Boss or Leader?

Saya hanya membagi sesuatu dengan kalian, para bloggers yang saya cintai..
Hendaknya, kita selalu menjadi seorang pemimpin yang baik, bukan hanya "boss" yang
senantiasa menggunakan telunjuknya dan berkata... "do this - do that"
I hate boss. I want to work with leaders.
Probably.. I want to be a leader.. 
One day ....

Have a good weekend everyone!
xoxo

Behind the story : The Funtastic Hat's Songs

Tau ga??

Ayo ngaku, tau ga "the hat's song" from Indonesia..??
Pasti tau lah yaa, deh, dounk!

Bermula dari rasa kelelahan yang luar biasa, (rutinitas hari Kamis yang crowded.. mulai dari mengajar kelas senior, dua biji kelas tujuh di jam2 terakhir, dan mengajar tari bali...oh iya, belum lagi, gowes bolak-balik ya... 5 km.. catet!)

Belum lagi habis ke -bete- an dari hari kemarin bersama pacar, dan bersama teman YM yang sedang tidak mau mendengarkan cerita.. Belum lagi mikir masak-- makan apa nih hari ini.. masak apa nih.. I was totally BLANK.

Additionally......!!!
I left my wallet at home, what a perfect day... (sigh) tapi PAS dompet ketinggalan.. PAS ada yang minjemin duit dengan jumlah yang perfectly PAS dengan belanjaan yang kubutuhkan... syalalala..
belum, selesai PAS nya...
Sampai di rumah, unpacking semua belanjaan..dan buka e-mail langsung,

LOH?
kok ada e-mail dari "Shelley Vernon" Queen nya games ...
di sebutkan di e-mail itu..
"Teaching Languange for 2-5 years old..."
DAMN...HOLLY ... JESUS... GOD!
That's ALL that I need...!!!

Aku membaca lahap, baris demi baris , kalimat demi kalimat, pegel juga, karena totalnya 10 halaman....
Tapi, ILMU booo..! Musti dibaca sampe tuntas.
Setelah baca e-mail itu, aku jadi sedikit hopeless dengan persiapanku mengajar My cuty cuty Kindy untuk setiap Jumat...

Puter otak, bolak-balik buku, bolak-balik baca e-mail, facebook, tak ada setitik debu pun ide yang menempel di otakku...
Akhirnya, kutelfon saja kekasihku tercinta... Di saat-saat genting dia selalu bisa diandalkan..!!! hehehe! Masih berlaku sampe kapan ajaa...

"Ayankkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk..."

"Apa gek sayangku, yang cantik, yang manis, kok bete gitu sih suaranya..??"

"gek ga ada ide nihhhhhhhh buat besokkkk ngajarrrrrr!"

"lo, kok tumben ga ada ide?"

"Iyaaaaa...... (dengan suara merengek yang super duper manja.) Lagi capek banget, yank, huks, huks, ga bisa mikir.............."

"Mana murid-murid TK itu loooo, yang ga pernah inget apa kabar... yang masih bilang arti apa kabar = ibu asri........... huahuahuahuahua"

"Trus, maunya ngajar apa gek??"

"Ga tau yankkkkkkkkk....... ihiks ihiks.. (dengan suara yg super duper manjaaa.. -- almost nyenebin untuk didengarkan orang lain.. hehe)

"Ahh..!! Ajarin nyanyi aja yank!"

"Heh? Nyanyi apa......?? Ngawur jak kamu! Apa kabar ja ga inget, boro-boro nyanyi, huahhh huahhhhh -- (ceritanya tambah keras nangis buaya.)

"Ah... entar yank, untuk TK ya.. oh, gelang si patu gelang..!"

"bwehhhhhhh!!!! ><"

"Burung kaka tua.."

"Engken to lirikne, lantang tiiii..."

"Aku tau yankk!!! TOPI SAYA BUNDAR...!!!"

"HUAHAHAHAHAHHA..... DWAKAKAKAKAKAKKAA.... KETAWA - GULING-GULING"

"?? Kok ketawa si yankkk..??"

"Ga, lucu banget tu, lagunya, sayang... hak hak hak.."

"Loh, tapi kan gampang??"

"Gila kamu, gimana cara ngajarinnya?? Yank, ini gek ngajar bahasa loo.. ngajar lagu itu jak ma anak TK di Indo, belum tentu mereka bisa...."

"Iya.. gini yank, itu kan cuma beberapa kata aja.. terangin dulu.. ini lo namanya Topi... trus saya.. trus bundar..."


--- DAMN --- seketika itu, aku rasa, God really sends him to me, JUST for ME.. walaupun sering bertengkar.. walaupun sering nangis, sesek nafas, marah ... He's just the best! Thanks GOD!

Aku terdiam dan tersenyum saat itu juga. Sepertinya aku siap mengajar saat itu juga!

"Makasih ya sayang idenya.. Besok laporannya deh.."

"Iya gek sayang.. bisa kok, pasti bisa, oke? Semangat dounk sayang.. Gus kan sayang banget ma gek.. I love you, gek sayang.."

"Hiks. hiks. I love you too.."

And then.... today.. aku membawa topi hijau kebanggaanku.. ke sekolah, dan pas gilirannya Kindy nehh.. (weh, mereka ada 20 orang pagi ini! Biasanya cuma 10 orang!) ketar-ketir juga...!!!
Aku mulai dengan review.. biasalah mengingatkan mereka tentang vocabulary yang sudah kuajarkan selama 6 minggu terakhir ini...

"Apa Kabar??"

"Apa Kabar??"

"Hey, what's the meaning of Apa Kabar, anybody remember??"

"Ibu Asri,, the meaning is Ibu Asri!!!"

"Who is Ibu Asri..??"

"That's your name."

"Sweet, what's the meaning of Apa Kabar, then?"

"ummm, I forgot..."

(SIGH)

then, I took one piece of chalkboard, and try to draw something on the green board.
"Okay, who can guess what picture is this..??"
"UFO"
"EGG"
"CIRCLE"
"SUN"
-- gileeee, seberapa jelek sih gambaran akyu..???" ----
akhirnya... ada yang nyeletuk...
"HAT"
yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!! HOre..............!!!

Aku bersorak, YES! IT'S A HAT!

Let's we learning a song.... in Indonesian, guysss..!!
Aku suruh mereka berdiri, dan menirukan kata-kata plus gerakan lagu itu...
dan... Miracle did happen today!

Mereka dengan lancarnya inget semua kata-kata yang aku kasih, bahkan bisa nyanyi tanpa aku bantu.. ihiks-ihiks, aku jadi terharuuuuu....
dalam waktu 10 menit saja...
Geezzzz...... I felt a goose bump in my arms..

Alhasil, jadinya semua kelas hari ini belajar the populer Hat's song..
at the end of the day.. one of the teachers came to me..

"Asri, I really like the song, it's so easy and the kids picked it up so fast..!"
"Can you perform it next week in Assembly??"

"(WITH A BIG GRINNING SMILE) OF COURSE!"

I can't stop smiling, I can't stop telling people, who I thanked my fiance, who always support me eventhough we are in over seas relation, far by distances, separated by continents.. he's just the best for me.. Can't thank you enough, too.. GOD..!!!

Thanks love, you save my life again.
I had the most fantastic Friday yet in my life today.. and it's because of YOU,
my Rainbow.. ♥

This writing is dedicated to my fiance, who will never read this blog.
But you'll know, it's really made me love you even more, and more..


Miss my Rainbow and want to give him a hug and deep kisses..
Melalueca Road,
26 June/ 10.25 pm

Home alonee.... oiii......!!!

Semalem karena baru tidur jam 3 pagi... busyettt dahhhh...
padahal hari ini ada janji untuk nonton Old and Gold festival di Bruncwick jam sepuluh pagi, dijemput....!!!

Entah kenapa aku bangun jam 7 pagi, dan seger banget rasanya.. aneh, makanya tidur lagi dehh... hehehe. tau-taunya kebablasan, damn!!! Bangun jam 9, aih, selimut kusibakkan dan bukannya cepetan siap-siap aku malah bengong mandangin my frosted window di luar.. gilee.. this is winter man... :)
Kebanyakan bengong udah jam 9.15 aihhh...! entah dimana sleeper ku, aku jinjit aja ke meja dapur buat ngidupin pemanas air dan segera nyampurin 3 sendok milo dan 1 sendok kopi ke mug putih yg ukurannya lumayan gede. Udah meluap, aku tuangin aja deh, air panasnya, dan buruan samber handuk, dan mandi..

God, mandi air hangat pagi-pagi emang nikmat.. surga dunia, mana pake cuci rambut pula, alhasil.. selesai mandi udah jam 9:45-- mana belum pake bedak!!! Oh noooo!!!
Buruan ke dapur untuk neguk minuman energiku dan pasang colokan toaster untuk sarapan pagi ini! Biasanya sih, dua biji, karena waktu udah mepet bangetz, terpaksa hanya makan satu biji pagi ini.. huhuhuhuhuhu..
Tetep bisa menikmati siihh, nikmatnya butter dan raspberry jam.. maknyus.
Sambil makan, tas disiapin isinya, kamera, dompet, air, kaos tangan, topi, buku kecil, hp... duh susahnya jadi cewek, ga isa ngapa-ngapain kalo ga lengkap gitu.. hiks!

9.55 --- gyaaaaaa, buruan ke kamar mandi lagi, sikat gigi dan bedakan, sisiran juga laaahh. Terus pake parfum, dan pamitan ma tuan rumah. Wah, tuan rumah bilang, bakalan ga pulang ampe besok malam.. haiahhhhhh.. home alone mode : ON! hiks, hiks,
ya udah deh, sok-sok berani aja... mo gimanain lagi, hiks.

10.00--- Wah, si Pam udah di luar rumah tuh, asyiknya dijemput, dan cuaca hari ini CERAHHHHH bangetz! thanks GOD! Bertolak ke rumah kakak Pam yang notabene di Brunswick, sepanjang jalan, yang kulihat hanya mobil2 parkir dimana-mana, dan rumah-rumah bertuliskan "garage sale"..
YUP! Garage sale, penjualan baju-baju bekas, barang2 bekas, atau apa aja yg kira2 udah males diliat di rumah, dijualin ke orang2 yang siapa tau membutuhkan, seperti aku gitu.. hehehe! Dijual dengan harga murah, biarpun second, bagus2 barang2nya, cuci mata lumayan bangtz!!

Abis tu, kebetulan juga pasar Brunchwick dibuka, lebih heboh lagi... banyak barang2 lucuuu-- hiks, hiks, they were so tempting, and soo goooddd.. jadi tak tertahan nafsuku untuk membeli baju2 bagus itu... Abis puas jalan-jalan mampir lagi ke rumah kakak si Pam, oh ya namanya Diane... eh, disuguhi es jeruk.. wwiiiee lumayan deh, terpuaskan dahagaku.. ambil duduk manis, datanglah 2 anak muda, yg tampangnya... charming bangetz sseehhhh...

Usut-punya-usut... wealah... anaknya Pam.. OMG, charming abiezzz!!!!! ampe bengong gitu ngeliatinnya, untuk ga sampe ngiler! kulitnya bersih banget, dan orang nya hangat, he's got a lovely nature, dia mo nanya2 tentang aku, cerita2, making eye contact, kita juga lunch bareng looo....!!
Sayang dia BRONIEZ, ga demen ah, sama broniez, aku kan dah maniez.. hahahaha. (narsis mode : ON)
Sembari lunch, kita ngeg-gosip, padahal, cuman ber 5, 2 bule2 ganteng beserta Ibu mereka dan aku.. hiks, mereka rukun bangetz...
wah, gosipnya rancak banaaa...!
Masak ngegosipin bos restoran di depan orangnya sihh, weleh-weleh, tapi asik juga sambil ditemani segelas flat white.. sruputtt...
Luckynya lagi hari ini, mesen lunch cuma seharga 6 dolar, tapi entah kenapa kita semua dapet bonus salad and chips seharga 12 dolar... wow! God always good, God always great... Thanks GOD! Jadi puas banget makan siang tadi... nyam-nyam.

Puas makan siang, lanjut lagi jalan, dan liat2 surfing shops.. ahhhh ga kuattt.. ada topi bagus bangettzzz, seharga 40 dolar, dan wajahku terlihat sangat cute.. hiks, hiks, tapi apa daya, tabunganku udah terkuras habis minggu ini, musti nunggu beberapa hari lagi ampe pay day.. jadi ku pasrah aja deh sekedar mencoba dan berpose..

Bersiap pulang, dan sesampainya di rumah...
---nginggg--- sepiiii bangetz boo, gileee, serasa, rumah seluas 10 hektar ini, jadi kosong, hampa, dan nelangsa.. (hiperbola bangetz!!!)
Tapi, gpp lah, aku segera ganti bajuku-- nyobain baju2 yg dibeli di pasar tadi, wahhhhh!!! syukurnya ukurannya pas banget!!! abis, di pasar kan ga ada kamar pas, jadi feelingnya musti PAS.. ehm!

Dan setelah mencoba beberapa kali di cermin deket pintu keluar, keren juga nich, ga tahan kalo ga bikin foto! ahahahaha-- dasar NARSIS..NARSIS..!!! tapi sebelum bikin foto-- tiba-tiba ada bayangan bergerak dari arah kebun, keliatan dari cermin, untungnya masih jam 4 sore, dan untungnya, masih agak terang, dan aku masih pake baju lengkap, walaupun agak seksi.. and guess what.............
WHAT???!!!

A PEACOCK!!!! Seekor burung merak dengan anggunnnya melenggak-lenggok di teras depan, deket cermin, warnanya biru, bulunya bagus sekali tertimpa sinar matahari, dan mahkotanya berdiri tegak-- dengan eloknya si peacock melewati garasi, sepeda baruku... aku masih bengong kayak orang gila, bloon, sinting.. semenit kemudian, aku tancap gas ngambil kamera, dan -- (dengan baju baru yang agak seksi..) ku coba foto merak yg elok itu, sayangnya, dia kabur duluan pas denger suara nafasku, padahal udah ditahan-tahan, biar dia ga lari.. well, at least, otakku udah merekam semuanya.. what a beautiful creature.. God...

Kamera udah di tangan, taman hijau menghampar di depan, segera deh berpose genit, dan foto pake timer, wah! seru juga... puas juga liat hasil foto sendiri, mengetahui angle yg bagus buat moto, dan bergaya, se-narcis-narcisnyaa.... XD

God, thanks for this wonderful day...!!!
I love this day, and didn't realize that next week is week..7!!! Oh nooo.. time flies too quick..!!!

8:40 pm / 6 June 09
Mullum - My very-very-very messy room.. hiks.

Recycle, Gossip, and Angel (again...)

This morning I woke up with a really lazy eyes, really dizzy head, and I didn't wanna get up from my bed. I kept looking at my table clock, and it's really annoying to see the time flipping so fast.. :(

I planned to walk to school, and asked permission from my home stay parent, because today Richard will have his kemotherapy. I kept thinking about that yesterday and this morning, so my purpose was to say good luck to him, and send my best wishes for him.

But, then, I couldn't understand why when I saw them, they just said, "we'll take you to school.." oh, wow, I didn't expect that. But, I thought it would be better for me, because I have time to talk to them. Richard said, he's going to the hospital today, and do the therapy. It sounds scary for me, but, what should I say but wish he could put up with everything that will be done by the doctor. I wish my father were here!

Today's class is awesome, I made some grammatical lesson for year 12 and year 11, also year 7. Before the class, one of the teachers asked me to see the ENVIROMENT presentation in the hall, I wasn't interested before, but I thought, it maybe a good chance for me to see, what is that actually..

And... the presentation was really good! So, the presenter gave much-much information how we can save our earth from RUBBISH! It's a bit becomes an issue now. Especially in here, because, the kids, never realize how many rubbish they brought into their lunch box!! (may be it's in your lunch box, too!!)
Let's imagine...
- A snack (Plastic)
- A sandwich wrap (Plastic)
- A juice / tea box (card board and plastic)
- Butter or jam (plastic)
- Cuttlery (plastic)
And all goes to rubbish bin... oh God!

Then, the presenter showed us about a plastic (maybe kind of a tupperware) which can be used loads of time, and also water bottle (so, same liquid, but then we can use it 40 times.. )

A lot of things that we can do to reduce the rubbish, especially when we go shopping... "SAY NO TO PLASTIC BAG"
It's the time for us to bring our own shopping bag, it sound cliche, but, it's true.. We need 125 million years to make the plastic gone..
(it's really insane if we dont STOP using the plastic bags now!)

If we looked our wardrobe, I bet we've got loads of clothes that we don't like, we already bored seeing those clothes.. or maybe because it's not our size anymore??
We could do something about that! We can make it as a charity, so the people who really need them can have them, or we can open an OP shop-- every forthnight? That would be good....!!!
I'm planning to do it in Bali, if I go back later, I think it'll be exciting! :)

Next thing, about gossip..
this week I really fed up with everybody who asked me about..
"Why don't you find Indonesian / Balinese community in here?"
"Why don't you call them?"
"Why don't you do this and that??"
For goodness sake!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is my life, my time, my whole business, why everybody wants to know, what I do, where I go.. Why this and that...
GMAB!!!
(GIVE ME A BREAK!)-- sigh!

Well, anyway...at least someone called me "angel" again.. in this school, ehm! that made my day, not as blur as I thought.. it's lovely to have someone who sees you as an angel.. wuhuuuu.. -blink-blink- XD
Lots of story, lots of sharing, lots of lesson,
thay should be a day for you or anybody else too...

Keep learning,
keep waiting another lesson from each day..

Mullum High School, waiting for the bell
2.23 pm / 2nd June 09

Where is my sunniesss??? Ah, I lost it? Reallyyy??? :(

Ah.. Monday again,
But it's JUNE!! Funtastic, God!

Been so chaotic today, my room still a big mess, my dishes still filled in my sink, and my desk-- don't ask me, everything is everywhere!!

But, at least, assignment for today has done! Good girl! ;)
I was just ready to go, it was 11.00 am. It was a nice time to go to school, on my feet and lovely pinkies. :)
Quite cold.. try to find my blakie, to put on.. hmmm.. where did I put it after Byron trip last Saturday...

Oh God, I tried to search everywhere, my chair, bed, wardrobe, bath room, kitchen... the result is none!!!! (SIGH)
I had a feeling that I'll loose it, maybe I dropped it, maybe I put it somewhere I didn't know, and besides, I've thinking of.. a plane disaster!! (ga ada hubungannya terus2an mikir pesawat jatuh, dan meletakkan semua pikiran negatif...-- di awal Minggu-- hell, yes, it was my BIG mistake!)

12.00! Dienkkkkkkkkkkkkk-- one hour? already? just to find my blakie hat? Nooo,well, I just grab my other hat, wear my sunnies, and walked through the path neear my room, and wait...
I saw somthing hangin' on the line --- it's my BLAKIE....!!! Dripping wet... OH NO, I must dropped it somewhere yesterday, hukz hukz,
I was happy tough, I didn't lose it.

12.30-- Arrived school, and did some works! it feels good when you got many compliments for the works you've done...
"This is fantastic, Asri"
"Well done!"
"This is absolutely excellent!"
I built up some Monday mood because of those compliments...

Now, started to go shopping,
It wasn't sunny at all, but I need to wear my sunnies to protect my eyes, :)
I wore it everywhere, and the last time I remembered I put it on my shopping bag.

Last stop at Mullum Chocolate shop, I realized that I've lost it!
I walked back to the town.. (SIGH) asked everyone about my sunnies,
but after one hour (again) went around the city, I felt surrender.
If I had more time with my sunnies, it will be back. no worries....

But, still thinking.., grumbling, and a bit sad... where is my sunnies???


Watching Desperate Housewives and Prepare my lesson,
Melalueca Road,
8:50 pm / 1st June 09
Mullum- NSW

A day of a perfect weekend-- should be!!

Weekend!

Always waiting for that word. That word is awaited by every body in the whole world, (I think.. if it's not too exaggerate.. hahaha!)

This weekend I've got an invitation from one of my friends at school, he's so kind.. hehe. He lives near Byron, so seeing the Light House is our planning.
Although I went to bed at 3 a.m. today, it feels good when I woke up at 10 this morning. Everything looked so clear.. no frosted window as usual.

I wore my sleeper and looked at through my window, oh God.. it's thrilling to see the blue and white sky above. I made my coffee and Milo, then got ready, it's not usual for me to take a bath in the morning, but, because I'm in the mood, ahahahah XD, so I took a shower, it feels soooo gooooddd....

I wore my pinkies.. (see other notes about that! ;)
and started walk, yes! walking 3 km to the town...! Rocks!
I thought it would be sooo longg... but, it was a very nice walk!!
It took only 35 minutes to the town, I popped in into Mullum Choco Shop-- (hope my friends like the chocolates!)to News agency, bought my fav wing dings... ummm... and waiting at the bus stop near the post office.

The bus was so on time, I'm impressed!!
I arrived at 1.30 (it's also so ON TIME) at Byron and met Alasdair and Amelia, it's exciting to see Amelia face to face, cos she's so pretty, and I could feel her lovely nature, it's good to see them!
We walked around to buy some sushi and we talked about Bali-- 'cos they wanted to go around Indo next October, how exciting! :)

We headed to Light House with their new car, it's a comfortable car. We took some photos too. Light house is a place when the light guided some of the boats or the cruise ship (maybe) in Indonesia we called it Mercusuar. It's so stunning, because the colour is white-- my fav. colour, it so contrast with the blue sky, and from the light house we can see Julian Rocks, (in the middle of the sea), dolphins, coast, and of course the most popular Byron Bay beach. The wind blew so fast and it's a bit chill, luckily I wore my light jacket, hat, and jeans.... ahahhaah COMPLETE!!!
We walked down to the most easterly point of Australia, too!! it's niceee....!!!

Next destination was somewhere to eat our sushi.. hahaha! It was funny to see my friend forced himself to eat wasabi, and looked at his face to put up with the hot taste.. He said it was cool... hahaha. I tried a bit, and I felt not good, coz it didn't taste as sambal in Indo or sambal matah in Bali.. or.. (Oh God, I'm hungry...!) but my sushi was good.. yummy, and fresh!!! After finished our sushi, we went to a coffee shop to buy coffee, it was a little place sneaked around bushes, but, the coffee was beautiful.. I didn't drink the coffee, but I tried ice coffee with a scoop of vanilla ice cream-- oh God it's heavennn!!! I really enjoyed my time with them today, talking to friends whom around my ages, so I felt comfortable.
I saw some pretty birds, too! (excluded black scary crow-- hate them!)

They took me home, too... what a nice couple! hiksz..
Wow.. this is my first perfect weekend at Mullum, ummm, I hope had a perfect weekend like this, every week!!
Will I ?

In my cozy room, under my blankets
Melalueca Road, Mullumbimby
7 : 16 p.m.
30 May 09
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