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"Allah yaftah 'alaik, ya Syarifah!
Allah yaftah 'alaik! Jazakallah khaira!"

Semoga Allah membuka hatimu (menambahkan ilmumu) ya Syarifah!
Dan semoga Allah membalasmu dengan kebaikan!

djakarta
April 24,2005
joeffry

singapore oh singapore

As I already mention at my last blog, my journey continue to s’pore. Hmmm what a tiring journey, I didn’t stop traveling for a whole 3 weeks and now after 1.5 hours on the ferry and 20 min queue for a cab at Harbour Front plus another 20 min on cab, here at last I stood in front of her mansion door, looking for happiness.

I preparing myself to give her a little surprise (she doesn’t know that I will visit her). So I open my laptop bag and took a stalk of rose which I bought at Tj. Balai Karimun (thanks Dq) and then starts to call her over the phone, but she’s online. So I decided to starts knocking and her Chinese roommate who opens the door, I gave her a sign to keep silence, but seems like she doesn’t understand. She keeps calling my yayang loudly.

She still talks with her bunda on the phone when she came out from her room. She looks surprised and stared wide eyed and when I gave her that flower … it’s a remarkable time to remember…. she gave me a very big smile.. that’s exactly what I need after a tiring journey. Thanks a lot babe.

Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday … wow I didn’t realize that I’ve been here for 8 days, hhhmmm that’s what I called v a c a t i o n …

There are so many things we’ve done so I just want to explain in details; otherwise it will be a novel.

Dinner at Italian restaurant with her friends
Visiting our friend who delivered a baby months ago
Looking for furniture at Ikea …. hhhmm
Watching jazz at Boat Quay
Clubbing at China Jump, Chijmes ‘till dawn
Fulfill her refrigerator with a new food to prevent her eating an expired food anymore. She’s hospitalized weeks ago… poor honey; I wish I can beside you at that time.
Discussion about future … that’s the best part :)

For sure I want to extend up to Sunday, but she’s facing an exam at next Monday so I must push myself to go home.
Good luck babe .. bye

c u soon.

singapore
April 14-21, 2005
djoeffry

Tj. Balai Karimun –the island that God forgot–

As a regional marketer I need to spread up my wings, now my target is Quarry production at Batam and Tj. Balai Karimun Islands. I already went to Batam several times so I can say that I know the situation very well but Tj. Balai is a very different story.

For the first time I stepping my foot at the marina I already feels a different atmosphere here. First the weather is so hot, so goddamn hot even for tropical country like Indonesia. It can make you feels that your whole brain was condensed so you cannot think anymore, and than during on my way to the hotel I saw tens small hotels and massage parlors. On the street you can see many girls on her sexy dress, chatting, smoking, laughing and sometimes luring the person who passing by. And these things happened in the afternoon!!!

The next day I went to Quarry Mining to do some inspections. The weather remains the same, hotter than yesterday I though and the sun shines very bright so you cannot see clearly. At some area it’s totally blinding. There isn’t much you can do at the situation like that; it’s really not a good time and place to work.

At sunset we drove back to the hotel, my friend already waiting for me. I call him yesterday evening; he is my university friend which I didn’t saw for so many years. Tj. Balai is his hometown, so I asked him to guide me to looking around. According to him basically this island got the major income from quarry, prostitution and gambling business. Gambling? Yup, at that night we went to casino … can you imagine casino in Indonesia? And it’s not a illegal casino, cause you can enter it very easy, just open the door and hup .. you got there.... just like that.

Everywhere you can see many old Singaporean and Malaysian people who came here for cheap chicks and gambling. It’s a very poor situation and it happened in my beloved country who claimed based on believe in the one and only God. That’s why I called this island ‘The Island that God forgot’.

Pyuh … just hope that someday there is someone who can change this situation.

Btw, I also have a good time with my old pal here. He still the same like I remember, nothing’s changed except now he works for government as a city planner. No wonder he know exactly the situation at this island. Hope someday he can at least bring some changes to his hometown.

Hmmm .. I must continue my trip to Singapore, to see my yayang..
So, let’s ride again….

Tj. Balai Karimun
April 12-14, 2005
joeffry

ps. it's really really nice to meet u again DQ

our best friend wedding

Date : April 9-10, 2005
Attendants :

• Faizal Aldjoeffry
• Aldi Rama
• Adrianus Suryo A
• Enrico Batubara
• Mrs. Hermini
• Mrs. Suliestiyowati

You guys won’t believe what we are doing last weekend…

Sixth of us went to Solo (it supposed to be seventh but our bloody goddamned friend Supi Yolodi cannot join because of family probs) to attend Savitri Hanartani’s wedding.
When I said sixth of us it means four from 1987 Alumnus Indriyasana Kindergarten and two are our ex teacher at SD Indriyasana.

It’s amazing that we still have a good relationship after graduated for so many years.

OK, here’s the story:
[ pyuuuh.. to many things to write, just see the picture and it will tell you the whole stories ]

..soekarno-hatta airport .......... final touch......

.......... .........
..who's next

..tengkleng .......... clubbing at musro......

..lesehan + ceker

..friendship ??? .......... rest at bus shelter......

enjoy your new life babe ..

mborong at klewer's ....soto gading .. hmm yummy......

mudik bu guru ?

for a complete photo please clik here :)

solo
April 9-10, 2005
djoeffry

work it out

alone in the dark
stand at veranda, deep in Sangata forest at East Borneo
facing his head to the bamboo curtain
so the whole world won’t see the tears of a man

sigh …
love, plans and desire
sigh …
can we work it out ?
sigh …
and then the world stops

or should have ..

sangata
april 07, 2005
joeffry

divine profidence

It’s a blessed that:
I was born normally while millions of others must suffering to death.
I had a happy childhood while millions of others must works at their early age.
I had an opportunity to finish the university while millions of others not even can read.

I have parents who loved me so much while millions of others have NOT.
I have brothers and sister who care about me while millions of others have NOT.
I have friends who can cheers me all the time while millions of others have NOT.
I have you ...

‘Then which of the favors of your Lord will ye deny?’
Ar-Rahman

djakarta
april 04, 2005
joeffry

s'pore again ???

Gile gile gile .....

Gw ke s’pore lagi.
Trus .. hhhmmm.... waktu baru dateng .. she cooks for me (eh asli ini makanan beneran lho, bukan sandwich or another junk foods) . Seneng banget, pas lagi keroncongan berat gitu dapet hidangan dari someone special.
Thanks babe, it means alot.

I stay only for three nights but she came back to Jakarta with me :) Another thing, after several discussions (or should I call flatter?) she agree to extend for another three nights in Jakarta.

Yippieee, gue bangeeeeetttt !!!

Thank You Allah, for all effortlessness which thou gave to us.

s’pore
april 01, 2005
joeffry

Ps:
Who said that long distance romance would be hard?
It depends on how much love you had.