2018. I can't believe that i still can be
active as a blogger. It has been since 10-11 years ago when i started writing
something on the blog. Though it has been hard to have a commitment to keep
writing and updating my stories, I just can't believe that i could be loyal and
on to something. So here we go, 2018 and many more years ahead.. I will try to
keep, well you know, making this blog alive. Happy new year, by the way. May
this year will bring a lot of good changes in our life and bring a lot
happiness that we can cherish endlessly.
I am so excited to write down some amazing
stories. As the year passed, we made some resolutions for bringing something
new in life. Most of people do that. I do that too. Never crossed in my mind
that i would feel a change of my mind perspective by the thing that i want to
tell you. So, by the year passed, there were a lot of things that happened to
me. Losing, getting, letting. All of that, i felt that in some times, most of
them happened in one time. It broke my heart, as usual and it was very very
hard to put the pieces back in. I blamed myself, i got angry to myself, i was
sad and no one could heal me, nothing could satisfied me. It happened for a
long time, i mean to kept blaming myself and etc etc., to bring my spirit up
again. I took days off, you know for refreshing, yet what i have to do was
revising my thesis. Fine. So, after some days i got back to work again, this
was happen all of sudden.
So, i couldn't believe that we finally
could feel any disastrous moment beside Flood, in Jakarta. There was an
earthquake in Jakarta. Kind of big and scary earthquake. I was at the office,
on a break lunch. By that, of course we spent some times to eat on the 12th
floor, on file warehouse. Then, i was going to open my mouth to eat
Martabak when one of my friend scream "Gempaa!" while pushed me and
we just ran out in panic. Well, other people who work in other companies that
have floor height up to 10s and above might feel the earthquake was strong as
well. Most people would absolutely run to the first floor through an emergency
exit. But what happened in my “office” was a little bit different. As i work in
the hospital, people in my office who felt the earthquake, weren’t just people
who work there, who were in health condition, but also who were ill, pregnant,
who were old who were just finish operation, who were in ICU, who even were
just gave birth and many other critical conditions.
So what we all did was you know, tried to
save the patients first. From the 12th floor to bottom, we worked together to
evacuate patients, first. It somehow was amazing to witness that humanity still
exists and it beats everything. They also have family at home or at other
places, but they have no time to think about them and moreover about
themselves. It was somoething i thankful the most, to work in the hospital, to
see, to feel, to witness and even be the helping of others. I have to say to
everyone who put other people first instead of themselves in every dangerous
situation, you are precious and the inspiration. You all are the best humans
afterall, so thank you very much for what you did.
By the earthquake i felt before, i
suddenly think about one of beautiful places that got a big impact from that.
It was Yogyakarta. Well, i have travelled to some places in the past times and
one of the places that i have not ever get bored nor get enough to go is
Yogyakarta. This place always brings some sweet stories every time I come.
First time I went to this place was several years ago, it was kind of school
trip with my friends and it was memorable to finally hang out to the place that
far away from home, I thought. It was like study trip, and kinda benchmarking
from one university to others but the memories that keep in my mind until now is
the happiness we all felt and spent together, it was indescribable. Then I came
back again with my college mates, first time we went there by the train. We
spent some times to go around Yogyakarta, visited Merapi Mountain, hiked a
mountain with no hiking tools, it was all of sudden, then we went to eat Nasi
Kucing together. The moment we spent together, was the best holiday,
because we went there before having a storm and fought with final thesis, so it
brought us some creativity in writing and finishing that “thing”.
To be honest, i have visited there many
times yet it never stops awing me when i back there and there are always new
places to visit, new stories to be told. I was just have a chance to come back
again to Yogyakarta. This time, with my friends from my master degree. My
friends and I have something to do related to the "tasks" and we
decided to go to Yogyakarta. It's amazing sometimes to plan something without
actually planning it before. You know right? This journey was like that. Hehe.
So, we went by train, which always fascinating for me, even though my body was
so sore and in pain to ride economic train for 8 hours.. But it has always been
fun! Life should be like that too, right? Full of surprise pain but you have to
enjoy every ride, everytime. So, during the journey to Lempuyangan Station we
played cards, sleep, munched, chit chatted, and then sleep again, then laughed
and voila! We arrived there in no time! We directly went to Keraton after that
because it was still in early morning. When i arrived, I breathed the air and
felt freeeeee! Like the buildings, the road, the ambience, the surroundings,
somehow it bring me back to the old times, the kingdom and it only could see in
some movies. You know, like when you feel like you take there through time
machine.
Then we visited some restaurants and it
was good, the places, the foods, it was perfect. Something new again was I was
trying to play engrang with my friend. And it was hard as hell, anyway. But it
was sooo fun ! we fell but we laughed hard. We also visited Mangunan park,
which I haven’t been visited before. We tried to reach the sunrise there. It
was full of people. By the way, nothing has change for me when I have a chance
to go to Yogyakarta, it means visiting the temples as well. I don’t know, my
friends tried to pulling me from going to the temples because it was kind of
boring (for them), but for me.. It always awes me. To see the stones that is
arranged diligently to be one beautiful building, I mean.. it’s amazing, isn’t
it? For the first time I tried the archery in Prambanan. Then the last, I went
to Taman Sari. It changed a lot from the last time I went there. It was more
artistic, I think. It greeted me by a lot of beautiful artworks and it was
funny and cool at the same time.
I think, to travel to some places, will
fulfill your soul. So after this, I probably would tell you some of my journey
stories. It was fun enough to be shared and to make me and make you realize
that there are a lot of thing that could make you feel so grateful and feel
thankful until you want to cry to Allah just because there are a lot of things
that you receive but you can’t easily give back. One of them, I am witnessing
it tonight, while I write this. Super Blue Blood Moon. So it was a rare moment
because it happened 150 years ago and probably will be happen again in 150 years
later. It was beautiful to witness the change of the moon and every change
process brings the moon looks beautiful, differently. Alhamdulillah ya Allah
for the chance today, and thank you so much for all of the things, eventhough
thanks will never enough, I will keep repeating to say thank you, very much,
for everything! Alhamdulillaah :))
