A Blogger Friend is a Friend Indeed
After scheduling and rescheduling, yesterday I finally met with the graceful (got that term from Rima) and kind-hearted lady who had sent me all those beautiful books for the vastly growing collection of mine.
And I’m telling you; this lady might say she is in her early forties, but believe me people, she doesn’t even look a day over thirty! The dedication she takes for eating well and exercising daily sure do pay well to her figure – she put me to shame what with her flat stomach and wrinkle-free face, and reality hit hard when I looked down to my slightly bulged belly and the fact that I couldn’t even discipline myself to go to sleep at the same time each day!
So who am I talking about exactly? It’s none other than Elyani – the person who owns a wonderful blog called ‘Elyani’s Place‘ that I never forget to visit and leave comments in. It’s a fantastic blog full of enriching information and thoughts and it was from her blog alone I’ve grown to admire her as a person and as woman. Not to mention that she is also a dog-lover like me, and from the moment I read her posts about her late pup Fatso, I was hooked. They were beautiful and touching stories about the connection a human being had with her dog, and I couldn’t help feeling all warm and fuzzy, as well as appreciating all the moments I have with my own dog, Micah.
We had lunch at Chatterbox, which was located in this famous mall in her area, and as soon as we sat down to eat, all the stories came out and we talked as if we had been friends for ages. She told me the story of her life, and I told her mine. I felt as if she had been where I had, and listening to her stories, I felt comfortable for having a person to share exactly what I was going through, and for her to be so understanding and wise about it.
There were so many things to tell – I felt like I could hang out with her and chat until we lost times, which we did, because after lunch, came coffee and we continued our conversations talking about our dogs and their weird but adorable antics.
She was also kind enough to accompany me to the jeweler’s to look for rings and I found a pair with the perfect price and design. I made a mental note to come back there sometime next week with my beau. The shopkeeper was telling me that it would be wiser to let the other party know what kind of design I’d chosen because some couples take a long time to agree to something as simple as rings. But I know my beau’s taste well – we even picked the same design when we browsed through Orori.com. We really clicked.
And the same thing happened with Elyani and me. We had some time to browse through the clothes shops and I found that she and I had the same taste. She also told me about this cute bag which had pictures of dachshund dogs on it and showed it to me – as soon as I saw it I fell in love, it was the cutest bag ever! I couldn’t resist purchasing it. Elyani also bought one from the same shop but with the pattern of a cat and in a different design.
When we looked at the time it was nearing 5 pm and I almost forgot to get dogfood for Micah! Luckily Elyani called the place up and it turned out they were open till 10, so I was like, “Phew. Ok let’s check out more shops!” It was evident I’d been deprived of clothes shopping for a very, very long time.
She accompanied me to the pet shop and I had to buy US Grain Regal Lamb Bites since they didn’t have Nutro Choice Holistic – I was slightly annoyed because the last time I was there, they recommended Nutro and now they claimed it was getting difficult trying to import the brand, so I was given Regal Lamb Bites which they said was better and was also always available in stock.
Elyani bought a cute-looking collar for her kitty Suneo – I can’t wait until she took photos of him with her soon-to-be-bought SLR Canon 450D!
I offered to take her home but she refused because the traffic -she predicted since she knew her area well – would be hellish. So we said goodbyes and made promises to catch up again soon. I had a really great time and I came home also with a lot of stuff from her – this interesting feng-shui book which I’m borrowing, the Monggo chocolate bar that she bought for me when we passed the shops and this huge presents for Rima which she’d asked me to give to her husband when it was time for me to pick up the yummy Belg chocolate she’d promised to give to us!
To end this post, I’d like to show pics of the recently bought bed for Micah – it was so adorable and I saw it at Ace Hardware today and as soon as I clapped my eyes on it I knew I just had to have it. Cute, isn’t it?
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waaah.. jadi ga sabaran pengen liat apa yg dititipin!!! lol
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kok rasanya empukan kasurnya si micah drpd kasur gw.
Micah… I envy you….
JELES!!!
Apa-apaan ini kog ketemuan ga ngajak-ngajak hmm? *wink wink sampe kelilipan*
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@Rima : sabar ya, mudah2an suka sama barteran-nya ya…hihihi…kayak jaman sekolah dulu, suka tuker2an makanan sama teman2
@Therry: tempat bobonya Micah lucu banget, pinjemin Suneo sekali2 dong
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This is me being serious now. We know or at least we can sense what kind of person a blogger is by the way they write. No matter how hard we try to keep it private, we reveal ourselves through our posts. Since the beginning I have the feeling that Elyani is calm, collected, mature, sweet, and generous lady. She had sent me presents even though she’d only known me for a several months (and Elyani I have to confess here that my mum liked them so much she wants to keep them, lol). It took me longer to trust people (ask Ecky).
Happy that the meet-up worked out well. Hope to be able to hang out, four of us with me and Ecky before I return to the freezing cold Aberdeen. xx
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mana foto berduanyaaa… ely sounds really nice. great to hear you both hit it off… but wait… who doesn’t like Therry anyway? can’t think of any reason not to like u!!
You have been busy, girl …
Love Micah’s new accessory. He looks good on it. Brings out the colour of his eyes … LOL
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@Anita : thanks for your kind words. I am a craft
addict and loved to collect and buy everything made in
Indonesia, esp. home decor related to fabrics. The
presents are just my small effort to promote Indonesian
products to people (Indonesians or non Indonesians) who
live in overseas
Elyani’s last blog post..Meeting a blogger friend (Part 2)
Iya mustinya diupload Ther.
Given of her blog, she’s smart without no doubt, and you too of course. All in all, is so nice to hear you mingle and giggling together.
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Hey Girl, Your Tagged NOW!!!!
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@ Anita: I believe that blog is the honestest medium of telling people who we are, we don’t have to pretend to be nice but somehow thorough our writing people can read us. Go bloggers!
Never crossed in my mind that I will finally meet in person these great bloggers, but I really looking forward to know you all up close and personal
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Therry… I think I fall in love with you now, hahahhaha… reading about you in elyani’s blog… and reading about elyani here make me so jealous…
huaaaaa… sumpah kalian persahabatannya bikin jeless, anjrittt, hehehehe… Love to know you girls…
silly
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Ahhh, lupa mo koment ini..
I love your dog… haduh, beruntung banget itu anjing diperlakukan dengan sungguh manis yach… dirumahku ada 2 anjing. 1 anjing herder, 1 lagi anjing chocho yang berselingkuh dengan (hmmm, gue lupa selingkuhannya sapa, pokoknya bulunya lebat tapi bodynya pedek panjang)
Tapi nasibnya gak seberuntung anjingmyu, karena gak diperlakukan semewah itu… (lah, tuannya aja tidurnya gak senyaman itu gimana anjingnya, hahahahhaa)
ihh, tiba2 pengen posting ttg anjing… pulang dulu yachhh, dahhh neeee…