Thursday, July 17, 2014
Change
Its easier to stay in the same place
In a place called comfort zone
with the usual things
with the common people
and when its time to change...
things get harder
that place looks so cold
all around filled with unknown people
Wisdom words said its good so we can upgrade our level in our life
but still things get blurry lately
can not see the light yet
can not figure out what is the story behind this yet
Monday, July 14, 2014
Thursday, July 10, 2014
Behind That Smiling Face
Im trying to hide my pain
and I choose to scream in my heart for the unfair things I've already seen
I laugh but I know something is broken deep down
I keep asking why
but it seems like I already know the answer
I remember someone said,
'smiling doesnt always mean Im okay, but I try to be okay'
That's true. Cause I try really hard to be okay right now...
Wednesday, July 09, 2014
Untukmu Indonesia
Ada yang beda dari aku yang biasanya beberapa bulan terakhir ini. Something different that brings me for today. Tinta ungu di jari kelingking tangan kiri adalah bukti perubahan itu.
Yep.. Im talking about Presidential Election in Indonesia which held today :)
Bertahun-tahun yang lalu semenjak aku dah punya kartu sakti yang namanya KTP, namaku dah terdaftar sebagai Pemilih Tetap di kota asalku tiap kali yang namanya Pemilihan Umum (Pemilu) berlangsung. Dari pemilihan bupati lah, gubernur lah, anggota legislatif lah sampai presiden dan wakil presiden.
Pertama kali memilih itu waktu aku umur 18 tahun. Seingat aku pemilihan anggota legislatif. Namanya masih bau kencur gak pedulian tuh siapa orangnya. Beberapa orang terdekat nganjurin aku milih si A, ada juga yang bilang si B aja trus si C, dll. Tapi satu pun dari mereka gak ada yang aku kenal.
Tiba di bilik. Liat nama mereka, liat partainya trus liat mukanya. Well.. aku ingat aku lagi suka sama satu partai jaman itu dulu. Trus liat namanya dan nebak-nebak mana yang paling baik. Intinya akhirnya aku ngeliat nama dan marganya juga. Bodo amat lah. Namanya juga masih newbie. Seperti itu kira-kira pikiran aku.
Masuk tahun-tahun berikutnya pas aku dah kuliah keluar kota ada lagi beberapa pemilihan. Tapi kebanyakan aku gak ikut dengan alasan kuliah. Males banget pulang sehari doang demi memilih orang-orang yang gak aku kenal.
Lama kelamaan yang namanya Pemilu itu buat aku hanya hari libur doang. Gak penting ngurusin wakil-wakil yang nampang wae foto-fotonya dimana-mana. Bikin eneg. Pokoknya pemilu itu artinya asikk libur brarti gue bisa bangun siang atau jjs ama temen-temen :p
Itu dulu. Namun, diawal April lalu saya mulai tertarik melihat pergolakan politik di Indonesia. Dulunya yang namanya politik itu sangat membosankan buat aku. Pengen muntah liat berita yang menunjukkan beberapa politikus. Kok kayaknya gak ada yang bener. Kok janjinya janji palsu. Kok gak memberi contoh. Kok mukanya keliatan baik banget ternyata bejat. Kok wakil rakyat tapi sama sekali gak mewakili rakyat.
Demikianlah beberapa pikiran-pikiranku sampai ke titik 'sebodo amatlah'. Nonton berita ngeliat berita tentang masyarakat aja. Kalo da menjurus ke arah petinggi-petinggi langsung ganti ke kartun atau nonton DVD drama Korea aja. hehe..
Kembali lagi ke April tahun ini. Pemilihan legislatif tahun ini sempat membuatku berniat untuk ikut. Tapi lagi-lagi karna ketidakmautauan calon-calon wakil rakyat itu aku memutuskan putih saja. Bedanya aku mengikuti hasilnya. Melihat quick count partai mana yang memperoleh suara terbanyak.
Setelah hasil finalnya diumumkan, aku kembali mengikuti kira-kira siapa calon-calon yang akan dicalonkan sebagai RI 1 dan RI 2. Mulailah terlihat siapa dengan siapa yang berkoalisi dan menancapkan cakar mereka. Dan akhirnya di awal Juni kemarin aku mulai tertarik dengan salah satu tokoh. Aku yang biasanya buka internet untuk sosial media atau nyari bahan buat kerjaan tiba-tiba mulai baca-baca artikel tentang beliau dan pendapat-pendapat orang-orang lain yang menuangkan pikirannya lewat blog tentang si orang itu.
Ingatanku kembali teringat ke kota kecil di awal tahun 2011 lalu saat aku mengunjungi kota yang menjadi saksi hasil kerja keras orang itu. Aku memang gak sampai sehari berada disana but I was impressed.
Aku tau aku udah menjatuhkan pilihan saat itu. Pilihan yang bener-bener murni dari pencarian dan keinginan untuk mengenal sosok orang itu meski lewat tulisan-tulisan dan status-satus sahabat-sahabat di sosial media.
Untuk pertama kalinya aku excited menyambut pemilu hari ini. Jauh-jauh hari aku meminta tolong Bapak untuk mengurus formulir A5 sebagai bukti aku menggunakan hak pilih di tempat aku sekarang. Akhirnya minggu lalu saat aku di Jogja diberitahu surat A5 sudah sampai. Aku pulang dari Jogja hari Sabtu pukul 6 sore. Aku tau mengurus form A5 ke kelurahan sebagai pemilih tambahan paling lambat 3 hari sebelum Pemilu. Itu artinya Minggu. Aku tinggal punya satu hari lagi.
Keesokan harinya aku berangkat ke kantor kelurahan dekat rumah. Nanya ke tetangga lalu nanya ke satpam komplek dan pad akhirnya nemu. Pintu kelurahan masih ditutup. Aku liat jam sudah hampir jam 9. Ckkckk.. speechless. Aku nanya ke orang dekat kelurahan dan bilang kantor baru buka jam 11. Akhirnya aku memutuskan ke tempat teman dulu sambil menunggu. Lalu kira-kira jam 12.30 saya kembali kesana dengan cuaca yang ampunnn panasnya. Macet lagi. Tapi bela-belain. Sampai di kantor kelurahan aku dirujuk ke kantor PPS (Panitia Pemungutan Suara). Aku menyerahkan form A5 lalu petugasnya minta fotocopy form A5 dan KTP. Dienggg.. aku belum fotocopy form A5 nya. Lalu pergilah aku keluar kantor dan nyari tukang fotocopy yang semuanya tutup berhubung hari Minggu. Aku ingat di daerah kampus kotaku pasti tukang fotocopian banyak yang buka.
Lalu aku naik angkot dan berhenti di daerah kampus tersebut dan fotocopy beberapa lembar A5 dan KTP untuk jaga-jaga. Naik angkot lagi kembali ke kantor kelurahan. Bersimbah keringat aku menyerahkan apa yang diminta. Lalu petugasnya menanyakan beberapa hal dan akhirnya menuliskan nomor tempat TPS aku.
Dan sampailah pagi tadi aku brangkat jam 11 nanya-nanya ke TPS terdekat dengan rumah yang bukan TPS ku. Petugas memberitahu lokasi TPS ku yang masuk gang dan melewati kuburan. Hihi.. Sampai disana disapa dengan muka jutek sama seorang ibu. Entah kenapa biarpun dijutekin aku tetap senyummm. Gak aku banget. Aku mah kalo dijutekin pasti balik ngejutekin. Yeiy..situ siapa?? Tapi hari ini beda. Aku tetap sabar meskipun pas dicek namaku ternyata gak ada didaftarnya. Si ibu bilang 'ntar aja ya jam 12 datang kesini'.
Aku liat jam. Satu jam lagi. Males banget nunggu dirumah. Aku memutuskan duduk di kursi tunggu. Kayaknya si ibunya terkejut melihat aku duduk dengan manis sambil ngeliatin mereka semua. Biasanya dalam situasi seperti itu aku akan bengong mikir ngelantur kemana-mana atau main HP. Tapi waktu itu aku duduk manis ngeliat petugas-petugasnya yang selalu pake bahasa Sunda.
Mungkin karna udah sepi kali ya, si ibunya trus manggil lalu bilang ke seorang bapak yang ternyata Ketua TPS nya buat nulis nama aku didaftar pemilih tambahan. Sambil melihat form A5 dan nanya tempat lahir, tanggal lahir, dst. Lalu aku disuruh nunggu. Beberapa menit kemudian namaku dipanggil. Kertas calon diserahkan. Masuk bilik dan buka kertasnya. Gak ngeliat sesuatu yang curang di kertas aku mencoblos nomor yang selama ini sudah ada di benakku.
Lalu keluar dan memasukkan kertas suara dan mencelupkan jari kelingking sebagai bukti aku sudah memberikan hak suara.
Lega? Jelas. Seneng? Pasti. Aku tau aku hanya pribadi yang amat kecil di negeri ini. Aku tau aku gak punya modal besar untuk membangun negeri ini. Yang aku punya hanya doa. Pengharapan.. Untukmu Indonesiaku :)
Yep.. Im talking about Presidential Election in Indonesia which held today :)
Bertahun-tahun yang lalu semenjak aku dah punya kartu sakti yang namanya KTP, namaku dah terdaftar sebagai Pemilih Tetap di kota asalku tiap kali yang namanya Pemilihan Umum (Pemilu) berlangsung. Dari pemilihan bupati lah, gubernur lah, anggota legislatif lah sampai presiden dan wakil presiden.
Pertama kali memilih itu waktu aku umur 18 tahun. Seingat aku pemilihan anggota legislatif. Namanya masih bau kencur gak pedulian tuh siapa orangnya. Beberapa orang terdekat nganjurin aku milih si A, ada juga yang bilang si B aja trus si C, dll. Tapi satu pun dari mereka gak ada yang aku kenal.
Tiba di bilik. Liat nama mereka, liat partainya trus liat mukanya. Well.. aku ingat aku lagi suka sama satu partai jaman itu dulu. Trus liat namanya dan nebak-nebak mana yang paling baik. Intinya akhirnya aku ngeliat nama dan marganya juga. Bodo amat lah. Namanya juga masih newbie. Seperti itu kira-kira pikiran aku.
Masuk tahun-tahun berikutnya pas aku dah kuliah keluar kota ada lagi beberapa pemilihan. Tapi kebanyakan aku gak ikut dengan alasan kuliah. Males banget pulang sehari doang demi memilih orang-orang yang gak aku kenal.
Lama kelamaan yang namanya Pemilu itu buat aku hanya hari libur doang. Gak penting ngurusin wakil-wakil yang nampang wae foto-fotonya dimana-mana. Bikin eneg. Pokoknya pemilu itu artinya asikk libur brarti gue bisa bangun siang atau jjs ama temen-temen :p
Itu dulu. Namun, diawal April lalu saya mulai tertarik melihat pergolakan politik di Indonesia. Dulunya yang namanya politik itu sangat membosankan buat aku. Pengen muntah liat berita yang menunjukkan beberapa politikus. Kok kayaknya gak ada yang bener. Kok janjinya janji palsu. Kok gak memberi contoh. Kok mukanya keliatan baik banget ternyata bejat. Kok wakil rakyat tapi sama sekali gak mewakili rakyat.
Demikianlah beberapa pikiran-pikiranku sampai ke titik 'sebodo amatlah'. Nonton berita ngeliat berita tentang masyarakat aja. Kalo da menjurus ke arah petinggi-petinggi langsung ganti ke kartun atau nonton DVD drama Korea aja. hehe..
Kembali lagi ke April tahun ini. Pemilihan legislatif tahun ini sempat membuatku berniat untuk ikut. Tapi lagi-lagi karna ketidakmautauan calon-calon wakil rakyat itu aku memutuskan putih saja. Bedanya aku mengikuti hasilnya. Melihat quick count partai mana yang memperoleh suara terbanyak.
Setelah hasil finalnya diumumkan, aku kembali mengikuti kira-kira siapa calon-calon yang akan dicalonkan sebagai RI 1 dan RI 2. Mulailah terlihat siapa dengan siapa yang berkoalisi dan menancapkan cakar mereka. Dan akhirnya di awal Juni kemarin aku mulai tertarik dengan salah satu tokoh. Aku yang biasanya buka internet untuk sosial media atau nyari bahan buat kerjaan tiba-tiba mulai baca-baca artikel tentang beliau dan pendapat-pendapat orang-orang lain yang menuangkan pikirannya lewat blog tentang si orang itu.
Ingatanku kembali teringat ke kota kecil di awal tahun 2011 lalu saat aku mengunjungi kota yang menjadi saksi hasil kerja keras orang itu. Aku memang gak sampai sehari berada disana but I was impressed.
Aku tau aku udah menjatuhkan pilihan saat itu. Pilihan yang bener-bener murni dari pencarian dan keinginan untuk mengenal sosok orang itu meski lewat tulisan-tulisan dan status-satus sahabat-sahabat di sosial media.
Untuk pertama kalinya aku excited menyambut pemilu hari ini. Jauh-jauh hari aku meminta tolong Bapak untuk mengurus formulir A5 sebagai bukti aku menggunakan hak pilih di tempat aku sekarang. Akhirnya minggu lalu saat aku di Jogja diberitahu surat A5 sudah sampai. Aku pulang dari Jogja hari Sabtu pukul 6 sore. Aku tau mengurus form A5 ke kelurahan sebagai pemilih tambahan paling lambat 3 hari sebelum Pemilu. Itu artinya Minggu. Aku tinggal punya satu hari lagi.
Keesokan harinya aku berangkat ke kantor kelurahan dekat rumah. Nanya ke tetangga lalu nanya ke satpam komplek dan pad akhirnya nemu. Pintu kelurahan masih ditutup. Aku liat jam sudah hampir jam 9. Ckkckk.. speechless. Aku nanya ke orang dekat kelurahan dan bilang kantor baru buka jam 11. Akhirnya aku memutuskan ke tempat teman dulu sambil menunggu. Lalu kira-kira jam 12.30 saya kembali kesana dengan cuaca yang ampunnn panasnya. Macet lagi. Tapi bela-belain. Sampai di kantor kelurahan aku dirujuk ke kantor PPS (Panitia Pemungutan Suara). Aku menyerahkan form A5 lalu petugasnya minta fotocopy form A5 dan KTP. Dienggg.. aku belum fotocopy form A5 nya. Lalu pergilah aku keluar kantor dan nyari tukang fotocopy yang semuanya tutup berhubung hari Minggu. Aku ingat di daerah kampus kotaku pasti tukang fotocopian banyak yang buka.
Lalu aku naik angkot dan berhenti di daerah kampus tersebut dan fotocopy beberapa lembar A5 dan KTP untuk jaga-jaga. Naik angkot lagi kembali ke kantor kelurahan. Bersimbah keringat aku menyerahkan apa yang diminta. Lalu petugasnya menanyakan beberapa hal dan akhirnya menuliskan nomor tempat TPS aku.
Dan sampailah pagi tadi aku brangkat jam 11 nanya-nanya ke TPS terdekat dengan rumah yang bukan TPS ku. Petugas memberitahu lokasi TPS ku yang masuk gang dan melewati kuburan. Hihi.. Sampai disana disapa dengan muka jutek sama seorang ibu. Entah kenapa biarpun dijutekin aku tetap senyummm. Gak aku banget. Aku mah kalo dijutekin pasti balik ngejutekin. Yeiy..situ siapa?? Tapi hari ini beda. Aku tetap sabar meskipun pas dicek namaku ternyata gak ada didaftarnya. Si ibu bilang 'ntar aja ya jam 12 datang kesini'.
Aku liat jam. Satu jam lagi. Males banget nunggu dirumah. Aku memutuskan duduk di kursi tunggu. Kayaknya si ibunya terkejut melihat aku duduk dengan manis sambil ngeliatin mereka semua. Biasanya dalam situasi seperti itu aku akan bengong mikir ngelantur kemana-mana atau main HP. Tapi waktu itu aku duduk manis ngeliat petugas-petugasnya yang selalu pake bahasa Sunda.
Mungkin karna udah sepi kali ya, si ibunya trus manggil lalu bilang ke seorang bapak yang ternyata Ketua TPS nya buat nulis nama aku didaftar pemilih tambahan. Sambil melihat form A5 dan nanya tempat lahir, tanggal lahir, dst. Lalu aku disuruh nunggu. Beberapa menit kemudian namaku dipanggil. Kertas calon diserahkan. Masuk bilik dan buka kertasnya. Gak ngeliat sesuatu yang curang di kertas aku mencoblos nomor yang selama ini sudah ada di benakku.
Lalu keluar dan memasukkan kertas suara dan mencelupkan jari kelingking sebagai bukti aku sudah memberikan hak suara.
Lega? Jelas. Seneng? Pasti. Aku tau aku hanya pribadi yang amat kecil di negeri ini. Aku tau aku gak punya modal besar untuk membangun negeri ini. Yang aku punya hanya doa. Pengharapan.. Untukmu Indonesiaku :)
Tuesday, July 08, 2014
My New Project
Okay.. project sounds so serious :p
Let's call it hobby then or in Bahasa I call it 'iseng-iseng' :)
This project or hobby is gardening. Hehe.. Gardening also sounds so serious but yeah whatever. This is actually so-not-me. When I lived in my hometown my mom filled our garden with so many plants including flowers, trees, veggies and even herbs. My sister also loves flowers, she planted some orchids at the time. My mom and my sister spent so many their times with their plants which was I didnt get it at all. I dont hate plants I just dont understand why they liked to spend their time just to be near them.
About last month I saw sunflower in a movie and it was totally amazed me. haha.. this is not my first time actually but I dont know one thing that came in my mind was I want to have those in front of my room :p
I remembered there are some empty ground in front of my room. I imagined it would be so beautiful if its filled with sunflowers. And then I searched some store in my town and nothing. I visited Ace Hardware and also nothing. Some of my friends suggested me to go to Lembang, a village in my town known for the various plants. I promised I will go to that village later but because so many things to prepare for Student Progress Report, I suddenly forgot.
I was too busy to get the seeds and then holiday came I went to Jogjakarta and then here I am enjoying 2 more days off and remember about that sunflowers. Lembang is far from my place so I decided to go there later *again:p*
But then I remembered I got 2 seed papers from my penpal in Korea.
My Korean friend gave me this seed long time ago. So this must be a miracle if these seeds grow. Im too lazy to plant these back then :( *sorry Juhee :(*
But I made my promise I will make this into my new project ups hobby, right?
For you who doesnt familiar with this seed paper, its a type of handmade paper that includes several plant seeds. The seeds themselves can still germinate after the paper making process and they can sprout when the paper is planted in the soil. Cool, huh? If you want to know more about planting seed paper you can find here
So, I prepare 2 little cups and soil. And then I put them peacefully :)
And then I cover them with the soil again.
Because I dont know yet what kind of plants of these I decided to name them. The paper shaped like a bird named 'Jane'. And the other one shaped like leaf named 'John'. Haha..
I wish you could grow healthily guys. I promise I'll take care of you from now on :)
It needs some weeks to see these seeds into sprouts. But its okay, I'll take my time to watch you guys. Wish me luck ^___^
Let's call it hobby then or in Bahasa I call it 'iseng-iseng' :)
This project or hobby is gardening. Hehe.. Gardening also sounds so serious but yeah whatever. This is actually so-not-me. When I lived in my hometown my mom filled our garden with so many plants including flowers, trees, veggies and even herbs. My sister also loves flowers, she planted some orchids at the time. My mom and my sister spent so many their times with their plants which was I didnt get it at all. I dont hate plants I just dont understand why they liked to spend their time just to be near them.
About last month I saw sunflower in a movie and it was totally amazed me. haha.. this is not my first time actually but I dont know one thing that came in my mind was I want to have those in front of my room :p
I remembered there are some empty ground in front of my room. I imagined it would be so beautiful if its filled with sunflowers. And then I searched some store in my town and nothing. I visited Ace Hardware and also nothing. Some of my friends suggested me to go to Lembang, a village in my town known for the various plants. I promised I will go to that village later but because so many things to prepare for Student Progress Report, I suddenly forgot.
I was too busy to get the seeds and then holiday came I went to Jogjakarta and then here I am enjoying 2 more days off and remember about that sunflowers. Lembang is far from my place so I decided to go there later *again:p*
But then I remembered I got 2 seed papers from my penpal in Korea.
My Korean friend gave me this seed long time ago. So this must be a miracle if these seeds grow. Im too lazy to plant these back then :( *sorry Juhee :(*
But I made my promise I will make this into my new project ups hobby, right?
For you who doesnt familiar with this seed paper, its a type of handmade paper that includes several plant seeds. The seeds themselves can still germinate after the paper making process and they can sprout when the paper is planted in the soil. Cool, huh? If you want to know more about planting seed paper you can find here
So, I prepare 2 little cups and soil. And then I put them peacefully :)
And then I cover them with the soil again.
Because I dont know yet what kind of plants of these I decided to name them. The paper shaped like a bird named 'Jane'. And the other one shaped like leaf named 'John'. Haha..
I wish you could grow healthily guys. I promise I'll take care of you from now on :)
It needs some weeks to see these seeds into sprouts. But its okay, I'll take my time to watch you guys. Wish me luck ^___^
Monday, July 07, 2014
Holiday in Jogja
Yep.. Its holiday. Time to release stress and all burdensome. Time to go out from Bandung :)
So, me and my friends on the first of July took a train to Jogjakarta :) Actually this is the third time I come to this city, in 2010, about 2 months ago and here I am again visiting this city again. I dont know why I do like this city that much. Maybe because I always find something new in there.
Anyway, we were supposed to go at 5.20 am that day but our train had some problem and made our schedule was delayed. So our train was finally off at 8.30. It was annoying of course but we'd prefer to delay our schedule rather than having any problems in the middle of our way.
It took about 8 hours to arrive and we were so tired but excited :)
Finally on 5.00 pm we arrived and directly went to our housing. We put our stuff there and went near our housing to search for our dinner. We lived near Malioboro street and looked much quieter than last 2 months I've been there. Maybe because it was on vasting month for Moslem so people prefer to spend their holiday at the end this month after vasting will end.
After we ate we back to our housing and got some rest to start our journey next morning.
And so, in the morning we woke up early. We had some plans to visit some spots which are the main destination in Jogja such as Keraton Jogjakarta (royal of Jogjakarta), Taman Sari (Water Castle), Benteng Vredeburg (fort) and Pasar Beringharjo (tradional market) and Taman Pintar (place for science which is so fun especially for kids) .
I have visited all of these places before and I can see the difference especially when we came to Benteng Vredeburg. That place was much comfortable, cleaner and techno.
What I like also in this city that there is no public transportation except Transjogja (bus), delman (a carriage and horse) and pedicab. Because we want to explore the city, we chose to go by foot that day. And after our journey has finally ended that day we were so exhausted. Before we slept we pasted patch or rubbing c**nterpain gel on our legs. Our room also smell with cajuput oil because the air was windy.
Next morning we went to temple. Maybe because we were too exhausted we only visited Borobudur Temple at the time. Because I've also visited this temple twice I didnt go inside the temple. Me and two of my friends who also visited the temple before chose to sit outside the temple and some of my friends who hasnt seen the temple yet went to explore. While were waiting of our friends we sit under the tree and enjoying our time to see people around. Most of them were tourists. It was great to see how they spoke with different language and act.
After visiting that temple we were back to our housing. One of our friends didnt feel unwell so she decided to sleep. While the others also chose to stay in their room to take a rest. Actually I didnt really exhausted that day and decided to go outside with one of my friend. We planned to go to Beringharjo but later on we decided to watch movie in XXI cinema. Haha.. yes this is ridiculous. We can watch movie in Bandung so why did we go there just to watch movie? Well.. with the reason want to try XII cinema in Jogja we went by Transjogja. We heard that cinema is the special building to watch movie unlike in Bandung that we enter mall or plaza to go to XXI.
So we reached the cinema and saw an announcement in front of the building 'Transformers ticket movie has been sold'. Fiuhh thank God I already watched that movie before. I even watched in 3D :). I saw every theater in that building there is no 3D theater yet and saw a long line to book ticket for that movie. Ckkckk.. And so we decided to watch horror movie 'Deliver Us From Evil" :p
And then we went to our housing and get some rest to prepare ourselves for our next journey.
And then we go to Gunung Kidul. And found beautiful beach. So breathtaking :)
And then we went to next destination. Ratu Boko temple. Actually we had no plan to go to this temple but our guide suggested and I was so happy :) This temple looked so nice and warm. Best time to visit is sunset. Yep.. I knew now why sunset looked so beautiful in there :)
We really excited that day. Cant believe that day would be the last day because we have to go back to Bandung next morning. So we wont spent our night in vain. We went to alun-alun Keraton (wide park near the royal of Jogjakarta). There were so many beautiful bycycle there.
And so we ended our journey then and went to our housing again to take a rest. We catch our train in the next morning at 8.30 am. Bye for now Jogja..Matur nuwun..thank you for the wonderful journey :)
So, me and my friends on the first of July took a train to Jogjakarta :) Actually this is the third time I come to this city, in 2010, about 2 months ago and here I am again visiting this city again. I dont know why I do like this city that much. Maybe because I always find something new in there.
Anyway, we were supposed to go at 5.20 am that day but our train had some problem and made our schedule was delayed. So our train was finally off at 8.30. It was annoying of course but we'd prefer to delay our schedule rather than having any problems in the middle of our way.
It took about 8 hours to arrive and we were so tired but excited :)
Finally on 5.00 pm we arrived and directly went to our housing. We put our stuff there and went near our housing to search for our dinner. We lived near Malioboro street and looked much quieter than last 2 months I've been there. Maybe because it was on vasting month for Moslem so people prefer to spend their holiday at the end this month after vasting will end.
After we ate we back to our housing and got some rest to start our journey next morning.
And so, in the morning we woke up early. We had some plans to visit some spots which are the main destination in Jogja such as Keraton Jogjakarta (royal of Jogjakarta), Taman Sari (Water Castle), Benteng Vredeburg (fort) and Pasar Beringharjo (tradional market) and Taman Pintar (place for science which is so fun especially for kids) .
I have visited all of these places before and I can see the difference especially when we came to Benteng Vredeburg. That place was much comfortable, cleaner and techno.
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| each figures represent history |
What I like also in this city that there is no public transportation except Transjogja (bus), delman (a carriage and horse) and pedicab. Because we want to explore the city, we chose to go by foot that day. And after our journey has finally ended that day we were so exhausted. Before we slept we pasted patch or rubbing c**nterpain gel on our legs. Our room also smell with cajuput oil because the air was windy.
Next morning we went to temple. Maybe because we were too exhausted we only visited Borobudur Temple at the time. Because I've also visited this temple twice I didnt go inside the temple. Me and two of my friends who also visited the temple before chose to sit outside the temple and some of my friends who hasnt seen the temple yet went to explore. While were waiting of our friends we sit under the tree and enjoying our time to see people around. Most of them were tourists. It was great to see how they spoke with different language and act.
After visiting that temple we were back to our housing. One of our friends didnt feel unwell so she decided to sleep. While the others also chose to stay in their room to take a rest. Actually I didnt really exhausted that day and decided to go outside with one of my friend. We planned to go to Beringharjo but later on we decided to watch movie in XXI cinema. Haha.. yes this is ridiculous. We can watch movie in Bandung so why did we go there just to watch movie? Well.. with the reason want to try XII cinema in Jogja we went by Transjogja. We heard that cinema is the special building to watch movie unlike in Bandung that we enter mall or plaza to go to XXI.
So we reached the cinema and saw an announcement in front of the building 'Transformers ticket movie has been sold'. Fiuhh thank God I already watched that movie before. I even watched in 3D :). I saw every theater in that building there is no 3D theater yet and saw a long line to book ticket for that movie. Ckkckk.. And so we decided to watch horror movie 'Deliver Us From Evil" :p
And then we went to our housing and get some rest to prepare ourselves for our next journey.
And then we go to Gunung Kidul. And found beautiful beach. So breathtaking :)
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| Welcome to Watulawang Beach :) |
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| ahh..this is what I call holiday..sand, sea, sun and sky.. |
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| btw we purposefully looked for a quiet beach and voila it seemed we own this beach :p |
And then we went to next destination. Ratu Boko temple. Actually we had no plan to go to this temple but our guide suggested and I was so happy :) This temple looked so nice and warm. Best time to visit is sunset. Yep.. I knew now why sunset looked so beautiful in there :)
We really excited that day. Cant believe that day would be the last day because we have to go back to Bandung next morning. So we wont spent our night in vain. We went to alun-alun Keraton (wide park near the royal of Jogjakarta). There were so many beautiful bycycle there.
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