Singapore... finally

April 8 - 10 was a chaos.

We missed the airplane to Jakarta, forced us to buy new tickets that cost us 750rb. Anton was trapped at Singapore Custom for more than an hour, leaving me waiting outside with thousands of butterfly in my stomach. We didn't get the 12.30 ferry and the next, from Harbourfront to Batam Center so that we must take Sekupang alternative at 3.50 just 30 minutes before our departure to Jakarta, risking another flights. Cost us S$47 and rapid heartbeat.

April 8 - 10 was an amazing holiday.

This was our first trip to Singapore and planned since February. We booked the hotel 2 weeks before the date. 1st night was in Chinatown, 2nd night was at Carpenter St. very near to Clarke Quay MRT (mass rapid transportation). Funny how we spent almost 3 hours a day inside the MRT station.

We had the famous Char Kwee Tiauw for our dinner, it appeared to be the same as the one in Indonesia. For breakfast, we went to Little India and ordered Roti Prata. Weird.. how we ate bread with Gule Kambing. hahahaha.. Then I bought souvenirs in Chinatown.

Our favorite drink during our stay was Teh Tarik for 80 cents. And for the last dinner we met Denny at Suntec City and ahead to Lau Pa Sat, one of the famous food center in Singapore. We had Pokpiah, Clamp Fried Rice, and Carrot Cake. Strange that there was actually no carrot at all. Thank you for the amazing dinner, Den.

The Famous Merlion

Fully loaded, we walked and took some pictures in front of Merlion and Esplanade Theater. I barely could not feel my legs, but we enjoyed it much. In nutshell, I admired the cleanliness and efficiency of Singapore, thanks to the discipline attitude of the residence and regulation of local authority. Hope Indonesia someday can be like that.

Water and Stone

This is where I work now. A CMS web design company, using joomla, mambo, drupal, wordpress, magenta and osCommerce theme and template building. I thought that they would be difficult for me to learn. But actually they are simple.

Why I said that? Are you familiar with, and user of friendster, blog and simple html? If yes, then you can also acknowledge CMS I stated above in a short time.

I'm happy working here. I get new skills, and its good for my CV. yee... (^-^)/
www.waterandstone.com

Being 30

When i was off the pc, i had so many things in my mind to write down in this blog. But when i already here, i forgot it all. I will try to memorize and type some that i still recall.

• yesterday was my 30th birthday. its nothing to me. just another number. i can feel 17 or 45 anytime my mood brings me to.
• yesterday morning when i drove out of gang melati, i found that the stray dog nearby i saw couple of times before, had already died, laid in a grass. guess he died at night/dawn. he looked peaceful. i'm happy for him. this is odd. but maybe deep in my heart i know that he's been suffering a lot when he was alive. no master, no home, no food, bad skin disease. my mind kept wandering about my Ciko and Dolie.
• last week before Nyepi, on the way home from office around 7 pm, i felt so tired of life and questioned my presence. been hundreds of time.
• planned going home to Sby on Nyepi (Mar 25), got my hair highlighted, bought new shirts and digicam. met all friends there.
  
• i was so excited going to Singapore on April 8. got me headache thinking about it a looott...

these are all i can remember now. i'm sure there were many things else. but i couldn't.
is it because of age? haha.. maybe. i'm short-minded anyway.

Got a job already

It's Water and Stone, the third IT company I will be working with. Actually I've been interviewed there 2 years ago, in 2007. But since I applied in new position I never had skills before, I failed. This time I passed with no sweat. It's Web Content Manager. Doing SEO, editing stuff, some online marketing, HTML and uploading.

Couple of times I tried to find "woman-jobs" such as Secretary, Office Manager, Personal Assistant and Sales Manager. But I failed all. I know I don't have skill and experience on these positions, but many times when I was doing the IT things, I feel bored.

I didn't have IT bachelor degree, instead it's English teacher's. But since I graduated from university, I always worked in IT field. Always. I never imagined working in this area. Many times I think that life has a strange way to drag me into this point. It's not that I'm not grateful but it will be good for me to have various skill so I can survive when it's needed.

Let's just go through it!

De Ja Vu

4 years ago in December 2005 ( i can't believe its already 2009 now, how time passes by so quickly) company where i worked as a Web Content Editor for more than 3 years got bankrupt. 14 employees were sent home with a good resignation package.

2 years ago in April 2007, again another company where i worked as an SEO specialist for 7 months closed down. another acceptable resignation package.

2 weeks ago in February 3rd 2009, (*deep sigh) company where i worked as a Web Marketing and Supervisor for 1.8 years suffered a tremendous loss. more than 50 people were sent home. i received a quite good compensation.

ironic, huh!
i don't know whether i should laugh, or sad. because there's nothing to laugh for, or sad of. it's no body's fault. the wheel of life is rolling now.

February 3, 2009

Owner of the company where I worked for 1.8 months in a one fine Tuesday held a meeting with all staffs. He announced: "company will be merged to headquarters and all employees will be given a good-bye package. not all of you will join the new one."

and so here I am. browsing for jobs everyday.
getting fired again for 3 or maybe... 4 times?

At last

--1--
are you going to be married?
who?
you
really? who?
you!

--2--
yes, i'm going to be married next month
why didn't you tell me before? why hurry?

--3--
can we still be friend?
not with a married man, not you

--4--
do you still in bali?
why?
i will go there
so?
nothing
why didn't you tell me you were going.. and now already being married?!!


NOW
i'm so confused. it's still here. and real.

Love is not going to wait for you

as far as i acknowledge, there were 2 guys having crush on me. years gone by. i felt a bit honored that they, at least one of them admitted it to me, that he's been waiting for me since 6 years ago. but i was never there long, and they never here at all.

just before the end of 2008, i heard one of them is getting married this january. the one i deeply loved a long time ago. i congratulated him and deleted his number from my mobile. and now the other one is barely contacting me. he is online everyday at yahoo messenger, but we rarely say hi. there was no conflict, no nothing. it's just faded away.

i am sad. i fell that i lose something. its like beatiful pieces of my past is gone.
i know i must be realistic. they phoned me thousand of hours, they were willing to pay the airline tickets. but why i didn't choose them, is an undeniable reason. simply because...."they never here at all". they never visited me. i believe, if you really love someone, you will cross the sea just to see her smile. i did. i came to them.

and so it went by. now i'm here with someone really cherish me. i'm not going to wait for anybody else. and no one is expecting me also.

3 Things You Love About Me

Guys and gals,

abis yg jelek2, now please list 3 things i do and say that suits you and make you think.."wow, this girl is cool". jgn merasa terpaksa. consider this is a a good deed for you, a ticket for you to enter Heaven. huahahaha... thanks again for participation.

3 Things You Hate About Me

Friends,

in this new year, i have personality resolution. and that is.. i want to be a better person.
so please write down 3 things you don't like about me; the way i think, speak and behave.
consider this as the opportunity for you to say anything about me without me being angry to you.

hehe.. thanks ya