Go Abroad (3): Singapore, The Clean City

1st day: November 9th, 2011

We were leaving for Soekarno Hatta Airport by Damri bus from Bogor at 03.45 am I (Indonesian West Jave Time). The flight departed at 05.40 WIB. We arrived at 06.25 in Changi Airport. There, we had several hours to enjoy this awesome airport.

This airport is really clean and cool. The building itself, the facilities, and the interior was so amazing. This building was made with high-technology construction.

From Changi Airport, we took the MRT (Mass Rapid Transit) to go to the Lucky Plaza Apartments,at Orchard Rd. I think It took half an hour to get there. Arriving at Lucky Plaza, we had lunch in the food mall at basement floor. There were some choices of food stall. For moslem, make sure that the stall has halal certificate. First day, I had japanese food called...hmm...I think it's Beef Teriyaki,hehe. Nice but I gave 2 stars of 5 stars for the taste. After having lunch, we went upstairs to our apartment. Our room wasn't ready, so we were waiting for about an hour.Then, after the room was ready, we took a nap.

In the evening, we go to IKEA store in Alexandra. We took the EW (East West line) MRT to the Queenstown, and then took the bus, hmm...in my memory it's bus 195, At IKEA, I can see many nice furnitures and some other stuffs for home. Walking around the store, I imagine to have a nice home with warm sweet interior to live in with mas cintaku and our kids in the future.

We went back to the apartment by bus and having dinner at food mall in basement floor. I had a kind of soup that night :)

2nd day: November 10th, 2011


1. Clarke Quay

 

 

2. Vivo City, Harbour Front

3. Dhoby Ghaut Green

4. Brass Basah
5. Mustafa


3rd day: November 11th, 2011

1. Hot Park

2. Alexandra Arch Bridge

3. China Town

4. On the way to Marina Bay Sand from China Town

5. Marina Bay Sands

   

          Merlion Park

   

             Esplanade

            The Helix Bridge 

   

             The Shoppes

   

            Wonder Full

4th day: November 12th, 2011
  
1. Bugis Street

2. Kampung Glam
        Masjid Sultan
  

Will he?

8 days left....in november...

He said that november would be...

But...he hasn't do anything for that plan.
...feel so bad about that.
There's a bit passion.
Then it's transformed into silence.
Hard to laugh, to touch softly, to smile, to hope more.
Can't enjoy our time well...
will he...?

The Listener

Yesterday, November 1st, 2011....

After being sad a day before, finally I got the bad day.

28 years old girl, living in her sister's house in a good neighborhood.
She just more realizes that she has annoying things around her.Well, it's not the worst ones.But, still, she believes that God loves her.

A female lives with her...
She has big ego. She thinks she's never wrong. "sorry" and "thanx" are the most expensive things so this female can't think to say them in her daily life.
Ridiculous that this female wants other to get intropection while many persons around her think exactly  that she's annoying. Silly that she said:"keep staying clean" while her room so far from that words.
She often doesn't care when the garbages in the basket are so full, need to take them to the garbage place outside. But once when she must clean all the house, she will feel that she's good at keeping the clean environment....

A male lives with her...
Miauw miauw miauw....can't you please be silent for some time?
Even he can't be a good listener.

That bad day....
Over 00.00....That female complained to me that I ignored my responsibility to keep the house clean.
Then I got annoyed. I swept floor of all the house then mopped it.
I also cleaned the toilet.I could see from her face that she thought she was a winner.
She didn't try to stop me.
I finished all that houseworks at 2.30 am.

The next day...
I was having short sleep....but had to go to work....

A big male who lives outside...
He often comes into this house. That day, he came into and was eating my cat's food.
He was under the chair.
I tried to get him out by holding his hand and then pulled him.
He didn't like it and then he bited me....it was hurt...

Hurt...it's hurt....

Well, anyway, I still have God who really loves me.
God always listens to me and gives many happiness.

Hmm, I have mom also who is really nice person. Proud to have her in my life.

The miracle from God that I got next year is mas cintaku.
He listens to me everyday.
Glad that he's more patient than me.
Love u heel erg,hehe.

Life goes on.
I believe that life is beatiful.....

Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011
23.00 pm

Be Here

I am here now....

Finnally God gives me a chance to feel it.
How this thing grows well in my land of life.

I see the nature as a wonderful scene but I often see it also as a muddy one.
I was a bit surprised that someone can make me heel erg strong but he also can make me heel erg weak more than once
I was shocked that I could stay up till dawn, feel sad when missing him, feel bad when cannot feel the passionate flame inside him.

Yes, it's distance that speaks a lot here many times, so I can't feel him inside. But, still, I can't deny that distance can't stop me to feel him inside me.

When love speaks loudly, I can hold on with my smile...
While love is in silence, what can  I do to hold this tears?
Will u do anything for me to keep the sunshine and stop the rain?

Forward

Time goes so fast
Nothing can't change the past
This present time is a start to my future
Incredible one, I'm sure...

Oh, how strong my willing to be on my way
I don't wanna be here too long
No reason to stay
I want to sing my own song

Oh, is that u that I wait for all of my life?
Take me soon
Let me be your wife
Then we kiss under the moon

Hope I'll be on my way
I should move my feet
Efforts are something to pay
Prayer to do then we can meet

It starts from now...
Come on, dont't go too slow...

Een Jaar: Dat is Klopt!

Een jaar ago...

I've found you as you are

Now, I love you exactly just the way you are

Don't let me go

Een jaar ago...

I've found you and me as different persons

Now, I still like us exactly as different persons

The difference is we know how to place each other ego

How do you like the way we share smiles and tears?

For me, it's learning process to grow together

A tough way to defeat the fears

Well, you can frame it all as the sweetest things ever

Mijn schatje...

Will you always maintain patiently our deep intention?

To go through our long way of life to our destination

I believe in you, mijn schatje.....

Mijn lieverd, we've already got the rhytm and tone
Since then, we are never alone

It's all about loving and taking care each other

Mijn lieverd, may we walk further....

She Needs Him to Wipe Her Tears

 

   

When a man is connected to a woman, get ready for the man to experience a lot of emotional times with the woman.

As a woman, I really realize that I am an sensitive creature. So, it’s true that women cry easily more than men. Crying is one of emotional way of woman to make her feel better.

Crying is defined by Wikipedia as the act of shedding tears in response to one’s emotional state (or to the emotional state of others, if you’re empathetic). Most of us find women cry more than men do. Even for a simple thing, women can cry ’till their eyes get swollen. (http://forquestions.com/why-do-women-cry-more-often-than-men/117 )

The characteristic "emotional" applied more to women (A 2001 Gallup Poll). So, men….do u know what the reasons are that women cry more easily than you?

1. Psychologically, women’s hearts are much softer and far more sensitive than men.

It doesn’t mean men don’t cry. Ironically, this is because men pretend or even try their best to hold their tears which is going to roll on their cheeks as they feel ashamed. According to men, crying is done only by women and not men. (http://forquestions.com/why-do-women-cry-more-often-than-men/117)

2. Hormone prolactin (the hormone responsible for milk production that also controls the neurotransmitter receptors in our tear glands, present in blood and tears.), which contributes to how much people cry, is more prevalent in women than in men. 

Women's tear ducts are also shaped a little differently from men's, which could be either a cause or an effect of increased crying [Source: New York Times]. (http://people.howstuffworks.com/women1.htm ).

Under a microscope, cells of female tear glands look different than men's. Also, the male tear duct is larger than the female's, so if a man and a woman both tear up, the woman's tears will spill onto her cheeks quicker.

3. Another common explanation is that some societies encourage women to cry while discouraging men from crying. [Source: New York Times]. (http://people.howstuffworks.com/women1.htm )

When a woman is crying, she needs to be comforted by her man.
Men, do you want to know how to comfort the crying woman?these are some Ideas for you (http://www.wikihow.com/Comfort-a-Crying-Woman):

• If a woman decides to cry on you, let it happen. Whatever you do, do not try to stop her from crying. She will just divert the tears to storage for later. Let her cry as long as she wants.

• If the woman is your girlfriend, first think back through the past few minutes and try to determine what you did/said/thought to upset her. If you find it, apologize and embrace her. Stop doing that behavior immediately and never do it again. If you still can’t find anything you may have done, said, or thought to upset her, then you may, in fact, not be the problem. But you can be part of the solution! This is where the real technique comes in.

• Have a handkerchief ready, but do not use it until the woman has stopped crying, unless she appears to be drowning in her tears/messing up her makeup.

• Hug. When the woman appears to be running out of tears, it is acceptable to either embrace her gently and quickly around the shoulders or gather her to your chest if you two are intimate. If this happens, it is acceptable to murmur something to the line of “There there,” or “Shhh, it’s alright.” or something more close like “It’s okay, I’m here for you baby.”, if you two are a couple.

• Once she has had time to wipe her eyes and nose, ask her what is wrong in a soft voice, and don’t expect a coherent answer. She may simply burst into tears again, and you may repeat all of the above steps of this procedure. Women’s tear-producing organs work at 300 percent of their normal capacity when they are menstruating.

• If the woman tells you what is wrong, first determine if you can help her to fix the problem. If you can help her fix the problem, tell her so and ask her if she wants you to help her fix it. This is especially effective with girlfriends. If you see no way that you are able to help her fix the problem, then apologize and tell her that you cannot help her fix the problem. If you know anyone whom you think can help her fix the problem, recommend that she talk to them and enlist their help. Tell her you hope she gets her problem fixed, and if the woman seems not to be too wrapped up in the situation (or scary), tell her she can talk to you again if she ever needs a shoulder to cry on. If a woman comes to a man with a problem then generally she wants to feel supported and safe.

• Always have handkerchiefs and a spare shirt or jacket handy in case of a crying woman attack. You never know when women will cry. Sometimes women will cry on you just because they need to cry at that time. They will tell you so after she has gotten rid of her excess tears. Tell this woman that you are very glad to be of service, and that you hope she had a satisfactory crying experience.

Actually, women cry when they feel inadequate, when they are confronted by situations that are difficult to resolve or when they remember past events. Men, meanwhile, tend to cry from empathy or when a relationship fails.(http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/6334107/Women-cry-more-than-men-and-for-longer-study-finds.html)

In a long distance relationship, a woman sometimes cry fast because she’s unable to do something to reach her man that she’s missing a lot, near her. She exactly realizes that when she cries, her man will feel so bad, annoyed, tired. Then she will regret for crying. The worst thing that cling in her mind is: does my man has an idea to end up this relationship because so bored and tired with me as spoiled woman?Oh !!then she feels so scared for that thought!

Thank God that mijn lieverd is so patient for me. Hope you are always here for me. 

Miss and love you much, mijn lieverd :)

Go Abroad: I Love Berlin (2)

Since long time ago, I have a dream to travel around the world. Well, maybe it's too much but at least, I've been abroad now,hehe.

Berlin is the first city in Europe that I visited. I'm lucky one because parents asked me to go with them visiting my sister. My parents were there for 5 weeks but I and my sister were there for only 2 weeks.

I found many interesting and wonderful things when I was staying in Berlin. I found Berlin as clean city with good sistematic transportation. I enjoyed going to one spot to another spot with U-Bahnhof, S-Bahnhof, tramp, or bus (sometimes) as public transportation. It's so different from Indonesia. I almost haven't found those public transportation was so full with persons inside,hehe. I saw many great buildings here, public facilities, signages, and street furnitures in all streets. I experienced to walk a lot among people in fast way. I wasn't used to, but I tried to enjoy it. 

I visited some places here for two weeks: 

15 May 2011: Bradenburger Tor, Reichstag, World Clock, East Side Gallery, & Potsdamer  Plat

Left to right: Bradenburger Tor, Reichstag

Left to Right: World Clock, East Side Gallery

Let to Right: Potsdamer  Plat

 21 May 2011: Mama Yes, Prenzlauerberg


 Rice Queen Restaurant 

Rice Queen Restaurant (find delicious Indonesian food here! hehe)

 Touring on Spree River by Boat  

Beautiful Spree River!

22 May 2011: Luisenplatz, Park Sanssouci, historische Mühle, Hollandische Viertel, Potsdam 

Left to Right: Welcome Gate in Potsdam, Park Sanssouci (Postdam)

Hollandische Viertel (Potsdam)

Well, although I enjoyed being in Berlin, the adaptation needed to the weather. It's cold there. Even when the sunshined, we could feel the cool wind touched our skin. Our skin became dry! This condition made my parents could stand to say "We wanna go home!",hehehe. Next time, we need to bring something i.e. a kind of cosmetique for skin, especially for face, that could solve our dry skin.

For all those things, the most special thing is that I finally met my love face to face here. Really miss that moment, hope we meet soon...love and miss him.

Fantastic journey! thanx to my family :)

So, I'm looking forward to going abroad next time in my future. It's gonna be more amazing journey :).

Senyuman di Seluruh Penjuru Belanda

Ibu dan anak belanda
Sepasang anak Belanda
Anak-anak Belanda tersenyum ceria

Mari berbicara tentang kebahagiaan. Seluruh manusia di dunia pastilah ingin hidup bahagia dan setiap orang memiliki pandangan tersendiri dalam memaknai kebahagiaan.
Lalu, marilah berbicara tentang Negara Belanda. Memori saya, sebagai orang Indonesia (yang belum pernah kesana), langsung menampilkan bangunan-bangunan indis di Indonesia, konser-konser jazz dan musik pop di Pusat Kebudayaan Indonesia-Belanda yang dahulu kerap saya tonton, keju yang yummy banget bagi saya, dan bunga-bunga tulip yang hanya saya lihat di sebuah poster di kantor saya. Juga tentu saja, sepatu kayu dan kincir angin!

Kenapa saya membicarakan kedua hal di atas? Kebahagiaan dan Negara Belanda berkaitan erat satu sama lain. Berdasarkan sebuah survei di tahun 2011, Belanda mendapat peringkat pertama sebagai negara yang paling bahagia di dunia dan anak-anak negeri kincir angin ini adalah yang terbahagia di Eropa. Hmm, ternyata para orang tua dan masyarakat telah menyadari pentingnya kebahagiaan dan mengupayakannya kepada putra - putri mereka semenjak masa kanak-kanak.

Apa sih yang membuat anak-anak Belanda ini menjadi anak-anak paling bahagia di Eropa? Karena penasaran, saya pun mencari tahu. Well, these are the factors ;).

Secara ekonomi, Belanda adalah negara kaya. Memang uang bukan segala-segalanya tapi tidak dapat dipungkiri bahwa dengan uang, manusia bisa mendapatkan hal-hal untuk meraih kebahagiaan.

Bagaimana dengan pendidikan? Anak-anak memperoleh pendidikan pertama kali dari keluarga. Mereka lahir dan dibesarkan di lingkungan keluarga. Menyadari hal ini, para ibu di Belanda berusaha memberikan banyak waktu untuk merawat anak-anak mereka semenjak lahir, sementara para ayah bekerja keras untuk mencari nafkah. Ibu-ibu yang bekerja, segera mengambil cuti yang sangat panjang. Selain itu, jam bekerja di Belanda lebih pendek dibandingkan negara-negara di Eropa lainnya. Pendidikan formal di sekolah juga memberikan fasilitas-fasilitas dan mengadakan kegiatan-kegiatan ekstrakurikuler yang dapat mengasah kreativitas anak-anak. Pihak media, khususnya televisi, juga tak mau ketinggalan. Mereka menayangkan acara-acara khusus bagi anak-anak Belanda.

Dalam hal kesehatan, berdasarkan sebuah data di tahun 2009, Belanda memiliki sistem perawatan kesehatan yang terbaik di Eropa. Dengan demikian, kesehatan anak-anak Belanda pastilah terjamin. Antusiasme yang tinggi untuk berolahraga, contohnya sepak bola, seni bela diri, juga kebiasaan bersepeda, membuat mereka sehat, bugar, dan bahagia.

Anak-anak Belanda bersepeda

Hal lainnya adalah hubungan mereka dengan orang tua, saudara-saudara, teman-teman, dan masyarakat sekitarnya. Dalam sebuah keluarga Belanda, hubungan anak-anak dan orang tua, dilandasi oleh keterbukaan dan sifat komunikatif sehingga mereka bisa saling berbicara tentang apapun. Namun, orang tua tetap menanamkan kedisiplinan.

Dalam pergaulan dengan teman-teman dan masyarakat, tidak ada tekanan-tekanan sosial yang mengharuskan mereka untuk menjadi apa yang masyarakat inginkan. Secara fisik, beberapa fasilitas publik seperti restoran, toko-toko retail, menyediakan space bermain bagi anak-anak.
Nah, apa yang saya sebutkan di atas, tentu saja menumbuhkan rasa kebahagiaan bagi anak-anak Belanda. Mereka memiliki pemikiran positif bahwa mereka bisa menjadi diri sendiri, bebas berkreatifitas, dan memiliki keyakinan akan karir yang bagus di masa depan.

Tidak heran jika Belanda menjadi negara maju yang penuh kenyamanan. Semuanya berawal dari kesadaran para orang tua, masyarakat, dan pemerintah untuk mengupayakan kebahagiaan sejak masa kanak-kanak. Kebahagiaan membuat manusia tersenyum. Sekarang saya membayangkan berada di Belanda dan menikmati ‘senyuman-senyuman’ di setiap sudut negara ini.
:)

Go Abroad: The Experience of Making Passport ( 1 )

This year, I will have the experience to go abroad. My sister in Berlin, Germany, asked me to go with our parents to visit her and my brother in law (they pay for me,hehehe). I haven't go abroad. So, the first step to take is making passport.

We make passport in Imigration Office. Actually, based in information there, we can start to apply by online way. But I chose to apply by going directly to the office. I live in Bogor, West Java. So, I went to Imigration Office in Bogor.

The steps to make passport:

A.  1st: Collect the documents.

1) Go to the imigration office to buy the application folder (the price is 15,000 Rupiah) plus get the application

form. Fill the form at home and prepare some documents.

2) The documents to prepare (original and copy documents)

• Family card (Kartu Keluarga)
• Identification card as Indonesian Resident (Kartu Tanda Penduduk)
• Birth Certificate (Akte Kelahiran) or/and Education Certificates (both of them is better)
• If you've already worked in a company, don't forget to enclose the letter which explain you as the employee of  the company where you work.

PS: I got the information that passport can be made in all area in Indonesia but the important one is the place where you live as the data in Family Card and Identification Card as Indonesian Resident is the same one.

3) Then if the documents are complete, go back and collect them to the imigration office. It's better if you go there before 8.00 am so you can get the beginning numbers in queue. I came at 7.45 am and I got the 4th turn in queue.

4) After you collect it and the officer says that it's complete, she/he will give you a paper that tells you when you must be back to do the interview, take the photo of you, and pay the administration process (the price is 255,000 Rupiah).

B. 2nd: The interview process.

5) For days after you collect the documents, you will do the the interview, take the photo of you, and pay the administration process. If you wanna get the beginning number in queue, you should come at about at least 7.00 am. My sister got the 8th turn in queue. I came at 8.45 am and I got the 689th turn in queue!

6) After this second process, the officer will give you the paper to take the passport. It's about 4 days after the interview part.

C. 3nd: Well done: get the passport! :)

7) Passport can be taken at 13.00 pm - 15.00 pm. I came at 1.00 pm so I can get it as fast as I can :p. It takes few minutes to wait the officer preparing our passport, maybe about 20 minutes. Then, they start to call your name to take the passport. He/she will ask you to make a copy of the passport (the first and last pages which contains our data) and make signature in a book as the proof that you've already taken the passport.

Conclusion:

• Time: it takes 8 days (It doesn't include Saturday and Sunday).
• Fee: prepare 270,000 Rupiah.

 It's not really difficult, right? Good luck and veel plezier! :)

Zevende: What A Romance!

I am here, in the romance episode of my life.

I met a boy, so young and innocent. He has nice smile and good looking appearance.
We fall in love in the first sight, through the screen.

I can't forget the feeling that time, the most wonderful feeling that I've ever had!

1st and 2nd: He cared for me a lot, gave me time to talk each other before he slept. Then, I could slept well everyday.

3rd: he had a problem then it made him talked a lot about the bad things inside him. This time, we could say that we still love and tried to hold on each other.

7th: Now..I don't know what will be...

I can't sleep and I cried a lot...

Time

I just need time

to spend good times with you
to see you give me more attention
to feel you within my heart
to erase all this loneliness


you don't know exactly what time is...
until you realize that time is so important
until you can make time for me
until you can sacrifice your time for me

then time will speak to us
we just need time to speak each other from our hearts...

C . A . R . E

Conviction...to be kept

Affection...to be grown

Reaction...to be shown

Enthusiasm...to be felt

~ Dien's ~

Bogor, Woensdag, 16 Februari 2011