Bogor Adventures (part 1)

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     It's been only two days since I arrived in 'the city of 1000 "share taxis"; angkot'. But somehow, I already feel attached to this city. I'm not trying to guesstimate anything; whether later in the (near) future I'll become this city's resident or not. Let's just wait and see patiently for anything to come up.

    Yeah, I guess I made a right decision to go here by myself with my confusing traveler way. I'm enjoying jostled against the other passengers on the crowded bus and angkot, even enjoying rode a wrong angkot route. Ha~ XD. Seriously, it's so much fun rather than sitting peacefully in a moving car, finally fall asleep for boredom; just like I usually do.

     Honestly, Bogor is not a 'perfect' city. My absolute choice is still Yogyakarta :D. I love peaceful and village-ish atmosphere, hence when it comes to frenetic places like Jakarta, Bandung or Bogor, I feel a little bit disturbed. But well, I'm sure I can force myself to stand with it. Moreover, my future campus is located in a slightly village-ish area, thus I guess I'm going to be just fine staying/studying there. (cont'd)

This is How My Taiwan Adventures End [period]

I ain't no celebrity. But I don’t know why, I found that quite a lot of people are currently interested (if I couldn’t say ‘curious’) about my situation. The more I want to keep it low, the more curious they are. I guess I have to be thankful for this, because it means many people are concern about me. 
        Since I’m not comfortable repeating my story over and over again to the different people, I think writing this sort of ‘press release’ is a perfect idea. Okay, here it is.
        It is started with these ‘questionable questions’ (*what a sentence XD!): Bunga has headed back to Taiwan to conduct her research, right? She has got a new advisor, hasn't she? She even has a supervisor, hasn’t she? She was actually planned to conduct a research in Shanghai because the company she’s been tailing with arranged so, wasn’t it? Hence, why her last Facebook status is ‘Jin Air’ (~indicating she’s in the airport and ready to kick herself out of Taiwan)? Weird. Ridiculously weird!

--break-off---

Solo Escape (part 2)

Nah, benar, kan? Belum apa-apa aku sudah kesasar. Setelah bertanya ke salah seorang petugas di stasiun, aku mendapatkan informasi bahwa ternyata untuk menuju ke UNS tidaklah rumit; both from “Solo Balapan” Station or “Solo-Jebres” Station will do. “Oooh, syukurlah nyasar kali ini tidak fatal”, ucapku lega. Karena ingin benar-benar ‘menikmati’ perjalanan a la traveler, aku menolak tawaran jemputan dari Iqbal. Oh please…aku (paling) tidak suka merepotkan orang lain. “Kalau bisa dijalani/dituntaskan sendiri, kenapa harus ngerepotin orang lain?”. “Kalau bisa memperingan dan mempermudah beban orang lain, kenapa tidak?”, that’s what I always thought. Jadilah aku memilih moda transportasi bus. For me, it’s more challenging than a pedicab. Yes, cukup membayar Rp. 2500,-, menikmati 15 menit perjalanan, dan gerbang melengkung UNS sudah tampak di kiri jalan. It’s stupidly easy.