Jakarta ohh Jakarta ...

A couple of weeks ago, I had a thought of being and experienced as Jakartan ? (haha, made that up, was trying to say as Jakarta citizen). Why ? nothing in particular, wanted to try something new, that's all.

I used to live in Jakarta when I was 8 years old, lived there for two years in a place called Cempaka Putih Tengah street. It was kinda sad remembering those moments back, it was the early years of Dad's carreer, we lived in someone's garage. :-(

But thank goodness we finally moved here, in Bogor. Ever since we moved in here, I rarely (almost never) went to Jakarta anymore. Until I started working and sometimes made me have to go to Jakarta for meetings or some papers/documents settlements. That too, always by a car or at least a train then usually took a taxi. :D

So, there I was, on one sunny Saturday morning, got on the train to met up with one of my bestfriend - Etha, she picked me up at Gambir then took a taxi (haha yeaah ..) to go to Pelangi - that's what she calls Plaza Semanggi. We hung around for a while in there, saw a movie, lunch, a little shopping. Then the time finally came, her home is in Sunter, somewhere in Tanjung Priuk Jakarta.
We took a bus (hmmm), it hadn't changed, the busses in Jakarta, they never really stop when you get on it, so you have to be quick ! ;-)

It was so very hot inside the bus, phew ! And it wasn't over yet, after that bus, we still had to take another bus called Metromini. God, this one was even hotter, not to mentioned the noise that came from the bus engine, was sitting in the front, Etha had to stand up as there was none seats available.

The next morning, we decided to go to Mangga Dua, had enough with the busses (sorry ... ) so told Etha to stopped a taxi. When we were done shopping at Mangga Dua, we decided to go continue shopping to this market called Asemka, the building is old, dirty and HOT !

We took a Bajaj to got there, haha yaa the noisy vehicle. Shopping in Asemka was okay, the price was cheap, although the place wasn't too convenient. Specially when you shop in the outer section, such as the streets, motorbikes, Bajajs, cars, people, all use the same street, too much smokes from all of those vehicles, and to top it all, the sun ....
We didn't spend a lot of time in Asemka, and finally decided to leave.

Now, it was okay to have experienced all that, I liked it. But I don't think I would wanna do it again hahaha ... I love Bogor, although it's always marked with the traffic which caused by its million Angkots, and dirty streets, but I enjoy leaving here. :-)
Thanks Etha for the awesome weekend ! ^_^

From Prajab with .......

Hmm .... "Where do I begin, to tell the story of how great a love can be .. "

Yup, it's love. I wonder if there was any real love story back then ? ;-)
I love my new friends ! Amazing people, and I'm proud and so grateful knowing that I've gotten a chance to meet and know and lived with them for 24 days in my life. It was awesome, great and incredible !!

Finally the Prajab's over. I'm glad but sad at the same time. Already missing the moments, even the silly meals !
One thing about Prajab that I hate the most was that I had to write a resume every single night !

Oh, and another one was that I had to get up very early and did some exercise while my eyes and my thoughts were still deep in slumber. Haha, except the last day, I was so excited about working out as I was completely stressed out about the upcoming exam.

The class was great, I like listened to people talking about their thoughts, although, there were times I felt really sleepy in class, haha and at times I almost fell asleep !! When that happened, I usually glanced at some dudes (Tito or bang Sam), desperately wishing that they would make some jokes or say something funny, just so that it helped me to stay awake. So if any of you realized that I was glancing at them or even staring at them, that would have meant that I was sooo very bored and sleepy. Hehe .. :-D


My roommate was nice. Very nice. Was glad having a roomie like her, I had a friend to laughed with in the middle of the night or in the early morning, when the situation were kinda depressed.

This video was taken on the social evening, our last evening of togetherness. There was a moment of sharing that night, we all sat down in circle and the lights were out, everyone spoke out their thoughts and feelings, some of them cried, and I thought, "geezzz........what's up with them ? Do they have to cry like that ?"



The next morning, the closing ceremony, when I heard Pak Ketu's speech, it suddenly hit me, that this is gonna be the last time I am with them, I might will never see them again, so many amazing moments. So yeah, I got too emotional, and I could feel my eyes were getting moist. I was like, "gosh, why on earth am I crying now ?", tried to fight not to cry, but stupid eyes wouldn't listen. I hate sad moments. :-(

Nice and interesting personals.
Great minds they have. Perhaps one day, these guys will be the ones who help to make Indonesia a better country. Haha..... who knows ? We shall see and wait. ;-)

Prajab ...... oh ...... prajab

Still stuck in this 'prajab' thingie. Got a weekend off. Hopefully it's gonna end soon. Not that I hated it. In fact, I liked it. Meeting new people, become friends, learn new stuff, have so many new experiences. It was good, great.

I like my new friends, they're smart, funny, amazing ones. They make boring hours passed just like that.

But I missed my boring days at work too. :-(
Oh, and I definitely miss my Genie !! Darn, I think I lost my Genie again. Where are you Genie ?

Hmm.... it's only a week to go. I might miss everyone and everything about this prajab one day. :-)