stupid sales reply

Thursday, April 16: There's half page color advert in Kompas, promoting the new C510 by Sony Ericsson.

Saturday, April 18: @ the brand store, Senayan City... Looked @ the dummy and was thinking to buy one.

Monday, April 20: Still thinking about it...

Today, April 21: Sacrificed my lunch time, went to PP to buy that phone... finally... And....

@ Sony Ericsson store:

Me: "Excuse me, I want to buy C510."

Sales: "I'm sorry, we don't have it yet."

Me: "What? Isn't it a new model?"

Sales: "Yes, since it's new we don't have it yet."

Me: "But I saw it in Senayan City?"

Sales: "Yes, maybe they have it there, but we don't have it here."

Me, started to get a bit annoyed... Moved to the next store, OKE Shop...

Me: "Excuse me, I want to buy C510."
Sales: "I'm sorry, we don't have it yet."

Me: "But it's new, isn't it?"

Sales: "Yes, because it's very new we don't have the stock yet."

Me: "But the store in Senayan City has it!"

Sales: "Yes, I think only Senayan City has it right now."

Now I'm thinking should I really buy that thing or should I just forget about changing mobile phone if this is the way they sell it. Why put a large advert & spend so much money on promotong something that you don't even have!!!!!

omiyage

omiyage = purezento = presents

My friend Atie just returned from Japan for a short holiday in her hometown, Jakarta. I asked her to buy me 2 CDs (which she could only find 1) and a magazine (that she didn't have time to search for anyway). Surprisingly, she said: "Aaaaah, I have to bring to so many things for you!" I was a bit shocked when she said that: "I thought you're only bringing me 1 CD?" Apparently, she brought more for me ha3x See in the picture, the CD is the only thing that I asked her to buy for me, but she actually bought me some present!! LoL Above the CD are 2 little comics that she bought @ Manga Expo (Or Comiket for the Japanese). Then some ichigo (strawberry) snacks, I have to eat that later. I really didn't know what's inside the red package, she just said that if I feel cold I could stick those on my skin. Ok, no problem... I'll try it out too.

And the "many things" that she brought me are actually all the comics & doujinshis in this picture!! I couldn't stop laughing when I saw them and asked: "What in world did you buy me these for?" She said: "While I was in the manga expo, I really wanted to buy some comics but since I don't read them I thought why not buy it for you? And I didn't know which one is good, so I just picked the longest queue in front of the stands. If the queue is long that means that the comic is good!" HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA That's logical!! But amazingly one of the doujinshi was actually created by EIKI EIKI, one of the mangaka that I like. And one drawing book with Light Yagami & L from Death Note on the cover. Mmm, good choices. There are also some magazines, I asked her what magz are those? Her answer: "I don't know, I got them for free, I though you'd understand & like them." ROFL

Anyway, she told me a lot of interesting stories & pictures about Japan. I'll save that for another entry. But all in all, it's an interesting country. And yes, I still want to go there someday. Right now, I'll just enjoy listening to the CD and try to improve my Japanese with those comics & magazines that she bought me.

teaching again

Last night I started teaching again. How many students came? Just 3. But looks like more will join next week, they just found out that I re-opened the class ast night. And I was happy with my 3 students. They asked a lot of questions, they brought discussion materials and were willing to follow my guidelines. I didn't prepare anything to teach last night, I was waiting to hear from them first what they want to learn from the class. The result was satisfying... now I know better how to teach in the next sessions and what kind of materials to bring.

A few years ago I opened a free English class in church for about a year. It was closed down due to the students' lack of time and commitment. After that I ran another English class for 13 Sunday School children, ranging from 7 - 13 years old. It was very fun!! Even better than the adult class!! We played many games, I encouraged them to pray in English (each of them had to prepare a prayer in English and every week the last kid came into the class room have to pray in after the lesson), and I even challenged them to pick a scripture in English to memorize. The first once who could recite it in front of the class will get a book (in English of cours :D) or a little gift from me. I never knew that children could be so competitive! Ha3x

The reason I opened the children class was because after Sunday service their parents had to practice Choir for about 1.5 hours. During that time I saw the kids were running around and gossiping (the girls) and playing aimlessly much to the parents annoyance. So one day I gathered the 13 children class and asked me if they want to study English with me while waiting for their parents. They enthusiastically said yes!! Thus, the class started... They had fun, the parents were happy and at least they could always come to me for help with their English homework ha3x Instead of calling me teacher, they called me BOSS! ROFL I felt so bad when I had to quit the class due to my mom's illness 2 years ago. At that time my mom need somebody to be with her 24/7, so I took turn with my dad to be with her on Sunday after church. When my mom passed away last year I didn't continue the class cause most of the children already got into high school and had to join the teenagers ministry every 12:00pm. I still meet them at church, they always give me a high five (the boys) or a kiss in the cheeck (the girls). I love them like my own children.

When I got the request to re-open the class honestly I wasn't so enthusiastic. First I didn't have much time left afterwork anymore and second, I don't have the confidence to dot it again. After hesitating to say yes for 2 weeks, it finally started last night. And I didn't regret it. I just hope that those who have joined and who will join in the following weeks could be more committed. compared to the last adult class that taught. After seeing how excited my students were last night, I think it's worth my time. It would be wonderful if one day they could speak English confidently outside, so I know that I don't waste my time & they have used their time in a better way.

my bedroom, my sanctuary

This is my bedroom. And yes, it's Naruto everywhere and of course Naruto bedsheet you see there. Well, not just Naruto actually, but Jay Chou is definitely there too. I like a lot of stuff, but Naruto & Jay Chou are both on top of my "special" list :D

My room is the place where I do most of my activities at home. Other than sleeping, things that I do in there: watching (I have my own 23" LCD TV & DVD/DivX player), listening to music, reading (my bed is custom made with my own design, the drawers underneath can keep more than 300 comics so all I have to do is reach down to get some to get me to sleep), playing guitar, singing (being crazy is more like it), creating (whatever's on my mind), crying (when I'm just being a crybaby), sulking (when things don't go the way I plan)... What else? I eat in the dining room and have showers in the bathroom of course.

So my bedroom is very important to me. I has to be the most comfortable place for me. And to be comfortable I have to have things that I love all around me. When you see my bedroom, you see me. My bedroom is very small, but a lot of people don't seem to mind and they enjoy hanging out in my bedroom.

I have 2 sets of Naruto bedsheet, blue (as in the picture) and yellow. A set of small Naruto pillow - bolster set + small Naruto cushion (specially ordered fom Japan) + Naruto plushtoy completes the bed. Other than that I also have many plushies on my bed, which now takes up almost half my bed I think He3x Can't sleep without them. The plushies are not always the same. When one goes to the launder, another would replace.

On the wall above the LCD TV is a large Naruto poster he3x Next to it is a picture frame & Jay Chou's concert poster. There is another Jay's giant poster on the other wall. One side also holds 2 large book shelves with little merchandises scattered around. I'll take some pictures another time.

So yeah, I love plushies and figures. I used to have 6 Kamen Rider figures, one of them can turn into a battle hopper. But then some little cousins came and fought over them so I have to gave up on some of them T____T I only keep 2 Kamen Rider Ryuki's figures and battle hopper one. I really want to have a Ryuki with his Dragon fighter... You can consider that for my birthday present this year.

Sooooo, don't blame me if I'd rather stay home then hanging out at the Mall He3x now you know why I love my bedroom so much. Have a great weekend-dattebayo!!!

change... maybe...

Compared to some of my friends, I think I have a very ordinary life and I'm also a very ordinary person. This is what I do from day to day:

- Work from Monday - Friday, officially from 8am - 5pm, but I could never leave @ 5pm.

- Monday night: intercession night @ church, 7 - 9pm

- Tuesday night: Watching & reading night.

- Wednesday night: Sports, if I want to and it's not raining.

- Thursady night: Music rehearsal @ church -- only if I'm on schedule, usually 2-3 times a month.

- Friday night: Time to hang out -- only if I have the mood.

- Saturday morning: Japanese private lesson. Noon: Teaching English @ church, starting this week.

- Saturday evening - night: Youth Ministry service.

- Sunday morning - noon: Church.

That's about it. I don't go clubbing, I go to the mall once in a while when I'm bored or when I need to find something.

What else? Oh, I never dye my hair, it's natural dark brown. I still wear glasses despite people's suggestion to start wearing contacts (I rub my eyes a lot, don't think that would be comfortable with contacts). I'm not fashionable, I only wear what I'm most comfortable with -- mostly jeans + t-shirt + sneakers. Am I not ordinary... or plain?? (^-^)

And suddenly in this age I feel like I need some change. No, I'm not going to start clubbing Ha3x Don't like the music being played, I think it's too loud. And I don't drink alcohol either, especially since I got allergic to grapes a couple of years ago so I can't drink wine either. The allergic is not that bad, I can still eat grapes & drink a sip of wine. When I start coughing though, that's a sign to stop otherwise the coughing will continue for weeks.

Sooooo, this change that I mentioned is actually not a drastic one. I've cut my hair short last month... and I'm thinking of dyeing my hair, my hairdresser offered a special service for that since from the 10 years of my patronage I never did anything else to my hair except the basic treatments. I think he's dying to do something else to it LoL

Anyway, what a long entry just to say that I might (or might not) dye my hair... to what color I don't know but not blonde. Aaaaargh, I also have to change this blabering habit!!! Too bad my hairdresser can not do it for me or we can spend one hour longer at the beauty salon to work on my hair and my thoughts! He3x