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Direlakannya mentari dirundung kelabu

(D.M.V)

loc: taman belakang rumahku,

photos were taken & edited by me.

The Sum of 2017

(my version of best feeling of 2017)

So apparently, I got nothing to say nor nothing to do to welcome the ‘happy new year 2018’, but reminiscing the good old (well, it hasn’t been a day yet so) 2017 happen to be a decent idea (or I thought it would be so)

2017, where should I start?

Januari 2017 —well I’m all about college-student mode, jadi yang gue pikirin salah satunya adalah “udah semester 2, udah ngapain aja sejauh ini? terus mau ngapain nanti?” and to be honest, i got no plan nor any sight what step that I’ll take next. As for me, adjusting life to college is hard, so if you’re feeling the same, you must know the stumble-and-fall feeling while you’re in college. And that’s why I should’ve make a plan or a sight of what I would do next to keep myself from falling, you know? But I didn’t (Little that I know, I wish I had made one because the second semester was as bad as the first one). The first semester has knock me off much, so the holiday I spent, I spent more on sleeping.

The third semester was better, or I just felt so. Things were messy, but not as messy as before (and this is my perception of ‘better’). I saw things, I went to places, I experienced things. Things still were new for me, but I got the rhythm and I paced as fast.

2017 is my first-time-everything-year, and by far my most valuable year since I had much new experience (and it gets me a lot of new thoughts).

2017, I took big decisions, I took risky path. Until this far I don’t regret any of it for it makes me I am.

2017, I built bridges, I burnt bridges. I learned some things are worth to fight for, while some not.

2017, I learned to get to work my ass off to achieve something rather than wait for another luck to come by.

2017, I learned to accept things, to love what I do (for I’ll do it for the rest of my life).

2017, I learned the joy of friendship, the quality of it, the beauty of it. I pass many friendship-related problems this year than I had in my life, so I’ve learned the teary-eyes way that friendship has beauty in it if you don’t let your ego come the way.

So, at the age of 19, I would like to say thank you for anyone and any circumstances to make things possible for me to experience, for the laughter and tears I break, for making me I am at age of 19.

Cheers to more years to come, for I’ll have to cherish it my way.

CATATAN PERJALANAN: USS Minion!

If it is not exaggerating, lets say I came to the right place at the right time!

6 Juli 2017, selang beberapa minggu dari rilisnya Despicable Me 3, dari Batam gue nyebrang ke Singapore for one-day-visit ke Universal Studio Singapore.
Sampai disana gue jejingkrakan ngeliat display Minion bergelantungan di pintu masuk. Sebagai orang yang suka Minion & warna kuning, jelas gue bahagia ngeliat sekeliling gue penuh dengan muka si pecinta banana dimana-mana. I didn't expect the Minion-themed tho karena waktu itu di Indonesia belom tayang di bioskop jadinya gue baru sadar Despicable Me 3 udah rilis ya dari USS yang temanya lagi Minion inilah.

I got way too excited sampe banyakan foto Minionnya daripada foto gue sendiri. (lol)
Dan ini adalah penampakan depan toko yang jual barang-barang bertema Minion which I spent much money$$ for buying unnecessary stuffs just because it is cute as hell. (it's Minion, how could I resist?)

Personally, USS bagi gue adalah tempat dimana gue lebih tertarik untuk foto-foto dan jalan-jalan daripada naik wahananya. Karena wahananya kebanyakan wahana yang lucu-lucu & anak-anak banget jadi gak seasyik naik Tornado di Dufan, misalnya.
Jadi gue disana hanya sedikit naik wahana, selebihnya foto-foto aja.

Oh, dan juga pas gue kesana ada performance acapella gitu (gak gue foto tapi sangking terlalu menikmati mereka nyanyi) dan Minion nari-nari gitu (fotonya di bawah) yang dibarengin games untuk para pengunjung.
Performance2 itulah yang bikin gue betah untuk sekedar jalan-jalan keliling USS aja dan sedikit naik wahana.

Overall, ke USS ini seru untuk nikmatin ke-cute-an dunia yang ada dan kalo ada kesempatan untuk ke sini lagi, I'd definitely love to!

Just When I Thought Everything Could Be Okay

So lately I’ve been thinking about things

About how everything goes

Guess theres truth in this old saying,

‘You’re here to risk your heart out’

Means you have to be ready for the upcoming things

Shit happens,

and it will always have been this way ever-since before

You just gotta let yourself get used to it

And that you’ll be no surprised,

of everything that coming in your way

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00.06

Diam Sajalah

Orang bilang pentingnya bersuara

Untuk berpendapat

Untuk berdebat

Untuk berteriak

Untuk memaki

Untuk menyakiti

Untuk...apa?

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22.31

CATATAN PERJALANAN: Biochemistry of Mangunan

I've always love to go seeking new places just to feel a different atmosphere. 

Fresh air, breathtaking view.

It's totally worth the journey.

You see, I am easily bored by a constant routines. (I can't believe I say that again, I feel like it's my 100 times saying that I get bored easily, ok get the point!) And there are many many ways to get distracted though. Lets say go find a hobby, go get some fresh air, go get someone to talk to. And I choose the second option for my recent escape route with no reason. Well maybe next time I'll go find a new hobby, but hey, writing a blog should categorised as one, don't you think? Well yeah, maybe next time. #WhyAmIThisLazy

Since I lived at Yogyakarta, there are many many great places offering beautiful view here. Kulonprogo, Gunungkidul, Bantul, etc. These are the region with a great opportunity becoming the face of Yogyakarta for tourist destination (no, I am not majoring tourism for college, lol). Too bad the road to most of the place are rough and steep.

Nevertheless, personally I love challenge and I believe the best part of a destination is the journey. So I somehow enjoy the ride to these place. 

I went to Mangunan, Bantul the other day. Bukit Panguk Kediwung and Hutan Pinus Imogiri to be exact. It was after biochemistry class on Friday and we decided to 'look for' some fresh air. We search for the place on Instagram and we Google Map-ed it so we know the road going there. And by 'we' I mean Tamara, Ummul, and I, the explorer (?) of the day. So, it took approximately an hour from Universitas Gadjah Mada to there by motorcycle. I don't know if the road can be passed by car or not because it was very rough and steep, oh and narrow also.

First destination was Bukit Panguk Kediwung and we welcomed by the breathtaking view of the nature. Here's the picture if you might wonder how great it is (pardon my 'ngangkang' pose wkwk):

Bukit Panguk Kediwung, Dlingo

Typical #sotd

After we took tons of photos there and enjoying the sound of the nature (damn this feels deep), we move over to the second destination, it is the well-known Hutan Pinus Imogiri, which is not far from our former destination.

Since the recent tourist destination trend at Yogyakarta is the phenomenal and famous Hutan Pinus Imogiri, it deserves to be called as '#1 Yogyakarta 2016 Destination' because it was more than just fine. It was captivating and beautiful. People usually rent a hammock and hook it between two trees and just enjoying the view. Because of low-budget, we decided to choose food instead of renting hammock :)))

Hutan Pinus Imogiri

 Mini Tam & Mul surrounded by tall pine trees

The fun fact is, we only sleep for two hours that day doing 'laprak'. Confused why are we choose to strolling around instead of sleep? Truth to be told: 1. We are getting used to few hours of sleep, and 2. We need vacation, man!

So long to my next exploring posts!

KONSERVATIF 2016 #teduhdantulus

So, on Sunday October 23th, I decided to take a break from the super hectic routine of mine. That day I was supposed to finish my physiology report and also I have physiology exam the next day. But knowing that Payung Teduh and Tulus will be performing here at Jogja made me think twice (lol). Both together performing in a night was everything I could ask for. Both songs' are incredibly beautiful and tranquillising to the mind and soul. Perfect for calming down this bored soul.

And the ticket is surprisingly affordable. I bought is only 80k rupiahs (or 85k rupiahs I forgot) for Festival. It might be a little expensive because I bought on the last batch of the ticket selling. The first batch would be just 65k rupiahs for sure. And it is waaaaay worth it to spend every rupiahs to see such concert.

So yea, that's it, I went to this concert, recklessly I might add, knowing all my friends would be studying at that time, but whatsoever, I got tired soul to be entertained (lol).

The concert was held at GOR UNY, not far from my place. I got there after I printed my physiology report's inset. The show started at around 7 p.m with the opening by Everyday, an indie band from Jogja. I don't know much about them, but they're good for sure. The vocalist's voice was angelic, it makes me wanna know more about the band.

 EVERYDAY on KONSERVATIF 2016

And after a few songs, the band called it off for performing that day and the staffs prepared for the next one to perform. While they're preparing, the MC throw up some games to the audience and it was so entertaining and funny.

A few moments later, the band I wanna saw the most starts to perform with the opening "Menuju Senja". I couldn't describe how thrilled I am to see them lively. After the song finished, they started to play a song which I really know from the intro. My fav song from them, Rahasia, started to play and I was so excited that I started to scream "aaaa" just like the others. Love the lyrics, love the music, love the feelings.

They keep up their performance by performing "Resah", "Berdua Saja", "Untuk Perempuan Yang Sedang Di Pelukan", "Kucari Kamu", "Akad" (from their new album), "Tidurlah"and closed with "Angin Pujaan Hujan". It was so great got me wonderstruck. I look forward to their next performance here at Jogja so I can see them again (if the ticket is affordable tho).

 PAYUNG TEDUH on KONSERVATIF 2016

 Cool lighting tho, but too dazzling I can say

Andddd at last, it is the time for the main artist of the show to perform, Tulus! He showed up singing the song "Gajah" and people screaming out loud. So climax. At the end of the song, he greet us warmly and tell how he's thrilled to be back to perform at Jogja although he's wary about how he will gain weight because of the Jogja's foodies (such as Gudeg, if you're not from Jogja, you have to try this one tho). I love when he perform my fav song from him, "Ruang Sendiri" and it has the MV playing from the monitor behind him. Loving the romantic feeling listening to the song. But I feel more heart-warming when he sang "Langit Abu-abu". Thattt feel </3

 TULUS on KONSERVATIF 2016

So the show was over by him performing "Pamit". Right on lyrics (and feels). I feel so happy after going to the show. Feeling no regret. Feeling so happy. I bet every concert has it's own charm to makes us want to go to the next concert because it happens to me. I feel like I want to go to any other concert afterwards (although I'm not the crowdy-loving type, I'm the sit down type tho). Guess I'll be going to many concerts and events soon. I'll make posts about it and au revoir for now!