Tuesday, November 30, 2010

I Do Like Wedding!

I do love to attending wedding ceremonies, family, friends, or parent's friends. I like the grooming ritual before coming to the venue, wearing dress or kebaya (Javanese traditional female cloth). Kinda sounds silly, isn't it?

Some of my friends hate to attending the wedding because it sounds soooo old-fashioned, and so did I, few years ago. But as I grown up, and some of my friends, cousins, and even my ex boyfriend) are getting married, I started to love attending wedding ceremonies.

My mother always told me that to attend wedding I must wearing good clothes, and put a bit more make ups (since actually I only put few make up touch in my daily life). Firstly, I really did not comfort with the long kain (skirt), make ups and the worst part is high heels footwear. Uuuh, they really make my leg sick!!! But now, I don't know what happen in me, I enjoy the grooming, make up, the dresses, and even the footwears.

God, I now glad become a woman rather than a man. Hahahaha... FYI, I actually am a tomboy girl ;)

This is how I look in my cousin's wedding. I wore an off-white tulle kebaya and maroon batik kain :

Me(yes, like in the post below...)

Me and my sister

Me: off-white kebaya/tailor made, maroon Maduranese batik kain/my mother's collection, heels/Bellagio, rattan bag/random shop in Banjarmasin
My sister: off-white kebaya/tailor made, dark brown Maduranese batik kain/also my mother's collection, shoes/mother's belonging, rattan bag/random shop in Banjarmasin.


And here is the happy newlywed couple:



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Friday, November 19, 2010

Cheating-Jealousy Boundary?

Hay friends! Though it’s a bit late, Happy Idul Adha!! My Idul Adha day went so so so weird, me, my sister and my cousins woke up late, and when we walk to the temple parking lot (where shalat Id was held), it’s already started. So we made it in 2nd day, and took place a bit further from my house. Wew.

Oh ya! Kalian masak apa di rumah? Kalau aku sendiri masak rawon, and honestly, this is the first time I cooked it, and it went good, at least for me, my sister and 2 cousins, hehehe.. and at least there were no one poisoned or something with my cook. Yatta!


Ok, but today I will not talking about Idul Adha, the cook or goat or anything (you name it). Baru sekitar sejam yang lalu aku di-SMS salah seorang teman wanitaku, “Aku bingung sama ni cewe, yang masih PM-an sama pacarku, lebih herannya lagi pacarku kok khawatir sama dia, padahal sama aku lempeng-lempeng aja waktu kuceritain soal Merapi,” he? What the hell is that? I’m so sorry that I cannot make any good advises, aku sendiri sudah lama nggak mengalami urusan yang begini, neither relationship nor jealousy or something like that.

Sebenernya sampai mana batasan yang layak untuk “dicemburui” dan sampai mana batasan untuk dibilang “selingkuh”. Aku sendiri masih rancu. Personally, I’m a person who is not easily got jealous, but sometimes, in several circumstances, I could get jealous for unexplained silly reasons. Sekedar pergi sama cewe lain, entah mantan atau temen, it’s ok, but for any intimate feeling? I can’t stand with it. Tapi bukan serta-merta aku akan menuduh pasanganku selingkuh atau kenapa-kenapa, terus main ngelabrak si wanita, dengan kasar maupun halus, menghabiskan tenaga aja!

“I think you should clarifies it with your boyfriend,”

“Wedyaaan! Aku nggak sanggup nanyanya, aku nggak mau ribut,”

“So deal with it then,”


Haruskah begitu? Jealousy is such a confusing dilemmatic feeling, di satu sisi kita nggak mau dikira cemburuan, di sisi lain yang lebih dalam ada perasaan nggak nyaman yang meliputi. How to synchronize them? Sungguh, perasaan bertahan dengan ketidaknyamanan itu bisa mengganggu seperti setan kecil yang akan terus-terusan membisiki memanas-manasi hati. Tapi idealisme jelas-jelas nggak akan mengijinkan untuk melakukan hal se-childish itu, cemburu itu hanya terjadi di hubungan yang nggak dewasa, nggak bisakah kamu lebih bijak untuk menyikapi ego-mu? Oke, bisa dibilang ini jadi perang batin. Oh…

Mungkin…batasan itu adalah “elastic boundary”, yang mana setiap orang mempunyai batas limitnya masing-masing, yang harus dimengerti juga oleh pasangannya. Batas toleransiku terhadap jealousy mungkin segini, tapi buat orang lain segitu. Everyone has their own limit.

Tentukan sendiri batasmu, teman, kalau memang menurutmu itu sudah keterlaluan, kenapa nggak dikomunikasikan aja. Kasih pengertian ke dia kalau kamu bukan sekedar cemburu buta, tapi pakai pikiran bukan sekedar emosi, dia harus tau sampai dimana batasnya hatimu bisa menerima sikap dia terhadap perempuan lain, prinsipnya kalau kamu nggak bilang ya nggak akan ngerti dianya. Kalaupun dia menganggapmu nggak dewasa dan nggak bisa mengerti dia, justru dia yang salah, karena kamu sudah mengatakan apa yang kamu pikir dan kamu rasa, dan kamu nggak se-childish itu karena nggak gegabah untuk memutuskan mengatakan sama dia, karena KAMU PERCAYA PADANYA!

Thursday, November 11, 2010

Healthy Me.. Healthy You..

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Officially HOME SICK!!!

Temporary Out of the City

 
 

Because of Mount Merapi eruption within this month, and my parents has to go to Mecca for hajj, me and my sister temporary move to Bekasi, my uncle’s house. Hope those frightening volcanic activities in Jogja; explosions, blistering clouds, ashes rain, and so on, could stop very soon. I really missed Jogja, my whole life is in there. It feels really terrible that I had to leave the city, without doing anything to help, not even become a volunteer since I know I had a weak body. I’m so sorry Jogja… :(

Hope someday I could contribute to make my beloved city become better, well planned and comfortably to be lived in. I’ll be back by the end of this week! See you!

So much love,

PS: thanks so
http://merapi.combine.or.id/ I can monitored Jogja condition by streaming the handy-talky-talk via the internet web :)

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Tuesday, November 2, 2010

Love is Somewhat...

Confusing

Frustrating

Complicated

Thing

On Earth


Yeah, that’s how I describe it, for now. I don’t know why people love, at the same time, also hurt each other. My father said, love is “sacrificing”. My friend said, it is “believing, trusting”. But the most common, I see love as “demanding”. Oke, bener atau salahnya itu bisa bersifat relatif, yang mana yang pernah kamu alami, atau kamu lihat di sekelilingmu.

Aku sering banget mendengar cerita-cerita temen-temenku mengenai hubungan mereka dengan pasangannya. To be honest, I am not a good listener or advisor, but it’s nice to be trusted to hear their stories. Suatu siang, seorang temenku SMS aku, “Kenapa ya, ceweku akhir-akhir ini kalo kutelpon marah-marah terus? Kayak nggak butuh aku gitu,” dan apa reaksiku, bengong. Memutar otak buat loading memory kasus serupa dan gimana penyelesaiannya. Dan tetep buntu. Bingung antara mau menjawab, “Ah, itu cewemu kangen aja, kalian kan PJJ, mungkin dia sudah lama terbiasa tanpa kamu,” atau kemungkinan yang paling jeleknya, “Hm, itu mungkin… cewemu udah punya cowo lagi,” tapi nggak tega banget rasanya buat bilang. I was on a big dilemma, dan aku kasih jawaban pertama aja, nggak baik juga kan nyuruh orang berprasangka buruk, apalagi sama pasangannya, tapi kemungkinan itu memang ada. Bingung. Lalu kemarin, seorang temanku nongkrong sepanjang sore di rumahku, kirain mau main aja, ternyata… curhat juga! Au… As usual, I listened carefully, walaupun kemampuan otakku buat loading hal-hal berat mulai menurun sepertinya. Dia bercerita, lagi berantem parah sama pacarnya, dan lagi butuh cooling down dulu beberapa waktu. Lucunya, mereka ternyata sering berantem, tapi ketika mereka sedang berdua, mereka saling menguatkan aura masing-masing, dan membawa rejeki, ada aja job yang didapat ketika mereka sedang berdua. Ufff… See, love is confusing isn’t it?

Bingung kan? Ketika orang saling mencintai, di saat yang sama mereka juga menyakiti. Apa perlu aku bilang cinta itu membuat orang jadi masochist ya? Sakit, tapi ingin terus merasakan sakitnya. Dan kangen itu adalah fase yang paling menyiksa! Suatu hari, aku pernah bilang sama seorang teman yang sayang sama orang yang kusayangi, “Kalau kamu sayang sama dia, aku nggak apa-apa, sayangilah dia,”. Oke, let’s say I’m lying that I’m not also being hurt, but that’s love, a sacrifice, maybe.

Kembali ke kangen itu menyiksa, saudara-saudara. Pernah kan merasa kangen? Gelisah sendiri, gelibak-gelibek, bingung, cemas, dan lain-lainnya. Frustrating. Sialnya aku selalu ketiban yang kaya gitu. Hehehe. Coba deh bolak-balik lagi posting-postingku sebelumnya. Aku adalah salah satu tipe yang salah tingkah dan paling mudah disalahpahami. Dan biasanya ekspresi kangenku paling sering disalahpahami dengan pemaksaan. Padahal, kalau nggak berekspresi apa-apa, aku bisa dibilang super duper cuek sampai-sampai aku dikira punya cowo lain, hahaha! Jelek bener. Apa sih yang membuat cinta jadi begitu frustratingnya? Karena kita nggak bisa membaca hati orang lain, sekalipun keluarga sendiri, sahabat sendiri, atau kekasih sendiri. Makanya kita menduga-duga, dia gimana ya kalau aku ngomong gini, atau bersikap gitu. Dan nggak pernah ada alat ukur pasti untuk mendeteksi itu! Kalo ada aku mau deh, biar nggak salah tingkah lagi.

Love is a many splendor thing. Love is the craziest thing. Hehehe. Really, it seems so happy in the beginning, then it become chaotic when it reach some sensitive issues among the lover themselves. Banyak yang harus disesuaikan dari dua pribadi yang berbeda; sifat, kebiasaan, pikiran, cita-cita, etc etc yang kadang membuat segalanya yang indah tadi berubah jadi awkward. But somehow, if you believe in your loved one, all those scary things might be disappear and everything going okay. But I don’t really trust human, though I love him much, I take all my future fate on God :)

Ah… aku ngomong apa aja sih diatas ini? (bingung sendiri) I’m sorry, I just pointlessly mumbling here. Because, yeah, love is somewhat confusing frustrating complicated thing on earth!!!

Untuk kakak sepupuku, Mbak Ima, selamat atas pernikahannya, selamat menempuh hidup baru dengan kekasih tercinta, semoga jadi keluarga sakinah, mawaddah, warahmah, dan memberiku kepon-kepon yang lucu! Hehehe… I’m glad you finally found someone who loves you the most!

mbak Ima's pre wed

You're always like that, you're worrying

Even though you've already made up your mind.
There's still time...
OK! Do it right now!
OK! All you have to do is give him an answer!

You have to convey
Those feelings deep in your heart!

"Would you marry me, honey?"
Congratulations --
Now you've finally heard those magic words!
Look, it's a very small start,
But it will lead to a great big love.

Your eyes show that you're pretending to be strong,
And your words are kind of clumsy,
And you end up bluffing...
But I've always wanted
To be as composed as you.

You know what's more important
Than anything else, don't you!

It was a miracle that the two of you met in this big world...
Maybe I'm exaggerating but it's fate.
Eventually, you'll grow old...
After you've had an argument,
Kiss or something!

Will I get to hear
Those magic words someday? Ah...

Yes, I will!

(Mahou no Kotoba ~ Would You Marry Me?~ by Do As Infinity)