Working-ants or Plowing-buffalos?

On winter season in the north, birds usually migrate to southern part of the world to get warmth. Birds will go back to north on spring, because it’s warmer there.

Just like some humans when they migrate to hometown in holiday season to gather with family. After holiday, they’re back to the city becoming working-ants. Ants go where ever the sugar is, after all.

Which one do you prefer? To work far away from crowd in the middle of jungle where the oil is, or to work far away from hometown where the skyscrappers are, or to work close with family at your hometown?

Do you want to be the working-ants who migrate like birds on holiday season? Or do you choose to be buffalos that plowing the rice field and welcoming whenever those ants coming back to hometown?

I prefer to be the working-ants in the middle of the jungle, digging for oil. That has been my dream since I was a kid. But turns out, working-ants who build the skyscrappers in the middle of the city are also great. Life is fair.

When It Comes to Love

When it comes to love
…even a smart person can be stupid.
…a healthy person can be sick.
…a full-sighted person can be blind.

But sometimes we have to learn
…that something is so high in the sky for us to reach
…that something is not for us to have
…that something is what we really need to let go.

Can We?

I don’t listen to many Indonesian bands. Only those that has been proven as the good ones. So I might have not hear some of their songs, including this Not With Me song by Bondan Prakoso feat Fade 2 Black. BF made me hear it on one of our trip. Sad song on a joyous moment, pretty ironic I bet.

I don’t watch many doramas, only those that my sister and friends recommend me to watch. But I like the fact that I found the dorama version of this video clip when I browsed through Youtube. Because I don’t like the original one. Partly because it’s Indonesian (haha!), the other part is because of the sad ending, someone died.

Bondan Prakoso ft. Fade 2 Black
Not With Me

I’m walking up from my summers dreams again
try to thinking if you’re alright
then I’m shattered by the shadows of your eyes
knowing you’re still here by my side

*reff:
I can see you if you’re not with me
I can say to my self if you’re OKAY
I can feel you if you’re not with me
I can reach you my self, you show me the way

life was never be so easy as it seems
’till you come and bring your love inside
no matter space and distance make it look so far
still I know you’re still here by my side

back to *reff

yeah..you’ve made me so alive, you give the best for me..love and fantasy
yeah..and i never feel so lonely, coz you’re always here with me..yeah..always here with me

back to *reff

I’m walking up from my summers dreams again
try to thinking if you’re alright
then I’m shattered by the shadows of your eyes
knowing you’re still here by my side

*
Can we, beb? <3

Every Man Needs a Hobby

Tony Stark in Iron Man 3 said, “Every man needs a hobby”. So here I am, trying to find myself a new hobby. Not that my old hobby is bad, I just don’t have the time to do it anymore. Cliche, but true.

It was started back at the time when BF still gave me white roses. He asked, “So whenever it’s decaying, you throw them out?”. My answer was yes. The figure of old flowers in my room was horrible enough just to think about.

But I could see he had a problem with that. So I started to think, why don’t I plant them? Good hope, bad fact. It’s hard to find any sold-soil in The capital city. I even wanted to plant it by hydroponics, but sadly roses couldn’t live that way.

So when this one of the mall in the city offered decorational-plant-give-away program if customers spend certain amount of money in the mall, BF and I took the chance. Coencidentally, we need to buy something there and the amount was enough to get 2 decorational-plants.

I can’t cook, but I may be able to take care of decorational-plant. Still a long journey to take care another living human, if you know what I mean.

Expensive Toys for Kids Nowadays

My cousin just had his 7th birthday this weekend. Me and BF couldn’t come to the (blessing) party due to a thing or two, and cousin’s mother gave us her permission not to come to her son’s (blessing) party by buying the cousin foosball as forgiveness-birthday-gift.

Seriously dear 7 years old cousin? Are you gonna rob me or what?

Haha. *stressing out*

Remembering the old times and reading back my old post in bahasa indonesia in here, the expensive toy I had when I was a little kid in elementary school was probably full-set-Lego. Mom bought me roller skate when I was a bigger kid in elementary school, but it wasn’t even costed a hundred dollar back then. When tamagotchi or otopet was a hip in early 2000, I didn’t even have them.

Does it really have to be foosball? 2 years ago, he asked for remote controlled helicopter. Last year, he asked for iPad. Kid these days, ckckck. I can’t imagine how will the era of my kid in the future will be.

I’m actually glad my cousin could get away from his latest-expensive-toy, iPad. Believe me, I had my personal laptop back in 2006 when I was in college. And I didn’t see it as expensive toy that time, just gadget that I needed to support my college time. Him and his iPad? Play time.

Should parents nowadays buy expensive toys to compensate their children not to play only with gadgets?

*

Dear cousin, in hollywood movie that I watched in my teenager time, foosball is located only at the bar or cafe. It’s a game to play when hang out with friends. Not something that they own personally at their house, or even place it in their bedroom. No matter how spoiled brat they are, except for Richie Rich. Maybe.

Bottomline is, please consider to request another birthday gift, would you? :p

Sincerely, your-outdated-and-flat-broke-cousin.

Budgeted-travel Tips and Tricks

ONE
Always search and check for informations about the travel destination. There are many ways to go to Rome, including to our travel destination. If you can’t afford plane, go by train. If you still can’t afford it, bus is always an option.

To wander around the city, you can rent a car for day(s) or even rent a motorcycle. Using public transportation like MRT, commuter train, or bus is also okay.

For budgeted-travel, please note taxi is not an option. Especially in a tourism spot like Bali, Indonesia. Taximeter there increases quickly, by an eye-blink. Imagine how hurted your eyes will be because you’re afraid to blink to avoid the meters to going up in a long trip.

TWO
Love to take pictures but doesn’t have tripod? You don’t have to buy one if you can’t lend it from friends or relatives. Be creative. Use whatever tools you find in the spot to support your camera, eventhough the camera you use is only from mobile phone.

In our latest trip on mid-march, my boyfriend used his iPhone to capture our moments together with my iPhone as the tripod. He didn’t want to bother other people who were also taking pictures, our gadgets were used effectively. Trusted him, he’s an engineer.

No, we can not afford this. :p

THREE
If snorkling and or diving is included in your holiday activity but you don’t have an underwater and or a waterproof camera, don’t worry.

You can always cover your standard digital pocket camera with thick plastic and use it underwater. Trust me, my friend did this in our trip on November last year and her camera was just fine up until this time. The photo result? Not bad.

If you don’t have pocket camera either, just equipped your mobile phone with waterproof case. It’s available everywhere, especially if yours is apple-brand mobile phone.

What’s your trick?

Relax And Enjoy The Trip

Because vacation
…is also building up the courage to request for annual leaves to boss at work
…is also negotiating and compromising with our holiday partner’s pace and interest
…is also about taking double jobs just to cover the expenses during vacation
…is also having an overnight at the airport for 7 hours waiting in between flights
…is also 9 hours riding on the train
…is also meeting someone new and sharing story and experience, both with local people and other travelers
…is also sleeping less time just to catch the sunrise on the peak of the mountain
…is also riding a motorcycle to a far away land just to catch the sunset
…is also prioritizing what to buy and what not on a tight budget
…is also taking a breath on the breath-taking view
…is also relaxing our mind and body from the daily activities we usually deal with

So why not enjoy every moment of it by not worrying the result and or amount of pictures that we take?

Let’s have another trip.