Brigitta Kalina

Previous story : Christmas Countdown : D-2 "I'm so sorry, Sir but the flight for New York to Sydney are all booked," said one of the travel manager. It was 7.30 in the evening, and I was just in rush. I needed to go home. "I would give you everything just to get that damn ticket. Please, I need to go home real soon," I pleased her. The travel manager looked at me with such a pity smile, but she just couldn't help. "I wish I could help you in this special night, but all the tickets to Sydney are all booked until new year," she said again. "How about other flights to other cities in Australia?" I asked but she just shooked his head. She said sorry for few times, and I left this travel agency afterwards. I wore my thick jacket again I ran home. That place was the last travel agency I visited after some before. I gave up, and I decided to shelter on the nearest coffee shop just to warm up my body.  I bought hot chocolate, and I decided to dri...

Previous story : Christmas Countdown 2017 : D-30 *** "It's only 5 dollars, it's part of the promo," I said to one of customers. She smiled a little and thanked me after that. She sat on the sofa which was located on the corner of the cafe while her friend (kind of her boyfriend) was waiting for her. They talked about stuffs after that, and it made me missing Alicia even more. It had been 2 weeks since we never met. She was kind of busy. She moved on the southern part of the city while I was on the northern. She got a scholarship on a university there and she took it, and I was happy for her. But of course sometimes I missed her. It took about 2 hours or so for us to meet, so it was kind of hard to find a right time just to talk about a thing or two knowing we had our own business. Talking about relationship, we've committed that we won't take anything too far. Considering that we're still young, I and Alicia decided to focus on what we dream first. Yeah, b...

source : history.com I like the idea of having a fireplace inside your apartment. It feels so warm especially in the day like this. Where the snow starts falling, the air is getting colder, and when a thick jacket doesn’t help you at all. Well, I wish I had one but in we are prohibited to have (even mini) fireplace in my apartment. I always imagine if only I had a mini fireplace inside my apartment, I would have already decorated it with some socks like what I did back then in Australia. I would also put my christmas tree near it and then put a small paper above my mini christmas tree. I would like to write all my wishes in that small paper like what I used to do when I was little. I remember Mom and Dad told me few things about Santa Claus, and I like it. But yeah, time flies, I’m getting older, and here I am sitting near my room’s window seeing snowflakes start to fall in Thanksgiving Day.               ...

Chestnuts roasting on an open fire Jack Frost nipping at your nose Yule-tide carols being sung by a choir And folks dressed up like Eskimos Everybody knows a turkey and some mistletoe Help to make the season bright Tiny tots with their eyes all aglow Will find it hard to sleep tonight Aku tidak mengerti mengapa tepatnya aku benar-benar menyukai lagu natal - nada-nada yang khas, iramanya, suara terompet pada isian lagunya, dan juga setiap lirik yang ditulis oleh sang penulis - semuanya tampak menyenangkan dan menentramkan. Bahkan, aku juga sering mendengarkan lagu natal disaat hari-hari biasa. Aku suka keceriaan lagu natal dan caranya membuatku bahagia dan tentram - dimana kenikmatan ini tidak kutemukan di manapun kecuali di lagu natal. Aku ingat disaat berumur 13 tahun, kakekku memberikanku sebuah rekaman vinyl dengan lagu-lagu natal di dalamnya. Kakek berkata bahwa lagu-lagu natal ini akan selalu di kenang sepanjang masa, bahkan ketika sudah 100 tahun sejak lagu-lagu natal te...

               “ Just say cheese, Hill!” kata Luke sambil memelukku dari belakang. Ia membawa kamera polaroid di tangan kanannya dan langsung menekan tombol klik. Aku tertawa melihat tingkahnya yang lucu. Beberapa saat kemudian, sebuah kertas foto muncul dari kameranya. Aku mengambil kertas foto tersebut dan melihat hasilnya. Disitu ada wajahku yang sungguh sangat konyol dan juga ada wajah Luke yang tersenyum manis – senyum terindah yang pernah kulihat, senyum favoritku. Di belakang kami berdua telah berdiri pohon natal yang cukup besar yang belum sepenuhnya terhias.                 “Uhh wajahkuu..” ujarku pada Luke.                 “Tidak apa-apa, lucu!” katanya sambil merebut kertas foto itu dari padaku, “akan kupasang foto ini di pohon natal kita sebagai hias...

Dear Courtney, How are you? I just wish you all the best cause it seems like we haven't seen each other for a long of time. I just wanna say that I'm okay right now.  So how's your day there in UK anyway? I wish I were there too, but studying here in USA makes me happy too. I heard that you studied sound engineering there and you've graduated, is that true? That's really cool, glad that your dream comes true. I study architecture here, just drawing few things and design buildings, you know? Of course you know. I remember everytime you said that you wanted to be an architect too but you just couldn't draw things. Then I taught you how to draw, but it just didn't help. And then you said that you gave up, and that you decided to choose another profession for your future. It's been 2 years!!  Well, talking about dating and that kinda things, if you ask me am I dating someone or not the answer is simply no. I just haven't seen a kind and a good American g...

It's Christmas day. I woke up this morning and my christmas wish was just yesterday would never happen. I told him that I liked him, and he was speechless then he left. But I do, I do like him - both as my lover and my friend. It was weird, it was awkward, and I just, I just didn't know why I said that. "Merry Christmas, C!" Mrs. Cleverly was the one who wished me a merry Christmas, though this christmas I found it... Um..  "Wish you all guys have a merry christmas too!" I said to them. We were on the living room. There were Logan and Mr. Cleverly that I thought was watching The Shoes for Christmas  on Channel 1. I woke up late, but they were all seemed waiting for me. "C, finally you woke up! so it's time to unwrapped the gifts Santa Claus has given to you both," Mr. Cleverly said to me. Yes, there were some gifts under the christmas tree, and yes now I didn't believe on Santa Claus anymore, but yap I just did it to respect all the love th...

There's a thing or two about Logan that I don't understand. We went to the church this night with the Cleverlys. We always go to this church every week. The christmas tree and the other accesories adorned the church. We got a great time.  After going to the church, we got dinner in The Cleverlys' house again. And yes, Mrs. Cleverly cooked us, for today she cooked us the special one. For the appetizer we had risotto, the entree we had roasted chicken, and for te dessert we had panna cota as she said few days ago. We got a great dinner, but the conversations were so weird. Mrs. Cleverly : Merry Christmas everyone, how's the menu? Me : Well it's delicious thanks for cooked me the dish Mr. Cleverly : I wish I could get some more. Mrs. Cl : and Logan? Logan : *shocked* it's great mom That was only some part that happened, if I told you the whole conversations believe me that was awkward.  Logan seemed different. He talked less and he looked like don't wanna talk ...