Good evening Comrades, I will fly to Papua Island tonight. The destination is the city of Manokwari, West Papua. According to google map, the distance between Jakarta and Manokwari is about 4,500 km away to the east. Tonight, my plane–Sriwijaya Air–will takeoff (inshallah) from Soekarno Hatta International Airport at 00.05 WIB–Western Indonesian Time, with Sriwijaya…
Month: November 2013
I Miss You the Most When Raining
There is a place along the equator. About 7hrs to the east of GMT. There lies an archipelago, consisted of five large lands hundreds of small islands, and thousands of coasts.. That country is Indonesia. My motherland and my father-ocean. In this kind of month, and at the end of each year, the monsoon wind…
Do not afraid of Loneliness (1)
(note: I wrote this entry almost a week ago.) It’s past midnight, reaching Wednesday, and I’m still unable to sleep. My eyes already protested, but somehow I refuse to fall asleep. So I decided to message my bestfriend, Ali. He’s been my buddy since 1989. Yep. Since junior high or 7th grade. We were at…
On The Road Photos (1)
Good evening, Comrades! Lately, I have a new hobby. Since I always ride the motor-taxi now, I have time to look around. Observing the motorcyclists–we often call them “riders”–I met on the road. Day by day, these riders fascinated me. I will not comment how they ride. I prefer to comment about what they’re wearing….
Have a Safe Flight
To my dearest chipped-tooth-boy *haha* but lovely good friend, Have a safe flight! May Allah wrap His warm arms around you, and keep you safe where ever you are. Best of luck with the new business in your hometown. Look forward to hear from you again. Take care.. I love you.
Fill Me In
The first time I heard of the term “fill me in” was 1999, from the title of a song by Craig David, a UK singer. At first, I didn’t understand what’s the meaning of it. Apparently it’s an idiom, and God knows I love idioms! ^_^ But, then few months later, I found out, it…
Life is About Choice
That’s a “usual” quote we often hear and read every where. But it became way more special, because the sentence came from one of my good friends, Fina. After I told her about my plan to get a scholarship and leave abroad, she simply said, “Life is about choice, Teh Nin.” (note: Teh is a…
Being LPDP Awardee #1
Indeed that Allah works in mysterious way. And there’s no such thing as coincidence, only Allah’s written plan. My former lecturer in the univ, after 13 years of my BA graduation, suddenly contacted me via facebook and he later invited me to propose a scholarship to Leiden Univ. in Netherland, because it happened that he’s…
Mom is a Love Consultant
Having two teenage kids sometimes drive me insane. Not because of their bad behavior–both of my teenager son and daughter are sweet kids, Alhamdulillah–but because they are reaching puberty. It means, in this phase, they started to learn about love. My 16 y.o. son told me, he’s going steady with this girl in his class….
My BFF Bunnee
Yesterday, Wednesday, November 6th, 2013, was my bestfriend’s birthday.. So, Her name is Siti Jihan. She’s my bestfriend since high school (1993). We both attended Sekolah Menengah Atas (SMA) Negeri 5, Bandung (SMA Negeri means state high school). We were at the same class (Physics-5). She was a quiet girl, and a bit hostile to…
You think it’s …
Listen to me narrating this entry here: * * * You think it’s normal to fall in love with a boy, marry him and have his kids, right? You’ve never questioned it, because you were raised in an environment where that was presented as the only right way, and anything else was abnormal. If it…
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