2018: When it all began

2018 mungkin menjadi tahun dengan travelling paling banyak seumur hidup 23 tahun gue.

I don’t want to make this like an exaggeration, or like I’m showing off, because it’s not.

What I had experienced probably nothing; if I had to compare it to others’. But I ain’t to.

I just simply cannot believe that I have visited quite a few places where I didn’t expect nor did I plan the year before.

Semuanya benar-benar berawal dari rencana ngetrip bareng di akhir tahun 2017. Dari sekian lama dan panjang diskusi akhirnya diputuskanlah pergi ke Dieng sekaligus mampir ke rumah salah satu teman di Purwokerto. Tiketpun udah dibeli bareng. Tiket ditangan, tinggal menyusun itinerary dan menunggu tanggal keberangkatan. Ditengah-tengah excitement nunggu ini, ternyata salah satu teman “dropped the bomb”. Tiba-tiba bilang kemungkinan besar dia gak bisa berangkat karena satu dan lain hal. Setelah diskusi ini itu coba cari jalan keluar gimana caranya dia tetap bisa berangkat, hasilnya nihil. She said no til the end. Yasudah, berarti pilihannya cuma ada dua: tetap lanjut dengan agak sedikit berat hati meninggalkan si teman, atau batal total aja semuanya karena satu untuk semua, semua untuk satu.

Sebagai orang yang pantang menyerah bin egois, tentu saja, buat Regita dari awal gak pernah ada pilihan, satu-satunya jawaban ya: Lanjut lah! Yekali gak kuy. HAHA

Gak deng, sebenernya sayang aja sih, udah merencanakan sejauh itu dan bener-bener tinggal berangkat, kalau masih bisa jalan kenapa harus batal?

Maaf ya untuk temanku yang ditinggalkan J

Skip lanjut ke Februari. Sesungguhnya kenekatan Regita tidak sampai disitu saja. Hari keberangkatan di depan mata, tapi tiket masih belum di tangan. Kenapa bisa begitu? Karena yang beli tiket adalah si teman yang batal berangkat; dan sayangnya pada waktu itu teman ini sedang tidak pada keadaan yang mudah dihubungi. Bodohnya lagi, dari awal beli tiket kenapa juga gak disimpan sendiri kan malah dibiarin cuma satu temen yang megang J.

Beruntungnya, masih ada teman yang menyimpan tiket punya gue, tapi entah gimana cuma ada tiket berangkat. Harusnya bersyukur banget sih, karena yang justru baru ketemu tiket berangkat, bukan pulang; setidaknya masih bisa berangkat biarlah nanti pulang gimana. Dengan alasan ini Regita nekat aja berangkat tanpa kepastian tiket pulang; karena ya emang dari awal cuma satu sih misinya: Jadi Berangkat.

Alhamdulillah, ketika udah di Dieng si teman yang tidak jadi ikut itu udah bisa dihubungi dan Regita bisa pulang dengan aman dan sentosa. It was a nice trip after all.J

Banyak hal luar bisa mengesankan, gila, lucu, bahkan yang mengecewakan pun ada. Dari mulai tiba di Dieng disambut hujan deras yang berakhir bikin pengajian kecil-kecilan di penginapan berdoa semoga besok cerah (MasyaAllah it did work!), terkesima sama bagusnya pemandangan Dieng, nervous as heck waktu habis subuh gelap gulita bawa motor menuju sikunir, lelahnya naik tangga ke puncak sikunir tapi super duper amazed dengan pemandangan yang disuguhkan ketika sampe puncak, kesel banget jadi korban pungli masuk salah satu tempat wisata, jalan kaki ada kali 5 kilo ke baturraden dan gak dapet apa-apa, sampe baturraden dikira gembel sampe dipinjemin motor, mau balik pulang jadi gembel lagi gak nemu angkutan umum dan gak berani jadi hitchhikkers, ngobrol ngalor-ngidul di antara keluarga bahagia yang lagi piknik di alun-alun purwokerto, pulang kemaleman bener-bener gak dapet angkutan umum (jam setengah 8 kemaleman!!); berakhir dengan minta tolong ke temannya temen, anak pwt yang lagi pulkam yang  punya mobil tapi karena gak bisa bawanya jadi minta tolong temennya yang anak Jakarta lagi main ke pwt buat “jemput” dan “mulangin” kita ciwik-ciwik yang tersesat. Untuk yang terakhir ini lucu bin ngenes parah sih gak ngerti lagi. Temen gue anak asli pwt, tapi dia sendiri gak tau kalau gak ada angkutan umum sama sekali ke rumahnya setelah maghrib. Perjalanan dari pusat kota ke rumahny kayak 30 menit, and mind you, 30 menit di sana bukanlah 30 menitnya Jakarta yang sebenernya deket tapi jadi lama karena macet; alias JAUH BANGET BOK. J

But still, it was all a fun ride. I cannot imagine if I had to say no from the start, if I had to just cancel it all together. Pretty much I had given up all the excitement of this trip. I’d probably never remember how much fun travelling is (because the last time I had a trip was in Jan 2015).

Jadi, trip Dieng – Purwokerto ini menjadi sebuah awalan untuk kenekatan-kenekatan lainnya. Tidak menyesal sama sekali. Kayaknya satu-satu nya penyesalan adalah tidak merinci pengeluaran. Haha

Satu hal lagi yang diingat dari trip ini, selama perjalanan pulang dari Dieng, I kept looking back. I remember how much I’m gonna miss it. So I promised to go back, I whispered through my lips and prayed through my heart, “God I wanna go back, I had to, not because I want to enjoy Sikunir for second time, I’ll be back for Mount Prau; I’ll hike Mount Prau for sure.”

Allah SWT answered my prayer 6 months later. Life is sure full of surprise. J

Sejujurnya dari sini masih mau lanjut rambling dengan kegilaan trip lainnya. Tapi kayaknya mau nulis yang ini aja soalnya this trip really is where it all began. Maybe kinda like the turning point? I just keep craving for another fun ride. It is that addicting. Although I must say, the wish for more travels doesn’t equal the source in reality a.k.a money. #letsberealistic Yasudahlah, biarkan jadi niat aja dulu sementara, siapa tau kejadian Prau berulang kembali. Who knows? Gak ada salahnya kan sambil mengumpulkan pundi-pundi sambil terus diniatkan dan berdoa semoga yang diharapkan jadi kenyataan. Karena kadang-kadang, ada modal pun ketika semesta tidak menakdirkan ya susah. Meskipun seringnya yang penting selalu ada modal apa aja jadi bisa diusahakan (EH GIMANA??!) lol what a contradiction. #manaprinsipmu

Goalnya sementara waktu untuk 2019 ini adalah #mariberprinsip #2k19tetepngetrip #tripimpianherewego

Bismillah aja yaaaa J

Sekian late post dari Regita. Untuk siapapun yang udah baca postingan yang tidak berfaedah sampe sejauh ini, TERIMA KASIH BANYAK GAES, LUPH YOU PULL :* dan maaaaaaaaaaaafffff bangettttttt tulisannya carut marut, zuppperrrr berantakan. Huhuh maklum udah gak pernah lagi nulis. T_T (padahal dalam hati udah pengen nulis semacam catatan perjalanan gitu apalah daya cuma berakhir wacana. Hiks)

Btw kalo gue nulis yang udah tahun lalu tuh bakal basi banget gak sih? #shameless #mulaiajadulu #ehbukaniklan :))

Alhamdulillah wa syukurillah dapet sunrise di puncak Sikunir
tanpa kabut dengan pemandangan Gunung Sindoro & Prau di depan mata!

Send hearts from Dieng 💓

Telaga Warna is seen from the top at Batu Ratapan Angin

Ini nih tempat yang bikin jadi korban pungli.

The famous Mie Ongklok, too sweet for my taste.

Sebuah keharusan, foto di depan tulisan ini :))

Saat ngegembel di pinggir jalan nunggu angkutan umum lewat.

See yaa! Let's see where my foot will take me next!!

A message to myself..

..in the future.


Dear me,
10 years, 15 years, or 20 years from now you are no longer a girl.
You will be a complete grown up woman.
You will work on a job that you love.
You will earn the result of your own hardship.
You will get sweets from your sweat.
You will open up your eyes and your heart.
You will understand how feeling works.
You will find someone that comforts you the most.
You will be someone's partner.
You will be a wife.
You will have your own little family.
You will be a mother.
You will have children that you need to take care.
You will be a much wiser person.
You will be an adult who knows your own family.
You will understand that communication creates harmonization.
You will learn from the past life.
You will be making up the things that you didn't receive and didn't do.
You will not take the same wrong path you had made.
You will know you won't make mistakes that others did.
You will forgive and will be forgiven.
You will be grateful with everything that happened to you.
You will be thankful for the given life you have had.
You will appreciate yourself for who you are to be.


I believe you will be proud, you will know, you will love yourself more than what others can see.

credit pic

#Latepost Pare, Kediri

So I actually have wanted to post this since forever but due to my own laziness and thanks again for a bunch of assignments, I couldn't do so.

But then I have this journal, which I submitted about two or three months ago, and one of the stories I had written at that time was this. So I thought, why don't I just post this on my blog? And so here I am.

Unfortunately, this story was written for my academic purposes only, and the thing I'm going to do here is just copy-paste it without even re-writing and adding this and that to go into details, NO. So please be warned of dissatisfaction feeling at the end of your reading. (like you will have) *cough*

My aim here is just to share my experience regarding my holiday that I've spent in Kediri, hence if anyone accidentally coming here and hoping to get any information that will help, I'm not sure this post will help tho..

Anyway, happy reading!

My Unforgettable Holiday

(a/n. yea I have no idea why I put my oh-so-creative title here)

My last holiday was wonderful and really memorable. I went to Kediri this early year for about two weeks to spend at a place called Kampung Inggris. The place itself is originally a village named Pare which has a ton of language courses (mainly English), hence the name is Kampung Inggris which also means English Village. I was there to spend my time learning English to be more advance in the next level. So I took an IELTS Preparation class and a class of speaking that I got for free from my accommodation.

My daily schedule was start at 5 a.m. at camp, which called Excellent Camp, we gathered for one hour to have a small discussion that actually happen twice―early in the morning and later in the evening. Then at 7 in the morning I had an actual class of IELTS Preparation until 10 and continued with speaking class until 12. After 3 hours of break, I came back to IELTS Prep class to spend 2 hours of doing exercise.

Well, I think it seems pretty boring to spend your holiday time studying just like school days. However, the most exciting part was when I spent my two weekends at different places. The first one was my very first experience travelling alone to Malang from Kediri that took me about 3 hours. My destination was to visit and spend a night at my friend’s house and to make her show me around Malang City. Although it was just two days and a night, but I really had a great time visiting her!

Panorama mode right in front of Mount Batok

At the second weekend I went to Bromo, Tengger, Semeru National Consevation Park with my classmate in IELTS Prep class for a day. Our first destination was to see the sunrise. Sadly, after one hour climbing Mount Pananjakan, we didn't get to see it because the weather did not support and making the fog thick. I know that was pretty bad since we've climbed up to the check point where we could see the sunrise. However, the trip must go on. So we got down and continued to another view point of tourist such as climbing the actual of Mount Bromo and visiting the famous Pasir Berbisik (Sand Whisper). Before we got back, we took a quick visit at Coban Rondo waterfall. It was actually just another pretty high waterfall, but the point is we were all happy to have such a nice and fresh green view that we cannot find when we are in the capital. Surprisingly, at the day when I need to get back to Jakarta I took another quick visit with my classmate to an underground cave not far from where I stay. It was truly unexpectedly amazing and fascinating because that was my first time experiencing a cave that I see nothing other than darkness, and I was forced to bent my body down very low to suits the height of the cave while walking through inside it. I was scared that I might have never see light again and I was so tired from bent myself downwards, but I think it was all worth it. In conclusion, this is probably the most interesting holiday I have ever had with all the experiences and the time learning with new friends, which makes me think I may have another visit to Kediri next time.

That was pretty short, right?

Comment box is always there to welcome you. ^^

By the way.. I've planned to write a post called "Current Obsession", and I really do hope will come out very soon, preferably after my final exam for this term is ended--which is next week. But of course, as a lazy person I am, I haven't make it into draft yet. 

It's just basically an additional information for those.. Who knows, anybody actually miss me posting on this dusty and tedious blog?

Oh almost forget! Here are some souvenirs of my memory.. :P

Exactly the time before we climbed.
(a/n. YEA THAT WAS ME IN THE BACKGROUND, K?)

Look at the thick fog there!

Climb, climb, climb~

The view and the stairs were no kidding.

The view here was crazy until I thought I was dumbfounded,
and so was the cold wind, literally cray cray.

We were having fun!!
(a/n. once again, ignore me)

The ladies are here to welcome you!!

Yeahaha finally my only picture!
That was Pasir Berbisik or Lautan Pasir (Sea of Sand)
Basically, all area of Mount Bromo are consist of sand, which is why a pair of closed shoes is strongly advised.
Anyway, the wind was strong and the drizzle was also tense.
That's why I can't take off my gloves, hoodie, and my eyeglasses.
I also always tried to keep my masker on, unless I want my face freezed.

..and here's our picture in front of Coban Rondo waterfall!

Thank you for reading and..

..goodbye!!!!



*P.S. all credit pictures go to kak susi, kak dewi, cika, etc. Thank you for taking care of me. xoxo

Do you know when is the time you got me badly pissed?

That is when silence says everything.

What do I need..

Right now?

Is only a hug.

A simple hug.

Without saying too much

Simply just listen to my sob

Pat me with my tears down

Simply just a hug

and say nothing.

Because sometimes you just need to get listened.

That kill feeling

Penasaran

Mereka bilang begitu menakutkan
Menjalar ke setiap detak dan degup
Meronta merintih dalam tegukan napas
Jangan dibawa mati—katanya
Bisa menghantui!
Digantung oleh segala ketidak pastian
Tidak menahu apakah putih atau hitam
Legendanya juga dapat membunuh
Mungkin karena rasa sudah tergerogoti
Terlalu lama hingga tanpa sadar tak bersisa
Penasaran, masih yakin bisa tahan dengannya?

Another poem ga penting..

Tanda Tanya

Diam-diam harapan itu selalu ada
Tidak meninggi tak juga merendah
Ada diantara logika dan rasa
Terlarut dalam amarah dan resah
Berselimutkan rindu dan sendu yang menua
Berlari bersama waktu tak kenal lelah
Mengetuk pintu berpalang tanda tanya
Kosong, tidak berguna, teriak mereka
Tapi percuma,
Kau tahu dia bersembunyi disana
Di pojok redup ringkuh dan mengaduh
Bertanda tanyakan keberadaannya sendiri
Siluet rapuh dalam remang
Dengan wajah yang samar membuat tanda tanya gamang

by: Regita F.

What's the latest?

So where have I been?

.....busy.

Okay seriously guys, I really been busy or... most likely didn't have any ideas to come up with.

So here I am finally dare to  make a comeback. Ha. Also sorry because I did promise to my self to make some reviews on some dramas, but I didn't make it. Or maybe I will but sue me, I don't know when. *sigh*

The point as for this post is, what actually makes me back sitting in front of screen and trying so hard to write something? Because I have sooooooooooooooo many things inside my head to throw it up on this dusty blog. Believe me, I wanted to write since forever but.. as usual the barrier just too hard to get ruined.

Come on, enough with the introduction.

I know you're all curious much to know about how my life is going recently.

WTF, SO NO ONE IS ASKING? NO CURIOSITY HERE?

Ha. Just blame me and my nobody-ness thing.

Well, the thing is, gue sekarang anak kuliahan. Kuliah, bukan sekolah, pake baju bebas, bukan seragam. (isn't it clear? k, forget it). Rasanya? yaa gimana ya, berhubung gue kuliah dengan program studi yang mana adalah mata pelajaran favorit gue waktu sekolah dulu, ya jadinya berasa lagi les aja gitu diluar. Ya ga gitu juga sih.

Sebenernya gue berasa gabut, soalnya sks di prog. studi gue ini paling sedikit diantara jurusan lain se-fakultas. Ada satu hari gue masuk cuma 2 jam buat satu matkul, jam 3 sore pula. Dan berhubung gue anak paralel, gue cuma kedapetan satu hari doang yang memaksakan gue untuk dateng kelas paling pagi. Lainnya? Paling after lunch time baru mulai. So so so much for take a nap. Alhasil? Nguap aja deh terus. Zzz

Apakah kuliah itu menyenangkan?

Okay most high school students usually say, ‘ARGH gue pengen cepet-cepet kuliah deh, capek SMA capek bangun pagi, capek belajar ini itu’ and so on. And then people in university will say, ‘gilaaaaaa kangen SMA banget brohh, kangen jam kosong, kangen hang out bareng temen-temen, pengen banget balik ke jaman SMA nih. Huhu —and blah blah blah.

For me, some of them are true and some of them are not. I don’t really want to come to my high school era back just like the others, oh talking about the past here—incase you know about ‘it’. I do enjoy my campus life now.. It’s fun indeed, minus all the tasks including its deadline and quizzes.

Singkatnya?

Kuliah bisa menjadi menyenangkan ketika lo datang kelas, menghabiskan beberapa jam mendengarkan dosen, absen, terus keluar deh.

Temen-temen baru gimana? Bisa adaptasi?

            Oops, talking about people here, must be careful don’t we? Lol jk.

            Yaaa Alhamdulillah sampai ketika tulisan ini dibuat tidak ada masalah yang benar-benar bisa membuat gue depresi seperti asfdfghjkl. If I may say, I can adopt and blended well with the new people around me. ‘tho I must admit that at the beginning I was afraid I’d have a hard time to adjust with the new surrounding. Look at me rite now! Okay, maybe I’m not that great as a person, but I really am surprised of how far I’ve learnt from the past to get through people and to not to afraid of them. Err mungkin ga yang totally change gitu yaaa. I still am trying to keep learn and learn from people, from everything new, I always am. Improve my self and be a better person each day is the most important thing. Nah, including being my own self. This part is a bit tough to be honest.

            Speaking about people…. I met a lot of new buddies a.k.a friends here. They’re all great! They gave me this motivation of growing myself to be better and better, and I hope I can keep seeing things in positive way. Another thing is… they are educated (geez of course they are!) and this is the reason why their minds open to the things around them. Oke, kok gue kesannya bisa dengan gampangnya generalised these new people ya? Yeah, some of them (at least people who close to me) are like that. They’re not the typical person who judge people easily or mind other people business or talking nonsense about this and that (are we talking about someone here? Lol. Just ignore this). I just think they know what important to concerned and what not—they have respect, in short. We are talking about freedom right? ..or maybe maturity. Oh God, I really really hope what I am talking about right now will never changed.

           

Bukannya mahasiswa itu terkenal individualis ya?

           

Maybe yes, maybe no? Idk.

            Just take a look what I have written above. However, maturity gives us impact on our behavior. Oh, once more I should have mentioned it: responsibility. This leads us to make our priority, to share or to keep. Berhubung gue statusnya masih maba, jadi gue pribadi sih belum ngeliat yang ‘individualis’ ini. Tapi ya bukan berarti ga ada loh. Bibit kayak gitu sih, bisa dibilang udah ada. We’re all always trying to share, we are. In fact, we just have our respect, literally. Are we annoyed? Hmm.. Menurut lo? K, kidding. Gue biasa aja kok (kayaknya). Not paying attention too much sih, lately. As long as I have a good relationship among them is enough.

            Too boring to read this post?

            Ugh, no one force you to read anyway…

            By the way, ada kata-kata ga penting sebagai penutup di penghujung postingan kali ini:

            YEP! THANK GOD I FINALLY HAVE NEW FANDOM ESP NEW PAIRING AFTER TOO LONG DRAGGED WITH SCOROSE IN HARRY POTTER FANDOM!!!! Ooops, not that I’ve forgot and left my eternal fandom ever—Harry Potter—kok. Lagian, ga ada yang bisa menggantikan Scorose. This pairing is the best—for Merlin’s sake!!! Hahahah I just feel thankful that at least I can get over with the post hangover of Harry Potter. Not at all sih. I’m a bit late entered this fandom, soalnya gue masuk pas buku kedua dari terakhir rilis. Which means, I only have a year await for the last book. Nah. Kalo filmnya apa kabar? Unfortunately, the film is a total FAIL!! Both of them. (we’re talking about film from the book adaption yah) Payah. Parah. Yea yea yea, thanks to the hawt Logan Lerman I still can endure my guts to watch it for the sake of the actor. -_-

            Sooooo let me introduce my new giggle: PERCABETH.

            As in, Percy Jackson-Annabeth Chase.

  

They're just too cute to resist! I can't help it!!! >.<

and whenever Percy get to his romantic side,

I just want to roll my self on the floor.

(talk about fangirling things here, oh God)

THIS BOOK,

IS TOO MUCH FOR PERCABETH.

/cries over/

            See ya next post!

            Regards,

            (signed by the geeky-but-cool and trying-to-be-cheerful person, G.I.T.A)

            P.s. I hope my words don’t harm you and makes you offended. Those are all my purity, innocence, and no offense. xoxo