I'll Love You For A Thousand More

Christina Perri has a new song!!!! Sadly, it's an official Breaking Dawn soundtrack. And you all know how i feel about Twilight Saga *straighface*. I don't want to start any kind of clash with FANGirls, so just enjoy this song, pals!! Its video clip has similar theme with her "Penguin" one, no?

Blessing in Sincerity

As i said, i've tried my best to let go my lost mobile phone. I consider it as no longer mine. I even had planned to buy a new one. Then last night, my sister got a text message from a number which said :

My sister screamed to get my attention. About seconds later, I called the sender number and found out that it's a woman. She only said "Hello" then she hang up. I tried to call her again and again but she didn't want to pick up anymore. I texted her, i tried to explain that it was my cell-phone in her hand. If she's the one who found it, i expected her to give it back to me. Finally, after a lot of phone calls (which she ignored) and several text messages, she picked up my call. She explained that her sister (who also a student in the college i work for) found it in Masjid Darmajaya and didn't know how to give it back to its owner. She also asked where i live etc. In short, she agreed to return my cellphone this morning.

(Lost Mobile Track, a feature in LG KE770 shine that could bring my mobile phone back!! LMT for the win!!)

I came to office a bit earlier, at 8am she showed up. She returned my LG safe and soundly. After 4 days separated i never wonder that it could get back to me. I'm grateful and could only say Alhamdulillah. What did i do that deserve this? A sloppy human being who is so careless with her possession. Thank you Allah. :')

Time To Do Some Changes

Yesterday, I arrived home at 7 pm and went to bed about an hour after. Almost everyday I had the same pattern, arrived home a bit late then sleeping like a baby. At 12.30am I found my consciousness, checked my blackberry, read several emails, notifications and messages. Replied to some and just let some unreplied. Still dealing with the fact that I've lost my cell-phone, though. :(

In the middle of replying an e-mail from my friend, something strike my mind eventually. I wasn't in a good mood all day and I was thinking too much (well, yes, I'm a melancholic). I think about what I'm doing in life right now. Everything seems so easy and going well for me. Have a job, make money by my own self, hang out with my friends once in a while, being close to family, friends, and my loved ones, being loved by many people, doesn't have any problems with anyone around me, etc. I'm not rich or in a top of my career yet but to be honest I'm happy and comfortable with what I'm doing now. Bottom line the word "comfortable".

But..

Oh wait, DAMN, Eci!! You shouldn't let your self comfortable, not now in a very young age! Not now when you still have all the choices in the world! I slapped my self and let my eyes wide opened. You gotta suffer once again!

So, I went out of my bedroom and saw my father sleeping in front of TV at our living room. I tiptoed to my parents' bedroom where my mom sleep tightly. I didn't want to wake her up so I just laid there beside her. I played with my blackberry for about 10 minutes until my Mom feel my existence in her side. She woke up and asked me why I've waken up too early. I just mumbled vaguely.

Then I asked her this question, "Ma, how if I quit my job?".

With her eyes barely open she answered, "um, why?".

I replied, "I want to go back to college. If I still couldn't found a way to go abroad, may you just let me continue my study here? You know, at Jakarta or Bandung or maybe Jogja or any place in Indonesia where there is a good FIKOM. If you could afford my tuition fee, then along with studying I will work my ass off to make money for my living expenses, books, etc. Maybe I can opted for a weekend class and working at weekdays there."

Mom touched my cheeks and said, "Well, just find any information of how much it cost then we'll talk about it again, ok?".

I smiled and told her, "I'll ask my friends ASAP, thanks Ma!" then I left to my bedroom.

Nah, that's it. I think I have to force my self to leave this comfort zone and being a student again. Leaving this town to stay in another place for the first time in my life and feel new experiences. Even if I know that it will be hard in the terms of adaptation, cost, etc. But if there's a will, there's a way.

Like my friend said: ya, saya kaleng. Yes, I can. :D

Last, enjoy these moving videos. Credit to Kak Tito for the Nutrilon video and Bang Citra who linked me to STA Travel Australia video from his facebook.

Cheers.

Happy friday!

Adios, My Precious Titanium Buddy!

Sebentar ya. Mau marah-marah sama diri sendiri. Belum 1 x 24 jam sih, tapi kayaknya official. Hand Phoneku yang LG KE770 shine hilang karena kecerobohanku. Lagi-lagi aku gak cek dengan baik sebelum pulang kantor, gak dipastikan banget apa HPku udah aman di dalam tas atau belum. Udah yang kesekian kali LGku ketinggalan di kantor, mulai dari masih di Admission Building sampai sudah pindah ke Pasca. Berkali-kali ketinggalan tapi selalu masih bisa ditemukan lagi, yah mungkin karena kemarin-kemarin itu masih rezeki. Ibaratnya manusia pasti kesabaran si LG ini sudah habis. Diperlakukan semena-mena, dinomorduakan semenjak ada yang baru dan lebih pintar dari dia. *ini ngomongin apa coba?*.

Ada aja ya cara Allah menegur aku. Ditegur pelan-pelan gak berubah juga, tetap teledor dan menggampangkan. Ya udah, diambil deh. Padahal aku masih butuh banget handphone itu. Selain karena hal-hal yang obvious yaitu fungsinya sebagai handphone, batre nya yang tergolong awet, blm pernah rusak sama sekali, memory cardnya udh 1 GB (dan banyak foto yang belum dipindah ke komputer :'( ), bentuknya simple etc. Alasan yang paling buat aku sedih adalah HP ini pemberian Pakde (kakaknya Mama). Dulu waktu kak Elin masih kuliah di Depok, aku masih sering bolak-balik ke Jakarta. Seringnya tinggal di rumah Pakde aku. One day Bude mau beli handphone, jadi aku, Kak Elin, Pakde, Bude, dan Yola berangkat cari handphone untuk Bude. Gak ada angin, gak ada hujan, aku dan Kak Elin dibeliin juga hand phone LG KE770 shine. Kak Elin yang silver dan aku yang titanium. Gak terbayang waktu itu senengnya gimana. HP N**ia jelek aku dan HP S**y Erri**on butut Kak Elin diganti dengan HP baru. Padahal kami berdua sama sekali gak minta. Itu bentuk sayangnya pakde ke kami berdua. Pakde memang selalu baik sama semua orang termasuk ke kami keponakan-keponakannya.

:'( :'( :'( :'( :'(

Ya sudahlah, semoga handphone itu bermanfaat untuk yang menemukannya.

Maafin Eci ya Pakde. Semoga kejadian ini membuat Eci belajar untuk lebih hati-hati dan menjaga barang-barang Eci. Kecil atau besar, mahal atau murah, beli sendiri apalagi pemberian orang lain.

Foto Del Dia

Saturday is Casual Office Day. A day in a week where i could dressed up like when i was in my college-days. I borrowed Venny's SAS butterfly choco leather bag and wearing my new gold-black Wondershoe flatshoes that has arrived about a week ago. Yay!

Have a nice weekend!

Maybe Because I Was Born on Thursday

This post was written on Thursday, October 13th 2011, but due to some technical reasons this can only be posted today. :D

Coming home with enormously happy feeling in my heart. I feel like smiling all the time and my heart and soul felt so light. I often feel so happy at thursday, good thing likes to come to me on this day. I try to elaborate why this feeling exist. Perhaps I could do exact same thing everyday so I will have a happy feeling every single day.

I had a class today, my favorite thursday students. They are typical students, but I can feel that they're interested in the subject I taught. They want to hear what I told them, automatically that makes me want to give even more. 1.30 pm with dryness in my mouth I talked for 2 hours. But after that I don't feel any thirst, I even feel stronger than I've been this morning.

Arrived home and my little sister remind me that today is my parents 26th wedding anniversary. Yepp, October 13th 1985. The day they got married. A very important day for three of us, their daughters. Where all the love they have bring them together and being a beginning of three apples of their eyes. The start of this beautiful family. A place where I start learn what is love. Their love for each other has inspired me. Congratulations Mama and Papa. Thank you for decided to get married. That's why Kak Elin is here. That's why Venny is here. That's why I'm here.

(taken at Grandma's house, Gunung Megang on Idul Fitri 1432 H)

Tonight before I end my day, I read La Tahzan. I stumble across its pages and a topic interested me. "10 bunga hidup bahagia". At poin 7 the writer put "Berpuasa pada hari yang sangat panas" as one of the reason why we feel joy in life. And he also add a hadits which says "Meninggalkan makanan, minuman dan syahwatnya karena Aku (اَللّه )."

I remember of what happened today. Tears in my eyes. :')

"ai" or "eitch wai"?

Caution: This post is #firstworldproblem :P

I don't remember when exactly i started call my self Eci (Echy). But from what my parents said, I made that myself. When i was very little, i couldn't spell Yesi correctly. So my little tongue can only spell a blurry "esi" which made it sounds like "eci". Nah, when i start learn how to write, i wrote my name as "eci". Affected by trend (you aren't cool if your name doesn't have "h" before vowels or change every "i'' in your name to "y"), when i was at 5th or 6th grade in elementary school, i changed the way i wrote my name. "Eci" to "Echy". From then, i stick with "Echy".

Lately, a friend of mine who had known that i spell my self "echy" with "eitch wai" insist to spell my name "eci'. That makes me think, why don't i make it simple? "Eci" and "Echy" doesn't sounds different at all and i will save 1 letter everytime i type or write my name. Efficiency. Hence, from now on i will go back using "Eci" as my nickname. Hehehe..

Just to make this post doesn't waste your time at all, enjoy 5 latest top songs in my playlist hihi.

1. Everybody's Changing (all versions. The "Keane' one, "Lilly Allen" reggae version, and "Marian Dacal" version)

2. "Hell No" by Sondre Lerche and Regina Spektor

3. "Say Hello" by Rosie Thomas

4. "Bottle It Up" by Sara Bareilles

5. "Brighter Than The Sun" by Colbie Caillat

I also got many souvenir from my friends this week. Take a look!

Have a wonderful weekend!

:D

Foto Del Dia

A friend of mine gave me this purple orchid brooch. Gorgeous, isnt it? ;)

Stop. And Count To Ten.

Happy Friday :D

Wew, it's October already, getting closer to end of the year. How about take some time to pause and re-evaluate, what had we done in the last 9 months? Are we the same person as we are in January 2011? Or have we changed? A better one or stepping backwards? I question this to my own self too. Start from my 22nd birthday in January 26th, i realize that i'm growing, i'm a more mature person. I remember i still felt like i was a Daddy's little girl when i'm 21 years old. I still have the ego of teenager, Eci the rebel, the super stubborn one. Now, i feel calmer and wiser. I'm officially a grown woman. :)

In the terms of relationship, something might drastically changed, in fact it's over. But at the same time, it blooms another relationship aspect of my life. Family. My beloved Papa, Mama, Kak Elin, and Adek Venny. Especially with Mama, we've been through such a hard years. We saw things differently, our relationship was full of prejudice. We rarely talked and let each other knew what we really wanted. I love her, too much, but my ego and my field of experience as the second daughter of this family gave me some kind of feeling that whatever i've done will never made her proud. Something that now i admit wrong. That kind of thoughts should have not crossed my mind, never ever. Mama loves me, just like she loves the other two. Always been like that and won't change forever.

I know that since i broke up with him, Mama being more concerned of my feeling and being a perfect friend to talk to. One thing i promise my self, next time i introduce Mama to a guy for my future, i need to make sure that Mama will feel comfortable with him. Her saying is important just like she meant for me. But knowing Mama, she will be happy if i'm happy. So, Eci, first and foremost, ask yourself. I know better than anyone else whether a guy makes me happy or not. Like what Steve Jobs said (Rest in Peace :'( ) "as with all matters of heart, you'll know when you find it."

In professional life, i really hope that i could continue my study in upcoming years. Preferably overseas. I'm preparing my self now. I need to re-learn what i had learned from my Undergraduate degree. Looking for any opportunity to get scholarship, then i could be a professional lecturer in my own field of study. *Finger crossed*

Semangaaat Eci!!!

Stay Hunger! Stay Foolish!

PS: Happy 1st Anniversary of dating for Venny and Hatta! Be wise, know boundaries, and get married soon. (After me and Kak Elin, of course!! :P)