Me Being Me

Beberapa waktu lalu, ketika saya lagi jalan-jalan sendirian di tol JORR menuju Bogor saya sadar akan sesuatu. Ternyata saya benar-benar seorang introvert. Saya pikir sebelumnya saya adalah seorang ambivert (yah meskipun sampai saat ini belum ada literatur pasti yang menjelaskan secara spesifik apa itu ambivert). Sejujurnya saya nggak terlalu nyaman dengan suasana baru, orang-orang baru, dan segala hal yang bersifat baru pada diri saya.

My Weekend

I enjoyed my weekend with my family. On Saturday morning I made an appointment with my mom and my aunt to do breakfast together at a food shop not far from my house. After dropping my sister to college, I went there and meet them. The food shop named “Soto Mbok Giyem”, this food shop always crowded at any time from morning to afternoon, I’m not surprised because the Soto taste delicious. I’ll show you the Soto later! And oh! I forgot to describe the Soto hahaha. We can choose the topping of this Soto, Soto Ayam or Soto Daging you decide. Maybe you guys called it soup. Yeah kinda looks like a soup. But let’s just call it “Soto”, okay? This soto taste so good and savory (which I like it so much). Soto Ayam, as its name, has chickens and vermicellies in it. And Soto Daging has beefs, vermicellies and bean sprouts in it. I usually order Soto Daging because… I just love it. This Soto served with only ingredients that I mentioned before, but, we can add our Soto with another dishes that already served at our table, such as, Quail Eggs Satay, Kikil Satay, Ati Ampela Satay, (sorry I can’t mention the right meaning of this dishes in English haha) Tempe, Tofu, and some other types of side dishes. Trust me, every side dishes in here is sooo delicioso.

On Saturday morning, my brother inviting me to do morning stroll with his scooter (well, he’s not really inviting me tho, I am the one who forced him to take me do the morning stroll hehehe what a lame). We left home around 7 am (we were overslept after Solat Subuh, he usually leave home for a stroll at 6 am), then we went to my aunty’s first at Cipete, playing with Mimin for a sec (Mimin is her very cute cat) and after that we continue riding towards SCBD Sudirman. SCBD area was so quiet, there was only few people do joggings and a bunch of big motorcycles parked in food court area. No traffic jams or honking of impatients cars as it is always happen to this area on weekdays. What a soothing atmosphere. After we satisfied strolling around in SCBD, we had a quick stop at MCD Drive thru to get some foods, we ordered sausage wraps and ice coffee (my favorite!). Ahhh we were so thirsty and hungry hahaha.

Well, the little things I do with my family could recharge my mood and pepped me up to face Monday. So how’s your weekend? :) 

A Little Story From Karimun Jawa

Jadi, akhir bulan Agustus kemarin saya dan temen-temen kantor saya pergi ke Karimun Jawa. Kita nggak rencanain pergi kesini sebenernya, karena awalnya kita pengen ke Belitung, tapi denger gosip kalo acara kantor bakal diadain ke Belitung, dan kita anaknya nggak mau rugi, jadi pindah haluan deh rencana kesana hahaha. Setelah obrolan-obrolan gak penting habis makan siang di akhir Juni, akhirnya kita dadakan cari travel buat ke Karimun Jawa, cari tiket pesawat dan segala tetek bengeknya.

Dari Jakarta kita berangkat ke Semarang pake pesawat. Yaah, niatnya mau backpacker-an apa daya waktu tidak mencukupi. Saya dan temen-temen saya nggak bisa ambil cuti lama. Maklum, kita-kita orang sibuk jadi kalo cuti lama sedikit satu kantor pada nyariin (hahaha plis deh!). Kita ambil jadwal 2 hari 1 malam disana, dengan harapan bisa puas main-main dan lupa sejenak dari rutinitas kantor yang akhir-akhir ini menjemukan (baca: banyak kerjaan sis).
Kita menyeberang ke Karimun Jawa lewat Pelabuhan Kartini. Pelabuhan ini letaknya di Pantai Kartini, Jepara. Awalnya saya pikir pantainya bagus, tapi ternyata.. Ya begitu deh. Biasa aja. Lebih bagus Ancol malah. dari Pelabuhan Kartini saya dan yang lain naik kapal ferry Express Bahari namanya. Atau Bahari Express? Yah pokoknya itu deh saya agak lupa haha. Perjalanan Pelabuhan Kartini - Pelabuhan Karimun Jawa memakan waktu 2 jam. Gak lama ya? Tapi saya berasa lamaaaa banget karena di akhir-akhir perjalanan saya mulai mabok men. Aduh hampir nggak sanggup deh. Untung pas detik-detik mau nyerah (baca: vomit), kapal udah berasa pelan jalannya, ternyata udah mulai bersandar ke Pelabuhan Karimun Jawa. ALHAMDULILLAH!

Kita sampai sana siang sekitar jam 2, langsung ke homestay buat taruh barang-barang dan ganti baju untuk snorkeling. Sebelumnya saya udah kasih tau kan yaa kalo saya dan temen-temen saya pake jasa travel? Nah, saya dan temen-temen saya lagi beruntung banget nih! Soalnya kelompok saya cuma ada 6 orang. Nggak rame, 4 orang adalah saya dan temen-temen saya, 2 orang lagi pasangan suami istri yang udah cukup tua. Asik deh berasa private trip gitu hihihi.

Hari pertama dan tujuan pertama kita disana adalah Bukit Love. Letaknya nggak terlalu jauh dari homestay tempat saya nginep (pemandu kita bilang, kita bisa puterin pulau Karimun Jawa hanya dalam 1 jam, jadi nggak heran deh kalau pergi kemana-mana dekat). Pemandangan di Bukit Love bagus banget. Kita bisa lihat Pulau Karimun Jawa dari atas.

Setelah puas snorkeling, malamnya kita di traktir Mas Ika (pemandu kita) hangout di salah satu kafe kecil disana. By the way, disana ada beberapa kafe kecil gitu, lumayan bagus sih, dan banyak yang isinya bule-bule. Makanan di cafe tempat kita makan enaaaak. Jujur aja saya bukan tipe orang yang suka banget sama makanan laut, tapi makanan disini enak, nggak amis. Apalagi lobsternya. Makanan lautnya tuh berasa segar, lembut dan enak banget deh! Ini bukan promo loh hahaha. *lagi-lagi lupa foto makanannya*. Selesai duduk-duduk cantik, kita jalan kaki ke arah alun-alun. Kebetulan malam itu ada acara di alun-alun, jadi banyak pedagang yang jualan disana. Mulai dari aksesoris, cenderamata, baju, sampe makanan. Saya nggak sempet ambil foto sih soalnya keasikan nikmatin suasana disana hahaha.

Hari kedua, pagi-pagi banget kita udah di pelabuhan kecil di dekat alun-alun yang semalam kita datengin. Kita mau ke pulau Menjangan Kecil. Katanya sih pulau itu nggak terlalu banyak penghuninya, tapi disana ada beberapa cottage-cottage yang disewain. Pas kita kesana suasanya sepi banget. Malah terlihat kayak sebuah pulau pribadi. Pemandangannya juga bagus. Di pinggir pantai ada ayunan yang bisa kita naiki.

Yah ketauan deh difotoin haha

Selesai dari pulau Menjangan Kecil, kita cusss ke pulau............. Apa ya namanya, ah lupa. Pokoknya kita snorkeling lagi. kali ini snorkelingnya sambil liat ikan-ikan lucu. Dan lagi-lagi emang bagus pemandangan bawah lautnya. Selesai snorkeling kita lanjut lagi ke pulau... Aduh lupa lagi deh namanya pulau apa. Kalo pulau yang ini rame banget, banyak pengunjungnya. Disana kita muter-muter pulau aja sih sambil foto-foto (teteup ya bok!).

Udah puas disana kita langsung naik perahu kecil yang selalu kita tumpangin kemana-mana pas di Karimun Jawa, kita mau ke Penangkaran Hiu. Setelah sampe sana, kita nggak langsung nyebur ke kolamnya, liat-liat keadaan dulu. Liat hiunya gede-gede atau enggak. Ternyata hiunya lumayan sih, mungkin ukuran hiu remaja #alahngasal. Dan tentunya, gak sempet foto karena udah terlalu heboh pas hiunya deketin saya dan temen-temen saya, semua rasanya mau langsung cepet-cepet keluar dari kolam.

Setelah capek heboh di Penangkaran Hiu, kita balik ke homestay dan siap-siap packing buat pulang ke Jakarta. Pas di Semarang kita beli oleh-oleh dulu baru deh balik ke Jakarta. Besoknya udah berkutat lagi sama kerjaan. Tapi lumayan lah melepas penat sejenak. Can't wait to wander in another places!

Ps: sorry for my bad quality camera :(

See You When I See You

Last night one of my best friends flew to Texas, US to continue her study. Sad? Of course. We couldn't meet for such a long time. If only she went to Malaysia or Singapore I can still see her more often because the distance isn't too far. But it's US man! Hundred miles away from the place where I sit right now. Definitely in the other parts of the world. She's in West when I'm in the Southeast Asia. This explain much, right? But on the other hand, I am very happy feels like I'm gonna bursting of excitement because this is definitely what she wanted to do since we graduated from our college. Although in the beginning she was so sad because she need to leave her family, friends, and of course boyfriend hahaha. I always pray the best for you, hon. Semoga Allah selalu melindungi lo dimanapun lo berada. Aamiin.

See you when I see you, hon!

I'm finally back at home after a week stayed at my dorm. I don't know, feels like I've left my home for years ago. I miss my home and everything in it. Especially my room. Wuhu!!

I spent this weekend with enjoying my room which I already told you that I miss it so much, did nothing but browsing and read some books I've never read before. What a relaxing weekend. (at least, for me). I think I need a quality time with myself. A short holiday won't hurt anybody right? 

Homecoming. Mudik.

I just back from Yogyakarta three days ago. I went to Yogyakarta just for 3 days to meet my big family and relatives who lived there. This time, this short holiday – or we can call it shortly as mudik (haha) not really interesting for me, because I used to go to Yogyakarta once – or twice a year, sooo… It’s not that special. I just found some new places I had never visited before, such as new hotels, beaches, café(s), and any other hang out places. We (me, my sister and my brother) also had a chance to try out those new places, those was good. Well, standard. Not bad, but not excellent. Well it’s pretty good anyway (WHATEVER SA). We always go to Yogyakarta by car. My daddy doesn’t like to use other transportations like train, or by plane if it comes to mudik. Unless it’s urgent condition, he will never use those. He said “mudik by plane or train has no art. We can’t feel the jams. The art of mudik is in the congestions.” Well yeah. Whatever dad :’’)

When we were on our way home to Jakarta, there was a car accident right in front of our car. The car was rollover. I can see the broken glasses, stuffs, and gasoline spilled and scattered around the car. I can smell the gas came out from the car. The atmosphere was so tense at that time. People around that place, including the travelers, and my dad immediately help the victims that still trapping in the car. I can see kiddies, toddlers, elderly and adults comes out from the rollover car. I pulled my car while waiting for my dad who was helping the victims with other. When my dad came back, we involved an oddly discussion.

Me: Is there any injures victims?

Dad: I think the toddler’s leg was injured. Tho the car’s windows was broken, but their syrups doesn’t broke at all. There were lot of syrups in the car.

Mom: How come? What syrup is that?

Dad: Lot of syrups, there were ABC, Marjans, I don’t remember any brands, but there was a lot of syrups.

Why on earth they were more focused on syrups, not the victims…………………………………………………………….

Here I uploaded some photos (you might not want to see, but I will still upload those photos HAHAHA) you might curious about my mudik experience in 2016. I don’t take some photos because..... I think I am a kind of person who doesn’t really like to take photos when I’m on vacation because I couldn’t enjoy my vacation if I take too many photos. These photos aren’t cool, or artsy since I’m not into it and not trying to be it and I can’t be it cause I’m such like a flat person I don’t have any skill or expert at anything (((SO LAME))). 

Selamat Idulfitri and happy holiday, everyone!

Reflected Back

Another 24 in a post.

No. today is not my birthday. I celebrated it 2 months ago. Well, you may say it’s a “celebration” when you enter your room and you see that your wall already decorated with birthday stuffs, and of course a cake with candles on it right on your bed. The only thing that came across my mind was “Oh my God! Don’t let the candles fell on the bed, it will burn my room!” – so I immediately blow the candles to avoid things we don’t want to happen………………………….

At 3 a.m I woke up. I reflected back to everything that has been happening in my life. I felt like I am no longer a girl. I’m starting to be a woman. I’ve got into a mature world right now which is hard. But after all, I am very grateful to those who have always been there for me until today. I’m very grateful for all the experiences I had in my youngers years. All of them. Bad or good molded to be who I am now. And I’ve come to the point where I realized that I need to accept some simple facts of life. Life isn’t perfect, but it’s beautiful and worth celebrating for.

A Buzzing Thing In Mind

Now, as a 24 years old woman, I got a lot of questions about marriage. "When are you getting married?" "Do you already have a catch?" and all kind of similar questions. Well actually, I’ve been thinking about it too, in my younger years I thought that I would be married at 25 or 26.

Rhinitis and Jakarta Fair 2016

I’m feeling unwell these past four days. Since last Friday until now I got fever, my eyes so itchy and watery. I sneeze all the time, my nose is so stuffy and runny. And don’t forget the cough. It is verrrryyyyy annoying. I checked google what kind of illness that is attacking me right now and voila! I found it. It was Rhinitis.

Welcoming the Holy Ramadan

Last night I went to traditional market not really far from my dorm. Some of you might not know where my office is, so let me introduce my office a bit. I’ve been working here for almost 2 years. It’s located in Citeureup. A sub district of Sentul or Bogor I’m not sure (haha). my office is a manufacture one.

HPV Vaccine

I was talking with my friend, Fatimah about HPV Vaccine. Some of you might know about this vaccine. HPV is Human Papilloma Virus. It’s a virus that infects cervix and causes cervix cancer. First time I heard the details about this virus, I am totally scared. So we (me and Fatimah) decided to do the vaccine. We were starting to find budget information about this vaccine aaand it’s quite expensive tho. But don’t worry, some hospitals and clinics does have promos for this vaccine. But mostly, it happens on women international days (if  I’m not mistaken haha). Well I hope our plan to get the vaccine goes well. Wish us luck!

I called it "gloomy" night

Hi guys how are you? I just got home from dentist, the road was totally sick. Traffic everywhere I barely feel my feet right now. And I guess I barely feel my feeling huh.

I am an emotional one. I mean, I cry easily, and at some points I mad easily either. I feel so frustrated to people these past few years. I feel like, people always trying to bring me down. I'm mad. I cried. I can't hold my anger. This is so frustrating. Can I please have someone to lean on? 

And the stories begin..

I’ve privated all my posts on this blog. All posts from 2009 till several months ago. Now I want to rearrange this blog. The witness of my teenager years. And now, this blog will be my witness to my new chapter of life. Can't wait to share all surprises!