May 26, 2007

Unpredictable

yup, hari ini gw spent day with my best friend...Ella.
Jadi gini ceritanya...after gw nge-drop my sister -Chabe- di kampus tercinta tea (around 7.30am) i went to Ella's apartment (before that gw beli bubur ayam coz belum sarapan n itung2 sekalian bawa oleh2 juga buat kak Ella) and then nyampe di apartment sekitar jam 8an.


Nah, setelah nungguin Ella berenang and she clean her rooms....sekitar jam 10.15am gw & Ella went to JCC, ceritanya siyh mo liat pameran kerajinan se-indonesia itu.... tapi, setelah 2jam keliling tuh Hall, lumayan dech even kaki-betis agak pegel, dapet 2baju and 1 gelang (gelang persahabatan... thats what i and Ella called...since she bought it too..hehehe)


Yah, gak dosa kan kalo niat awal berubah?? hehehe...Btw,pengennya siyh bisa beli lebih banyak lagi. Kayak kebaya keluaran "Prestige" jg, warna biru gitu (cute!!), trus ada baju Hongaria gitu (bordiran'nya lumayan banyak, motif bunga2 warna biru-pink gt <-- lucu juga! mauuuuu....) tapi berhubung harganya agak diluar budget hari ini (250 thousand/each), jadi ditahan dulu dech untuk gak beli... maybe oneday.. (when?? <-- nabung dulu dech..) Meanwhile Ella dapet 1 pair of shoes, gelang, jilbab & oleh2 khas padang.


Gw juga sempet mampir ke stand yang ngejual lukisan ayat-ayat Al-Quran (30juz) yang dibuat dari kulit sapi (awalnya agak geli...tp pas ngeliat lukisannya itu...Subhanallah, bagus banget!!) Hmm, walau harganya lumayan mahal but i think its worth enough for the quality that we'll get (untuk ukuran 100x100cm harganya 2,5jt sedangkan ukuran 115x145cm harganya 5,4jt <-- katanya siyh harga setelah discount and masih bisa ditawar!! dah gitu framenya juga mewah...)


Oya, disini juga banyak stand yang jual perhiasan and accesoris dari batu permata gitu... tadi siyh sempet nguping ibu-ibu yang gie nawar kalung etnik, harganya dia dapet 50rb (setelah nawar tentunya). Selain itu juga banyak stand yang jual kain batik (batik tulis, sutra, etc) harganya bisa dibilang murah.... untuk kemeja batik cowo (bahan katun) harga termurah yang gw liat 90ribu... trus ada lagi yang jual kain batik untuk cewek (udah dibuat jadi rok and dipayet pula!) harganya 100rb-150rb (lumayan murah juga, mengingat kalo kita jahit diluar bisa ngeluarin biaya diatas 200rb). Oya, ada juga stand yang jual kaos-kaos Bali (itu lho yang bahannya gak bikin panas and enak dipake buat tidur <-- pengalaman pribadi niyh..hehehe) tadinya gw mo beli (harga kaos pendek 25ribu, celana pendek 25rb, kaos panjang/daster 40rb) tapiiiiii berhubung gak butuh-butuh amat and harganya gak bisa ditawar (teuteup yah...) i decide untuk gak beli....


So, setelah kita berdua merasa enough is enough (alias enough to walk around the hall and enough to spent money), kita memutuskan untuk pulang.
You know what??? pas keluar dari Hall, ternyata di Hall sebelah (tadinya kita pikir lagi ada acara wedding gt) banyak banget orang pake kebaya and jas..and also TOGA!! yup, ternyata hari ini tuh lagi acara wisudanya mahasiswa Trisakti! (yup, almamater gw!) kebayang donk gimana ramenya JCC today....akhirnya kita berdua menuju mobil (even kita tahu dah ada antrian mobil yg bikin macet di daerah parkir menuju dan dari JCC) and then disanalah kita berdua stuck in the moment of traffic!!! almost 2hours we stayed in the car (of course with air conditioner is on), it didnt moved at all...... baru dech inget kalo Trisakti tuh ngadain acara wisuda 2times... pagi (yang tadi bubaran) and siang (yang mungkin baru datang dan udahbikin kemacetan EVERYWHERE!!)


intinya, niatnya jam 12.30pm gw bisa keluar dari JCC and then take lunch, but then baru bisa keluar jam 02.15pm....dan itu pun musti langsung jemput Chabe (coz seminar dia dah selesai) dalam keadaan cacing-cacing di perut teriak "Hungry! Hungry! Hungry"...hehehe..


Ya sud, yang pasti even hari ini ada kejadian unpredictable...but its fun anyway :)


May 24, 2007

Three Books...

Hari ini gw selesai baca novel terakhir (dari ke-3 novel yang gw beli last week).
So, here's lil review about them & if you curious about the whole story,
then go and buy it now! Enjoy....
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my first book is.....
Jenis........... Novel Chicklit - 504 hlm
Title............ Asking for Trouble
Author........ Elizabeth Young
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Review......... Cewek lajang (baru putus gitu dech dari cowo named Kit) bernama Sophy yang kelabakan karena akibat kebohongannya selama ini kepada her mom (kalo dia tuh punya pacar sempurna named Dominic, padahal sebenernya tuh cowok cuma karangan dia doank ; terinspirasi dari cowok esmud perfect (according to her description) yang dia kenal di pesta dan waktu itu Sophy sempat ngasih tuh cowok no telp dengan menulisnya di tangan cowo itu but then tuh cowo gak pernah telp dia!). Nah, menjelang pernikahan adiknya, Belinda, of course her mom memaksa dengan segala cara supaya Sophie mau datang dengan Dominic. Nah, finally Sophy decide to us jasa agen escort (of course pake seleksi...) until she got what she want (maksudnya kriteria lelaki yang akan dia jadiin "Dominic" untuk sementara). But then.....2 hari sebelum pernikahan, ada bencana gitu dech....cowo yang sudah dia pilih ternyata masuk RS, dan terpaksa ditawarkan pengganti named Josh. Pokoknya mulai dari situ ceritanya makin kocak dech... Sorry, i can't tell you more coz its a long story and i guess if you still wanna know the-end-of-the-story...mendingan beli aja dech novelnya...



my second is.....
Jenis........... Novel Chicklit - 402 hlm
Title............ Every Boy's Got One
Author........ Meg Cabot
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Review........Jane Harris, kartunis pencipta tokoh Wondercat (inspired dari kucing peliharaannya "The Dude") yang excited banget sama perjalanannya ke Eropa (actually destination is Le Marche in Italy) untuk ngedampingin sahabat cewe'nya, Holly Caputo yang akan menikah (secara diam-diam alias kawin lari, tanpa diketahui keluarga mereka masing2...karena beda agama) dengan Mark Levine (seorang dokter). Sementara pendamping pria'nya itu Cal Langdon. Cerita perjalanan ini makin kocak karena Jane yang bener-bener (menurut gw siyh) agak clumsy, berusaha untuk mencegah dengan segala cara supaya Cal tidak menggagalkan pernikahan ini (yup, Cal agak-agak paranoid dengan kata "pernikahan" akibat perceraian dia dengan seorang model gt dech, so dia masih berpikir kalo Mark itu melakukan "kesalahan-terbesar-seorang-lelaki-dalam-hidupnya"). Nah, dalam cerita ini setiap tokohnya tuh spent time dengan curhat-ngobrol lewat Blackberry...yup, so all the story written like we usually read email! anyway,di chicklit ini juga ada info (maybe not too detail) tentang gimana caranya menikah di Italy (maksudnya dokumen-dokumen yang dibutuhin). You like the story? read yourself,guys...



my third.....
Jenis........... Novel - 581 hlm
Title............ My Salwa My Palestine (Di Atas Bukit Tuhan)
Author........ Ibrahim Fawal
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Review........ Ceritanya tentang kehidupan Yousif (putra dokter terkenal di daerah Ardallah), yang dimulai pada tahun 1947. Novel ini nyeritain ke kita mulai dari kehidupan Yousif, keluarganya maupun masyarakat Ardallah (umumnya kehidupan warga Palestina) pada saat sebelum hingga terjadinya serangan yang mengerikan dari kaum Zeonist (kaum Yahudi). Diceritain juga tentang seorang gadis keturunan keluarga kaya di daerah tersebut bernama Salwa. Nah, Salwa ini cinta sehidup-sematinya Yousif (begitu juga sebaliknya). Amazed banget pada saat Yousif dengan keberanian diri (setelah usaha dia untuk meminang Salwa , yang nb. udah dipinang oleh Adel Farhat, ditolak dengan keras oleh ayah Salwa) mengacaukan upacara pernikahan Salwa dengan Adel. Nah, apakah Salwa tetap menikah dengan Adel atau memilih menjalani kehidupan dengan Yousif? (duh, bahasanya itu lho...eleuh2..) trus yang pasti gimana kehidupan Yousif setelah perang meletus antara Israel versa Palestina?? (Jujur aja..berhubung bagian ini bikin gw sedih...coz now at least i know the story... so just read the novel,guys...you'll know by yourself..its worthy anyway)


May 23, 2007

They called me back!

Iya, jadi ceritanya kemarin (selasa, 22 mei'06) pihak kedutaan tuh telpon gw (waaaaahhh, jangan-jangan mereka baca posting'an blog gw hari senin...)


nah, orang yang telpon selasa kemarin tuh, cewe....dan anehnya, cara ngejelasin ke gw tuh beda banget sama cowo yang nerima telpon waktu hari senin! kayaknya dia lebih bisa ngerasain perasaan sedih gw yang visanya (last week) ditolak... Halaaaahhhh...PeDe banget ya...HoHoHo...

Eniwei, dia bilang kalo semua keputusan tentang penolakan visa gw tuh ada di pihak imigrasi Berlin (huh!). And then she said that i could apply tourist-visa, but still gw musti menuhin semua persyaratan (dan setelah gw liat-liat....tinggal 2 persyaratan yang gw belum punya) dan prosesnya makan waktu 10days (tapi lagi niyh...tetep keputusan ada di imigrasi berlin --> whyyyyyy????)

So, i asked her once more....is there any possibility for you (botschaft) try to re-issue my residence-permit-visa? she said (with clear, calm and once again) it depends to immigration office in Berlin. (see?!) Intinya pihak Botschaft hanya perantara aja dalam pembuatan visa, not the decision maker (so, next time jangan terlalu berharap TOO big ya, Nie` <-- pesimis banget ya...)

Then like usual, siangnya gw laporin (duh, kayak abis spionase aja ya <-- gak penting!!!) maksudnya gw langsung SmS my beloved husband (cieeeehhh...) about that conversation. Dan dibales siangnya (waktu Berlin) kalo my hubby minta doa aja semoga visum gw bisa beres, coz insyaallah dicoba diurus semua dokumennya dari sana (alias langsung ke imigrasinya) Amin...amin...amin....

Jaiyo!!!! Sekarang mah yang pasti : Berdoa, Berdoa, Berdoa...


Jadi inget satu ayat Al-Quran...

Al-Baqara

قُلْنَا اهْبِطُواْ مِنْهَا جَمِيعاً فَإِمَّا يَأْتِيَنَّكُم مِّنِّي هُدًى فَمَن تَبِعَ هُدَايَ فَلاَ خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلاَ هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَ
(2:38)
2:38 [For although] We did say, "Down with you all from this [state]," there shall, none the less, most certainly come unto you guidance from Me: and those who follow My guidance need have no fear, and neither shall they grieve;


May 21, 2007

It turns like in a wheel...

This morning (8.55am Indonesia Time) i called Botschaft (again!) confirming my visa, actually my rejected-residence-permit-visa.... so here some conversation that i really confused :



Man : Good morning....Visa section..

Me : Good morning, Sir. I'd like to ask u about my visa.


Man : ..........


Me : Last week i receive a mail from Botschaft (and so on... i explained all to him, specially how confusing i am about
"Der Lebensunterhalt fur einen Familiennachzug ist nicht
gesichert "
)

Man : Excuse me, your document number?


Me : 1145xx


Man : (i heard he type somethin on his PC and then) Yup, your visa application has been

rejected

Me : (i know! thats why i called you!) yes, but i'd like to know why it happened? did my

Lebensunterhalt from DAAD not enough? (i asked this coz i wanna know the reason)

Man : well, you have to send a mail to our head-officer if you wanna know it.


Me : i see. anyway, if so can i applying tourist-visa?


Man : you have to ask him too...by mail. i cant give you any explanation about it.


Me : (Oh My God!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! then what are you doing there?) ok then. So,what is your

head-officer's name? is it Ms.X ?

Men : No, its Mr. Y (apparently i cant hear what did he say)


Me : Ok. Thank you very much.


Men : Ok. (and then he just hang-up the phone)



Gosh.......it doesnt mean i dont wanna be rude at all...but, PLEEEEEAAAAASSSSEEE!
could he just offering me any meanfull-info? so at least i dont have to wait any longer to know, if i could start applying tourist-visa or not... im desperate here!! *sigh* its like he's just start working there and dunno anythin if he face the problems like i have.... Aaaaaaarrrrggghhhh!



May 20, 2007

Pergilah Kemana Hati Membawamu...


" Dan kelak. Di saat begitu banyak jalan terbentang di hadapanmu
Dan kau tak tahu jalan mana yang harus kau ambil,
janganlah memilih dengan asal saja,
tetapi duduklah dan tunggulah sesaat.
Tariklah napas dalam-dalam,
dengan penuh kepercayaan,
seperti saat kau bernapas di hari pertamamu di dunia ini.
Jangan biarkan apapun mengalihkan perhatianmu,
tunggulah dan tunggulah lebih lama lagi.
Berdiam dirilah, tetap hening, dan dengarkan hatimu.
Lalu ketika hati itu berbicara, beranjaklah,
dan pergilah ke mana hati membawamu.... "


~Quoting from : Va' Dove Ti Porta Il Cuore , Susanna Tamaro's Novel~


May 18, 2007

Those Words


When you say you love me

You don't know what you do me

When you utter those words

You allay my fears

And incite my dreams

You make me whole


When you say those words

You infuse me with courage

And the will to go on.

You inflame my heart

And raise my hopes

Those words, uttered through your teeth

In my knees I'm made weak

Keep saying you love me

It behoves me to please you

And not to resease you

From my warm, caring and loving arms


Those words are the reason why

I'd rather be with you in a heavy storm

Than warm by myself in a safety home

I'd rather cry with you in grief

Than smile by myself in brief

I'd rather engage in love with you

Than in war with enemies


It's all because of those words

That my love for you has grown

I love more now

Because of those words

( by Sphiwe Mnisi )

May 17, 2007

Shocked...


its 1 day after my birthday...

may 16th, when i received that important-letter-from-deutschEmbassy....


telling me about how sorry they're, they rejected my residence-permit-application.... the reason is my life-assurance wasn't enough...


meanwhile back to 5months ago, when i was applying my visa they said all of my documents are complete... the life-sponsorship-letter, my marriage-document, the mietvertrag-document... http://www.jakarta.diplo.de/Vertretung/jakarta/id/01/Visabestimmungen/Hinweis__Aufenthalt__mehr__3__Monate.html

now they said i cant come to their country coz my life-assurance is not enough????!!!!!!!!

how come????? where are the mistakes??

at next monday, i'll try to confirm this problems...otherwise i'll try to apply tourist-visa...

wish me luck *sigh*

May 14, 2007

mine....



Alhamdulillah....
Today i become a 26 years old woman,

Ya Allah....
hope that i can be a GREAT daughter for my parents,
the BEST wife for my husband,
the COOLEST sister,
a LOVEABLE person for everyone
for next comin days...

Amin.


(may 15 2007, 1:10am)



about my visa......

Hari ini perasaan Nie` bingung...

deg-degan...H2C lha (a.k.a Harap-Harap Cemas)

This evening Nie` make call ke Botschaft, asking bout my visa (residence permit). They said they already sent mail, deliver to my address today. And then, i ask him so how about my visa? is it issued? he said, he didnt know coz the answer is in that mail..... *gosh*

Well, kebayang donk perasaan Nie` sekarang (till this second).......Curious banget, what is in that mail..... *sigh*

ya Allah....berikan kesabaran untukku...kuserahkan segalanya padaMu...
Hanya Engkau lah Maha Mengetahui, Maha Menyayangi dan Maha Mengasihi. Amiin........

(still deg2an nunggu besok.....HoHoHo)