A little trip..

I went to Singapore just few days ago, with my parents and my two little brother.. My father just doing a regular check up on his eye and we want to see my youngest brother's lung's condition. Well, it went okay (^^,)*

Arrived on Thursday night, had dinner and went to bed.. Spent Friday on doctors in Mount E and Camden and then FREE.. we had a walk, some shopping, too bad.. we missed Sentosa because it was raining on Sunday.. believe me, I've never been there and I was excited that I brought along my Fish Eye camera, hoping to find good scenery, but the rain just flush it all out.. then, it's okay.. meaning more shopping time!! hahaha..

Didn't spend a lot though, just bought some cheap shirts and a skirt at Bugis and some sale party dresses at Tangs, haha.. and don't forget, craft books at Kino. One still missing tho, the book Meet Me at Mike's by Pip Lincolne.. Kino is out of it and the shop assistant at Borders couldn't find the book I asked on the system, what?! Hmm.. I wonder if I should get it online.. :(

By the way, it was the first weekend of the month and there's MAAD going on, but I didn't go.. such a shame.. I've been wanting to visit MAAD exhibitions at the Red Dot, but I always went there on the mid or the end of month and now when I arrived at the right time, I just didn't go.. haha.. well, can't leave the fam. It's okay tho..

The day before we went, I was browsing on facebook and I found this.. Breadou.. fake bread made out of sponge I think.. it's cute. My brother brought me some when he came back from Shanghai last July, but it was different. And I'm interested with the loaf shape.. we can use it as a wrist rest while typing on keyboard, nice eh?! And if you're feeling stressed out or mad and anything, you can squeeze it, but just don't tear it apart or worst, eat it, okay? haha..
And as usual, I browse the place where I can find it.. and we went to Action City in Plaza Singapura.. haha.. brought the loaf and some roti toast as souvenirs for fam. They also sell it online here in Indo, but I thought yah sekalian lah, pas jalan kesana.. hehe..

The trips was nice.. miss being there with Indra tho (so much!).
The house owner said Singapore is really2 sepi this year.. not so much tourist.. guess the economic condition is still going down and down.. it is predicted that next year Europe will have recession and then Asia.. wow.. better be careful with all our assets and save them abroad is kinda wise I guess (not that I have one, just a thought).. well, who knows.. just hope the awful things happen in 1997 won't happen again.. the minorities have always become the victim, right? *fingers crossed.. ojo sampe kejadian lagi deh.. Amin.

Hey, the Lebaran holiday is near.. any plans?
We're just going to spend it at Malang, Batu.. hope it will be great!! (^^,)* and yours too..

Packing..

waahhh.. dah malem banget aku masih packing2 nih.. besok mau mudik k Banjarmasin.
Mau ngerayain Natal & Taon Baru with family (plus boyfriend, hehe..).
Rencana pulang ga bawa banyak barang, ternyata..
last days banyak dapet telpon

"Cen (panggilan rumahku), tolong bawain ini..";

"eh Cen, beli'in itu dong";

"ce, aku lupa bawa sabuk, tolong yaa.."

Walah walah.. jadi nya besok tetep bawa 3 colly bagasi (1 koper, 1 dus, 1 kereta bayi titipan), 1 tas cabin and 1 tas tenteng gede yg isa muat laptop. hahaha..banyak yoo..
Besok mesti nyempetin k kantor dulu, ada beberapa berkas yg mesti aku bawa, tp aku lupa bawa tadi.. hehe..
doh doh.. mesti inget2 lagi nih, jangan ampe ada yg ketinggalan..

How about you guys? Mau spend time dimana Christmas & New Year?
Hope you all have a lot of fun too.. (^^,)*

P.S.
I added a flashfetish playlist on my sidebar, Christmas songs, celebrating the season..
Only a few (4) choices of mine, hope you all enjoy it.

X'mas in Singapore..

When I arrived in Singapore last time (18/11/08), the Christmas spirit is already in the air.. The streets are wrapped in Christmas decorations; caramel candy street lamps; lamp in lollipop, stars, candy and other Christmas shapes hanging on the trees and ceilings.. Christmas trees on the streets, dwarfs houses in cupcake shape, dolls in red and green clothes.. so WOW!!
This is my first time seeing Christmas there and I never thought of so much decorations, so yea.. you can imagine my amazement.. haha..
Here are the pictures..
I know it's not Christmas yet, but the air is already filled with the spirit.. so..
Have the Merriest Christmas for you all (^^,)*

A quick post from Changi..

Hi everybody!!! miss me? for sure, I miss posting on this blog and miss reading your comments here..
So yea, thanks to Changi with it's free internet service, I can check email, check on my facebook and friendster, reply your comments and email and even write post from here.. well, dengan abusing 15 minutes yang diperbolehkan, hahaha.. abis 15 minutes aku log in lagi.. hahaha..

And yea, here I am now at Changi, setelah beberapa hari spent d Singapore, ke dokter, jalan2, foto2.. ngomong2 soal foto2, bagus banget, you should visit Singapore during christmas season, decoration nya apik banget. Entar deh ya aku share disini.. hehe..
Sekarang lag nunggu flight ke Shanghai, china, mau ngunjungin adekku yang lagi sekolah disana. hehehe..
rada takut nih, kata nya suhu disana udah mencapai 4 derajat, padahal minggu kemarin bilang nya baru 15.
Takut2 tapi adekku Didiet, yang satu nya lagi, agak2 berharap turun lagi supaya turun salju, haha.. he never seen one, so yea, pengeeeen...
Doa'in moga kita semua sehat2 aja ya pas nyampe sono.. semua senjata dari sweater, jaket tebal, sarung tangan, kaus kaki, topi, de el el dah lengkap nih.. hehehe..
Oke deh, tinggal 2 stengah menit waktu nya and aku dah ditungguin mama papa mau nyari gate.
See ya everybody..
Have a great day!!!

Pamit doeloe..

Hello friends..
Jeanne mau pamit dulu neh.. beberapa hari ini bakalan g blogging or online or even check email maybe.. soal nya bakalan away nemenin bokap check mata ke Spore and lanjut ngunjungin adek yg sekolah di Shanghai.. hehe.. I think the "craziness" is proven here ya In? The first plan is to check eyes only, but then, let's visit Ayin (my lil'bro) too.. walahhh..

Ok deh.. see ya in the next ten days (^^,)*

To Shenandoah Valley.. for free..

I just got a comment (or actually a message) from Laura on my post (The Lost Things, Letters & Stars..). She's currently working with The Wednesday Letters' writer, Jason F. Wright. She wrote to me about a new contest they're holding, where we can win a free trip-for-two to Jason's hometown in VA, the Shenandoah Valley, which is the set for The Wednesday Letters!!
I imagine that this place is really beautiful and I goggled some pictures.. I hope I got the right ones..

This is a view..















Shenandoah Valley at fall time.. I love the purple color..

















Well, if you win the contest, you and a friend can get to enjoy all these beautiful view there.. All you have to do is simple, send a Christmas card to Jason and his family. The Christmas card must be received before December 24th, 2008 and he and his assistant will randomly picked the winner. Excited?!! Me too..
But then, I feel a bit disappointed. Although it's really really tempting, the winner will get a free trip, all expenses will be covered and other beautiful things in the package, but I think I can't join, because it's really hard nowadays to get a visa to US. My little brother tried twice for a vacation, but yea.. he got rejected twice too..
Besides, the ticket given are only from US continental only.. no Indonesia, hehe..

For those of you friends and readers who happens to live in US or near there, if you want to join the contest, you're very welcome, just visit here for more info..
I hope you'll win and send me some pictures of the beautiful view there..
Good luck!!

Few days in iboekota..

Hi! Hi! Baru balik dari iboekota (alias Jakarta) siang ini..
teler boo.. mana batuk and pilek, ditambah cuaca d atas waktu terbang ga gitu enak lagi.. gronjal2, jadi rada2 mabok.. lemes dah nyampe rumah, but couldn't sleep. Parah kaan? Coba bisa tidur pasti wuenakk banget.. tapi untung sekarang udah ga papa.

So yea.. Selasa malem kemaren (26/8), aku ke Jakarta bareng mum, dad and my lil'bro, Didiet.
Ngapain? Yah, urusan kerjaan plus bonus, jalan-jalan! hoho..
Hari kedua, Rabu, kita lihat2 ke depo (tempat container) trus ke kantor.. sorenya.. setor ke Mangga Dua.. hahaha..
Liat-liat aja.. dikasih tau Mingda kalo disini jg gudang nya bahan2 craft, kayak flannel dll.. hehe..
Jadi survey2, naik turun elevator, keluar masuk toko, nanya sana sini.. nemu ga? jelas dooong.. tapi nyebelin!

kejadian di Mangga Dua Pasar Pagi..

me : mbak, ada jual flannel ga?

si mbak : oh ada, ini (sambil ngasih contoh flannel yang warna nya aduuuh maaak.. banyak banget!! seneng rasa nya)

me : ini ada semua ya stock nya? *excited

si mbak : ada ada

me : minta kertas dong mbak, buat catat kode nya (si mbak ngasih kertas, trus aku dah langsung asik milih2, catet2 warna yg aku belum punya.. which is buanyaak banget)

tiba-tiba dateng si mas..

si mas : eh, warna yang d bagian belakang ga ada tuh, ga datang barang nya. ya kan Cik? (nongol2 langsung bilang gitu sambil nanya ama si Encik)

si Encik mendekat.. liat ke kertas contoh warna2 flannel..
Encik : yang belakang ga jual, warnanya ga dateng. Yang bagian bawah juga ga ada tuh, yang warna gini2 (nunjuk warna2 pastel) ga jual gua, ga laku soal nya.. yang nomer ini, ini, ini (sambil nunjuk2) juga ga ada.. lu pilih yang diatas aja..

And aku cuma bisa bengong.. Watda!!! Ga jual, habis, tapi warna2 nya masih dipajang. Ga dikasih keterangan pula! Akhirnya.. sempet aku omelin mas e, gimana sih, jualan ga jelas, mana ga mau ngasih diskon (kecewa ga dapet warna) lagi. Akhirnya cuma beli 1 warna tok.. sigh..
Ternyata Jakarta sama aja. Malah lebih enakkan beli di Surabaya, sudah deket, warna sama aja banyak nya, isa minta diskon lagi. Huu..

Eh, tapi esp buat Mingda yang ngasih info.. ga nyalahin kmu kok, mungkin cc aja yang ga nemu atau expect yang ampe gimana gitu.. entar titip kain bulu nya ama Mingda aja ya.. cc g nemu soal nya... thank you (^^,)*

Jalan2 lagi, beli2 baju goban-an (alias 50rb-an), kaya kemeja2 gitu, lumayaan buat dipake ngantor.. model nya yang sersan2 (serius tp santai) gitu lah.. Trus pas ke MKG (mall kelapa gading), beli jibbitz buat sandal crocs ku.. hehe.. saking semangat nya.. jadi gini deh.. enem boo!! haha.. kok kaya TK banget yah?! hohoho..




Ketemu mascot e Olympics pas d foodcourt, rupanya lagi ada yang jualan pernak-pernik Olympics.. karena udah ada, lagian mahal, jadi foto2 aja.. hehe.. Ohh.. I look so chubby, hehe.. ga kalah ama panda nya. Emang lagi chubby neh.. mau mulai diet.Yosh!!!

So.. trip to Jakarta kali ini.. umm.. not so memuaskan.
Macet, keinginan tak terpuaskan, ga enak badan lagi.. so yea..
Mau ke Jakarta lagi? hmm.. ntar ntar dulu deh.. hehe..

Following His path..

Finally..
Akhirnya bisa juga nge-post cerita perjalanan ziarah kemarin.
Bingung juga sih mau cerita apa soal perjalanan nya.. yang pasti semua nya serasa amazing banget, wonderful, ga bisa diungkapin dengan kata-kata..ciee..
Dan yang pasti lagi, super seneng banget bisa pergi bareng family, and semuanya dari awal ampe akhir ga ada yang sakit-sakit ampe parah gitu, paling-paling cuma pilek atau batuk karena kecapekan.. selebihnya sehat walafiat, hehe..

Kita kemarin pergi 21 hari.. mengunjungi Israel, Italia and terakhir Prancis.
Berangkat bareng temen-temen satu gereja paroki kita di Banjarmasin, 3 orang Romo (haha, borongan ya.. 1 Romo paroki kita sekarang, 1 nya Romo paroki kita yang sebelumnya, 1 nya lagi Romo paroki yang terdahulu. 3 generasi ikutan bareng, hehe.. ). Total 36 orang termasuk Romo2 nya kalo ga salah. Banyak juga yah..
And seperti biasa, kalo rombongan pasti ada aja kan yang aneh-aneh.. Ada bapak-bapak yang doyan ngomooong terus, suka ngeras lagi ama pendapat nya aja, trus kalo bikin tebak-tebakan selalu dimulai dengan kata yang sama, "Apa bedanya.. (ini dan itu)?" Yang bikin tambah gereget, keseringan dia ga punya jawaban atas tebak-tebakannya sendiri, haha.. entah lupa, entah emang nanya e seng rada ngawur, hehe..
Trus ada yang susah makan e, ada yang sensi, suka tersinggung, ketus, weird personality, ada yang suka ngilang or ketinggalan (well, this is us, coz we're travelling with a child, tapi biasa nya kita nge-gandeng satu Romo supaya ga diomelin, hahaha..).
Kalo ama anggota tour yang aneh-aneh gitu, sempet sebel, sempet kesel jg.. but we just take it easy lah.. kaya lagu Indo yang "gue sih asik-asik aje asal lo jangan ganggu gue.. " haha.. eh.. sama aja ya..

Hari-hari pertama, kita ada d Israel, fyi (*red. for your information), disini cuaca nya puanasss banget, udara nya tuh kalah deh Indo, sampe serasa tenggorokan ini keriiiing, pengen nya minum terus.. kita ngunjungin pohon Ara, tempat Zakaeus si pemungut cukai manjat karena dia pengen liat Yesus. Zakeus manjat karena badannya kurang tinggi. Pohon ini berarti udah tua banget ya.. yang pasti 2000 tahun lebih. Gereja tempat kita ngadain misa yang pertama sejak sampe di Israel, Gereja Gembala yang baik. Nama nya sama ya kaya Kathedral yang di Surabaya? Tapi yang disini gereja nya kecil, bukan gereja pusat rasa e.
Ke sungai Jordan, tempat Yesus dibaptis oleh Yohanes. Fyi lagi, tempat yang biasa dikunjungin ini sebetulnya bukan pas tepat spot tempat Yesus dibaptis, cuma bagian lain dari Sungai Jordan yang panjang. Kalo kita mau spot yang aslinya, tempat nya pas di perbatasan. Bukan nya bisa bener-bener menghayati and khusuk berdoa serta memperbaharui janji baptis, yang ada kita malah lari2an dikejar tentara ntar. hehe..
Mt. Tabor-tempat Yesus dipermuliakan (Luk 9:28-36), Mt. Beatitudes-Yesus berkotbah di bukit (Mat 5:1-12), Kapernaum-rumah mertua Petrus (Luk 4:31-41), Tabgha-mukjizat 5 roti dan 2 ekor ikan (Mat 14:13-21), Primacy Church-tempat Yesus menunjuk Petrus untuk menggembalakan domba-domba Nya (Yoh 21:1-19), Danau Galilea-Yesus menghardik angin ribut (Mat 8:23-27) dan berjalan di atas air (Mat 14:22-23), Cana-pertama kali nya Yesus melakukan mukjizat, merubah air menjadi anggur di pesta pernikahan di Cana (Yoh 2:1-11). Nah, di Cana ini pasangan-pasangan yang sudah menikah bisa memperbaharui janji nikah mereka di gereja.. fyi, pas di depan gereja, ada toko kecil yang jual anggur Cana, kata nya sih yang paling enak ya yang punya nya toko ini. Bisa icip-icip juga, rasa nya manisss, alkohol nya ga terlalu banyak, tp namanya ga kuat minum, sekali teguk aja muka ku udah merah semua, hehe..
Lanjut lagi yaa.. Betlehem-tempat kelahiran Yesus (Luk 2:1-7), Bukit Zaitun, taman Getshemani-tempat Yesus berdoa pada malam sebelum ditangkap (Luk 22:39-54), Gereja Bapa Kami (Mat 6:9-13), de-el-el.. banyak banget yah.. pasti temen-temen pusing juga baca nya.. hehe.. ntar liat foto nya aja ya.. ada caption nya juga kok (^^,)*
Pokok nya abis dari Israel, kita muter-muter ke Italia and jalan lewat darat menuju France sambil mampir beberapa tempat di sepanjang jalan.. fun!

Yang namanya pergi jauh ke negara orang.. jadwal padat, mesti buru-buru waktu, jetlag, kecapekan, segala numpuk.. tapi tampang kucel-kucel gitu tetap selalu senyum tiap kali di foto, haha.. Yang sebel, udah kucel, cuaca ikut-ikutan.. terutama si angin.. she's really is a great hairstylist!! Don't laugh..Left to right: There's Something about Mary style, Circle (don't know) style, and Galilee Diva style.. haha..

Not forgetting.. the food.. tapi g sempet foto semua nya sih.. cuma beberapa. Yang lain kebanyakan baru inget mau foto pas udah abis.. hahaha.. yg lain udah jadi korban keganasan kita.. haha..

So.. this is it.. I guess this all I can say about the trip.
I don't mind experiencing them again.. it's been great!! The places I love the most are La Salette, Lourdes and Rome.. I want to go there again someday. Nginep for two nights in La Salette and at Lourdes too, and go around Rome.. *fingers crossed..
Paris oke juga lah.. but not the shopping place.. I'd like to visit the museums, Louvre, Notredame Church.. *fingers crossed (again)..

Amen..

16th April 2008, Tourist duty completed

So, few days before we're going back.. I found this Hippo Bus, a touring service for city sightseeing in Singapore. As I said earlier, it only cost you S$ 23, and when I went there, they said they're having a promotion, instead of one day, I get 2 days Hippo Bus access by paying for only one. Well, not bad lah ya..
I'm adventuring in an unknown country alone.. well, I actually have planned which place I'm going to visit the night before. Haha.. you have to find informations first right?
I went to Little India, China Town, Bugis Junction, see the cities and finally took pictures near the Merlion and Esplanade theater. There still a lot of place I want to see tho. I didn't have time to do all yet, because of the unfriendly weather of the next day and it's just so not fun going there alone, so I postpone it.
Hope to be able to visit it with my brothers and Indra. It should be great! *fingers crossed..

Pic 1: at Merlion park












Pic 2: (still) at Merlion Park with the little Merlion statue











Pic 3: behind the Fullerton Hotel, going around looking for the bus stop to hop on the next Hippo Bus










Pic 4: got tired and took a rest at Fullerton Hotel alley.. since no one's passing, I took a shot, haha..











Pic 5: a henna tattoo I got at Little India

Pic 6: when I got really thirsty and water just can't help.. I drink Thailand coconut here.. hmm.. so fresh!!








I didn't get many pictures since I'm traveling alone.. the first 2 pictures at Merlion thanks to kind tourists from Thailand, Indonesia and other countries..
The other ones were taken by me and using timer (^^,)*