Monday, May 14, 2012

Photographs.

You know what is interesting about a photo?
 It's the moments captured. You capture a moment, not make a moment to capture.
 Learn the difference.

Monday, May 7, 2012

Happy Birthday Kacang Atom!

Siapakah Kacang Atom yang dimaksud?
Jadi, saudara-saudara, doi adalah teman saya si Kacang.
Nama aslinya disamarkan, pokoknya Kacang aja gitu panggilnya.
Nah terus dia tuh ulang taun gitu tanggal 21 April.
Jadi kadang kalo ga panggil kacang, bisa juga panggil Kartini. Bahahah jomplang
Tapi anehnya ni anak ga mau kalo orang-orang tau ulang taunnya dia.
And she made me promise not to publish her birthday. Padahal niatnya gua mo surprise-in dia.
Berhubung gw udah janji akhirnya gak jadi deh.
Lagian Diana, yang mau gua ajak surprisein juga lagi sibuk banget ngurusin rumah hantu.
Kalo mo ngajak yang lain, gatau siapa. Yang tau ulang taunnya dia kan cuma dikit.
Terus kalo mo ngajak kaka2 kosannya dia, engga gitu kenal.
Jadi terkubur dalam-dalamlah ide itu.
Nggak terkubur juga sih, sebenernya kita emang udah rencana mau beliin kue pas Kacang traktiran, cuma gatau kapan dia bakal nraktir, jadi yaaaa gitu deh.

Sampai pada suatu hari, di kelas Sosial Budaya Indonesia Bu Atin jam 4 di 3501....
Kacang (K): Ca, gua laper banget nih!
Ica (I): Traktir dong, kan belom tuh dari waktu itu...
K: Yaudah sini gua traktir, mo apa?
I: Shigen aja boleh deh! (kedai makan depan Unpar --red -->alah red apaan sih pink kek gitu)
K: Yah kok Shigen, kurang seru ah!
I: Apa dong?
K: Ciwalk aja yuk! Ajak Diana juga!
I: Eh tapi ntar gua rapat Gintre dulu... Nungguin gapapa?
K: Gua laper banget sih sebenernya...
I: Ganjel dulu geh beli roti sana
Trus dengan geblegnya tu anak keluar kelas beli roti, terus rotinya dimakan di kelas. Padahal ada dosennya. Bahahhaa parah abis, udah daritadi berisik, ini lagi malah makan terang-terangan hahahah
Sesudah kelas pun gua rapat dulu. Jam 7, rapat belom selese gua ijin, dan untung dibolehkan sama bu ketua (secara emang banyak juga yg udah ijin balik). Maka gua, Kacang, dan Diana cao ke Ciwalk naik taksi. Sampai di sana mubeng2 gak jelas karena ga tau mo makan apa. Pilihan akhirnya jatuh pada Gokana. Kita duduk di atas (lantai atas maksudnya, bukan di atas atap restorannya).
Pesen, pesen, pesen, maka kita pun nungguin. Gua ijin ke WC, padahal mau beliin kue. Gua udah tau mau beli di mana, yaitu di Roppan, tapi bingung mo beli rasa apa karena gua tiba-tiba lupa si Kacang suka rasa apa. Scumbag brain. Maka menuruti kata Diana, gua beli 2 toast rasa coklat dan keju.
Abis beli di Roppan, gua lari ke Yogya nyari lilin 19. Entah kenapa ya, mentang2 si Kacang ultahnya tanggal 21, gua ingetnya kalo dia umurnya 21 HAHAHA TUA LO CANG. Dan gua sampai di Yogya, ternyata angka 1 nya abis. Masa iya gua beli 9 doang, berasa muda lo entar umur 9 taon. Karena tidak ada, gua lari lagi cari toko kue lain, Bread Talk, JCo, bahkan sampai Century toko obat (karena gua merasa pernah liat lilin ulang taun di situ. Apa mata gw seliwer ya?). Nggak ada dong yang jual. Terus masa iya gua cuma beliin kue doang, ah nggak seru ah. Putar otak.

Meanwhile in Gokana...
K: Aduh, si Ica kemana ya? Kok lama banget sih? Gua udah laper nih...
Diana (D): WC-nya ngantri kali...
Makanan kita dateng semua. Kacang panik.
K: Di si Ica kemana sih? Kok gua jadi khawatir ya... Apa nyasar? Gua susulin aja kali ya?
D: Eh ga usaaah ga usaah, si Ica ini.
(Komentar gua ketika mendengar cerita ini: DIIIII KOK LO JAHAT SIIHHHHHH :'(((( hahahah)
K: Iiiih ini lagi gua telponin ga bisa!! Kemana sih ni anak??

Gua tiba di Gokana. Minta tolong mas-masnya nyariin korek buat lilin. Mas-masnya ada yang odong dong, "Wah, nggak ada korek mbak. Kalo mau di dalem aja" sambil nunjuk ke kompor. YAKALI MAS GUE MASUK KE DALEM NYALAIN DARI KOMPOR... Untungnya ada mas-mas newbie yang baik dan nyariin gue korek. Gua nyalain, terus pas gue mo naik, mas itu bilang, "Mbak, mau disetelin lagu nggak?" Gua langsung, "Oh iya boleh2 Mas" Terus dia bilang, "Pokoknya pas mbak mulai naik tangga lagunya mulai" Maka gua pun naiklah sambil mengendap-endap, mengintai apakah si Kacang ngeliat ke arah tangga. Terus lagunya mulai 'happy birthday...' gua jalan ke meja gua. Niatnya sih pengen pas si Kacang nengok tiba-tiba ada gw bawa kue, tapi nyatanya dia keburu liat pas gue jalan gitu. Pas ngeliat gue bawa kue jalan ke meja, orang2 pada ikutan tepuk tangan nyanyi happy birthday. Haha gila seru abis!!
Si Kacang berkaca-kaca, sementara gua, Diana, dan orang-orang di restoran tepuk tangan nyanyi happy birthday. Tiup lilin. Oh iya, gua belom cerita lilinnya ya? Ini dia:


HAH???? JADI TEMEN LO UMURNYA 685 CA??????
Nggaaaaaaaaaaa bukaaaaaaaaaan itu akal2an gw aja gara2 tadi kan angka 1 nya abis, gua akalin deh angka berapa yang kalo dijumlahin jadi 19.
Coba lu itung, kalo 6+8+5 hasilnya berapa? 19 kan? Bener gak?
Kalo salah, lo aja kali yang salah itung (ikutin gayanya Faza di kabaret)... Orang gua udah itung pake kalkulator kok. Weeeekkk.
Makanan udah dingin sewaktu kita surprise itu. Si Kacang sumpah kaget banget, ga nyangka katanya bakal disurprisein, soalnya kan ultahnya udah lewat 2 mingguan lebih. Hahaha.
Katanya total dia dapet 3 surprise: pertama dari kaka2 kosannya, kedua dari temennya dia yang dateng dari Canada, terus sama dari kita. Ahahahaaayyyy~

Terus pulangnya kita fotobox di Jonas kayak begini:


Foto pertama normal, foto kedua cacat, foto ketiga niatnya mo judes tapi entah kenapa si Kacang jadi kayak bintang pelem Cina jaman 80-an Vicky Shu (siapaaa lagi Vicky Shu), si Diana nggak jelas karena ada kelelawar di jidatnya (bahahahaa), dan gua.............. fail.

Okedeh sekian hari ini. Ha-pee-birt-day Kacang Atom yang Bersuara Bagus tapi Tukang Bajak BB!



Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Motherception (?)

Jadi ceritanya begini,
ada satu temen gua namanya Marshell, anak HI 2011 juga. Kenalnya tadinya dia temennya temen gua gitu kan, terus gataunya ketemu di kuliah, jadi kita temenan kan. Dia wakil Gintre 2012 loh. Uhuy.
Nah terus suatu hari ceritanya lagi simulasi student conference IAW di kampus. Kita sama-sama sebagai LO, tugasnya selama conference gabut doang di bangku observer kan. Terus ngobrol kan kita, ngomongin 9gag haha emang gagger nih semua. Tiba-tiba lagi asik ngobrol Kak Vrames, head of LO kita, bilang:
"Eh, kalian kembar ya?"
Gua sama Marshell langsung flip table.
Kembar apanya coba? Orang muka beda begini. Huuuhhh.

Gara-gara itu kita jadi suka ledek-ledekan kembar. Nah pada suatu hari di kelas SBI di mana kita sekelas, kita lagi ngobrol-ngobrol. Berikut obrolannya.
I: Shel, lu pulang nggak ntar pas tengah-tengah UAS? Kan ada libur tuh..
M: Gatau nih... Lu pulang ga Ca?
I: Gua sih fix pulang, soalnya nyokap gua ulang taun...
M: Laaaahhh???? Kok sama sih??? Nyokap gua juga ulang taun tanggal segitu!!
I: (mangap-mangap keabisan kata-kata)
M: Ca... Jangan-jangan... Kita beneran kembar terpisah???
*ketawa guling-guling*

Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Ngeliat status di myaiesec.net "matched" itu rasanya........
Kayak ganti status di FB jadi "in a relationship"
;)
Kapaaaaaaaaan ya FB nyusul ganti status -_-

Tuesday, March 6, 2012

I. Want. THIS. For. My. Birth. Day. Cake.

Seriously, I thought this kind of cake only exists in tumblr or 9gag.
But truth is, I saw a piece of this cake in the fridge of my kosan. One of my kakak kosan has it.
I wanted to try a bit, but she said the taste is too 'bikin eneg', so I didn't taste it.
But I'm still penasaran.
So I demand one of this for my birthday.
Which is still more than 6 months to go. mmmpphhhhahahahahha

Friday, February 17, 2012

Real-Life Twins.

Aloha... Been a vookin' long time since my last post, eh?
So here is me telling you the stories of my current life.
I just found out that:
1. My name is one of the most common nicknames in my campus. In my batch there's like 4 girls called Ica. Not to mention the seniors, or may be later, the juniors. (Geez! I just got in and now I'm about to have juniors? Sweet Jesus!)
2. My face is so markety (bingung? Here's a hint: market = pasar, -y = imbuhan, so 'markety' is.....) that people often mistook me for someone else. (the lecturer in the Catholic class even said, "Kamu yang suka nongkrong di Mahitala itu kan??" --> while in fact, I had never been there. Like, seriously.)
3. I am not looking for a relationship right now, though some of my closest colleagues suggest me to find myself a boyfriend. This is what I tell them now, after reading Paulo Coelho's The Alchemist, "No, I'm not into relationships right now. I better focus on my study, but yes, later I will focus on finding 'le perfect match'." Nahhahahaha~ (no, it's not really like that but... yeah, let's assume that it is what it is.)
4. 9gag is very addicting. When I first opened it I was like "WTF" and now each sentence I say has 9gag-ish phrase like, "DAFUQ" or "Like a boss" or "puking rainbow" or "Y U NO" blahblahblah.
5. I've been reading various books lately, from serious stuff like Paulo Coelho's The Fifth Mountain to Indra Herlambang's Kicau Kacau. I've been watching 'old' movies like Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind (no, 2004 is not that old) and also 'new' movies like Tangled (I know, I know, 2011 is not that new). I also listen to many genres of music, like Evanescence's dark metal (YAY I'LL FINALLY BE WATCHING THEM PERFORM LIVE IN MY HOMETOWN!!!), instrumental movie scores, to the newest 'ajeb-ajeb' music from David Guetta or FloRida. And one thing in common: I LIKE THEM ALL. (this point is a bit absurd, don't you think? Me too.)
6. And yep, you've reached the point of no return. No, that's a song from Phantom of The Opera. I mean, you've reached the main topic of this pointless rambling: twins.
No, not literally identical twins, but twin personalities.
I just found out that people around me share more things in common with me than I thought.
My old fella from high school just announced that she had a dream of taking master studies abroad while having honeymoon, and I said, "I have that dream, too."
Another friend from my campus, who has similar personality traits as the person I mentioned before, also told me that she happened to regret her lack of experience in relationship. My reaction was like, "Really? I thought I was the only one!"
And yet another friend, also in campus, who shared the same name with me, she has this hobby of singing random songs, going karaoke, dancing like nobody's watching, just like me. And she said, "Well, we must be real twins separated at birth." And I'm like, "Haha, you wish." *evilish smirk*no, I was just making that up.*
Hmm, I've been not writing for toooooooooooo long that I even forgot how to make wrappings for a post. Okay then. See you. Bye.