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Glad that I could spend the last week of 2015 with the loved ones. Where life is just the same like how it used to be. Full of laughter and worry-free. Escaping real world for a while and ready for 2016! Yahooooo!

Nataya's birthday

Black Christmas Lunch with the Dragons

Signing out from 2015 with much pleasure.

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In the end of 2015

taken at Nami Island, South Korea

Probably this was one of the best vacation I have ever had. Getting to experience the loveliest season in one of my favourite country. It was indeed a sweet escape. Winning a round trip ticket from Facebook quiz. Flying alone for the first time in my life. To think about it, as I said before 2015 is not a really good year for me. But approaching the end of the year, many many interesting things happen in my life (this vacay is just one of them). By interesting, I mean is unexpected and changing the way I see things. Soooo let's just hope that it will be a good interesting thing! 

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Koreaan lagi

Weekend kemarin seharian hujaaaan. Flu melandaaaa, akhirnya tak kemana-mana. Seharian bener-bener cuman tidur, makan, sambil diselang nonton drama Korea. Iya, drama Korea lagi. Dari jaman kapan hidup gue diisi dengan drama Korea teruuus. Tapi sungguhan loh, gue kayak merasa drama Korea itu my best companion apalagi jaman kuliah. Masa-masa suram hidup gue. Sampai akhirnya gue nonton City Hunter. Terus hari-hari gue menjadi jauh lebih bermakna HAHAHA. Bangun pagi lebih berarti karena pulangnya ada yang gue tunggu, nonton drama Korea. Sampai sekaraaang, tepatnya kemarenan ini, gue akhirnya merasakan arti drama Korea lagi (sumpah, ini lebay banget). Seharian cuma nonton SeonJoong dan HyeJin. Malah hujan juga lagi seharian, kayak di dramanya. Jadi bisa relate banget  sama ceritanya. Tentunya yaa dua hari saja 10 episodes sudah. Sekaarang mau lanjut nonton takut-takut penasaran. Takut ceritanya habis tapi penasaran sama ceritanya. Fiuh.

Anywaaaaay. Monic is going back to Seoul! Wohoooo!

Ngepost ini di instagram 34 minggu yang lalu. And the day after tomorrow... I am going to South Korea! Yaaaaay! Dari segala kedramaan dan berkat menang round-trip ticket dari Korean Air. Akhirnya aku bisa ke Korea lagi. Oooooh feels <3 br="" nbsp="">

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October this year

I marked October 5, 2015 as the toughest day in this year (after series of worst days in 2015).  Come to think about it, October has been a different month for me. Different month, different life. I went out every weekend. Tried new places, went by my own. 

On the 3rd, I went to my senior high school with my soulmate. Ah, that place. All the memories. I took the public bus. The same bus that I used to ride back in high school days. It was a nice ride. Saturday morning. No traffic. Even I could enjoy the road in not so convenient public bus. I spent the whole day with my soulmate, went to Passer Baroe, ate the famous Bakmi Aboen, and ended up at Grand Indonesia to have dinner. 

On the 10th, I went to Summarecon Mall Bekasi with my bestie. Lol. Soulmate, bestie, after all they are my best friends that still stick with me until this very day. I went to Jatibening first (her house) and then went together to SMB. Spent the whole day together, shopping, eating, talking, photo boxing. I took APTB bus this time. My second time riding in that bus. Quiet nice. Not too many people. I arrived in Bekasi in no time. For the record, Summarecon Mall Bekasi is really really similar with Summarecon Mall Serpong. Well they are construed by the same developer but still! The chair in downtown, the downtown concept, and everything else!

On the 18th, I went to Taman Mini Indonesia Indah who is staying at one of the museum (part of her job program). I took bus Transjakarta. It's not that since the bus was quite packed on Sunday morning blah. But since there's no traffic, I could not complain too long. I went home in the evening and had my favourite classic bento near my home. 

For me, it was all quite a journey. I am used to going to malls only for the weekend. And the mall is usually the same. Grand Indonesia. I rarely take bus to go on the weekend. So all the APTB, bus, and Transjakarta experiences are quite new to me.

Besides those weekend activities outside home, I am currently having new routine. Twice a week I run. Yes. Running. Really running. On Thursday and Saturday. Surprisingly, it is refreshing and addictive. Thursday running is at GBK in the evening. Saturday running is at park near my home in the morning. I am quite surprised that I can get up early on Saturday morning. Come to think about it, what drives me to run is the fact that I can forget everything for a while. I'm so focused to reach my goal (checkpoint) that I can't even think about anything else. It is liberating. That's why it is addictive I guess. 

I am also an early bird at the office now. I go to work at 7 am and arrive at around 8 to 8.30 am. I am not involved in drama anymore. The traffic jam is still there but not killing me. I can have a nice breakfast first thing before work. It's all good for now.

Dear October (and 2015), be good por favor :)

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I'm thankful to have you in my life

Sabtu lalu ketika lagi goler-goler di kasur, gue ketemu blog orang. And I can say that semua yang dia tulis itu seperti cerminan diri gue sendiri. Dia mulai blogging dari 2008. Isi blognya dalah kisah-kisah kocak kehidupan di kelas dan sekolah, main sama teman-teman sekolahnya, terlalu attached dengan teman-teman sekolah saat kuliah, isinya kekangenan dia dengan masa sekolah, masa-masa sulitnya dia saat kuliah, betapa dia pengen banget bisa sekolah lagi, rutin balik ke sekolah saat ada cup gitu. Not to mention dia juga pencinta quote, romantic comedy movie. Gue yakin gue bisa ngobrol banyak banget sama dia kalo ketemu. Hahahahaa. What I want to write sebenarnya adalah salah satu post dia tentang teman baiknya :

"Gimana pun juga paling nyaman itu sama temen-temen sekolah, orang yang uda kita kenal bertahun-taun. temen kuliah itu banyak yang baik, tapi tetep temen yang udah kita kenal dari smp, sd, itu rasanya tetep lebih deket di hati, lo bisa yakin seratus persen kalo mereka itu tulus, ga berusaha nyari keuntungan, ga ada udang di balik batu... Cari sahabat itu sama aja kayak nayri pacar. Cari orang yang bisa bikin lo jadi seseorang yang lebih baik. bukan orang yang  bisa menyelesaikan segala macem masalah, tapi orang yang selalu ada di sisi kita dan nemenin kita ngadepin dunia...Friends are the bits of bacon in the salad bowl of life."

Saat membaca ini gue jadi sadar kenapa gue attached banget sama temen-temen sekolah gue. Orang-orang yang udah gue kenal separuh hidup gue. Dari gue umur 12 tahun sampai sekarang udah mau umur 24 tahun. Dari masih pake rok biru, sampe sekarang udah kerja, mungkin bentar lagi ada yang married. Hahahaha. Gue juga melihat ada salah satu teman dekat gue di kantor yang uda temenan dari tk atau sd sampai sekarang. Itu uda kayak 20 tahun masa hidup dihabiskan dengan orang-orang yang sama. 

Mungkin memang orang-orang ini ga bisa lu temuin setiap hari karena ya masing-masing udah ada hidup sendiri. Tapi setiap ada waktu, lu selalu luangkan untuk dihabiskan sama mereka. Karena buat gue setidaknya, bertemu mereka adalah seperti pulang ke rumah. Uda capek main kemana-mana, kerja kemana-mana, ujung-ujungnya ya mereka juga yang dicari. Hal itu yang selalu gue rasakan saat ketemu sama temen-temen gue dari jaman smp itu sejak hari gue meninggalkan bangku sekolah dulu sampai hari ini. Ketemu mereka itu menyenangkan, mengingatkan gue sama masa-masa sekolah yang menyenangkan dan worry-free, masa-masa masih membangun mimpi-mimpi, sampai sekarang lagi bersama-sama mencapai mimpi tersebut. Sejenak melupakan kehidupan nyata yang gue jalani dan menyegarkan pikiran.

So for that, I'm thankful to (still) have all of you in my life.

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