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Hello World

It has been about one and half months since my last blog post. Actually, I have something to write about my backpacking trip, but maybe later. Hmm. I have been moved back home. And, starting from next week, I'll start to work in one dental clinic in Karadenan, Cibinong. I hope everything will be okay, and I can be a great dentist who can benefit society. Aamiin.

See you on the next post, soon. :D

25

Happy Birthday to Me. ^^

I still can't believe that I'm going 25 today. Its a one quarter century. What? Am I?
Hmm. Yeah, okay, I am.

I hope that it's not only my body which is growing older, but also my mind should be more mature. But the most important is I should have forever young spirit. Haha. \(^o^)/

25  years is a long period time, but sometimes I feel, I still didn't use my time wisely. So, next, I hope I can be the best version of me everyday who appreciate the time.

Alhamdulillah, I am really grateful with my life so far, and I will always be grateful.

Welcome 25.

January 2nd

Holaa.
Welcome 2013.

Ah, unfortunately, I missed my first post on January 1st 2013, and this is my first post in this calendar new year.

I've been home in about 1 month and today I'll be back to Surabaya. It has been a quite long time, and I'll be living alone again. *sigh

But, after all my college administration things clear, I'll be back to Bogor and start living here, at home. It's sad that I should leave my lovely students there. :(

Of course I should have plan for my future, and I'll start to plan everything as soon as possible, coz honestly, I still confuse with it.

So, I hope me and all of you can do better in everything this year.
Insya Allah.

Goodluck. ^^

Monday

This is the last day of 2012. What I do tonight? Hmm. Working. But, I've just finished it.

This year was so beautiful to me. Alhamdulillah, finally, I've finished my college and officially become a dentist. And tonight is the first time for me, hang out with my whole little family on December 31st. I've been spending my time in surabaya, this past 6 years.

This masehi's new year is not something to celebrate. It just a memorable time to do some life evaluation.

Btw, I failed my reading challenge this year. I only read 12,5 of the 20 books. Yeah, of course next week must be better.

See you next year.. ^^

My First Solo Trip (part 3)

The last post was about my 1st day in Bandung and I'll sill continue the story. Staying at my brother's boarding house didn't mean that he could take me everywhere I want to go. Because he was so busy, at night I went to one big mall in Bandung, Paris Van Java (PVJ), alone. He said it's okay to walk there, because it's not too far from his place. Then, I walked, walked, walked and walked. Yeah, of course it's not too far to walked there alone at night. -_-'

Actually, my purpose of going there is only to buy this 'wannabuysincealongtime' pretzel. Hehe. It's because, in Indonesia, so far I only found it here, in PVJ.

PRETZEL.. Yeaah.. Finally we meet again..

Luckily, when I arrived, there's a music performance from Kahitna. Then I spend a little time to watch their performance. They are good. I love when the musician do their live performance. I determine a good and bad musician by watching their live performance. And this group is a good one.

Kahitna live in action

Next day, I make an appointment with my friend, Sinta. She is my junior at college, but we're quite close and often hang out together. She is pregnant, on her 2nd going to 3rd trimester. It was really nice meeting a friend who has not been encoutered for a quite long time.

After lunch, with Sinta

Yeah, the meeting was quite short because I should take an afternoon train and continue my trip to Bojonggede, at 02.30 PM.

My first solo trip was quite fun. But, I think I prefer to go with at least one person to accompany me. Yeah, I think duet or trio trip will be better.

For you who want to try a solo trip there are some things that you should prepare.
First, you should decide which place you want to visit and make a little research by collecting informations about that place. 'Mbah' google makes it so much easier to do. Reading a blog which talk about the place also very helpful.
Second, make a simple itinerary. It will help to manage your time efficiently. And you won't get confuse, because you've plan your trip.
Third, don't bring too many stuff with you. Only brings the things you need. Money and a pocket camera is a must.

Maybe, it was the basic things. The most important thing is you should enjoy your trip and don't forget to pray everywhere you go.

Happy holiday, have a nice trip.

My First Solo Trip (part 2)

So, yesterday I've told you a part of my first solo trip. Let's move to the next destination.

After spending about 8 hours in Solo, I continued my trip. I took the night train, Lodaya Malam, from Solo Balapan Station to Bandung. It will take about 8 hours to go there. Because it was a night train, I can't see anything outside the train's windows. It's better to sleep. Just sleep.

And, I woke up at 4 am and preparing to do Subuh prayer. It was good that the train has a lot of water, so I can take wudhu. It was still too early to enjoy the scenery, because it still dark outside.

I arrived at Bandung around 6 am. My 1st younger brother, who is now live in Bandung to finish his study, pick me up on the station. I was planning to stay a night in Bandung, then I'll go to Bogor on the next day. Bandung is cold in the morning. After arriving at my brother's place, it takes me quite long time before deciding to take a bath (it was cold.. really..! the water make me shiver). And then I realized why Surabaya people always said that Bandung and Bogor are cold. Yeah, maybe it's been too long for me to live in Surabaya. :)

This day, I was preparing to visit some places, which is ITB, Museum Pos Indonesia, Museum Geologi, Gedung Sate, and going around the city. Yeah, living in Bogor since being an elementary student didn't make me know Bandung very well, alhough it only take a few hours to get there. So, on this opportunity, I ask my brother to take me around.

ITB

This is my first time visited ITB ever since. Haha. ITB has a unique design, it quite modern. I call it modern because it was really different from my college which building state as cultural heritage. Yeah, mine was an old building. What makes ITB looks cool was it has an underground building. Haha. I was really impressed with the underground part. :D

Lunch

It's the lunch time. After pray at Masjid Salman ITB (I always want to visit this Masjid, I'm just curious), me and my brother eat lunch at a little cafe, called Black Romantic. This cafe is unique. It was black and romantic. Haha. No, each menu have a unique name. The price also quite affordable. You can get iga bakar (grill ribs) for about 19.000 rupiah, it quite cheap for a ribs menu which usually cost 25.000 rupiah or more.




After lunch we were going to Gedung Sate. We almost rent a bike on Dago street to get there and suddenly, the rain was fall. Great. It's okay to ride a bike under the rain, but I realized that I didn't bring many clothes, so we decided not to. After the rain stopped we walk from Dago to Gedung Sate. Hmm. I've been to Bandung few times, and one thing that I hate about this city is the traffic. When we walk, the traffic was so crowded, luckily we walk and not taking a public transportation at that time.


Unfortunatelly, the Gedung Sate and Museum Pos Indonesia were closed. But, we still can take a picture in front of the building. :D

Gedung Sate n Museum Pos

Then, we walk to Museum Geology. It also near the Gedung Sate. Here you can learn more about planet, earth, prehistory things, etc. It was quite interesting, but it must be better if there is a guide who can explain about the museum. The most interesting part of this museum are the big fossil (hmm.. I think those are replica) of dinosaur and elephant also the things on a second floor. The 2nd floor is not fully finished, but, compare with the first floor, the things upstairs are more sophisticated in technology.

(to be continued..)