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Bandung Part II

Trip and Eat

We did not travel that much, but we ate a lot!

The first time I came down from the travel bus, I visited the BTC mall right away.

At that time, I immediately wanted to try Kabobs, a kebab eatery in the front gate of BTC. I tried the Large Cheese Kebab, which was 33k worth. It was tasty, the portion was just right!

I visited ITB as well, spared some time to meet my old friends from high school who were studying there. They were conducting a business exhibition at that time. I also met a friend who I met in a MUN circuit. He became my quick tour guide. We went around the American Corner and ITB’s convenience store that felt like the Japanese’ store. By the way! It's my first time visiting ITB, Kinan's as well (please note that her house is so near to ITB).

In the morning, right before we arrived at ITB, we were driven around the Dago Street by Kinan’s father. It’s a bit disappointing, knowing that we found were more likely similar to those in our city, just like Warpas and Upnormal. I once asked a friend who recommended me to try One Eighty Cafe.

One Eighty was quite pricey. But, it offered a rather different dining experience. Right on the downstairs, there is a pool of water where we can eat there while soaking our feet!

I ordered a regular lasagna, meanwhile, Kinan picked a cheese omelet. The lasagna was not really good, because the sauce was too strong for me. It diminished the taste of cheese inside the beef. Thankfully, I love the beverage! I ordered a glass of cold Hazelnut Chocolate. It's super good,  a balanced taste of nuts and bitter cocoa.

We stayed there a bit longer to order for another menu. It also showed a night live music where the singers came over in a by-request playlist. I finally decided to order my next dish: a bowl of mushroom soup. Frankly speaking, it didn't look tempting for me because I disliked the color. But on my first spoon, I was melting. Yummy~

Grab Bonus

We spent many hours at One Eighty for completing our assignments and internship documents. We were told to go to BTC back then, to be picked up by Kinan’s mother. It took only 15 minutes to go there by Grab Car. In this Grab Car, there was one story coming from the driver.

One day, this Mr. Driver was driving at 2 am.

He could not handle his drowsiness, thus he chose to park his car nearby.

It was in Sari Jadi area where he stopped and slept. Alone.

During his sleep, Mr. Driver was like hearing a snoring noise over and over again, while he thought that it was his own snore.

But when he woke up, the snoring voice was there, he could listen to it, crystal clear.

He saw his left and right, there were no people at all.

Panic attacked him. He immediately speeded back home.

The end.

I Miss You, without "But".

Behind the scenes of my journey to do research, travelling, and eating, I oftentimes recalled someone there.

Not infrequently, when I was in a certain spot in Bandung, this man appeared again.

Missing him, without but, was what I felt yesterday. And yes, I accepted that feeling rather than trying to deny it.

I think, burying the hatchet with my past will really take time, and I'm trying to be okay with it.

Love is simple and complex at the same time. Cause though people change, memories just don’t.

See you again, Bandung.

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Bandung Part I

It's about Bandung, also Cimahi, ITB, peeps, friends, and impressions.

On the last May 2nd, Kinan (Kin) and I went back and forth between Bandung and Cimahi to do our research project. We traveled, tried the cuisine as well. It was super fun!

This post will mention a little about my research, thus tell you more about family, traveling, Grabcar story, and… a longing heart.

My Research: Revealing the Taboo Things

Once I entered the 6th semester, my seniors said that it’s gonna be a term with lots of fun, yet, tiring tasks. One of them is the Qualitative Research Methods. This subject invites us to research things using an in-depth interview. My team thought to try a different topic compared to others. Something taboo and bizarre: the online prostitution.

For me, this topic is really challenging. First, because they said that it's a bit hard to get the informant, cause it's quite sensitive, right? Second, I want to know more about the oldest trade practices in the world, right from its source.

What we examine is the power relations in the network society. I cannot go with details regarding my interview, sorry... But one point that I got from this research: there is a shift in the practice of power in conventional prostitution compared to the mediated prostitution which depends on social media only.

It's overwhelming.

Moving.

And memorable.

For me, this research has become one of my reflective moments.

I realize that the economic factors have such a big role to make people do things that they might never have imagined. But still, it's really energy-consuming because it took 50 pages to make the transcript. We lost two days to make this, even Kin was about to faint HAHA

Kinan and the Warmth of Home

I went with Kin, I stayed at her house in Cimahi. The rooms are unique because they’re specially designed for the little Kin, years ago. The light switch is so low that we can reach it even when we lie down. It's compact, minimalist, like a dwarf's room. I told Kin if later I build a boarding house in Depok, I want to take the reference from this house.

We were welcomed by Kin's grandma, whose person is very Sundanese. If only there is a TOEFL version of Sunda language, Kin's grandma might have scored 677 out of 677. Her Sunda language was really smooth, fast, and advanced. One phrase that I remember until now is lauk air. Google it!

At home, there were Kin’s parents and her younger bro whose name is Jaka. Jaka was on his holiday from an Islamic boarding school. After I made my transcripts at McD with Kin, this little family and I moved to Ampera, a Sundanese food stall. Before eating, Jaka prayed, very solemnly. I'm trying to describe what it's like:

1. Jaka’s hands were raised to the sky.

2. His eyes all glued.

3. His mouth muttered.

I kept watching Jaka, automatically followed him to pray before eating. In a usual style, ofc.

When we wanted to go back, I asked Jaka, how come the prayer was up to the point? Jaka gave me a hadith, which basically told us to remind others to do prayers before eating. Jaka prayed that way because he wanted to make me and others remember to pray too. Oh yeah, it's very cool of you, Jak!

The meal was finished. In the car on our way home, Jaka made us laugh with his humorous lecture. He said, living is like a coconut tree. There is a small coconut, large coconut, sometimes it falls when it's already ripe, sometimes when it's rotten (haha), but all the parts have advantages for us.

"Behind the shortcomings, there are advantages"

"Khususon (specifically) Disianika Intan Kinanti (Kinan’s full name), even though she is physically small, but thank God she is a UI student, computer savvy, and can drive cars," Jaka said, teasing Kinan.

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at Gedung Komunikasi FISIP UI

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[Senja Selebrasi]

This was a great event with eyecatchy-decorations held by the students association of my major: Himpunan Mahasiswa Ilmu Komunikasi UI (HMIK UI)

Handled by Kak Alexander Hridaya Bhakti as the Project Officer, I, as the one who attended just to participate, was amazed by the sparkling lighting the committees have made. The small yellowish ligthing bulbs which hung over the Comm Building (we call it “Gekom”) were just amazing to see. The celebration, like the name “Senja Selebrasi”, was attended by the students of batch 2013-2016 in our major. We were showed the video coming from every batch. There were also live music performances and, my favorite: free dinner.

As this event was held to appreciate and celebrate our moments and achievements, I wanted to state my grateful feeling to be a friend of the ones on the photos I posted: First photo: Naura Nady Salsabila (the one with the yellowish veil) Ruth Audrey Debora Sianturi Second one: Mr. Ucup (left) Kak Disty Habiba Amalia (right) . . Lumba-Lumba

“Lumba-Lumba” was my very first peer group when I got into my campus in July 2016. Naura and Ruth were some of my first pals during my transition time from high school to college. I thank them for those moments we experienced together when we queued for our yellow jacket, went back together after a tiring day singing “MAAA HA SISSS WAAA” in Balairung, and since they are my very first, I look forward to having this togetherness onwards, over and over again. . . Mr. Ucup and Kak Disty

These two people are told too because yup: they’re special.

Mr. Ucup is a senior office boy who has been working in Gekom for a dozen years. What makes him different is he always talks in English confidently eventhough he’s sometimes wrong grammatically. But then, for me it was all okay because we can still easily get his point. Even his English is that good somehow. I salute him for this. Meanwhile, recently I practice the same thing just once in a blue moon. In a nutshell, I admire the way he tries his best to stay with English.

Kak Disty is the funniest and most cheering one! She is my senior in senior high. I firstly knew her as a very excellent student and it’s proved with her first place score on the National Exam (Ujian Nasional) in our region 2 years ago. However, she’s that crazy and full of jokes, an expertise in doing silly things but I love her so much! She also joins HMIK in the Human Resource Development Bureau. Our very first cooperation was when she asked me to be the moderator of an exploration forum of the new HMIK’s leader candidate.

In a nutshell, those are the people I want to appreciate for their existence in this Earth. I am all agog to be in an appreciative circle of Senja Selebrasi. Thank you for the committees. I love this event that really much!😊

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[Come Along] It's exciting to find myself being in the mood to write over and over again. I'll be trying to be consistently write like I used to. For now and then, I'll move to a new platform: tumblr. My latest posts on anmaurin.blogspot.com will still be accessible, I won't do any deactivation. The whole posts on tumblr will focus on what's coming along in my college life. The "ASEAN University Network" post was my first try. Sooner, I'll post more with longer content. I look forward to having your feedback too! Bismillah, let's begin again! 😊 . "Orang boleh pandai setinggi langit, tapi selama ia tidak menulis, ia akan hilang di dalam masyarakat dan dari sejarah. Menulis adalah bekerja untuk keabadian" -Pramoedya Ananta Toer

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[ASEAN University Network]

This morning, I and other 19 representatives of students from Undergraduate Program in Communication (UPiC) of Universitas Indonesia came to Auditorium Juwono Sudarsono to attend a particular session of ASEAN University Network (AUN) assessment. Our assessors are coming from Thailand and Malaysia, they are Prof. Dr. Orusiri Cheunsuang and Prof. Ir. Dr. Shahrir Abdullah. We were asked some queries about our program’s curriculum system and facilities. It was a grand great honor for me to stand there as one of the chosen representative.