My Beautiful-Hearted Man

It was a very beautiful morning when I read Professor Hector Hammerly’s book on pronunciation chapter. I enjoyed it a lot. One thing I really loved that morning was the bird songs I could hear from where I read. My man was still sleeping as he was a little bit ill. Seeing him sleeping on his stomach is as well one of the things I loved at that time. He slept peacefully.

There’s suddenly a little puppy in front of the building meowing perpetually. I thought it’s gonna go soon and the noisy sound was gonna be gone too. Yet, I was wrong. It couldn’t even stop meowing for like 15 minutes. I started to get annoyed. My man did too. Then he woke up and approached me.

I thought he would start to complain about how hard it has been to sleep peacefully in Central Java. He could never find any tranquility every time he wanted it so badly. He’s been complaining about the megaphones from the masjids that sometimes can be so annoying instead of beautiful. About those careless drivers who drive crazily with their modified motorcycles which produce horrible sounds. The sound of the chickens at dawn that’s sometimes very very disturbing. And all other bothersome sounds he hears in Central Java.

But guess what, here’s the thing he said as he approached me:

“Cindy, there’s only one sachet of milk left. I think I’m gonna give my milk to that little puppy. You know, it’s hungry. It’s been meowing for like twenty minutes.”

I smiled. He left to prepare the milk for the puppy. Then he gave the milk to that puppy.

I watched what he did to the puppy. He looked at that puppy, smiled, and used his body language to communicate with the puppy to ask the puppy to drink the milk. It stopped meowing but it didn’t drink the milk though.

Then my man said: “The puppy doesn’t want to drink the milk now. I left the milk there though. The puppy can drink it later.”

It was funny to me because as far as I know, most cats in Central Java do not drink milk. But I adored what I did very much. Even though he complains a lot when it comes to noisy sounds, he has a beautiful heart. More than one people bad mouthed him, even in front of me. But I think it’s just because they fail to see my man’s beautiful heart. It takes time to be able to see someone’s heart, it even takes more time when the heart is as beautiful as my man’s :)

Always Use Commas

Me     : Mark, listen. I have a piece of advice for you. Always use comma, okay?

Mark  : (giggle) Okay. I thought you’d say “Always use condoms, okay?”

Me     : (chuckle) Using comma is important.

Mark  : Using condom is important too. You just don’t know yet.

Well, I randomly told him this because I watched this awesome video

Did I Say I Love You?

Him   : Cindy, I love you.

Me     : I know, Mark.

Him   : Wait waittt. Did I say I love you?

Me     : What?

Him   : I love you, Cindy. I love you.

Me     : Haha.. I love you too. But don’t look at me like that.

Him   : I can’t help it. If you want me to stop looking at you like this it means I have to stop loving you. Of course I can’t so forget it.

Me     : *hugssss*

Daddy’s Girl

So long since I wrote something here. Banyak yang terjadi dan gak aku tulis. Terlalu sibuk sama rencana-rencana di masa depan. Karena memang sengaja menyibukkan diri sama itu sih.

A couple of weeks ago, seseorang dari masa lalu membuat status di facebook bilang kalo dia mengidamkan calon istri yang bisa masak. Ketawa sih. Sama kesindir. Dikit hehe. Soalnya dulu dia bilang gak bisa lagi bareng sama aku salah satunya karena aku gak bisa masak. Haha belum bisa aja keleus :p

I randomly told my dad about this. He gave me the best answer ever:

“Gak papa belum bisa masak. Yang penting kamu punya duit buat beli makan. Intinya tetep bisa makan. Percuma juga kan kalo bisa masak tapi gak bisa beli bahan buat dimasak? Udah sekarang fokus aja dulu buat ngejar kuliah S2nya.”

My dad is that cool. Selalu di pihakku. Supporting me logically & reasonably. Talking to him really makes me happy. I’m his girl. Definitely.

My Javanese is Bad

This is how my man makes me want to kick him!

Him   : Cindy look, that man has a very biiig belly :D

Me     : Hahah you think he cares?

Him   : No. He loooong passed  the point of caring hahah would you be able to translate that into Javanese?

Me     : Oh give me a break!

Him   : Woops sorry. Your Javanese is very bad. Even worse than my Indonesian. And I better run now before you have my head chopped.

Me     : -___-

But then, I all I want is just hug him so tightly :) I love him so much.

The Question Must be Wrong

In the middle of studying English Relative Clauses, he & I did something silly like this:

Him  : Cindy, please answer the question number 23. Read it first.

Me    : “The person _____ sitting next to me is very stupid.”

Him  : So, the answer is?

Me    : NO. The question is not true. You’re the person who is sitting next to me right this minute. AND YOU ARE NOT STUPID. YOU ARE VERY VERY SMART. I don’t like the question number 23. IT MUST BE WRONG. Remember the theory of Aristotelian syllogism? If the premises are not true, the conclusion may not be true as well. I wanna skip the question. It’s totally wrong. I don’t like incorrect question. It’s not valid.

He was laughing while listening to what I was saying. Then he hugged me so tightly and we did nothing but hugging instead of continuing the study. I ♡ him very much.

The Graveyard

Here is the chit chat I had with my private English teacher. He is an American, FYI.

Him  : So, if you've been ill, why do you still go to work?

Me    : I have to get things done.

Him  : So, do you think you are irreplaceable?

Me    : Well, I think yes.

Him  : The graveyard is full of those who think they are irreplaceable.

Me    : LOL. No Mark, I’m not being cocky. I’m being honest.

Him  : So Cindy, the graveyard is full of those who think they are not being cocky but being honest.

Me    : *dissolving into laughter*

Well, he’s very intelligent and smart and knowledgeable. He’s definitely one of my favorites!

A Thoughtful Reminder

Sore tadi, boss ke ruanganku buat pamit pulang duluan. Aku lembur. Habis beres-beresin barang dan menenteng tasnya, tiba-tiba, boss balik ke ruanganku lagi dan nongol di pintu. He randomly said:

“Eh satu reminder ya. Kebanyakan mikir yang menang pikiran negatif. Dah ya. Bye”

It leaves me speechless L

Chit Chat of the Day 2

Boss   : Kenapa Cin kok gak bersemangat gitu?

Me     : Lagi galau Pak Po. Aku pengen sekolah nih. Pengen banget. Tapi belum punya uang. Biayanya mahal. Harus nabung dulu. Itupun lama.

Boss   : OK. Let me tell you. Dulu kan aku pengen banget kuliah di University of Michigan. Disana Business Schoolnya kan bangus. Nomer dua di US abis Harvard Business School. Tapi ternyata aku gak ketrima. Terus aku mikir, kalo aku tetep tinggal di Michigan sambil kuliah bisnis yang gak bagus, rugi dong. Terus aku putusin buat tinggal di kota besar aja, aku ke LA. Terus aku daftar jurusan bisnis di California State University dan keterima. Sekarang aku sadar kalo aku emang lebih seneng kuliah di California State University daripada University of Michigan. Soalnya kalo aku ketrima di Michigan pasti sekarang aku jadi sombong. The point is, segala sesuatu itu terjadi sesuai kemampuan kita di waktu yang tepat. Jadi, sabar dulu. Nanti kalo udah tepat waktunya pasti bisa sekolah lagi.

Me     : :)

Chit Chat of the Day #1

Saya itu orangnya gampang banget terinspirasi. Terutama sama orang-orang atau kejadian-kejadian di sekitar. Salah satunya, bos saya di kantor. Bos saya ini punya banyak stok cerita dan lebih-lebih, dia pandai bercerita. Dengerin bos saya ngomong itu selalu menyenangkan dan jauh dari kata membosankan. Ada aja cerita yang dibagi. Cerita yang bikin saya senang karena merasa dapet pengetahuan baru. Cerita yang bikin saya lebih pintar dan kadang, bikin lebih open-minded J

Kebiasaan kami, mendekati jam pulang kerja, bos selalu ke ruangan saya buat mengabiskan sebatang dua batang rokok. Nah, kalo pas kayak gini, biasanya saya dapet banyak banget cerita yang inspiratif walaupun kadang topiknya ringan.

Mulai hari ini, saya buat label “Chit Chat of the Day” buat nyeritain percakapan-percakapan paling mengena yang saya dapet dari orang-orang sekitar. Hari ini, my boss did it. Ceritanya tentang lagunya Daft Punk diambil dari album terbarunya Random Access Memories. Judul lagunya Giorgio By Moroder.

Bos cerita ke saya tentang keunikan pembuatan lagu ini. Jadi, Giovanni Giorgio Moroder ini adalah penemu musik elektronik. Dia diundang Daft Punk buat ikut andil di album RAM ini. Tapi, ternyata Moroder diundang buat nyeritain dirinya di tiga masa yang berbeda. Dia pun diharuskan ngomong pake tiga mikropon berbeda, yang dibuat di tahun yang diceritakannya. Awalnya Moroder ini sempet protes sama produsernya karena merasa gak ada bedanya ngomong pake tiga mike beda. Lalu produsernya bilang kalo dua robot (Daft Punk) tau kok bedanya. Akhirnya Moroder nurut dan jadilah lagu Giorgio By Moroder. Jadi intinya, Moroder cuma disuruh ngomong di awal aja. Habis itu dia gak dilibatkan lagi :D

Dan tau-tau udah jadi lagu ini J