Tuesday, 25 August 2015

I Have Never Been A Beach Girl


Burned face, wet clothes, sand leftover in your pants, salty water, wind that possibly makes you catch a cold; what is so good from beach? Everytime people ask about my kind of holiday escape -- mountain or beach -- I confidently say: mountain! Yet, in my opinion, some visit to certain famous beaches is necessary. Living in Jakarta for past seven years, sounds silly if I never come to Kepulauan Seribu, doesn't it?

Disturbing picture alert: this post will show description unrelated to attached pictures. Don't get confused.

Friday, 21 August 2015

A Drop of Ambon Manise


Waiselaka Spring, Ambon
Working during new year holiday may sometimes be a great experience. I visited Ambon, the capital city of Maluku of Indonesia on duty right at the beginning of this year, 30 December 2014 to 2 January 2015.

Bangkok, 4 October 2014

Chao Phraya river is much more better at night than day. This day I got more opportunity to explore it.

Saturday, 4 October 2014
After an tiresome yet awesome trip to Pattaya a day before, our group had a bit full list-to-visit places this day. One place with another was not located in one area and this day's mobility was so high. To help with this, we relied on two transportation mods: taxis and tuktuk.

View from tuktuk. It was a bit uncivilised for four persons.
To summarise our visited places this day...
1. Ananta Samakhom Throne Hall
2. Pratunam Market
3. Asiatique
4. Khaosan Road

Thursday, 20 August 2015

Trio

Malang, 8 August 2015
This is the first picture of September 2012 batch taken in this year's division outing, 8 August 2015 in Malang, Jawa Timur. In fact, from 7 (of 17 persons) left until today, only three of us participated in current year's event. Right after this moment, I realised that a pretty similar picture was taken a year before.
Belitong, 13 September 2014
This was us, a year back: my first picture of the batch in outing year 2014. The difference was, due to flight schedules, we were separated in different groups, leaving me with three of us in one group tour together. During outing, chance was so little for me to see the rest of my batch. Spot any differences, huh?

Saturday, 16 May 2015

Cinta itu apa, sih?

Translated to English, the title above means: What is love?
Well, basically, I'm not at all an expert of this: got my first ever romance at 22nd and ended up a mess. And single ever since. But okay, instead of me, this post should be about my thoughts.

It was started years ago with a conversation of a girl with her lover.
A: I love you.
B: What is love? What do you know about it?
A: I don't know.
And this question imprinted in her brain unanswered.

As time goes by, when romance evaporated to the air, leaving the heart with remaining facts, mind took its responsibility to think.

Being here and learnt, I believe that love has different meanings for each of its bearer. It's not something to be generally described, and yes, it's a mystery. It does not have a specific form: its definition will change by time, by place, and by what has happened on the journey of it. Thus, such factors need to be considered in any answer on the question.

For me, here, now, and with my past experience, when someone asks me what is love, I will confidently answer:
McDonald's crispy chicken.

If you have chemistry you only need one other thing - timing. But timing's a bitch. ~Robin Scherbatsky of How I Met Your Mother
We don't always experience love in the first sight, but where is the one before? They're not--of course--not exist. There is a time in life when we see someone differently from different angle and if the universe means it, we fall in love in a sudden. With that McD's chicken, I used to hate it. But once I ate it in the right moment, snap snap I just fall.

No matter where you are or what you're doing - or who you're with - it doesn't matter; it doesn't change it, I always have and I always will, honestly, truly, completely - love you! ~Rosie Dunne of Love, Rosie
It's more unconditional than conditional. Previous sentence means we always have reason to love, one without a strong base. With all qualities a person has, and I believe many more out there possess similar qualities, you choose the person. Why? I don't know. Most people don't. And exactly with McD's chicken: there are many similar products out there--each with its own advantages--but I always choose it.

I will never be the woman with the perfect hair, who can wear white and not spill on it. ~Carrie Bradshaw of Sex and the City
You don't always fall to a perfect person, but many things can make the romance memorable, unforgettable, irreplaceable--mention anything you can!--with the one you love being center of your them all. It's not always be easy but there's always be a way to work it out. The chicken itself may be imperfect, but with one or other things--salt, pepper or sauce--it is most enjoyable.

Are you trying to make me diabetic or just fat? ~Paige Collins of The Vow
Love is not always healthy. It freezes brain, shakes mind, breaks heart and at some points, it literally does all. Despite all of those side effects, a right dose of love give you ticklish butterfly effect! McD's chicken is junkfood. But hey, it's okay to eat in reasonable amount: we need happiness it gives.

I miss you. Not that simple I miss you, but the one where I feel such a painful ache, wishing you were here with me, holding tight. The "I miss you" where that feeling just doesn't really go away. ~Holly Reilly-Kennedy of P.S. I Love You
Once in a lonely night, you miss the one to accompany you, to warm you, just like what my McD's chickens do.