Our Story - Cerita Kita

Q: How did you know each other? - Gimana sih kalian ketemunya?

Y: I was at work. First time I saw her, she was going out of Boss' personal room. I thought, "Oh, boss' wife.. But wait, is she? Who is she?" –
Aku sedang di kantor. Pertama kali aku melihatnya, dia keluar dari ruangan bos. Aku pikir, "Oh, istri Pak Bos. Tapi tunggu, sepertinya bukan. Siapa dia?"

Q: Then? - Terus?

Y: I realised from Boss' photos collection on his desk. That was his eldest daughter. I got curious about her. I started my search on Friendster. And there she was, the one and only Ratna Dewanda there. So I added her. –
Aku ingat dia dari koleksi foto Pak Bos yang ada di atas mejanya. Dia adalah putri tertuanya. Aku penasaran tentang dia. Aku mulai mencari di Friendster. Di sana kutemukan satu-satunya Ratna Dewanda. Dan aku tambahkan dia ke daftar temanku.

N: I was at work. Having a break, I opened Friendster and saw some stranger added me. "Who is he?" I looked through the pics he had, and I found a clue. On one of the pic, I saw him standing behind my Dad. –
Aku sedang kerja. Sambil beristirahat sejenak, aku membuka Friendster dan melihat seseorang yang tak kukenal menambahkan profilku dalam daftarnya. “Siapa dia?” Aku melihat-lihat fotonya dan aku menemukan petunjuk. Di salah satu fotonya, aku melihat dia berdiri di belakang ayahku.

Q: So, how did it go this far? – Lalu, gimana bisa sampai sejauh ini?

N: We met and went out the first time in October '08. He accompanied me shopping all day. I felt so many differences between us. Yet I thought, if I were "Yin", could he be my "Yang"? –
Kita jalan pertama kali di bulan Oktober ’08. Dia menemaniku belanja seharian. Aku merasakan begitu banyak perbedaan di antara kita. Tapi aku pikir, jika aku adalah “Yin”, mungkinkah dia “Yang”-ku?

Y: Next, her father invited me to join him doing a small research on extra curricular activities he wanted to propose for the upcoming project - big band. That was by joining him and the family attending Ninoy's lilttle sister band concert. It was in November. –
Selanjutnya, ayahnya mengajakku bergabung dengannya untuk mencari informasi tentang satu kegiatan ekstrakurikuler untuk proyek berikutnya – big band. Dia mengajakku bergabung dengan keluarganya menonton konser adiknya Ninoy. Waktu itu bulan November.

N: Then, I decided to pay a visit to his family. It was on Idl Adha celebration in December. –
Lalu aku memutuskan untuk mengunjungi keluarganya. Saat itu bertepatan dengan hari Idul Adha di bulan Desember.

Y: I asked her THE question. Eventually, she made up her mind, telling me that she would also like to go to the next step with me. I, then, with my parents and relatives, went to her house to propose. It was on January, 11, 2009. –

Aku menanyakan pertanyaan penting itu. Akhirnya, ketika keputusannya sudah bulat, dia mengatakan bahwa dia pun ingin ke tahap selanjutnya denganku. Lalu, aku bersama orang tua dan keluarga pergi melamarnya. Saat itu tanggal 11 January 2009.

And so it began...