Trip to Geneva

Today I flew to Geneva to sign my assignment contract. Another day..another adventure..

But not so soon, I almost cancelled the whole thing. Guess what, I forgot where I kept my passport. My oh my, old silly jeci..So unfocus lately (almost each day of my life, but got worse and worse these days..haha..)
I really got to stop spinning around..or at least I have to keep my eyes on something still, so I won't lose my balance.. ;)
Caiyoo..Aca-aca fighting..!!

The HR manager there is nice..I think, so far, she's the nicest person I met in the office..for female that is.. ;)
She got me a box of chocolate in the end of our session..maybe it's her habit..or do I have the face of "femme de chocolat"? or could it be all chocolate ladies will recognize each other no matter where..hahaha...

PS: It was snowing in Geneva..I even finally got to touch it..but the sensation was different with the one in Paris. Maybe mbak Shinta is right when she said: "jangan terlalu memimpikan duren..kalo nanti tiba2 kejatuhan duren rasanya bakal lbh istimewa..". I guess I get to the sense of your saying, mbak.. :)

Ditulis sambil compile CD album buat nina bobo..harus berani tidur dikamar malam ini..semangaat!

It's snowing in Paris...

Right at this moment when I type this blog..finally I see the beautiful snow of Paris through my office window..Its not my official first snow experience, but the first snow I saw was too thin to be even real..
But this one is very beautiful..and very unexpected..because it comes when even those Parisiens said that, "don't expect to see snow in Paris thanks to all the polution.."

Does it mean we can expect something beautiful out of all the bad things in life??

I'd like to believe so...

comment ça s'ecrit?

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agence: si vous voulez, vous pouvez noter mon nombre..
jc: ah, oui..c'est bon ça. donc, votre nom..comment ça s'ecrit? A-U-T...?
agence: non..non..O-T-I-S. Otis. (#$%^&*...)
jc:...............................siiiiiing..............Pardon..(..^_^'..)

Vichy..

Nah..sesuai janji..ini dia foto-foto yang berhasil gw capture selama tinggal di Vichy..

Not as detail and beautiful as those my mental camera has taken, but they're quite representative..;-)

Ini bebek yang miriiiip banget ama serutan kesayangan gw waktu SD di Minas..nyerutnya ga oke, tp serutan itu cakeeep banget..

Ini Maire's office..keren ya?

Pont de Bellerive di sore hari..hmm..sejuk..:-)

Pemandangan dari Pont de Bellerive..keliatan ga mercusuarnya? Everyday..I say again, everyday I look onto this lighthouse and think too myself.."what is she doing there in vanity..?"

The boulevard with Allier River on the left side and city park on the right side.

Can you imagine the sensation when I walk down it??

Quotation 04 Nov 2008

"..illusions are dangerous..they have no flaws.."

Sabrina - 1995

Ied Mubarak 1429 H

Selamat Hari Raya Idul Fitri 1429 H

Mohon Maaf Lahir dan Bathin

Lebaran tahun ini agak berbeda dibandingin lebaran tahun-tahun sebelumnya. Bukan tahun pertama lebaran tanpa keluarga sih, karena udah pernah kejadian tahun 2003 di Balikpapan.

Lebaran kali ini, sendirian di Vichy. Kota kecil yang secara posisi bener-bener di tengah Perancis. Untungnya ada mesjid ngga jauh dari kampus. Jadi pagi-pagi disempet-sempetin buat sholat Ied.

Walo ceramahnya dalam bahasa Perancis, at least ada pesan moral yang ketangkep, dan rada kocak juga. "On doit recharger la batterie..Batterie de quoi? De voiture? Non, battery de coeur..". Ternyata cara ustadz-nya ceramah di Indo ama sini sama aja..hehe..cuma beda bahasa..

Dan komunitasnya cukup banyak, karena mesjid penuh banget. Dan dari beberapa negara berbeda. Touching!

Yang lebih bikin terharu lagi tuh pas salam-salaman sesudah sholat..Hampir semua yang cipika-cipiki tau kalo gw ga tinggal disini tapi lagi belajar, mungkin karena ngeliat penampilan gw yang simple banget untuk hari raya. Dan ibu-ibu itu bilang "Bon chance..!" sambil ngelus-ngelus lengan gw...Huhuhu..jadi cedih...

But I love this Ied.. :-)

Antara Bellerive-sur-Ailler dan Vichy

Kaya judul lagu ya?:-)..Tapi begitulah gambaran singkat tentang hari-hari gw di sini..Kursus di Vichy, tapi tinggal di studio yang letaknya di Bellerive-sur-Allier..Yup, mereka tuh dua kota kecil yang berbeda yang dipisahin ama sungai Allier ..Tapi yang menarik, perjalanan yang harus gw tempuh cuma 15-20 menit jalan kaki...

Dan tiap pagi dan sore, pas pergi ke dan pulang dari kampus, gw harus nyebrangin jembatan dengan view yang..yang..oke banget..Breathtaking I can say..Tamannya, pohon-pohonnya, bebek-bebeknya yang ngingetin gw ama serutan pensil waktu masih SD....:-)

Luv it here...