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13w 5d, BYE BYE

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Judulnya kece banget yaaa.. kayak sandi rahasia apaaaa gitu. Buat yang pernah "berurusan" sama yang namanya kehamilan, pasti udah ngerti singkatan 13w5d ini artinya apa.... yup, ini artinya usia kandungan 13 minggu dan 5 hari... alias hampir 14 minggu. Sebenernya gw ga mau cerita tentang kehamilannya sendiri... kehamilannya sendiri sih sampe sekarang alhamdulillah lancar, tapi yang mau gw ceritain adalah kebiasaan yang berubah selama kehamilan pertama gw ini...

1. BYE BYE keluar rumah... maleeees bookkk
Gw itu biasanya kayak kutu loncat, janjian sana... janjian sini... pergi makan disana... pergi minum disini... banyak gaya lah pokoknya. Semenjak hamil, semuanya BYE BYE. Biasanya Jumat sore pulang kantor gw langsung janjian ama cewe2 ke mall atau ke pusat kota... tawaf di Zara sampe hafal mana yang new arrivals mana yang barang lama... lanjut ke toko kosmetik sekedar nyoba2in make up di tangan sampe belang semua hahaha.. abis itu ditutup dengan makan cantik KFC trus pulang2 kerumah udah jam stgh 11 malem. Sekarang? BYE BYE. Jangan harap gw mau ngemall Jumat sore pulang kantor... begitu nyampe rumah hari Jumat sore rasanya gw ga mau keluar lagi sampe hari Senin pagi. Itu pun Senin pagi malesnya jangan ditanya, BYE BYE juga hahahaha.
Trus urusan ke belanja supermarket atau urusan keluarga gimana dong kalo tiap wiken gw males keluar rumah? Nah itu dia masalahnya, kalo ada yang ulang tahun dan gw diundang masak iya gw jawab....eh sori ya bok gw males dateng soalnya gw hamil. Wkwkwk bisa dikira gila kan gw. Akhir Januari kemarin adek ipar gw ulang tahun... yowis akhirnya setelah berjuang melawan kemalesan gw dateng dan akhirnya gw jadi hepi juga soalnya kita makan kue kue ultah yang enak hehe. Kalo urusan belanja ke supermarket gw tetep malesss dan gw suruh suami gw aja ke supermarket sendiri wkwk *yaampun kesian bener suami gw yaa T____T!!!* Kadang dia mau... kadang dia kagak mau bok... tetep ngajak gw... dan  berakhir gw ikut dengan syarat dia harus masukin receh 2€ ke celengan gw. God bless my husband banget yaaaa sementara bininya bye bye begini.
 
2. BYE BYE kopi
Sebelum hamil gw itu jangan ditanya deh kalo urusan minum kopi. Kalo dibilang minum kopinya banyak banget ya engga... tapi bisa dibilang gw penikmat kopi. Bangun tidur, masih merem nyawa belum lengkap udah jalan ke mesin kopi... bikin 2 cangkir buat gw & suami *tsaelah pencitraan banget, sejujurnya lebih sering suami deng yang bikinin kopi buat kita berdua*. Abis itu, di kantor pasti ngopi 1-3 gelas per hari. Kalo pergi jalan2 ke kota gw juga doyan ngafe, dan ngafe nya itu ya beneran pesen kopi dan ngopi. Sekarang pas hamil gimana? BYE BYE! Tiap pagi gw cuma mau minum teh hitam.. itu pun harus yang merknya Prendjak, pake gula sampe manis, pokoknya Indonesia banget. Malem kalo gw pengen yang anget2, ya Teh Prendjak pake gula lagi. Bahkan sangking gw musuhannya sama kopi, sekarang gw males banget kalo nyium bau kopi... entah itu bau kopi fresh, bau mesin kopi, atau bau kafe macam Starbucks gitu... BYE BYE dah langsung mual. Mungkin trauma di Jepang kemarin pas hamilnya masih 7 minggu... gw sering banget kabur dari 711/Lawson/minimarket lainnya soalnya gak tahan sama baunya... didalemnya itu bau campuran antara brewed coffee + minyak goreng....(banyak minimarket di Jepang yang jual snack2 yang digoreng saat itu juga pas kita beli)... aduhh maaak baunya gw ga tahan BYE BYE.

3. BYE BYE Skin Care
Waktu belom hamil ... tiap malem ritualnya pas bersihin muka : cleansing milk + toner + eye cream + serum + night cream + obat jerawat seperlunya. Kadang diselingin sama maskeran seminggu sekali, exfoliating cream, etc etc pake semua deh pokoknya prinsipnya biar kinclong. Apakabar sekarang ritual bersihin muka tiap malem? BYE BYE KAKAAAAAKKK #nangisdipojokan. Jadi sekarang ritualnya apa dong? Nih ya silahkan disimak.
1) duduk di sofa depan TV ngerengek ke suami minta ambilin 'kit' bersihin muka #suamibanyakpahala #istribyebye
2) Cleasing milk? BYE BYE... langsung aja kapas+toner bahahahaha.. 3x biar bersih #amin
3) Langsung night cream aja... BYE BYE eye cream segala macem... doa2 aja gw biar ga keriput kisut suatu hari nanti pas umur gw baru 36.
Ada malem2 yang kritis dimana gw bahkan udah ngga sanggup ngerengek ke suami minta ambilin kit buat bersihin muka... langsung aja gw lenggang kangkung ke tempat tidur. Jadi bersihin mukanya di tempat tidur? Engga Kak, langsung aja tidur... BYE BYE bersihin muka #failedwoman

4. BYE BYE syoping
Abis natal... bulan Januari gitu, disini selalu ada sale dimana mana. Biasanya gw liar banget rajin banget nabung di Tante Zara, Tante Mango, Tante COS, dst. Biasalah perempuan #pembenaran. Sekarang? Jangankan dateng ke tokonya buat liat2 barang yang di sale trus nyoba2... bahkan belanja online pun gw males.... hahhahaha gila kaaan. Tapi gpp lah... disimpen aja duitnya buat beli stroller Stokke popok kiloan. BYE BYE syoping baju.

Sebenernya masih ada bbrp kebiasaan lain yang berubah semenjak hamil... tapi gw mau tidur dulu wis hampir jam 11 malem ini. Siapa yang punya kebiasaan bye bye karena kehamilan macam gw, share dongs.... boleh juga tips nya buat memerangi ke #byebye gw ini hehe.

Akhirnyaaaaaa

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Akhirnyaaaaa gw bisa posting disini lagi. Gw udah dua tahunan ngga pernah nge-blog, karena sibuk sama realita hidup (perlu post sendiri buat ngerangkum ada kejadian penting apa aja 2 tahun belakangan ini) Karena ngga pernah ngeblog lagi dan gw anaknya lemah kalo soal ingatan account dan passwordnya, jadinya gw ga bisa login lagi disini. Padahal kalo di kantor gw bosen, gw suka banget blogwalking.. pengen komenin posting orang lain tapi kok yaopo blog gw sendiri pun dua tahun digantungin. Akhirnya sore ini (teteup di kantor, hidup magabut) gw berhasil login lagi. Aaaaaahh hepiiii.

Selain pengen aktif ngeblog dan blogwalking lagi (dan aktif magabut di kantor), gw juga pengen nulis hal2 yang suatu hari nanti bisa dibaca lagi dan dijadiin kenang2an online. Liat postingan liburan pas tahun 2011 aja bikin gw hepi rasanya, apalagi kalo nanti kenangannya udah bertahun2 lamanya #anaknyasukanostalgia. Ditambah lagi kemarin gw abis nikahan dan sekarang lagi expecting anak pertama, jadilah makin menjadi2 pengen rajin nulis lagi. Semoga konsisten deh kali ini yaaa.

Dan berhubung gw kalo posting demen banget naro foto, jadi walopun gw ga punya foto yang nyambung ama postingannya.... gw taro foto pempek aja ya.



Ini pempek asli enak banget, buat yang tinggal di Jerman dan sekitarnya dan ngidam pempek dan gak bisa bikinnya (kayak gw), bisa pesen online di sini. Pempeknya dikirim fresh dari Berlin, rasanya enaaaaaak, cukanya juga enak. Sangking enaknya gw suka sengaja ngegoreng pempeknya pas suami lagi ngga ada dirumah, biar gausah bagi2 #failedwife. Dengan pembelaan gw kan lidahnya Sumatera asli, jadi gw butuh banget ini pempek buat kesehatan jiwa... nah dia kan lidahnya aslinya Jerman, jadi ngalah aja dong please ama gw.

the beloved flat

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Sad sad, we probably gonna have to say goodbye in two months or so ... yes, our flat that I love so bad is falling apart. Right now I'm still considering to stay or following my other 3 flatmates to move out .... a part of me really want to stay, simply because I'm just not ready to say goodbye. But maybe move into new flat won't be that bad, we'll see .... maybe the courage to say goodbye to everything I'm familiar with will appear in upcoming weeks, maybe.

end of June

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I'm pretty sick today, went to doctor and got antibiotics for the next five days. For the last 3 months I catch headache and cold every three or four week or so .... I never meant to whine but f*ck it is really irritating to wake up and feeling floppy ..... most of all I couldn't take care of my assignment.

Pictures above is in Stuttgart city center .... it was sunny laid back Sunday night .... it was 25ยบ degree warm .... it was a perfect timing to pick up ice cream (which we did) .... it was simply a lovely Sunday.

red and grey

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as the University workloads are getting crazier each day, I'm having more and more difficulties to differentiate between weekdays and weekend. It's feels the same! Yet I should say that I'm happy, very happy. Period.

the hostel flat

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We have plumbing problem now .... a bit water running in the toilette, yet we solve it only with towel on the floor hehe. Our refrigerator is fully stuffed with cheap foods. Happy that I am home in this hostel flat.


ps : the mood booster breakfast on Friday morning, warm pancake with melting butter, cold fig jam and ice cream. yummmmmeeeehhh.

silvester in der wg

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silvester dinner

Burrito's ingredients

silvester dinner

silvester lach

super fein gestaltet

we threw big new year party in the flat attic ... it started with big burrito dinner (the two crazy flatmates ... their closest friends ... and me) .... followed by uncountable amount of beverages ... then came more guests .... followed by goofy dancing .... then came more guests .... followed by fireworks right on midnight .... then came some more guests .... before dawn we hit the town center ..... finally touch down in bed around half nine. All Saturday long we were dead, I don't drink but I got hangover too blame Pepsi (1st Jan is international hangover day, right?) On Sunday we managed to cleaned up the mess. Was heaps of fun. Let's get 2011 started!

a life to remember

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my 2010
loved ones... daily life ...
random photography ... food ... shoes
... school .... travel

cupcakes and pizza

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School has been going on for one week and I have difficulty choosing classes, there's way too many interesting lectures. Last night two sweet friends stayed at my place, we baked cupcake .... did girls-talk continuously .... ordered pizza at 01.00 am. For me a pajamas party with my best girls and good food is always great, bring bunches of joyful effects. Too bad my almost perfect weekend was a bit ruined, well .... long story short .... I should learn to have more patience.
Have a nice last week in October!

ps : 2010 flies seriously too fast, but at least I've painted a 2011 calendar.

tale and green tea

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again i lost my appetite to write something here
from now on my tale is mine, like my green tea is my green tea

a DIY pop up book

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the view from my flat bedroom window around 23.30
must be something like fire? but we didn't hear any fire truck coming
never mind anyway ....... it was 2 days ago

i just got back from cleaning work and treat my self a book
the title is Paper Architect, inside is a do-it-yourself pop up cards
from 20 famous architecture object. I can't want to make myself busy!

shoes and paycheck

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i received my first pay check last week from this cleaning-work (happy happy yayaya)....... and then I bought a desk from Ebay ....... and still searching like crazy where I could buy a good-quality 140x200 spring bed for under 100 Euro (God, show me ur way) But slow but sure I have all the things I need, huh ..... move in to an empty apartment room without any single furniture is not easy. So far this is fun - hunting here and there for cheap furniture and room decorations .....

Winter are getting serious. I seriously wear a socks 24 hours a day - except when I'm taking a shower. Is it just me or is it really that cold? (or this old heater in my bedroom is really a garbage?) I treated my feet with something nice today ...... a real winter shoes, with waterproof leather, cozy warm wool inside, and anti slip soles. It's on sale and really robust as an outdoor shoes ..... but the bad news is, wearing those I look like a Dora ready to explore the jungle. Hihi it's always minus here, it's permitted to look ugly as long as you have a warm feet!

perfect sunday

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host afternoon tiramisu for my dear Indonesian friends ....... housewarming :)

practised Saman dance ...... 1.5 months to go until Ball der Nation :)

new sanctuary

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noddie, upi, and others who may read this ..... here comes some pictures from the apartment, my so-called-home for the next couple years (hope not too long!) I shared the apartment with 2 german guy and 1 german girl. Nothing special about this apartment, just an old building, but located in a very strategic location. I fell in love at the first sight with this flat. One more thing we have in common : hmmm we all take a bath in the kitchen ..... literally ...... no kidding ....

the colorful kitchen desk

welcome to student-life (cheap apartment) .... shower in the kitchen!

the toilet door

access to the attic (tempat jemur baju hihi)

mini living room with grafiti and no TV

i can't get enough of pink and baby blue lately

even the toaster is "dressed up"

another cozy corner lol


Yesterday I receive a package from Indonesia, I asked my Mother to send me my sneakers ..... happy. Hufff, I miss my parents and my brothers so bad. And also my sis in law - who went under the knife yesterday (appendix) ..... get well soon.

random BW photos

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my MP3 player keep playing Regina Spektor's songs and Kate Voegele's album and Ada Band's songs lately. This Monday is exactly my 6th Monday after my arrival in Germany. No problem with biological hour so far, in Bandung I always sneak in under my blanket around 3 or 4 am hehehe. After 1.5 months i finally get used with subtropical climate -ah yes of course it will get colder and colder and even more colder - but my body can resist better now. I keep praying that winter will treat me better this time.

I also get used to this free gym membership - rent a room in 5th floor without a lift is not bad at all for my healthiness LOL. So far I've experienced carried a rug, mirror, bulky blanket, table ..... lets say I transported everything's in my room from the ground floor to 5th floor. Ah ya i never want to rant anyway ..... compare to my life back in Indonesia, clear that I have to put more effort to have a balance life here. Daily-weekly-monthly never ending house chores .... grocery shopping ..... laundry ..... while concentrating on my study and fighting the unfriendly weather (if you know me personally, then you know how lame is my temperature resistance) I somehow happy to realize I really could live without 'pembantu' ........ despite the fact that they're inseparable for most Indonesian families.

Below are some random photos I've never uploaded before, a friend borrow my camera so I didn't have any new pictures to post.


wilhelma zoo, Stuttgart Sep 08

my Dad 1976's Vespa, Lampung Sep 09

random old building, Brugge Aug 08

petite chimes, Munich Juli 08


ps : i don't know who's actually stopped by in my blog, I could only see the number rising constantly on traffic hit counter. So ..... anyone out there who read-or maybe just see the pics without actually read, it will be cool if you drop drop drop me a lines :)

ps 2 : i'm in the mood to wear heels but I don't have any here, sad sad baby

visit number 2

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my 1-year-younger-junior in architecture school came this weekend to visit some important museums. Lucky me I live in Stuttgart, this city offer the famous Mercedes Museum (Ben van Berkel, UN Studio, opened May 2006) and Porsche Museum (Delugan Meissl Associated Architects, re-opened Jan 2009) ...... those museums increase the number of friends and relatives who wants to pay me a visit here, haha.


Thank you Imal and Awang for your short visit ...... comeback again on any-weekend you want .... you know I will give up my airbed to my guests .... and you know my roommates provides free beers ......

3rd week. almost 4th week actually.

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Her name is Tanya, she's smart Ukranian girl whom I meet on a student festival in Hungary on summer 2007. We are close friends ever since :) She visited me in Stuttgart last week, along with her friend Natscha. We managed to visit Porsche Museum and Ludwigsburg in a very short time, and also marched around Stuttgart city centre. We had sooooo muccccchhh fun ..... and took a lot of pictures of us with yellow leaves on the background. We laughed about Naomi Campbell Parfumes that smells so skanky.....

ps. this is my first night in my new apartment, and tomorrow i will shower in the kitchen, HAWW!
ps 2. as a good friend, I have to pay Tanya a visit too, right? Lund ..... Malmo ..... wait for me!
ps 3. my german course has started, yuhuuuuu..... i love routines!!!!!!

2nd week. Pffffhh help

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im bored here, help.


Day by day I literally stay at home ... either sit in front of laptop or on the floor with German language books around me. On Wednesday the sun was warm, the temperature reach 16 celcius - then I decided to go out. Since I pretty much have nothing to do ... I took a walk around park near city center ...... tried my new Nikon lense ..... huuu thanks brother for the wonderful gift, i'm madly in loveeeeee with the lense.



Yesterday Donny was home early from work, perhaps he could read my mind that I'm bored. He offered me to go to his office - he has to tidy his new workstation up. We rode his Hayabusa motorcycle. Call me (us) crazy, but 4 weeks ago he fell from it and badly injured (his right shoulders bone was broken). He haven't ride his motor again since then ........ because he has to be fully recovered first ...... and to make it worse, I haven't had my healthy insurance. This weekend we are planing to ride to suburbs area near here ...... I kind of want to make a scenery-video while we are riding ......

Good news, I finally got a room to rent start on 1. Nov.
I'm thrilled to move in there, the apartment is super funny.
until then.....

1st week in S

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report from my first week in Stuttgart :
The weather is cold, hmm yaa what do u expect Dira
Staying at (my friend) house and looking for my own room
I try my best not to miss everyone back home but kinda failed
I met my previous landlord - whom very kind
here I am, back in Germany ..... pursuing ...... mmm pursuing my dream?
hope this cold country will treat me just fine, bismillahirrahmanirrahim ....

photos above are some leftover from Bali trip (May 09)
01:48 am .... Donny and I are watching infotainment on mivo.tv right now.