Nama Bayi

So.. another weekend story.

Di umur2 segini emang agak berat ya kalo kita keluar rumah terus pamitan ama ortu: "ma, pergi dulu ya, mau nengok temen abis ngelahirin". Gak usah dijelasin deh ya reaksi ortu.

Seorang temen gw baru aja melahirkan seorang bayi laki2 ke muka bumi. Gila ya! Perasaan baru kemaren gw berseragam putih abu2, dateng pagi2 ke sekolah buat nyontek pr akuntansi ama dia. Sekarang dia udah jadi ibu. Menjadi wanita seutuhnya kalo kata orang2 sih. Padahal gw belum punya anak juga udah jadi wanita seutuhnya kok, hihi..

Ini emang bukan pertama kalinya gw liat bayi baru lahir. Tapi ngeliat bayi bareng "orang2 lajang yang boro2 kawin pacar aja gak punya", ini baru pertama kali. Tetep aja rasanya luar biasa. Lagi2, gw gak perlu ngejelasin pikiran apa yang muncul di otak kami, ya toh?

Pertanyaan standar kalo ngeliat bayi pasti soal nama dong. Temen gw dan suaminya ternyata udah nyiapin nama buat anaknya.

Namanya adalah: ************ ***********

Bukan bermaksud rahasia, tapi emang namanya susah banget! Panjang, dengan unsur2 bahasa arab gitu deh.

Dan setelah temen gw menyebut nama anaknya itu, gw dengan sholehah-nya mengucap: AMIIN. Bo! orang macam apa sih gw.. bukannya bilang: "wah.. namanya bagus.. artinya apa?" gw malah bilang "amin". Untung gak sambil mengusap wajah kayak abis berdoa.

Tapi emang bener kok, namanya memang seperti sebuah doa. Penuh arti yang sangat baik. Yah kurang lebih "anak laki-laki yang tampan-baik hati-tidak sombong-pintar-keren banget deh pokoknya".

Iya memang nama adalah doa ya. Orang tua bisa mendoakan apa aja melalui nama yang diberikan untuk anaknya. Tapi gw sendiri sepertinya memilih untuk memberi nama anak yang simpel dan selalu berdoa untuknya. Jadi nama dan doa dipisah aja kali ya* Kasian si anak kalo waktu dia baru belajar mengeja, dia kesusahan mengeja namanya sendiri.

Susah ya jadi cewek. Ngeliat orang punya baby langsung sok2 mikir soal baby sendiri. Huah!

*) Keputusan sementara yang masih bisa diganggu gugat

tanya "kenapa?"

the title above has nothing to do with the some local cigar campaign (nope.. wilson didn't pay me to promote his company on my blog, although i would like to do that if i were paid :p). it's just the sentence i keep using for the past couple days. i keep asking people "kenapa?" when they talk to me. yes i'm half deaf. something is going really wrong with my right ears that i can't hardly hear what people say, especially when they're on right side of me.

i don't know what caused this temporary disability (yes.. it's temporary i strongly hope). and i did't really care about the effect that may annoy me. i did't. until this afternoon.

i went to have lunch in one of my fave restaurant in town: marche movenpick. you can go to graha surya internusa, next to Gran Melia hotel if you wanna try eating there. i'd be very happy to accompany :)

after ordering shabuki (tempting and healthy for sure..), i took a place in 'san fransisco corner', near the window. and right in front of me, i saw one of the most gorgeous person alive: rio febrian. he was eating some bratwurst, looked yummy (both the bratwurst and rio himself, hehe..)

he was with some friends. and i couldn't help hearing what they were talking about. you know this 'infotainment' soul of mine is never really dead, even i was kinda thinking that i just don't give a damn about gossip anymore.

the interesting part was when rio said something about glenn fredly. i move a little bit closer to him (gak ngaruh sih.. he was about 2 meters in front of me, and there were tables thank u!). he said something about glenn fredly and dewi sandra. omigod! that might be not a gossip, but that was a fact! came from glenn fredly's best friend. for you who aren't really following me here, rio is glenn's best friend, at least that's what they keep saying on infotainments.

damn i couldn't really hear what he said. thanks to my half deaf. so i just missed the opportunity of meeting my gossip pals and tell them: "eh eh.. tau gak sih.. kata rio febrian nih.. si glenn kan blah blah blah.."

huh!

i think the best that i can do is just telling them: "eh eh.. tau gak sih.. tadi gw lunch ama rio febrian!" well.. gossip is always about fact plus bumbu2 kan, hihihi...

now i just hope that tomorrow i will wake up and i can hear the world clearly using both of my ears. amin.

*the audience say: ke dokter THT aja kali!*

p.s. i also had a little problem in ordering chicken steak. the cook was in front of the grill, so there was a little bit noisy. just imagine the situation. me, half deaf, and noise from grill. i ended up with muka ditekuk sembilan just in order to tell him to make 1 chicken steak, bbq sauce, and french fries. aargh!

Rumor Has It

"I'm not here to tell you that I can't live without you.
I can live without you.
But I don't want to."

Jennifer Aniston to Mark Ruffalo on Rumor Has It.

tawar

Sebagai seorang perempuan, gw suka belanja. Lebih sering window shopping sih. Tapi untuk urusan tawar menawar harga, gw bodoh sekali!

Hari minggu kemaren gw dan temen2 pergi belanja belanji ke taman puring. Sebenernya yang niat ke taman puring tuh gw, cuman karena gw satu2nya cewek jadi yang laen nurut aja. Hehe.. lagian sih delia pake lembur hari minggu.

Sampe di sana, gw lumayan tertarik dengan beberapa barang seperti audio mobil dan kamera digital (breaking news: kamdig gw dicopet!). Tapi barang2 itu 'agak' di luar budget, jadi gw memilih menuju ke bagian lain yang harganya lebih manusiawi. Gw tertarik sama suatu produk (sok misterius :p) yang keren dan harganya miring. Jadi gw stay di satu toko produk itu, dan temen2 gw setia mendampingi untuk 5 menit pertama, karena setelah itu mereka menghilang ke toko lain.

Setelah mencoba berbagai model dan warna, gw memilih, menawar, dan membawa si produk itu dengan gembira. Murshid bow! (bahasa banci for murah, thanks to adit :p) Gw bilang murah karena minggu lalu gw ke PS dan sempet ngincer produk ini, tapi mahaal.. Lalu temen2 gw satu per satu muncul, membawa jenis produk yang sama yang dibeli di toko lain. Kami saling membandingkan harga yang kami dapat.. inilah hasilnya, dimulai dari jawara kelas tawar:

benu : 75 ribu

imam : 80 ribu

adit : 85 ribu

bean : 85 ribu

gw : 110 ribu!!

Emang si benu padang sejati! gak sia sia tiap hari makan sambel ijo..

Tapi yang paling menyakitkan hati adalah fakta bahwa gw satu2nya cewek tapi dalam urusan tawar menawar harga, I suck worse than they do! Jadilah gw bahan ketawaan sepanjang perjalanan pulang.

Dan by the way, gw juga yang paling sedikit belanja. Pria2 itu membawa lebih dari satu plastik belanja (Bean was the winner with his 3 shopping bags! congrats bro..)

Gw jadi mempertanyakan sisi kewanitaan gw, sekaligus meragukan sisi kelaki-lakian keempat temen gw. Ha!