Slow Days + 2013 Video

It's funny how by the end of the year time seems to fly by, but after the year has changed it's like everything slows down. Back to school. Back to work. Back to reality. My mom especially hated the fact that her two weeks off went by in just one blink of an eye. She and I were born on January, our birthday is only ten days apart. Nothing special on those days. But I did make her a card and buy her a cake. This January I am back on the blogosphere without having to deal with slow internet anymore. Incredibly happy and grateful about that, so it's a good start. And since everything back on, I will share photos from Central Java trip (that I previously posted in one big photo grid blah) on the next post. In other news, it's been raining almost non-stop here. But some days it will rain and fifteen minutes later the sunshine is back.


I managed to put my footage into a video. In the process, I accidentally deleted all the footage permanently, cried in desperation, found a software to recover them, only to realize that I actually still have them in different disc drive on my laptop... You know, I could be really forgetful and dumb sometimes. Anyway, here's the video. Just watch it, please. :)

   

Looking Back

January to December from left to right.

I had my ups and downs but overally this year has been so amazing to the last bit. Let's take a look back a bit. Here it is the 41^st (yay I did it!) and the last post of 2013.

I can remember every detail from some very special events, but I can't really recall what happened in each month. So I'll just give you a highlight. This year I turned 21 and I think it's such a cool number. A lot of firsts this year. I had my first experience in work/office environment when I interned at the Secretary of Commision I at the House of Representative. I went to Big Sound Festival, my first ever live concert experience to see Tegan and Sara, The Temper Trap and Blur, but mostly to see Tegan and Sara. I cried both when they started and finished their set. So grown up. Something I will always talk about and remember. I got into trouble, academically, but then escaped from it. I went places with my girlfriends and had my first sushi experience with them. We got a little misunderstanding for the first time but solved it right away. And in October we formed a girl band. Just kidding. I shot my friends for our yearbook and we were all dressed up, of course. It was fun. Then went to Central Java and for the first time experienced such a long ride. 

Well. It's been a pretty amazing year. 

Looking back, I think the good times and good memories eclipsed the bad ones. Doesn't mean you should forget the bad ones. You should learn from it and then go on, because it's in the past and there's nothing you can do about it other than take a lesson. 

I always feel kind of torn every December because I am both thrilled and nervous as to what next year will bring! I have some footage but haven't start editing the video. 

See you next year! 

Jawa Tengah

Minggu lalu saya ikut rombongan Mama dan teman-temannya sesama guru di sekolah yang sama untuk wisata ke Jawa Tengah, tepatnya ke daerah Baturraden dan Guci. Perginya naik bus ukuran kecil, kira-kira bisa menampung 30 orang. Ini pertama kalinya saya menempuh perjalanan darat segitu lamanya. Ini lebih jauh dari kampung halaman, tujuan mudik (ya iyalah orang mudiknya ke Bogor). 

Hari pertama kami baru makan ketika sudah hampir tengah malam dan juga bermalam di bus. Bermalam di bus! Pagi harinya kami baru check-in di hotel dan bisa meluruskan kaki. Kami melewati pantai yang sama sekali tidak terlihat karena sudah tengah malam dan minim penerangan. Juga melewati kilang minyak yang terlihat sangat indah di kegelapan malam. Duduk sekian lama di dalam bus yang sempit benar-benar menyiksa. Belum lagi sekitar jam 3 dini hari kami melewati jalanan yang rusak, entah di daerah mana. Peserta tur yang tadinya tertidur pulas, hampir semuanya terbangun karena kondisi jalanan yang membuat kami terbanting-banting di kursi kami dan karena kami takut supirnya mengantuk. Haha. Untungnya bisa dilalui dengan aman.

Yah intinya walaupun sangat capek dan tujuan wisatanya sebenarnya tidak jauh berbeda dengan yang pernah saya kunjungi, saya senang kali ini bisa membawa serta kamera saya dan kenal dengan guru-guru baru di sekolah tempat Mama mengajar. Sebagian besar dari mereka sudah mengenal saya sejak saya kecil. Saya tidak sabar sampai Mama bisa memperlihatkan hasil fotonya ke teman-temannya. Semoga mereka suka! Saya ingin sekali upload lebih banyak foto tapi entah kenapa Flickr selalu menggagalkan usaha saya... oke, kita lihat saja nanti. See you soon.

Bogor, December 2013.

Bogor, earlier this month.

A short trip to cure a little sense of homesickness. It's my father's hometown. There's a part of me that will always miss this city. 

Catching Light

Oh goodness. These past few days I've been trying to make a new blog post. There's a lot of photos I would like to share. I know the main problem is my slow USB modem, but I think Flickr hates me too. It's sooo difficult to post even just like six photos. I also tried the old uploader, zero success. I really don't want to resize my photos so I can post it via Blogger easily, but if this thing continues I might have to compromise. Ugh I thought it'll be cool if I can end this year with 41 posts in total. I'm not so sure now.

Anyway. Yes, I finally gave in and bought Catching Fire a week before the movie was released. I haven't read the first book though... I thought the cover was cool and Lily said I should just buy it. I didn't see any sign anywhere near the book piles, so it's a pleasant surprise to find out that I got 20% off at the cashier. Haha. And is it just me or you also wish that Jennifer Lawrence will be your best friend? I've seen a lot of gifs of her on Tumblr just being herself and it's so amusing. Her haircut also makes me jealous, but I won't chop my hair off in the near future. I need them to be long enough for graduation day.

I can't believe we're already in the middle of December! I'm excited for a little trip this weekend and another one on the next week. But before we're going anywhere, I really should scratch two things from my academical to-do list so I can enjoy the trip without feeling guilty. Or so I told myself. I'm such a procrastinator.