Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Sitting on the Throne

What a coincidence!!
About two days ago, I was posting stuff about power outage in Jakarta, and guess what… I got power outage last night!! I’ve been stranded here at Uncle Sam’s land for 9 years, this is my first power outage longer than 5 minutes. It’s actually scarier that I thought… walo disini ngga ada sundel bolong, suster ngesot serta kawan2nya, tetep ajah gueh jiper gelap2an. Untung ada si pacar yang baru ajah dateng (less than 5 minutes befor the power was out!!) and ada Choco n Chokie yang juga ketakutan nempel sama gueh molo. Dasar anjing2 pengecut!! Well it’s better than ketakutan sendirian…

So, this morning the whole office was debating about keberadaan boss gueh. Some really sure he is in the office, but ngga bisa ngebuktiin sama yang ngga percaya boss gueh udah hadir. From 25 employees, only one person actually smart enough to see to the parking lot to find the boss’ car, which is me. It proven, the boss is in the building. But still, no one able to locate him. We run and dig the holes, just incase kalo emang the boss ngumpet or kejepit disela-sela yang ngga jelas (mudah2an bukan sela2 rok co-worker gueh, apalagih kejepit?? Horor…) Back to the boss, he is still missing. Sekantor mulai panic gara2 banyak yang telp buat the boss, include the BIG boss, bokapnya the boss. And suddenly I heard the hallelujah theme pas salah satu co-worker gueh bilang “I found him! He’s sitting on the throne.” Cash n kontan, spontan, seisi kantor pada ngakak, but not me. OK gueh akuin, I’m lost!! Dengan polos gueh tanya, kenapa si bule pada ngakak. Mereka Cuma bilang “He’s sitting on the throne all this time!!” si bule ngakak semakin gede… n gueh… *krik krik krik* still lost... Truss salah satu bule pengertian sama satu2nya asia dikantor (gueh) and si bule terangin ke gueh. Akhirnya gueh bisa ngakak bareng sama yang lain… ternyata the boss lagih boker!!!

Tentang bonyok gueh yang lagih balik ke indo, akhirnya terbukti kalo cinta gueh ke bonyok kaga nepok sebelah tangan. Nyokap sibuk nyuruh gueh telp semaleman. Ahhhh terbukti banget kalo gueh anak yang disayang… Apa gueh cuma berprasangka ajah?? Hhmm… gueh ngga mao tau…

Premier "Choco & Chokie"

Dogs are the other words for a bundle of joy, but my dogs are bundles of fury of joy. Bedanya?? It’s the fury part…

Let me introduce you with my first dog, Choco Bo (baca: coko). He is an Aquarius Yorkshire terrier! As the first pup in the house, he was a spoiled brat. He was so small (even fit on my palm!), round and fury. He was very cute, even bonyok n pacar pada rela angkatin ee’nya coko yang super bau n belepotan di karpet. Yupe, he was that cute! (kebayang kalo gueh yang kaya gitu?? Jamin si pacar kabur n gueh di kick out ma bonyok!!*najis talk*)
Suatu hari kita, para manusia (gueh, bonyok and pacar), ngerasa cape buat bersihin ee’nya coko yang bertebaran kaga jelas. Tiba2 *ting* muncul ide buat beli fence kecil yang bisa buat si coko at least stay di satu tempat ajah kalo lagih ngga ada orang dirumah. Next thing happen, we got the fence!
Malem pertama with the fence: tangisan n ratapan coko menggema seluruh rumah. Senjata coko paling ampuh dikeluarin supaya para manusia ngga tega. Tapi perkiraan coko salah, para manusia tetep cuek bebek. Walo sebenernya gueh tetep ngintip dari jauh keberadaan coko (maklum, malam pertama) akhirnya mata gueh ngantuk n nyerah sama kasur. Tiba2 gueh kesadar dari tidur gueh tengah malem nyariin tangisan coko, ternyata udah ngga nangis. Dengan bangganya gueh ngerasa menang dari coko n tangisan anjingnya. Ternyata si Coko bisa molor dengan tenangnya di fence. So the fence solve the problem? I was wrong, less than twenty minutes later I heard coko mengais ngais in front of my bedroom door. I opened the door and let him cuddle next to me. Then I realize…First, how did he escape from fence? Second, how the heck he got here!!?? My bed is at the 2nd floor!!
Next afternoon, it was giliran pacar jaga coko. He caught coko on act, how he escape from the fence. He was literally climbing the fence like a human with 4 arms!! Keren lah kau, coko!!
So, the plan to stop coko from boker all over the house is failed… Gueh akuin kehebatanmu, coko!!

1 ½ years later, I got another pup, I called him Chokie (baca:coki), it rhyme well with Choco. Bukan nya gueh kurang daya kreatipitas or imajinasi, tp gueh emang sengaja nama kedua anjing gueh mirip. Kebiasaan ini gueh dapet dari bonyok gueh yang kasih nama kedua anaknya Martin dan Marta.
Coki is a light brown toy poodle. According to the breeder, he is one of the oops pups (dengan kata lain , anak yang ngga diharapkan/akibat kecelakaan lupa pake kondom). Coki has different character with coko. Unlike coko, coki ngga nyebar bala all over the house, alias ee’ n pee2nya selalu di pad. Tapi, secara coki pipisnya blom lurus (selayaknya anak kecil) walo dia udah berdiri di pad, tetep ajah pipisnya klewar kliwir dilantai… I guess coki blom ada commonsense tentang kestabilan bidikan, kekuatan arus air dan kecepatan angin sekitar bisa mempengaruhi sasaran. Kudu gueh masukin les menembak. Coki’s dogality (personality buat anjing) is perky and dorky. Kalo manusia, gueh gambarin dia kaya orang yang kalo jalan selalu loncat2, skipping steps, bright smile, in slow motion… Kuping panjangnya menggelepar-gelepar tiap dia jalan. Ngeliat kelakuan coki sama ajah kaya nonton stress relief video, yang spontan bikin loe senyum.

Each day I got home, both of them menyambut gueh dengan excitement, which makes me forgot all the problem outside the house. They are my stress reliever…