I have read an article about how passion works. Speaking of that, there is no rule in doing with passion. In my point of view, generally, passion is about things you love to do and repeat doing it as long as you like it and it helps you fulfill your soul and desires. Passion makes you happy. So, whatever makes you happy, it probably could be yours. By that, there also is not any rules about the amount of it. No. If there are some things, whether one two three and even hundred things, that make you happy to do that and you repeat doing that with heart and it can fulfill your desires and make you alive, that could be passion. I agree with that. No rules that passion could be just one. As small creature in this wide world, we have chance to explore so many things. As human being that has sense of taste, we have chance to feel so many things too. By that, it sometimes confuse us what is our passion. In this case, it is me.
I actually have visited Batam before, for vacation. It was for a week, so it made us have explored all around. From the north to the south, west to the east. It was memorable for me and my friends each days. I have never thought that i could visit there again after this long time. Restu (or we call her "Bat"), who lived in Batam and was being tour guide in Batam in 2011, surprised us about her getting married. So we were asking her this and that, and of course in a rush looked for some plane ticket. We were that excited and devastated at the same time. Since she is one of our friends that has thoughts as random as us. Like really random. I mean it's like we are in different places right this moment, but 4 hours later by our random thought and action, we probably could be arrive in Bandung or any places together. Going to Karaoke or you know, climbing a hill at night just to see the lighting around the village. And we end up sleep over together, talking about all the things that we may talk in one place that we probably have never visited. She is that kind of girl. I mean, we were that random. We are going to miss that.
So, i have never thought that i would go back to Batam, 7 years later. Batam has always had a special place in my heart. I have good memories when in Batam, and i have found my time machine to happy times in there. As i told before, we were that random, so there were full of surprises when i was in Batam, several years ago. And that made me happy and the imagination about that place is just, you know, exciting (eventhough i somehow forgot what exactly was making me happy). So (FUN FACT) we supposed to have a flight in the early morning with Thata's family as well. But since me and Nesya are overslept, we just missed the flight. yes. We have missed the flight. In fact, we were running as fast as we could and just arrived in the waiting room exactly 2 minutes after the door has closed. The next flight was 6 hours later and we just in a hurry to look for another plan ticket. We ran from one counter to another, looking for any earlier flight but still the most likely was the flight at 12 pm. We called Restu and just could laugh, while she got headache thinking how could we possibly miss the flight. hahahahah. We calmed her and told her that we were going to arrive soon. So this was my first time having flight missed. I just could laugh and you know trying to find the positive side. HAHA. but it was fun, actually. Since i was going to collect the story and moment wherever i go, so we enjoyed the time.
Having time wondering with Nesya has always brought new stories. Funny stories. Indonesian says : "Ada aja ya kalau kalian lagi berdua". Like our life just meant to make some funny stories to be told. Our life just meant to make other people laugh. But we proud of that ( I think?) hahaha. So, for the 6 hours, we decided to ate first. You know, after running here and there, got tired, eating was the best choice to get some rest. Then, while we ate, we talked. A lot. We joked. A lot. We laughed. A lot. I saw some of people at the restaurant laughing at us, too. We did video call too with Sandra and Mizan, telling them our flight-missed-stories. By that, time just flew. We finally on board.
Stomp my feet on the land, we met the make up artist with some big luggages and off we went to the hotel. My first thought was, nothing much different after these years. Just there are more good people i know here. One thing that stay in our mind is, we was just going nowhere, passing the empty road with some hills as our view on the right and left side, and listening to Bruno Mars - Nothing on you, and we were going far just like that for some hours. Talking, Laughing, Munching, and sometimes there was silence, and repeat it again. That was what i remember the most, so when i heard that Bruno Mars song, it automatically brought me to Batam.
7 years ago, we had a chance to visit to some places in Batam. But, this year, since we were going to Batam to help the bride, we had no chance to explore more. Thankfully, we still had a chance to taste the delicious foods. Yong-kee the fish soup is one of a kind. Well, Batam has a lot of good delicious foods. If i have stayed in there for a long time, i probably could gain weight. Other is like cake villa, the banana cake. Ugh it is good. Or Mie lendir and my long lost friend, Prata. Not to mention, Restu's mom's cooks. Tante Noven's food are the bomb! Like Semarang, Batam has my taste too!
Since we could not explore more in there like several years ago, we were just hanging around the city, tasting food, visit the "Hollywood-like-sign" and went to Ocarina. There were some places i actually was dying to go back again. Jembatan Barelang, the nighty hills (I don't know the name), Kampung Vietnam, and others. If you would come there, check that places out. It was good places to go.
What i learned when i came back here again, there are still so many good people in the world. I am touched. Bat's family are one of them. All of them were very kind-hearted. They helped us in every second time, sincerely. They took us as part of their family. It made me wanna cry since they did a lot of good things for me and Nesya. We were treated in the very best way. We were very grateful. Well, nothing change much there. We were slept over with the bride there, as it used to be. Chatting until my eyes were heavy, laughing until my voice were husky, but we love doing that. I do. So there was a message for us from the bride that touch my heart.
"You know, my life is always full of love drama. Boys easily come and go very often. Then there is a big point where I was tired and prayed with God, surrender. My praying was if it's the way I can not get married, at least please help me to make my mom happy, to make my family proud of me. You know, when we surrender to the One who has us, magic things happened. Trust me, Allah has the best plan for us, after all. And this is based on true story, bat."
Then i just remembered the moment me and Nesya up above the sky, on the way to meeting her, we talked about how the life is. Funny that we can not imagine what would life bring to us. There, above the sky, we did the deep talks that realize me our age may be get old but the road is still so long for us. We talked various and random things. From our zodiac, our personality, how to take things by our personality, how it related to psychology that we have been studied before (haha). Then talked about family, passions that we keep searching for, things surround us and most of all about ourselves. By that, we talked about our dreams, what we want to reach, about the futures, and got the conclusion that though the road will be bumpy, hard, or confusing, our road is still long. There are so many things that we could do, about the future that we want to reach, about the things that we want to change, about what has been wronged with us for this time and how to fix things.
Never crossed in my mind to have such a deep discussion like that above the sky with the blue sky and white clouds as view. The High Hopes. We planned the dreams, talked about that and prayed for that. The higher place we talk, the closer we get, i said. Aamiin. But then, we realize that Allah has the best plan, after all. Laa Hawla Wala Quwwata Illla Billah. :")
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