deh! *lebeh*. Mohon doanya aja yah pemirsahhh biar cita-cita sejak kecil terwujud.. *teriak AMIN super kenceng*
Anyway, kemana aja si neng Gyanda dari bulan April 2012 baru nge-post lagi? Well.. blog ini kan emang sengaja dibuat sebagai yearly journal bukan monthly apalagi weekly. Hahaha ngeles! Tapi aselih, aku kagum banget sama kalian para blogger yang bisa konsisten rajin update blog. Apa sih rahasianyaaa? Gw kok baru beberapa bulan rajin update terusss dua minggu, sebulan, dua bulan, setahun kemudian lupaa kalau masih punya blog. Mihihi. Padahal sering banget loh nemuin moment dan mikir "Mau gw tulis di blog ah nanti!" tapi sampe rumah....LUPA! Bezzzz. Malah si Path lah yang sering jadi tempat cerita-cerita kejadian unik, sedih, dan lucu. Walaupun gak sepuas cerita di blog sih yah. Nah, gegara hal itu juga lah akhirnya gw membuka kembali blog usang tak terurus ini. Kalau diibaratkan rumah, blog ini udah banyak debu dan sarang laba-laba nya kali yeee :))
Eh, sampe mana tadi? Ohiyah.. beberapa hari yang lalu gw nge-post di Path cerita panjang soal moment banjir di Grogol (my old house), lalu salah satu sahabat kesayangan yang juga blogger, Sellyana comment "ceritain di blog dong Nda.." then muncul lah kembali hasrat nulisdi blog ini yang mudah-mudahan gak angot-angotan lagi yah :p
Long story short, sekarang si wanita yang (dulu) sangat menikmati hidupnya sebagai freelancer/entrepreneur ini sudah murtad jadi pegawai kantoran. Yes, things I used to hate back then. Being an employee, under company, having bosses, office hours, office bureaucracy and whatnot. And now I have to deal with that stuffs. Whattt? Kok isooo? Yah, kembali lagi.. realita cyin! Bukan karena income yang gw dapet dari hasil freelance gak cukup, tapi ada hal lain semacam insurance, credit card (ngajuin berkali-kali gak pernah di approve dengan alasan tidak punya pekerjaan tetap. Hiks!), dan steady income. Well, sebenernya yang terakhir adalah alasan utama sih. Berhubung Aidil, sang pacar juga entrepreneur/freelancer dan ehem.. kita punya niat serius, jadi salah satu harus ada yg ngalah dong! Nanti kalau insyaAllah jodoh dan berkeluarga trus punya anak (tsaahhh) kan butuh asuransi dan steady income pastinya. Jadi lah gw memutuskan untuk kerja kantoran di sebuah Advertising Ahensi multinasional di Pejaten (iya, salah satu alasan utama gw apply juga karena deket rumah! :p). Tapi kenapa gw? Kenapa bukan Aidil? Karena dia lagi merintis usaha yang notabene passion dia banget (videography.red) and he seems really happy :)
Anyway, setelah dijalankan ternyata gak seburuk yang gw kira kok. I do really enjoy it! Seruuu.. Bisa belajar banyak, adaptasi sama lingkungan baru, adaptasi sama birokrasi kantor yang ternyata naujubilah ribetnya yah bok, adaptasi sama nama panggilan baru "Gigie" dari Gyanda (Iyah gigi as in "untu" dalam bahasa Sunda) gegara mantan temen se-tim yang namanya "Anda" jugak *sigh*, ketemu orang baru, ketemu bos yang super asik yang udah kaya Ibu.. eh Kakak sendiri maksudnya *ditoyor Mba Dyah* and so on and so on..
Intinya..
I'm so happy with my current life! And hope you all feel the same way. So, 2013.. BRING IT ON!
Loves,
Andaw
Saturday, April 28, 2012
Friday, April 27, 2012
First post in 2012 :)
Hello again!
Can't believe that it will be my first post in 2012. What month is it again? January? What? APRIL?
So, this blog never been updated for approx 4 months? Am I that busy? Busy my arse! Haha!
So here we go..
Well, I'm still a freelancer. No steady job yet and still happy this way anyway. So, I was not that busy. And where was I these whole 4 months? Stayed at the cave and did nothing? Absofuckinlutely no! It's vice versa! I feel so productive instead. Why? Because finally one of my biggest dream came true, running a little business of my own. Culinary business to be exact. Mamiri - The Indonesian Authentic Dessert specialized at Es Pisang Ijo. It's a home made and yes it's made by me with alittle lots of help from my partner Mbak Siti. Haha! I feel like I found my passion now. Never been working on something and felt this happy before. This is my dream.Working on my own. You know the feeling when people gave good responses and appreciations to Mamiri? I tell you, it's beyond happy! I feel the tingle in my tummy. Alhamdulillaaah :)
Anyway, Mamiri serves one of the finest Es Pisang Ijo in town *narsis dikit*. Taste it first and compare it to any other Es Pisang Ijo that you ever taste. Then you'll get what I meant :p
And beside running this little business what else did I do? Still the same.. Being a freelancer media relation/publicist. The new thing is I'm currently being a personal manager of Aryo Witjaksonoo, the Indonesia version of John Mayer. Oh, you can hear his upcoming single here *promo dikit :p* and a publicist of Darryl Wezy another local talented musician. Productive enough? Haha. I love my job anyway :)
That's a little update of the-long-lost me. Haha! It's good to be back :)
Loves,
Andaw
Can't believe that it will be my first post in 2012. What month is it again? January? What? APRIL?
So, this blog never been updated for approx 4 months? Am I that busy? Busy my arse! Haha!
So here we go..
Well, I'm still a freelancer. No steady job yet and still happy this way anyway. So, I was not that busy. And where was I these whole 4 months? Stayed at the cave and did nothing? Absofuckinlutely no! It's vice versa! I feel so productive instead. Why? Because finally one of my biggest dream came true, running a little business of my own. Culinary business to be exact. Mamiri - The Indonesian Authentic Dessert specialized at Es Pisang Ijo. It's a home made and yes it's made by me with a
Anyway, Mamiri serves one of the finest Es Pisang Ijo in town *narsis dikit*. Taste it first and compare it to any other Es Pisang Ijo that you ever taste. Then you'll get what I meant :p
And beside running this little business what else did I do? Still the same.. Being a freelancer media relation/publicist. The new thing is I'm currently being a personal manager of Aryo Witjaksonoo, the Indonesia version of John Mayer. Oh, you can hear his upcoming single here *promo dikit :p* and a publicist of Darryl Wezy another local talented musician. Productive enough? Haha. I love my job anyway :)
That's a little update of the-long-lost me. Haha! It's good to be back :)
Loves,
Andaw
Thursday, December 22, 2011
Exhibition: Proyek Buku Sketsa ruangrupa
Been busy working as media relation of ruangrupa's biggest music event, RRREC Fest #2 while this exhibition happened. The RRREC Fest #2 itself held on early December. It was EPIC! 25 bands all over South Asian, 4 venues, bazaar and movie screening. Nuff said! Too bad I was too busy on the D-day that I couldn't even take some pictures. Pfft! But no worries, I have some stories about one of RRREC Fest #2 guest star that I will share to you. You won't believe it. Me myself still can't believe it though :p
Okay, back to the exhibition. This exhibition curated by Saleh Husein (Ale) from White Shoes and The Couples Company. It was held at ruangrupa gallery started from 27 November - 9 December 2011. There were 29 artists from multi-disciplines. They are Adi Cumi, Anggun Priambodo, Aprilia Apsari, Budi Santoso (YOGYA), Bowo ombow, David Tarigan, Djarot Soerjadi, Erwan “Iwank” Herisusanto (YOGYA), Hauritsa, Henry Foundation, Hestu Ardiyanto, Ika Putranto, Jimi Multhazam, Kemal Reza Gibran, Marishka Soekarna, Mateus Bondan, Muhammad Taufiq, Mushowir Bing, Monica Hapsari, Narpati Awangga (Oomleo), Rakhmad Dwi Septian, Ricky Malau, Reinaart Vanhoe (AMSTERDAM), Reza Azer, Reza Asung Afisina, Rio Farabi, Saleh Husein, Sanchia Hamidjaja, Tiar Sukma Perdana, Ykha Amelz
So, here are some photos I took from the exhibition:
Loves,
Andaw
Okay, back to the exhibition. This exhibition curated by Saleh Husein (Ale) from White Shoes and The Couples Company. It was held at ruangrupa gallery started from 27 November - 9 December 2011. There were 29 artists from multi-disciplines. They are Adi Cumi, Anggun Priambodo, Aprilia Apsari, Budi Santoso (YOGYA), Bowo ombow, David Tarigan, Djarot Soerjadi, Erwan “Iwank” Herisusanto (YOGYA), Hauritsa, Henry Foundation, Hestu Ardiyanto, Ika Putranto, Jimi Multhazam, Kemal Reza Gibran, Marishka Soekarna, Mateus Bondan, Muhammad Taufiq, Mushowir Bing, Monica Hapsari, Narpati Awangga (Oomleo), Rakhmad Dwi Septian, Ricky Malau, Reinaart Vanhoe (AMSTERDAM), Reza Azer, Reza Asung Afisina, Rio Farabi, Saleh Husein, Sanchia Hamidjaja, Tiar Sukma Perdana, Ykha Amelz
So, here are some photos I took from the exhibition:
Loves,
Andaw
Thursday, December 8, 2011
Welcome home Mom an Dad!
This post has been in my draft box since like 2 weeks ago. How come I didn't realize that I haven't even click the "publish post" button? KYAAAA! Basi luar biasah! Haha! Pardon this clumsy girl.. So here the expired story goes..
I can't even explained how excited I was when I got a text from my dearly Dad said that he'll be home on Friday. Hoaaaa! I just can't barely waitt! Aslik. Heran, dulu sering banget denger cerita temen yang girang serta bebas merdeka waktu ditinggal orang tua mereka naik haji. Yah, gak salah juga sih. The thing is, IT WASN'T HAPPENED TO ME! Entah gw yang berlebihan atau terlalu parno, tapi serius deh, how could you be that heartless to celebrate your freedom with party and stuffs while your parents are struggle and praying for you there? I don't know bout you, but I just can't! Setiap mau melakukan hal-hal yang gw tau mereka gak akan suka (yang bahkan disaat mereka di Jakarta sering gw lalukan), gw selalu kepikiran mereka lalu enggan melakukannya. In every single thing. Setiap gw mau melakukan sesuatu lantas terbesit di otak gw "kalau gw melakukan ini akan ada imbas nya untuk mereka di sana kah?". Mungkin karena gw terlalu sering mendengar cerita tentang Haji yang cenderung serem-serem kali yah? Sebelum mereka berangkat, ex asisten rumah tangga gw pernah cerita kalau temennya pernah bikin "party" besar-besaran waktu kedua orang tuanya naik Haji (Well, I don't know what kind of party it was. But I can't think of anything other than Dangdutan party. Slap me please!), dan akhirnya kedua orang tuanya kembali ke tanah air dalam keadaan kaki ter-amputasi. Naudzubillahimindzalik amit amit cabang baby. Serem kan, bok? Cerita-cerita kayak gini lah yang membebani gw dan serta merta bikin gw parno berlebihan. I love my parents to the bones and I don't wanna bad things happen to them while they're having their quality time with the Almighty Allah. More over if I'm the one who responsible for it. So for those who celebrate it as a freedom, I tell you, freedom my azz! Gw bahkan lebih terkekang dari pada saat mereka ada di Jakarta. Terkekang sama bathin gw sendiri. Terkekang sama boundaries yang gw ciptakan sendiri. Selama ini gw mungkin sering menganggap lalu omongan Nyokap "jangan takut sama Mama, takut sama Allah". Baru di saat beliau berjarak ribuan mil, gw bener-bener merasakan ini. I know my Mom and Dad would never see what I did here, but Allah did!
Akhirnya tibalah hari di mana orang tua gw dijadwaklan untuk pulang. Dari pagi bangun tidur udah super excited. Di SMS bokap bilang kalau mereka akan tiba jam 21.30 dengan pesawat Emirates di terminal 2D. Gw sengaja gak ke ruangrupa hari itu.. padahal kalau dipikir datengnya juga malem deh. Hahah. But as I told you, I was just too excited! Sang pacar baik hati pun udah siap di rumah dari jam 4 sore. Nenek juga udah sibuk masak-masak buat nyambut kedatangan mereka. Sayangnya, adik gw lagi sibuk magang dan gak bisa ikut jemput bokap nyokap. Sehabis Maghrib dan makan malam, gw, pacar dan nenek pun berangkat ke bandara secara itu hari Jumat dan jalanan pasti.. ah ya sudahlah gak usah diomongin. Dan benar sajaahh.. kita sampai di bandara paaaas banget jam 21.30. Gak salah si pacar bawel mau berangkat lebih awal. Sampai di sana gw langsung lari ke information board nge-cek apakah pesawat yang ditumpangi bokap nyokap sudah mendarat atau belum. Ternyata pesawat Emirates dari Dubai belum ada tanda-tanda mendarat dan yang bikin gw heran, gak ada info kalo itu delay juga. Huahhh, hati kembali cemas dan gelisah. Komat-kamit baca doa semoga pesawat nya baik-baik saja. Gw dan pacar gonta-ganti celingak celinguk liat apakah udah ada tanda-tanda kedatangan mereka. Dan akhirnya tepat di jam 10 malam, Mom and Dad landed safe and sound at Jakarta International Airport, Soekarno Hatta. Begitu melihat penampakan mereka keluar dari terminal kedatangan muka gw langsung sumringah diiringi ucapan syukur dalam hati.. Alhamdulillaah :D
Seperti orang pulang Haji pada umumnya, sepanjang perjalanan pulang bokap dan nyokap sibuk berbagi kisah-kisah mereka selama di sana. Kami (gw, pacar dan nenek) pun mendengarkan dengan excited. Dari semua kisah yang mereka ceritakan, yang bikin gw mau nangis adalah kisah tentang kecelakaan mereka.. Jadi di perjalanan mereka dari Mina - Mekkah (if I'm not mistaken), supir bis yang mereka tumpangi ngantuk dan bis pun menabrak beton pembatas jalan. Sisi kanan bis hancur. Bukan cuma itu, penumpang yang duduk di sisi kiri depan menjadi korban luka parah. Kaki nya hancur dan harus di operasi. Tangki bensin bis bocor dan kemungkinan bis meledak sangat besar. Alhamdulillah penumpang yang lain sempat di evakuasi. Hal yang bikin gw merinding adalah, nyokap dan bokap duduk di sisi kanan depan which is sangat dekat dengan korban. Bahkan darah korban masih menempel di tas nyokap. Lord, It could be happened to my parents. It was a near-to-death experience for them. But thank God, they're save and sound.. And I couldn't stop thanking God by saying Alahmdulillah silently :')
Dear The Almighty Allah, terima kasih karena Engkau telah mengabulkan doa-doa ku di setiap sholat ku untuk melindungi dan menjaga orang tua hamba selama di sana :')
Loves,
Andaw
I can't even explained how excited I was when I got a text from my dearly Dad said that he'll be home on Friday. Hoaaaa! I just can't barely waitt! Aslik. Heran, dulu sering banget denger cerita temen yang girang serta bebas merdeka waktu ditinggal orang tua mereka naik haji. Yah, gak salah juga sih. The thing is, IT WASN'T HAPPENED TO ME! Entah gw yang berlebihan atau terlalu parno, tapi serius deh, how could you be that heartless to celebrate your freedom with party and stuffs while your parents are struggle and praying for you there? I don't know bout you, but I just can't! Setiap mau melakukan hal-hal yang gw tau mereka gak akan suka (yang bahkan disaat mereka di Jakarta sering gw lalukan), gw selalu kepikiran mereka lalu enggan melakukannya. In every single thing. Setiap gw mau melakukan sesuatu lantas terbesit di otak gw "kalau gw melakukan ini akan ada imbas nya untuk mereka di sana kah?". Mungkin karena gw terlalu sering mendengar cerita tentang Haji yang cenderung serem-serem kali yah? Sebelum mereka berangkat, ex asisten rumah tangga gw pernah cerita kalau temennya pernah bikin "party" besar-besaran waktu kedua orang tuanya naik Haji (Well, I don't know what kind of party it was. But I can't think of anything other than Dangdutan party. Slap me please!), dan akhirnya kedua orang tuanya kembali ke tanah air dalam keadaan kaki ter-amputasi. Naudzubillahimindzalik amit amit cabang baby. Serem kan, bok? Cerita-cerita kayak gini lah yang membebani gw dan serta merta bikin gw parno berlebihan. I love my parents to the bones and I don't wanna bad things happen to them while they're having their quality time with the Almighty Allah. More over if I'm the one who responsible for it. So for those who celebrate it as a freedom, I tell you, freedom my azz! Gw bahkan lebih terkekang dari pada saat mereka ada di Jakarta. Terkekang sama bathin gw sendiri. Terkekang sama boundaries yang gw ciptakan sendiri. Selama ini gw mungkin sering menganggap lalu omongan Nyokap "jangan takut sama Mama, takut sama Allah". Baru di saat beliau berjarak ribuan mil, gw bener-bener merasakan ini. I know my Mom and Dad would never see what I did here, but Allah did!
Akhirnya tibalah hari di mana orang tua gw dijadwaklan untuk pulang. Dari pagi bangun tidur udah super excited. Di SMS bokap bilang kalau mereka akan tiba jam 21.30 dengan pesawat Emirates di terminal 2D. Gw sengaja gak ke ruangrupa hari itu.. padahal kalau dipikir datengnya juga malem deh. Hahah. But as I told you, I was just too excited! Sang pacar baik hati pun udah siap di rumah dari jam 4 sore. Nenek juga udah sibuk masak-masak buat nyambut kedatangan mereka. Sayangnya, adik gw lagi sibuk magang dan gak bisa ikut jemput bokap nyokap. Sehabis Maghrib dan makan malam, gw, pacar dan nenek pun berangkat ke bandara secara itu hari Jumat dan jalanan pasti.. ah ya sudahlah gak usah diomongin. Dan benar sajaahh.. kita sampai di bandara paaaas banget jam 21.30. Gak salah si pacar bawel mau berangkat lebih awal. Sampai di sana gw langsung lari ke information board nge-cek apakah pesawat yang ditumpangi bokap nyokap sudah mendarat atau belum. Ternyata pesawat Emirates dari Dubai belum ada tanda-tanda mendarat dan yang bikin gw heran, gak ada info kalo itu delay juga. Huahhh, hati kembali cemas dan gelisah. Komat-kamit baca doa semoga pesawat nya baik-baik saja. Gw dan pacar gonta-ganti celingak celinguk liat apakah udah ada tanda-tanda kedatangan mereka. Dan akhirnya tepat di jam 10 malam, Mom and Dad landed safe and sound at Jakarta International Airport, Soekarno Hatta. Begitu melihat penampakan mereka keluar dari terminal kedatangan muka gw langsung sumringah diiringi ucapan syukur dalam hati.. Alhamdulillaah :D
Seperti orang pulang Haji pada umumnya, sepanjang perjalanan pulang bokap dan nyokap sibuk berbagi kisah-kisah mereka selama di sana. Kami (gw, pacar dan nenek) pun mendengarkan dengan excited. Dari semua kisah yang mereka ceritakan, yang bikin gw mau nangis adalah kisah tentang kecelakaan mereka.. Jadi di perjalanan mereka dari Mina - Mekkah (if I'm not mistaken), supir bis yang mereka tumpangi ngantuk dan bis pun menabrak beton pembatas jalan. Sisi kanan bis hancur. Bukan cuma itu, penumpang yang duduk di sisi kiri depan menjadi korban luka parah. Kaki nya hancur dan harus di operasi. Tangki bensin bis bocor dan kemungkinan bis meledak sangat besar. Alhamdulillah penumpang yang lain sempat di evakuasi. Hal yang bikin gw merinding adalah, nyokap dan bokap duduk di sisi kanan depan which is sangat dekat dengan korban. Bahkan darah korban masih menempel di tas nyokap. Lord, It could be happened to my parents. It was a near-to-death experience for them. But thank God, they're save and sound.. And I couldn't stop thanking God by saying Alahmdulillah silently :')
Before the crash |
After the crash |
Dear The Almighty Allah, terima kasih karena Engkau telah mengabulkan doa-doa ku di setiap sholat ku untuk melindungi dan menjaga orang tua hamba selama di sana :')
Loves,
Andaw
Thursday, November 24, 2011
Us vs Sea Games 2011: Part II
Promised to give you another story of Us vs Sea Games 2011 but it seems soo hard to find the mood to write. Pardon my swinging mood. But since the euphoria of Sea Games 2011 will end any soon, finally I write this following stories..
#1 Badminton Semifinal:
After the-super-failed-day on our first try to watch Sea Games live at GBK, we (me and boyfie) didn't give up and planned to watch Badminton semifinal at Istora Senayan. The first game started at 2.30pm. Plans: Aidil picks me up at my casa around 2pm and will arrived at GBK by 2.30pm or worst case 3pm. Fact: My slowlyloly Aidil arrived at mine at 3.30pm and due to the effing crazy traffic we arrived at 5.30pm. Classic. It was FRIDAY anyway. No need any explanation for this ya kaaan? Krr. As we get there, we went to the ticket box right away. The guys we met on our way to the tix box told us that Taufik Hidayat was the closing game of the semifinal that day. We asked them,
"So who's the one who currently play?".
"Taufik Hidayat", they replied.
Ngeh? "So do you mean that it's the last game today?"
"Yup. You better go back here tomorrow. Tomorrow is the final"
KYAAAA. Gagal maning gagal maning, son! Well, this time is our own fault anyway.
I asked Aidil, "Have you give up?". He said, "NO WAY! I have to watch the final tomorrow!" Haha. The boy was unyielding! :))
#2 Badminton Final:
As Aidil promised the day before, He planned to watch the final game at Istora and come earlier so that he could get the tix. Since I need to attend my regular discussion with my peer group called Dimensi Talk (will post about it later) that day, I couldn't be there with him. Plans that day: He buy me ticket at Istora, I'll be attending Dimensi Talk first and go to Istora afterwards, then we both go to TMII to attend my bestfriend's wedding. All arranged in such a way.. Suddenly, in the middle of my discussion, Aidil text me said that it didn't necessary for me to go there cause he couldn't get the ticket. ALL SOLD OUT. Geez. AGAIN? We failed again?? Seriously, what's wrong with youu Sea Games 2011? Why it seemed like we never destined to watch you live at GBK? Why? Why? Why? Aidil was sooooo upset. He wanted to watch it badly. Huhu. There was only one chance left, the football final: Indonesia vs Malaysia. I asked boyfie whether he still wanted to watch it at GBK or not? And surprisingly he said "I don't know. I feel like giving up". Hahah. The boy finally gave up!
We end up watched the game separately. Me with some mates at ruangrupa while Aidil watched it at his own room all alone. Turned out it was a lot more fun! Seriously! We watched it peacefully without the overcrowding thingy and worried about or own safety. Anyway, the game went really tight. Both team played great! But unfortunately, the football champion was given to Malaysia. I'm still thinking that it was just the luck considered that we lost by the penalty. And Garuda Muda still got my pride. They all another version of heroes, don't you think?
Anyway, I heard the sad news about Indonesia's supporters who passed away. They get trampled by thousands people at GBK. One of them is Reno Alvino the additional drummer of D.O.T band. My deep condolences goes out to the family. From this case, I realized that maybe we weren't destined to watch it live at GBK for our own sake. It could've be me or my boyfriend who get trampled by thousands of peoples there. I'm thanking you dear Almighty. Your plan is such a mystery.
Loves,
Andaw
#1 Badminton Semifinal:
After the-super-failed-day on our first try to watch Sea Games live at GBK, we (me and boyfie) didn't give up and planned to watch Badminton semifinal at Istora Senayan. The first game started at 2.30pm. Plans: Aidil picks me up at my casa around 2pm and will arrived at GBK by 2.30pm or worst case 3pm. Fact: My slowlyloly Aidil arrived at mine at 3.30pm and due to the effing crazy traffic we arrived at 5.30pm. Classic. It was FRIDAY anyway. No need any explanation for this ya kaaan? Krr. As we get there, we went to the ticket box right away. The guys we met on our way to the tix box told us that Taufik Hidayat was the closing game of the semifinal that day. We asked them,
"So who's the one who currently play?".
"Taufik Hidayat", they replied.
Ngeh? "So do you mean that it's the last game today?"
"Yup. You better go back here tomorrow. Tomorrow is the final"
KYAAAA. Gagal maning gagal maning, son! Well, this time is our own fault anyway.
I asked Aidil, "Have you give up?". He said, "NO WAY! I have to watch the final tomorrow!" Haha. The boy was unyielding! :))
#2 Badminton Final:
As Aidil promised the day before, He planned to watch the final game at Istora and come earlier so that he could get the tix. Since I need to attend my regular discussion with my peer group called Dimensi Talk (will post about it later) that day, I couldn't be there with him. Plans that day: He buy me ticket at Istora, I'll be attending Dimensi Talk first and go to Istora afterwards, then we both go to TMII to attend my bestfriend's wedding. All arranged in such a way.. Suddenly, in the middle of my discussion, Aidil text me said that it didn't necessary for me to go there cause he couldn't get the ticket. ALL SOLD OUT. Geez. AGAIN? We failed again?? Seriously, what's wrong with youu Sea Games 2011? Why it seemed like we never destined to watch you live at GBK? Why? Why? Why? Aidil was sooooo upset. He wanted to watch it badly. Huhu. There was only one chance left, the football final: Indonesia vs Malaysia. I asked boyfie whether he still wanted to watch it at GBK or not? And surprisingly he said "I don't know. I feel like giving up". Hahah. The boy finally gave up!
We end up watched the game separately. Me with some mates at ruangrupa while Aidil watched it at his own room all alone. Turned out it was a lot more fun! Seriously! We watched it peacefully without the overcrowding thingy and worried about or own safety. Anyway, the game went really tight. Both team played great! But unfortunately, the football champion was given to Malaysia. I'm still thinking that it was just the luck considered that we lost by the penalty. And Garuda Muda still got my pride. They all another version of heroes, don't you think?
Anyway, I heard the sad news about Indonesia's supporters who passed away. They get trampled by thousands people at GBK. One of them is Reno Alvino the additional drummer of D.O.T band. My deep condolences goes out to the family. From this case, I realized that maybe we weren't destined to watch it live at GBK for our own sake. It could've be me or my boyfriend who get trampled by thousands of peoples there. I'm thanking you dear Almighty. Your plan is such a mystery.
Loves,
Andaw
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