The Coil

Hindun…Hinduna (an ancient name)…begitulah panggilan kesayangan eke buat Kaela. Biasanya dia ngambek kalo dipanggil Hindun, langsung deh doi protes sambil digalak-galakin walaupun mukanya malah bikin gue mau mati ketawa.

"Mama..my name is Kaela.."
"Really? Is not Hindun? I thought your name is Hindun"
"No mama..my name is Kaela…"
"Kaela Hindun?…"
"No it is Kaela…Kaela aja"
"Kaela Aja ..is that your name?"
"Noooooo…..is Kaelaaaaaaaaaaaa..waaaawwwww"
Hihihi…..

Tonight, I read you Winnie The Pooh story, but you want another one to read. I am tired from working hard today, so I will sing this song for you:

Seringnya menengok Friendster and ngeliat teman-teman masa lalu jadi teringat masa kuliah dulu. Jelek-jelek gini eke dulu kuliah di Universitas Indonesia lho…hehehe. Jadi inget lihat nama sendiri di koran pengumuman  abis Sipenmaru..Lucya Oktarina-Komunikasi UI…cihuiii…Bukan apa-apa, soalnya UI tuh sekolah negri yang bagus dan murah sesuai dengan kantong eke dulu. Bayangin sodara-sodara, waktu jaman  eke dulu bayaran satu semester cuma 200 ribu rupiah saja, pas eke dapet beasiswa jadinya gratis deh!! Belum lagi bangganya karena untuk masuk UI saingannyabanyak sekalee..trus kalo ditanya family dan handai taulan,
"Kuliah dimana Lus?"
"Ah..cuma di UI, jurusan Komunikasi…" dengan belagak nyantai padahal hidung eke udah kembang kempis tuh..hehehe. Belum lagi UI itu lokasinya besar sekali, kalo muter-muter jalan kaki alamat jari kaki jadi jempol semua..jadinya kalo mau masuk UI enaknya naik bis kuning dan pakai jaket kuning (UI ini emang demennya warna kuning..nggak tahu kenapa? Hehehe).
Jadi kalo pagi-pagi tuh turun dari bis umum langsung berhenti di halte UI, nungu bis kuning yang gede-gede. Kalo lagi males naik bis kuning, eke biasanya ambil jalan pintas lewat Gang Pucung..deehhh…kok gue bisa ingetan gini ya?? Yang seru lewat gang ini tuh, gangnya sempit jadi kalo ada cowok cakep lewat, aaihhh…lumayan bisa cuci mata dikit atau sengol-sengolan dikit..hahahhaha!!! CUma kalau hujan suka becek and banyak cacingnya..iihhhhhh!! Tau sendiri gue ada phobia ama cacing, keong, ulet bule and ulet keket…hehehe.
Jurusan Komunikasi termasuk dalam FISIP, tapi kayaknya yang paling top diantara jurusan lainnya..Bener loh…Soalnya anak-anak komunikasi terkenal paling suka cuap-cuap and keren-keren..Nah lo…!! Pas masuk dulu seniornya termasuk Meutia Kasim, terus siapa lagi eke nggak inget! Pokoknya banyak selebritis deh. Kuliahnya sih asik-asik, cuma yang paling eke sebelin tuh kuliah Bahasa Indonesia I dan Pengantar Ilmu Statistik. Jangan heran kalo baca blog eke bahasa Indonesianya acak kadul..abis kuliahnya aja dapet C begitu pula dengan Pengantar Statistik..C abis..Uiihhh..dua C yang mencoreng grade gue!!Yang paling gue senengin kalo ada kelas umum seperti Pengantar Ilmu Hukum yang muridnya bisa sampai 100 orang lebih, bukannya apa-apa, kalo lagi ngantuk nggak ketahuan ama dosen nun jauh di depan sana…Hik..hik…Bisa dibilang kuliah di FISIP nggak banyak basa-basi, manggil dosennya aja kalo nggak Mas, Bang atau Mbak kecuali untuk dosen yang senior banget seperti Pak Alwi Dahlan. Kalo mau nongkrong, mau tidur, mau sholat, mau baca buku di perpustakaan, and mau bolos juga terserah…namanya juga anak kuliah..Udah gede, udah bisa ngatur nasib sendiri.
Hmm apalagi yah, oh..soal isi perut between classes..wah jadi inget ama Balsem nih (apa tuh Balsem? Singkatan dari Balik Semak) tempat jajan paling hot di UI. Nggak salah sih julukannya soalnya kalo dilihat dari gedung kampus dulu, tempat jajan ini tertutup semak-semak (at least pas jaman eke kuliah dulu) jadi jangan heran kalo makan suka bareng ama harimau atau monyet..hihihi…Bo’ong deh!! Makanannya komplit sekalee,  seperti sate, pecel lele, nasi goreng, siomay, mie pangsit, gado-gado, es jeruk, es teler, rujak…name it deh!! Tidak jarang kalo anak-anak dari fakultas tetangga seperti Hukum, Sastra, Tehnik dan lainnya suka beranjangsana ke Balsem, ketahuan deh kalo bukan anak FISIP, biasanya celingak-celinguk..agak malu-malu kalau pesan makanan. Seperti mereka, gue dan teman-teman dekat (Widi, Eva, Diah, Ima, Lilis, Arlene, Titin..miss you all..so much!!) suka bertitian muhibah jajan ke warung fakultas lain, yang paling serem sih makan di fakultas tehnik…uuihhhh…masalahnya disana demografinya kebanyakan Ujang alias lelaki..hehehe…Yang ada kalo makan suka disuit-suitin…idihh..emangya gue burung apa??
Ada kalanya waktu makan di Balsem terus ada kecengan alias Pujaan Hati lagi makan juga..aiiihhhh….salah-salah nasi goreng gue nyasar ke mata ..huaaaa… Ngomongin PH, eke dulu banyak naksir orang and jarang ditaksir …hihihi….maklum dulu eke nggak banyak bersuara kecuali kalo ada yang nginjek kaki gue..Ooucch!! Nama gue nggak begitu bergaung di kampus FISIP..hihi…
"Lucya..yang mana tuh? Coba gue inget-inget…lho kok nggak inget ya??"
Yah nasib…..

Gw ini termasuk anak yang harus kerja sambil kuliah, makanya akhir-akhir tahun di UI, eke kerja serabutan deh, dari jadi liassion officer trus stand guide trus sempat satu semester jadi asisten dosen pak Ali Djahrie sama Evangeline untuk kuliah Psikologi Komunikasi..Seru banget! Makanya bikin skripsinya jadi melar, belum lagi ilham eke suka gonta ganti waktu nyari ide buat skripsi, kalo cari ilham kadang di tempat tidur, kamar mandi, atau di atas pohon kelapa..hehehe..Dulu ada motto makin tebal skripsi and makin canggih isinya…haha..padahal sih nggak begitu deh. Belum lagi nulis skripsi yang ampun deh susahnya, konsultasi ama pembimbing terus ganti paragraph atau teori yang nggak nyambung lah, bercengkrama di berbagai perpustakaan dari CSIS sampai perpustakaannya harian Angkatan Bersenjata..lho?? Emang waktu itu skripsi gw mengenai liputan surat kabar mengenai pembangunan pusat tenaga listrik bertenaga nuklir…tsaaahhh!!

….to be continued depend on the mood….

What a day…I had 8 massages in a row today..Tiring…I left the spa at 8 pm and went straight home. Driving at night is my favorite thing. There weren’t many cars on the street, I drove about 70 m/hour (120km/jam)…and I was listening to Nirvana’s song Smells Like Teen Spirit…O yeah….Whaz up!!

With the lights out it’s less dangerous
Here we are now
Entertain us
I feel stupid and contagious
Here we are now
Entertain us
A mulatto
An albino
A mosquito
My libido
Yeaaa…..

Ini resep mirip semur ayam (agak berkuah dan lebih asin), belajar dari temannya Phillip dulu waktu di Bahrain. Ini resep mestinya bukan resep asli, cuma mudah cara masaknya. Tinggal tumis, rebus dikit..makan deh!!

PS. Tin..this is one for you. I haven’t got any expertise cooking with santan. Kalau nggak suka santan kalengan mungkin bisa diganti ama susu sapi??

Finally the cold of the winter hit me and Kaela. Well, Kaela was having mild cold since three days ago, but when we went out yesterday, she started gets sick more.Last night, both her and I were coughing, sneezing and couldn’t rest well at all. But, this morning Kaela was complaining  her stomach ache so much and her breathing got worse. Phillip couldn’t get any appointment with some paediatricians so he took her to ER. I was so worried but I decided to stay home since I am still feeling weak. So, the whole morning I was sitting in front of the computer bored to death and worried about Kaela then I started to mess with my blog. Finally Phillip called, the doc did chest X-Ray and found nothing..Thank You God!! Alhamdulillah, but they will do urine test to find out why she is complaining a lot about her stomach lately.
It is hard when your little one get sick, you feel helpless and clueless  to make the pain go away, I usually try to soothe her by sit her down on  my lap, sing her favorite song and rubbing her back constantly. Get well soon Nak, and mama love you so much!!

Oh yeah, every time I log into my blog, old friends just appeared. The newest is Novi Groves..Ohoii tante..kemana aja dikau!!
This couple (Novi and Clive) among best friends from Bahrain. I am happy that slowly but sure, I start finding Nemos or old friends from all parts of the earth, name it: Sweden, Denmark, Jakarta, Dubai, Bahrain, and some from US. Some of them got married, had children, stay single (enjoy it ..!!) … Just to see their face, their family or to know that they are doing well makes my heart singing happily.Senangnya hatiku bertemu kawan lama lewat Friendster…

Aku rindu kampung halaman
dimana keluarga ku berteduh
dengan keluh dan kesah
juga canda dan tawa

Aku ingin pulang walau sekejap
untuk menengok semua itu

Oh ini yang paling cihuii..Buah Durian, Duren, Spikes Fruit atau buah Duri-Duri (kata alm. Benyamin S )Ah ha…Ceritanya waktu itu diundang makan ke rumahnya Ghita, trus disana ditawarin durian…Loh, kok ada durian? Ghita bilang kalo dia dapetin itu buah di Asian Market store dekat down town..Oh lala..mata eke berbinar-binar kayak lampu petromax..ihikkk..setelah hampir tiga tahun nggak makan Durian akhirnya ketemu juga ama buah idaman eke..Alhasil langsung deh, eke ajakin Phil ke down town beli buah duri-duri..Seperti biasa doi bawaanya mual-mual karena bau di market sana emang agak-agak heboh, eke bilang aja..aduh Phil..nanti kalo ke Jakarta lagi eke ajak muter-muter pasar Kramat Jati deh..biar pengsan sekalian..ehhhheeehh!! Matanya langsung melotot..hiyy!!
Trus, yang lucunya buah Durian disini waktu dibeli beku karena ditaro di freezer. Lansung aja daku beli yang paling kecil karena eke nggak bisa milih durian yang masak, satu poundnya dihargain $1.92 so jadi eke bayar kira-kira $5 untuk satu durian Monthong dari Thailand (mana nih dari Indonesia?) lengkap beserta kulitnya. Sampai dirumah sempet bingung, ini gimana mau buka kulitnya ya? Pake jurus kungfu apa nih? Eh setelah dipencet-pencet..ternyata oh lala…kulitnya lembek, jadi eke sentil aja pake jari langsung kebuka….Nggak denk, bukanya cuma pake tangan terus ditekan dikit..Setelah basa-basi  nawarin ke Phillip yang langsung kabur karena nggak tahan bau duren..ya sudahlah semuanya buat eke. Kaela nyicipin dikit langsung bilang" Mama..I don’t like the smell"..mm..emang anak bule….!
Akhirnya rindu kampung halaman terobati juga. Duren..I love YOU! Btw, bukan Duda Keren loh..:)

I am an ex Stewardess and I proud to say it!! This post I dedicate for my awesome experiences when I was working with Gulf Air (but I also worked for Malaysian Airlines before I joined GF). Wow…where shall I start?? Hmm….I think I can just put a bunch of bitter and sweet memories when I was working and lived in Bahrain ( a tiny kingdom in Middle East). Gosh…about life in Bahrain, I can tell that I had a blast most of the time with some of crazy girls that ever survive on earth!! Hahaha…Sometimes after arrived from 12 hours flight went straight to apartment and called girl who wasn’t flying,  put away the suitcase, took off the stinky uniform and changed into clubbing  clothes then some of us headed to the hot club in Bahrain :BJ’s, JJ Murphy, Wabler, etc.
Or, on a fine day, we were  sitting around in our apartment, cooked food and exchanged stories about the latest block (flight) that we did such as..who the bitchiest Supervisor that we should be aware of or who was the coolest Cabin Senior to fly with or talked about  handsome passengers on board, or naughty Captain…Hehehhe..!! There were times when we loved to hang out by  the pool at the Le Meridien or Hilton hotel just lying under  the sun. Believe me, some of us came up with very nice tan…Never happened to me though Also not to forget about  the shopping trip that Gulf Air girls fond of!! Shopping in Bahrain was fun although anywhere is fun as well (Hidup shopping…), the fashion style gets more iinfluence  by Europe tastes. Some big store brand name that  popular in Middle East, I couldn’t find here, says like Mango, River Island, Zara, Mossimo Dutti, Benetton, Kookai, Next, etc. Al Ali, was the main shopping mall, and often, when some of us just want to hang out out of the apartment, we went there to shop and then sat down and had the best Cinnamon roll at Cinnabon!! Oh yeah …it was fun days!!
There were so many times when I had butterfly in my stomach before headed to the headquarter because I was afraid that the crew that I would fly with were horrible..Yep..if I was lucky I would fly with 4 or up to 14 fun and crazy crew that made the trip easy or I would end up with the set of crew that made me cried for whatever stupid reasons such as some of  Cabin Senior who would just want everything went perfectly!! Some of them would think that you are an idiot if  you couldn’t remember the name of half of 24 passengers in Business class for the first couple minute so you could greeted them with their name….Psycho Or if I had my bad day, I would end up working at First and Business class’s galley prepare hot and cold towel, Arabic coffe and dates, hot breakfast at individual served of rolls and buns and meals to coffe or tea..for 18 passengers in 45 minutes flying time from Bahrain to Dubai not to forget about checked the safety equipment and take care of cockpit crew…Euuwwww..for me it was worse than The Ring movie…Night mare!!!
I also had an experience when we had to save the baby that just born on the aircraft’s toilet because the mom stuffed the poor babe in the toilet bowl on trip to Jakarta!! What the h#*@! The flight delayed for 3 hours in Kuala Lumpur before we headed to Jakarta. What a mess!!
Since GF is an international airlines, the crew were also came from different nationality. You name it: British, Indonesian, Malaysian,Arabs, African, South African, Australian, Nepali, Indian, Chinese, Philipino,Bangladesh, Russian and so on, that was  enough to  make it difficult because then we had to adjust not only with the attitudes but also the culture differences.  There were chances when I would met up  with other Indonesian girls when I had night stopped (the break between the flights), the main hotel where the crew would met up is Abu Dhabi hotel. It was like the second base for Gulf Air crew..So, here how it works: arrived at the hotel lobby, went to the reception desk, asked for the other crew list which were staying at that moment, checked if you familiar with someone name,  got it?  checked their wake up call,  then run to the in house phone and…Halooo..eh.so and so, lagi ngapain nih? Sorry. elo lagi tidur yeee…Ini gue baru nyampe..he eh..Supervisornya geloo banget…Udah makan belum? Gue lapar nih…buffet yuk??  Sapa aja yang ada disini…..Ok deh ntar gue cabut ke kamar elo ya….Hi..hiiii….
The longest trip that I had to do I think it was 10 days trip, it was Bahrain-Singapore(3days stop)-Melbourne(2 days stop)-Singapore(3 days stop)-then back to Bahrain. That was nice block though, the passenger usually were nice people, Singapore and Melbourne are in fact are pretty and nice place to visit. Most of the time when I did the trip I went home broke because it was hard to resist not to shop in Singapore. The mall….ahhhhh…gorgeous!! I love Melbourne because of the great huge nice calm pretty park just in a walk distance from the hotel where the crew were staying, also the way Australian speaks..Ayye..mate how are ya? Awww so adorable.

I am happy at the moment, I found some of my old friends through Friendster. It began with  Lyla Hougard that sent me an invitation to check out her blog, then the light bulb appeared that I should make a blog of my own so my family back home could follow my family latest news in Missouri. Then it came an invitation from Christine from college..then it spread like a virus…I swear..I just clicked the mouse and KABOOMMM…some of faces that I knew at college appeared in the monitor..Friendster is great!!! Love it!!!