Hi, everyone!
It's been awhile since my last publishing post here. How are you doing, guys? I hope that you're doing fine because I'm doing fine. (:
Time just flies so fast and I still don't know where it goes when it flies. I feel so gloomy when I know that I will pass my wonderful time so quickly, but there're still a lot of good things ahead which are waiting for us to do, to feel, to spend, and to live.
Going back to the first month of this year which is January 2013, everything was just going fine and ordinary until June 2013. As always, I spent a lot of my times with my family and friends, I had to learn and study at my university and my 'English community' to improve my English skill as an English course teacher, and as you have read, I just taught English everyday to add some pocket money into my purse (read: account book).
Everyday seemed to be very ordinary until sometimes I felt so bored with the routine that I had to do, but there're also some stressful times for me especially when it came to mid term test and final test because I suddenly got the ambition to still maintain my high GPA whereas my parents don't really care with my academic achievement. They have their own thought that I don't need to be stressed and study until midnight just for getting high scores. As long as I still get good scores and pass all subjects, it's fine for them. Nevertheless, I thank God that I have caring and good parents. (:
Anyway, I failed to maintain my high GPA. It decreased from 3,90 to 3,76, so I got the accumulated 3,82. It made me sad for a moment, but now it doesn't even matter.🎈
After January -- June, it's holiday! One of my favorite times. Hehe. At that time, I had planned with my brother and his GF to go to Semarang and Magelang. We almost wouldn't go, but at last we went. That's my second time visiting Semarang and my first time visiting Magelang. It was so fun. I went to Goa Maria in Salatiga (I forget the name of the Goa Maria) for the first day. I prayed there and I bought some bracelets😆. Then, I went to Borobudur, Mendut, and Gedongsongo, but my brother told me that it was just Gedongloro for us because we just caught until the second temple.
Oh! For you who don't know, Gedongsongo means 'nine temple'. Songo is Javanese, means nine; loro means two. The 9th temple is very high and it was foggy that time, so I couldn't catch it.
I also visited Sam Poo Kong vihara. The vihara is famous in giving accurate prophecy and my brother & his GF were brave enough to ask for some prophecies about their careers and their love lives. I was challenged to ask for some prophecies also, but I was afraid.😂
The atmosphere while asking for the prophecies was very tense and frightening, until I got a very bad nightmare at that night. I'm a kind of person that is rare in being afraid of ghost or nightmare, but at that night, I don't understand why I felt very scared until my heart pounded and I couldn't sleep anymore for some hours. I won't tell you about my nightmare because this post would be extremely long. I'm afraid that you'll be bored. (:
Semarang and Magelang trip had done! It's time to go to Bali with my superb friends, Tiffany, Juli, Lewi, Albert, and Martin. They really rocked my days. I wanna go somewhere with them again next time😊. Anyway, I will tell my Bali trip story in structure, so don't worry, be happy, guys! Hehe.
On the first day, we gathered at CGK airport and TA DA, we arrived at Bali. Lewi had taken wrong decision because he said that we wouldn't need rental car for the first day. He said that we could just walk on foot along the way to the beach, but it's just on his thought because he thought that our hotel would be very very close to Kuta beach. He's wrong. So, we decided to have late breakfast first at a chinese food restaurant. Anyway, food in Bali is expensive, guys! After that, we spent our time by playing card at the hotel lobby. It was still around 10.30 am, so we couldn't check in first. Fortunately, the hotel provides a transportation to Kuta beach. Thank God we stayed at a four-star-hotel, so the facilities are good and complete. (:
It was really fun! We walked along Kuta beach until Legian, we played sand together, chit-chatted, and mocked at each other. Hahaha.
We had dinner at Flapjacks. The pancake is yummy, but the pasta is so-so for me. After that, we took taxi to go back and bought some snacks first at Circle-K to enjoy while playing card together before going to sleep. (:
On the second day, the rental car came. We went to Garuda Wisnu Kencana (GWK) to see the big sculpture and took some photos. Then, we played at Dreamland beach. Dreamland beach is so amazing. The wave is soooo beautiful. We played sand again there and we buried half of Lewi's body with sand. Hahaha. It was so fun. I just want to repeat that time again. (:
Then, we went to Uluwatu temple. Too bad that Martin suddenly got sick and Tiffany & Albert didn't have enough courage to see the aggressive monkeys. Ah! So, just Lewi, Juli, and I entered Uluwatu temple and that's right, the monkeys are really aggressive and have very bad obesity. Hahaha.
After that, we went to Padang-Padang or Sanur beach, I forget. The beaches are so-so. Dreamland is the best beach so far! At night, we had dinner at Jimbaran. We visited Kuta beach again and enjoyed churros together. The most delicious and the cheapest churros I have eaten. Wohoo, I'm craving for it now :(
On the third day, our shopping passion got out. Hahaha. We decided to go to Sukowati market. Fortunately, at that time, suddenly I checked my bag to know if my purse had been in there or not whereas I never did it before, and WOW my purse wasn't there. Albert and Lewi quickly got out from the car and went to the girls' room to look for my purse. They found my purse luckily. Thank God I was lucky and I have good friends like them. (':
We bought a lot of barong clothes and some T-shirts at Sukowati market and I also bought bracelets. (I heart bracelets). Then, we went to Monkey Forest. Suddenly, I hate monkey😓 aaand I forget where we had dinner, but surely we went again to Kuta beach. Fyi, every night in Bali we spent by walking through Kuta beach; Kuta shops, watching Ghost Whisperer or Korean reality show (recommended by Tiffany), and playing card. It was so fun! I miss those moments a lot.
On the fourth day, we did the water sport at Nusa Dua beach. Wohooo, so excited! I took flying-fish, doughnut, and banana-boat as my water sports, as same as Tiffany, Albert, and Martin. But, Lewi and Juli aren't afraid of height, so they took parasailing instead of doughnut. I did flying-fish with Albert, Tiffany with Martin, and Juli with Lewi. Flying-fish was veeerrryyy fun! I want to do it again. Then, we did banana-boat together. I laughed a lot. Hahaha. Then, Martin, Tiffany, Albert, and I did doughnut and Juli & Lewi did their each parasailing. After that, we went to turtle island by glass boat. We took some photos there with some animals. So exciting! (:
Oh! We also had babi guling as our lunch and iga babi as our dinner. Yummy!
On that day, we felt very sad because tomorrow would be our last day in Bali, but we promised that we would go to Bali together again next time. Hehe.
On the last day, our Bali stuffs weren't enough, so we wanted to buy some Bali stuffs at Joger and Krisna. We bought same T-shirt at Joger as our uniform. Hehe. Then, we bought pia legong, some snacks, and milk pie at Krisna. I, bought, some, bracelets, again. (I love bracelets).
We had second breakfast at 'Ayam Betutu' restaurant. Then, it's time to say "see you next time" to Bali. TA DA, we came back to our reality (read: Jakarta).
I miss those little pieces of moments that I have felt there. It was a very fun trip. 5 days ain't enough for us. :(
After Bali trip, I went to Bandung and Lembang with my family and my brother's GF. It was ordinary, but fun. (:
My superb holiday had been finished. My ordinary college life was waiting around. I did my usual activities again, but still I learned a lot.
Oh! I also turned into 19, remaining one year of my teenage life because twenty won't have word 'teen' anymore. Thanks for everyone's wishes, gifts, and surprises. I hope the best for myself, especially I hope I can be more mature.
Now, it's 3 hours before welcoming the new year, 2014. My resolutions are still the same like my last, last, last year. I hope that I will always be a grateful person, my family will always be blessed and happy, and I can make and publish my own novel. Oh! I have made my two short stories published in Yess! magz' booklet. (:
Thank you, 2013! I'm ready for 2014.
