Listen to my own thoughts

recharged ur soul and ready to start 2011?

I dont think I am :)

I decided to spend my christmas break in france and germany (pics are here). traveling.

I had bout ten days off after the last exam on Dec 20, coz new period would be started on Jan 2

This should have been a perfect holiday to refresh yourself from a high tense period this last one month

supposedly a flawless escape from wageningen routine and all those demanding campus life

to some extent, yes it was

but somehow it ended up sketchy to me

well, I dont know, just no "click"

the problem is in me

I love traveling. I do love it. Benny knows this well, and we're on the same page for this.

for us, traveling is not just about how much pictures you take in popular spots, not about how hard you play and hang out there, not about how great is the culinary experience there.

for me (and am sure so does Benny), traveling is about how you feel the city. give yourself as much as possible time and space to relax, redefine yourself and listen to your own thoughts there, in the newly visited cities. that's what traveling means for us. coz we consider traveling as an escape from the daily routine. Daily life is stressful enough, full of pressure and sometimes forces you to be the other figure. traveling gives you space to re-known yourself. that's why, even if we go together, we've never mind if one of us need sometime to be alone, go for coffee or drink by (my/his) own somewhere in the city that we visited, we dont bother each other.

I made a mistake this time. I wasn't traveling w/ Benny and they might have different intentions. and most of the things this time is also: I left some work on my desk. this is quite annoying. I had an unfinished draft for my publication, revision to my final assignment, etc.

next time, I have to make sure that I plan my trip well. this note might be helpful then.

happy new year and hope you all have another year filled by health, happiness, and success! all the best!

simply love

blog walking, came across a touching post *drama queen mode is on

simply...love

free translation of the post is:

"to me, love and marriage is about choosing the right person to spend your whole life with. After all the years, after the lovey-dovey mood is flashed out, we're old and those wrinkles are on our face, the only thing left is: he and I in a delighting casual chat. just like an old friend's chat"

how simple the love is.

this is not about how you find your prince charming, how gorgeous-fabulous-incredibly smart, or anything else he is.

this is about how you find your truly mate

so, have you found the love?

(another) Paragliding story

after falling in love with snorkeling and mountain biking for quite a while

he has another thing to be in love with now, paragliding... *sigh

he just spent the weekend in Sikuai and somewhere in Maninjau for this

ya ampun boiboi, kalau aku ngga disana ngga ada yang ngomel nyuruh potong rambut

jadi gondrong dotcom *hadeuh

hemmm, when will I be the first boiboi. many things lined up to get your very first attention, I have to wait after electronic gadgets, mountain biking, snorkeling and now: paragliding....

Snotty little me

not sure whether am too stressful to face the exam tomorrow or this is just peculiarity in me

am humming along w/ my iTunes tracks, dancing around, here and there

snotty little me is sneaking out :p

Malam minggu yang aneh (dan mengkhawatirkan).......

feel so blue

miss my besties

exam on monday

heaps of lecture notes to go are just waiting there on my desk

last hi w/ Nana was a phone talk end of nov

last hi w/ fio was a quick chat on Yahoo! this morning

well, I feel bad to miss Ntie's wedding last nov

uhuhuhu, kak yanaaa....miss you

last few months before headed to holland, I used to sleep at her place when Benny's away

last pic when we took a stroll to grand indonesia

hope you're no longer Miss-lazy-to-find-parking space-in mall

most of the time ended up w/ valet parking :p

Geeky Benny

Benny finally found a little escape to Bogor after that hectic emergency situation due to Mentawai response.

Last week, he handed all those Mentawai working load to the newly hired staffs. Getting back to the main job makes him realized that he needs some discussion and coordination meeting w/ head office so then decided to spend this whole friday in Jakarta.

well ok, as usual, once he is in Jakarta, there's always a reason for electronic shopping *pheww

pretty sure and yes indeed, he was doing so after the heavy discussions in the head office.

at this very moment, he's longing to find a good mate for his Nikon D90.. a GPS connector for geotagging

you're still my geeky Benny :D

I recall when we spent a weekend in Putri Island and you were kinda autistics w/ your new gadgets, hate that!

checking the wind speed on the way to Weh island...

come on boboi, put back that anemometer to your pocket, you're not the boat crew, no need to do that :p

To me, your lovely laptop, gps, and all those gadgets are really big trouble :p

playing around w/ those things takes so much of your time and sometimes get over me

enough w/ looking around from one to another Nikon dealer, he's now finally laying down n get off to bed in our lovely house in Bogor...hiks hiks wish I were there :(

White Saturday

Am I nuts? am afraid yes :p

Snowfall is too exciting for me and Sacha to go out for pics even it's -8oC cold

This morning we went to the neighboring city just for a little weekend fun, attending a short campaign from the candidates for next president of Indonesian Student Association and we ended up taking silly pics around campus.

Kabul?! whatttt....

yes, that's my first question to Benny last time when we had a serious phone talk bout his short term planning.

soon UN earthquake recovery network in Padang will be finished.

some staff will be distributed to other UN mission and some other might stay for Mentawai Response - as fyi there was another earthquake attack in west sumatra recently, it was in Mentawai.

well, ok..then we ended up w/ the discussion that available post for Geo Info system specialist is in Kabul - Afghanistan.*phewwww*

He's been confirmed by the HR department bout this but then he postponed to give his answer. Basically he left this on my hand to decide whether or not to take this offer.

Hummm, I've actually never had any objection for his work. The worst case by far was Timor Leste 2009, we nearly had NO way to get in touch when he was there. coz he traveled a lot to remote areas in Timor Leste, which we are very much aware how difficult to find any internet connection or even cell phone contact. He was there for 8 months and I must admitted that was the most difficult 8 months in our relationship. But we're ok anyway. Even we didn't talk over the phone at all but time to time if he had a spare time during weekend he took a morning flight to Bali, crossed the country and we met.

Then now, Kabul....mmm, what should I say...

I googled, and we positively say NO :D

Hope he's good enough to convince his boss and ask for a position in Jakarta :p

goodluck boiboi!