29 November 2012

I was on my way home, when I saw these billboards, banners, posters etc--wait, I have seen them since months ago, but just had this thought come. yes, If you live in Bekasi, I bet you know what kind of billboards those are. they are campaign tools, for the mayor candidates. the upcoming local election will be held in the mid of December--which means it less than a month to go.
funny thing is, I don't even recognize all of the candidates. who are they? do they even live in this city? what are they going to do if they have been elected?
they just sell themselves only by the banners, billboards with such an enormous size of their close-up pictures, not to mention its pedantic written text to embellish it. they sell the words, they can't even guarantee whether it can be fulfilled.
am I gonna vote? obviously. but, whom?
still have no idea.
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"when did the last time you do something for the first time?"

I dare to say, soon! can't wait. can't wait. can't wait.
it will be my first to do many things. the excitement goes up to the highest level.
enthusiastic. I'm sooo excited!
whatever~
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28 November 2012

it's been a month I become a part-time teacher, in teaching English and Science for grade 9. never thought I could really do this like, seriously. I still want a 'real' job either, which 'real' here refers to a permanent one. a 9-to-5 job with regular salary, annoying boss perhaps, something like a real career.  On the other side, I feel blessed, that somehow, I was given a chance to do somewhat teaching--well, I prefer to call it, a session of sharing knowledge. this I always tell the kids, I have no experience in becoming a teacher, nor in mastering teaching method, so I wish they'd be informed and understand my situation.

so, what's my impression? I must say, teaching is fun. yet hard. it's even harder than the studying itself. the advantage of becoming a teacher is, you are forced to keep learning, to maintain your personality traits, to read a lot and a lot, because whether you realize or not, you are the source of  the knowledge itself--at least in a class.

reminiscing my young age, I used to be so ignorant yet so careless to the teachers. but I have been taught, to not disrespect to any kind of professions. but, now somehow I see, teacher is indeed an honorable profession ever. though I'm not directly responsible to the kids' grades at school, but I feel I ought to enforce life's values to them--hey, it's the next generation we're talking about :p

one thing I note to my self, I don't expect high salary. because, it just can't. ok, here, the place where I teach, it belongs to so-called the poor. these kids (or the parents) can not afford the expensive course, while in the next four months, these kids will be having a national exam. so yeah, I can hand some helps by teaching them, in order to prepare the exam.

and... I think that's it.
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drama cari tiket

20 November 2012

mau cerita sedikit tentang ribetnya cari tiket pesawat. jadi, berawal dari gue dan @amandamuthia pengen backpacking ke Singapura. rencananya udah dari dua bulanan lalu, tp karena gue lagi ribet ngurusin nikahan abang gue, jadilah ketunda mulu. Alhasil, saat ijin orang tua udah di tangan, gue dan Muthi bergegas cari tiket pesawat untuk keberangkatan awal Desember ini.

Nah, disini drama dimulai.
mulai dari cari tiket termurah--ya gini deh emang mau jalan-jalan irit mah-- hampir gue cek semua website maskapai penerbangan yg melayani rute Jakarta-Singapura, dari budget airline, sampai airline besar, macem Garuda, SQ, dll...
dari semuanya, ga ada yang lagi ngadain promo. sigh.
kalo dari budget gue dan Muthi sih pengennya ya semurah mungkin (hahaha :p). kalo bisa untuk tiket ini masih dapet dibawah 1 juta PP. idealnya pengen yang 600K-700K IDR. sempet ada tuh beberapa yang dapet 700an untuk flight akhir November dan awal Desember, tapi waktu itu, lagi ga bisa booking karena banyak urusan--ngeles ajee..

nah, pas urusan nikahan abang gue beres, barulah gue menggiatkan lagi pencarian tiket (eh ada kan ya kata 'menggiatkan'?) dari semua budget airlines, nemu yang paling murah itu Air Asia (AA) dengan waktu penerbangan yang pas menurut gue. Jam dan hari-nya enak. harganya lumayan, 824K. tapi pas udah mau urus-urus booking ini,ada masalah, berhubung gue ga punya kartu kredit--si Muthi pun ga ada-- gue pun berniat minjem klikBCA si pacar. Udah tenang tuh, tapi ga lama si pacar bilang kalo keyBCA alias token-nya dia ketinggalan di Bandung (saat itu dia Bekasi). yaahh... bingung deh gimana bayarnya. ga ada CC yang bisa dipinjem pulak.

besoknya, gue liat kalo harga tiket AA yang 824K itu udah naik! sial. cuma telat beberapa jam aja padahal. pas gue coba cek ke website Lion Air, ternyata mereka lagi ada promo donk! nemu tiket 300K PP Jkt-Sing dengan waktu yang pas dengan rencana kita! seneng banget pastinya donk!! pokonya yg penting muraaah!
trus, apa gue berhasil dapetin tiket itu? ternyata ngga. sigh lagi.
gini deh kalo lagi ada tiket promo semurah (banget!) itu. di web Lion Air itu susah banget mau booking , entah karena banyak yg akses kali yaa. malahan sempet suspended. pas udah bisa diakses lagi, eehh harganya udah naek kembali ke harga normal 1 jt-an PP. kurang ajyaar.

besoknya lagi, gue cek web AA, nemu lagi flight yang sesuai, dengan harga 824K. ga mau kecolongan lagi, si Muthi yg lagi di Pekalongan, menyarankan gue ke konter AA aja, salah satunya di Carrefour MT Haryono. berangkatlah gue, dianterin si pacar bermaksud ke sana. sebelumnya malah kita sempetin ke travel agen, buat nanya-nanya (kali aja ada yg lebih murah--ternyata ngga).
pas di perjalanan ke MT Haryono ini, karena mobil kita ga sempet keluar tol di Cawang, akhirnya gue coba browsing konter AA disekitaran mal mana ajah. kita nemu di Central Park, berdasarkan website-nya Carrefour. yaudah kesana lah kita...
gue udah harap-harap cemas. tiket harga 824K ini udah lumaya bgt deh, walau masih gondok ga dapet Lion Air 300ribu, tp yaudah lah. ga jodoh mungkin.

udah nyampe Central Park, kita bergegas nyari Carrefour buat ke konter AA, si pacar malah sempet ke ATM dulu ambil cash buat bayarin dulu tiket buat si Muthi.
Udah di Carrefour nih, nyari penampakan konter Air Asia, koq ga ada yaaa... setelah tanya-tanya sama petugas, ternyataaaa, konter AA di Central Park ini udah gada per Juni 2012. KAMPRET!

udah terlanjur di CenPark, jadilah gue dan pacar nge-date ajah. makan terus nonton Wreck-It Ralph. Untung banget filmnya bagus dan lucu! jadinya terhibur deh (kapan-kapan mau nulis review Wreck-It Ralph deh. bagus bgt soalnya!)

besoknya lagi, akhirnya si pacar ngabarin kalo temennya bisa minjemin klikBCA dia buat numpang bayarin dulu. akhirnya gue browsing tiket (lagi!) dan nemu yang paling murah dan enak waktunya itu Air Asia dengan harga 922K. awalnya agak keberatan krn jadinya lebih mahal dr perkiraan. tapi karena udah males dan hampir ilfil, juga daripada harganya makin naik kaya apartemen, maka gue dan Muthi setuju ambil yang itu.
and THAT'S IT! drama cari tiket ini berakhir juga. Jkt-Sing di awal Desember. flight di jam dan hari yang sesuai dengan keinginan kita.

penutup, sebelum gue nulis posting ini, gue baru ajah cek website Air Asia lagi, daaaan....
penerbangan di hari dan jam yang sama PP Jkt-Sing seperti yang kita booking, harganya kembali menjadi 824K.
AAAAAkkk %&#!)*^%&())

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12 November 2012

for those who still get confused, I found this on my friend's site. 



If a guy doesn’t call you, he doesn’t wanna call you. If a guy is treating you like he doesn’t give a shit, he genuinely doesn’t give a shit. No exceptions.
Sometimes women build up this stuff in their minds; take each little thing a guy does and then twist into something else.
If a guy wants to be with a girl, he will make it happen. No matter what.
-- Quoted from He’s Just Not That Into You, 2009
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