Empower Yourself Women!

Today our office chit-chat was about sex workers who I saw raided by the police, people (read: men) yelled at them. I shared some stories from when I worked as interpreter for an HIV/AIDS NGO and interviewed sex workers. How young and innocent some sex workers were.

On one occasion we had a relax convo with some new girls in a "complex", we asked the girls whether they offered their costumers to use condoms before having intercourse. Mostly they said they did and the costumers mostly declined, but I read confusion on one girl's face. She was young, looked like the youngest among the girl. With low voice she told her friend that her client(s) wanted to use condom but she refused. DANG!

I can guarantee she didn't share the same reason why she didn't want to use condom with big number of men. Nothing about discomfort or dissatisfaction. She was just completely innocent with some fears towards stuff she never encountered before. She must have felt weirded out of that offer (IF she was that innocent). I could not blame her, just felt so sorry of her innocence (rarely we feel this way) and that she didn't feel like asking to anyone about this, until that day.

So we explained to her about condom, how it's supposed to protect her... something that she was supposed to enforce her clients to use.

Back to the talk at the office, I mentioned to the others that there is female condom. Apparently no one has heard of it before, they started asking me how it was and how to put it on. Every body was aware of female anatomy lol. Well I know the shape of female condom, bigger than male condom, same material, with no dead-end hehehe. But then WE wondered how it's supposed to be inserted into vagina. Would we need male's organ to push it inside? If so, then it kinda intrigue the idea of this female condom. Choice to protect ourselves (women), when we are faced to the fact that men refuse to use condom. Hmm so it's more like saying to men "suck it up!" hehe. Anyway Google helped, I found this picture of how to put this condom on. OUCHIE x__x

As far as I know, female condom is being promoted in Africa along with big number of rapes there. Self protection that is. Question from me now, so girls have to put this on daily basis? :|

It's even hard to put it on!

Regret Song (doh!)

Detaching plan becomes harder as Maroon 5 bloody sings this song -.-'

HOW

I have been searching for your touch
Unlike any touch I've ever known
And I never thought about you much
Til I'm broken down and all alone, ohhh

Though I don't understand the meaning of love
I do not mind if I die trying, ohhh
Took it for granted when you lifted me up

I'm asking for your help
I am going through hell
Afraid nothing can save me but the sound of your voice
You cut out all the noise
And now that I can see mistakes so clearly now
I'd kill if I could take you back

But how?
But how?

I can feel it in my guts
What's going on with him now
And don't patronise me with lies
I'm a man, be a woman now, ohhh

I have been bind by the shackles of love
And I don't mind if I die tied up, ohhh
Took it for granted when you lifted me up

I'm asking for your help
I am going through hell
Afraid nothing can save me but the sound of your voice
You cut out all the noise
And now that I can see mistakes so clearly now
I'd kill if I could take you back

But how?
But how?
But how?
But how?

Ohh yeah
Why must we be so ugly
And please do not think ill of me
Why does the one you love
Become the one who makes you want to cry
Why?
Why?
Why?

(And how?
How?)

But I don't understand the meaning of love
I do not mind if I die trying
I do not mind if I die trying
I do not mind if I die trying

DIE YOU DIE

Nizar's work

I asked Nizar to look for some pictures for me on facebook, to be put on this blog. Well I asked for his favor coz I can't access facebook from work as I mentioned before AND because I had no pics here with me :D And he spent some time to make this one, thanks Niz :)

Kuku

Kamis pagi, jam 8.30- 9.30 MORNING MEETING.

Hari ini AS agak santai, malahan bilang mau pulang aja (AYO!!!). Waktu kami satu per satu kasih report tiba-tiba beliau berdiri, ternyata ngambil jepit kuku (read: nail clipper). Sambil dengerin dan kasih input, AS asik motongin kukunya... telaten banget. Lama baru beliau sadar kalau kami semua ngeliatin beliau yang lagi potong kuku lol. Trus bilang "ngapain sih kalian semua ngeliatin gue lagi potong kuku?". Yeeeee

Spontan si RR bilang "Ya kan bapak lagi ngomong, ya diliatin", ck ck ck. Trus pake ngikir kuku lagi, katanya supaya gak tajam tuh kuku yang abis dipotong. Lucunya pak SR (tokoh baru) nyaranin untuk kasih air aja tuh kuku biar halus, gak tajam. Sontak AS yang kritis bilang "Ah ngaco lu, mana bisa? Dimana logikanya?" hahaha setuju.

Masa air bisa bikin kuku gak tajam, kalo gitu buat apa ada kikir lol. Menelurkan ide aneh adalah bunuh diri (mending diem?!), bakalan dicerca abis-abisan siap-siap aja dengan argument yang edan sekalian :D

Air gak bakalan bikin serpihan (tajam) kuku yang tertinggal jadi halus, cuma bisa bikin serpihan kecil-kecil (seperti kalo kita habis ngikir kuku) jadi hilang. Menurutku begitu, ya gak sih?

Demam FB dan Twitter

Bukan aku yang baru (sekarang) demam , tapi si new boss sebut saja AS :P Aku dah punya akun FB dari sekitar tahun 2006, waktu diinvite ma Sarah (thank you yaa...). Dulu seorang diri punya FB, jadi harus meyakinkan temen2 kalo FB lebih bagus daripada Friendster, padahal diri sendiri gak yakin hehe.

Anyway, jadi entah bagaimana awalnya Pak AS minta dibuatkan akun Twitter. Personal opinion nih, aku gak begitu suka ngetweet. Lengah sedikit gak tau dah apa yang orang omongin tentang kita (bener gak sih? gaptek nih lol) gak kayak FB yang dapat notif and you can always scroll down your profile wall :D

AS : Bagus gak tuh Twitter? Apa bedanya ma FB?

Aku: (bla bla bla ngejelasin, ke kalian gak usah yaa kan dah ngerti) Twitter tuh mesti dicek dan update terus pak, time consuming. Mendingan FB.

AS : Saya mau Twitter aja, gak mau senyam-senyum depan FB kayak istri saya ah. *gedubrak*

Aku: Tapi bapak mo Twitteran ma sapa? Gak gampang loh nemuin temen2 (seumuran) bapak di Twitter. *plus masa iya si bapak mo promo ke temen2 beliau baru bikin Twitter*

(ngejelasin lagi, betapa Twitter itu gak cucok ke beliau. Ya ampun sekretaris yang baik yaa aku, menyelamatkan bosku dari jeratan godaan Twitter *walau sendirinya punya akun :P*).

AS : Ya udah dah gak usah aja (ngambek bukan ini ya?!), ntar saya ribet lagi.

Aku: FB aja ya pak? *kekeh krn pengen liat update status beliau*

Nyala api keingintahuan beliau PADAM!

>> Di lain kesempatan<<

AS : Si R itu masih single atau udah nikah ya?

Aku: Sepengetahuan saya sih ada pacarnya pak, saya liat di FBnya.

AS : Emang bisa tau gitu?

Aku: Loh kan ada statusnya "in relationship with....."

AS : MASA?! Kok norak gitu, cuma pacaran diumumin di FB?

Aku: *sedikit ngeblush*

RR : (temen kantor nih) Iya pak memang gt, supaya gak flirting di FB.

AS : Hah kamu juga pasang?!

Hihihihi shock macam apakah ini? Social shock atau technology shock? :P