The closest you are to a person, the happier you become when they got happy. right? ...
source note : after thinking for a while, I decided to continue with this. Here's my series about traveling Bali jalan-jalan itu nagih. Setelah Singapura, saya dan Dhila ngobrol macem-macem soal destinasi kami selanjutnya. Saya sih pengennya trip beberapa negara asia tenggara, atau kalo nggak bisa banget, minimal Vietnam (I have this weird and indescribable urge to go to Vietnam). Sampai menelusuri pulau...
The last year might have been a year of learning. Not in a context of going to school and learn, but squeezing out the lesson from everyday life. From my AutoCad skill to going home early in the morning only to go back to the office just half an hour after I arrived. 22 was eventful. I was being a fresh graduate, getting...
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Seriously, this one is bugging me. Pertama-tama, pernah nggak naik angkot yang jendelanya kebuka. Terus, di tempat duduk yang jendelanya kebuka itu, duduklah penumpang yang rambutnya panjang dan digerai. Terus rambutnya terbang-terbang kena angin macem adegan dramatis di film-film atau video klip. Terus rambutnya kena muka kamu. I've been there. Di commuter line nggak ada sih kejadian kayak gitu. Angin AC nya kurang...
Kereta lengang di peak hour itu bukan mitos. nggak selengang ini sih. Tapi lumayan lah (sumber : x) Tapi ini khusus untuk yang naik depok turun tebet ya, karena rute saya sampe situ doang. Sebagian besar (walaupun saya nggak dapat sumber pasti persentasenya) naik kereta di peak hour karena memang jalurnya praktis menghubungkan Bogor sampai Jakarta. Bisa disimpulkan Depok-Tebet adalah jalur yang pasti...
Tom : This is my favorite spot Summer : This is? This is your favorite spot? Tom : Right here Summer : How come? Tom : I don't know. It's kinda hard to explain, I guess. or maybe, "... so special and rare and yours that advertising your affection feels like betrayal." ...
Disclaimer : The HASHTAG NAIKCOMLINE series does not decide what to do or not to do on the Commuter Line. I only share my experience and explain it from my perspective. Thank you :). Berdiri itu pegel is a common knowledge. Duduk juga pegel sih, coba aja tanya sama orang yang biasa mudik 40 jam ke Jawa Tengah (misalnya macet) atau Jawa Timur....
Post pertama setelah 3 bulan (terus orangnya udah mau stop (sementara) jadi pengguna comline). Kalo lagi nggak dijemput, saya naik kereta full trip sampe stasiun deket rumah. 9 atau 10 stasiun. Cukup lama, yaaa kalo keretanya lagi nggak ngebut 30 menitan mah ada lah. Dan berdasarkan pengalaman, kereta dari abis maghrib sampe jam 8-an masih mayan penuh tuh sama orang-orang kantoran. Saya biasanya...
Katanya nagging itu sayang. Kata siapaaaa? Katanya... The older the person gets, I think the more difficult it is to understand his/her mind in couples of try. Especially when we were too attached and start to, unconscioulsy, taking them for granted. Meet my grandfather, a person I called ompung my whole life, who consistently resisting to go to Jakarta everytime his children asked...
Walking (again and again and again and again) Setelah Singapore Flyer, tujuan saya dan Dhila berikutnya adalah Garden by the Bay. It would be nice if we could go to Marina Bay City Gallery, but it's late and we still got a river cruise and a long way to airport tonight. Garden by the bay, kalo dari Singapore Flyer, kelihatan seperti ini :...
Re-Planning the Last Day Saat saya sedang beres-beres baju dan tas, Dhila tiba-tiba muncul bawa peta dan naik ke tempat tidur atas yang saya pakai. Kami memutuskan untuk re-planning hari terakhir kami di Singapura. Saya sendiri merasa hari kedua ini agak-agak kebuang percuma dengan pergi ke Sentosa. Padahal kalau kita balik ke Maxwell, kita bisa lihat dua temple sekaligus, dan mungkin sempat mampir...
Starting the Second Day Hari kedua kami awali dengan belanja coklat di Mustafa Center. Kebetulan, tempatnya deket banget sama hostel tempat kami menginap. Kami nggak perlu naik bus, cukup jalan kaki 850 m sudah sampai di Mustafa. Setelah puas beli coklat, saya dan Dhila melanjutkan perjalanan ke Vivocity untuk pergi ke Sentosa. Untuk pergi ke Sentosa, kita bisa naik Sentosa Express dari lantai...
hi! It's been a while. Welcome to Singapore! Saya mendarat di Singapura sekitar jam 9 pagi hasil dari flight jam 05.30 WIB. Meskipun kurang tidur sejak hari Senin, saya dan Dhila turun dari pesawat dengan bahagia : 'Hey! This is our very first journey abroad!'. Tujuan pertama kami adalah beli Singapore Tourist Pass. Sebetulnya, STP ini bisa dibeli di Changi dan di beberapa...
Hello! I'm home! Liburan saya ke Singapura akhirnya selesai hari Sabtu kemarin. Oleh-olehnya lumayan; baju kotor sama kaki-tangan-bahu pegel akibat jalan kaki dan bawa beban berat. Nggak itu aja, sih, sama foto-foto cantik singapura juga kok. And here we goes with #4 : Things to Bring. Sebelumnya, series ini sebetulnya cuma mau menceritakan pengalaman saya (garis bawahi : si anak rumahan yang mager...
source : x In one of our phone call, I explain to Dhila one reason why I might not go on with my before-23 trip. Fitri : yang ditawarin sama Asia Tenggara itu kuil-kuil sama pantai, Dhil. Gue anaknya cuma mau nyobain MRT doang kok muter-muter kota. Commuting.Dhila : Wah, berarti gue salah orang Itinerary, (menurut saya, setelah coba buat sendiri) is personal....
source : x Setelah memutuskan untuk pergi, saya dan Dhila juga nggak beli tiket karena kami putus asa sama harga tiketnya yang 800ribu ke atas. Kalo kata temen saya, itu mah masih mahal. Karena banyak banget low-cost airline dan promo-promo (yang encouraging impulsive purchase) saat ini, pergi ke Singapura hanya 400rb rupiah itu mungkin-mungkin aja. But I'm not going to push our luck,...
I've been making some series throughout my days of writing, and just in case you're wondering what are those, I've made new section now that will make it easy to read those in order. I just want to make thissss, anyway... the series are now a click away Going to dig on my blog and add some more series. (okay) bye... (WHO DOESNT...
source : here notes :hey, I'll work on my HASHTAG NAIKCOMLINE but before that, here's new episodes I've been working on :) notes (2) :This is pure rambling Setelah sejak lahir rekor jalan-jalan terjauh cuma sampai Jogja, akhirnya anak mager ini (tahun lalu) bikin rencana jalan-jalan juga. Niatnya adalah reward setelah bertahan setahun di kantor, hadiah ulang tahun ke 2X dan (ceritanya) latihan...
"kok sampe sekarang gue belom pernah liat ya, ada orang cerita soal pengalaman naik kereta?""belom nemu aja kali lo nya," That was a little conversation between me and my friend when we ride the train home. Iyanih, sejak 8 bulanan yang lalu, saya jadi commuter yang naik commuter line. Desek-desekan tiap pagi dan turun di stasiun (yang penumpangnya turunnya paling ga santai) Tebet....
Di sela-sela leyeh-leyeh long weekend, saya scrolling contact whatsapp. Iseng. Tidak bermaksud apa-apa, tapi kemudian saya teringat, sedang ada yang berubah. And I can't decide whether it was for the better because I started to see things not in black and white, but from what people see, this particular change may not be a good one. Saya senyum miris sendiri, begini nih kalo...
At the end, it's happiness we find in daily basis, in dealing with our routine, that matters most Fulki wrote that on her line. I was stumble upon that during the (supposedly) lowest point of my life. I thought, maybe, this is not the right time to tolerate. That there's a pressure that could bring me down. That finally there's more disadvantages and...
Unlike most heroine in shoujo manga (and the stereotyping on girl in high school that come afterwards), I can say that my favorite subject is math. I didnt like it at first when I was on elementary school. But one of my friend said that doing math is like solving a riddle. And I remember my mother started to teach math in a...
On Updating or Not Updating My Facebook Status (or any other social media)
in the mood January 31, 2014 Just now, i got a text from my friend asking me to check her newly updated status and asked me whether or not it was (in some ways) cruel. I don't answer her right away, instead, I tell her my opinion on facebook status. And as I am a fan of reasons being numbered (like, 10 reasons why we should have breakfast in...
Waktu itu pernah nonton Stand Up Comedy di TV, salah satu comic nya ngomentarin acara TV yang programnya itu ngebawa anak-anak orang kaya buat tinggal di desa dengan kehidupan yang beda 180 derajat dan biasanya diakhiri dengan nangis nangis di kamera. Kata comic nya, padahal sebenernya si orang yang tinggal di desa itu biasa biasa aja loh, cuman orang yang datengnya pasti nangis...