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April 11, 2005
the homesick post
ugh. i'm at that phase where i wish i hadn't gotten on that stupid plane to amsterdam. why oh why did i come back here?
i miss my family. i miss the crickets at night. i miss the frogs after the rain. i miss the fresh slices of papaya for breakfast, the fresh fruit juices. i miss bubur ayam medan topped with cakwe, lovely crunchy ifumie and soto mie and pempek kapal selam and nasi tim ayam and kue serabi. i even miss the sticky heat, only because we can cool off in the pool afterwards or take a cold shower.
last week was really tough at work. tight deadlines to meet. plus, getting back into work mode after 2 months' leave was super hard. you know there's something wrong with your job if you've been back a week and are already stressed.
my only consolation is seeing my lovely friends again. natalie was here from london, visiting her boyfriend in rotterdam, so we went for witbier met citroen at loo's and then a sushi-and-gyu-don dinner at fugu. we partied together in london during our undergrad days; i used to hold her hair back if she needed to throw up, haha.
thursday, judith and marnix came by for dinner and looked at the videos and photos we made in indo. they travelled to southeast asia from november to february and were in indo around the same time, although we didn't get to meet. next time, we'll come round theirs and see their documentation of their journey.
friday, drinks with michael after work. bitching and moaning about work, so what else is new?
saturday, rotterdam with laszlo, lesh, anton and kata. we watched the wedding dvd and photos on anton's beamer on his wall. pizzas and snacks and mint tea. it was great, i love anton's flat; cozy, with people you know, and i felt like a million miles away from here, in another place.
sunday we were watching the rotterdam marathon in our pyjamas on laszlo's balcony, having a really great breakfast. robert's brother jeroen ran in the marathon but we didn't manage to see him there. we went for a coffee and chocolate-truffel cake *yummm!* with robert's dad at cafe dudok before rushing off to steenbergen to see jeroen and his wife, carolien, for her birthday dinner.
knackering weekend or what?
Posted by Yasmina at April 11, 2005 01:36 PM
Comments
woi yas,lu nyebutin makanan satu satu yah nambah kangennn..huhuhu, tp gw jg kangen lho sama bubur ayam,kalo bikin sendiri ribet sih..tuhh kaann jadii pengenn,hikkksss!
enjoy aja yas, disini jg kan lu byk temen ^_^
TC
<b>yasmina:</b> huhu, tp temen2 gw disini ga bisa masak spt elo, ju... kalo kita tetanggaan, gue udah datengin elo tiap hari kali, minta makan, hahaha, rugi di elo yah?
Posted by: Juju at April 13, 2005 11:11 AM
Yaz... kalo ga inget suami dan kucing yg sudah menanti di negeri kumpeni, gue rasanya ogah balik juga neeh hahaha... emang negh pepaya di sini ga ada matinya.. apalagi yg boleh beli di abang2, yg udah dipotong2 panjang dalem plastik. My all time favourite! Btw, gw jd penasaran bgt pengen ke Burgundy gara2 elo neeeh! Tapi pergi ke situ enakan rame2 sama temen yahh... nah yg susah tuh ngumpulin org2nya.. =P selaen waktu gw udah mepet abis skr ini...
<b>yasmina:</b> huaaa, jgn lewatin burgundy, ya ga usah rame-rame lah, ber3, ber4 juga bisa, going for drinks... paling rame kalo after work sih, orang2 pada kesana...
Posted by: Lely at April 13, 2005 03:28 PM
yah,memang kacang nggak akan lupa ama kulitnya..ato sebaliknya :-)
Posted by: shannav at April 19, 2005 03:09 PM
