22.8.11

heaven below!

Photos Courtesy of IAS

emang siih.. disini ga keliatan bagusnya bawah laut Wakatobi. tapi bagi all you divers out there, underwater Wakatobi tuh must visit deh. foto2 diatas diambil pas gw diving di Pulau Hoga, sebelahnya Pulau Kaledupa. disini kontur terumbu karangnya wall. jadi lumayan enak buat ngatur buoyancy. hehe,
enak lah diving disini. ke kiri bisa ngeliat wall terumbu karang dengan berbagai macam habitatnya, liat ke kanan liat schooling fish. wohooo!

21.8.11

cewek seorang diri

well, pertama-tama, foto diatas bukan berarti gw PKL bareng segerombolan cowok ini ya. foto diatas ini cuman perumpamaan doang. hehe,
okay. sekarang ke cerita. dari awal juli kemaren sampe tgl 20 Agustus, gw PKL alias praktek kerja lapang (kalo bahasa bagusnya mah kayak magang gitu lah) di Wakatobi. emang kayaknya kalo denger kata 'Wakatobi' lagsung wuiih! gile enak banget PKL di Wakatobi. emang enak siih.. ga bisa gw pungkiri karena emang bukan cuman tuh pulau jauh dan butuh duit banyak buat kesana, tapi juga surga bawah lautnya yg emg terkenal banget di kalangan diver Indonesia maupun luar negeri.
tapiii.. ada tapinya nih. beda cerita kalo gw kesana CEWEK SEORANG DIRI. temen pkl gw ada 4, cowok semua. trus gw ditempatin di Pulau Kaledupa, Taman Nasional Wakatobi dan disana ga ada cewek sama sekali. emang awal2nya butuh adaptasi sih ya buat hidup selama sebulan lebih sama cowok semua dan pertama gw dateng mikirnya juga bakal nightmare ga punya temen cewek buat ngobrol, ngegosip ala cewek dll. tapi seiring berjalannya waktu, ternyata sama sekali ga kerasa kesepiannya jadi cewek sendiri diantara para lelaki. justru asik banget karena mungkin pas disana gw ketemu orang2 yang bersahabat dan sering ketawa (literally, mereka ketawa terus kalo udh kumpul bareng). trus karena gw cewek satu2nya disana, pastinya gw diperlakukan lebih spesial dibandingin yang lain. mereka semua (bapak2 staf TNW) udah berasa kayak bokap gw sendiri aja. kita semua kayak keluarga. mungkin juga karena mereka jauh dari keluarga mereka jadi kita kayak pengganti keluarga mereka yang jauh entah dimana. kita masak bareng, nonton tv bareng, yang mungkin suatu saat nanti bakal gw kangenin masa2 itu.
yaah.. ga semuanya nyenengin juga siih.. pasti selama sebulan lebih itu ada lah masa2 sedih. ada kalanya gw juga kangen ngobrol sama cewek seumuran gw (adanya ibu2 disana). dan ada kalanya gw kesel karena gw selalu dianggap remeh sama mereka. mereka pikir karena gw cewek dan baru mahasiswa semester 5 gw belom bisa apa2 dan gatau apa2. kesel juga coy digituin. 
intinya sih gw cerita gini, kan masih banyak dari para cewek2 yang masih rada ga mau (mungkin takut ato males) kalo jalan maupun pkl kayak gw sendiri. jadi pastinya cari temen dan 'kesannya ikut2an' dan bukan dari kemauan mereka sendiri. well, kalo emang orang tua udah ngijinin, menurut gw jalanin aja. pasti ada kenangan2 yang bakal lo dapet deh yang jauh lebih seru kalo sama cowok semua (dalam jangka waktu lumayan lama ya). tapi gw ga nyaranin ada cinlok lho yah. just stay as friends and your adventure will be unforgettable. lagipula, kalo menurut gw, adventure bareng cowok tuh lebih asik lho. try it. :)

art from boredom part 2


3.7.11

the advantage of home alone

well, dari jumat kemaren gw sendiri di rumah karena gw harus ngurus proposal PKL (damn it!). walaupun kadang2 gw merasa mati gaya dan takut (i know.. i know.. takut dirumah sendiri kayaknya ga etis). tapiii.. menurut gw banyak banget keuntungan buat gw.
first.. gw bisa makan apapun yang gw mau. but i won't mention the food. ;p
second, gw bisa nonton sampe gw mabok and ga ada yang bakal komen.
third, gw bisa bangun semau gw. wooohoooo! :D

21.6.11

hippie happy

H&M zebra loose shirt
garage sale boho bag
pasar senen jeans

19.6.11

cropped up

dad's choco belt
ISWI 2011 bracelet, metal bracelet (nepal), others from indonesia
H & M dusty pink crop top, pasar senen jeans and bag

Pantai Cigandang, Banten

Frankfurt am Main


 i don't have self pictures in this city (and i regret it sooo much). but what could i do? i was alone. by the way, i wanted to shop 'til i drop here 'cause there was so many stores here but i didn't want to spend all my euro money so i was only buying a few things for my sisters. i regret that too. damn it!
PS : if you want to go to Frankfurt am Main from Frankfurt Flughaffen, you have to see the S sign on the station. it means all trains that only goes around the city, not out the city or different countries in Europe. if you asked someone, beware. at first they will look like a really nice guy helping you to read the train schedule (it's in Germany and a little confusing to read) and everything, but in the end they will ask you for money. well, it's not a  problem 'cause if you say no, they won't do anything to you. so no worries. but if you want, just give them 1 euro. and also, don't hesitate to ask someone. because the train station is huge! you will get lost unless you could speak Germany.

18.6.11

see you later!

every story has its ending. soo.. the day unfortunately came, the closing ceremony.


the closing ceremony was sooo.. fun! we sing along 'Imagine' song, and we dance a funny number made by (i forgot which group. hehe,) it was a perfect occasion in the perfect evening. well, not all actually because my group, the photography group presentation wasn't good. god! it was a disaster! we were put all our best pictures and they present it with lack of color and everything was cropped up. even though we kinda pissed about it, but we made it up by putting the actual video on Facebook so everybody could see it.

the last night we were together, what else we would do besides taking pictures? haha! it was fun, no melancholy feeling between us, just hugs and laughs. i wish i could see them again someday. amiin! :)
"see you later doesn't mean goodbye"

16.6.11

The Medieval Festival


i don't need to describe the event, the pictures says it all ;)

12.6.11

us and Weimar


at the Thuringen experience day, i chose Weimar city (recommended by my hosts too). the city was beautiful and so were the weather. it wasn't as cold as when i arrived in Ilmenau. but the tour (with a non-English spoken guide tour), i'm sorry to say, it was a little bit boring. maybe because literature wasn't my thing. but i really love Goethe summer house. it has a gorgeous garden and i took lots of pictures there. the buildings were old and beautiful. and i got two ethnic books from the local stand. she sold many ethnic things including scarf, bags, etc. but those two books caught my attention immediately because it has leather cover with elephant and camel in it, tied up with some rope. and she was really nice. i got them for 20 euros that was actually 15 euros each. :) 
oh! by the way, there were so many books in here (i'm addicted to books) and i really wanted to buy them. unfortunately they were all in Germany. too bad.

11.6.11

almost 'Indonesian' food

one fine evening, we (indonesian delegates) decided to made some indonesian food in Raja and Mia's host house. before cooking, of course we have to buy some ingredients. i forgot how, but we split up. me, Zeva, Inay and some other guys didn't know where Liedl (am i writing it right?) is. so we have to walked a bit far to find it. but we actually didn't mind 'cause we took some pictures (of course ;p) along the way and the sky was gorgeous! it was a really good weather. once we find Liedl and the rest of them, we split up again 'cause the house wasn't that big. so some of us went to the open air concert (me) and some of us cooked.


 what we didn't know, that the house was soooooooo far away! it was like from a station to another station! maybe we walked for a mile? i don't know. and the room was on the top floor so we had to climb on a thousand stairs ('cause unfortunately there were no elevator). and when we got to the room, there were nasi goreng and bakwan jagung. i looked so yummy! but when i tasted it.. tet tot! it was weird! the nasi goreng didn't have much flavor. i could only taste garlic and salt, and the bakwan jagung were really salty. but aside of that, we ate all of them. maybe 'cause we were really hungry after the walking and climbing to get to the apartment. haha! but actually it didn't matter whether the food taste bad or the apartment was so far away, the only thing that matter is we were all there that night. eating, talking, laughing together. :)


and surprisingly, those two boys volunteered for washing all the dishes. :D