A Full Saturday

Woke up in H's room. There was a wedding party to attend to in the afternoon. After getting ready we went and picked up P and Pi. At first H wanted to go to my house so I could get a proper attire for the party, but time was running out, so we decided to go straight to Balai Sudirman. I wasn't feeling comfortable wearing only a cream-colored pants and a black t-shirt, but a good thing Hendra got a suit, so I put it on.

The wedding party was almost over by the time we got there. At least we got our picture taken together with the bride and groom. The food was already finished. It was the shortest time I've ever spent on a wedding party, which was fine with me since I hate wedding parties.

We went to a McD to have lunch. After that we went to Mega Mal and went to Nav Nav for a karaoke session. It wasn't as fun as usual for me, since I'd been having a sore throat.

After the karaoke session, we went back to H's place. There we waited for M to catch up with us. I usually went out with him to Mangga Dua on Saturdays. Pi asked me earlier about M, since I usually go out with him during weekends. M caught up with us at H's place around 7.30 in the evening. Then we set out for Zoom at Nikko Hotel.

It turned out that Nikko was playing host to an event held by Cosmopolitan magazine. We waited for about half an hour, but the event hadn't ended at the time, so we decided to go to Jalan Lombok for dinner.

After dinner we dropped Pi and P off at their houses and went back to H's place. M dropped me home after that.

Friday, a signal that the end of the week is coming

Went to the campus around 10 to check whether my proposal had arrived. It had. There wasn't much to correct, but there was a problem: my lecturer wanted me to find another book for refference, and looked like it would not be easy to find the book. We'll see later how it would turn out.

None of my friend came to campus this Friday (it's the end of the week, no surprises there) and the internet in the computer lab wasn't working properly. So I just went straight home after collecting my proposal. Got home by train. Saved around Rp 11,000.- worth of cab money.

Got home, and remembered that my brother wanted me to clean up the TV cabinet and put the new DVD player there. Well, I got the servant to do that. I set up the player myself. But there's a component missing. I needed to get an AV switch, since without it, it would be such a hassle plugging and unplugging cables in the back of the TV. So I went to Mangga Dua, looked around and found the things I needed. I was having a difficult time, since I'd never looked for that component before. So I didn't know where to look and what kind of shop that has that component. After about an hour of looking around, I got the AV switch, but I still had to look for an AV cable. So I looked around for an electricity component shop, found one, and bought the cable.

Got home a bit puffed out. Good thing the components worked just fine. Now we would be able to watch DVDs without using my PlayStation 2.

H asked me to go out later that night. He'd be bringing P and Pi along. They picked me up around 8. We went to TC Square in Kemang and had dinner. I stayed over at H's place that night, since H was too tired to drop me home after dropping Pi and P. H's place was like a second home to me.

When we dropped P at her house, H and I borrowed 'a few' old comic books such as Asterix and Obelix, Tintin, Lucky Luke, and the likes. It was quite a nostalgic. P gave a stern warning not too ruin the old comic books. We were too happy that we got our hands on those books.

Another So-So Day

Yeah, it's a so-so day. Got a call from someone from my campus administration. She said that an alumni named Yudi was looking for some people who has not graduated or hasn't got a job to join a project related to Bulog. She gave me his phone number. I haven't decided whether I should call him or not.

My brother got home bringing a new DVD player. We were lucky this week, we got a scanner for free (from my father's student, who my brother had helped doing some statistic calculations for his/her final assignment) and a DVD player worth only around Rp500rb.

Except from those two, it's just another usual day. Probably I should be thankful for that. But, I'm just feeling bored. Tomorrow's Friday. Usually my luck change on Fridays. Hopefully it would be so tomorrow. I'll be going to the campus tomorrow. And I hope my proposal will have arrived by tomorrow.

EX, A Nice Place to Hang Out

So, I did went out that night. E cancelled, she's not feeling well. Got there early, waited for my friends to come for about 1 hour. There was a fashion show at EX. Nice entertainment to kill time while I was waiting for my friends. H and P got there first before T. We wanted to catch a movie, but since T hadn't arrived at that time we decided otherwise. We went to some Japanese restaurant to have dinner. T came a bit later. T was the kind of person who went around. He got lots of friends. And soon enough, a friend of his came walking to our table and joined us.

It was nice to be able to get out of the house. It could be so confining in my room. Looking at the people (the ladies especially!) was a really nice change.

After dinner, we went to Gloria Jeans to have some drink and just sit down and talk. Titot went home first, and after that his friend (darn, I forgot her name). Hendra dropped off Pia first and then me.

Just Chillin....(not really)

So here I am, in front of my computer (as always). Went to the campus to get my proposal. Turned out my proposal hasn't arrived yet. Hopefully by tomorrow it will have. The woman was at the campus today. She tried calling me twice earlier when I was in that condition where dreamworld and realworld blend into one. She sent me a message too. I ignored her. Looks like I still haven't gotten around to trusting her. Too many fishy things about this woman. But there she was when I was just about to go home, walking out of the toilet while I was walking out of the computer lab. I wish I could disappear, but I'm no magician.

So, caught in a situation where I just couldn't avoid her, I just walked up to her. She asked why I didn't answered her call. I told her I was still sleeping. Not entirely true, but not a complete and utter lie (just soothing my conscience a bit here). I asked her what the calls were about and she said it was about a lecture subject that she wanted my help for. She wanted my help translating some materials. Seeing that there's no way I could say otherwise, I agreed.

I tried not talking to her, and everytime she asked why I was so quiet and serious, I just said that I was concentrating. It was brief, the translation was easy and I'm done in only about half an hour. Said my goodbye (albeit hurrily) and went home by train.

It ain't easy, not trusting someone. If people say that trusting someone is hard, I'd say that NOT trusting someone is just as hard. It sort of put a strain in your inner self where you're trying not to let yourself fall for the same thing again: trusting someone. Trust, such a sensitive word, eh? Hopefully in time, I could learn to trust anyone, trust that no matter what happen, they're still humans who make mistakes and that no matter what happens I will always be okay. Easy to say, but trust me (pun intended), it's really hard to do.

I'm going out again today (hopefully) with some good friends. Hopefully we could catch a movie. I fell that the more I go outside the house, the better. This little room of mine is a bit confining most of the time lately.

A Day of Meetings

Hmmmm,

There was a reunion of my elementary school friends today. It was fun. So many things have changed, but I guess some things still stay the same.

Thamrin was closed in the afternoon, I took a bus to Karet so my friend could pick me there. We went to Citos to meet up with the others. They're my college friends. It's nice to have friends who still contact you and hang out with you. Friends are a rare commodity these days.

Truthfully, I regretted not going to a family event. An old man, a relative from my dad's side, was looking for me. Mom told me the guy likes me a lot. My mom said that back when I was only a small boy the man used to ask me to do some drawings for him. I couldn't remember the guy. I wanted to meet him. Sometimes it is a pleasure having someone who still remembers you and still looks for you. It's an honor to be remembered. Memories are precious treasures.

Discussed a book with M titled "The Da Vinci Code", a novel by Dan Brown. It has lots of controversial stuff in there. Controversial stuff always intrigue me and M. We would discuss a lot of things. We would hypothesize, ponder, discuss, rant, whine, complain about life and it's complexities, how simple life would be if it weren't for the complexities that people make. Hell, it would be boring if it were simple, though. But I'm glad I have someone to talk about these stuff (read: to rant and whine with). M dropped me home, as always.

I've said it so many times before and I'm going to say it again: knowledge is a two-edge knife. My elementary school friends said that I was a good boy back then. Well, I don't think I'm like that anymore right now. Though I would like to be. Knowing too much has its price. Sometimes I wish I knew better back then, sometimes I wish I'd stayed the same. Damn, I don't know what I want.

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Right now is really a bad moment to start thinking too much again! Ha ha ha!

Hell, I guess all I need to know right now is that I'm still alive, I'm happy meeting some of my elementary school friends again, I'm happy meeting my college friends again. I felt a tinge of regret in the corner of my heart for not meeting that old relative. But hey, I still have breath in my body, he does too. Chances are abound.

Last Day in Puncak

Woke up around 7, greeted by a magnificent view and a clear day.Waited around 1 hour for the other to wake up. They didn't. I decided to go hiking by myself.

It was a nice experience. I tried finding my own ways around the woods and the asphalt roads. Almost got lost several times. But it was great, trying to find my own way to the tea plantation and succeeded. Well, a nice guy helped my at first, but later on I succeeded in finding my own ways to the road that leads to the nice villas higher up on the mountain.

The climb was tiring, but satisfying. It was very quiet and serene up there. A nice place to be alone.

Too bad that that day was our last day. We fried some chicken wings, ate Kentucky Fried Chicken, watched Castle in the Sky and Army of Darkness. We also had a nice chit chat again in the evening. Pia told me a lot of things too. We talked about trust.

A bunny rabbit, Lasam's pet, almost got itself on the loose. In the late afternoon we played around at Lasam's lawn.

W (H's chaffeur) came a little bit late, since there was a traffic jam. We went home around 11.30 in the night. We dropped P off at her place first. Got to H's place, M took his car (he stashed his car at H's place) and dropped me off. I got home around 2 o'clock in the morning.

Trip to Puncak

Woke up around 9 or 10 in the morning. The view was great. It was always nice going to Hendra's place. If you sleep in the living room, when you wake up in the morning you're presented with a magnificent view of the mountain. This was possible since the front door was a glass door. Wanted to go hiking, but woke up a little bit late. I've always wanted to go hiking looks like it wasn't possible that morning.

Did nothing all day. Just enjoying the serenity. Had a serious talk with M. And as always, it was inspiring. If only we could record our conversations, it would be really interesting. P and H joined in, and it got more interesting. Though I would say that P was too Christian to be able to understand our points. To give her credits though, I agree with some of the things she said.

Did barbeque. It was fun. It was my first time ever doing the barbeque all by myself. H was usually the one who does the barbeque. And I did okay. Lasam fried the french fries.

That night we watched some more DVD. I think we watched Spirited Away and Underworld. And then I watched the final episode of Smallville, first season. Went to sleep at around 2 o'clock.