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Showing posts with label happiness. Show all posts
Showing posts with label happiness. Show all posts

October 10, 2016

Jujur aja, saking lamanya (walaupun posting terakhir baru bulan Juni sik) ngga nulis disini, memulai lagi itu seperti lagi menjemput sesuatu di dunia lain (cue to Stranger Things, have you watched it? It's so awesome!) A LOT of THINGS have changed lately, dan jujur menulis blog itu berubah dari suatu kesenangan menjadi suatu kewajiban. It's getting so bad, isn't it? June and July this year is been the worst, I am crying a lot, I am cursing a lot, but in the end I am starting to think and contemplate. I have no idea whether I've discussed this thing here, but being adult, you have sooo many responsibilities, it's sometimes overwhelming you. Bills, kids, parents, money, money, money... In the end, tau sih, ya udahlah ya jangan dipikirin, dijalanin aja. I know, I know, but sometimes, it makes you wonder how tiring it is, right? Or it's just me?

Jadi, kabar terbarunya, saya officially udah jadi ibu rumah tangga! Yay? A lot of consideration being put to this decision, especially when you are not born with silver spoon. A lot of what if, and scary thought, dan ini dan itu. Belum lagi banyak pihak yang tidak mendukung (I know, as my husband said, udahlah gak usah terlalu didengerin, yang penting kan aku mendukung, but stiiiill...), tetapi kondisinya udah gak bagus lagi. Dan, alasan nomor satu saya berhenti kerja, bukan karena anak looooh. Hahaha, yes, mengasuh anak sendiri played big part in my decision, but my number one reason is I am so tired. Don't start me with kerja itu memang capek, karena yes it is, but this thing had eaten me up until I couldn't breathe. Padahal pada dasarnya saya suka sekali kerja loh. Anyway, no need to explain lah ya, intinya hello jobless.

Jadi gimana? Hahahha, the useless feeling is unbearable! Belum sampai ke tahapan bosan sih (some of my friends said that I am going to feel bored eventually) karena selalu aja ada yang dikerjain setiap hari. Yah namapun ibu dengan satu toddler ya, what do you expect? Buuut, the useless feeling... oh God, I knoooow that we, mother, is the key to our child's future, that you do a very important job to raise your child well, and bla bla bla, but still. I am not feeling THAT important. Some post power syndrome? I used to deal with important client, managing their credit line, even decided whether we're gonna to give them billions to improve their business, but now all I have to do is preparing weekly menu and my kid lunches (which is still hard for me you know, because I really have nooo idea to do it before. Sop lagi sop lagi. Bayem lagi bayem lagi. Ha)

Buuut, as my husband pointed me (he's the best. Really) my condition is getting better nowadays. I am starting to laugh again. I rarely cry. My patience is in high limit now. Iya sih, harus saya akui, bisa tidur delapan jam itu is a great deal. Selain itu saya bisa melakukan banyak hal yang ngga bisa saya lakukan saat kerja. There is always bright side I guess, bagaimanapun ini keputusan yang saya ambil dan konsekuensinya harus saya hadapi bukan?

Soooo, what now? Yah, nikmatin dulu aja sambil leyeh-leyeh nonton series yang dari dulu dikumpulin terus-terusan tapi gak pernah ditonton-tonton. Say hello to Tom Hiddleston in The Night Manager please!


PS. Minggu kemarin, saya nonton Athirah, film terbarunya Miles dan Riri Riza. It's good in its own way, dan walaupun ada beberapa scenenya yang bikin gregetan abis, karakter Athirah ini bikin malu banget deh kalo misalnya lagi galau kelamaan. Watch it, it's so good.

February 12, 2013

Things That Makes Me Happy

We were having our 1st wedding anniversary yesterday. It's been a year and days went by so rapidly. Alhamdulillah, and hopefully many happy years come ahead!


While celebrating it, my husband gave me this. Preeeeetyyy..

I didn't give anything to him. Busted. The thing is he had birthday few days ago, so I thought the yesterday gift is counted, no? :p
Receiving this beautiful cushion covers from dreamesh. Loooove it.



Last weekend, finally had time to visit our own home (now, we're still living in my parents house and leave ours abandoned. Anybody interested to hire it? :D), and we're so satisfied with the gardener's work. I can't imagine if I have to do it all alone. And we found our first flower! Happy!


I had this cookies for breakfast. Dunno what its name, but they are so good. I am very weak to the good food.


Finally, our office's wi fi is working again, and I can update all of this now! Hahahahaha..


Then, what makes you happy today? :)

December 21, 2012

Bahagia hari ini adalah....

Today's Friday. And tomorrow, we get holiday until Tuesday. Christmas holiday. I am not Christian, but I do embrace it as well, secara biasanya banyak film seru di TV kalo liburan natal (plus liburan sekolah juga yang gw tau), lot of joy and happiness!

My best friend, very best and longest friend, gave a birth to a beautiful baby girl this morning. I've been friend with her since five, so it's kinda dream for me. Waktu tadi pagi telepon-an sama suaminya, nggak sadar gw nangis denger dia udah lahiran. Lebay nggak si, yang jelas gw ngerasa terharu dan sangat bahagia. It's a new milestone for our friendship, and it's a great one. (buat dedek bayi yang pemberian namanya masih nunggu rapat antara nenek-kakeknya juga, you're a smart one ya nak! Milih tanggal cantik buat keluar, abis itu masih nunggu bapak sama auntynya gajian dulu. I guess you'll have bright future then :p). Will update pictures after meeting them this afternoon (have to deal with a client first, I can't wait!

Panda's coming back home! Been ranting about my lost cat since two days ago. Mama percaya dia diambil orang soalnya dia bukan tipe-tipe yang suka keliaran. Eh, pagi ini ada miauw-miauw di luar, pas Papa cek, eh ternyata Panda! Dibukain pintu, langsung lari kedalam, minum banyak banget, ngos-ngosan kayak abis jalan jauh. Tapi tetep curiganya diambil orang sih, soalnya badannya jadi wangi banget, dan secara kalo di rumah kita males banget mandiin (hahaha), jadi pasti dia dimandiin orang lain kan? Good boy (eh or girl), hope it'll be alright for a while.


Pagi-pagi dibawain bos nugget isi keju buat sarapan. Udah pingin nyobain nugget jenis gini, cuma belum sempet-sempet juga (alesan). Dan ternyata enyaaaak, hihihi, makasih ya bu, sering-sering ya. Muah. :D (dan nggak sempet foto nuggetnya karena langsung diserbu sama bawahannya yang rata-rata anak kos --well, I am not-- dan kelaparan pagi-pagi).

Last but not least, bakal ketemu suami gw setelah sekian lama (ok, lebay baru satu minggu, but you've no idea how hard long distance marriage is. Or you have an idea. I dunno. It is hard, I tell you), and will spend many days ahead together, secara dia katanya mau ijin minggu terakhir Desember, dan ngepol-in liburannya sampe tanggal 1! Yay, God bless the holiday!

What makes you happy today? See, after hard storm, rainbow appears. :) :)

July 04, 2012

Rafting di Citarik (part 1)

Setelah sekian lama penasaran dengan yang namanya rafting, akhirnya Sabtu kemarin setelah berhasil meyakinkan beberapa teman kantor untuk bergabung, saya, suami, dan beberapa orang teman, pergi ke Citarik untuk rafting. Yay! Untuk vendornya, kami memilih Arus Liar dengan paket rafting selama 1 jam (ada yang 5 jam juga! Tapi mau gempor apah..), paintball 2x15 menit, makan siang, dan kelapa muda. Paketnya seharga 295.000 per pax saja, untuk paket diatas.

Jadi, Sabtu kemarin kumpul di kantor sekitar jam setengah tujuh pagi, dan masih ada yang ngaret, berangkat dari kantor di Sukabumi sekitar jam setengah delapan.  Belum ada sejam perjalanan, di Cisaat udah macet total karena perayaan kenaikan kelas yang biasanya dirayakan dengan pawai. Puter otak sedikit, akhirnya putar balik lewat jalan alternatif buat menuju Cikidang.

Sekitar jam setengah 10 sampai juga ke Arus Liar Citarik. Ternyata penuh juga, mungkin karena sedang liburan sekolah. Akhirnya diputuskan karena pemandu rafting sedang turun semua, rombongan kita akan paint ball terlebih dahulu. Oya, kalo kesini dianjurkan memakai sneaker atau sandal gunung ya. Waktu itu saya memakan sandal jepit, langsung dipelototi sama pemandu, dan akhirnya terpaksa beli sandal gunung yang banyak dijual disana degan harga 50.000 per pasang. Mari..

Foto dulu sebelum perang. Parkir aja harus nebeng di pinggir jalan, karena penuh Saudara-saudara!! Tapi jangan khawatir, ada yang jaga, dan ada asuransi. Jadi kalau barang yang ditaruh di mobil ada yang hilang, diasuransikan oleh pihak Arus Liar.
Menuju ke lapangan paint ball..

Siap-siap pakai seragam 
Siap perang!
Berdoa sebelum melawan musuh
Sesi paint ball sendiri terdiri dari 2 x 15 menit permainan, didahului dengan 3 menit masa orientasi. Setiap pemain akan disediakan seragam, body protector, helmet, senapan, dan 20 buah peluru warna. Apabila peluru ini habis, pemain diharuskan keluar, atau bisa menggunakan peluru cadangan yang ada di base camp dengan charge tentunya, yaitu Rp. 30.000,- per kantung peluru/ 20 buah peluru.
Untuk lapangan permainan sendiri, menurut saya lebih oke dibanding pengalaman paint ball saya terdahulu, karena lebih terasa hutan. Satu-satunya yang membedakan dengan hutan adalah jaring yang mengelilingi lapangan dan penduduk yang kadang-kadang ikut lewat ke arena permainan. Ingat, penduduk nggak boleh ikut ditembaki lho! :D

Setelah setengah jam berlalu dan tujuh belas kantung peluru cadangan dihabiskan, tubuh memar kena tembakan (sakit boo! Tapi cepet sembuh kok, lupa karena asyiknya, hehe..), permainan paint ball selesai. Dilanjutkan dengan makan siang. Dan seperti biasa, karena lapar, lupa untuk foto-foto menunya, sigh. Sorry, sorry, sorry. Menunya disediakan prasmanan, antara lain nasi, ayam goreng, tempe dan tahu goreng, semacem karedok ato gado-gado ato lotek (??? I am not culinary master! Can't differ them all!), sayur asem, ikan asin, dan kerupuk. Karena lapar abis perang paint ball, langsung makan blas..blas!!

Oya satu lagi, arsitektur Arus Liar ini oke deh, dari mulai resepsionis, pendopo tempat makan, sampai ke kamar mandi. Hehe, like it. :)

Untuk part 2, bakal ceritain tentang raftingnya ya. Stay tune! :) 

December 29, 2011

Pursuit of Happiness

Inspired by this and this, well, I try to make few simple things that could make me happy. Life crowds make us forgot that sometimes little things could make us smile and happy.  So, for me I am happy today because of.....

1. Tried to listening some new musics, given by a friend and found them interesting. Although never hear most of them for all of my life. :D
2. Having a clear and fast internet connection at office.
3. Receiving a beautiful wedding invitation from a friend. I can't believe he sends me one, seeing in fact we're not that close. :)

4. My pre-wedding photographer posted some behind the scenes from our session last Saturday. Happy to see them. :)
5. Laughing out loud of some unimportant conversation that I can't even remember what, with my office mates.
6. Light rain at the morning. Make today's beginning is so different.

So, when you are gloomy and having a bad day, remember what's you've been through and try to find little happiness among them. Have a nice day!