Incidentally, I also published this on a Thursday. In a way, that feels, well, fitting.
This Sunday, I'm leaving our magical city for the Lion City. Yes, again. And yes, another one-way ticket.
And yes, yes, it does seem a little fast after my dramatic goodbye not even two months ago. What can I say, life unfolds in mysterious ways at times.
In living up to my blogger (read: tendency to dramatize everything) self, I would like to thank everyone for your kind support, for the dinners, luncheons, coffees, movies, for the setups (none worked out, unfortunately), and for simply being there for me during my stay in my home country. I also would like to thank the government for the Pilkada (I didn't vote but did experience the, uh, impacts) and nature for the earthquake (my brother and I looked at each other; "That an earthquake?" "I think so." "Oh, OK." Stupid boys) -- all on the same day.
Still in blogger's spirits, I wanna say that going back to that tiny dot on the map symbolizes my lives before and after a significant sequence of events. For my second spell on the island -- dunno how long it'll last this time, but eight years isn't easy to beat -- I promise myself to enjoy more out of life, have more fun, move work (and money, by extension) to a lower rank on the priority list.
The problems didn't quite sort out the way I would've wanted them to, but I had the closures and compromises I'd needed. And that in itself is a cause for gratitude. I have a functioning family, I have great friends, I have had opportunities and good chapters in life. Insatiable though people are, I have to say I lack real reasons to complain. Hey, presuming life begins at 40, I'd say mine hasn't even started yet. Plenty to look forward to.
IMO, the first step to bring joy to those around you is to bring joy to yourself. How to take care of others if you don't take care of yourself first? So, People, take good care of yourselves, will ya? Dup dor a'az Mubster \\//
Beam me up, Scotty!
Current music: none
Current mood: thoughtful
jaaaaaaaaaaaaah
gw baru tau kalo loe di Jakarta kayaknya minggu lalu :D
and now u're leaving?
bah...
I thought there will be another -ex-mudika-pulo-gebang- meeting :D
so will u be here on Martin's wedding?
(gw juga baru denger berita ini)
Oh ya, Martin nikah? Selamat menempuh ya, Tin. Kapan, Vay? Martin maksudnya, bukan elu.
Elo emang dramatis! Cuma liburan 2 bulan ajaaa... bilangnya leave SG for good ;)
BTW, udah yakin mau kembali ke sana? Nggak mau nunggu nangkap satu heavenly girl dulu?
Welcome back. :)
Jeng May: maksud loe, gak mau nangkep satu kader dulu?
gyahahahahahahahhh :D
Dodol: Yaah, cepet bener. :) Anyway, take care.. Seneng bisa kenalan walo cuman lewat blog.
1 more thing, salut buat the domain thing. :)
Gua kan blogger yang secara gitu, Jeng. Jadi yah, git git deh.
Ngeband lagi kita, Ndra?
J, kesannya nggak bakal ketemu gitu :)
Heavenly girl zaman sekarang agak susah ditangkep. Dulu waktu gua masih muda kayaknya lebih gampang deh.
Cuti dua bulan Ta?
HORE!!!!
Ehm...Pak, lupa nanya...Totus Tuus nya ke apa/siapa nih?
Nganggur dua bulan, Wis.
Nda, Totus Tuus ego sum et omnia mea Tua sunt. Accipio Te in mea omnia. Praebe mighi cor Tuum, Maria.
Oh...jadi terharu. :)
Ngomong-ngomong keren nih edisi dirgahayu kali ini. Apa gue aja yang baru sadar ada peta Indonesianya di belakang?
Oh, itu udah dari dulu kok. Gua tambahin pas taon kedua kalo nggak salah. Kemaren sebenernya pengen bikin yang baru tapi apa daya... Males :P
Wah, selamat kembali ke dunia nyata :D. Nggak terasa ya, udah dua bulan aja.
Iya nih, Juwi. Tapi dapet nonton DVD banyak banget. En gua rasa berat gua naek 5 kiloan kali. Elu musti nyoba tuh, nganggur 2 bulan.
Semoga sukses dengan kerjaan barunya.., boleh tuh kalo ada travel voucher...;-D
Somehow i know that you'll be back to that 'tiny dot on the map'
Terima kasih, Ibu. Semoga sukses juga ama pengisian kontainernya. Mampirlah kapan-kapan ke titik kecil di peta itu.
selamat selamat
mamam mamam lagi di popeye kalo gitu dong :p
Gw sejak pertama baca mikir: dimanaaa gitu gw baca kata "totus tuus". Baru ngeh setelah lihat reply-loe buat komennya Xinda :)
BTW, kayaknya gw doang (eh, ama Vanya), yang sedih dikaw kembali ke that tiny dot on the map ;) Hilang deh temen nongkrong gw.. huaaaaa... :)
Mamam duren kita?
Jeng, ada sumur di ladang deh pokoke.
Yupp! Dan ada kali di sawah!
Ditunggu di titik kecil di peta itu.
Taun depan yuk, djeng may?
main ke titik kecil itu..
*nabungdulu*
:)
@Dodol:
Emang di SG ada ladang? Bikin flower bed aja gak cukup kayaknya ;)
@JJ:
Yeee.. kok nunggu taun depan? Kemarin malem diajakin ketemu gak mau. Padahal biayanya gak semahal bayar fiskal.. hehehe..
@Djeng May:
"Kemarin malem diajakin ketemu gak mau."
Itulah, jeng May.. malem. Scr gw kerja di Serpong dan rumah di Cengkareng, rada susah kalo mo ketemuan di daerah2 situ malem-malem..
BTw, besok cabut ya Dol? Met jalan ya..
Bisa-bisa lebih cepet Cengkareng-SG ya.
Makasih. Ampe ketemu ya. Siapa tau entar kalo gua pulang lagi, pakar telematika kita berhasil menemukan stanza ke-10.
September, ren... :D
Nikahnya si Martin :D
Kepingan2 DVD itu baru kesentuh dua ren :p kalo belinya seplastik gede gitu.. setaun gue mah blm tentu abis.
btw... walopun i'll miss u, tapi secara tampang dan kelakuan loe lebih cocok di sono sih emang ren (tanpa ngomongin standar salary segala lho ya :p)
Gua udah lama banget nggak ketemu tuh anak. Terakhir ya yang di apartemennya si Devi itu, yang elu dengan semangatnya bilang Harry Potter di pelem kecakepan, Vay :)
Coba, coba, apa contoh kelakuan gua yang lebih cocok di sini, Cok?
pasti kangen ngeband doang kan lu?
selamat datang lagi, Odol.
ngeben ngeben yuk, terus lanjut DURENN!!! :)
Oh, jelas itu. Duren kan secara.
orang indo mana mau pake hp kaya yg loe pake Ren! :)) :))
Orang sini juga nggak ada yang pake HP kayak gua, Cok.
iya ya gw pernah bilang gitu di situ?
emang waktu itu udah ada harpot gitu?
itu taun kapan sih?
btw gw juga udah taonan ga ketemu dia
oya, calon istrinya itu sepupunya anna
loe inget anna?
temennya patty, kk gw
*knapa jadi ngobrol di sini, sih ya...*
Udah, waktu itu baru aja keluar pelem yang pertama. Jadi taon berapa tuh?
Anna gua inget. Yang putih, pake kacamata kan ya?
taun 99 apa 2000 ya?
malem taun baru kan ya?
Hmm, gua lupa itu Taon Baru apa bukan. Tapi kayaknya bukan, soalnya pelem HP1 itu keluarnya taon 2001, sementara malem-malem Taon Baru gua setelah itu terdokumentasikan dengan cukup baek :)
Tapi kalo bukan Taon Baru trus acara apa ya, kok tau-tau bisa ngumpulin banyak orang kayak git git.
nah itu dia..
iya gw tau soal taun baru yg loe dokumentasikan, soalnya waktu gw baca itu gw ngeh kalo loe mudika Gabriel juga.
Tapi seinget gw, gw jalan sama devi dan yanti cuma taun baru doang...
itu yg loe dtg sama anita bukan?
kita sempet ke rumahnya marten duren sawit ngga?
*gw jadi penasaran terusan*
Atau mungkin -- mungkin lho ya -- itu bukan malem Taon Baru tapi pas tanggal satunya?
Gua malah nggak inget sempet ke Marten segala. Ingetnya cuma ke apartemen itu, trus lupa abis itu ngapain. Canggih ya, padahal nggak ada miras.











