Everybody's (Not) Fine

Kemarin gue baru saja nonton sebuah film di Cinemax yang berhasil bikin termehek-mehek. Everybody's Fine. Sebuah kalimat yang sering kita pakai untuk menjawab pertanyaan orang akan kabar kita.

"How are you?"

"I am fine thank you, and you?"
"I am fine too!"

Ya, memang kadang lebih mudah menjawab 'aku baik-baik saja' dibandingkan menjawab 'tidak, aku punya masalah' dan kemudian harus menceritakan panjang lebar tentang keluh kesah kita sehari-hari. Belum lagi harus menghadapi penilaian dan penghakiman orang lain tentang segala sesuatu yang kita perbuat. 'Lo harusnya gini gini gini dong!', 'Yah, coba lo ga kayak gitu, mungkin keadaan ga akan kayak gini', dan seterusnya mungkin adalah kata-kata terakhir yang mau lo denger dari orang lain saat lo bener-bener lagi terpuruk. Kadang-kadang yang kita butuhin memang hanya sepasang telinga yang selalu siap sedia mendengarkan dengan baik, dan sebuah tatapan sayang di akhir cerita disertai dengan sebuah 'sabar ya' yang terucap dengan tulus.

Ya tapi mau gimana lagi? Emang kadang-kadang orang lain udah ga tau mau ngomong apa lagi, mungkin orang-orang gemes ngedenger tingkah laku kita yang membuat mereka berpikir 'yah, lagi lo kenapa gitu sih.' Jadi mungkin keduanya memang diperlukan. Kadang-kadang kita bukan hanya perlu sepasang telinga, tapi kita juga butuh sebuah mulut yang selalu siap 'menampar' kita dengan realita hidup yang sebenarnya tidak terlalu keras, tapi karena hati kita sedang seperti diiris-iris light saber jadi kayaknya keras. Sebuah mulut yang siap membawa kita kembali ke jalan yang seharusnya (belum tentu benar ataupun baik).

Hanya dengan kedua hal tersebut, then everybody would be fine. Godspeed. :)

Summer Experience :)

Hello folks! Long time no see! How was your summer holiday? Was it good? Splendid? Superb? Well I know mine was! Hehehe. I spent two months of my three-months summer holiday taking a short term class, and the other one working as a part-time GO in Club Med Bali.

Let me explain a bit about my job there. GO is short for Gentils Organisateur. I worked as a Mini Club GO. Club Med has a facility called Mini Club. Mini Club is separated to 4 clubs. Petit Club (2-3 years old), Mini Club (4-7 years old), Kids Club (8-10 years old), and Junior Club (11-17 years old). Our job is basically to take care of the kids who sign in to the club, play and do activities with them. We open at 9 am in the morning till 5.30 pm and open again at 6.50 pm til 9 pm. I deal with the Mini Club kids. It's hard to say which club GOs has the more difficult job because each club has its own ups and downs. With Mini Club, you have to deal with smaller kids who have less responsibilities in life, they probably just learned how to walk and run yesterday. I have to say sometimes it's a pain in the ass to chase them around, some of them JUST WON'T LISTEN! They're like devil in disguise! Heheh. But some of them are really nice and sweet once you got them to come around to you. Somewhere between and after our Mini Club working hours, we have to do GM contact, basically we sit down and mingle with the guests.

In my first week there, I really wanted to go home. I felt like all the people there were awful. The GOs might be smiling to the GMs but with other GOs, sometimes they were just awfuullll. For a newbie like me, it surely did feel like living hell. They expect us to know things around by ourselves, without telling us in advance. Well, of course we're allowed to ask in advance, even some of them would help without us asking, but some just give us a horrible look and explain things to us briefly without further ado (but now that I come to think of it again, aren't all workplace just the same? Haha).

As days went by, I got used to the situation and started to understand that's just the way things are there. Under pressure, of course sometimes you could explode, but there was NO WAY you may explode in front of the guests. So sometimes you misdirect your anger unto your colleagues, and you should understand each other. You work hard, you party hard. At working hours you really work, there are boundaries, rules and everything that tied you altogheter. After working hours, you're just colleagues hanging out and having fun together. I started to grow fond of my colleagues. Now and then, after a week being at home, I even still think about them. What are they doing at this time of day? Oh they're supposed to be having snack by now, oh they're supposed to be having Michael Jackson Show right now, etc. I even pick up a little French, Japanese, and Korean. I can say 'Let's go!' and 'Sit down, please' in six languages now! Ha.

I started to grow fond of Club Med life too. What I really like about Club Med is how it brings hundreds of strangers together, and kinda force us to be friends within seconds. That was actually a fun experience, something I would never do if it weren't for working in Club Med.

Overall, part-timing in Club Med Bali was really fun, and in the future, if they're still willing to accept me, I would totally go back there without further thinking! (+ I kinda left my fav short and my friend's tanktop somewhere in mini club, so I probably SHOULD go back hahaha). Thanks for the fun you gave me, Club Med! Now, let's go back to college with full tank! Godspeed.

Sistem Pembayaran Sebuah Universitas Kelas Dunia (Wannabe)

Pada tanggal 30 Mei 2011, saya Bernardine Stefani, membayar iuran Semester Pendek atau SP sejumlah Rp.750.000 melalu ATM BNI Fakultas Ilmu Pengetahuan Budaya Universitas Indonesia. Layar menyuruh saya untuk menunggu karena transaksi sedang diproses. Setelah itu tulisan di layar berubah menjadi "Maaf, transaksi untuk sementara tidak dapat dilakukan." Sebuah struk kecil pun keluar dengan tulisan yang sama.

Akhirnya saya menunggu untuk membayar lagi pada tanggal 31 Mei 2011. Ternyata saat hendak membayar, saldo saya tidak cukup, padahal saya ingat terakhir kali saya cek sebelum percobaan membayar SP tanggal 30, saldo tabungan saya masih ada sekita Rp.1.200.000. Akhirnya saya pun panik dan mengecek ke BNI KC UI Depok. Di catatan mereka memang pada tanggal 30 Mei, saya ada transaksi bill payment sebesar Rp.750.000 ke rekening UI. Di SIAK NG, sistem akademis mahasiswa online, status IRS saya masih "Harus menunggu konfirmasi pembayaran." Makin panik, saya mengurus hal ini ke rektorat lantai 4 dengan Bapak Dedy Supratikno. Bapak Dedy sangat kooperatif dan langsung mengurus hal ini. Setelah itu, beliau menyuruh saya mengecek status saya lagi di SIAK.

Pagi ini begitu saya mengecek di SIAK, status IRS saya sudah berubah menjadi "Menunggu konfirmasi pembayaran." Ya, memang berubah, hanya kata 'harus' yang hilang. Mau tidak mau saya sekarang merasa kesal. Harus melapor kemanalagikah saya? Harus mengurus kemanalagikah saya? Apakah ini sistem pembayaran "WORLD CLASS UNIVERSITY"?

Why I Love Sinetron

Reasons why I love sinetron:

1. It encourages young people to dress and/or act older than they really are/supposed to

2. It teaches us that everything will be alright as long as we "pasrah" and "berserah kepada Allah."

3. If your life's miserable, you're probably not your parents' daughter. Someone might've switched you when you were a baby. So don't worry, be happy, and keep praying.

So, what's so not to love about sinetron? You guys are crazy, duh. Godspeed.

Birthday Wish List 2011

1. A puppy. Beagle/husky/chow chow/pug.
2. Hyun Bin or Ryu Soo Young. Hahaha.
3. A nose job.
4. A private chef.
5. Justin Bieber concert VIP tickets.

Pasti bisa terwujud kan ya? Amin...Godspeed.

Dream High: Genie Cover

Been watching Dream High. Anteng karena pemainnya cakep-cakep, lagunya bagus-bagus. Gue paling suka pas mereka bikin cover Genie di episode 4 (eh atau 5 ya). IU's been known for her amazingly skilled guitar-playing, dan selama ini kalo dia ngecover lagu artis-artis lain emang jatohnya jadi enak. Lies-nya Big Bang yang jejingkrakan jadi mellow, Sorry Sorry jadi agak quirky tapi tetep enak, Gee jadi manis nan syahdu. Kali ini gak terkecuali. Terus gue heran banget, si Suzy baru 16 tahun, tapi kenapa cakepnya udah naudzubillah ya Allah?

Oke cukup sekian. Silakan ditonton. Let's spread some Dream High love! Godspeed.

Dream High: Winter Child

This would probably be my most favourite birthday song EVER.

Winter Child

Born in the winter, beautiful you
Clean like snow, you who belongs to me
Born in the winter, my lover
Clear like snow, you who belongs to me

Regardless whether its spring, summer, autumn, or winter.
Always clear and clean

Born in the winter, beautiful you
Clean like snow, you who belong tome

Regardless whether it's spring, summer, autumn, or winter
Always clear and clean
Born in the winter, beautiful you
Clean like snow, you who belong to me

happy birthday to you..happy birthday to you ooohh
happy birthday to you. Your birthday...

happy birthday to you (happy birthday to you)

Being A Bitch

"Calling somebody else fat won't make you any skinnier, calling somebody else stupid. Calling somebody else stupid doesn't make you any smarter. All you can do in life is try to solve the problem in front of you." -Ms.Norbury, Mean Girls-

Okay, I won't go against Tina Fey, she's like my goddess. But I gotta join the dark force this time. Angst is better out than in. So when you're mad/angry with something/someone, just let it out. Call them names sure won't solve the problems, but it will produce good hormones in your bodies caused by reliefs of stress, which would make you solve the probs better. Am I right? Am I right? Yea, I'm feeling you, bitches.

Godspeed.

Day 11: Top 10 Blogs According To Me

I don't really blogwalk that much..so probably I know little of top blogs..or the "trending" blogs..so here's my version of top 10 blogs (not necessarily in order)

1. http://thefreakyteppy.wordpress.com/
She was my senior in high school and I love how she writes. And what she writes. About her life, normal stuff, love stuff, I enjoyed them all :) (ps: if you're reading this ci Teppy, I'm a big fan of your blog ever since your blogdrive days)

2. http://adriaticblue.multiply.com/journal
He started off here and now has moved to www.vipertongue.com. I don't even know him in person, and he doesn't know me either. Loved his tweets and followed him.

3. http://manampiring.multiply.com/journal
Turned out he knows my sister's best friend. Who knows if he knows my sister too.

4. http://bulejugamanusia.blogspot.com/
I'm really curious as to how this bule right here can speak such fluent Indonesian and even write his blog in Indonesian. And from what I read he seems like a really cool bule.

5. http://namakutephy.wordpress.com/
Someone posted her link on facebook, I clicked it, and am a frequent reader ever since. My favorite statement of hers was how writing a blog in full English does not mean that we aren't nationalists, or we dont love our country, or so on. We studied it LOCALLY, which proves that we are not a stupid nation.

6. http://dramabeans.com/
Well, if THIS considered a blog, then yes it is one of my top blogs.

7. http://allkpop.com/
This one too :D

8. http://jagoanmovies.blogspot.com/
Checked in here quiet frequently to check out new movies.

9. http://jktshitlooks.blogspot.com/
This blog only has 24 posts, but I swear those are the best 24 posts of mockery and fuckery I've ever read! Ha! Can someone update this blog, puuuh-lisss?

10. http://terselubung.blogspot.com/
Full of trivial facts, world's hidden secrets, et cetera. A light read that makes me a more knowledgeable person.

There, there. Hope you enjoy my favourite blogs as much as I do. Godspeed! :D

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The worst thing that might happen is when one of your fears come true. One of mine did. I failed classic Chinese 1 and I did see it coming. So, no surprise though. But still, it burdens me just by thinking I still have to go through that traditional characters hell one semester longer than others who passed.

Guess my luck has ran out now, eh?