Fell Asleep

There is nothing to tell except that it is raining again this midday. C'est une chose ennuyeuse à dire. How I wish that I'm in my bedroom at this moment. Bed gue,... selimut gue,... tutup mata gue,... (and he lay next to me, eh? LOL!) semua terbayang-bayang dipelupuk mata. C'est si agréable si je suis là maintenant. What a nice! Sleeping is always nice when the weather is bad outside. In my case, sleeping is always nice anytime, in any kind of weather, anyday. * No, sorry is not true. I always stay awake in the evening to the morning actually *. Gue kan vampire, cuma gue nggak doyan darah aja. Doyannya duit, matre. Wek!
Ah, tapi di rumah siang2 mana gue bisa tidur.... nanti baru maok merem, tiba2 "mamiii... can you help me doing this? can we play ladder snake? Can you please make me some milks?" And so on. Pasti. Don't worry, things are not always going as you wished when you have children. Remember that, oke? I have only one, but the super-active one. She has my character and some of my bad habits already. Oh, nooo... This might be my karma!

"An! An! Bangun heeeh,... belepotan tuh! Ikut ronda loe semalem?" What? I've falled asleep again on my desk??

BANJIR, EUUYY....

Baru hari ini gue kembali mencet2 keyboard dan menatap ke monitor dengan dungu setelah satu hari absen. Maok ngapain ya? Lagian, Sabtu2 ngantor, sapa suruh? Nggak ada yang dateng, nggak ada yang dikerjain.... *alesannya : pengen aja nyobain naek busway pas lagi nggak rame*

Btw, Jumat kemaren hujannya dahsyat man,... gue bangun jam 9 lebih, dan saat itu hujan masih aja sederas kemaren malem. Asli, males banget maok ngantor. Jam 10 gue inget harus jemput Nina. Perjanjiannya kalo Nina bobok dan berangkat sekolah dari rumah nyokab, tandanya gue yang harus jemput pulangnya. Ini gara2 bulan lalu gue 'BERANTEM' sama supir antar jemputan Nina yg emang MENYEBALKAN itu, so, sekarang Nina mesti dianter jemput sendiri . * geram!! *. Tapi sebelomnya gue mandi dulu & telpon ke rumah nyokab. Yang ngangkat telpon my sister.
'Es, Nina sekolah kan?'
'Sekolah....'
'Gue yang jemput nih?'
'Enggak deng, boonk. Ya gimana maok berangkat,... ujannya aja gede gitu.... Baru dipager aja udah basah'
'Uh, baru aja maok gue jemput. Untung gue nggak langsung kesekolahannya....'
'Lha, loe nggak ngantor?'
'Ya nanti,... rencananya jemput Nina dulu baru ngantor. Ya udah deh! Nitip2 Nina ya.... Suruh belajar.' Percakapan selesai. Abis itu gue nerusin leyeh2 lagi di tpt tidur. Malesnyaaa maok ngantor. Remon pun masih dialam mimpi, karena bagi dia- nggak ada harapan untuk bisa berangkat ke kantornya dengan sukses kecuali dia bawa serep perahu karet plus bathsuit, cuy! Gue setuju. Nggak ada yang lebih menyenangkan selain tidur disaat hujan diluar deres banget.

Jam 12.30 gue bangun lagi. Remon udah bangun duluan. Diluar hujan udah nggak deras lagi. Cuma gerimis. *kecewa*. Hari ini kita nggak ada yang ngantor, nggak ada rencana, nggak ada kegiatan. Duh, ngapain yaaaa? Guilty juga rasanya bolos. Dikulkas nggak ada stock makanan, so, kita order Bakmi Japos. Kita makan sambil nonton ulang film Final Destination. Saat itu udah sekitar jam 2. Tiba2 my sister telpon.
'Ih! Gue kira loe ngantor... '
'Males. Ujan gede banget nggak berenti.'
'Sinting, ya? Gue bolak balik telpon kantor loe dari pagi sampe hari gini nggak ada yg ngangkat. Yang bener aja!'
'Ah, masak sih? Lagian loe kenapa baru sekarang nelpon gue ke hp?'
Selesai ngobrol ditelpon, gue langsung telpon ke pengurus gedung.
'Selamat siang CBS, saya maok tanya, kantor di lantai 2 ada orangnya nggak sih? Kok ditelpon nggak ada yg angkat?'
'Oh,.... tadi sih saya liat ada beberapa orang yg datang bu, tapi terus balik lagi. Disini banjir bu! Jalan didepan airnya setinggi dengkul. Listrik juga pada mati.' * Maklum, bukan gedung di Sudirman-Thamrin. LOL *
Hhhaaaa?? Pantesaaaan. Yah, untunglah gue males, jadi nggak 'kecele' : Udah susah2 berangkat lantas menemukan jalanan didepan kantor banjir dan listrik digedung mati. Pasti sakit hati!

Hujan dan Lain Lain

Hujan & Payung :

Belakangan2 ini Jakarta ujannya gede banget. Deras. Anginnya kencang. Buas. Kalo siang2 pas udah dikantor, atau kalo malem2 pas udah sampe rumah sih nggak apa2. Tapi seringnya hujan turun seharian sampai pagi lagi menjelang orang berangkat beraktifitas. Ya kerja, ya dagang, ya sekolah. Musim hujan begini, payung dibutuhkan sekali. Gue sendiri punya problem sama payung. Gue nggak suka bawa2 payung, gue nggak suka megangin (make) payung, dan gue belum pernah beli payung seumur hidup gue. Gue pernah punya payung model lipat tiga, pemberian nyokab *yang suka jengkel sendiri menerima kenyataan bahwa gue nggak pernah punya payung*. Payung itupun sekarang rusak karena dibuat maenan perahu2an sama keponakan montok gue yang berumur satu tahun setengah. Jari2 payungnya pada patah2 semua. Jadilah sekarang gue nggak punya payung lagi. Horeeee!! Anyway, pake payung dimusim ujan yg seperti ini sama sekali nggak membantu. Keluar dari mobil, lari buka pintu pagar, atau nunggu taksi dipinggir jalan, dengan payung pun tetep aja loe basah.

Hujan & Frightening Sound & Mimisan :

Tadi malem ujan dereeeesss, banget! Cuma gue dan Nina yang ada dirumah, dan itupun Nina sudah tidur. Hiiii,... emangnya cuma anak 5 tahun doang yg takut sama bunyi hujan sederas itu? Gue juga! Letak kamar yang berada diatas dengan teras hanya beratapkan fiber membuat bunyi hujan terdengar semakin kencang dan menggemuruh. BERISIK. Asli, walaupun di daerah gue ini belom pernah ada kejadian listrik mati disaat hujan, tetap saja kemungkinan listrik mati bikin gue makin nyut-nyutan sendiri. Lighter mah punya 7 biji, tapi gak punya lilin! Gak punya senter! Help! I wished suami was here. Selain itu gue juga takut sendiri kalo fiber atap teras copot semua tertiup angin yang kencang itu. Pasti nggak lucu! So daripada melek sendirian disaat mencekam seperti itu, gue memaksakan diri dgn segala cara untuk tidur secepatnya!

Subuh, jam Lima lewat lima belas menit, gue kebangun karena Nina nangis. I saw blood everywhere on her nose, her blouse, and a little bit on the bedsheet. * Horror banget ya, melek mata langsung liat darah didepan mata*. Nina mimisan, bo! Sakit panas enggak- tapi dia mimisan pagi ini. Gue selalu panik liat darah. Dengan segepok tissue gue bersihin darah dihidungnya sampai akhirnya benar2 bersih dan darah berhenti mengalir. Saat itu masih saja hujan deras, jadi kita tertidur lagi. Paginya, hari ini, gue bangun jam setengah sembilan. Wah! Harusnya Nina masuk sekolah jam setengah delapan kan? Lagi2 dia mesti bolos gara2 emaknya 'mabok bantal' Dan kalaupun bangun tepat waktu pun kita tetap aja nggak bisa keluar rumah karena nggak ada payung! Iya kan? So I blame it on the rain! Darah mimisan Nina masih sedikit keluar mengalir, dan diluar hujan masih aja turun walaupun tidak sederas yang semalam. Teras dan semua barang yg ada disitu basah semua! Jadi fungsi Atap teras itu sendiri nggak jelas sebenarnya. Yah, namun setidaknya gue beruntung karena atap fibernya nggak pada copot beterbangan kebawa angin!

Hujan & Berpakaian :

Ada nggak sih yang suka ribet sendiri kayak gue? Gue bukan orang yang modist, bukan 'style' yg gue pikirin, tapi musim hujan yg nggak tentu seperti ini kadang bikin gue suka kelamaan mikirin maok ngantor pake baju apa hari ini? Gue biasa ngantor pake baju yg simpel2 aja. Tapi kalo hari hujan pasti bingung sendiri memilih baju yang pas. Ditambah gue yg nggak pernah make payung- sesedikit apapun basahnya hujan air pada pakaian pasti langsung nempel dibadan. Jadi sepertinya gue perlu pake jaket katun atau yg setidaknya dari bahan jeans. Tapi kalo siang harinya nggak hujan, pastinya gerah banget make2 jaket, even in an aircon room. Dan gue nggak suka nenteng2 tas plastik isi jaket atau apapun. Belum lagi suka bingung, maok make rok atau celana panjang? Kalo hari hujan jalan2 di Jakarta umumnya walaupun tidak berlumpur pun dijamin becek. Kalo pake rok, air nyiprat2 ke betis. Bikin betis gatal2. Pake celana panjang- air membasahi ujung celana lalu nyiprat2 ke celana bikin celana kotor dalam sekejap. Secermat apapun kita jalan, air tetap nyiprat2. Kaki pasti gatel2 juga akhirnya,  Pake baju yang mana dong neeehh??

Ah, repotnya jadi gue,.... Baru ujan doang aja bingung....

Macet!

I'm stuck,...
Maceett,....
*Heeelp,...!*
Crazy. It was not only regular traffic jam we had this Friday. Very awful. We were jam on the road. Cars stuck and peoples prefered to take a walk. And to walk was as hard as to drive at that moment. It was raining since midday with a lot of thunders and hard winds. Even ices dropped from the sky and it was really some ICES, no kidding *I though somebody had thrown the roof with some stones*. Traktak...trak, trak,... And I did also count that I've seen 4 big threes fell onto the streets within a close range nearby, on my way back walked to my home.
But what so amusing was to see two lines of car that stuck in front of my house which is normally a quietly neighbourhood and far from the traffic. We saw Metro Mini packed with peoples parked in front of our house. That was a very rare situation in my neighbourhood. Funny, amusing but yet disturbing because we couldn't get the car in or out of our own garage. *sight*

Raining. Again.

Oh, Raining ......
I woke up at 09.15 and found that the sky was so dark outside. Great! I was late again and it would be raining soon. I rushed to the bathroom and took only 10 minutes there to wash myself up. The rain falled before I finished dressing myself. Too late... no needed to hurry now. I got no umbrella, and there was no any single umbrella in this place. I could not call a cab, I got no amount left on my phone. *haiiyaaaa...*
It was 10.00 am and it was still raining constantly. I sat on the porch and smoke my cigarette. *impatient*

At 10.20 the rain was not so hard anymore. I took my chance and walked out to the street. There is a kiosk rokok with a large hut, I bought one package of my cigarette and stood there waited for my cab. 10 minutes passed by. All the cabs which passing was taken. Always like this... at the moment you needed them so much! I knew it!
Then an available one came out from the building across the street. I gave a sign to the driver and the cab headed toward me,.... oopss,... did not,... that bastard driver did not stop in front of me but went further and stop in front of a fancy stylist young career woman- ow, I bet she did try hard to make herself looked like an executive one- which actually stood 5 meters away from me. I didn't see her before. Shit! Stupid asshole driver!! I was the one who was standing closer! I saw his cab first! This really was not fair! Why?? Because she looks expensive and I'm not?

So, I waited there for 5 minutes more. So Frustrated. It was now around 10.45 am. My suit was half wet already. My legs were getting stiff and pain a little bit. And I felt like a fool by standing there too long for nothing. A yellow metromini stopped right in my front. I stepped in though I did not really like to take a bus on this weather.

Ok, I'll make it short. Finally, I came at my work at 11.25, soaking wet.
Why should I take this so much effort only to go to work??

Another Ordinary Tuesday

Hey, I was awake around 2.30 in the morning and it was hard raining outside. I don't know when the rain was started 'cause we slept early lastnight at 11 o'clock. We've been staying at my cousin's at Kelapa gading since thursday last week. Not so much to tell. Only that we all bore for days and broke too. Comprenez? I feel myself so dumb. No questions, please. And later when we woke up again around 9, we found a 'river' moved right outside the house. Ha! Flood! Nothing more special than this to complete the boredom we have. Do we need a swimsuit or not? *sigh*

Tomorrow will be the, no- i correct it, today is the last day of the year 2003. This supposed to be a special moment but it won't. No celebrations, no plans, nothing so far. What a dull moment I have this year! Yeah, I make it dull myself.
Hhhm, Not true. I also have some happiness in my other side. It is true. *and they're side by side, huh?*

November Rain

Bulan Krisis Taksi di Ja(botabek?)karta *

Kayaknya hari ini ada gejala2 maok hujan lagi. Setidaknya mungkin nanti sore. Dari tadi pagi langit memang sudah keliatan "anyeup", man! Alamat bakal sengsara lagi nyari taksi, nih! Bulan ini taksi kosong susah dicari dan seringnya nggak bisa di-order via telpon lagi. Hujan atau pun tidak hujan sama saja.
Tadi pagi gue perlu nunggu 10 menit buat dapat taksi kosong.
Pulang kemarin gue turun setengah empat sore, dan baru dapat taksi jam empat kurang lima. Kalau saja telat lima menit pasti gue kebagian hujan yg tiba2 aja turun lagi dgn derasnya. Bad- but I was lucky.
Gue inget, yang paling sengsara itu hari Minggu sore kemarin. Sama Remon dan Nina kita tunggu taksi di jalan dekat ke pertigaan antara Ps Mayestik- Radio Dalam- Jalan Lauser. Lima belas menit kita berdiri disitu. Saat itu traffic memang padat total. Kesal, kita jalan pelan2 menuju pasar burung barito dan berdiri menunggu lagi sepuluh menit disana. Tidak ada hasil, kita jalan lagi pelan2 dan menunggu persis di pojok jalan Barito didepan bakmie Akoen. Sepuluh menit berdiri disitu hasilnya sama saja. Zero. Kesal2 akhirnya gue nawar bajaj kosong yang kebetulan lewat ke BlokM Plaza. Dari lobby BlokM Plaza baru kita dapat taksi. Kesel nggak sih? Hanya untuk mencari SATU taksi kosong diperlukan "sedikit" jalan2 setengah jam lebih! Gawat nih Jakarta,...

Saat Hujan

--------------------- English Top 10 Funny Store Signs : ---------------------------------

1. Outside a muffler shop: "No appointment necessary, we hear you coming."
2. Outside a hotel: "Help! We need inn-experienced people."
3. On a desk in a reception room: "We shoot every 3rd salesman , and the 2nd one just left."
4. In a veterinarians waiting room: "Be back in 5 minutes, Sit ! Stay!"
5. At the electric company: "We would be de-lighted if you send in your bill. However, if you don't you will be."
6. On the door of a computer store: "Out for a quick byte."
7. In a restaurant window: "Don't stand there and be hungry, come on in and get fed up."
8. Inside a bowling alley: "Please be quiet, we need to hear a pin drop."
9. In the front yard of a funeral home: "Drive carefully, we'll wait."
10.In a counselors office: "Growing old is mandatory, growing wise is optional."

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Hari ini gue lagi kurang kegiatan. Diluar hujannya deras banget. Dingin pak! Seandainya aja nggak puasa, kayaknya makan Bakwan Malang sama minum teh manis hangat- enak deh. Iya nggak? Hhh.... ngayal nih. Bisa2 malah jadi bikin batal. Ya udah deh, mendingan cari2 artikel aneh biar nggak ngantuk!
Ada nih, artikel 'lucu'. Kebayang nggak, punya suami nggak pernah mandi? Kok bisa ya tuh laki2? Makanya tuh wahai perempuan2 sekalian,.... rajin2lah mengendusi aroma tubuh pacar. Bau apa enggak? Kalaupun harum, yakini dulu itu bukan bauk keringat yang ketutupan parfum! LOL!

Kemaren jalan2 ke Sabang. Yah, maklum udah lama nggak lewat situ. Terjebak hujan deras selesai beli kaset di Duta Suara. Padahal parkirnya jauh tenan di ujung jalan sebelah sana. Lagipula tumben2nya nggak ada ojek payung sama sekali. Aneh deh! Biasanya baru hujan sedikit, bocah2 kecil dengan payung2 mereka yang beberapa kali nyaris mencolok mata gue sudah banyak berkeliaran. But it didn't matter, karena kebetulan sudah setengah enam sore, kita lari ngibrit menyeberangi jalan dan masuk ke Natrabu untuk berteduh sekaligus menanti saat berbuka.
Ya basah, ofcourse..... I dont care. *grumbling*
*Stuff I bought yesterday :
- Long Pants, brown colour (169.000)
- Cassette : The Best of Deep Purple (44.000)- Matchbox20 (22.000)- Indonesia Compilation, Super Group (20.000)