Friday, 28 Sep 07, 1.15pm at home
Dear Diary,
First Change
Today I've done a little step in my life. I started writing articles, published them online, and earn some money. The money is not huge but I feel appreciated when people read my articles and when I see the ranking of my articles moving up. Hopefully I can continue writing..
Second Change
Yesterday I told my Japanese course coordinator that I wanted to jump to the higher level. It's not that I'm too smart or what, it's just that they're too slow *What's the difference??*. Yesterday I was still confused if I was able to follow Level 2 course because I was not confident that my Japanese was on that level yet. Also, I've already missed 5 meetings since Level 2 Class started few days earlier than Level 1 Class. Luckily, the course coordinator was very nice, she allowed me to attend the Level 2 Class last nite for trial and let my teacher & myself decided if I could follow the lesson. Yes, I can follow Lesson 2 class! I'm so happy that I found the right level for me now. Not really the right level, my class now gives me some pressures to catch up what I've missed. I'll study this weekend (kalo gak lupa)!
By the way, my class now only has around 8 persons, 6 of them are Westerners and males, the other 1 is an Indian female. My class is only on every Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday. Well, actually my friends at Level 1 Class are more fun but it's ok.. We can still be friends although we're not in the same class anymore, rite? But, would they think that I'm 'kemayu' girl who likes jumping a lot?
Others
Today is my shopping day!! Today is the 28th of the month, the last weekend of this month, and I just realised that I under-spent the money for this month. So should I spend it more today till the last coin?? Hahaha.. let's see what I need to buy now, No, let's check my list on what I want to buy.. Hopefully Ron won't read this part, he'll be triple shocked. Ho Ho Ho! Calm down, drink water first, and Actived, and sleep please.. and you'll feel refreshed in the morning like nothing has happened.
Oh yea, till now I still have not bought my glasses.. it's because I still have not found a suitable one for my face. Haiz.. So now sometimes I put tissue at the connecting point to make the cangkolan straighter, and I wear contacts when I go out coz I don't want people to get curious of the tissue that's hanging on my glasses.
Ok, need to do some house works before going.
Bye diary..
-Abbie-
9.28.2007
9.27.2007
11.11 o'clock
Thursday, 27 Sep 07, 3.49pm at homeKonniciwa, watashi no nikki.. (Good afternoon, my diary..)
Recently I found out something interesting from my Korean movie. It's said that "When you look at the clock and it's showing exactly at 11.11, that means someone is thinking of you". Well, I don't know how true that is, I prefer not to believe but to hope that it's true. In Korean, it's pronounced as "yil yil yil yil". Not too nice to hear, and not too easy to spell since you have to move your lower jaw to the front for 4x and touch your tounge to your upper front teeth for 4x too. For me, 11 looks like shadows of 2 persons standing. Perhaps 'thinking' in this case can be interpreted as "thinking of a time when I'm standing beside you". How about the other 11? Another 2 persons standing and watching us?? Mum and Dad? Spy? Mister Detectives? Anyway, this morning I saw my clock and it was exactly at 11.11am! Who was thinking of me?? (Or, who was watching me??)
The tips if you want someone's thinking of you:
1. Buy a digital clock so it can show 11.11.
2. Set your alarm clock at 11.10, at least you'll have 1 minute to run to your clock and see your clock turning to 11.11 and *ceprett* take picture.
3. Take off the battery of your clock when it's showing 11.11 and don't put the battery back................ forever!
4. Call someone, he/she must be wondering what's up, and just say 'nothing' then hang up the phone. Yes, he/she must be thinking of you after that.
5. Tell someone you care about this 11.11 story. Believe me, whenever he/she looks at the clock at 11.11, he/she will think of you. (So now, all my readers will think of me together serentak at 11.11 hahahaha! *curanggg!*)
-Abbie-
9.26.2007
My 1st Japanese Class
Wednesday, 26 Sep 07, 8.50am at home
Hellow again, my little diary..
When I woke up this morning, I still felt so tired and sleepy although I had an enough and sound sleep last nite. Until now I'm still so tired and sleepy, I can hardly open my eyes. *How are you still able to type with your eyes closed?* Typing uses hands, not eyes, rite? Seems like my fingers have their own eyes, they know where to press letter A, B, C, etc. For me, I used both hands to type, however, the most active fingers are only my middle fingers. I guess this is why my middle fingers are longer than my other fingers. It's the same concept as the giraffe' neck's story that I told you, isn't it?
Yesterday I managed to do all the tasks that I mentioned yesterday although there were some little problems. Well, not exactly little, I lost my Tokyo City Map and left my mobile at home! It was such a big problem for me. I needed to go to Ward Office to collect my alien card and to my school that I didn't know whereabout. I couldn't make calls to ask for help, so I used my instinct to find the places. I thought it should be easy like how Ron and I managed to find the fish market by just 'mengendus-endus' the fish' smell on an empty air and following a person who was wearing boots (Fish market people usually wear boots, rite?). On my case, I had no clue what smell I should look for. Smell of aliens? Smell of books? Cut the story short, after going around and around and around I managed to find the places. Lucky that I brought spare sandals, I knew that my feet would pain in my new shoes. I should bring extra sandals wherever I go from now on, it's as necessary as bringing umbrella in my handbag. My handbag now is always full with my necessities, it's almost like a picnic basket without the 'taplak merah kotak-kotak'.
My Japanese class? It was great! There were 13 persons in a class, only 3 were Asian (including me), the rest was Westerners. They were all very friendly. One thing, I hope that my Japanese won't sound like English. Well, it's because my Mandarin once sounded like Hindi since my Mandarin class was mostly attended by Indians. It's true that we easily follow the environment. Anyway, honestly, I've learnt the basics of Japanese in Indo so it was not difficult for me to catch the lesson. However, I still found the class interesting because we were not only taught about the language, but also about Japanese culture and customs, by the local speaker.
-For example, we say 'Ohayo' only in the morning when we wake up and it should be said before 10am. How if I wake up at 11am? Should I say 'Ohayo' or 'Konniciwa'?
-Example no 2, we say 'Ohayo Gozaimasu' to the boss/professor. Then the boss/professor will reply 'Ohayo'. A question, how if the boss/professor say first to the subordinate/student? Should they say 'Ohayo' or 'Ohayo Gozaimasu'? The answer is: boss/professor/whoever with higher level hardly greet first. That's Japanese culture.
-Example no 3, we always say 'Itadakimasu' (meaning: I'll eat this food) before eating with both hands are put together like praying. Does it mean 'I'll eat this food, this food is mine, don't ever take this food from my plate'?? And we say 'Gochisousama deshita' (meaning: Thank's for the meal, your food is nice) after we finish eating (I really see people saying 'Gochisousama deshita' loudly to the shop owner while leaving the restaurant without any expression, although they eat alone! I think it's kind of a habit rather than a real appraisal).
-Example no 4, 'Sayonara' and 'Shitsureishimasu' mean bye2 with different level of politeness depending on whom we are talking to. Omo omo omo.. everytime we should remember the casual word and the polite word. It's really like Javanese where we have Ngoko, Kromo, Kromo Inggil, they are used depending on the situation. Japanese and Javanese really have many similarities!
Ja mata, diary (meaning: see you, diary)
-Abbie-
p.s I'll write some words in Japanese from now to practice my Jap. Who knows I'll write blog in Jap one day?? Or write novel in Jap?? *Hey, there was no news about your novel now, how is it?* I'm still stucked in deciding the names of the players. Haiz..!
Hellow again, my little diary..
When I woke up this morning, I still felt so tired and sleepy although I had an enough and sound sleep last nite. Until now I'm still so tired and sleepy, I can hardly open my eyes. *How are you still able to type with your eyes closed?* Typing uses hands, not eyes, rite? Seems like my fingers have their own eyes, they know where to press letter A, B, C, etc. For me, I used both hands to type, however, the most active fingers are only my middle fingers. I guess this is why my middle fingers are longer than my other fingers. It's the same concept as the giraffe' neck's story that I told you, isn't it?
Yesterday I managed to do all the tasks that I mentioned yesterday although there were some little problems. Well, not exactly little, I lost my Tokyo City Map and left my mobile at home! It was such a big problem for me. I needed to go to Ward Office to collect my alien card and to my school that I didn't know whereabout. I couldn't make calls to ask for help, so I used my instinct to find the places. I thought it should be easy like how Ron and I managed to find the fish market by just 'mengendus-endus' the fish' smell on an empty air and following a person who was wearing boots (Fish market people usually wear boots, rite?). On my case, I had no clue what smell I should look for. Smell of aliens? Smell of books? Cut the story short, after going around and around and around I managed to find the places. Lucky that I brought spare sandals, I knew that my feet would pain in my new shoes. I should bring extra sandals wherever I go from now on, it's as necessary as bringing umbrella in my handbag. My handbag now is always full with my necessities, it's almost like a picnic basket without the 'taplak merah kotak-kotak'.
My Japanese class? It was great! There were 13 persons in a class, only 3 were Asian (including me), the rest was Westerners. They were all very friendly. One thing, I hope that my Japanese won't sound like English. Well, it's because my Mandarin once sounded like Hindi since my Mandarin class was mostly attended by Indians. It's true that we easily follow the environment. Anyway, honestly, I've learnt the basics of Japanese in Indo so it was not difficult for me to catch the lesson. However, I still found the class interesting because we were not only taught about the language, but also about Japanese culture and customs, by the local speaker.
-For example, we say 'Ohayo' only in the morning when we wake up and it should be said before 10am. How if I wake up at 11am? Should I say 'Ohayo' or 'Konniciwa'?
-Example no 2, we say 'Ohayo Gozaimasu' to the boss/professor. Then the boss/professor will reply 'Ohayo'. A question, how if the boss/professor say first to the subordinate/student? Should they say 'Ohayo' or 'Ohayo Gozaimasu'? The answer is: boss/professor/whoever with higher level hardly greet first. That's Japanese culture.
-Example no 3, we always say 'Itadakimasu' (meaning: I'll eat this food) before eating with both hands are put together like praying. Does it mean 'I'll eat this food, this food is mine, don't ever take this food from my plate'?? And we say 'Gochisousama deshita' (meaning: Thank's for the meal, your food is nice) after we finish eating (I really see people saying 'Gochisousama deshita' loudly to the shop owner while leaving the restaurant without any expression, although they eat alone! I think it's kind of a habit rather than a real appraisal).
-Example no 4, 'Sayonara' and 'Shitsureishimasu' mean bye2 with different level of politeness depending on whom we are talking to. Omo omo omo.. everytime we should remember the casual word and the polite word. It's really like Javanese where we have Ngoko, Kromo, Kromo Inggil, they are used depending on the situation. Japanese and Javanese really have many similarities!
Ja mata, diary (meaning: see you, diary)
-Abbie-
p.s I'll write some words in Japanese from now to practice my Jap. Who knows I'll write blog in Jap one day?? Or write novel in Jap?? *Hey, there was no news about your novel now, how is it?* I'm still stucked in deciding the names of the players. Haiz..!
9.25.2007
Today is 25 Sep!
Tuesday, 25 Sep 07, 7.36am at home
Good morning diary,
I am having my breakfast now; butter-sugar-choco-bread-toasted and a cup of hot green tea. Today is such nice and cold day. I like the weather so much, nice for sleeping or just for staying home and do nothing. But, today I have things to do:
1. Collect my new Alien Card (because of my new address, I had to re-apply the card)
2. Open a bank account (I have to wait for for my alien card in order to open an account)
3. Book hotels and air tickets to Sapporo (my family has just confirmed the itinery)
4. Start my Japanese Class!!
Yeehaa.. finally the day has come! I'm going to school again today. My school is Temple University, they offer an intensive Japanese course. Oh fyi, my class will be held on Monday to Thursday at 6.20pm-9.20pm. *Why does the class start at 6.20pm instead of 6.30pm?* Maybe because they want to end the class at 9.20pm, so it's exactly 3 hours class. *Why does the class end at 9.20pm instead of 9.30pm?* If it ends at 9.30pm, that means the duration of the class is 3 hours 10 mins. I told you, they want to make it exactly 3 hours! Or maybe because it takes exactly 10 mins walk from school to the nearest train station? Or they want to test how big our 'desire' is to study Japanese? Dunno la, don't ask me..
From now, like what my hubby said, I'll be a part-time housewife and a part-time student. My first half is still a housewife, my other half is a student. It's something like 'ayam berkepala babi'. A chicken who eats a lot like a pig. Yea, it's me!
My husband has just returned from Singapore on Sunday afternoon. It's good that yesterday was public holiday so he could rest at home the whole day yesterday. Good news is: We've got our International Driving Permit! Ron applied it in Singapore by using our Singapore driving licenses. You must be curious why I applied that IDP while I'm not driving here, I don't even have a car here. You must be more curious why I have Singapore driving license while I was not driving in Singapore, I didn't even have a car too! *Are you such a weird person who likes to make collection of driving license from all countries?* Well, I like cars. I like driving. *So?* I feel secured if I have driving license, that means I can drive anytime if some unexpected things happen, for example; if I win a car from lottery, if I have to drive an ambulance in the case of emergency, if I have to escape from somewhere when there's only a car there, if I happen to be trapped in a situation like Sandra Bullock in 'Speed' when I have to drive a bus emergency, etc. Anything may happen, rite? It's something like 'Sedia payung sebelum hujan'. Ok ok, honestly, I applied for IDP because we are planning to rent a car in our holiday to Sapporo this December. One of the requirements to rent a car is owning an IDP. I know I won't drive, nobody trusts my driving skill. I can't do parallel parking. I can't do rear parking. In Japan, we can only park a car by rear parking. This is very obvious that I can't drive car in Japan, No, to be more accurate, I can drive but I can't stop the car!
Hey diary, I just created another blog! A blog that tells about my journey to find the place where my rib belongs, and more like a photo album for my wedding. Yea, I want to continue my dream to create a wedding website that has been 'tersendat' for quite a while. Thanks to Ms Elica who has given me this inspiration and who has motivated me to complete this project well *walahh walahh*. I realised that creating a website is complicated and costly. You know, I'm not very determined when I do things. Creating a blog is much easier since there's already a web template I can choose, and it's free! So, I chose creating a blog. I'll keep writing it with other stories although the place where my rib belongs has been found now. :)
-Abbie-
Good morning diary,
I am having my breakfast now; butter-sugar-choco-bread-toasted and a cup of hot green tea. Today is such nice and cold day. I like the weather so much, nice for sleeping or just for staying home and do nothing. But, today I have things to do:
1. Collect my new Alien Card (because of my new address, I had to re-apply the card)
2. Open a bank account (I have to wait for for my alien card in order to open an account)
3. Book hotels and air tickets to Sapporo (my family has just confirmed the itinery)
4. Start my Japanese Class!!
Yeehaa.. finally the day has come! I'm going to school again today. My school is Temple University, they offer an intensive Japanese course. Oh fyi, my class will be held on Monday to Thursday at 6.20pm-9.20pm. *Why does the class start at 6.20pm instead of 6.30pm?* Maybe because they want to end the class at 9.20pm, so it's exactly 3 hours class. *Why does the class end at 9.20pm instead of 9.30pm?* If it ends at 9.30pm, that means the duration of the class is 3 hours 10 mins. I told you, they want to make it exactly 3 hours! Or maybe because it takes exactly 10 mins walk from school to the nearest train station? Or they want to test how big our 'desire' is to study Japanese? Dunno la, don't ask me.. From now, like what my hubby said, I'll be a part-time housewife and a part-time student. My first half is still a housewife, my other half is a student. It's something like 'ayam berkepala babi'. A chicken who eats a lot like a pig. Yea, it's me!
My husband has just returned from Singapore on Sunday afternoon. It's good that yesterday was public holiday so he could rest at home the whole day yesterday. Good news is: We've got our International Driving Permit! Ron applied it in Singapore by using our Singapore driving licenses. You must be curious why I applied that IDP while I'm not driving here, I don't even have a car here. You must be more curious why I have Singapore driving license while I was not driving in Singapore, I didn't even have a car too! *Are you such a weird person who likes to make collection of driving license from all countries?* Well, I like cars. I like driving. *So?* I feel secured if I have driving license, that means I can drive anytime if some unexpected things happen, for example; if I win a car from lottery, if I have to drive an ambulance in the case of emergency, if I have to escape from somewhere when there's only a car there, if I happen to be trapped in a situation like Sandra Bullock in 'Speed' when I have to drive a bus emergency, etc. Anything may happen, rite? It's something like 'Sedia payung sebelum hujan'. Ok ok, honestly, I applied for IDP because we are planning to rent a car in our holiday to Sapporo this December. One of the requirements to rent a car is owning an IDP. I know I won't drive, nobody trusts my driving skill. I can't do parallel parking. I can't do rear parking. In Japan, we can only park a car by rear parking. This is very obvious that I can't drive car in Japan, No, to be more accurate, I can drive but I can't stop the car!
Hey diary, I just created another blog! A blog that tells about my journey to find the place where my rib belongs, and more like a photo album for my wedding. Yea, I want to continue my dream to create a wedding website that has been 'tersendat' for quite a while. Thanks to Ms Elica who has given me this inspiration and who has motivated me to complete this project well *walahh walahh*. I realised that creating a website is complicated and costly. You know, I'm not very determined when I do things. Creating a blog is much easier since there's already a web template I can choose, and it's free! So, I chose creating a blog. I'll keep writing it with other stories although the place where my rib belongs has been found now. :)
-Abbie-
9.20.2007
He's Away..
Thursday, 20 Sep 07, 7.05pm at home
Hello my diary,
You're really my best friend, you're always here for me whenever I need you.. *of course! tinggal ngetik www.blogger.com aja jadi*. My hubby baru aja terbang ke Singapore 15 menit yg lalu. Sekarang aku sendiri di rumah.. aku ngerasain sesuatu yang beda. Biasanya sekitar jam segini, aku juga masih sendiri di rumah karna dia masih belum pulang dari kantor. Tapi hari ini berbeda, mungkin karna aku tau kalo dia gak bakal pulang malem ini?
I thought I should be fine, I used to live alone without him (I mean, not under the same roof with him) for 26 years. He'll only leave me for 3 days and now I'm so panic? I really don't want to act manja or bawel or rewel or whatever you call it. But, this is how I'm now..
-Abbie-
Hello my diary,
You're really my best friend, you're always here for me whenever I need you.. *of course! tinggal ngetik www.blogger.com aja jadi*. My hubby baru aja terbang ke Singapore 15 menit yg lalu. Sekarang aku sendiri di rumah.. aku ngerasain sesuatu yang beda. Biasanya sekitar jam segini, aku juga masih sendiri di rumah karna dia masih belum pulang dari kantor. Tapi hari ini berbeda, mungkin karna aku tau kalo dia gak bakal pulang malem ini?
I thought I should be fine, I used to live alone without him (I mean, not under the same roof with him) for 26 years. He'll only leave me for 3 days and now I'm so panic? I really don't want to act manja or bawel or rewel or whatever you call it. But, this is how I'm now..
-Abbie-
9.19.2007
Mt Fuji & Hakone Trip
Wednesday, 19 Sep 07, 1.11pm at home
Hello diary,
It's been almost a week since I wrote diary. Last week I was busy settling my first holiday trip to Mt Fuji and had short 3-honey-days with my hubby last weekend because last Monday was public holiday. We went to Mt Fuji on Saturday, it was a fun trip except one thing. We almost missed the bus because of my carelessness.
We were supposed to meet at a hotel near our home at 8.30am. We left home around 7.30am with big smiles, brought snacks and drinks, and walked with "semangat 45" by holding hands. We reached the station where the hotel should be around 7.45am. We asked people around there but there was no signal where the hotel was. When my watch was showing at 8.15am, I couldn't keep searching the hotel. I called my travel agent and I found out that I took note wrong address of the hotel. As predicted, my husband blamed me, no, he blamed my clumsyness. I know it was totally my fault. But, at least he should give me applause on my kecepatan dalam membaca. The address should be 'Nihonbashi-Kacigarasomething', I only read the first word 'Nihonbashi'. These two are different areas. It's something like 'Slamet' and 'Slamet Riyadi'. Slamet stays at Pojong, Slamet Riyadi is at the heart of Solo City. Anyway, finally we took a cab to the hotel. I felt like a secret agent 008, I was sitting on the cab with my back straight, looking at the GPS on the cab that looked smart but showed nothing to me and looking at my watch every 2 seconds. We reached the hotel at 8.32am. The bus has left! Omo omo omo.. sambil lari tergopoh2 lari masuk ke dalam taxi lagi, and we went home?? Of course NOT! We went to the next hotel where the last bus would depart, which was at 9am. And finally we reached the other hotel at 8.45am, the bus still had not come yet. Phew, we managed to get on the bus at 9am. Thanks to kecekatanku dalam bertindak, right?
If you're going to mountain, what's the first thing you need to bring? Hairdryer? shaver? Of course not! The answer is: we should bring jacket, rite? If you're going to Mount Fuji, the highest mountain in the world with 'salju abadi', what should we bring? A Thick Jacket! Bingo! Hahahaha! Hey, don't think that I didn't bring jacket when we went to Mt Fuji! My stupidity is: I was overly paranoid to a cold weather. I brought all my winter equipments that I have (it's not that I wanted to 'AcTioN' on the mountain with my winter coat), somemore, I bought a sweater for Ron too! At least it's showing that I'm a good wife and I did perfect preparation before the mountain picnic, rite? We ended up bringing a big bag to a big mountain. As soon as we got into the bus, the tour agent said that there was accident and traffic and whatever whatever so we couldn't go to the 5th level of the mountain, we only could go till the 2nd level. This means that the weather wouldn't be so cold. We both were so dissappointed, in our own ways. Ron was dissappointed because he couldn't get chance to go to the top of Mt Fuji and see his first snow, I was dissappointed because I was wearing turtle neck shirt which was so warm. Wearing turtle neck on summer is as bad as wearing a tank-top on the snow. I can't imagine how turtle is able to survive by wearing turtle neck non-stop forever. Anyway, I'm sorry,honey.. to make you carrying the big bag with full of jackets. I really wanted to wear that jacket if the weather was a bit cooler, really..
Our trip was fun. We went to Mt Fuji 2nd level and had lunch at Hakone. We took a ropeway (cablecar) to view Hakone from above. Nice.. nice.. The cablecar was too small and nobody took picture for us. I didn't want to miss this important moment. There was no other choice, I took picture myself.. I know, I know, you can see nothing except our two big heads, rite? Just believe me, the view was nice..
We landed at the top of somewhere to view a boiling valley. It's called Owakudani. We must walk up to the top to see it. It was a 15 minutes walk but like 15 hours walk. One thing that kept motivating me to climb up: when I saw emak2 or engkong2 walked passing me and when I saw a girl with high-heel and mini-skirt who still could walk 'ngethek' like it's just a piece of cake. 
After we reached at the top, there was a smell of H2S that smelt like eggs and I saw most of the people there were eating black eggs. There was a sign "When you eat one black egg, your life will be 7 years longer. When you eat 2 black eggs, your life will be 14 years longer". The black egg is called Longetivity Egg. I didn't eat the egg because the minimum number of eggs we should buy is 6. How many years can I live longer if I eat 6 eggs? They don't dare to write 6 x 7years = 42 years? I just took picture with the hello kitty that's trapped in the black egg. I guess, that hello kitty can live longer than forever.
Next one was a "pirates" boat cruising at Lake Ashi. Would Jack Sparrow be crossing Lake Ashi? Please don't.. Anyway, I like this cruise so much, the wind was very strong. Unfortunately we left our jacket and winter accessories on the bus.
After 10 minutes cruise, Ron asked me to go down karna kebanyakan makan angin bisa masuk angin atau kembung. Well, he was right. My head was dizzy after that. I'm getting old now, I should bring Paramex wherever I go from now on. The cruise was around 25 minutes. Then, we got on the bus again to go back to Tokyo. We reached home around 9pm.
Now I'm planning a 6-day tour to Hokkaido island for 7 people. I'm planning everything from the plane ticket, train tickets, bus rides, hotels, tour itinery, meals, car rental, etc.. Can you trust me to be your tour agent and your tour guide at an unknown island? I'll start my Japanese class next week, I should be able to master Japanese by end of Dec. Now, you can trust me?
-Abbie-
p.s DO NOT ZOOM IN THE PICTURES! Danger, my plum cheeks will be at your full screen. Haiz.. I know I must go on diet NOW!
Hello diary,It's been almost a week since I wrote diary. Last week I was busy settling my first holiday trip to Mt Fuji and had short 3-honey-days with my hubby last weekend because last Monday was public holiday. We went to Mt Fuji on Saturday, it was a fun trip except one thing. We almost missed the bus because of my carelessness.
We were supposed to meet at a hotel near our home at 8.30am. We left home around 7.30am with big smiles, brought snacks and drinks, and walked with "semangat 45" by holding hands. We reached the station where the hotel should be around 7.45am. We asked people around there but there was no signal where the hotel was. When my watch was showing at 8.15am, I couldn't keep searching the hotel. I called my travel agent and I found out that I took note wrong address of the hotel. As predicted, my husband blamed me, no, he blamed my clumsyness. I know it was totally my fault. But, at least he should give me applause on my kecepatan dalam membaca. The address should be 'Nihonbashi-Kacigarasomething', I only read the first word 'Nihonbashi'. These two are different areas. It's something like 'Slamet' and 'Slamet Riyadi'. Slamet stays at Pojong, Slamet Riyadi is at the heart of Solo City. Anyway, finally we took a cab to the hotel. I felt like a secret agent 008, I was sitting on the cab with my back straight, looking at the GPS on the cab that looked smart but showed nothing to me and looking at my watch every 2 seconds. We reached the hotel at 8.32am. The bus has left! Omo omo omo.. sambil lari tergopoh2 lari masuk ke dalam taxi lagi, and we went home?? Of course NOT! We went to the next hotel where the last bus would depart, which was at 9am. And finally we reached the other hotel at 8.45am, the bus still had not come yet. Phew, we managed to get on the bus at 9am. Thanks to kecekatanku dalam bertindak, right?
If you're going to mountain, what's the first thing you need to bring? Hairdryer? shaver? Of course not! The answer is: we should bring jacket, rite? If you're going to Mount Fuji, the highest mountain in the world with 'salju abadi', what should we bring? A Thick Jacket! Bingo! Hahahaha! Hey, don't think that I didn't bring jacket when we went to Mt Fuji! My stupidity is: I was overly paranoid to a cold weather. I brought all my winter equipments that I have (it's not that I wanted to 'AcTioN' on the mountain with my winter coat), somemore, I bought a sweater for Ron too! At least it's showing that I'm a good wife and I did perfect preparation before the mountain picnic, rite? We ended up bringing a big bag to a big mountain. As soon as we got into the bus, the tour agent said that there was accident and traffic and whatever whatever so we couldn't go to the 5th level of the mountain, we only could go till the 2nd level. This means that the weather wouldn't be so cold. We both were so dissappointed, in our own ways. Ron was dissappointed because he couldn't get chance to go to the top of Mt Fuji and see his first snow, I was dissappointed because I was wearing turtle neck shirt which was so warm. Wearing turtle neck on summer is as bad as wearing a tank-top on the snow. I can't imagine how turtle is able to survive by wearing turtle neck non-stop forever. Anyway, I'm sorry,honey.. to make you carrying the big bag with full of jackets. I really wanted to wear that jacket if the weather was a bit cooler, really..
Our trip was fun. We went to Mt Fuji 2nd level and had lunch at Hakone. We took a ropeway (cablecar) to view Hakone from above. Nice.. nice.. The cablecar was too small and nobody took picture for us. I didn't want to miss this important moment. There was no other choice, I took picture myself.. I know, I know, you can see nothing except our two big heads, rite? Just believe me, the view was nice..
We landed at the top of somewhere to view a boiling valley. It's called Owakudani. We must walk up to the top to see it. It was a 15 minutes walk but like 15 hours walk. One thing that kept motivating me to climb up: when I saw emak2 or engkong2 walked passing me and when I saw a girl with high-heel and mini-skirt who still could walk 'ngethek' like it's just a piece of cake. 
After we reached at the top, there was a smell of H2S that smelt like eggs and I saw most of the people there were eating black eggs. There was a sign "When you eat one black egg, your life will be 7 years longer. When you eat 2 black eggs, your life will be 14 years longer". The black egg is called Longetivity Egg. I didn't eat the egg because the minimum number of eggs we should buy is 6. How many years can I live longer if I eat 6 eggs? They don't dare to write 6 x 7years = 42 years? I just took picture with the hello kitty that's trapped in the black egg. I guess, that hello kitty can live longer than forever.
Next one was a "pirates" boat cruising at Lake Ashi. Would Jack Sparrow be crossing Lake Ashi? Please don't.. Anyway, I like this cruise so much, the wind was very strong. Unfortunately we left our jacket and winter accessories on the bus.
After 10 minutes cruise, Ron asked me to go down karna kebanyakan makan angin bisa masuk angin atau kembung. Well, he was right. My head was dizzy after that. I'm getting old now, I should bring Paramex wherever I go from now on. The cruise was around 25 minutes. Then, we got on the bus again to go back to Tokyo. We reached home around 9pm.Now I'm planning a 6-day tour to Hokkaido island for 7 people. I'm planning everything from the plane ticket, train tickets, bus rides, hotels, tour itinery, meals, car rental, etc.. Can you trust me to be your tour agent and your tour guide at an unknown island? I'll start my Japanese class next week, I should be able to master Japanese by end of Dec. Now, you can trust me?
-Abbie-
p.s DO NOT ZOOM IN THE PICTURES! Danger, my plum cheeks will be at your full screen. Haiz.. I know I must go on diet NOW!
9.14.2007
'I Luv U'
Friday, 14 Sep 07, 7.50am at home
Morning diary,
Early in the morning I woke up when my hubby's alarm clock rang, prepared breakfast for him, and here I ended up typing in front of computer while eating a banana. My breakfast preparation is now better than last week, well I don't know what he thinks, at least I feel better because I managed to prepare it the day before.. things that we prepare carefully should turn out well, rite? And good news is, this week I'm not as clumsy as last week, except for leaving my transparant umbrella on the train yesterday. I now always make sure that I think wisely before doing anything, I see around caefully before moving my body just to make sure that I won't drop anything around me.. It worked! I should start doing this long long time ago to minimise loss that have happened since I was born, such as, I dropped one stack of plates on a wedding dinner, I messed my grandpa's birthday cake with my back on his birthday party (nobody knows except my sis and you, now), I injured my classmate's eye with a stick accidentally *siapa suruh melotot di samping stick pas aku lompat tinggi* and so on so on.
I went to optics yesterday, 2 optics, to fix my glasses. But nobody could fix it :( The bengkok is away too far, one of the ornaments is missing. Well, at least that's what I understood from their finger that kept pointing at the connection point of my cangkolan while saying "hakuna matata hakuna matata". I need to buy new one now.. or I can still use this glasses if I don't mind wearing it with karetan cangkolan ke telinga. I guess, I must buy. Should I be sad or happy? Sad, because another expense can't be avoided. I should put this expense (as well as my beautiful belt that I bought yesterday) under my 'Unexpected and Emergency Expenses'. Happy, because I read one article 'Japan is the heaven for those with high-index myopia'. Great!! The index on my both eyes are around 9.00-10.00. Is it considered high or low? It's lower if compared to 11, it's higher if compared to 8. Math is easy, rite? Anyway, the lenses here are the thinnest among all other countries including US. This is really heaven!!! See, I knew it when God sent me to Japan, it must be because of this thinnest lens?? Whatever.. I'm buying it this weekend!
Yesterday I went to my pastor's home. It's very interesting to see how their family live. One thing that I like most is the way they talk to each other in the family. They always speak softly, say good things only, respect each other including small kids, and express how they love each other openly by actions and WORDS whenever they have chance! It's very amazing to see how powerful words are when they are used to express love. We, as Asian, sometimes forget to say 'I love you'. Ok ok, we say 'I love you' to our bf/gf everyday or sometimes 3x a day, but we are shy to say that to our other loved ones like parents, grandparents, kids, etc. Why? We're just not used to do it. Yesterday I heard my pastor said 'I love you' when he was about to end conversation with his son on the phone and when his wife was about to drive me to station. I was so surprised and merinding nyaman (although I knew that these words were not meant to me). What do we usually say at the end of conversation on the phone with the ones we love? Bye-bye? Yuk ahh? Yuk dungg? Yuk Jreng?
Some people say that if those words are said too many times, these will lose the real meaning. If these are seldom said, these will sound "GreNgg-GrEnGgg" to the opposite's ears and heart. It's similar to people who eat too many antibiotics, their body will be immune to antibiotics, the body will only react with higher dosage of antibiotics. I partly agree. Too many is not good, but too little is also not good. In conclusion, we know what is the right 'dosage' for each of our relationships. *Apaan seh ini, kayak ngarang 'pro n kontra' di communication skill subject, conclusionnya gak penting pula!*
On my way home, I found something interesting. Kebanyakan cewek Jepun jalan dengan letter O kakinya! Ujung kaki depannya nutup. Apakah karna di sini seringnya dingin jadi mereka kebiasaan jalannya mingkup2 nahan angin? Sekarang lagi summer-autumn pun masih mingkup2 gitu? Atau memang style jalan gitu baru ngetrend di sini? Maybe soon I will walk like that, and don't laugh! I'm just following the trend, like a turtle that grows as big as its bucket where it lives, and like a giraffe's neck that grows long because it always eats plants way above it. The turtle's story is true, I experimented it myself. About the giraffe, I don't know the truth, I never piara a giraffe baby before. The point is, we should adapt to our environment, true?
Today I'm going to travel agent's office to make payment for my tomorrow's trip to Mt Fuji and do a weekly groceries shopping at Jusco.
Bye2 diary, I love you, yukk dunggg..!! (komplit plitt, mantepp tepp, pake cinta, pake telor)
-Abbie-
Morning diary,
Early in the morning I woke up when my hubby's alarm clock rang, prepared breakfast for him, and here I ended up typing in front of computer while eating a banana. My breakfast preparation is now better than last week, well I don't know what he thinks, at least I feel better because I managed to prepare it the day before.. things that we prepare carefully should turn out well, rite? And good news is, this week I'm not as clumsy as last week, except for leaving my transparant umbrella on the train yesterday. I now always make sure that I think wisely before doing anything, I see around caefully before moving my body just to make sure that I won't drop anything around me.. It worked! I should start doing this long long time ago to minimise loss that have happened since I was born, such as, I dropped one stack of plates on a wedding dinner, I messed my grandpa's birthday cake with my back on his birthday party (nobody knows except my sis and you, now), I injured my classmate's eye with a stick accidentally *siapa suruh melotot di samping stick pas aku lompat tinggi* and so on so on.
I went to optics yesterday, 2 optics, to fix my glasses. But nobody could fix it :( The bengkok is away too far, one of the ornaments is missing. Well, at least that's what I understood from their finger that kept pointing at the connection point of my cangkolan while saying "hakuna matata hakuna matata". I need to buy new one now.. or I can still use this glasses if I don't mind wearing it with karetan cangkolan ke telinga. I guess, I must buy. Should I be sad or happy? Sad, because another expense can't be avoided. I should put this expense (as well as my beautiful belt that I bought yesterday) under my 'Unexpected and Emergency Expenses'. Happy, because I read one article 'Japan is the heaven for those with high-index myopia'. Great!! The index on my both eyes are around 9.00-10.00. Is it considered high or low? It's lower if compared to 11, it's higher if compared to 8. Math is easy, rite? Anyway, the lenses here are the thinnest among all other countries including US. This is really heaven!!! See, I knew it when God sent me to Japan, it must be because of this thinnest lens?? Whatever.. I'm buying it this weekend!
Yesterday I went to my pastor's home. It's very interesting to see how their family live. One thing that I like most is the way they talk to each other in the family. They always speak softly, say good things only, respect each other including small kids, and express how they love each other openly by actions and WORDS whenever they have chance! It's very amazing to see how powerful words are when they are used to express love. We, as Asian, sometimes forget to say 'I love you'. Ok ok, we say 'I love you' to our bf/gf everyday or sometimes 3x a day, but we are shy to say that to our other loved ones like parents, grandparents, kids, etc. Why? We're just not used to do it. Yesterday I heard my pastor said 'I love you' when he was about to end conversation with his son on the phone and when his wife was about to drive me to station. I was so surprised and merinding nyaman (although I knew that these words were not meant to me). What do we usually say at the end of conversation on the phone with the ones we love? Bye-bye? Yuk ahh? Yuk dungg? Yuk Jreng?
Some people say that if those words are said too many times, these will lose the real meaning. If these are seldom said, these will sound "GreNgg-GrEnGgg" to the opposite's ears and heart. It's similar to people who eat too many antibiotics, their body will be immune to antibiotics, the body will only react with higher dosage of antibiotics. I partly agree. Too many is not good, but too little is also not good. In conclusion, we know what is the right 'dosage' for each of our relationships. *Apaan seh ini, kayak ngarang 'pro n kontra' di communication skill subject, conclusionnya gak penting pula!*
On my way home, I found something interesting. Kebanyakan cewek Jepun jalan dengan letter O kakinya! Ujung kaki depannya nutup. Apakah karna di sini seringnya dingin jadi mereka kebiasaan jalannya mingkup2 nahan angin? Sekarang lagi summer-autumn pun masih mingkup2 gitu? Atau memang style jalan gitu baru ngetrend di sini? Maybe soon I will walk like that, and don't laugh! I'm just following the trend, like a turtle that grows as big as its bucket where it lives, and like a giraffe's neck that grows long because it always eats plants way above it. The turtle's story is true, I experimented it myself. About the giraffe, I don't know the truth, I never piara a giraffe baby before. The point is, we should adapt to our environment, true?
Today I'm going to travel agent's office to make payment for my tomorrow's trip to Mt Fuji and do a weekly groceries shopping at Jusco.
Bye2 diary, I love you, yukk dunggg..!! (komplit plitt, mantepp tepp, pake cinta, pake telor)
-Abbie-
9.13.2007
Thursday Outing
Thursday, 13 Sep 07, 9.56am at home
Hi, my little diary..
Today's temperature is 21-28 Celcius, getting cold and cold.. I opened all my windows this morning, enjoyed my breakfast alone while watching last episode of my Korean series.. sometimes, I really enjoy my life when I'm alone and doing what I want that nobody would care. One thing that I like most about living in a far far away island is having this 100% freedom! Mau makan gak makan, mau makan sekali atau lima kali, mau mandi gak mandi, gak ada yg urusin.. Merdeka!
Today I wanna fix my glasses, one of the 'cangkolan' is very loose now. Luckily I have big ears so the cangkolan is still hanging on my ear. But, it's now hanging almost at the ujung of my ear leave. I've been delaying my trip to optics since last week because of the sore on my feet and because I still dunno how to explain 'the cangkolan is loose' in Japanese. I thought I would go after my first Jap class, which is still 2 weeks from now. Well, I guess I won't learn how to say 'cangkolan is loose' on my first day. There's no point of waiting, my glasses keep moving whenever I move my head, pusing banget ngliatnya! Today I must go! If my glasses can't be fixed, probably I would buy a new one. I've repaired this glasses many times, perhaps it's now time to change glasses. My glasses is already 3 years old, God wants me to keep up-to-date to the latest fashion, perhaps. Good! I also need to go to my Pastor's home today, we've made appointment last Sunday, I'll bring some cookies that I brought from Indo. Yea, better give it to my pastor rather than eating all myself. Don't be maruk, being endut is equal to being maruk!
This weekend, we're planning to go to Mt Fuji and Hakone Lake. I'm now enquiring about the tour package. I went to Mt Fuji with my family last Dec but we didn't have chance to ride a ropeway and cruise due to bad weather on winter season. I hope that rain won't fall this Saturday so we can enjoy the nice scenery from the ropeway and boat! Another updates, My hubby will fly to S'pore next week for 3 days. Have I told you this? He needs to receive his S'pore PR personally. There's no other choice, he must go, otherwise he would lose it. What about me? Of course, I'll still stay here..
See you diary, need to siap2 mau pergi sekarang.. today is Thursday Outing!!
-Abbie-
Hi, my little diary..
Today's temperature is 21-28 Celcius, getting cold and cold.. I opened all my windows this morning, enjoyed my breakfast alone while watching last episode of my Korean series.. sometimes, I really enjoy my life when I'm alone and doing what I want that nobody would care. One thing that I like most about living in a far far away island is having this 100% freedom! Mau makan gak makan, mau makan sekali atau lima kali, mau mandi gak mandi, gak ada yg urusin.. Merdeka!
Today I wanna fix my glasses, one of the 'cangkolan' is very loose now. Luckily I have big ears so the cangkolan is still hanging on my ear. But, it's now hanging almost at the ujung of my ear leave. I've been delaying my trip to optics since last week because of the sore on my feet and because I still dunno how to explain 'the cangkolan is loose' in Japanese. I thought I would go after my first Jap class, which is still 2 weeks from now. Well, I guess I won't learn how to say 'cangkolan is loose' on my first day. There's no point of waiting, my glasses keep moving whenever I move my head, pusing banget ngliatnya! Today I must go! If my glasses can't be fixed, probably I would buy a new one. I've repaired this glasses many times, perhaps it's now time to change glasses. My glasses is already 3 years old, God wants me to keep up-to-date to the latest fashion, perhaps. Good! I also need to go to my Pastor's home today, we've made appointment last Sunday, I'll bring some cookies that I brought from Indo. Yea, better give it to my pastor rather than eating all myself. Don't be maruk, being endut is equal to being maruk!
This weekend, we're planning to go to Mt Fuji and Hakone Lake. I'm now enquiring about the tour package. I went to Mt Fuji with my family last Dec but we didn't have chance to ride a ropeway and cruise due to bad weather on winter season. I hope that rain won't fall this Saturday so we can enjoy the nice scenery from the ropeway and boat! Another updates, My hubby will fly to S'pore next week for 3 days. Have I told you this? He needs to receive his S'pore PR personally. There's no other choice, he must go, otherwise he would lose it. What about me? Of course, I'll still stay here..
See you diary, need to siap2 mau pergi sekarang.. today is Thursday Outing!!
-Abbie-
9.11.2007
Tokyo City Tour
Tuesday,11 Sep 07, 12.36pm at home
Hi again diary,
Remember I told you that we went somewhere last weekend? We didn't go to a place outside Tokyo because the weather was not really supporting. So finally we went to popular places in Tokyo that we've never visited before.
Here is the tour schedule on Saturday, 8 Sep 07:
7.00 - Woke up
8.00 - Went to Tsukiji Fish Market, enjoyed the sashimi. It was a great chance to eat raw and fresh fish. We even saw how the fish was killed with no proper killing method. The fish meat was peeled off (dengan ikan masih kelepak2) and a stick was just stabbed at its meatless body and put on our plate for decoration (dengan mulut ikan masih kembang-kempis). Omo omo omo.. I could feel the fish meat berdenyut2 on my tounge.
10.00 - Back Home
12.00 - Had lunch at home
14.00 - Took a nap (Hahahaha)
18.00 - Went to Ginza. It's a place where all the elite shopping malls are put together. The street was very bright eventhough it's at nite. It's very different with Boyolali! I never imagined Hermes has its own 8-storey showroom building, each floor has different collections! So do Gucci and Dior and all other brands!
20.00 - Had dinner at Ginza
21.00 - Went to Ropponggi Hills. It's a place where foreigners (mostly westerners) gather. There are cafes, restaurants, clubs, sky aquarium, art museum, tokyo city view, and other nite attractions!
22.00 - Departed from Ropponggi karna kaki udah lecet2 akibat sepatu baru
22.30 - Reached home
Here I uploaded some pics,
At Ginza
At Ropponggi Hills - can you see the Tokyo Tower from here?
In front of Grand Hyatt Tokyo
-Abbie-
Hi again diary,
Remember I told you that we went somewhere last weekend? We didn't go to a place outside Tokyo because the weather was not really supporting. So finally we went to popular places in Tokyo that we've never visited before.
Here is the tour schedule on Saturday, 8 Sep 07:
7.00 - Woke up
8.00 - Went to Tsukiji Fish Market, enjoyed the sashimi. It was a great chance to eat raw and fresh fish. We even saw how the fish was killed with no proper killing method. The fish meat was peeled off (dengan ikan masih kelepak2) and a stick was just stabbed at its meatless body and put on our plate for decoration (dengan mulut ikan masih kembang-kempis). Omo omo omo.. I could feel the fish meat berdenyut2 on my tounge.
10.00 - Back Home
12.00 - Had lunch at home
14.00 - Took a nap (Hahahaha)
18.00 - Went to Ginza. It's a place where all the elite shopping malls are put together. The street was very bright eventhough it's at nite. It's very different with Boyolali! I never imagined Hermes has its own 8-storey showroom building, each floor has different collections! So do Gucci and Dior and all other brands!
20.00 - Had dinner at Ginza
21.00 - Went to Ropponggi Hills. It's a place where foreigners (mostly westerners) gather. There are cafes, restaurants, clubs, sky aquarium, art museum, tokyo city view, and other nite attractions!
22.00 - Departed from Ropponggi karna kaki udah lecet2 akibat sepatu baru
22.30 - Reached home
Here I uploaded some pics,
At Ginza
At Ropponggi Hills - can you see the Tokyo Tower from here?
In front of Grand Hyatt Tokyo
-Abbie-
Clumsy Me
Tuesday, 11 Sep 07, 10.10am at home
Hellow my diary,
Today is September eleventh, at 10.10am. What a special day!
I've been not in the mood of writing diary recently. I'm busy doing something now, NO, doing many things. You know, the things what a housewife should do. I used to live alone without maid for so many years in Aust n Spore but this time is lil bit different. Dunno why I always keep busy cleaning here and there, busy returning stuff to the place where it should be, busy tidying up cupboard many times although it's already neat and nice. I know that it's my first home after my marriage but it's not our real home anyway.. My parents used to own a beautiful house in Aust, I was the one who stay in that house, I was the one who hold the responsibility to its security and cleanliness. By right, I should be more paranoid than now because it was my parents' own house. But I was not! I could managed my time, schooling while cleaning house. Now, I'm a full time housewife but I'm so busy. I always want to make sure that the stove and oven are 'kinclong', the floor is 'clink2', and tables are always spotless. Apakah aku mengidap gejala2 penyakit tertentu? I think it's because now I bought every stuff with our own money (not parents' money, it's different!), so I can really feel sad if I spoil them. I feel responsible to all the things that belong to me. But, too bad, why I'm always unlucky? *Feeling responsible only is not enough, my dear*
One day, I made my egg exploded in my microwave, I burnt my pan, I made my saucespoon on fire, and of course many times I burnt my food too, I scratched my new table with a knife, accidentally of course, and so on so on. *What's the use of cleaning everyday? Damaging is worse than not-cleaning* Yes, I'm a clumsy girl but I never expect me to go too far till that extent. Now I have a sore on my feet; lebam, ungu, perih, dan bernanah. Don't be surprised, it's all because of my new high-heel shoes. I just bought a new black shoes bergesper, finally I bought a pair of doll shoes! But, to be beautiful is a painful process! It's so painful till I can't walk straight nor even wearing sandals now. Poor me, clumsy me, get well soon..
Anyway, recently I've been asking myself:
- What do I want to be?
- What do I want to do?
- What is the primary goal of my life?
You know what, I can't really answer these questions. I'm wondering if everyone is also the same. Some friends of mine keep asking me 'what are you doing there? cleaning house, then what?' It's a simple question but I can't answer it immediately. Yea, what am I doing here? Using the time? or spending the time? or wasting the time? or killing the time? Why should English have so many words with 'slightly' different meaning, just to describe one thing?
Started few days ago, my hubby has been motivating me to do something useful. I have no confident that I can do it but he has! I'm willing to try. Better trying than not trying, as long as it won't danger me, rite? Let's see.. Thanks honey, at least I know one person is siding me. Anyway, he passed his 2nd test! :D Yea, I knew he could do it.. It's a good thing that he's my husband. Bukankah Tuhan mempersatukan dua insan yang berbeda untuk saling melengkapi? I'm clumsy, he's attentive.. I'm careless, he's careful.. I'm easy-to-give-up, he's persistent.. I'm not-too-smart-type, he's brainy.. I'm indecisive, he's strong minded.. well, kenapa aku dapetnya yg jelek2? Sometimes I'm wondering why he married a useless clumsy girl like me if he's already such a perfect guy, he answered "Because you're super-ndolo (meaning: super-stupid-clumsy), you're special". Maybe he thinks I'm like a cagar-alam yg hampir punah yg patut dipelihara that he never found in his Mars planet? Well, every creature is unique, whether it's in a good or bad way! There must be someone who appreciates you, rite??
What am I writing now? Ngelantur sana sini, yes it's me, remember, clumsy girl never focuses on one thing!
Bye diary..
-Clumsy Abbie-
Hellow my diary,
Today is September eleventh, at 10.10am. What a special day!
I've been not in the mood of writing diary recently. I'm busy doing something now, NO, doing many things. You know, the things what a housewife should do. I used to live alone without maid for so many years in Aust n Spore but this time is lil bit different. Dunno why I always keep busy cleaning here and there, busy returning stuff to the place where it should be, busy tidying up cupboard many times although it's already neat and nice. I know that it's my first home after my marriage but it's not our real home anyway.. My parents used to own a beautiful house in Aust, I was the one who stay in that house, I was the one who hold the responsibility to its security and cleanliness. By right, I should be more paranoid than now because it was my parents' own house. But I was not! I could managed my time, schooling while cleaning house. Now, I'm a full time housewife but I'm so busy. I always want to make sure that the stove and oven are 'kinclong', the floor is 'clink2', and tables are always spotless. Apakah aku mengidap gejala2 penyakit tertentu? I think it's because now I bought every stuff with our own money (not parents' money, it's different!), so I can really feel sad if I spoil them. I feel responsible to all the things that belong to me. But, too bad, why I'm always unlucky? *Feeling responsible only is not enough, my dear*
One day, I made my egg exploded in my microwave, I burnt my pan, I made my saucespoon on fire, and of course many times I burnt my food too, I scratched my new table with a knife, accidentally of course, and so on so on. *What's the use of cleaning everyday? Damaging is worse than not-cleaning* Yes, I'm a clumsy girl but I never expect me to go too far till that extent. Now I have a sore on my feet; lebam, ungu, perih, dan bernanah. Don't be surprised, it's all because of my new high-heel shoes. I just bought a new black shoes bergesper, finally I bought a pair of doll shoes! But, to be beautiful is a painful process! It's so painful till I can't walk straight nor even wearing sandals now. Poor me, clumsy me, get well soon..
Anyway, recently I've been asking myself:
- What do I want to be?
- What do I want to do?
- What is the primary goal of my life?
You know what, I can't really answer these questions. I'm wondering if everyone is also the same. Some friends of mine keep asking me 'what are you doing there? cleaning house, then what?' It's a simple question but I can't answer it immediately. Yea, what am I doing here? Using the time? or spending the time? or wasting the time? or killing the time? Why should English have so many words with 'slightly' different meaning, just to describe one thing?
Started few days ago, my hubby has been motivating me to do something useful. I have no confident that I can do it but he has! I'm willing to try. Better trying than not trying, as long as it won't danger me, rite? Let's see.. Thanks honey, at least I know one person is siding me. Anyway, he passed his 2nd test! :D Yea, I knew he could do it.. It's a good thing that he's my husband. Bukankah Tuhan mempersatukan dua insan yang berbeda untuk saling melengkapi? I'm clumsy, he's attentive.. I'm careless, he's careful.. I'm easy-to-give-up, he's persistent.. I'm not-too-smart-type, he's brainy.. I'm indecisive, he's strong minded.. well, kenapa aku dapetnya yg jelek2? Sometimes I'm wondering why he married a useless clumsy girl like me if he's already such a perfect guy, he answered "Because you're super-ndolo (meaning: super-stupid-clumsy), you're special". Maybe he thinks I'm like a cagar-alam yg hampir punah yg patut dipelihara that he never found in his Mars planet? Well, every creature is unique, whether it's in a good or bad way! There must be someone who appreciates you, rite??
What am I writing now? Ngelantur sana sini, yes it's me, remember, clumsy girl never focuses on one thing!
Bye diary..
-Clumsy Abbie-
9.10.2007
My Look-Alike-Meter
Monday, 10 Sep 07, 10.04 am at home
I found something interesting, it's a look-alike-meter to find out who we resemble more, mum or dad? We can also play for fun to know which celebrities our face resembles, this is interesting! You can test yourself at www.myheritage.com..
Below are the findings for my face. What do u think? ^_^
-Abbie-
I found something interesting, it's a look-alike-meter to find out who we resemble more, mum or dad? We can also play for fun to know which celebrities our face resembles, this is interesting! You can test yourself at www.myheritage.com..
Below are the findings for my face. What do u think? ^_^
-Abbie-
9.06.2007
Devils Vs Angels
Thursday, 6 Sep 07, 5.42pm at home
Dear diary,
My Bro In-law + My Sis and Me + My Hubby
-Abbie-
Dear diary,
-Abbie-
First Breakfast
Thursday, 6 Sep 07, 9.28am at home
Morning diary,
Today is such a cold and cloudy day. I opened my windows and let the wind comes into my home, it's so fresh.. I turned my laptop on, played a slow music, and writing my diary..
This morning, I made breakfast for my hubby for the first time. I bought one loaf of bread, one dozen of eggs, and salads yesterday. I planned to make a simple sandwich with fried egg in it. As soon as I opened my eyes, I remember that I forgot to buy frying oil and bacons. My primary school teacher once told me that human's brain in the morning is the sharpest, I guess this is right. I suddenly remember everything in the morning as soon as I wake up. Omo omo what should I do with the bread and raw egg? I have no salt nor pepper. I have no butter nor cheese. What an amburadul breakfast, prepared by an amburadul wife. :(
I was so nervous, but still I switched my stove on. I had to keep busy and pretended everything was okay. I didn't have oil, but I had water. I boiled the eggs! This was the only thing I could do. I wanted to cut the boiled egg into pieces and insert the pieces in the sandwich together with the potato salad. In this kind of emergency case, I need McGyver's brain. I was not sure how many minutes I should boil the eggs, I remember petuah from my mum 'let the eggs floating, that means the eggs are well-boiled'. What to do, the panci was even too small for my two giant eggs (Talking about the giant egg, now I doubt that it's a chicken egg). Then I just waited for around 5-10 minutes. My hubby had finished showering, forget about the floating eggs.. Here is the menu of this morning breakfast:
- Two slices of toasted bread with potato salad
- One half-done egg (Eating tips: ditelen aja idup2)
- One piece of banana
- A glass of ice water
Not bad, rite? *yea yea, if you ever seen the meal, sure you would comment something* I should do one big groceries shopping today! I'll bring my trolley, 3B (Big Back Bag), and sport shoes..
Bye diary..
-Abbie-
Morning diary,
Today is such a cold and cloudy day. I opened my windows and let the wind comes into my home, it's so fresh.. I turned my laptop on, played a slow music, and writing my diary..
This morning, I made breakfast for my hubby for the first time. I bought one loaf of bread, one dozen of eggs, and salads yesterday. I planned to make a simple sandwich with fried egg in it. As soon as I opened my eyes, I remember that I forgot to buy frying oil and bacons. My primary school teacher once told me that human's brain in the morning is the sharpest, I guess this is right. I suddenly remember everything in the morning as soon as I wake up. Omo omo what should I do with the bread and raw egg? I have no salt nor pepper. I have no butter nor cheese. What an amburadul breakfast, prepared by an amburadul wife. :(
I was so nervous, but still I switched my stove on. I had to keep busy and pretended everything was okay. I didn't have oil, but I had water. I boiled the eggs! This was the only thing I could do. I wanted to cut the boiled egg into pieces and insert the pieces in the sandwich together with the potato salad. In this kind of emergency case, I need McGyver's brain. I was not sure how many minutes I should boil the eggs, I remember petuah from my mum 'let the eggs floating, that means the eggs are well-boiled'. What to do, the panci was even too small for my two giant eggs (Talking about the giant egg, now I doubt that it's a chicken egg). Then I just waited for around 5-10 minutes. My hubby had finished showering, forget about the floating eggs.. Here is the menu of this morning breakfast:
- Two slices of toasted bread with potato salad
- One half-done egg (Eating tips: ditelen aja idup2)
- One piece of banana
- A glass of ice water
Not bad, rite? *yea yea, if you ever seen the meal, sure you would comment something* I should do one big groceries shopping today! I'll bring my trolley, 3B (Big Back Bag), and sport shoes..
Bye diary..
-Abbie-
Pictures of My Japan Home
Thursday, 6 Sep 07, 8.29am at home
Hi my little diary,
Here I posted the pictures of my new house in Japan. It's not too big but it's also not too large. It's my little cuttie house!
Security Door
There's no Pak Kumis Berbadan Kekar Berbaju Ketat Berambut Ikal (Satpam)
Our Unit Number
You see, there's a cornea scanning to open the door! No la, j/k! :P
Entrance - Irrashaimasai!
Ada bendera Jepangnya tuh, biar kita lebih menghayati negara ini. Anyway, itu mattress ya, bukan stempel yg ditempel di ubin!
Living Room View from Bedroom
Living Room - a room where we live (TV Room + Dining Room + Study Room + Kitchen) This is why we call it a living room..
Bedroom - a room where there's a bed (only)..
Bedroom
Laundry & Shower
Toilet
-Abbie-
Hi my little diary,
Here I posted the pictures of my new house in Japan. It's not too big but it's also not too large. It's my little cuttie house!
Security Door
There's no Pak Kumis Berbadan Kekar Berbaju Ketat Berambut Ikal (Satpam)
Our Unit Number
You see, there's a cornea scanning to open the door! No la, j/k! :P
Entrance - Irrashaimasai!
Ada bendera Jepangnya tuh, biar kita lebih menghayati negara ini. Anyway, itu mattress ya, bukan stempel yg ditempel di ubin!
Living Room View from Bedroom
Living Room - a room where we live (TV Room + Dining Room + Study Room + Kitchen) This is why we call it a living room..
Bedroom - a room where there's a bed (only)..
Bedroom
Laundry & Shower
Toilet
-Abbie-
9.05.2007
What's Marriage Life?
Wednesday, 5 Sep 07, 9.48am at home
Morning, my little diary,
Tokyo now is getting cooler, winter is coming soon. I also need to look cooler. I have to start buying a winter coat dengan lengan lebar, kancing 6 (barisan kancing: 2x3 menurun), belakang ada belahannya like Sherlock Holmes' jacket, ada sabuknya, dan ada bulunya! Cool jacket. For cool wheather. For cool lady. Cool me?
Ron is having the second test of Japan law soon, in about 40 mins time from now. He just left home. This is the final test, please God, bless him.. He also just got his Singapore PR issued so he'll need to fly to Singapore this month. Omo omo, we need to be separated again.. in our newly weds life..
It's ok, life always has good and bad. The good news is: we'll go somewhere in Japan this weekend and next next weekened (because next weekend he's going to S'pore). This weekend will be our first holiday, a holiday without bringing books, a holiday without carrying laptop, a holiday without thinking anything else. People call it a honeymoon?? Since we arrived Japan, my hubby has been concentrating on the test, we didn't really have chance to explore Japan. Finally, starting from today he'll be free! Where should we go this weekend? Venice or Swiss?? I mean, Mt Fuji or Disney Resort? I should just do online research on the top destinations, maybe the idea of staying overnite is also not bad. Hmm, let's see..
Yesterday I had lots of things to do. Went there, bought things, settled that, cleaned this and that. Who says that a housewife never has deadline? She does have projects deadline. Clothes to be washed and ironed are as big as 2 bukits, we'll have no clothes to wear the day after if we don't finish it by that day. We'll have no rice to eat today if I didn't buy rice cooker yesterday. We'll have no food to eat tonite if I don't buy groceries today. See, is it as important as rushing a proposal to win a tender? Of course, it's even more important than winning a tender. Without clothes, how to win a tender? Without food, how to have energy to do the proposal? *Easy la, just buy clothes and food outside* Well..all..I..can..say..is.. housewife (or maid).. makes..your..life.. easier..,that's..all. uhuk!
Now I started feeling the pressure. My hubby never gives me pressure but somehow I feel some pressures. Now I have rice cooker, fridge, stove, and even a toaster at home. What should I do? Clean the cooking utensil, smile at it, and keep it safely in the kitchen cupboard? No! I have to cook!! How to cook? What to cook? Is there any daily menu? Should I create a menu then? I started to ask my hubby what he wants to eat in the morning, what he likes to eat for dinner, what he usually drinks for breakfast. I'm trying to find out everything about him. This is marriage life. It's all about learning what your partner likes and dislikes. It should be easier after 3 months..no, 6 months.
Back in high-school days, I saw a guy only by appearance, how well he can play sport, and how sweet he talks to me. *the sweeter the winner?* I liked a handsome, energetic, and sweet talker guy. When I was in University, I had another requirements for choosing a guy. I wanted a guy from good family background, same religious, and smart so that he can protect me *because you're clumsy?*. When I prayed to God, I told Him my 4 requirements: he must be taller than me, smarter than me, older than me, and he must never dated girls before! When I started working, I had other requirements for a guy. I wanted a guy who is independent, able to earn decent money, having decent job, and more importantly is he must truly love me. How did I measure 'a true love'? I didn't see it from how frequent he called me nor how often he said 'I lop u' nor how patient he's willing to spend time to take me anywhere I go nor how jealous he was if I hang out with my guy friends. True love is not about all of these crippy-crappy things only. I learned something, love was also about responsibility. Now I'm married. I just learned something new, love was also about understanding and 'kekompakan'. Dunno why I feel so happy if I happen to have same thought as what my hubby thinks. I feel like "Yess, this is what marriage should be". Of course all other requirements that I had when I was younger are still valid. God really heard my prayer, he fullfiled all the 4 requirements that I requested (including the 4th one that sounds so stupid: 'Cowo yg harus belum pernah pacaran')! Yea yea I know my requirements were too simple. I should ask more.. My pastor once said, when you want something, please state specifically and in details on what you want. Don't just give up by saying "May your will comes true". He's our father, He hears all our prayers!
I heard one story from my pastor, one husband and wife got divorced when they were around 60 years old. You know why? Because the husband was busy working and rarely spending time with his wife when he was young. Their marriage life was okay. However, soon after he was retired, he stayed at home everyday with his wife, then they found out that they were not fit to each other and they got divorced. It's funny but real story. As I said, marriage is also about 'kekompakan'. *aigoo..aigoo..sok bijaksana aje*
-Abbie-
Morning, my little diary,
Tokyo now is getting cooler, winter is coming soon. I also need to look cooler. I have to start buying a winter coat dengan lengan lebar, kancing 6 (barisan kancing: 2x3 menurun), belakang ada belahannya like Sherlock Holmes' jacket, ada sabuknya, dan ada bulunya! Cool jacket. For cool wheather. For cool lady. Cool me?
Ron is having the second test of Japan law soon, in about 40 mins time from now. He just left home. This is the final test, please God, bless him.. He also just got his Singapore PR issued so he'll need to fly to Singapore this month. Omo omo, we need to be separated again.. in our newly weds life..
It's ok, life always has good and bad. The good news is: we'll go somewhere in Japan this weekend and next next weekened (because next weekend he's going to S'pore). This weekend will be our first holiday, a holiday without bringing books, a holiday without carrying laptop, a holiday without thinking anything else. People call it a honeymoon?? Since we arrived Japan, my hubby has been concentrating on the test, we didn't really have chance to explore Japan. Finally, starting from today he'll be free! Where should we go this weekend? Venice or Swiss?? I mean, Mt Fuji or Disney Resort? I should just do online research on the top destinations, maybe the idea of staying overnite is also not bad. Hmm, let's see..
Yesterday I had lots of things to do. Went there, bought things, settled that, cleaned this and that. Who says that a housewife never has deadline? She does have projects deadline. Clothes to be washed and ironed are as big as 2 bukits, we'll have no clothes to wear the day after if we don't finish it by that day. We'll have no rice to eat today if I didn't buy rice cooker yesterday. We'll have no food to eat tonite if I don't buy groceries today. See, is it as important as rushing a proposal to win a tender? Of course, it's even more important than winning a tender. Without clothes, how to win a tender? Without food, how to have energy to do the proposal? *Easy la, just buy clothes and food outside* Well..all..I..can..say..is.. housewife (or maid).. makes..your..life.. easier..,that's..all. uhuk!
Now I started feeling the pressure. My hubby never gives me pressure but somehow I feel some pressures. Now I have rice cooker, fridge, stove, and even a toaster at home. What should I do? Clean the cooking utensil, smile at it, and keep it safely in the kitchen cupboard? No! I have to cook!! How to cook? What to cook? Is there any daily menu? Should I create a menu then? I started to ask my hubby what he wants to eat in the morning, what he likes to eat for dinner, what he usually drinks for breakfast. I'm trying to find out everything about him. This is marriage life. It's all about learning what your partner likes and dislikes. It should be easier after 3 months..no, 6 months.
Back in high-school days, I saw a guy only by appearance, how well he can play sport, and how sweet he talks to me. *the sweeter the winner?* I liked a handsome, energetic, and sweet talker guy. When I was in University, I had another requirements for choosing a guy. I wanted a guy from good family background, same religious, and smart so that he can protect me *because you're clumsy?*. When I prayed to God, I told Him my 4 requirements: he must be taller than me, smarter than me, older than me, and he must never dated girls before! When I started working, I had other requirements for a guy. I wanted a guy who is independent, able to earn decent money, having decent job, and more importantly is he must truly love me. How did I measure 'a true love'? I didn't see it from how frequent he called me nor how often he said 'I lop u' nor how patient he's willing to spend time to take me anywhere I go nor how jealous he was if I hang out with my guy friends. True love is not about all of these crippy-crappy things only. I learned something, love was also about responsibility. Now I'm married. I just learned something new, love was also about understanding and 'kekompakan'. Dunno why I feel so happy if I happen to have same thought as what my hubby thinks. I feel like "Yess, this is what marriage should be". Of course all other requirements that I had when I was younger are still valid. God really heard my prayer, he fullfiled all the 4 requirements that I requested (including the 4th one that sounds so stupid: 'Cowo yg harus belum pernah pacaran')! Yea yea I know my requirements were too simple. I should ask more.. My pastor once said, when you want something, please state specifically and in details on what you want. Don't just give up by saying "May your will comes true". He's our father, He hears all our prayers!
I heard one story from my pastor, one husband and wife got divorced when they were around 60 years old. You know why? Because the husband was busy working and rarely spending time with his wife when he was young. Their marriage life was okay. However, soon after he was retired, he stayed at home everyday with his wife, then they found out that they were not fit to each other and they got divorced. It's funny but real story. As I said, marriage is also about 'kekompakan'. *aigoo..aigoo..sok bijaksana aje*
-Abbie-
9.03.2007
Back to Japan!
Monday, 3 Sep 07, 10.44am at home
Hello again my dear diary,
Now I'm at home. *Which home?* Now I'm in Japan again, in my new home at Shinkawa. I was just back from my long and tiring journey, Solo-Jakarta-Hongkong-Taiwan-Narita-Tokyo. So many stops.. My mum asked me "Mampir Amerika juga gak?" I replied "Iya Mam, ini baru mau jalan ngliat patung Liberty". *emangnye city tour??* Anyway, yesterday I woke up at 3.30am, departed from Jakarta at 6.35am and reached home (at Tokyo) around 11.30pm. Reached home, I unpacked my things, set up my curtains that I brought from Indo, took shower, had little chat with my hubby, and turned in around 1.30am. Phew! It's like what Jack Bauer in 24 said "It was the longest day in my life!"
Something happened yesterday. At Narita Airport, I put all my 30kg luggages on a big trolley, u know, airport trolley is very big. Aku udah tau gimana caranya naek tangga berjalan sambil dorong trolley gede berisi barang, tapi kalo turun?? Kemarin itu, dari Narita airport ke Tokyo, aku mesti naek kereta. Stasiun keretanya ada di lantai bawah. Jadi aku mesti turun pake elevator sambil berheboh-hebohan bawa koper2ku. I saw my sis pushed her baby stroller dengan arah terbalik when she was going down. I thought it should be that way. Easy! Then, I tried! Well, actually I didn't want to take that risk but my train was coming in 5 minutes, I didn't have time to look for a lift to go down. Aku balik arah trolleynya menghadap ke belakang, jalan mundur, mulai melangkah ke arah tangga yang berjalan turun, ragu2 untuk menginjakkan kakiku ke anak tangga berjalan (yg berjalan sangat cepat) untuk beberapa detik, kemudian *yakk!* aku berhasil menginjakkan kakiku di anak tangga berjalan yang pertama. Saking tegangnya, tanganku melepaskan pegangan trolley! Terpaksa aku lari2 naik melawan arus tangga berjalan yg berjalan turun. Setelah pegangan trolley berhasil kepegang, aku asal tarik aja.. and rupanya roda trolley yg super gede itu gak pas letaknya. Trolley raksasa berisi koper2ku mulai menggelinding turun.. tanganku gak kuat megangin.. Aku yang berdiri di depan trolley, maaf, tepatnya agak di bawah trolley, menatap trolley raksasa persis di depan hidungku dengan panik! Aku akan segera tergilas sukses luluh lantak.. My handphone was low battery, I should say bye2 first to my loved ones.. There was no other choice, I used my back to hold the trolley from going down with my both hands holding the left and the right handrails of the elevator tightly, super tightly. My face expression? Of course, I looked like HULK; green face, open-mouth, gigi atas bawah keliatan berjejer rapi sempurna, alis mengkerut menahan berat, mata melotot, hidung membesar kembang-kempis, except one thing: HULK never says 'Omo Omo Omo'. I managed to hold the trolley safely. Phew! Super power only comes in emergency cases. Thanks God!
After I landed safely, Omo omo omo.. another elevator! This time, my giant trolley couldn't go down to the track. My effort trying to imitate HULK was useless! I brought 2 boxes and 1 bag. I couldn't carry 3 things with my 2 hands. I opened my mini trolley to put the 2 boxes, tapi tu tali trolley bundet ruwet kemana-mana di seluruh penjuru trolley. Train udah mau dateng, aku masih sibuk kutak-kutik tali mini-trolleyku. Kenapa sih aku slalu sial? Atau clumsy? At that point of time, what I was thinking was "How is the ending of this story? Will she be able to catch the train?" Yes, finally she was able to catch the train. I screamed from upstair, asked the train driver to wait for me. Not sure if he heard me, at least I tried. After I went down with the boxes all over the floor, one person helped me.. he was nice, dia lempar2 aja semua tas dan kardus2ku ke dalam train, pas banget pintu kereta nutup. God's time is always on time. If I missed that train, I would have to wait another 30 minutes and I would lose my 3,000Yen train ticket!
When I was queueing at the immigration, there was very long queue. One person who's queueing right in front of me left the queue because he forgot to fill in the form. I wanted to tell him, once he took the form, he could just queue in front of me again. But, my turn came, he took so long to fill in the form on a table. I didnt't have chance to let him in. I was thinking, if I let him in, I would miss the train. Was it all His plan??
This morning I woke up early because Ron had to go to work early in the morning. After he left, I cleaned up my house, washed clothes, had breakfast, and ended up typing in front of computer. Hi Hi Hi! Still got lots of things to buy, settle, and do today. I need to collect my Alien card today. Yea, today I officially become an alien.. because I'm having a card, a card that I have to bring everywhere I go, a card that I need to show to everyone whenever they want to see (I mean, to open bank account, register here and there).
See you again, diary..
-Abbie-
Hello again my dear diary,
Now I'm at home. *Which home?* Now I'm in Japan again, in my new home at Shinkawa. I was just back from my long and tiring journey, Solo-Jakarta-Hongkong-Taiwan-Narita-Tokyo. So many stops.. My mum asked me "Mampir Amerika juga gak?" I replied "Iya Mam, ini baru mau jalan ngliat patung Liberty". *emangnye city tour??* Anyway, yesterday I woke up at 3.30am, departed from Jakarta at 6.35am and reached home (at Tokyo) around 11.30pm. Reached home, I unpacked my things, set up my curtains that I brought from Indo, took shower, had little chat with my hubby, and turned in around 1.30am. Phew! It's like what Jack Bauer in 24 said "It was the longest day in my life!"
Something happened yesterday. At Narita Airport, I put all my 30kg luggages on a big trolley, u know, airport trolley is very big. Aku udah tau gimana caranya naek tangga berjalan sambil dorong trolley gede berisi barang, tapi kalo turun?? Kemarin itu, dari Narita airport ke Tokyo, aku mesti naek kereta. Stasiun keretanya ada di lantai bawah. Jadi aku mesti turun pake elevator sambil berheboh-hebohan bawa koper2ku. I saw my sis pushed her baby stroller dengan arah terbalik when she was going down. I thought it should be that way. Easy! Then, I tried! Well, actually I didn't want to take that risk but my train was coming in 5 minutes, I didn't have time to look for a lift to go down. Aku balik arah trolleynya menghadap ke belakang, jalan mundur, mulai melangkah ke arah tangga yang berjalan turun, ragu2 untuk menginjakkan kakiku ke anak tangga berjalan (yg berjalan sangat cepat) untuk beberapa detik, kemudian *yakk!* aku berhasil menginjakkan kakiku di anak tangga berjalan yang pertama. Saking tegangnya, tanganku melepaskan pegangan trolley! Terpaksa aku lari2 naik melawan arus tangga berjalan yg berjalan turun. Setelah pegangan trolley berhasil kepegang, aku asal tarik aja.. and rupanya roda trolley yg super gede itu gak pas letaknya. Trolley raksasa berisi koper2ku mulai menggelinding turun.. tanganku gak kuat megangin.. Aku yang berdiri di depan trolley, maaf, tepatnya agak di bawah trolley, menatap trolley raksasa persis di depan hidungku dengan panik! Aku akan segera tergilas sukses luluh lantak.. My handphone was low battery, I should say bye2 first to my loved ones.. There was no other choice, I used my back to hold the trolley from going down with my both hands holding the left and the right handrails of the elevator tightly, super tightly. My face expression? Of course, I looked like HULK; green face, open-mouth, gigi atas bawah keliatan berjejer rapi sempurna, alis mengkerut menahan berat, mata melotot, hidung membesar kembang-kempis, except one thing: HULK never says 'Omo Omo Omo'. I managed to hold the trolley safely. Phew! Super power only comes in emergency cases. Thanks God!
After I landed safely, Omo omo omo.. another elevator! This time, my giant trolley couldn't go down to the track. My effort trying to imitate HULK was useless! I brought 2 boxes and 1 bag. I couldn't carry 3 things with my 2 hands. I opened my mini trolley to put the 2 boxes, tapi tu tali trolley bundet ruwet kemana-mana di seluruh penjuru trolley. Train udah mau dateng, aku masih sibuk kutak-kutik tali mini-trolleyku. Kenapa sih aku slalu sial? Atau clumsy? At that point of time, what I was thinking was "How is the ending of this story? Will she be able to catch the train?" Yes, finally she was able to catch the train. I screamed from upstair, asked the train driver to wait for me. Not sure if he heard me, at least I tried. After I went down with the boxes all over the floor, one person helped me.. he was nice, dia lempar2 aja semua tas dan kardus2ku ke dalam train, pas banget pintu kereta nutup. God's time is always on time. If I missed that train, I would have to wait another 30 minutes and I would lose my 3,000Yen train ticket!
When I was queueing at the immigration, there was very long queue. One person who's queueing right in front of me left the queue because he forgot to fill in the form. I wanted to tell him, once he took the form, he could just queue in front of me again. But, my turn came, he took so long to fill in the form on a table. I didnt't have chance to let him in. I was thinking, if I let him in, I would miss the train. Was it all His plan??
This morning I woke up early because Ron had to go to work early in the morning. After he left, I cleaned up my house, washed clothes, had breakfast, and ended up typing in front of computer. Hi Hi Hi! Still got lots of things to buy, settle, and do today. I need to collect my Alien card today. Yea, today I officially become an alien.. because I'm having a card, a card that I have to bring everywhere I go, a card that I need to show to everyone whenever they want to see (I mean, to open bank account, register here and there).
See you again, diary..
-Abbie-
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