his convo
It was a great honour when his parents convinced me to come to the ceremony inside the auditorium. I was pretty confused at first, because, come on, the ceremony is a very important event, and usually only for families.
The ceremony was, honestly, boring. I couldn’t stop yawning when a guest speaker delivered his speech. Moreover, his name starts with Y, where the first person to be called starts with O.
It was a long long way (many “Ong”s, “Tan”s, and many many people start with S…his little sister was so bored she read after every name to stay awake 
) until finally his name was called (kinda mispelled, but not worse than I’ve expected). And I was just so happy for him when finally, he has officially graduated 
Ohya and I’ll never forget when one of our friends came to the stage to sing ‘Graduation’…the rapping part with rapper style wearing his graduation gown. Well shortly it was kinda…not right 
Congrats to all EEE’09 
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P.S: quote of the day came from his 5-year-old sister when she was asked about me.
“Cika, cicinya baik nggak?”
“Biasa-biasa aja”
Children always tell the truth, don’t they? Well I’m still thankful at least she didn’t say something bad 
awesome!
Masih euforia nih pasca semalem gue nonton Liverpool – Singapore. Masih kebayang pemain-pemain dari klub yang gue cintai main di depan mata gue (oke meskipun kecil banget kadang2 mesti liat pake zoom kamera biar jelas..lol). Masih berasa getaran ketika semua orang menghentakkan kaki menjelang wave. Masih kebayang ketika (akhirnya) gue bisa nyanyi ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’ di stadion beneran bareng orang-orang yang juga mencintai klub ini. Masih keinget saat kita semua rame-rame ngata-ngatain orang aneh yang masuk stadion pake baju emyu -.-” (cari mati bener tu orang. Banyak gaya pula.) Oh dan of course, masih inget rasanya minum bir di dalem stadion. Wah berasa yoi banget deh
Match nya pertama-tama sih lumayan boring, to be honest. Mungkin seperti kata Irving, kalo nonton di tv bisa uda hampir tidur kali (meskipun kalo liverpool pasti gue tahan-tahan lah 
). Mungkin juga gara-gara Liverpool make squad kelas dua dulu. Cuma Carra yang main dari menit pertama. Atau mungkin mereka simply belom panas. Abis halftime, baru deh pemain-pemain top keluar. Dan mulai deh banyak passing-passing cantik, apalagi pas Xabi akhirnya main (oh please please please don’t let him leave…we love him!)
Intinya, it was a great night. Thank you God for letting me experience all these. Thank you to my sunshine who bought me the ticket . Thanks to my friends who were watching with me. Thanks for a stadion full of supporters (the waves were fantastic!). Thanks to Liverpool Football Club who is so kind to travel all the way to South East Asia give us this wonderful experience.
bgini nasib jadi fans…
Jadi kan hari minggu ini Liverpool bakal main di Singapur. Mereka uda dateng dari kemaren ya kalo nggak salah, jadi siang ini bakal ada beberapa meet & greet session gitu. Dasar Singapur pinter, satu tim itu dibagi-bagi ke beberapa lokasi, jadi satu lokasi bakal ada 2 pemain ato lebih gitu. Nyebelinnya, itu di jam yang sama, jem 2pm.
Berdasarkan hasil kepo-kepo, gue berkesimpulan bahwa Xabi bakal ada di vivo, trus Torres & Carra di novena. Berhubung gue dan Laras demen Xabi, akhirnya kita sepakat ke vivo dulu trus baru ke novena.
Gue uda berangkat dari NTU jem 1 kurang gitu, tp sial banget bus pioneer lama. Yaudah akhirnya gue panik dan naik taksi dari pioneer. Thanks God, uncle taxi drivernya juga ga santai…hahaha. Ngebut gitu, gaperna dibawah 80km/jam. Gue sampe di vivo jem 1.45pm, dan again thanks to God, drop off pointnya tuh deket banget sama panggung yg diluar tempat pemain2 lagi muncul. Ada Kuyt, Insua, Riera, sama Kelly (jujur gw jg gaperna denger). Yak dan benar sekali saudara-saudara, Xabi Alonso tidak muncul. Katanya uda teken kontrak ya sama madrid? Jujur gw sedih banget kalo Liverpool kehilangan dia 
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Kira-kira cuma segitu yang bisa gue liat. Dan gue juga nggak beruntung kaga menang tiket training ato autographed ball gitu…sigh. Yaudahlah. Masih bersyukur bisa ngeliat sedikit
Di adidas (tempat autograph sessionnya) bener-bener uda gabisa liat apa2…soalnya tempatnya aga jauh di dalem toko gitu dan tokonya ditutup…cuma bisa ngintip lewat jendela. Akhirnya kita pikir yaudahlah mending ke novena aja. Later I found out that abis kelar autograph session itu, para pemain pose di depan kacanya. Which is kalo gue masih disitu kyk bakal jelas banget. Yah emang nasib…
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Di novena, orang-orang ngerumunin jalan berpager gitu. Ada panggung juga di luar tapi uda impossible deh masuk. Yaudah kita nunggu di pinggir pager itu juga.
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Yah dan ternyata nggak lama kemudian mereka uda pergi lewat jalan yang lain. Lemes. Akhirnya foto2 panggung aja deh..
andy
Baru-baru ini gue ganti hengpong, abis sebel roger batrenya bocor ga nahan. Malem di charge, siang ditelpon sekali, jem 2-3pm gitu uda battery empty. Bete dah. Trus lagipula singtel skarang yg youth plan pake unlimited sms…hohoho. Lumayan lah modal pacaran
Andy itu merk ericsson W980. Kaga slide, kaga wifi, kaga touchscreen, pkknya bukan tipe henpon hip jaman skarang deh. Tapi gue suka, soalnya flip, dan cakep bentuknya. Hehehe. Ohya kenapa andy? Soalnya gue bela Roddick pas lawan Federer di wimbledon kmaren 
speechless . . .
He said he had something for me.
He asked me to close my eyes,
and strictly forbid me to peek.
I felt a piece of paper being handed by him into my right hand.
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And I was completely speechless when I opened my eyes and I saw one of these tickets in my hand.
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Thank you, my sunshine. Thank you. I really don’t know what else to say. Thank you
home
I’m home . Wew. Akhirnya. Rasanya seneng aja kembali ke tempat yang familiar, meskipun ber-aura depresi…haha. Mungkin bukan seneng ya, tp ngerasa so called “aman” karena kembali ke tempat yg gue tau. Ngeliat 199 dan bus2 lainnya, ngeliat sekolah, minum tehpeng, ngeliat kompleks hall yang (ya ampun) belom kelar juga renovnya…ckckck. Yah intinya, hal-hal simpel yang membuat gue lebih tenang.
Meskipun tadi di airport indo rada kacau. Gue lupa minta duit buat airport tax (yang sudah naik saudara-saudara) jadi mesti balik lagi. Terus lupa ngisi embarkation card. Lupa gimana prosedur bebas fiskal jadi ngantri demi nanya petugasnya (dan ternyata uda pasti bebas krn under 21). Plus tas kabin gw jatoh bikin handle-nya rada2 error. Untung masi bisa dipake. Bersyukur banget deh sama Tuhan uda dikasi selamat sampe sini.
Ohya, tadi sebelum masuk boarding, kan pemeriksaan gitu. Jaket gue lagi diiket di pinggang demi alasan kepraktisan. Seperti biasa tas-tas dimasukin utk scan, trus gw taro kunci biar ga bunyi di metal detector. Eh pas abis keluar dari detector, si mbak-mbak securitynya bilang:
“Mbak bisa dibuka jaketnya? Bagian belakangnya agak menggembung…”
Rasanya pengen banget nyaut, “Ya maap deh mbak pinggul saya emang gede,”
Tapi akhirnya berusaha menghibur diri dengan menganggap itu efek dari hood jaketnya…hahaha.
one week to home
My last week in Jakarta will probably be the most packed week. Got meeting on Mon, another meeting on Tue (and a dentist appointment), out of town from Wed-Fri, then Harry Potter on Sat…dunno what to do on Sun (still hope that my mum will buy me a pair of puma…how I wish), then take off on the next Mon.
The meeting yesterday was great, we managed to make our programs for this sem (almost), but unfortunately my friend lost her cellphone. Jakarta…jakarta…really, be extra careful in this city. One minute you feel so comfort in here, the next thing is you lost your valuables, or your car got hit by a taxi (okay that’s just me).
One thing I miss about Singapore is how I can listen to Jason in a public transport, feel so safe (yes low crime doesn’t mean no crime, but it still brings me that safe feeling), don’t have to hold your bag all the time, and don’t have to be in fear that somebody’s gonna steal/cut open your bag/mug/rob you. I never have that privilege in Indo, especially given the status as a third-class citizen.
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I’ve been waiting for 20th July, and now it’s only days away…I feel so excited, and at the same time, nervous. And actually, I kinda have no idea what I’m gonna do in Singapore before the school starts…any suggestion?
i hate myself for being 20 and poor…lol
Still exactly two weeks before I go back to Singapore, still long way to go before the semester start, and yet what I’ve been doing since yesterday is planning my entertainment…oh well…
Initially I planned to watch a big-expensive entertainment once a year. In my 1st year there was the Maroon 5 concert. But in my 2nd year, I watched Formula 1 and Jason Mraz concert (F1 does not considered as a sport ). Oh and I watched the ballet version of “Anna Karenina”, but this doesn’t count since my friends gave the ticket to me for my birthday .
All those good musicians and entertainers just come to Singapore…Stomp will come on October, also Il Divo on September, King’s College Choir on July (they held a workshop for choir also), Cinderella on ice, and they even got Lady Gaga on August (I’m not a fan, just to show how everyone’s coming to this small red dot). The Sun Festival performances on October are also really tempting. I’m also considering to try an SSO event…I’m talking about the Beethoven Festival…they’re pretty cheap (plus student concession ^^).
Well, only God knows who else will perform…
And even “worse”, Liverpool is also coming this 26th July!! I’m so very extremely tempted to buy a ticket…but it’s S$88 . Yes I’m not broke yet, but I will be soon if I decide to buy it
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This small island is full of temptation…
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I booked two Stomp tickets already, the cheapest ones. Actually they have student concession, and I got really mad when I saw “up to 18 years old”. Oh man! At that very moment, I hate myself for being 20
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Liverpool oh Liverpool…will I dare to spend another $88 for them? 
h-16
Memang bener disini harga tiket bioskop murah.
Memang bener disini bisa lebih hedon.
Memang bener disini nggak ada beban soalnya ga sekolah.
Memang bener disini orang2nya nggak kiasu jadi hidup lebih santai
Memang bener disini makanan jauh lebih enak.
Memang bener disini lebih kuping-friendly secara nggak ada singlish
Memang bener disini banyak temen lama
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But I wanna go home…
