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Bali, May 2024

Sunday, 19 May 2024

I took a dawn flight to Bali (again) started the first chapter of the Novel I borrowed from the Library "the people we met on vacation" to accompany me during this holiday.

My first destination was nana's home to store my luggage. After that, I headed to Canggu to grab my coffee and enjoy my first beach of this holiday.

My second drop off was the viral Gigi Susu, it was so pretty as I expected but way too crowded. I took away hot flat white, and forget to ask to oatmeal for the milk-- in which it's their specialty. Well, anyway I continued my walk and passed through Kawi Sari Kopi and Motel Mexicola, arriving to Batu Bolong Beach. I continued my walk to Nelayan beach. There I contemplated by listening to songs that probably can drag me to past memories, and wrote in my notes:

TS - Wildest Dream: I no longer feel anything about my previous relationship & he himself. I will burn that gift, if I had the chance.

(I forget the song, probably Kung-These Girls): Still wanna have my own family who love each others. I cherish my current life. I can buy myself flight ticket to Bali, I can't buy myself flat white & sip it on the beach-- which felt so right

Rihanna - California King Bed: call me masochist, but that reminiscing of teenage brokenheart felt so good. I hugged my younger self and told her she's cool, she's broken, but she's fine. The one who love you is yourself. Go girl!

I continued my schedule to Zycle Canggu: such a worth experience, the vibes, and the song (all I can remember is "wonderwall") really love Zycle Canggu. After that I waited for Nana in Zin Cafe, ordered Green Juice & Pomodoro Spaghetti. I really enjoyed the noon there with a summer breeze, and fatigue due to zycle. I saw a guy swiping dating apps, thinking he's looking for someone to hook up for free. I mean really canggu full of people my age and are beautiful.

After few hours, Nana and her family came to pick me up and we continued to Sunday Market La Brisa which is so crowded and full of people. The only thing I bought was Gusto chocomint & caramel seasalt. After La Brisa we catching sunset at Times Beach Warung but it was also crowded and we had to wait for 12 queue. While waiting for the queue I took a nap on beach and ate beach tofu. Approaching sunset we got the bean bag and I ordered another juice, this time carrot and friends, match with the book cover I read.

I hate having a crush while I'm on vacation, he could ruin my mood. That day he kindda screw my mood after replied with laconic answers (if I may not mistaken), and yeah off we go to our next destination for dinner, it was mediterranean restaurant called "Shelter" in Pererenan. I ordered Buratta and it was amazing! The place is also comfortable. After that, we went to Orchard Bar in seminyak, but we were late and missed the first session which consists all of my favorite songs :") but thank God I had a courage to request Everlong.

During the way I told nana that my mood was dropped due to this guy. I really like him, but we're fundamentally different. I can't drag him to worship God if from the beggining of his consciousness he refuses God.

Monday, 20 May 2024

Nana made me breakfast of instant noodle, beef bacons, scrambled eggs, and tomato cherries accompanied by exelco gold which tasted so good. After that I continued my journey to ubud by taking Trans Dewata. I did not really see the road because I was too focus with my phone, and then, I arrived in Ubud before midday. I took 1 km walked to Pillow Inn and redeemed my free massage with extra 15 minutes. After that I went to Kebun Bistro and read few chapters there, savouring my food and my moments. The moment I've been waited for a decade; visiting Kebun Bistro.

An impromptu idea came after lunch, I headed to Paradiso and missed to estimate time. A fatal mistake was by not bringing mukena so I wasted time to commute: Paradiso - Pillow Inn - Paradiso - Pillow Inn, and sacrifice my wishlist toward Panipuri in Chai of Tiger. Anyway just like another slow B&W movie, I fell asleep in the semi private cinema. After woke up, I tried to bring back my mood by choosing dessert in Paradiso, but turned out I mad at supermarket because I was tired, thirsty and broken heart.

Back to the inn, I called Eka and told her that I will give up on B. I really love him but he seemed pulled himself away. Eventually, I pulled myself up and forced myself to take dinner and sleep fast. By the time I arrived in the restaurant, the dinner is exhaust but I said to the crew that I don't eat rice, so it's OK if it's only the oseng tempe and bihun. I mingled with the kids and got a bad full of pride teenage parisian who works as bartender. I felt like ubud was like a small community which is one knows another. I didn't talk much that time unlike the usual me because my energy is draining, my mood was drop due to a lover that hasn't ever been a lover. But from the short conversation I joined I heard a conclusion that "what is meant to you will me meant to be yours." Well, no need to worry, Nona. We'll be fine.

Tuesday, 21 May 2024

Another long awaited list: campuhan rigde walk. I didn't force myself for sunrise, I just woke up as fast as I can. Turned out campuhan is not that magical as I imagined. It was path. No ricefield--- just bush. Also, it's quiet crowded. Reaching the edge, I took a rest in a random restaurant to buy a bottle of mineral water and meditate. After my jog, walk and meditation, I finally found the solution for my feeling for B! It's always been my skill when I was a teenager: dragging a guy to friendzone! You name it! I don't know whether my current bestfriends who are boys were initially wanted to know me more as a crush or purely a friend, but one thing true is I always dragging them to a best-friend zone. I love B, and I don't want to lose him, at the same time I know that he was not an ideal husband for me. So, it will be fair enough if I drag him into a beautiful friendship; I will always be there for him and he'll not go anywhere. Is that cruel? Well, I don't think that he's in love with me. So, as long as no kissing and cuddling involve. It will be fine. Holding hand still be fine, Bram hold my hands several time under some circumstances.

Okay after campuhan I waited for Yoga class which was late. The yoga also involved meditation, so it was really nice to affirm myself that I will embrace good energy and release negative energy to universe. After yoga, I had breakfast and chose menu called "Bonjour" which was croissant with scrambled egg, beef ham, and veggie. It was such a delicious meals.

I went to the rooftop (co-working space) to write (reflect the prior day and affirm the day) and read few chapters of the novel.

After that, I dropped my clothes in laundry and continued my journey to next inn called ubud tropica. This time I had my private room but sadly by the time I arrived there, I cannot do the early check in. Thus, I kill my time by chilling by the pool with my pink sportbra and grey training. There I tried to read the novel but then I saw a cute guy laid next to me, he's there before I came.

I forced myself to greeted him first and the conversation flows, I was also the one who asked his name first. "Will," he said, I believe it's the shortern of "William", then I introduce as "Winona."

After bragging, at 1.30 PM they say I can go to my room. I was surprised the room was more comfortable than I expected. If I could rank the accomodation in ubud, this one would be number one. After took a shower and dry my hair, I went back again to Goutama street, this time to Jinny's garden, which is so pretty. Prettier than in social media. I ordered another juice, which I don't remember: pineapple orange perhaps. After Jinny's I went back to hotel and prepare myself. But Nana didn't estimate the traffic and we were late for the dinner, almost an hour late. Okay so this is the second time she made me wait. Another drama was it was suddenly rain when I want to go to her hotel.

Well, anyway the fine dining experience was amazing I finally ate caviar for the first time in my life. The food amazing, I will make a separate post about it. After dinner, the manager took us for hotel tour, which is awesome! Hope someday I can stay in Kappa senses. Now it's time to go back to reality, and work hard for money.

As it is predictable, B denied to watch movie with me virtually. He said he just finished work by midnight, maybe a lie maybe not, that time I believed it's a lie. Thank God I did meditation earlier that day, so I embraced it, I did not feel disappointed or anything because he didn't even say sorry. I mean who am I? Don't you remember your plan to be his bestie only? So, no string attach, no hard feeling. Be cool. Ok knp malah curhat ya, ini kan blog bahas liburan ke Bali heuheu.

Wednesday, 22 May 2024

The essence of holiday: you can get up from bed anytime you want, and this is what I did. My auntie called me and we talked a lot mostly about his husband health condition lately. After our phone session, I dried my underwears and prepared myself for the day. I don't even have time to go out and chill by the pool again, which is okay because partially I was to lazy to get out from my comfortable room.

First stop of the day was also a long awaited wishlist which is Casa Luna. I went there for brunch which I ordered Shaksouka. Seeing old wealth people enjoying their brunch as much as I did.

Thursday, 24 May 2024

Kakiang Bakery

Movie time

Nostimo

Sunset in Petitenget beach

Netflix & sleep

Friday, 25 May 2024

Walk to the petitenget beach and meditate

Walk to Biku to takeaway the scones

Walk to dough darling for brunch

Prepare to check out

Go to Kedewatan Ibu Mangku renon

Go to nina's in laws home

Villo gelato Discovery mall (I ordered hansel & Gratel)

Driven by Nina to airport drama pindah gate

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Bali: Birthday

Wednesday, 21 September 2022

Jakarta - Mengwi

…and the story began: my very first solo travel. Slow travel, letting myself choose and decide without judging. 16:35 and I still don’t know where I’m going— or going to do. Previously I got the fucking spoiler but that’s fine. I will do the slow travel.

Bali always has the special place in my heart. The unexceptional one is in 2019; I went there thrice. This year, I was dragged to this beautiful island again. In the taxi, in front of Galeria I saw the words “Welcome back! We’ve missed you!” Such a heart warming shoutout.

Thursday, 22 September 2022

Tribal Hostel, Mengwi

A little bit surprise, when the hostel is not suitable for the woman with a suitcase. Unlike Mexico City Hostel, this place does not have any locker room, so I felt a little bit insecure. Although the guy in the front bed is fucking hot and handsome (I bet he’s a teenager), but I felt insecure towards him. Will it be safe to leave my stuff in this hostel? However, this hostel is super clean, and the common space is very comfortable.

I started the day by meditating— after Nana called. Manifesting that I am love, I am the light, embracing the calmness, and I believe no matter happen today, I will appreciate myself.

Today, I have less than 3 hours to decide should I move to another hostel, and around fifteen hours to decide how to witness equinox sunrise. I decided the fucking last minutes;

To extend the stay in Tribal in order to get to know the hot guy. Eventually the bed is not available.

Bailing mount Batur trip on Equinox. I decided to see the sunrise at Sanur Beach tomorrow. Wish the weather was nice. 

The second one was the most weird one. I had a strong urge, an irresistible prejudice telling me: no, please don’t go to mount Batur tonight. Is it about something bad that will happen to me?

Anyway, I moved to Sense Sunrise Seminyak, the hotel recommended by Nana. For late lunch I had salmon crunch sushi at black sushi. The portion was pretty much big, thus for 40+ rupiah, it is cheap. I walked along the way to my initial destination; tempo gelato. Along the small alley, the weather is hot and it was stifling heat. I felt so fatigue so I stopped at expo art Gallery & Coffee to take a breath and have flat white for my afternoon coffee.

A small space full with anachronistic stuffs; gramophone, old TV, old books, artworks, a lot of classic board game. Beautiful, but sadly there’s no air conditioner inside. The cafe was owned by an Australian, but the owner wasn’t there so I had the conversation with the barista, a kid from Singaraja. Definitely, fun afternoon. 

The conversation flows until it was nearly 6 PM. I eventually decided to see the sunset at Potatohead.

Getting in, there is an installation about waste awareness and how Potatohead process it. Moved in to the beach club, I did not buy anything hehehe, because the beach belongs to all of us. I enjoyed the beach and head back to hotel at seven.

I had Domino’s tuna fusilli pasta ordered online. When I took it, I was in the same elevator with two Egypt guys. From the elevator’s button that did not work, we had a conversation. “Where are you guys come from?” Basic. Then, one of them recommend mt. Sinai as travel destination while in Egypt.

So yeah, this is 23.59 PM one minutes before the day change, and I had a big fight with one of my friends. Happy birthday to me. For the next 15 minutes. Wish I could watch the sunrise Equinox. I love me.  

Good Friday, 23 September 2022: Best day in 2022

Sanur - Ubud

00.03 AM I received an email.  Indeed, it’s from him; that’s the why my intuition told me to bail the hiking trip in Batur. The answer is him. We need to see each other, and the equinox is the best timing to convey the love, and the surrender. Then, I replied his email by the chat. I bet, he was surprised. He asked a permission to call me, but I refused and asked him to see each other instead. I was surprised by myself But I was sure, the timing is right.

In spite of the cloudy whether, I took a ride to the east to Sanur beach. I gave him my live location. Along the night he can’t sleep; I will not denied I was wondering was he think about me?

I walked alone along the shore, lead me to the best sitting place watching the golden magical equinox sunrise. I did the love meditation, affirming myself “I am the love, the light.” And I’m so ready to spread it to everyone, including him.

Then, he came to sit next to me. He asked me how am I, and I asked him back. We shared what we had experienced and updated each others.

After a lot of conversation, I asked him one more time “How are you, really?” He was sad. I could see the energy. He’s so sad, and his answer was “…I don’t know.” That time I wanted to hug him, and told him that he’ll be fine. But I didn’t and I shouldn’t. 

Due to the mad waves, we decided to move for breakfast. We had breakfast at our usual place, within the casual conversation, I felt like we’re just like we’re used to be; a best friend. I told him that I am not like his first ex; who can be friended with him. I need a space, and as I told him before, I am on my way to be fully in love with myself so that I can spread love to everyone.

After that he rode me to a random cafe (Sala Bistro) I choose close to Santrian Art Gallery. I need to be in a cafe in order to join my English class. The cafe actually nice, but there’s no electricity plug inside the cafe, so I choose the porch table having a chamomile tea. Worse, the wifi was in trouble :)

After an hour I decided to move to Santrian Art Gallery. The Santrian Villa was so beautiful, so amazing. But the Gallery was not really big, they were showcasing “Pijar Berpendar” exhibition.

Catching the time, I went back to the hotel to pack my luggage. In more or less an hour Nana will pick me up to drive to Ubud. We continued to have lunch at Mazzini, a nice birthday lunch! There is already a birthday decoration, Nana said it was not from her, well, then God is good.

After that we visited Nana’s new house, to drop some of her stuffs. Then, we continued our way to Ubud. Nana’s husband drop us off to Champlung Sari. The room was so spacious, clean and there is a terrace in front of the room. Such a best deal with the price of   300k rupiah. At dawn, Nana ordered spa service and she said that it’s her gift to me.

After that we talked about my experience in the golden space and her experience in psychiatrist. Then, we’re looking for a dinner, every place close; from Kedaton to Pison. We finally had dinner at Monkey Legend; a small yet warm restaurant close to L’Oseteria Pizza e Cucina. The venue was good, but not the food; I ordered green tea and Chicken Parmigiana Pasta. The pasta sauce made of artificial sauce, but at least the hot green tea close the night perfectly.

I close the end of my birthday by writing as possible as I can, then I fell asleep. Fast. Fatigue but eventually happy to spend the night with loved ones; my kindhearted ex and my everlasting sister with no blood bond.

Saturday, 24 September 2022

Ubud

Woke up early in the morning I saw those fat monkey in front of my room, then staring at the sky, thinking “no, I cannot go to Campuhan today. The sky is too cloudy.” Then, I was right. It’s a heavy rain on a beautiful morning late. I was wondering where can I do today and where can I stay?

Since I am not really good at browsing, I decide to take a walk to have breakfast at Kakiang Bakery and hopefully can find somewhere to be my next stay. Partially, I did a “phone a friend.” A morning stroll in Ubud after the rain is the most magical thing in the world.

After have a croissant, I take the danish chocolate away. I had a nice bath up me time and prepare myself to check out. After checking out, and drop my luggage in the receptionist. I went to Ubud Vegan Festival and visited the Mansion Art Gallery. I felt like I did not want to buy anything there so I found a nice spot to write and enjoy the heatstroke noon.

At 2 PM I returned to the hotel to take my luggage and walk to my next stay. I swore I did not expect anything at all, beating the heat and the weight I keep walking 500 km to the  stay.

It’s a smart hotel so there’s no key, no receptionist and my room was in the second floor. After the stair I could see my room door and a couple of man was sitting in the small balcony; one is a foreigner another is a local guy. I smiled— maybe. Then, I pressed my key pass and password to my room door. The local asked me a chit chat questions and I asked him back whether he’s the housekeeper in this smart hotel, he said yes. Somehow I felt like the foreigner guy was watching me, so I asked him a basic question “where are you from” and the spark began. Beautiful.

I felt so fatigue. So I spend a lot of time in my room, I decided to take away something hoping to see this guy again, but no the balcony’s empty. I bought noodle from a small restaurant call “meat mie” which is pretty much cheap for ubud price and dominated by locals. I urged myself to move away from the room to wander the afternoon around ubud; I think I will make it to Puri Lukisan. Along the way, I saw a board sign of Legong ticket. So I bought the ticket IDR 100k, that amount is the only money I bring.

I spend the afternoon at Puri Lukisan, until it closed. Beautiful museum consisting local artworks mostly from Mahabarata epos. After that, I went to Ubud Palace to get the best seat. Eventually it’s not really that crowded ya. So I think I should have spend time at Sbux, but I chose no regret. The Legong performance was worth the price especially the Pendet dance, I still remember every move of the dance.

The most stupid thing happen; I did not realise that my flight was actually tonight :) but all I did was just laughing. Whatever will be will be. I wanted to enjoy my Legong show. I came to ubud for this magical night, so catching flight is none in my plan. I then, purchased new ticket for tomorrow’s noon flight.

Continuing the show, the weather was not so okay, so there was a light rain during the show. When Niway came, it was a pretty much heavy rain. With limited option to eat, we have supper at Pison Brasserie. The aglio e olio is not that good, but a little bit better than in Monkey Legend. Also there’s a jazz music in front of our table.

I arrived at hotel late. My initial plan was; having a hot shower, pack my bag, sleep, and wake up at dawn to stroll at Campuhan. If I can make it I will have breakfast at little talks. Then I order grab to the airport. What a nice me time. But universe, didn’t want that happen.

I asked the house keeper, is there any bus to take me to the airport. From the questioned, I was introduced to another local man, a friend— or a stuff of the foreigner man I saw priorly. I did know where it was started; we just had the conversation. It was fun, and he sees me the way my exes see me. My heart was pounding with excitement. He says he wanna marry me.

La bamba song played one more time in the air. We both sang that song and continued with conversation. He initiated to end the conversation and we back to each of our room. He chatted me; asked me to sleep with him, no sex etc. But I sensed a dishonestly. I said to him a kiss will be fine. I knocked his room and he kissed me; a seductive French kiss. I know he wanted to fuck me. So I locked myself in my room after that. It won’t be just a casual cuddle, I bet his dick is already erected when he kissed me. 

Sunday, 25 September 2022

Ubud - Ngurah Rai

I woke up at down but my body was too exhausted and I was so drowsy. How can people have a lot energy; sleep late, wake up early, walk miles, have fun. Last night I did not have time to pack my luggage; I was too tired and sleepy. So, I packed my luggage in the morning. The plan of stroll in Campuhan was replaced with something more incredible; a breakfast date.

I knocked his room and we kissed (again), this time was a normal kiss. A beautiful and tender one. His room is super tidy. He’s a very perfectionist man, I bet. He took some cash from his safety box. He wore a sexy black shirt and a grey boxer. Smells so fresh and from the kiss we had he really brushed his teeth.

“I like your dress, you dress like a princess.” Well, it’s been a long time. Then, we walked to his favourite restaurant, which he doesn’t even know the name. We walked like a regular tourist, I got the feeling that I want to feel for a long time. Walking side by side with a handsome man. I knew I already feel content with myself. I told myself that I am enough and no wonder I attracted people with the same vibe.

We arrived in the restaurant, and the waiters are so nice to him said that “thank you for coming back” or something. I ordered egg Benedict he ordered burritos. We had that beautiful conversation talking about his current situation, asking my favorite color, telling me about the tattoo and made an effort finding me a drive to airport.

“You have beautiful eyes.” He said, gemini typical. “So you are, are they green?”

He has a couple of beautiful eyes. Then I saw a family; mom, dad and two kids, sat not far from us, I was wondering “babe, could they be us someday?” My heart pounding again.

Fun fact: we both was born on 23, and the cafe name is 23. There’s no coincident in this world. I believe that morning was belongs to me. A perfect morning to have a nice meal, beautiful conversation accompanied by a guy who madly adores me.

After breakfast, we back to the hotel to take my luggage. I asked him to holding hand, to make my morning super cute, sweeter than sugar. So here we are, walking having hands by hands. We took my stuffs, he brought my luggage and we’re heading to Ngurah Rai.

Along the way, the old me gradually returned; I’m panic of missing the flight again. Moreover, this new airline did not provide online check in. But he hold my hand, give his positive energy and we keep talking along the way. He made me smile and happy. I hate that we already arrived in airport. I had the idea to check in and left the luggage to him, eventually I had to grab my luggage back and farewelled him. We hugged, and guessed what he fucking kiss me again in the fucking public. I pulled myself away, and told him “we don’t kiss in public, it’s uncommon…” so yeah we just hugged. “Let me kiss your check,” like a good boy he gave his check to me, I kissed him tenderly. “You smelled so good,” he smiled to me. “Thank you.” I got in the airport, he’s still out there waived at me, smiling. Gosh! So beautiful!

Love comes on time and love leaves when it is the time too. My first solo trip in Bali gave me disclosure and clarity; narrowing the circle is not bad, when you felt hurt you’re not the one, solitude is not the only way to contemplate— surrounded by loved ones is a perfect time to contemplate; that you always have beautiful people around. Thank you 28, and welcome 29, let’s cheers for a more thrilling years!

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Walking Tour: Kwitang

Woke up late, I started the day by joining my very first time walking tour in Kwitang. So here’s the detail stops:

Tugu Tani --> sejarah tugu tani bahwa itu menggambarkan perjuangan bangsa indonesia. Dibuat di Indonesia oleh 2 pematung russia (father & son), tapi ada beberapa versi 

Gereja Anglican --> sejarah gereja anglican, dari keluarga tudor (henry 8 yang mau ceraiin katherine karna gabisa kasi keturunan laki2)

Ditunjukkin perkumpulan starling yang pendapatannya 250k per hari

Sejarah nama kwitang bisa karna nama tuan tanah jago silat dari china kwi tang something atau karna nama salah satu daerah di provisi kwangtung china yang jago silat dan orang2 nya tinggal di kwitang. Si koko kwitang ini punya anak yg suka judi akhirnya tanah bapaknya makin abis

Di kali kwitang, disinyalir jasad nyai dasimah dibuang

Sejarah jalan jl TKO usman dan harun. Melakukan pengeboman di singapore terkait mempertahankan sarawak dari indonesia, trus salah nge bom ke bank hongkong dan dihukum gantung sebelum bisa ketemu keluarga

Sejarah gereja kristen indonesia, sempet masuk juga

Sejarah toko gunung agung, yang sekarang jadi mas agung karna si engkong ini mualaf

Toko buku bekas kwitang tapi ngga terlalu nyimak karna udah heatstroke parah, sempet cerita juga tentang pengrajin piala yang trofinya bentuk kepala

Mampir baltic ice cream, cobain yang rasa durian, kudunya yang durian montong ya bund huhu tapi mayan juga kok

Destinasi terakhir my favorite place all the time: maison weiner

Di meison weiner dapet temen baru naya dan pacarnya evan. Naya HC di mayora, Evan RM corporate banking sector energy di BRI. Sambat tok isine kita hehehe dan sempet tuker kartunama juga. Ngobrolin walking tour, kerjaan, buku, duh seru banget dedek2 ini.

Lanjut jalan bareng ke TGA tapi gue tahan ga bener2 liat buku karna tahun ini udah ada 4 buku tebel yang antri. Ngga lama cabs, naik P1 ke GI, udah kek turis banget pake outfit gue pas di seminyak sambil baca buku. Suasana jakpus arah ke HI rada2 kek Bali gt jadi kangen parah.

Nyampe GI jam 1an, akhirnya beli tiket M3gan yang jam 2.20. Lunch CGV burger sama ice fruit tea. Enak parah, komposisi nya: slice lemon, slice sunkis, leci, mangga, strawberry sama daun mint. Ampas bgt sebelah gue guy couple, yang sebelahan sama gue kayaknya botty nya alias doi bacot parah. Jadi nggak syahdu gue nontonnya. Di luar ekspektasi, ternyata gue ngga ketiduran padahal capek dan kenyang. Selain sebelah gue, gue liat 2 couple cowo lain. Hhhh makin banyak aja nih pasangan gay, dan gue belum dapet cowo. Well, it’s ok Non you are the light you are the love. Overall film nya rada kurang kalau dibandingin sama Chucky.

After megan I return home. Feel quit fulfill masio capek pol.

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Belitung

Saturday, 16 July 2022

Hujan deres perjalanan ke airport gue benerin materi. Schedule udah dibikin tapi cuaca berkata lain, akhirnya flight delay hampir 2 jam. Gue akhirnya beli kopi sama roti o buat sarapan.

Nyampe belitung, langsung brunch mi belitung sama jeruk kunci anget. B aja minya. Abis itu langsung island hoping dan gue ngga inget nama pulau2nya, ini seinget gue:

Pulau kecil batu2an

Pulau pasir yg ada bintang lautnya

Pulau yg ada mercusuarnya, ini kita lumayan lama berhenti di sini, rock climbing tipis2 lah

Pulau kelayang

Perjalanan ke pulau mercusuar kayak naik wahana. Hehehe after ojek butuh kaliangkrik yg kek roller coaster, ini kayak naik kora-kora tapi airnya beneran. Seru-seru gimana gitu. Nah tapi karna itu, gue jadi males mau snorkling. Bahkan snorkling periode 1 gue ngga turun. Akhirnya melipir ke Kalayang buat lunch seafood. Sadly, kami ngga ke goa kalayang karna waktunya ngga banyak. After makan cari spot terdekat buat snorkeling. Gue antara iya dan engga. Biasa libra.

Akhirnya gue memutuskan buat njebur. Setelah berkali-kali benerin alat snorkel. “Bisa renang kan?” “enggak!” Si tour guide bantuin turun dan akhirnya gue membenamkan muka di muka laut. Kompetensi meditasi gue, coba gue terapkan. Breath in breath out tapi pake mulut. Fokus aja di napas, angkat semua beban di badan. And then... I did that. Surrender to the sea, embrace the beauty. I’ve never felt this calm and happy. I even smiled and laughed under water; my childhood trauma was gone. See? Fobia laut akhirnya bisa ditaklukan. Meski sempet ketelen air laut dan struggling bgt naiknya. Tapi gue sangat bangga sama diri gue sendiri; berhasil ngapung dan bener-bener ngeliat betapa cantiknya corals dan ikan-ikan.

Ok. Balik ke pulau Belitung, gue tau nih gue ngga bawa BH. Ganti baju dgn beha basah kuyup. Liat sunset bentar, meski mendung tapi the cotton candy sky cantik bener. Kelar sunset, dinner makan seafood lagi, trus lanjut ngopi malem di Ake. Puas nongki, langsung cabut dan otw hotel buat check in. Ini santika nya lebih bagus dari yg di depok pastinya. Kasurnya juga nyaman meski ekstra bed.

Sunday, 17 July 

As always, tempat baru bikin gue ngga bisa tidur nyenyak. Gue bangun subuh, can’t wait for my 4 jt rented dress hehehe. Destinasi pertama setelah sarapan dan check out adalah pantai laskar pelangi. Ini juga the best sih. Asli kureng lama. After that, tempat ole2, gue beli for the sake naikin perekonomian lokal. Setelah itu cus tempat ngopi di Kongdji. Yg tempat ngopi aslinya rame parah, akhirnya ke cabangnya yg lebi proper. Abis ngopi pagi, lanjut early lunch yang lagi-lagi seafood. Bener-bener perlu bawa alopurinol nih anjm. Boker di sana sebelum isi perut. Setelah lunch ke danau kaolin trus destinasi terakhir; bandara.

Di bandara gue denger orang belakang gue nanya ke petugas pake basa enggres tapi petugasnya nggak ngerti. Gatau tiba-tiba teringat diri gue sendiri, di Benito Juarez, sendirian dimana orang-orang kaga bisa basa enggres. Untung ada mas2 jurnalis yg baru pulang dari rusia itu. Dia mesenin gue uber ke hotel. Si turis jepang ini juga akhirnya gue bantu. Buat gue check inin pake hp gue. Feels good ya bisa bantu orang.

Kebaikan selalu dibales sama kebaikan; kontan. Pas nyampe dukuh atas, security nya bantuin gue bawain koper sampe bawah. Omg kenapa ya orang-orang ini pada baik. Gue pun membalas kebaikan orang itu ketika ada orang yg nanya pacific place turun mana, si security kayaknya orang baru jadi dia gatau. Akhirnya gue bantu jawabin. Dah kek ujian aja bund.

Overall, weekend ini super sih!

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So proud of myself. Last fortnight was my first summit and today was the first time I let myself surrender to the sea; letting go my trauma, embracing the beauty of those creatures under the sea.

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Mt. Sumbing: Journey to My Inner Self

Friday, 1 July 2022

“Oh, jadi itu cowo yang dibilang ganteng? Segitu aja?” I said to myself, when I sat on the bus. He, in the other hand, was checking everybody and giving some instructions along with the leader of this club.

Tonight the journey would start; we’re going to Nepal van Java in Magelang to hike mount Sumbing, the third highest mountains in Java after mt. Semeru and mt. Slamet subsequently. Along, the way I understood that his charm is not his face, but his aura and gesture. When I asked for antimo to get me sleep, and no one had, he offered me paracetamol instead and also cajuput oil. Lebay sih, tapi cukup caring.

Saturday, 2 July 2022

Base Camp Symphony, Butuh Kaliangkrik

“Damn it, I left my hiking shoes down there.” Nepal van Java, before the dawn, as cold as Niflheim. Facing my panic, I tried to calm myself down. Thank God, mbasan brought it to me.

Approximately, at 5 AM we started to prepare for our hiking trip. After having a quick shower with hot water I mingled with the old men to show my guitar skill-- which was failed. Then, me and the girls went to local restaurant to have a glass of hot tea and a shared plate of indomie goreng. 

By the time I entered the restaurant, there’s a couple of eyes staring at me, as sharp as ice palette, but as warm as rising sunrise at the same time. Sitting in the corner of the restaurant with around a half dozen friends, laughing, chattering. I thought he was not from our group, he was just a random wanderer, decided to hike with his friends. I don’t think that I will know his name, he’s just like a wind that just passed by.

After having breakfast, we prepared for the briefing and the girls are advised to take the ride first, so that no one will be left behind. I took one of the rides, prepared for the best and the fastest ride; this motorbike track was as extreme as roller coaster. Holding on tight to the motorbike handle bar, I starred at a breathtaking panoramic view of greenery rolling hills. The rare scene of my life, a little bit remind me to my experience riding ATV when I was 17.

Pintu Rimba - Camp Site

8.30 AM - 11.00 AM

That best and fastest ride was over in a sigh. From Pintu Rimba (Jungle Gate), we started to walked to first post. The scenery was various garden and I don’t want to slow down in order to keep my pace. Also there’s a girl from our group offered me her ionic drink which I took for a gulp.

We stopped at first post and there’s a ‘convenience store’ or so called warung. I bought a slice of watermelon to keep me hydrate. After 1st post, it’s time for thousand of ancient rock stairs.

From the first step, I chanted sayyidul istigfar and tasbih sentence in my heart. Somehow, my carrier felt lighter. Pine wood around us, very calm and tranquil. I miss both the sound and the smell of dense woods. I keep my pace, my heart speeded up endlessly. I charged my soul energy with 1 second breath technical. Somehow, it helped. The road was long and three of us - me with two female senior hikers, could’t keep talking.

One bend, to second bend, and I don’t really remember how many bends were there, as long as the pine woods gave us their fresh air, I would keep going. Until then, we arrived in second post. No warung there, and we were the first who stopped, four of us including one mister who gave me a drive to plazman.

Then, came two Chinese couple, or a guy from Batam, and then some people until I couldn’t count. The Chinese guy helped me to picked my carrier, they’re such a kind and lovely person. I then, continued my journey with these two girls, didn’t realize that this cool guy who I saw in the restaurant was with us with one or two of his friend.

There are lots -- they said nine --- rocks (as part of the springs) along the way. For some rocks I did really need others’ hands help because my carrier was too big and my legs are short. That was very extreme but I was confident and trust God. Always said “in the name of God” for every step that I took.

The stroll from second post to third post was the best!!! The land was flat, the scenery was remarkable, green below, crystal blue above, and it’s not as far as 1st post to 2nd post. We saw the gate, and arrived in 3rd post; the camp site. I laid my body upon my huge carrier, watching the white clouds moving fast in the blue sky. I need a supporting setlist but I haven’t download anything and the signal was very fluctuate. Some people made the tent but I didn’t do anything.

The three girls offered me to stay in the same tent with them. I would like to, but then I turned down. Because the list showed that I will be in the same tent with mbasan dan aprin. So it was, three of us in the tent. Gue ngga ngebayangin sih kalau jadi ber 4 or ber 5 di tenda betapa syempitnya. Udah paling ideal emang 3 tenda karna carrier kan segede gede gaban. Gimana natanya kalau berempat. Belum kalau pada bau ketek atau bau kentut. Dah bener bgt ini mah.

Maksi zonk wkwk tapi ya tetep kita makan meski kaga abis. Tumblr juga zonk ternyata bocor dong anjim. Akhirnya gue tinggal. Summit yang awalnya rencana pagi dari post 4, karna camp site di post 3, jadi summit akan di hari yang sama buat nge hemat waktu, tapi tidak dengan tenaga hehehe. Di ransel gue bawa mid-layer heat-tech gue, hard shell gue si wisteria cakep, tempat minum, headlamp, senter, sun glasses as everlasting property, and a jar of brown sugar. Gue naik cuma pake kaos polyester dari mandiri adventure, tanpa inner apa2. Puncak sejati, here we go... 

Road to Puncak Sejati

2 PM - 5.30 PM

At first, just like the previous trip. I tried to catch the pace of these two girls, but I realized my energy was suppressed. As it got higher, the oxygen was thinner. I felt super cold, meanwhile my daypack was brought by a random man, in which he’s already walk to the top. At first we were a dozen, and then it was 5 or seven of us and then it’s four of us; me, A (the charming guy I met in the restaurant), and the Chinese couple. The Chinese girl kindly gave me her bomber jacket because she’s already had a cardigan. Did that make her stop the journey? Already sick because she offered me her jacket? Again, I am too overthinking. But I think she’s fine bcs she took a lot of photo. in fourth post.

Belum nyampe post 4 tuh rasanya udah kek mo metong. Udah dingin, tenggorokan super kering, napas dah abis bgt. Tapi gue tetep melangkah, because each breath that I took has a thunderous sound. Pingsan ya pingsan aja dah, selama kaki bisa melangkah, gue ngga akan menyerah. Ngga ada satu detik pun perasaan ragu dan pesimis. Beda banget sama paderman jaman dulu. Yg ini gue ngga ada perasaan pesimis maupun optimis, yaudah jalan aja berhenti jangan sampe nyaman karna tar bikin males jalan. Oiya gue dapet tips juga dari salah satu mbak senior ini, kalau istirahat cukup 10 tarikan napas apa 10 detik apa gmn gt. Kalau gue sih, batesnya jangan sampe ngerasa nyaman duduknya.

Then, kita nyampe post 4 mirip banget kayak Scotland! Cakep bgt! Alam terbuka dgn kabut putih tebel. Si Chinese couple ini pada akhirnya nyerah dan mutusin buat balik ke camp. Setelah pipis bareng Chinese girl, gue balikin bomber jacket nya karna gue liat dia juga udah kedinginan banget. Awalnya si cici ini insist gue aja yg pake karna gue mau lanjut ke atas. Tapi gue bilang engga, jaket gue di atas, bentar lagi jg gue bisa pake jaket gue. “Pake jaket yg ada di ransel aja. Ngga tau ini punya siapa, pake aja dulu tar di atas paling ketemu sama yg punya.” Oke. Akhirnya gue cuma berdua sama si A. Abang ganteng hehehehe

“Jam berapa ini bang?” Jam set 5 “Masih nutut kan waktunya sampe atas” nutut. Dia bilang. “Kayaknya ini di atas bakal gelap karna kabut” then I said gue bantu baca ayat kursi, percaya nanti bakal cerah!” Selama naik setengah jalan pos 3 ke post 4 dan khususnya post 4 ke puncak, gue tuh berasa jadi Bella Swan yang diajak hiking sama Edward Cullen, kita mostly gandengan tangan terus. Itu juga sih yang bikin gue keep going, gaada pikiran apa cuma “ayo Bella, lu nggak lemah, lu bisa.” Tiap detik berhenti, minum, napas dah putus2, tapi tetep jalan. 

Di sela sela berkali-kali istirahat itu kami sempet get to know each other tipis-tipis. “Dari mana bang?” “Medan” kata dia. “Berarti batak dong?” he’s nod. “apa marganya?” Gue kepo dong, apakah sama kek mantan? “Siregar. Tapi saya muslim.” Wah, sabi nih, kenapa juga dipertegas kalau dia muslim. Apa dia denger ya gue dzikir-dzikir, pastinya sih gue selalu bilang bismilah tiap melangkah di batu terjal. Si A luar biasa banget lah, bener2 kayak cowo gue banget; bukain botol tiap gue mau minum, ngabisin pisang gue, nyimpenin sampah inaco gue, kasi jaket orang ke gue, pegangin tangan gue. Ya Allah, nyaman banget ya gandengan tangan berjam jam sama cowo ganteng.

Akhirnya keliatan tebing-tebing batu, sisi bawah puncak sejati. Kita ketemu satu orang, kata dia udah deket. Beneran udah deket dan dia bilang agak sedikit climbing pake tali. Gue udah bayangin kayak wall climbing gt, mana dia bilang 5 meter. Ternyata 5 meter itu jalan dari gue berdiri sampe puncak. Sebelumnya gue sama si A juga sempet duduk di sekitar Batu yang hawanya anget. Gue udah feeling ini deket makam sih, tapi emang rasanya nyaman, spot oke banget buat piknik sama pacar. Kami sepakat ini spot nyaman bgt, ngga dingin dan landai, tapi summit is calling, so we continued our journey. Pretty much sure it was Watu Lawang. 

Setelah agak climbing ringan gt, akhirnya gue nyampe puncak sejati! Si dua mbak senior ini nyambut gue dengan wajah sumringah! Ini bener2 berasa kek lari marathon! Disambut hangat, diajak tos dst. Tapi gue fokus cari jaket gue dan kasi jaket ungu itu ke A, tak lupa properti berupa kaca mata hitam.

Ngga lama setelah foto singkat. Si mbak2 keceng ini dateng ke gue trus nanya “eh jaket gue mana?” “Hah?” Gue dalam keadaan kedinginan, cape, dan jujur ngga tau itu jaket siapa yg tadi gue pake. Ngga ada tenaga buat panggil si A yang telalu asik foto2 di atas. “Gue ngga tau. Itu bukan?” Gue nunjuk tas si A, yang ada jaketnya. Trus dia melengos dan turun. You know what dia akhirnya hipotermia dan ghibahin gue abis-abisan di tenda dia. I’ll tell you in the last chapter how I know this ya.

Rasanya gimana sampe puncak? Lupa ngga nyebut nama Allah. Ada perasaan takjub ngga percaya bisa sampe di atas sana. Rasa cape seketika ilang tapi bersamaan dengan consciousness juga. Such a beautiful sunset. Ada smoke from the create juga, jadi pemandangannya lengkap.

Back to Camp Site 

5.30 PM - 9 PM

Sebelum turun teknik layering gue udah sempurna banget; polyester seragam MCA, mid layer heat tech uniqlo dari fleece, dan jaket waterproof wisteria gue yang lapisan dalemnya juga fleece, jadi bisa lo bayangan double fleece. Super anget. Kita turun dalam keadaan belum bener-bener gelap. Bintang-bintang di angkasa udah mulai antri. Pas udah gelap gue ketemu si Aprin mau ke atas. Gue kasi semangat sekaligus ada rasa khawatir sama dia karna ini udah terlalu malem dan dia belum ke atas. Pemandangan sunset cakep banget, I have the urge to make a poem ketika liat senja itu.

Otw camp, gue bertiga sama A dan mas Hendra. Si mas Hendra, ngewakilin A buat ngegombalin gue, “tau nggak apa yang nggak bisa dihitung jumlahnya? Bintang di langit, ikan di laut, sama rasa sayangannya A ke mbak... Bayangin loh dari pos 3 sampe puncak, sampe sekarang, dijagain, ditungguin terus.” yaAllah, salting. Iya juga sih. Gue bales, “semoga Allah senantiasa membalas kebaikan hati mas-mas ini, yang mau nemenin dan jagain gue.”

Second teasing, pas gue liat ke atas, pertama kali ngeliat langit bertabur bintang terus gue bilang “cakep,” dan mas Hendra bilang “A, dia ngomong cakep pas liat elu loh.” Gue cuma bisa melotot kaget, “hah, enggak! Apaan sih.” “Nggak papa mba, biar si A semangat.” Wkwkw “semangat lah ya!” Gue sambil dorong pundak dia, kayak ababil kasmaran.

Gue disuru makan roti sama dia, jalan ke post 4 lumayan cepet, nah rada anjim juga nih yang ke post 3, bebatuan. Sampe gue ngga inget berapa kali jatuh. Kaki udah bener-benet titik darah penghabisan but do I have choice??? Dah malem dan emang kudu nyampe camp. Gue ngga sambat apa-apa, bintang-bintang bertaburan di langit sama tangan anget bang A, adalah semangat qu.

Akhirnya kita ngga cuma bertiga tapi ber 4 sama 1 pendaki yang ketemu di jalan. Gue kira dia orang mandiri juga, yg eventually bukan. Dia pake raincoat, dan akhirnya kita insist dia kudu pake jaket pink si mbak2 keceng. I mean, see? Apa yg terjadi udah jadi kehendak Allah. Allah berkehendak buat kasi jaket ke mas itu instead of ke ownernya sendiri. Mungkin doa ibu mas itu kenceng banget, ngga mau anaknya kedinginan. Otherwise, who knows apa yang menjadi prasangka mbak itu. Mungkin ada rasa sombong dst, maka jalannya menjadi seperti ini. Gue juga ngga bisa kasi jaket gue, karna siapa yang tau itu jaket siapa. Kalau jaket orang gimana?

Alhamdulilah bgt ngga hujan juga sepanjang jalan. Dan udah keputusan yang tepat gue nggak cuma bawa headlamp tapi bawa center juga, karna headlamp si A batre nya abis. Tau gt gue bawa batre cadangan juga. Untung banget gue inget, karna mereka sempet make hape buat jadi penerangan; si A awalnya pake hp, trus si mas Hendra bilang karna si A mimpin jalan dia kudu pake headlamp. Jadi headlamp mas Hendra dipake A, mas Hendra pake HP si A. Tapi itu ngga terlalu lama karna gua langsung keluarin senter gue yg batrenya masih baru itu setelah udah duduk 1-2 kali.

Lutut gue mak rasanya udah ga karu2an. Sampe mas Hendra bilang “udah berhenti dulu yang rada lama, mbaknya udah abis banget nih tenaganya.” Sampe yang nge state orang lain, bukan gue, saking positif vibe nya gue. Gue berkali-kali nepok kaki gue kasi positif vibes “bisa ya, yuk bisa kita bertahan. Kamu kuat kok.” Trus si A “pegel ya?” gue cuma senyum aja “banget” terus dia ikut pijetin lutut gue tipis-tipis. Tapi ada pancaran salut dari mata dia buat gue. I thought he liked my smile. Karna instead of merengut, gue lebih banyak menebar senyum ke alam yang kelewat cantik ini. Lagi-lagi gue kebelet pipis. Akhirnya gue pipis di semak-semak yang ada crossed line nya, dan banyak buanget. No wonder ya seliter gue sendirian yang abisin. Nggak lama after itu, kita nyampe ke tenda si mas yg ketemu di jalan itu.

Jam 9 lewat akhirnya kita nyampe juga ke pos 3. Gue ambil makan malam dulu di tenda dapur, lauk lele. Aduh ribet banget makannya dan gue ngga abis samsek karna sambelnya rada kureng nampol. But at least jangan sampe asam lambung gue kambuh. Ada lagi drama gue kira hp gue ilang, udah suudhon aja sama Allah. Sempet2nya counting blessing dari Allah. Nyesel banget gue kenapa itung-itungan sama Allah. Gue cuma bisa istighfar sama solawatan aja pas tidur, udah ngga mood ganti dan cuci muka. Tapi tetep solat. Gue mencoba ikhlasin kalau emang HP gue ilang.

Tengah malem ujan deres luar biasa. Alhamdulilah tenda aman dan anti bocor, kek pembalut 36 cm. Gue sepanjang malem cuma tidur ayam dan batuk-batuk mulu. Gue juga kedinginan menggigil, nggak nyaman bgt. Padahal udah ada salon pas di punggung kanan kiri sama telapak tangan kanan kiri, sama sedikit minyak kapak. Tak lupa, setelah gue pake, gue kasi ke A minyak kapak sama salonpas super hot nya.

Kira-kira apa ya next yang perlu dibawa pas hiking? Kayaknya tumblr proper sama jahe sama heatpack pundak buat angetin badan. Sama mukena yang bisa dijadiin bantal. Tak lupa lots of protein bar jaga2 kalau males makan nasi, sama dermies Micellar Cleansing Gel gantinya double cleansing.

Sunday, 3 July 2022

I was woken up by my alarm. My fckn alarm, from my cell phone, dgn keadaan batre mefet bgt. God answers my pray! Di gunung bisa-bisanya gue panik dan counting blessing. Gue ngerasa malu dan hina. Pembelajaran penting juga buat gue untuk nggak terlalu memikirkan duniawi, dan selalu khusnudhon sama Allah.

Ngga cukup hape dibalikin, gue keluar tenda, yang gue lihat pemandangan sunrise terindah, seindah sunrise bromo kapan tahun. Jujur malah lebih suka yang ini karna warna goldennya teges dan unlimited membentang horizontally. Sampe gue bisa berdiam lama di depan pemandangan itu, ignoring udara yang dingin banget.

Lagi-lagi gue pipis untuk yang ketiga kalinya. Trus denger cerita salah satu panitia yang sempet ilang di pertigaan gt, dan pada akhirnya dia denger suara bapak-bapak yang bilang dia salah jalan tapi ngga ada sosoknya. Trus dipandu sama burung buat balik ke track yang bener.

Setelah sarapan dan packing, jam 8an lebih kita turun. Karna mbasan ditaksir sama salah satu panitia, jadi kita dijagain sama mas itu, sepanjang jalan. Sangat membantu apalagi ketika gue kudu ketemu itu batu-batuan lagi, ya Lord, need help bgt. Tapi emang pemandangan post 3 ke 2 the best sih, apalagi pas masx muterin lagu summer sunshine nya the corrs. Yang gue rasain adalah, time flies, gue udah dewasa ya, padahal pertama kali gue nyanyiin lagu itu secara full adalah pas ujian praktikum musik kelas 5 SD, dengan suara nervous yang merdunya dibuat-buat. Di usia gue yang ke 28, gue dikasi berkah sama Allah untuk bisa nyanyiin lagu itu lagi, dengan suara yang tulus dari dalam hati untuk mengenang masa kecil gue yang ternyata bahagia dan tanpa beban. Pagi, itu gue denger dan nyanyi summer sunshine, di tengah hutan, dengan ngelihat hamparan hijau tanpa batas, cheers for the upcoming adventure in life. Gue. Bahagia. Banget. Gue ngga perlu nilai dan guru musik, gue yakin, detik itu, di gunung sumbing, nilai nyanyi gue A+

Sampe di pos 2 masih nyanyi aja. Sampe ditanya bapak2 “jago main gitar, nyanyi, kamu main piano juga ngga?” hehehe engga, SD doang main gitar. Nah, kemudian perhatian gue teralih ke mas-mas analog nicsap kw. Dia kmrn juga summit tuh. Kita ngga ngobrol samsek. Ini saatnya to take a chance. Somehow, summer sunshine literally gave me the spirit of sunshine. Gue memberanikan diri nanya ke dia awalnya merk kamera dia, ngasal bgt. Trus gue bilang gue jg pake analog, tapi nggak jago packing jadi nggak kebawa kek ribet gt. Dia mainnya juga ilford sedangan gue bilang ke dia gue yang 40 rebuan aja dan dia dah ngeh juga, itu film sinematik ya. Aduh cucok deh pokoknya, nemu orang baik hati kek si A, nemu anak analog niscap kw, nemu mas2 yg selera musiknya ok bgt, tapi sayang dah pada taken hatinya wkwkwkkw bye bye. What happen in mountain stays in mountain ajalah ya.

Kalau mas2 yang selera musiknya relate ini maksudnya si mas yang muter summer sunshine. Kita sempet lama tuh ngomongin musik, mulai dari dave grohl, chester, kurt, sama chris cornell. Dia jg amaze kalau gue tau weezer, dia kaga tau aja kalau lagu say ain’t so ini salah satu lagu disetlist bikinan mantan w hehe.

Pos 2 ke pos 1 dengan keadaan kaki kek okky jelly drink bener nyiksa, mana kaga bisa rikues lagu. Please next time wajibun banget donlot lagu dari spotify, bikin playlist hiking. Tapi toh ternyata bisa turun dgn selamat, naik roller coaster ride tangan pegel karna melawan gravitasi tapi untung w kurus jadi bisa nahan beban sendiri.

Siang menunya soto tapi w lebih memilih indomi kuwah, setelah mandi air anget. Ngga lama setelah itu kita balik Jkt. Sebelum balik, itu bus kan parkir di resto gt, gue bungkus makanan dan drama pun terjadi. Dari cletukan kakak2 medan ini gue jadi ngeh kayaknya gue dighibahin abis2an sama tenda sebelah setelah gue ceritain perspektif gue tentang tu jaket bangsat.

Awalnya kecewa, tapi setelah gue pikir2 jaket itu berfaedah kok buat orang lain. Jadi emang itu udah jalan Allah. Cukup tau aja, kalau emang orang-orang ngga suka sama gue, itu hak mereka. Setidaknya gue baik ke diri sendiri, ngga self blaming, dan berbuat baik - tulus ke orang lain. Karena ada orang-orang baik yang baikin gue, contohnya si A. Mungkin gue gabisa bales ketulusan hati dia, tapi gue bisa balikin karma baik semesta dengan berbuat baik juga ke orang lain.

Gunung Sumbing, dengan puncak sejati dan jalur spiritual butuh kaliangkrik ini emang spesial banget. Banyak cerita yang gue dapet, dan bisa dibilang evaluasi dan observasi diri gue lumayan berhasil. Gue jadi lebih mengenal diri gue, perkembangan watak gue di usia 28 ini dan yang nggak kalah seru, gue akhirnya bisa bikin puisi lagi :)

Reminder to myself:

Lebih sering bersyukur ketika diberi kebahagiaan

Less self blaming, before you do that, please mikir realistis

Kurangin ego, breath in - breath out

Mt. Sumbing: Journey to Reignite Inner Spirit

                              by Amanda W.

A glimpse of golden shade in crystal clear horizon Manifesting thin line of tangerine colour as the sun goes down Bursting joy collides with the smouldering crater’s silver smoke Have you ever glanced and taken a look?

Edelweiss caressed by gusty wind Picturesque rolling hills beneath daydream Griping the ancient roots, wake to incinerate Wandering mind lost due to incarcerate Reigniting the wholeness of lonesome

-Puncak Sejati, 2nd July 2022

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Longweekend in Bogor

Jumat, 2 April 2021

Berangkat pagi naik KRL sama Unyil, Niway dan Dea temannya Unyil, destinasi pertama adalah MP Lasagna Gulung (again) sambil vidcal Mhoy yang lagi ultah. Kelar Beli macaroni special panggang dan lasagna gulung ayam yang zonk kita jalan kaki ke sbux reserve karna ada buy one get one. Gue beli ice greentea latte with cinnamon powder. Abis dari sbux naro barang di hotel karna blm bisa early checked in. Trus lanjut mau ke museum. Pas nyampe museum sianjir ternyata totop.

Walking miles akhirnya ke surken (again). This time nyobain gelatonya dan ternyata SAMPAH. Jalan jauh bgt, sampe nongkrong di alfamart. Balik ke hotel super duper macet. Malemnya mereka makan soto boyolali dan gue cuma makan mi sedap. Malemnya sesi curhat. Sad bgt denger cerita niway. Agak menyesal kenapa dulu ngga ngejar kabar niway via budi. Tengah malem gue baru bisa tidur.

Sabtu, 3 April 2021

Paginya ujan, kita sarapan soto boyolali, ya not bad lah. Mandi trus otw ke kebun raya. Pas di kebun raya rencana mau sewa sepeda tapi sold out dan akhirnya jalan-jalan di tengah gerimis tipis. Lumayan lah ada stok foto. Kelar kebun raya yang ternyata tidak seluas itu, kita ke pizza bakar. Sampe sana WL sampe antrian ke 7. Akhirnya ke apple pie. Pada mau apple pie yaudah takis, dan ternyata eneg bgt gasuka. Di pizza bakar juga rada zonk pizza nya gaenak, tempatnya rame bgt. Kelar pizza bakar, dea balik hotel trus kita bertiga lanjut ke kalaras dan nyasar padahal jalan kaki.

Akhirnya kita nyampe, gue pesen hot chocolate dan vibes nya oke banget, layanannya pun oke. Sayangnya live musicnya baru bener-bener start setelah magrib dan kita udah ga kuat lagi kecapean pengen istirahat. Kelar dari situ akhirnya balik hotel dan sempet ketiduran padahal udah janjian sama anak2 buat nobar. Tapi jam set 12 gue bangun dan kita akhirnya nonton sama revo, bram, martha. Kali ini gue ketiduran lagi tapi pas udah mau kelar untungnya gue kebangun wkwkw

Minggu, 4 April 2021

“Pengen roti unyil nih.” Kita akhirnya jalan ke roti unyil yang deket banget sama hotel kita jam-jam brunch. Sebelah roti unyil gue liat ada convenience store namanya Belidikita. Awalnya gue ngga tau kalau itu tuh convenience store, tapi gue tertarik sama kopi susunya. Kelar beli roti unyil kita jalan ke sana. Niw nyeletuk “eh bisa nih makan rotinya di sini” pas liat ada terasnya. Nah pas masuk gue ngeliat ternyata di sana ada cafe kecilnya. Mantab banget lah. Akhirnya kita pada beli minum di sana sambil makan roti unyil yang enak banget. Gue beli hot thai tea dan kita brunch di sana ngobrol sampe ngga kerasa udah jam set 11 saking nyaman dan private bgt. Nyampe hotel langsung mandi karna kudu check out jam 12. Setelah checked out kita naik grab ke destinasi terakhir deket IPB namanay third wave dan vibe di dalam b aja sih hehe. Makannya juga b aja. Gue pesen chicken dinner (nasi + taiwanese chicken gt), mozarella goreng sama vietnam drip. Ngomongin betapa suicidal nya gue yg suka sayat2 tangan pake army knife jaman sma. Sampe perjuangan snmptn dulu. Kalau dipikir2, perjalanan gue ngga mudah untuk ada di titik ini. Gue harus belajar mati-matian demi lolos snmptn, gue punya orang tua yang deliberatif masalah pendidikan dan masa depan gue. Maka dari itu gue sadar gue ngga boleh nyerah. Gue akan kerja keras buat orang tua gue karena saat ini ngga ada yang lebih berharga daripada mereka. Apa pun akan gue bayar buat jasa mereka.

Liburan kali ini emang ngga semenyenangkan dan se fit itu karena emang lagi pandemi, in which gue parno banget. Tapi... 3 hari yang berfaedah, mulai dari kabar bahagia sampe cerita sedih, from laughters to tears, from zonk culinary to hidden gem brunch cafe.

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Bali: Kuta-Seminyak-Ubud in a Second

18-20 January 2019

The last time I went to Bali was... Not good. 2014 and full of shit or so called fail study tour. But I pay those bad days on this trip!

Friday, 18 January 2019

I laded at I Gusti Ngurah Rai airport after the dusk. After ordering online taxi, I was driven to Harper Hotel kuta and seeing the super crowded Bali in Saturday night.

Seeing Nadja my old friend, we prepared ourselves for Kuta’s party with some other friends.

The first club we visited was... I barely remember the name, and the place is not that good, too many ‘jamet’ there, nothing to see and remind me to Nashville (Malang) a little. We met several friends there, Nadja’s friends (they are two sisters) and bring 3 other friends of them. Thank God we did not have to spend most of our night there.

We strolled the night to Sky Garden. That was my very first time visiting Sky Garden and the place is so alive! The place is pretty much big, there are some floors so you can find your most suitable ambience and mood. The chill bar downstair no loud noises, the crazy rooftop with fresh air, the super crowded dancing flow with an enormous disco lamp, or the tables surrounded on that floor or above.

We got crazy on the dance floor with strangers and had some fun. About 3 in the morning, or less than that, we went back to our hotel.

Saturday, 19 January 2019

After having breakfast at Hotel, we were heading to Ubud. In which our first destination was: Semar Kuning Art Gallery.

After that we went to Ubud Art Market. It was fun even tough I did not buy anything, because, yes I don’t like shopping and was broke af.

We intend to find ice cream but eventually it was rain-- typical January. So we got in the car and seek for lunch. I actually wanted to have lunch at Kedai Kebun but I was not possible, so we ate at Mak Beng, sop kepala ikan. I never like fresh water fish but this one was really good. Not my favorite but not bad either.

I was asked where I wanna go and surely I answered: Motel Mexicola. But before going to Seminyak, we visited a souvenir store that sells silver crafts. Again, I have shopping and not really enjoy that, but that’s fine I got a great object for my ginger redscale analogue film.

We were dropped by the super crowded Seminyak and walked to Motel Mexicola along with fresh air. I saw a lot of beautiful restaurants and one of them was Botanica, in which I’ve been there before in Surabaya branch, so yummy and well spend the fortune.

After several steps we arrived in Motel Mexicola, the hits hang out place they talk about. I initially want to order quesadilla but seeing the prince made me full already: so cost an arm and a leg. I bailed out my intention to eat quesadilla and ordered sugarcane only instead. 

That little glass cost around IDR 85000 :)

Overall the place was not as good as what they say. Why? First, it cost an arm and a leg, second, there are a lot of reserved table so I did not sit in the best seating, third it was hot as fuck and no air conditioner or beach breeze, and fourth of course because the price was not affordable at all. I don’t think I will come back.

We seek for gelato afterward. So stupid why we did not search google, in fact within walking a distance we will be arrived in Rivareno; the most famous gelato. In fact we walked along Seminyak street and we went to a boutique; pretty but cost a fortune. And finally due to the darker cloud we stopped at a ‘vegan gelato’ they use coconut milk instead of milk; es puter. The ‘Ice ice baby’ icon was pretty much famous on instagram but again, just like Motel Mexicola, Mad Pops not as good as tempo gelato or Coldstone.

On our way to Jimbaran I fell asleep and felt drowsy af.

Yeah, our last destination that day was closed by seaside dinner at Jimbaran seafood restaurant.

Almost a pretty sunset but the cloud was so dark so, yea we still enjoyed it!

Sunday, 20 January 2019

I almost went for a beachwalk that morning but I choose to go back to sleep. And yeah, that was the end of my quick weekend. Before noon we went to Ngurah Rai airport and wait for our flight back to each of our town destination. Back to Jakarta, back to real life!

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From Po to BBW

At least that was a great Saturday.

Friday was a freak. We went to po noodle bar and waited too long. The Bao was okay, but too pricey. Then I walked with him to nearest fastfood resto where his friends went by motor cycle. I like it when I walked with him; I mean as a couple we will go through all good and bad. Together.

He was the one who ordered the food where I decided that downstair was better. All of his friends climbed upstair, while he was waiting for the fries. Me? Instead of moving back to downstair, I prefer to waited for my bf. I don’t want to go up and brining a gouche bag. Eventually, they back to down stair. 

After fastfood things they left and we continue to HW to see live music. We stood and I could not sing along with him unless until Naive song. I ordered cab to take us to my place. And yes, we made out.

He turned the lights I was naked and so he was. But then I ran out my electricity. I felt so drowsy and stiflingly hot due to the air conditioner was off. I went to the downstair since I could not call the security. I hated that. After inputing the electricity code I climbed the 3rd floor and took a shower.

We slept. It was 2 in the morning.

We woke up at 7 AM and made out again. He kept trying do the BJ which I always refused.

Turned out that I had an appointment at 9.30 for museum tour. And we rush to that place without taking a shower. The museum was good but I was starving as fuck.

We then went to Kemang Village to had lunch at Mujingae. After eating we pooped, it took so long for him to poop and we bought donuts and kokumi, the klepon tasted so bad. After that I returned to my place and he returned to his friends place.

Once I reached my room I laid half of my body in the bed and sleet too tight.

I woke up and felt dizzy.

“After magrib we went to BSD for BBW.” I said.

And we went to Kebayoran st. after he bought me a bottle of mineral water. We took a pretty much wrong line. So that we had to wait a moment for another line. We took a shuttle bus to Aeon for dinner. We went to sirock-ya and waited as the waiting list was pretty much crazy but this time was fun not like the previous one at Haka. My order was yummy but later become nauseated. With such a full tummy we ordered online cab to ICE. We had to walked pretty much far due to the stupid security and noob driver.

When we reached the place we split. I felt a little bit insecure. And later so sleepy as hell. I took some books and later only choose three. A big deal was a folklore book. Cost 800k rupiah at Amazon but I only paid for 170k. So happy. He, in the other hand, was asked by his english teacher to find kids book. Zzzz. We went home by online cab to drop us in my place and he continued his journey to a gouche’s place.

I woke up late so exhausted and accompanied him to pasaraya. He went to Bandung at 2 PM. As he went the rain dropped a little represented my sadness to farewell him.

[mycrazyweekend]

Bali: Retrophille

Saturday, 28 September 2019

Saturday before dawn, I was just recovered from my typhus and diarrhea. But my boyfriend had his birthday and I have bought the flight ticket months ago. So I ordered the blue taxi to take me to the airport, seeing the city that never sleeps name Jakarta.

I missed the sunrise but I when the plane approached I Gusti Ngurah Rai I feel that excitement, the template feeling everytime I saw those beautiful temple replicas. Bali. Where on earth can replace it’s summer long holiday vibes?

I walked fast to the arrival gate and saw him there, looking for me. I saw his sparkling eyes and excitement smile on me. When I in front of him I was not sure to hug him bcs people were starring at us and he did not initiate to hug me to so I just put my hand around his shoulder and said happy birthday to him.

We did not had any plan for that Saturday, but I just asked him to make time for his birthday dinner. So in the car, we’re expressing how miss we were to each other and being so cheesy yet I addicted to it.

We had chicken porridge for breakfast and still looking for a place to hangout for that day because we obviously crossed ubud from the plan. Then I got the idea to ask him to accompany me to the mall because I need to find good heels for my acquaintances wedding. After wondering around I did not find the shoes that could get my heart. Then we strolled to discovery’s back side and I saw beautiful sea with great waves and beautiful gradation.

In a minutes, we arrived in Roti Canai Bunana; a place that was recommended by my college friend half decade ago. I ordered roti canai with kari sauce and he ordered martabak. We both ordered es teh tarik and eventually ordered roti canai with sweetened condensed milk.

After eating we decide to take a nap in the airbnb room that he had ordered. The place was so beautiful and full of paintings. We spent the rest of the day only laying on bed, making out, kissed, tightly hugged and got me wet.

“You want to unbox your gift now?” After asking him several times he agreed because actually he could not wait to and very curious.

He unbox his gift and I explained him the philosophy of each items. He hugged me and cried. Not that kind of crying but I know there’s a drop of tears from the tip of his eyes. Well, virgo typical is me; I am a romantic person.

And the we’re just sharing love- the burst feeling of affection that I could not describe but was the best thing in that day.

In the evening I put on make up and wore my new green vintage dress. Along the way to the restaurant we listened to the mixtape that I gave him as a birthday present and we sang along. We had his birthday dinner at Sushi Kyuden, sunset road also with his free birthday sushi. His embarrassing face while the waiters sang happy birthday bursted me into laughing.On the way back to the inn, we talked about our ex and we’re just fine with that.

At the inn, before I literally closed my eyes I whispered to him a “happy birthday” again.

Sunday, 29 September 2019

The thing that always happened anytime I sleep in a new place is; did not sleep well. Although I was awakened a couple of times I felt I had enough sleep. And when he realized I was by his side he hugged me tight and it made everything’s alright.

I felt super excited that day and can’t wait to start the day. I begged him to start our plan sooner, after having our breakfast bread we should leave the inn. That day we will use motorbike to Badung.

I craved for beach and we went to a beach in seminyak close to Rivareno. Seeing beautiful sea again excited me that much. In a few minutes we did a beach walking, holding hands and share some laughs.

After beach, we decided to have our early lunch at Nook. I ordered Nalu bowls and Morocco mint green tea for my detoxification.  For dessert we shared cone ice cream consisted of a scoop of jipang ice cream and a scoop of cinnamon ice cream at Gusto.

After filled our tummy properly we shopped for snacks before going to the secluded beach. The journey was far enough but I always love the road that leads to the beach- the woods, the rolling hills, the wind but not the stinging heat.

Suluban was the secluded beach- imagine we had to walked through a cave to the beach! That’s so Narnia, isn’t it?

The beach was pretty much crowded for the scale of secluded beach but for me that’s okay because the beach was still lovely and paintable. Moreover, there’s a beautiful wreck of ship that I really wanted to discover but I was too lazy to walk there.

Anyway we’re not intended to tanned under the stifling heat sun since our skin is already dark so that we sat under the remaining stalactite of the cave seeing the beautiful beach there.

Talking about public display affection of course we did that. For the first time of our life we kissed in the public place and it felt so good.

After Suluban, we continue our vacation to Uluwatu temple. We’re a little bit late so the place was already crowded and we did not have enough time for the temple but that’s okay because I’ve been there before back in 2013.

Watching kecak dance with a sunset as its background was a new amazing experience for me.

After the dusk we went back to North Denpasar back to the Airbnb room. The way to Denpasar was dense of traffic and felt so long to me. But with him we could talk about anything and once in a while I could hug him.

Last but not least, we went to Dominos pizza to take away our dinner; classic American cheese burger medium pizza and tuna mac n cheese.

After taking a shower and clean up our things, we had our dinner his hand wrapped my hips and the pizza was too good to be true. We also still have potato chips with seaweed flavour that we hadn’t eaten in the beach so we ate it as the pizza’s topping. Although we talked about our sad facts that night but still that was one of the best days in my life ever.

[mycrazyweekend]

Little Old Town in Central Jakarta feat. Little Crazy Thing Called Old Love

Minggu, 10 Maret 2019

Start di minggu ya karena cerita epiknya ada di hari Sabtu. Jadi minggu, nothing too special sih. Siangan ke tempat ngopi biasa yg di wijaya bernama Kolo, kemudian makan malam di Ayam Himalaya di Jalan Wahid Hasyim berlanjut solat magrib dan isya di Masjid Sunda Kelapa. Enak sih parah, bukan Ayam Himalaya nya tapi menu satunya yg gue lupa apa namanya. Meski cuma bebahan utama kanji tapi oke bgt sih dan ga terlalu laham.

Sabtu, 09 Maret 2010

My best friend Revo turns to 25 and that date was unforgettable for me. Bangun2 BM banget gara-gara kapan hari liat story temen di Potclay Popo menteng. Gue buka IG Potclay, e si anjir malah makin pengen sampe mo nangis rasanya. Dan pas banget si Mia chat gue. Langsung dah kita cus ke Sabang ketemuan langsung di Potclay.

That was actually my very first time jalan-jalan ke jalan Sabang, yang sebenernya adalah salah satu pusat kuliner di Jakarta kalo malem. Asik juga sih jadi kangen pasar besar Malang. Di Jalan Sabang nomor 23B ini udah ada muda mudi yang mengantre. Dan once it open, mereka langsung ke atas dan gue langsung duduk di deket jendela. Super syahdu I swear.

Udah tau mo mesen apa sejak di kos, gue beli nasi sama daging sapi cah bawang putih. MasyaAllah enak bgt huhuhuhuhuhuhu *ini mungkin karna gue laper kali ya. Untuk daging nya dia kayak di Yoshinoya, tapi ada part yang dia rada susah ditelan but that’s okay karena nasinya juara banget dia gurih dan ada campuran scramble egg nya gitu.

Abis makan kita ngopi di seberang, tapi gue lupa nama tempatnya. Dia posisi pas di sebelah Oey. Karna udah dua hari berturut-turut gue mengkonsumsi kopi dan gabisa tidur akhirnya gue beli sarsaparila yang terkahir gue coba pas di Hoklay Malang bertahun-tahun yang lalu. Tasted still good dan chill banget Sabtu itu, ngeliat Sabtu siang yang super panas and we are cool in the coffee shop ngobrolin hal-hal yang ga berat meski sempet pada curhat masalah beratnya dunia kerja. But still I do love that Saturday Noon.

Udah deket asar dan gue kudu segera ke kos Gaby karena mau ke kondangan DikaAlisya. Gue sama Mia rencana mau solat di masji BI tapi pas mau belok ke Budi Kemuliaan ada Mesjid gede di kantor Indosat. Mampir lah kita ke sono dan masjidnya adem banget, rasanya luar biasa setelah jalan kaki panas-panasan.

Kelar solat gue sama Mia naik busway, Mia turun duluan di Benhil gue turun di stasiun akhir blok M. Pas di blok M gue udah feeling ini pasti bakal hujan, karena tadi siang teriknya mampuy banget dan ini dilihat dari mendungnya udah fix bakal hujan.

Pas udah di kosan dan siap-siap ke Gaby. Turunlah hujan and bye. Gue akhirnya memutuskan untuk nonton Netflik wkwkwk bgsd bukan.

Agak reda gue akhirnya ke kosan Gaby dan ganti baju di sana.

Ain’t have time for make up dan akhirnya make up di jalan yang teramat sangat macet.

Pas di Taman Mini gue sempet nyapa basa basi beberapa temen, salaman sama penganten dan makan. Of course. Gue udah laper banget. Abis ambil spaghetti bolognaise gue ambil pempek and that time I saw him, backing himself from me, on the phone, there in the garden. My ex.

My heart skips a bit.

I was losing my appetite and went to lavatory to calm myself. That was crazy. It’s been almost two years since I haven’t seen him and it sliced my heart. The way we ruined our beautiful relationship. The way we were ghosting. The was I was dumped.

I took a deep breath walked to him when we’re in the queue to take pictures with the couple with other Brawijaya alumni.

I silenced behind him until he saw me and then I say “Hi,”

He smiled, I could not read his expression. “Eh, Hi!”

“Tumben dateng ke acara kayak ginian,”

“Undangannya personal, kalau di lempar ke group ngga bakal dateng aku.” That’s our principle.

Sebelum terjebak dalam percakapan absurd bersama mantan, untung nopan nyela, “eh join ya. Nggak ada temen ngobrol aku di sana.” Take your time dude. Dan untung juga ada anak adbis lain yang tiba-tiba nanyain kabar gue “sekarang kamu dimana win?” Good. Bye ex.

Gue bener-bener ga nyangka bisa ketemu dia lagi. Dia sempet mau ngajak ketemuan tapi gue gamau. Gue gabisa. Anjing gue masih ngerasain rasa sakit itu bahkan setelah lebih dari setahun dan gue butuh waktu buat pulih. I could not face him. Akhirnya setelah foto dan orang-orang ke pekarangan buat acara lempar bunga, gue memilih untuk kembali ngabisin pempek gue yang pada akhirnya ga gue abisin karena yes I was losing my appetite.

Seret kelar makan, gue cari air. Langka juga yes.

Dan guess who I find! Temen-temen gue yang lain! They are my good friends selama kuliah dulu meski beda major, tapi kita pernah ada di kepanitiaan2 yang sama. Seneng banget dong gue ketemu mereka dan ngobrol sama mereka bisa bikin rasa was-was gue ilang gua se happy itu bisa reunian sama mereka.

Dan akhirnya Sharen telpon nanyain gue dimana. Akhirnya gue pamit ke temen-temen gue dan nyamperin anak-anak major gue, ofc ex was there. Dia diem seribu bahasa, ignored me and I did not give any chance for us to get closer and talk.

And he left with no words after the photo-shoot. As he always does.

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Purwakarta’s Sate Maranggi

I had one of almost most beautiful dawn in my life.

Skip it.

Jadi ceritanya gue jalan sama temen-temen semeja gue minus beby cuma demi sate kambing terbaik.

So here we go four of us! Perjalanan dari Jakarta ke Purwakarta tergolong cukup lancar, cuma ada insiden mobil berasap aja sih.

Nyampe di sate Maranggi H. Yetti kita pesen 70 tusuk. Dan gue abis 20 tusuk wkwkw padahal aslinya cuma mau makan 5 tusuk doang.

Kelar makan besar kita cuss ke hidden spot... Sawah, sungai kecil, pemandangan yang bikin gue makin makin makin kangen sama alam. Overall, ini pne of the best short trips ever sih. Car pool, pemandangan oke, off road tipis-tipis, dan laughter yg cukup! Luv! 

[mycrazyweekend]

Explore Melbourne

9-10 September 2014

Sabtu

Ini adalah weekend kedua dan terakhir gue di Melbourne dan paling jadi favorit especially hari minggunya. Oke hari sabtu yang alhamdulilah sangat amat cerah di musim dingin. Gue, Ega dan Stefanie udah siap buat cabut ke South Yarra! Jalan kaki bentar sampe depan komplek, kita naik tram abis itu kita turun di stasiun Caulfield dari Caulfield kita langsung menuju stasiun South Yarra. Lumayan takes time sih perjalanannya, setengah jam an ada kali ya tapi gue bener-bener menikmati perjalanan soalnya pemandangan di luar beda dari pemandangan yang biasa gue liat beberapa hari terakhir ini di Melbourne.

Nyampe South Yarra, kita langsung keluar dan gue demen sama suasana South Yarra yang rame ini dan banyak toko-toko dan cafe-cafe lucu. Abis ngelewatin air mancur di depan suatu square kita belok satu blok dan masuk ke Menya, restauran Jepang yang menurut temen-temen gue tepanyakinya terbaik. Gue setuju. Enak banget emang. Kelar brunch kita window shopping di sekitar South Yarra dan gaada outfit yang bener-bener menarik perhatian gue karna gue emang lagi ga butuh buat beli apa-apa sih dan ngga hobi syofing uga.

Kelar dari South Yarra kita CBD, ke apartemen salah satu temen kita. Rencananya hari ini pada mau makan-makan di gereja, karena gue tidak menemukan faedah makan-makan di gereja akhirnya gue makan malem beli di subway; turkey with bbq sauce, gua makan sendiri di apart sambil liat sunset di CBD Melbourne yg penuh dengan gedung pencakar langit. Setelah temen-temen gua balik kita nonton Guardian of the galaxy dan maling ditutup dengan acara sleepover dan bermain monopoly! 

11 September 2014 Minggu Salah satu tempat paling ikonik di Australia adalah Twelve Apostles yang terletak di jalan pesisir Great Ocean. Mengunjungi Melbourne tidak lengkap tanpa Great Ocean Road, dan kebetulan gua dan 3 temen gua pada belum pernah ke sana. Minggu, kita berempat cus ke Geelong pas jam brunch naik VW golf nya temen gua. Pemandangan perjalanan kita luar biasa. Perhentian pertama adalah sebuah pantai di mana kami mengambil beberapa foto dengan latar belakang pantai lepas. Kami tidak mendekati air di sana karena kami masih jauh dari dua belas rasul. Terlepas dari cuaca dingin yang jahat, kami melihat beberapa orang berselancar di pantai di bawah sana. Perhentian kedua adalah danau atau sungai yang gua kira. Di sana kami menyewa perahu kayuh dan kami dapat menyusuri sungai selama beberapa menit, satu perahu isi dua orang. Karena kami belum sarapan, kami kembali ke tempat istirahat Anglesea. Kami berjalan-jalan di sekitar area mencari beberapa pilihan untuk makan siang dan kami memilih SeaEyes. Kami pesan fish&chips, sedikit lebih kecil dari fish&chips gua sebelumnya. Gua memakan semua makanan di piring gue, mungkin karena gua terlalu lapar, yang gue makan sebelum makan siang adalah sebungkus kripik nachos dengan salsa Meksiko. Perhentian kami yang keempat adalah sebuah pantai tetapi bukan Twelve Apostles, kami pergi ke pantai dengan sebuah mercusuar di tepinya. Sayang sekali gua bukan fotografer profesional karena ada pelangi tipis di atas laut melintasi rumah cahaya di bawah langit biru suram yang cerah. Apa yang gua cium dengan hidung gua tidak sebaik apa yang gua lihat melalui mata gua. Padang rumput yang kering berbau seperti kotoran. Ketika kami mengambil foto kami hampir tidak bernafas. Oleh karena itu, kami bergerak mendekati rumah terang di sana. Pemandangannya indah di sana; Rumput hijau dan pohon menampilkan laut biru ditambah langit sore biru dengan sejumput sinar matahari keemasan. Gua bertanya-tanya betapa indahnya pemandangan dari mercusuar, namun kami menunda niat kami untuk sampai di sana karena kami akan pulang terlambat dan kami tidak bisa tinggal di asrama dll. Karena salah satu dari kami akan memiliki kelas di pagi hari dari berikut ini hari. Kami berkendara ke jalan yang menanjak dengan lebih banyak pohon dan lebih sedikit rumah. Di atas kami ada langit mendung yang sangat gelap. Itu benar-benar indah. Sangat buruk. Terlalu gelap bagi Twelve Apostles dan ada kemungkinan hujan, jadi ketika kami berada di persimpangan; tepat untuk pulang, berangkat ke twelve appostles, kami memilih jalan yang benar. Gua sedikit mengecewakan tetapi secara keseluruhan gua menikmati perjalanan, gua juga membeli sesuatu di Anglesea sebelum kami makan siang dan gua nggak sabar buat unwrapping. Hari sudah gelap ketika kami berkendara di hutan, tidak ada mobil lain. Gua memainkan lagu coldplay dan maroon 5 dengan gitar yang kami bawa untuk meningkatkan mood parno semua orang. Sendirian di hutan. Lebih buruk lagi, kami pikir kami tersesat ketika kami tiba di sebuah kota kecil bernama Colac dan pipis di toilet bioskop lokal yang membuat gua inget sama film House of Wax. Tidak ada orang di sana selain kami...

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Bolu Bolu Beach

12-13 Sept 2015

Dimulai dari sabtu sore, ketika supervisor gua di tempat magang ngajakin gua buat nonton sequel Maze Runner. For the first time of my life gua nonton bioskop berdua sama cowo selain sama bokap gua *time to break your own rule when you’re 21* ngeselin juga sih karna pulangnya he did not offer me a drive to home. Mau cursing ga mampu juga gue karna tadi nonton sama popcorn dia yang bayar, itu udah cukup nunjukkin kalau dia gentle sih dan gue juga harus bisa nunjukkin kalau gue independent woman yang punya pride and I can do all things by myself. Okay well, done he turned my Saturday night into a very impressive one. I love the movie and I love our smartly conversation andddddddddd anddddddd the most epic scene: I MET HIM! The one who left me after his birthday, the one that I (used to) love. So, before the movie start, my supervisor and I went to Gramedia to kill the time. At first I met Ralitza in the store and we’re just like a couple of crazy freak mom who were too excited. “Eh aku ketemu x lho,” gue kicep. Anjir. Dimana. “Di bawah tadi, di bazar buku...” Okay. Okay. I missed him. But I must let go of him lagi pula aku lagi sort of on a ‘date’ with someone else. Tapi let me tell you clearly: hidup jauh lebih seru dan jaauh lebih drama daripada ftv. He’s there. Right beside my supervisor yang cuma pake slipper dengan badan hasil workout, bald and shine compared with him; he looked so tired, kumal, pake ransel gede, dan outfit mahasiswa banget. He’s look like kiddo and I was on a date with a mature man yang bisa dijadikan contoh figure suami idaman. Gatel juga rasanya untuk ngga nyapa pemuda ini. And deep down gue mau show off juga, bisa ngga sih dia cemburu? Like, see gue paham gue ngga secantik dan sepinter itu tapi after I let you go just look dengan siapa gue nonton sore ini? Mereka sama-sama pintar dan gue yakin pemuda ini nanti di usia yang sama kaya usia supervisor gue sekarang, bakal jadi orang yang luar biasa. Supervisor gue ga lebih dari si X ini kok di usia awal 20an nya, X malah masih mending. Setelah nyapa dan basa basi finally dia nanya gua ke sini sama siapa ya langsung gue tunjuk aja orang yang berdiri ga jauh dari dia. “Sama... Bos gua waktu magang kemaren,” dia kaga tau kalo gue magang di salah satu instansi besar pemerintah. X nunjukkin muka tanpa ekspresi abis ngeliat supervisor gue. Atau mungkin gue yg gabisa baca ekspresi dia yang kelewat cuek itu. Akhirnya gue pamit ke dia dan ngajak supervisor gue balik ke 21. Berharap x ngeliat kita. He did not. He did not give a damn. Fucker. *nape gue malah curhat sih aelah pendekar tongkat emas*

Swipe ke hari selanjutnya. Jam setengah tiga gua ditelpon buat dibangunin. Dia udah otw ke kosan gua dari salah satu hotel bintang lima di batu. He picked the beach I was just the one who accompany him. I told him before that I'm not a good navigator. He chose Lenggoksono (again) he emphasize on the Bolu-Bolu beach and Banyu Anjlok. I said to him it is so-so and we will need boat but recalling september still in a dry season and the rain has not yet to come I think we can rent the boat. So we drove along to south Malang. Gua udah cerita sih semalem tentang pengalaman fail gue di the pitik trip. But he ignored that. Selama perjalanan kita ngobrol terus sih mostly tentang film dan hal-hal horor (I loved it!). Tetep nyasar ke kandang ayam, nanya ke satu dua orang warga lokal dan akhirnya di minggu pagi yang cerah kita nyampe di bibir pantai lenggoksono. Banyak kapal layar di laut; it's a good sign. Akhirnya kita bisa join salah satu perahu, he paid for me, indeed. To be honest gua ngga inget sih kapan terakhir naik perahu di laut kaya begini it feels good selain panasnya. Destinasi pertama pantai bolu-bolu. Sepi. Super secluded but he did not impress. But I could say it was a good quick escape. Blue sky, blue sea, blue jeans that I want to take off. Not long, we were dropped in Banyu Anjlok. Anjir parah banget ramenya kaya pasar. No wonder sih wiken tipikal. Ternyata cepet juga sih kalau naik perahu dari lenggoksono ke banyu anjlok. Di atas tebing situ, deket telaga kecil yang disebut banyu anjlok, ada warung jadi gua sama supervisor gue treking bentar ke atas dan itu ramenyaaa. Tapi warungnya ngga terlalu rame dan cukup buat kita. Rada boring juga di situ bingung mau ngapain. Karena supervisor gue hobi fotografi kayanya udah cukup dia moto panorama di situ dan susah juga karna terlalu crowded. Lumayan lama kita ditinggal perahunya dan setelah ditelponin berkali-kali finally perahunya dateng. Kelar ganti baju dll, kita balik ke Malang kota sekitar jam satuan. Semoga ngga macet, tapi kalo siang gini harusnya ga macet. Another fun thing happen on our way back to Malang city; carpool karaoke! Ternyata kita punya selera musik yang sama! Sambil liat hijaunya perbukitan Malang selatan kita ngga berhenti buat teriak-teriak nyanyi mulai dari lagunya MCR, the Killers sampe Adam Levine. Kita ngobrolin banyak tentang musik era 2007an dimana gue masih smp dan dia awal kuliah. Jalanan lancar dan kita melipir bentar ke Monopoly Batu buat late lunch, and after that he drove me home safely.

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a Decade Friendship: Trip to Jogja!

18-21 November 2016

Jumat, 18 Nov

Stasiun Gubeng Surabaya Jumat sore crowdednya masih dalam kategori wajar. Flanel kotak-kotak merah-item keluaran giardano, levi’s navy blue, sepatu-sandal bludru, shoulder bag creme dan koper kecil warna soft turquoise: gue nyari Cho temen smp gue. Di depan peron ada yang nepok punggung gue dan itu ternyata doi. Pake krudung merah, baju item motif bunga-bunga kecil merah. Setelah heboh-hebohan dikit akhirnya kita sepakat buat nunggu Venus di cafe lucu di dalem peron; Loko. Cafenya keci banget tapi cozy dengan dindingnya yang kaca semua jadi kita bisa ngliat kereta yang dateng dari situ. Ga lama venus dateng dengan krudung merah dan kaus navy dan kita jadi makin heboh. Fyi, ini liburan ke jogja udah kita rencanain sekitar awal oktober; Cho yang anak koas pengen banget memanfaatkan liburan langkanya ga cuma Cho yang punya motif individu, gue juga ada: gue lagi ada di masa-masa terburuk gue ketika gue harus ngelupain orang yang gue sayang. Gue butuh suasana baru biar ga gloomy terus. Tapi kita berempat punya tujuan yang sama di liburan kali ini: that was our 10 years of friendship anniversary! Untuk tanggalnya kita semua gaada yang tau pasti kapan kita berempat jadi nempel gitu aja yang pasti kita udah kenal deket dari taun 2006, awal masuk smp.

Ga lama setelah ngerumpi singkat di Loko, kereta kita akhirnya datang juga. Di kereta gue duduk sama Venus dan cerita banyak hal. Cho, karna dia selalu mabuk naik kendaraan umum apapun, doi duduk sendirian di bangku yang emang isinya cuma satu orang di seberang kanan kita.

Jam sepuluhan kita nyampe Jogja, Rimbo yang kebetulan fresh graduate UGM, emang kemaren udah standbye duluan di Jogja karna suatu keperluan, jemput kita di stasiun pake mobil pribadi doi. Rimbo juga udah check in in hotel buat kita berempat. Sebelum ke hotel kita makan malem dulu di House of Raminten. Overall, rasa makanannya yang kami pesen rasanya standar sih tapi wedang uwuh susu nya enak parah. Mungkin karna gue pecinta minuman tradisional jadi menurut gue itu oke banget rasanya. Jogja hari ini kami tutup dengan tidur cantik di hotel dimana gue sekamar sama Venus sedangkan Cho sekamar sama Rimbo.

Sabtu, 19 Nov

Pagi-pagi banget supir dari bokap Venus udah siap di depan lobby hotel. Hari ini acara kita mau ke tempat yang rada jauh dari Jogja kota jadi kita menggunakan akomodasi yang ada. Destinasi pertama kami adalah Sop Magelang Yoeni sebagai menu sarapan kami, sopnya enak tapi ga banget banget, penyetannya juga lumayan harganya juga masuk akal.

Destinasi kedua adalah hutan pinus imogiri, destinasi favorit orang-orang pas weekend jadi kesan-kesan tranquil ala ala hutan jgn diharapkan, tapi kami nemu spot2 sepi sih buat foto2, jadi intinya imogiri ini buat foto session aja.

Destinasi selanjutnya agak ga sengaja sih, tapi setelah kita balik beberapa hari kemudian Pev Pearce apload di ig di lokasi yang sama dan keliatan keren banget di ig Pev Pearce. Faktanya pas gue ke sana panasnya nauzubilah karna emang pas jam-jam mau duhur gitu sih. Nah tempat ini namanya jurang tembelan dimana kita bisa ngelihat hamparan hutan/perbukitan hijau yang luas.

Kilab Jogja kota kita semua tidur nyenyak di mobil sisa Venus yang dengan happy-nya bisa nge insta-story wajah2 bego kita pas tidur :’) dan setelah touch down Jogja kita menuju Prawirotaman dengan tujuan utama nyobain tempo gelato. Sebelum kulineran di Prawirotaman kita solat dulu dan setelah solat, torrential rain datang. Waktu itu pokoknya kita kudu ke tempat makan siang dulu. Kita akhirnya pilih Hanis resto dan milih duduk di semacam terasnya dimana kanan gue pinggir jalan jadi biar kita tau kapan ujannya bisa bener-bener reda dan kita bisa cus ke Tempo Gelato. Di Hanis kita berempat pesen tiga menu buat share berempat; Balinese Chicken Curry, Beef Pizza dan Home Made Canneloni. For the beverage my favorite during the light rain of course hot tea. To be honest, ini enak banget apalagi kare bali nya. Parah, enak banget. Pizzanya juga pizza tipis yang sepertinya memang dipanggang pake tungku, canneloni nya kane (re: enak) abis! Home made canneloni ini isinya smoked beef, bayam, jamur dan keju. Keju dan bayamnya mendominasi dan itu enak banget tapi ya gitu harganya harga standar turis mancanegara hehehe. Late lunch yang seru banget: cuaca, makanan dan temennya bikin mood jadi bagus banget. Setelah makanan abis bersih ujan udah bener-bener reda kita lanjut ke tempo tapi ternyata kita berempat masih sama-sama kenyang gets. Pilihan terbaik adalah window shopping! Akhirnya kita muter-muter prawirotaman dan masuk satu satu mulai dari toko craft, batik, travel agency, toko souvenir dan toko barang antik. Jalan-jalan sore di Prawirotaman nyenengin banget berasa turis beneran, ada banyak resto-cafe-toko yang lucu-lucu.

Yang gue suka dari jadi pedestrian adalah lu bisa nemuin gang-gang kecil yang berujung pada petualangan selanjutnya.

Setelah ada drama nyebrang danau di gang tembusan (re: gang nya penuh genangan semata kaki dan kita gamau kaki kita kena, yang pada akhirnya gue bodo amat dan tetep jalan dengan santainya dimana kaki-kaki gue pasti bisa bersahabat baik dengan bakteri selama beberapa menit kedepan), jam set 5an kita masuk ke tempo gelato. 25k untuk 2 scope pake cone! Gue waktu itu cobain rasa lemon ginger sama cinnamon dan itu enaaaaak banget. The best flavor of ice cream I’ve ever tasted selain Aussie’s Pavlova nya Helados Jauja Melbourne. Gue lupa sih temen-temen gue pesen apa aja Cho pesen coklat pedes, Venus pesen passion fruits gitu warna magenta sama kuning. Ada banyak varian rasa gue sempet galau juga pengen coba pistachio feat. hazelnut tapi karna udah umum jadi gue nyoba perpaduan rasa yang lebih tradisional aja. Parah banget sih: enak.

Kelar prawirotaman, magrib kita udah di hotel lagi, masih kenyang dan mager keluar. Setelah mager-mageran akhirnya kita cus ke angkringan Gareng Petruk sekitar jam setengah sebelasan, makan nasi kucing dan susu jahe, ada hiburan dari artis jalanan juga; live lagu kla project yang Yogyakarta dan ada pantomim juga.

Minggu, 20 Nov

Gudeg Yu Jum: gudeg terenak sedunia yang punya beberapa cabang di Jogja. Pertama kali makan gudeg Yu Jum sekitar taun 2013 masuk-masuk gang daerah deket UGM dan kalo ga salah itu pusatnya dan kali ini wif ma girls gue nyobain yang di malioboro. Karna ayam suwirnya abis dan gue gamau ribet sama tulang ayam for my sunday breakfast gue pesen krecek, gudeg dan telur. Damn enak parah piring gue abis bersih tanpa menyisakan apa pun di sana dan meski ketiga temen gue bilang itu enak di piring mereka masih menyisakan puing-puing kenikmatan dunia :’)

Setelah disasarin waza ke gang buntu belakang Yu Jum malioboro akhirnya kita driving along ke kaliurang atas menuju Ullen Sentalu. Perjalanan kita cukup seru dengan jalan utama yang kaya di ubud, banyak taneman-taneman dan ga banyak juga kendaraan yang papasan meski hari minggu. Kali ini kita bertiga yang terjaga dan Venus yang tidur tapi kita ga kepikiran buat nge insta-story in dia kaya kemaren doi nge insta-story in kita :”

HTM Ullen Sentalu 30k untuk turis domestik dan emang dipaketin sama tour guide, jadi kita gabisa masuk tanpa tour guide. Museumnya bagus sih gue suka; adem, bersih, dan tour guide nya jago jelasin secara komprehensif mostly tentang tokoh keraton solo-jogja. Di sana kita juga dapet minuman herbal yang enak bgt tapi gue lupa namanya. Selama di dalem museum dilarang nge foto apapun, kelar tour baru kita boleh foto di relief buatan yang mirip kaya relief borobudur yang dibikin miring. Dibikin miring karena pemilik museum prihatin dengan kondisi masyarakat sekarang yang kurang menjaga dan mengapresiasi seni/budaya/sejarah.

Keluar museum kita sempet tracking bentar lima menit di samping gerbang keluar ullen sentalu. Otw jalan ke parkiran kita beli jajanan tradisional deket parkiran, ada tahu-tempet bacem sama ada satu lagi gue lupa namanya, warna putih mirip ketan. Enak dan ga terlalu manis. Semua dua ribuan.

Destinasi selanjutnya adalah siomay kang cepot masih di jalan kaliurang tapi kaliurang bawah. Sekitar jam setengah satu kita nyampe di sana. Mirip kaya prasmanan jadi kita milih mau beli apa aja entar abangnya langsung gorengin buat kita trus bayarnya entar di kasir tapi kita dikasi catetan. Sebagai pecinta siomay menurut gue Siomay kang Cepot enak banget. Tipsnya adalah:

Perhatikan porsi, 1 siomay tengiri itu kalo dipotong bisa jadi 3 bagian dan itu banyak, tahu juga gitu, jadi jangan sampe pesen kebanyakan karna porsinya emang kita sendiri yang nentuin ga kaya abang2 jual siomay pada umumnya yang harganya sekian porsi sekian.

Jangan lupa tambahin kecap ke bumbunya. Awalnya gue nyicip bumbunya buat ngerasain rasa original bumbu kacangnya. Ga enak sama sekali. Ketika gue nambahin kecap manis yang emang tersedia di tiap meja, rasanya 180 derajat beda; enak banget. Karna gue suka kecap kecapnya makin banyak makin saik.

Harga rasional sih, dan dapet air putih juga. Eat well!

 Kenyang makan siomay perjalanan kita masih lanjut ke gumuk pasir parangkusumo buat nyobain sandboarding sekalian liat sunset. Sebelum ke parangkusumo kita mampir bentar buat beli oleh2. Gue ga beli banyak hal sih karna di rumah dari dulu cuma ada gue, nyokap dan bokap. Jadi gue beli pia rasa duren sama isi coklat masing2 isi 15 biji, wedhang uwuh di besek kecil lucu warna tosca isi 5 pack dan gue beli gethuk magelang favorit gue dan bokap gue yang ternyata rasanya udah ga senikmat dulu :(

Well, kita nyampe gumuk pasir Parangkusumo sekitar asar dan lumayan rame juga. Kita langsung sewa 2 papan, gue lupa brapaan sekitar 40 ribu mungkin, itu bisa dipake berdua. Main sandboarding nya seru banget dan berasa nge gym harus jalan kaki naik ke gundukan buat meluncur pake board. Sayangnya sore itu mendung dan berpetir akhirnya kita fail liat sunrise tapi main sandboardingnya ga fail samsek. We did have fun!

Magrib kita cus dari gumuk pasir parangkusumo. Salah satu tempat seru sepanjang weekend ini. Setelah dari parangkusumo kita menuju spot makan malam sekaligus spot kuliner terakhir kita; Sate Klatak pak Pong jl. Imogiri. The queue was crazy but we want out goat satay! Ga lama juga sih nunggunya karna kita asik ngobrol2 bego ala orang laper. Pas sate nya dateng, makanan lain pun dateng karna Cho dan Venus emang pesenin bervariasi masakan. Sate klataknya oke gue suka sih, meski ada daging yang kurang empuk tapi overall well done.

Senin, 21 Nov

Bye Jogja, pagi-pagi jam 8 kita kudu di stasiun dan Cho curang. Dia extend sehari di Jogja sama cowonya dan pulang besok pagi. Gue mau extend juga sama Venus tapi ternyata kalo ganti kereta harus bawa tiket kereta yg warna biru itu buat bukti pembukuan KAI which is tiket biru itu ga dibawa Cho ke jogja. Bye. Spoiler: setelah gue meninggalkan jogja beberapa jam kemudian cowo yg gue break in itu nyampe jogja via mobil. Fix ftv gagal. Harusnya kita ketemu dan balikan.

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Wasted Night and Banyu Anjlok Pitik Goblik Trip

12-13 December 2014

Sabtu

Gue masih inget hari sabtu itu gue disepikin temennya temen, anak sastra 2011. Doi ngajak ngopi ya of course gue tolak, dikiria gue jones apa. Well, then. Malam minggu berawal pada sebuah pertemuan angkatan buat ngebahas magang dan skripsi di salah satu kafe kecil terpencil milik salah seorang senior kami. Kami bermain kartu dan berdiskusi secukupnya. Sampe pada akhirnya malam hampir sampai pada puncaknya, dan kami semua harus balik dimana kos gue udah jelas-jelas close gate.

Beberapa temen, dan mereka adalah temen-temen deket gue, ngerencanain buat wasted di apartemen si Zaka salah satu temen kita. Awalnya kita cuma berlima; Kimmy, Ollie, Zaka, Gee, sama gue. Satu-satunya orang yang nggak minum diantara kami cuma gue. Awalnya gue emang rada worry buat ngehadapin mereka waktu wasted tapi gue pernah liat Zaka kobam dan dia nggak ngerepotin trus yang gue denger dari temen-temen gue si Gee kalo minum masih sober malah dia bisa take care ke yang lain. Si Kimmy emang parah kalo lagi high, kalo Ollie gue belum pernah tau.

Gue naik motor nebeng Zaka, dan ternyata ada temen-temen lain yang join: Caca, Haris dan Yogi. Jujur aja waktu itu gue ga terlalu deket sama mereka. Ya semoga aja ga awkward. Finally, kita ber 8 di apart Zaka dan ternyata Haris sama Yogi ga minum juga. Hamdalah ada partner sobernya.Si Haris malem itu jadi bartendernya, kita ga banyak ngobrol sih sama anak-anak itu, gue lebih banyak berinteraksi sama dua temen cewek gue. Satu botol abis dua botol abis, Kimmy mulai nangis-nangis di pelukan Gee kangen sama bokapnya.

Amunisi udah mulai abis, Yogi sama Haris keluar buat beli makan malem soalnya orang-orang ini mulai gila dan maag gue kambuh, fyi mereka juga dititipin anak-anak ini minuman lagi. Astaga. Gue agak worry sih jadi satu-satunya orang yang berakal sehat di apartemen. Tapi untungnya mereka waktu itu ga out of controll. Belum. Ini baru ronde satu.

Dua temen cowok gue itu akhirnya dateng dan gue bisa makan mi mawut gue yang super nikmat kita bagi ber 8. Abis itu mereka mulai ngoplos lagi. Kimmy makin gila! Doi juga peluk-peluk si Yogi, anjir ngakak gue. Ga beberapa lama... Ancur paraaah. Gee lagi sumpek kayanya dan dia mabuk berat. Ollie Kimmy juga. Gee malah ciumin semua cewek yang ada di situ kecuali gue, hampir sih, tapi untung gue sadar dan langsung ngehindar. Doi hampir jatuhin kulkas mana jackpot pula. Dia lagi jablay banget tiba-tiba baper inget mantan yang udah setaun pisah sama dia. Jir orang gila serem banget. Ollie juga mulai ga terkendali, dia mainan sama sapu dan untungnya meski lagi wasted parah, Zaka ikut ngebantu kendaliin Ollie dan mereka tidur pelukan bareng di karpet depan TV dan keliatan unyu banget. *fyi sekitar setaun kemudian dan sampe sekarang (gue nyelesaiin post ini di 2017) mereka masih pacaran.

Ketika semua makhluk ini udah pules tidur sisa kita bertiga yang ga minum. Akhirnya kita minum. Ga ding bercanda. Iye minum air keran. Salah satu temen gue itu nyuruh gue tidur karna udah mau pagi. Akhirnya setelah solat subuh gue tidur di sofa, eh lupa ding kalo ga gitu ya di kasur bertiga sama Kimmy Gee.

Ga sampe dua jam gue tidur hp gue udah geter-geter. Hari ini gue emang ada rencana buat mantai sama temen-temen SMA gue dan lumayan dadakan juga soalnya tengah malem kemaren gue diajaknya dan temen-temen yang nyediain mobil ini brangkat subuh dari Surabaya. Sekitar jam 6 Cem telpon gue “gue ga di kos Cem, ini lagi di apart temen...” Gue masih rada ngantuk tapi udah sadar. “Iya entar jemput di indomart sebelah apart aja,” gue ngeliatin sekeliling gue dan orang-orang pada tepar semua. Tapi ga lama setelah itu caca bangun dan riweuh banget soalnya dia udah janji sama pacarnya buat jemput dan dia juga harus gereja sama pacarnya pagi itu. “Gue juga mau cus duluan nih, mau ke pantai sama temen-temen SMA gue.” Gue udah cuci muka dan ganti baju. Ganti celana jeans lebih tepatnya. Karna dari semalem gue emang pake kaos itu sampe di tempat Zaka cuma ganti celana tidur dan gue cuma bawa kardigan tipis. Setelah caca cabut beberapa menit kemudian gue yang cabut setelah temen-temen gue confirm mereka udah di tkp.

Minggu

Banyu anjlok ada di daerah Malang Selatan searah sama pantai Goa Cina. Jadi apa sih yang ada di Banyu Anjlok? A small waterfall in the shore. Cakep sih kayanya.

Perjalanan dimulai di pagi hari meski menurut gue itu terlalu siang. Gue berangkat bareng 6 temen gue; empat diantaranya dari Surabaya; 3 cowok satu cewek; Pepo, Dio, Imem, sama Anya. Pepo itu temen SMP sama SMA gue, Dio temen SMP gue, dan Imem satu SMA sama gue sama Pepo. Dua orang lainnya temen SMA gue yang juga kuliah di Universitas yang sama kayak gue dan mereka adalah couple; Cem dan Yanto. Kita juga ada rombongan kloter kedua tapi pada akhirnya kita mencar karena mereka naik motor dan kita juga gaada yang kenal mereka kecuali Revo temen SMA kita. Jadi ceritanya cuma doi yang pernah ke Banyu Anjlok dan kali ini dia brangkat bareng temen-temen kuliahnya.

Nah, setelah makan pecel di deket gor Ken Arok, Yanto yang nyetir dan Dio duduk di sebelahnya, sedangkan gue duduk di belakang Yanto dan Cem di sebelah gue. Sisanya di belakang. Dari kita bertujuh belum ada yang pernah ke Banyu Anjlok dan kita mengandalkan GPS salah satu smartphone sebut saja Androit yang terkenal suka ngasi jalan yang rada sesat, suka ngasi jalan-jalan tikus yang kadang ga bisa dilewati kendaraan besar. Apa daya para Apple sedang low batt. Sepanjang perjalanan gue bener-bener ngerasa happy. Pemandangan pegunungan hijau terhampar, lagu-lagu favorit gue diputer, dan gue berasa kayak lagi reuni karena dari Dio gue bisa tau kabar-kabar dari temen-temen SMP gue. Dimana menurut gue masa SMP gue adalah era comfort zone gue. Kita ngelewati desa-desa,pegunungan dengan rumah-rumah sederhana bahkan beberapa diantaranya cuma pake gebyok dan rumah-rumah kayak gini yang bakal gue kangenin kalo suatu saat nanti gue akan merantau meninggalkan negeri ini mengejar mimpi-mimpi gue jauh di benua seberang.

Sekitar dua jam lebih kita diputer-puterin sama GPS melewati jalan-jalan bebatuan, ayam-ayam bertebaran yang bodo amet kalo ada mobil mo lewat dan sesekali salah jalan hampir nyungsep jurang finally! Pantai Lenggoksono we arrived! Karna rute mobil dan motor beda, kita ga ketemu rombongan Revo di parkiran pantai, mungkin kita bakal ketemu di Banyu Anjloknya. Temen-temen cowo gua nanya-nanya ke kang parkir sekitar tentang akses ke Banyu Anjlok.Jadi ada tiga cara buat ke Banyu Anjlok; pertama pake perahu motor entar di sana kita bisa berhenti di pantai bolu-bolu sama di Banyu Anjlok harganya gue lupa tapi seinget gue jatuhnya reasonable kok per orang soalnya kita bakal disuguhin pemandangan laut juga, kedua kita bisa pake ojek motor dan perorang 50k ke Banyu Anjloknya doang, balik bayar lagi kalo ga salah. Gila mahal abis. Dan ketiga bisa trekking gue lupa brapa kilo tapi normal biasanya makan waktu dua jam kalo jalan.

Meskipun gue demen hiking dan olahraga tapi gue pribadi prefer naik perahu tapi sayangnya cuaca lagi ga mendukung, meski pagi itu cerah, dan ombaknya lagi ga selow. Kapal-kapal pada gabisa berlayar semua dan kalo motor pricey banget. Karna sekitar dua bulan yang lalu gue abis muncak pp gue rasa ga ada masalah kalo kita trekking akhirnya semua setuju dan dimulailah petualangan Sherina.

Track motor sama pejalan kaki rada beda jadi pertamanya kita ngelewati pantai bebatuan dan agak makan waktu buat foto-foto, kita juga ngelewati sungai yang lumayan gede buat masuk ke jalan di hutan and there was a mishap. Lagi enak-enak selfie iPhone Anya nyemplung. Yah sedih banget tapi semua pada ketawa termasuk Anya yang ketawa dalam kekecewaan. Yeu.

Gue sangat menikmati perjalanan sih, pemandangannya sedap banget dan... Err... Rada mendung setelah sekitar 20 menit kita jalan. Jalannya lama-kelamaan menanjak dan agak menguras tenanga tapi gue tetep semangat. Hawanya mau ujan nih dan bener aja awalnya rintik-rintik terus ujan deeereeees banget gilak. Kita berteduh di deket tebing dan temen-temen gue pada metik daun-daun pisang buat jadiin payung. Pada akhirnya gue lupa gimana awalnya, pokoknya rombongan kita pecah jadi tiga; Cem sama Yanto yang terus nerobos ujan buat ke Banyu Anjlok, Dio sama Anya yang gue gatau kemana dan gue-Peop-Imem yang mutusin buat balik ke mobil. Sumpah ga guna banget itu daun pisang tapi tetep aja kita pake dan badan gue udah basah banget hampir 80%.

Jadi urutan jalannya Pepo depan abis itu gue dan terakhir Imem. Si anjeng tiba-tiba dengan muka tengilnya Imem ngelewatin kita pake motor “woi, duluan ya!” Dan mereka berempat; tukang ojek, Dio, Anya, Imem. Itu lakik gaada gentle-gentle nya apa ya. Akhirnya gue sama Pepo jalan dan ketemu sama rombongan lain juga. “Udah deket kok ini,” Pepo bilang gitu. Waktu itu gue pake sendal dan lupa gimana ceritanya kayanya kaki gue kesandung batu atau akar sampe ujung jempol gue luka tapi mau gimana lagi lagi ujan juga mau perban juga sama apa? Dan... Sampailah kita di kali itu dan warnanya iyuuh banget, abu-abu tua dan smells so nasty. Mampus mana kaki gue luka kalo bakteri-bakterinya masuk begimanaaa. Tapi waktu itu emang lagi kepepet banget dan gue harus cross that river or stay with the rain. “Pep, lu yakin kita beneran lewat sini tadi?” Padahal gue yakin sih itu jalannya soalnya di depan udah keliatan pantai berbatu yang kita lewatin tadi which is cuma 10 sampe limabelas menit ke parkiran. “Bener kok aku inget pohon tumbang di situ,” kami pun ngikut rombongan itu dan gue berhasil melewati arus deras si kali dengan kaki berdarah. Sampai di jalan pantai yang berbatu, luka gue mulai kerasa rada perih dan kita jalan makin cepet sampe kita berdua kepisah dari rombongan tadi.

Hujan masih rintik-rintik tapi ga sederes di awal tadi dan kami hampir nyampe parkiran. Sampe di parkiran udah ada Dio Anya Imem. Gue langsung duduk paling belakang sendirian, ngelepas kardigan gue dan ganti celana jeans gue yang basah kuyup sama celana piyama yang semalem gue pake di apart Zaka. Kaos gue basah sih tapi ga basah-basah banget jadi ya okelah. Setelah hujan agak reda kita pada pesen bakso dan nikmatnyaaa bukan main. Karna gue laper banget dan efek pasca ujan juga.

Setelah Cem yanto nyampe dan kelar makan bakso, kita semua cabut. Kira-kira udah masuk asar. And fyi, sebelum trekking gue sama cewe-cewe ini jamak duhur-asar di musola deket perkampungan warga, sekitar duamenit dari parkiran kalo naik motor dan kita ditebengin warga ke sana. Back to the way back home, kita sempet salah jalan juga pas keluar dari parkiran pantai. Kali ini yang nyupir Dio with Imem as the assistance, yang tengah Pepo Yanto dan cewe-cewe pada di belakang.

Nyampe Malang, berhubung hari Minggu jalanan jadi agak padat dan kita pada anteng di mobil saking capenya. Udah nyampe Malang kota gantian Pepo yang nyetir dan pas di daerah Panjaitan hampir nabrak orang karna itu udah malem, pepo silinder dan minus matanya tapi malem itu dia gapake kacamata. Craving for food dan gamau ribet lagian gue pake piayama, pepo pake oversized jumper dan Dio cuma pake kaos dan boxer gamungkin kan kita dine in meski di warung. Akhirnya kita ke McD dan drive thru. Abis dari McD mereka nganter gue ke kos. Nyampe kamar, waktu itu gue ngekos di kosan yang kamar mandi dalem, gue langsung ngerendem baju-baju kotor gue (gue pisahin celana jeans yang kena comberan tadi), mandi cepat, sikat Big Mac gue, solat dan tidur. Pules se pules pulesnya. Such an epic pitik goblik trip that I love.

[mycrazyweekend]

Introduction

Hai hai nama gue Ben. Jangan bayangin gue sebagai cowok ya. Gue cewek tulen aseli. Ben itu nama panggilan yang dikasi sama temen-temen SMA gue sekalian mau nyamarin nama asli gue hehe. Well, well, kembali ke judul blog ini yaitu tentang weekend gila. Weekend atau akhir pekan bagi sebagian besar orang adalah saat-saat yang paling ditunggu dimana lo bisa break dari rutinitas lo saat weekdays, dan di akhir pekan biasanya banyak event-event seru entah itu event realist (bener-bener ada dan lo lakuin) atau event-event vitual yang ada di TV, radio, atau internet kayak misalnya program weekend hastag project nya instagram. Di akhir pekan mungkin untuk beberapa orang adalah waktu untuk bercumbu dengan kekasih, merenung-bermeditasi atau untuk agama tertentu melakukan ibadah tertentu, dan ajang buat kumpul sama keluarga. Dari gue SD hari favorit gue sebenernya hari Jum'at. Kenapa? Pertama, sekolah gue sekolah Islam full day dan khusus hari Jum'at durasi istirahat siang buat siswi nya jadi lebih panjang dari hari-hari lain. Tiap jumat gue sama temen-temen gue main gobaksodor, bikin rumah hantu, sampe bikin ajang AFI2 an. Absurd se absurd absurd nya tapi seru banget soalnya gadget pada saat itu emang nggak terlalu booming dikalangan anak sd kelahiran awal sampe pertengahan sembilan puluhan. Kalo di kalangan gue dan temen-temen gue (yang semuanya adalah cewek) gadget paling popular cuma tamagochi tapi gue juga nggak yakin kalo itu masuk kategori gadget. Oke watheverlah. Alasan kedua adalah karena besoknya, I mean setelah hari jumat adalah hari sabtu-minggu! Wohoo! Itu adalah hari dimana gue bisa main petualangan-petualangan atau main sepakbola sama temen-temen komplek gue tentunya setelah liat film-film kartun favorit gue yang cuma bergentayangan pas weekend. How I really love my childhood weekends and always been waiting for Friday. Today, I'm 21 years old dan selalu tereak dalam hati "TGIF!" when I meet Friday. Nah, di blog ini gue mau bagiin cerita-cerita yang gue alamin pas weekend. Weekend-weekend yang gak bakal gue lupain, hal-hal yang mungkin gak bakal kejadian di hari-hari biasa. Buat temen-temen gue yang baca cerita ini dan kalian ngerasa keganggu dengan cerita ini bisa ngomong secara personal, besides dalam cerita ini juga gue bakal usahain buat cerita pake nama samaran kalo ceritanya agak nggak 'umum', if you know what I mean. Hence, everybody, enjoy my tales!