Still the same girl from the Bronx

Christmas 2011

2012-01-06T21:15:00.005+01:00

Christmas 2011 was the best Christmas in my life. It was the second time that I celebrated with Nicolas' family, but this time we had more family members (Carol and Raj).
Days before, Karin called that we'd have Chinese fondue (hot pot), and I was like, "ok, why not."
The next day, my good friend called that we'd celebrate NY together with Chinese fondue...oalala :P

Christmas 2011 was the busiest Christmas for me, cos I have just had a new hobby......baking cookies hehehee. I started with Kaasstengel, and then Banana cookies, hazelnut amaretti and chocolate cinnamon cookies. I am so surprised that I can bake :O hahhaha.

We brought 2 big suitcases full of food, presents and clothes. We arrived in Hannover in the afternoon. Dropped our suitcases and we were welcomed with Sekt. Drinking Sekt is our tradition, of course then we had to keep our tradition LOL. Sekt is German version of Champagne, like Italian Prosecco. It is just sweeter, that's why I like it, and less drier.

We started to prepare the fondue at 4:30 PM. Everybody was very busy including Karin, Carol, Raj and Nicolas. I was just watching (what a great job!). Sometimes Raj and Wolfgang chatted for awhile and I had the chance to meet Karin's new baby cat, Lily :P
We started to eat at 5 PM :D and Nicolas had the idea with the dice. Whoever got the highest number, that person got to pick and open 1 present. We ate and picked up our presents while we were eating. I love love love it!

Until we finished unwrapping the presents, it was already midnite. OMG we had been eating for 7 hours!!
And ohhhh it was my birthday .......more and more presents hahahhahahhahaha.

P.S. This is my Christmas tree :D, it is a little bit small but very bright hehehehe

OMG :O

2011-11-23T19:42:00.003+01:00

I got Spikey and Greedy in May 2010, and in Jan 2011 Spikey has got more than 40 babies :O
After months only 15 survived, and I keep 3 (Albino, Golden Spots, and Kleine).
Today Golden Spots was acting weird, and I always thought it was just because she was fat. OMG I saw her eggs today :O
Which means Spikey and Greedy will be grandma and grandpa LOL

21.11.2011

2011-11-22T00:17:00.000+01:00

Only God and me know what has happened today :)

Everybody is getting married!!!!!!!

2011-11-21T19:51:00.003+01:00

Since I am still sick, I decided to take a nap today. Weird. I was dreaming about friends were getting married.
I woke up and Nicolas told me that our good friends Ben and Bille are getting married in March 2012, and they are expecting the baby in May 2012.
I was still like....what?!?!??!?!?! Am I still dreaming?!?!?!?!?

On my previous post (Alex and Lisa's Wedding). They also got married and just got a baby girl, Alva.
Apparently not only everybody is getting married, but becoming parents as well. Who is next?

Please Please Please

2011-11-20T12:53:00.002+01:00

Argggggggggggggggggg kalau eke tahu gini, eke gak bakal ganti layout Blog eke hiks.
Setelah diganti, link temenku ilang semua.

Please please please tolong kirim ke sini, biar eke bisa baca yah dan link balik. Thx

Alex and Lisa's Wedding

2011-11-19T17:31:00.008+01:00

Ternyata kita berasal dari Taiwan loh :O

2011-11-17T17:00:00.001+01:00

Liputan6.tv :: Marhata di Bumi Taiwan ::

Aku punya temen

2011-11-16T17:03:00.005+01:00

Kalau lagunya Westlife bilang "I have a dream", mungkin kalau versiku gini yah, "I have some friends....." hehehehehehehehehe. Aku ada temen, lumayan dekat juga sih, namanya A aja yah. Si A ini kalau tulis di FB selalu ttg Tuhan, dan gimana kesannya. Terus terang aja, aku rasa sih boleh2 aja tulis, tapi kalau tiap hari tulisnya suruh org tobat kayak nyindir gitu, gimana sih. Lagian agama org kan beda2, gimana temen2 lain mau ngerti.
Si A ini orgnya kalem, pendiam, cantik dan soleha (kalau untuk kalangan dia yah).

Suatu hari ada temanku yang tinggal di dekat rumahku, tanyain aku gini, "Chris kamu pernah marahin si A yah."
Gue "huhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh apa?????? gak tuh. Mang kenapa?"

Eh akhirnya temenku si B cerita ttg si A. Aku bingung, mau marah apa mau ketawa. Ternyata............si A di mana2 penyebar fitnah, ampe akhirnya dia dilabrak rame2. Aku sih sebenarnya kasian sama si A. Pas lagi ngafe bareng, dia cerita gimana dia dimarahin rame2, dia difitnah katanya bla bla bla. Intinya dia cerita gimana dia diperlakukan tidak adil. Tapi aku mau gimana, kan udah tahu ceritanya dari sana sini, yahhhh aku diam aja :)

Manusia....manusia.......

Trip to Boxtel (Part 2: Utrecht, ketemu Ira dan org gila)

2011-11-14T10:56:00.018+01:00

Berhubung eke belum pernah ke Utrecht (cuman numpang lewat kali ye), nah kita (Jeng Tiwi, Mas Erik, Noni dan Leon eh eke juga lah) pengen jalan2 sekalian ketemu temen kita Ira Ramali di Utrecht. Katanya minggu itu ada acara ....... yang pasar2nya pada buka hari Minggu (apa yah namanya Wi?), jadi kita pengen window shopping aja.

Di Utrecht central baru dibuka Starbucks baru, berhubung Mas Erik adalah penggemar Starbucks sejati, jadi kita semua diajak ngafe sana.

Setelah beberapa menit ngafe, Mas Erik pamit mau jjs sama Noni dan Leon, jadi para ibu2 bisa bebas ngerumpi hihihihihi. Ehhhhhh baru aja mau ngomong apa gitu, tiba2 ada org "sinting" pada liat2 trus sambil berlalu lalang di depan Starbucks. Tiga kali bolak balik, org itu balik, sambil marah dan bertanya ke eke:

Org gila : bla bla bla bla bla bla (pake bahasa belanda, dia ngomong apa yah Wi?)
Eke : Do you have a problem with me?
Org gila : yes, you were looking at me. Why were you looking at me?
Eke : YOU were looking at me, bla bla bla bla bla bla
Ehhhhhh tiba2 kata F*&^ pun keluar semua, jadi lupa apa eke atau si org gila yang marah duluan pake kata F. Cuman aku ingat kalimat terakhir eke yang bunyinya gini, "Yeah go home and F*** yourself!"

Jeng Tiwi yang memang kalem gitu jadi bengong, sorry jeng buat sport jantungnya hihihihi.

Ehhhh baru 2 menit berlalu, ada lagi nenek gila yang mau duduk di sebelah kita, trus tuh cowok ganteng juga kasih. Ehh gak tahu kenapa, tiba2 tuh nenek marah2 sambil ngomel dan pergi. Hmmmmm kesimpulanku, di Utrecht Main Station lumayan banyak org gile juga yah, atau eke aja yang sial LOL.

Ahhhh ngapain juga mikirin org sinting, mending makan dim sum ama Ira. Kita diajak makan di Tai Soen, asli bo dim-sumnya, sampe2 rasanya eke bawa pulang ke Munich kakakkakakakakakakkaa. Nah photo2 di atas rata-rata makanan di Tai Soen :P

P.S. Selamat menikmati tuh pics :P

Trip to Boxtel (Part 1: Eindhoven)

2011-11-14T10:35:00.006+01:00

Sebenarnya kalau dibilang udah planning sih gak juga yah. Tapi rencananya emang mau ke Boxtel sama Nico, cuman karna dia lagi banyak meeting, trus mumpung aku banyak liburan, mending ke tempat Tiwi aja ahhhhhh :P. Apalagi Tiwi sekeluarga pernah kunjungin kita-kita summer ini di Jerman.

Berhubung eke gak bisa nyetir (maklumlah org kampoeng), jadi ke Boxtel naik kereta aja hehehe. Perjalanan dari Munich ke Boxtel, dicapai dulu dari Cologne hehehehee. Berhubung adek Nico tinggal di Cologne yah main dulu deh sana trus baru besoknya sambung ke Eindhoven.

Sampe di Eindhoven, dah dijemput ama Tiwi dan keluarga (makasih yah Mas Erik). Di Eindhoven kita ngafe ama shopping seharian hahahahha. Diajak Tiwi ke Cafe Douwer Edgard (bener gak sih nulisnya).

Eke : Loh ini kalau di Indo dibaca dower, kayak bibir dower gitu loh kakkakkkkkaka

Eh jangan-jangan emang si Menir Edgard ada turunan org Jawa kali kekekkekeke. Malamnya diajak Mas Erik dan Jeng Tiwi makan di resto khas Jawa. Apa sih namanya Jeng, lupa aku? Ada van apa gitu :D

Enak sekali makanannya, Mas Erik dan eke pesen yang sama, Nasi Rames. Enak sekali :P
Tiwi pesan Sate Komplit (ada sapi, babi, ayam dan kambing) trus pake nasi lontong.
Ibarat pepatah rumput di sebelah rumah memang selalu lebih hijau, itulah aku, main comot aja makanan Tiwi kakakakkakaakaka (Sorry Wi, abis enak sih :P).

Berhubung Noni ada acara ultah (ini anak lebih sibuk dari emaknya gimana sih, ntar lama2 Paris Hilton aja kalah ama Noni kalau banyak acara sosialisasi heheehehe), jadi kita gak jalan2 sama makan bareng Noni.

Noni sekarang dah gede loh, dah umur 7 taon. Tambah tinggi dan langsing (ntar kita jadiin model aja yah Wi, gue beli kain, loe yang jahit hehehhehee).

Acara berikutnya jalan2 ke Utrecht yuhuuuuuuuuuu

Munich National Theater

2011-10-17T12:57:00.003+02:00

This was how Munich National Theater looked like a couple of months ago. What do you think? Do you like the design of the columns?
Lemme know :D

Cologne at Carolin's

2011-08-16T16:35:00.010+02:00

Schweinsteinschloss

2011-06-13T13:11:00.006+02:00

Manusia oh manusia..........

2011-05-17T14:23:00.003+02:00

Kemaren pas baca FB nya Melong, ttg org2 yang suka iri ama org lain, jadi ingat kenalanku yang inisialnya S (org Taiwan). Kadang bukannya aku mau menjelekan org Tewe yah, tapi kebanyakan yang diomongin yah duit dan duit. Money is everything, money is the love of their lives.

Pertama kali kenal si S, orgnya keliatan asyik, kalau ngomong selalu positif aja (itulah manusia, pertama keluar yang indah2). Tapi setelah beberapa minggu kemudian, kok yang diomongin itu duit trus.

S suka bilang kalau pacarnya pelitlah gak suka kasih duit, suaminya yang baik suka kasih duit. Yah aku tanya aja kenapa gak pindah balik ke rumah suaminya aja. Dia bilang ke kita2 kalau dia gak mungkin balik lagi ama suaminya, karna perbedaan usia yang mencolok (20th) dan dari usia itu cara berpikir mereka beda. (Lah kalau itu aja udah beda, kenapa bisa idup bersama selama hampir 20th. Yah org bersuami tentulah sama org yang bisa diajak omong. Yah ternyata selama ini mau duitnya aja).

S ini selalu bilang kalau dia itu apply visa itu gampang banget, karna suaminya itu kerja di Siemens jadi manager gitu. (Kalau suamiku kaya begini, mana mau gue kerja mati2an apalagi diusia tua. Kalau org masih muda memang harus kerja, kalau udah tua yah idup enak. Bener gak)
Trus aku bilang aja gini, "Yeeeee loe itu datangnya 20 taon yang lalu, dan waktu itu apply visa emang gampang. Di sini mah bukan kayak di Asia, mentang2 punya duit semua gampang, di sini mah asal suratmu itu terpenuhi. Dan lagian sejak tahun 2006 banyak peraturan2 yang diubah gara2 Sept 11. Kayaknya kamu gak pernah tahu deh ttg itu semua."

So***e langsung bilang gini, "Ahhhhhhhhh gue sih dah passport Jerman."
Gleeeeeeeeeek mati jungkir balik @#$%^&*(!@# apa hubugannya. Memang kalau pegang passport Jerman itu enak buat kemana2, gampang gak kayak passport Indonesia, harus ada visa ini yang merepotkan. Tetapi pemerintah Jerman juga gak goblok, walaupun dah passport warna merah, tetap aja ada cara mereka untuk membuat pendatang itu "berbeda" dari yang lahir dan gede di sini. Buktinya banyak org Turky yang pegang passport merah tetap aja ada peraturan "tersendiri", yah karna hanya mereka yang kawin ama sodara sendiri.

Udah ahh ntar sambugn lagi ttg si S*phi* :D

Sumiati oh Sumiati............

2010-11-19T07:19:00.002+01:00

Beginilah sekarang rupa Sumiati, TKW dari NTB. Wajahnya penuh dengan luka. Bibirnya digunting. Badannya penuh luka karna dia disiksa dan disetrika.

Ini hanya salah satu cuplikan berita dari TV. Masih banyak Sumiati-Sumiati yang lain, yang menerima perlakuan serupa ketika bekerja di Saudi Arabia.

Tanpa memikirkan suku, agama, ras dan kebangsaan seseorang, seekor anjing jalanan pun sepertinya diperlakukan lebih baik daripada seorang manusia yang bekerja di Saudi Arabia. Ini tidak hanya terjadi di Saudi Arabia, tetapi juga banyak di Malaysia. Sampai sebegitu merosotkah moral kita. Belas kasihan juga tidak ada lagi?????????

Bukankah kita semua keturunan dari Nabi Adam? Turunan Ibrahim???????

Kok mikirnya yang "negatif" trus sih ??????

2010-11-15T23:00:00.003+01:00

"Memalukan sekali, liat aja tuh tasnya terlalu gede, gak pantas dia pake," kata rekan kerja aku, pas ngeliat pacar rekan kerja lain pake tas Hermes Birkin.

Dalam hati gue pikir, "Alah banteran loe kagak mampu beli, kalau mampu pasti kagak ngeluh trus."

Atau dia sering suka mencemooh org Asia kalau lagi beli apa gitu di butik, suka ngomong gini, "Ya ampun, ribut banget nih org Asia."

"Bajunya kagak cocok sekali," sambil menghina.
"Style-nya aneh banget deh."

Begitulah sederetan hinaan/kata-kata gak enak didengar dari "org2 gak mampu". Sorry, kalau kita mampu beli pasti kagak iri gitu, sampe hina-hina org lain.
Nah apalagi yang mampu beli barang-barang mahal itu biasanya org Asia, pasti tambah iri tuh org yang merasa lebih tinggi derajatnya.

Yang paling sebel tuh hari ini, setelah ditanya ama temenku di Munich buat acara dalang dana buat korban bencana alam di Indonesia (akhir-akhir ini terjadi). Tiba-tiba muncul dalam benakku untuk "meminta" dari rekan-rekan kerjaku.

Beginilah jawaban dari rekan kerjaku dari Georgia (negara pecahan Soviet), "Mamiku udah puluhan taon memberi kepada anak2 tak mampu, tiap tahun sebelum natalan dia pasti memberi mereka makanan dan buku-buku. Dan aku pasti titip mamiku dari uang saku sendiri, walaupun sampe ribuan Euro. Menurutku pendidikan itu penting sekali. Karna bla bla bla bla bla ...................." Sambung seterusnya gak henti-henti.

"Tetapi aku paling tidak percaya organisasi2. Semuanya korupsi, tidak ada yang tidak," sambungnya lagi.

Gue : "Yah kan tidak semua organisasi begitu. Lagian di negaraku banyak sekali gereja2 dan sekolah2 yang didanai dari yayasan Jerman dan Belanda. Dan itu ada buktinya lho."

Dia : "Loe kasih 30 Euro, banteran si korban cuman dapet 3 Euro, sisanya diambil ama si panitia trus mereka enak2 nikmatin sendiri, trus si korban malah ndak dapet apa2.

Gue : "Kalau memang semua org sebobrok itu, aku masih merasa mending si korban dapet 3 Euro daripada tidak sama sekali."

Dia : "Mending kita sendiri ke daerah bencana dan menolong mereka sendiri."

Gue : "Gimana kamu mau ke lapangan kalau sekarang ada volcano, gempa, dsb. Kenapa loe kagak kasih aja lewat organisasi. Lagian kalau kamu mau kelapangan langsung mau tolong juga gak bisa. Misalnya sekarang di Afganistan, banyak anak2 dan wanita yang menjadi korban perang, apa loe mau terbang ke sana dan menolong. Pasti gak mungkin."

Dia : "Lebih baik kalau ada waktu aku terbang ke Phuket, trus bantu anak2 sana biar ketolong."

Gue : "Lah yang perlu kan sekarang korban di Indonesia, kenapa loenya ke Phuket? Dan juga loe gak bisa ke Mentawai, trus ke Pulau Jawa untuk menolong mereka semua. Loe juga perlu tangan-tangan org lain."

Tetap aja dia bersisih kukuh gak percaya sama panitia dan organisasi-organisasi, tetap mau menolong langsung. Yah kalau gak ikhlas kasihnya trus takut diambil org duit, yah gak usah sumbang aja! Dan gak usah takut, minggu depan gue gak minta dana dari loe kok, mending minta ama yang tulus kasihnya. Dasar org goblok, susah mau ngomong!

Ketinggalan berita blaaah

2010-11-12T17:12:00.002+01:00

Baru sadar kalau ternyata Broery Marantika aka Broery Pesulima udah meninggal 10 taon yang lalu. Tiba-tiba kangen ama lagu yang ini :'(

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTGRtajINTY

Pengen download tapi kagak bisa, gaptek sih :P

Menurutmu, si dia pintar atau kagak sih?????????

2010-11-11T09:20:00.005+01:00

Sebenarnya aku malas gosipin artis lho wuakakkakka (halal dot com), cuman karna lagi banyak dibahas orang aja, jadi ikut-ikutan, ketularan gitu :)
Pas balik ke Indo, gosip paling hot adalah tulisan di blog Marissa Haque ttg payudara Vina Panduwinata. Huh???????? Tulisannya bisa dibaca di sini. Trus lanjutan kedua dan ketiga bergulir trus dari blog si dia. Pertama kali ditunjukin blog tsb ama jeng Dian, dalam ati ku mikirnya cuman gini, "Ahhhhhh banteran payudara si Marissa mah kecil, jadi iri dia."

Makin kubaca, makin tergelitik aku dgn tulisan-tulisan si dia. Sorry aja lah, menurutku dia itu kagak pintar, kagak smart alias ngomong main hantam sesuka ati. Lah ini kan sebenarnya masalah intern antara Marissa yang TIDAK setuju dengan payudara Vina yang katanya "menempel" dekat Ikang Fawzi. Kenapa harus diblog, kenapa kagak diskusi langsung aja. Bilang aja ke Vina, "Eh tuh payudara, jangan ampe nempel ke suami gue yah!" Atau, "Loe kalau suka pamer dada, jangan dekat2 ama kita yah!" Kan enak ngomong secara langsung, masalah selesai juga.

Nah sekarang pertanyaannya, kalau si Ikangnya seneng, apa daya Marissa mau menentang. Lah yang kena tempel aja kagak marah, masa yang liat marah sih??? Begitukan logikanya? Lagian kenapa baru sekarang keberatan? Kenapa kagak dari pertama ngomongnya, kok setelah 24 taon kemudian :S
Pas ditanya ama infotainment, Ikang cuman jadi kura-kura dalam perahu aja. Dalam ati juga pasti, "Masya Olloh, ini kan udah taon berapaan????????"

Yang kasian sebenarnya anak-anaknya Marissa lho, sampe salah satu anaknya minta maaf di Twitter.......................

"Bella memohon maaf yang sebesar-besarnya atas beredarnya berita yang kurang enak dari blog ibu saya... I really sorry," tulis Isabella Fawzi dalam akun Twitter pribadinya.

Yang paling menggelitik hati, berita terakhir dari inilah.com mengatakan, kalau Marissa udah memaafkan Vina, walaupun Vina tidak meminta maaf kepada Marissa! Huhhhh????
Dunia ini memang udah terbalik! Udah menggali masalah puluhan taon silam, apa tidak ada rasa malu? Udah gitu marah2 anak org lain, sambil bilang org tuanya kagak bisa mendidik/mengajar anak. Huh????????

Marissa boleh tulis blog, cerita seenak ati dia, eh pas anaknya Memes komment, si dia marah, trus bilang udah maafin si Kevin. Emang dia pikir, dia itu malaikat yah....karna dia berkerudung. Trus merasa lebih tua, kagak ada salah, seenak udel bisa maafin sapa aja. Edan tuh wanita!

Trus dalam penggalan blog si dia, ada tulisan begini:
Saya hanya berharap Vina Panduwinata segera insyaf, karena usia dia sudah diatas 50 tahun dan sudah bau tanah! Dan semoga tidak ada lagi Ikang Fawzi-ikang fawzi lainnya yang menjadi ‘korban’ Vina Panduwinata, sehingga menelurkan protes keras dari para istri yang merasa terganggu. Yang menyalurkan protesnya melalui blog pribadi atau sms seperti saya.

Aku pas baca penggalan itu, dalam ati nyebut gini, astafirullah! Dia itu siapa, kok ngomongnya sampe gitu.

Disambung dengan tulisan si dia yang berjudul : Vina Panduwinata di Usia Tuamu, Apa yang Kau Cari?: Marissa Haque

Setelah membaca isi blog di atas, aku cuman bisa bilang, "ck ck ck ck ck........"

Yang lebih parah lagi, banyak pembaca merasa tersentuh hatinya dengan tulisan si dia, sambil mendukung. Dunia emang udah mau kiamat. Pantesan Indonesia kagak maju-maju, yah gimana mau maju, kalau cara berpikir org2 kita ternyata begitu?

Menurut aku sih simple aja, berkerudung itu kan sebenarnya pilihan hidup org (yang berkerudung jangan tersinggung yah), tapi BUKAN berarti mereka udah pasti suci, bersih, dan tak berdosa. Trus yang kagak berkerudung belum tentu kafir trus dosa. Harusnya yang berkerudung kalau bertingkah dan berbicara lebih arif dan bijaksana. Apalagi kalau mau jadi caleg. Banyak juga lho org Indonesia yang pintar dan bisa menilai tingkat kecerdasan seseorang. Harusnya kalau berkerudung memberi contoh lah gitu, bukannya liat org pamer dada trus langsung kebakaran jenggot gitu, merasa terusik. Lah kan kagak semua org juga pengen berkerudung kayak si dia.

Lagian banyak juga org berkerudung, sebenarnya untuk menyembunyikan kenyataan diri mereka. Kagak percayakan? Temenku sendiri yang muslim cerita ke aku lho. Dia kagak mau berkerudung, karna di uni dia (di jakarta), yang berkerudung tuh rata-rata perek (ini yang kerudung pasti tersinggung, kalau tersinggung berarti iya). Temenku kuliah di Trisakti jurusan hukum, sekarang tinggal di Aachen.

Balik lagi ke cerita si dia. Simple aja sih, bukan cuman si dia, banyak org mengatasnamakan Tuhan untuk kepentingan sendiri. Sorry lah yah, kerudung sih kerudung, tapi kata-kata si dia picik banget dalam blognya. Kesannya si dia itu maha pemaaf, maha suci, maha penyayang, maha pengumbar kebesaran Ilahi, dsb.....dsb.

Org boleh aja merasa dekat dengan-Nya, merasa paling bener, paling suci, tapi kagak perlulah bawa-bawa nama Tuhan dan agama. Lagian kenapa sih si dia sampe nge-judge org lain seperti Vina pendosa yang harusnya udah bertobat. Bukannya mengumbar "kesalahan/maksiat" org lain juga dosa????????? Harusnya kalau kita tahu org dosa/maksiat, kita harus tutupi kan?????????

Udah gitu komment si dia difilter lagi, kalau komment yang mendukung dia, dia approve, kalau kagak mendukung, kagak diapproved (kayak komment gue yang isinya kagak mendukung si dia).

Picik bener si dia yang TIDAK smart!

P.S. Silahkan komment, asal jangan marah2 dengan kata-kata pelacur.

Baru balik woi (part 2)

2010-11-08T19:11:00.005+01:00

Dari Bandung, kita balik ke Jakarta, ada date ama temen lama kita Paul. Om-nya Paul mengundang kita makan, kagak tanggung-tanggung boooooo, hahahahhaaha restaurant Jerman terbaru di Hotel Kempinski, Paulaner :P

Rasanya sama dengan yang di Munich, cuman kalau beer mereka brew nya di restaurant itu juga. Cuman yang lucu waiters nya pada pake Lederhose, trus waitresses nya pake Dirndl hahhhahhaa lucu banget! Memang rasa makanannya authentic banget, kalau ada yang mau kesana, jangan pesan terlalu banyak lho, soale porsi org Jerman. Gile!

Beberapa hari di Jakarta, kita balik ke Pontianak, untuk acara wedding ronde kedua LOL. Aku sih kagak mau acara gituan, cliche Tionghoa banget, cuman apa daya kita, kalau semua orang meminta LOL. Mau kagak mau yah bikinlah tuh acara.
Sebelum acara dimulai, tiap hari kita makan enak hahhahahhahaahaha kayak kagak makan beribu-ribu taon aja.

Berhubung aku kagak suka make up aku yang ronde kedua ini, photonya mawar aja yah :D

Gosip tentang Bridalnya nanti aja yah, soale banyak yang mau dimarah-marahin LOL

Baru balik woi

2010-11-08T18:45:00.007+01:00

Duh pertama kali menginjakkan kaki di Bandara Ngurai Rah, terasa panas mentari ini, tapi asyik juga. Rencana sih pengennya seminggu di Bali, tapi berhubung temenku menikah di Bandung jadi kita terbang 2 hari lebih cepat dari jadwal kita.

Rute terbang kali ini agak banyak, jadi capek aja tiap hari. Dari Munich --> Bali --> Jakarta --> Bandung --> Pontianak --> Jakarta --> Munich kita keliling sana sini.

Di Bali, kita kagak banyak jalan-jalan, cuman kesana-kemari buat acara persiapan wedding kita. Gimana mau jalan-jalan, nyampe di Bali tanggal 18 (udah gitu sore lagi), trus ketemu wedding planners kita, diskusi perkembangan acara, besoknya udah mesti kelar semua. Tanggal 20 semua udah mesti beres.

Tanggal 19.20.2010 kita acara rehearsal dinner di resto apa yah, lupa namanya (dasar pelupa!), Ikan Bakar Chandra kalau kagak salah hehehehee. Asyik juga sih kumpul-kumpul ama temens dan keluarga. Makanannya enak, trus pemiliknya ramah, eh tapi supir taxi maksa ke resto lain (lah emang dia mau traktir LOL).
Tanggal 18 masih sempat ketemu temen-temen trus main di bar lagi hahahhahaa.

Tanggal 20.10.2010 acara dimulai, aku upload 1 photo aja yah, sisanya liat aja di website wedding kita :)

Yah sisa 3 hari buat istirahat gitu lah, trus kumpul ama keluarga hehehe

Tanggal 23.10.2010 ke Bandung hadiri acara Diana ama Darius di Hotel Horison. Kita udah bela-belain berangkat ke bandara dari Bali jam 6 AM biar kagak telat nantinya. Eh ada aja yang terjadi......di bandara sukarno-hatto banyak para calo maksa naik taxi mereka. Ehhhh pak, emang gratis atuh, pake maksa. Pengen diteriakin tapi udahlah. Acara di Bandung lumayan, masih sempat-sempat ke Paris van Java lagi. Asyik tempatnya, kita ampe ke sana 2 kali bo!!!!!!!!!!

Post dulu ahhh sebelum kelupaan lanjutannya :D

Deutschland hat gegen Spanien verloren :'(

2010-07-07T22:21:00.007+02:00

Germany has lost :((
Spain, congratulations!!!!!

Help help

2010-07-07T00:02:00.003+02:00

Guys, do you know why I can't post on my blog?
How can I fix it.

Help, help, help me :((

Tahu aja tuh orang

2010-01-01T22:27:00.002+01:00

Eh semua udah pada tahu yah kalo Gus Dur itu meninggal. Innanilahi wa inalirojiun.
Pas aku nonton sctv agak kaget juga sih. Cuman ujung-ujung denger komennya si Johan Kwat, agak bingung juga aku.
Dia itu pintar atau kagak sih? Masak dia bilang gini, "Saya yakin Gus Dur pasti masuk surga. Saya yakin."
Huh? Emang dia itu siapa? Malaikat kiriman Tuhan atau merasa jadi Tuhan.
Tahu deh menurut ku sih, agak ndak pintar aja tuh org (goblok ndak sih?) :D

Oktoberfest 2009

2009-09-22T13:56:00.003+02:00

Munich City! A beautiful city with beautiful people and of course, Oktoberfest!

I've never been to Oktoberfest, so I can't really tell what it'd be like. But what I can tell you is really fun.

On Saturday, the people started to gather at Tiffany & Co., so it looked like in the movie 'Breakfast at Tiffany's'. They all had breakfast there. Well, breakfast in Bavaria is, of course, including beers. Lots of beers were been drunk. Gals were coming with dirnl (traditional Bavarian female dress), and guys were with lederhose (traditional Bavarian male clothes, pants are made of leather). They look very cute :)

At 12 o'clock, the mayor would hit the gong, and it marked that Oktoberfest has started!
So, if you see people wearing traditional clothes, don't laugh. Cos it is normal during Oktoberfest.

Fall has come :)

2009-09-22T13:48:00.002+02:00

This would be my first fall in Munich. Since I moved to Munich, there were tons of things to deal with, that's why I didn't have enough time to pay attention to the "seasons" anymore.

Last Saturday, as I took my 8:28 train to the city center, and I looked at the trees. I realized that fall has come! The leaves, the smog and the temperature. It's been very cold around Starnberg.
And today when I jogged in the morning, I barely see 100 meters away......too foggy.
Anyways, all I wanna say is I love Munich :)

ouch!

2009-05-20T09:39:00.004+02:00

Human beings sometimes can be so "low" and you can never imagine that!
When I was a child, I always laughed as I watched the A Mild cigarette's commercial. The slogan "How low can you go" is still in my head.
So really, how low can you go? Sometimes, I keep asking myself.
I am sure when you went to school, your teachers (any kinds of them) would tell you that we were smarter, better and had higher IQ than any kinds of animals.
Do you think it is right? Are you agree with that? At some points, I can understand that. But it is completely correct. Meh! Ask yourselves......I don't know....

Easter Dinner 2009

2009-04-16T22:06:00.005+02:00

See how happy Carolin was to see the dinner set :D
While Raj was busy taking the pics, I decided to put him inside my pics hahahaha

Easter 2009

2009-04-14T10:58:00.007+02:00

We drove to Hannover right after I finished my work. So glad that we got this weekend-ticket. So, you only pay 37 Euros, instead of 95 Euros and it is good for two people. There is also a weekend-ticket which is valid for 5 people and you can use it for the Federal region. Awesome, isn't it?

We arrived in Hannover at midnite. The next day, we had long breakfast as usual. Then we strolled around the park, and drank Berliner Weisse at the Biergarten. It tastes awesome. Basically it is beer with syrup (either woodruff syrup or framboise syrup). Originally from Berlin, that's why it is called Berliner Weisser. If you go to Berlin, you must try it.
I tried both. They were awesome!

After that, we went home and Karin prepared the Easter dinner for us. It was roasted ducks with 2 different kinds of salad; julinne carrots with rucola and tomatoes with basil.
The same like usual if we sit on the table. It takes us hours to eat hahaha.
Since we missed the real party so much. Carolin, Raj (Carolin's bf), Nicolas and I dressed up and went out for a great party.

The first bar/club was called "3 Raum (3 Rooms)". It was ok. No body really danced except for us. They played salsa music. And I was really bored. Almost an hour later, we moved on. We found a huge club called Osho. If you go to Hannover and want to party, make sure you go to Osho. The security guy told us that the party is Abiball (prom nite). Carolin and I sneaked into the club and checked it out. We loved the music so much, so we were working hard to convince Raj and Nicolas to get their ass in the club.
Finally, we danced until 3:30 AM and took a cab home.

The next day, we had brunch at Gig (Lindener Ratskeller). There were all our good friends. It was really nice to see them again. The brunch was great. We chit-chatted with Ingrid, Hartmut, Jessica plus her bf, Uschi, Conny, Willy and the rest :D
I chatted a lot with Ingrid and Hartmut. We had celebrated New Year 2 times, and we will do that again as long as we celebrate New Year in Hannover.

After brunch Jessica convinced us to go to the beach. But because the vendors at the beach were still closed, we dicided to go to the Biergarten again. And we all drank the same Berliner Weisse. So funny!

Happy Easter

2009-04-10T23:07:00.000+02:00

Guys, Happy Easter. Have fun and enjoy your vacation :)

Everything happens for a reason

2009-04-05T11:30:00.003+02:00

Yeah, I believe in that saying. I believe there is a purpose for who we are.
For example, if I wouldn't have found this job now, and if I wouldn't have met this bitchy person in my life, I wouldn't have searched for other jobs. And I wouldn't have an interview last week.
When my video was accepted by the best job in the world, I'd be busy sending mails to my friends to vote for me, and didn't have time to search for jobs.
See......
In the end, it is all good :)

Work and the small city (Season 01 Episode 07) - luck and good luck (II)

2009-03-31T12:28:00.003+02:00

Normally I don't take fortune cookies to tell me my luck. But when I was in Bodensee, we went shopping at the Asian Shop and the owner gave all of us fortune cookies. I refused to take it, but then I gave up. I cracked it and ate it. I got my fortune! It said that Unexpectedly I was going to be interview by TV.

I want to hear that hahaha. Normally my feelings are always right. That time, I really wanted to keep my 'fortune teller'. Elyz was like, "Why do you want to keep it? It is from a TV not from a company."
"I just want to hear something nice, and it makes me feel good," I told her.
I had a strong feeling about this fortune cookie's message. So, took the pics in English and German :). I could feel that something great was gonna come to me, but I don't know what.

Recenty, I've been busy searching for jobs and sending my applications. Afer we came back from Bodensee, the next day, I got a phone call. I had the feelings, something great was gonna happen, so I answered the phone (normally I don't answer the phone in the morning, especially when I don't know the person who is calling). The person was from a headhunting company, and she wanted to meet me personally. Wow, she just made my day!

30.03.2009 I met her in Dusseldorf. The company is located in a huge building called World Trade Company. I was like, "Wow, huge....." The woman who interviewed was very nice. She asked a couple questions, and I answered them honestly.
Then she came with the questions, "Well the company who is searching, you are right, it is a big brand company. Do you know Prada?"
I was like.....Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaat? And answered her, "Yes, I do. I know Prada."
Bla bla bla my interview was great. So........

Cross your fingers for me, hope that Prada will hire me :)

Work and the small city (Season 01 Episode 06) - luck and bad luck (I)

2009-03-31T12:09:00.005+02:00

06.12.2009 was the most horrible day that I ever had, like usual I got mocked again, but this time it was under the belt. So, I yelled back.

16.12.2009 was unbelievable day. My 'best friend' Jacko was so nice to me. I was like......"what does she want from me?" Maybe she realized that what she's done to me was so bad?!?! Or she just wanted to show off that she was capable of anything?! No idea! But Agathe told me, not to be fooled with her kindness. She is like she is, she is not gonna change, especially in 10 days. I think she is right.

One week later, the same things happened again. I had to check all the shop, check if the clothes are in the right places. I was like, 'huh??? I left at 6 PM, cos I had German course, after that I have no idea what happened.'

Jacko : You should check everything bla bla bla.
Me : I worked by myself from 10 AM til 2:30 PM. It was like after WWII here. I called to the headquarter, but no one could come to help.
Jacko : You should have called earlier and told them.
Me : I did, if no one could come, what should I do?
Jacko : Tell them.
Me (thinking) : Are you stupid or you try to make it harder for me?

After that I was not in the mood to work anymore. Then my boss came, I told him that I was almost getting crazy. I didn't what to do. I get mocked everyday for things I do and don't do. I have to know everything. I have to control what others do.
He suggested to have a meeting. Then we had a meeting for an hour. Jacko was pissed, and so was I. She is still pissed. It's been more than 3 weeks. Isn't it ridiculous? I am the person who get mocked and when I complained about that, she doesn't want to talk to me. Great! Then it seems to me that I have to go. I'll find my way, darling. Don't worry and we'll see :)

Bodensee trip 2009 (route 2-Bregenz, Austria)

2009-03-28T12:39:00.016+01:00

Bodensee trip 2009 (route 1)

2009-03-28T12:06:00.018+01:00

That was my first time visiting Elyz in South Germany. We were all very excited. We drove from Aachen around 5:30 PM and arrived at Elyz' place about midnight. I don't really remember the route, cos we were so tired. Guys, don't drive late at nite, cos you'll end up at the gas station, and searching for food though you are not hungry. It happened to us a lot, and I hate myself for that LOL.
After having arrived at Bodensee, we didn't do much, only chatting until 4 AM. The next day, we went shopping at the Asian shop and headed to Affenberg (a place to have fun with the monkeys :D). You'll love the monkeys, they are very adorable. Just give them popcorn, they'll be your best friends hahaha.

Waltz with Bashir

2009-03-23T22:45:00.002+01:00

2009.03.22-22:22 that was the time we finished the movie "Waltz with Bashir".
The cinema at Ravensburg is awesome. There is an imax!
The movie is really good. Although it is dubbed in German, but still cool.
Probably, I am gonna watch it again in English :)

Sayonara senoritas

2009-03-20T14:19:00.001+01:00

Adios Amigos, we are not in Aachen........

Bodensee......we are coming!!!!!!!!!!!

Bubye then :)

the system

2009-03-13T20:26:00.005+01:00

Do you realize that we (human beings) are living the boxes that we create for ourselves?
After having watched the news about rampage in Alabama and Winnenden (Germany), I got to thinking. Aren't we 'a part' of these? It might sound ridiculous, but think about it.........

If you don't have a bachelor degree or a master degree, then you might not have a 'real' job. Well, you might get a job that you like/love, but how many of you? And sometimes, you've tried so hard, but still you have nothing. While some people they don't even need to struggle for it. They just get it, cos they have power or they have money. That's it! Don't you think it is not fair at all?

And to get the bachelor/master degrees, you have to struggle and fight for it. Well, it sounds very ridiculous to you, but not to me.

I remember when I was in the university, when I needed to pass one exam, otherwise I couldn't take the second class. And it was a compulsory subject. And I had a spinster professor. She just made my life miserable. It was not fair to me, but I had to go on, or else I could be sitting in the same classroom for years.

I took the same classes 3 times: first - I failed because I couldn't handle all the compulsory courses, but I was not angry, second - I failed cos of my spinster professor, and I felt like to give a her a slap on her face. She might have thought that I didn't do enough for that subject.

Well, I have a life. I worked. I met my friends. I socialize! I am a person sitting on my chair and keep doing the same thing though you know that you are not gonna make it. Isn't it like hitting your head to the wall and try to crash the wall?

In Germany, especially in Aachen, people are sitting years at the university to get their Diploms for Engineering Diplom. It sounds scary, but it is like that. You live it, or fuck it. There is one very famous university for engineering faculty, everybody wants to get the Diplom there. The thing is they take more around 800 students every year. But only 200 student can graduate every year. What about the 600 students? They will be trying hard to get out of the student life.
My questiona are, do you think it is good to do that? Does it prove that it is a great university cos it is hard for the students to graduate? You can answer them, my friends :)

I know some people who are not good in school, but they are smart. Some might think, when we suck at school, then we are fucked. Well, I disagree. Some just can't handle this "system". They might have their own system, and maybe it is good for them. But because they are the minority, so we have to use our "system" to fit them into our life.
What about the other way? Have you thought of it? Like paper is not the only thing to prove that we are smart. Money can't just make you powerful. Bla bla bla and so on.
Well, I am tired, then you can continue and finish it :)

lazy

2009-03-11T22:21:00.001+01:00

I have tons of things to share, but I am just lazy these days.....

We miss you, Janath

2009-03-01T23:50:00.003+01:00

Just in case you see this guy anywhere, tell him that we miss him so much...

Rosenmontag 2009

2009-03-01T17:53:00.003+01:00

It was my first Carnival parade in Aachen. Nicolas is not a carnival type, but I am...:P
I never celebrate real Karneval in Germany until this year I took my steps on the street and yelled "Alaaf........"

The first time sounded weird to me, cos I thought they yelled "Allah".
Then I asked Nicolas, and he told me that it was Alaaf. It's a slang from NRW area (Aachen).

I was kinda shy the first couple hours, so of course I didn't get any candies or cookies.
Standing next to kids was a wrong decision hahahhaha. They threw all the sweets to kids and I got nothing......
So, I moved on, I stood next to the middle-age people hehehe and I was luckier. I just ran to them and said...."Alaaaaaaaaf" hahahaha
In the end, we came home with a backpack full of cookies, candies, chocolate and some toys hahaha
Fun fun fun :P

PS. I think my good luck is coming back ....after all :P

Rosenmontag 2009 was awesome!

2009-02-23T21:07:00.005+01:00

Karneval in Aachen

2009-02-23T01:11:00.019+01:00

There is always a reason to have a party in Germany. Karneval, means carnival in German. In Nordrhein Westfallen (NRW), people here always celebrate Karneval before Lent, during January and February. In NRW (Cologne, Dusseldorf, Aachen, etc), the Karneval starts on Fett Donnerstag (one day after Ash Wednesday) and the parade is held on Rosenmontag (Rose Monday).

People are getting crazy here, and they can dress like anyone or anything they want. Everybody drinks on the street and keeps yelling. Well, if you feel like bored, then I think it's not bad to join them.

In Aachen, there are some places you can have great parties like in Stawag building, Eurogress, Karstadt and some other clubs.
I was planning to celebrate in Cologne or Dusseldorf, cos they have huge huge parties there. But on Thursday, I had to work until 2 PM, so I was kinda tired and not in the mood. I have to take a train from Aachen to Cologne/Dusseldorf, and at least it takes an hour and it'll be hundreds of people on the train. Next year, I won't miss it :)

P.S. The guy on the first picture is the prince of the Karneval

wait....wait

2009-02-23T00:55:00.002+01:00

I think I am the person who finishes my projects at the last second. I remember when I was at the uni, I always finished most of my homework assignments and some other design projects on the last day.
Either I was thinking for days/weeks about my plan or idea, or I just postponed it.

I remember I was always working at the workshop until 4 AM or 5 AM (I had to), cos the deadline would be 8 AM the same day........
Is it genetic? Or it's just me. The same like today, when I uploaded my video for the best job in the world. Actually, I thought the deadline was Feb 21, and I worked my ass off so I could finish it. I did try to upload the movie, but it didn't work.

But then I read it again. Oh I still got a day! So, we remade the video again and tried to upload it again. After a couple times of trying, then I gave up and went to see Elyz. Came home and tried again. Horaaaaaaaaaaaaaay, the very last minute, I made it.

Work and the small city (Season 01 Episode 05) - You've got no balls, I do

2009-02-15T20:44:00.010+01:00

Sometimes, I really don't understand what people here are thinking. Last year, when I worked at a very high class boutique, an old lady came and talked to me. I did not 100% understand what she was talking about, but I kinda understand that she wanted to refund her pants that she bought.
Since I've never seen the pants for months, so, I asked her a question, "When did you buy them?" I was very surprised when she answered me, "About a year ago."
I looked at her in disbelief and expected that she'd told me that she was joking. But she was not!

According to German law, if you sell something and your customer wants to refund it, you are allowed to reject it. But because of high competition, most of companies accept it. And a lot of customers take it for granted.

Like a couple months ago, a young lady came to Agathe and she seemed to be very nice. She tried some boots and even ordered them. At the last minute, she told her, "Well, I have a pair of shoes to refund cos the straps were broken." The shoes looked very familiar to us, but still we asked for the receipt. And she was like..."I don't have it."
A : When did you buy them?
She : About 3 years ago.....

I looked at Agathe, and she looked at me. We were looking at each other cos we could not believe that, that someone who has bought a pair of shoes and wore them and wanted to refund them cos they are broken.
Well, seems like we have to get used to it :D

Last week, a middle-age woman came to Agathe (lucky her hehe) and showed her her platform shoe. It was completely broken into two pieces. You know, one shoe in two pieces, and she started like this..............

She : Well, I went to a cobbler and he couldn't fix it anymore.

I looked at the shoe and the looked at her, and talked to Agathe, "Send it to the headquarter, and we'll see."
Me (to her) : Do you have the receipt?
She : No....
A : When did you buy them?
She : About 15 years ago...
A & me : ????????????????????????

We were literally laughing behind the cashier desk, especially Agathe, she couldn't talk to her face to face, cos she was laughing to pee.
I wouldn't refund my shoes even only for 3 days, cos I've worn them. Fifteen years?????? Wow, she broke the record :)

P.S. I know some people think, ....... there is a chance, why don't I try it.
Well, there is my thought, you can wear that pair of shoes for the rest of your life

Happy Valentine's Day

2009-02-15T17:10:00.004+01:00

Last nite, I just realized how much I miss the parties in Taipei City and Hong Kong. After having had dinner with Paul and Karsten at my place, we went to meet a friend at Sowie So. It was ok. Then we decided to go dancing.
Image, the best place for party (so far). The music was awesome! I really miss this kinda party. It was packed and blast!

Happy belated Valentine's Day!

Work and the small city (Season 01 Eps. 04) - Shopping with kids

2009-02-05T22:31:00.006+01:00

No offense, I am no big kid fan, especially in a boutique. In Aachen, if you work in a boutique, your customers expect you to be nice to them and their kids. Sometimes, I just can not understand, why I should be babysitting them???
Like today, I had a non-direct customer (she was a customer from my co-worker) with 2 kids. The gal was 5 or 6 and the boy was 3 (I guess). The gal started running around inside the boutique and yelling, but her mother just didn't care and didn't even say anything to her like mostly parents suppose to say to their kids when don't behave. You know like, "Honey, don't do that" or "Honey, you will stay at home if you don't behave" or "Uh uh (and shaking the head) no no"

The gal then yelled that she was thirsty. I was busy with my other customer. Suddenly, she asked for tab water for her kids. Don't you think parents should prepare water for their kids, especially if you are shopping? I was not that bad, I still gave them Volvic water.

Five seconds later, she wanted to go to the toilet, and kept yelling. And I was handling my customer's payment. Thanks to Conny (my co-worker), because she asked me if I could take the kid to pee. I stared at her and did not want to answer. The kid's mum said, "Well, you just show her where it is."

What's the difference anyway! Why don't you just take your own daughter instead of picking your shoes! So, I kept standing up for myself, and Conny took her to the toilet.

After having come back from the toilet, she was lying on the floor. The customer (the one I was handling) suggested her mother to teach her kids. I was like, there you go, b*atch.
I know that actually people blame the parents when they see their kids don't behave. That's why I won't let people hate me wekkkkk.

P.S. Fady Malouf has a great voice, check out his song, Blessed, enjoy

Oh don't watch it, please

2009-02-05T22:06:00.002+01:00

As we were watching the trailer at Frontrow on Mac, Asylum looked like a movie to see.
But after watching the movie, I have to say that, it is the worst thrilled ever! It is not scary at all, only yelling college students and a disgusting sick dr.

I just can not digest it, why someone (the dr. )who died and still came back to kill people. And he was bleeding when he got stabbed on his right hand. The dumbest thing was after Madison and Holt escaped from the basement, they ran into a forest (how stupid the movie is). They could run to the main hall or ran into the security guys or ran away but not into the forest.

There is no explanation why the dr. liked to kill people (was he sick??? or it was his hobby). Anyways, the worst movie ever! There is only one thing I still thing not too bad: the shooting. It is fine.

Well, I finished the movie, and I am telling you never watch it!

P.S. Bakmi goreng udang enak lho :P

Movie Nites

2009-02-03T20:13:00.002+01:00

After having watched more a couple of movies, I just realized how long I stayed on my chair every day and wrote shit. And I also realize how nice it is to sit in front of computer and watch movies.
In four days, I've seen more than 7 movies: Hancock, Silk, Babel, Taking Lives, The Number 23, Along Came a Spider, Juno, Ripley's Game etc.

Hancock was really fun, Nicolas and I almost laughed to pee (Jeng, loe juga kan, ditahan sih kakakakaka). After laughing, and there was the horror coming. Silk is a Taiwanese/Japanese scary movie. It didn't scare me at all, in fact it was a very sad movie. The shot of some places in Taipei City and Tokyo reminded me of the MRT (subway). In the movie, they speak too much Japanese and I don't understand the German subtitle :S

Babel was also great! Taking Lives was awesome! They are not new anymore, but I hadn't seen them. The Number 23 was also fabulous, but don't you think it is very obvious that Walter is the killer/the writer of the book? But still, I have to give Jim Carrey some credit for the great acting (not in comedy hehehe). Morgan Freeman was playing in Along Came a Spider as a very smart detective. He reminded me of Mc Gyver. Oh, I miss Mc Gyver so much!

Juno was not as great as I espected. See, I hate expectation.
Ripley's Game is an old old movie, but I never get bored with it. I was thinking to have a Ripley nite. Like watching Ripley movies the whole nite :D

P.S. In case you ask me why I uploaded the pic on the top. I don't want to get troubles with copyright thingy. There is a website called xxxx (here) and the owners (a couple) had sued many people who downloaded their online photographs and they won. So from now on, I will use my owe photographs ONLY :)

New Year 2009 snapshots (part 2)

2009-01-27T15:37:00.019+01:00

New Year 2009 snapshots (part 1)

2009-01-27T15:22:00.012+01:00

Janath........we'll be missing you :)

Sex and the City Nites

2009-01-27T14:47:00.012+01:00

Nah si Zilko penasaran katanya hehehehe

Rob and I tried to make Jose like Sex and the City episodes. Since Rob and I love love love Sex and the City. So, I had the idea to watch the episodes and eat some food while we are watching them. And every time we have food theme :D
We do that on the weekend, so we can stay late at nite and don't need to worry to get hangover.

The first weekend, we both prepared something to eat, and we just realized that it was too much! Nicolas and I made pizza and Rob prepared salad. To Rob, when he says a little bit, you don't expect that "less". It is always more than little bit. In the end, we looked at the table and looked at each other. Rob was like, "Wow, we have a feast again!" Imagine, we had a huge pizza for four, I made butter corn, prepared some chips/tacos, cheese; Rob made salad with dipping on zwiback.

Rob and I always discuss about the fashion, shoes and the make up. When we do that, Nicolas and Jose will talk about something else. You might have thought we were crazy hahhaa.

The second weekend, Nicolas and I made Flammkuchen (a very typical German food, they call it French thin pizza with creme fraiche, onions and bacon on top), Rob and Jose brought the drinks. It was always fun to hang out with them! The next weekend, we are having Mexican food and I am really excited! And after that, Nicolas and I will make Dim Sum!

Gong Xi Fa Chai 2560

2009-01-26T11:00:00.009+01:00

Gong Xi Fa Chai to all of you .........

祝你們：

新年快樂

身體健康

萬事如意

年年有餘

Christmas party 2008

2009-01-22T00:01:00.007+01:00

Since I hadn't got my working plan until a week before Xmas, we decided not to go anywhere for Xmas 08. Normally, we celebrate Xmas in Italy until December 28, and we drive to Black Forest to visit Nicolas' grandpa and then go to Hannover to celebrate NY with Inggrid and Hartmut.
But last Xmas, we just stayed in Aachen, and celebrated with people who didn't celebrate with their families. We had a great time with Rob and Jose.

We met Rob and Jose at Paul's party. Rob loves cooking and his food is really great. He always has great ideas. Nicolas also loves cooking, so they are friends :) now.
We always have something in common, either Rob and me or Jose and me. For example, Rob and I love:
- Sex and the City
- Shoes
- to clean :D and so on
Jose and Nico love photography.

P.S. We didn't have a real Xmas tree, so just used my plant :D

Back to work

2009-01-19T00:38:00.002+01:00

I've been really busy with the new job. After the newest co-worker left, we have to work more now. But it was not too crazy. Since I still have a little bit more time, I fixed the cosmotourist stuff.

Sex and the City nite was fabulous last nite. We'll do that again!

PS. That was the pizza we made for the Sex and the City nite :P

Curiosity

2009-01-11T17:23:00.005+01:00

I think it is normal as a human being to be curious :P.
As I read the news on some local newspapers about Sarah and Rahma, I searched online for the pictures heheehe.

Please vote.....Do you think they are hot?
A. Yes
B. No
C. Not Sure
D. None of my business

Winter in Aachen 2009

2009-01-11T17:01:00.006+01:00

Funney but you'll kill me

2009-01-09T22:02:00.003+01:00

You might not think it is funny and you want to kill me :D
But please don't :)

Have a nice weekend...yippie don't need to work on Saturday hehehe

Work and the small city (Season 01 Eps. 03)

2009-01-02T23:32:00.003+01:00

Do you still remember Jacko? Yeah Jacko the white co-worker. She is nicer to me now :P (Just hope that she is not gonna be my best friend kakakkakakkaa). She is nicer, cos she has somebody else to complain about.

As usual, she said to me like this, "Did you eat garlic?"
Me : Yeah, we made salsa sauce and we put 3 bulbs of garlic.
Jacko : It is bad, bad for the customers, especially garlic.
Me (in my head) : Yeah right, you stink like sh*t everyday. So you eat sh*t everyday then.

After having worked, Sabine (new co-worker) said, "She was so bad, talking like that. She stinks badly, but no one says anything. You should have said something."
Me : Why should we waste our time talking to these kinds of people. Useless, cos people don't change :)

Happy New Year 2009

2009-01-01T14:53:00.003+01:00

Semoga Taon 2009 membawa kepada kalian semua banyak rejeki, sehat dan bahagia selalu ......
Amen :)

Happy Christmas 2008

2008-12-27T22:59:00.002+01:00

Merry Christmas 2008

and

Happy New Year 2009

Wish you all the best.......

Christina & Nicolas

St. Joseph Cemetery

2008-12-16T10:49:00.009+01:00

Eat, eat and eat

2008-12-16T10:14:00.003+01:00

Eating supposed to be the most exciting thing for me but these weeks, not anymore.
December 6 was St. Claus' Day, again we ate at Justus K. It was really awesome. Don't judge the book by its cover, that's what people say. Yeah, again it is right. Justus K is situated in the area...you know....that people don't like to go, or won't walk there after 7 PM. So, when I told my friends, that I went there, they raised their eyebrows. If you come to Aachen, Justus K has to be in your going-to-eat list!
Two days later after St. Claus' Day, it was my shopping day! Eating, of course, had to be in my shopping plan. We went to Cafe Anatolia, and again, it was awesome!
Then came Saturday, Jayden's birthday!
Sunday, again a celebration!
Sunday nite, celebrated Xmas with my company!

Next Wednesday, bubye meal with my German Language classmates.
Next Friday, Trier rendezvous.
Next Saturday, Kirsten and Ronny are coming!
Next Sunday, making shabu shabu at Paul's

Next..... I might be fasting for a while.....

After all

2008-12-09T21:49:00.002+01:00

Staying home all the time will make you sick as well hehehe. Not to mention about working every day. Today, I decided to do something else : going to eat good food, shopping and visiting museum. But we can only plan, we can't change the weather. It started to snow after Nicolas and I had great food at a Turkish Restaurant (beyond expectation food!) So we didn't go shopping but only getting an umbrella at Schlecker. But I was still into the museum :D
Cos I didn't want to miss the photographs from Arthur Leipzig, Next Stop New York. They are really so touching! I can't explain too much, you should see them by yourselves :D

Tomorrow, I'll have a German language test. Wish me luck :P

Typical Asians I (I'll call you only when I need you)

2008-11-26T21:41:00.004+01:00

Don't get me wrong, I am also an Asian. But I don't just call my friends when I need help and forget them when I don't need them.
When Nicolas went to Taiwan in 2006, a friend called and wanted to meet him. He was very happy, cos it was his birthday. Then the Chinese guy asked Nicolas for a favor. He wanted him to translate his work thingy from Chinese to English. Nicolas was like,...."Wtf, it is my birthday."

I thought it was only from one person and it didn't mean all of Asians were like that. But I was wrong! Most of Asians are like that. Ask yourselves, maybe you are not like that, but what about people around you or your "friends"?

I have an acquaintance here in Aachen that had never talked/called me until she needed help. But I refused to help her cos I didn't want get any trouble with the authorities here.

Oh I remember another "friend" from somewhere in my f****ster, she only talks to me in yms when she needed me. I was like ...ok. The first she talked to me cos she was pissed with her friends and she needed someone to talk to. Second time was when she wanted to come to Germany. Third time was yesterday. Hallelujah, she emailed me! But after months I hadn't heard from her and she mailed me. Not asking me how I am doing here or anything like that.
She needs help again............

The same like the Vietnamese German who owned an Asia shop here in Aachen. She seemed to be very very nice. Too nice even. She always said, "Yeah, after all the things have done with our apartment, you should come and visit us. Maybe we'll have a barbecue party or something like that." Guess what, she never calls.....Oh she did, once, when she just moved to her new apartment. She called us. And Nicolas gave her a hand with the shelves. It was the first time and the last time she ever called. We saw her a couple times in the city. I really would like to turn away, but I was too late. And every time we met, it was all so fake!

I am so sorry my friend, but if you just mail me or call me when you want something from me. I will show my middle finger to you and say,"F U!"

First snow in 2008

2008-11-23T18:38:00.005+01:00

I snapped the first snow in 2008. Enjoy it :D

Darn my luck!

2008-11-21T23:43:00.003+01:00

Seperti istilah pepatah, "Sudah terjatuh tertimpa tangga lagi." Sekarang beginilah daku :'(
If people believe that Friday 13th is an unlucky date, but I believe Thursday 13th was the unluckiest day for me! It started only from a stomachache in the afternoon after lunch. I felt kinda weird in my stomach, but I thought it was normal cos I always have that. After work, I came home and had a dinner. It got worse, so I put a hot towel on it. It was really WRONG! Never do that when you have a stomachache, cos it might endanger your life. About 10 pm, we went to the hospital and it was completely a disaster. There was no more room for me, so I had to sleep on the hallway. It was really loud; the nurses came every minute with utility carts and it woke me up every time.

I got the pain killer infusion until the next day. The "real" doctor came and checked my stomach again. According to his professionalism and scrutiny, I had appendicitis and I had to get it removed as soon as possible. 'Geez, I am dead!' Can you imagine after all day without food and water, and then they will cut and take something out of your stomach? I'd rather die than think about the surgery. About 1 PM, they took me to the surgery room and I felt like I was dead (hahaha coward!) After had inhaling the anaesthesia from the pipe, I slept soundly and had a sweet dream :) I just hope that I didn't fart during the surgery LOL. When I woke up, the first question was, "Is it done?" And bluuuup I slept again.

The first day after the surgery, my head was still dizzy and I couldn't really move my body. But the next day, I could walk a little bit, cleanse myself and eat. I craved like a refugee who hadn't eaten for days when I saw the bread. Five days, I was in the hospital and I got crazy. I called for going home and the doctor permitted it.
Yuhuuuuuuu I am home!

Our car was dragged!!!!!! It cost like 200 Euro to get it back plus 3 Euro/ day. WTF! And we got the letter of notification like 10 days later! Yaaaaaaaa mpok! Mobil mesti diperbaiki lagi... Darn my luck!

Oh well, it was snowing in Aachen. The first snow in 2008, bubye summer, bubye fall...and welcome winter. It was very beautiful..........

Taipei - Hong Kong - Aachen

2008-11-08T21:32:00.006+01:00

Taipei City - Taiwan

Why Taipei? Cos I lived there altogether for almost 7 years and there are a lot of stories to tell! I was heading to Taipei, one year after I finished my high school (when I was 19 years old). The first time when I stepped my feet in Taipei City, I was very excited! "Wow totally cool!" That was how I thought. The city never sleeps; party all nite long then grab your breakfast at the closest breakfast shop, go to 7-11 in the middle of the nite when you don't have anything in your fridge. Like a proverb says 'When in Rome, do like the Romans do' kalo bahasa Indonesia berarti Di mana bumi dipijak, di situ langit dijunjung....beda jauh yah?!?!?!
Of course I wanted to do what the natives do hehehe. Partying, attending local cultural celebration, taking tea courses, traveling the through the island :D ... It was the craziest time in my life, and the one that I remember the most! But there was the problem : I didn't speak Chinese :O ..... No worries! I took intensive Chinese course at the university, normally people go there only for a couple hours, but I went there from 10 am until 5 pm. But it was worth it. Two years later I went to a famous university in Taipei City to study fashion design. Normally people study there for 4 years, but it took me 4,5 years. Cos I partied 3 times a week; Wednesday (lady's nite), Friday and Saturday. I could go to party until 6 am then grabbed some sandwich at the local bakery and went to my class (I even had make up classes on Saturday and Sunday). One day, I met my teacher at the university. He called my name, smiled at me and said, "The party must have been great." I smiled back and showed my panda eyes and answered, "Totally!"

If you are not white (darker than the Taiwanese) and living in Taiwan, don't be shocked if they disdain you. It is normal in Taiwan...., but as long as you speak better English than them, they don't dare to fool you. And it is also a part of Asian cultures to ask what is not supposed to ask like: how much money you earn? what are your parents do? how many cars/houses do you have? and so on. I was being asked a lot about my parents do and how much money they earn, and I was fed up so I answered them like this,"My dad is a mafia and my mum is a pimp." They looked at me with their incredulity. As a student who likes to go out and hang out with my friends, of course I needed more cash but I don't want to work illegally. So, I taught English and got great payment. If you have a real job, you should go to Taipei City. It is totally fun and crazy!

Hong Kong - HK

Hong Kong is the city that I always want to live. Crowded, convenient, not boring etc.... I just love love love Hong Kong. It is a mixed culture city, the people are very nice. They sound unfriendly, indeed they are not like that. You can get any kinds of food in Hong Kong.

Aachen - Germany

First arrival in Aachen, I was totally amazed by the age of the buildings and the churches. The Dom was built by Karl the Great (Charlemagne in French language). When I told my priest in HK that I was coming to Aachen. He was like, "Wow...Do you know that Aachen has been a very important city for Catholic Church since 500 AD?" I didn't understand what he was talking about until I came to Aachen. When I walk in the city center, I feel like I am living in the 17th century. The cobblestone streets, Aachener Dom, The City Hall haven't changed too much. Every single time when the government reconstructs the streets, they always put the same cobblestones back again.

Germans are very very nice and friendly. At the beginning, I didn't speak German at all, but I don't have any problem to communicate with the people here. Even though I don't speak perfect German, they also can understand that. I've met a lot of people who are really helpful in communication. I took intensive German course for 8 months, then I started my internship. I met a crazy Ir**ian woman. According to her, all of the greatest things are from Persia (LOL Persia doesn't even exist any more. It is Ir**, isn't it?) She inspired me to write my comic called King of Persia. I haven't done anything yet, but it will be coming out as soon as I have time. Three months later, I decided not to see her. Then I had another internship, following a job offer at the same place. Eight monhts later, I also said bubye. Then another job here. It is ok, except for Jacko (She is in my episodes now).

In Germany, especially in Aachen, it is very easy for you to travel. I used to bike almost every week to Holland to shop on Sundays. It takes only 10 minutes. Not like in Taipei City, you can get a lot of Southeast Asian food / seasonings here. There is only one thing: the party sucks in Aachen :'( and the convenient shops close at 8 PM. So, if you work until 7 pm, then run for your food! Or after dinner, it is very quiet every where (not like in HK). At the beginning, I could not get used to it. Actually there is still a lot to share, but I gotta work...bubye.
Maybe next time, Fida!

wow....normal days now

2008-11-06T14:50:00.004+01:00

Wow...I had never imagined that it would take days to fix a laptop. Mine was not fixed, in fact...I think i just throw it away and get a new MAC! But I can not spend more than 2000 USD to get one now, maybe later ...we'll see hehehee.

We still tried to fix my laptop by installing linus and so on. But again hahahha windows sucks! But now i can be happy cos i have a PC. Still windows....(sigh...) but fortunately i can work now :P

I hate Windows!

2008-10-29T22:37:00.004+01:00

I really hate Windows! I will not use Windows any more cos it sucks! I should have sued the company 17928676485756350938474000 Euro for having designed annoying system. Nicolas was trying so hard to safe and save my stuff on my old Window laptop. But it seemed like I can forget about it. We have to buy a lot of shit and it is not the same like MAC. MAC is just so easy and it doesn't make you biting your finger, praying for the best. Windows really makes me nervous and it was not the first time. So, I decided not to use windows and I want to tell you, my friends...Don't buy it. It is like heroin; the system just makes you addicted, cos you are used to it and you have to use it. But when you get a problem, you don't know where to go!

Oh My!

2008-10-29T22:22:00.004+01:00

Not only my laptop was very sick, I was also very sick! Oh by the way, my laptop is completely dead and I can not do anything! I hate to work with MAC. I am not used to it. But I hate WINDOWS more, cos I've got lots of problem.
So, last week I was very sick, so I didn't go to work for a week! Can you believe that? I don't if I should have felt happy cos I didn't have to see Jacko or I should have felt grief!
Too bad, I could only stay at home cos I coughed non-stop like the hip-hop music at the discotheque! Sounded crazy right? Have you ever coughed badly until you vomited? Yikey! You must wonder what I had right? I caught a cold, coughed, had sore throat and headache. Enough? I couldn't even sleep cos of the non-stop cough. But I am fine now yippie yeah yeah hehehehe........

S.O.S help me and my laptop

2008-10-16T17:51:00.002+02:00

A lot of people told me not to use windows cos if don't know a lot about computer shit and you got some trouble, you are in a shit hole then. I used to think those people who said that just wanted to show off. Well, I have used 2 windows laptops and one mac (too bad I returned it to him after we broke up). Really using windows is a pain in the ass. Started with my third one, I've sent it to the computer shop more than 3 times. This time it will cost more that before. It is completely dead! I hate myself!

Work and the small city (Season 01 Eps. 02)

2008-10-14T21:16:00.006+02:00

Wise men said, "give someone who made a mistake a second chance." Seems like this phrase doesn't work for Jackson a.k.a Jacko. The last 2 days were totally great to me when she was not at work. One day she came, and maybe because there was another co-worker of mine who I consider as a "senior" working together, Jacko was not very bad. I tried to forget about what happened. But it seems people really don't change. I do believe it when I hear this phrase.

Again, only she and I at the shop this afternoon, cos Agathe had to work at the photo studio. I passed through the fax machine and found a piece of paper from a customer about the jeans that she returned. I took the paper to the shop and put it on the table. Jacko had a customer, so I thought I would ask her later. She came back and saw the paper. Suddenly she went crazy! I thought that she got rabies, cos it was really severe.

Jacko : You can not just take the paper and put it on the table.
Me : Yeah, I wanted to ask you first, cos I want to make sure where it goes.
Jacko : You don't need to ask me. Just put it on the folder.
Me : I have never done it. I don't know where to put it or which folder I should keep it.
Jacko : Yes, you have seen it before. Don't need to ask me just put it some where.
Me (in my head) : She knows more than I do. She even knows that I've seen it. And now she is telling me not to ask her.

Me : Ok, I won't ask you next time.
Jacko : You don't need to ask me, just take the old one and keep the fax in the folder.

How wouldn't I be so confused if every time (except for this time) she keeps telling me to ask her when I am not sure or I don't know how to handle the thing, and then she told me not to ask her?!?!?!?!?! The sex yesterday must have been so bad.................

Friendship

2008-10-13T22:14:00.002+02:00

How do you define the word friendship? In many Asian languages, people use the word of "friend" more than they use the word of "acquaintance". But in German and English, people define the words clearly. There is a saying in English : A friend in need is a friend indeed!
Sometimes I really forget about that. I always consider people who I know for more than 3 months as my "friends". Are they really my friend? Do they also consider me as their friend? The answer is I don't know!

I have an acquaintance that I met somewhere (I think it is not nice to mention where I met her). We hadn't spoken for months until we bumped on the street. Then she had to talk to me. And again, being a great Asian, she kept telling me why I didn't visit her or call her. I was like....really, we haven't spoken for months and you didn't even tell me what's up. But instead of telling her the truth, I just smiled and told her that I was very busy (Some people prefer to hear something nice than something honest).

After having seen her on the street, then I called and tried to forget the past between us. But I couldn't reach her. The next 2 days she called back, but too bad I was in the Netherlands meeting my friends (even if we met from the Blog, but they are really my friends).
And the next day, she called again, I was very happy to hear from her again. She asked for a help. I told her that I'd if I could. After minutes of explanation, then I raised my eyebrows. It doesn't sound good at all. I can't do that! It's a breach of regulation.....Suddenly I realized and opened my eyes...........

Work and the small city (Season 01 Eps. 01)

2008-10-12T19:04:00.007+02:00

If Carrie Bradshaw wrote about her sex life and her relationships in a big, New York City . Then I think I'd like to share about my working life in the small city,.....Aachen. Start with what you do in a small town and what you can do here. If you are a fashion designer, then you can pray for a real job every day. Not only in fashion design field, but as well as other design fields.
But if you just want to have a job to keep your life go on, then you can take any kinds of jobs like working in a sales department or maybe working as a janitor :D

So, back to my new job. I am still on a probation until the end of November. So far I have 4 co-workers and 3 of them are awesome. I think I love the one who started the job like me the most. We really share all the shit there. And it is really bad, one of my nice fellow workers is leaving the end of this month. She is really nice!
There is only one of them that most of us have problems with. She is Jackson and has worked in the company for 5 years. She is married and has no kids. She is not young any more but sometimes I think she thinks that she is still 25, at least she acts like.

I've heard about her before she came to work. She was on vacation for a couple weeks then came back to "command" us (Agathe and I). The real shit is coming soon.....

Yippie yippie yeah yeah arehaaa

2008-10-08T22:26:00.005+02:00

Yeah yippie yippie yeah yeah arehaaa banana.....

Yesterday was the best working day since I started my new job. Why? Because only Agathe (my co-worker who started her job like me, and who got mocked as well like me. We share ups and downs together) and I started to work, until my other co-worker, Eva came. I felt like, wow! You wouldn't believe how happy I was! The witch was not as work. Who is the witch? Follow the next episode :D

Agathe and I did all the shit together without being mocked :D We decided what to do and what not to do :D What a great day!

The Power of Mr. Armani

2008-10-05T17:08:00.004+02:00

Last Thursday was a national holiday in Germany. Everyone drove to the Netherlands, either to shop or only to relax including Nicolas and I. We went to the area in the Netherlands called Roermond. You can shop a lot of luxurious branded thingy, from Dolce & Gabbana, Salvatore Ferragamo, Jil Sander until S. Oliver (not very luxurious one). I started from Mr. Giorgio Armani's deluxe work. My eyes were just into a pair of boots. They cost 400 Euro after 50% off. I was like :O but I couldn't complain cos they are really hot and sexy. I just could look at them closely and touched them, but could never afford them.

Three hours later, after eating, walking and window shopping. Nicolas got some kitchen knives from Viners. They are pretty sleek and of course looking good. Then Nicolas suggested to go back to enjoy the work of Mr. Armani. Jesus Christ! They were gone after three hours. The other pairs were also gone. Wow! I can never go back to see them anymore :(

Cinderella story (Part 1)

2008-10-01T22:09:00.005+02:00

Wow, you must have been thinking why I hadn't written for so long. As all of you know that I was very busy with all the shit here hehe. Then I was thinking to change my life, started with change my job of course. So, I was searching for jobs and then applying (of course dummy) and then was interviewed bla bla bla and so on.
Officially, I work here now. Well, it is just another experience! There are still a lot of stories to share, but let's save them for some other time :)

Wow

2008-09-21T10:16:00.009+02:00

Wow it's been really long time since .... I don't really remember LOL. Sup with you all? Hope all go great! For you who are fasting during the Ramadhan month, have fun and don't get angry so quickly LOL. For you who just want to have some fun, then enjoy my video. TTYL!

post card and wrist watch

2008-08-17T00:03:00.003+02:00

After having worked the whole day, I deserved good things hehehe
Coming home without any expectation at all, I got a post card and another package from Reader's Digest! I was like wow! The post card is really beautiful and thanks a lot Jeng! I will go to Grand Canyon one day and knock at your door in the states ehehehe

8.8.8 Olympic Games started in China

2008-08-08T15:57:00.006+02:00

Today the Olympic Games started in China. In Germany, there are a lot of reports about human rights and so on in China. Honestly, I don't know why people are only thinking about human rights in China. What about those islamic countries in the world? They are worse than China!

Ahh I remember, cos what is happening in China including women and men while in the islamic countries mostly about women. So who cares!

<------ This should have been forbidden! Cos it is breaching human rights!

Trip to Boxtel (I)

2008-08-07T14:40:00.020+02:00

That was the trip from months ago, and I just uploaded the pictures now. The first time we drove to Boxtel, it was really a disaster. It took us 3 hours to get there while it took only 1 and half hours to come back. We kept asking people about the exact area and everybody pointed to different places hahaha....nice! But the whole trip was really fun and we will go back again!

Happiness and sadness

2008-08-04T11:56:00.003+02:00

When my friend came to Germany to visit us, I was so happy! But on the other hand, my best friend went back to her home town. And the saddest thing was her brother died. That's life...........

Have a nice vacation!

2008-08-01T14:24:00.003+02:00

Enjoy it!

Zweistromland

2008-07-17T11:51:00.008+02:00

Carolin has graduated from the university, time to party :D

Ready for the game!

2008-06-30T21:54:00.007+02:00

We are ready for the game, are you?
* Dasar org indo, sok pamer, narsis banget yah :D

Look, I have branded stuff

2008-06-30T19:21:00.004+02:00

Today, I read this news on CNN. I was not very surprised. LV company should have sued the fake LV buyers. Also today when I was working in a boutique, a customer came with a Prada bag. I looked at her Prada more than 3 times. "Something is wrong with her handbag, but I don't know what." After she's gone, my co-worker told me that the customer is a doctor who works in a huge hospital and she travels a lot to Asia. The doctor has bought the handbag in Thailand for 200 Euro. A fake Prada handbag! I was like whaaaaaaaaaaat! (Picture #1 is the handbag of the doctor). My co-worker said, "I'd rather use my 50 Euro handbag than carry a fake Prada." I totally agree with her. Even if you give 1000 Euro to take the fake branded stuff, I won't do that. It is just shameful.

Yesterday, while we were watching the final game between Germany and Spain. I glanced a Spanish girl with LV shoes like the picture # 2. I looked at her and told my French guy next to me. "The shoes are fake, unless her dad is the mayor of Aachen. But if her dad is, she won't be sitting here next to us."

I really dislike people carrying fake branded handbags, shoes, glasses or anything related to LV, Dior, Prada, Armani, Dolce Gabbana and so on, but not real ones!
I have a friend in the USA who was selling fake LV purses. Once she asked me if I was interested in. I said NO WAY!

When my friend and I were in Jakarta, we watched local TV news. There was an actress wearing an LV veil. We were laughing because there are no LV veils.

Spain vs Germany (European Championship 2008)

2008-06-29T02:40:00.002+02:00

On this coming Sunday, there will be a game between Spain and Germany for the final of European Championship 2008.

Which team do I go for? Since I live in Germany, so I support Germany (so cliche).

Die kleine suesse Noni

2008-06-22T23:15:00.008+02:00

"She is sooooooooooooo sweet that I can eat her." That would be Elyz's quote when she sees cute little kids. Noni is so cute, that I could just hold her soooo tight and never let her go :P
But I don't do that, cos she is gonna cry LOL

I saw her twice; once when she came to Aachen with her parents, and the second time when Nicolas and I went to Boxtel to visit her and her parents. She is getting cuter and cuter. She is blonder and whiter than anybody in the family.

It was so funny when she got up in the morning and was peeping at Nicolas through the door. When Nicolas called her name and took her pictures, she just turned around and posed. Hahaha I was just laughing to see her. That afternoon, Tiwi and I were talking and suddenly I was laughing so hard to see Noni. Tiwi turned around and was also laughing. Noni wanted to be dressed like a princes but she turned to look like Jackie Onassis. Too bad I didn't snap that moment :(

Trip to Trier (IIb)

2008-06-17T23:21:00.019+02:00

Trip to Trier (II)

2008-06-17T21:56:00.041+02:00

Humanity : How stupid!

2008-06-14T21:36:00.004+02:00

While I was watching this video, I couldn't help myself to laugh. I am just wondering why the mother of Cinta Laura is so kitsch and exaggerating. "She (cinta laura) is in all magazines in Indonesia and abroad, so all his friends (her husband's friends) are contacting him, cos internet is all around the world like Wiki Peki uuuu wikipeda. In internet all around the world" I was just wondering how stupid she was to say like that (anyone can fill in the information into wikipedia). The way she speaks English reminds me on my acquaintance M.

And while the others are talking about Euro 2008, and she goes for Brazil (this video). Since when Brazil has become a part of Europe.

Humanity : I think that I am smarter than you!

2008-06-13T14:48:00.005+02:00

I have an acquaintance here in Aachen, just call her M (not Memey or Mahmoud or Mohammad). We know each other from German language course. The first time when I saw her, I said hello to her, but she said, "Sorry, I want to focus on the German language." Then she turned around and walked away with 'I-am-not-in-the-mood-to-be-your-friend' look. Since that time, I never tried to talk to her any more until she realized that she had some difficulties in German language. Then she asked me a lot about the grammar. I spent some time in the library to teach her German grammar and it was okay for me. But too bad she didn't finish her first month because she didn't pass the exam. So, she gave up. The other reason was because she was 4 months pregnant.

And the trouble came! She is married to a Netherland-born Indonesian who grew up in Germany but is still holding Indonesian passport. And according to the immigration law of 2006 in Germany, that every person who wants to live in Germany has to learn German. The government even pays half of the fee. So, nobody can complain about that! But if you don't want to learn, then trouble comes to you :)

After she delivered the baby, a couple months later the government called her and asked about her German course. She was so stressed. She was searching for cheaper and faster school here and there. Because she hadn't finished what the government offered, after that she had to pay by herself. She thinks it is not fair. She wanted the government to pay the baby-sitting fees. During that time, her Visa needed to be extended. In the end, I don't if she or the government paid for the fees. And once I called her about her visa thingy and this was the conversation:

C : Hi there, how are you? Bla bla bla bla
M: Stress blabla bla bla
C : Is everything okay with the Department of Foreign Affairs?
M: I was fighting with them at the office and arguing about my visa.
C : huuh?
M: Yeah because they threatened me not to extend my visa because of the German course problem.

to be continued

Don't bother

2008-06-06T12:14:00.003+02:00

I am not going to share about Shakira, but since she is really hot, so there is no harm to put her album picture on this post.

People are just different. Some take things seriously and some just take it easily. Parents play important roles in families, but it doesn't mean that they need to get involved into any matters of their children. As long as, it is NOT physically and mentally abusive or harmful, parents don't need to get involved. Or better I say it, NEVER get involved into other families' business (including brother and sister matters) and boyfriend-girlfriend's business. Because in the end, you're the asshole after they are fine again.

Some parents want to have perfect families and some just want to have simple ones.
For some people, a perfect family is when they can share and talk about anything and everything has to be fine and perfect without any stains. For me, taking things easy is the perfect way of living. But because of the 'take-it-easy' thingy, I got some troubles! I might have made some jokes that I thought funny, but not to some people. And I guess it is the end of the world.

I am truly sorry for the people that I've hurt cos of my jokes and don't worry, I won't share it any more!

What surprises!

2008-06-04T16:18:00.004+02:00

I am too old to take this LOL. Yesterday, after I prepared all my stuff for work, I stopped at my mailbox and checked it a little bit. To my surprise, we found a DHL paper which meant that we got a package. I was wondering what it was. So, we decided to get it :D
It was my name written on it. Nicolas was grumbling because Karin didn't write his name on it LOL.

As we opened it, I was totally surprised! A package of Avene skin care products. I was like, "Wow, your mum really wants to make you pretty." I was kidding to Nicolas. After I read the postcard inside the parcel, I found out that the skin carestuff was for me LOL
It was a lot, really, but thanks a lot to Karin and Wolfgang!

The same day after having finished my work, I went home and watched Lost episodes until 1 AM. Nicolas was working together with Tom on the project for the university. A quarter past one, Tom needed to go home. And he lives in Belgium. We needed to give him a ride home. As I slammed my door, we just realized that we left the house keys at home! WTF! After all tries, we could get in at 4 AM. Those surprises were really killing me! My heart beat can not take it, I am old :)

Could you please line up?

2008-05-22T16:40:00.004+02:00

I really hate it when I am waiting for my turn, and suddenly someone just cuts the line. I have had this experience three time in the bakery. The first time was a cute executive. I really wanted to yell at him "bitch!" Then I realized that there is no need to yell at him.

And the last time when I was at Oebel Bakery, a woman just came in and ordered. Fortunately, the woman next to me told her that I was next. What would you do if you were me?

Killing is the best way?!?!?!

2008-05-22T16:23:00.004+02:00

When I read this news yesterday, it reminded me on Jakarta riots of May 1998. More than 40 people have been killed and 28,000 made homeless in South Africa. It was not much compare to Jakarta riots in 1998. Chinese descents in Indonesia could never work in other fields than being businessmen (anything related to business). Of course they are rich in the end. And after that, they are being blamed for the richness.

People are always being blamed for something they have earned. Life and destiny are in our hands, you can be anything you want if you want to reach for it.

Of course, what is happening in South Africa is different from what happened in Indonesia. But I am just wondering why people never learn from the history (it happened as well in Malaysia in 1969). So, for many people maybe killing is the best way. Do you agree with them?

Pics are grabbed from Washington post and CNN :)

Art or ?

2008-05-12T15:39:00.004+02:00

Dedicate to Cologne Dom

2008-05-12T15:02:00.013+02:00

New place, new plants

2008-05-10T23:09:00.007+02:00

Since orchid is second fave flower, so I bought one from a Vietnamese-German guy's shop, and he and his wife are our friends now :D

The orchid died one week later, and he gave us another one, but it looks different from this old one. I felt so bad, then I cooked tempeh for him.

The plants in the row are onions and shallots and onion. I plant them just for fun, they look nice too.
For *Hazelnut* and Melong, the painting was found on the street and I thought the colors were not bad, so I kept it in my kitchen :D

Liebe Gruesse aus Aachen

2008-04-29T20:09:00.028+02:00