Joo Ji Hoon
9:05 a.m.
Kayla called, asking me to have lunch with her in a new bistro near my office. Half amazed, I asked her why it had to be lunch as we usually meet to have dinner.
She was screaming with laughter like an idiot. “I’d like to introduce you to Ical.”
Gee, I don’t have the faintest idea who she is talking about. “Ical who?” I asked.
“Oh you are not a good friend. You forget about Ical!” she sounded disappointed. “Ical is my new boyfriend!”
pimples = a complete disaster
Office, 3:00 p.m.
I was crying frantically. It’s a shame that I was crying in the office. I sat down on the old stairs which are rarely used by all people working in my office. Well, to tell you the truth, I am still crying right now as I am typing this.
The seminar was a huge success. Less-than-3-day preparation didn’t prevent it from being successful. My performance as the emcee was not bad. Everything was okay. The only criticism I received is that my voice was way loud in that damn small seminar room. Yeah! Guess I was so busy calming myself down due to the nervous feeling I had that I didn’t even pay attention to the volume of my voice.
concealer
My office, 1:15 p.m.
I’ve been looking at my small mirror for more than 15 minutes. The reddish pimple is staring back at me. Oh my gawd! What am I supposed to do? What am I supposed to doooo? The seminar is tomorrow! Less than 24 hours, yet my pimple is still there, happily staying on my face near my nose. Aarrgghh.
2:00 p.m.
I can’t believe it! How can I be this stupid? A concealer! That’s what I need! That magical color corrector will save my life tomorrow!
OK, I’d better write it down on my notebook.
CONCEALER – BUY!
Gong Yoo
Meeting room, 9:00 a.m.
Dammit!
Have I told you that my boss looks very much like Gong Yoo, the hottest Korean actor? Yeah, you can claim that Lee Min Ho is the hottest, or maybe Joo Ji Hoon, or Kang Ji-Hwan. But for me, the hottest one is Gong Yoo.
Can you imagine just a little bit if you have a boss like Gong Yoo? Definitely your brain can’t function in the normal way as mine can’t right now (if I have any brains!).
My room, 10:05 p.m.
My boss emailed me. Tomorrow we are going to have a meeting. A meeting. Yeah. It wouldn’t be so frustrating if it was only a common meeting. But tomorrow is a rehearsal for the big seminar held the next day. (Can I call it rehearsal?) And ta-daa, I’ll be the emcee.
Anyway. I don’t mind being the emcee on condition that there is no pimple on my face! It will totally ruin the event, won’t it?
10:20 p.m.
Have I mentioned the pimple is so big that it can explode anytime? T_T
Fizzy Freak
Cerpen Swistien Kustantyana
Dia cewek paling sinting yang pernah kutemui. Benar. Kesintingan pertama bisa kulihat saat aku harus berbagi meja dengannya di Starbucks. Meja itu di dekat kamar mandi. Aku harus rela berbagi dengannya karena Starbucks begitu penuh. Dan dia duduk sendirian. Untuk ukuran cewek SMA yang selalu pergi berombongan atau minimal dengan satu teman, dia termasuk sinting. Oh ya, namanya Fizzy (itu sinting yang kedua – kita bahas nanti).
Menurutku Fizzy sinting karena dia betah duduk berjam-jam sendirian di Starbucks di depan laptopnya. Saat itu aku sengaja menunggunya sampai dia pulang. Fizzy menggeliat dan menguap saat jarum jam tanganku sudah menunjukkan pukul satu dini hari! Sinting karena dia cewek, sendirian, dan saat itu hari sekolah. Bukankah esok paginya dia harus ke sekolah tanpa terlambat? Yang lebih sinting lagi saat aku tahu dia jalan kaki ke kosnya yang jaraknya 30 dalam ukuran menit.