Back to Basic

It was pass 09.00am, the alarm had went off once (and a snooze or two... three? can't remember..) when suddenly a knock came. Didn't bother to open the door, just continued lying on the bed, enjoying the cold, cold temperature, I looked at my phone again and check the time.

What? It's still early....

Hustles bustles, people talking outside the room. Heard mom's voice though didn't know what she was talking about... A few minutes before 09.30am... Another knock came...

"Whatt???????" Lazily shoutted to ask why they're so noisy out there. No answer. Just another knock on the door.
"Kenapaaa????" Heard the voice of my two brothers outside the room.
"Bomb."
"What bomb????" Then one of them knock harder on the door...

So I forced myself to wake up and opened the door, where I was suddenly yanked to walk to our parent's room...

There it was, on TV.... A place so familiar to eyes being shown on TV...
Ooooo.. There was another bomb! So glad I mostly refused to go there, though it ended me up in Senayan/Sudirman most of the time.

"Tuh Da... Bomb Da, bomb... Satu keluarga bangun, masa lo kaga bangun???"
"What? It's another one at J.W. Marriot?" Eyes widen...
"Yep."
"Iseng banget seh orang2..."

Then my brother went back to his computer to check the stock price, which not surprisingly all goes redddddddd.... Whooohooooooo.....

And we continued our daily life. I've got a mandarin lesson waiting downstairs...

Well, well... There goes my few minutes of sleeping time.. It succeeded to woke me up completely though...

Sigh...

What a stupidity... What's the point of setting another bomb? So useless... They're not builing our country to a better place but just ruining it.

Sigh... What would this beloved country become? Isn't hundreds of disappointment and stupidity enough already? How long are they gonna keep this up? -__-

As time passes, parents worry bout our so-called 'soul-mate' even more. Sometimes they just speak out 'ridiculous' ideas to get us 'moving'.

Well, that's not really the point I wanted to bring up here. Lol...

Anw, as I got involved with more activities with other people (which somehow involved too many boys with too little girls -__-), I'm exposed more to the dillemmas and problems related to those kind of activities...

Well, more specifically is - cash problem and transport problem...

Of course this is an on-going issue that each of us surely has commonly dealt with in the past. (Heck, I've always called people up and asked them - cassually and a bit 'non-characteristically' or what we know as 'dengan ga sopannya' Lol... - to pick me up... And of course bring me back home (we agree it's a set no? Lol...)

And in the western communities, it is a common occurence for all of us to just hop on to the bus and go together (yeah, of course.. it's usually our main transportation gt loh. Lol...) and just pay by ourselves...

But what about in asian communities? Is it so wrong for woman to drive alone? (well, yes it was past mid-nite... But...) So do we have to made those who live just the exact opposite direction from our house to pick us up and bring us back??? (The travelling time going to the destination place to home is the same for him and for us... Meaning doubling his travelling distance... Plus the destination's not just 15 min drive... It's moorrreeee... Esp in the crowd of the traffic jam in big cities like Jkt. Lol... Yesss.. Manthap!)

And what about the issue of "Of course the man has to pay for the girl! He's the man afterall..."

Sigh... What's wrong with paying by ourselves?

Sure I appreciate the gesture of man paying for woman, but not all the time, no?

So confusing...

So if there's no one to pick us up (paying is another matter... I believe we could just safely assume right now it's not as big an issue), can't we go?

Should we just be a good girl and stay at home???

So confusing!!! >_<

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"Deg-deg..."

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"Deg-deg..."

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"Deg-deg..."

Blub-blub-blub...

-- Tenggelammm... Makin lama makin dalammm.... --

Haruskah aku berbahagia? (^-^)v
Menggila? (^_^>)> <(^_^)> <(<^_^) v(^0~)v
Atau khawatir? (-__-")

(Sometimes I just wonder, whether he's just pushing it biar jadi berirama or is it really a symbolic thingy? Well, either way, this is one his catchies song..)

So go ahead and ask her
For happy ever after
'Cause nobody knows what's coming
So why not take a chance on loving
Come on, pour the glass and tempt me
Either half-full or half-empty
'cause if it all comes down to flavor
The glass is tipping in my favor

Life gave me lemonade and I can't imagine why
Born on a sunny day, beneath a tangerine sky
I live life without pretending
I'm a sucker for happy endings
Thanks for the lemonade
Thanks for the lemonade!

Now take your time to answer me
For the beauty of romancing
Is to calm you trembling hand with mine
While begging love to fill your eyes
I can hardly breathe while waiting
To find out
What your heart is saying
And as we're swirling in this flavor
The world is tilting in our favor

CHORUS

I've got it made
Rest in the shade
And hold my love
While God above
Stirs with a spoon
We share the moon
Smile at the bees
More sugar please
He really loves us after all
We're gonna need another straw!
We're gonna need another straw!

CHORUS

(Just in case you're curious of how the song goes)

The first thought through my sleepy head
When I fell out of my bed
Is "I hope the sky is gray,
I'm gonna write a sad song today."
So I make up my mind, slip on my shoes
I'm gonna pick up a paper and read the news
'Cause I'm sure to find plenty 'nuff blues
To write my sad song
But the only blues to hit my eyes
Are those beautiful blues in the clear blue sky!

So much for my sad song
So much for my sorry attitude
Let's make this a love song instead
'Cause I'm so in love with you
C'mon let's go out and play
Save the sad song for another day
No time for tears, I'm wearin' a smile
So much for my sad song

So I pick up the news like I said I would
Drop my jaw right where I stood
'Cause the headline reads: "All The News Is Good,
Because Love Is On The Way!"
And love floods the world right before my eyes
Everybody is dancin' and slappin' high fives
And such beautiful music fills the skies
And we all sing along
And now I snap out of my daydream
And I can't believe how real it seems
But I keep on dancin' anyway
'Cause it's turning out to be a marvelous day!

CHORUS

Sometimes I measure my day
By how many things go my way
And when things go wrong I usually get mad
But this time I'm glad that my song didn't turn out sad

Well, well, well... It's 2pm or so and we're waiting for our movie at 10 min before 5pm. What should we do???

While we're walking through the mall, our eyes fell into the store "Pondok Pujian". Hummm.. I don't feel like buying anything, I'm not looking for anything and I'm hungry. Should we just go for our late lunch? Or should we go in? Humm.. I don't know what to eat.. Ah well... Let's just browse for a bit. Maybe we'll be out in 10-15 min then we can fuss about where to eat.

We went in. Looking around. Humm.. Hillsongs got lots of albums. Franky Sihombing. Chris Rice? Interesting. A few days ago there's somekind of a "Rice Song" in that quiz I made in FB. Is that this Rice? No, I don't think so.... Oh well.. Let's look around first...

And so we ended up staying a while and listening to songs. Some of them are MercyMe, Paul Baloche, Lincoln Brewster and Mark Harris's album. Everythings turns out sounds really great and I'm really interested in buying them all!!! (Thank God it's Indo and it's in Rp and it's cheaper! Lol. So tempted to just download them though. Lol). Anyway, after deciding which one to buy (though decisions) and were just on our way to pay, our eyes fell into that Chris Rice's CD again. "What A Heart Is Beating For". Hummm.... Somehow it's like calling me like, "pick me up, pick me up"... And the album title's catchy too... So curiosity wins... Opening up the CD cover and reading the lyrics of the first song "So Much For My Sad Song". Wow, isn't this supposed to be a 'religious' song??? What's up with that title?

Curiosity increases...

"The first thought through my sleepy head. When I fell out of my bed. Is "I hope the sky is gray. I'm gonna write a sad song today.""

Errrr... Interesting... Kinda sounds like me.... Though not in a writing song kind of way...

"So I make up my mind, slip on my shoes. I'm gonna pick up a paper and read the news. Cause I'm sure to find plenty 'nuff blues. To write my sad songs. But when I open the door and the sun spills through. Takes away my breath and I think of you. And the only blues to hit my eyes. Are those beautiful blues in the clear blue sky!"

Damnit!! I knew it!! I shouldn't check the CD out... I don't have enough cash with me!!! This is a bad sign, badddd sign... I'm really interested in this thing. No good for the health of my wallet... Well... What to dooo?? Should I check out the songs?? Looking at the CD box, the CD's gone. Heh? Gone? Where is it? Ahh.. She's played it already....

I looked at her, she looked at me... Smiling, she just silently put the big headphone in my head. "You're gonna love this" Uh oh.... And I listened to it.

Damnit!!! I'm gonna have to buy this thing. Oh no! After all those time I spent listening to the whole album of the other CDs, am I gonna buy this CD just because of the lyrics of the first song and a min listening to it??? No wayy!!!

I'm buying this CD no matter what. I just have to have it...!!!

Abd so I bought it. And loving it....

Chris Rice's What's a heart beating for...

His songs are catchy. Kinda reminding me of Mraz's style though not as catchy (the songs). And the lyrics are mostly kinda symbolic and really interesting. Ahhh... It's been awhile... Since the last time I fell in love... With a song... Hahaha..


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Oooo.. I just heard the whole album while reading the lyrics. Wow.. I love them all! Not even one I think is weird or you know, I don't really like. That's something isn't it? Plus some of the songs kinda jazzy... Lalalala... But sometimes the lyrics confused me of the meaning. The guy's too symbolic... But they're still nice songs ^^ Banzaaiii...

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgggggggggggggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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*inhales*

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*exhales*

Ahh... Legaan rasanya. Lol.

Maap, sedang melepas stres dan kekesalan yang ada... Nyahahahahaha...