Tuesday, November 24, 2009

things you can't find

here in safford arizona, there are some things you can't find.

- macet. no traffic jam whatsoever. jangankan macet, mobil ngantri aja hampir tak ada. wow.
- lubang di jalanan. nope. makanya di sini mobil kalau jalan bisa ngebut. gak perlu kawatir mesti rem mendadak krn ada lobang di tengah jalan.
- motor bebek. AHAHAHAHHA gw seneng banget yang satu ini kagak ada. jalanan terasa legaaaaa........
- mall. sadly there's no mall in this small city. tapi ada walmart (actually i prefer target, but walmart will do lah). barang2nya cukup bagus2 dan murah2.
- sampah di pinggir jalan. so refreshing to see nature free from garbage/litter.
- pembantu. hiks. agak sedih sih. tapi secara gw nganggur juga di sini, jadinya ya gak papa deh. walaupun i still hate doing ngelipet2 laundry dan vacuum (soalnya kena static terus).
- teman. yg ini bikin bete sih, secara jadi gak punya temen ngegosip. and it adds to my misery that waktu lokal di sini mundur 14 jam dari wib. jadinya pas gw pagi, mereka malam. pas gw malam, mereka siang. tetep gak bisa chatting deh. i don't know how i did it with my guy before me coming here.
- pemulung, pengamen, tukang minta2 di lampu merah...
- ABG jalan2 di mall (ha! no mall, no abg?) sambil bawa2 froyo. :)) di tucson mall juga penuh abg kok, tapi setidaknya gak bawa2 froyo.
- bakmi GM, bakmi pinangsia, bakmi medan 61, lomie kangkung, kwetiaw siram, ......
- 14045 dan kawan2nya. gosh.
- truk2 bak terbuka dengan kondisi bobrok dan dengan bak belakang bertuliskan kata2 mutiara yang kadang2 suka bikin ketawa saking garingnya
- public transportation of any kind. kok belum liat satupun ya? except a school bus. i saw stop signs for the bus, and the bus itself at one time, but no school.
- kecap manis, indomie, dan sambel.
- tanaman hijau dan bunga warna warni. it's a desert, what do you expect. ada sih tanaman gede hijau2, just not on my yard. :P
- speaking of yard, i don't have grass on my yard. it's all sand and stone. thank God hubby's thinking about getting a garden made in the backyard. the dogs will be happy. and i too, considering the dogs'll bring less sand and stones into the house. :p
- sinetron2 sialan yang biasa merajai tv2 indo. ahahahahhahahahahhaha.
- bayar parkir. di sini parkir gak bayar. dan lahan parkir gedeeee, ga perlu rebutan.
- jajanan pasar indo. lumpia, risol, gorengan, nagasari, lemper.. arghhh..
- cats. no cats in this house. hahahahhaha.

i suppose the list will keep on growing. at least i'm settling down here. and my hubby is so nice he works hard to make me like it here. he takes me to places, and when at home he lets me watch whatever i want, except on saturdays. :P

oh gosh i'm so lazy this past two days. i should be doing some laundrying (benci deh ngelipet2 laundry...!) and vacuuming (oh it's never-ending) but i'm lazy. i just want to read the book i'm reading (my lovely bones by alice sebold.. really good and moving). hmphhhh. lazy lazy lazy.

:(

Sunday, November 15, 2009

between mt. graham, gila box, and chiricahua

there are things i love about jakarta/indonesia, but there are many things i can't get from sweet old jakarta. and luckily i can get them here quite easily. national parks, clear deep blue sky, fresh air, clean environment (i haven't seen a single litter, at all!), and traffic jam free roads. :D

di hari pertama sampai di tucson kami berdua langsung jalan2 ke target untuk belanja baju dingin (for me). i looovveee target. you can find really good fashionable clothes with just a minimum amount of money. setelah itu pergi ke tucson mall. luasnya paling cuma segede pim1-2 tapi 2 lantai doang but it has 4 big department stores: jc penney, dillards, macy's, sama satu lagi lupa. gosh i've never shopped so much in my entire life before. of course, it's more fun when it's not your money. :D

di hari ke dua suami langsung ngajak jalan2 ke mt. graham. ini adalah gunung yang keliatan dari backyard rumah. kira2 1 jam perjalanan sampai ke basenya, lalu 1 jam lagi untuk naik ke atas. beruntung kita pergi hari itu, karena ternyata hari minggu road ke atas sudah ditutup untuk umum, karena winter (yes, it snowed up there). the view was magnificent. the weather, although freezing cold, was so fresh that it makes you wanna curse jakarta's polluted air. :p

di hari berikutnya suami, saya dan max si anjing/kuda pergi menjelajah gila box (baca: hi-le box, it's spanish for hi-le canyon). ini jadi sebetulnya adalah national park yang mencakup sepanjang sungai gila tadi. ada banyak stops along the park, but we only went to a few of them. berhubung lagi winter, airnya gak banyak. so max can waddle and play in the water (yup, he's not a natural born swimmer). kalau summer ternyata kita bisa canooing / kayaking dari atas sampai bawah. i'll definitely try that.

lalu besokannya kami berdua (kali ini minus max) pergi ke chiricahua national park. biarpun isinya 'cuma' bebatuan, tapi tempat ini buagusssss banget loh. breath-takingly spectacular. i can't believe ada tempat kayak gini di dunia, let alone noting the fact that it's only about 1-2 hour drive from my house. very interesting.

untuk masuk kita harus bayar $5 per person, and get a member card. (i don't know how to get the member card, but it's valid for a year). i think, eventhough we have to pay, it's worth every penny. di sana kita juga bisa piknik dan camping. it's fun.

setelah itu on the way back home we saw a full rainbow. bright shiny colors, end to end. at one point we could even see 1 1/2 rainbow. lovely. i think it's God's promise that my life's gonna be good here, so i don't need to worry or be homesick. (iya, masih dikit nih..).

oh, and i just found out my parents are gonna be here to celebrate christmas!! YAY! and my sis's probably gonna be here too, cos hubby has to work during xmas. but that's ok, cos i'm gonna be busy anyway, with mom, dad, sister, max and the new baby boy brady in the house. oh yeah did i tell you, hubby's getting me a puppy. we're gonna name him brady and we're gonna pick him up when we got back from florida. yaaay. max's gonna have someone to play with, so he won't be so bored.

ok i better take max out for a walk. he's bored.

Friday, November 13, 2009

28 jam, 5 airport, 4 pesawat

setelah semua itu akhirnya nyampe juga gw di tanah amerika. cuapenya setengah mati, jangan di tanya. but i got thru it all, dan berhasil sampai dengan selamat di rumah masa depan *halah*. :D

so far so good sih. although i'd have to admit, it's not easy moving halfway across the world. apalagi ditambah fakta kalau safford itu beda 180 derajat dibanding jakarta. di sini antar rumah itu berjarak agak jauh. yaaa sekali naik mikrolet lah. *lebay*. trus, biarpun sama2 punya anjing, anjing di sini (kebetulan di rumah ini aja) gede banget. anjing gw yg paling gede di jkt kok jadi keliatan kecil, paling cuma seukuran 1 paha si max. ckckck. padahal si max ini umurnya belom ada setaon. gak ngebayang ntar kalo udah adult kayak apa. mengerikan. trus di sini sejauh mata memandang, yg keliatan ya cuma ... the horizon. gak ada gedung yg lebih dari 3 lantai (jarang itupun). bahkan saking kagetnya pas malam pertama di sini, gw agak norak ngeliat begitu banyaknya bintang di langit. seriously, di jakarta gak ada apa2nya tuh bintang. di sini ratusannnn!! sampai orion2 pun keliatan. damn!! it's gorgeous.

selain itu yg bikin kaget adalah .. there's no noise. heniiing banget, apalagi kalau malam. siang aja hening, malam sih gak ada bebunyian. so peaceful. gak heran sih kalau laki gw betah di sini, .. gw juga betah. dan udaranya gak sucks kayak jakarta.

satu2nya yg bikin kangen sama jakarta: probably the convinience my house provided kali ya? kemana2 deket dan gampang cari makanan. gak kebayang kalo di sini gak ada mobil.. trus malem2 laper gak ada makanan. huwa.. mana bisa tuh telp 14045 atau tereak ke depan rumah mesen nasi goreng tektek. :P

oh well.. everything comes with a price. i just wish my parents could live here too. aww man i'm still homesick. grrhg.

Friday, November 6, 2009

H minus 3

yesterday while having dinner mom said "wah minggu depan hari ini kamu udah gak di sini lagi ya.... yah, sepi deh.."
and i nearly almost cried.

i hate goodbyes.
 

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