Showing posts with label love. Show all posts
Showing posts with label love. Show all posts

Thursday, December 18, 2014

Honeymoon : The Introduction



Sebenernya ini udah postingan hampir dua bulan lalu, tapi baru kepikiran buat dituangkan kedalam tulisan baru-baru ini aja karena dikhawatirkan umur semakin lanjut dan kami semakin lupa detail-detail perjalanan bulan madu kami. mumpung masih agak inget.
So lets start waaaaaaay back dari beberapa bulan yang lalu, jauh sebelum kami memutuskan tanggal pernikahan. Lebih tepatnya sekitar bulan Januari-Februari tahun 2014. 
Awal tahun 2014 itu kami memang memutuskan akan menikah, lebih tepatnya akan menikah di akhir tahun. Namun kami belum memutuskan tanggal bahkan bulannya. Kami hanya pengen kawin di akhir tahun. titik. 
Dan sebagaimana pasangan muda yang hendak menikah, topik-topik seputar pernikahan pun mulai hangat di bahas, segala yang indah-indah deh pokoknya, termasuk tentang destinasi bulan madu. Mulai dari kota-kota kecil eksotis di benua eropa, sampai road trip dari perth ke sydney. Entah kenapa, kami berdua sepakat untuk tidak mendatangi negara-negara oriental, dan Bali juga tidak menjadi pilihan buat kami. 
Jadi akibat insepsi-insepsi ide ke otak calon suami, beliau pun akhirnya semangat juga buat cari-cari tiket ke negara tujuan dan yang paling tepat (negara bule tapi tetep stays on budget) adaalaaahh... australia!! Akhirnya, sebelum tanggal pernikahan, sebelum menentukan gedung, sebelum mulai jahit-jahit kebaya, dan sebelum segala kerempongan kawinan terjadi, hal pertama yang kita dapetin dalam seluruh rangkaian pernikahan akbar ini adalah TIKET HONEYMOON : Jakarta - Melborne (via KL) - Sydney - Goldcoast - Sydney - Bali - Jakarta. 

fun fact:
1. kenapa kita pilih ostrali? Jadi ceritanya, waktu jaman pacaran dulu, kita pernah liburan bareng, dan itu ke Phuket. walaupun cuman Phuket yang mirip-mirip Bali tapi lebih nista dikit, itu lumayan nge set standar liburan kita sih.. dan kita juga jadinya keukeh pengennya ke negara-negara bule.hahaha. Karena Amerika ga mungkin, dan eropa kemahalan, yasutra australi laaaah.
2. kenapa rutenya ribet begitu? calon suami saya pada waktu itu requestnya bahkan road trip! pertama-tama doi ngerayu road trip dari perth ke sydney yang langsung di tolak dengan pertanyaan "emangnya jatah cuti kamu berapa hari?" *senyum* . Akhirnya untuk meminimalisasi biaya dan memaksimalisasi waktu, kita putuskan bahwa ga perlu ke perth dan kita hanya akan mengunjungi melbourne, sydney, dan goldcoast. Via lowcost carrier. 
3. Mengapa urutan rutenya begitu? Itu karena Highlight liburan ini adalah goldcoast. Konon katanya goldcoast itu pusat hiburan australia dengan theme parknya i.e. Dream world, warner bross movie world, dan lain-lain di seantero kota. Jadi, sydney dengan niat napak tilas mempelai wanita yang dulu pernah bermukim di sana (duile, 2 minggu doaaang), melbourne adalah bonus, dan goldcoast adalah gongnya!
4. Terus kenapa mesti tetep ke bali dulu? Okay, jadi ceritanya pasangan saya ini rajin sekali survey harga tiket, cek hari nya, tanggal nya, jam nya, maskapainya, juga asal keberangkatan. Dan setelah bolak balik jungkir balik ngecek, goldcoast-sydney-bali-jakarta lebih murah dari goldcoast-jakarta. Kenapa tidak dijajal saja?! Alasan kedua, kami memutuskan untuk kebali dulu untuk istirahat total dari perjalanan panjang yang pastinya melelahkan. Kami sudah niat di bali hanya untuk istirahat dan spa berdua. Dan apparently twas best decision, after rough last day in sydney (but more on that later).

Berikut ini kira-kira itinerary ringkes berdasarkan tiket yang kami pegang:
25 november 2014, 07.00
Jakarta - kuala lumpur

25 november 2014, siang (lupa jam nya)
Kuala lumpur - melbourne

28 november 2014, pagi
Melbourne - sydney

1 december 2014, sore
Sydney - goldcoast

4 december 2014, malem
Goldcoast - sydney

5 december 2014, sore
Sydney - bali

7 december 2014, sore
Bali - jakarta

Fhiuhhhhh. Masih inget rupanya. Gotta jog my memory harder on the next post tho. :s


Friday, June 27, 2014

Bali: the leftover

front row - El Kabron, Pecatu
fot the sake of a checked itinerary - Pura Bedugul, Bedugul
 a sunset snap - Potato Head, Seminyak
"we love sun and sea, but not the sand" - Potato Head, Seminyak

 just a random signs along the road, Bingin
under water kiss, Pavilion Hotel Kuta 

margarita on daylight at weekday - El Kabron, Pecatu
at this bar random locals stick and drunk together - Alleycats, Kuta

Monday, January 27, 2014

have i thankyou, boyf?

Boyfriend, have I thank you enough?
for always there to catch me when I fall
for always listening to my inner-child's ego
for always support me when I feel discouraged
for always there with me to live a little
but knows better about my limit.

Boyfriend, have I thank you enough?
for giving me little surprises
for keeps fulfilling my needs
for drive me anywhere whenever I dont want to.
and pick me anywhere whenever I am

Boyfriend, have I thank you enough?
for spoiling me rotten,and teaching me goods.
for a life-lesson and sometimes a tough-love.
for every times, dimes,
and silver iphone 5s.

have I?


this post dedicated for my ERMTS. love you!





Saturday, October 12, 2013

Sunday, October 6, 2013

Small step

Bf just popped the big question. 
That was weeks ago actually. But he just asked my mom, before go to my father. 

That was quite HUGE.

Will keep ya posted. Xx

Tuesday, September 24, 2013

ho li day



----- Forwarded Message -----
From: me
To: myself
Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2013 11:38 AM
Subject: day one

September 18, 2013
no work today. on leave till September 20 just for this vacay with roma (bf). Yeay.
the plan was made on early may, so we already lose all the jitters and goosebumpy feeling along the waiting days. 
had only excitement now. AAAKKK
but unlike all my previous holiday, i didn't do my research about this destination: Phuket.
spontaneous.

Was not a bumpy flight ride, but 3 hours flight of full fight and debate between me and bf is tiring. 
and as soon as we step on thailand territory (well, not quite, since we haven't enter the immigration) we made peace. and kissed.

as soon as we passed the immigration, we were got a welcome gift (at least it was for me) which is free sim card for tourist with a data package, only need to top up which we can do in the nearest convenient store. this is a very wise thing. 

For the transportation, instead of taxi, we took a mini bus for 180THB a person straight to our hotel, Renoir boutique hotel. the driver didn't say anything, not even asked for our hotel. we just waved our tickets and step on to the mini bus. 
we sit tightly in a back corner with other people luggages. because that is the only two-seater left.

We made a stop first at the travel agent and this local asked for our hotel, and offered us some of the tour they have. after that, the driver drove us to our hotel. it was late at night and our hotel not anywhere near the center of nightlife in pathong, so it was rather spooky, and it is thailand, so it is not your fault your imagination getting a little wilder (in a scary way). 

Our hotel the Renoir Boutique Hotel was nice. considering we gambled our luck on agoda, this hotel is not as we expected it would be. Yeah outside was not really convincing, but the room is comfy and all parquet, with a big flat tv and huge queen sized bed. so, all is well. totally gonna put a good recommendation about the hotel on some travel websites!

this first night, we took a stroll to the beach (after had a (frozen) food from 7-eleven). local beers and a bucket of margarita from VW bar on the beach are highlights of this evening. 
tuk-tuk took us back to our hotel for 200THB (expensive)
i dozed off with smile. zz


Monday, June 18, 2012

A confuse love

Dont say love, LOVE IS OVERRATED.

Love is just an excuse of being lame. An excuse to have a sexy time. An excuse to buy a chocolates and flowers. An excuse to cry and to hear some stupid silly song, and including making stupid poems. Love is just a man-made celebration, they make it seems all LOVEY-DOVEY, but FORGET  to tell you THE RISK IN LOVE. LOVE can  makes you feel so small and inferior to the one you called lover. Love is just an EGO, ego of wanting someone. Love is just an excuse to have a partner. Love is an excuse to have someone, and have someone to have fun with.
Love is not even real. LOVE IS JUST AN EGO. 

People think they believe in love, they think Love is the one that make them happy. NO IT DOESN’T. BECAUSE its not the love that makes you happy. The feeling of winning someone, the feeling of having someone to drag along everywhere, that’s make people happy. AND THAT’S NOT LOVE. THAT’S AN EGO.

LOVE is just something people spread like a virus. They spread it as if love is something people need in their love, like people desperately need to be in love. APPARENTLY people don’t need love. People only need the attention, and partner to have fun with. And then again, THAT’S AN EGO.

LOVE is just some silly excuse TO BE MAD at other people. An excuse for twotiming at the same time. An excuse to betray other people. AND also an excuse to HATE OTHER PEOPLE. And when SOMETHING (CALLED LOVE) makes you HATE others, THEN THAT IS NOT LOVE.  THAT’S AN EGO.

IF LOVE IS REAL, then it only makes you weak. HURT YOU SO BAD that you don’t wanna live in this planet anymore. IF LOVE IS REAL, then it only makes you so STUPID, that you close your EYES AND EARS to the fact that your lover only PLAYED  you all along. IF LOVE IS REAL, then your TEARS is the silent-prove of how YOU DON’T NEED ONE. IF LOVE IS REAL, it’s not supposed to stab you in the back. BUT LOVE DID STAB YOU, not only in the back but also right in the heart. BLEED you to dead, and leave you rotting.
I DON’T BELIEVE IN LOVE. I believe people need partner in life, but I don’t believe in LOVE. The partnership people need is NOT BASED IN LOVE. The partnership people need is based on mutualism.

Here’s one ULTIMATE QUESTION:
How can you HURT someone you claimed you’re in LOVE with, just to protect someone (that you said you’re not in loved with) of being hurt??????
Isn’t  it IRONIC?

I told you, LOVE IS NOT THE BASE of how people conduct their way of life. Because people do what they wanna do, ON THEIR OWN BENEFIT. LOVE is just another way to gain something in life easier. LOVE is just like a hooker on a street: gave you something, just to get so much more in return.

LOVE is something that ruins YOUR WHOLE LIFE.
And LOVE is just an excuse. Something to blame to when everything not goes on your plan. SEE? I ALREADY MAKE AN EXCUSE OF MY RAGE, AND I BLAME IT ON LOVE. 

I think I don’t need love and I wont believe it a second, if it only hurt me right in the heart.

Tuesday, May 29, 2012

himym reference

I was reading this review on the How I Met Your Mother blog about the last episode of season 7. And somehow, some point slapped me right on my face, which is when the writer puts his final thought about this particular episode. 
Here's the part:

" ....
Dear Ted,
What do you know about Victoria, buddy? What do you really know? 
Here are some objective facts:

You knew her for two (three) months before she left for Germany. She was weak willed and girly enough to pull the, “since you asked me to stay I have to go” crap. Fine. Neither one of you thought enough of each other to stay faithful. Keep that in mind. Off she goes, what could have been? You two had a connection, I’ll give you that, but you spent six years thinking about the idea of each other, not actually who you really are. You don’t know each other, you cannot know someone in two months. Period. Then, you bump into her at a thing or something, and wait for it…she cheats on her fiancee with you. Sorry, making out is cheating, buddy. She’s right about Robin, but a broken clock or person is right at least once a day, if not twice. Flashforward to today, her fucking wedding day of all people, and she pulls the girly “you decide” crap and you make the wrong decision…more of that in a minute. But she is with another dude for six years and leaves him at the altar for a guy she doesn’t really know?

Who is this person?

She’s fucked in the head, buddy. Robin is right about one thing; you keep going after the wrong women.
And here’s the worst part, Ted.

This was done to you. You actually acknowledged this, you said the words, and then you changed your mind. I thought you grew up, buddy; you haven’t yet. I hope you come around and do the right thing. Victoria is not the angel you think she is. She’s a twisted, sad screwed up person just like the rest of them; at least Robin admits it and is actively trying to change. For that, Robin has my respect. You do not.

You keep forgetting to enjoy the ride. Forget to do so, and you’ll keep making mistakes and people will keep getting burned.
 ....."
 
Somehow i feel like it was written for me, not Ted. 
That I keep on chasing on a wrong guy.. Keep on making mistakes.. and forget to enjoy the ride. 




Monday, February 20, 2012

love is (not) overrated

Valentine sudah lewat, tapi kata beberapa orang skeptis "tiap hari adalah hari kasih sayang, kenapa harus merayakan satu hari bernama valentine", walaupun realis akan menjawab "tiap hari sayang ibu, kenapa harus ada hari ibu?!" Yah.. apapun itu, tidak pernah ada kata terlambat untuk mengucapkan happy valentine!

Berkaitan dengan valentine, saya sedikit terganggu dengan jawaban-jawaban semacam "ga ngerayain valentine". that's a bit insulting. Valentine kan bukan kepercayaan, its just a moment to show more of love and care to others. Sama halnya seperti tanggal hari jadian, dimana pada hari itu kamu dan pasangan akan menunjukan hal-hal yang lebih romantis. Dan dengan merayakan hari jadi kalian bukan berarti di hari-hari lain kalian tidak menunjukan sayang satu sama lain kan?! So get over it people. valentine is only a date peoples pick to celebrate love, if you have love, you'll respect it. What's with love is getting thicker in the air for a day? Thats a really nice thing in this fucked up world.

Maaf ya saya sedikit terbawa emosi..

Yaa, emosi saya bisa dibilang cukup labil dalam beberapa hari terakhir.. kalau kata seseorang yang saya kenal, setelah putus saya jadi meledak-ledak. Am I? Maybe, idk. Menurut saya, satu minggu merupakan minggu yang sangat berbeda, kenapa?

1. Being Single
Mulai dari tanggal 12 februari, saya officially single. I dont know what to explain about this state of mine, yang jelas cepat atau lambat hal ini akan terjadi, i only need to push the button. So yeah, i'm single. For a week, i carry this new status of mine with a big grin and happy heart, but i dont know from now onward whats gonna happen, for a young woman who never singles for the past four years, am i gonna miss something?

2. Social life
If i am a sims, my social life bar would be a really buzzing with bright green now. Since i broke up, this week full of meet up with different peer of mine. From an accidental bumped with junior high school besties, to a well-planned college gathering, even i need to put some dates on hold. Also family is happen to be in town, so i actually never feel alone.

one of the picture


3. Feist
Yeah baby, Feist was not just happened to be in town. I bought the tickets month ago, planning to go with my boyfriend. But hence the break-up, all plan was ruin, including this. Kebetulan sekali salah satu sahabat saya pernah bilang "Nad, kalo lo tiba-tiba berantem ato putus sama ciko, puhlease tiketnya buat gue" So, lucky bitch was lucky, she tagged along, and I'm more than thankful having her beside me. Hmmm... what can i say about this gig, well, i was so awe by her performances. Leslie Feist is so pretty dengan vokal yang jernih dan tebal. she didnt put that much effort tapi berhasil menghipnotis penonton (oii penontonnn!!!). Yang saya tahu sebelumnya, tidak ada opening act malam itu, tetapi secara tiba-tiba, tepat pukul 8pm Erlend Oye from Kings of Convenience, naik ke panggung dan mulai memetik gitarnya. He sang some songs i dont even know (but i bet no one there knows ;)) up until he sang close to you from The Carpenter. it was hypnotic. And he closed his performance with the famous Cayman Island. Pretty Cool Erlend.
              Pada tepat pukul 9 malam, Leslie Feist muncul, dan dia menyanyikan beberapa lagu dari album terbarunya Metals. Saya yakin saya pernah dengar lagunya sebelumnya tetapi tidak begitu faham. Kecuali untuk beberapa lagu seperti the bad in each other, the circle married the line, graveyard, dan how come we never go there. Selebihnya saya mencoba menikmati.. Namun, Feist juga menyanyikan beberapa lagu dari album lamanya Let It Die, seperti Mushaboom, So Sorry, My Moon My Man, Sealion, Honey Honey, When I was a Young Girl, dan lain-lain. Tapi tapi tapi, bagi saya gong nya tetap ketika Feist masuk ke backstage dan keluar lagi bersama Erlend Oye, dan mereka menyanyikan lagu favorit saya: THE BUILD UP. and i was so happy i wanna cry. --> lame.

Feist with the Mountain Man



The Duet
I surely have more numbers to say about that previous week, but i kinda lost words here. and i need some beauty sleep. Jadi cukup sekian dan Terimakasih.

ps. Sorry for the mixed of using bahasa dan English. pfft.. Indonesian.

Wednesday, December 7, 2011

It's not racist, It's marriage

Disclaimer: still, this post might be a little bit racist


People says, women has a quarter life syndrome. well, mine begin at 23.
Datang ke beberapa acara pernikahan dalam beberapa hari terakhir, merupakan rambu-rambu peringatan yang sedikit menampar saya, lampu kuning yang menyuruh saya untuk mulai berhati-hati. Membuat saya mau ga mau harus berpikir tentang masa depan saya. Bukannya saya ignorance akan hal ini, tapi saya belum memikirkan hal yang menurut saya masih terlalu abu-abu untuk dibicarakan. Umur saya saja belum seperempat abad. Sampai kemarin, pernikahan adalah hal nomer kesekian dalam rencana jangka panjang saya, berada pada posisi persis dibawah beasiswa S2, rencana jenjang karir, dan investasi tidak bergerak (okey saya mulai delusional, tapi serius lho ini).

Sampai kemarin, saya tidak pernah memikirkan untuk settling down, dan masih ingin bersenang-senang, yang mana merupakan salah satu alasan yang mengakibatkan saya memutuskan hubungan saya dengan pacar 'serius' saya kemarin. Ya, rumah tangga merupakan hal yang terlalu menakutkan buat saya. Tetapi, menghadiri pernikahan mau tidak mau mengingatkan saya bahwa saya harus mulai serius memikirkan hal itu. Terutama mengingat standar-standar yang saya cari dari seorang calon pendamping cukup sulit. Banyak yang tereliminasi.

Saya bukan perempuan yang muluk dalam mencari pasangan, bahkan cenderung klise.. Tapi bagaimanapun standar yang diberikan orang tua mempengaruhi standar saya. Ini lebih ke pemaksaan sih, walaupun saya tidak pernah memberontak dan memaksakan kehendak saya. Untuk urusan yang satu ini, saya lebih memilih untuk mengikuti keinginan orang tua saya. Ya begini kira-kira urutan dalam kriteria saya memilih pasangan:
Standar utama
1. Kristen (masuk akal)
2. Batak (mulai sedikit rasis)
3. Batak toba (arrgghh!!)
4. Syarat-syarat tambahan, semacem baik, sayang, mau bekerja keras, pintar, rupawan, dan lain-lain merupakan syarat tambahan yang hanya akan dilihat apabila ketiga syarat sebelumnya sudah terpenuhi.

Sebenarnya saya tidak merasa terbebani dengan prasyarat yang diberikan oleh orang tua saya, karena saya sendiri sebenarnya tergolong fascinated by the beauty of batak tradition, especially when it comes to the bonding of the family (which i bet every other culture also has their own version). Tetapi yang menjengkelkan adalah saya belum menemukan seseorang yang tepat. itu dia poin permasalahannya. Mungkin ini memang hanya efek dari rentetan perkawinan yang saya hadiri, dan seharusnya saya tidak membiarkan ini membiasi planning-planning yang sudah saya buat.


Funfact #3 Call me cheesy call me cheap, for want somebody to sleep with. :p :p


Friday, December 2, 2011

Bring it on, December!

Funfact #2 I just found out my phobia: RATS (dan konco-konconya)

People says, December is a 'friday' of the months
Desember seharusnya merupakan bulan baik. Iya, baiknya menutup segala sesuatunya dengan yang manis-manis, jadi kita bisa mengawali tahun yang baru dengan langkah tegap dan muka penuh kesiapan menghadapi apapun itu yang menunggu kita di tahun berikutnya. Ya, desember sebagai bulan penutup, ditambah lagi dengan natal yang semakin dekat harusnya menyenangkan. Sebenarnya saya yakin, natal kali ini pasti tetap manis. Full of joy and laughter and happiness and bla bla bla bla. Setidaknya kira-kira begitu kata-kata yang ada di kartu ucapan, dan saya percaya.

Tetapi, harapan memang seringnya sleg dengan kenyataan, bulan Desember bagi saya selalu menjadi bulan yang penuh  dengan cobaan. Selalu.  Saya ingat betul tahun lalu di bulan Desember saya banyak menangis -yang kalau saya ingat lagi untuk hal yang sangat sangat memalukan dan sepele- tapi, entah kenapa, di bulan yang sama, di bulan yang seharusnya menyenangkan, lagi-lagi saya ingin menangis. Ingin menangis. Penekanan dibutuhkan disini karena saya belum menangis, ingin tetapi tidak bisa. Padahal, hari ini barulah hari kedua di bulan Desember, tetapi entah kenapa semuanya seperti mengarah ke jalan yang gelap. Banyak hal yang seakan-akan mencobai saya, hmm.. lebih tepatnya, meninggalkan saya. ya, banyak hal yang sepertinya ingin meninggalkan saya. Seseorang Sesuatu.. well, i dont know

Saat-saat semacem ini, dimana hati lagi memegang kendali, saya butuh berpikir waras. Tetapi bodohnya, bukan distraction yang saya cari, saya malah melangkah semakin jauh ke dalam galau*.. Kemana-mana sendirian, mengunci diri di kamar, dan lain-lain semacamnya. Saya memang bukan pembaca buku-buku selfhelp atau selfmotivating dan sejenisnya, tetapi saya cukup sadar kalau sikap saya yang seperti ini malah membuat jarak antara saya dengan segala hal yang saya takuti akan meninggalkan saya malah semakin jauh. Tapi, lagi-lagi seperti yang saya bilang, hati sedang memegang kendali. Dan menarik saya semakin jauh, entah kemana. 

Desember seharusnya menjadi bulan yang manis. Natal untuk semua. Tetapi, kenapa Desember harus diawali dengan segala yang pahit? bahwa sepertinya saya harus menjalani semuanya sendirian? bahwa saya akan kehilangan?

Lagi-lagi pemikiran bodoh..

*galau. Hmm entah kenapa saya mulai kurang suka menggunakan kata ini.

ps. Saya benar-benar baru menemukan ketakutan yang teramat sangat terhadap tikus dan konco pengerat lainnya. Hal ini saya sadari ketika saya sedang menulis post ini dan merasakan ada sekelebat bayangan yang berjalan di samping kanan saya dan ternyata tikus yang kecil  yang tidak ada lucu-lucunya sama sekali. Seketika itu juga saya terpaksa menerima fakta bahwa ada tikus di kamar saya! ya di kamar sodara-sodara!! betul-betul menambah kenyataan bahwa desember adalah bulan yang penuh cobaan. Dan ketika itu juga, ketika saya harus berhadapan dengan makhluk yang satu itu, saya betul-betul gemetar, lemas, dan susah bernapas. and cried several times calling for mom out loud which doesnt help cause my mom is nowhere near me. --> setidaknya makhluk kecil itu mampu mendistrek saya dari kamu-kamu yang menyebalkan.

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