Ngalor-Ngidul Sustainability

Pagi-pagi, ku terus buka HP... hahaha... Polah manusia jaman ini memang aneh yak... entah karena mau matiin alarm atau mau ngecek medsos.. bukannya mandi dan menggosok gigi seperti lagu gubahannya Pak Kasur... (anak anak jaman sekarang bakal ngowoh ditanyain itu lagu apa, dan siapa itu Pak Kasur...). Sst.. saya bukan mau cerita masa kecil saya, atau soal kontroversialnya lagu itu dibahas orang-orang kurang kerjaan... Mestinya bangun tidur baca doa dulu, terus ambil wudhu... dll..., saya mau cerita aja tadi pagi pas buka WA, ada WA yang dikirimkan teman saya jam 22.30 an malam. Laah, saya tuh tadi malem kolaps dengan sukses dari jam 9 malam kayaknya... entahlah, yang pasti saya bangun tengah malam hanya untuk mematikan laptop, TV dan wifi, terus balik lagi ke tempat tidur dengan bahagia, melanjutkan molor saya.

A Weary Day

While preparing my lunchbox, my Mom asked me to work from home one morning of September. I didn't feel too well either since the previous night I worked on a chapter of a book of a senior officer, and I had planned to translate the chapter that day... well... that was my plan...

So, after having my breakfast, I communicated with the senior officer, to tell him what he should do with the file (FYI, he is not very good with computer... hahahaha), and discussed the content of his chapter. I actually do not want to give consultation on tourism anymore -- too many heartaches-- but, I respect this senior officer, so I usually review and discuss his thoughts for his articles.

I was planning to take a bath, but then a director of one of well established travel bureau here consulted me for her presentation on a webinar on tourism. So, I ended up being her consultant for her to set her topic for the presentation...which I don't mindat all, since she has been very kind to me for all this years, and she didn't know that I no longer hold the position at my previous office.

Miniature Rose

 I love roses, but never really tried to plant them. I didn't try to plant them for their thorns and for my impatience. I am not very patient... Once or twice my Mom planted roses. She has green thumbs, and the roses she planted usually grow, not always...but some could survive. But when it's time to enjoy the flowers, there would be people come to ask for the flower petals because they need them for "visiting graves" or for medication... So... we only ended up enjoying the leaves and the thorns.

Three months ago, Rias, my office mate, gave me roses cuttings. They were pink baby roses. It could only survive for a month. Couple weeks ago, I accompanied a friend to a nursery, and I saw this miniature roses. I bought one and place it at my balcony, where it can get sun shine from morning until down. It's been 3 weeks since then, and the flowers are blooming....

FAMILY

After asking permission from my boss yesterday, I went home to pick up my sister and her 5 year old son to take them to the airport. My sister and my youngest nephew came 5 days ago to see my parents as my Dad was hospitalized 2 weeks ago.