a thousand and counting

i gotta say i somewhat agree with miss marianne. the more hectic my job gets, the more i drag myself away from finishing it -__- alas, i lost 'the mood' to do my tasks on this riweuh monday, and made this entry.
beberapa waktu lalu di twitter orang-orang banyak yang meramaikan hastag #100happiness. gue nggak mau ikutan, abis takut pamer dan norak :p nanti yang menurut gue bombastik, menurut orang biasa aja. gimana nasib pencitraan gue kalau begitu? hehehe..
lantas, di saat pekerjaan/rutinitas/hidup lagi menghimpit dan cenderung bikin gue sering mengeluh lahir batin, gue tiba-tiba terpikir untuk membuat daftar hal-hal yang, menurut gue dan seinget gue, memberikan a sense of happiness di hati. ternyata manjur juga, seiring dengan gue mengingat-ingat hal apa aja yang pernah bikin bahagia, perasaan jadi lebih enteng. just like the old proverb says, "count your blessings." *gak tau lanjutannya* jadi beginilah... i haven't reached a hundred, moreover a thousand yet, but i am counting.

1. Our first actual date watching a free documentary des alwi's movie at galeri cipta TIM. :D
2. Our java trip, getting lost using a borrowed car.
3. Makan siang bersama teman-teman di citibank. Ah hari-hari yg indah, mungkin paling indah, sepanjang rekor gue sebagai pegawai.
4. Ngekos di ciganjur ditemani bubiku.
5. Bertemu Bhumyamca untuk pertama kalinya.
6. Perjalanan-perjalanan melelahkan kita dari karawaci ke ciganjur (dan sebaliknya) menggunakan motor honda karisma yg kita eksploitasi sampai rontok.
7. Mengurus Bumy bersamamu. At any given day, it's been a bliss for me. I'm forever thankful that he's got you as his dad.
8. The times we cried together. I'm thankful to ever having those times at all.
9. Our days at rumah pawon, cooking-trying out simple recipes together, sleeping the whole day, watching dvds from dusk til dawn, having our meals delivered just because we're too lazy to wash our faces and leave the house.
10. Everytime you hug me.
11. To read really touching books with eloquent writing, such as Nukila Amal's, Krauss', Foer's, Catcher in The Rye, Lahiri's, Arundhati Roy's, Hornby's, Nicholl's, and others' :D
12. Membaca blog dan mendapati entry baru di victorialand dan sourcreamnonion.
13. Grocery shopping with my little family. Makes me feel so functional, so... fairy-tale-like.
14. To ever sing in a band.. can't believe I did.
15. To get straight A's. Ah the achiever in me. She rarely comes out these days.
16. Setiap habis belanja baju yg okhe. Setiap habis belanja :|
17. Kelayapan sejak malam sampai pagi sama sahabat-sahabat hedonis, dulu, in
my younger days. Galau bersama, sok pinter bersama, memaki-maki pria bersama, ah I miss my girls.
18. Menyesapi lagu-lagu yg sinting bagusnya.. Oppie andaresta album bidadari badung, weezer pinkerton, radiohead, blur, pulp, ok I'm musically alive in 97/mtv-asia's-early-days.
19. Duduk di kursi belakang bis lipo maupun patas 104 sama Kiti, nyanyi lagu-lagu morrissey, and being together just because :)
20. Saat 'berhasil' menyusui Bumy selama 6 bulan, lantas 1 tahun...
21. Saling berkirim surat dalam bentuk surat beneran maupun buku curhatan sama sahabat-sahabat kala masih remaja. I'd like to read again our teenage ramblings, Nuri, Elis, Weich :*
22. Perayaan hari ulang tahun Bumy/setahun gue jadi ibu. It was just my kinda 'perfect' get-together.
23. Lulus dari binus. I couldn't wait!
24. Ngobrol menghina-hina orang t*lk*m dan diri sendiri sama Ika. Sambil makan buhanyak.
25. Hasil rontgen bagus, dan diberikan kata-kata penyemangat oleh dr. Albertus.
26. Setiap saat Bumy kembali sehat sehabis sakit.
27. Setiap saat Bumy sehat.
27. Main galasin sama teman-teman saat SD.
28. Saat hasil perasan asi lebih banyak dari yg diharapkan.
29. When my mother agrees on my opinion and choices. I do live in her shadows *facepalm*
30. Punya adik Debby Ferina. She is sunshine.
31. Akad nikah sukses dan dihadiri semua sahabat terdekat :')
32. Ngobrol tanpa perlu melengkapi kalimat sama Weich. Cos "you knoow."
33. The feeling of being taken care of, yaitu saat dapat pembantu rajin.
34. Hanging out with whom none of us need to say anything to impress, like (pathetically) pura-pura sukses. Certain circles do that, and I don't like being in that kinda crowd. Love it where everyone just be themselves and whine like there's no tomorrow :P
35. Makan coklat Silverqueen. Sejak punya duit jajan, gue hampir selalu menabung untuk bisa beli coklat ini tiap minggu.
36. Setiap berkeringat setelah olahraga. It's scientifically proven that exercising merangsang endorphines which make us think/feel happy. Pure physics.
37. Bisa punya hp canggih setelah sekian tahun bergaya hidup 'frugal' dengan cuma memiliki hp flexi sederhana, itupun syukurnya disubsidi kantor :)
38. Menjadi bagian dari (kelas) rebits. God, really, i was once living comic book scenes.
39. Saat nyokap gue histeris bahagia mengetahui gue hamil, saat gue tau gue akhirnya hamil, dan saat bubi nyium pipi gue bilang "selamatya beb." Err kaya ultah aja bi.
40. Saat disamperin bubi di rindam bandung dulu. Beberapa minggu gak ketemu, istrinya udah tanned, dekil, keker, dan berbaju kamra. Tapi perasaan gue saat ditengok itu bahagiaaa banget. Maklum penganten baru.
41. Saat lagi punya rejeki mentraktir mricans.
42. Saat akhirnya bisa menyetir. Sendirian. Dari tj. priok ke karawaci *puhleez*
43. Perjalanan-perjalanan impulsif kita. Bandung dan bandung lagi.
44. When the baby's asleep in my arms, with his cute adorable face (cue rabid bunda).
45. Watching modern family, SATC, gilmore girls. Those series give me
that feels-like-home sensation.
46. Our little celebrations (baca: justifikasi untuk fancy eating-outs).
47. Saat bisa menertawai diri sendiri.
48. When everything is in its right place. Yes, that's the OCD part of me speaking.
48. Jogja trips. Each trip brought nice surprises: ketemu kawan-kawan virtual, begadang sampe pagi sama Dyah dan awak Teater GM, tetiba jadi obyek brosur UGM (ditawarin aja gitu pas kita lagi nongkrong. pasti gara-gara sedang sama ex-model beneran, si Elis), nyangsang di solo tanpa rencana, melala sama si Bun, sampai tim jogjazz trip yg penuh drama.. great memories.
49. Pas duit tiris eh dibayarin makan.
50. Punya asman pinter, buaik, cerdas, lucu, rajin, gak sembarangan nyuruh, visioner, bijak, dan kalo becanda nyambung abis sama gue, yaitu pak Elfin. Really, I could make another list about 1000 good things about him.
51. Masa-masa nginep untuk bikin skripsi. I heart sleepovers :p
52. Ngomong-ngomong tentang sleepover, another happiness came from my sleeping
over at my nenek' and late-andung's house in pejompongan. I loved loved it there. I was their object of affection and education, there were heaps of books, the house was big, empty, and got many luxurious stuff that didn't exist in mine. Should make a dedicated post about it.
53. Hari-hari saat kecil, punya sahabat dua anak lelaki, yang satu cengeng yang satu banci. Kita nginep di tenda pramuka, berkhayal jadi google pink yellow and black, did everything together.
54. Ketika bisa pake jilbab.
55. Kemping pertama kelas 6.
57. Main kasti di lapangan yang agak jauh dari sekolah, dan untuk ke situ, kita jalan kaki rame-rame.
58. Dapet/dikasih duduk di sarana transportasi umum.
59. A dose of morning sun.
60. Bersih Sehat.
61. Bersih, sehat :D
62. To show integrity. To say sorry and admit my wrongs.
63. When succeed at applying self-limitations. In terms of (junk)food intake, and sloth versus productivity. This gets harder as I'm older...

(quite a lot for an hour or so of brainstorming yah. and i'm quite in disbelief to see no point mentioning money :D)