Buku2 di Libray

Gara2 iseng browsing di internet, di Melbourne sini ada library yang stock-ing buku2 bahasa Indonesia, wowwwww

Buru2 deh gue ngedaftar online hari senin dan besoknya gue udah dapat email untuk pick up library card di sana. Letak library ini deket banget sama kantor gue, sekitar 15 menit jalan kaki, lumayan deket lah. Librarynya gede, 2 lantai, banyak sofa2 buat baca2, banyak komputer buat main2 internet, dan bahkan ada cafe nya juga!

Begitu sampai di library, mata gue berbinar-binar, banyak buku2 nya si Mira W, Sidney Sheldon bhs indonesia, majalah2 Kartini, Femina, buku2 fiction karangan orang2 Indonesia, bahkan ada dvd2 Indonesia. Langsung lah gue kalang kabut hebohhhhhhh....pinjem...pinjem....pinjem....

Hari pertama gue pinjem buku2, gue serba sopan deh, hanya 2 buku nya Mira W (judulnya apa gue lupa), dan majalah kartini. DVD Indo yang gue mau ternyata banyak yg lagi disewa, jadi gue harus nge-book dulu.

Wahhhh, gue pasti bakalan rajin2 main ke melbourne city library nih...banyak stock buku Indo ternyata!!! Dari dulu kek!

Last Sunday

Hari Minggu kemarin ada acara khusu utk perkumpulan orang batak di Melbourne. Berhubung si hubby aktif banget di kepengurusan perkumpulan ini, mau ga mau deh gue kebawa harus ikutan tiap kali perkumpulan ini bikin acara.
Acara perayaan buka tahun (udah agak basi ya dibikinnya bulan Mei) di buat untuk warga batak di Melbourne dan tempat nya di KJRI Melbourne. Sebagai tamu kehormatan, pak Dubes dan istri dari Canberra kebetulan lagi berada di Melbourne, jadi gabung lah di acara kita. Nih dia foto kita berdua dengan Om Dubes, dia tinggi banget ya?
Acaranya serba berbau batak deh (namanya juga acara orang batak). Ada berbagai macam lelang, tapi yang paling favourite adalah lelang ikan mas ala batak. Ternyata lumayan banget rasa kangen orang2 Melbourne dengan makanan tradisional. Ada 2 ikan yang di lelang, masing2 ikan laku nya diatas $60, lumayan kan tuch?
Selain lelang, ada raffle ticket juga. Gue dapat red wine shiraz tahun 1999 dan shauvignon blanc tahun 2000 – wah lumayan banget!

Ada tari2an yang dibawain sama anak2 kecil, aduh they’re so cute. Gimana ga cute ya, anak2 nya udah blasteran sama bule, pasti lah muka2nya lebih cantik mirip si Nadia Hutagalung.

Terakhir, orang batak kalau ngumpul ga akan resmi tanpa nari2 tortor. Aduh gue sih sebenarnya rada2 malu maju kedepan, tapi berhubung rame2 ya wes lah, malu nya rame2….

Last picture, ini dia foto2 para panitia (yang perempuan doang), foto panitia yang cowoq2 kurang keren buat dipajang, haaaaaaaa

I Hate Summer

I can’t stand the heat anymore!

Gile nih Melbourne, sudah seminggu lebih panasnya diatas 35 derajat terus. Enough with summer, I’m sick to death of summer. Bulan Maret seharusnya sudah mulai masuk autumn, tapi kok amit2 masih panas melulu sih?

Hampir seminggu belakangan ini, panasnya kota Melbourne sekitar 39-40 derajat, najissssss!!! Yang bikin parahnya, panas disini terik banget dan kering nya minta ampun udah seperti di gurun pasir. Udah gitu, malam hari panasnya juga ga turun2, wadoh….. Siang kemarin semua jendela gue tutup rapat2 biar panas matahari ga masuk ke rumah. Udah agak sorean, panasnya tetap ga turun2 sampai akhirnya jam 7 malam baru deh gue buka semua jendela biar angin sejuk bisa masuk ke rumah.

Hari ini udara masih 39 derajat, gue bakalan duduk baek2 di kantor, ga bakalan keluar kemana-mana, pulang kantor juga ngumpet didalam rumah sebelum kulit gue kena sun burn. Menurut ramalan cuaca besok2 udara sudah mulai agak turun ke mid 20s, moga2 deh itu ramalan bener, capek nih kepanasan melulu.

Our Getaway

You might be wondering where have I been all these times? Lets just say, there are things that best kept as a secret than spilling the bean in this blog where millions of people can potentially read it!

Nothing much happening to me (and Deddy) except we’ve been back from a month holiday in Indo (precisely in Jakarta, Bali, Lombok, Bandung and Banyuwangi). I know what you’re thinking……why didn’t I meet up with my fellow bloggers? Well, let’s just say it was entirely my fault. We (sorry), I was a bit of a slack, lack of planning and of course there wasn’t enough time!

We had an amazing time in Lombok. Stayed at the Sheraton (courtesy of our insider friend who works for the starwood group – my big thank yous for him) and we enjoyed every minute of it. Check out the pool, you’d be silly to even think of going outside the resort.

We met our two nieces and a nephew (from Deddy’s side) for the first time in Bali and Banyuwangi. The girls are adorable and cute. Just look at their photos, do you see any resemblance with Deddy? Oh yes, about our new nephew, he’s only 1 month old and I will post his photo when he’s a bit older.

Bali was okay, nothing’s changed since the last time we came, except everything seems to be damn expensive. On average, you’d expect to spend nearly $8 for a decent meal in a proper restaurant/café, not to mention the drinks cost nearly as much as the meal.

The worst is Jakarta. One night we caught up with a bunch of old friends in one of Jakarta’s trendy club (I won’t name the place here). My dear hubby ordered a tiny glass of double bourbon with coke. This would have cost around $8 back in oz and the damn drink costed Rp.150.000 or approx. $18. This is bloody rip off ! Imagine how much money they make every night they open!

All right then, that sums up our 4 weeks holiday. I won’t write every single detail of our days in Indo. Although We had a good time being away from home, I’d rather sleep in my own bed than moving around from one strange bed to another.

Adios!