Lessons From An Unfortunate Events

In light of my recent unfortunate events, I learned a few wonderful things that I thought I should put on my blog:

1. Riding public transportation in Jakarta sucks. Seriously. There are legit reasons why I have this major fear when it comes on riding public transportation such as metromini, ojek or Jakarta bajai (some of my friends know very well how I choose to go by Transjakarta bus or cab, instead of taking bajai/ojek). I hate that the possibility of me being crushed on the street is exponentially increased while riding this public transportation and I hate that my personal belonging safety is suddenly on high risk, in the way that I have to be extra vigilant and keep my eyes on everyone around me because you literally cannot trust anyone. And whadduya know, all of that fear is legitimately justified this past Friday, when two unknown strangers strangled my tablet from my own hands in front of my eyes (and my friends's eyes) while we were sitting inside the damn bajai in the middle of Jakarta's busy traffic. There's nothing we could really do about it and that's that. Thinking about it still gives me the heebies jeebies. I guess this would be the last time I'm talking about this and I'm gonna stay away from Jakarta bajai for some time.

You won't be seeing me riding this one for a while now (source: here)

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Learning English

Saya sebenarnya tidak pernah merasa kalau diri saya lancar (fluent) berbahasa Inggris. Saya hanya merasa saya cukup mampu menggunakan bahasa Inggris (proficient) sehingga kalau sewaktu-waktu dilempar ke negara manapun yang menggunakan bahasa Inggris sebagai bahasa utama, ya saya masih bisa berfungsi dengan baik.

Tapi belakangan saya memperhatikan bahwa ternyata beberapa orang menganggap saya lancar dalam berbahasa Inggris, sehingga kemudian bertanya: "Bagaimana sih cara belajar bahasa Inggris yang cepat, baik dan benar?" Mereka ingin tahu metode yang selama ini saya gunakan untuk belajar bahasa - kalau tidak untuk diri mereka sendiri, ya untuk anak-anak mereka.

Hm.

Saya sih tidak tahu apakah cara belajar bahasa saya selama ini sudah baik dan benar, tapi saya bisa mengatakan ini: bahwa mempelajari bahasa Inggris adalah salah satu pengalaman/proses belajar yang paling menyenangkan buat saya. Learning English has always been enjoyable. Kok bisa?

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I'm Getting A Divorce! (Maybe)

(Note: I'm not being depressed anything. Like many of my previous personal posts, mostly I'm just being contemplative and dark and quirky. In other words, I'm just being me. Most people won't understand but really. I'm just being me)

(Check out the funny card: here)

No, I'm not married (yet).

But if marriage means being in a long term/lifetime committed relationship with something (not someone), I'm clearly married...

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A Little Life Update

(picture taken from here. I always like this kind of feet walking shot. It kinda reminds me of me and my soft spot for walking. Walking is therapeutic, you know! Too bad Indonesia is not exactly the best place for pedestrian where being one sometimes equal to being suicidal)

 So.

I haven't been writing anything for a while. For someone who supposedly loves writing, I've been holding myself against writing from at least three months already. Somehow I always finds reasons not to write -  writer's block, procrastination tendency and too many kdramas to watch. But the truth is, I don't really have an explanation or justification for my absence of writing. I just don't feel like it.

I don't feel like doing anything, in fact.

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Book Review: The Fault In Our Stars - John Green

(Side note: When I started writing this review, I tried to write in Bahasa instead. But somehow, I just couldn't find the flow. So despite the fact that my English is far less than perfect, I kinda feel much more at ease writing it in English. So..) 

I bought my first John Green book around one month ago while taking a stroll at the mall. I don't know what exactly attracted me to this not-so-thick book titled 'The Fault In Our Stars' (well, beside the fact that it's listed as New York Times Bestseller. I have a thing for those bestseller sticker. I'm shallow that way) but since I was looking for a light and fun reading that I could use while waiting for the bus that usually takes forever to show up, I decided to buy this one. I fully expected this book to be a cute love story that is interesting enough to make my waiting hours bearable. 

I was wrong.

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