It's finally time to move to the house we going to live in. All the boxes and furniture were out of the blue container, and now the house full of boxes. We moved from spacious 4 bedrooms house in Perth into cozy 3 bedroom house. We kept some our belonging in the storage, in Perth. But still, we brought too many things here in to the island. After a week, the boxes still here and there in and out the house, endless unpacking....
It is quite frustrating to see the house messy and desperately want to unpack everything as soon as possible, but it's just to many thing to unpack and no place/space for them. This is the time when I think we have too much un-necessary stuff and regret that we have them. I kept saying to myself every time I open a box and unwrapped the paper, "oh... another junk" or "we don't need this" or "why do I keep this thing?" or "i should have thrown this years ago", and it going on and on and on...
I and hubby are on the same boat over treating 'stuff'. We like to keep 'stuff'. Old, broken, dirty, unnecessary, you name it. No particular reason. We just don't like to throw them. When I think more, the most possible reason is probably just for the sake of sentimental memories. So you can imagine two people have the same odd hobbies who live as nomads, have to put up with one of another stuff every time we move. MADNESS !
Hubby is better than me in some area, though. He would easily throw away his old clothes and shoes, except the one he really really like and has good sentimental history (which are not too many). But he keep almost everything related to computer, gadget, games, DVDs and CDs. Also ornaments and pictures.
As for me, I rarely throw away my clothes. I still have my jeans I wore 12 years ago, I still have t-shirt i bought in high school. I didn't remember ever throw bags, shoes, and accessories/jewellery. So I got dozens of shoes and bags, accessories and jewellery neatly saved in dozens of boxes. They are definitely still wearable, still in a good condition, because I always treated them well. But no doubt lots of them are old, out of date, and I might never wore/use them again. But I kept them anyway! Crazy,... I know ! :D Besides this, I also still keep my old diaries, photo albums/pictures, letters, and cards from many many years ago. Total crazy? I agree :D
Good thing is I and hubby never argue or complain, we are peacefully willing to put up with each others mountain of junk we collected.
We totally understand each other on this matter. :)
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Sunday, February 22, 2009
Kaki Ayam Buat Si Kecil
Sehubungan dengan si raja kecil yang gak lama lagi bakal belajar jalan, gue dapet info dari para tetua terutama my mum kalo si raja kecil HARUS makan kuah/sop ceker. Katanya sih supaya kakinya kuat dan bisa cepet jalan. Gue sih setuju ajah kalo emang buat kebaikan. Tapi daddynya si raja kecil ketawa gede banget waktu gue kasih tau. Soalnya gak ada di kamus nya makan kaki ayam, apalagi buat bayi. Tapi dia juga setuju aja kalo emang baik tujuannya hehehe... Masalahnya, dimana cari ceker di dunia antah berantah sini?!
Untung gue punya banyak teman yang baik hati. Tanya sini, tanya sana, akhirnya ada juga yang punya kenalan tukang jagal ayam di pasar. :) Seplastik isi kurang lebih 20 ceker akhirnya nyampe juga di rumah kemarin. Geli juga liat ceker putih mentah banyak begitu. Tapi yang gak kalah heboh kok malah suami gue. Dengan semangat empat lima dia susun beberapa kaki di piring terus ngotot mau berfotoan sama sepiring ceker mentah. Ck ck ck...ternyata bul-bul ada yang norak juga ya :D
Saturday, January 26, 2008
Snow Here And There
What happened in Damascus, Syria on on the same day as this day?
Hubby was there and took few interesting shots.
I thought I'll share.


Wednesday, May 2, 2007
Ada Apa Dengan 11:11?

Anyway,… saya bukan mau ngebahas berat badan nih. Lanjut cerita,.....
Lalu dia bilang lagi.. “it’s double 11 again…” dan baru saya ‘ngeh’ dan menghela napas. Hhhh… lagi-lagi. Gak heran. Percakapan seperti ini sebenarnya cukup sering terjadi. Angka double 11 itu seakan mengikuti kehidupan hubby kemana pun dan dimanapun.
Bayangin, dia lahir pada tanggal 11 bulan 11, dan menurut yang ngelahirin, dia lahir pada jam jam 11 pagi. Gak heran kalau angka 11 jadi angka special dan dia jadi peka dengan angka tersebut. Secara dia ga percaya yang segala macem yang berbau gaib dan mistik, anehnya, sekitar 2 tahun belakangan dia sering sekali melihat angka double 11 (1111). Dimana-mana. Yang dibahas diatas cuma salah satu contohnya. Di saat lain dia bisa melihat jam digital, entah di mobil, di kamar, di komputer, di handphonenya yang menunjukkan angka 11:11. Kalau saya ada disekitar dia saat itu dia pasti bilang "look at that! (maksudnya liat jam), jadi saya dibikin jadi saksi kalo dia bener-bener liat angka. Lain waktu dia membalas e-mail saya dengan mengatakan “hey, you sent your e-mail at 11.11”… which is true! Hampir setiap hari, atau bahkan beberapa kali dalam sehari. Kadang intense, kadang hilang, lalu muncul lagi. Sampai sekarang.
Pada awalnya saya hanya ketawa aja dan berpikir kalau itu cuma kebetulan belaka. Tapi ketika kejadian itu terulang dan terulang lagi, saya mulai berpikir... what the .. ??!! Pertanda apakah ini? Hubby yang ga percaya sama yang aneh-aneh sih tenang-tenang aja walaupun merasa takjub juga tiap kali ngeliat angka spesial tersebut. Sedangkan saya mulai rada-rada freak out. Mulai mikir yang nggak-nggak, tapi gak berani nanya dan cerita ke siapa-siapa. Cuma mention sedikit ke adik saya, dan dia cuma bilang kalau ada temannya yang mengalami hal yang sama.
Sebelnya, mulai beberapa bulan yang lalu saya mulai mengalami fenomena yang sama. Lagi nonton tivi di kamar malam-malam, lalu liat jam digital yang letaknya disebelah tivi, terlihat angka 11:11. Di kantor, tiba-tiba pingin sms, dan jam saat itu menunjukkan angka 11:11. Saat lain, saya menerima telpon, lalu pas saya menutup telpon, terlihat lagi angka itu. Waktu lain …. Tiba-tiba saya ingin liat jam di komputer … dan jam menunjukan angka itu. Hah! Percaya ga percaya saya baru aja melihat angka tersebut di layar monitor pada saat saya ngetik kalimat sebelum kalimat ini!!!! How freaky is that ??!!
Akhir-akhir ini saya sudah mulai gak peduli, berpikir semua ini hanya kebetulan, walaupun fenomena itu tetap jadi makanan kami sehari-hari. Tapi ga bisa dipungkiri rasa penasaran gak bisa pergi dari kepala. Masih punya big question "Ada apa dengan angka 11.11" ? Tapi teteeep, kekeh gak mau cerita-cerita ke orang lain dan gak berusaha cari tau juga artinya apa. Hari demi hari berlalu, kadang pikiran saya bermain dan menebak-nebak sendiri. Nonton film yang ada sangkut pautnya sama nomer, misalnya film seri Number dan Lost sama sekali gak ngebantu. Malah bikin tambah parno.
Tapi sejak secara gak sengaja saya mampir ke blog seseorang (yang kemudian saya baru sadar belakangan kalau dia adalah tidak lain tidak bukan ... teman adik saya !), dan membaca salah satu postingannya, sekarang saya jadi tergoda buat sharing dan cari tau artinya. Seneng juga begitu tau bahwa ternyata bukan cuma saya dan hubby di dunia ini yang ngalamin 'penampakan' angka cantik itu.
Menariknya, ternyata angka yang bersangkutan tersebut 'katanya' ada artinya. Dari beberapa artikel yang saya temukan di internet, ternyata semua mengarah pada informasi yang kurang lebih sama, yaitu angka cantik tersebut ada hubungannya sama 'wake up call', 'spirit', dan 'angel'!! Artikel-artiket itu membahas secara misterius dan numerical tentang penampakan angka 1111. Buat yang tertarik, silahkan baca di sini, disini, dan disini.
Sayangnya hubby masih segan buat baca artikel-artikel ini meskipun udah saya kasih tau. Jadi saya gak tau apa pendapatnya dia. Emang pada dasarnya dia gak terlalu percaya yang 'aneh-aneh' sih. Hmm... tapi sapa tau ya kalo hubby itu the 'chosen one' secara tgl lahir dia persis bener angkanya. Sedangkan buat saya,..baca artikel-artikel itu bikin pupil mata saya membesar. Antara kaget dan seneng, antara percaya dan gak percaya. Yang pasti, merinding. Kalau dapet 'gift' seperti ini dan bisa digunain buat kepentingan orang banyak atau at least buat diri sendiri, kenapa nggak?
Ada yang ngalamin hal yang sama ??
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
Iseng Lagi
Just another 'busy' day at work. This is one of the thing I did. I know i'm being naughty here. But I can't help it. So fun, so curious, and could not do this at home last night as the internet went so slow.
What the...! Jet Li ??!! :D
Jet Li, Richard Gere and Denzel Washington are all my fav and... they are hot! Are they really look like my hubby, dont you think ??
Anyway, Happy Valentine's day my dear hubby, and everyone too! :)
Jet Li, Richard Gere and Denzel Washington are all my fav and... they are hot! Are they really look like my hubby, dont you think ??
Anyway, Happy Valentine's day my dear hubby, and everyone too! :)
Friday, December 29, 2006
Sweet Try

Iya, gak ada angin gak ada ujan (mmm.... ada sih sebenernya. Ujan ni sekarang), tau-tau pulang kerja Andrew bawa buket bunga. Percaya gak percaya, ini bunga pertama yang pernah dia kasih ke saya loooh... Biasanya dia lebih suka kasih barang daripada bunga. Katanya dia tau saya lagi bete, and wanted to cheer me up. Jadi terharu... ihik ihik..... gak jadi pengen pulang deh. ihihihi.....
Saturday, November 11, 2006
Hubby Birthday
Happy birthday, babe!
Yep, today is Andrew's birthday. I only had small things and card for him. I handed them to him when he woke up. We agreed to have a lazy and (may be) shopping day today.
So I went back to sleep :) About noon, we went to the church to lit candles and prayed. Had lunch at chinese restaurant in town after that, and of course we had noodle. This time we also had yummy yum cha. Then shopping time!.... Andrew got few clothes, boxer shorts and formal shoes. He is happy like a little happy boy. :) Happy for you too, sayang! ;p
Tuesday, June 27, 2006
Thanks Mr Beckham
Finally, for the first time in my life, I won a bet on a soccer game ! 
Here was the deal: whoever guess the closest score, win the bet. The winner will get exclusive 30 minutes non-stop massage from the looser. The match was, of course, Australia vs Italy, which was happened today.
Unlike me, Andrew is very into sport. He played cricket and australian football, also try to keep in shape with exercises like do the weight, run, walk, etc etc. Hence, not a surprise when he was so excited when Australia went to the World Cup 2006 after more 32-year wait. As you can also guess, he never missed watching the "socceroos" match in this event. He stayed up until 4.30am, or put an alarm on to wake him up at 3.30am so he could watch the game that start at 4am. Then go to work at 8am. I still couldn't understand how can he do that, but he did.
Anyway, back to the bet,... Andrew guessed 2-1 for Australia, and my guess was 1-0 for Italy.
At the end, my score was not even close to the score. I got it exactly right, instead! Yeaah... too bad, Australia was knocked out of 2006's World Cup in Germany this morning when they accepted a late penalty to lose the second round match against Italy 1-0.
Andrew and friends were in Brisbane for work when they saw the match. Andrew was of course dissapointed, same as other Australian supporter. Only because the lost was caused by the bad referee decision. Well,... but that's the way it goes. Can't change the score. I still win.
Something that Andrew didn't know is how can I get the score right, because I am not into soccer, and I barely know the quality, strength and the chance of winning for each team. Well,.. here's the secret. I heard a long distance interview call with David Beckham on the radio, on the way back from work yesterday evening. He'd been asked on what does he think about the coming Aussie and Italy match. He said it might be 1-0 for Italy!!
I knew I was not a good better, and I have never win a bet before. So I thought I might try Mr Beckham's guess. And it's true! Gosh... good on you, David!
Sayang, you still owe me a massage.

Here was the deal: whoever guess the closest score, win the bet. The winner will get exclusive 30 minutes non-stop massage from the looser. The match was, of course, Australia vs Italy, which was happened today.
Unlike me, Andrew is very into sport. He played cricket and australian football, also try to keep in shape with exercises like do the weight, run, walk, etc etc. Hence, not a surprise when he was so excited when Australia went to the World Cup 2006 after more 32-year wait. As you can also guess, he never missed watching the "socceroos" match in this event. He stayed up until 4.30am, or put an alarm on to wake him up at 3.30am so he could watch the game that start at 4am. Then go to work at 8am. I still couldn't understand how can he do that, but he did.
Anyway, back to the bet,... Andrew guessed 2-1 for Australia, and my guess was 1-0 for Italy.
At the end, my score was not even close to the score. I got it exactly right, instead! Yeaah... too bad, Australia was knocked out of 2006's World Cup in Germany this morning when they accepted a late penalty to lose the second round match against Italy 1-0.
Andrew and friends were in Brisbane for work when they saw the match. Andrew was of course dissapointed, same as other Australian supporter. Only because the lost was caused by the bad referee decision. Well,... but that's the way it goes. Can't change the score. I still win.

Something that Andrew didn't know is how can I get the score right, because I am not into soccer, and I barely know the quality, strength and the chance of winning for each team. Well,.. here's the secret. I heard a long distance interview call with David Beckham on the radio, on the way back from work yesterday evening. He'd been asked on what does he think about the coming Aussie and Italy match. He said it might be 1-0 for Italy!!

I knew I was not a good better, and I have never win a bet before. So I thought I might try Mr Beckham's guess. And it's true! Gosh... good on you, David!
Sayang, you still owe me a massage.

Saturday, May 27, 2006
Antara Desperate Housewife dan Transamerica

Ceritanya tentang seorang perempuan transsexual bernama Bree - dimainkan oleh Felicity Huffman (pemain peran Lynette dalam Desperate Housewife), yang lahir sebagai laki-laki, bernama Stanley. Bree telah menjalani beberapa operasi dan terapi hormon, dan akan menjalani operasi final untuk menjadi wanita 'beneran'. Tetapi lalu dia baru tahu kalau dia mempunyai anak laki-laki bernama Toby (dimainkan oleh Kevin Zeger) berumur 17 tahun, dari hasil hubungannya dengan seorang wanita di masa mudanya. Kehilangan figur ayah, Toby tumbuh menjadi remaja yang nakal dan suka memberontak. Bree tidak berani memberitahu Toby bahwa dia ayah kandungnya, tetapi hal itu malah membawa Bree dan Toby pada perjalanan yang menantang dan membawa mereka menjadi semakin dekat pada kenyataan hubungan mereka .
Saya mengenal Huffman sebagai Lynette dalam serial Desperate Housewife. Selama menonton Transamerica, saya jadi merasa sedikit rancu melihat Bree sebagai 'perempuan' atau 'laki-laki'. Huffman yang berusaha mentransform dirinya menjadi laki-laki yang 'desperately' ingin menjadi seorang 'lady' jadi cukup membingungkan, karena tokoh Lynette telah sangat melekat pada pikiran saya. Akan tetapi saya akui film ini sangat menarik. Pertama karena peran transgender itu diperankan oleh wanita 'beneran'. Kedua, jarang sekali film yang mengupas masalah transgender, dan film ini cukup dapat mewakili masalah dan perasaan yang dihadapi para pria dan wanita transsexual. Ketiga, jalan ceritanya menarik, penuh kejutan, sukar ditebak, dan happy ending.
Tetapi sebenarnya bukan film nya yang saya mau bahas.
Cerita sedikit tentang suami saya. Dia bukan orang yang anti nonton serial TV, tidak juga anti nonton film drama. Tetapi entah mengapa dia men'cap' Desperate Housewife sebagai serial yang 'sangat silly' setelah mencoba nonton 1-2 kali. Saya sih tidak masalah untuk nonton sendirian. Dan dia juga tidak melarang saya nonton film itu.
Lalu apa hubungannya sama Transamerica??
Sudah pasti ada hubungannya sama pemeran utama film tersebut, Felicity Huffman.
Sepulang dari nonton Transamerica, suami saya sibuk sendiri di depan komputer. Tidak lama dia bilang... "sayang,... kamu tau gak kalo pemain utama film tadi itu ceweq asli!"
Laaah..... babe, kamu kemana ajaaaa??!!.....makanya nonton desperate housewife! :)
Padahal dia termasuk orang yang paling susah di boongin lho....
Ternyata dia melihat salah satu review/artikel dari internet mengenal film tersebut.
Jadinya saya acungkan jempol buat Felicity Huffman. Buat yang tidak tahu tokoh Lynette, ternyata Huffman dapat benar mentransform dirinya menjadi laki-laki. Hebat euy!
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