The Hunt: Vendor Pembuat Cincin Kawin Capeng Pria

Dari bulan Januari 2014 kita udah dapet cincin kawin untuk gue aja. Kemudian pas lagi jalan-jalan di blok M plaza kita putuskan beli cincin dari stainless steel di toko d'paris. Asumsinya karna kan Rino ngga boleh pakai cincin yg terbuat dari emas. Sebenernya Sekarang lagi musim sih cincin kawin pria dari palladium, tapi book it's way too expensive. Harganya kaya harga cincin Mas, tapi ngga bisa dijual lagi. So, we thought it's okay to have a totally different wedding ring.
Mine was yellowish yet vintage ring, his was more like silverish with a Lil touch of gold in the middle and his ring was way more modern than mine.

My wedding Ring

Cincin kawin gue yang di beli di pasar baru tangerang

Cincin kawin stainless steel yang awalnya buat Rino

Betapa ngga nyambungnya kan itu dua cincin kalo mau dijadiin cincin kawin pasangan hahaha...
Menjelang acara lamaran, gue iseng iseng browsing nyari vendor untuk bikin atau pesen cincin kawin buat laki-laki dan ternyataaaa... Nemu website ini http://www.cincinkawincrom.web.id/utama/
Toko ini ternyata memang workshopnya di daerah Depok. Agak riskan aja gitu ya kalo pesen cincin kawin online tanpa ketemu langsung sama yang bikin. Akhirnya kita putuskan hari Sabtu tanggal 18 Oktober untuk ke Depok, ketemu dan janjian dengan yang punya, namanya mas Viery. Gue sebelumnya iseng tanya-tanya ke Mas Viery lewat BBM, dan ternyata si Mas Viery ini ownernya, orangnya baik banget dan helpful.
Hari Sabtu pagi jam 10-an kita berangkat ke workshopnya, pas ketemu, workshopnya emang ngga terlalu besar, karna emang mereka biasanya terima order online.

Setelah konsultasi dan tanya-tanya, akhirnya kita sepakat buat pesen cincin perak dengan model sama persis kaya cincin gue, cuma untuk Rino ngga pake mata / diamond. Dan bahagianya, meskipun cincinnya terbuat dari perak, tapi bisa minta diwarnain emas, supaya sama kaya punya gue. Setelah deal harga (yang surprisingly dikasih harga murah banget), Rino diminta buat coba ukuran cincinnya pake sejenis dummy cincin gitu.

Karna model cincin yang kita mau tergolong simple banget, si Mas Viery mau ngasih harga Rp. 275,000,- aja loh, itu udah include semua-muanya, boleh ukir nama (kalo mau, tapi kita ngga mau hehehe) dan udah dapet box cincin juga. Overall pelayanannya sih memuaskan banget, mudah-mudahan hasilnya juga bagus nanti. I'll post later when the ring done.
Nah yang mau contact si Mas Viery atau Viery jewelry ini bisa add pin BB 297497F4 atau nomor HP nya 085281188163.

Salam,
Nikensashi

10 days to go to our lamaran

Postingan gw sebelumnya menceritakan soal Rino Yudiargo yang secara mengejutkan melamar gue. Nah Sekarang gue mau cerita dikit soal proses lamaran yang insya Allah akan kita laksanakan tanggal 26 Oktober 2014.
Eits, tanggal 12 baru dilamar, kok tanggal 26 udah mau lamaran aja? Sebenernya kita dari bulan januari udah rencanain lamaran bulan juni, eh tapi karna restu belum turun, akhirnya kita putus kan buat bersabar dan gue juga agak2 lupa gimana ceritanya sampe kita akhirnya bisa set the date. Yang jelas perjuangannya gilaaaaa gilaaaa kalo air mata gue dikumpulin, mungkin bakalan segede danau cipondoh heehehhee.
Well anyway, we actually planned the engagement on 25th October. Tapi badai kembali datang pas kakak iparnya Rino tanggal segitu masih masuk kerja. Dia kasih alternatif tanggal 1 November. Ya menurut lo aja, tanggal 31 (jumat) oktober kantor gw closing sales dan pasti bakalan pulangalem sampe jam 9an. Ya kali paginya tau2 gue nongol di Pandeglang buat lamaran. Gw kecewa banget rasanya. Tanggal 26 oktober pun sebenernya berat buat gw. Karna itu hari minggu, which mean I have to get back to Bintaro karna seninnya kan gw masuk. Pilihannya kalo mau lamaran tanggal 26, ya gw balik ke Bintaro malem, atau berangkat nyubuh pas hari senin. Maygaaaaat semua pilihannya pait buat gw. Gw sempet bilang, yaudah kalo kakak iparnya berhalangan, ya ga usah ikut jg gapapa. Toh adik kandung gw aja yg di Jawa ngga ikut. Dari pada mesti ngorbanin gw kan ya. Tapi Si rino tetep insist doong itu Si kakak iparnya mesti banget ada. Akhirnya gw marah besar sama dia. Kesel banget rasanya, egois banget, ngga mikirin gue. Akhirnya gue lah yang ngalah.l, dan akhirnya gw terima lah itu tanggal 26 Oktober. Meakipun jujur sampe detik ini gue ga tau nanti balik ke bintaronya gimana. Rasanya beraaat banget ya, restu udah di tangan, tinggal gimana nyiapin acara nikahan ini, yang kayanya akan ada drama drama berikutnya.
Oke next mungkin gue akan share soal dress lamaran yang udah jadi dan cincin lamaran :)

Bismillahirrahmanirrahiim..
In the next 10 days I'll be officially engaged. And maybe I'll turn this blog into wed-prep blog for a while. My wedding it self will take place in Pandeglang. there's no wed-prep blog around pandeglang, serang. So I hope this might help :)

It's real and it's a yes

12 October 2014
21.30
Rino Yudiargo, the man of my life, surprisingly proposed me.
Setelah makan malem, kita putus kan untuk ke Bintaro Exchange, ke ATM terus lanjut ngobrol di outdoor park sambil dengerin live acoustic.
Ngobrol mulai dari soal kerjaan sampai pernikahan. Tapi pas Si penyanyinya mulai perform lagu Extreme - More than words. Kita berdua ngga sengaja langsung berhenti ngomong dan mulai nyanyi bareng. Then after the song ended, he pulled out a ring, bend on his knee and said it. It took me several seconds to processed what he was doing. When I realized I couldn't believe it. I couldn't stop smiling. And of course it's a yes. A thousand yes. For you it will always be a yes, my dear.
I love you, always have and always will.

Counting Love

Lately i'm in love with a new korean drama called Discovery of Love. It's very romantic, the problems are a bit close to the reality. The thing about it that keeps popping in my head is, how the female lead actress has experienced being the person that love her partner more, but in the new relationship she had, somehow she became the one who receive more love from her new boyfriend. So in her case, her experience of giving more love was painful, but her new relationship put her as the one who always receives more love.
Those thing tickles me as it actually happened on me. I had only one relationship before, it lasted less than a year, but I was the one who love him more than he love me. And we broke up as I found out that all that time he was actually fell in love with someone else. That was quite painful.
Now, the relationship I have with this man that soon to be my husband, I always feel and indeed he also told me that between us, he loves me more than I do. From the moment he fell in love with me, got rejected but he kept trying and until now. Don't get me wrong, I do love him, I madly in love with him. But in times like we had arguments, he let me win to avoid any "let's break up". That's how much he love me, I can't deny that I couldn't do the same like he always do to me. But I'm willing to try, I'm willing to do what it takes to make our love equal.

Salam,
Nikensashi

The road to marriage is never easy

This is real, this is really happening.
I used to see my friends and neighbors getting married at such a young age. My college mate was not even graduated yet when he decided to married the girl of his life.
My parents indeed married at the same age when me and Rino started dating. So, I thought the road to marriage would not be difficult as long as you've found the right person, the person that knows you better than you do, the person who knows how to handle you. But the thing is, it's NEVER easy.
The moment we decided to tell our parents and family about our decision, that's the moment when well, you can say the thunder strikes.
Last January I posted about getting my wedding ring, vendor survey etc. We were very excited that we forgot things might go wrong.
There were moments when we thought we had hopes, we prayed with all of our heart nights and days. But there were also times when we bursts into tears and we feel like enough is enough. Yes, me and the love of my life gave up not once, not twice but more than that. I can't deny that I used to hate peoples, and asking why it was difficult for me to get married, to get permission. But eventually every time we decided to gave up, we ended up love each other even deeper. The picture of us not being together is just very terrifying. I can't stand being away from him and he can't survive without my affections.
As we passed every ups and downs, we started to be wiser and mature. There is indeed a reason why the road to marriage is never easy, maybe that's how God trying to give us an intensive training before we step into a new world, a world that 10 times harder than we endured now.
I believe people have different difficulties when it comes to the road of marriage. Some people are difficult to find the one, some struggling with financial, some about religions etc. As for me now, it may be very difficult, but thats what make our bond even stronger.

Happy struggling for your love, mates :)

Salam,
Nikensashi

My Last Week at Deka

Bulan Agustus jadi bulan terakhir gue mendedikasikan diri gue untuk Deka Marketing Research.
I've been working there for about 1,5 years and it's quite amazing to know how much I've grown.
Sebagian diri gue sedih karna akan pisah sama temen temen kantor yang udah serasa kaya sodara sendiri. Ngga ada yang gue tutupin dari mereka, termasuk selama proses interview dengan kantor baru. Mereka semua support dan baiiiik banget. Mba Fira, manager sekaligus mentor who forever i'll admire, pokoknya kalo gue jadi manager gue bertekad akan meniru gaya Mba Fira. Ada lagi Mba Miranti Upil, yag dulu awal kenalan serasa galak banget, ternyata anaknya butuh belaian hehehe.... Anggun, temen kuliah 4 tahun yang selalu jadi saksi nangis nangis gue selama proses menuju nikah. Mba Suci yang super absurd, Mba Mitha yang caring and lovable. Aaah kalo disebutin satu-satu mungkin ini post isinya kaya perkenalan karakter novel haha.
Well, bulan Agustus di Deka ada lomba menghias lantai, jadilah kita sibuk sibuk bikin desain dekorasi, konsep acara yang mau ditampilin, sampe kostum. Akhirnmya kita putuskan untuk bikin mini celebration upacara bendera. Daaaaan gue, mba Miranti dan Anggun jadi pianis, eh gak deng maksudnya pemain pianika untuk mengiringi lagu Indonesia Raya. Di kesempatan itu, kita banyak foto-foto karna emang kantor disulap jadi cakep banget, terutama ceiling-nya yang kita tempelin balon balon merah putih...
Ini beberapa foto kenang-kenangan acara kantor terakhir gue. Bahagiaaa banget karna gue masih sempet foto-foto lucu pake props dan dekorasi acara tujuh belasan itu.

Team Deka Lantai 3

Pianica Girls

My Manager, My Best Friend and My Mentor

Ini Mba Miranti yang ceritanya sedih gue tinggalin

Team Bu Ratna Girls

Our balloon ceiling :)

Lagi upacara penaikan bendera

Ini ceritanya Bu Ani dan Pak Beye potong tumpeng

 I personally happy and proud to be one of them. Tho sometimes things are quite hard, but I always happy to be around them.
And honestly, I miss you guys.

Thanks for being a part of my life.

Salam,
Nikensashi

Company Outing: Bukittinggi Outing

A vacation is what you take when you can't no longer take what you've been taking - Earl Wilson

Yes, we all need vacation once in awhile. Last Àpril, our company had a company outing to Bukittinggi. For those who might never been out from java island (like me), Bukittinggi seems pretty exciting. Yeaaah, I know it's a lame, but I've never been out of java island for about 23 years, not even to Lampung.
Anyway, how was the vacation? It was awesome! We got a chance to visit some landmarks, shopping and my favorite part was the costume party. 
We gathered on 5 am in the morning to catch up the first plane to Padang. There were some drama, the day before we departed our managing director brought some saddening news that we might not receive annual bonus. But an our before boarding, she clarified that even though we won't get any annual bonus, we'll have some appreciation bonus, but of course it wont be as much as the annual bonus. So, we still felt unhappy, thus we took some pictures to cheer ourselves ehehe...

After we arrived in Padang, the tour guide and his team has already waiting for us. So we headed to Danau Diateh to have lunch and break.

Best Mates (Mba Fira - Mba Miranti - Gue - Anggun)

Nah kan ya udah kenyang, kita lanjut lagi trip ke destinasi berikutnya yaitu istana Pagaruyung. It's some sort of traditional kingdom palace, ya kayak Buckingham Palace gitu lah ya kalo di UK hehehe... Anyway, we got there in the afternoon, the palace was not too crowded. I will tell you some history I heard from the tour guide about this place. This place was used to be a palace for the king of minangkabau and his family. The palace was once attacked by some crocodiles, thus they made wooden fence around the palace. Thus the named it pagaruyung which means wooden fence. The most exciting part from the palace was I got a chace to wore Suntiang yang sumpah yaaaaa berat banget. As a matter of fact we all wore the traditional costume and took a picture together to reminiscence the glory of this palace hehehe...

Next, we had dinner, again at the traditional Padang Restaurant before we headed to our hotel in Bukittinggi. Emang dasar ya lidah jawa, dicekokin masakan Padang asli malah kurang sukak. Lebih suka nasi Padang ala Jakarta hehehe... We stayed at Rocky Hotel, and since we already in Bukittinggi, the view was awesome. The morning I woke up, I got a chance to see such a beautiful view right from my window.
Nah untuk tujuan hari kedua ini gue agak agak lupa nama tempatnya apa. Kalo ngga salah sih Puncak Lawang. Ini literally puncak bukit yang dibawahnya itu adalah Danau Singkarak. Kegiatannya standar sih kaya team building gitu sama main paintball, karaoke dan makan siang bareng. Yang bikin luar biasa itu karna ini tempat literally puncak and I felt like we might literally feel off from the cliff like anytime and I could reach the cloud.. Ngerriii tapi viewnya itu subhanallah keren banget.

See... itu kek jurang banget, bawahnya langsung danau singkarak

 Nah abis dari sini nih gue agak-agak lupa kita kemana lagi, kayanya sih ya ke Goa Jepang sama ke Ngarai Sianok. Viewnya sih biasa aja, cuman kata tour guidenya dulu itu goa Jepang tempat tentara Jepang ngumpet selama perang dunia. Yang bangun goa itu justru bukan orang padang lokal, tapi orang -orang dari sulawesi dan kalimanta yang nota bene ngga ngerti bahasa setempat. Jadi tuh katanya karna mereka bahasanya beda, jadi mereka akan sulit buat kabur dari romusha bikin goa jepang. Ngeri banget ya itu si Jepun jaman dulu, jahat banget deh.
Malam puncak acara outing ini pun tiba. The dress code was Rock Dangdut. Yeah I know, itu kok norak banget ken. Beneran? Emang iya. Karna kita sebagai panitia ingin mengeluarkan sisi gila-gilaan pada pekerja kantor dan sesepuh Deka. Jadilah kostum kita ajaib-ajaib malam itu. Kita gila-gilaan banget, mulai dari joget dan yel kelompok. Sampe perform lagu dangdut berkelompok. And guess what, kelompok gue nyanyi lagu Manis Manja yang Bete. Kapan lagi coba gue bisa dandanin bapak director Pak Mamiek pake bulu mata palsu, eye shadow sama blush on. Pokoknya kelompok gue malam itu temanya dangdut norak dan centil, semuanya didandanin jadi penyanyi dangdut cewe hahaha. Ah, we had a lot of fun that night. Come to think about it, I miss them so bad :(

Our last day in Bukittinggi was started by walking around Jam Gadang, dilanjutkan dengan belanja belinji di pasar atas. Dan sumpah yaaaa, disana itu harga kain cakep-cakep itu murah banget dibanding di tanah abang, asal kita bisa nawar. Trik gue adalah bawa temen gue yang emang asli orang padang buat nawar abis-abisan.
Terakhir sebelum ke bandara, kita makan siang di sate Mak Syukur yang terkenal banget itu dan melipir ke air terjun yang gue lupa namanya, pokoknya air terjun itu pas banget di pinggir jalan. Iya di pinggir jalan banget, kayak abang-abang jual gorengan yang nangkring di pinggir jalan.

Jam Gadang

Sate Mak Syukur

Air Terjun Di Pinggir Jalan Raya

Yah segitu dulu deh pengalaman trip ke Bukittinggi. Overall gue rate 7 our of 10. Lumayan kan seneng-seneng tapi gratis :)

Salam,
Nikensashi