The Beauty of Elementary Friendship

Yesterday I just had a reunion with my elementary friends. Yes elementary friends. And how does it feel when you finally meet them after more than a decade not seeing each other? So many feels. I got sooooo many feels. But most of all I felt joy toward it, a tearful kind of joy. Because when you meet them, you don't solely meet them, you meet the memories of them. The memories that's been created years ago when you just trying to learn about this whole life. And then they're also there, being present in your earlier year of life. Enjoying and embracing life together. Making memories of a lifetime. Teaching each other the meaning of friendship. And inevitably teaching each other the hardship of goodbye too.

You were apart and now you're together again. You're happy that you finally see them in your other chapter of life, your 20s, but you also can't help but feel kinda sad realizing that you all are a grown up now. You were just a child when you first met them in your life. And now you all are becoming a responsible grown up with its own complexity. How much some personalities have changed and how much some personalities stay the same. How you all ended up taking a different paths, different schools and different social circles. But I find it beautiful that despite our differences, and even after being years apart, we still can knit our friendship close together. That though you don't see each other often, you still can have a really good time together. That you can still become your old self when you're together. Your child-at-heart self :)

All That Matter

And then we sat on the ground. Looking up to the polluted sky, no star being seen. So did my mind. It's polluted. Polluted by a poisonous fog that crawled every 9. I was starting to get numb, my mind started becoming hazy. At that very moment, I needed to be rest assured, I needed to feel safe. Safe from my own thoughts. And that's when I glanced at him when he then suddenly clasped his hand into mine, tightly. He didn't utter any word. He was just there, being present. We sat there quietly for a moment. Breathing. Blinking. Feeling the skin of each other. Connecting into each other's mind.

I was about to ask him a question when he all of a sudden said, "Just breathe. Everything might not be okay right now and everything might not be okay tomorrow. Being not okay is just a phase in life, so does being okay. There will be time when you'll feel okay and when you won't. Just take a deep breath and remember this too shall pass. But most of all, always remember that I will always be there when you don't feel okay. I will stay until you'll feel better. Until your mind become less polluted and until you're able to stand firm on your feet. That's when I will momentarily leave just so I can come back to you."

I stared long into his eyes and I smiled. I might not be okay right now but the most important thing is I know that I am loved. That's all that I need.

Running Errands At Jakarta (Plus Foodventuring)

Was running errands at Jakarta 2 weeks ago for 4d3n, well yeah and a lil bit of getaway. Doing a little survey of this and that and then looking for a reference books for my final project. And of course, meeting a lot of people whom I loved! Nothing beats the feeling of meeting someone you've not seen for years! It's like a volcano of joy just exploded from inside my body and then there's a tad of rainbow vomit, okay that one is gross lol. Below are some of places I went to that's been documented on my camera (on day 3 I was to weak to hold a camera lol but seriously.)

1. Colette & Lola

It's my first stop just after I landed on Jakarta, waiting to be picked up by Devi

bubble gum beads column, so friggin cute!

Cakes and dreams! It's like I'm in Katy Pery's California Girls music video lol

2. Three Buns

Couldn't not love this place at first sight! Great design indeed.

See, this place have a very good natural lighting, which then creates an immaculate ambience.

The squads that day. And no that's not my big brother, we're somekind of panda siblings by the way lol.

Our hungry faces lol.

3. Pasar Santa

Of course my visit won't be complete before I visit this the most talk-about place in Jakarta.

The famous black hot dog with the most queue in Pasar Santa. It tastes great btw.

This greasy-looking fried banana is as delicious as it looks. Me want right now :(

This sexy milk bath cake is too die for! My favorite among others! That's banana milk btw <3

This is from taco-cat. It tastes good, nothing tastes like crap here in Pasar Santa, seriously.

4. Devi's Apartment

Loving this minimalist space, small but it feels spacious. And loving the monochrome look.

Spotted the gift we gave for Devi's farewell!

The view from Devi's room. Foggy and dream-like in the morning.

I was having such a great time at Jakarta, met some friends I haven't see in a while, and it does feel so good to catching up with your long lost friend. I wish I could stay longer and having more time talking with them. Thank you everybody for sparing your time to catch up with me! Looking forward to see you guys again :)

Be That Kind Of Person

"In a world where everybody wants to be heard. Be the one who listen."

- Me :)

There's Reason Why I Do What I Do Right Now

Catharsis |kəˈθärsis| (n)

1 the process of releasing, and thereby providing relief from, strong or repressed emotions

2 rare Medicine purgation.

Or I'd like to say it's something you do that keeps you sane. To be sane in this insane world is a real challenge we face nowadays. Many willing to pay just to keep themselves sane. Be it a psychotherapist visit or an expensive vacation far far away from the insanity of big city. See? Being sane in this world is not cheap, and certainly not easy.

If you're sad or if you're angry or if you're not capable of enduring your variation of emotions or if there's a chemical imbalance going on in your head and you're about to breakdown, catharsis will work for you. It will help you to fight the insanity that the world had thrown at you.

So yes, to finally be able to figure out something you do that can keep you sane is gold. A kind of gold that is so priceless no one can own it but you. Catharsis is good. Well it's actually great. It keeps you sane. It makes you feel better. And it can help you to go on with life without any grudge or any negative emotions. It's magic.

The Adventure Of Lord Vader Pt. 1

Date: 25th April, 2014
Location: Kebun Buah Mangunan & Hutan Pinus Imogiri

For the starter, I'm not actually sure which one deserves to be posted here first. I feel like posting them all at once, but hell no I wouldn't do that because my internet bandwidth won't allow me lol. 

So why I chose this one? It's simple, because I like it. This is the one time where I'm obsessed on bringing my Darth Vader Mask along with me. I'd pretend to be Lord Vader flying across galaxy having his best adventure in Yogyakarta lol. Sorry but I'm that imaginative.. or weird whatever.

That day we went to two locations. First destination is Kebun Buah Mangunan which is located in Mangunan (obviously), Bantul and is not that far from Yogyakarta, it's just 45-minutes drive away from where I live. As it is located 150-200 metres above sea level, from its view-point we can overlook the breath-taking panoramic view of Bantul with its beautiful Kali Oyo. I was stunned when I first got there, the view is utterly gorgeous that I didn't wanna leave at the moment.

See what I meant here. It is that heavenly and it is even more heavenly in real.

Lord Vader was having a guhreat time there, enjoying nature that doesn't exist in his Death Star.

Oh yeah Lord Vader was also teaming up with Mr. Stark here. They're having an important meeting.

For the second destination, we drove to Hutan Pinus Imogiri which is located near Kebun Buah Mangunan, just 10-minutes drive away. Nothing panoramic here, just a pine forest which resembles the one from Twilight. But as for me, I felt like I just landed on Planet Endor, you know the one where cute-little-canibals Ewok tribe live. So yes it is the story of Lord Vader visiting Ewok's home but there's no Ewok in sight because they're scared of Lord Vader lol. Pardon my non-sense please.

Teaming up once again with Mr. Stark. Force-choking and repulsor-blasting those who have lack of faith.

Me! Unmasking the Lord Vader mask. 

This was me obsessed with the force-choking pose. Sorry not sorry.

The fine pine forest. Waldensamkeit moment :)

Lord Vader looking for Ewok tribe but none of them appeared in sight.

Lord Vader having a moment of solitude with pine (?)

Well I guess that's all from the Lord Vader journey this time. I still have one journey with my Vader mask. Yes just one because it got boring at one point so I quit haha. Can't wait to upload it soon.. or later.

Inconsistency

The problem with having too many social media is you tend to abandon one or two of them. And my blog became one of them. It's been a year since I last write in this page and yes I do feel like I neglected my child lol. The initial reason why I create this blog was because it's my kind of catharsis, it keeps me.. sane. And the reason why I abandoned my blog was because I find much simpler and easier platform to put my thoughts on. But then again I miss writing a long post and post a lot of photos, something that I couldn't do on that other platform. So yeah here and back again I am.

When I write in this blog, I don't expect people to read it. But people will bump into it nonetheless so I want to keep it as interesting as it can. Well I've been on many interesting places lately, nature mostly, so I kind of having tons of photos to share but not sure where to share them. And I figured sharing them here would be the perfect choice, no one really read it but when someone bumps into it, it would be just okay. Everybody is a visual person and everybody loves pretty pictures. So yes I'm going to post a lot of photos soon. Anyway I'm not gonna post the photos right now, but here's one to indulge the weary eyes.

This one is not taken at Amazon, it's just somewhere near Yogyakarta.

But then again I'm a sucker at consistency. So not gonna lie, I might or might not post the photos soon lol.

Love of my life

Love comes from everybody, I don't know why people stereotyping love as a lover thingy. Love for me is something that keeps you alive, something that you can't live without, something that makes your life worth to live, something that you seeks everytime you wake up. Yes sometimes it comes from lover too, but I believe that's not the only sources. it could come from your family, your friends or it could be from your pets :) So what about mine? Well below are my love's sources, they are the love of my life, people who never fail to strengthen me and makes me smile everyday.. Directly or indirectly :)

A Reminder

" we can't ask on how we were raised..
but we can train ourselves,
including to have strong mentality "

First Post in 2013

it's been awhile not stumbling upon this thing, well I blame my activity for this.. or my laziness haha. so I'm already on new semester here and things got pretty overwhelmed, it's still early semester but I feel like deadline is already chasing me down, they're trying to pin me down continuously. but that's not the highlight of this post, what I want to share is I enjoy 2013 so far, it's been treating me really well.

let's take a joyful trip down memory lane for a moment here..

1st my GPA from last semester has a startling result.. in a good way :D it's not that high but for extremely lazy student like me, the GPA result is pretty good. I couldn't get any happier than this and I'm very grateful upon this GPA, God is indeed very kind hihi.

2nd I was doing an internship in Bali last month! yes Bali! can you imagine staying in Bali for 1 month? it was indeed an incredible experience. the internship was all fun and useful, the people are so nice and warm, the boss is really kind-hearted and down-to-earth, also my friends here are super supportive and awesome. I'm enormously thankful of this rare experience, I mean what could I ask more? everything is perfect. I truly am so blessed by God's never ending grace :)

well i guess that's it.. oh and here are some panoramic shoots I managed to take back then, enjoy ;)

panoramic shoot of the beautiful ocean taken at uluwatu, what a superb view

panoramic shoot of Nusa Dua taken from GWK, it's up on the hill and we can see the city from up here

panoramic shoot of one of the site I visited, it'll soon be occupied with a villa with majestic view

another panoramic shoot of the site from another stand-point, the vista is awesome, no?

and here is a panoramic shoot of amori villa, it's located on the hill and it is a very romantic villa

No Ordinary Days

an old scrapbooking-process photo taken by lala's iphone

well yes there's never an ordinary day with them. I have been in absence of their presence for like almost a week right now, and yes I already feel a massive hole in my life, there's just something missing. I hope to see them soon when the hectic week is over, been longing for them like crazy :' I just love them so much, in fact I love them to the core of my heart ♡ thank you guys for always brighten up my days here in Yogyakarta, I have the best bestfriends ever and I'm really grateful of it ^^

Mint Color Fever

I still haven't recover from mint color fever. it's just.. there's something magical about this color that whenever I gaze at it, somehow I always feel calm and relax and fresh. the color is just super dreamy, no? ♥

A Perfect Getaway

at last I have a few days off from the vicious assignments, they finally declared a truce (temporarily sadly). last friday is an ied adha day, a big day for the Muslim, therefore making the weekend one day longer. oh yes I do love long weekend, but well who doesn't? people in a parallel world maybe haha. anyhow on this lovely long weekend, my family gathered here in Yogyakarta (minus my big brother unfortunately) to take a short trip on this super short holiday ☺ and guess what? we went to the beach! woohoo finally I got another chance to witness this impeccable creation ♡♥ damn I've been craving for this since my holiday in Bali, I was beyond excited the moment my mom told me about this plan. well I guess I won't talk much, I'll just leave the pictures here ✌

here's the beautiful beach: be careful of it.. it will literally take your breath away by its charm

the picturesque horizon: where the sky and the ocean meet, creating a relaxing view

the sea shore: place where people releasing the negatives, remain them as happy people

the ocean wave: which sounds can cause you to be chill and calm.. and happy

my little brother being friendly and playful with the ocean ripple

and here's my dad keeping an eye on my little brother whilst enjoying the ocean's breeze

a bendi by the shore: bendi is a vehicle pulled by a horse, I bet the horse love their workplace here :p

pastel color is sure enticing, it even works on this bendi ♥

yes it is the same bendi as the prev photo, and no I didn't shoot it deliberately haha

it is indeed a perfect getaway ☮♡ I really enjoy every moment of it, big time, no regret at all baby no regret. anyway have a magnificent day people, I hope your weekend is as good as mine :)

Key To Unlock The Next Level of Your Life

" you musn't be afraid to dream a little bigger, darling."

–– Eames, Inception (2010)

Tick Of The Clock

this pretty much sums up my weeks lately and yes it's also the rationale behind the lack of my blog post. I ain't got no time baby, even just for opening the blogger dashboard. every week is like a deadline week, wait.. everyday is a deadline day to be precise. the tasks invade me (or us, the architecturian, to be exact) like the barbarian, they attack us ceaselessly without mercy :' well, what can I say? I say let's just enjoy the process, I know we'll smile at all of our hardworks at the end. shoutout for all architecturians! I know we all can pass through this, keep fighting! :)

p.s: I was bored by the pile of tasks and so I made this to amuse myself

A Peek on Villa Savoye

It's an old project from last semester (it's a group task), we're told to make a model of Villa Savoye; a splendid modernist villa in Poissy, France built between 1928 and 1931. Designed by Le Corbusier, a notable swiss architect known as one of the pioneers of modern architecture, Villa Savoye is one of the most influential building in modern movement, it really had an enormous influence on international modernism. It is now became a museum and it has a frequent visitors every year, particularly architecture people who want to witness this historical edifice.

(photos are courtesy of my group friend)