Monday, July 11, 2011

Sorry, Sis. :D

Still about my family. Get use to it, because these days i mostly spending my time with them.
Which im very grateful of. :)
Itung-itung bayar utang tiga taun kemaren ketemu cuman seminggu sekali.

So, last week my sister, Ka Eta, had only three days of college schedule. So she went home on Wednesday, stayed until Sunday afternoon, as usual. By the time i took her to Cipaganti Travel which would take her back to Jakarta. Its a two weeks cycle.

Sebenernya udah BBM-an beberapa hari sebelomnya kalo gue bakal bisa maen ama dia Hari Kamis, tapi gue lupa kalo Kamis itu gue ada tugas jadi koordinator photoshoot buku kenangan. Jadilah dia berkelana dengan SI Ibgen (Ibu Gendut, the way we call our mom), tentu dengan sedikit merengut ama gue, hehe. Kenapa ga pergi ama cowonya? Well, its a tough question. Kalo dijawab bakal bisa berujung pencolokan mata.

Jumat gue remedial, dan dia ama Papah-Mamah pergi nganter kulkas dan TV buat Ka Ela di rumah kontrakan barunya. Funny thing happened here, you know my Dad is a surprise-freak. He LIKES to give surprises. So he bought a refrigerator for my sister, brought it along to Bogor, just to found out that Ka Ela, intending to give a surprise as well, had bought one. Jadilah si kulkas berkelana bolak-balik Bandung-Bogor.
Moral of the story: komunikasi itu vital, Bung.

Sabtu gue basket di Sabuga ama temen-temen SMA. Pulang jam 2 dengan estimasi bisa pergi nganter Ka Eta jam 5 ke travel. Tapi ternyata karena satu dan lain hal dia ga jadi pulang sore itu, jadinya besoknya, which gave me an additional time to be with her. Masalahnya gue ada rencana ke Jatinangor untuk reuni Gugga (angkatan LKMM wilayah ISMKI), bingung lah gue.

But finally, considering i have been such a bad brother by being busy with my own agenda while she was at home, gue mutusin untuk cancel ke Jatinangor. Selaen mesti ngumpulin laporan penelitian juga sih..heheh.

Soo, gue mikir harusnya gue lebih bisa prioritasin waktu buat keluarga sih. Khususnya karena keadaan ga memungkinkan gue untuk ketemu kakak-kakak gue sesering dulu. Apalagi abis nonton Everybody's Fine yang dibintangin Robert de Niro (highly recomended!) jadi tambah pengen maksimalin waktu sama keluarga lah.

Umur-umur segini emang rentan.
Saat dimana kita terlalu sibuk dengan dunia, sampe lupa kalo ga banyak waktu tersisa untuk dihabiskan bareng keluarga.
They're getting older by days, dude.

Love them, cherish them. :)


That Particular Glasses

Background info: My sister, Ka Ela, has an unusually high attraction to glasses. More like glasses-fetish, i supposed. She likes glasses with stand-out color, which kind me and my other sister, Ka Eta, not very fond of. She has MANY of them. And unluckily she is an untidy type of person, so those glasses are literally EVERYWHERE around the house.



Soo, after she left home about 3-4 months ago (because she's married, not a fugitive whatsoever), these glasses are still spread around the house. I dont know why but every time i go look for something, i always end up finding one of her glasses.

Its not a big deal, actually. Its just that it keeps reminding me about how im used to her presence in this house. Used to her being there every weekend i come back from my rent-room.

Its a little thing, the glasses.
But yeah, i miss her.

Monday, July 4, 2011

Rumah Baru Ka Ela

Halo!
Karena keseringan off blogging dan balik-balik dengan minta maaf, i'll just skip the excusing-myself part and head on to what i'm really trying to tell. :)

Setelah ampir 3 bulan tinggal di rumah mertuanya, hari Minggu kemaren kaka pertama gue, Ka Ela, akhirnya pindah ke rumah barunya di daerah Gunung Putri, Bogor. Ngontrak sih, but hey, its a momentous step for that couple in order of maturing their relationship. At least kaka gue akan stop dimanjakan dengan masakan mertuanya yang aduhai *terbukti dari lengan atasnya yang mulai nyaingin pepaya*, dan mulai ngebiasain masak sendiri. You see, she used to not be able to differentiate spinach from kale. *rolling eyes*

Impresi pertama gue pas liat rumahnya...KECIL.
Tapi setelah masuk dan keliling-keliling.....TETEP KECIL.
Cuma butuh waktu 1 menit, give or take, buat ngelilingin rumahnya dari luar-ke dalem-ke luar lagi-ke rumah tetangga...ya engga lah, ngapain?
Mungkin karena gue kebiasa ama rumah gue yang, engga gede sih, tapi lapang jeung teu loba betrak-betruk.
Rumah baru ini dipulas kuning cerah dan punya beranda depan yang oke buat kongkow-kongkow, despite Bogor's weather which is like a living hell compared to Bandung.
Terdiri dari 1 ruang keluarga, 1 kamar tidur utama, 1 dapur, 1 kamar mandi, 1 ruang makan, 1 ruang tidur tamu, 1 lapangan golf. (Kalo sampe tahap ini lo blom sadar ada yang salah berarti lo ga konsen. Baca ulang sanah. Di bawah tiang bendera. Sekarang.)

Rumah baru ini bukan sekedar gedung baru, tapi sebuah tonggak sejarah *halah* yang bakal jadi saksi bisu perjalanan idup keduanya, dan keluarga kami.
Ia akan melihat keduanya saling mengasihi.
Ia (mungkin) akan jadi saksi keduanya saling mencaci. (naudzubillah)
Ia akan ikut serta dalam diskusi soal biaya hidup, tabungan pendidikan anak, tetangga yang mengesalkan, masalah di kantor, sampai bumbu dapur dan cucian kotor.
Di dalamnya lah akan terdengar gema langkah pertama si mungil nanti.
Di beranda nya lah keluarga kami akan bersilaturahmi saat Idul Fitri.

Di luar sana, biarlah badai dan petir mengamuk sesukanya.
Tapi RUMAH dan KELUARGA lah tempatmu melepas jemu dan memupuk bahagia.