Gondok nih ye...

Salesnya sama sekali tidak membantu, tapi juga super cuek dan tidak peduli. Baju ada stok atau tidak aja gak tau, udah gitu berusaha membatu mencari kek atau apa. Udah gitu jutek pula, halaaaaaah...

Tapi akhirnya Rika tetep beli baju dari sini, terlanjur jatuh hati sama bajunya, tapi gondoknya setengah mampus.

"Udah Rik, gampar aja! Timpa!!!"

(ck..ck..ck.., suami yg tidak mendidik)

Papah gajian!!

Seperti biasa, hari Minggu adalah hari keluarga. Dan hari Minggu kemaren sebetulnya kita cuma ada rencana jalan-jalan ke mall Kelapa Gading, makan-makan dan liat-liat, sekalian Rika mau beli lipstick baru. Setelah makan siang Teppanyaki, eh tau-tau Rika ngajak mampir ke KidsStation buat liat-liat.

Big mistake

Soalnya, kalo udah toko mainan ketemu sama Papahnya Vira, wah gue kalap dah. My kryptonite.
Yang tadi awalnya mo liat-liat, akhirnya bawa pulang Shape Puzzle buatan Fisherprice dan Walker Bike buatan Fisherprice juga. Ngga' lupa beliin mainan kereta Thomas buat ponakannya Rika yang mau ulang tahun sebentar lagi. Dan tentunya sesuatu untuk Papahnya Vira: "Lego StarWars Clone Troopers" :D

950 ribu habis... weks.

Akhirnya Rika ga jadi beli lipstick dan brush deh. Ddia sendiri sih yg ga mau beli.. "udah ah, udah keluar duit banyak" katanya.
Teteup impactnya kena papahnya Vira. Yeah, I didn't get lucky that night. Well, setidaknya anak gue happy dengan mainan-mainan barunya.

My Clone Troopers... sweeeeeet!

Obsesi Karpet Mama...

"Mas, beli karpet mas..."
Gitu tuh, suami baru sampai rumah setelah 5 jam di pesawat bukannya di pijetin, bikinin teh manis kek, eh udah ngajak ke ITC cari karpet.
Emang rada salah gue juga sih, permintaan ini sebenernya udah lumayan lama, cuman gue cukup tidak pakai otak aja waktu itu bilang "iya, ntar beli karpetnya pas aku balik"... Ya tentunya waktu gue bilang itu, tentunya tanpa bermaksud tiap kata gue diambil serius as in sesampainya gue di tanah air.

Rencananya bulan November ini orang yang mengontrak di rumahku akan pindah, dan paling cepat bulan Januari ini aku, Rika dan Vira akan pindah kesana. Saat ini kita masih miskin furniture, paling baru kamar tidur aja yang sudah siap, dapur dan ruang tamu masih nyicil.

Nah! Itu dia!

Tiba-tiba Rika kok jadi prioritas banget beli karpet. Waktu itu sih emang bilang sama dia kalo belum punya sofa buat ruang tamu, kita beli karpet aja, jadi bisa lesehan kalo ada tamu, eh taunya dia ngebet banget jadi beli karpet, tiada hari tanpa "Mas, beli karpet yuuuk"
So, dari pada kebayang gue ngga bakalan bisa tidur ntar malem karena mimpi karpet terbang, akhirnya gue setuju nganter dia ke ITC Cempaka Mas situ. Lumayanlah, sekalian cari film DVD.

Senin sore, pertamanya sih ke pasar Senen dulu, kata mertua gue harganya murah...
"Pasti tutup", kata gue
"Kaga' positip nih"
"Udah sore, kaya' gue belum pernah ke pasar Senen aja"
"Positip dong..."
"Gimana positip kalo udah pasti negatip... kita ngomongin apaan sih?"

...dan bener. Dah tutup yg jual karpetnya.

So, akhirnya langsung deh kita ke ITC, menyisir beberapa toko karpet, sampai akhirnya kaki gue bener2 kaga kuat. Cape bener euy. Ya udah, kata Rika gue duduk2 dulu aja biar ntar kuat gotong karpetnya.... *halah, jadi kuli gue.

Setengah jam kemudian dia telpon:
"Mas, udah dapet nih! Kesini ya, gotong ke mobil!"
Ngeloyor dah gue kesana, ke tempat Rika beli karpet. Rika beli karpet yang lumayan besar, 2m x 3m.
"Lu beli karpet gede amat??! Mau buat buka bersama puasa besok apa mo buka rumah makan lesehan??"
"Murah ini mas", jawab Rika
"Berapa emangnya?"
"Sejuta dua ratus"
"Buset, katanya nyari yang gopek'an??"
"Pake kartu kredit ini, bisa dicicil"
"Tumben pake kartu kredit sendiri"
"Pake kartu kredit mas kok" jawab Rika enteng, sembari ngasih gue kertas bukti transaksi buat gue tanda tangan.
"Lha... kapan ngambilnya di dompet gue??"

Moral of the story is.... What Moral??!?!?! Tekor gue.
Yang pasti, setidaknya gak ada yang minta beli karpet besok-besok.

Good night... (:

Old acquaintance

I was at Plasa Senayan this evening for lunch and that Oakley sun glasses I've been wanting since August. Surprise-surprise, I met an old friend of mine from Junior school: Ulya. She said she was shopping with her mom, and we talked a bit before exchanging phone numbers and went our sperate ways.

I've known Ulya since we were 6, but we weren't that close. She was the star pupil at my school, and I always thought she would grow up someday to be a rocket scientist. Sad to say that she became an accountant like most people I knew.

We got to know each other well when we were in the Scouts during 8th grade (SMP kelas 2) where we met up at the Jamboree (we were diffrent schools), then met up again when I joined Paskibraka, where we were coupled as a team during hell week (TC).

I remember one of our task at hell week was to wonder Jakarta in search of an address. We each had our own, the rule is I have to accompany her first to find her address which turned out to be in Depok. I had to take her there first before I could do mine. I told her that I could do it alone, but she insisted that she wanted to come and helped me. The places were way apart that we ended up finished at 1AM, and when I took her home, I remembered her aunt yelling at me for bringing her home so late (she was living with her aunt at that time). I havent seen her since highschool I guess. Good times.

A long workout, A great sandwich, New Shoes

I went to the gym last Thursday. As usual, Maya tagged along since we do go to the same Gym at the ExPlasa. I had a really good workout, spent a solid 30 minutes on the treadmill and 2 hours on the running bike (I don't know what you call it, you run but your running is like pedaling... beats me), and 20 minutes on the fitness mat. I was tired. Maya greciously offered to give me a massage (that's not like her, but I'lll take anything).

After gym, I noticed that one of my shoe's sole is breaking up. Luckly the mall is just below, and luckly I had maya around with her infinite information of shops with "SALE" signs at malls. She took me to sport station that actually is having a 60% off sale. I bought a pair of Reebok shoes for $30. Yay!

Well, to thank Maya for her infinite wisdom of finding me great bargains, I treat her for a nice sandwich at O'Brian's sandwich hut. It's fat free, but that picture of Gissele Bundchen makes you want to eat more... Cheers.