Here comes the werewolf and the human stuff

Well, the next thing I'm gonna talk about is... of course the title. I bet you've already guess what it is. Yep, the latest movie from Stephenie Meyer's famous saga, New Moon.

Right after I read a tweet from @cinema21, that the movie will be premiere in the whole theater in this country, I just, you know, wanna watch it immediately. Since I haven't used my absent quota yet, then I planned to skip the last class I got that day. It was on Wednesday and I went to the theater even before it's open. Yes, I was on the line for the tickets!! No, I'm not alone. I went with Cece but actually I supposed to go there with mbak Anty. But for some reasons, then I went with Cece.

When we arrived, many people has already stood on the line. The doors even still closed! It was about 1 hour or so before the doors open and I've never stood on the line like that for a movie, even for Twilight. It was pretty fun like that, feels like high-school moment again. When I was at high school, we gotta go so early to get the ticket before it's gone. Especially popular movies like Harry Potter, and etc. The reason why I stood on the line while we can easily buy the ticket online is because the technology apparently wasn't ready for the human non-physical attack, like 1000 people suddenly open the same page and do the exact same thing at the same period. The system might have been broken down in a sudden.

But, well, it's alright. The important thing is we got the ticket right in the premiere day while, you know, it's kinda hard to get such a chance like that. So, I'm happy :D

The movie, still I cannot say it's great. I'm still giving the same opinion as the former movie, Twilight, the movie was good. I'd like to explain why I'd prefer call it good instead of great or whatever. I don't mean to be Twilight hater or what, I just wanna be objective ;] I noticed there's a mistake about the make-up artist, I would say that the make-up artist have done it better in Twilight. The vampires skin look so smooth like a porcelain and of course pale, that's the perfect one. But in the sequel, the vampires have pores for fang's sake! I mean, shouldn't it covered by the make-up or something? And I dunno, but I saw Edward and also Carlisle looks a bit chubby in of course the cheeks. Vampires figure should be, you know, like have no fat or whatsoever. Don't have to be skinny but at least they look like a perfect body figure which is not involving fat.

Besides all of that mistakes, Jacob is a trully hottie in this movie. Sorry, Team Edward. I was and I am still in Team Edward though, but this time I'm gonna be in Team Jacob for a while ;] I'll be back when the story back on Edward :D Taylor Lautner definitely did a thing for this movie. He's a professional actor, I think. That body, err... speechless ;] Okay, I still can't buy the Original Soundtrack because I'm lack of money. The money has gone by the wind. So please somebody send me a million rupiah so I can continue my life. No, just kidding! :D Well, yeah, there're so many needs these days. Especially this month, the money is like whusss.. and my wallet is empty in a sudden. So, I need to manage the output so I can buy the CD soon... Or not. Maybe an angel from the sky send it to me. Let's hope so. AMEN! :D


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And I went to Red Mango, another frozen yogurt franchise arrived in Surabaya. I went there because a friend of mine treated me for a photo design I made for her boyfriend's birthday. Okay, I went there with Cece :]



I tried a half new topping, because this time I'm back with strawberry topping and it's accompanied by brownies and colorful chocolate candy (the cashier said it's cha-cha). Froyo with brownies is just so yummy and sweet! I tried Cece's topping as well, she got almond, mango and mochi. Froyo with almond is like eating chocolate in my mouth, I dunno why. Maybe I ate too much chocolate (the candy and the brownies, remember?) so my tongue is a bit ambiguous about the taste or something haha. Overall, it was good! Oh FYI, the brownies is like cookies, it's dry. Not soft like I thought first time I saw it on the display, I doubted to try it but then I decided to just give it a try. And it was delightfully good, people!! This time I didn't try the original one, I tried strawberry flavor yogurt. Nothing different, because I used to eat this flavor for non-frozen one. I'd like to try the blueberry one but it ain't available anymore, you know, the color is just pretty tempting :D


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Getting older and I hate it when, not just you gotta behave or whatever, but the problem is getting harder as well. Still correlated with behave-thingy, it's about manner and attitude. And above all those stuffs, the point is about words. I've got several problems and it's all upon the same theme: words. I just... oh I dunno what I need to say. It keeps happening while I try to promote it to everyone else. Sometimes, I wanna run to someone who doesn't know anything about my life right now. Someone I really trust and I'm sure this person is the one I save my soul to. But the thing is, I don't wanna bother this person because this problem is actually a cheesey one. Pardon my words but it's true. It's like... you said 'Grown up, people!' but in the other time you acted like a 5 years old kid. Oh come on, life wouldn't be that bad. Expressing emotion is alright, but don't lose your temper. Talking is not about one person, it's not only about you. It's about everybody else too, someone you talk to and someone who heard everything you said.

So, for anybody who read this, I beg you, do not saying a word that might hurts someone's feeling (well, unless he/she deserves it ;]). Especially to someone you love (family, bestfriends, friends, boy/girlfriend, etc.). You may be forgiven, but the words will stay remain in the person's mind AND heart. The hurt will stay although they may say 'it's okay'. I'm sorry, maybe it's just me or what, but all I know is words are way sharper than the finest sword. And I just wondering, is it just me or it's the normal way people thinking these days but I think we need to communicate our feeling so the person we meant to know our feeling will finally know. Am I correct? I think so.

I start thinking that I'm thinking like a male now, using too much left brain instead the right one (while I try to use it both all the time because I wanna write with my left hand). I mean, understanding problems. First, I definitely use my left, that's automatically so I can't control it. You know, it's about habitual kinda stuff. And then I release my feeling, which mean I use my right brain. Stuff like empathy, sympathy, self-control and friends is-I know it well-absolutely from the right side. But recently, I'm afraid I think too much like a man. What makes me afraid this much? Let me explain to you. When someone's mad at you, you can recognize it from the expression, the face (frown) and stuff. Ok, you know the person is in anger but you need to know why, right? If the person angry to you, then you need to know the reason that trigger an anger of someone, especially involving you. But what if the person didn't say a thing, what if the person just keep in silent, keep saying they're okay till you have no idea what to do to make them feel better?? You know what, I tell you; it sucks.

As far as I know, if you keep silent or less talking when you're in a bad mood/anger, it means that you wanna be alone for a while. I use it for a better way to say 'Leave me alone, people!', so I get what I want immediately. Well, usually. I need to cooling down my self for a minute so the anger will loosen and I get my self in control again, that's why I don't wanna be around people unless I don't have choice. I just don't wanna hurt them with what I might be saying in that horrible temper. So, if you just quiet about everything when you're angry, what you gonna get is you're being left by everybody. They're afraid to be around you, it's a body language of performance disapproval. What I'm gonna tell you is don't be (more) mad if you're alone in a sudden. You don't wanna say what you want then people don't know what to do to you except asking 'are you okay?' which automatically replied with 'I'm fine' plus a frown. That's not a solution, I tell you.

I'm not gonna talking about it too long, alright, I'm gonna make it short now. If you're angry or feel annoyed to someone, just say it to them not anybody else or something else. We don't use telepathy as a part of communication, we don't read minds-well, most of us. I believe we ARE conscious that we're human. We talk, we don't use animal language that we don't understand. Animals using body language, but they talk in their own way and they don't have manner of communication. We know the rule of communication, I'm sure people of Psychology know it very well. There's always a way to communicate everything, persuade and stuffs. I believe human have an ability to do that. Use the right words and if you can't choose the proper words then it's okay, it's the other person's job to understand that-to understand your feeling. That's the point of communication right? Involving 2 people, encoder and decoder. The one talks while the other listens.

Studying Psychology helps me to learn how to interact with people, because honestly I had no idea what to do with them before. You know, I've been in a dark moment and it gave me some kinda enlightenment and I meet wonderful people that make me feel better in some ways.

I'd like to quote John Mayer's song entitled "Say":

Say what you need to say...
Have no fear for giving in
Have no fear for giving over
You'd better know that in the end
Its better to say too much
Then never say what you need to say again

People have their own problems, so do I. I don't mean to teach you what's right and what's not but, well, you can take my words or just leave it. I just wanna share my thoughts. That's all.


Have a nice day !

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Nyaris sebulan. Gosh!! Bener-bener nggak punya waktu buat nulis dan emang nggak ada bahan tulisan sih hehe. Anyway, selama kurang lebih sebulan saya menghilang dari dunia blogger, sekarang saya kembali dengan membawa sejuta cerita. Ahahahayy... lebay dikit mamenn! Mulai satu-satu yaa...

moi, Dinda, Amel, Peni, mbak Anty

Beberapa hari yang lalu saya (akhirnya) jalan-jalan ke mall, tepatnya ke Tunjungan Plaza. Eh ngapain? Saya mau lihat Campus Expo punya Unair yang diadain di Convention Hall lt.6 Tunjungan Plaza. Gaya yee kampus saye?? :D

proudly present, The Psycho Crew Sebenernya sih saya ke sana buat mendukung salah satu BLM sista, Amel, yang ikut cerdas cermat (yup, you read it right!) bareng Nobo dan Presiden BEM fakultas saya, Mas Haekal. Cerdas cermat ini bukan cerdas cermat biasa lho (disingkat BCCB, oke nggak penting!), tema pertanyaan yang ditanyakan mencakup ke-Unair-an dan pengetahuan umum. Iya, bukan materi kuliah lah, kan pesertanya dari berbagai jurusan fakultas. yel-yel dulu yaa gini nih gaya presiden BEM kalo main tebak gaya, anyway kita tim B Selama dua hari berturut-turut tujuan pulang saya adalah ke TP, nggak lain adalah buat mengikuti perkembangan ketiga teman saya yang sedang berjuang itu. Hari pertama ternyata mereka lolos ke babak final, menyisihkan Fakultas Ilmu Budaya, Fakultas Farmasi, dan Fakultas Kedokteran Gigi. Sejak hari itu, kita semua nggak nyangka teman-teman itu sumpah wide-knowledge juga ternyata! Terutama Mas Nobo dan Mas Haekal, ngelihat tampang mereka nggak bakal nyangka deh kalo mereka bisa menjawab pertanyaan-pertanyaan yang cuma bisa didapatkan di Google karena kita males buat nyimpen ke dalam LTM :D Kalo si Amel mah nggak usah ditanya, dia kan ensiklopedia berjalan ;] Dan di hari kedua mereka tanding lawan BEM Unair dan Fakultas Ekonomi. Kalo dibandingin kedua tim lawan, tim fakultas saya paling nyante deh! Slenge'an banget, tim lain pada tegang dengerin pertanyaan, tim fakultas saya bisa duduk-duduk dulu (di panggung!) sambil makan konsumsi dari panitia. Seperti yang udah saya bilang di atas, nggak bakal nyangka deh kalo tim kita bisa menang. Pertanyaan-pertanyaan yang diberikan host dengan cepatnya dibabat habis oleh mereka, gileee!!! Nggak pake mikir lama-lama, kalo nggak bisa jawab ya nggak mencet belnya. Bahkan kalo nggak bisa pun, mereka mencet setelah pertanyaan dilempar tapi mereka jawabnya asal ahaha. Beberapa dari jawaban asbun itu ternyata benar dan dari situ skor tim kita telak dibandingin sama tim fakultas lain. Well, I would say, miss fortune was in our side at that night ;] ini bukan mahasiswa demo, ini cuma anak-anak Psikologi lagi seneng We are the champion! Akhir kata, menang bo! Hadiah 1 juta pun langsung lompat ke tangan tim Fakultas Psikologi :D Emm... tumbenan waktu itu bukan lagu We are the Champion-nya Queen yang diputer pas penyerahan hadiah, tapi malah lagunya Pussycat Dolls yang When I grow up. Berasa clubbing -,-' Teater Boneka (T-Bone) Psikologi juga ikut meramaikan Campus Expo lho! -- -- -- -- -- Sekitar dua minggu sebelumnya, saya dapet traktiran ultah Puspa dan Putu (BLM sista still). Kita makan bareng di Bebek Mercon cabang Kayun. Bebeknya sih lumayan crispy, tapi dagingnya dikit banget trus sambelnya bo! Pedesnya nylekit amit-amit!!! Padahal saya makan yang bebek goreng, sambelnya kan dipisah. FYI, Bebek Mercon yang dimaksud sebenernya adalah oseng-oseng bebek, bukan bebek goreng yang saya makan. Oseng-oseng bebek itulah yang pedesnya kayak mercon, nggak nylekit lagi tapi mbledos! Si Peni sampe mau nangis makan itu oseng-oseng bebek haha. Here are some pictures I took before we ate: Oseng-oseng Bebek Bebek Goreng plus sate kentang -- -- -- -- -- I took my time to editing some old photos. It was pretty fun though I didn't do much editing because the pictures have already fine. Some of those pictures I submitted in my Deviantart only, so if you wanna take a look please do visit my gallery. Thanks!

P.S. : The Way You Make Me Feel

After a long week full of misery, I'm back into the world of joy started from Thursday. I don't care if my midterm remain 1 subject, I just don't care. Let the holiday... begins... So I went watching movie with bestfriend, mbak Anty. Yeah, one of my prayers finally come true haha. This is not an ordinary movie, I planned to watch this a long a go before the movie even premiere. The movie called "This is it". Who else? Michael Jackson. If you don't plan to watch it, put it on your schedule. If you haven't watch it yet but you plan to, go watch it then. Do not even hold your self, do it NOW! The movie was great, till I think I didn't watch a movie, I was in a concert of a megastar! He was singing like he mean it. I mean, he sang like he was doing the concert. He's awesome. In my opinion, from that movie (or that documentary movie of MJ, I think), we will know how much Michael loved his career; his music. He concerned a lot about how his performance would affect the fans and he even concerned about the future of the Earth. He used the word: L-O-V-E and I was like... adore him so much by then. He's a truly entertainer and a nice human. Oh anyway, when I watched the movie, Michael sang some songs that he thought the fans would love and YES, I love it! We love it, Michael! I hope you read this :] The music arrangement is way better than the CD we used to listen (it's copied from the old record I guess), and I can feel the beat and I wanna sing and dance with him haha. Only a true star can do that to the fans, to the people who watch him :] The concert, undoubtedly great, directed by Kenny Ortega. He's the man who use to direct a musical show. FYI, he's the director of High School Musical and the concert of Miley Cyrus (Hannah Montana meet Miley Cyrus). Both works are great and always amazing in my eyes. And this time, he did it with Michael Jackson. He directed this concert with 3D effect (he did it with Miley's concert too on TV) and a theatrical scene each for "Thriller" and "Earth Song". The "Thriller" scene is super cool. They did it like the city is celebrating Halloween all day! Definitely thrilled. A little boy was screaming everytime the zombies showing their face on screen :D My fave part is when Michael sang "I just can't stop loving you" duets with his female backing vocal singer, he sang seriously like doing the concert. While, he supposed to save his voice for the concert. After the song's over, he said to the whole crew, it was wrong to sang like that, they made him sang like that and Kenny Ortega tried to explain that they didn't do anything. It was Michael who couldn't hold him self to sing perfectly like that. He was joking as a reflection of his fault! So witty! And one thing that makes me amazed until now is in the age of 50, Michael still can dance and sing in a powerful stage. He danced like his back-up dancers, just like he used to. His voice, I can't find the difference compared with the younger version of him. He just ain't change, at all. He's a great performer. I then imagine my self, if I were him in that age, I might wouldn't be that strong. His body and his stamina was just great, I should learn from him how to keep the body stay healthy and strong so I still can dance till the age of 50 or so :D I'd like to buy it, if they produced this concert in DVD/VCD. This concert is worth to be collected. Did I say 'this concert'? Yes, it was a concert for me than a movie for me. Yes, I was attending Michael's concert entitled "This is it". All hail the King!

A break is expensive, in my case

It's been a long time baby till I feel like this feeling is not good, it's not good to leave you like this. To make you feel alone for this long. Now I'm back and I'm not gonna go again.

Mengingat saya benar-benar tidak punya waktu tenang untuk menulis (untuk kepala saya sebenarnya), maka saya putuskan untuk menulis blog setiap akhir minggu. Saya akan usahakan selalu menulis setiap akhir minggu, jadi Senin pagi sudah ada tulisan baru untuk dibaca. Atau, yah saya bisa manfaatkan fasilitas Scheduled posting kan ;] (I love technology!)

Anyway, kegiatan magang masih sama seperti kemarin-kemarin, cuma intensitasnya jauh lebih meningkat sekarang. That's why I need to rest my head for a while -,-' Tapi, kabar baiknya, saya masih punya kesempatan buat main-main (tapi yang produktif). Kali ini tidak ada hubungannya dengan Photoshop atau kode-kode HTML, kali ini kemampuan bahasa Inggris saya yang akan diuji. Saya resmi bergabung menjadi salah satu kru majalah Art & Design, WOWMAGZ yang ber-basecamp di Malang. Posisi saya di situ jadi apa? Coba tebak! Kalo penasaran juga, langsung deh meluncur ke TKP-nya yah :]

Yap, untuk kedua kalinya saya menjadi anggota tim sebuah media cetak (WOWMAGZ cetak bukan yah?), dengan posisi yang berbeda namun keduanya benar-benar mengasah skill yang saya miliki dan berada di dunia yang saya cintai. What a perfect job!

Next pit-stop: a fashion magazine >> layout editor (AMEN!)


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Salah satu assignment UTS saya adalah membuat Bab I penelitian kualitatif. Tugas yang satu ini cukup menyita pikiran saya, di saat, you know, ide-ide tidak selancar ketika saya sedang liburan dan tugas ini mengharuskan saya untuk mencari satu topik untuk dijadikan penelitian dengan teknik kualitatif. Shit!

Sekitar 3 minggu saya diam-diam memikirkan topik apa yang akan saya jadikan tema penelitian. Saya sudah buka semua indera saya untuk menangkap sinyal-sinyal inspirasi. But NONE. I've got nothing but stress. Sekalinya dapat insipirasi (yang kesannya terpaksa), jadinya malah judeg dan buntu karena nggak bisa menemukan judul yang tepat buat penelitian saya. Ketika aspek psikologis udah didapat (motivasi kerja/performance appraisal) dan gambaran subjek juga udah dapet (wanita bekerja/hamil), tapi saya masih ngerasa kurang sreg dan rasanya ada sesuatu yang harus saya temukan untuk melengkapinya. Intinya saya nggak tahu apa yang harus saya lakukan terhadap tema yang sudah saya dapatkan itu. Jadi, terpaksa tema yang ini masuk folder "OLD FILES".

Saya bongkar-bongkar bahan-bahan kuliah yang saya simpan dalam satu map. Eh, nemu jurnal ilmiah yang belum saya review. Begitu baca judulnya, mendadak insipirasi itu datang seperti air yang mengalir di otak saya. Akhirnya saya mengambil tema proses kreatif dan subjeknya adalah penulis novel. Saya nanya-nanya dikit ke Amel buat konfirmasi dan singkatnya, saya harus bikin Latar Belakang yang saya masih blank banget. Rencananya sih saya mau konsultasiin dulu ini ide saya ke dosen pembimbing saya, soalnya saya ragu tema saya ini masuk perminatan Psikologi apa. Tapi, kalo mau konsultasi, otomatis saya juga harus bawa at least draft Latar Belakang Penelitian saya.

Jadilah saya selama dua hari kayak mahasiswa semester akhir yang mau skripsi; nyari jurnal ilmiah di perpustakaan berjam-jam, nyari bahasan topik saya di internet sampai eneg dan mulai menyusun kerangka berpikir. Khusus kerangka berpikir, saya membuat diagramnya dulu di otak saya. Saya bukan orang yang 'dikit-dikit harus ditulis biar jelas', saya bersyukur otak saya punya kemampuan memvisualisasikan imajinasi dengan baik. Then I use it. Baru ketika saya sudah dapat gambaran besarnya, saya mulai menggambar kerangka alur pikiran saya. You know what, gambar kerangka saya itu kebanyakan berisi teori. Jadi nggak saya pakai waktu ngetik Latar Belakang beberapa menit yang lalu haha. Which also tells you that I don't use any outline for writing the background of my research :] The outline, I guess, it's in my mind. It's just flowing and I try to keep it directed.

Sampai tulisan ini dibuat, saya masih harus belajar banyak tentang penelitian kualitatif. Saya masih belum ada gambaran jelas tentang teknik yang satu ini dan saya harus tahu kalau mau lulus mata kuliahnya. Doakan saya!


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Di sela-sela kehidupan saya yang sangat menyesakkan, saya sempet-sempetin buat update berita tentang New Moon. Selain tanggal rilisnya, berita ter-hot adalah original soundtrack-nya yang udah resmi dirilis tanggal 16 Oktober kemarin di USA. Beberapa hari sebelumnya saya udah sempet hunting beberapa track yang beredar di internet. Nggak lengkap sih, soalnya beberapa lagu ternyata nggak ada dan kayaknya bener-bener diciptain buat New Moon.


Sedikit kecewa soalnya Paramore nggak ikut berpartisipasi di album OST New Moon, padahal pas di Twilight mereka keren banget. Asumsi saya sih, karena mereka lagi promo album baru. Takutnya bentrok kali ya sama jadwal promo New Moon, jadi mereka harus pilih salah satu gitu kayaknya *sotoy abis!*. Bagi yang belum tau, ini nih track list original soundtrack New Moon:

• DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE — MEET ME ON THE EQUINOX
• BAND OF SKULLS — FRIENDS
• THOM YORKE — HEARING DAMAGE
• LYKKE LI — POSSIBILITY
• THE KILLERS — A WHITE DEMON LOVE SONG
• ANYA MARINA — SATELLITE HEART
• MUSE — I BELONG TO YOU (NEW MOON REMIX)
• BON IVER & ST. VINCENT — ROSYLN
• BLACK REBEL MOTORCYCLE CLUB — DONE ALL WRONG
• HURRICANE BELLS — MONSTERS
• SEA WOLF — THE VIOLET HOUR
• OK GO — SHOOTING THE MOON
• GRIZZLY BEAR — SLOW LIFE
• EDITORS — NO SOUND BUT THE WIND
• ALEXANDRE DESPLAT — NEW MOON (THE MEADOW)

Source: www.stepheniemeyer.com

Anyway, album baru Paramore yang berjudul Brand New Eyes keren banget!!!!!!!!!!! I've got the full album and Ignorance is sooooo damn awesome!!!!!!!! I can listen to it more than 10 times a day. That song is addictive :D They're getting better I guess, more mature in arrangement and the lyrics. Hayley's voice is just as usual but with better technique. They're just ROCKS!

I know I'm not gonna quit from them, they're my long-lasting rockstar :]


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Saya punya harapan yang sebaiknya saya jadikan doa saja sekalian. Baca baik-baik.

Apabila semua penderitaan ini berakhir, saya akan:
1) DVD marathon
2) Namatin The Mediator (which means I gotta buy MP4 player soon)
3) Spending quality time with my lil bro and Mao
4) Nonton bareng BLM sista (or maybe just mbak Anty hehe)
5) Beli DVD Gossip Girls 2 season sekaligus
6) Try any cookies/main dish recipe
7) Being lazy for a week or so ;]

Kabulkan doa hamba-Mu ini ya Allah. Amin.


Kamu punya doa yang sama seperti saya? Oh nggak ya? Trus apa dong doa yang akhir-akhir ini sering kamu panjatkan pada Sang Pemberi Kehidupan? Cerita-cerita ya :]

A Wedding and a pair of bloody heels

Sedikit cerita.

Hari Minggu lalu saya dan keluarga saya menghadiri pernikahan salah satu sepupu saya di Malang. Tempatnya jauh bo'! Udah pernah ke sana sih sebelumnya, tapi waktu itu saya tidur jadi nggak kerasa capeknya ahaha.

Karena suami sepupu saya adalah seorang TNI AD, maka resepsi pernikahannya pun pake Pedang Pora. Tau nggak Pedang Pora? Itu lho yang beberapa prajurit berbaris dua banjar sambil mengangkat pedangnya saling silang dan mempelainya jalan di bawah silangan pedangnya. Dan itu adalah atraksi Pedang Pora pertama yang pernah saya lihat.

Waktu sampai di gedung resepsi dengan susah payah karena saya pake heels nyokap yang tingginya kayaknya 5 cm (soalnya tinggi saya hampir menyamai adek saya yang tingginya 170 cm), saya lihat banyak anggota militer yang bertebaran (meses kalee...) di dalamnya . Tapi kok ya nggak ada yang tinggi tho yaa -,-' Padahal mereka masih muda-muda dan ehm... pretty good looking. Saya emang pake heels jadi keliatan lebih tinggi, tapi saya juga make patokan adek saya yang ternyata lebih tinggi dibanding mereka hoho.

Saya pun nimbrung bareng sama sepupu-sepupu saya yang udah nyampe duluan, sambil nungguin Pedang Pora yang udah saya nanti-nanti. Untungnya, sodara-sodara saya itu ngumpul di deket pintu masuk prajurit yang mau Pedang Pora. Jadi bisa lebih deket deh liat orang-orangnya hehe. Begitu suasana mendadak hening, pasukan Pedang Pora masuk ke dalam ruangan dengan langkah tegap dan sumpah keren banget waktu mereka entry ke tengah ruangan! (and still, adek saya masih lebih tinggi dari pasukan itu. Tapi yang paling depan agak tinggi dan lumayan cakep haha).

Dan ketika para prajurit itu berdiri saling berhadapan dan mulai mengeluarkan pedang masing-masing sesuai komando, saya memekik sendiri saking hebohnya. Saya berulang kali bilang, "That's cool!!" atau "Oh God, awesome!" atau "Cool!!!" sambil meremas lengan adek saya yang paling kecil yang waktu itu berdiri di samping saya sambil lompat-lompat kegirangan. Waktu pedangnya dikeluarin dan kedengaran bunyi "Siiingg..." itu yang bikin merinding, keren abis!!!

Sebelumnya, saya dan adek saya yang paling kecil sempet making fun.

Saya: Eh, dek. Gimana kalo kita minjem pedangnya buat foto-foto?
Adek: iya, trus dibuat mainan perang-perangan...
Saya: Atau kita jalan di depan pengantinnya duluan pas pedangnya diangkat?? trus foto-foto??
Adek: Iya!!

Sambil terbengong-bengong ngelihatin Pedang Pora, saya ngelirik ke arah bokap yang berjalan ke sisi lain ruangan buat ngelihat lebih jelas. Di sampingnya seorang prajurit yang bajunya sama kayak pasukan yang lagi Pedang Pora berjalan ke arah bokap saya. Saya cuma bisa lihat dia dari belakang, mukanya nggak kelihatan. Perhatian saya pun kembali tersedot ke tengah ruangan dan ketika noleh lagi ke bokap, beliau udah ngobrol-ngobrol sama prajurit yang tadi itu!!! And you know what, pas si prajurit noleh ke arah bokap dan badannya agak menghadap ke belakang, I can see an angel's talking to my dear father and smiling. Oh Dad, I wish I were in your shoes... *mupenggelaaa*

Waktu pengantinnya jalan di bawah pedang pora, kan pelan-pelan gitu bin lama. Saya jadi nggak tahan buat berkomentar ke adek saya, "Nggak enak ya kalo nikahannya ada pedang pora, nggak bisa langsung duduk. Kalo kawinan yang biasa kan ningnangninggung ningnangninggung jalan , trus langsung duduk ke kursinya. Kalo ini kan pake berhenti dulu..." Adek saya manggut-manggut setuju.

Saya kok kasihan sama sepupu saya itu. Udah pake sanggulnya berat, pake heels, belum kain yang dia pake kan sempit banget tuh. Kalau saya jadi dia, saya maunya cepet duduk biar nggak lama-lama berdiri pake heels terkutuk itu. FYI, kelamaan berdiri pake heels bisa menyebabkan penyumbatan aliran darah di kaki lho :]

Selesai Pedang Pora, pasukan kembali ke tempat lewat pintu yang sama. Yang jadi pemimpin barisan, jalan sambil nahan ketawa! ahaha. Lalu MC memberitahukan bahwa sekarang waktunya hadirin untuk memberi selamat pada mempelai, ketika waktu itu tiba saya dan sodara-sodara saya udah keliling buat nyobain makanan yang disajikan. Soalnya kita udah stand by di rumah sepupu saya mulai pagi dan tentunya ketemu sama mereka berdua, jadi... ya ntar aja salamannya kalo mau pulang ahaha. Sambil nyobain menu-menu yang tersebar di tepi-tepi ruangan, sekalian dong cuci mata ke pasukan Pedang Pora yang udah bubar barisan hehe. Waktu lagi ngobrol-ngobrol sama sepupu saya, mendadak salah satu mbak sepupu saya nyeletuk...

Mbak: Kamu kapan nyusul?
Saya: Eh? hehe
Mbak: Mereka ketemunya di Surabaya lho... (nunjuk ke kedua mempelai yang lagi foto-foto sama temen-temennya)
Saya: (manggut-manggut)
Mbak: Ketemunya di TP (Tunjungan Plaza), si G (mempelai pria) ngajak kenalan I (sepupu saya alias mempelai wanita) gitu... Trus minta no. hape... Siapa tau kamu juga gitu... waktu itu si G kan lagi pelesir, mampir di Surabaya...
Saya: kok serem ya, Mbak? Ngajak kenalan... minta no.hape... Serem ah!

Saya menganut paham "Don't talk to the stranger", apalagi yang tiba-tiba mendatangi saya, ngajak kenalan dan minta no.hape. Bisa-bisa saya kabur duluan sebelum ngomong apa-apa. Ngeri nggak sih kalo tiba-tiba orang asing itu adalah psikopat atau orang-orang yang punya niatan jahat??! Beruntunglah sepupu saya itu diajak kenalan cowok ganteng yang proper. Lucky you, cousin... Lucky you...

Udah keliling ruangan (kecuali ke tempat si pengantin, karena itu bagian terakhir hehe), tiba-tiba nyokap dipanggil bokap disuruh mengikuti beliau yang lagi jalan ke tempat saya melihat Pedang Pora tadi. Saya penasaran, jadi saya ngajak adek saya buat ngikut juga. Eh ternyata bokap lagi say hi gitu sama seorang bapak-bapak yang pake jas rapi dan di kerahnya ada pin khusus yang saya nggak tahu simbol apa itu, nyokap juga salaman sama bapak itu. Saya pikir, paling-paling juga sodara jauh bokap atau kolega beliau yang ternyata juga datang ke pernikahan sepupu saya. Sampai saya mendengar hal ini...

Nyokap: Mbak, kamu nggak minta kenalan ta?
Saya: Trus... buat apa habis itu?
Nyokap: Lho itu kan suaminya Elsa Syarif... Itu Om-nya Papa.
Saya: Kok bisa?
Nyokap: Itu adeknya Eyang Dharu... (Eyang Dharu itu sudah saya kenal dari kecil dan saya tahu kalau beliau Om-nya bokap)

Sekitar 3 detik setelah saya dan nyokap kasak-kusuk, bokap ngenalin adek saya yang paling gede ke suaminya Elsa Syarif itu, lalu gantian saya dan yang terakhir adek saya yang paling kecil. Anyway, Elsa Syarif yang saya maksud di sini adalah lawyer kondang yang banyak menangani kasus-kasus para selebriti di ibu kota itu. Yup, that Elsa Syarif!

Berikutnya tante saya udah minta dipotretin aja sama Eyang saya yang baru ketemu itu bareng sama Eyang Dharu yang juga hadir hari itu. FYI, saya lupa bawa Lou jadi saya mupeng berat ngelihat orang-orang pada jeprat-jepret. Mana ada Om saya yang bawa Canon DSLR gitu, jadi gatel pengen minjem rasanya -,-'. Jadi, pas tante saya nyodorin digicam pocket Sony-nya ke saya buat motretin dia sama Eyang suaminya Elsa Syarif itu, saya pun langsung dengan bersemangat meraih kamera pink yang classy itu dan jepret deh! :] Kirain cuma sekali aja, setelah itu saya digeret tante saya itu ke tempat Eyang saya yang lain buat motretin lagi. Oke deh! Hasrat jeprat-jepret terpuaskan meski nggak pake Lou. (Kayaknya saya kualat ngatain adek saya nggak pubdok-minded gara-gara dia nggak bawa HP-nya pas ke DBL Arena sama temen-temennya beberapa hari yang lalu).

Saya juga sempet motretin adek saya di lapangan yang ada di depan gedung resepsi, anyway resepsinya dihelat di area milik TNI AD yang ternyata nggak jauh dari rumah sepupu saya. Jadilah saya fotografer dadakan yang motretin anak kecil yang beranjak remaja dan sok eksis *peacebro!*

Sepulang dari resepsi (iya, saya salaman dulu kok sama pengantinnya plus foto bareng dulu sekeluarga. Tebak saya berdiri di sebelah mana?), saya melewati jalan yang lebih parah dari waktu berangkat. FYI, jalannya tuh terjal banget kayak medan tracking dan saya kan lagi pake heels yang bikin tepian jari kelingking kaki saya sakit. Ampun deh! Saya harus jalan di atas rumput yang ada batu-batunya, menyebrangi sungai (serius!) dan menuruni tanah yang nggak rata. Pake heels. Sepanjang perjalanan saya nggak berhenti ngomel-ngomel dan ngeluh, saya sumpahin itu sepatu dan saya berjanji bakal mencampakkannya begitu sampe mobil dan akan segera merangkul Crocs saya yang tercinta. Sumpah, nggak ada yang nyaingin nyamannya pake Crocs!

Sebenernya saya nggak pake heels yang saya pake hari itu, ada satu heels (punya nyokap juga) yang modelnya kayak sepatu-sendal (ada tali yang melingkar di pergelangan kaki) tapi sayangnya yang itu rusak sol bawahnya. Terpaksa deh pake yang model sandal yang nggak pake tali dan rasanya pengen copot aja. Bener-bener nggak nyaman! Saya jadi mempertimbangkan buat beli heels sendiri yang ada talinya, lebih tertutup dan nggak bikin kaki lecet. Seperti yang dipake Alexa Chung mungkin ;]

Alexa Chung in Louis Vuitton Spicy Sandals

or this...


or maybe this one...



I'm sorry there's no enough photo for this post, I forgot to bring Lou with me. I totally forgot and I realized I was such a moron at the time :[