hijacked

partnerboi got nothing to do at his office, was superbored, and decided to hijack my blog!

we bought a CD the other day, and this is his review:

TWENTY FIRSTNIGHT
Mungkin kalau tidak ada Jay Kay dan Jamiroquai, band ini (dan sesepuhnya Maliq and D’essential) juga gak pernah ada. Yes, band baru ini diproduseri oleh Maliq, yang hasilnya bisa dibilang deket banget sama soundnya Maliq. Masih Jazzy , dan tentunya space – funk- sound dari Jamiroquai yang kentel banget terdengar di setiap lagu.
Terutama di lagu “Bidadari” yang mengingatkan kita sama Blow My Mind dari Jamiroquai , atau is it sebenernya lagunya Maliq yang dituju? Yah , sama ajalah.
Pesen yang mau disampein di tiap tracknya : “Yeah, we’re cool allright with the little hip to the hop and you don’t stop “ persis seperti lagu andalan mereka di track 2 yang berjudul “Tergila”, setelah track pertamanya yang gak gitu jelas konsepnya – sebagai pembuka. Kolaborasi mereka dengan Maliq (tentunya) di “Virus” terdengar sangat catchy dengan suara Indah yang dominant dan memiliki ciri tersendiri, tetapi kenapa lagu ini begitu mirip dengan feel-nya Lenny Kravitz ya? Mungkin untuk di album pertama ini mereka ingin sedikit stand out dengan mengambil atmosphere dari sana – sini untuk menembus pasar musik kita, yang eventually juga pangsa dan pendengar musik-musik barat.

so waddaya say, pretty sharp, eh? a bit Rolling Stone-ish here and there, but still, i think if he ever writes it for mass consumption, he'll get sack by his boss straightaway hiehiehe.

whilst to my own opinion, this band is an OK-band. their records is not the type that i regret of buying, but definitely not the type that i'll be listening over and over again everyday for quite of period of time. :)

records matter

RECORDS THAT CHANGED YOUR LIFE
Rise & Shine – Cardigans
A Love Song - Ego Wrappin' feat Determinatio
Inside & Out - Feist
Hyperballad - Bjork
Please send me someone - George Michael
(partnerboi made me listen to these and so the history of partnerboi and i began =D)

RECORDS YOU'VE LISTENED MORE THAN ONCE
Bersama - Humania
Dancing Nancies - Dave Matthews Band
Your New Cuckoo - Cardigan
Unpredictable - Jamie Foxx
L'anamour - Ivy
Summer Sun - Koop
PLUS, the whole album of Swing Out Sister, Everything But The Girl, 311, Phoenix, Sting, Madonna, Postal Service, ah too many! :D

RECORDS THAT YOU JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND
Siguros. Too advance for me.

RECORDS THAT MADE YOU LAUGH
Siaran Radio Prambors- Warkop

RECORDS THAT MADE YOU CRY OR SAD
Through the barricade - Spandau Ballet. Goosebumps!

RECORDS THAT CREEPS THE HELL OUT OF YOU
Membiru, tragis (i forgot the actual title) - Efek Rumah Kaca

RECORDS YOU WISH HAD NEVER BEEN MADE
Siguros.

RECORDS THAT YOU'VE JUST LISTENED
Do it for the people - Lucy Pearl
Nothing better - Postal Service

RECORDS YOU'VE BEEN MEANING TO BUY [...OR STEAL]
New album by Lily Allen
(Mr. Blueskyyyy! =D)

SONGS THAT YOU WILL DANCE TO
Not big - Lily Allen
If i ever feel better - Phoenix
Give it away - Tahiti 80

SONGS THAT YOU WILL MOST LIKELY MAKE LOVE OR HAVE SEX TO
Bad Boy Clyde - Esthero
Rocksteady - Remy Shand

FIGHTSTARTER KARAOKE WOULD BE...
Changchuters (am i spelling it correctly?)! The whole tracks!

And im tagging schizilly to do this! Or you, yes, YOU! =)

juno

i heart everything about juno!

the casts, the storyline, the script, the angles, the graphic illustration, the soundtrack, everything!

especially the quotes! ooowh i just love its fast-paced, dynamic, witty dialogues!

i watched it again last nite for the umpteenth time, and partnerboi & i still love it so much.

MOS burger review

pernah nyobain sesuatu, tapi rasanya kentang disana sini? kentang alias kena tanggung, gak enak juga nggak, tapi enak yang bikin sampe ngiler wajib balik lagi juga nggak. kalo gw, paling sebel makanan kaya gini, karena kenyangnya tu juga jadi kentang, gak puas gitu bok. yang tambah bikin gondok kalo ketemu makanan tipe begini dengan harga yang, dibandingkan rasa dan experience-nya, mahal banget. bah.

nah, MOS burger (baru bok, adanya di plaza senayan) itu tipe makanan yang begini kalo menurut gw. serba kentang huhuhu.

karena porsinya kecil.
karena gurihnya standar.
karena cream corn soup-nya, sungguh gak enak. asli, enakan campbell's CANNED food atau knorr's deh. asli. ini corn soup gadungan, tanpa ada potongan jagung satupun. partnerboi said he might as well just use straw and sip it. giling.
karena milk tea-nya sama sekali gak kaya milk tea pada umumnya.
karena makanan yang mau gw order, abis. buat apa dia pajang gede2 di menu kalo dia gak sediain banyak stok??
karena mbak2 kurang reliable, karena pas gw tanya,
"mbak, yakiniku burger rice-nya satu ya. ada kan?"
"wah, abis mbak", jawab si mbak.
gw pun masih tetep usaha (namanya juga first timer),
"apa dong mba rekomendasinya?"
"hmm biasanya sih YAKINIKU BURGER RICE, mbak", balas si mbak.
"LAH KATANYA ABIS MBAAK?", mulai nyolot.
"iya...", tanpa berusaha merekomendasikan makanan apa2.
gubrak.

huhuhu sebel banget akhirnya gw cuma order teriyaki burger. yang rasanya duhh sungguh nanggung sana sini. macam lo makan ayam teriyaki trus lo pakein roti doang. asli, roti dan ayamnya sungguh sungguh sungguh gak blending. mana gak ngenyangin pulak. udahlah gw orangnya sungguh maruk gini kan, sebellah gua.

... yang mana partnerboi langsung menawarkan antidotenya:
"bik, tanggung nih. lets finish off the meal with sushi tei?"
langsung gw jawab dengan manis gembira,
"HYUUUKKK!"

so there we were, having one of our cheapest bills at sushi tei. if only mbak2nya tau kalo kita baru aja makan MOS burger, pasti doi gak jadi terkesima deh akan sedikit (dan sehatnya) menu makan malem kita.

hihihi =)

mijung is dead

oh mamiii, i just got out from an express meeting with the boss.

dikasih tau FEW projects which will be running in 2009. and by few he means EIGHT (sementara, nyet) projects, which are closely intertwined one and another.

good news is (so he says): ini project masing2 bakal ada PICnya. dan karena ada beberapa yang ongoing dan kebanyakan dipegang sama mijung, jadi ada beberapa yang di handover ke PIC lain.

good news, thank you.

bad news is, the words are super big:
- increase # sales force
- create new sales channel
- recruitment process
- performance management (target, tracking, KPI)
- career development
- training & development
- MIS and its supports
- sales incentives

worse news is, the boss kinda forget the tight deadline. the big boss asks the first draft of all these concepts ARE TO BE SUBMITTED by THIS wednesday! this. fuckin. wednesday. gregorian calendar-wise, 2 not-so-solid-days from now.

WORST, have u noted the red and bold fonts in some areas?? yes, THOSE ARE MY PROJECTS.

ooowhh inaaang, i might as well just vanish from this worlddd!

=(

super random

happy new year, all. hope this is not all that late, rite? hope you all had a blast on NYE, and i also wish you all a very good life ahead (me is included, of course ;P).

i used to loove this ambiance at work during xmas- new year holiday. there seemed nothing more you can ask cuz it was so nice. workload had lessen to its minimum level, and all the dearest colleagues (most of them are my friends anyway) were deliberately not taking their leaves (kapan lagi nek, leha2 gak ada boss hihi), therefore we could do this and that, during office hours. sumtin that is impossible to happen during normal times. (we even once watched 'Friends' DVD at this meeting room lols =P).

but the best i love about xmas-new year holiday at the office was the potluck party. we formed few groups of 4-5 people, and each group had to bring some food, as discussed beforehand. so yeah, it was so fun seeing all these people bring huge portion of food, including rice cooker (!!), humungous bowl filled with mocktail syrup, and other food. the event is simple, nothing really fancy about that, yet i love it. i love its simplicity, and it brings us together. cheesy, i know.

but comparing that event to this year's quite big celebration, it feels totally different. i dunno, i guess its kinda related to the growth of my division. its just so different, having have seen this organisation has grown so big for the past one year. i remember i was the 35th members of the division. you know how many people are now here in this division? 120. ish. just imagine the changes ive been experiencing and the problems i encountered (and solved, thank you) in this year.

few friends has gone (lulus dari perusahaan ini, so they say) and moved some ladders, some became a very good housewife, some pursued their new path as entrepeneur, but i'm still here.

and me, i just want my potluck party back, with my closest friends called colleagues. please?

books

some books partnerboi and i current read:

• maryamah karpov by andrea hirata, lumayan cengar cengir gw dibuatnya hihi.partnerboi mah belagulah kalo disuruh baca buku ini, bilangnya udah gak tertarik karena filmnya udah bagus and takut bukunya ngerusak filmnya (eer, bukannya kebalik ya nek? hmm)
  

• last nite a dj saved my life by bill brewster & frank broughton, a historical (no, seriously!) facts about the dj profession. canggih deh. partnerboi, seperti biasa, langsung pingin jadi dj hoho.

• stumbling on happiness by daniel gilbert. lagi browsing di ak.sa.ra, trus liat buku ini. quote depannya dari malcolm gladwell yang nulis blink dan stephen dubner & steven levitt (freakonomics), langsung beli tanpa ba-bi-bu, cuz we read those books religiously hiehehi

so, there goes my current reading list. what's yours? =D

test

1st attempt posting from my blazing-red-orangeberry.

•~^ ;p

oh wow

pagi2, meeting dadakan sama si boss. jelas2 gitu dia tau kalo gw musti stand by buat shooting video profile (iyeee gw tukang kabel bukan talentnya!--sebelom dicela bowk hihi). udah tau gitu gw wajib nangkring di cabang jam 10 kurang. eh jam 9 malah manggil gw, suruh presentasi slide sialan yang filenya rusak mulu itu, 50an slide cong! onde inaaang, grogi guah.

walhasil buru2 masuk ruangan si boss, lupa ganti sepatu (still on my driving flats), dan langsung ngoceh2 sana sini. sampe jam 10 kurang gitu ajaloooh gw udah keringet dingin, gak konsen.

akhirnya jam 10 gw berhasil kabur, baru inget kalo HP dua2nya gw tinggal di meja. dan pas gw geser mouse PC gw, terlihatlah dengan jelasnya:

-beberapa thread plurk dari temen2 deket;
-belasan balasan dari thread plurk tersebut;
-EMPATBELAS window YM;
-8 miskol dari 2 HP;
-12 SMS

huehuheu pantes aja feeling gw di ruang meeting aga2 gak enak tapi enak gimanaaa gitu.

semuanya ngucapin selamat ulang taun;
pada ngedoain banyak rejeki, dikasih yang terbaik, sehat2 aja, langgeng sama si partnerboi, cepet dapet buntut (ie momonganlah bukan ngedoain gw jadi sun gokong), naik pangkat, gaji gede, yang mana gw jawab dengan sepenuh hati gegap gempita:

AMIN.

terimakasih udah inget, terimakasih udah take the effort to plurk, YM, SMS, email, telfon, nulis di facebook, kirim testi & msg di friendster (oh wow masih ada loh yang nulis di friendster), dan lain lain lain lain. i know its easier nowadays to remember the bday date(s) of your friends, but still, i appreaciated all the efforts deeply. semoga dibales sama yang di Atas, you are all being very kind.

... walaupun, buntut2nya, pada minta traktir. hohoho ketebak ni orang2 wkekwehkwe. and the answer to this adalah...

WEEEEKKK =P=P=P

udah ah, im gonna share my bday cake w/my partnerboi.

nite, all!

events, events

partnerboi called just now, said that we got FREE TICKET for this event tomorroooow!

plus we're off to see this on saturday!

owwh talking about fun weekend, eh? cant wait!

on much heavier note, the master presentation file i've been working my ass off for this big project got corrupted! let's see, the IT guys cant fix it, the bloody virus (assuming the file got corrupted by virus) has spread to my other laptop(s!!) and the data within the file disappeared (i mean, how could that happen, really??). ergo, me need to REDO the whole isht again. 58 slides! of numbers, animation, and all. crappiness.

i guess i must think about the coming events i'll be attending, seeing those as my silver lining.

as of rite now, its time to .pptx-ing again! shoot!

wish me luck, everyone!

word of wisdom

killer shoes always hurt at the first time.

=(

pic from here

a very waddaya-call-it conversation

lokasi si sushi tei. kondisi makan malem, isi meja sekitar 12 orang.

sushi tei during dinner time, tau sendirilah pelayanan mbak2nya. minta mayonnaise sama ocha anget aja lama betul, kalo dipanggil belaga kaya kuda alias jalannya lurus doang, ngebut pulak. sungguh canggihlah.

mengakibatkan satu temen gw sangat kelaparan, karena he hadnt even had his lunch. salahnya doi, si temen malah pesen makanan ala carte yang nunggu lagi. unagi roll. 8 pieces of humongous unagi sushi topped with avocado. super yumm but it doesnt worth the wait, i'd say.

tunggu punya tunggu, setelah nagih2in makanan kaya nagihin kartu kredit nunggak, akhirnya dateng juga. langsunglah temen gw itu menyerbu si unagi roll, dann langsung mendadak autis, sibuk sama dunianya sendiri. asli, dipanggil2 gak nyaut, dicela gak ngeh, setelah dicolek2 pundaknya baru akhirnya dia nyadar, setelah salah satu temen gw yang lain bilang gini (let's just call them by the initials):

TA: boook, bok.

DA: hmmmm *datar, gak ngeh, gak ngelirik, dan gak peduli*

TA: orang mah main BlackBerrih baru autis. tuh lo liat tu kawan kita si anu, si itu, si intul, si antul (kebetulan hampir setengah populasi meja punya benda sialan yang makin lama gw makin mau ini hiehieh). itu baru autis.

lanjut si TA: nah eluuuu, autis gara2 makan BLACKBERRY ROLL!!!

jreeng. buset. BlackBerry Roll. bayangin. ngomong pake semangat 45, only to say, hal terkonyol of the nite.

huahuahuhauhau sungguh aneeehhh sungguh aneh kawan2 gua *sambil lirik postingan sebelumnya* =P

pic is from here

today's hillarious phrase

di saat obama jadi presiden (and i aint gonna go details here we have too much obama around), temen gw ngomong gini masak, pas gw misuh2 akan keberadaan motor yang kaya gak punya rem tadi pagi:

"eh, motor itu punya rem gak sih? beneran nih gw nanya?"

temen gw:
"motor tu kaya kecoak terbang.. BARU BERENTI KALO NUBRUK!"

what a superb analogy, eh?

ya salaaaam, kenapa pulaak gw dianugerahi kawan2 seperti iniii? =D

PS: tadinya gw mau sok2an post image dari si kecoak nubruk, tapi gagal seraya pas gw googling banyak betulll kecoa dalam kondisi lainnya! merindiiiiing, setannn! #$&#@$*#

anjriiits

pagi2, meeting sama boss gede. dan di-brief langsung buat bahan annual meeting, TAUN DEPAN!

anjrit, mulai sekarang nih kayanya kehebohannya.

hmm.. dimulai dari gw pergi ke dukun buat translate bahasa yang dia gunakan, untuk gw terjemhain lagi ke orang awam.

sungguh gila.

nasib punya boss gak berbahasa sama dengan manusia pada umumnya *keluhkeluhkeluh*

weekend gila

gokil.

weekend kemaren sangatlah gokil.

gw gitu, seorang yang sangatlah kebo dan selalu mengedepankan bangun siang, tidur siang, dan tidur cepat, berubah menjadi sibuk layaknya orang kebanyakan gawe.

so here goes:

jumat malem, si ndun ngajakin ketemuan di grand indonesia. usul untuk ketemuan di EX ditolak mentah2, karena the bitch aint gonna bitch around workplace hiahiahia. jadilah kita muter2 di grand indonesia, ngobrol ngalor ngidul, dan balik sekitar jam 9 gitu. iwan tetep ngajak ke kemang, yang gw & partnerboi tolak secara aklamasi: capek booowk!

sabtu pagi, prosedur standar sebulan sekali, yaitu waxing. kelar rada siangan, langsung meluncur ke rumah mami di bintaro *sok2 rindu mami padahal mau ambil baju*
dari rumah mami, langsung lagi balik ke apartment, beberes ini itu anu inu, lanjut dendong nek, ada kawinan lumayan jauh di dhanapala senen.

dari dhanapala sebetulnya disuruh nyusul ke radja ketjil *is that how you spell it?* di plaza semanggi, tapi partnerboi gak enak badan. akhirnya kita pulang deh, dan gw berharap untuk leyeh2 malem mingguan di rumah yang sangat nyaman hohoho.

...

dimana impian leyeh2 gagal karena partnerboi mendadak sehat walafiat dan langsung menerima ajakan temen deket kami untuk nyusul ke barcode, codefin-kemang. gw sih semangat2 aja, kapan lagi dandan full gini trus jalan2 hiahiahah. tempatnya kita juga belom pernah, jadi seneng2 aja deh hihi. sampe sana jam 10an, langsung ketemuan sana si ini dan si anu, ramelah. good music, good friends, great laughs. loving it to bits.

pulang jam 1an langsung tidur deh karena partnerboi janjian ngajakin berenang dan nge-gym pagi2nya, padahal siangnya kita janjian sama graphologist dan juga, eng ing eeeng, kawinan *yes, lagi!*

dan minggunya, lanjut seperti yang sudah direncanakan.

pokoknya gw tidur jam 2an, bangun jam 7, dan lanjut beraktifitas sampe lanjut lagi jam 11 malam.

oh no, ini bukan mijuuuung!

and oh, this is monday. as a friend once said, "we must have plans (for the weekends) in order to motivate ourselves to go thru the weekdays." uhauhahauhu! jadi weekend ini ngapain ya neeek? =P

a day at the office

judulnya ini mah so much for the working days.
yang ada malah facebook-ing put comments on friends' photos (yang ada guanya tentunya)
plurking (ini adalah kegiatan paling gak penting sejagad dunia)
cek email (masih rada penting karena kadang email kantor suka nyasar ke my gmail tapi tentunya ini adalah justification belaka)
ceting (hey, updating meself to the outside world penting juga toooh? =P)
dan iTunes, yang emang selalu gak boleh ketinggalan gimanapun sibuknya hohoho.

dan the ultimate wasting time online adalah, bikin print screen dari hal2 di atas, trus update blog.

uhauahuhauha oh i need to be shot. by my employer tentunyah hihihi.

ada deng 1 file xcel, tapiii hanya dibuka kalo terpaksa (i.e ada boss lewat huahuahuahua)

efek tidur jam 1 nih, gara2 keasikan main game baru di wii, sumtin called salsa apaaa gitu. me and partnerboi just love it so much we cudnt stop. seru abiiiis! jejogetan salsa sampe keringetan dan pegel, hanya untuk nguberin lagu2 di unlock.

asli, sungguh berguna hidup gw! =)

udah ah, early lunch dulu yaa! *lohloh kerjanya kapan neek* =P

bandung

the bandung trip was awesome!

(only) 2 hours of meeting with 5 branches people.

and this, my friends, is the most wickedest part:

we get to visit 4 (FOUR!!!) food places!

ma'uneh for the 1st lunch (lets just call it heavy appetizer),
this superb avocado juice near downtown,
bandung suki for the real lunch

and roemah kopi, a nice closure for the afternoon, for having chocolate melted cappucino with rum.

yuuum!

so much for the hard work, eh? =P

on happiness

"no, seriously. who can be happy everyday?"

"me. well, not all-day everyday, but yeah, everyday!"

my lebaran

refer kesini, ternyata pertanyaan tentang "udah isi apa belom?" itu banyak banget yak turunan pertanyaannya! gokil! some of them are:

'gimana?', sambil nunjuk perut gw dan dengan kerlingan iseng.

'pertempuran sukses?', yang mana pertanyaan ini suka paling rancu ditanyain pas jamannya lebaran gitu. menurut kita yaaah, pertempuran berarti ya babat abis makanan yang disajiin. walhasil, jawabnya yang ada 'oh tenttuuuu, SUKSES BESAR!' hohoho.

'nak, cepatlah punya anak, udah gak sabar pingin liat cucu/ponakan baru', nyeuuhh. biasanya kita berdua cuma cengangas cengenges kalo ketemu model yang begini.

'eh gimana hasil hongkong?', asli, gw mah bengong ditanyain dari sini. kirain teh, nanya oleh2 teaaa, makanya nyinggung2 hongkong hiehiehie. boro2 jadi anak, orang di hongkong kita sibuk jadi banci tampil dan puas2in diri foto2 sampe giling hieheihe.

so there, some of the questions referrring to the same thing.

all in all, this lebaran has been a total bliss. seneng sekali bisa nyenengin banyak orang, silaturahmi sana sini, ketemu orang baru, dapet sodara baru, dan bisa jadi bagian keluarga yang sangat seru. kloplah, udahlah sodara gw heboh jaya pula, tambah serulah hidup gua... alhamdulillah.

so there, my lebaran. hows yours?

maaf lahir batin, everyone =)

hwakawadrahhh

kemaren, gw buka dirumah mami. rumah bintaro, that is.

pas pulang, biasalah ibu2, ngebawain anaknya macem2, buat sahur katanya.

jadilah gw dibawain kue lebaran dua toples masing2 nastar dan kastengels, kering tempe satu toples lagi, sama 1 tupperware gulai nangka.

gw & si partnerboi pun langsung menyusun rencana, "asik nih beb, tinggal nyeplok telor, jadi deh sahur komplit, hoho mantapp".

gak ketinggalan, kita juga masih punya 1 panful of domino's pepperoni pizza. gokil kan!

nah, tidurlah kita jam 11.30an gitu.. seperti biasa alarm HP gw set jam 3.40. nothing special, semua berjalan sesuai rutinitas.

ngobrol ngobrol sebelom tidur, partnerboi yang emang lagi gejala flu berat ngomong gini,

"bagi decolgen dong, pilek banget nih!"

yang gw jawab dengan,

"nggak ah, tadi kan udah minum, nanti aja pas sahur. lagian juga decolgennya tinggal satu"

yaudahlah yaaa, kita tidurlah.

DAN KEBANGUNNYA PAS ADZAN SUBUH!!!

boro2 sempet makan, minum aja udah gak valid!

yang paling BT tentunya partnerboi, karena decolgennya gagal minum, dan flu-nya kayanya sukses tu menyerang.

#$*@&#*(!&@#

gak ngerti deh salahnya dimana, alarm gw set sebagaimana mustinya, HP gw taro senormalnya, intinya semua udah berjalan sebagaimana seharusnya deh, yang tiap hari selama bulan ramadhan ini kita jalanin.

emang deh kata orang tua dulu, gak boleh takabur jadi orang, seraya sempet beberapa hari sebelomnya kita sempet ngobrol gini,

"mantap ya kitaa, gak pernah telat bangun niii hihihihi hebat deh yaaa"

dan langsung dijawab sama yang di Atas! hiehiehie.

hhh sudahlah. mudah2an deh hari ini gw n partnerboi kuat ngejalanin puasa. tanggung sih, udah jam 2, tapi dari jam 10 pagi lapernya udah kaya jam 4 sore niiiih.

doakan aku ya kawan2! *ala takeshi castle, halah* =P