#ugh missing bsd hours

[probablysimpledreams]

♡dreaming of you♡

->some camzai cuteness to warm the soul eeek thank you again @damianito for this♡

[levitheseus]

2,000 days of loving this guy ♡ ^_^

[h0estar]

i'm not crying

[sirenascales]

-> double black [part one] 18+

-> Chuuya x 1stPov!F!Reader x Dazai

-> Who knew getting fired from work could lead to this?

-> Content: SMUT, slight angst, violence, murder, swearing

A night out drinking leads to a small misunderstanding with a handsome, yet dangerous man. [Chuuya x 1stPOV!F!Reader]

3,894 words

note: edited this so it could still be read as a reader fic! it's actually a lot of fun writing in first person! hope those who read this enjoy my first bsd fic!

Part One | Part Two | Part Three | Part Four | Part Five | Part Six | Final || masterlist

I've experienced a lot of amazing things since I've moved to Japan. A new job in a different country, new co-workers and friends, work parties, themed bars, cafes, and hookups with pretty strangers. There was a long list of great things I've had going on, and a long list of things I've never expected... and being fired from the job I had for a year was not one of them.

"A year of hard work... for nothing," I mumbled bitterly as I sat at the bar with my close friend, and now ex-coworker, Keiko. She was beautiful, with long black hair and brown eyes. She frowned, a sympathetic look on her pretty face as she sighed.

"I'm so sorry," she said softly, giving my shoulder a squeeze. "I'm sure you'll find something else soon! You have an awesome resume, and you're an amazing worker who can speak English, Japanese AND Spanish... there is totally a place for you out there!"

Keiko has always been supportive and enthusiastic, a really bright and friendly girl who made it her mission to befriend me as soon as I started working with her. She was relentless, and soon enough, I found myself spending many hours with the woman.

"Yeah..." I just mumbled again and she laughed softly.

"It's okay to mope... that's why I brought you here!"

"Yeah, about that," I started, sending Keiko a look as I swiveled the stool so my body faced her. "Why did you bring me here?" As soon as the work day was done, Keiko immediately dragged me to what was clearly a mafia bar. That didn't surprise me, since she was actually dating a mafioso.

A mafioso, who was part of the Port Mafia. It wasn't long after I moved to Yokohama that I started to hear stories about the organization, and was also warned not to cross them. Of course, with my luck, I became best friends with someone who dated someone who was in the Port Mafia. How a sweet girl like Keiko ended up with a man like him, I'll never know.

What I do know is that Taichi adored Keiko, gave her everything she could possibly want and need with the money he makes, and that was just being a normal grunt! Even so, it was dangerous, but Keiko didn't seem to mind.

"I come here with Taichi all the time," Keiko answered, sipping her drink. I turned to sip on my own. "You can't tell me it isn't luxurious." It was. My jaw had dropped to the floor when we first stepped into the very luxurious bar. "Don't worry about it, okay? Drink your sadness away! You're safe here. Since I am Taichi's woman, and you're with me, nothing will happen, okay?"

"Where is Taichi anyway?" I asked, glancing over her shoulder when I spotted a group of men walking in through the entrance. I missed the way the light left Keiko's eyes, chewing on her bottom lip anxiously. My eyes were on the men, which in the middle was a man with orange hair, a black hat adorning his head. I felt my breath hitch in my throat, my eyes looking at the very handsome man up and down. I swallowed thickly.

"He had a job tonight and couldn't make it. He'll be home to- hey, what are you looking at?" Annoyed at me ignoring her, she turned in her seat, a shocked look on her face before she smiled tightly.

"Taichi! I thought you had an assignment!"

"Hey, babe! We finished early, which was quite surprising, honestly."

The couple embraced and I barely registered the mushy love between the two as I watched the ginger man lead the rest of the group further into the bar. He walked by me, and before I knew it, dark blue eyes were staring right at me, eyebrows furrowed.

"The hell are you looking at?" he sneered and my face turned red, heart dropping in my chest.

"No one! I'm sorry!" I exclaimed, quickly turning back around and facing the bar.

"Tch. Whatever," the man only responded before walking off.

"You look like a cherry," Taichi said, clearly amused. I sent him a half-hearted glare, Keiko slapping his chest lightly.

"Be nice to her. She got fired today."

"Ohh, that sucks. If you need help-"

"She won't take it," Keiko said with a huff. "Stubborn ass."

I rolled my eyes at her, biting my lip nervously as I fiddled with my glass. "So uh... who was that guy? With the hat?"

Taichi blinked. "Oh, that's Chuuya Nakahara."

"Is he part of the Port Mafia?"

Taichi barked out a laugh, Keiko giggling softly behind her hand.

"Baby... he's an executive. Chuuya works closely with the leader of the Port Mafia."

"And I work under Chuuya," Taichi finished, amused at how wide my eyes have gotten at the answer.

"You mean to tell me... I pissed off... an executive member..." I was dismayed, heart pounding in my chest.

"Hmm, probably. Don't go home alone tonight," Taichi grinned as I balked, clearly having fun torturing me.

"Taichi! Babe, don't listen to him."

I gulped nervously, downing the rest of my drink before signaling to the bartender to get me another one.. "R-right..." Despite my better judgment, I turned my head, looking towards the obvious VIP section of the bar. Chuuya sat with some other grunts, a glass of what seemed to be red wine in his hand. Of course, his eyes found mines yet again and I whipped my head back around. Fuck, I did it again! I quickly downed the newly made drink, unaware of Chuuya's eyes narrowing as he watched me.

"Nooo, do you have to go?" a drunk Keiko whined as she latched onto my arm, a forever amused Taichi watching on. "Don't leave me with hiiiiiiim."

"I want to go home, dammit," I huffed, successfully peeling her off of me and handing her to her boyfriend. "I have to start job hunting tomorrow. Thank you for bringing me here, I do feel better and I love you but... I'm tired."

"Ugh, you are such an old lady!" Keiko whined again and I couldn't help but laugh, turning to start walking towards the exit.

"Goodnight, you too. Please get her home safe, Taichi."

"I wouldn't count on it~"

I rolled my eyes at his teasing, leaving the two behind as I left the bar. I stepped out into the cool night air, shivering a bit as I closed my cardigan tightly around me. I wore a simple but cute outfit; a black dress with burgundy tights underneath, black flats on my feet and my favorite tan cardigan over the entire outfit. It helped me fight off a bit of the cold, but as I started to walk down the block, I grabbed my phone to start searching through my usual rideshare app.

I didn't get far. My phone cluttered to the ground as it fell out my hands, a gasp leaving my mouth as I was slammed against the nearby brickwall of a narrow, dark alleyway.

"Who the fuck are you?" a familiar voice hissed and I'm shocked to find Chuuya Nakahara glaring daggers at me, his strong hands pinning my arms against the wall. He growled when I didn't answer. "Answer me! Who sent you here?!"

"N-No one!" I cried out, shaking like a leaf. Of course, of course I would be confronted by a fucking high level member of one of the most dangerous organizations in Japan. "I swear, I just came here with my friend."

Chuuya growled again and he flipped me around, pressing my front against the wall. "Stay still," he grunted, and my face started to heat up as I felt his gloved hands quickly feel along my body. He was frisking me, and I gulped when he shoved his hand under my dress, producing the knife I had strapped to my thigh.

"I carry that to protect myself," I immediately explained, Chuuya turning me around again to face him. His eyes were still narrowed, staring me down as if trying to figure out what the hell I was up to.

"And the bouncer didn't pat you down?" he questioned and I shook my head quickly.

"No, he didn't pat me or Keiko down."

"Tch, that's Taichi's woman," he said, though he still looked at me with narrow eyes, hesitating a bit before he turned my knife in his hand, handing it back to me hilt first. "You sure know how to make yourself look suspicious."

I cringed a bit as I strapped my knife to my thigh strap again. I missed how Chuuya's eyes lingered, him licking his lips. "That's my fault I... I know I was staring..." I could feel my face heat up again and I couldn't even look Chuuya in his face. "S-sorry if I creeped you out. I don't mean any harm. Keiko brought me here 'cause I got fired and she wanted to help me feel better..."

"Hm," was his only reply, crossing his arms over his chest. "What you do to fuck up?"

My mouth fell and I sputtered as I tried to come up with the words. "What do you mean?! I didn't fuck up!" I protested. "It literally came out of nowhere! I worked my ass off all year, only to get fired 'cause I wasn't what they needed anymore. Fucking bullshit."

Chuuya was amused by my little vent, snickering a bit as he gave me a quick look up and down. "I'm sure it wasn't your winning personality."

I scoffed. "Says the one that shoved a random woman against a wall?! That hurt, you bastard!"

Chuuya raised his eyebrows at me, and I immediately slapped my hands over my mouth.

Oh no. Fuck, I forgot who I was talking to.

Chuuya snickered again, his eyes flashing in amusement. He stepped closer to me, making me press back against the wall again. Chuuya leaned his face close to mine, a smug smirk on his face as he spoke.

"Be careful who you talk to like that," he hummed, and I shivered despite feeling some of his body heat. "Someone might just cut out your tongue for talking back like that. Me? Well, it'd be a waste, especially when I think of all the things I could make you do with it."

I squeaked, the heat never leaving my face as I stared at Chuuya with a puzzled expression on my face. The sudden switch up was giving me whiplash... and lowkey turning me on. "I..." I stuttered, looking away and finally noticing my phone still on the ground. "Crap, I hope it's not broken."

I rushed over to pick my phone up, ignoring Chuuya's hard stare on me. I looked over my phone, sighing in relief when I saw that it had sustained no damages.

Chuuya then stepped up to me, jerking his head back towards the bar before walking off. "Let me take you home. Take that as an apology for being so rough on you."

I blinked. "Um..."

"Hurry up!"

"Okay!" I squeaked and followed after the man quickly, chewing on my lip as I asked myself... what the fuck was I doing? Am I really about to get inside this man's car? He was a stranger! Who frisked me! Let alone, he is clearly a dangerous man.

I must be insane.

"Tell me," Chuuya started and I was dumbfounded as he approached a rather cool looking motorcycle. No way. "What the hell were you being so creepy for?" He turned to me and asked, an all-knowing smirk on his face. I blushed deeply. Of course, he already was able to figure it out once he realized that I wasn't a threat.

"No reason," I huffed out, earning a low laugh as Chuuya grabbed the only helmet I could see. I looked at him confused, gasping when he unceremoniously placed the helmet over my head. "What about you?"

"I don't need it," Chuuya simply answered before he finally mounted his bike. "Come on, you little liar. Hop on."

I couldn't help but stare, my mouth going dry as I took in the image of this handsome bastard with his bike. The engine roared as he turned it on, revving it a bit and making me make a mess in my panties.

"Hey, ya done eyefucking me, dollface?"

I sputtered. "I was NOT eyefucking you!" I stormed over to the bike, glaring at the grinning bastard as I climbed onto the bike behind him.

Chuuya snorted. "Yeah, like you weren't eyefucking me earlier in the bar," he retorted, easily reaching behind him to grab my wrists, pulling me against his back as he wrapped my arms around him. I was stunned silent, from his words, and his actions and the fact that his back felt so solid.... and he smelled so good...

"I was not..." I mumbled, pressing my cheek against his back. "Shut the fuck up."

He laughed darkly, and that sent a shiver down my spine.

"Where do you live?" Chuuya asked and I hesitantly told him my address. "I know where that is. Hold on."

"You do? It's on the other side of the city," I said and Chuuya just chuckled softly, looking over his shoulder and smirking at me.

"And who exactly runs this city?"

I clamped my mouth shut, his eyes staring into mine. I blushed and looked away from him. He turned his head back around with an amused laugh, the engine revving as he took off on his bike.

"Hold tight, dollface!"

He didn't have to tell me twice, my arms tightening around his torso as he sped down the street, weaving in and out of traffic. It was scary, but also so fucking exhilarating. My heart was thudding in my chest, my eyes watering because of the wind. Still, I kept them open, wanting to watch the world blur by us. Chuuya made a sharp, right turn, making me scream while he laughed loudly. 

"Man up!" he yelled at me.

"Stop driving like a crazy person!" I yelled back.

I didn't see the large, almost evil smirk that grew on Chuuya's face. Didn't see him licking his lips excitedly as he eyed a rather tall building coming up ahead.

"Tell me, dollface," he hollered back at me, revving the engine and I gulped as I held him tighter, his bike going faster. A bad feeling started to settle in my stomach, balking when he asked his next question. "Do you want to defy gravity?"

I didn't have time to answer, not when I finally realized that we were heading right towards the side of the building. I couldn't even scream, fear striking me as I suddenly started to see red, body jostling as Chuuya maneuvered the bike to jump in the air.... before landing perfectly on the side of the building and continuing vertically up towards the sky.

"Don't let go!" Chuuya sneered. Like that was ever going to happen.

I didn't dare turn my head to look down, my wide eyes staring up into the night sky as we made it closer to the top of the building. I couldn't even think straight, my body just running on nothing but adrenaline and fear.

"Ch-Chuuya!" I gasped out sharply, the bike finally making it to the roof of the building. Chuuya didn't slow down though, only barreling towards the edge and I started to panic. "Chuuya! What are you doing?!"

Chuuya only snickered, revving the engine once more before sending the bike flying off the edge of the building. I squeak and screw my eyes shut, pressing my face against the middle of his back. I didn't want to watch us plummet to our doom.

"Hey, idiot, open your eyes."

I whimpered and shook my head. "N-No..."

Chuuya sucked his teeth. "Just open your eyes! You'll regret it if you don't."

Biting my lip, I wanted a moment before I lifted my head up and opened my eyes, a small gasp leaving my mouth as I looked around me.

We were still floating in the air, biking moving through the sky. The City of Yokohama was lit up beautifully underneath us. I looked over, seeing the ocean at a distance, the ferris wheel lit up and spinning slowly. My mouth had fallen open, eyes wide in wonder. Chuuya was looking back at me, a triumphant grin on his face.

We made it to my apartment and Chuuya stood over me, an amused smile on his face as he watched me melt on the ground after I got off his bike.

"That was intense..." I mumbled, still feeling the effects of flying through the fucking sky. "I shouldn't even be surprised that you're gifted, with the power that you have already in the Port Mafia."

"Yeah, it was pretty great, huh," Chuuya said smugly, gloved hands stuffed in his coat pockets. I laughed softly, slowly standing up with my shaky legs. He took one look at my frazzled state and he grew even more smug. "That's a cute look on you, though if I really had my way with you, you wouldn't even be able to stand."

My face turned hot, sputtering as I tried to respond, but I had nothing to even say. Because the thought of actually inviting Chuuya inside and--

"Fuck..." I breathed out softly, looking at the man standing before me. His eyes didn't leave mine, the heat in them making a shiver go down my spine. "Do you... want to come inside?"

Chuuya fixed his hat on top of his head. "Lead the way, dollface."

"So... your ability lets you control gravity?" I asked once we made it inside the elevator of my apartment building. We were going fifteen stories up, after Chuuya parked his bike safely, of course.

"To put it simply, yes," Chuuya answered, stepping closer to me. I gasped softly when he grabbed my chin, the leather of his glove pressing against my skin. "But we're not here to talk about that." He pressed himself against me fully, leaning his face in until his lips hovered just above mine. I shivered, looking at him with hooded eyes. "This will be a one time thing, dollface."

I nodded, appreciating his honesty. "Of course," I replied just as the elevator stopped on my floor, doors sliding open. I grinned at him. "So let's make it count."

He liked the sound of that, grabbing my wrist and leading me out the elevator. I rushed to my apartment, grabbing my keys and hurriedly unlocking the door before opening it.

The door slammed shut as Chuuya immediately pressed me against it, his lips on mine in a fervorous kiss. I knocked his hat off his head as I ran my fingers through Chuuya's hair, moaning when his hands started to roam all over my body.

"Fuck..." I moaned softly when Chuuya started to kiss down my neck, squealing when he squeezed on my ass.

"Damn... you won't be able to fucking sit right, either," he growled against my neck as he massaged my ass and thighs. "Let's go."

Groaning when he moved himself away from me, I rushed to lead Chuuya to my bedroom, our clothes coming off in the process and making a trail on the floor.

It didn't take us too long to start really going at it, our lust fueling us to incredible heights. Chuuya held my hips tightly with his leather clad hands, thrusting his hard cock in and out of my soaking pussy.

He was fucking me hard, my body just sprawled on the bed as I moaned and grunted from the pleasure this man was giving me. "Fuck, fuck, Chuuya!" I whined, making the man grin widely as he kept his pace. Sweat covered both of our bodies, moans and deep growls mixing with the sound of skin slapping against skin.

"That's right, dollface, ride me," Chuuya smirked up at me, now on his back as I bounced up and down on his cock. His hands were right on my hips, his eyes going back and forth between  watching my bouncing breasts and watching his cock disappear inside my heat. "Fuck, you're so fucking sexy," he growled, thrusting up particularly hard and making me toss my head back, screaming when I finally fucking cum.

"Oh my God!" I gasped sharply, still squeezing around him as I began to slow down. "Oh fuck... it's so good," I moaned, reaching out and hooking my finger into Chuuya's black choker. I pulled and he pushed himself up, lips meeting mine in a messy kiss.

I moaned against his mouth, still slowly riding him as his hands ran up and down my sides, the leather cool against my skin. Then, Chuuya placed his hands on my hips, and with a mischievous little smirk, he licked his lips. Immediately, my body started to feel a little bit lighter, and Chuuya started to effortlessly bounce me up and down on his cock, 100% controlling my body with his ability.

"Chuuya..." I moaned his name, head lolling back. He continued to maneuver my body, little grunts and moans leaving his own mouth as he worked to reach his own pleasure, and mine.

I came again, tears falling down my face from the intense pleasure, and that was enough for Chuuya to pull me off of him completely, putting me on my knees before him on the bed. His hand grabbed the back of my neck and he pushed my head down, stuffing his cock in my mouth.

"Take it," he growled, his hands in my hair and using it to push my head up and down as he fucked my mouth. I moaned around him, a new wave of pleasure washing over me as I let the mafioso use me as he wanted. Soon enough, he exploded into my mouth, and I made sure I swallowed all of him.

"Fuck, that's hot..." Chuuya breathed out when I opened my mouth to show him that I did so. "You're such a good girl, dollface."

That made me flustered and I looked away shyly, earning a chuckle from him. I looked over when I felt him get up from the bed, thinking that he would leave. Instead, he just gave me a look. "Where is your shower?"

We showered together,  which took longer than needed because Chuuya couldn't keep his hands to himself. I was surprised when he climbed into bed with me afterwards, allowing me to cuddle against him as we slowly fell asleep.

I wasn't surprised though, when I woke up the next morning, sore and alone. I didn't get too upset about it, though. Chuuya laid it out clear and I accepted it and moved on.

I sat on my dining room table, looking through the newspaper as I sipped on my morning coffee. I was looking for a new job and figured looking at the local ads wouldn't hurt.

"Hm... let's see..." I whispered, reaching over and grabbing my knife. I ran the tip of it down the paper, stopping when one particular ad stuck out. "Hm... the Armed Detective Agency, huh? Interesting..." I set my knife down, staring at the ad as I took another careful sip of coffee.

-End

[ckjbun]

The butterflies surrounding Yosano (Part 1/2)

Today, I was again thinking about my most favorite female character in BSD. Scratch that, she might be even my favorite character among all of them. But everyone is so likeable, ugh. It’s Yosano sensei, the woman who makes me question my sexuality every single time. 

Well, I was wondering whether Yosano’s butterfly could be identified. And let me tell you, I came across some very fascinating things. There is so much things that I want to talk about, so I need to split this post into two parts. This way, everyone who’s interested in this, doesn’t need to sacrifice a whole hour to read this chunk. But let’s start with the basics first. What does the butterfly symbolize and how does it fit Yosano?

In many different cultures and religions butterflies stand for a powerful transformation, rebirth and resurrection. In Japan, they also represent the soul of the dead. Obviously, this fits Yosano’s ability very well. She heals the people that under normal conditions would be beyond saving and considered as good as dead. Bringing someone half dead back to a healthy condition is indeed a powerful transformation. But did you know how a caterpillar transforms into a butterfly? The caterpillar digests itself. Only certain highly organized groups of cells, called imaginal discs, survive the digestive process. So it basically half kills itself before it transforms into a butterfly. Sounds familiar, right? 

Therefore, you could say Yosano’s golden butterfly hairpin represents her ability. This is reinforced by a small detail that you might have noticed. Every time Yosano can’t activate or doesn’t want to use her ability, the butterfly hairpin is missing. For example, when Poe transports her and Ranpo into his book, she can’t use her ability and the butterfly is nowhere to be seen. 

Another example would be during the Great War. Now, from here on, there will be manga spoilers, so read at your own risk. 

When Yosano didn’t want to use her ability, she loses her hairpin. Well, there is actually another interesting Japanese belief, namely that following a butterfly will help solve a problem driving a person insane. During the Great War, tormented by the belief that she was the reason for prolonging the suffering, Yosano had a break down and was put into an isolation facility. She feels guilty and hates her ability. She’s plagued by the thought that there is no place where it’s okay for her to live. But after the war, she met Fukuzawa and Ranpo, who gives her her butterfly hairpin back and proposes a solution to her. Reunited with her butterfly and in its company, her doubts and problems seem to start resolving. 

The next thing I tried to do was identifying the butterfly. Mind you, I’m not an expert. I had a field excursion on butterflies two years ago but it was raining, so no butterflies for me, rip. Thus, I asked a close friend who knows basically everything about me, Google. I spent hours browsing through different websites, trying to find a butterfly species that is tailed and has kind of horizontal stripes? And the most fitting I found is this one here: 

If you know more about this, or think it’s another species, please feel free to correct me. As I said, I’m not an expert, but when I came across this species I thought that it was very similar to Yosano’s hairpin and when I googled it, I couldn’t believe my eyes. The latin name of this species is called cheritra orpheus. Me being the Greek mythology fanatic that I am, couldn’t contain my excitement because the story of Orpheus fits Yosano perfectly. 

Orpheus was said to be a musician and poet. His music was so beautiful, it charmed all living things, and even stones. Everything around him seemed to come to life when he played his lyre. When he accompanied the argonauts, a group of heroes, they passed the Sirens, whose song entices sailors to them, causing their ships to crash. But Orpheus’ music was louder and more beautiful, drowning out the Siren’s calling, saving the argonauts from death. When Orpheus’ wife Eurydice died, he traveled to the underworld in order to retrieve his wife. There he tried to persuade the god of death, Hades, to let his wife return to the living and to reclaim her at a later point of time. Hades and his wife, Persephone, were deeply moved by his music, thus they allowed Eurydice to go back with him but under one condition: on their way back, Orpheus must walk in front of her and not look back at her. Most of you probably know how this ends. Orpheus, overcome with doubt, sorrow and love, turned to look at her and instantly she vanished for the second time. 

Just like Orpheus’ music, Yosano's ability can prevent death. It can convince death to seize a person at a later time. But both can’t bring a person back, if they are already dead. 

It is interesting that Orpheus is described to bring a second death to Eurydice. Yosano does say something similar about herself, that the soldiers get healed by her during the Great War just so they can go back and be killed again.

Another parallel is the reason why Orpheus loses Eurydice and Yosano loses the soldiers. It is said that it was Orpheus’ devotion and sorrow that led to his loss. He was not only looking back at Eurydice but also looking after her. Just like Yosano is devoted to heal the soldiers and looks after them at the beginning. She cares about them, she might see them even as some kind of family. She doesn’t want them to suffer anymore, so she stops healing them in hopes that they don’t have to go back to fight but this is what brought their deaths. 

The last parallel I want to draw is between the underworld and the battle field. One of the famous versions of Orpheus and Eurydice is written by Vergil. He describes the underworld as a “place of great darkness”. It’s depressing and full of death, just like on battle grounds. But it is also literally dark. Orpheus tries to take Eurydice out of the darkness and into the light of day which they see when approaching the upper world. But he fails. Similarly, Yosano can heal but she can’t bring the soldiers out of the darkness that the battle field houses. She can’t heal them from the depression and trauma that they experience. 

Well, this is kind of a sad note to end on. So I thought I’d show you an anti-parallel. But it is kind of very stretched, so well ... Anyways, it happens in earlier chapters when Yosano fought Kaji. In this case, Kaji is the opposite of Orpheus. Instead of bringing someone back to life, he wants to bring death to Yosano. But when he looks back to check on her, she’s not dead but alive. 

In conclusion, I think the story of Orpheus is such a nice parallel to Yosano’s ability and her story. But as mentioned above there is even more to the butterflies surrounding Yosano. However, I’m afraid the post will be too long if I added the second part here. Plus, I need time to sort my thoughts and write them down orderly (my notes are a total mess). In later chapters, more butterflies are depicted which I identified. And yes, you might have already guessed it. It is again a possible reference to a Greek mythology. So I hope there is someone who is interested in reading this. If you read so far, thank you so much! I appreciate you taking the time to read this. I’m sorry, if this post was chaotic. I tried to minimize the messiness. But well ...

Anyways, I’m always open to discuss, so feel free to reply or message me! See you in the second part hopefully :)

EDIT: I finally wrote the second part, so feel free to check it out here.

Sources:

How Does a Caterpillar Turn into a Butterfly?

Butterflies in Japanese and Western art

BUTTERFLY SYMBOLISM AND MEANING IN WORLD CULTURE

manga panels are from easygoingscans and @dazaiscans

Cheritra orpheus

For the Orpheus summary I refer to the narration by Gerhard Fink. It’s in German though but I’ll still link it here. 

[neo-shitty]

i was only gone for a while tas pagbalik ko, dami ng updates :">>> i love it heh. pati lmao everytime i open your blog, gif ni haechan lalabas. bet ko to, nakaka good mood todo <33

gusto ko yung "beloved ghost anon 👻🖤" 😩 pero grabe ah, mapa nobela man ean o short read lng, pa amaze ng pa amaze ako sa mga stories mo habang tumatagal 😌 sorry checkmate, 2nd place ka na. DUDE IDK WHY pero never imagined na may makakatalo pa sa checkmate mo pero iba talaga to e (dagdag na this was my request kaya feel na feel dbuh). "when the dust settles and the smoke clears and you get a clear glimpse at the aftermath..." yung paragraph na to, omaygad ang galing mo :">>> like, alam mo ba yung feeling pag dumating yung climax ng movie? ETO EON ETO EONNN MAREEE. LEGIT, when i read this "omg when the dust settles omf omg eto yung title omg" PARANG TANGA AKO 😭🤌🤌🤌 i mean ganon naman talaga ako sa lahat ng mga nagugustuhan kong stories pero uGH. your description and narration sa inner thoughts and feelings ni mc ?? fucking ?? perfect ?? i expected it to be full fluff honestly, kaya nung nakita ko hurt/comfort <//3 */ rineady ung heart. anyways, reading this made me miss the rain :<< i ve always loved the rain. lamig ih , so hot in the pelepens kc ~.~ . and, yung pitter patter sounds, ang comforting sobra aaaa hbu? cold or hot season 🤔

eto na no longer human 😩 lakas ng kutob ko na matatalo nito crimson sa #1 spot. natutuwa talaga ako sa 30k wc, gawin ko ding 30k feedback ko para bumawi 😎 JKJK pero in all honesty, i feel like todo rant den ako dito. i m very nervous bc wala talaga akong mahula sa pwedeng mangyari and at the same time, really really excited sa release neto :>> nakakakaba yung childhood bestfriends to ??? au pero i feel like regardless if magka tuluyan sila or di,, it would nt bother me that much LOLOL even if they become enemies xd i know sabi mo no relation to bsd BUT the bandages ni mc ??? = ?? DAZAI ?? warafark. just reminds me of him hihi.

moving on ! dude, tumblr also broke the tags 🤷 they used to work pretty well but the update happened tas ayorn, hirap na. especially for the rec blogs since basis nila is yung tags ~.~ OHH SAMEE, battle of the bands is the most anticipated event tuwing foundation day. out of the 3 days ng celebration, one of them would end very late at night (10 pm ganon) kasi want nila bonggang bonggang lights, lasers eme eme once the bands start playing. it was fun kaso close na yung food booths after 5 pm kaya gutom kaming lahat :<< oh yeah and all the students would line up and those belonging in the council would inspect bags and ganon in case may nag dala ng ya know. high school lang naman pwede umattend gn botb kaya mabilis lng den yung inspection LOL AND YES,, chika mo lng yan 😎

yupp, everyday was the one about changing bodies. it s fine, thank youu pa denn. i did caught up with sleep but it seemed like you didnt Y^Y or is that 10 pm to 11 am? kasi kung 1 hour lng tulog mo, buti nakakatayo ka pa Y^Y SLEEEPPP. unfortunately, spy x family is far from finished. i feel like matagal tagal pa yun matatapos kasi di masyadong umuurong main plot (yung side arcs are very entertaining naman kaya no loss). pati it has over 55 chapters pa lang pero it s a great manga 🤩 we stan port mafia😔🙌 lol the mc in deranged detective does act like ranpo with the 'choosing only the cases that interests me'. nakapag pahinga naman ako in between, thanks! how s your week :3 (how s the beach 👀)

ALSO, i used to think that haechan was the left guy looking straight at the camera in the banner of your what if we stay fic LOL and thought the one holding the guitar was another nct member... omg.. in my defense, this was before i started stanning nct. i just looked through all your masterlists and saw that LMAO we also do that a lot at school, eating in class HAHAHAHHAHAHHAHA it was kinda sad na bigla biglaan na lang canceled whole sy that time because of the pandemic :// i thought bibigyan lang kami short break tas babalik na tas biglang poooffff :<< pero dapat lang kasi deliks tlguhh. your fortunate enough not the get caught by the teacher Y^Y a row na dapat sampo lang pero biglaan naging 13 would be very noticeable HAHAHFJHASDFJHJDFHS

HAHAHAHHDSHDHDHA i actually stalked op in the famous twt post going around in tumblr. the one with the pretending to be clueless to promote voting. LMFAO the user doesnt know that they got really really sikat sa tumblr Y^Y AY PATI OMG yung performance nila sa AAA aaaaa. dude the last time they performed at an award show (forgot the name) they showed scissors which is a song na hindi pa released before. tas bagong kanta na naman yung pinakita nila. we stan 😌🙌 AND really happy they got a daesang, dasurv nila eon. plus, doyoung and nct 127 got focus award and album of the year. I DIDNT KNOW HE ACTED DAMN. dasurv then hihi. all in all, a good day for both them and the fans <33

i havent read star lost yet :"<< but i will later. sama ko na den reread ng gladius para may recap 😎 very happy that gm got a sequel aaaaa. kinig na den star lost before reading para feel na feel. AND , another minho fic coming up 🤨 will. patiently. wait. 😩

also for the ask game, 5 and 89 ?? spoti said i spent exactly 158,007 minutes listening 👁👄👁 should i be scared? LMAO 😭😭😭 629 repeats of grow up plus in the top 0.005% listeners of skz. i should chill for a bit. ALOS GOOD NIGHTTT

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gandang bungad, lee haechan agad! (also i can’t shrink the font rn, i think it’s because of the photos .__. so sorry in advance!!)

"sorry checkmate, 2nd place ka na” NAUUUR kawawang checkmate HAHAH i think you liked this better kasi request. am so happy i got to write this for you, and i’m glad you liked it :(( cute mong mahype sa fic HAHAHA T_T i came up with those when the dust settles metaphors while cleaning last week AHAHA tapos kaya sobrang realistic kasi based on experience *tumambling* GHOST ANON NAGMURA *GASPS* it was either this or a breakup au, bestie. at least may konting fluff pa dito T_T it’s been raining a lot here, hindi ba maulan diyan? there are times na natatakot ako sa sound ng rain (bagyo trauma tingz) but yes there are times na comforting :(( and definitely cold season!!

YUNG 30K FEEDBACK HAHAHHA OH NO T__T no longer human is literally just your typical zombie apocalypse au ganorn. i think to work more on establishing jaemin and mc’s relationship kasi may mas pinag-effortan pa kong side character kaysa sa bida mismo ;n; HAHAHAHA MOOD YUNG DAZAI. same tots nung nireread ko na siya. dagdag pa na no longer human yung title. 

battle of the bands happy place olweys hihi dapat advance kayo bibili ng food or magdadala ganon? oh ine-inspect for liquor? LMAOOO sa’min council pa pasimuno T_T jail y’all, j a i l. and the chika HAHA back nung 2019 i had this fling that i really liked. pero siguro kaya hyped lang ako sa kanya kasi it’s not every time na i meet someone who meets my standards? (di ako nagmamaganda which is a problem, i just have a very strict vibe check???) tapos (yall i’m having flashbacks, could be fic inspo) we fell apart. char lang, he ghosted me. tapos i was bitter for a few months pero eventually naging casual ganon since he still reached out and i pretended that what we had didn’t matter as much as it actually did. nung nagfoundation days, he was invited by my classmate (*coughs* wingman) who was competing. since he didn’t know anyone else, i ended up accompanying him throughout the show. that day, i wasn’t expecting that he’d show up but...he did. LMAO I JUST REMEMBERED PRIOR TO THIS I KEPT TWEETING NA BOTB DATE WHERE. pero anw, we watched the performance from the back. i told him na a spot for him was reserved malapit sa front bc he was 1) invited, and 2) i had council privileges but we stayed at the back. and...in the show, huling sandali was performed and it just hit different bc months before that i got to watch december avenue fresh out the ghosting and nearly teared up hearing the song live LMAO and watching it with him felt... like closure? later that night he tweeted smth about closure THAT I DIDNT GET TO SCREENSHOT but i liked it and i agreed. it felt like that. a silent closure for something that didn’t have a label. feryodt. if you want to read more on this, stone cold sober & chasing daydreams were for him and i just rewrote them to fit hyunjin HAHAHAH

anywaaaays i’ve been napping a lot after eating breakfast so mej bumabawi. bummer nga lang na nacucut yung tulog ganon. i sleep my regular 6 hour thing naman, i just sleep in between the day to catch up with the remaining 2? 

HELP MEEEEE why is that story so long T_T grabe yung hindi umuurong yung main plot. buti di nawawalan ng inspo yung writer HAHAH i think ranpo stans would like deranged detective. the beach was okay. i expected better but we can’t have better unless island beaches. sleeping somewhere else na di bahay ko after a year was great tho. I SLEPT AT 11. which is impossible kung dito lang sa bahay. the change of scenery helped me write the outline of roger rabbit (minho fic hihi) how was YOUR week? 

we all get confused with members before stanning. i used to think bang chan and changbin were the same person T_T damn i miss my friends HAHAH most of my high school fics is just me venting. and same. we really thought na isang week lang yung suspension HAHAH before we knew it months na akong nakakulong sa bahay ??? i think teachers barely paid attention to us kasi madaldal yung front row people HAHAH

HAHAHAH thoughts on the twt post? i haven’t watched the performance yet oml but i watched the vlive and AAAAA kakaproud talaga :((( they’ve come this far na. yeah doyoung does plays and acted in a drama (which i havent watched yet) YK I THINK THE NCT MEMBERS WILL ALL GET ACTING CAREERS SOMEDAY. 

good luck with reading star lost! i initially hated it but the writing’s okay naman pala :(( it was just a random idea and i’m glad i got to write it down. AND YES PLEASE LISTEN TO THE SONG WHILE READING AAAAA roger rabbit will be posted idk pa kasi no longer human muna tapos roger rabbit T_T i hope you’re still around by then T_T

here are the quotes for the ask game tho, first is sad beautiful tragic by tayswift and dive into you by nct dream. HELP MEEEE i only had 50k minutes and yours is triple T_T but then again, ganyan din ako nung hs HAHAHAH help me thats so close to the top for skz listeners .____. scary

[i-am-always-lost]

Day 25 | Yokohama

I have been planning to go to Yokohama ever since the first week I've been in Tokyo.

For some reason, that iconic (for me at least) Ferris wheel from Honey and Clover has always been in my head since 2007. I don't even think it's the one from Yokohama but that started my fascination for Ferris Wheels. I've never even been on a proper one. I think the only one I've been on is the two story high one in Sunway Pyramid. PLEASE DONT LAUGH AT ME!

Been putting it off because I know it requires a full day and I don't get many full days. Because I waste my full days on studying (this is for my parents)! Yay! Plus it's bloody far away. It takes 1.5 hours and FOUR lines to get from the nerimatakanodai station to yokohama. But believe it or not, there is a direct train. It changes automatically. Color me surprised because my station is small, obscure and very far away. It goes from the seibu Ikebukuro line -> Fukutoshin metro -> Tokyo Tokyu metro (passing by Shibuya) and one more which I forgot to get to Montomachi Chuukagai (China town stop). You never know who would google this. Hello to Kyoko's future homestay guests!

Of course, Ferris wheel obsession aside, I was attracted to Yokohama for an entirely different reason.

Pilgrimage no 2!!

For those of you watching Bungou Stray Dogs (probably only two of my friends), you will know that it's set in Yokohama. It's a beautiful seaside town - bad description- one of the oldest and major ports in Japan. It is heavy with infrastructure yet beautiful in its own way. Other people know it as the place where the ramen museum is located. I know it as a port area.

tl;dr: No regrets coming here but might have regretted going to the ramen museum earlier than expected. Covered MOST of the places from BSD.

But you wouldn't want a tl;dr when you just clicked 'Read More', don't you?

How did I travel around?

I painstakingly planned out all locations according to a Crunchyroll article screenshots of the real life comparisons with the anime ones. SHOUTOUT TO YI EN BC I couldn't access the website in Japan. Okay, it didn't take that long and it was pretty fun. I ended up walking all over Yokohama though because of bad planning on my part. Also I got distracted by the ramen museum so I ended up missing one hour  of daylight.

Some fucked up route I took

For some reason, I stayed on past Yokohama and went all the way to Chinatown, which cost like 210 yen more! My brain thought that it would be the easiest starting point (which it was) so I went there. It was dead empty on a 9:30AM Wednesday morning, no doubt. Shops were opening slowly but pretty much no sign of life. So I decided to stand in the middle of the street to take a photo. TIP: Do not do this. There might be cars.

Got the shot!

Unfortunately, I couldn't see many similarities aside from the sign. I might have been at the wrong entrance as there are a number of entrances. The one in the anime has red poles and they have different store fronts surrounding it. Oh well!

Walked in Chinatown for a bit and saw tian hou gong. Pretty Chinese of them to have it right smack in the center of China town, lol! 

After that, I went to the park (you can observe the “logical” sequence)

The view from the deck was so amazing. You can see the Yokohama view and bridge from here. I didnt knew how to take less shitty photos though.

There was a flower garden near by as well with a nice fountain.

This is near the exit of the park where the girl wanted to surrender her crimes to the nearest police station from the anime.

Motomachi shopping street. This street looks quite fancy with all the fancy shops along the street. Even the roads look like they are right out from an anime. But you can see its very European-esque.

After that, I walked past this doll museum so I just went in randomly. It was 400 yen and the dolls were pretty creepy looking. The museum was designed like a huge, pink dollhouse! 

Entry ticket

Historical japanese dolls where they displayed dolls according to their geographical regions of Japan. They had international dolls too. The Malaysian one was in some traditional Malay outfit lol.

After that, I walked along the pier to get to the bay area where the ferris wheel and brickhouse was located.

Inside the brickhouse place was a shopping area! One of the shops that was interesting was this fake food shop. Look at the toasts!!! 

I bought a piece of salmon! It found its permanent spot on my bag pack now hehe.

Ferris wheel scene near one of Yokohama’s theme park. You will definitely see it near the pier.

Not quite the angle but trust me, this was the best I could get.

Yokohama’s Customs (Queens tower)

Okay. I walked past this building before heading to the ramen museum so the sequence is a little messed up. Honestly, I shouldnt have went to the Ramen Museum if I wanted to take good photos in the day but I still went anyway! 

The Ramen Museum near the Ferris Wheel (apparently there’s a nicer and larger one at Shin Yokohama which i HIGHLY regret not going to because of time constraint - I really should have skipped dinner that night) was pretty good, but I wouldnt waste my time if i were you and just go to the one at Shin Yokohama. At the very least, I got to customized my own Ramen cup and learnt a little about the Ramen history! Nissin is the main brand if you wondering. I never knew it was Japanese from the packaging when I used to see it at the local Asian grocer.

The interior looks damn nice and atas ok,

Vending machines for you to get empty cups. Customized ones are about 300 yen each!

This is how it looks like pre cooked.

After this experience, I think I’m a Nissin convert now. (They actually have laksa flavours at Hometown (Elizabeth Street near my Melb apartment) 

OKAY. SORRY FOR THE DETOUR (maybe I should do a two parter...)

The Yokohama Port Opening Memorial Hall.

I know this is a horrible photo but all my other photos could barely be seen due to the direction of the sun!! I took this photo around 4pm and the sun was so setting so quickly. This was when I realized I should have planned my whole pilgrimage better. Wasted too much time at the Ramen Museum.

Museum of History and Culture of Kanagawa Prefecture, Yokohama

As you can see, the skies are getting darker with every photo heh. 

The police station featured in the anime!

(this is the photo with the Kevin filter - wanted to give it the orange tinge. The sun was setting when I took this photo but it didnt hit the building :( )

Yokohamabashi Shopping District.

I remember the moment when I finally reached this street - it was such a long day and it was getting so dark at merely 5:30 (fuck winter, seriously), and I felt so relieved that I found most of the places featured on Crunchyroll! Sadly, I didnt get to find the bridge shot and the pier, plus the big longkang featured in episode 1. But I’m happy enough.

Inside the shopping street. 

It’s pretty old in comparison to the Motomachi shopping street and it is mainly selling food stuff - its like a market!

After that, I took the train home. I was lucky enough to only switch twice tbh! I was on the same train that automatically switched lines 4 times (i love Japan for almost 30 stops. The train ride was like 90 minutes long and I even made it back for dinner.

Yokohama is seriously one of the nicest, prettiest places in the world. I think I just personally love ports (Docklands, Yokohama, Port Klang (lol jk)) because of that fantastic ocean view in contrast with the city skyline.

ugh bring me back pls

If you have the chance, go to Yokohama or Kanagawa or just fucking both bc the views are definitely worth. Pictures cannot describe the feeling that you will experience. I promise that it will be worth it.

One day, I’m going back to Yokohama to complete my pilgrimage.

[nadyanatasha-2016]

Summer in Sydney

Memang rezeki itu gak ada yang tau kapan datengnya. Siang bolong lagi bengong di kamar tiba-tiba dapet tawaran terbang gratis ke Sydney thanks to Nusatrip and Malaysia Airlines! Being an impulsive person that I am, I took the chance right away. Setelah menentukan tanggal, aku langsung urus visa di VFS Kuningan. Sempet deg-degan karena jarak waktu semenjak dapet tawaran ke tanggal keberangkatan singkat banget, gak sampai dua minggu. Sedangkan ketentuan proses visa Australia dari VFS itu sekitar satu minggu atau lebih. Alhamdulillah approved dan jadinya cuman dalam waktu tiga hari kerja. Biaya urus visa Australia di VFS adalah 1.5juta. So that’s the short process I went through pre-departure. Nah pada tulisan kali ini aku akan share tempat-tempat dan aktivitas yang aku datengin dan lakuin selama traveling 8 hari di Sydney bulan lalu.

But first, how did I get there?

Kalau bagian ini udah pada tau pasti aku terbang ke sana (hahaha!), tapi aku akan cerita sedikit tentang pengalaman terbangku bersama Malaysia Airlines. Secara keseluruhan it was okay. First impression sebuah maskapai menurutku bisa dinilai dari delay atau tidaknya flight kita. I have to say Malaysia Airlines made a good first impression since there was no delay for all my flights. Pesawatnya enak! The interior doesn’t seem dull. I love the seat, untuk ukuran kelas ekonomi it’s quiet spacious. Ruang untuk kaki juga cukup luas. I’m very judgemental when it comes to food, thank goodness they serve proper food. Otherwise I’d have gone cranky all the way lol! #happytummyhappylife. Pilihan in-flight entertainment pun bagus. Walaupun sedikit lebih lama karena dari Jakarta harus ke Kuala Lumpur dulu, but it didn’t feel like forever. Plus, if you check on the flight rates, flying down under from KL with Malaysia Airlines harganya bisa lebih murah apalagi Malaysia Airlines punya banyak promo menarik yang bisa kalian check di Nusatrip.com. Bagi yang belum pada tahu apa itu Nusatrip.com? Nusatrip.com adalah sebuah online travel agency yang selalu memberikan harga terbaik untuk tiket pesawat dan hotel kemana saja. Btw selain ke Sydney, Malaysia Airlines juga punya rute lain di Australia dan New Zealand yaitu Darwin, Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne, dan Auckland. Jadi kalau mau kemana-mana baik domestik or international coba check dan bandingin dulu aja lewat Nusatrip.com dan check harga Malaysia Airlines ya. It’s not a bad idea at all untuk transit dulu di KL, you can even manage to do day tour in KL first ;)

What to do and where to go in Sydney?

Sydney is big, there’s A LOT you can do and there are SO MANY interesting places. Ada beberapa orang yang tipenya city explorer banget, ada juga yang nature seeker banget. Good news; Sydney has the best of both worlds.

>> cafe and coffee shop hopping <<

Cafe culture game is strong in Sydney. Berhubung trip Sydney ini low-budget, aku gak banyak brunch di luar. Sekali makan di Sydney bisa habis sekitar 200ribuan kalau di cafe (yaa ’makan cantik��� Bahasa Indonesia-nya sih). Tapi aku sangat rekomendasi untuk kamu budgetin satu kali aja proper brunch di sana. Salah satu area yang terkenal sengan tempat-tempat brunch lucu ada di Surry Hills dan Newtown. So after this you can go google on your own. However, I do got one name as a recommendation and the place is called Le Monde in Surry Hills. Aku tau tempat ini dari Nidya. I didn’t end up meeting Nidya there, but when I first checked about the place online, they say the food is good. Price wise it is also reasonable.

Jelas ada satu tempat yang terkenal banget sampai ke kalangan turis. As you may already knew, it’s The Grounds of Alexandria. Di sana ada beberapa tenant. Dari mulai burger stall, lemonade stall (ugh I miss the rose lemonade, it’s so good), donut stall, sampai cafe yang emang jual makanan berat semua ada. The place is beautiful, I love it. Location wise memang agak jauh dari city center, tapi sejauh-jauhnya di Sydney tetep gak sejauh BSD-Depok. Selain ke Grounds, aku hanya ngopi dan makan di tempat yang selewat aja. Sekitar hostel pertamaku di daerah Kings Cross ada dua cafe yang menurutku kopi dan tempatnya enak. Namanya Glider dan Holm. Selain dua itu ada beberapa tempat yang sangat eye-catching juga dari luar sepanjang Victoria street, Kings Cross.

From the top in order: The Grounds of Alexandria, famous donuts from The Grounds, Glider Cafe, Holm Cafe.

Honorable mention: These three are unlike the cafes mentioned above, but they totally worth a try and visit. First, it’s Harry’s Cafe De Wheels mereka terkenal dengan Australian meat pie-nya, yang kedua itu harus banget ke Sydney Fish Market! On a more specific note: go buy aburi scallop at Peter’s when you’re there. Demi apapun enaknya bikin gak mau pulang dari Sydney. Ketiga adalah jajan es krim di Messina.

Picture one and two: Chilling by the sea with my little friends while eating Australian meat pie from Harry’s. Picture three: Look at that sexy melting cheese on top of aburi scallop.

>> museum hopping <<

Terutama untuk yang emang demen jalan-jalan ke museum atau galeri seni, Sydney is a good place to be. Sebelum ke sana pastiin kamu udah googling untuk cari tau exhibition yang menarik untuk kamu kunjungin. Hari keduaku di Sydney aku udah janjian sama temen untuk gallery/museum hopping. We managed to visit the MCA and Artspace that day. Selain dua tempat itu masih ada beberapa museum besar dan galeri seni lainnya juga sebagai opsi lain.

Picture one: MCA with Dilla the big city indie gal. Picture two: One of my favorite works from the exhibition at Artspace.

>> visit the landmarks <<

Coming from Indonesia, my hands are completely down over Sydney’s exquisite old buildings and landmarks. Walaupun aku harus jujur kalau selama seminggu di Sydney kemarin aku gak ke Opera House cuman lihat dari jauh aja hahaha #travelergadungan. Here goes the list of my favorites: walk from Town Hall building to Queen Victoria Building, another walk from Government House to Mrs Macquarie's Chair (both are located in Royal Botanic Gardens) where you can see Opera House from afar, and a visit to Darling Harbour. I also have a list of what was on my plan but I didn’t get to do: Jalan kaki di Sydney Harbour Bridge dan di sekitar Luna Park, leyeh-leyeh di Observatory Hill Park dan Hyde Park.

Picture one: Town Hall building from across the street. Picture two: Opera House from Mrs Macquarie's Chair.

>>  beach hopping  <<

Do the Bondi to Coogee coastal walk! It was truly an awarding walk (you can do it reverse way too). Kalau full track sekitar dua jam, tapi aku kemarin cuman jalan dari Bondi ke Bronte and it only took me an hour to finish sudah termasuk waktu yang habis buat dipake bengong-bengong in awe. Masih gak paham gimana bisa kota gede kaya gini manage pantai-pantainya untuk tetep bersih dan terjaga. Itu kesanku sepanjang coastal walk. Btw, kalau di Bondi ada Iceberg pool, di Bronte ada natural pool yang kelihatan sangat tempting. Sayang banget belum beli burkini jadi kemarin gak bisa berenang-berenang :( Below are some shots that I took during the walk.

From the top in order: Someone was enjoying her reading time with a view of Bondi - On my way to Tamarama - Seru banget ya kalau ngobrol sama temen di Ancol tapi viewnya begitu? #mimpibabu - Tamarama; A beautiful tiny beach between Bondi and Bronte. 

It’s also nice to take a ferry ride from Circular Quay up to Manly Beach! Gak jauh dari Manly kamu bisa jalan kaki juga ke Shelly Beach. Orrr, if you have feel like going to a non touristy beach, you can also go all the way up to Palm Beach. I was lucky enough to spent a couple of days with a family of a friend of mine who lives in northern Sydney. That’s why I had the chance to visit Palm Beach and explore the surroundings teehee~

Peaceful Palm Beach is peaceful.

>> national park hopping <<

Australia is irrefutably one of those lands full of national parks. Selama di Sydney aku berhasil main-main ke tiga taman nasional, those are; Blue Mountains National Park, Royal National Park, and Sydney Harbour National Park. Aku berencana untuk bikin post terpisah untuk berbagi tentang tiga taman nasional tersebut. In the mean time, here’s three photos from each national park

From the top in order: Blue Mountains National Park, Royal National Park, Sydney Harbour National Park.

>> markets and cool events <<

Banyak area di Sydney yang rutin seminggu sekali ngadain market. Misalnya Bondi market, Manly market, etc. Jadwalnya pun beda-beda. Mostly weekend sih.. Jadi kalau kebetulan di Sydney pas lagi akhir pekan, bisa pilih untuk pergi ke salah satu area yang lagi ada marketnya. Market di sana itu semacam acara bazaar produk lokal. Barangnya lucu-lucu dan menarik untuk dilihat-lihat. Waktu di Manly market, ada juga yang buka booth ilustrasi muka. Selain market, berhubung aku datang waktu summer jadi ada banyak pilihan acara-acara yang seru. Dari mulai music stage sampai openair cinema. Karena aku tertarik banget sama Ben&Jerry’s Openair Cinema akhirnya beli tiketnya online dari Jakarta (ots juga bisa tapi lebih mahal). I chose the Sundae Session which means the cinema plays on a Sunday and on that day I can take as many scoops of Ben&Jerry’s as I want for free. Fortunately the movie being played that day was Arrival (yes by this I’m telling you that I’ve watched Arrival a month prior to its screening in Indonesia’s cinemas #cocky) and I was lucky to have myself a couple of companions —middle school friends who were visiting Sydney at that time too. Both the openair cinema experience and the movie were amazing! I’d love to do it all over again with more friends, different movie, and of course a warmer weather because damn Australian summer it was 17 °C when it happened???

Enjoying our free Ben&Jerry’s scoops. Hijab from @cottonpatch and legging from www.happaofficial.com.

So that was my Sydney trip in a nutshell! Ada yang sehabis baca ini jadi makin pengen ke Sydney atau jadi masukin Sydney ke must-visit list nya? Kalau belum, di post lanjutan ini pasti kalian akan makin atau mulai kepengen karena aku akan share gimana caranya traveling di Sydney seminggu cuman 5juta! Exclude return flight dan visa pastinya :)

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