The not so secret life of Bondan

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2010-10-11T19:51:00.001+10:30

Pesta perpisahan

2010-07-05T09:37:00.002+09:30

Ok, so after the whole broken ankle / leg thing I've just been at home, on the couch pretty much 24/7. I have no bed, I just sleep on a mattress on the floor, but its too much effort to get up and down that low with my leg the way it is, so I've even been sleeping on the couch.

Feeling pretty crap about not going anywhere or doing anything, and only 2 of my friends coming to visit... btw, thanks so much for keeping me company guys!!

Anyway, yesterday was my first outing!! Stacey is going to Jogja next month for the new ACICIS teaching program so she had a farewell BBQ & dinner yesterday. I took some drugs before I left just incase, but my foot did pretty well I think. I'm normally nervous when I go somewhere I'm not going to know anyone, but this time I really didn't care. I was just so happy to be out of the house and off of the couch!

When we got there I helped chop and peel a few things, but I still felt pretty useless. people soon began to come and everyone was really nice. A few of Stacey's indo friends came too, so I got a bit of practice in... ya walopun aku malu awalnya (ngaku) haha. tapi kan gak separah stay di rumah aku kaaaann.. wakakaka. anyway, the BBQ was good, but as usual, I needed someone to help me carry my plate. using crutches is so annoying.. you cant carry anything for yourself cause you need your hands to walk!

Anyway, we stayed until about 6:30 when the last guests had to leave and Stacey wanted to go out to A Dong with 2 of her other mates. I came along too. but there was no time, my brother was already on his way, so pretty much after I ordered, I had to leave... I felt so bad about it. but my bro had already come, so we left.

on the way home dad called and I was talking to him in the car for pretty much the whole ride home. then ended up having maccas for dinner. ... pengennya A Dong malah makan McD huaaaaaaaaaaa.. haha..tapi gpp deh.. I still had fun.

Bad news

2010-07-05T09:12:00.002+09:30

So, its probably about time I updated my blog.

Two weeks ago today, everything was as usual. I was at the rink practicing before my lesson. The practice was going pretty good and I was working on backspins. I FINALLY got it!! .. a nice good back scratch on an outside edge! felt so good! I was so happy. couldn't do it consistently, but I was still happy none the less. Something I had been trying for months and I finally got it! just soooo happy. kept trying, it was on again off again, but I was getting closer. First time my backspin felt good!

I fell a few times, but nothing bad. but then... the unthinkable happened.. i fell again.. and .... crack...

"That felt weird", I thought as i sat on the ice too afraid to move.

There was no pain, none at all, but I knew my leg shouldn't have bent the way it did. My leg was numb as I sat there on the ice. I still didn't wan to move, I didn't want anything to be wrong with my leg. So I sat there, holding my leg on the ice. People started to notice I didn't get back up. A couple of coaches yelled out,

"Are you ok??"

.... I didn't want to answer.. I didn't know if I was ok or not.. I was hoping for the best but thinking the worst.

"maybe", I called back.

My coach came over and asked me what happened. I explained that I fell and my leg went into an awkward position.

"If you've done something wrong you'd probably be in a lot of pain", she said. "Can you try to stand up?"

I still didn't want to move, I didn't want it to be real. I just wanted to pretend there was no problem. I wanted to keep skating, but I was too afraid to move. They convinced me to try and stand up without putting weight on my leg... but I couldn't. So I sat back down on the ice not knowing what to do.

Before long a wheelchair was brought onto the ice and I was wheeled away. I put my skate guards on, not wanting to remove my skate, and made my way to the hospital with my brother.

An hour later someone came to see me, opened my skate and then started speaking doctor language. the only thing I knew was that it wasn't good. I went in and laid on the bed before being called for x-rays. I didn't want to call mum or dad, didn't want to scare them and I didn't know what was going on yet anyway. after the x-ray the doctor came to see me and said i had a broken ankle and fibula. not really great news, but it let me relax a bit, at least now I knew what it was. Not only that, but to make things worse, I tore the ligaments in my ankle, meaning I would need surgery. The theatre was completely booked out and I didn't want to stay the night so they put it in a temporary cast, scheduled surgery for the following night and I got to come home.

I called mum and dad, Mum freaked out, and cried as usual. I was the one calming her down! haha. Dad seemed pretty ok with it all. The next day Mum jumped in the car and drove all the way to Adelaide, and I'm glad she did.

Surgery went well, they basically tie the two bones together so they cant move, giving the ligaments a chance to heal properly. I spent the next 4 days on the couch. Mum was great, helping me do things, making me breakfast lunch and dinner, and she calmed down after she realized I was going to be ok. Saturday she went back home again, and I spent the next 7 days on the couch.

The pain in the beginning was almost unbearable and I was going through so much morphine it wasn't funny... great pain relief, but damn that stuff makes me itchy! Now its not so bad, I'll get pains occasionally, but nothing 2 panadol and 2 panafen plus cant fix.

So its been two weeks already, but in some ways, it feels like I've been on this damn couch for months! .. I've got another 4 weeks (approx) before I can try to walk without crutches and about two and a half months before I can skate again. I was so disappointed too, because it was the beginning of uni holidays, I was about to start private lessons, get a program together and compete in the winter showcase, but now none of that can happen.

Anyway, I think I've written too much! long story short, I broke my ankle and leg, but I'm getting better slowly and can't wait to get back on ice!

Some footage from April 1st

2010-04-18T22:42:00.000+09:30

Time for a change?

2010-03-22T19:38:00.004+10:30

What do you think?? I'm getting a bit tired of this blog layout and boring old photo... time for a change??

Nudie-licious

2010-03-22T19:31:00.004+10:30

So, I bought a pair of Nudies a week and a half ago. Was in the city, bored and alone, so shopping seemed like a good idea. I didn't wanna wear them at first, but it was no refund anyway.. so what the hell. haha

Anyway, since buying them I've discovered a few things.

Nudies stretch... a LOT!! I know they tell you they're gonna stretch, but so does any sales person selling any pair of jeans... trust me, nudies stretch more than usual.

After you've been wearing them for a few hours, you can expect your legs, especially the knees, and your waist to be blue. So, I assume it would be a bad idea to wear white underwear... lucky I don't have any!

and the latest discovery... Nudies are so slippery!! I rode to work / uni in them today.. and kept sliding around on my bike seat the whole way!

Who knows what will happen next.. but I'll keep you updated and share photos of my Nudie adventure soon!

Pusing

2010-03-15T20:27:00.002+10:30

Senang... Sedih... Mau sendirian... Kesepian... yang jelas, aku bingung.

Yang aku harus cari adalah jalan yang terbaik buat diriku, bukan jalan yang kuinginkan, entah jalan itu kemana...

Time for an update

2010-01-09T01:44:00.003+10:30

I haven't written in this blog for a while.. and its about time I did. A lot has been happening.

Been applying for jobs for quite a while, and finally finished uni for the year. already been on holidays for two months.. and another two to go. its been pretty good. Dad's been here for Christmas and its been great seeing him again. Got heaps of presents for christmas, some great DVD's, clothes a Nintendo Wii and heaps more!! Haven't seen mum for a while tho and am starting to miss her.

The holidays haven't been too eventful.. Befriending international students is not recommended, it just leaves you friendless in the holidays, and ultimately at the end of your degree.

anyway.. on to happier things. I went back to alice for a week.. went n saw Nate n Patti, and met with Patti's family again. had some really nice dinners together. just good to catch up with them all. Had a great new years with my mates, first at Emma's place and then moving on to Town and Country and Casino. and went ice skating at the convention centre, who would have thought you can skate in the middle of the desert!! Other than that I got to see Nate play cricket and on my 2nd last day I went out for lunch with Nancy, bumped into Emma and Lisa on the way home. Followed by horse riding with Kylie in the evening and Dinner with Dad, Nate and Patti at the Casino. all in all a great day.

I have been in touch with Crumpler for a while now as they have been the most promising in regard to work opportunity. and they offered me an interview, but it turned out I was in alice for that... I managed to get another chance and had the interview today. they said they'd be in touch within the next couple of days to let me know if i got the job or not... two hours later they called me and said they'd like to offer me the position, so I immediately said yes! I start work on Monday and cant wait! So dad and I did a bit of shopping today after the interview, bought some new clothes I can wear to work, still gotta get some pants and shoes tho. Even though most of the money will be going to rent, I still cant wait to get started! and its for a great Australian company, which makes it even better =)

Anyway, I think thats about it for now.. til next time

面食らう

2009-10-31T14:27:00.006+10:30

私の中心は一つ事を言うが、私の頭は別の物を言う。どれを聞くでしょうか。

lebay deh..

Udah lama aku nggak update...

2009-10-13T10:21:00.003+10:30

WARNING

Do NOT continue to read if:
1) You don't want to be bored
2) You get annoyed with bahasa campuran
3) You have anything better to do

Terbangun jam 7 pagi..... again.. damn renovations... tempted to complain to the landlord!

ketiduran lagi sampe jam 10... aku kuliah jam..... 10!!! O_o haha

anyway.. kemaren asik banget =) aku lagi dekat banget sama 新しい友達 yang aku ceritain di blog kemaren. entah kenapa itu bisa terjadi... tapi mengawali dengan Felix, dia ternyata kecanduan ice skating, jadi tiap jumat kita ke IA n aku ajarin dia skate. Dia udah lumayan bagus, n nanti kita mau ikut ice hockey sama2 =) anyway.. abis udah jalan beberapa kali ama dia, dia ajak temen2nya main skating juga.. jadi aku kenalan sama mereka.. little did I know nantinya mereka akan menjadi sahabatku juga. Rasanya aku udah lama banget kenal mereka.. cocok banget deh pokoknya, tapi sebenernya baru kenal 2 bulan. dan selama dua bulan ini aku senang banget. udah banyak yg terjadi. ada adelaide show, chocolate party, waya pawty, random hang out sessions, ultah Fizah, ultah gladys and probably some stuff I'm forgetting. sooo much fun. the most recent was gladys' birthday.. kita bikin "surprise" di rumahnya. aku ketemu sama fizah dan kita belanja seharian.. kita beli semua makanan kesukaan gladys dan taruhnya di rumah felix. trus aku, fizah dan gladis makan malam bareng di ky chow.. enak.. dan nasinya sepuasnyaaaa!!!! aku baru tau ada tempat kayak gitu di adelaide!! abis itu kita jalan kaki ke London (jauh banget yawh!!) untuk pestanya andy (temennya gladys) abis itu kita "pulang" dan gladys dibawa keluar ama kakaknya. kita jemput felix trus balik ke rumah gladys u/ siapin smua makanannya.. pas dia pulang kita surprise dia.. tapi kok nggak surprised gitu lho?? yaaaaahhh.. mobil ku ternyata kelihatan diluaaarrr.. and we left our shoes at the door!! bodoh amat dah!!! hahaha

but she enjoyed it anyways =) there was even a present hunt.. ending in the whole house smelling of old refrigerator.

Felix was sick, but still had to work on sunday, so I dropped him off on the way home. monday came around and he didn't kuliah coz it got worse, and my lecturer has pneumonia, so my class was cancelled. So all day yesterday we just hung out at Gladys' house, watched a movie, annoyed Gladys, had lunch, took her to uni to hand in an assignment, went back to her place for dinner and came home at midnight. was a fun day.. got NO work done for uni walopun kata Felix kita mau belajar dulu dan aku udah bawa buku2 kuliah.. hahaha tapi gpp deh.. aku senang.

jadi ya gitu deh akhir2 ini.. asik banget pokoknya. sayangnya ntar lagi mau ujian, trus libur akhir semester.. berarti aku bakal ditinggal!! mereka smua pulang ke negara masing-masing. jahat banget deh temen2ku ini.. haha.

oh ya, dan rencanaku u/ akhir tahun.. aku nggak jadi ke Queensland or Sydney, tapi aku mau di adelaide aja.. mau kerja di sini.. biar masih bisa sering skating. jadi bapak mau ke sini!! horeeee!!

oke.. aku lupa mau ngomong apa lagi O_o udah kelamaan deh nggak update.. hopefully I'll be more Rajin soon =) sabar yawh.. wakakaka

Gimana siiiihh??

2009-10-08T00:27:00.004+10:30

Plin Plaaaaannnn

Katanya mau..

Aku blom siap.

Kamu minta terus..

Akhirnya aku udah siap kasih..

Tapi kamu udah nggak mau lagi.

nyebelin aja!!!

nggak bakal diulangi deh. mau nggak mau.. nggak akan kukasih!

新しい友達

2009-08-01T18:42:00.001+09:30

この間友達とアイススケートした。楽しかったよ！実は僕の友達が一人だけ来た、でも、彼女は多くの友達を連れて来た。皆でアイススケートした。僕は新しい友達に手伝った。そのうちのいくつかはおかしかった、従って僕がスケートリンクで働くと思った。

スケートリンクで働いていないを知っての後で、一人が僕と話した：

「大学で何を勉強している？」彼が聞いた。

「インドネシア語と日本語だよ」僕が答えた

「えー。僕の友達はインドネシア人だよ！あそこにいるのだ！」と言った

僕たちはあの人の所に行った。「インドネシア人ですか？」　インドネシア語で僕が聞いた。彼はとてもびっくり。「う。。うん。。。うん。。。インドネシア人です」彼がゆっくり言った。とても可笑しだ。新しい友達は、皆が可笑し！とても楽しい。=)

どうして日本語を使ったか？難しだよ！

anyway.. 今兄はスケートをしたい、僕も行く。もうスケートをしたい。一週間に四回スケートしたよ。しばしばだね。

Dia lagi... Dia lagi...

2009-07-09T18:28:00.000+09:30

Kok slalu ada yg tanyain dia kepada aku?... mana ku tau kabarnyaaa??

Kok slalu ada yg kasih kabar ttg dia... Padahal aku nggak nanya!

Kesabaran hanya penting jika ada yang diharapkan...

2009-07-06T18:39:00.001+09:30

Katanya "semuanya akan lebih baik"... jadi aku menunggu, aku pikir semuanya akan lebih baik buat kita.

Tapi hari ini aku sadar, maksudmu itu, semuanya akan lebih baik... tanpa kamu.

Appologize Timbaland feat. One Republic

2009-06-25T16:25:00.000+09:30

I dunno if its by Timbaland featuring One Republic.. or One Republic featuring Timbaland... anyway.. here's the song..

Enjoy..

Twilight on Ice

2009-06-24T22:19:00.000+09:30

So much for skating... It was PACKED... They had a 'wild wednesday' today.. its where you can skate on the small ice and watch a hockey game on the big ice... even the small ice was soooo crowded... Couldn't practice anything.. still, its exercise I guess... and I met Edward there... yes, 'that' Edward.. haha.. not really, there was just some guy there who looked like him.

Fireflies of fire

2009-06-21T10:52:00.000+09:30

Flick...

Flick....

Flick, flick, flick, flick, flick...

This is the sound that woke me up at 6:30am... like a piece of material being whipped around in the wind, it grew faster and faster... but what was it??

I opened my eyes... my walls were glowing softly, a flickering yellow light filled my room. I sat up in my bed to see several small lights, like golden fireflies shooting across my room, darting around rapidly then falling and disappearing before hitting the floor. There were hundreds of them, floating around magically, one after another appearing and disappearing... But something wasn't right.

It took me a few seconds to realize what was happening. The lights weren't hundreds of fireflies, they were coming from my heater. It turns itself on every few hours so my room doesn't get too cold. Only this time its centre was glowing, a scarlet, pea sized ball of light was producing these fireflies.

It was beautiful to watch, but before long I was overcome by panic... What if something catches on fire? ... But how could I turn it off? I couldn't get near it for all the fireflies, and I was too afraid to touch it, what if I was electrocuted? It was plugged into a power board under my desk, but I couldn't get to it without being hit by the golden beads of light floating around... I stood, confused for a moment... what do I do? O_o Still not fully sadar, I realized I could just unplug the entire power board... I threw my chair across the room and reefed the plug from the wall... the flicking sound immediately slowed, the fireflies stopped appearing and the scarlet ball inside the heater slowly faded... My room was suddenly filled with silence and darkness... I stood, still bewildered by what had just happened. I started to become more aware, smelling something burning I quickly turned on the light. Maybe the fireflies hadn't died before hitting the floor.. maybe they had caught something alight... but after searching, I found nothing.. I guess it was the heater that smelled burnt..

I went to the toilet, still confused about what had happened before returning to bed. It felt like a dream, maybe because I never fully woke up during all of this. But this morning, seeing my heater off, my chair across the room and the power board unplugged...

I realized it was very real.

Permanent

2009-06-19T09:28:00.000+09:30

Colbie Caillat & Jason Reeves 'Permanent' from Shoestring Concerts on Vimeo.

Facebook

2009-06-16T20:40:00.000+09:30

Malas banget neh... buka facebook itu buang2 waktu aja... lagian, sering bikin aku kesel, marah, sebel, sedih & kecewa.. smuanya buruk. Jadi nggak usah sering buka aja kayaknya.

Rasanya udah kecanduan... bangun pagi, langsung online, buka facebook.. gk ada satu hari lewat yg aku nggak buka facebook... kalo nggak dapat.. aku mau.. tapi kalo dapat, malah bikin aku rasa nggak enak..

Aku udah malas cuman ketemu temen2 online.

Sepatu Idaman

2009-06-16T14:33:00.000+09:30

Ini lagi chatting ama temenku.. baru sadar kalo aku blom update blogku ttg sepatu ice skating..

After the longest wait ever they finally came!! I was instantly sooo happy with them... put them on.. and then... PAIIIIINN!!! haha.. my feet were killing me! I couldn't wear them for more than a few mins, and that was sitting down! .. wore them a few more times around the house and they started to mold to my feet better... slowly getting more comfortable.. but still quite painful.

I've had them for about a month now, in the beginning they gave me huge blisters.. but now.. they're quite comfortable, just rub a little where the tongue is.. but they're almost perfect after a month of use.. love them!! Getting much more confident with jumps, and starting to see the benefits of having a MUCH bigger toe-pick =) and my spins are getting there slowly. There is a little bubbling on the sole tho... Hope its nothing to worry about o_O

On a side note... I think I hate the guy in the pro shop... ok.. maybe not hate.. to quote the plain white t's "hate is a strong word, but I really really really don't like him"... I bought these online cause he wouldn't get them in for me.. and now he's just unhelpful cause I didn't buy from him.. but who would when all of his products are EXTREMELY overpriced??!

Yay for Procrastination

2009-06-16T12:54:00.000+09:30

Things get done when essays are due...

My last lesson with Gen in Jogja

2009-06-06T23:59:00.000+09:30

This is some of what I learned over a 10 week period and some new stuff I just learned that day... Can't wait to get back into lessons so I can keep improving!!

Masih menunggu semuanya menjadi lebih baik . . .

2009-05-17T00:25:00.000+09:30

hehe.. aku baru sadar kalo sejak aku pulang ke aussie, aku nulis blog ini pake bhs indonesia, padahal pas aku di jogja, ini ditulis pake bhs inggris.. kenapa yawh??

Ada banyak yg terjadi sejak aku posting kemaren.. the main thing I guess is my birthday... aku mulai bikin planning buat party di rumah makan indonesia, Pondok Bali.... abis aku udah undang smua teman2, ibuku suruh aku batalkan semua... dy pengennya aku di rumah u/ ultahku.. aku sedikit kesel.. tapi nantinya aku juga ngerti alasannya..

Hari Jumat (hari sebelum ultahku) aku ol.. ada Dama dan Vando.. aku agak malas sama dia (Vando) udah lama nggak ada kontak.. sms nggak dibalas, kalo telpon rasanya aku menggangu, wall post di FB juga nggak dibalas... jadi aku mulai malas aja sama dia.. jadi aku jawabnya singkat aja, trus cepat bilang mau off..

Bapakku datang dari QLD hari itu juga, di sini u/ 1o hari.. dan dy (nggak sengaja) juga bilang kalo kk mau datang dari Alice Springs.. jadi besoknya pas aku sampe rumah ibu u/ ngerayain ultahku, dan ibu suruh aku naruh minuman di kulkas belakang, aku taw aku akan ketemu sama kakakku di sana.. tp yg aku nggak tau, ada 3 orang lagi... tapi gelap banget.. siapa yah?? ... aku sadar ada Patty (ceweknya kakakku) trus ada dua orang lagi.. nggak tau tuh siapa... beberapa detik kemudian aku sadar ada Dama!! dy datang dari Canberra!! ... trus akhirnya lampunya dinyalain dan aku liat ada Vando... senang nggak ya?? hahaha (jahat) aku nggak percaya ada dia di sini.. rasanya aneh.. kok bisa gitu.. dan aku nggak tau mau reaksi apa... kemaren aja chatting ol aku malas banget.. trus tiba2 ini ada orangnya didepanku... kalo dicuekin face to face gitu, aku nggak enak... tapi aku masih malas sih sebenernya.. jadi bingung. (untung nyokap w kga bs bhs indo.. wakaka jng smp dy taw... dikit2 bisa sih, makanya pake "nyokap" wakaka) ini kan kado dari dia.. niatnya emang baik.. jadi aku harus nyenangin dia dulu..

Yah, jadinya aneh selama beberapa hari pertama.. kalo sama dama, masih sama aja.. karena sering ada kontak.. abis satu ato dua hari.. mulai biasa.. trus lama kelamaan ya, kek dulu lagi. asik punya temen lagi di sini.. bisa jalan2.. main.. aku bawa mereka ke kampusku, masuk kelas bhs indo dan gamelan... mereka malu masuk kelas bhs jepang.. kayaknya takut dimakan robot. selain kuliah, kita juga belanja, nonton bioskop, main go kart, nonton phantom of the opera, liat museum2 dan art gallery, trus ke pantai.. kayaknya itu aja... waktunya emang singkat banget.. tapi dari pada nggak sama sekali... yah, bagus lah.. walopun hari terakhir ada miscommunication yg besaaaaaaaaaaarrr... but i found out how my friends really think of me..

Anyway, I had fun... enak bisa ngobrol2 lagi sama temen2... oh yahhh.. dan mereka bawa kado2 dari temen2ku di jogja... hehe.. so sweet.. dititip ke vando... jadi aku ngerasa smuanya ada di rumahku.. ada banyak banget.. trus pas lagi buka kado2nya, kita smua diluar, dingiiiinnn.. dan aku cuman pake kaos.. nah.. kadonya mita tuh jacket! haha.. pas banget, jadi aku langsung make.. trus ternyata itu kembar jaketnya vando, cuman beda warna.. hehe. anyway kayaknya ada banyak yg aku mau cerita.. tapi aku nggak tau mau mulai di mana.. lagian ini udah jam 1 pagi..

pokoknya.. aku senang bisa ketemu sama temen2ku lagi... tapi senang sedih gitu.. waktunya aku baru mulai terbiasa sendirian lagi... temen2ku datang.. dan aku bisa ngerasain enaknya punya teman lagi.. enaknya ngobrol.. curhat.. becanda.. menggila.. senyum.. ketawa.. ato santai aja tanpa kata.. menghabiskan waktu bareng aja.. ngapain aja nggak penting, yg penting kita bersama lagi... tapi sekarang itu smua hilang.. udah nggak bisa lagi... ya kalo online ato via hape bisa.. but its not the same.

Anyway, thanks guys for coming.. and thanks mum for organising everything (the food was ueeeenak bangeeett!!!) ... thanks dad and nathan for coming all the way here too.. was great to see all of you again.. and of course thank you to all my other friends!! I know it wasn't much, but it was really nice to see all of you again.

Ps... smsku dibalas *masih nggak percaya* kok bisa??!?! *cek hape lagi* ada tuh di inbox.. berarti bukan mimpi! .... *pingsan*

Laskar Pelangi...

2009-04-24T23:27:00.000+09:30

Tak kan terikat waktu.

Laskar Pelangi, what a beautiful film... Amazing story, amazing characters, great movie, awesome soundtrack. Its funny, sad, a little romantic, it touches your heart and is truly inspirational, it really does have it all. The sense of community and friendship is just so strong, jadi teringat waktuku di indonesia.. kangeeeenn!!! pengen banget sama temen2ku di sana lagi..

There is no way whatever I write will do the film justice, so I suggest you just watch it for yourself if you can. (I may be slightly bias) BUT I went with 2 of my malaysian friends 1 indo friend and 1 aussie friend.. and they all loved it.

A truly great film, and not just by Indonesian standards!

Selamat Hari Selasa!!!

2009-04-21T17:27:00.000+09:30

Dan selamat ulang tahun mas Yodim!!! (walopun dy gak pernah baca blogku ini.. hehe) smoga panjang umur dan aku cepat ditraktir! maaakan makaaan... maaakan makaaan lhoh??

Ini aku lagi liburan mid semester.. udah dari minggu lalu. selama seminggu itu, aku nggak ngapa2in.. diem aja di rumah. Aku bingung, kok jauh beda dan nggak menyenangkan ya, hidupku di Aussie?? Kemaren aku jadi sadar kalo aku udah kecanduan internet.. Menyedihkan deh. Tiap hari ol dengan harapan temen2 akan ol juga. Kok bisa jadi kosong gini kehidupanku ini? Masa tiap hari menunggu doang? haha. . Kok mencari kebahagiaan menjadi susah? Apakah aku merasa akan kehilangan temen2 lama kalo aku senang di sini? Apakah aku kurang berusaha atau sabotase diriku sendiri? Aku merasa dalam diriku sendiri nggak ada yang berubah, jadi dengan alasan apa semuanya bisa begini? . . .Entah..

(dengerin lagu tiba2 mau karaokean di happy puppy.. hehe)

Aku nggak tau maksud smua ini apa sebenernya.. dan aku nggak sedih.. cuman pikiran doang. . gitu dehhh.. haha

Trus minggu kedua... aku akhirnya mulai belajar.. dikit2 doang sih, tapi mendingan dari kemaren. Besok ada janji sama dosenku, aku mau interview dia untuk laporanku.

Wismilak..

2009-04-13T07:53:00.000+09:30

Easter!!

2009-04-12T18:42:00.001+09:30

This year easter was different for me... Maybe cause last year, I kind of forgot about it cause I was in Jogja. There was no egg hunt this year, but it was more than just about the chocolate this time. I always knew the true meaning of Easter.. But it was never really there before.

Today, this Easter, it means so much more. Maybe its all in my head. Maybe I really am going insane. But I do feel like a burden has been lifted. . . I feel happier today, and that cant be a bad thing. I'm just grateful to have such amazing friends and family.

So thank you to everyone!! Thanks for always being here (if only in spirit), thanks to those who wished me a Happy Easter and thank you to my family for spending the day with me.

But most of all, thanks for the second chance.

緑

2009-04-10T22:07:00.000+09:30

Bingung mau nulis apa..

Pake bahasa apa...

Dulunya.. kalo mau curhat.. Aku curhat ke blogku aja.. Ya, emang nggak akan dijawab... nggak akan dikasih nasihat..

Tapi blog ku yg dulu.. itu pendengar yg bagus.. dan kadang2 kita cuman mau didengarkan, tanpa di-judge, itu aja udah cukup. Aku nggak mau menjadi beban untuk temen2ku, jadi aku nulis pake bhs Indonesia biar seandainya ada yang baca, nggak bakal ada yg ngerti.. Tapi kalo sekarang, udah nggak bisa lagi... Aku tulis ini aja pasti ada yg ngerti. . .

Jadi gimana ya? .. belajar bahasa yang lain? Di Jogja aku coba, tapi sampe sekarang 我不会说普通话. 日本語も勉強している、でもまだ上手にならなかった、友達も勉強しているし、日本語も書けないだね。。じゃ、困ったなあ？分からない。。。

Love this song. . .

2009-03-31T16:39:00.000+10:30

Thanks Dama

Bad Idea...

2009-03-30T18:50:00.001+10:30

I have a new found appreciation for some things that I've been taking for granted.. not so much little things, but, well actually really important things!! Like being able to walk.

On Wednesday after Gamelan class, I hung around for a while to ask one of the community students some advice on playing the Gender. Some other people came to join and I ended up staying back till about 7:30 just chatting and listening to them play.

When I left, the sun was setting, and it was cool, so instead of waiting of the next bus, I decided I'd start to walk home. It was a really nice walk, but I think cause I was listening to my mp3 player and had some up beat songs.. I must have walked a little too fast... two and a half hours (and 15km) later I was at South Terrace in the city, feet aching.. soooo much pain, until I could barely walk. but I still had an hour of walking before I'd be home. Walking up King William street, Mitch called, he just finished soccer, so I got him to pick me up on the way home.... I'm normally ok with walking long distances, but I dunno what happened.. I've never been in this much pain from walking before.. but I think maybe just cause I walked too fast, and for a long period of time.

I spent the next 2 days at home, barely able to stand, let alone walk! on saturday went to the supermarket with mitch and it wasn't too bad, but after about 10 minutes they started to ache again.. its hard to describe, its just REALLY painful. I started to realize how mum felt lately.. I spent Sunday inside all day, and today.. Monday... I had uni from 12-4pm.. and it wasn't so bad... I could still feel it wasn't quite right, but it didn't hurt too much... but then on the way home just now, I think I walked too fast again and its not healed properly... a few more days and I should be 100% again.. but yeah.. I'm just surprised how long it hurt for... I guess its like any sore muscle, like after they gym.. except cause its in my foot.. its sore every time I stood up or walked..

Anyway.. now that its getting better, and I don't look like an old man hobbling around the house, I've realized how we tend to take things for granted... "little things" .. but are actually really important.. especially to do with our health.

So I guess I'm just thankful that for the most part I'm healthy & safe. (among many other things!!!)

Kenapa seeehhhh?

2009-03-29T09:27:00.000+10:30

Pagi... kok udah kesepian.

SEBEEEEELLLLL!!!!

2009-03-21T11:26:00.000+10:30

Aku kan udah lama pesen sepatu ice skatingku... trus katanya 5 stengah minggu... berarti aku harusnya dapat sepatunya tanggal 23 Maret (dua hari lagi).

Aku email ke sana tanggal 13 untuk lunasin smuanya, trus dy ga jawab pas aku nanya kapan akan dikirim... jadi aku nanya lagi hari ini.. katanya dari tanggal 13 itu butuh 2 minggu lebih, baru dia dapat!... berarti akhir minggu depan baru dia dapat, truz dy harus pasang bladenya n bikin bahannya anti air.. beberapa hari lagi.. baru bisa dikirim ke sini..

Berarti aku ga akan nunggu 2 hari lagi untuk sepatunya, tapi kira-kira 3 minggu lagi!! SIAL! Jadi bukan 5.5 minggu tapi 2 bulan untuk dapat sepatunya!

Sebel! Tapi gimana lagi, emang harus ditunggu ajah...

You don't wanna street-street???

2009-03-19T20:04:00.000+10:30

Ya udah... Aku pergi sendiri aja! huh!

iki lho.. bahasa Indonesia buat kamu nih Ru. =P hehe

Hari ini aku kuliah jam 11~2 siang. Linda sms aku paginya, ngajakin nonton tarian hip hop malam ini, ntar lagi kakakku mau pulang, trus dy akan anterin aku ke sana...

Anyway.. abis kuliah, aku ga mau langsung pulang.. n beberapa hari yg lalu aku chatting ma dama, dy bilang kalo di Canberra ada Teh Kotak. Aku juga jadi mikirin produk2 indonesia yg

aku suka dulu.. n aku jadi pengen. Jadi aku bikin rencana... aku mau ke pasar (central market) abis kuliah.

Aku jalan kaki ke king william street, rencananya naik tram, ga jauh sih, tapi pengen naik aja.. hehe. Aku hampir udah sampai, aku liat.. ada banyak orang lagi nungguin tramnya, tapi yg menarik perhatianku itu ada 4 wanita, smuanya lagi ngobrol2.. aku masih di kiri jalan halte tramnya di tengah jalan. aku ngeliat ke mereka... mereka bawa dua pram dengan dua bayi. dan dua dari empat cewek itu berjilbab.... aku ngeliatin terus... kayaknya orang indonesia aku mikir... dari gayanya, dari expresinya... ya.. itu orang indonesia!!... aku nyebrang jalan ke tempat tram itu

Aku nyamperin 4 orang itu... berdiri di sebelah... masih ngeliatin mereka (tanpa sadar.. aku ga bermaksud mirip serial killer!!) mereka ngobrol2 aja... aku langsung denger bahasa indonesia!! itu emang orang indonesia ternyata!! aku senang.. entah kenapa... berdiri aja di sebelah mereka, dengerin merka ngomongin apa... tiba2 satu dari itu pamit n naik tram yg lain. Yang lain masih ada, n aku masih dengerin dengan diem.. bingung kalo aku harusnya ngomong apa nggak... tapi ngapain juga aku ngomong sama mereka, kenala aja nggak.. jadi aku diem aja dengerin.. entah kenapa aku jadi aneh gini.. tapi aku senang aja dengerin bhs indonesia lagi. hehe

Pas mau turun dari tram, mereka juga terun, tapi jalan ke arah yg laen. aku masuk central market n pergi ke satu toko yg aku yakin ada produk dari Jepang dan Cina... mungkin aja ada produk2 indonesia kan... aku mulai nyari.... pertama.. ga ada.... terus aku ketemu beberapa...

We even have durian flavoured DODOL!!! haha

dan aku ga pernah liat indomie sebanyak ini!!!

Aku beli beberapa macam makanan dan minuman trus berangkat... sebenernya aku ga pergi ke pasarnya, tapi cuman satu toko ini.. hehe. balik ke tempat tram, mau balik lagi... tapi tiba2 aku berubah pikiran.. ga jauh soalnya, jadi aku tiba2 pengen jalan kaki aja. aku liat queen Victoria di jalan lho!! percaya nggak?? ini lho!!

Trus ada water fountain yg keren juga.. sebenernya aku udah pernah liat tapi ga pernah difoto.

Maaf kalo blog ini 'agak sedikit' panjang... tapi moga2 foto2nya bikin ceritanya lebih menarik..

Anyway.. aku jalan kaki sambil main foto2 kaya turis... dilihatin orang, tapi aku ga peduli. Aku balik ke mall, mau nyari rice cooker! Aku cari di Myer, ada yg bagus, bentuknya bagus kaya yg aku mau, tapi gede banget, yg laen di myer jelek semua. Jalan2 lagi, ke Harris Scarfe (ga tau ejaannya.. haha) di sana ga ada sama sekali!! di David Jones, ada yg bagus, lebih kecil, tapi harganya hampir sama dengan yg gede di Myer, jadi mendingan yg gede aja!!

Aku pas mau balik ke Myer untuk beli rice cookernya aku liat ada pengamen... nah, mungkin kalian mikir pengamen itu yg bawa gitar apa slalu nyanyi "wer e wer e wer" gitu kan?? Well.. pengamen ini berbeda.. unique! lucu! .. dan setengah bugil.. haha (ga penting banget) biasanya aku juga ga berhenti kalo ada pengamen, aku lihat pas lewat aja.. tapi ini beda... entah kenapa tapi aku berhenti, dan walaupun aku akhirnya kasih $5 aku ga menyesal! soalnya dy keren! Dia main dengan bola... dengan api... dan dengan pisau!

Keren kaaannn?? km ga percaya tadi kan?? well itu buktinya! nonton videonya!!

(aku udah coba semalam, n lagi pagi ini... tapi videonya ga bisa diupload... ada di FACEBOOK!! Sana gih! liat di facebookku aja yaaaa!! .. sumpah, keren, pasti ga menyesal nunggu downloadnya =D .. sana liat!! cepetan!)

Oce, abis nonton pengamen yang lucu itu (aku bilangnya lucu soalnya dy (dengan becanda) coba menipu orang luar.. dy bilang "biasanya kalo di australia orang rata2 kasih $50 ke pengamen" itu Rp400.000 lho!! haha) lucu deh.. anyways, abis itu aku balik ke Myer dan beli rice cookerku!!!! =D senangnyaaaaa... aku langsung mikirin tempe n bumbu pedas yg aku beli tadi di pasar.. mau bikin ayam goreng!! Tapi ga jadi bikin hari ini soalnya ini udah mau jam 5 sore waktu itu, jadi aku makan aja dulu di kota sambil nungguin kakak selesai kerja, biar aku ga harus naik bis bawa rice cookernya.

Pulaaaang.. langsung dibuka dan dicuci.. masih blom sempat dipake... tapi aku naruhnya di sini! bagusss kahhhnn??!?! rice cookerkuuu?? aku ga pernah punya sebelumnya.. jadi aku senang.. haha... sekarang lebih gampang lagi untuk masak nasi, n itu tetep panas berjam2 =D

Waduh! satu blog nih ga selesai-selesai!!! .. aku udah cape nulisnya.. kamu pasti cape bacanya! haha... oce oce.. cepet selesaikan yaaa.. gpp kan? ...

oce.. gini ceritanya... aku beli sayang baruku (si Ricky .. entah kenapa aku kasih nama ke rice cookerku...) trus pulang... nanti malamnya aku keluar sama linda (ini baru pulang n nulis blog ini lagiiiii makanya cape, udah ngantuk.. udah jam 2 pagi!) oce oce... pergi nonton Hip Hop... tapi ternyata bukan tarian.. tapi konser.. lumayanlah... itu smua orang lokal.. ga terkenal... n ga begitu pinter nge-rap.. hehe. . tp gpp.. masih lumayanlah.. abis itu kita ke The garden of Earthly Delights.. dekat East tce.. bagus banget, tapi aku lupa fotoin tempatnya. trus aku beli permen yg panjang kaya ular, manis tapi asin juga (nggak kayak permennya Vando yg bikin aku mau muntah) kalo ini emang enak! hehe

Aku telpon kakak.. trus pulang... n nulis blog ini lagi... sekarang.. udah mau boboooo!!! ngantuk neh! haha... tapi ini masih nungguin upload video ke blog ini.. ya udah.. aku bobo aja dulu.. besok aja aku posting ini ya... sabar yaaa. (haha.. sedikit ga masuk akal... soalnya pas kalian baca ini udah akan ada videonya.. wkakaka) aku udah gila karena kecapean..

selamat malam semuanya!!! =D

My new room

2009-03-19T19:47:00.000+10:30

Another post I probably should have done about a week ago...

Well... I've been on the couch for AGES, like almost 2 months... With no room of my own, I finally decided to get it organized. I got my brother to move all his stuff out of my room and I went to mum's place to pick up everything I had put in storage. Hauled it all over to my place, and put it in my room... soon realizing that i had no where to put it all, i got my bookshelf from mum's place too, which was a great help! Before i got to putting in all of my stuff though, I put in the bit things first, the bed, the desk, keyboard and my drawers, they all did several laps of my room.. being put in every possible location before I decided on my final setup.. Now that the big things were in, all the little stuff could come... and it did!!

I couldn't even get in the door, or open t wide enough to take a better photo. Anyway... a few hours later (understatement of the century!!!) believe it or not, I got most of this stuff to fit in my room.. and it now looks like this!

Bagus kan kamarku?? hehehe... aku ikut heru deh.. pake air mattress.

So what do you think of my room?? .. I like it! I'm happy I finally have my own space.. I was living out of a suitcase for a while.. and I think finally having my own room and my own space has made it a bit easier to settle back into life in Australia.

COMMENTS?? hehe.. indonesia banget ya?? hehe banyak lukisan & ukiran di kamarku.. ada juga foto kalian semua!! n satu sarung, dipake sebagai pelindung keyboard.. hehe.

WomAdelaide ~ Sounds of the planet

2009-03-19T18:59:00.000+10:30

Womad... A music festival lasting three days in Adelaide, hosting artist from all over the world. Although music and dance is the main event, there is also heaps of food and artists with their work on display and up for sale! I was invited by Linda to go check it out, and after having heard so many great things about Womad, and never having seen it for myself, I thought "why not??" .. It was a little expensive, I think about $70 for a day pass, but we only went for one day, so yeah, not too bad.

When we first arrived, we walked through the gates, into the garden, and in an opening were heaps of flags flying high in the breeze, it looked amazing!

(not all of the photos are uploading.. dunno why... if you're interested check out my "Womadelaide" album on facebook!! =D )

what else?? it was like a month ago, so I dont really remember.. haha.. pokoknya asik deh! .. one of the best ones was a girl from china, such an interesting and unique voice and style, it was amazing.. even though I didn't understand what she was singing about. some of her songs also used a language she created herself! haha.. so NO ONE could understand it.. but it was just amazing! her voice, the style her costumes.. everything!

(Getting distracted with people chatting to me on facebook, haha.. I've forgotten what else I wanted to write.)

Well.. i guess thats it really... Just had a great time, seeing music from all over the world. was a great experience, definitely worth it!! =D

More photos on facebook guys!!! I dunno why blogger hates me and wont let me upload =(

Week One O.o

2009-03-05T20:42:00.001+10:30

First week of uni OVER!! =D .. relief!! I'm kinda happy to be back at uni.. but kinda bummed at the same time.. its NO where near as fun as jogja..

Finally got everything sorted, classes, timetables, the lot..

This semester I'm taking:

Japanese 3A

Indonesian Advanced

Linguistics: Phonology

Issues in contemporary education

Re-Orienting Asia

I should only be taking Indo and Jap, but with the new system of 3-unit subjects, I suffer! haha... Hopefully all goes well.

Not much news really, I met up with Linda today and we're gonna go to WomAdelaide tomorrow night, should be good, there's always someone raving about it, and Jess has a three day pass, so will hopefully catch her there too!

18 Days til my skates arrive!!! (hopefully) haha

So to sum it all up, first week of uni over, and I survived!! =D ... barely.

Oh yeah, I got randomly chosen to do a presentation in my linguistics class next week!!! fun *sarcastic mode ON* .. no idea what I'm gonna talk about =S

Study causes insanity!

2009-02-26T18:43:00.001+10:30

I swear its true.. too much study causes insanity!! Or maybe its that I haven't really studied that much over the last year, so I'm not used to it at all anymore..

So much on my mind lately..

UNI:

~Three days til uni starts and 4 chapters to go.. I think I can do it.. not sure about all the kanji though.. =S but I'll give it my best, the next couple of weeks are gonna be pretty full on I think.

~ Trying to work out how all of the program changes are going to affect me

~ Wondering when I'll get my transcripts from Jogja, so they will actually accept my enrollment here

~ What courses I need to take and how many, now with all of the credit points being cut in HALF I need to find two more subjects relating to my majors, which is proving impossible, there's only so many courses you can take in Indonesian and Japanese.

~ This leaves me with 6 credit points I need to take, and no subjects I can take them in... why did they have to change the program this year??!?! They even said the language students are getting screwed... and I'm doing two languages, so I'm getting double screwed!! and the double degree doesn't give much room to move either..

~ The Indo and Jap classes clash, they're on at the same time, dunno about the Japanese yet, but the Indonesian cant be changed, I NEED to take both, as they are my majors and I cant graduate without 6 semesters of each

~ Usually the 1st week back at uni is easy, just them saying what you're gonna be doing for the first semester, asking if anyone has any questions and thats about it.. but no, not this year, this year we're making a start right from day 1... so no extra study time that I thought I would get..

FRIENDS:

~ Trying not to miss them too much.. but not really succeeding

~ Hoping they miss me too

~ Rebuilding bridges that were burned

~ Feeling left behind cause everyone is either graduating this year, or already graduated.

~ Hoping I can bring street~street to A town!! I wanna have time for fun this year, and not only that but be organised enough to make things happen, and make the most of opportunities in Adelaide!

Pusiiiiing

Dama udah pulang!!

2009-02-21T09:51:00.000+10:30

"Temenku yang paling cantik udah sampe Australia... aku senang sekali."

So much for study...

2009-02-20T19:50:00.000+10:30

As usual, I was supposed to study this morning.. need to get to chapter 40 in みんなの日本語 before uni starts.. So I've got just over a week to do two months work... And do you think thats motivation enough to make me study?? No.. its not! I only studied one chapter before getting lunch with Isa, we went to the bakery down the road, and didn't do much study after that, instead we went down south, stopped in at mums house for 10 minutes before heading down to the beach. It was so much fun, we just took a bunch of photos and then had to leave, cause I still had to pick my bro up at 5pm. even tho we were driving for about 2 hours only to spend half an hour on the beach.. it was still heaps of fun =D

The agenda for tomorrow?? .. STUDY!!!! No distractions!!

My layout

2009-02-20T09:48:00.000+10:30

Having trouble with this blog!! The new layout isn't from blogger, but I downloaded it from a 3rd party site.. So I cant use the normal edit options, but I'm having to edit the HTML codes, which is a bit confusing for someone who's never done it before! haha. I guess the main thing is the navigation bar is gone! *poof* ... So I made a makeshift one, but I dunno how its gonna work for you guys! haha.. I think its only gonna work for me. Also the "comments" section has changed, so I don't think you can leave "Anonymous" comments anymore =( which sucks for those of you who don't have a blogger (google) / live journal / word press / type pad / aim / open id.. but hopefully I'll still be getting comments from you guys!! =D

Anyways, let me know what you think of the new layout, n if anything else is stuffing up, I'll try to see if i can fix it.

New Blog!

2009-02-19T21:53:00.000+10:30

Been thinking about it for a while... My other blog was supposed to be for my ACICIS experience, and now that its over, I wanted something new. but how?? I thought if I change my url, then I'll have to tell everyone the new address, n that would be too much hassle! Then Rad suggested I just change the url on my old blog, and move it to my new one =D now why didn't I think of that??!?!

So here it is.. Bask in its glory! hehe

My ACICIS blog is still there, santai aja.. hehe.. can be found in my profile or just search www.acicishereicome.blogspot.com