Sunday Stroll

Our epicurean souls have brought us to a pleasant Sunday stroll yesterday. Shown in the picture is our shadows (plus one biker) on the snow-covered Charles River while crossing Harvard bridge. The weather was genuinely nice, unlike last week. It was pretty warm, though it's only 36F or 2-3C. When I crossed the bridge yesterday (was in dire need to get Kiehl's body creme) I've found the weather nice and the stroll pleasant. Turned out that it was -4C. Guess my body has acclimated well with Boston. Talking about the weather, Friday was the worst, -16 to -17C. PLUS the strong wind. It was ICY cold, even your eyes suffered. It was even cold inside the building.

So, these limited-budget-self-professed-epicures have decided to spare few hours and some bucks to venture out to dining places, cafes, ice cream parlors and restaurants. Steve's Greek Restaurant was our choice yesterday. Turned out that lunch is only served on 12.45 pm where we've got a nice table at noon. Thus we ordered this home-fried potatoes from breakfast menu and some coffees. They tasted soooo good. I am a potato lover, you see? So I was grinning ear to ear after the first bite.


The soup was unique and nice. I didn't put the picture here though, as you can't see anything from the picture. Too bad I completely forgot the long and unfamiliar name. It was like avgo-something. It has rice, chicken and lemon juice with creamy texture. Served with a small packet of oyster crackers which are not too special in my opinion. The Greek salad, which comes as a compliment for main dish, is also satisfying. The whitish crumbles on top are fetta cheese. I found the tomatoes here are very fresh, sweet and juicy. But when you see the price you'll understand.

Too bad I still can't post the picture for the main dish (Gyros Plate). Haha honestly my first impression of the word 'gyro' is Inul. Why? It sounds so similar to 'gyration', her signature dancing or rather movements.

And I did finished everything. The shared-potatoes (but I ate quite a lot), the soup, the salad, the grilled lamb and french fries. And I still felt like smacking my fingers. It felt sooo good. Understandable that I could only eat one orange and two peanut-butter biscuits for dinner.

PS: photos are taken by Canon A640. I know it's not the best but oh I so love this camera!!

finally....

It *really* snows today. I mean, there have been flurries for days, but not until piling up. It has been snowing for hours now, it's all white outside, but it's too dark I can't take any picture.

Hopefully we'll get chances to build a snowman.

OK, that's all. Holiday is over (for me) and reality has taken its course once again.
Busy busy busy...

Shop 'til you drop

Stepping out from Green Hall... Those whitish things are ice crystals, though if you really take a closer look at it it's pinkish. Weather forecast predicted that today will be very windy and cold but we still decided to go anyway. 'We' here refers to myself, my roommate, and another classmate (a guy who likes shopping)




Along Harvard bridge we walked, braving ourselves againts the strong wind (yep it was strong but hang on.. It's just the beginning!!!). Do feel special, these photos are taken just for you, people close to our hearts, despite the freezing hands, face and ears. The sky was bright blue at one side and greyish cloudy at the other side. The hand. Was. So. Damn. Frozen. NUMB with capital N, U, M and B.


We're finally reaching Boston!! This imposing church is the first thing we saw. There was a bit of snow, but rather insignificant. It was sooo beautiful. And other good news, the strong wind was somewhat blocked by buildings. But it was still really cold and I was still freezing...

In this photo, you should actually be able to see the flurries... small dots of white. Hehehe I can't blame you if you can't see it. Too bad the actual file size is impossible to show here. It was the junction between Massachusetts Ave and Newbury Street (yep, our destination!!). Can hardly wait to start our window shopping session, though it was still too early... around 10 am (either too excited or too kiasu).


So this is how the shopping place looks like. The shops are located inside those red-brick houses. The first search was on Kiehl's. We are in a desperate need to get some of the stuffs there. My hand dries 'til they crack and were so painful. Red, ugly and blistered. Luckily my face and body were OK. Anyway, Kiehl's is known for their natural and non-chemical products. Hence our shopping lists extended beyond the hand cream.

Found this small and yet pretty Italian supermarket (Deluca's Market). The freshness of fruits and flowers are really enticing. Liked the bright colors. If I am still actively painting I would immediately prop my canvas on my easel...

Too bad.



We're extremely hungry at lunch time. Went to Ciao Bella, for a nice Italian luncheon. Don't worry, not everytime we'll have good meal.. It's just that the school hasn't really started so we might as well enjoy life while we still can... This frothing cappucino was divine, as well as the portobello salad, italian bread and pasta that we had. Sorry, no pictures here. Afraid you all will be green with envy.

Then we continue and continue and continue to do our window shopping. We walked 'til the end of Newbury St then walked back on the other side (Boylston St) which is also a shopping paradise. Went inside to Boston Public Library, but alas, no time to browse through. Used the restroom then off we went again haha. I shopped at Lindt Chocolatier, left the shop with a bag of extra dark chocolate. Went to Prudential Center (yep, shopping center) and Copley Square (yep, another shopping center) where my roommate and the other guy bought something from Godiva chocolatier. Hmm hmm hmm so my roommate and I can now enjoy our precious treasure togeher *grin grin*.

The wind was getting stronger, temperature lower, so we decided to go back at around 5 pm. We don't want to be blown out while crossing Harvard Bridge back. Trust me, the wind was that strong... What's our dinner? Godiva and Lindt. Oh please don't faint =). The wind is really really strong now that we can hear it from inside. It's cold inside though with two partially functioning heaters and one fully functioning but small heater. But we're lucky not to be trapped in the wind. And my hands are MUCH better now, thanks to Kiehl's Ultimate Strength Hand Salve. Only the redness and blister marks remain, the pain has gone. Viva Kiehl's!!

PS: Who shopped the most? The guy. So who say girls are crazy about shopping? =D

A Novel Way to Eat Haagen Dazs Ice Cream

Dessert can be the most awaited part of any meals. Especially if it is a pint of Haagen Dazs ice cream - to be shared to seven desperate people.

But problems come when you have no spoon to scoop. Even worse when the ice cream is frigidly cold and stone hard, though is as tantalizing as ever, still.

So here are the steps you can follow:

1. Take out the pint from freezer

2. Open the lid

3. Take a butcher knife and a wooden chopping board (iya, beneran pake GOLOK!!!)

4. knock hard to break the stone oops ice cream into two. Follow the vertical axis of the pint

5. keep on knocking...

6. yes, still knocking... change the way you do it if it does not resemble a carpenter axing a log (that's the correct way and the coolest style)

7. I know your board and table start shaking and neighbors may start peeping in. But stay determined. Do it.

8. Now it's split into two. Further chop, depending on how many persons you want to share it with

9. You will get something like this:



(see, I was not lying with the GOLOK part)

10. Put each block in a plastic cup

11. You can use a chopstick and make it like candybar (if your ice cream's really hard, you can do it - one of us did). You can use one, two or null chopsticks. The choice is yours. Seven of us had different styles of doing and we were all enjoying it.

If you don't mind watching an inverted video, you can check this out. Let me know if you can't watch it.

Silakan mencoba...

Chilly Sunday

Today was started by my reluctance to wake up. It felt really nice and warm suggling under the blanket. Looking at the misty climate out there from the wide window, feeling the breeze seeping through the window pane.

But I woke up anyway. After some struggling minutes. Kick the blanket - snuggle - kick again - snuggle again - fold - snuggle - kick myself hard enough to finally fold the blanket and get down from my bed. Stepping into the warm and comfortable navy room slippers.

I attended the mass at MIT Chapel at 9.30. A very small Catholic community there (only six choir members, for example), or perhaps because the Spring term hasn't really started. The chapel is really small, but very nice. It's circular in shape, that some of my friends thought it was just a chimney in the middle of not-so-big grassland. Anyway, the interior feels very... holy. I immediately felt warm and 'at home' at an instance, somehow. I like the altar. It's also circular and has some glass-like decorations hanging behind.

Then I went back and read some book until around 2 pm.

Then my roommate and I braved the chilly winter (plus wind plus light rain) to visit the MIT Museum. Today was rather cold that it benumbs our hands. Even with the gloves, my finger tips froze. Taking our ID card and swipe it on the door really gave us a hard time.

The picture above is one of many taken in the museum. Yes, photography is allowed inside. Lucky I only come to MIT during this era. In late 1800's and early 1900's they studied Physics like MAD.

We saw some of MIT histories and now it gained most of my respect of becoming one of the world's largest and best technology center *lift hat*. It's really a result of hardwork and pure determination. Only some people (or, prodigies) can bring a school up to what it has achieved now *applause*. I still wonder what actually has brought me here and what will I bring back home at the end of my study here.

orang yang nyebelin

Tulisan ini dibuat dalam bahasa Indonesia bukan tanpa alasan. Gak enak aja kalo orang yang bersangkutan tiba-tiba nyasar ke sini dan mendongkol.

Terkadang memang ada orang yang menyebalkan. Mungkin tidak selamanya dia menyebalkan, tapi ada kalanya kita rasanya pengen membungkam tuh mulut pake plakban dan bilang 'istirahat, grak!!'

Tau orang-orang jenis apa yang gua ga gitu suka?
orang yang merasa dirinya pinter
orang yang merasa dirinya cakep
orang yang merasa dirinya hebat (jadi inget lagunya Sherina)
orang yang merasa dirinya selalu menjadi pusat perhatian

Walaupun orang itu beneran pinter, cakep, hebat.. rasa-rasanya nilainya bakalan turun beberapa point kalo dia merasa dirinya [...]. Karena menurut gua, orang hebat itu sudah layak dan sepantasnya terlihat hebat tanpa ada 'usaha' dari dia sendiri (maksudnya membual-bualkan kehebatannya gitu). Orang hebat akan terlihat hebat dengan sendirinya dari apa yang dia perbuat dan apa yang dia katakan. Bukan begitu?

Sebagai contoh konkret, di Singapore kita ada 2 professors. Rasa-rasanya sih dua-duanya sama-sama hebat. Sama-sama masih muda, lulusan MIT dan scholars.

Tapi bedanya, si M tuh suka mengintimidasi kita secara langsung, seperti ini: "Di bidang ini, saya berada di barisan riset terdepan. Kalau ada pertanyaan, saya lah orang yang paling tepat untuk ditanya". "Kamu harus bekerja keras seperti saya. Saya tidur 3-4 jam saja setiap harinya." Dkk dll dsb.

Doh.. emang siapa yang pikirin. Lu mau gak tidur juga ga ada untung ruginya di gua.

Nah sementara yang satu lagi, sebut aja si C. Dia tuh ga pernah pamer apa-apa tapi kalo dia ngomong/ngajar, kita-kita yang awam banget ni akan berasa bego dan minder banget. Dia terlihat super pandai karena tindakan dan perkataan dan 'bukti-bukti' yang sudah memang ada. Dari publications, papers bahkan teori-teori yang sudah dia terbitkan.

Nah, ada juga lho orang yang gak suka dan seriiing banget komplen kalo ada orang yang arogan (dia juga komplen soal si M itu), padahal tau gak sih sodara-sodara, menurut kita dia tuh juga arogan...

Duh gimana donk ngadepin orang yang kayak gitu. Kadang dia komplen-komplen tentang orang lain padahal sebenernya dia sendiri juga melakukan.

Kalo pergi sama dia rasanya gua pengen bawa kaos kaki atau plakban extra untuk nyumpel mulutnya. Dia tuh cowok lho, tapi kok ya bawelnya dobel-tripel-tetris nya gua. Padahal menurut beberapa orang kebawelan gua aja udah sering bikin orang mau pingsan (apalagi kalo gua abis makan pete).

Kadang dia terlalu antusias sampe gua sebel. Kalo dia tau sesuatu, dia akan menjelaskan berulang-ulang kesannya kita bego banget. Padahal, yeee... gua juga udah tau dari dulu. Kalo gua udah bilang gua udah tau pun, dia akan tetep menjelaskan seolah-olah gua ga tau apa-apa. Doh, ngapain sih lu ngomong berbusa-busa gitu kalo ga ada gunanya?

Terus dia juga selalu ngerasa kalo habitnya dia tuh yang paling bener dan orang-orang lain salah. Dan kalo dia pake handphone provider tertentu misalnya, dia akan berkoar-koar kalo itu yang terbaik dan yang lain dicela-cela abis-abisan.

Intinya, orangnya tuh subjective sekali. Kurang bisa objective. Kadang gua berusaha mengelus dada berusaha sabar karena dia emang lebih muda 2 taun dari gua, anak tunggal dari keluarga yang sangat berkecukupan. Mohon dicatat kalau gua tidak ber-prejudice terhadap anak-anak tunggal di sini, karena temen-temen gua yang lain yang sama-sama anak tunggal pun tidak mengalami ke-subjectif-an dan ke-egosentris-an yang sama. Cuma mungkin spesies yang satu ini adalah spesies yang cukup dimanja.

Kadang kalo makan sama dia tuh gua suka berusaha kabur. Kenapa tau gak? Bisa jenggotan nungguin dia makan. Makannya lamaaaaa, berantakan (pake 1 garpu doank ga pake sendok padahal tangan satu lagi nganggur) dan sepanjang ngunyah dia ngoceh melulu, komplen dari A sampe Z.

Sebenernya kita berdua ni termasuk kawan bermain yang cukup dekat. Ya sedeket-deketnya temen sekelas lah. Maklum cuma 11 orang sekelas, jadi ga heran kalo ada subgroup-subgroup kecil. Kadang sih OK main sama dia, cuma kalo lagi kumat biasanya semangat mencuekki gua tiba-tiba membara dengan nistanya.

Sebenernya sih emang ga bisa diapa-apain, since orang tuh juga emang beraneka ragam yang menduduki dunia ini. Ga salah juga kalo kita berteman dengan orang-orang yang rada 'salah asuhan' dan udah ga bisa diapa-apain karena dia udah gede. Gua sendiri juga jauh dari sempurna, pasti banyak orang yang dendam kesumat sama gua, apalagi katanya lidah gua bisa pedes banget menyayat-nyayat kalau anda berbicara dengan daku di saat yang tidak tepat.

Cuma yang gua rada ga tahan, dia tuh suka komplen terhadap orang tentang hal-hal yang dia sendiri juga melakukan. Mbok ya ngaca toh mas.

Ini sekedar curhat.
Jadi tolong jangan dihojat.
Biarkan saja keluar tanpa tersumbat.
Tanpa terpotong seperti tersunat.
Semoga aja gua gak kuwalat.

The Hacker

One thing that I found interesting from MIT is the hackers. It's just a cut above the rests and I've never known before that a prank can be 'legalized' and even acknowledged. I am compelled to say that those they've done are intellectual pranks, with no intentions to humiliate nor abuse others. Some are even very well structured, carefully planned and meticulously carried out. I really wish there will be some hacks while I am around.

The sky is blue in Massachusetts

This photo was naturally taken, by the way. I used 'Auto' in my Canon A640. Couldn't use 'Manual' as my hands got frozen before I could really set it up. So, when I said it's blue it's REALLY blue.

My camera is actually always with me but I seldom use it. It's too cold for bare hands and it's to cumbersome with gloves =). So wait until spring, OK?

On clear days, the sky is really blue, close to Balinese sky. I like it. Here in Cambridge, no skyscrapper building can be found. What a change from the usual Singapore and Jakarta view.

Some things are different in winter though. You can't just wear flip flops outside the house!! Sometimes it's very annoying as you need to put the complete gears before heading out from the house.

These days were filled by reading up papers and documentations =(. My professor is still travelling around Atlanta and California. The system is currently down so I can't really do anything. So it's only reading, reading and reading so far.

I don't know why but I feel my English is rather deteriorating now. I wonder how I can pick it up again?

MIT is Cool...

No snow so far, to bad... :(

I am currently staying in Green Hall female dormitory, and I'll recommend an all-female dorm to all girls (cleanliness, for example... no offense to the guys hehehe).

It's a good thing that I didn't experience any jetlags upon arrival in Logan International Airport, Boston. Had a bad flu just one day before my departure, I can't say that the 24-hour trip was a blast. Be warned if you're taking United Airlines Economy class, the leg room is just not enough. Especially when you have long legs. It wasn't a time you want to repeat twice. The service was quite OK though.

Had few turbulences around Japan. One was quite severe where the captain forbode any kind of activities (inclusive of all flights attendants) of a whole 45 minutes. I quite enjoyed it actually, it was just like a free roller coaster ride hahahaa... Surprisingly, in all turbulences, no crying babies and children and (sorry) puking people. I can confess that I heard and excited shriek from a small toddler. For 45 minutes, you are tossed from your seat where you have few milliseconds 'floating'.

The 11-hour flight from Tokyo-Chicago was daaaaammnnn long and tiring. Everytime I open my eyes I always hoped that we're arriving soon, but the fact is often more bitter than the hope. I was dying for a good massage. Good strong massage, the one that can make all your joints crack *nyam*.

Blame my flu, one nice stewardess regarded me as "a girl who always asks for a boiling water". I actually went as far as fetching the water myself in the airplane's kitchen. Damn the flu. So what did I pay for flu jab for? Or they are now actively combining H and N viruses to create a new spesies, or modifying the existing into mutants... that WHO has not recognized. Or they are now concocting a new vaccin. Oh, well.

I got a high fever during the flight from Chicago-Boston. Perhaps, it actually thanks to my flu that I didn't have any jetlag symptoms: I took too many flu medication.

On the next day (Sunday), I had an unbearable headache during our shopping in Target. But somehow still managed to do more shopping later on the day around Downtown.

Hmm, you know the problem of being an MIT student?

People always think we're super smart.

It gives certain advantages, of course. Like during visa application. Show a letter from MIT and a officer's signature is right there on your application form. When the custom officer saw you're a student in MIT, the process got smoother.

But honestly, I don't think I am super-smart as what those people like to say. Mind you, they always use superlative words to explain any academia adjectives somehow.

MIT has a lot of super smart people, that's true. You know what, it even has a 14-year old kid who had started his PhD.

But most of the times, I squirmed when people said "oh you must be super smart". Halaaaahhh... The point is, when you come to MIT you start from ground zero again. One of my lecturer back in undergrad likes to say: "A winner is only judged from his/her last performance". So even if you're the grand champion of a "Cerdas Cermat Tingkat Kelurahan" once before, in MIT you need to forget about it and just see how far you can climb up.

I think I will just enjoy my time here, especially during this winter period. If by any chance I can perform well, ameeeeenn... I'ld just take it as a bonus.

lika liku liburan

Sesekali, liburan sangat perlu untuk diselipkan dalam kehidupan kita. Jika anda masih mempunyai kesempatan untuk menghabiskan beberapa hari dalam setahun untuk benar-benar relax dan bermalas-malasan, nikmatilah. Milikilah. Jangan lewatkan.

Waktu stress sekolah, apalagi yang dipikirkan kecuali bermalas-malasan di kamar sendiri, di rumah. Entah kenapa, rasa-rasanya posisi dan lokasi tidur terbaik gua adalah di kamar yang di Jakarta. Gede pula, queen size sendirian. So biasanya separo untuk body, separonya lagi untuk buku-buku koleksi masa kecil dan remaja yang sukaaaa banget dibaca berulang-ulang. Biasanya sih Enid Blyton punya. Ada masa-masanya novel-novel Marga T. Tapi yang kemarin, Girl Talk. Pada tau gak? Bacaan ABG jaman awal 90an banget. Sehari bisa abis beberapa buku.

Kalo di tempat lain gua irit tidur, di kamar sendiri bisa lebih kebo. Kalo di sini tidur 8 jam aja udah sakit kepala, kalo di sana bisa masih kurang hehehe =D. Mama yang super disiplin kalo soal bangun tidur pun maklum dan dibiarin aja kalo pagi-pagi belum nongol di meja makan dalam kondisi bersih dan wangi. Padahal, jaman SMU dulu, tiap pagi suka dipatroli (walau libur!!). Soalnya mama suka kirim SMS gini kalo lagi jauhan "Jangan lupa tidur" hihi jadi kalo di Jakarta bisa sampe tuwuk (puas).

Ngomong-ngomong soal liburan, liburan yang December kemarin ini (22 Dec - 2 Jan) sih lumayan sibuk. Mobilisasi cukup tinggi. LIburan total cuma beberapa hari pertama aja. Tanggal 26 Dec aja udah bikin PR. Haizz..

Hmm awal-awal ngapain aja ya? Ingetnya makan seafood beberapa kali hehehe =D. Pas hari Natal, kudu bangun pagi-pagi (jam 5 pagi) dan berangkat ke Canisius untuk ikut misa jam 8 pagi (yang kita kira jam 7.30 pagi dan takut macet/rame jadi kiasu jam 6 lewat udah berangkat hihihi). Pake dua mobil pula. Hmm bisa-bisanya yah jalan beriringan dari Cengkareng - Menteng. Soalnya supir yang satu ga apal jalan di Jakarta sih. Supir import kali... Kenapa pake dua mobil padahal cuma bertiga? Karena abis itu ada acara sendiri-sendiri. Kenapa ke Canisius? Ehm, soalnya ada yang konser tuh... yang ternyata adalah kumpulan almamater sendiri alias koor alumni Canisius-Santa Ursula. Sejak kapan tuh kebentuknya yah? Jaman gua ga pernah ada tuh.

Tanggal 26, mulai membulatkan tekad untuk menyelesaikan sebuah PR dari si professorwati. Selesainya sih cepet, tapi ngirim ke dia nya itu yang dramatis. Jadi gini. Dulu, pas belajar "Communication Skills" di second year of university, tutor kita nekenin kalo untuk dapet report/write up yang bagus, kudu dicek dan diedit lagi. Tapi, untuk hasil maksimal, antara first review and second review tuh ga boleh langsung alias butuh jeda.

Tanggal 26 itu, gua selesai jam 4 pm. Langsung bobo bentar (hmm udah ga biasa liat computer dan baca notes segabruk-gabruk kali ya jadi ngantuk). Terus malemnya ke Senayan City diajak sodara. Malemnya lagi pulang ke rumah (ya iyalah masa pulang ke rumah orang laen). As usual, tiap pagi dan malem tuh gua habiskan dengan ngobrol ngalor ngidul sama ortu. Kalo gua pulang malem, mereka akan tidur sebelum gua balik. Hebatnya, tiap gua pulang mereka pasti otomatis bangun dan langsung 'on'. Abis gua mandi, kita bakalan ngobrol about everything sampe jam 1an atau sampe gua ketiduran. Kadang ga cuma bertiga tapi berempat sama adik gua yang kalo jaman liburan pulangnya selalu sekitar midnight (kayak Cinderella banget yah, eh ini adik yang cowok lho).

Nah besokan paginya, gua udah siap di depan computer dengan thumbdrive (soalnya gua kerjain di laptop dan ga ada wireless) setelah nge review dan edit tuh write-up. Eh ga bisa-bisa lho buka internetnya. Sampe lamaaaa banget. Kayaknya thumbdrive gua juga udah sempet beranak-pinak. Gua udah kesel aja, ini internet bayarnya ga nunggak tapi kok bisa ga reliable gini.

Akhirnya malemnya pas kebetulan g ada di rumah seseorang, gua numpang aja nginternet (soale kirain cuma yang di rumah aja yang error). Eh ga bisa juga lho... Terdengar khabar burung kalo gara-gara gempa di Taiwan, jaringan internet terganggu dan seluruh negara di Asia Pacific kena imbasnya. Ini cuma gossip sih, mungkin ga separah itu. Terus gua SMS aja kakak gua yang masih di Singapore, dia bilang emang tersendat-sendat sih dan ga bisa load file.

Jueeehh, ga bisa ngapa-ngapain donk. Bokap gua malah usul gua SMS si professorwati tersebut. Weleeeh gua mana tau HP-nya. Lagian entah dia lagi di New Zealand apa US sekarang. Yah akhirnya baru keesokkan harinya tuh file kekirim. Penuh perjuangan tuh. Thumbdrive di bawa ke mana-mana dan pernah sekali pas lagi lewat hotel gua nanya aja loh sama resepsionis nya lagi ada internet apa nggak (read: mau numpang).

Baru hari ini gua cek e-mail dari si professorwati. Untunglah PR gua lulus sensor dengan baik. Phew.

Besok-besokannya, cukup sibuk wara-wiri mengurus sesuatu yang emang mesti diurus. Tentang apa? Halah ga penting lah ntar juga tau sendiri. Tapi jangan berspekulasi di sini yah haha.

Tanggal 31, pas orang-orang lain rencana ke jalanan sini atau party sana, gua malah kekeuh ga mau ke mana-mana. Pergi dinner pun ga mau. Pokoknya ga mau ninggalin rumah deh. Alasannya banyak. Selain capek, percaya atau nggak gua udah bosen sama makanan Indo. Or Chinese food. Karena selama di Indo ya makannya tuh either Indo food ya Chinese food. At one time, gua malah kekeuh ga mau makan nasi/noodle. Maunya French Fries. Akhirnya gua makan di AW dengan biadabnya. Ih padahal AW doank. Iya, emang rasa nasionalisme gua terhadap makanan Indo rada rendah. Atau lebih tepatnya, makin lama makin surut. Mohon maap buat yang fanatik sama makanan Indo yah. Apalagi gua anti seribu anti sama yang namanya pedes walau cuma setitik. Cabe-nya Indomie aja bikin gua merem melek.

Tanggal 1, gua mulai bangun dengan perasaan gundah gulana. I haven't done a reading. Aduh panik. Takut ntar udah nyampe kampus ga sempet ngebaca. Huh dasar sekolah biadab. Jadi tanggal 1 itu sodara-sodaraku terkasih, gua malah bangun jam 6 pagi dan duduk dengan manisnya di hadapan files dan buku catatan gua (deeuuu SD banget). Berhasil belajar sampe siang, tapi terus jalan-jalan ke Plaza Senayan sama temen yang mirip banget sama Agnes Monica. Bahkan dia pernah ditanya supir taxi lho, kayaknya mau diajak foto bareng hahaha. Bagi para penghuni kota Jakarta, kalo ke Cafe Wien cobain Caesar Saladnya deh. Sumprit that's the best I can find so far... I badly missed salad by then and never regretted of what I ordered. Terus makan di Bakerzinn (bener ga sih nulisnya). Gembul pisan. Mana gua tau Banana Pizza porsinya segede gitu (untuk snack). Malemnya makan Kwetiau Akang di Muara Karang. Terus beli martabak duren di sebelahnya.

Besok nya udah ngerasa gloomy. Soalnya tanggal 2 malem (kemaren) gua terbang ke Singapore. Pagi-pagi masih sempet belajar dikit tapi siang-siang nyerah. Berasa rugi ga sih kalo belajar pas liburan?

Airport Soekarno-Hatta dan Changi kebanjiran orang saat itu. Kebetulan gua satu pesawat sama beberapa teman. Malah kecipratan beberapa gossip gress. Busyet.

Lucunya, pas kapan itu kita rencana mau ngumpul-ngumpul anak CHARIC. Tapi ga bisa soalnya waktu gua di Singapore cuma 3 hari doank dan masi banyak urusan. Eh kemaren di airport gua udah ketemu 2 dari 6 anggota CHARIC tanpa disengaja. Lumayan. Ga tau CHARIC apa? Duluuuu pernah diulas (deeuuu) tapi lupa di bulan berapa, kayaknya Maret/April/May 2006 gitu deh.

Di Changi, itu bagian arrivalnya dipenuhi oleh orang-orang yang... antri taxi!! Sampe uler-uleran, no kidding. Hampir 1 jam ngantri taxi doank. Byuh byuh byuh.

Gua pamit dulu yah. Dadaaaahhh... Kapan-kapan lanjut lagi.