Weekend Finally
Friday, January 18th, 2008 It’s Friday night again! With Saturday on its way and Sunday soon following it, I feel like new blood has been pumped to my vein. Well, that’s a little bit exaggerating, I think… 
But honest, I’m happy!
Friday is always the day I cherish. It’s the time to celebrate friendship. Knowing that there are someone out there I can share my story with, have dinner, or sing (in my case, sing off-tune) in a karaoke room, is priceless. I think once a week is enough to release all tensions and turn it into laughters as I chat lightly with my friends — you know, some nonsense talks like a long fat brown dog (Dongga, a daschund with whom I share the family house), a newly-discovered reasonably-priced gym, hot gossip in office, big sale in major department stores… And sometimes we talk of the dreams we are trying to reach — her wish to pursue a doctoral degree, his quest in finding a soulmate, my passion to… (OK, I’ll save it for myself :-P). Isn’t life so sweet to have me surrounded by such friends?
Saturday is the day to enjoy a long, good night sleep. You know, one of the best parts of living alone (with a dog, actually) is that you never have to explain why you are still in bed at 8 and have breakfast right on your bed (sorry Mum…). Then, if the craziness of Friday night doesn’t extend to Saturday, the whole morning will be fully scheduled with… house cleaning. Right. That’s not a very good part of living alone. Then, I do the cooking (taste good for me!), following by laundry (I miss koin raundorii no doraia!), bathing Dongga, and finally… I can have the rest of the day to indulge myself: reading, drawing, watching national geographic channel, evening walk with Dongga, drawing, and reading again… some simple things I will miss on weekdays.
Sunday starts with attending morning service at church, but by mid day the gloom of Monday’s hustle and bustle starts to spoil the fun (I know, it shouldn’t be…). There’s not much to do on Sunday — just wash the car and cover it to keep it fresh for next weekend, do the cooking again (big quantity — freeze it for next week’s supply! Eeewww!), and finally some self-indulgence again: reading, drawing, and national geographic channel. And another evening walk with Dongga.
Now, as I sit here in empty office room waiting for some friends taking me out for dinner, I wonder what this weekend will bring to me. Besides the routines, of course. Oh, I know. Maybe I will finish the computer game I started a month ago… Oh, here they come. Bye now!
Jakarta, January 18, 2008
7.18 pm
