Before I call it a night, let me summarize my day.
07.00am
Off to work. By the time I got onto the bus, the rain pouring heavily. Fortunately, it stopped when we're at Menteng.
09.30am
Had a chicken porridge for my breakfast. Since I had taken a (half day) sick leave last Friday, there were couple of emails should be responded. Did not take time though.
01.00pm
Gado-gado Bu Bambang was my lunch menu. Then enjoying myself with Jeffery Deaver's book called The Stone Monkey. Jeffery Deaver is my new favorite recently. I finished the book by 06.10pm.
I did a good multitasking today. Reading, checking emails, calling and other small thingy things :)
06.30pm
Off to Fitness First. Threadmil for 30 minutes. Burnt 140 calories and reached 3 km. Then took 15-minute break. Followed by trying another instrument (at least new to me and I don't know what its name is) for 5 minutes. After that, proceeded to a cycle or RPM. Burnt another 40 calories in 15 minutes. Wowww almost got cramps on my tighs.
08.30pm
Bought this one at Gramedia.
Though I don't know where to keep it after finish it. No more space in my wardrobe. Should I put some of my books up for sale? Well, need to think about it.
Had rice with sauteed chicken and mushroom and a glass of coconut. Poor beverage!
Headed to Giant for some groceries. I'm planning to bake chocolate molten cake tomorrow.
10.15pm
Home at last.
Oh, love is in the air today for most people as today is Valentine's day. Hotel's restos are fully booked (including my boss who had to pay Rp. 500,000 as deposit to secure her table at Lyon @Mandarin Oriental. Does not make sense at all!). Couples wearing couple shirts (sooooo sweet), love songs everywhere. Well, enjoy your moment guys.
Posting hari ini terinspirasi komentar bosku tadi pagi.
Seingetku, aku biarin rambutku panjang sejak kelas 1 SD sampai SMA. Minimal sebahu. Dari SD - SMP selalu berangkat sekolah dengan model yang beda-beda. Kadang buntut kuda, kadang diiket 2, kadang dikepang. Pokoknya macem-macem deh. Sialnya, waktu kelas 6 aku kena bully sama temen sekelas. Anak cewek, badannya bongsor. Amatul namanya. Tiap hari selalu aja buntut kudaku ditarik-tarik dan sialnya aku cuma bisa diem. Makanya paling aman sih dikepang jadinya dia nggak bisa ngapa-ngapain.
Nah, di kelas 6 itu kita ada retreat. Belum berangkat aja udah nervous duluan. Setiap selesai mandi pagi adalah saat-saat paling menyiksa. Selesai retreat, foto-foto tiap kelas dipajang di mading. Damn! semua komentar kalau di foto retreat kelasku ada penampakan.
Yeah....itu karena rambutku tergerai nggak karuan. Sebabnya? Karena aku nggak bisa sisir sendiri :(( Maksudnya, aku nggak bisa kuncir atau kepang rambutku sendiri. Tiap habis mandi yang sisirin ya si mbak. Bahkan bikin buntut kuda aja nggak bisa. Parah deh.
Nah sejak kelas 3 SMA bisa dibilang nggak kenal karet. Diiket hanya kalau mandi. Selebihnya dibiarin gitu aja. Biarpun cuaca panas sekalipun. Paling sesekali pakai bandana. Biarpun gitu, nggak pernah lepek (duh ini bahasanya jelek banget) karena keringetan lho.
Karena nggak pernah diiket, sampai pernah dibikin taruhan sama Andri & Azizah - temen sekelas. Taruhannya: apakah aku akan iket rambutku atau nggak. Taruhan yang nggak banget. Tau nggak taruhannya berapa? 50 perak saja :) Nggak tau deh siapa yang menang.
Masuk kuliah udah nggak terlalu panjang lagi. Nah potongan terpendek sampai kayak mangkok nggak jelas itu pas pertama kali kerja. Gara-gara salon nggak jelas. Sejak kerja, mulai ganti-ganti. Kalau bosen panjang ya dipendekin atau gantian.
Sekarang sih bertahan panjang biarpun nggak panjang-panjang banget. Dan karena tipe rambutku berminyak, jadi tiap pagi pasti keramas. Makanya nggak pernah diiket-iket. Mulai berkaret lagi sejak nge-gym. Karena abis selesai gym nggak pernah keramas, jadi abis mandi ya dibikin pony tail gitu.
Nah tadi pagi ngerasa bad hair day banget (tiap hari juga sih). Iseng aku kuncir. Tiba-tiba bosku komen gini:
Si ibu: rambut kamu bagusan begitu
Aku: cengar-cengir nggak jelas campur berbunga-bunga
Si ibu: jadi kayak anak-anak
Aku: whaatttt???? (dalem hati aja sih)
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My pony tail
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Have you ever been so restless?
When you feel so sleepy and your eyes are so damn heavy
But then you find yourself staring at the ceiling all night long
The clock is ticking and it makes you nervous
As if you are racing with the dawn
It's so frustrating
Have you ever been so restless?
When you feel very exhausted
And your body needs a good rest after a long long tiring day
But then your mind does not want to compromise
And prefers to wander around
It's so depressing
Have your ever been so restless?
When you think you have an unsolved problem
And you have to find a way out before it's killing you
But in fact, everything goes perfectly
No debt to pay
No obligation to take
It's so weary
Perhaps sleeping is an easy activity but for me, it really needs a big effort.
That's why I do envy this child. She sleeps peacefully.
I just cradled baby Alexa in my arms for half an hour till she fell asleep peacefully. Sang her some gospels which came into my mind. Seperti Bapa Sayang Anaknya and Semua Baik were on my first lists just like I did with Kei year ago. And it did with Alexa too...yyayyy. Then I decided to plug my ears with Ipod and sang along my playlist. It was way much better :)
Yes, baby Alexa Clementine Siahaan is our new comer. Born on 17 January at 07.59pm with 4240 grams and 53 cm. Such a big baby girl. And she looks like her daddy indeed. Sleeps with her open mouth and if you look at their eyes, you'll see a resemblance there. Though she has a curly hair like her mom.
God bless you sweet child. Sleep tight tonight 'cos angels are around you.
I bought this book at Gramedia Plaza Semanggi last month. Not a fan of Hitler, of course. Just a simple curiosity about why he did that cruelest thing to thousands of innocent people...what's on his mind....why was he so racist?
Page one to page two to page three....damn translation!! I really cannot understand it at all. Don't get me wrong. It's in Bahasa version but seems they translated it word per word. So poor! Took a deep breath and tried again but still....it's so not enjoyable to read. I gave up!
Spending IDR 150,000 just for nothing. This is my second unfinished book after Brisingr.
I remember my little chat with Ben Gledhill, my colleague from Hong Kong office, in one fine morning about two weeks ago. We were discussing about his ground transport arrangement when suddenly he looked so shocked.
Ben: Wow!
Me: What?
Ben: Is there something you want to confess....now?
Me: No? Why?
Ben: Wow!
Me: Whaaat??
Ben: That! (pointing his finger to my book) Are you one of them or what?
Me: Hahaha (blushing) no....just curious. Uhhmm I should've kept this hidden (putting some papers and books on top of it)
Then Ben left me like he just got a heart attack. Sorry pal!
