Thursday, September 15, 2005

Freaking Jakarta

Wheee gue udah di Jakarta lagi :P Senin kemarin gue ke Bandung buat ngurusin wisudaan gue - yang lumayan ribet ngurusnya X_x Bikin hard cover, bayar wisuda, ngejar tandatangan dosen... Seharusnya cuma sehari di Bandung, lha ini sampe dua hari :E

I came to Bandung again by train with Wo2. What? Yeah, no kidding, Wo2 did came to Jakarta last weekend^^
Aftera constant nagging from me and Mon, he finally gave up and came to Jakarta to attend the FGD expo in JHCC on Sunday. Mon and I picked him up at Gambir on Saturday (which made us broke suddenly - because the taxi fair was incredibly mahaaall!), then we rode bajaj (yeahh!) and busway to Blok M and spent the evening there until we came back home at 10ish (Wo stayed in my house, by the way. In my new room ._. While I stayed in my Grandma's room XD)

The next morning, on Sunday, the three of us went to FGD expo in JHCC. Got loads of free goodies (oh yeay!), and crashed in Plaza Semanggi to have late lunch and coffees at Starbucks. Then back to Blok M, 'coz Wo wanted that football shoes desperately XDD

Actually I was planning to go to Bandung in the early morning. But... yeah, what can I say. Both me and Wo woke up pretty late - around 9, and we had to edit my final thesis draft. So after serial scolds from my grandma, we got out from the house at 11ish.
Destination : Gambir? Err..., no, Wo wanted to check out WoM first XD So we hopped in Taman Anggrek first. LOL. Roaming around the mall, met Tina there, then finally we went to the train station and got the ticket for the 17.15 train. Fewh.
Arrived in Bandung at 22.30ish, we were sooo damn tired I fell asleep instantly after craving some food TT__TT Lucky I could use my ex-room here so I wouldn't
have to stay in other's room.

The hardcover problem was disgustingly complicated. Seriously. I had to ran around the campus to find my lecturers and get ctheir autographs, and after a sick hours of waiting and bitching, I had to go to Mr. Arie's house -__- Lucky I wasn't alone, a friend named Cookie drove me there.
After submitting the hardcover, I hurriedly ran to the train station to catch the 16.00 train to Jakarta. But, oh hell, the train was cancelled during the accident somewhere there *__* I frantically searched for another transportation to get me back to Jakarta ASAp. So then I found a travel car X-Trans in Cihampelas, and rode it at 6. I arrived in Menteng at 9 pm. Tired.

And now here I am. I went out from the house this morning with a rather bad mood, thanks to my grandma and all her bitching. Damn it.
There are still some things I have to deal with, but I need a pace.
let me breathe first.

{posted by Chibi on 2:10 PM} +

Thursday, September 08, 2005

LOCATION : JAKARTA

I'm in Jakarta! Yes, I already moved back into Jakarta. Back with my Dad and my grandmother. Huahh it was pretty hard to leave Bandung, but finally I did, heh? ^^

Last Monday was my last day in Bandung. I spent last weekend with Arni - a friend from Yogya (sorry kita ga sempet jalan2 banyak ya^^), and on Monday, I spent it with Wo. We had lunch together, shopping (which ended up he bought me a cool top ^^ Thanks, 8), went to karaoke (Yes! Noreabang! Whoohoo :D) and after dinner, he spent the rest of the night in my place. It was a relieve that he decided to halep me packing all those stuffs. Man, do you know how many things I had to pack in boxes? *__*
I left Bandung on Tuesday, nearly renting the whole car to bring all those stuffs (clothes, computers, books, etc). It wasn't an easy journey either - the travel was such a drag - I'd never want to travel Jakarta-Bandung by rented car again. I went from Ciumbuleuit at 5 pm, and arrived in Bintaro at 12! Midnite!! Imagine how pissed and tired I was .__.

But oh well. I finally home, though. My grandma decided to give me the front room ( which was a guest room, not my own room) because she believes the superstition that a young girl should not have a room in the backside of the house (my room was in the backside). Why? She said it would caused troubles in finding a husband XDD
Javanese superstitions. Well, my family is a Javanese, and hold on very strong on it, so I had no choice but to obey what the elder said *sigh* Well I don't want to risk being an old-maid-without-lover later, too, right? *winks* XDD
Even though my new room now was smaller, and it has no aircon too (!!!), but I managed to put (almost) all of my stuffs in there. And I still sleep in my grandma's room (no aircon, do you expect me to stay in my new room? Hah!).
So far so good.

I still have so many things to do in Jakarta, and I guess that makes me less upset about missing my friends in Bandung (especially you, hey you ;p) And plus, I still contact them by SMSes and phones, and I'm going to Bandung again next Monday to pick up some lefted stuffs and registering for graduation day ceremony. Hmmm.

And I already contacted some friends in Jakarta (such as Mon and Ame^^), including Arisma (Ai) - whose father was died in an airplane accident last Monday. It was a great shock for me (and also the others), but I hope she'll be alright and I can see her soon. A big condolence for Ai and her family.
And for my other friends in Jakarta, I really hope I could meet them soon. I really miss them. But I guess there'll be plenty time for it, huh^^

Yah, I have to get used to my new life in here. And I guess it wouldn't be so bad :) Although changes are sometimes hard to accept (like finding internet cafe is so damn hard in Bintaro - while I could just hop into any warnet in Bandung T_T), but I guess it'll be fine later.
Changes never easy, but we can make it though :)

{posted by Chibi on 4:22 PM} +

Friday, September 02, 2005

The Last Battle

It's all done. I did my last battle. And now...
Gue lulus! Muhahahahahahahahaha!!! I finally graduate from this forsaken school :P

Hari sidang, 31 Agustus pagi jam 9.30 (molor setengah jam dari jadwal), amat sangat menegangkan sampe-sampe gue mules mual migren rasanya. Dea, Wowo, Gege, dll nungguin gue dengan setia di depan ruang sidang (thanks a lot, guys, I dunno what to do without you all *hugs*) Pembantaian sepanjang 30 menitan itu ternyata cukup lancar, tapi proses nunggu yudisiumnya yang setengah mati *_* Gue asli takut banget ga lulus, karena, well, skripsi gue kan sampah XD Tapi ternyata Tuhan masih baiiiikk banget ama gue, dan ngebolehin gue denger Pak Alex bilang, "Selamat ya, Anda telah dinyatakan lulus." ^^

Sekarang gue punya embel-embel 'Sarjana ilmu politik' di belakang nama gue, dan officially jadi pengangguran total XD Huehehehe. Gue udah ngelepasin kerjaan gue mengajar, well, karena dalam beberapa hari gue udah meninggalkan semuanya di Bandung.

Kemarin akhirnya Mama dateng. And we had a long talk and finally she's ready to let me go. I know it's unfair to her, but it's not fair for everyone. Banyak airmata yang tumpah, banyak perasaan tercurah, dan banyak hal yang harus saling dimengerti. Tapi paling nggak kita udah merasa jauh lebih lega :)
Dan memang, yang namanya harga diri itu amat sangat mahal. Hmmmm.

Dan saya... Siapkah saya berpisah dengan semuanya? Nggak tau, but I know I have to. Makanya gue nangis lagi hari ini *sigh*

{posted by Chibi on 11:45 PM} +

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