The Gathering (Arisan!)

Don't take long bath, dear. You don't want cold breakfast, don't you?.

Honey, what time are you leaving for the airport? /Soon.

Well how much time do you have left?

Why?

Do you think you can do it in 15 minutes?

I'm just not in the mood.

I'm serving croissant this morning.

Honey, please drink your milk

Who are you? /This is Lita.

She came from Padang Sidempuan last night.

She was a sleep when you got home.

Honey, you don't want to miss your flight!

Lita is your second cousin. She's just graduated from USU.

She's on holiday. That's why I invite her to visit us in.

So I won't get too lonely when you're at work.

So what do you think? Nice, eh?

Honey what are you doing?

The doctor said I have to do this, it will

accelerate your sperm directly to my eggs.

Honey, sorry I can't walk you out! Bye...

Are you going to arisan today?

Yes. In fact, I'll go to Paprika to prepare, this morning.

It's not going to start until noon, right?

Yes, but I want to make sure that everything is perfect.

You know what? Meimei is joining us today!

Won't she be working?

The arisan is during lunchtime.

Ginally, Meimei has the time to go to arisan!

I chose this for the color.

What's with your face?

My Mom is trying to fix me up again/ With whom?

I have no idea. She just magically showed up in my kitchen this morning.

She's from Padang Sidempuan.

So what's wrong with Deasy, the girl I introduced?

She's pretty, smart, nice to talk to...

Yes, but is not that simple.

I want to. I don't feel chemistry just like yourself and Ical.

The chemistry between me and Ical is not the same anymore.

If only I could give him a child, He'd love me more.

I just don't understand how someone can stop loving...

...their spouse just becausethey haven't got kids.

If my future wife can not give me kids, that would be fine with me.

Now, how will you have kids? If You can't find a wife!?

Just a moment, please.

Someone is asking for you. A prospective big client.

He wants to speak only to you, he says that you are recommended by his pal.

Who is he? /Nino Aditya. A film producer.

Really? Never heard of him.

I said he is a film producer, not the vice president.

By the way, who's the vice president?

I'll put him through.

He sounded nice. Just be careful.

Why? I heard he's a queer.

Hello? /Sakti? /Yes.

I plan to build a new office. I heard that you're the most qualified person.

How did you get my name?

Someone recommended you/ May I know who?

That's not very important?

What if we set up a meeting, so we can talk about this plan.

Sure, when?

How about breakfast tomorrow morning? /No Problem.

Great. I'll see you tomorrow at eight in Nuna's Kitchen.

No, no, please don't move it, it's already fine there/Andieeen...

What are you doing here this early.

You know I haven't finished preparing.

Relax. I'm not gonna interfere with the table setting.

That's your full authority.

By the way this is Ruben...

You know I have a lot of spare time when the kids being at school.

And I always wanted to learn how to speak spanish.

I saw Ruben's private lesson on a newspaper...

And now he is my Spanish teacher.

Ruben, honey, why don't you get something to drink.

So, what do you think?

About what? /Ruben.

Well I don't know. I don't speak any Spanish.

Well he's cute, don't you think? I couldn't care less he speaks Spanish at all.

No comment.

What's wrong? I flirt alot even before I got divorced.

Glirtatious or adulterous?

Adulterous means making love with feelings.

When it doesn't involve emotion, that's flirtatious.

And that's supposed to be acceptable?

You know, we have the right to feel bored sometimes.

So, the conclusion is, flirting can make a marriage last.

So how come you get divorced?

That's another story/Whatever. I never feel bored.

Everything is perfect in my family.

Once in a while, just for fun.

Yunita, see this? This table is perfect, right?

If one of the corners is messed up...

What's the point of the fest being tidy, right.

You're a real woman now?

What's with the make-up.

Go...shut up.

You can't use mascara like that. You should curl your eyelashes first.

See you've got the eyelash curler. Use it.

See? Now your eyes are more... dazzling.

Hey, Your left eyebrow needs to be fixed/Really?

Here, let me fix it.

Why don't you come with me to the arisan?

Skip gym for one day. You're six-pack already.

I want to keep it like that. Besides, what will I do in Arisan?

Keep me accompany/What for?

I just feel insecure. The dress code is polka dot...

Look at my suit, it's so plain.

So don't go then.

But I Have to. My shrink told me that I have to find a new environment.

Gor what? /So I can be more relaxed.

Why do you believe in a shrink.

They'll just add problems to your complicated life.

So you keep coming back to them.

Why don't you just stop criticizing me and come with me?

I'll pass. A man joining a women's arisan? I think I'm more manly than that.

Hallo? /Monkey/Yes, Mom?

Don't forget, tonight, we're going to body scrub.

I can't tonight. I have meeting with a client.

No, don't give me excuse, if your skin gets dull, you'll blame me!

Yes, mom/Well, alright then...

Your mother? /Yes/What did she say?

Mmm... She asked me to come home early because the masseur lady will come.

Oh, so, you are too manly to come with me to the arisan...

But it's okay for you to have your body scrubbed with your mother?

That's different, She's my own mother.

You are the only man I know who is into body scrubbing.

So men can't take care of their bodies?

But, there's tattoos all over your body?

Tattoos are art. Getting your body scrubbed is health issue.

That's two different things, honey.

You brought all these candles?

I have to, they don't have scented ones here.

Really? /No, they don't.

No! Don't do that/What?

It's such a waste to burn those beautiful candles.

So why did you bring them?

Sometimes, things are meant to be looked at, dear. Not for used.

But, we can eat the food, right? /Of course.

You're full of contradictions. You should go to a shrink before you blow up.

What do you mean?

I don' t need to go to any shrink.

I am the most stable person I've ever known/Whatever.

Mei, I'll pick you up at 2.30pm. We've got a meeting with a client at 3.

Hi, Dien/Darling, how are you?

Have you started yet?

No, we're still waiting for two people.

Ladies, I want you to meet my best friend Meimei.

She's an interior designer

She just finished an art gallery, in Kemang.

She usually doesn't have enough time, to attend arisan. She's a career woman.

No wonder...

Make yourself comfortable, Mei/Thanks

This is my seventh visit, Doctor. But still can't feel any change.

In fact, now I can't control myself at all. Gor example, at the gym.

There is this guy who totally makes me unable to concentrate.

He is like a heart beat enhancer to me.

Every time I see him. My heartbeat reached its limit.

Is he gay, too?

What are you talking about? Who cares whether he's gay or not?

The bottom line is I have to be normal. Why can't I be normal?

Today, being gay is not considered abnormal.

Yes, I remember everything that you've said.

But I am paying you to make me normal.

I've told you before.

My father's dead. I'm a Bataknese, the only child...

I have to ensure that our family name continues for next generation.

Says who? /Says my traditional custom, and my family.

Not to mention what will happen if my mom finds out that her son is gay.

She'll hang herself.

I heard that you're also a member of another arisan?

Yes I am. I joined an arisan 12, an arisan 28, 34.

I am also a member of a watch collectors, cat lovers arisan.

And next month, I plan to join a shoe collectors arisan.

Hey, Wan, is that a croco bag? How long were you on the waiting list?

Not long. Only three months.

I heard that you have to carry the certificate all the time.

That's right. I used to have a croco bag.

When I went to Singapore...

Don't you think we should start now? Sakti's gonna pick me up at 3 pm.

Sakti's coming? How is he? I miss him so much. If he comes, ask him to stay.

We can't. We have a meeting at three. Let's start now.

I bought this from the internet.

The ad said that this is a good treatment for gays.

All I have to do is look at gay pictures and inhale it.

Then my brain will reject anything homosexual.

Does it work?

Mmm... I get nauseated. But that's it. I'm still aroused.

You don't need this. It may make your brain reject everything.

Helllloooo... Sorry, we're late/ We were at Brother Ton's gallery.

Let me see what you bought? / Let's see/Oh, beautiful isn't it...

What do you think? /You can get the same thing in the flea market.

You think so? /And isn't Brother Ton a former badminton player?

Yeah, but since his brother became a minister, he's become a batik entrepreneur.

Well, whatever. Can you start the arisan now, please? /Alright.

Ladies, since we have a career woman afraid...

...she's gonna be late for a meeting, we should start now.

Since we have two new members today, we should hear their introductions.

Ganny, why don't you start?

Okay. My name is Ganny Darmawan. I live in Pondok Indah.

My husband is one of the chairman of the Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency.

My father-in-law is the owner of the Duta chain store.