when the sun went down in west,

i know i'm not feeling well

club twenty

like it or not  but i should accept that there's no more 1 number in front of my age. some of my friends said "welcome to club twenty". i am happy because today is my special day but i feel sad indeed because there's should be no more stupid act in this age. 

i've done my long pray to God. saying thank you for everything he already gave to me. i really mean everything. even the very little thing. because i really realize about how God can help and safe me in every second of my life. i pray for some wishes too. even i already 20 but i can't hold my tears when i prayed. i'm so thankful for everything to You, my Jesus :)

our first trip after she came back

ga ada perasaan yang lebih seneng saat itu selain denger kabar kalo the only one partner saya balik ke Indonesia. di hari pertama ketemuan langsung lah tercetus ide liburan bareng. berhubung liburan udah tinggal sebentar dan rencana juga mendadak akhirnya kita memilih Jogjakarta. and yes kita cuma nge trip berdua :)

hampir setahun ga ketemu dan ternyata she hasn't changed :) dan mulai lah kita menelusuri Jogjakarta ala ala backpacker. Bisa dibilang acara bacpacking kita kemaren itu bener - bener unforgettable and adventurous. Walaupun ini bukan kali pertamanya saya ke Jogja karena bahkan ini udah gatau untuk yang keberapa kalinya tapi journey kemarin ini bener - bener beda dari yang sebelumnya. Dan inilah point - point dari trip kemarin:

1. ternyata om - om serem itu bener - bener ada. hati hati pilih hotel jangan sampe ketemu om - om genit kaya kita pas malem pertama di Jogja kemarin.
2. jogja bener - bener punya transportasi yang oke. jadi walaupun kita ga nyewa mobil / motor kita tetep bisa ke objek wisata manapun. Jadi transportasi kita kemarin itu bisa dibilang from trans Jogja to bus to pedicab :)
3. kalo mau naik bus lebih baik tanya orang lokal dulu tarifnya untuk ke tempat tujuan kita berapa karena kalo engga kita bisa disuruh bayar lebih mahal saat di atas bus.
4. kuliner jogja itu ga cuma gudeg! manfaatin deh jejaring social media buat cari - cari makanan enak di Jogja lainnya. it helped us a lot :) oseng - oseng mercon dan bakmi jawa pak pele were the best from my last culinary trip.
5. usahain makan cukup sebelum tidur. jangan sampe kaya kita berdua sekitar jam 1 malem suka kelaperan dan terpaksa jalan ke malioboro dengan baju tidur dan lirikan - lirikan aneh dari orang.
6. meeting new people and interaction with local residents always be the best.
7. walking! katanya kalo mau sehat harus jalan kaki 100 langkah setiap harinya. Tapi pas trip kemarin entahlah udah seribu langkah per harinya kali haha
8. jangan takut nanya! setiap orang yang berbeda bisa ngasih info yang beda juga. Nah info yang bagus bisa diambil buat referensi :)
9. lucunya setiap malem selesai mandi kita berdua langsung ambil posisi nyaman di atas kasur dan..... ansos masing - masing smart phone kita. padahal kita bukan bb users waktu itu haha
10. ga ada yang lebih seru dari udah diafal sama tukang jualan dan tukang - tukang becak disekitar jalan dagen. sampe dibilang "lama banget mba ga pulang - pulang" haha
11. cap backpacker kita runtuh gara - gara malem terakhir nginep di hotel yang ada kolam renangnya. ya gimana abis penginapan kita udah full. tapi trust me hotelnya tetep dengan affordable price kok.
12. kalo mau ke salon di Jogja mendingan ke salon yang udah punya nama aja semacem Jhonny Andrean gitu. pengalaman kita singgah ke 4 salon tapi yang didapet malah: salon plus plus, tawar - tawaran harga (?), harganya lebih mahal dari salon semacem Jhonny Andrean, dan ditolak gamau ngelayanin.

and i always can learned something from a trip :)

be careful with your words

one of the most important thing from a trip for me is "i can learned something from that trip" because traveling can teach many things that you didn't get from formal school. and of course i get the lesson from my last trip.

have you ever heard "your saying is your prayer" ? my last trip taught me about that. my last trip was to Lombok and Bali. i went there with my mom and brothers. i spent my christmas eve at Lombok and my new year eve at Bali. My mom chose airline to go from Lombok to Bali. she chose it because she was too scared to cruising with public ferry. and surprisingly my mom bought the Garuda Air tickets for our flight, yeah as you know Garuda is number #1 airline in my country. so even the flight was just 30 minutes, we still got the comfort flight. when we arrived at Bali i said something to my mom: "i wish we can fly with Garuda for our return flight to Jakarta". my mom just smile because she already bought the tickets from another airline for our return flight to Jakarta.

i was easily forget with that words because we just really had fun at Bali. but i was quite sad because i should go back to Jakarta on the first day of 2012. to represent my sadness i was tweeted: "i wish i can stay here longer". i spent the last day at Bali with mom, brothers, and mom's friend and about 9 pm my mom's friend drove us to the airport. as the usual thing we said good bye with them and went to check in counter. at the check in counter the intern told me that there was something error with our tickets. and after the very long horrible situation the intern told us that we couldn't take the flight. WOW. the only one thing solution was we must buy the new tickets.

i was really confuse. i have the module assignment presentation the day after tomorrow. it was on peak season! my mom already tried to looking for another tickets but the seats to Jakarta were full until January, 3rd 2012. me and mom try again to looking for another tickets, at least one ticket for me. and 01.00 am the intern from Garuda told us that we were on the waiting list for the first flight that day but we must stay at the airport until morning. we had no choice so we stayed at the airport. and finally we got the tickets for Garuda flight in the morning. God is so good!!!

can you look the underline words? and yes when i said that, i prayed that. God just gimme what i want. i want the flight with Garuda, yes He gave it. i want stay at Bali longer, yes He gave it. and that was really a big lesson for me :) so be careful with your words :')

hello, 2012 :)

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2012

Hello everyone, happy 2012!!!!!! how about your new year eve? one word for my new year eve: GREAT. i had a great new year eve. i spent with my mom, brothers, cousins, and mom's friends and her sons. i spent last night at Kuta beach, Bali. wow the fireworks parade was amazing. many foreigner and natives at that beach. i just can say las night was a superb NYE. i wish many good things will come to our life :)

fireworks parade 

 my trumpet last night

it's time to take some chances

why some hours at school can be so long while a year can runs super duper fast. today is december 27th, 2011. 5 days left in 2011 and it will be change to 2012. i feel this year runs really fast. i feel very excited but yet afraid. excited because who doesn't love a new year eve? me indeed. afraid because final exam in the new class will come, new year equals new struggle, new age, and it means i should make reflection about this year resolution and make new resolution. 

so let's start with my opinion about this year. after has tasted a very HARDventure 2010, i feel more flexible with 2011. plus 2011 gimme more chance and experience. i've done many things to be accepted at my favorite university in 2010 but in the end i didn't get it. so i entered a private university at Trisakti University. i was done but i feel happy because i can got a good score and found a good friends. around August, i feel greater because i can entered the excellent class at my university. i felt very happy because finally i can make my parents a little bit proud of me. i started to study at the excellent class around september. i was feel happy and sad at the same time that time. happy because i can entered the excellent class, and sad because i should leave my close friend at kampus F. yeah i should leave them because i should move to kampus A. still at the same triskati university but different place.

i feel greater at the excellent class because i found new good friends. even sometimes i feel that my friends from kampus f are better and greater. but God has given me chance for being out of the box at that excellent class. so i must accept all of the consequences. but God has given me other chance to feel new experience. i found new close friends. i got a chance to go to several places by motorcycle. ya you know, i never go anywhere by motorcycle before except around my home. it was amazing :p and in the end  i really know that all of my new friends are as good as my old friends. god gimme sign to prove it. they are very sweet and solid. i do love them. 

others reason why i love 2011 because i got a chance for traveling to new places. i went to malaysia for the first time, to thailand (and absolutely explore some beaches there), and now i'm writing this post in the middle of my getaway time at lombok. maybe it's not my first time go here but i've been here before when i was 2 yo. so i can say it's my first time too.

about my 2011 resolution, i only served 3 resolution from my 6 resolution. so i decided to don't make new resolution for 2012. resolutions aren't only for new year. but we can changed and do new thing everytime. in the beginning of the year, in the middle of the year, or in the end of the year. i enjoy my life now. i don't want every happiness thing to be changed. i just want the bad things to be changed. so the conclusion is i love this year :)

an amazing of "P" word

in the middle of rain and jakarta's traffic, i heard an inspiration from the radio yesterday. one of town's favorite fm has invited a young entrepreneur . he is Bong Chandra and surprisingly, he is 24 yo. young but billionaire said the announcer. i really interested with his thought. simply but straight to the point, i think. one of his statement that i really like is "stay stubborn with your goal, but flexible with how to get it". i really agree, for sure. 

Bong Chandra has told the listener about a simple way to know about your passion too. ok, he said maybe it won't directly help you to find your passion, but at least it can help. it just a very simple way, i think. just simply thinking that today is your last day in life, so what would you do? Bong said that the answer may related to your passion.

that question, made me think. think a lot. simple question but hard to find the answer. and finally, i find my answer. i simply wanna do "bungee jumping". i should do it. i have to do it. i must do it. why bungee jumping? because i wanna feel free. very free. just jump and forget about everything. just jump and get the pleasure. just jump and feel like fly. but then i asked another question to me. so what is my passion? bungee jumping is related to.......? some of my friends told me maybe it's related to traveling. do you think so?

but for me the important things are: stay learn. stay spirit. and never give up. still looking for your passion, because passion can help you a lot. still remember my old post? everything you do, do it with passion! because it can be more enjoyable. nothings perfect besides do the job that you love. no stress but full off inspiration. at least we learn together, rite? :)