Showing posts with label holiday. Show all posts
Showing posts with label holiday. Show all posts

Sunday, November 2, 2025

2025 Autumn Trip: Jordan, it's one for the books!

Hello again :) Gotta give it to me for being able to quell the will to write much more than I did the years before haha. Human memory is always the weakest memory holder of them all, and that's precisely why civilizations never progressed much until humans found out how to write out their minds and expertise into stories and preserve them.. I don't want this memory to fade away anytime soon, so let's write it out while it's fresh! :)

Earlier this week, I just ended one of the most fun trips I've had in a while. I went to Turkiye and Jordan with dear friends of mine, Sarah and Leona!

Someone asked me if I went with my work friends, and to be honest, it might sound degrading to label them just as my work colleagues. I'd like to say I went with a group of friends who grew together with me, are experiencing the same vulnerabilities and life journeys that shape us to who we are now, and definitely, a good travelmate haha.

We made the plan quite abruptly! You know I am stationed in UAE right now. At first it was just me and Nico (who's in Kuwait) making plans to visit Jason (who's in Jordan). I thought it would just be a middle-eastern STAs trip since well, we're kinda far from anywhere and to be honest if I'm anywhere else, probably the plan would sound less interesting. However, suddenly I heard that Leona was also interested to come! I thank God that Leona talked about this to Nico so he invited her to our "Tipping Point" group chat--which reminds me I should really finish that book OMG I haven't even opened it!

The chat that started everything

The book that I haven't even started

So, we created that group called "The Tipping Point" hoping to kickstart the planning of it all. When Leona joined, I suddenly think about that trip Leona wanted to make with Sarah so I also reached out to her. She said yes and then we were 5!

We set a date for Jordan trip, but Sarah could fly earlier from Indonesia after she finished the Commercial Conference. Leona and Sarah will have another destination first for the pre-trip, sadly I couldn't join for full because there's something in the office :(

HOWEVER, after all the discussions and all the visa problem that we have, this is what we decided on:

  • 17 - 19 Oct    : Nana, Leona, Sarah in Izmir, Turkiye
  • 20 - 23 Oct    : Leona and Sarah somewhere (they haven't decided or booked any tix, crazy)
  • 24 - 27 Oct    : Us three + Nico and Jason in Jordan!
I pondered btw what I should write first. Jordan definitely currently has much more stories and fresh vivid memory so it will be easier to write, so shall I write about Turkiye first? But then I said to myself, I don't believe in me. If I postpone Jordan I would postpone in for a loooooong time so I need to just start writing it while I have the fire in me!

Wednesday, August 13, 2025

2025 Summer Trip till Stockholm

This post might be 'violating' the timeliness structure because I'm supposed to post about my Europe trip in 2024 first, but oh well.. I think I need to write as soon as possible to catch all the emotion in its freshest stage.

After being amazed that in 2024 I finally made it to the European mainland, I never thought that I would do it again so soon. I just returned from my very short 5-day getaway in Stockholm, Sweden. The visit was so short but never intended to be so. I was supposed to pass by Sweden for like 3 days, and then leave for Italy and France with my parents. Sadly, my parents' visa got rejected. I already got my flight ticket to Europe, so might as well just extend them longer. I always wanted to go for a laid-back visit anyways and get myself really immersed with a city. This accident kinda gave me the perfect excuse for me to delve around Stockholm!

I did not have any specific itinerary or wishlist in Stockholm. It even didn't really occur to me that I will be in Stockholm, just that I will be visiting Leona in Sweden.

Sunday, July 6, 2025

A Trip Through Time: Labuan Bajo May 2022

Moyahoo~

I've been postponing this post for months already, every week swearing that I would write this on weekend yet I did not, again and again. So here I am today! On a Sunday night finally gathering enough will to write something. If I did not, this would be like my trip in London.. which you haven't seen at all here, right? Hahaha.

(Note: Writing this again in January 31... yep, I've postponed this post for FIVE MONTHS I'm sorry)

(Pandemic came and just when I thought I'd have an abundance of time, came TWICE with their 5-year worth of videos for me to keep up 😄)

SO in early 2022, somehow Novi and I had an idea of going to Labuan Bajo. It seemed so wacana-ish the first time. I haven't gone with a friend just traveling on our own expense so it just didn't seem very real tbh. Then Novi posted the idea to her close friends hoping for someone else to want to join the club, and we have Lilian in!

Lilian joining our group trip is really a boost in the probability of actually making this trip happens (sorry, Nov ahaha). I don't know if it's us feeling wary because we are now having an ACTUAL PERSON that actually wanted to go or if Lilian is a certified adventurous traveler, but I felt that at that moment, we really needed to go.

Around April, Garuda Travel Fair was held. What makes traveling or other things become just a plan is, I deduce, the feeling of no deadline, that there is no timeline to follow. GATF added that sense of urgency to our plan and we quickly decided on a date.

A finality to the plan

There was no going back after. The tickets were booked, then we finally booked a tour for living on board in Labuan Bajo.

Wednesday, January 10, 2018

Walking Down the Memory Lane: Singapore

I went to Singapore this last August! *i postponed the post until the year changes..*

For those who read my post from last two years, you would know that I went to Malang. Actually, it was at the event of grand team building for us divisions and bureaus of SPA FEB UI. Yep, I went to Singapore for a team building! I forgot to write a post about my trip in Malang, it was probably thanks to my superpower in procrastinating things :) However, I will not let this Singapore moment past just like that!

So, here I am writing a post about my Singapore trip, hehe.

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--- below would be my personal experience which may be irrelevant to you, feel free to skip this post!
--- I used mixed language for the sake of reliving the same feel/excitement

Monday, August 14, 2017

ASEP 2017 in a not so short glance

ASEP 2017 is one of the pinnacle of my 2017!

Being an Accounting major doesn't make me lose my interest to the environment. I have always had keen interest in that topic, probably thanks to my high school years which made me so involved in Geography. Geography, of course, talks so much about the Earth and its future.

I was very excited when the announcement of this program came from my university's International Office. One, is because I feel like I can relate to the topic, and second is because it's! a! fully! funded! trip! to! Japan! Damn, I always read Japanese manga and watch some of their animes so going to Japan is really one of dreams come true for me.

After several selection process, I got the acceptance notification. I was really excited but at the same time concerned.. The program actually took place during my internship program at INKOMPASS. I wasn't sure if I was allowed to take 4 days off work to go to Japan. There were even thoughts of resigning from the program! :( But I was glad that I didn't because the whole program was history.

On August 1th 2017, my Indonesian team and I met at the airport. We had a flight on 12.30 a.m. so we were all sleeping during the flight. When we finally landed in Japan, Shioji was ready to welcome us. She was a lovely lady and I'm glad that she was our tour guide for our welcoming tour. She emphasized on 'Japanese time' so many times lol but we managed to get her trust, though. We went to Edo Tokyo Museum and it was very interesting. You see, I am an avid reader of Detective Conan and Aoyama Gosho sensei put a lot of Japanese history in his story. It was interesting to hear Shioji talking about Ieyasu Tokugawa, Hideyoshi, and many more. I felt like finally I understand what I always read. The museum was also very interesting with so many detailed displays of Tokyo history. BUT too bad I couldn't really enjoy my trip because... SIAK WAR is coming! Those from Universitas Indonesia must have understood it very well, it was a crucial moment for us students because we have to register to classes that we are going to take for the following semester. I kept on checking my phone and another friend of mine is busy trying to access the server.

After visiting the Edo Tokyo Museum, we went to Asakusa. I didn't know at first that this place was so iconic in Tokyo. I'm glad we had you, Shioji! The visit in Asakusa was interesting, we got to take picture in the iconic Senso-Ji temple too!


Finally we headed to Chiba that afternoon. I slept along the way as I was super tired, and I haven't even taken a bath :( In Chiba, we were welcomed warmly at AEON Mall Makuhari New City. The mall was super big and it would be my forever regret that I wasn't able to explore through the mall. They have different areas for family and even pets. Imagine how big that mall is! We were gathered in this one room. The Korean team was already there and after a while Malaysian team and Chinese team arrived. There was a presentation about AEON mall and its foundation and we were given WAON card. With that WAON card, we can purchase anything that we want in this AEON mall, with JPY 1000 limit, of course!

My dinner was great but it wasn't all pleasant. It was 7pm there in Japan but 5pm in Indonesia, which means my SIAK WAR is starting! D: I was locked in front of my laptop screen, refreshing my academic.ui.ac.id non-stop. Lucky or poor me, I could only access academic.ui.ac.id at 8.30pm Japanese time. Lucky because I could access it while being in hotel with stable internet connection, and poor because I wasn't among the first people who can access that portal. I didn't get all classes that I wanted but well, what's done is done. I could finally enjoy my Japan trip without (or so I thought) any burden in mind regarding classes.

The next morning we finally met other participants from other country and was placed in group. I was placed in Group F with 7 other people. They are Ingy from Japan (but she is very international!), Game from Thailand, Ke Yi from China, Phidor from Cambodia, Alia from Malaysia, Minh from Vietnam, and Jae Hwan from South Korea. I would be with them for the following 5 days.
Our first rendezvous
After a grand opening ceremony in Royal Rihga Hotel near Waseda University, we headed to Tokyo Station to take the Shinkansen. I was shocked to find that the Shinkansen ticket costs so much. I took the KTX in South Korea and in my opinion they are equally fast but South Korea only cost me a quarter of the Shinkansen ticket. But I didn't mind at all because the trip cost me no penny lol.


I gotta tell you that I was very tired after the flight, tour, SIAK WAR, and everything that happened on the previous day. I kind of missed the Jakarta traffic where I can sleep during the long jam, but the road trip was very smooth in Japan I didn't get enough time to sleep. On the Shinkansen I was seated next to Game and Ke Yi, so sorry Game that I slept for most of the trip! Hahaha.

The hotel in Sendai was very good. The name is Hotel New Mitoya and it is a traditional Japanese style hotel. Okay, so to be honest, I enjoyed the first dinner there but it wasn't quite what I would choose if I was to dine on my own. Jae Hwan and Ingy told me that it was a really fancy dinner and there I was thinking, "God I don't deserve to be fancy..." LOL. The beef and sashimi were very good though and I can still imagine the taste on my tongue!
The fancy dinner
Although feeling tired, I tried the yukata and went on some very short trip with Kemara, one of my Indonesian friends. I also get to chat with the Indonesian team and that really helped me cope with my homesickness.

On August 3rd, after that much needed sleep in a hard futon (seriously I miss my bed..), we woke up early to go to an oyster farm, Miyanomori School of Wood, and Matsushima Bay. It was a record that I was able to wake up at 6am although it seemed that Midori (a roommate from Japan) had tried so hard in waking me up. She said she nudged me but I stayed still lol. Probably I wouldn't go into detail about my activities on that day because I got reports to fill. It will be lots of work for me to write about the same things twice! However, some things are notable on that day. I was amazed by how Japanese people were able to renovate not only their environment, but also their own mental state. It don't think I, or Indonesia at its current state, could bear the same damage and yet come back as great as before, if not better. The Miyanomori Elementary School was super soothing to the eye, I would certainly want to have an education there! In Matsushima, a lady was telling us her own story as the surviving victim of the 2011 Great East Japan Tsunami. I felt sad after hearing her story, about how she was having a conflict with her parents on that poor day and never managed to say sorry, and some part of me just want to say my apology to my parents lol. I was also introduced to John (Kim Dong Hwan is his real name... I think? I forgot!) from South Korea and Yinbo on that day.
Oyster farm at Miyanomori
Miyanomori Elementary School
That night I was very tired but we had to start our group discussion. Our discussion was to be honest a bit confusing to me. It's hard to gather the so many ideas from so many heads from so many different background! I wasn't great in consolidating all these different thoughts into one idea and I too had my own version on how to answer the question asked. It was an interesting experience though to have that kind of discussion. I hope in the future I can have that kind of chance again which talks about the background I'm in, for example in Economics.

Our third day in Sendai wasn't as busy as the second. We went tree planting on that day! I was very excited because it would be my first tree planting event and I was glad that the tree planting wasn't just ceremonial. We got to plant for real purposes, i.e. that day we planted 1,500 black pine trees! Planting trees also wasn't as easy as I thought.. The soil was quite frozen and it was hard to dig through the soil. But I surely will be back for the trees one day. See you in several years, Watari-gun!

After the tree planting, we went on to watch Japanese drum performance. It was amazing, I'm telling you.. And the main reason is because the drummer were cute kids!!! I was very overwhelmed at how cute the kids were!!!! (being frantic 2.0) Next we went to Tohoku University and was given another lecture. I think the most interesting part of this trip is the disaster mitigation game. I could tell right away that the facilitator was Indonesian, hahaha. The game was also interesting. I loved being in that group since we can really speak what's in our mind almost thoughtlessly, lol. Probably it was because it was just a game that all people were able to relax and just joked around.

That day I feel so refreshed unlike the past days and I finally have this idea that.. I wanted to try the onsen! Since the first day, Shioji has been asking us to try the onsen but I just didn't think it was the right idea, yet.. I'm very reserved as a person and I didn't have the energy to interact with other people while breaking my own comfort zone. Thank God that day I felt hmm more connected to my Indonesian friends? That I finally decided I wanted to try the onsen with them. That night we went walking through the serene Sendai street at 11pm (crazy I know) in yukata while wearing bakiak (they underlined this word but I don't know what to call it in English!). That was one of the craziest thing that I did while in Sendai, one of the first crazy things, in fact. I would have another post talking about this! However, finally at 12pm we arrived back to the hotel and.. I tried the damn onsen!!! I was glad that I took the decision because I really enjoyed the onsen. Becky, the Chinese girl from my room, actually enjoyed the onsen very much that she took it every other night. She also encouraged me to do so, so did many other people. Thank you guys for pushing me!
Because I can't upload a picture of onsen??
The next day, we went back to Tokyo by Shinkansen. We had another group discussion at the Shinkansen but still I didn't think we reached some solid conclusion. We still had some hours left to discuss that night, but I still felt nervous. We still had our discussion at AEON Tower and finally we reached on some conclusion. I still felt that our idea is a bit vague; however, this is the part where I should thank Ingy! She's really the driver of our group and I was glad that I had her. That night at the hotel I finally knew what was really going on with our presentation and I decided to play a rather big part of our presentation. Yes, me, this introvert, was going on a role play as a tour guide in the middle of Kalimantan jungle. Unthinkable, I know. That night I also learned that Ingy was going to leave us very soon right after our presentation! :( It was really sad that we needed to part in such an abrupt way, but she really was pursuing a big thing in Singapore, I wish you success, Ingy!
Group F of ASEP 2017!
The group presentation in Kanda University went well. All the other groups presented really well and so did our group, I think! Miriam's group was chosen as the winner, but I personally was satisfied with the result. They really deserve it after their long practicing hours. Our presentation in Kanda University is the closing remark of our ASEP 2017 event.

We continued on a closing party at a nearby restaurant with performance from each country. It was fun performing and watching other teams. Finally, the farewell happened.. It was sad parting with my team, but I was glad that we live in an era when we can connect with each other! I will surely miss Ingy, Ke Yi, Game, Minh, Alia, Jae Hwan, and Phidor. Thank you for the stories you've shared with me and for the amazing experience discussing and dining together! I'm sad, though, that I can't contact Ke Yi as often as with the others because she lived within the Great Firewall, but I will one day really send you something, thanks for the fan, Ke Yi!

Thank you AEON for making this event possible. I really admire the commitment that AEON team has put into this event. It was such a well organized event. Do I love ASEP? Yes! Do I love AEON? Yes! Do I love Japan? Absolutely!

Looking forward for our next rendezvous, ASEP people!


The Apple of The Year

Hello, I'm back! I think some people already miss my posts haha.

It's the long holiday here for Universitas Indonesia but unlike last year, I'm not doing my 3-months vacation doing nothing! There are some highlights to my holiday that I'm so eager to share with you.

The first one would be my INKOMPASS intern.

This one has a unique historical background. During my useless holiday back in 2016, I noticed that some of my seniors were already doing internships and one of them being my senior in Studi Profesionalisme Akuntan, the organization I'm in. She was doing an intern at Philip Morris International and she stated that it was an INKOMPASS internship. Being a spontaneous person, I went looking for more information regarding this internship. I went a little bit excited and even made the reminder for next year, LOL. Suddenly on February or March, INKOMPASS team came to my university and I finally really applied for the program, although I'm being super pessimistic as the acceptance rate were very low.. It's even more competitive than applying to Akuntansi UI!

Miraculously, I got accepted! I went frantic that night, May 4th 2017. The announcement came to my inbox at 10p.m. and as a result I went to bed very late that night due to excitement.
UI Squad

The second one is my Korean trip.

In early February, I felt like I'm disappointing someone so I bough her avocado juice??? Weird I know but this led to a historical conversation.
The fateful chat
Okay so I actually just searched this and I was shocked at how plainnnn and so wacana-ish the conversation went. But we fucking made it true.. On July 22nd-23rd, we went to South Korea together to present our research paper. It seemed so unreal!!! I finally met oppas! But more to that later :)

The third one is my Japan trip.

Someone said that I took over East Asia, HAHA that probably really sums up what I felt! I have also aimed for this Japan trip for the longest time. Not that I aimed for this specific event though.. Back in 2015 I met this amazing student who also contributed a lot in shaping who I am right now. I learned from his Facebook page that he joined a fully-funded event in South Korea held by International Office UI. I was super triggered.. he went to SBS studio OMFG. That day I subscribed to International Office UI right away and have always hunted for a free trip overseas, lol. I waited for a year until finally there was this program that really caught my attention. A fully-funded trip to Japan! I remember that it was on March and sadly, the poster said that any prediction test for the English requirement is not accepted. Holy hell.. I haven't taken any real English certification test other than the first English Proficiency Test that I took during my freshman year. I emailed Mbak Amanda asking whether a prediction test is accepted, no answer.. I continued with my life then.
UI Squad (2)
Then in mid April, I was looking at the announcement again on Twitter! But wait.. what?? Now a prediction test is accepted! I remember that the deadline was approaching really fast and I don't have many days left. On the next day I went to my Accounting Department asking for a recommendation letter. Luckily the staff was supportive and Bu Ancella also gave the recommendation within the expected days. Thank you Bu Dian from Depak and Bu Ancella! I got the recommendation letter on April 29th while the deadline of application is on April 30th at 3pm. And guess when did I write the essay and motivation letter? On April 30th at 12pm. IT WAS THE FASTEST AND MOST SERIOUS ESSAY THAT I DID FOR THE WHOLE YEAR. I remember clearly that I wrote it in auditorium while participating in a seminar (which I didn't take notice). It was such a hectic week for me and I was glad that I didn't hesitate to apply because on May 10th I got the notice that I was accepted for the program! I want to dedicate two posts for this amazing program, so more to that later!

I still have my fourth and fifth, though. But let's just talk what has happened first!

All in all, I am amazed at myself because I happened to achieve so much within these three months. However, I also faced rejections in three things, which announcements I hear within three consecutive days. It was tough, but I was glad for the rejections because it made me realize the things that I should be grateful of. I've been taking them for granted honestly.. BUT LET'S JUST FOCUS ON THE NICE THINGS!

See you on my next posts!

Friday, January 22, 2016

Valencia Li 2.0

Gue baru aja liburan keliling Jawa Tengah (?) Yhaa highlight-nya adalah gue melihat banyak hal baru di kota-kota besar selain Jakarta dan Bandung (wk) yang agak bikin gue kaget sih. Ternyata Jogja dan Semarang oke juga untuk ditinggalin. Ternyata makanan di Jogja beneran murah. Ternyata kayanya Jogja enak untuk dieksplor dengan jalan kaki. Dan lain-lain.
It shouldn't be this dark, instead it was so friggin hot and sunny.

But one thing worth noting, gue juga ketemu lagi dengan Valen! Mungkin kalian bisa baca tentang Valen di sini. Valen tetap pintar, tetap kurus, tetap susah makan tapi udah jauh mendingan (meskipun mendingan tapi emang makanannya lebih bisa dimakan sih, emang China is not a place for edible food dah), dan ngomongnya tetap pintar hahaha. Dia makin jago ngomong Mandarin sekarang which made me kinda feel like a loser. (?)

#YearofTransformation #LHOSPA HAHAHA *inside joke sorry*

Hal yang gue perhatikan sekarang adalah dia dewasa banget.. Ternyata dia ranking tiga di kelasnya dan itu adalah hasil belajar sendiri, wow.. Gue kelas 3 SD masih belom bisa belajar sendiri gils. Dia bilang ke mamanya, "Mama ga usah risau, Valen bisa belajar sendiri." Damn I cried a little......... *lebay* (((btw, RISAU)))

OH dan Valen suka banget sekolah! Gila gue sangat respect sama ini anak. Jadi ceritanya di hari terakhir, kita sampai di Jakarta jam 12 malam dan karena rumahnya ada di Jakarta Barat, agak ga memungkinkan kalau dia pulang ke rumahnya dari Buaran ke Jakbar, karena itu jauh banget dan papanya gatau jalan. Tapi ternyata di luar dugaan, dia sempet memohon-mohon ke mamanya supaya sekolah aja... "Maaa pokoknya besok aku gamau lolos!!!" HAHAHAHA saking dia gapernah bolos, dia jadi gatau kata-kata itu dan salah sebut jadi 'lolos' duh ngakak.. Dia emang bilang sih kalo dia lebih jago Mandarin daripada Inggris, tapi gue gatau bahkan Bahasa Indonesia dia juga kalah bagus dibanding Mandarin hahaha. Dia takut banget ngasih alasan ke gurunya dan gamau bilang kalo dia belom pulang jalan-jalan, maunya bilang dia sakit panas wkwk kids be kids.

But another sad thing is, at the end of the trip she said that she didn't have friends at school... She only has a boy friend (not lover!) and she said that girls at her school are so annoying hahahahahahahahhaha so like myself when I was her age. But I still had girl friends back then.. :( She is a class leader and I didn't know that being a class leader won't bring you any friends hiks (she did say that some friends objected her being the leader). Well, she is a much more mature kid for her age so this may be the reason. You don't need them anyway Valen!!!!!!!! And you'll have a bright future ahead, yeah! (eh tp doi bilang dia gamau kerja sih kalo udah gede maunya santai aja duh gmn yha, sukses cari suami kaya deh ya!! wakak)
SWAG! Don't care bout the photobomb, that annoying pink umbrella which Jesslyn ironically loves so much, or that cropped out stupa
See you next time, my little counterpart!!! Hahaha

Monday, January 5, 2015

Bandung 2014

Liburan kemarin gue amat berbahagia :') Sederhana aja sih, karena gue ga menghabiskan tahun baru cuma dengan mendem di rumah, terus karena gue punya sesuatu untuk di post di Path HAHA.

Setelah sebelumnya dag dig dug antara jadi dan tidak ke Bandung, akhirnya pada 30 Desember kemarin jadilah gue berangkat ke Bandung. Gue deg-degan bukan gara-gara ini aja, tapi gara-gara gue nunggu kiriman tongsis! Wkwk iyap, gue akhirnya punya tongsis yeheyy, dan pas banget karena tongsis pesenan gue sampai kira-kira 10 menit sebelum gue berangkat ke Bandung. Seriously made my day.

Perjalanan ke Bandung gak gitu macet, dan sesampainya di sana kita langsung check in hotel di Lembang. Hotelnya sendiri udah gue pake dari jaman gue masih kecil kali ya, jadi udah biasa disitu. Cuma nyesek part-nya adalah ketika gue cek internet, ternyata ada gedung baru di kompleks hotel itu! Sialan, pantesan kok foto-foto di brosur hotel kayanya beda banget gitu. Setelah itu gue baru nyesell banget kenapa ngga cek-cek internet dulu dari awal. :(

Tuesday, July 1, 2014

Meet Up Meet Up

Juni ini banyak banget acara ketemuan. Gue senangg tapi dompet gue ngga sih sayangnya. Wkwk. Tapi seperti kata Jokowi, uang itu gampang, bisa dicari.. Apalagi karena kesempatan buat ketemuan itu udah langka banget akhir-akhir ini, jadi pengalaman ini merupakan pengalaman berharga buat gue. #cieh

June 19th 2014. Kakao Meet Up!
Jujur aja sih gue lupa kapan terakhir kali ketemu mereka, tapi kayaknya udah nyaris setahun yang lalu. Seneng banget bisa ketemu mereka lagi! Keren aja gitu akhirnya jadi, yah walaupun kekurangan dua personil :( Pada kesempatan kali ini kita menggunakan promo Kakao Talk dan berhasil marathon waw.

Meet up terakbar bulan ini!

June 25th 2014. CCP 2014 Meet Up!
Gak tepat setahun karena sebenernya kita berempat baru ketemuan Mei kemarin, tapi tetep, intinya adalah kali ini kita ketemuan karena emang mau ketemuan uyey. Agak disaster di awal, janjian jam 9 pagi dan gue baru bangun jam 9 pagi hahahaha maaf guys.. But we had fun!


Abner masih aja gak bisa ikut kali ini, bener-bener emang tuh orang. Tapi kita menemukan pengganti Abner!
that with white fur is our new Abner


Meet up terhemat bulan ini!

June 26th 2014. Weekly Meet Up part 2.
Awalnya gue ga gitu yakin bisa pergi lagi mengingat kemarinnya udah pergi. Tapi ternyata nyokap gue entah kenapa kayaknya moodnya lagi bagus dan gue boleh pergi lagii hahaha mukjizat banget yang ini. Awalnya kita pengen nonton TFIOS dan mengajak anak-anak DKI lagi untuk pergi bareng, tapi ternyata yang bisa cuman 4 so yeah.

Beruntung kita memilih orang yang tepat untuk fotoin :')
Sialnya, hari itu entah kenapa Kakao Talk error.. Gatot deh rencana nonton murah, jadi gue nobatkan acara kali ini sebagai meet up teramsyong bulan ini. Tapi gapapaa it's okay kokk. Okay? Okay.

Monday, June 16, 2014

Books Books Books

I've been reading a lot these days. Like, omg it really brings back memories about how I used to 'consume' about two books a day, abandoning my school back in junior high. Makes me realize more how much senior high school 'consumes' me so that I don't even have enough time to finish a single book in a month. What a damn shame.
sayangnya sih minjem semua..
Now I get full ammunition of books from my really-unexpectedly-good-friends. No really they are indeed good people, it's only that they don't look like those who own lots of books and spend their spare time reading. I've known another friend (who I mentioned once here about his problem) who hasn't even read a single book his whole life. And then here they are, two kinda-jock guys who OMG OWN BOOKS THAT I'VE LONGINGLY WANTED TO READ SINCE A LOOOOOONG DECADE AGO. Never judge a fucking book by its cover. Right.


Books that I'm talking about here areee the Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordan! Okay, Riordan seems to be my another Rowling, while Percy is my other hero alongside Harry (HARRY IS INCOMPARABLE OKAY). Like, where the hell have I been, how could I not touch this amazing series?! Seriously reading them, I can feel the same, uh what, trembling thrill (?) as if I read Harry Potter years ago. I smile uncontrollably when Annabeth appears beside Percy, I turn the pages unpatiently when it comes to epic parts, hahhhhhhh :')


I finished 3 books within 3 days which is good compared to my high school days progress. And I am trying to make an even faster progress by setting aside my films and animes and dramas (a busy holiday I know). It's not the books that matter (well it does a bit) BUTTT the feeling of being a reader again really really makes me happy, I can now state that I am a book worm rather than I used to be a book worm.


YEAH FLOURISH&BLOTTS!

Wednesday, April 16, 2014

Ngebolang!

'Cause I'm on top of the world ay
I'm on top of the world

That's exactly what I feel today.

Dengan dalih mau memanfaatkan tiket blitz gratis (thanks, Jo!), gue dan 2 orang teman yaitu Vira dan Cia memutuskan untuk pergi ke blitzmegaplex MOI di hari Selasa, 15 April 2014. Awalnya bingung bagaimana akses menuju MOI tersebut.

Dari hasil bertanya-tanya ke beberapa orang, ternyata ada beberapa pilihan untuk ke MOI tanpa harus naik taksi, which is bikin bokek. Akhirnya dipilihlah jalan naik bus transjakarta ke arah Ancol, transit di Mangga Dua, lalu langsung ke arah Kelapa Gading. Gampang kan? EASY SAID THAN DONE.

Ternyata dari halte sekolah gue ke halte Mangga Dua itu jauuuuh banget naujubilah. Tadinya sempet galau nih karena ada yang ngajarin gue untuk transitnya di Jembatan Merah, tapi akhirnya kita memutuskan percaya sama mas-masnya untuk transit di Mangga Dua. Pas nyampe di Mangga Dua, ternyata ada mobil yang masuk ke jalur busway, dan mogok disitu. Yak bagus sekali bapak mogoknya pas sekali ketika sedang melanggar aturan. Terpaksa kita harus muter dulu gitu deh pokoknya, untuk transit balik lagi ke halte Jembatan Merah. Lesson learned: never trust mas-mas yang ngejelasin sambil bilang, 'Ntar aja tanya orang di situ.'

Begitu udah naik bus koridor 12 jurusan Pluit-Tanjung Priok (sumpah dah harusnya gue ulangan PLKJ tentang koridor busway itu setelah gue berkelana begini), kita udah senyum-senyum aja mau nyampe. "Wow ih itu kan gedung BMG!" "..BMKG.." "..Ohiya. Eh itu Gandhi! Ih gilss keren banget!" dan sebagainya. Lalu pas lewat kali yang item itu juga masih senyum-senyum aja sambil ngomongin lingkungan. Masih senyum-senyum aja dengerin ada ibu-ibu yang kayaknya gak kenal satu sama lain tapi asik banget ngobrolnya. Masih senyum-senyuma aja ini gak nyampe-nyampe. Tapi semua itu gak berlangsung lama guys. Karena ternyata kita emang beneran gak nyampe-nyampe.

Gue gak ngerti sejauh apa MOI sebenernya tapi kayaknya gak mungkin sampe sejauh ini deh, bayangin! Fons-MOI perjalanannya sampai 2 jam, itu mah udah nyampe Bandung..

Nah singkat cerita akhirnya sampailah kita di MOI. Gue kembali syok karena ini gak di depan MOI persis dan harus jalan kaki lagi sebentar. Ketika kita sampai mau nyebrang, tiba-tiba ibu-ibu yang asik ngobrol itu manggil kita..

"Eh eh kalo mau ke Kelapa Gading kemana nih?" Saya aja mau ke MOI belom tau tanteee w('A'w)

Dia nanya ke Cia dan Cia bingung nanya ke siapa. Siaulnya dia pake ngomel segala ngira kita gapernah ke Gading, maksud... Oke oke detail itu gak penting. Yang jelas pada akhirnya kita berhasil mengantar dia untuk naik angkot ke arah MKG. Bahagianya guee, kita yang ga tau jalan bisa bantuin orang :') Cukup amazing sih menurut gue hehe.

Karena sampai di MOI udah jam 12, kita gak jadi maraton film dan memutuskan untuk langsung makan. Tiba-tiba Cia mengeluarkan ide, "Eh supaya murah kita beli minuman disini yuk gausah di blitz-nya," "Oh iya ayuk coba lo tanya harganya." Dan terjadilah insiden yang menunjukkan betapa cipenya Vira (biarpun 'goceng' 'goban' 'noban' aja dia gak ngerti)

Cia : "Harganya 10.000 nih"
Vira : *serius* "Oh oke nanti kita bagi tiga ya."

Hening.

Gue dan Cia langsung hah-heh-hoh barengan. Maigaaaaat minuman ceban aje mau dibagi tiga segalaaaaaa oke deh Vira-chan..

Ohya, kita nonton Son of God dan lumayan bagus menurut guee, tapi gue mau niat download lagi nih hahaha ga afdol banyak yang di-cut katanya.

Selesai nonton, kita bingung lagi. Pulangnya gimana???

Tadi kita udah mulai mau nyerah dan naik taksi, tapi kita takut kalo nanti macet dan tarifnya jadi mahal. Kalo naik busway kayak tadi sih kayaknya mati banget. Akhirnya dengan ide cemerlang kita memutuskan untuk ikut rute yang kita 'ajarin' ke ibu-ibu tadi siang.

Pertama, kita naik angkot ke arah MKG, lalu naik M04 seperti yang pernah gue naikin sewaktu kelas 10. Tadinya udah fix nih naik 04 sampe Arion.

Ternyata 04 juga ngelewatin suatu halte busway dan orang-orang pada turun. Gue gentar dan akhirnya ikutan turun. Eh ternyata kita salah!!! Wah siakee...

Untungnya karena jalur busway saling terhubung, kita tetep bisa ke halte Matraman setelah trasnsit-transit gitu dan akhirnya bisa dengan selamat nulis tulisan ini di rumah!

Yeyy give applause to me.

Tuesday, December 17, 2013

Holiday is Coming Along!

Sekolah gue emang belom ambil raport, tapi kayaknya hawa-hawa liburan udah menghinggapi kita semua. Tentu aja yang gue maksud adalah libur semesteran yang juga merangkap libur Natal. Ohya, ngomong-ngomong Natal tahun ini terasa lebih berbeda gitu buat gue dengan adanya suasana lain di sekeliling gue. Semoga Natal tahun ini bisa lebih bermakna di hati gue dibanding tahun-tahun sebelumnya o:)

Biasanya liburan yang bener-bener liburan dimulai paling lama seminggu sebelum Natal. Tapi tahun ini gue malah udah ada waktu libur dua minggu di rumah dari sekolah. Bahkan seharusnya minggu ini sekolah gue bener-bener bebas dari segala kegiatan, tapi karena ada 'kecelakaan' maka ada sehari lagi dimana kita dianjurkan aja untuk masuk.

Kalaupun masuk gue emang gak ngapa-ngapain tapiii gue bisa main bulutangkis bareng Felix, teman gendut gue (haha~!). Kita berolahraga bersama dalam rangka membakar lemak dan berlatih, betul-betul sok calon atlet bulu tangkis classmeeting berikutnya.

Anyway, kali ini gue ngerasa liburan datang agak terlalu cepat. Atau mungkin sekolah gue yang ulangan umumnya kecepetan. Akibatnya selain jadwal liburan semester nanti, sekolah gue punya jadwal bebas kurang lebih 3 minggu, berarti hampir sebulan dan lumayan wow. Gue gak tau apakah ini bagus atau engga, tapi mengingat gue udah gak ada hutang tugas apapun dikasih libur ya kenapa engga :D

Karena selama 2 minggu gue udah berjuang bener-bener setengah mati pas ulangan umum, di awal liburan gue cuman bisa tidur. Kalau biasanya gue bosen pas libur karena kurang kerjaan, kali ini nggak karena tidur bener-bener jadi kerjaan baru gue. Selain itu ada satu hal yang gue syukuri... Persediaan film gue kali ini banyak! Jadi kalau kalian perhatikan, gue seriiingg banget nonton film ya karena itu. Film gue kebanyakan. Selain film, hal lain yang cukup menyita waktu gue adalah.... game!

Gue dikenalkan oleh teman-teman gue yaitu Bocin, Deryan, dan Kenji akan sebuah game bernama Clash of Clans. Jujur awal mulanya gue rada males karena punya pengalaman pahit akan kecanduan game di masa lalu. Tapi berhubung sekarang lagi libur dan gak ada kerjaan, gue memutuskan untuk main dan ternyata...

..seru banget.

Ternyata game ini tentang me-manage sebuah desa gitu dan gue suka banget sama game-game sejenis tycoon yang mengharuskan kita membangun sesuatu gitu. Di awal main gue sempet takut karena ada kayak nyerang-nyerang desa lain dan sebagainya, gue parno-an banget dirampok. Tapi sekarang gue gak takut lagi karena ternyata ngerampok orang itu seru (loh!?) dan gue dapet lebih banyak resources dengan ngerampok daripada dengan usaha sendiri. Sumpah ini jangan ditiru di dunia nyata. Tapi ada juga hal positif yang gue pelajarin disini... Harta kita gak akan abis karena kita punya tambang dan segala sesuatu jadi jangan cipe-cipe pelit-pelit dan gausah takut untuk ambil resiko. Selain itu temen-temen gue yang main COC di kelas ternyata punya clan sendiri yaitu S.P.A.T.I.O.N. dan mereka baik-baik (dan imba-imba) banget. Salut deh gue sama mereka. Gue akan mengejar kalian! Dalam rangka menyambut Natal, maka COC punya soundtrack sleigh balls gitu dan gue suka banget pake earphone dengerin soundtracknya doang. Kayaknya malah gue suka nonton film Natal karena bunyi lonceng dan segala efek-efeknya itu deh.. Jadi gak sabar mau main lagi :3 *eh*

Kemudian gue juga berencana untuk baca banyak manga di liburan ini setelah di supply sama temen gue si Andrie serta baca ulang komik yang gue punya. Hal lain yang gue punya untuk mengisi liburan adalah baca-baca, mulai dari baca PDF mengenai OCD (what a shame!) hingga baca buku Geografi yang udah gue fotokopi itu. Gue bener-bener harus baca buku ini supaya gak buang-buang duit asal fotokopi..

Kalo gue lihat-lihat, kayaknya gue lumayan yakin kalo liburan ini gue gak bakal cengo sana sini kayak liburan-liburan sebelumnya. Banyak banget kegiatan yang gue punya. Selain itu karena gue udah capek banget selama 2 minggu-yang-saking-capeknya-gue-ngomong-dua-kali-di-postingan-ini gue cukup yakin kalau liburan ini bisa banget gue manfaatkan untuk merefresh otak gue. Gue juga cukup aware akan fisik gue sih selama liburan ini... bisa makin mendekati Felix nih.

BY THE WAYY, gak kerasa banget gue udah satu semester di kelas 11 ini. Seriusan gak berasa. Gue gak sekolah sekitar 2 bulan dan ada lagi waktu gak kepake kayak gini nyaris sebulan. What the hell did I do this whole semester...

Tuesday, July 9, 2013

Happy Holiday!

Hello, there!


Gak sangka.. Ternyata gue udah liburan selama 3 minggu aja. Dan minggu depan udah mulai masuk! Oh, tidakk! Harus kembali lagi ke rutinitas biasanya, begadang untuk ulangan dan tugas-tugas besok.. Tapi untungnya adalahh, ehem, bertemu dengan teman-teman! Worst part-nya sih tetep, temennya ganti.. Dan parahnya lagi, gue masuk dalam kelompok minoritas. Yep, mayoritas teman-teman gue masuk IPS!


Selain itu dapat dipastikan kalau tahun depan ini gue akan lebih sibuk kareenaaaa... gue terpilih menjadi tim OSN mewakili DKI Jakarta! :D Seneng banget rasanya huahaha apalagi dapet kaosnya huehehe.

Oke, jadi selama liburan ini gue gak merasa bosan. Sama sekali. Berbeda dengan hari-hari biasanya dimana gue merasa gak jelas mau ngapain. Bayangkan, saking sibuknya sampe gaada waktu untuk beresin buku!

Gue suka banget baca buku. Jadi gue selalu mengusahakan untuk membaca buku. Untuk liburan tahun ini, jujur aja, bukunya kebanyakan.. Terkadang gue sampe stress sendiri melihat tulisan sebanyak itu. Tapi tetep dong, once bookworm is always bookworm! Buku-buku yang gue baca antara lain: Negeri 5 Menara, Ranah 3 Warna, Divergent, The Naked Traveler 1, The Naked Traveler 2, The Naked Traveler 4, Cado-cado 1, Mortal Instrument: City of Bones, Bakuman 03, Conan 01, Cross Game 11, Cross Game 15, Cross Game 16, Cross Game 17, dan ini belom termasuk 1 buku lagi yang belom dibuka dari segelnya.. Sebagian emang minjem sih, tapi hei! Gue berhasil ngoleksi TNT dari nomor 1 sampai 4! Gue dari dulu pengen banget bisa ngoleksi serial travelling ini. Ngomong-ngomong Cross Game itu gue beli di Gramedia, pas banget dapet padahal katanya udah gak ada stok.. Dan lo harus tau kalo bukunya gue beli di obralnya Gramedia, bahkan ada yang harganya cuma Rp 3000!

Gak cuma buku dalam bentuk fisik, gue juga baca manga online. Ahya, gue menemukan link untuk baca online baru! Yaitu kissmanga.com dimana lo bisa baca manga 1 chapter di satu page sekaligus, pastinya bisa lebih cepet karena gak harus loading terus menerus, cocok untuk yang koneksi internetnya lemot kayak gue :p

Friday, February 22, 2013

Dufan part 2: D-Day!

Yak setelah sibuk ulangan dan ini itu, akhirnya hari ini gue dapet waktu luang (thanks God it's Friday!) untuk ngeblog. Sesuai dengan yang udah gue janjikan di post sebelumnya, gue bakal menceritakan tentang semua kejadian selama gue di Dufan bareng temen-temen X5 Crowded kemarin.

Satu hal yang pasti, dan terbukti: seru abis.


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Janjiannya sih mau jam setengah 7, tapi ya janji cuma janji dan akhirnya kita baru pada ngumpul jam setengah 8. Tapi baguslah, ngaretnya gak lama-lama amat. Setelah udah pada ngumpul, ternyata ada tambahan 1 orang yaitu Rond anak X7. Kita fix berangkat pake bus transjakarta, yang ternyata masih rame.. Tapi ramenya gak over sih karena emang udah bukan jam masuk anak sekolah dan rata-rata udah pada ngejar yang bus pagi. Cewek dan cowok otomatis juga kepisah di bus bagian depan dan belakang. By the way, gue baru tau kalo ada semacam layar gitu di halte busway Slamet Riyadi (mungkin juga di halte sibuk lainnya) yang memberi info soal berapa menit lagi bus datang dari Ancol atau dari Kampung Melayu gitu. Yah meskipun kurang berguna juga.. Karena kemarin itu tulisannya '2 menit' terus padahal ditunggu 10 menit juga gak muncul-muncul. Meskipun begitu ternyata cukup membantu juga karena kita jadi tau, kalo misalnya tulisannya kosong semua artinya busnya juga kosong. Memang waktunya gak akurat tapi kami cukup yakin soal busnya kosong itu, karena tulisannya gaada. Akhirnya kita memutuskan untuk naik yang menuju Kampung Melayu lalu kita muter langsung dari sana. Tadaa.. Ancol, here we come!


Setelah empet-empetan sampe gue sesek napas... Akhirnya bus agak lowong dan gue langsung berkumpul ke rombongan temen-temen gue, karena tadi gue misah gitu gara-gara busnya keramean. Terus gue diceritain Febby... "Na, lo harus tau tadi si Vicky ngegodain si abang buswaynya!" "Hah?" "Iya, dia sampe mintai pin bbnya!" emang Vicky pake BB... Wkwkw gila emang. Tapi akhirnya..... Bus sepi juga. Dan sampailah kita di Ancol setelah berdesek-desekan!!!


Gila gak nyangka kita beneran sampe di Dufan, ber-20 pula.

Waktu kita nyampe masih jam 9 pagi dan tadinya kita mau sepedaan, tapi ternyata pada bilang kalo misalkan kita sepedaan sekarang, nanti kecapekan disana. Akhirnya kita foto-foto doang dan gak kerasa 1 jam telah berlalu. Udah jam 10 dan kita memutuskan masuk ke Dufan. Begitu masuk pintu gerbang, ternyata kita ketemu Starbucks. Dan.... seperti tahun lalu, hanya dengan menunjukkan kartu masuk kita bisa beli yang seharga Rp 10.000 dan tentunya dengan size yang jauh lebih kecil. Tapi gapapa. Gue memutuskan beli Coffe Frappuccino.

Coffee Frappuccino-nya gue sama Katrin

Gue sama Katrin udah norak-norak aja, terus gue ngaku deh sama dia, "Ga maksud norak ya, tapi ini pertama kali gue beli Starbucks...." "..GUE JUGA NA!!!" wakakaka I am not alone! Tapi rasanya biasa aja ah....

Tiba-tiba pada teriak katanya udah buka Dufannya. Kita semua akhirnya masuk tuh ke Dufan, dan.. udah kayak milik sendiri, jir. Sepi banget Dufannya! As expected!

Setelah itu kita buru-buru masuk untuk main Kora-kora. Ngeri abis, gue tapi penasaran sih pengen lagi, tapi selalu deh pas ngantri langsung lemes kaki gue, gak mau diajak melangkah. Nyali gue langsung ciut. Gue juga cuma berani duduk di paling tengah. Sumpah ya, naik Kora-kora itu emang sih ga nyeremin amat tapi pusing kalo liat ke bawah.. Gelinya juga...

Selesai naik Kora-kora.... Bom-bom car! Gue naik sama Vira yang gak mau naik sendiri. Pertamanya sih gue yang nyetir, lalu di pertengahan si Vira mau nyetir, yaudah gue kasih. Pas Vira nyetir... ngeri abis. Dia entah dengan sengaja ataupun tidak nabrak mobil orang terus, bagai menyerahkan diri ditabrak gitu. Udah gitu kuku gue hampir patah gara-garanya. "Udeh Vir sini gue aja yang nyetir!" gue panik. Eh tiba-tiba waktu mainnya habis. Okay..


Selepas dari main bom-bom car pada mau main Hysteria, yang terima kasih Tuhan, belum beroperasi. Gue akhirnya ngajak yang lain main Alap-alap. Alap-alap itu roller coaster yang buat anak kecil, semacam Halilintar mini dehh. Karena gue suka banget roller coaster tapi gak berani naik Halilintar, gue suka banget sama Alap-alap dari kecil. Gue kalap main Alap-alap. Eh itu kalimatnya berima ya..



Karena temen-temen gue juga pada kalap main kicir-kicir, gue juga gamau tau dong. Gue yang juga gak berani naik Kicir-kicir main Alap-alap sampe tiga kali! Ah seru banget, gue nyobain di paling depan, tengah, sama belakang. Breh, gue baru tau kalo duduk di paling belakang itu paling seru, paling kerasa sensasinya. Mantap!


Kemudian kita beranjak ke... Gajah Beledug! Seru, dan entah kenapa gajah gue ga mau naik turun... Tiba-tiba kita nyampe di Istana Boneka. Sebetulnya banyak yang serem tapi karena pilihannya cuma itu atau poci-poci, gue ikut yang Istana Boneka lah.. Di Istana Boneka itu.. serem abis. Boneka anak kecilnya mirip Chucky semua. Elis udah ketakutan aja tuh sama Febby. Udah gitu tiba-tiba baju kita jadi pada glow in the dark masa.. Sewaktu sudah agak lama di atas perahu, kita semua mulai iseng. Satu per satu turun dari perahu dan mulai manjat-manjatin ke panggung. Uh, seru abis!

Di atas panggung Istana Boneka

Ada kejadian menarik disini.... Tepen muntah. Baru pertama kali gue menemukan kejadian ada orang yang muntah selagi naik perahu di Istana Boneka. Katanya sih mabuk laut. Dimana lautnya, pen.. Hahaha! Ternyata selain Josh dan gue, ada juga yang gampang pusing.

Detik-detik sebelum hoekk moment.

Yowiss, langsunglah rombongan kami menuju Rumah Cermin. Serem abis disini, antara takut ditakutin sama ga nemu jalan keluar. Bedeh. Untungnya rombongan. Setelah selamat dari Rumah Cermin, kami langsung menuju Rumah Miring yang memang terletak berdekatan. Disini udah banyak yang teriak takut mual dan sebagainya, gue juga takut sih. Kita buru-buru dan.... tiba-tiba langsung keluar. Perasaan dulu tuh disini gak secepet itu deh, ini belom 10 detik aja kelar.

Kemudian gue ngikut yang lain jalan lagi. Kayaknya sih mereka mau main Halilintar.. Untungnya dapet ke 4D duluan dan menonton Happy Feet. Jujur ya, feel-nya lebih dapet itu kalo nonton yang gelondongan kayu, yang ini gue cuma ngakak-ngakak doang, gak serem-_-

Keluar dari 4D, gue dipaksa naik Ontang-anting. Sebenernya gue takut banget kalo pusing, apalagi kata Katrin Ontang-anting itu bikin pusing banget. Tapi ternyata kata Katrin yang bikin pusing itu bukan wahana yang ini, makanya gue berani coba. Ternyata... seru juga! Emang sih rada pusing apalagi awal-awalnya, aduh ampunnnnn! Tapi gue menemukan cara supaya gak pusing, yaitu dengan menatap objek bergerak kayak kita, jadi kita ga sepusing kalo liat awan, misalnya. Ini salah satu contoh teori relativitas nihh. Kalo misalnya kalian di mobil, jok mobil kalian akan terasa diam, tapi pas nengok ke depan pohon-pohon bergerak jauh ke belakang. Gue naik Ontang-anting sampe dua kali, dan ternyata seru juga.. Malahan bukan gue yang pusing. Haha ternyata gue strong juga!

Turun dari Ontang-anting, si Inang dengan gila masih naik 1 putaran lagi, sambil main hape. Iya, sambil main hape. Gilaa, orang-orang puyeng dia malah ngapel! Tapi akhirnya Inang turun juga dan dia ga naik lagi, kita langsung makan ke McD. Ah, gue udah mual banget gara-gara telat makan. Tapi akhirnya kita makan!^^ Sempet nyesel sih gak beli burger, tapi gapapa, gue sukses menghemat hehehe. Di McD kita lumayan lama, gue semeja sama Icha, Vira, Tepen, dan Deryan. Kita nongkrong dulu dan gue (sambil nyomotin kentang mereka) ngobrol dengan asik, sampe lupa gue kita ngobrolin apaan.

Keluar dari McD, ternyata di samping McD itu ada Perang Bintang, jadi langsunglah kita hajar. Sekali lagi ya ditegaskan, sama sekali gak ngantri. Dufan milik Crowded! Ahahaha. Disana akhirnya gue mengerti gimana cara main Perang Bintang, karena selama ini gue bingung.. Kok ngga ada apa-apa tiba-tiba gue dapet poin.. Atau, kok adek gue poinnya lebih banyak.. Gue tau itu ada target hijau yang harus ditembak, masalahnya gue ga bisa ngeliat pistol gue nembak kemana. Tapi ternyata ada laser berwarna merah dari pistol kita. Akhirnya gue mengerti. Yeah.

Perang Bintang. Aldo dan Deryan lagi ngapel.

Karena udah dari awal Perang Bintang pada bilang kebelet, akhirnya kita, terutama yang cewek-cewek, pergi ke WC. Kemudian karena masih kenyang akibat makan tadi, kita memutuskan naik yang ringan-ringan dulu, seperti Burung Tempur. Sebenernya sih ini sejenis Gajah Beledug ya... Ohya, lagi-lagi burung gue (kok enakan ngomong 'gajah gue' ya) gak bisa naik turun! Argh, kena kutukan apa sih. Gue juga satu Burung (serius ngomongnya gak enak) sama Josh.... yang mohon-mohon barengan karena dia juga takut. Wakakak! Kemudian karena dia takut Jenny, ─ceweknya─ cemburu. Sampe-sampe pas gak mau difoto segala, karena gue ogah rugi, yaudah gue suruh aja Icha yang ada di Burung (uhh) depan untuk nutupin si Josh. Dapet deh 1 foto!


Di belakang Icha ada yang lagi ngumpet

Ah, jadi inget. Pas gue baru balik dari WC, Icha tiba-tiba manggil gue, "Na! Itu cewek apa cowok sih?" dan sayangnya gue gak keliatan orangnya, takut juga sih kalo gue jadi nyari-nyari gitu. Nah pas naik Burung Tempur itu gue ngeliat dibawah orang yang dimaksud Icha. Aduh, dunia seperti mau kiamat. Gue juga pernah menjumpai orang-orang seperti itu pas tahun lalu ke Dufan. Apa di Dufan banyak orang seperti itu? Di detik itu juga gue menetapkan peraturan nomor 1 dalam hidup gue: gak mau kerja di Dufan. Kecuali jadi yang punya Dufan..

Pemandangan pantai Ancol dari atas Bianglala
Ngomong-ngomong soal yang punya Dufan, gue jadi inget kalo pembicaraan ini pernah terjadi. Setelah naik Burung Tempur, ternyata temen-temen gue yang lain pada mau naik semacam piring yang diputer-puter. Aduh gue gak tahan deh jadinya gue ngajak Josh, Steven (yang baru muntah ituu), sama Deryan untuk main Bom-bom Car lagi. Sialnya, tempatnya agak rame. Emang sih gak rame yang gimana-gimana tapi untuk ukuran Dufan yang sepi banget itu, gue dan teman-teman jadi males untuk ngantri bahkan biarpun cuma 10 menit. Akhirnya kita naik.. Bianglala! Tadinya Bianglala mau dijadikan pilihan terakhir untuk sekalian melihat sunset, tapi gue tidak menyesali pilihan ini kok huahaha. Di Bianglala dapet beberapa foto bagus dan ternyata temen-temen gue yang tadi lagi main Halilintar, jadilah kita main Bianglala. Sialnya selama di Bianglala kaki gue kram, jadi gak bisa menikmati panorama sampai gimana banget. Cuma gue sama yang lain jadi sadar kalo Dufan itu gede banget, apalagi Ancol-nya. Kita jadi mikirin seberapa banyak coba income si pemilik Dufan.

Kemudian daripada itu, untuk membentuk suatu Pemerintah Negara Republik Indonesia ternyata waktu telah menunjukkan pukul 14.40, gue langsung pergi ke Treasure Island: Temple of Fire dan kita nyiapin tempat untuk yang lain. Sewaktu lagi jalan tiba-tiba gue merasa ada yang manggil.. Ternyata ada Febby, Thingthing, Luisa, dan Vicky yang lagi naik Kora-kora. Yah bisa dibayangkan ya di tempat seluas itu bahkan teriak-teriak aja kedengeran, antara tempatnya yang sepi atau mereka pada toa. Jadinya gue duluan ke Treasure Island-nya. Dua menit sebelum show dimulai, datanglah mereka berempat. Rombongan yang tadi main Halilintar udah gak tau kemana, akhirnya mereka ketinggalan deh.

Awalnya itu show-nya krik banget. Bahkan sampai lampu panggungnya dimatiin dan udah pada mau keluar lagi, eh ternyata belum! Kemudian akhirnya sampai di bagian keren dimana panggungnya kebelah dua dan.. Panggung bagian dalamnya keren abis. Efek apinya bener-bener mantap, semuanya deh mantep. Seruan ini daripada yang Cowboy di Taman Safari, menurut gue sihh. Ngomong-ngomong pemeran ceweknya namanya Dora.. Dan pemeran utama cowoknya mirip Pak Margus..
Efek yang super duper.
Dan ini bukan efek ter-wah.

Bersama pemain Ozi.

Bersama pemain kece.

Setelah itu kita langsung keluar arena show, pas banget ngeliat Tornado. Akhirnya sembari menunggu temen-temen yang tadi kita tinggal, kita nonton orang naik Tornado deh. Lalu gue tanya ke Lui, "Eh perasaan dulu ini lebih ekstrem ya? Sampe diagonal gitu." Kemudian baru lah Lui cerita.. Ternyata dulu temen mamanya pernah liat ada 7 orang jatuh dari Tornado. Asli serem banget. Emang sih seperti gosip doang tapi coba deh, kalo misalnya gosip masa iya beneran jadi gak se-serem dulu? Selagi asik gosip, sampailah teman-teman yang lain. Ternyata mereka naik abis naik Kora-kora 2 kali berturut-turut. Gila berani abis.

Ternyata... ada juga temen gue yang mau naik Tornado! Gilaaa, mereka adalah pacarnya kakaknya Darryl, Darryl, Deryan, Inang, Vicky, Luisa, Yolanda, Elis, dan Icha. Entah apa ada yang ga kesebut, tapi serius, gue bangga menjadi ketua kelas mereka. Seumur-umur gak pernah tuh ada orang yang gue kenal berani main Tornado.

Pas mereka selesai main Tornado, mereka pada cerita. Sebenernya itu lebih pusing naik Kicir-kicir, tapi kalo di Tornado ngerinya itu jatuh, karena Icha bilang dia hampir molos sampai nahan pakai kaki. Nah yaudah nih, setelah Tornado kelar..... It's show time!

Tibalah ke momen yang paling gue tunggu, main Niagara-gara. Niagara-gara menduduki peringkat pertama mainan terekstrem yang paling gue suka. Asik aja gitu, dan seremnya gak lama-lama. Niagara-gara juga merupakan wahana paling ramai di Dufan, ngantrinya bisa sampai 30-40 menit, tapi karena nunggunya bareng temen, tetep asik dong XD. Seru banget mainnya, gue gak kebasahan gara-gara depan gue Aldo, dan untung juga karena depannya Aldo begitu nyungsep ke depan ada dia! Hahah :D

Begitu Niagara-gara kelar, anak-anak langsung menuju ke bagian klimaksnya, main Arung Jeram. Ternyata pas jalan kesana, pada tergoda untuk main Halilintar. Akhirnya gue cuma duduk nungguin Vira dan Icha ke toilet begitu anak-anak pada keluar abis main Halilintar. Ehh datanglah Thing-thing, yang dengan kata-kata ajaibnya bilang sama gue, "Ayo naik aja Na! Sumpah gue juga takut tapi ternyata kalo merem itu gak berasa apa-apa sama sekali!" Disusul sama temen-temen yang lain, "Kesempatan sekali doang loh Na! Mumpung diskon!" "Cuma 1 putaran!" akhirnya gue tergugah untuk naik.

Sekali lagi kalo belum jelas, NANA TERGUGAH MENCOBA NAIK HALILINTAR. Dan akhirnya gue berlarian kecil di tempat antrian, untuk naik Halilintar. Sempat ada Josh dan dia kaget gue naik Halilintar. Tapi serius deh, pas jalan itu kaki gue gak selemes ketika gue mau naik Kora-kora. Berdasarkan pengalaman Alap-alap, gue milih tempat duduk di paling depan. Emang sih sekilas paling serem tapi kalo di belakang itu lebih kerasa. Pas duduk gue udah mau turun lagi karena gue takut pas jungkir baliknya itu. Gue tanya sama Icha, apa kalo jungkir balik badan kita kayak turun gitu? Ternyata Icha bilang engga. Gue gajadi turun. Tapi gue cuma buka mata beberapa milidetik pertama, dan selebihnya gue tutup mata. Gak kerasa...... Tau-tau Halilintarnya berhenti, yak, gue baru saja memainkan wahana itu! Gilee, seru banget. Bukan seru sih, tapi seneng aja karena itu pembuktian.. Gue berani naik Halilintar! Asikkk!

Meskipun begitu tetep di hati gue, Alap-alap yang paling top markotop! Bukan apa-apa, kalo naik Alap-alap gue tetep bisa buka mata dan sensasinya berasa gitu wahaha.

Nah, tadi gue udah bilang kan kalo Arung Jeram itu klimaks kita? Setelah tertunda karena Halilintar, jadilah kita menaiki Arung Jeram. Gue udah bawa lengkap bajunya nih, gara-gara udah pernah kejadian gue main Arung Jeram eh gak bawa baju. Pertama mainnya itu gak basah. Awalnya udah mau udahan tapi karena masih banyak waktu, gue dan teman-teman naik lagi. Kemudian masih gak begitu basah, akhirnya naik lagi. Naik lagi. Naik lagi. Pokoknya ajakan, "Lagi yuk?" udah gak bakal ditolak deh. Sampai terakhir udah jam 6 kurang dan gue udah mau udahan. Ehh tiba-tiba anak-anak cowok pada dateng mau main lagi, tergoda lagi lah gue... Pas main sama anak-anak cowok itu baru deh bener-bener basah karena kesirem, selain itu pas dapet boat yang tengahnya bolong. Beuh. Tadinya gue kira itu terakhir kali main Arung Jeramnya, tapi karena belum tutup kita mau main yang buat penutupan. Ini bener-bener klimaks karena selain boat-nya bolong kita juga minta dicepetin. Di putaran terakhir ini selain basah banget kita juga mengucapkan wishes semoga anak-anak Crowded naik kelas semua. Bener deh gue ngerasa beruntung banget karena pergi hari itu dan... gak rela kehilangan mereka.

Setelah itu udah bener-bener gelap dan Arung Jeram-nya juga udah tutup. Setelah ganti baju, kita berbenah dan meres-meres baju. Gue jadi mengerti perasaan mbak gue, mama gue, nyuci celana jeans yang sedemikian berat dan susah untuk diperes.

Ohya, ngomong-ngomong kita juga ngitungin tuh main Arung Jeram sampai berapa kali.. Dan menurut berbagai sumber....

GUE MAIN ARUNG JERAM SAMPAI 8 KALI.

Bener-bener hari yang gila, sekaligus seru. Selagi gue sibuk berbenah ternyata temen-temen gue lagi pada naik Hysteria, lalu kita pulang deh setelah sebelumnya foto-foto di Bianglala yang juga ga sempet dinaikin mereka, tapi gue udah.. Hehehe.

Mantap
Sebenernya sempet nyesek karena mainan remeh temeh yang bagus untuk foto-foto, seperti Merry Go Round malah ga bisa dimainin. Tapi tetep asikkk apalagi bagian Arung Jeramnya! :3

Pulang-pulang perut gue udah keroncongan dan terselamatkan oleh rotinya Vina. Kita naik bus transjakarta yang gak sepenuh tahun lalu. Gue dapet tempat duduk kali ini karena emang udah capek banget dan sebelumnya kram lagi untuk keempat kalinya (kram ketiga terjadi saat mengantri arung jeram untuk kesekian kalinya). Gue dan beberapa teman yang lain turun di halte Slamet Riyadi yang ada di depan FV karena emang banyak di antara kami yang pulangnya dijemput disitu. Dari FV gue, Luisa, dan Icha naik taksi sampai ke depan rumah masing-masing. Syukurlah karena emang udah capek dan laper banget.. Pulangnya gue langsung mandi dengan heboh gara-gara gosipnya sih air di Arung Jeram itu air danau. Kemudian setelah main sebentar gue langsung tepar. Bener-bener bersyukur udah menyicil PR untuk hari Kamis..

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Seru banget jalan-jalan kali ini! Emang sih kurang foto nih, tapi untungnya ada htc Deryan dengan kamera yang canggih banget. Bener-bener ngerasain yang namanya quality time di sini apalagi bagian Arung Jeram :p

Gue juga gak bakal lupa kalo pertama kali gue ke Dufan berani naik Ontang-anting sama Halilintar itu pas bareng Crowded! Gila, naik Halilintar itu udah kayak Mission Impossible kali buat gue. Makasih banyak untuk semuanya, Tuhan memberkati kita! Amin!