Showing posts with label life. Show all posts
Showing posts with label life. Show all posts

Saturday, 21 November 2009

Dear Doctor






Do you believe in Doctors?



Aku termasuk orang yang jarang ke dokter kalau nggak menderita sakit yang parah banget. Sakit nggak parah itu diantaranya sakit kepala biasa, migraine yang tidak berulang, flu biasa, batuk biasa, demam biasa dan lain-lainnya yang biasa-biasa :P Yang dibilang biasa itu artinya bukannya sering, melainkan sakit yang ketika mendera tubuh pun aku masih bisa mikir, masih bisa jalan sampai lari-lari tralalala trililili, yang bisa sembuh kalau obatnya bisa dikira-kira sendiri, atau yang langsung sembuh dalam waktu yang tidak terlalu lama. Terus yang parah itu yang kayak gimana? hmmyea.. yang kira-kira bisa bikin aku nggak bisa bangun dari tempat tidur dan harus ngesot-ngesot untuk sampai ke pintu kamar :D *iya deng, ini sedikit hiperbola* heheheh. Lagipula, sakit yang paling membuatku menderita yang pernah terjadi padaku [cuma] menyangkut 2 (dua) bagian tubuhku, yaitu di situ dan di situ :) Jujur nih ya, aku memang payah untuk concern dengan kesehatanku sendiri. Makan sesukanya, tidur dan istirahat se-mood-nya, and I can't resist the urge to inject myself with caffeine everyday. Yes, Everyday! Errrr... yang satu ini ada alasannya. Selain uenak banget, bisa menahan rasa kantuk berlebihan, si kafein ini sebenarnya adalah salah satu ingredient yang terkandung dalam Cafergot (caffeine & ergotamina tartate) si obat migrain-ku :P *usaha pembelaan diri* Dan memang sepanjang seperempat abad lebih sedikit hidupku *tsahhh* aku belum pernah mengalami sakit yang amat parah hingga harus menginap di Rumah Sakit. Lucky me :) Kadang-kadang, karena kondisi nggak pernah sakit parah inilah yang kemudian bikin aku jarang ke Dokter. Apalagi sejak menjejakkan kaki lagi di bumi megapolitan, sibuk selalu jadi alasan yang menutupi malas, lalu semua penyakit cenderung dianggap "biasa-biasa" hingga orang menganggap physical health awareness ku minim. Beda kalau yang sakit sedikit itu orang-orang kesayangan di sekelilingku, aku cenderung lebih kuatir & cerewet mengingatkan mereka untuk periksa ke dokter, minum obat, istirahat, melarang melakukan ini itu dan lain sebagainya a la emak-emak :P Suatu kali ada yang nanya balik: "Emangnya kalo kamu sakit langsung ke Dokter? Enggak kan?" :D hmmm yeah well...


Sebulan yang lalu, aku baca majalah prevention yang di dalamnya ada kisah nyata para dokter yang didiagnosa mengidap sakit yang parah, and how those medical proffesionals treat the disease. Nggak tau kenapa aku jadi seperti diingatkan lagi untuk lebih memperhatikan kesehatan. Jadi inget beberapa tahun kebelakang aku pernah juga ditanya, sebenarnya apa sih yang bikin aku malas ke dokter untuk memeriksakan diri?

1) Menganggap sakitnya biasa-biasa aja dan "akan-sembuh-besok"?
2) Takut sama dokternya diagnosa dokternya nanti? atau
3) Nggak percayaan sama dokter karena selalu nemuin second opinion dan fakta yang beda-beda?

..dan sepertinya jawabanku lebih mendekati yang pertama dan yang ketiga, meskipun nggak menampik bahwa kadang aku juga suka kebayang diagnosa dokter yang aneh-aneh, which I always predict the "what-if's" and that would be the worst one. Dengan adanya internet, kadang kita mengganggap kita bisa tau semuanya dan mendapatkan jawaban atas pertanyaan kita melalui sharing cerita orang, tanya jawab dokter, hasil penelitian, and so on and so forth di internet. Padahal kan nggak semuanya bener/sesuai. Maksudnya, belum tentu symptoms yang sama yang terjadi pada orang lain itu juga sama dengan yang kita derita. Tiba-tiba sering sakit kepala padahal sebelumnya nggak pernah, juga bukan berarti lantas kamu langsung mendiagnosa [dan menakuti] dirimu sendiri bahwa kamu menderita sejenis kanker ataupun brain tumor. Ada yang bilang, "What you think what you become". Jadi seharusnya nggak boleh ada ketakutan berlebihan kalo memang belum mendapatkan opini sang ahli, ya bukan? :)



Duluuu sebelum sesibuk sekarang, sedikit aja aku merasa ada ketidakberesan dalam tubuhku, aku googling [iya, tanya sama on Gugel!] mengenai ciri-ciri sakit apa ini, itu dan lain sebagainya. My advise now: Stop scaring yourself by reading things online. If you don't want to be falsely informed, you'd better go checked it out. And Yes, saking banyaknya baca informasi yang beda-beda, akhirnya waktu itu aku beranikan diri ke dokter. Ini dulu ya, waktu masih rajin tanya-tanya dan masih punya banyak waktu pergi ke dokter. Dokter pertama bilang aku cuma menderita migraine biasa. Kurang puas, aku memutuskan ke dokter spesialis kedua (neurolog, tepatnya) yang menganjurkan aku untuk menjalani EEG test. Alhamdulillah, ternyata memang baik-baik aja, "penyempitan pembuluh darah sesaat kalau ada trigger tertentu", kata si Dokter. Lega dong, meskipun kadang-kadang masih suka muncul sedikit rasa takut kalo misalnya ada yang kuatir berlebihan mengenai sakit kepalaku ini :p Apalagi kalau udah denger cerita [dan pernah mengalami kehilangan] yang disebabkan oleh sakit kepala [yang tadinya dikira] nggak penting ini. But since I've got the same medical diagnosis on that, so it seems that I can handle the first problem. And for the coffee thingy (I am not a black-coffee consumers, btw. I only go for latte, cappucino, mocca and frappe ~easy to sum up: the milky ones! :p), aku sedang berusaha untuk tidak terlalu tergantung padanya. Sesuatu yang kita pikir bisa menjadi obat, bisa jadi sesuatu yang nggak baik kalau terlalu banyak bukan? That is why they made the term "overdose" :) Well let's hope I'm not.


Nah kenapa aku bisa nggak percayaan dengan dokter berhubungan dengan perkara kesehatanku yang satu lagi, dimana sebelumnya (sebelum kuliah) dokter yang aku datangi bilang bahwa tak ada masalah sama sekali, penyebab kemunculannya hanya karena aku kurang vitamin and bla bla bla yadda yadda yadda.. nggak ada yang menakutkan sama sekali. Kira-kira tujuh tahun kemudian, dokter lain di Jogja bilang bahwa dia menemukan suatu kejanggalan yang belum pernah dia temui sebelumnya. I was like HA??! jangan-jangan ini yang aku takutin dulu itu... jangan-jangan aku begini.. dan banyak 'jangan-jangan' yang lainnya. Takut? ho oh banget, karena waktu itu selain aku di sana sendirian, aku terlalu banyak kemakan bacaan yang aku lahap dari internet. Silly, silly me. Akhirnya, aku pun rela banget dijadiin examinee untuk penelitian di sebuah Rumah Sakit di Jogja. Waktu itu aku deg-deg-an banget, mari kita bayangkan gimana rasanya dikerubungin dokter-dokter, lalu mereka memasukkan sejenis kamera kecil ke dalam tubuhmu dan di depanmu ada monitor kecil yang memperlihatkan apa saja yang dilihat si kamera di dalam situ. Canggih emang, tapi tetep nggak bisa ngilangin nervous dan awkward nya penampakan-ku saat itu. Para dokter seperti membicarakan dan mendiskusikan banyak hal yang aku nggak ngerti, karena semuanya dalam istilah medis [and I can't even remember what they were] :D yang bisa kulakukan cuma bengang-bengong sambil memegangi kursi tidur tempat ku diperiksa kuat-kuat. Tapi aku yakin aja, kalau memang ada apa-apa kan pasti mereka akan memberitahu aku bukan? Hwooh... What an experience. Sayang, belum sempat aku tau hasilnya, si ketua tim Dokter meninggalkan aku untuk sekolah ke Luar Negeri. Aku jadi kecewa dan nggak percaya lagi. Tim nya menghubungi aku untuk tetap datang, tapi aku terlanjur kehilangan kepercayaan dan... aku juga harus meninggalkan Jogja untuk bekerja di sini. Ah, aku ke dokter lain aja kalau begitu, di sana juga banyak, pikirku waktu itu. Sekian lama aku di sini, semakin sibuk dan semakin lupa dengan perkara kesehatan ini. Baru sadar lagi setelah beberapa waktu lalu aku melakukan check-up ke dokter yang lain lagi. Awalnya cuma mau mengobati g*** yang sakit. Tanpa sedikitpun mengira [karena dokter di Jakarta lainnya sebelumnya nggak pernah berkomentar mengenai si-bagian-yang-pernah-diteliti itu], si dokter yang ini tiba-tiba secara bertubi-tubi menanyakan riwayat bagian yang dulu pernah dijadikan penelitian itu. Aku nggak bilang bahwa dulu pernah diteliti sih, tapi aku bilang saat ini sudah jarang ada keluhan, atau mungkin jika sakit pun, aku sepertinya sudah kebas dan jarang merasakan kalau di situ sebenarnya kadang-kadang sakit [intinya aku menegaskan sama dokternya kalau aku ini kurang peduli dengan rasa sakit fisik :p "banyak hal lain yang dipikir soalnya, Dok" ^^)v *sambil nyengir ala kuda] . Betapa kagetnya aku ngeliat ekspresi si dokter lebih lanjut ketika dia tiba-tiba bilang "hmmm nampaknya kita perlu observasi itu lebih lanjut..." DEG! oh Noooo, I had a bad feeling about this. Am I going to die or something? :'(

Si Dokter nggak menjelaskan kemungkinan-kemungkinannya apa, tapi aku seperti merasakan lagi ketakutan-ketakutan yang dulu pernah ada, meskipun aku berusaha menanggapinya setenang mungkin :P "uooh... oke Dok ;D" You see I tend to exaggerate things, but this time I swear I would treat any diagnosis wisely. Berusaha mereduksi pikiran yang nggak penting, dan berdoa memohonkan segala yang TerBaik. Setelah nginget-nginget lagi esensi tulisan di prevention itu, dan juga terinspirasi sharing cerita teman baikku yang penulis ini, aku berusaha untuk tidak terlalu panik, dan berencana untuk mencari second opinion (lagi). Kenapa? karena sebenarnya [rasa-rasanya saat ini ] aku sedang merasa amat sehat ;D but who knows? pendapat dokter tadi paling tidak harus menjadi konsiderasi untuk lebih memperhatikan kesehatan juga kan? Mudah-mudahan nggak ada apa-apa, mmm kalaupun ada apa-apa semoga tidak terlalu berat, mmm kalaupun terlalu berat semoga bisa diantisipasi lebih dini. Wish me luck ya temans, cross my finger and let's hope for the best :)

and these are things I learn about illness, doctors, and health*:

  1. You know your body better than anyone else. Sometimes, if you notice some unusual symptoms that you have frightened, the more scared you are, the less likely you are to seek medical attention. Well, don't. I'm telling you. If you think something is going wrong, get it CHECKED out.


  2. Your physical health and emotional health are intertwined, so it's important to pay attention to both. Give yourself a break when you need it. I know maybe it sounds a bit difficult for a hardworking woman, but you'll never know if you never tried, right? :)


  3. If there was something terrifying and you continue to worry, looking for second opinion is always better. At least you have more than one person to convinced either you had the terrible disease or not.


  4. Aim to eat five to nine servings of fruits and vegetables everyday. Antioxidants and phytochemicals can keep you healthier overall and may prevent certain cancers. And don't forget to have a little exercise whenever you can. Walking, using stairs rather than the elevator [well 1, 2 or 3 floors are enough, I guess.. :p don't push yourself too hard if you work in level 22nd of a bulding, heheh], or.. dancing, perhaps? :)


  5. Share your experience with your family or with the closest person in your life. Komunikasi dan keterbukaan itu penting. More over, kesehatan kita bukan hanya berarti untuk kita sendiri, tapi juga untuk orang-orang disekeliling kita yang menyayangi kita dan kita cintai :) Having someone familiar there can make all the difference in the world, you’ll either have a shoulder to cry on if you need it, or someone to laugh about it with, if it turns out to be nothing. Having a hand to hold and someone to calm you down during the times when you’re nervous can really help make the experience bearable. So I am sharing this with you guys, bukan mencari simpati atau sejenisnya [aku pelanggan indosat kok, heheh :p *eh, gak boleh sebut merk ya?] I am sharing this, hanya untuk mengingatkan beberapa hal tentang kesehatan yang mungkin luput dari perhatian ketika kita semakin sibuk, sibuk, dan sibuk...


  6. It is important to have hope. Prayers are always the ultimate and powerful medicine to help you up. Yakinlah bahwa Allah SWT tidak akan memberikan ujian/cobaan bila kita tidak kuat memikulnya :) Bukannya mau sok melodramatis, tapi mungkin saja, ini adalah salah satu bentuk kasih sayangNya pada kita, diberikan sakit agar bisa lebih mensyukuri sehat, diberikan ujian agar selalu ingat padaNya. Jadi apapun yang terjadi, tetap semangat dan terus berdoa agar selalu dijauhkan dari sakit :) ya? ya? ya?


Dan karena sekarang sudah mulai musim hujan deras, kawans..
Jangan lupa sedia payung sebelum hujan ya *gombal* :D
Jangan lupa jaga kesehatan ya, jangan sampai sakit ;)
bener loh...

*hugs for you all*








*some tips were taken from writings and expert advise in Prevention Magazine, October Edition. The contributors: Julie Silver, MD, David Johnson, MD and Carolyn Runowicz, MD

Friday, 6 November 2009

Eh, ada kakinya Big Bird! :D



During my lunch-break two days ago, in order to finished some 'A.S.A.P' tasks, I decided to ate my lunch on my desk. I know, I know, it's not good for the worklife balance :p but actually I did that just for some cases, and this time: It's the upcoming 2 days deadline. I'd better catched up and prepared everything so I won't have to get rush crazily at the end of the day. Having finished one analysis-note for my superior at half past twelve, I had a thought of googling something to get rid of the boring-ness for 'not-browsing-anything-from-the-WWW-from-eight-to-twelve-except-the-office-intranet' [I'm willing to do that due to the year end madness :P Just wish me luck]. I was going to search a cooking recipe, when I realized there's something cute on Google's page. It's a yellowish thing... Eeh?! itu kan kakinya Big Bird! ^^;) *berbinar-binar* I know Google has always been creative in making arts on their page (their Logo,for the exact :D) but then I found out that it was specially designed for The Sesame Street's 40 years Anniversary on November 10th. Waaaaw. KEWL! :D


Anyway, Anyway, that giant yellow foot has somehow brought me back into when I was 10 (sixth grader). I was a fan of Sesame Street. Even I could have a wide grin just because suddenly I memorized all the things about that fluffy bird, Ewwww... I always imagine to hug Him :D [Yes, Big Bird is a Male-Bird, FYI :p]. Okay I think I'll just give you the screen-shot here:



*click the image to enlarge



Isn't that cute? :">
I got over-too-excited so I forgot the plan to search my cooking recipe. Instead, I was googling for "Which Sesame Street's Character Are You?" quizes, just for fun :D And in fact, I think I've made my worklife balance here :P hee hee *blinking eyes*. In summary, I did three tests/quizes that day. I forgot the source of the first two, I only remembered that I got different results [Ha? Wonder why? me too :p]. The first quiz result said that my personality is closely portrayed by the goofy and happy Big Bird! ^^ Yey! But the second one (from different source) said that I'm Elmo! ^^)/" Yey! I looooooove the cute and sweet Elmo too. [Online Quizes always say good things about you, don't you think? :p no matter how right/true the results say, or even if it's wrong, or almost right, or exaggeratingly right, they exist on your screen to make you flattered, trust me :D] well, both Big Bird and Elmo are my favorite Sesame Streets characters. I think that is why this television series always remembered as one of the best TV Edutainment program. The Street has a set of different colourful characters to represent types of personalities in the daily life. They encourage Kids to do good deeds and avoid the bad. They also put in science, math, arts, and other knowledge for kids in simple method but somehow bringing the most effective and perfect combination of teaching. Also, this program (before being dubbed in Bahasa) was the first media which encourage me to learn English Language in fun way :) ~yea I know it's still messy though, but it's better to have some efforts than do nothing, aight?~




On the day after that day, I found another Sesame's character on Google's Logo. It's Cookie Monsterrr! :D


*click the image to enlarge


I had another wide grin for his innocent greedy face :D I think He rarely speaks with his friends (as far as I remember, He only mumbles Hrrr-blah-dah-dah-cookie!-me-want-cookie!) but somehow still funny to watch him put lots of cookies into his mouth, and then chew and swallow them all at once. Bloody awesome :P Ow yes, if you forget the rest of their names, you can see the complete Sesame Street Characters Here :)The Google's logo today was the dynamic duo Bert and Ernie, too bad I didn't save the screen shot :( I wonder which character will be put as the ultimate anniversary logo by Google on Tuesday :D can you guess it?


Oh by-the-way my third OnLine quiz result was Kermit The Frog. I was scored 67% Organization, 58% abstract, and 73% extroverted. Just follow the link if you want to know the details (It'll be too boring if I wrote all down here :P). Kermit is not Sesame's figure I have a crush on, but it's the most honest result I've ever got :) Wanna try?



Tuesday, 20 October 2009

b u g






"How could this possible, this so called annoying person, who's not even close to someone you would fall in love with, but somehow makes you feel there's something missing when He's not around? and suddenly like your day is incomplete without arguing with Him?"


ehh?!!?? what on earth is going on? >__<

Friday, 16 October 2009

unfriendly






I wonder, there are some people hate others for no fundamental reason. And they didn't even want to talk to you nor explained why they do such things, they just showed up some very unfriendly stares. It's really unpleasant, I'm telling you.

This early morning, I saw this person who once ever blaimed me for having too many close friends (see? this was a very awkward thing, don't you think?). I know she saw me too, but before I could catch her up with a simple "Hi, how are you?" greeting, she threw away her face to another side instead of looking at me. As far as I remember, I never bug her with impolite statements or doings, so I thought everything should be normal, aight? But the fact it's not. She did this annoying thing more than once. It's like she clearly doesn't like me and I could possibly don't like her either. Were I upset? Hummmwell perhaps a little, because I thought she was a nice person before she treated me that way. I could've came toward her and said "Hello" and "do you have any problems with me?" but since I know that it would only make a further mess and realized that I'm more to be civilized than to be rude (ha?) so I held out myself from doing it. Guess it wouldn't solve the problem either (if any). Hmmmh owkay Lady, so you wanna make some troubles huh? Phuhleassse tell me what's going on? What did I do wrong? Just to remind you that I'm not a mind reader and not a crystal-ball owner. Let's talking heart to heart if you dare. Don't worry I won't bite you. If you think you're still going to give me those unfriendly stares, then I still won't bite, I'll just bark! woof! woof! grrrrrrrr...... >:D Ah well, I'd rather save my energy for the remaining busy hours than have to waste too many words about her irritating behavior. She wouldn't read it either :P



~From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate. [Socrates]~




*update: just two days after I posted this, this person smiled at me, and two weeks after that, She suddenly became nicer than ever. Alhamdulillah. Hope it'll be forever :) Smile is always beautiful to see, isn't it?

Sunday, 11 October 2009

GeeR



Saya tidak perlu penegasan dengan kata-kata nendang langit yang bertubi-tubi maupun pengakuan berlebihan bahwa saya [cukup] istimewa dan dicintai. Dengan berbagai keberadaan dan keterjadian yang saya lihat dan alami, itu semua sudah lebih dari cukup :) Syukur alhamdulillah. Jadi terimakasih... *membungkuk dalam-dalam*




...yang mual-mual silakan ke belakang, tau jalannya kan? :p



UpDate: sebelum ada yang tersinggung diem-diem, I declare that this post was truly intended for myself. And I like actions more than just words. Nothing more, nothing else.

Friday, 25 September 2009

spooky





I just watched this horror movie with my siblings few days ago. It was a Hollywood re-make of the original Japanese movie series titled "Ju-On". However, I've seen the original version four years ago on CD, but I couldn't understand the movie plot. Still, I gave thumbs up for their make-up artist. Asian ghosts are the most terrifying movie creature I ever seen on screen :D heheheh. Anyway, though I gave an average rate for this movie, I think this Hollywood version's plot was easier to understand. The ghost appearance has successfully made my heart jumped out :p and the spooky movie setting has made some people screaming out loud.


By the way, have you ever trapped in a spooky place? Well, recently I have. It happened when me and my friends (Linda and Nita) went to Inacraft held in the Jakarta Convention Center (JCC) last April. We went there after such long and tiring office hours yet so excited to imagine what we could've bought on that event ;) In order to avoid traffic jams and long queing at the front door, Nita-the gal who had tons of experiences with JCC's events- advised us to parked the car at the Sultan Hotel's parking area. "We can use the Lagoon Tower underground tunnel which connects the hotel to the JCC". Okay so we did park the car @ Sultan's and then walked in to the tunnel. Well, the tunnel's quite loooooooong and it has moving walkway (or you may call it horizontal escalator) on the one side - reminds me of KLIA Malaysia :D It's darker, though. By the time we step on the walkway, Yay! it moved! ^^ so you don't have to be worry about getting your foot tired of walking on high-heels. And then we had to walk down to another loooooong tunnel with another moving walkway. But this time, it didn't move at all *sigh* So we had to walk.

Okay, and there was it. The place I called "spooky". Why? because it's darker, and then you will hear a gamelan sound played as backsound in the entire tunnel. Actually I don't mind hearing gamelan in a common traditional Javanese wedding ceremony, but there wasn't any occasion at all in there. It's only me, my two friends, an old couple behind us, in the cold and dark looong tunnel with big pictures and paintings hanging on the both wall sides. So to me, those gamelan sound a bit distracting, I'm telling you. Oh I haven't tell ya about the pictures, eh? Uhmmm.. so on the right side you'll see abstract paintings. I usually love arts, but that time I absolutely NOT. The colors are bloody-red dominant. Red, Green and Yellow mustard for the exact. So dark and mysterious. It reminds me to the abstract paintings of "Nyi Roro Kidul". Hrrrrrrr... And can you guess what were those on the left side? BIG pictures of all-around-the-world country leaders. Yes, the pictures of them when they visited Indonesia (some kinda world conferences). The problem was, they all now have died. Include lots of the picture of our former Mr.President-who-ruled-for-32 years :p [okay somebody please stop me exaggerating! but it's truueeeeee]. It's not comfortable anymore to see BIG pictures of most people who have died. Even they're smiling at you!!! I mean, they're smiling really wide [read: grinning] to the camera *ya iyalah*. And I thought it was scaaaaaaaary! [Oh dear God I beg You a pardon]. Me and my friends could control ourselves not to be frightened [it was 6 pm when we arrived there, right after we had our Maghrib prayers]. Perhaps it was because we still had another people around us that time. But then when we finished our window-shopping [yes we were home empty handed! *sigh* can you just believe that?] when we were on our way back to the car-parking area... Hrrrrrr... there we were, frightened all the way >:D It was 9 pm, only the three of us walking in that damn-dark-and-spooky long tunnel. At first we felt nothing, we were too busy with our minds, thinking of "umm.. should I go back and buy those Batik skirts tomorrow?.. err.. what about that beautiful clutch? Oh I should've bought that." and so on and so forth. Meanwhile, to me the gamelan seemed turned louder. Also the Air Conditioner was turned on and the whole place seemed cool, but my body surroundings went so warm. I didn't know why but suddenly I felt like my other two friends were walking faster and faster. I wore long skirt, so I bet you can imagine how it was for me to catched them up. Then I saw Linda humming prayers silently, her eyes were looking down and she didn't even look at me when I whispered "What's going on? Are you thinking what I'm thinking?" [I remembered, Linda has the 'vision' towards the invisibles. Kyaaaaa! Noooooo!]. I read ayat Kursi, Al Fatihah and so on in silence, but we're still walking faster indeed. Feeling desperate of knowing we still had a looong way to go to reach the end of the tunnel, we decided to discuss some funny stories of that day's general meeting. Somehow we tried to ignore the spooky situation. We laughed in frightened but what else we could do? run? Whooh. Not a chance. By the time we reached the car, we were all screaming together "Huwaaaaaa....!!!!". And Linda told us some scary things in the tunnel on her vision [I won't tell you, it's terribly terrifying!]. So glad that we were just fine and I thanked Allah SWT for guiding us. Perhaps to some of you I was like over-react, but to me that place was really spooky. Dare to try yourself? :D



Moral of the story:
there's no way I'd take a walk through that tunnel again at night, that's for sure :p


Thursday, 24 September 2009

flu babu?



Eh?

This new term comes from a friend of mine, considering some of her friends (and my friends also :p) were updating their FB status with "I'm suffering Flu Babu" :D Eww... what kind of new sickness is that? It's the situation where your house maid (or domestic workers, or servant, or housekeeper assistant) left you for having their free-working-days in their hometown. Usually happens on Ied Mubarak, and the big term is "aduh-aku-ditinggal-mbaknya-pulang-kampung!". So you have to do your housekeeping yourself. I think It would not be that hard if you only live by yourself or only with your spouse, cleaning, cooking, doing laundry, ironing, shopping in the traditional market and so on. But what makes them exhausted is when they got a LOT of things to do and LOTs of people in the house to be served, while they usually done by maids [if they had more than one]. It makes some of my friends sick [indeed yes, some of them suffering influenza literally], tired, and get easily emotional with their spouse, children and surroundings. Eww.. Well, that's why I don't use babu. I'm babu-ing myself :D heheheh.


Monday, 21 September 2009

Ied Mubarak



A SWEET greeting to my SWEET readers,
for a SWEET reason at a SWEET time, with a SWEET smile :)

I would like to say:




Please forgive all of my faults and bad behaviors,
May your days be filled with SWEET happiness,
And may your heart be filled with peace :)



Have a SWEET day with your beloved ones, and
Have a great great great long holiday!



with love,






*adopted from a sweet sms by my friend RH. Hey thanks for the idea :P*

Thursday, 17 September 2009

La La La La La...



...finally things were done on time :) [yes, only those with the red labels A.S.A.P. And THOSE means MANY :D] pwewwh. The end of working day in Ramadhan month @ my office was so crowded with busy-work-loads and extra activities which carried along with "the-Long-Holiday-is-near-somehow-it's-so-hard-to-be-focused" atmosphere, hehehe :D Ayhhh.. So let's find some other ways to fill up the Big Day countdown, shall we? ;)

1. Having more time to read and conceive The Holy Qoran verses,
2. Hibernating! Yeaaaaaaaaa! ~seems like the opposite of point 1? :D~
3. Asking my lil bro to kindly accompany me to the mall :P ~let's hope He'll say "sure!"~
4. Googling some cooking recipes ;) let's cook more, [hope i'll] Eat more, Gain [weight] soon (^^;;)
5. Erasing half of 856-messages in my Neji's Inbox :( huhuhu [chiayooo!]
6. I'll do that in order to have more space to receive tons of messages on Eid Mubarak :P heheheh. *dipentung*


...most of all, I really, really, really wish I could walk these steps HOME. Home means there or there, but...






I can't.


so for those who will go "Pulang Kampong", have a safe trip, ya :)
have a great time with your beloved ones.



Monday, 14 September 2009

Blood-Type Cartoons

These are fun strips comic I found on --> this page. Each comic tells us about different characteristics of people, how people behave on certain circumstances, based on their blood-type :D KEWL! I love cartoons, and I think it's pretty cute, funny and entertaining. Somehow it tickles me to smile really wide upon thinking of how those blood-types cartoons closely portrayed [some of] my [bad] behavior :P Perhaps some of you have seen it, or some of you haven't, so I decided to share some of them here ;)


Let's see how each blood-types reacts to these situations ;)

Different blood-types and time management. When they have an appointment, which blood type tends to be more punctual? [in the real life, like: appointment to have Break-Fasting with Friends during this Ramadhan month, hehe :p]





...and let's see closer to what happened in each of their house:





And, how about gossiping? :P
[shhh, shhh, it's not allowed to gossiping in this Holy Month! :D]





Also, we are taught to control our anger :)
Just take a look at this one:




SO? Did you find any similarities between your Blood Type with The Blood-Type Cartoon Character? :D

Can you guess my blood-type? :P

Saturday, 5 September 2009

I Just Wanna Dance...





RBG's second performance. You can see the video --> here ;)




Ha, apa? Kamu? Nari?
Iya, mungkin buat sebagian besar temen yang baru mengenalku setelah masa SD lewat, jarang ada yang tau kalau sebenarnya waktu kecil aku dengan suka cita ikut ekskul menari di Sekolah. Sayang, bertahun-tahun setelah itu, aku nggak pernah ikut nari lagi. Selain karena waktu luang yang makin sempit, nggak ada lagi tempat untuk menyalurkan hobi ini. Maka kesan "utie-yang-suka-menari" itu hilang nggak berbekas. *duileeeee*. Kenapa si pada heran-heran banget? Makanya baca dong postingan-ku yang dulu itu, baru tanya-tanya, hehehehe *diamuk massa*


Kenapa sih kamu nari?

Karena aku suka :) aku cinta...


Cinta?
Iya, cinta dengan dunia tari. Terutama tari tradisional. Rasanya senang bisa mengenal beragam tari dari budaya kita sendiri, gerakan-gerakan yang indah, penuh makna, penuh warna. Juga menghibur diri sendiri dan orang lain dalam artian positif. Kenapa menghibur diri sendiri? Karena buat aku menari mendatangkan banyak energi positif yang selama ini [sepertinya] hilang. Begitu nari, semua rasa capek, pikiran yang kadang nggak tentu, hal-hal yang nggak menyenangkan, ilang aja gitu. Nggak tau kenapa ya. Mungkin karena dengan nari, langsung fokus ke gerakan dan musik ya, berusaha supaya gerakannya benar dan [setidaknya mendekati] bagus :P Selain itu, dengan bergeraknya seluruh tubuh, rasanya jadi seperti olahraga, dengan olahraga tubuh jadi segar, bugar, sehat.


Emangnya pake jilbab bisa nari?
Tentu saja bisa ;) bajunya kan sopan dan pakai kain panjang. Ketika pentas pun tetap pakai jilbab [warna hitam], juga tetap memakai leging & manset panjang yang aman dan nyaman. Asal pede dan gerakannya bagus, tetep bisa nari kan?


Kerjaanmu nggak terganggu?
Alhamdulillah enggak. Malah, dampak positifnya aku jadi semakin bersemangat, nggak gampang ngantuk dan suntuk :P hehehe. Sebagai bonus, aku juga mendapatkan pertemanan dengan rasa kekeluargaan yang amat sangat hangat. Kami ber-11 [baca: temans di Unit Tari kantorku~selanjutnya lebih dikenal dengan istilah RBG atau Rondang Bulan Girls], berasal dari Satuan Kerja yang berbeda-beda, tadinya ada yang sama sekali nggak kenal, karakter nya juga beda-beda. Tapi disini, dengan menari, kami jadi satu. Nggak ada yang memisahkan diri, nggak ada yang merasa paling jago, nggak ada yang merasa "aku-yang-paling-benar", atau "eh-kenapa-kamu-salah-melulu", disini kami saling asah, asih, asuh, hingga kata 'keluarga' lebih tepat untuk mendeskripsikan daripada 'cuma-teman-menari'. And I realized that we're all great entertainers, love to laugh, and laugh out loud more together. Disini bisa ketawa-ketawa di setiap pertemuan, nggak ada beban. Bisa dibilang, ini salah satu hal yang membuat aku selalu merasa bersyukur dan berterimakasih pada Yang Maha Kuasa. Maha Adil, menggantikan sedih dengan bahagia, memberikan berlipat kebaikan, seribu kekuatan. Alhamdulillah ya Allah... :) Dengan semua itu, bagaimana mungkin aku nggak cinta dengan dunia tari? Tapi bukan berarti aku melupakan temans yang lainnya loh ya, buat aku kalian selalu ada. If you can put a little trust on me then you'll be in my heart always and forever :)


Emangnya dapet apa kamu nari kemarin?
Dapet rasa bahagia luar biasa karena bisa menampilkan yang terbaik, senang kalau penonton juga senang. Tepuk tangan dan senyum penonton aja sebenernya udah cukup banget :) plus dukungan sekecil apapun, plus temen-temen yang nyenengin banget. Then if all the good things come in one package, what should I expect for more? :)


Katanya gurunya cowok ya? nggak takut dipegang-pegang?
Hmmm.. begini. Aku percaya, guruku adalah orang-orang yang profesional di bidangnya dan juga sejauh yang kukenal, mereka orang yang sangat taat beragama, dan aku percaya mereka nggak pernah melanggar norma-norma asusila. Apalagi 8 dari 11 orang tim kami mengenakan hijab, jadi mereka sangat menghormati dan menghargai kami. Disiplin banget sih iya. Lagian nih ya, buat siapapun yang hanya mengira-ngira, jangan asal nuduh aja dong, silakan ikut datang latian baru komentar, ya? ;) FYI, guru cowok itu dikontrak untuk mengajarkan tari Batak Rondang Bulan. Dan sebagai info lagi, untuk guru tari masing-masing dikontrak untuk satu jenis tarian. Nah, saat ini belum ada guru tari baru lagi nih, tapi saking semangatnya, meskipun tak ada guru, kami tetap latihan dengan saling mengajar tarian yang kami dapatkan untuk lomba antar bidang Pekan Olah Raga dan Seni di kantor 17 Agustus lalu. ^^;;) senang!


Lomba antar bidang itu apa sih?
Jadi dalam rangka menyambut HUT RI ke 64, kantorku mengadakan perlombaan olah raga dan seni [disingkat Porsebi]. Karena kantorku terdiri dari banyak satuan kerja, maka seluruh satker perangkat kantor itu dikelompokkan menjadi bidang-bidang [bidang 1, 2, 3, and so on] untuk berlomba. Tiap bidang bisa berisi 3 sampai 4 satuan kerja. Nah, salah satu yang dilombakan adalah lomba Tari Tradisional (^.^)/" Tahun sebelumnya, aku nggak ikut karena nggak tau [dan belom dapet 'soul'nya nari di kantor, hehehe]. Tahun ini aku memutuskan ikut. Dalam lomba ini, anggota Unit Tari juga terbagi-bagi ikut bidangnya masing-masing. Aku bersama dua orang temanku dari Unit Tari tergabung dalam satu bidang yang sama ditambah teman-teman baru yang satu bidang. Seru juga sih, karena selain nambah temen, latian rutin 12 hari lumayan bikin tepar juga, heheheh. Biar tepar tapi seneng, dan tentunya selalu semangat. Apalagi tarian bidang-ku adalah Tari Ronggeng Blantek dari Betawi, tarian yang dulu pernah aku bawakan di masa kecil, hwaaaaa [you can see the rehearsal video --> here]. Anyway, rasanya lucu bertanding melawan 'saudara-saudara' Unit Tari sendiri, apalagi meskipun bersaing tapi kami tetap saling mendukung satu sama lain.




Defile Ronggeng Blantek - Bidang IV


Jadi? kamu juara nggak?
Ahirnya bidangku nggak masuk 3 besar siy, hanya sebagai Harapan I, tapi meskipun begitu aku senang, teman unit tari-ku dengan timnya di bidang lain ada yang berhasil meraih juara I dan juara II, dan semua sepakat kemenangan adalah milik kami semua. Aiiihhh ="> ~btw pada bingung nggak bacanya? maafkan ya kalau sedikit bingung, lagi susah cari kata-kata nih~ *alesan*


Any closing remarks?
Menari itu bisa dijadikan olahraga yang menyenangkan dan menyehatkan (^.^)v, sekedar info buat temans yang sudah menikah lama dan sedang program untuk hamil, coba deh ikut nari, mudah-mudahan sedikit membantu karena dengan gerakan-gerakan dinamis bisa melancarkan peredaran darah dan menguatkan otot rahim. Mohon maaf kalau informasi ini salah ya, tapi beberapa orang anggota Tim Tari angkatan sebelumnya sudah membuktikannya ;) kalo males latian bareng unit tari, latian sendiri di rumah juga boleh kok, nanti kalau mau aku kasih lagu & videonya ~ itung-itung olahraga bukan? ;) ~ heheheheh. Tapi konsultasi dokter juga ya, siapatau temans selain butuh olahraga, juga butuh kondisi mendukung yang lain (^^)/" ini mah sekedar saran ya, tanyakanlah pada ahlinya *tiba-tiba kuatir ditimpukin*.


...Ohiya, aku memang mendapatkan banyak sekali kritikan, masukan, dukungan dan ada pula yang memberi pujian. Untuk semua itu aku mengucapkan terimakasih banyak *sambil membungkuk dalam-dalam*. Aku juga mengerti, mungkin ada sebagian orang suka dengan yang kulakukan, ada pula yang nggak suka bahkan mungkin benci. Tapi aku rasa itu wajar. Masing-masing orang tentu punya preferensi bukan? Seorang teman pernah bilang, "teruslah menari Tie, teruslah bersemangat dan jadilah salah satu garda depan pelestari budaya kita" :"> Whaaaw. Very touchy. Maka aku juga cuma bisa berharap, semoga yang aku lakukan ini bermanfaat. Amin :)



I wanna dance with somebody,
I wanna feel the heat with somebody... [Whitney Houston]



**foto diambil semena-mena dari koleksi Vidya Hapsari (^^)v hihi. Luv ya!



Friday, 4 September 2009

after-that-long-pause







...another random thoughts and happenings on my long-pause-of-writing, so here it goes:

  • Thanking Allah the Almighty, my first dancing performance at the Office run smooth, though it wasn’t 100% perfect afterall. I’m glad to know that the audience gave such great responses, relieved all the weight off my shoulder and overwhelmed me with tons of self confidence. I did another two performances since then, and I still crave for more [to learn traditional-dances as much as I can] :p hmmwell, I’ll write more about my dancing activities in a seperate post.
  • [though I know it’s a little too late] Finally, I have my own Youtube account with my videos to share (^^;;) yay! For those who insterested in traditional dancing may come and see me and my friends' here. Let's preserve our national culture and be proud of it, shall we? :)
  • Thanking Allah the Almighty, my first and second week of Ramadhan went well and I felt like heavenly-blessed (^^)/" Don’t have to mention what I’ve done or what I’ve got, do I? If I should choose one theme for this Ramadhan, then it would be: Sabar, Syukur, Ikhlas ;) [eh, that’s three ya? :p]
  • Thanking Allah the Almighty, for keeping me save from that scary earthquake on September 2nd. It reminds me to the same disaster happend around Yogyakarta, three years ago. Three days ago in the afternoon, this huge-and-seems-strong office-building suddenly went unsteady. It’s like you can see the opposite building moved right to left. Some of my friends cried, some of them yelled “Allahuakbar!”, some other were rushed frantically down-through-emergency-stairs, I wonder, [in contrary] some still be able to update their FB status, of how shocked and exhausted they were, running down the stairs from the [....] floor, while my friend in 8-months-pregnancy just calmly down from the 21st floor [salute!] and she had no complaint at all. I felt so small and surrender my body and soul, my pray: “Allah, kuserahkan hidup dan matiku hanya padaMu ya Rabb. Mohon ampunanMu atas segala dosa dan khilafku dan orang-orang tercinta-ku Ya Rabb. Cukuplah Engkau sebagai penolongku... Cukuplah Engkau sebagai penolongku”. Yes it was. It was only a little reminder. And such an irony of how some of us only could remember the Almighty when death comes near. Naudzubillahimindzalik. My deepest condolence for the victim of this national disaster. May Allah SWT grants them the best place in THE HOUSE, amen.
  • Thanking Allah the Almighty, realized that I’m one of those lucky ones who still able to bought things I need want. These last two months, I decided to do some kinda ‘shoes-and-outfits’ buy-fasting due to some long-term-plans. Means, I only go for very-very-urgent-necessities (^^;;) it works, but unfortunately not for other desire, hee hee :D Now I can’t help myself from buying entertaining Audio-CDs [let’s blame my friends who keep giving me that round thing as a gift, heheheh]. I used to stick with my MP3 player with mini speaker in my room, but now... a portable CD player has become my truly beloved roomates :P [it’s such a gadget degradation, wasn’t it? hakakakak]. and again.. I’ll write more about this on seperate post. Yes, that’s-oh-a-promise :)
  • Thanking Allah the Almighty, my younger brother accepted to continue his study in his favourite City [@ the same college as me also]. As a friend ever said: “There will be thousands of reasons for you to come back here, sweetie.” And I guess he was right. Izinkanlah aku untuk slalu pulang lagi,... [~KLa]
  • Thanking Allah the Almighty, I [finally] finished this full-length notice to you guys. Heheh. Have a bright-blessed day, everyone ^_*


Thursday, 20 August 2009

Kamu Janji?



were promises made to be broken?



Sudah 3 kali aku belum memenuhi janjiku ke beberapa orang teman, alasannya bukan sengaja, bukan lupa apalagi dari awal berniat untuk mengingkari, tapi aku [nyaris] tak ada waktu merealisasikannya. Tak ada waktu menunaikan janji bertemu dengan seorang kerabat :P tak ada waktu ngirimin data sejibun ke temen yang sedang menunggu di seberang sana, tak ada waktu bahkan untuk menyalakan si Tottie malam hari untuk meng-upload video latihan nari. *ngiket kain di kepala* aku harus segera menunaikannya. Janji itu harus ditepati bukan? betapapun beratnya untuk dijalani, yang penting berusaha dulu ya kan? :) kalau memang nggak bisa sanggup menepati, ya nggak usah menjanjikan sesuatu.



Kesimpulannya, janji itu penting bukan?
Kalimat janjinya cuma sebaris, tapi kadang kita nggak hati-hati mengucapkannya.

Seringan apapun, tunaikanlah dengan segera.
Seberat apapun, berusaha dulu sekuat tenaga untuk menepatinya :)
Kalau benar-benar sudah nggak bisa, baru minta maaf.
~inget-inget deh, sebesar apa usaha yang sudah dilakukan untuk menepati janji? atau nggak berusaha sama sekali?~


...karena kadang aku sendiri juga capek menunggu terealisasinya janji-janji palsu :P

Saturday, 18 July 2009

Riddikulus!



Sayangnya, ini hanya untuk melumpuhkan Boggart.
tak bisa dipakai untuk Dementor :P



Obliviate!


Friday, 10 July 2009

Different Point of View



karena [katanya] hidup harus dilihat dari berbagai "SUDUT PANDANG" :)

Tuesday, 7 July 2009

Somewhere Out There








somewhere out there,
out where dreams come true :)


l o s t




A few days ago, a good friend shared her story of losing...
She lost her baby about two months ago. She delivered her baby but sadly, the baby did not survive. I knew that must be hard for her to re-told the whole story to me. But she tried :) Then I suddenly remembered the incident at the office lobby 'that' day. I was there, holding her hands while she cried before the ambulance took her to the hospital. She told me she knew 'this' is going to happen. And even though she knew the worst, she took the chance, and decided to keep her baby in her pregnancy :) Oh she's really brave, though she shattered into pieces inside. I shed a tear and she continued...


"After that day Tie, there was one person telling me something. It wasn't bothering me, but sometimes I search for that possibilities. Have I ever hurt someone's feeling, perhaps she/he couldn't forgive me? :( I know this is my destiny and the best thing for me, for us, that Allah gave such lost. But I also knew that person was probably true. Everything happens for reasons Tie. And I guess, the non-scientific reason for me was.. if only I never hurt someone else's feeling.. perhaps, only perhaps.. this won't happen to me so bad."


I took a deep breath. Questioning myself:
"Have I ever hurt someone's feeling, she/he just couldn't forgive me?"



~scheduled post. so hard to be On Line these days *sigh*~

Sunday, 5 July 2009

Guardian Angel



I will never let you fall,
I'll stand up with you forever,
I'll be there for you through it all,



even if saving you sends me to heaven..



Saturday, 4 July 2009

Reunion and Singled Out






Last Saturday I went to a small reunion with some very good friends of mine at college. We're supposed to be five persons, Me, Reny, Josa, Arif and Indra. But Indra stays in Malang now with his wife and his soon-to-be-born-Son :) [congrats to both of you], so we only got four of us plus plus. Josa and his fiancee Nonon, and of course Reny and her husband Alby [too bad you didn't bring Rayhan with you guys, I reaaaally wanted to pinch his chubby cheek, hehe ~ bad Aunty :p]. Arif came alone while his fiancee in Yogyakarta, and they are now preparing for their wedding in December. And the last one, still.. the single me :) [backsound cheers: YEY! hip hip horray! ^^)/"]


We had a very great time sharing laughter here and there, remembering good old days with those silly things and the jokes. No matter how we [correction, it was ME] avoid talking about marriage, still.. it's the 'thing' that you just can't pretend you don't care. They keep asking me such question about who's-that-lucky-guy and so on, and so forth :)


..and I just smiled really wide and said wisely:
"Well, it's complicated. Guys are [sometimes] complicated" :p


and then they asked:
"weren't they? Wasn't that you who make that complicated?"



Saturday, 27 June 2009

Flintstones






scene beberapa minggu lalu:
*Bapakku lagi ngutak-ngatik HP barunya di meja makan*


Bapak (B) : Nduk, coba kamu test telpon HP Bapak sekarang
Tea (U) : Ciyeilee.. ngetest ringtone MP3 ni yee ^^)v --> nyengir kuda

~maklum, HP Bapak sebelumnya paling banter ringtonenya Midi aja gitu. Dan Bapak selalu meng-assign ringtone untuk masing-masing anggota Keluarga untuk membedakan. Misalnya aku, diset lah lagu berbau Jogja karena so far, aku merupakan satu-satunya anggota keluarga yang pernah kuliah di sana. Jadi ringtone sebelumnya kira-kira bunyinya gini "Hampir malam di Jogjaaaa.. ketika keretaku tibaaaa.." versi midi yang berulang-ulang :D nggak kebayang? yaudah jangan dibayangin deng~


kira-kira konversasi lanjutannya gini:
U: *menekan nomor HP Bapak sambil menebak-nebak GeeR "kayaknya-bakal-pake-MP3-Yogyakarta-nya-Kla nih"*

Ringtone apa yang kedengeran coba? suara Fred Flintstone yang nyaring: "Yabba Dabba Doooo..." beserta terompetnya yang cempreng itu. "Flintstones, meet the Flintstones, there's a modern stonage family..."


B : *terkekeh-kekeh puas* wah, bagus... bagus...
U : *bingung* lah kok Flintstone Pak?
B : Lha iya, bagus tho?
U : Iyyy.. apa hubungannya aku sama Flinstones? Flintstone kan jaman batu..
B : Lha ya itu, hubungannya sama kamu. Batu nya itu
U : *masih bengong aja*
B : Kalo Flintstones jaman batu, kalo kamu wataknya keras seperti batu.. *tertawa terkekeh semakin kenceng dan sepertinya yakin ringtone pilihannya adalah benar*
U : *mbecucu* ih, aku turunan dari siapa cobaa???? *membela diri ga terima*



habis itu aku mengakui kalo yang dibilang Bapak memang bener. Watakku keras, kepalaku juga *ya iyalah masa lembek? tok tok tok masih bisa diketok gitu*, suka ngeyel, akhir-akhir-ini-jadi-aheummm-sedikit-galak :P Aku memang persis Bapak. Hampir plek 80%. Bedanya dalam hal watak keras, Bapak lebih sering berargumen "kalau-dulu-itu...", sedangkan aku lebih sering berargumen "I-know-what-I'm-doing-Dad". Ceritanya aku habis ngambek sama Bapak gara-gara wiken ini apa yang kulakukan selalu dikomentarin. Jadinya kayak merasa salah lagi, salah lagi. Terus aku kabur ke dapur, cuci piring sambil diem aja. Bapak sudah paham sekali dengan aku yang kayak begini, beliau cuma senyum-senyum aja sambil mendatangi dapur lalu mengelus kepalaku dan menepuk lembut bahuku. Aku tetep diem, lalu menjawab beberapa pertanyaan beliu dengan datar, lalu selesai cuci piring aku langsung naik ke kamar. Ih, kok aku habis itu jadi merasa bersalah ya? apa salahnya sih bilang iya-iya aja? dibilangin berulang-ulang juga gapapa kali ya, mungkin ini satu-satunya kesempatan Bapak berkomunikasi denganku yang 5 hari dalam seminggu selalu berangkat pagi pulang malam. Ngikz. Jadi sedih. Pingin turun lagi ke ruang TV [terus biasanya...] ngusel-usel Bapak sambil tanya acara TV [yang sebenarnya nggak begitu menarik minatku] yang sedang ditonton beliau, terus minta maap dengan kata-kata sedikit terselubung :P karna aku ngambek barusan...




~ih ternyata aku ketiduran di depan si Tottie cobaaa (T_____T) pas aku turun beliau sudah sare. huhuhu. Dear Daddy, I'm sorry~
Guess we're Flintstones, and I'm the bad one :(