Sunday, December 31, 2006

It's a Good Year




January: Indro went to Melbourne for his APS

February: Got the news that I was leaving for Spore

March: Start the journey in the Lion City

April: Busy learning to love the new place

May: Earthquake in Jokja, got new handphone haha...

June: Indro came to visit me and I started to take role as business partner for HPC

July: My family's big month and I went to KL for holiday w/ Indro

August: Got a blue laptop and started having fun with new friends @ d office

September: Long nights of annual planning began but got the chance to went back to Jakarta

October: I went for Spring experience in Melbourne

November: Dance Tango for the 1st time in front of audience in my own show ha....

December: Me & Indro's 1st anniversary and Mama is here during Xmas and New Year

So, I guess I have a good year in 2006. Now, Praying for all the best in 2007. Not sure what will come my way, just trying to stay positive. JEERS for all the bad in the past and CHEERS for better days in the future !!!

Hoping everybody's having a good new year's eve!! I'm going to bed soon - auntie's eyes are slumberous and auntie's feet hurt-. Am I too old to stroll down Orchard-Merlion Park? *sigh*

Well, see you...yeah...YOU... in 2007!!!!

posted by Ira @ 9:56 PM 0 Comments

Finding Nemo



These past few days the bleak December days somehow brought back old memories: the good, the bad, the embarassing, -simply every single done thing-. I realized I hadn't keep good contact with some of my friends. Suddenly I felt the urge to know how they've been doing, what they're up to.

So I tried to look from google. I typed their names, then scan through for nice piece of information. Then I tried friendster. Opening friend's page hoping I'd be able to find the link to another page with info on the person I was looking for. I felt silly, but I did it anyway hehe. Spent hours doing that and Mama just gave me that blank look huhuhu...a technology that didn't exist during ur old days ya...

I was surprised to find out that it's quite difficult to get some of the information I wanted cuz some people are just so off the radar. Like finding little nemo in the sea...so hard. My eyes were killing me, so I was in the verge of stopping, when I just click on a link to open a site...then......tadaaaaa......there it was, some good piece of info, yeaaahhh babe....good stuff!! Why didn't I realize that all these time I have the link there, in my yahoo mail. STUPIDO!!! Anyway, I was exhilarated....guzzling everything down.

I was expecting something exciting, hoping somehow some of them have changed -don't ask me why-. But then I got nothing much. Well I guess, some people just don't change heh... Or maybe I've changed too much so I couldn't appreciate smaller change? Dunno... I am still thrilled anyway. Thank God for Internet.

posted by Ira @ 8:44 AM 0 Comments

Friday, December 29, 2006

My year-end chant



Year-end Closing is so much fun...
Year-end Closing is so much fun...
Year-end Closing is so much fun...

What can beat the euphoric sensation of finishing gross margin analysis and submit 2007 forecast on time?
What can be more enthralling than margin statement saying you hit the annual plan?

Haha... rock on girl!!
You can do it, Accounting is so much fun!!!


(helpless mode-on)

posted by Ira @ 9:29 PM 0 Comments

Predicament

I hate you...
for making me feel good
I hate you...
for hurting me
I hate you...
for giving me no reason why
I hate you...
for making me pretend that you didn't hurt me
I hate you...
for leaving a scar that will always resound your name
I hate you...
Because after all those, I still admire you!!

Ough... I sometimes hope I can just efface that chapter of life...

Dedicated to Lord of the rain (cuz that person sometimes makes me drenched in tears, shoot!!) Anyway, God send all sort of people to enrich our life, rite?! So, what can I say? ha... (hoping this will end).

posted by Ira @ 8:43 PM 0 Comments

Sunday, December 24, 2006

She is here


Mama has arrived in Singapore, yippie!!!

After abandoning her for a horrendous Fiesta thing and USPL's dinner & dance event, I finally managed to be with her this weekend. Yesterday I took her to Ikea. It's an awesome household shopping spree for both of us. Today, we went for some Christmas Eve sightseeing in Orchard. I had fun having her as my shopping company and enjoyed everytime she's awed by the Christmas hype along Orchard. The decorations and the discounts are both very very good haha...

She'll be here for another 2 weeks. Hopefully I can spare sometime out of the busy closing schedule and take her around Spore. Have a merry Christmas here, Ma... Love you!!

I still cross my finger that Papa can join us later

posted by Ira @ 8:32 PM 1 Comments

Monday, December 18, 2006

Me & Ally McBeal


I don't go to office today. Lost my voice and feeling unwell. Singapore weather is also very gloomy today, raining almost the whole day... So, I thought I could catch up with my blog and pamper myself w/ some Ally McBeal DVDs.

Ha...I just loooveee Ally McBeal, I can see how I fell in love with the series. It's so easy to relate myself w/ Ally, at least to the state I was 5-6 years back. The insecurity, mood swing, and of course the search of soulmate hehehe... The movie also reminds me of a very nice person, a friend I care so much, a friend I looked up to.

So, here I am, end up spending my time with DVDs and have a good laugh. And guess what, I am freaking enjoying it!!! Doing nothing, sometimes, can do you good -I guess- So, I'll just continue having a good time here until tommorrow comes. And of course, I'll make a note that I'll buy Ally McBeal DVDs down to the last season once I got back to Jakarta hehe...

posted by Ira @ 5:47 PM 3 Comments

Another Shopping Frenzy

Yuck!! i just found out that I had no fun entries lately, so I had to post this one, haha...

Yesterday, Singapore was raining for almost the whole day, the worst that you could have for weekend!! Luckily, I had an appointment with Ririen and Mbak Nat in the afternoon. We're going for late lunch to celebrate mbak Nat's bday.

Mbak Nat is very motherly and she loves cooking so much, so me and Ririen decided to give her cooking book for her present. At 4 pm plus plus I got to Borders @ Wheelock Place, but there was no sign of Ririen at all. Errr... Mbak Nat is already on the way to Thai Express Paragon -our eatery- Shoot!!... After 10 minutes of waiting for Ririen, I already got myself a book for my Indro. I was afraid if I waited longer I might fill in my shopping bag easily with another book...dangerous....very very dangerous...

So I called Ririen asking her where she was at that time. She said that she was stuck in Mango sale, errrr sounds quite bad hehe.... But what made me burst into laughter was when I saw her walking into Borders with big bag of Mango shopping bag with big grin on her face saying she needed to shop to ease the stress haha.... reminded me of my own excuses sometimes!!

Lucky, the rain has slowed the traffic down and we managed to get to Thai express slightly earlier than Mbak Nat. The food was great and the bday girl liked the present. So what's the best scenario to end the day? well, girls must know the answer.... A GOOD SHOPPING!!!

All of us went to Mango Takashimaya afterwards, to find the place packed with hungry faces...hunger of discounted Mango stuff. Pants from $19, Tops from $15, Bags from $19 whoaaa.... grab this... grab that... quick quick..... Then when u're about to pay u'd realize that u don't actually need all those stuffs and it's also a lot of money hehehe... Lucky I didn't find many interesting things, otherwise I could go shopping like crazy. But I could see Ririen keep on smiling after we got out of Mango...hahaha....

posted by Ira @ 11:38 AM 2 Comments

A year has passed


A year ago I started this journey. It's too early to say where this path leads. But I can say that I love the way it does now. It allows me to be who I am, yet requires me to grow as an indvidual. I am thankful that my ambition is well-respected. I can still spread my wings and get the chance to undergo different experience of living in foreign country. This is a rare opportunity -I'm fully aware of-. Some people have to sacrifice their desires once they're bound to the "Yes" statement, I guess I'm very lucky to still be able to carve my life the way I want it to be... At least for the time being.

It's not always beautiful... dreams, hopes, reality, all collide. I have to find balance in between, but I'm not struggling alone (that's the relieving part, ha...) Separated by thousands miles, time zone differences, emotional state, every single thing can sometimes be very difficult to take. I don't know whether the one year jouney has made me a better person -I certainly hope so- One thing for sure is that I'm eager to find out in the years to come. Hope i have the strength to stay positive, cope my own fears and stand strong for all waves coming my way. I certainly am looking forward to writing the similar posting like this for the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th times and so on...

Ndro, thanks for allowing me to be selfish -just run after my on desire- sometimes. Thanks for the wonderful being that you are -with all the bad breath in the morning, lousy songs etc- hahaha...

posted by Ira @ 9:21 AM 2 Comments

Sunday, December 17, 2006

Love Hurts


Kalo misalnya kita harus memilih antara membuat orang yang kita sayangi kehilangan sebuah ginjalnya demi mempertahankan hidupnya atau membiarkan dia memiliki kedua ginjalnya tapi dengan konsekuensi hidupnya akan segera berakhir, WHAT WOULD BE YOUR DECISION??

Hmm...keputusan yang pertama mungkin terdengar menyakitkan, tapi bukankah itu lebih baik? Well, If I were the one to make decision, I'd rather think the longer term, bukan cuma untuk kasus di atas, tapi untuk hal2 lainnya. Think about the future, start where the end lies... Mungkin ada yang beda pendapat, it's fine. Jadi inget lagu Hellowen, sometimes LOVE HURTS hehehe...

posted by Ira @ 1:27 PM 0 Comments

Saturday, December 09, 2006

Pattern in life

Does life comes with pattern? Do we have to follow certain pattern to be considered "normal" people? Schooling-University-Work-Getting Married-Have babies-Motherhood stage (stop pursuing career and change priority in life)-bla bla bla...

Then, how do we measure success in life? If we're able to follow each step of the pattern in shorter time than other people does that make us the best?

Well realize it or not, society builds their own pattern, and somehow, if we belong to that society, we are expected to at least repect it. But I guess everyone of us have our own purpose in life and as a free being, we may choose to abide the norm or simply refuse.

To me, pattern is a justification, creation of a standard...

posted by Ira @ 8:36 PM 0 Comments

Sunday, December 03, 2006

Dunia Kecil


"Tidak ada yang bisa membatasi seseorang untuk melihat dunia...kita bisa melihat dunia itu lewat lembaran2 buku yang kita baca..."

Buat yang suka membaca, buku di foto ini dijamin bagus. Kalopun kamu bukan feminist, buku ini pasti bikin kita menghargai kebebasan yang kita miliki sebagai perempuan.

Aku gak tau apakah Graemedia udah bikin versi bahasa Indonesianya, tapi versi bhs Inggrisnya gak susah dimengerti kok. Happy reading!!

ps: my favorite is Jean Sasson's and it's true story :)

posted by Ira @ 9:48 PM 0 Comments