[Blog] It's That Time Of The Year ...

 

raindrops keep fallin’ on my head

and just like the guy whose feet are too big for his bed

nothin’ seems to fit

those raindrops are fallin’ on my head, they keep fallin’

so i just did me some talkin’ to the sun

and i said i didn’t like the way he got things done

sleepin’ on the job

those raindrops are fallin’ on my head, they keep fallin’

but there’s one thing i know

the blues they send to meet me won’t defeat me

it won’t be long till happiness steps up to greet me

raindrops keep fallin’ on my head

but that doesn’t mean my eyes will soon be turnin’ red

cryin’s not for me

‘cause i’m never gonna stop the rain by complainin’

because i’m free

nothin’s worryin’ me

it won’t be long till happiness steps up to greet me

raindrops keep fallin’ on my head

but that doesn’t mean my eyes will soon be turnin’ red

cryin’s not for me

‘cause i’m never gonna stop the rain by complainin’

because i’m free

nothin’s worryin’ me

i miss walking in the light rain. listening to my iPod and watching the cars go by.

or even sitting in the bus, enjoying the air con and watching the world outside through the window with so many imaginations in my head.

or even had a nice cup of hot chocolate in a cafe, while staring at people go by in a nosey way.

i want more rain.

ps. image taken from www.top-ten-glasgow-guide.com

[Blog] Words Are The Most Powerful Tool of Seduction

so Alexander Kapranos said. one of my favourite writer (along with Oscar Wilde, JRR. Tolkien and JK Rowling) and lyricist. the man who could make various conversations from a party in an art gallery to a sexually-ambiguous song called Do You Want To. and i agreed with him.

words fascinated me. the way an arrangement of letters could lead someone to a particular imagination of any kind. and how it would turned out the same of very different from one person to the next. How they could lead someone to love it, or to hate it.

they were also the very reason i could get attracted to a person. or not. i tend to judge someone by the way they talk. i like people who talk smart, polite and silly at the same time. people who talk rudely irritates me. but hypocritically, i could talk both idiocy and rudely myself whenever my Irish-temper was fused. even though, the unintelligent talks could only available to them, whom i felt comfortable the most. the ones whom i could feel i was being my very own, and they know me really well.

my adoration towards words-play had lead me to something else. writing. i’ve been writing ever since i was very young. it started with diaries. i used to kept a diary when i was young. i filled it almost everyday, right until i got to that point of thinking, that everything i wrote there was already happened, and i was retelling it. and i started to had “nothing special” on every leaf of my diary. until at one point, i totally stopped writing them and confide my youth to my poor memory. then i found another way of writing. as someone else. on a world parallel to the one i’m living in. and different time. or the same. i got myself into this utopia called “fan-fiction”. yes, i tend to write my stories with characters taken from people i like. using the real name. shamelessly.

and how deep i fell to the world of fan-fiction. i spend most of my pocket money buying exercise books, just for me to write. i wrote stories. same characters, different stories. loads of them. short stories became novel-like. fluffs became more complicated. i love writing. it’s like a therapy for me. or something.

then i found livejournal. through my dear cousin, Puni. it’s the same concept as diary. but it was less, very less, personal. many people could read it. i discovered the mean of writing to entertain. and there was an alien feeling in me when there was someone commenting my writings. a smile spread on my face, sometimes a chuckle. i felt like i want to do more. i want to entertain people more.

then, again, Puni told me about multiply. that’s where i met my other half, Suppi. from her, i learned very much more about writing to entertain people. and so i did. i wrote for myself. but, people could read it. sometimes. i’m a human. sometimes i want to write things for my own. in public place. where people could read it, but not necessarily they could understand it.

what am i doing?

i simply rambles.

ps. picture taken from ... i think, I THINK!,
French/German Rolling Stone. i can't quite remember.
someone from FFG scanned it.

[Blog] Murder On The Kitchenfloor

the kitchen light was bright as i took out eggs from the fridge. i'm so hungry. and there was no proper food inside the fridge, so i decide to make myself an omelette. sprinkled with my Dad's diet cheese that i stole from the freezer.

i was beating the egg and the cheese, when it came out. walking slowly before my feet. it couldn't be not seeing me, since i was inches away from its nose. still, it was moving silently. as if knowing that i won't do any harm to it. and i actually won't. i don't see the point to do so. it sneaked under the rice container. i could see the long tail moving lazily.
didn't took me long to know what happened to the poor creature. my Mum's rodent-killer found another victim. and there i was standing, thinking it was being friendly to me and hoping i could give it a name.

not long after my parents came home from somewhere. the mouse decided to came out and meet my Mum. she shrieked and fly to her room upstairs. my egg is cooked. i took a plateful of rice, checking where did the mouse went. to find a drink. it's been poisoned. then i went upstairs to watch this cheesy indonesian horror.

i love white rice and omellete with cheese.

[Blog] ..................... XD

eLmo: psssttt ... kita lagi digosipin ma bokap lo ma Bude nih.
Putri: hahaha..mending kl cuma ngegossip di alam sono! Kl pake nge-barbekyu pake minum tequilla?!? hahahahaha..what a BLISSFUL New Land bgt gk tuh!?;p Really deh..May U B verrrry HAPPY in dat dimension yah dad and auntie Ni'!;>
eLmo: hahahaha .. mengingat Bude Nien ... kayanya IYAAA!!!!
mereka BBQ salmon [andelan Bude Nien banget!!], tentu saja dengan stok wine dari Bapakmu! XD
they're having a jolly good time!
Putri: YES!!! And I'll drink 2 dat now!!! Kampaiiii!!!!;p
Mba Lala: hahahahahah ... i love my family!

Tante Fi: duh, Yu, kalo laper ya nggak segitunya dong ... *mungut bungkus indomie yg nyasar ke makam Bude* nih kembang, Yu ... *tabur bunga*

Mas Ditto: tadi aku ke makam Bude, hampir salah gitu, Mir.
eLmo: salah nyekar?
Mas Ditto: bukan, di depan Bude itu udah ada yg baru 2, trus di sampingnya juga udah ada yg baru lagi, Mir!
Mba Ranthy: wah, Mama banyak temennya ya, Dit?
Mas Ditto: iya, Mbak, trus salah satu yg baru itu ada yg kelahiran semarang juga. wah, hebat yah Mama, nggak di dunia sini, nggak di dunia sana temennya banyak!

Budeku memang hebat! ^_^
Bude baik2 ya di sana, i'm sure you'll get loads of new friends to have party with, along with Pakde Didi and Om Totit ^_^

ps. photo of my Dad, Bude Nien, my Mum and Papa Uwing on Peninsular Tour
was taken by ... someone, who came with them to the tour.

[Blog] ..........................................

ARDINI WIDOWATI NURINGTYAS

11 May 1945 - 16 October 2008

Bude ...

thank you for everything you did to me and my family

thank you for all the good memories, and i really mean ALL OF THEM, since they were all good memories when it comes to you

thank you for the nomad childhood sleepovers [Lembang, Singapore, Halim, Jogja, Triloka, Pondok Gede, and the hotels's invading ... hahaha ... ]

and i'm sorry that i never have the time to stay at your lovely home again

even when your big baby boy was here last month

thank you for making sure i'm having a fantastic time whenever i'm at your place, sleepover or not

Bude ...

did you know that most people who came to see you the last time

said that you were a really great person

you were a really lovely person

and no matter i tried to forgive, if there was any, flaws you did to me

i couldn't, because there was none

there were no flaws of you that i could think of

well, maybe there was, but they could never come to the surface over your loveliness

Bude ...

may you rest peacefully now

we all will help your children and grandkids to cheer Papa Uwing up

i'm gonna miss you ...

[Blog] Pendosa September

the ultimate weapon for the ultimate sexiness

yah, itulah quote of the day antara gue dan Mas Ditto weekend ini.

yep, you reading it right. Mas Ditto. he's finally here!

that lovely brother o'mine! he's here, and we're ready to as Radith said, memberantas keperawanan di Jakarta! break loose all hells!! .... or something like that ...

MasDit: Mir, aku pengen clubbing di jakarta ...

eLmo: iya nih, Mas. tapi lagi pada tutup kan bulan puasa gini *kasih menu sushi tei*

MasDit: Asahi! ooohh!! OH!! Sapporo!! aku mau ini! kamu mau, Mir?

eLmo: mau mau. ntar minta ya, Mas.

MasDit: oke oke.

ya, seperti itulah sebagian weekend gue dan MasDit dan Otan.

Jumat, 19 September '08

dimulai dari hari jumat, somehow gue bisa pulang cepet, jam 1/2 8 gue udah selesai bertapa di kubangan bisa melesat dari kantor, trus janjian ketemuan ma MasDit, Otan, Didiet dan Die di foodcourt senayan city. di foodcourt kita makan ngaujubilamindjalik banyak banget [sate ayam, bakmi gm, gado2, takoyaki, steak, pizza, fetucini, nasi padang, d'crepes, junk food,  dan pangsit goreng], trus ngegosipin orangtua kita cerita2 soal adelaide dan lain2 sambil nunggu Didiet dan Die datang. kita juga sempet ngebahas kalo gado2nya tuh lebih enak yg dijual sama abang2 pinggir jalan daripada yg di foodcourt itu '_'

kemudian Didiet menelepon ...

Didiet: Mok, lo dimana?

eLmo: gue di depan d'crepes, Kang, lo dimana?

Didiet: oh ya, bentar lagi gue nyampe daerah situ yak. udah di foodcourt nih.

eLmo: oke oke ... *nutup telpon, angkat kepala* Didiet!!

ya, ternyata sudah sedekat itu si Didiet itu XD

lalu diterusin cerita2nya, sambil Ditto, Didiet, Diana berkenalan [Initial D semua yak?!]. abis makan, sesuai cita2 Mas Ditto, kita nonton Hellboy 2! ughyeah! filmnya keren sekali lho visualnya. gilaaa ... bener2 dimanjakan mata gue! walopun ujut yg beautiful cuma si Selma Blair, taip gue demen banget sama makhluk2 ora ng'genahnya film ini! dan beliau yg menyutradai film itu, Guillermo del Toro, akan menyutradarai The Hobbit, sodara2! fancy that! duh, jadi pengen nonton Hellboy pertama hehehe. dan saya suka sekali si Angel of Deathnya. anjrit keren bangeeettt!!  frightening, but wicked!

abis nonton, kita liat2 Debenhams sebentar, dan di sinilah sebenernya awal mula phrase "the ultimate weapon for the ultimate sexiness" XD

Si Didiet katanya mo cari2 pacar sepatu, tapi ga dapet gitu. dan berhubung MasDit udah ngantuk berat, kita pisah, Didiet nerusin liat2 midnight sale, dan kita bertiga pulang.

dan besokannya kita rencana mo ngejemput barang belanjaannya MasDit di debenhams. yup, kita balik lagi ke senayan city itu. asli deh, kemaren itu antreannya najong gila! banyak banget orang! dan entah kenapa banyak banget orang beli bantal! emang kenapa bantalnya ya? perasaan waktu midnight sale yang jaman2 ulang taon jakarta tuh udah banyak orang beli bantal koq sekarang beli lagi? ada apa dengan bantal2 itu? kenapa? kenapa? Wati kenapa??

Sabtu, 20 September 2008

hari ini rencana kita mau nyushi. dan gue bertekad untuk memperkenalkan MasDit kepada makanan idola anak2 H6, salmon hentai mentai hentai mentai. so setelah buka puasa di rumah MasDit, kita ber3 meluncur ke ... yak, betul! Senayan! City! again!

janjian mau ketemu sama sodara satu lagi, Mas Tommy. dulu waktu di Adelaide, kita tinggal bareng gitu di rumah Bude Tji, sama Mas Mija juga. yah, saudara seperguruan gitu deh. hahahaha. parkir di Senayan City, trus nyebrang ke PS makan sushi. ternyata bareng ma Inez dan Dimbol juga. rame deh! begitu dapet tempat duduk kita langsung memesan dengan membabi buta. piringnya pendek sih tumpukannya ga kaya kalo makan ma anak2 H6. tapi warnanya itu lho! warna warni sekali! hahahaha.

kenyang makan sushi, kita menjemput Mas Ditto's "ultimate weapon for ultimate sexiness". on midnight sale, of course.

waktu midnight sale yg terakhir gue datengin, Bokap gue ngetake sepatu gitu sama mbak2 di kasir, dan besokannya diambi untuk dibayar pas jam midnight sale dimulai. setelah sempet main Darth Vader-Luke Skylwalker bentar ma Bokap gue akhirnya tu sepatu dipake buat nimpuk mbak2nya menjadi hak milik beliau. dan kali ini gue menyarankan hal yg sama untuk Masku itu. jadi kita ngetake dulu barang yg mau dia beli, dan besokannya diambil. well, emang gue dan Masku ga main Darth Vader-Luke Skywalker sih, tapi mbak2 yg dititipin koq menghilang entah kemana ya. dan mbak2 itu juga ga nitipin ke toko sebelah orang yg kerja shift setelah dia kalo ada yg nitip barang. akhirnya Masku nyari2 lagi apa yg dia mau. dan gue membantu, selagi Otan ngantriin.

setelah si "ultimate weapon for ultimate sexiness" itu didapatkan, tujuan selanjutnya adalah plaza semanggi. orang2 itu mau main bilyar. dan dari sinilah kegilaan terjadi.

bener2 deh ... wong ndeso kabeh iku XD

selama main bilyar kita puas banget ngakak2 soalnya ajaib2 aja gitu gerakan2 bolanya. ada yg tinggal segaris lurus gitu aja masih melenceng. ada bola yg udah muter2in meja gitu tau2 kena aja dong ke bola lain dan masuk. ada juga bola 9 yg udah nangkring di ujung meja sekali tiup masuk kantong tuh ga ada2 bola yg gerak kesana nowel si bola 9! luar biasa sekali deh!

di tengah2 permainan itu juga the clock strikes midnight, which means Mas Ditto turned 29! huraaahhh!!

pas di jalan pulang, Masku itu kelaperan.

akhirnya kita berenti di kalimalang makan dulu. gue cuma pesen batagor, Otan pesen bubur ayam. dan Mas Ditto? somay, nasi goreng gila, gado2, ketoprak, ifumie, mie rebus dan batagor, masing2 1 porsi.

makan yang banyak, Mas. di ostrali ga ada kan jajanan2 kaya gini?

makanan bersih sehat nan higienis semua! XD

Minggu, 21 September '08

hari ini nyaris aja gue digondol Didiet ke Senayan City lagi '_'

tapi yah berhubung ada acara ulang taon MasDitto di rumahnya, ya ... sorry ya Diet, bukannya ga cinta, tapi saya sudah di book untuk hari ini heheheh.

gue ma Otan direkrut untuk bantu2 persiapan acara ulang taun si Mas. mulai dari mutilasi kurma untuk mengganti bijinya dengan keju sampe jadi tukang cicip orange squash [gue lagi ga puasa]. beberapa hari terakhir ini Jakarta sumpah panas banget, gue yg bolak balik ngadem gitu di kamar Mamahnya MasDitto yg adalah freezer raksasa adalah igloo yang disamarkan ac nya suhu kutub selatan itu. lagi ngadem gitu gue bareng sama keponakan2 gue ... nonton sinetron '_'

duh gue ga ngerti ceritanya, akhirnya gue merem sebentar. sebelum akhirnya melek lagi untuk bantu2 lagi '_'

acaranya sendiri adalah buka puasa, tarawihan dan makan2.

makanannya enak2 bangeeett! dari sate ayam, ayam kodok [asli ini namanya!] dan mashed potato, seafood soup [andelan si Bude], sampe tumpeng. dan ice cream cake yg begitu udah saatnya disantap berubah jadi milkshake. agak2 abstrak rasanya.

selama acara, gue dan MasDit yg sempet sesi curhat kagetan gitu, how we both hate the questions "mana pacarnya?" and "kapan nih nyusul kakak2nya?"

oh my complicated God.

kenyang makan2 dan ketawa2 sama sodara2, gue dan Otan dianter MasDit pulang, tentu saja dengan jadwal ketemu lagi keesokan harinya.

oh ya, dan Bokap Nyokap gue tercatat hari ini udah sampe Jember.

mudah2an udah sampe Jakarta by this Sunday *crossing fingers*

ps. i took the pictures of me, MasDit and Otan and the kids playing with firecrackers,
the pictures of Kapranos boys came from Franz Fan Girls forum.

[Blog] Words Are Poisoned Darts of Pleasures

some words of wisdom i found everywhere.
they might not be the exact words, unfortunately, but the meaning is still there.

“cinta itu buta! nafsu yang milih!” – Pon –

“cinta sama benci bedanya tipis. cinta sama nafsu bedanya tipis. berarti benci sama nafsu itu bedanya tipis BUWANGET!”
“nafsu itu tidak mengenal gender!” – Sup –

“i’m a gay man trapped in a straight girl’s body.”

“so L is for Lesbian, B is for Bisexual and G is for Gay. what’s T? Tentative?” – damn, i forgot who said this! –

“why are you kids so desperate to have sex? whatever happened to heavy petting?” – Desperate Housewives’s Edie Britt, God i love this woman! –

“demons i understand, people are just crazy!” – Supernatural’s Dean Winchester –

“i think my life would be easier if i were a lesbian!” – Ashley, a friend from uni –

“do you know who’s gonna die? it’s fucking me! that woman put the poor bastard in jail for twelve years, then she set him free just to kill him!” – Gary Oldman to David Thewlis on Sirius Black’s death –

“i don’t think i would do what were in the song. but i obviously would sing it to women.” – Bryan Adams on his song Everything I Do –

“scene itu hampir membuat elu jadi lelaki gay beneran ya, Suy?” – Suppi on me watching the lesbian scene in Pirates 2 [not the Jack Sparrow one, mind you] –

him: aku diramal bakal bikin perahu ketika indonesia terserang banjir.
me: what? something like noah’s ark?
him: don’t ask me, aku cuma diramal! *ngakak*
me: *ngakak*
him: yah, anyway, kayanya kalo bener kejadian gitu, aku mau sortir penumpang deh. yang ganteng2 aja yg boleh masuk.
me: shallow abis!
him: biar. okay, kamu … kamu ganteng, masuk. kamu … kamu ga gitu ganteng, bisa bernang kan? okay, next! ya kamu yg ganteng masuk. kamu …. koq mukamu gitu? gak bisa bernang? yah, nasib. okay, next! ntar yg ceweqnya kamu aja yg boleh masuk.
me: *ngakak* that was so sweet, by the way .. aaawww …

and my favourite by far …

“foreplays are better than ejaculation.”

and who could be saying that?
yep, Alexander Kapranos.
bring it on, Alex!

ps. title came from Franz Ferdinand's Darts of Pleasures lyrics,
and pic of Alex came from the Franz Fan Girls forum