February 18, 2017

A day has changed and I am still here, cannot sleep. A quite high and bustle transaction with some problems and a mistake I almost committed. But since last night is Friday night and Saturday is just began, I can still listen to some smooth playlist from my phone. I just randomly choose Indonesian acoustic songs from Joox.

Nothing makes me feeling more excited than knowing next month, I will have my next trip. Not a big one and I am not going alone. I will just join an open trip with one of my friend. So, about this trip, I have actually planned a week after my last trip ended. I just wanted to square off my position and thought about how much I should save my money and what place would be my next target. Then I found an open trip going to this place. In fact, I really set my eyes to see their annual festival which I think it is so unique though a little bit scary and risky. Thank God, I am allowed to take my leaves for this ritual. This can also be my chance for my feet to step up in a new place, new island I have never been to before.

Since I am joining a tour, I don't have to worry about how to get to the best destinations they have, no need to be scared of getting lost, no more drama of crying because the inn is dirty and spooky. All is set up. Round trip tickets already also been purchased.

Maybe some people would be quiet curious how I can take my days off from work and how I can pay for all those miscellaneous expense of my journey. Well, yeah I work, I earn money, and I pray that God gives me His blessing so that I can always live in prosperity upon the whole things I've got.

I am not a travel writer, journalist, nor working in National Geographic who can have journey purely because it's their job they gotta do. I am not having any sponsor except under a sponsorship of my own and my parents (whom sometimes take pity on me and end up giving me some money to at least I can use for paying half of my accommodation expenses). That's why from now on, I am trying to least using my money. I will take it out restrictively only for things I need. For example, since I still have packages of Toraja coffee, I will be sipping it happily and just sit in my bedroom instead of buying a glass of coffee latte or cappuccino at a fancy coffee shop. While this month, I don't allocate my budget to buy any kind of clothes, shoes, accessories, skin care, or makeup. But when my friends are asking me to hang out to any place they want, ofc I cannot resist it wkwkwkwk. Hey, their time is so precious especially when your old friends want to meet you and you never know when they will be available in the future :")

Then, in April, I also have plan going to Solo and Semarang with my office friends.

Let's keep working, do your job well!

February 15, 2017

Holaaaaa....

After some fierce campaign in Indonesia capital’s gubernatorial election, today is the D-Day of people lining up at the polling ballot booths. The quick count has stated the incumbent and another candidate No. 3 will be going to the second round. Well, I just hope the next round will not be inserted by any black campaign, some racist issues, and religion attack to the minority as a target. I am just trying to be more realistic and not so that conservative facing the problematic town I see these days.

I actually want to tell the whole story of my last trip to Kalimantan and Sulawesi back in January. I was having my consecutive leave for this fiscal year and that would be expired by the end of March. Neither did I ever expect that I would end up in Kalimantan nor Sulawesi.

So the story began when I begged to my parents to buy a ticket to South Korea. They then told me whom I went to be going with. I simply said, I could go with Mas Asong. Then my dad asked me what the other ticket promo options were. Gue bilang, "Banyak, Pak ada yang ke Korea Selatan, Jepang, London, sampe ke Belanda pun ada".

For the first time my dad surprised me by saying, "Why don't you buy ticket to London and visit Sarath there?" and suddenly I was kind of "WHAT? Really? You allowed me to go there? But you will pay for the ticket, won't you?". He said "Yes, but please ask your brother to join".

Gile gak tuh gue rasanya kayak disodorin jodoh di depan mata saking senengnya wkwkwkwk padahal gak tau sih rasanya disodorin jodoh tuh kayak gimana. Intinya seneng banget lah. Sayangnya, gue cuma bisa cuti 5 hari plus weekend 2 hari.7 hari broooo mana cukup keliling Europe tapi gue coba kalkulasi harinya dulu. Akhirnya gue muter otak, buka internet, bikin table buat itinerary. Yang pasti gue masukin adalah visit Sarath and Chrisna who (in fact) currently live in Bremen, and of course Pete in Dresden. Sumpah miss him banget dan dia udah ilang 2 tahun ini. Gue juga nanya Sarath gimana kira-kira kalo cuma punya waktu seminggu. Dia bilang emang sayang sih and I really knew that it was such a waste of money karena tiketnya udah mehong tapi lo gak bisa eksplor maksimal. Akhirnya yaudah setelah gue begadang bikin itinerary, gue membatalkan niat itu.

Akhirnya gue bilang ke nyokap mau ke Korsel aja sendiri karena Mas Asong gak dapet cuti and nobody else crossed my mind to be my companion at that time. Trus kata nyokap "Why do you always to go abroad sih dek? C'mon Indonesia has more beautiful places than out there". Oh oke yaudah gue bilang, "Oke kalo aku gak boleh ke Korsel, aku bakal ke Kalimantan ya". Trus nyokap jawab "Kalimantan? Ada apa emang ke Kalimantan? Udah lah dek mbok pergi ke Solo aja gak usah jauh-jauh". Ngek ngok kan zzzzz -__-

Emosi dong gue kan. Gue bilang "Yaudah deh bu nih ya aku kasih gambaran kalo di Korsel itu, ibu gak perlu kuatir karena public transportation is everywhere. Aku juga akan ke tourist area for sure kayak waktu di Vietnam atau Kamboja dulu aja. Kalo mau keliling, aku bisa ikutan travel. Sedangkan di Kalimantan itu angkot super duper susah, lokasi antar satu destinasi ke destinasi lainnya jauh banget. Nah ibu sekarang pilih lebih rela aku ke Korsel apa Kalimantan". Then she seemed to be confused before finally saying, "Udah lah dek mending di rumah aja atau ke Solo". Yeah, beat my ego because I bought a ticket to Banjarmasin right after that. My parents didn't know. Only one way to Banjarmasin while I had no idea where I would be coming back from.