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November 28, 2004
back home in NL
i miss portugal already, wishing that i am there. i miss my bedroom in my parents' house, with the balcony overlooking the tagus river. in the hot summer nights, i would sleep with the windows and balcony doors wide open, the river's cool breezes sweeping in and i'd lie awake, listening to the night sounds: the garbage collector, the cute boy across the street coming home after clubbing with his friends.
i miss the pantry of my parents' house, where all the cupboards are filled with food, glorious food. well, my kitchen here is well-stocked too, except my parents' food looks much better than mine. probably because they have better stock of indonesian food, hehe...
i didn't make it to lisbon last week; stayed in oporto all week. i love oporto too. i think if i went to lisbon on my own, i'd be a bit sad. all the memories of these places i used to go with my mom, my dad, my sister, my friends and robert. the same sad feeling i get when i go to london; like, it's a city that was once mine, but it's moved on without me.
i was sad to leave mom, yacinta and xavier yesterday. especially since yacinta and i had a huge screaming fight with each other in the afternoon, before i left. i'm hoping to pop over again to portugal at christmas break and see them.
i spoke to tante isti last week and she says she is coming to oporto with the children and if i'm around at christmas, she'll be hosting a christmas party, to which i am invited. sounds good. so i might just spend christmas in oporto.
the other alternative is staying in NL. being with trudy, karel, francine, robert's parents and robert. exchanging gifts. trudy's annual christmas dinner: canadian turkey and stuffing, mashed potatoes, brussels sprouts (i actually like these), garlic shrimp cocktail, tiramisu.
hummm. difficult. choices, choices.
Posted by Yasmina at November 28, 2004 10:43 PM
Comments
Pardon me for writting this OOT comment, but having dazzled upon your blogs, really did ring a bell somewhere. Okay, "Yasmina" doesn't actually ring anything, but to my surprise, your last name is "Haryono". Than I started to tickle, "Why on earth that name sounds so familiar?" Err....Never mind than, those stupid bells been ringing alot lately. Maybe I should have them fixed, or else simply buy a new one from amazon instead. Errr... Cheers! :)
yasmina says: umm, maybe that's because "haryono" is a common javanese name? not to mention MT Haryono is guaranteed a street name in every town in indo ;)
Posted by: tongkis at December 1, 2004 05:13 AM
It sounds like a wonderful home. I would miss it too.
yasmina says: yeah i miss it so much, it's weird this idea that i have to travel much further now to be "home" instead of the 3-hour flight amsterdam-lisbon.
Posted by: brandon at December 1, 2004 05:44 AM
You must miss your family sooooo muchhhhh and I MISS YOU!!!!! Xavier is sooo cute and I am happy that you had that time with them all. Maybe I can meet Xavier one day. I hope things get better for all of you soon mostly the screaming fights. I understand what they are like and it is sad to leave it at that but I am sure you will get to a point when you are all ok. I miss you...and will keep on checking your life log...
mon :)
yasmina says: i miss you too! thanks for dropping by. will call you this weekend with the good news :)
Posted by: Monica Bueno at December 2, 2004 12:22 AM
Aaah.. here's the drill.. You wouldn't happen to live anywhere near by Pulomas/Kayu Putih during your period back in Indo would you? Despite the fact, that it is such a very common Javanese name? But than again, maybe I was mistaken you by somebody else perhaps? Nevermind, love your blogs by the way, cheers! =)
yasmina says: i haven't lived with my parents in years but yeah they do have a home in kayu putih/pulo mas. why? do you know them?
Posted by: tongkis at December 2, 2004 04:01 AM
hi yas, when are you going back to jkt? we should definitely meet up! :) i'll be there by early feb for sure.
Posted by: d at December 3, 2004 10:11 PM
