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Akhirnya, today is my last day of work in RESI, Taipei after 4.5 months internship.  What a feeling… relieved maybe, but also sad… because I was so happy in here.  I have two hour left in the office before I can get out of here, and may never come back again…

Kemaren, orang2 pada dateng ke meja gue, trus foto2, kasih kado… trus gue bilang "mm… besok gue masih dateng loh…" siapa tau mereka pikir gue kemaren terakhir, trus liat hari ini gue dateng, jadi bingung….

Karena hari ini hari terakhir, gue khusus nyalain alarm jam 6 pagi, supaya bisa sampe di kantor jam 8 pagi… ternyata gue jam 8 pagi baru bangun, sampe di kantor jam 10… wow… perfect impression… the last day turned out my worst performance… but anyway, I got a good review… plus, hari ini, presiden direkturnya bilang ke gue, setelah gue lulus sekolah, gue boleh dateng ke company ini untuk kerja lagi… hohoho…. so happy, mungkin gue mau kerja tempat lain, but that is such an honor.  Trus gue hari ini dipanggil ke kantor presiden komisarisnya … untuk pertama kali dan terakhir, gue liat mukanya… selama ini cuman kedengeran nama besarnya….. turned out he is such a humble and nice guy…. we talked and laughed for a couple minute. 

But anyway, this 4.5 month is incredible.  It’s such a great trip and the best decision ever.  I never feel so brave and proud of myself before.  Gue dengan chinese yang bego2, bisa dateng ke sini, kerja, bikin project, bikin laporan, and on top of all… bikin 2 presentasi dalam bahasa chinese sepenuhnya….  ditambah, gue translate 30 lembar contract bahasa chinese ke dalam bahasa inggris…. my god, I can’t believe it myself.  Gue tidak bermaksud sombong, I just feel… in a most humble way, that you don’t know what you can do, until you really do it… so, never limit yourself.  Everyone has this great power… and this power is limitless.  When you say it, you should do it. 

Oh my god, I can go on and on telling the story of taipei, but I figure I’ll do it slowly… today may be the last day of my internship, but a new day ahead (and new year is coming…) From this internship, I know I want to be a civil engineering.   I always know.

Anyway, this blog is dedicated to one person, my best friend in Taipei.  A girl name Elvina whose bravery and passion is not to second anyone else.   I only know her 4 months ago the first time I went to Taipei, but yet we build friendship and bonding which is unique and absolutely amazing.   If you read this, thanks Elvina for everything, I will miss the days we send emails every 5 minutes, miss the day we bake cakes and always fail, miss the day we shop till late night (I think the term "shop till you drop" really applies in here…haha), .. well, simply miss you.   Thank you…

OK, one hour left before going home.  I guess I’m going to mingle with my friends here.  I’m blessed. 

My BIGGEST problem is I’m always late.  First reason, because I love to sleep, and the second reason: the world wants me to be late.  Hari pertama gue kerja, tante gue bilang ke gue "tante yakin kamu pasti bisa bikin prestasi di kantor, tapi cuma ada satu masalah, kamu pasti sering telat…"  Sejak gue pindah apartment lebih jauh dari kantor gue di Taipei, udah 1 minggu gue telat SETIAP HARI… hari pertama, gue telat 1/2 jam.. busyet… ampe lari2 dan malu, hari kedua, gue telat 10 menit, hari ketiga gue telat 5 menit, haha… improvement. 

Finally, hari ini, hari keempat, gue udah bangun 2 jam sebelum kantor, bertekad buat gak telat, udah naik MRT secepat mungkin, akhirnya for once, gue dapet tempat duduk di MRT (selama ini berdiri di MRT selama 45 menit…) Gue udah bangga banget, dan hari ini gue bisa ke kantor with a winning face.  Udah sambil pikirin ntar pagi mau mampir ke bakery store beli roti… who knows, gue dapet tempat duduk dan ketiduran sampe kelewatan station. dan bangun2, jantung gue kayak mau jatuh saking kaget… gue musti balik lagi, dan ganti MRT 2 kali….. F**K !! #$%^&*~!*$^#% …. mau marah…. telat lagi….

This does not include the fact that I was ever late for airplane flight, 3 TIMES !!  (koko gue juga pernah ketinggalan pesawat 3 kali, so I think it’s genetic…) Tapi gue gak pernah kapok, dan terus2 ketinggalan pesawat.  Gue bahkan pernah kelewatan 1 FINAL EXAM dan 1 MIDTERM gara2 ketiduran…. what the hell.  How can I find the cure for this curse?

Hari ini tanggal 11 December 2006 adalah premiere blog gue yang pertama kali seumur hidup.  Bikin blog kayaknya udah mulai bertahun2, tapi hari ini gue baru mulai.  Sebenernya pengen bikin kapan2 lagi, tapi tiba2 roomate gue Mia, orang paling telat dalam segala hal terkhususnya technology, tiba2 bikin blog, gue jadi sadar kalo…. mmm….maybe I should start now, hahaha…. it’s like a wake up call.  if I’m behind Mia, I’m behind the world, hahaha….   

Well, nothing really special happens today (should’ve picked a better day for premiere).  Yesterday was my friend Sheena’s 23rd birthday. So today, let’s just say a day after a friend’s birthday, that’s something too, right.  I’m sitting at my office in Taipei, 2 weeks before my internship ends, and celebrating christmas at the J-town.  Oh my, so many stories in Taiwan.  I’ve been here for 4 months already, working my ass off to calculate steel, concrete, earthquake loads,etc.  Can’t believe they trust me for doing this.  I don’t even trust myself, haha.

I got so many great stories during my stay in Taiwan, but we’ll start slowly.  Maybe not today on this premiere (this premiere sucks !!).. because I’m sitting right in front my boss’ office.  Friendster blog and work don’t click.  Plus, I had caused so much trouble in this office already.   Gue masukin tissue ke WC dan bikin mampet WC selama 3 hari, dan harus bayar 900NT untuk menutupi kerugian kantor.  Gue buka msn dan chatting diem2, tiba2 besoknya msn diblock dan seluruh kantor gak bisa chatting lagi, hiks.  And the latest, gue buka website di internet, trus komputer kemasukan virus selama 2 hari.  For this last two weeks, I want to rebuild my innocent image again, and hopefully they trust me, haha…

Okay, that’s all for the premiere.  Ngomong2 soal premiere, minggu depan tgl 20 Dec, film terbaru Jay Chou, Chow Yun Fat, dan Gong Li keluar… yay… judulnya kalo gak salah "golden curse" atau "curse of golden" anyway, should watch it.  Peace … -phia-