Pee-Aim-Sssss

Hoho. Dirty little title.

Three little letters which I believe created to justified girls' bipolar emotion so boys won't think us of being crazy. Well, maybe it has some scientific truth in it, if you want to believe it.

Below is three points of my justification of the non-existence of PMS.

1. Girls get emotional during PMS? No. We are emotional little thing, aren't we? But if we get emotional, it is when we tried to get the attention. And you better have it our way. Otherwise, do you want girls to have PMS all year round? No. You'd prefer a few days per month. So it's a win-win situation.

2. The bloating and huge water retention. I felt big during PMS. Is it? Or does the eyes playing tricks? But do play with us that our eyes are not playing tricks. We "do" retain more water and salt during the time of the month so our jeans got a lil bit "tighter". Play this denial card and you won't get girl slap you for saying that she's gained weight.

3. Increasing level of craving for something sweet. Oh please, this is just so transparent, no??! Do I really have to say anything further? Chocolate is our best friend, right after diamonds and gay guys. We need justification to pig out once a month.

I better stop at three. Well, the medical world may have better explanation than mine. (Better and truer). Nonetheless, maybe this is scientifically proven, maybe it is just drama created by us, the repressed side of the gender. Haha, right.

Anyway, I thought this whole drama during PMS thing only happened to me. But then again, I was proven wrong. The universe screamed, "Not that special, honey!" Funny things this PMS. (And by funny I mean 'locoooo')

PS: This post importance (or the lack of it) has raised my own eyebrows. I just need to vent. Sorry readers.

vintage surveys

I bet few of my closest high-school friends would remember how I usually asked them to answer my 'silly' questions on a paper. Guess what, I found one of those vintage surveys! This are so funny but I'm going to write it up in Bahasa so it won't loose its originality (I'm not going to put in the names- but only the initials, but I bet you know who you are..). I promise I'm not changing an iota on it.

This one reads: "Our Futures... what do you want to be, OK!"

:p H: Gw mau jd diplomat sukses!! Harus tinggal diluar negri punya green card dan euro card!

E: ROCK STAR!!

T: Gue tentunya pingin banget jadi "newscaster", pinginnya sih CNN/BBC. Live in NY/DC/London. Huaaaa.. tinggi banget impian gue.

DN: Tentunya domisili di luar negri dhunksh!! paling sedikit di S'pore... gue bekereja sebagai fashion editor di majalah VOGUE dan jadi fashion merchandiser di dep store Bloomingdales atau Harrods... dan punya butik namanya Harajukumanic... punya greencard, terus punya pacar si cowok gebetan di gereja gua itu (ouwgh.. i'm so in love with him)

D: gua mo kerja di IBM int. jadi general manager.... asoy... trus side job gua jadi hackernya FBI... jadi gua yang memprotect site-nya FBI and buat film sbg cinematografi... cowok gua jadi business man... yang terkenal seantero dunia.

R: gue mau jadi PR di SM entertainment tempat shinhwa kerja... jadi kalo ada masalah, gue yang turun.. hehe

V: jadi anak angkatnya Bill Gates trus dpt smua warisannya... AMEEN!!

AA: mau jadi dokter (tae.. ah) di rumah sakit mahalan!! ato jadi akuntan di luar negri.. anak dua

AD: Business women, anak dua, suami business man, tajir..

F: kepala designer perusahaan floo.com. gue bikin ndiri perush-nya sampai t'kenal ke uj (ung) dunia 7 turunan. Co(wok) setipe dan ga jauh-jauh amat dr perbidangan gue, arsitek ke'.. (gue ga ksampean kan jd arsitek). Co(wok) gue sejati sehati sejiwa yang takuly.. (Zie: Sumpah gw nggak ngerti ini apaan).. anak gue juga kaya gue dalam bidang art-art gitu.. hehe (maksa) oia, gue jg pengen nerusin di bidang perdebatan.. jadi chief adjudicator.. hehe (tay ah)

IS: business women.. haha ato business girl.. yah geto lah.. jadi pemilik perusahaan komputer terkenal.. seluruh dunia, nyaingin IBM bikin prgram baru ngalahin windows.. trus tajir abesss (tentunya.. haha) tp suami gw jg ga kalah ma gua.. tajir *7-12 turunan* pemilih peursahaan sama terkenalnya ma gua.. tinggal di luar: Amrik, Ing, Prancis ato se engga2nya Spore, anak 2: ce&co.. pokoknya jadi orang yang SUPER SIBUK.. tp bisa bagi waktu

FR: apa ya.. kayaknya sih banyak anak.. yah mungkin 1 anak/tahun.. huahahaha!! apa ya kerja gw.. paling memajukan Purbasari sampe go international.. sampingan mengembangkan toko emasnya si ****.. suami gue = mafia hongkong :) under cover sebagai orang jual emas.. rumah tesebar dimana2, hidup penuh tantangan (apa sih!!).. ga tau ah! masa dpn gw ga jelas!!

I had blast laughing while writing this up. Goodness, how far have we been from that point? I miss you girls so much.

I can't even speak proper BAHASA

so much for a nationalist wannabe, huh!?

I had an interview today with Stock Exchange watchdog to get my working license and I sort of bombed it to the ground and leaving with destroyed dignity *...*

So there were three gentlemen interviewing me about this broker/dealer related rules. It started off pretty alright with general question and what-not. Then, they started to ask me about the rules. NOT the rules that I don't know, but the thing is, I don't know what on earth they are talking about.

In my defense, I studied capital market overseas and I hate to say this but I am freaking unfamiliar with the jargon here. And badly enough, I started to think in English, translating their question to Bahasa then thinking about the rules, trying to explain it to myself in English and tried to speak in Bahasa. Confused. Just like overused laptop of mine, my mind crash. Blank. So.......in the middle of the interview I just give up.

Thankfully the gentlemen were quite nice. They weren't scolding at me and later told me that I could take another test (written one thank God) because.. I don't know why, actually.

But really, what's up with my Bahasa? I am alright with the Bahasa pergaulan and could speak fast enough that people won't think I'm dumb bimbo. But full EYD? Nada. Another plan plan plan!

Anyway, talking about watchdog and language, I remember one of the 'joke' that my 'bule' ex-boss used to tell during a party with Indonesian.

"Do you know that dog is the only animal that speaks two languages?" He asked.
Me: "Ummmm.."
"What sound a dog makes here (in Jakarta)?"
Me (stupidly): "Guk guk?"
"In Australia it said, woof woof." He smiled widely.
Me: "Ah!" Awkwardly.

So smart, ey?

the relationship stories

This is what happened after a series of private meeting with few of my friends: I got plenty spicy stuff to write about relationships. Girls (and boys), I'm not going to name names based on the secrecy you (thought you) gave me when we had our lunches/dinners/YMs/phone calls. But your stuffs are so damn writable. Heehee..

Here're the highlights:

• "My boyfriend doesn't understand me! He has to talk to me every night although I told him that I was so tired. Zie, I think I want to breakup." A friend who wants a more understanding boyfriend.


• "My girlfriend asks for unthinkable things for such an early relationship. We argued all the time!" A friend who are confused about the girl's character, to say the least.


• "Am I living in my past, Zie?" :) a friend who is trying to get further explanation from the ghostly relationship.


• "WHAT? He doesn't know what MSG stands for?!" a frustrated friend trying to get a balance view from the boyfriend and getting shocked by his lack of knowledge.


• "I usually dated girl my age, or older than me. This one is just too immature." a friend telling me about his LDR with a girl two years younger than his.

[Totally feeling #3 and #4, HA!]

Well, at least one of my friend is pretty positive despite the ‘not-so-good’ news she received about her boyfriend.

After hearing her story I immediately said, "See, that makes me more skeptical about boys. Is there even one decent human boy out there?" She said, "[I guess we need to think about one thing:] Good intention. Good intention."

I laughed. So that becomes our sort-of mantra when one of us is losing faith due to boy's troubles.

Anyhoo, I don’t really know how to respond to most of the complaints since I’m not a competent couple counselor. I typically smiled and nodded or acted like one muted idiot. However, for some, I told them to suck it up and move on. For some, maybe a little patience is required. Because what is relationship without hard work, acceptance and forgiveness? It is not one that is worth keeping, I guess.

Maybe I'm being simple and un-romantic.

Or, maybe the next time I should just listen to you and not publishing your complaints here :)

Have a great weekend!

PS: If you want me to remove your taglines then let me know haha.. will appreciate your privacy. Umm.. right. Haha.