Tuesday 4 October 2011

The 'Girls'

left to right: Anita, Mona, Me, Fera, Titie, Oki

I've been friends with these girls..*ehm*..I mean, ladies..since we were 20 years younger..hahaha..that's how old we are..
We took the same major in university..Architecture
There are actually 7 of us..
Me, Fera, Oki, Mona, Titie, Anita, and Shita.
3 out of  7 , Me - Titie - Mona, are married to our uni sweethearts...cieee..hahahaha..
Who also took Architecture..
And have been dating them since we were in uni
The others, though they got married with someone they dated after we graduated,
they blend in with us smoothly..as we are such a nice bunch of ladies.. :P

So, we always keep in contact..
Though after graduation, we went our own ways..
Some stayed in Bandung, the others went to Jakarta..for a while
Today, everyone, except for Shita who lives in Bali, lives in Jakarta, though one further than others..
Anita lives in East of Jakarta, while the others live in South Jakarta.
And  it's more difficult to meet up when you live far apart in Jakarta than when you live in different cities!

I got married first, have 4 kids
I think no one's gonna top me on that one.. :P
Then Titie, Mona, Shita, and Anita..
Titie have 1, Mona - Shita - Anita have 2.
After that, a long pause..then Fera got married..
then, a slightly longer pause..Oki completed it..
Both of them haven't got kids yet..

We have our own activities as well..

Oki, is obviously the busiest one, office work wise..
There's always meetings, presentations, business trips..

Fera has been working in a bank for forever..
So she has her hectic times as well..

Titie and Mona once worked in offices as well, Interior Design..
They both now have their own business from home..
Titie in clothing and Mona in chocolate & cookies..
So, they supposedly would be the ones who are more adjustable in time..
But with all the routines with the kids, it's another whole story..

Shita has her own business as well in Design Consultant, in Bali

Anita just recently, 3 months ago, quit her job as an architect..
And now she's a full time mommy..

Me?
Long story..and you can always check my profile anyway


Oki and Anita's  husband, Nakup

left to right: Titie, Mona's husband - Iif, Anita

With all that, we still try to keep in touch..
We definitely went to each other weddings and make color coordinated clothes for those weddings..
We try to come every time any of us gave birth..
We come to big birthday parties of each other's kids.

Before, we always get together whenever it's someone's birthday..
Then, due to each busyness, we gathered the ones who has birthday close to another..
But lately, even that was too difficult to do..

Back then, when we talk about meeting up, we always wanted it to be complete.
But then, there will always be 2 or 3 of us that couldn't make it..then, it's canceled..


Well, I've been bit annoyed by that..
OK, a lot..

So, I decided to meet up anyway..a not-complete member..
Sometimes only 5, 4, 3..even only 2 of us..
And it doesn't have to be for a certain occasion..

Around 2 months ago,
We've been planning to meet up..all of us..
But there would always be someone or more that couldn't make it..
Due to work or family things..

I've had it..
And I came up with the idea to get together at my place
Saturday. Complete. With all of our husbands and kids.
And it happened! Yeay!
Well, except for Shita, that's been missing from our bbm group for quite a while..
And anyway, she is in Bali..so it wouldn't have been possible.

It was fun. We had a blast..
Catching up on stories, teasing each other, talking about the kids..
While eating and reminiscing..
Because it was at  my place, there was no time limit..
It was from 11ish up until maghrib..hahahaha..

So, we decided to do this regularly..
Like once in a month or two..
Moving to each other houses every time..

*Yeah..right..I doubt it.. :P We'd just better enjoy it when it happens..

With the kids