Friday, December 10, 2004

Seneng!

Hihihi, iya begitulah (emang apaan...?) Tiga hari, 72 jam, sama sekali tidak cukup untuk melakukan tiga hal sekaligus: melepaskan kangen, menyesuaikan diri untuk kemudian dirubah kembali dan menyampaikan segala uneg-uneg yang 4 bulan tertimbun. Yakin 4 bulan adalah waktu yang singkat? Jika begitu cobalah melakukannya tanpa kesibukan tetap and devour the difference :-) Hehe. Engga deng, empat bulan lumayan kok.
So, it's December already. Without so much relevance I was walking down the Champs with my parents when a (supposedly) Chinese lady came up to us and asked us a favour they always ask. To enter Louis Vuitton and buy things for them (with their money) and I've heard rumours that they actually give you a commission, or last I heard an LV key ring that's also +/- worth the same. Apparently LV limits the number of things purchased by any of their clients here- or anywhere else? How am I to know? Also heard that they sell original branded things for three to four times more expensive there in the land of the Great Wall.
Anyway, their typical starting question would be "do you speak English?" Oh- and for reference, they usually ask tourist/tourist-like people ^ ^;;
If you wonder whether I accepted the offer, well the answer would probably be your first guess. If they ask you once or twice in a week, toleration might come in handy. But all in a day? Now that's too much. Later on I found myself staring at them after they've posed the typical starting question. Not so much out of annoyance, but fatigue and probably the icy air.

Sunday, December 05, 2004

Ya Begitulah...

Panic in the air! Hehe... with how my apartment looks right now, I'm sure mom would blame my last GPA (Grade Point Average -red) on how unorganised I am. Not that the GPA was bad, mind you *ehem ehem*. But you know well enough how moms say "it could've been better" with a faint smile and the famous -you-know-what-i-mean- look, that somehow always successfully poke us and make us wonder if she knows all about those classes we skipped. Those hours spent at the director's office. Those comfortable whining that puts us to sleep in class. Nope, never skipped classes, me :-)
The point is, I need to get a grip and get a grip fast. Insya Allah by Tuesday morning, everything shall be spotless. It's Sunday already, and I must say... I'm not doing too bad of a job *winks* hehehe...
Waah, banyak yang berubah semenjak mereka pergi 9 bulan yang lalu, but for what's important, sifatku tidak berubah (hehe... termasuk hobiku menunda segala-galanya). Mungkin aku naif, karena aku tidak berhasil melihat arti 'kebebasan' sebagaimana sebagian besar anak seumuranku melihatnya. Sejujurnya, aku tidak dapat menikmati pesta yang diiringi minum-minuman keras. Dan pertanyaan bodoh seperti "lo kenapa ga mau keluar sih, Mi? Kan bonyok lo ga ada," yang kerap kali kudengar, merupakan ucapan paling tolol yang bisa dilontarkan padaku. Tolol. Seriously, it is. Even when my parents were here, I was never interested in that kind of social interaction. Aku tidak menilai mereka yang melakukannya loh, quite frankly I don't care about the different definitions of 'fun' that exist, hanya saja saat dunia tersebut mulai bergesekan dengan dunia milikku, saat itulah ia berubah menjadi masalahku. My problems, which means I have the responsibility to handle it. To accept or to diss ;-)