Ohana

-Inu’s birthday party, JW Marriott, 12 May 2012-

“Ohana means family. Family means, nobody gets left behind. Or forgotten.”

-Lilo & Stitch-

And for that, I love you, kesayangans :‘)

Every 19th of March

We used to have a family dinner in a restaurant when we were kids.

When we got bigger it then altered to a simple yet nice a family dinner at home.

And now that we’re three adults, we’re having your birthday over a phonecall, separated by miles and 15 months away of not seeing you.

But still…

Happy 61st birthday, Dad.

I miss you.

I love you.

And despite everything, still I wish I could give you the world.

Hope to see you home soon.

Sent from Steph’s Pinkberry

Brother & Sister 2.0

As now each part of my core family lives by themselves, us kids in Jakarta, mom in Kalimantan, and Dad in Flores, cellphone really comes in handy in keeping our communication flow. Especially for my bro and sis. Well, just like kids nowadays we use internet. We remain living in the same city but in 3 different areas. My brother went to boarding school in a university in Cikarang, my sister lives at our house in Bekasi, and I rent a room in Benhil  for almost a year now. We rarely meet.  But the  way I see it,  even if it looks sorta like “LDR” thingie, our bond became even more stronger now that we are far away from each other. We had gone through heaven and hell together, we grew up together, and we watched each other evolved.

I guess that’s the thing about family.  No matter how far you go,  no matter how distant you’ve become, it will always be the place where you can come home to, anytime.

Now excuse me I’m gonna continue this in Bahasa Indonesia.

Menyambung gue yang tiba-tiba mellow di atas, adalah sebuah percakapan maha tidak penting antara gue dan adek-adek gue di Facebook kemarin sore. Nggak penting, tapi jarang-jarang kami bertiga bisa ada dalam satu wall post alias online di saat yang sama.

Jadi ceritanya adek gue yang paling kecil (laki-laki), Don, sedang dalam masa-masa menggondrongkan rambutnya. Entah ide dari mana, tapi karena udah gede juga jadi ya suka-suka dialah. Namun mun mun, namanya kakak-kakak cewek, begitu ketemu di rumah dan melihat rambut adiknya menggondrong gitu kan ya kita berusaha memberi saran supaya lebih rapi dan ringkes A.K.A “Pendekin aja deeeeh”. Begitulah kurang lebih. Setelah usaha gue dan Donna (adek gue nomer dua) “menuntun adik laki-laki kami ke jalan yang benar” tidak berhasil, karena kita nggak mau maksa juga, ya udahlah kami semua kembali mengurus kehidupan sendiri dan meneruskan manjangin rambut masing-masing. (Ya masa mentang-mentang yang laki manjangin, yang cewek-cewek jadi cepak :p)

Setelah lama nggak ketemu dan nggak membahas soal rambut, kemaren iseng-iseng gue ngewall si Don yang nampaknya sedang online di Facebook. Lalu ujung-ujungnya si Donna nimbrung. I giggled when I read over the convo again. Begitu udah jauh, malah pada akur. Dan emang ya, kalau makin tua kemungkinan untuk makin ikrib lebih besar.

 

Gue inget dulu pas kecil suka berantem konyol sama adek-adek gue ini. Rebutan main Play Station sama Don waktu rumah lagi banyak tamu (!), atau yang lebih ngehe, rebutan sampul kaset OST. sinetron Janjiku sama si Donna (yang berakhir sobek) gara-gara kita sama-sama pengen nyanyi ngikutin kasetnya.

 

Kalo gue inget-inget lagi…

KENAPA HARUS JANJIKUUUUUU?

KENAPAAAAAAAAAAA?

*ngakak ampe uzur*

 

Oh well, this funny thing called life.

Dear brother and sister, no matter how hard and long this storm is, always remember that there’ll be sunshine in the end. And we’re all gonna be JUST FINE.

Love you, Joseph and Josepha

 

-Your sister Josephine-

 

 

 

 

Josephine, Josepha, Joseph

Iseng-iseng… ’cause I miss home and my bro’ and sis’…