Seven Random Things

Seven things that scare me:
1. Heights.
2. Losing my VIP.
3. Poultry.
4. Having to live on my own.
5. Being poor.
6. Having children and my own family to manage.
7. Lately, it’s the future (and money) again.

Seven random facts about me:
1. I have to get what I want, no matter how.
2. I constantly nag.
3. Blue used to be my fav color, but now it’s black. I blame Gntong for this.
4. I don’t like people easily. In fact, I can hate them without any reasons.
5. I drink a lot, and burp a lot after that.
6. I don’t think I’ll survive living in a city less crowded, less…metropolitan than Jakarta. I need the entire buzz, the riots and the hype of it around me.
7. I don’t like (naughty slash hyperactive) kids.

Seven things I hope to do before I die:
1. Going on a trip around Indonesia and to Madrid with my future husband.
2. Sending my parents to Mecca.
3. Settling down happily with my own family living in my own house.
4. Trying to live outside Jabodetabek.
5. Having at least 5 billion in my bank account.
6. Striving for a brilliant career and happily retiring after that.
7. Getting more religious.

Seven things I can do:
1. Arguing and yelling. I like arguing.
2. Humiliating other people publicly and don’t give a damn about it.
3. Remembering details of stories.
4. Writing poetries.
5. Burning a kitchen. Hahaha.
6. Leyeh-leyeh all day long, stargazing, imagining things.
7. Not talking to people for days when I’m feeling not in the mood.

Seven people who should fill this out:
I don’t know, seriously. I don’t care who should fill this out.

A New Office..

Started working in the new office last week, and I’ve been enjoying every part of it.. Including the Jakarta’s traffic jam, and the new status as a commuter, even.. Hehehe.. Will write about the detail later.. I don’t have an internet connection at home anymore, so yeah, it takes more efforts to write on this blog.. I can’t use the office’s internet connection for my personal stuff, can I? Since I’m on my probation period and so on..

Bottom line is, I LOVE MY NEW JOB.. I’m in love with it..

Jalan-jalan ke Menteng

Kemarin saya dan pacar jalan2 ke Menteng.. Hehehe, iseng aja, mumpung pacar libur ngajar.. Mumpung saya blm kerja juga, jadi masih bisa jalan2.. Hihihi.. Kami naik angkot ke Stasiun KA Depok Baru, lalu naik kereta turun di Stasiun Cikini, naik kopaja ke Taman Suropati, terus jalan kaki ke Masjid Sunda Kelapa..

Overall, that was a nice trip.. Terlepas dari hujan di sore hari pas kami pulang, yang bikin saya jadi grumpy.. Menteng trip is always special for me, for us.. We went there several times on our college period.. We happened to celebrate our 1st anniversary, too, actually .. Having lunch at pelataran Masjid Sunda Kelapa is always nice.. The food are yummo.. And, what can I say, I love the mosque, too.. Duduk2 di Taman Suropati sambil ngeliatin burung2 pada minum di kolam air mancur juga adem banget deh untuk mata.. Hehehe..

Menariknya, kami pulang sekitar jam 3 sore, dan 3 jam kemudian ternyata Jalan Diponegoro rusuh karena demonstrasi menentang kenaikan BBM.. Memang sih, begitu kami sampai di Taman Suropati (yang jaraknya hanya sepelemparan batu dari JL. Diponegoro), kami lihat banyak sekali tentara yang berjaga.. Bisa dikatakan, taman itu ‘dikuasai’ oleh mereka deh.. Gntong malah sudah memprediksi, dengan intensitas yang sebegitunya pasti sudah ada laporan intelijen sebelumnya yang menyebut akan ada huru-hara di daerah ini.. Penjagaan di rumah dinas wapres juga rasanya lebih heboh dari biasanya.. Haduh, untung deh sudah sampai di rumah dengan selamat..

Anyway, here are some pictures from yesterday.. We surely had fun, fun, fun..

Makan, makan, dan makan lagi ;)..

Bulan ini sepertinya saya dan Gntong jajan terus deh.. Makan-makan di luar rumah mulu gitu.. Nggak tau diri banget nih saya, padahal lagi bokek.. Hehehe.. Si pacar lagi baik hati sekali, saya ditraktir terus .. Lagian ini kan bulan Maret, salah satu bulan penting buat kami karena ini bulan ulang tahunnya Gntong.. Hahaha, saya yang sepihak gitu memutuskan ini bulan penting.. Eniwei, ini ada beberapa foto wisata kuliner kami.. Iseng aja ditaruh di blog, buat kenang-kenangan.. Hihihi…

Wohohoho.. Hobi makan sekali ya kami ternyata ..

Foto-foto Bahagia

Kemarin waktu si pacar datang ke rumah, saya iseng foto-foto sama dia.. Kayaknya udah agak lama ga ada foto bareng dia di rumah.. Akhirnya waktu kemarin kami sedang duduk di teras dan dia sedang baca buku, saya iseng ajak dia foto.. Hehehe.. Jepret, jepret, inilah dia foto-fotonya..

Ga tau kenapa, tapi saya seneng deh liat foto-foto ini.. Kayaknya saay dan Gntong keliatan hepi banget.. Hihihi..

So little time, so much to do..

I’ve been hell busy working since this morning.. I know this should be a holiday season, long-weekend, libur nasional, or whatever people may call it, but for me it’s a non-stop-working-on-translation-work-day.. I still have hundreds pages to translate from the translation project I signed with one publisher..

This translation project is really driving me crazy, because the book is political-themed.. My job is translating some chapters of the book.. Bahasanya itu lhoo, dewa banget.. I love it, anyway.. I need to go some research on the internet to make sure that I use the correct term, because it contains some references on Indonesian law.. It feels like learning new things, and I love it.. I should be grateful for the project..

I need to finish this work as soon as I can, because I’m starting working on a new place a week from now.. Though the deadline is still on May 2012, I think I’ll have less time to work on this translation than I have now, because I’m gonna be tied to office hour, right? Here I am, planning to spend this long weekend translating as many pages as I can..

Oh, by the way, I also need to hand in the lesson plan I’ve been working on to Pak Wahyu, my supervisor in another publisher I’m currently working part-time.. Yeah, I need the money too.. Let alone taking care of the NPWP, one of the requirements from the company that I’m gonna start working on.. I guess next week will be a busy week.. Fiuuh, so little time so much to do..

*picture courtesy of www.clipart.com

Happy Birthday, dear boyfriend..

Today is Gntong’s 24th birthday.. Too bad he has go to work today, so I can’t congratulate him in person, like I always did years before.. I sent him an e-card two days ago, and I texted him this morning, greeted him a happy birthday.. This is what I wrote to him this morning:

Happy birthday, dear boyfriend..
The day you were born was the day God created a magnificent person..
So don’t you ever loose faith on yourself..
On this very important day of yours, I’m wishing you a joyful, wonderful, fabulous year ahead..
May you always be blessed with happiness and gratitude..
And may your life always be filled with fortune, happiness, and love..

With a deep love..
230312, 04:48

*the picture is the courtesy of http://www.happybirthdayidea.net

Another New Job :)..

So it’s a matter a time before I start working in a new company.. I got a new job, by the way.. Have I told you? Yeah, starting next week, I’ll be working in as a translator in one localization company which office is in Mega Kuningan..

I nailed the interview and test.. I took only two weeks to finish this and that (by this and that I mean applying for the job, coming to the interview, coming to the final interview, salary negotiation, and signing the job offering letter), and now here I am, waiting nervously (and at the same time, excitedly) for my probation period to begin.. I can’t believe I’m gonna be on Day One again, being a newbie at the office.. I guess this is just a part of life, isn’t it?

Anyway, I can’t be more excited than I am now.. I mean, I’m pretty sure I’m gonna love this job.. As Gntong said, “this job is so you!” Yeah, I love working on language field.. And this company is located in Mega kuningan, as I told you earlier, which happens to be my dream place to work.. Growing up on an area located near the busiest part of Jakarta (read: Jalan Jendral Sudirman, M.H.Thamrin, Kuningan, Senayan), I always dreamed of working on these area.. I recalled walking to home from school, passing the lines of buildings in Sudirman, and said to myself, “One day, I’ll go back here as a worker.”

I even managed to do some digging on this company.. I found out that this company typically only has 10-ish staff.. A small company means an extended family, isn’t it? I’m quite sure, despite the workload, I’ll love the working atmosphere.. I can’t wait to get to know them, those who work there, get to love the new job, and get to love my new life..

Celebration Dinner

Last evening my boyfriend took me out for an early dinner.. He said it was to celebrate me getting a new job.. This kind of sweetness is what makes me love him even more ..

Here are some pics from yesterday.. We ate seafoods in a seafood stall not too far from my home..

Maem dulu..

Kenyang

Makanannya: udang bakar, cah kangkung, ikan baronang bakar, kerang ijo..

A Wonderful Week..

Minggu ini benar-benar menakjubkan bagi saya.. Dalam seminggu saya dapat 2 pekerjaan baru.. Satu pekerjaan freelance, satunya lagi pekerjaan tetap, dan malahan dapat satu tawaran pekerjaan tetap lagi dari seorang kenalan.. It seems like everything around me is going brighter.. Sampai-sampai jadi bertanya sendiri, what have I done to deserve all this??

To sum up aja, Senin kemarin saya dapat pekerjaan part-time menulis artikel untuk dipublikasikan secara online.. Sehari saya “wajib” menulis minimal 5-6 artikel dan kemudian dibayar.. Tentunya pakai bahasa Inggris.. Wow, setelah lama tidak bersentuhan dengan dunia tulis-menulis, lalu tiba-tiba dapat pekerjaan sebagai penulis, rasanya tuh gimanaa gitchuu :p..

Laluuuu, di pertengahan minggu saya dapat berita yang kurang menyenangkan.. Saya dinyatakan tidak lulus dalam tes penerjemahan yang diberikan oleh sebuat penerbit.. Walhasil kandaslah harapan saya untuk menjadi penerjemah novel di penerbit tersebut.. Tapi anehnya saya tidak seberapa kecewa dengan kegagalan ini.. Saya, yang biasanya sangat tidak bisa menerima kegagalan tiba-tiba secara ajaib bisa sangat kalem menghadapi kegagalan.. Wow, yeay me, I guess ..

Finally, di penghujung minggu ada berita menyenangkan dari perusahaan tempat saya melamar pekerjaan minggu lalu.. Yes, I nailed the test and interview.. Tadi saya ke kantornya, dan kami (saya dan pimpinan kantornya) mengobrol singkat mengenai gambaran pekerjaan.. Gajinya (sayangnya) tidak sebesar yang saya harapkan, tapi ada banyak pertimbangan lain untuk saya; kepastian penghasilan, bidang pekerjaannya, dan lokasi kantor yang sudah saya idamkan sejak dulu..

Yang lebih membuat bimbang lagi, seorang teman memberi info lowongan pekerjaan di kantornya.. Dia bilang sih akan memberi rekomendasi untuk saya, yang berarti peluang saya mendapat pekerjaan ini jadi lebih besar.. Selain itu gajinya juga lebih besar dari yang diberikan perusahaan yang saya sebut di atas.. Sayangnyaaa, pekerjaaan ini di bidang yang bukan jadi kapasitas saya.. Aduuh, jadi bingung deh akunya..

Mungkin Allah sedang menguji saya.. Menguji kepekaan saya pada petanda-petanda yang diberikannya di dunia ini, menguji kemampuan saya untuk memilih yang terbaik bagi saya, menguji kesanggupan saya untuk tidak rakus mengambil semua tawaran pekerjaan yang datang tanpa mempertimbangkan kesanggupan saya.. Semoga ada hikmahnya..

In the meantime, semedi dulu kali ya untuk milih.. Hehehe..