Showing posts with label holiday. Show all posts
Showing posts with label holiday. Show all posts

Friday, February 25, 2011

The Problem With Me and School

The one thing that I hate the most about studying in Singapore is:

How there will always be school activities going on during the holiday.

I mean, a holiday is a holiday right? Holiday means a day free from school. Then how come there are school activities during the holiday?

For example, the Term I break is supposed to be from 12th March - 20th March. I was super happy, until I found out that there will be...

  • Class CIP on 12th March.
  • Chemistry SPA 2 on 14th March.
  • CCA CIP on 16th March.
  • CCA Camp possibly on 16th - 17th March.
And I also heard that there's also 'gonna be an Oral Examination.

I mean... WHY?! WHY DO YOU HAVE TO DO THIS TO ME T_T

Can't I just live peacefully and go home to Indonesia during the holiday... Can't I just meet my family and friends there....

So, the point I am trying to make is... Why is the school scheduling school activities during the holiday, when we're supposed to get a break from school? And why can't they just schedule it during the school term?! Why?! Isn't there enough time?!

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

School school school.

'O' Levels THIS YEAR.

Just last year I had to do the national exam in Indonesia. This year I have to go though another year of exams, studies, and all things related to school. I need a break...



Anyway... I'd rather tell stories about my holiday than school. :)

During the holiday, I watched the second leg of the Finals in the AFF Cup (or more known as the Suzuki Cup) live at Stadium Utama Gelora Bung Karno. It was epic. A lot of people came.. The streets were just full of red people. I wore a red coloured T-shirt too. It's a replica of the Indonesia soccer team jersey.
I had fun there. I really felt like an Indonesian. I joined the others singing the Indonesian national anthem. We cheered when our players came out... We cheered real loud. And when the opponents came... Well, we didn't really cheer. The weird thing is that... How come I didn't see any Malaysians there? I mean, it's Indonesia vs Malaysia, shouldn't there be any Malaysians? I didn't see any people in yellow :|
We were the winners that day, but we weren't champions. But nevertheless, GARUDA TETAP IDOLAKU. (Translate: Garuda is still my champion). No matter what happens... I will still proud of Indonesia.
The man of the match was AHMAD BUSTOMI from INDONESIA! He's one of my favourite players! The best player throughout the cup was also from Indonesia, he's the captain of our squad, FIRMAN UTINA. The top scorer was from Malaysia, SAFEE SALI with 6 goals if I'm not mistaken. I think we did wonderfully during the tournament. We've been runner ups 4 times! Well, maybe it's just not the time for us.

Besides that, I'd like to comment on some of the Indonesians attitudes. During the first matches... Our squad was really awesome. We beat Malaysia 5-1, crushed Laos 6-0 and defeated Thailand 2-1. I think these wins made some Indonesians... Hmm I don't know what to say. Too arrogant? At that time, we already felt like champions. But the truth was... We weren't yet. Then there was this schedule from PSSI. I think they kinda filled some of the player's free time with... Unimportant things. We should have focused.
But anyway, the past is the past. We should just prepare for the future.

I don't feel like writing anything else. Byebye.

Thursday, December 2, 2010

Enjoying a FANTASTIC Holiday!

Hey fellas. Long time no see :D

I've been quite preoccupied for the past few weeks. I'm in Indonesia now... Having a great time. The only problem is, my friends and family in Indonesia are still taking their final exam now. So I'm usually left alone at home, with my Mom. But I guess it's okay. I mean, I still enjoy my time here. I don't live here any more, and I really, really miss Indonesia.

So.. I'm trying to finish all my homeworks now. So that for the remaining weeks I don't have to worry about school anymore. But I've got a little problem here. I lost my Chemistry worksheets! Wait, not only worksheets but also some of my notes. I really don't know where they are now. I think I left them either in my room or downstairs, but I've searched the entire house, and it's nowhere to be found! But what boggles my mind even more is that, around 2 weeks ago I was cleaning up my room, throwing away papers and other stuff that I don't need anymore. I'm worried that I accidentally put my Chemistry worksheets and notes there. *Gulp*.

The next problem is... Well, actually this isn't a big of a deal as the first one. My English homework is to create four summaries and reflections of an article on the Straits Times newspaper (Singaporean newspaper). Since I'm spending the whole holiday in Indonesia... I don't know whether I can buy the newspaper or not. But I was thinking... Maybe I can take some articles from the online website :/ but still, the articles there are not as complete as the ones in the newspaper, and if I'm not mistaken, the instructions clearly say to take it from the magazine :/.

But nevermind, I'm sure I can find a way out. I've finished Geography, Social Studies, Physics and Malay. I've done English, E Maths and A Maths halfway too :D


Enough about school. Oh yeah. On Wednesday, Indonesia beat Malaysia in a soccer game, Indonesia 5-1 Malaysia! I am so proud :) GO INDONESIA!

I guess that's all I'll say today. There are tons of stuff I'm experiencing right now, but I guess I'll tell you guys later. So long for now... Byebye :)

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

December Holidays ARE COMING!

"Well hello people. It's the last week of school! I can't believe I'm gonna be back at home in a couple of weeks. I still have this headstart programme thing for one and a half weeks so I have to stay in Singapore for a bit longer. And that also means I'll have to spend my birthday in Singapore :(. But I'm trying to see the positive side of this. So... For this year only, I'm gonna 'postpone' my birthday and pretend that it's actually on the 14th of November. Which means I'll be 14 for 372 days and I'll be 15 for only 358 days. :D

The final exam results have come out and... Not bad :). I'm 6th in class! Happy to hear that.

The past few days I've been really really really into Glee. You know Glee right? It's this TV show on FOX. It's amazing, I really love it. As Cory Monteith put it, it's like High School Musical has been punched in the stomach and had it's lunch money stolen. I don't really get what he means.. But I guess I'll stick to his analogy. But I think it's just awesome and that you should watch it.

I didn't really know what Glee was until I heard my friends talking about it, which was like half a year ago. It's on every Tuesday/ Wednesday night (I forgot), and I'm not really allowed to watch TV on weekday-nights so that's why I didn't really know what Glee was. But I did watch an episode, after I asked permission from my Mom. And at that point of time, I didn't really get what people really saw in Glee, and just thought that it was just some ordinary TV show. But around two weeks ago me and my dad went to this DVD retailer and I bought the complete season 1 of Glee. And.. I finished watching all of it in like 4 or 5 nights (I had school during the day). And I loved it.

So.. FOX is already airing the second season now. I can't wait to go back to Indonesia so that I can watch Glee! I don't think they have FOX at the place I'm staying now. So for now I guess I'll just have to wait. Oh, and Glee does really awesome musical numbers. Watch this.


Ok so that's that. Oh, and I saw these really funny doormats. Check them out.






That's all for now... And see you in Indonesia! :D

"I used to think this was like the lamest thing on earth. And maybe it is. But we're all here for the same reason: 'cause we want to be good at something."
-Finn Hudson


"Being a part of the glee club and football has really showed that I can be anything. And what I am is... I'm gay."
-Kurt Hummel

"Glee is supposed to be what's inside your heart, not what's coursing through your veins."
-William "Will" Schuester

"I don't trust a man with curly hair. I can't help picturing small birds laying sulphurous eggs in there and I find it disgusting."
-Sue Sylvester

"Sometimes people have to deal with a little adversity. I learned that at glee club."
-Quinn Fabray

"Bring it on, William. I am reasonably confident that you'll be adding revenge to the long list of things you're not good at. Right next to being married, running a high-school glee club, and finding a hairstyle that doesn't make you look like a lesbian."
-Sue Sylvester

"I'm gonna bring some Asian cookery to rub your head with, 'cause right now you've got enough product in your hair to season a wok."
-Sue Sylvester

"[Sniffis] Oh, hey William. I thought I smelled cookies wafting from the ovens of the little elves who live in your hair."
-Sue Sylvester

"I'm a delinquent, sure. I like setting things on fire and beating up people I don't know. I own that. But I'm not a liar."
-Noah "Puck" Puckerman

"I'm a sex shark. If I stop moving, I die."
-Noah "Puck" Puckerman

"I'm proud to be different. It's the best thing about me."
-Kurt Hummel

"To be honest, Will, I'm having a really difficult time hearing anything you say today, because your hair looks like a briar patch. I keep expecting racist, animated Disney characters to pop up and sing songs about living on the bayou."
-Sue Sylvester

"I'm gonna take your house, your car, your extensive collection of vests. I mean, seriously, Will-you wear more vests than the cast of Blossom."
-Sue Sylvester

"Brittany: I don't want to do Britney.
Kurt: Why no Britney, Brittany?
Brittany: Because my name is also Britney Spears. My middle name is Susan. My last name is Pierce. That makes me Brittany S. Pierce-Britney Spears. I've lived my entire life in Britney Sprears's shadow and I'll never be as talented or as famous. I hope that you'll all respect that I want glee club to remain a place where I, Brittany S. Pierce, can escape the torment of Britney Spears."
-Brittany S. Pierce and Kurt Hummel

"[To Emma] I realise you're only half orangutan, but I'm still very allergic to your lustrous ginger mane."
-Sue Sylvester

"How can you do a duet with yourself? That's like, vocal masturbation, or something."
-Santana

Monday, September 6, 2010

September Holidays, Day 3 (6th September 2010)

This day wasn’t much of a holiday. Why? Because I had to go to school. Well, not school actually, but to Koufu, a food store near my school. And I was wearing my school uniform, because I was actually planning to go to school, but the plan changed. Anyway, I went there to discuss about the geography presentation (that we need to present on 7th September) with my friends. It only took 30 minutes. And… Guess what? It takes 1 hour to get to school. So I wasted 2 hours only to discuss 30 minutes with my friends. Gahh. But well, never mind. It’s not good either staying at home. I need to go out once in a while.

In the morning, I finished my chemistry homework and tried to do some social studies. It was hard o.o

I guess that’s all to tell. Not really interesting. It was a boring day.

Sunday, September 5, 2010

September Holidays, Day 2 (5th September 2010)

I didn’t go anywhere yesterday. Hmph. But I finished my E. Maths and A. Maths homework! Woohoo! Three down, three more to go!

What I did mostly yesterday was just… Reading, internet browsing, and homework-ing (?). Kinda boring. I just can’t wait to go home! Even though it’s only from 9th September - 12th September ;)

Saturday, September 4, 2010

September Holidays, Day 1 (4th September 2010)

Yesterday… Was the day.. That I’m supposed to go home. But of course I didn’t because my flight was rescheduled to the 9th of September. Because of those stupid exams!!! GAH. On Tuesday I’ve got a geography group presentation, and on Wednesday I’ve got an English Oral Examination. I was planning to reschedule the tests.. But since the Geography work is a group presentation, I’m not sure whether my friends will like it if I reschedule it… So I didn’t. Hm :(

Well, anyway… I can’t stay mad all day. So.. I tried to do something fun to get my mind off it. Yesterday morning.. I finished my geography assignment! Yeay! One homework done, 6 to go.. Yeah, right. In the afternoon, I went to the Toa Payoh Public Library and made a membership card, and I borrowed 3 books; “Weird”, “Oh. My. Gods.” and “Imaginary Enemy”. Then, after that I went to Popular and bought watercolor pencils, painting brushes, and a pen. I also bought plastic cups (for painting; for the water… You know right?) and a jelly for breakfasting :D.

I got pretty bored after that… :( And I was jealous with my brother and sister because I wanted to be in Jogja too! :( But I can’t. Hmph. Well, I hope Steve Jobs is right. He said that we might not see how the dots connect now, but it will all seem clear in 10 or 20 years. The “dots” refer to the things that happen in our life, mostly the hard things I guess. ‘Cause that’s what I’m experiencing now. I live in a foreign country on my own… Great experience, but you’ve got to give a lot for it, too. But I’m pretty grateful that I got this opportunity.. I’m sure it will come in handy :)

Friday, September 3, 2010

Happy Holidays Everyone!

I’m quite pissed of actually. It’s only a 1 week break, and I have a bunch of homeworks I need to complete. And, I was also supposed to go home to Indonesia today, but because of those stupid tests, I’m forced to go home on 9th of September. Ahh. It won’t even be 3 days -_-. My plane arrives in Jogja at around 12.20 PM, and I’ll be going back to Singpore on Sunday, 7AM. GRRR. Oh yeah, why isn’t Monday a public holiday? It should be! Friday is Eid-ul’ Fitr! But I guess it’ll be okay, because I’m gonna get a 2 month holiday after the End Of Year exam! Woohoo!
But anyway.. Happy holidays everyone. I hope you’ll enjoy the holiday! :)

Saturday, August 14, 2010

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Mama barusan pulang ke Indonesia :'( sedih deh. Sendirian di kamar. Gak ada yang nungguin pulang sekolah lagi deh :( Tapi gak papa, penderitaan dulu baru bersenang-senang, ya tidak? Hahaha. Like what Andrew Matthews said, happiness is a choice, and I choose to be happy.

Hm hm bosen nihh. Oh iya, papa katanya mau ke Singapore tanggal 20an, yeay yeay yeay :D Gak sabar nunggu papa dateng! :D Oh iya, trus tanggal 19 Agustus itu ada Home Based Learning lhoo... Jadi kita belajar di rumah masing-masing, trus nanti kita log in ke Virtual Workspace, dan nanti disana ada webcam gurunya yang ngajarin, trus nanti dikasih tugas juga. Huaahh, coba tiap hari kayak gini, gila asik banget deh. Haha. So the point is, I am looking forward to HBL. HBL should be done once a month! Haha. Tapi ya sebenernya kayaknya model belajar kayak gini nggak bakal efektif. Karena kan bisa sambil main-main pas belajarnya karena nggak diawasin guru. Haha, tapi asik sih :D

Oh iya, kan liburan term nya mulai tanggal 4 September, nah aku udah pesen tiket pulang ke Jogja untuk tanggal 4. Trus balik ke Singapore nya tanggal 12 September. Tapi ternyata...*JENG JENG JENG* ada English Oral test tanggal 8 September! *gubrak* Ah elah seneng amat sih ngambil liburan orang. Gak enak tau! Liburan tuh ya untuk bersenang-senang, jangan dirusak -_- Jadi ya sekarang, saya sedang bingung. Bagaimana nasib saya? Semoga aja boleh ikut make up test atau apalah. Aamiin. Lagian gitu sih nyebelin ya, ngambil liburan orang. Hiks hiks T.T

Itu aja buat hari ini.. Makasih bagi yang udah baca, dan bagi yang baca pun juga nggak papa. Haha. Makasih buat yang udah ngunjungin blog ini, thank you very much. Byebye

Thursday, August 12, 2010

Came back to Indonesia over the 'long' holiday.

Karena tanggal 9 Agustus adalah hari ulang tahun Singapore.. Jadinya hari Senin sama Selasa libur!! :D Harusnya hari Rabu sekalian aja libur tuh, kan awal puasa. Tapi sayangnya enggak diliburin T.T ya emang wajar sih, karena disini kan dikit yang Muslim. Ya sudah lah. :(

Jadi hari Jum'at abis pulang sekolah ke Bandara. Nggak langsung sih, soalnya pesawatnya jam 7.10 sedangkan pulang sekolah hari itu jam 11an. Seharusnya kalo hari Jum'at pulangnya jam 12.35, cuman hari itu kan ngerayain Singapore National Day, jadi seharian nggak ada pelajaran gitu deh! :D Untung aja pulangnya nggak kayak biasa. Kalo hari Jum'at biasa, biasanya pulangnya jam 5an, soalnya abis pulang sekolah ada ekskul -_-. Seandainya hari itu pulangnya kayak biasa.. Gue ke sekolah pasti bawa tas yang untuk ke airport -_-" Bukan koper sih, cuman tas gede gitu lahh. Malu kali bawa tas gede-gede gitu. Tapi ya untungnya aja enggak, jadi ya Alhamdulillah deh :)

Jadi sekitar jam 4.20an, berangkat ke bandara. Perjalanan naik MRTnya sekitar 1 jaman, jadi sampe bandara jam 5.20an. Abis itu langsung ke terminal 1, trus check-in. Abis itu, masuk ke imigrasi, abis itu... INTERNETAN DULU DOONG~ Cuman 15 menit sih. *sigh* Abis itu langsung ke gate, tapi ternyata belom dibuka. Pesawatnya delay -_- Jadinya nunggu di depan boarding roomnya dulu, sambil main iTouch. Akhirnya dibuka juga gatenya, trus masuk, dan akhirnya... Pesawatnya siap berangkat!! :D

Sampe Indonesia sekitar jam 8.30an WIB, tapi lamanya pas di pesawat. Katanya tangga yang mau dipake buat turun dari pesawat masih dipake pesawat lain -_- Beeehh. Jadi ya udah deh. Terpaksa nunggu dulu. Katanya sih 7 menit, tapi ternyata 15 menitan. Kan orang-orang udah pada berdiri-berdiri tuh nunggu pintunya dibuka, pas diumumin lansung pada ngeluh ngeluh semua. Wakakak. Sabar aja yak, bentar lagi puasa, gak boleh marah marah! :p

Pas di imigrasi, aku liat papa! :D Yeay! Papa kan baru pulang dari Jepang juga, kebetulan pesawatnya jamnya sama. Jadi papa nungguin aku keluar dari imigrasi, dan abis itu kita jalan barengan. Nadia, Adam dan Mama nungguin di Solaria. Jadi kita ke Solaria dan akhirnya ketemu! Gila seneng banget! Akhirnya bisa berdiri di tanah air tercinta dan ketemu Nadia sama Adam~ (wkwk)

Di Solaria, karena aku laper dan di rumah bakal nggak ada yang masakin (karena udah malem), akhirnya aku makan dulu di Solaria. Dan semuanya nungguin aku. Maaf ya -_- Oh ya, trus disitu aku ngasih oleh-oleh ke Adam sama Nadia. Untuk Nadia, buku yang mirip Wimpy Kid tapi yang Dork Dork itu lho. Apa ya judulnya, hmm lupa. Pokoknya yang itu lah. Kalo Adam aku beliin Diary of A Wimpy Kid: DOG Days.

Abis aku selesai makan, kita pulang. Dan pas udah di rumah, ya tidur.

Besoknya bangun... Rasanya seneng banget! :D Akhirnya bisa tidur di rumah! :D Tapi hari Sabtunya nggak pergi, karena papa capek, trus mama ada acara sama temennya. Jadi ya yang lain di rumah aja. Aku sih ya main main aja. Ngerjain PR? Males ahh, kan masih ada hari Minggu, Senin dan Selasa~ Wkwk. Oh ya hari Sabtu gue nonton Karate Kid! Keren abis Kung Fu nya haha. Harusnya namanya diganti jadi Kung Fu Kid aja -_-

Hari Minggunya kita ke PIM. Ngerayain ulang tahun Mama. Sebenernya sih masih hari Jum'at, cuman kan hari Jum'at udah gak sama sama lagi :( Udah gitu mama ulang tahunnya nggak di Indonesia, tapi di Singapur karena nemenin aku hehe. Jadi kita rayain hari Minggu. Kita ke PIM, tujuan utamanya nyari kado buat mama. Kadonya yaitu... Cincin. Tadinya juga mau nyari kaos buat aku, tapi gak ada yang aku suka. Aku maunya kaos yang polos -_- Jadi ya akhirnya kita cuman sebentar disitu. Sampe jam 2 an doang. Tapi abis itu kita ke CJ, karena di PIM mama nggak dapet cincin yang dimauin, jadi pindah ke CJ. Untungnya di CJ ada yang mama sukain. Abis itu kita pulang deh..

Hari Seninnya, Adam dan Nadia sekolah. Aku sama Mama siangnya ke Margo City, mau beliin kaos buat aku. Soalnya mama udah janji dari dulu dulu mau beliin. Hehehe :D Dan untungnya dapet kaosnya :D Alhamdulillah. Jam 2an, aku ke sekolah. Mau ketemu temen-temen! Yeay! :D Uuu gila seneng banget~ Ketemu (dari urutan ketemunya) Diandra, Kemi, Haris, Rifqi, Ryan, Runi, Anis, Dafni, Reza, Raka, Aris, Meudi, Tayara, (udah gak urutan lagi) Chaca, Saqila, Jessica, Della, Nindy, Idom, Tomo, Dewo, dan lain-lain. (maaf ya yang gak disebutin, susah kalo nyebutin satu-satu hehe) Kita berpeluk-pelukan trus ngobrol-ngobrol. Trus anak Darwin pada nanyain 'Eh kapan nih kita main paintball!' Huaaa jadi gak sabar :D Pingin pingin pingin paintball sama Darwin! Kangen Darwin! Oh iya, pas di sekolah dikagetin sama Mr Fajar -_- Kaget banget hahaha. Oh ya pas di bawah tiba-tiba Dito dateng trus ngajakin salaman -_- kirain pertama kenapa gitu, trus baru sadar. *Oh iya ya kan Rabu udah puasa* trus akhirnya aku bilang 'Mohon maaf lahir batin yaa'. Mukanya Dito aneh ekspresinya pas itu. Wkwk.

Ya pokoknya gitu lah di sekolah. Seru banget. Ketemu anak-anak Darwin dan TR. Aaaaa I miss you guys SO MUCH! I LOVE YOU GUYS!

Hari Selasanya.. Pulang! :'( :'( :'( Ya udah lah. Dijalanin aja. Kalo sedih terus mah nggak akan bikin keadaan lebih baik. Nggak usah sedih terus lah ya, waktu dijalanin dengan seneng-seneng aja. Kayak kata Andrew Matthews 'Happiness is a choice.' Oke deh, I chose to be happy! :D

Friday, July 2, 2010

So here I am.. In Singapore.. Living a whole new life.

Hey all! I haven't been posting for a very long time, and now that I'm here.. I think I'm gonna write a bit about my holiday.

Well.. I didn't really have much fun, I had to go to school (because I have 2 schools), and I also had tuitions. Not much of a holiday huh? Yeah I know -_-"

FAREWELL TRIP TO SUKABUMI

As it was our last year together.. We decided to go to Sukabumi together, one night one day. It was totally fun! Some of the parents came, and we also invited some of the teachers. Oh yeah, wait. One of our members were missing.. Diandra didn't come to the farewell party :( she couldn't come because on that day, she was going to have her school application test.. So, there were a total of 19 students there, but it was still fun. Geez, I really miss Darwin :'( I miss all the fun we had together :'(


THIRD REICH GRADUATION DAY

Graduation day! THIRD REICH GRADUATED 100%! Yeaay! Cheers for THIRD REICH! Go THIRD REICH!


TAMAN SAFARI INDONESIA INDAH

Besides that.. I also went to Taman Safari Indonesia Indah, with my famiy, my grandparents, and my grandma's sister.


There was a very interesting incident in Taman Safari.. I was going to take a photo with a baby leopard (on my own), but then, when I moved my hand (I was going to stroke him), he opened his mouth and tried to bite me! WOW! It nearly did. I was so grateful that he didn't. In the end, I did take a photo with the leopard, but with my dad..

PULAU SERIBU WITH SOEKOTJO FAMILY

On 19th June, we went to Pulau Tidung with my extended family. We were supposed to do a lot of snorkeling there.. But we didn't get a nice place for that, and the weather wasn't really good. So I guess.. We were just unlucky that time.


(This picture was at Muara Angke, the starting point)

Hmm... I guess those are the only major things I did... The rest was all about computer, school, and tuitions. Geez, what a boring holiday -_-" But nevermind, those tuitions will pay off in my studies!

So.. Here I am. I'm in Singapore now. It's been a week. My mom and dad already went home. I won't see my mother until 3 more weeks. Wow, that's quite a long time. :(

Monday, May 17, 2010

My Mid Year Exam results.. Not so good, but I bet I can catch up! Just watch me!

At last, the Mid Year Exams finished... Today, we went to school as usual, and we studied as usual. Aww man, the MYE has finished, please... I want some fun! In Indonesia, I was preparing for both the national exams, and the PACT. And now, after all of that has finished, I still have to catch up with the things here.

Anyway, I found out the results of some of my MYEs;

  • Malay: 35 out of 70. Did I pass?
  • Geography: 13/40. I FAILED.
For Malay... I think I will do well. I only need to get used to the language, and that's all. It's not quite different from Indonesian, only some of the tenses and words are different. So I think I'll do well later.

For Geography... I will try to do better. Because I know I can do it. I missed a lot of the things, so it's normal for me to fail the test. And... The teacher said I put a lot effort in it, which means I will do better!

So... I guess I'll have to spend some of my holiday studying. I hope I'll learn fast, Aamiin. And I hope I can be one of the smart kids in class, Aamiin. :)

Thursday, August 20, 2009

What the heck?


My back is back to 75% normal which is a shock to me after the way it felt on Monday. Yesterday I skipped my beloved dragonboat practice (proving I was truly in pain) but today I was able to go to the pool with the kids and actually swim for an hour. Unfortunately I'm still coughing so hard I feel like I'm going to revisit my last meal. Nothing seems to work on it but to be honest, between the back and the cough, I'll take the cough anyday. I have no other symptoms but this nagging, persistent cough so I'm mystified about how to deal with it.

So that was the summary of yesterday. Watch this space for updates on the rest of the holiday. Judging from the first 3 days, it should be entertaining. To you anyway...

kxx

Friday, July 10, 2009

Jam Tangan appetime (Asal Jepang)

Sayang sekali karena hari ini usahaku untuk mengajak mama dan papa beliin jam gagal. Soalnya katanya mama sama papa mau pergi ke Tangerang liat apotik. Kenapa liat apotik? Soalnya mama katanya pingin bikin apotik. Jadinya nggak bisa deh beli jam hari ini. Huhu. Tapi kata mama, besok beli jamnya! Horeeee....!

Jadi, karena aku mau dibeliin jam (jiaaah pede, tapi emang bener sih), aku browsing tuh di internet jam tangan yang lucu lucu. Trus aku inget, pas ke Mangga Dua ada toko jam appetime, yang asli, bukan palsu. Aku pas itu mau beli tuh sebenernya, tapi nggak ada yang cocok, huhu. Karena lucu lucu jamnya, aku cari appetime, dan akhirnya ketemu webnya; http://www.appetime.com/eng/index.html. Coba deh liat, jamnya lucu lucu :) .

Favoritku ini nih :
appetime, PIPS Yukata, Swallow

Lucu nggak? Lucu yaa.... Lucu lucu deh jamnya... :)


BREAKING NEWS
Kata Elice, aku bakal sekelas sama Elice! Dan juga sekelas sama Dhea, Keila, Shabi, Della, Chalika, Nana, Tayara, Devina, Diandra, Sarah (Coper), Bram, Rifqi, Tomo, Dewo, Dewangga, Bagus, trus siapa lagi aku lupa

Good newsnya, banyak temen temenku yang bakal sekelas sama aku! Bad newsnya, aku tetep belom tau masuk kelas mana dan gurunya siapa karena waktu aku mau nanya Elice, internetnya putus (SIAL). Tapi semoga aja informasi ini bener, dan kayaknya sih bener, soalnya dikasih tau Mr. Awit. Aamiin. Tapi aku masih penasaran! Dan untungnya udah nggak begitu deg deg an.

Thursday, July 9, 2009

School starts Monday

Sial banget dah hari senin udah masuk. Padahal belom puas liburan. Oke, jadi karena udah mau masuk, musti siap siap sekolah nih. Enaknya sih gini, kalo udah masuk tahun ajaran baru, biasanya sih dibeliin buku tulis, alat tulis, tas baru (YES), sama sepatu baru (YES). Tapi sialnya tahun ini nggak dibeliin tas baru sama sepatu baru. Eh, tapi sepatu belom tentu juga sih, kalo udah jelek katanya mau dibeliin lagi. Dan kayaknya sepatuku udah jelek deh, hehe tapi nggak tau juga sih. Dan karena jam tanganku yang lama udah rusak, aku mau dibeliin jam baru! Yeeeeaaaay! Tapi gak sempet sempet beli jam baru. Semoga besok deh beli jam baru.

Jadi kemarin kita ke Gramedia, beli buku tulis sama alat tulis. Aku belinya Big Boss, karena bagiku Big Boss itu covernya lumayan bagus, gede, dan nggak tipis tapi juga nggak tebel. Yah gitu deh pokoknya. Trus aku beli pulpen 2 sama isi pensil mekanik, sama aku juga beli Folder yang expanding gitu, ngerti nggak? Ya kalo nggak ngerti juga nggak papa hehe.





Oke, sekarang topiknya berubah sedikit. Aku sangat amat deg-degan. Kira-kira masuk kelas apa ya? Sekelas sama siapa? Dan guru kelasnya siapa yaaa? Nggak normal nih. Biasanya aku nggak kayak gini, tenang aja kalo ganti tahun ajaran. Tapi katanya untuk kelas 9, kelasnya itu dibagi berdasarkan nilai, atitude, dan lain lain. Nah, kalo masuk kelas yang isinya pinter pinter, ya Alhamdulillah, tapi kalo dapet nilai jelek sendiri kan malu maluin. Karena kan yang lain pada pinter pinter. Huhu. Trus kalo masuk kelas yang isinya kurang pinter, nggak enak juga. Kecewa dong, berarti kita kurang pinter dong? Yaah jadi gimana ya.. Kalo masuk sini, nggak enak. Masuk situ, juga nggak enak. Tapi semoga aku ditempatkan di kelas yang temennya asik asik, dan gurunya juga asik + gaul!

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Princess Island

Logo Pulau Putri

Kemarin, pas hari Sabtu sama Minggu, aku dan keluargaku liburan ke Pulau Putri..
Pulau Putri atau Princess Island salah satu pulau diantara 105 Pulau (kalo nggak salah) yang dinamakan Kepulauan Seribu.

Seru lhoo....

Pas hari Sabtu kita berangkat sekitar jam 6 lewat 15 menitan lah kira kira ke Marina Ancol. Trus disana kita nyampe jam 7 lewat atau jam setengah 8an gitu sih kalo nggak salah trus langsung naik kapal. Tapi ya nggak langsung jalan juga sih kapalnya, masih nunggu orang orang lain yang mau ke Pulau Putri juga. Bentuk kapal yang kita naikin itu nggak keren keren amat. Kapal biasa, tapi bukan kayak kapal pirate gitu.. Kita duduk didalem aja, nunggu. Trus nyampe dalam waktu 1 jam 30 menit.

Trus akhirnya kita nyampe sekitar jam 9-an atau jam 10an gitu, trus wuih baru nyampe aja udah keren banget... Airnya warnanya biru agak bening gitu, trus jadi kalo dari kapal udah keliatan bawahnya ada ikannya... Trus pokoknya keren deh!

Acara pertama kita... Snorkeling! Kita ke cottage dulu, trus duduk duduk bentar lah, trus habis itu ganti baju renang, ambil alat snorkeling trus langsung ke tempat snorkeling. Oh ya, kalo nggak punya alat snorkeling juga bisa snorkeling kok, pinjem aja alat snorkeling sama sepatu fin, trus untuk yang kurang bisa berenang, pinjem aja baju pelampung supaya nggak tenggelam. Tapi sebenernya sih kalo mau snorkeling di pulau seribu nggak perlu pake pelampung karena nggak dalem kok airnya.

Trus masa pas kita lagi jalan ke tempat snorkeling, tiba tiba ada bule gitu. Cowok, masih kecil, kira kira segede Adam deh tiba ngomong gini :

Bule : "Saya mau liat hiu. Siapa yang mau liat hiu?".
Sebenernya aku mau tuh, tapi ya gimana ya.. Males aja, trus orangnya agak aneh, tiba tiba ngomong gitu.
Aku : "Tuh Nadia tuh mau liat hiu."
Nadia : "Ih apaan, kakak tuh yang mau."

Trus akhirnya tuh bule pergi deh. Tapi trus pas kita lagi jalan tiba tiba dia dateng lagi ngajak kenalan sama Adam:

Bule : "Hai namaku Andreas (nggak tau tulisannya bener apa enggak). Namamu siapa?
Adam : *Sambil jalan ke papa* "Hai namaku Adam."

Wakakaka... Trus akhirnya papa ngajakin dia snorkeling bareng kita. Trus dianya juga mau. Wakakaka.... Orangnya kayak Prama deh, suka ngomong. Trus dia kayaknya udah baca banyak tentang snorkeling dan lain lain, trus dia sukanya ngmong gini :

Andreas : "Tau nggak kalo di laut itu bla bla bla bla ......"

Trus ada juga kakaknya Andreas namanya Philip, dia juga sifatnya lumayan mirip sama Andreas. Hahaha lucu. Tapi mereka baik juga lhoo.... Andreas nunjukin kita ke tempat ngeliat hiu! Yaa... walaupun agak cerewet, tapi dia baik dan ramah.

Kita snorkeling sampe kira kira jam 12an kurang lah, trus habis itu balik ke Cottage, trus mandi, trus ke Resto untuk makan siang.

Habis makan siang kita jalan ngelilingin Pulau Putri. Ya.. nggak ngelilingin 100% sih karena pas baru 70%an udah capek duluan hehe kita lewat tengah trus langsung ke Cottage hehe. Kita nyampe di Cottage kira kira setengah 2-an, trus pada tidur! Kecuali aku sama Adam. Kita main main deh...

Trus sekitar jam 3-an pada bangun, trus jam setengah 4 kita snorkeling lagi deh! Hehee... kebanyakan snorkeling ya? Habisnya seru sih! Trus sekitar jam 5 kurang 15 menit kita balik dulu ke Cottage, ganti baju (gak mandi dulu karena jam 5 musti udah sampe ke kapal untuk ikut liat sunset), trus kita ikut kapalnya pergi liat sunset.

Liat sunsetnya biasa aja. Yaaah namanya juga liat sunset, cuman ke sebuah tempat yang mataharinya keliatan trus liat sunset aja. Udah deh. Gitu doang. Oh ya trus pas liat sunsetnya itu, cuman beberapa orang doang yang bisa duduk di kursi. Sisanya duduk di pinggiran kapalnya kalo nggak di deket supirnya. Kalo aku sih duduknya di pinggir kapal. Tapi ada pegangannya kok, jadi nggak mungkin jatoh.

Liat sunsetnya sekitar 1 jam, jadi nyampe lagi di Pulau Putri jam 6. Trus kita balik dulu ke Cottage, trus sekitar jam 7-an balik lagi untuk makan malem. Karena kalo jam 6 belom mulai makan malemnya, jadi harus balik dulu deh ke Cottage.

Habis makan makan, kita ke Dive Shop dulu, trus kita pesen kapal kecil untuk besok pagi. Soalnya besok paginya kita mau snorkeling lagi, tapi nggak di Pulau Putri. Habisnya kalo di Pulau Putri doang kan bosen! Jadinya kita sewa Loudy Boat (nggak tau deh itu jenis kapalnya atau nama kapalnya, tapi yang jelas mas masnya ngomong Loudy "Lodi" hahaa) untuk besok.

Besoknya kita bangun sekitar jam 6 pagi, trus siap siap untuk snorkeling. Trus sekitar jam 7 lewat 15 atau 20 menitan gitu kita sampe di Resto trus sarapan dulu. Oh ya, karena kita mau snorkeling, kita kan perlu roti kalo mau ikannya mendekat, jadi karena mumpung sarapannya roti, kita ngambil roti ekstra beberapa sama pancake, trus dimasukin ke plastik trus kita bawa deh ke kapal untuk snorkeling. Hahaha... habisnya kalo nggak pake roti kan nggak seru!

Trus habis itu kita ke kapal, trus jalan deh. Destination kita yang pertama adalah ke Pulau yang isinya pasir doang. Nggak tau deh namanya apa, lupa. Tapi yang jelas pulaunya itu kecil, trus cuman pasir doang. Oh ya, dan sekelilingnya isinya BULU BABI SEMUA! Tau nggak bulu babi itu apa? Bulu babi itu kayak binatang, tapi spiky gitu seluruh badannya kecuali satu tempat (yang kayaknya mukanya) trus warnanya item. Hati hati kalo kena bulu babi kayak duri soalnya trus kalo nggak salah sih bisa bikin gatel. Trus mamaku liat kemarin Omnya Andreas kena bulu babi kakinya, trus jadi bintik bintik item gitu urghh...

Di pulau itu bukannya langsung nyemplung di air (kan kalo snorkeling kan di lautnya kan), kita malah ke pulaunya dulu! Bodoh banget deh, udah tau sekelilingnya bulu babi semua malah ke pasirnya. Kan kalo ke pasirnya kita snorkelingnya gimana? Gimana cara ke airnya kalo sekelilingnya BULU BABI SEMUA?! Jadi dengan susah payah kita berhasil ngelewatin jebakan bulu babi di sekitar pulau dan snorkeling. Tapi kita nggak lama snorkeling disitu, karena baru beberapa menitan trus mama liat kayak uler gitu mau ke atas. Waaah, ngeri banget. Aku nggak liat sih, tapi kata mama panjangnya aja 2 meter ada! Jadinya kita pindah deh ke pulau lain.

Selain yang di pulau pasir tadi itu snorkelingnya enak. Top deh! Oh ya, kita ada juga lho yang snorkelingnya itu diantara beberapa pulau. Tapi disitu kebanyakan taneman isinya, bukan coral. Tapi ikannya tetep ada sih. Ya.. lumayan bagus juga sih. Tapi pokoknya keseluruhannya TOP DEH!

Jadi total kita snorkeling 3 jam-an. Kita nyampe lagi di Pualu Putri sekitar jam 11an. Trus kita liat ada orang orang naik bebek bebekan. Tau nggak? Yang harus digoes kayak sepeda itu lhoo.. Tapi kalo ini bentuknya nggak bebek sih, kotak biasa. Kita berencana untuk naikin itu tuh, berlima, ke tempat snorkeling di deket Pulau Putri. Nggak jauh jauh amat dari Pulau Putri. Dan sebenernya kita baru tau tempat itu pas pulang dari naik kapal. Kan pas baliknya kita liat tempat itu, trus berencana untuk snorkeling disitu. Tapi kan kalo berenang kesitu capek, jadinya kita naik bebek bebekan itu deh.

Tapi sebelum itu, kita makan dulu di resto. Nanti kalo langsung snorkeling gak ada tenaga. Sekalian nunggu orang yang lagi pake bebek bebekan itu selesai. Trus pas selesai, naik deh. Dan ternyata, nggak segampang yang kubayangin. Susah banget. Udah goes capek capek, eh taunya bebeknya cuman jalan dikit! Ngeselin banget deh beneran.

Trus pas kita nyampe tempat snorkeling itu, kan tempatnya kayak pasir doang gitu, tapi nggak keliatan kayak pulau karena pasirnya dibawah air. Tapi pas nyemplung, ternyata airnya cuman setengah meter-an dari pasir. Mana sekeliling pulau itu BULU BABI SEMUA LAGI! Sebel banget deh. Aku, Adam, sama Papa kan udah nyemplung duluan. Eh, trus bebeknya malah pergi... Sama mama sama Nadia. Arus disitu kan agak kenceng gitu, jadi bebeknya malah kebawa pergi! Perlahan lahan sih jalannya. Tapi kan susah kalo jalan pake sepatu fin. Mana banyak bulu babi lagi! Uh sial bener dah. Tapi akhirnya kita berhasil juga naik ke bebeknya lagi. Trus langsung balik deh. Tapi baliknya nggak segampang yang kalian bayangin. Karena berlawanan dengan arus, sekenceng apapun kita goes, tetep aja jalannya cuman dikit. Trus akhirna daddy turun, trus ngedorong bebeknya. Dan, bebeknya itu jalannya jauh lebih cepet kalo didorong daripada kalo digoes. Dan akhirnya karena udah kesusahan, kan ada kapal tuh dideket ditu berlabuh di dermaga kecil gitu, trus si kapal itu ngebantuin kita balik ke Pulau Putri! Dia masang tali di bebeknya trus kita ditarik deh balik ke Pulau Putri. Wakakakak payah banget deh kita!

Pas udah sampe Pulau Putri, kita kecuali mummy snorkeling lagi sebentar tapi cuman 5 menit. Trus balik deh ke cottage. Kita musti cepet cepet, soalnya jam 2 kapalnya udah berangkat. Jadi kita mandi mandi, trus siap siapin tas, trus ke Resto dan makan deh. Pas makan siang, kita liat biawak lho! Biawaknya kayaknya kelaperan gitu deh, trus kita lemparin makanan ke dia, trus dimakan lagi!

Trus jam setengah 1an kita naik kapal, trus nunggu di kapal. Tapi sampe jam 2an belom juga berangkat. Ternyata keluarganya Andreas harusnya naik kapal itu tapi belom juga naik naik. Trus aku liat si Andreas masa masih pake celana renang! Padahal kakaknya Andreas sama Philip udah bolak balik, bawa tas lagi. Kasian deh. Penumpang kapal udah pada marah marah gitu deh. Trus akhirnya yang berangkat cuman Kakanya Andreas dan Philip sama Omnya doang. Trus mungkin karena malu kali ya, mereka duduknya di belakang, di luar. Kasian banget sih.

Karena udah agak telat, kapalnya agak ngebut deh pulangnya, trus jadinya kalo jendelanya dibuka kita bisa kecipratan, padahal di dalem.

Resto Pulau Putri

Dermaga Pulau Putri

Front Office Pulau Putri


Salah satu cottage Pualu Putri

NB : SEMUA FOTO PULAU PUTRI AKU DAPET DARI BLOG PULAU PUTRI

Sunday, June 28, 2009

Habis dari RS Meilia

Maaf udah rada lama nggak ngeblog, karena hari Jum'at panas, tapi sekarang udah nggak kok, cuman kalo sekarang batuk batuk dan agak pilek.

Jadi hari Jum'at panas; nggak enak banget, jalan aja pusing. Trus malemnya di-check ke dokter, tapi yang di Kota Wisata aja, karena udah malem. Trus kalo di-checknya besok, nggak bisa. Papa pergi, trus Mama mau ke Jogja. Jadi di-checknya malem itu juga.
Trus kan udah di-check, dokternya sih nggak tau sakit apa, tapi dikasih obat.

Untungnya besoknya udah baikan. Agak anget sih, tapi udah nggak pusing. Trus besoknya udah sembuh deh kayaknya, soalnya main badminton aja bisa. Tapi sayangnya masih batuk batuk dan pilek kan, jadinya hari ini di-check lagi ke RS Meilia, sekalian nge-check luka/bakteri/infeksi yang ada di tangan dan kakiku. Trus Adam kan juga lagi panas, jadi sekalian di-check deh.

Pas nyampe di RS Meilia, untugnya lagi nggak rame, jadinya nggak usah nunggu lama. Trus udah kan di-check, ternyata luka/bakteri/infeksi yang di tanganku itu infeksi. Trus dikasih salep deh. Jadinya total obatku ada 4. Dua syrup, 1 tablet tapi diisep, trus satu lagi salep.

Sebelum pulang kita mampir dulu beli ayam bakar, enak banget deh.

Oh ya, dan aku berfikir untuk memanfaatkan liburan ini sebaik-baiknya. Karena jarang jarang kan liburan panjang. Tapi enaknya ngapain ya?

Saturday, June 13, 2009

Gramedia + 21

Kemarin kita sekeluarga pergi ke Mall Ekalokasari (kalo nggak salah namanya sih gitu) di Bogor. Jadi kita berangkat kesana sekitar jam setengah 12an, trus sampe disana sekitar jam 1 kurang 15 menit-an gitu. Trus jadinya papa langsung pesen tiket dulu, aku Nadia sama Mama ke Foodmart beli makanan dan minuman. Sebenernya nggak boleh ya bawa makanan dan minuman dari luar, tapi kalo aku sih beli beberapa makanan dari luar trus taro di tas aja.

Sayangnya, tiket nonton Star Trek untuk jam 1 tinggal tempat duduk yang di depan aja, papa kan nggak mau. Jadinya kita pesen untuk jam setengah 4. Karena masih ada 2 setengah jam lagi sebelum filmnya mulai, kita makan dulu. Makannya di lama-lamain gitu, 1 jam padahal udah selesai dari tadi-tadi. Hahaha. Trus habis itu kita ke Gramedia (YES!). Aku maunya sih beli DeathNote, tapi nggak ada yang satuan gitu, adanya yang se-pack isinya 3. Jadinya aku nggak jadi beli DeattNote. Trus aku liat buku judulnya "Diary si Bocah Tengil". Lucu deh bukunya. Tapi trus aku liat buku "George's Key To The Universe". Trus aku tertarik beli buku itu. Trus ku pikir-pikir, kayaknya "Diary si Bocah Tengil" lagi mau terkenal deh. Kalo "George's Secret Key To The Universe" kayaknya belum tentu, soalnya stock-nya aja dikit banget. Kalo "Diary si Bocah Tengil aja stock-nya ada di dua tempat dan banyak lagi. Jadinya aku beli "George's Key To The Secret Universe".

Kebetulan, Adam belum dapet buku, trus aku saranin tuh "Diary si Bocah Tengil". Dan Adam mau! Yess! Kan lumayan, bisa minjem Adam.

Habis itu kita ke 21 lagi. Trus nunggu disana. Dan untungnya Mama nyadar, kita belum ambil sedotan (kan tadi di Foodmart beli minuman yang sedotannya harus ambil di kasir). Trus Mama langsung ke bawah ngambil sedotan. Trus pas Mama dateng, kita langsung masuk deh. Kita terlambat sekitar 1 atau 2 menit sih kayaknya, tapi nggak papa lah.

Saturday, May 2, 2009

Arisan Keluarga

Hari ini ada arisan keluarga Soekotjo di rumah Tante Inung. Arisan ini diadain setiap 3 bulan sekali. Dan hampir setiap arisan diadain di Jakarta. Soalnya kan kebanyakan keluargaku yang tinggalnya di Jakarta.

Arisan kali ini diadain di rumahnya Tante Inung. Yang dateng itu lumayan banyak. Trus Makanannya banyak deh. Om Tris sekalian promosi jualannya tuh. :D

Sunday, April 26, 2009

Long Weekend

Karena kelas 9 UN, jadinya kelas 7,8, dan 10 libur dari hari ini sampe hari Kamis! Enak kan! Aku udah ngerencanain mau main internet, tapi ternyata disuruh ngurangin penggunaan internet sama mama karena aku terlalu sering main internet sehingga tagihannya lebih gede daripada bisanya. Yaaah……. Padahal kalo liburan panjang gini kan enaknya mainan sepuasnya, tapi ya udah lah. Aku harus belajar untuk menghemat internet! Pasti bakal susah .*Hiks Hiks*

Tapi, aku udah mikirin hal hal lain yang bisa kulakuin selama long weekend ini selain internetan. Antara lain :
1. Nyiapin poster, brosur, barang-barang yang mau dibawa buat Business Day
2. Main Wii. Karena, aku udah lama nggak main Wii, dan main Wii itu kan seru, jadi kenapa nggak?
3. Mainan kucing.
4. Gambar-gambar
5. Main Golf. Aku lagi seneng-senengnya main golf. Ya pokoknya gitu deh.
Yang lain lagi belom tau deh. Tapi untuk nge-blog Insya Allah tetap berjalan lancar. Nggak memakan waktu lama ini.

Jadi itu aja untuk hari ini. So… See You Later!