Thanks Lord

It’s been quiet sometimes since our last posting.
One year has past, and between year 2004 and 2005 a lot has been happening around us.
Sad story, happy story..all wrapped up within a short period of time.

On December, we spend a lot of time together with my family; since my parents were staying in Jakarta most of the time and my other sibling whom usually lives in Makassar had decide to spend Christmas and New Year in Jakarta. Although, Yoko had to spend Christmas with his family back in Magelang, we always keep each other updated of what’s going on around us.

Then something bad happen, no..not to us, but to our country and some part of the world.
It was on Boxing Day, 26th December; I woke up early that day, and was flipping the channel on TV when news was broadcasted there’s a huge Tsunami in Nabire, then an earthquake in Medan, further to another hit in Aceh. A lot of people were drowned and missing. Apparently, in that same day the Tsunami also hit Thailand, India and Srilangka. A total of 150000 people reported missing or dead around the world. It said that it’s the biggest tsunami ever within 10 years. Indonesia suffered the highest lost casualties from the tsunamis. It was a horrible day for the world. The day where every one gets together and helps one another.

I wish everything will be back to normal, as it is a sign from God, that we, humans are growing each day to be a stranger to Him and become more distance to His existence. May He find forgiveness to all of us and lead to a new beginning. A life with obedience and give thanks every seconds of a day.

Today I pray for His forgiveness, and today I pray for all the good things happen in my life, and joyful things that He promise to me.

Thanks Lord.

New Years

My dad decide that we go and see my grandmother in Sukabumi for new years, my mom asked Yoko to come along. It was kind of spontaneous, so it was hard to find hotels with 5 rooms available for new years. Although, as I was the one who in charged of hotel reservation, it took 12 phone calls to finally found a hotel that can accommodate 9 people. It was set that we would travel from my parents house around 8 in the morning on 31 December with the estimation that we would arrived in Sukabumi around noon. (Considering traffic)

Just the night before we departed from Jakarta, my father told me that apparently his friend already make a reservation for the whole family to stay at one of the hotel in Salabintana. So, when we arrived at my granny’s house, some of us have to check in at the hotel, and some stayed at grannies. New years with my mother’s family actually wasn’t quiet what I expected, usually all grand children will come and stayed, but this year, only a couple of cousins showed up. Anyways, it’s the right time to introduce my boyfriend to my grand mother. Sukabumi was so packed; I can’t believe that the traffic was so bad; it took nearly an hour from our hotel to the restaurant.
After spending new years eve at grannies, we went back to our hotel, and open a bottle of Chivas (teddy bought it from the hotel management) and a couple bottle of beers, we ended up went to bed around 4 am in the morning.

I woke up with a massive headache, and rush in to shower, as my dad already getting himself ready to go back to my grannies house for lunch before heading back to Jakarta.
On the way to my grannies, we stopped by at the famous porridge place in Sukabumi called Bunut’s Porridge. People said going Sukabumi without eating that porridge wouldn’t be complete. Anyway, It was a great new years ever!

Meet the father..(",)

Oyah...Yesterday was the first day I've introduced my boyfriend to my Dad. I've asked my boyfriend during our afternoon coffee, whether he wants to join me and my family for dinner and he agreed. So..we had our dinner @ Mings Restaurant at Setiabudi Building. The conversation between my family and my bf was flowing, and i like it. He seems to be comfortable around my family, which is good. My dad even engage in a conversation with him. However, our dinner was cut short, cause my older brother called my mom, and told us that his car has broke down. Thus..my dad, my mom and my younger brother rush to see him, to make sure that he is being taking care off. But at least we spend a nice dinner together.

Another thing...My boyfriend bought me A diamond ring, a solitare diamond ring. It's white gold ring with 0.33 cr diamond. Yes, it's indeed a beautiful ring, I couldn't believe he just bought it for me just like that.I should take a picture of it and posted later.

I showed it to my family when I got home from dinner. And my mom said, i had a funny looking smile on my face after i received such a gift. Both my brothers were teasing me. Even my dad was smiling at me. Anyways..it's been such a wonderfull day, and I have such a wonderful gift for this Christmas. He is the best Christmas Gift ever!

Papaya Salad

Travelling to other countries is always interesting, in term of taking some challenges when it comes to ordering food.

Thailand is famous for their tom yam kung (sorry for the miss spelled) or for their chicken in pandan leaves.
But there are more in Thailand's culinary, tonite i try their papaya salad for my dinner. Yeah it is kinda light dinner, since i took heavy lunch (i eat rice with pork ... again!!!)

About this papaya salad, the way they prepare it looks like our Indonesian “asinan”, they put all of the ingredients in a pot, crazed it and serve it. The ingredient itself contains papaya slices, of course the name says so,mango slices (coz i taste something sour) ... small dried shrimps ... and small crabs. Oh yaa some vegetables too ... cucumber, tomato, and long beans (it is kacang panjang in bahasa). Since Thai food also famous for their spicy taste ... a lot chillies are included.

I cant eat spicy food basically .. my girlfriend knows this very well, but i learn to. This papaya salad, although really HOT for me ...i eat them all,if you see the attached photo .. i took it when a had a break ... drink a lot of water .. i really let my tounge burned! ! But, at the end i can finish it.

I told my girlfriend about what i ate, she warned me that i may make my stomach upset ... but yeah i took the risk, hoping i won’t have stomach problem tomorrow since i am planning to go to the warehouse tomorrow...even it is Saturday.

Now, i am in my apartment already ... need to take a bath and try to have some rest. Good night sayang, i know you have some parties on this Friday night .. so we talk tomorrow again or if you want to ring me ... please do

^.YO.^

my pipe collection

i added my pipe collection yesterday with 2 brebbia pipes - made in italy.
The models are unique and they are really small too.
i've seen them in my previous trips to bangkok, but i didn't buy it at that time since i thought i will buy it next time.

My girlfriend said that i should have buy them in case they are sold out since i didn't know when will be my next visit to Bangkok.
so, i decided to by them.

oh yaa, i buy also 2 packs of pipe tobaccos those i cannt find in jakarta ... one is the chocholate tobacco, my girlfriend also likes the aroma

^Y.O^

look how small it is compared to N9210 

nice pipes 

yoko's new pipe collection 

Cipinang...again

Yesterday, I was @ cipinang's warehouse, my job was to find out why tira had a significant increase on work overtime. Since my boyfriend is in Bangkok, my boss wanted me to investigated the reasons behind all the fuzz. However, overtime at cipinang warehouse wasn't new for me. This matter had started since we were about to go live, apparently their new head of warehouse somehow have the tendency to force his employee to finished unloading within the same day. Regardless how many people during the shift (they have 2 shift), he demanded all unloading activity will be finished before they closed the warehouse. Which will trigger them to work overtime plus adding more casual helper to work. At first, i thought that situation will slowly change as their familiarity with the new system increased and as the high season (lebaran) will pass. but i guess i was wrong. Well..after my finding, i will probably talk to p jo about it, and suggest a new scheduling of loading and unloading.

Btw, matrix connection was totally going nuts yesterday, my bf wasn't able to contacted me at all, he was stressing out, ongoing and incoming messages was delayed or cannot be delivered. It last until today, all my friends messages came in this morning, my bf messages which he sent it this morning around 7, just came in while i type in my blog.

I've received an invitation for aussie nite which held tonite at wonderbar, i wasnt too enthusiast about it, though my mom suggested i go to meet old friends and do my networking. However, my boss just told me to come to SAP Gala Dinner tonite at Grand Melia. Maybe I go to grand melia first then go to aussie party.

Still miss my baby..

~Qi~

Diethelm Thailand

Diethelm Thailand

This month i visit Bangkok twice for the same client, Diethelm Thailand. It is not my first Diethelm assignment since i was also assigned once to Diethelm Philippines. The assignment was simple (sounds simple) ... it is about warehouse management system WMS in SAP, well it is the area where my bosses think i am good at. ฉBut when i am here i notice it's not about WMS at all. It s more scary ... their system is just not good, too many modifications. Ok stop about my assignment!!!, coz somehow i have to fix them. Well i found something that interesting me ... look at Diethelm's logo. They have a red colour banana trees silhouette. Here they have these trees in their office area, but i can't remember whether they have also in the Philippines .. i guess not. And for sure not in Jakarta, since their office is in a high rise building. I am just wondering why they choose these trees as their logo. Diethelm has no business in agriculture, they manufacture and also do distrubution.ฉso, wait ... i ll find up the right answer for this, but meanwhile just enjoy my foto's.

^.YO.^

thinking of you 

Slippery when wet

Surprisingly Jakarta’s sky had just changed its color from grayish into bluish, given that it’s been raining since last night. This morning was so cold and wet. I had to get up in the morning to go to the gym. The weather was like July in Perth.

Nothing had actually happen today, except I’m missing my other half who’s thousands miles away from me.

~Qi~

Sunday madness

It's been a while since my last posting, not that I've been busy and all. But I was not in the mood of writting anything.
Today I was in the mood of cleaning up, so I moved all the furniture, and place them in different position, mob the floor and clean all furnitures. My mom was helping me cleaning some of her small object which is fragile and easily broke when touch. Thus, if something happen to those silly object, i wouldn't be the one to blame, since she is the who cleaning 'em. While cleaning and mopping, i was sweating like i've run on treadmill for an hour. The reason behind all this cleaning and mopping was I woke up too early in sunday morning, i was gonna go to church, but then my dad said there was no 10 o'clock session, there're only 6 am and 8 am. Hahahaha...and i had already taken a shower and was ready by 8, but i have to wait for my mom to get dress and do her make up.

Oyah.. My boyfriend had gone to singapore to set for the exam, and he might be flying back to bangkok again for another week. Geez..its nearly holiday season, people supposed to chill out a bit, preparing for christmas and new years, my boyfriend have to work during christmas, coz eventually thai ppl don't celebrate christmas. I feel sorry for him, as he already makes plan with his dad and his family for christmas.
Anyway..I hope everything turns out ok, coz i know my boyfriend, he can get easily annoyed and frustated, and it may lead to him being angry at clients..hehehe.

One hour trip

I started my day with a thought of missing someone, yeah...I know it’s ridiculous, he was just gone for one day. Maybe because we’ve spend so many hours together, during work and all, I’ve never been with someone where I got to spend most of day with him. That's why i miss him a lot.

"Where you used to be, there is a hole in the world, which I find myself constantly walking around in the daytime, and falling in at night. I miss you like hell." ~Edna St. Vincent Millay

I usually like to spend time for myself, at least once every week, doing some pampering, went shopping, hangouts with my girlfriends. Don’t get me wrong, I still do enjoy those thing, its just I get caught up with so many things during weekend lately that I don’t have time to do all those things.

This morning I had to go to Australian Embassy to lodge my passport, in order to get it evidence by the embassy. I had to catch a cab from my office, was drop near the embassy and had to walk there. The security was quiet nice and very helpful, though I had to let them took my xda, since it had a built in camera.

When I went inside the embassy, there was only one small counter where you can talk to one of the officer in charge, and a bunch of guys from travel agents waiting for their client visa’s application to be approved. Some of them know each other, assuming they see each regularly when visiting the Aus Embassy, and even call one of the officers in charge by name. I was standing behind all of them, while one person behind the counter sort of look at me, but then turn her eyes to somebody else, then when I took a step near the counter, she approached me asking “how can I help you ma’am?”. After I’ve told her I need to lodge my passport for an evidence, she said one of the officer will handle it, without even taking my name and my passport (or my ID card). After awhile, there was an Indian looking women came (she look more friendly then the other), she was busy handing outs passports to agents, then she look at me, asked whether I was being served, and take my passport and my ID card with her. After waiting about 15 minutes, the same lady came and gave me a receipt of my passport being held, and took my name and my contact number, she told me I have to wait until they contact me in regards of my pr visa. So, I went outside, get my mobile back from the security, walk towards MMC Hospital (the road between the embassy and MMC are still closed) look for a cab, with luck. There’s one cab a minute ago about to drop their passenger in one of the building near by. As a result, my trip between my office to embassy and back again only takes me about 1 hour. This wasn’t that bad considering lunch hour traffic.

~Qi~

Company Outing

@ sol marbella - anyer

This picture taken at Sol Marbella - Anyer, on sunday 28 november, it was the last day of our company's outing. We arrived at anyer on the 26 (friday) evening, coz my boyfriend had to attended a presentation for the prospective client. Therefore, I spend some times at the hairdresser at mall kelapa gading, had ice blended caramel while waiting for him to finished with his presentation. By the time he'd finished, it was around 2 pm.

When we arrived, i have to talk to someone for room arrangement in regards of some of families and collegues that won't be coming. Afterwards, we check into our room, which was huge, it has a living room and a kitchen and a balcony over looking the beach (not really though..but you can see a part of the beach from where we stayed)

Around 6 we went to griya anyer to have dinner, we were planning to eat outside but changed our mind because of the "bugs life".

After dinner, we went back to hotel, had a warm shower, have some ciggarete outside on the balcony, then poured some chivas mixed with ginger ale (my boyfriend bought it with a good price) and watch tv and talk all night.

It was another beautiful and wonderful nite we've spend together.

The next morning, we were too lazy to actually get up in the morning to have breakfast and go for a swim (we were planning to do those thing..), so we end up order room service for breakfast and some coffees. By the time we finished eating our breakfast, it was nearly 12 noon, thus we had a quick shower and drove to griya anyer for company's lunch.

When we arrived, most of our colleagues are already there..but the foods hasn't been out yet, so we weren't that late. Some of their kids are so cute, especially ricky's baby. (I had pictures with him taken by boyfriend)

After lunch, all of us went to the hotel, some have to settle to their room, some have to arranged the events held by hotel management. We (me, yoko, agus and lia) spend time at our room drinking beers.

To make the story short, after dinner that night, some of our colleagues (including our boss) came over to our room. Boy..those guys can talk! Wine, beers and chivas was served, while my boyfriend had a called from Bangkok, saying that they need his assistant for warehouse management there. Yupe..they still talk about work over drinks. I knew straight away from what my boyfriend told me, that he have to go to Bangkok immediatelly. And my guess was right. While i'm sitting here at the office, writting this blog, my boyfriend is in bangkok working at a project,cleaning up someone elses mess. (",)

^Qi^

End of Lebaran Holidays

Yupe, it s over now, the longest Lebaran Holiday i ever have.
In 10 years, that numbers reflects how long i have been working after my graduation, this Lebaran Holiday takes too long.

Well, maybe the phrase "longest" holiday is not valid for everyone because during the economic crisis some companies also offered their employee to take all of their leave days during Lebaran Holiday (i think it was 1999 or 2000, gosh i cannt remember).
The reason was, there were companies that "almost" dying or the business at that time was not really hot during that time.
I knew it since the office where my best friend used to work also closed for almost 3 weeks during Lebaran (they can choose a combination of one week before and two weeks after Lebaran or the other way around).

Now, we think economy are already normal but we still got this long holidays for Lebaran. Why? Goverment mentions once that this is necessary to help tourism businnes to recover, since it was damaged by all the terrorism actions in this country lately.
I dont know how effective it was and i dont think there will be study to review it.

i spend these holidays, most of the time with my girlfriend. we had great time, enjoying Jakarta's traffic which we wish to be that easy in the future.
we went to malls, bars, cinema and visit gym several times (the last time was really new for me).
Now, everybody is already back in town. I havent seen the traffic yet, coz we go to the office really early today.

I know that the Lebaran Holidays has reached its end, but i am still not 100% on my speed.
Maybe i am too lazy, maybe i am enjoying being spoiled by my girlfriend during those holidays, maybe because i know within 4 weeks we will have another long holidays and i am not assigned to a project ...and there are still a lot more maybe's that i can write it down, but it s about lunch time, so i'd better stop and have a break!!

^y.k^

The Incredibles

movie and coffees..what a gud combination huh?

Movie's Clipping from "The Incredibles"

A bunch of superheroes fighting evil and saving lifes. A Cute baby with a power of flaming fire. An odd character named Edna, which I adored very much. She is the powerful woman behind all those superhero's custom.

TGIF

Wow..Jakarta's streets are totally empty..It only takes me 15 minutes to get to the office..I wonder how long will this situation going to last. Life will be so much easier if those motorcycles whom gone to their suburb won't be coming back to Jakarta agian...hehehe.

I'll take some pictures of it at lunch time. TGIF!!!

Weird Finding

Weird finding

As i was driving in MT. Haryono, right at the traffic lights, this car was drove past me, it look so weird isn't it? Somehow, it look similar like that Megane from Renault, though this one too small. I bet the owner want to copied Megane...hehehe...cute though.

~Qi~