Back on the Ice!

Its been a little crazy lately! .. been studying in the mornings (still not enough.. hehe) then catching up with my fren in the afternoons.. usually house hunting.. followed by eating cheap food at Ikea!! Who would have thought some of the cheapest food in town is sold at a furniture shop!!

Been running Mitch to work most days so I can have the car just incase I decide to go somewhere. which has come in handy for the days with my fren.. hehe.. Today we didn't do any house hunting, but she came over and sponged my internet, then we went ice skating!!! its been two weeks since I've been to the rink! so it was great to get back down there! so much fun!! even tho my feet got blisters from the skates again, and I fell over a couple of times so my legs a bit cut up.. but nothing I haven't experienced before! haha.. Photos and videos coming soon!!! (they're on my friend's phone atm, so need to grab them off her first!) It was fun to go skating with someone else, (I usually go alone) but it was good, I could do my own thing, but then maen sama dia juga.. n bantuin dia.. giving some tips to make it easier and more fun! My blades were a little dull, so was a bit wobbly on the ice, they were sharp enough for most things, but definitely wouldn't want to jump on them! 

I can't wait for my skates to get here!! Still got another 4 1/2 weeks to wait! But today I also did a bit of shopping in preparation for their arrival.. I bought hard and soft blade guards (the gel ones are for walking off ice, the soft ones are used after skating to soak up any condensation after use so the blades don't rust) and I also got boot covers, to keep them in good condition =) So now all I need is the skates!!

 I wanted the blue ones like in the pic, but they weren't in stock! =( huhuhu.. so I got green ones.. Dama will be happy! haha =P and now I see online, it would have been cheaper for me to order them from America (even with the bad exchange rate!) and pay postage than it was for me to buy it here! Crazy! haha.. but what can ya do.. aku udah beli! hehe.. tapi tetep senang.. coz kan sekarang udah siap! Ready to get started! =D

GOOOOAAAAALLLL!!!!!

BOOOOOO!!!!!!!

Lha?? kok "boo"??? kan goal??!?!  Yeah, goal for the wrong team!! haha

Well, guess what!! ... What?? ... It's Saturday!!! =P hehe... and?? ... And today I not only ordered my Ice skates, but I also went to a soccer game with Mitch!! =D ... Adelaide United Vs Melbourne Victory.

It was a good game to watch! The atmosphere was great. On the way there, near the stadium there were people everywhere in like a parade down the street. A huge wave of blue, all screaming for melbourne. police surrounding them to make sure there was no trouble. we decided to go in the back entrance where it was quieter n there was like no queue to get in. Mitch got the tickets weeks ago, and the seats were awesome! In the top deck behind the sub benches! great seats! great view of the whole field, under cover (so no hot sun) and later in the night there was a breeze, which made things a little cooler.

(sorry about the quality.. I forgot my camera and could only use my phone)

As for the game, Adelaide didn't do too well in the beginning, but after half time they picked up their game, got stuck in, but it was too little too late, we ended up losing 2-0 .. Melbourne scored their second goal in the last 5 minutes. During the game the Melbourne supporters were going insane, they all had their shirts off swinging them around, jumping up and down, screaming at the top of their lungs! haha .. they were even letting off flares!!! so there was lights n smoke going everywhere when Melbourne scored. Insane, but great to see! haha.. the atmosphere was great. I love watching sport if I'm at the stadium.

During half time there were heaps of little kids playing mini games of soccer in each corner of the field and there was also some strange race with giant inflated tubes. (Wanted to post another photo.. but getting really frustrated with blogger right now!! haha.. so that might come later... if you're lucky)

After the game we went to the airport to see laurel off, she's moved to darwin for the next year, trying to get some experience before heading overseas.

Anyways.. i guess thats about it.. my blogging mood was killed by blogger! haha..

Good night all.

This happens every time I try to find out any information...

When I was in Bali years ago and wanted to find out about renting a motorbike... I catch a taxi to the shop, then I ask a bunch of questions, like how much per day? do i need a license? does it come with a full tank of fuel? etc etc... I had no intentions of renting it there that day. I had never even ridden a motorbike! but he said that was no problem and offered to teach me (and me being me, not knowing how to refuse, agreed) He took me to some near by paddock and i was told to drive around in circles a few times, in both directions, then he stopped me, and said "see, so you can drive already, right?" well.. i guess so... i mean, never driven on the road, with other bikes n cars going everywhere, but I guess I can steer the thing... 20 minutes later I was back at the store, signing a piece of paper with my name on it.. yep, thats right I ended up going home, not in a taxi, but driving myself, following a hand drawn map i got from the guy at the shop..

Ice Skating in jogja: One friday afternoon I was bored, all my friends were busy, so I thought I'd go n find out some info, when the lessens are, who would coach them, how much, etc... then they say "well, if you'd like you can start right now." so.. 10 minutes later, i had signed up for 5 weeks of lessons, handed over a wad of cash n was in my skates ready to start.

The same thing just happened now... I rang up to find out about how to order skates, because there is an online order form, but no where to put in all of the foot measurements, so i asked the best way to do it and he says I can do it over the phone! he started asking all these questions and before I knew I was answering them, and already had made an order!! 

He answered the few questions that I had, and that was it, now he's just waiting for me to fax through my foot measurements and in about 5 weeks time I'll have a new pair of custom made Sp-Teri boots with MK Professional blades =D (about half the price of MK Phantom, but should still be good enough to get me up to the higher freestyle levels .

So here I am, freaking out, cause i've just ordered my skates! And they're expensive!!! haha.. they'll be here in about 5 weeks!!! :D Cant wait!! Still doesn't feel real.

PS... I just realized... Even me going to Indonesia was like this!!! I was looking for info.. and before I knew it.. I had my flight booked!!! haha

Surprise Presents

I haven't updated my blog in a while... Spent my last days just trying to spend as much time as I could with everyone..

Im back... back in Australia, back in Adelaide... 

How does it feel?? Well.. the first few days weren't too bad, dad was still here and Mitch had holidays from work... but now, now I'm alone, no one at home.. and I don't know what to do. All I can think about it all the friends I've left and how I wish I was still with them.

I had christmas at mums house.. heaps of presents, it was good, but it didn't really feel like christmas. Aku jauh lebih senang natalanku di Jogja... di sana aku ga dapat kado, tapi itu jauh lebih berarti. It was good to see mum again tho, see her place n now things have changed and her new dog.

Over the last few days Dama has been asking me if I unpacked yet... and Now I know the reason.. Last night I was looking for my apple remote, so i went into my suitcase, n then I noticed a small pink bag... I had no idea what it was, so I knew I didn't put it there. I opened it and saw that it was a box and a letter from Dama... Reading it made me soooo happy and so so sooo sad at the same time... I wish I didn't have to leave.. I opened the box, in it was a photo frame with four photos.... from photo box... her and vando... in each photo they are holding up a sign "we" in the first "love" in the second "you" the third and "Bondan" the fourth. and all put together in a frame... I miss you guys soo much. it might not seem like much of a present to you Dama... but to me, it has sooooo much value. Yesterday was hard, being alone the entire day, my first day where I felt like "things are going back the way they used to be" I'm always thinking about you guys, and then I find this gift, that shows you guys also care.  I don't really know what I'm saying, or what I want to say... 

Well... I guess what I want to say is Thank You!! Thank you for everything, for being there and caring. You guys mean the world to me and its so hard  for me to be away from you. 

Miss you so much.

MUM'S HEREEEE!!! and DAMA TOOOOO!!!

Well the title kinda says it all.. haha.. Mum's here!!! Well.. a few days ago. . got here on saturday, but we haven't done that much, cause I've still got exams. Me, Vando n Heru went n got her from the airport, then I took a taxi with mum back to my kos. Vando n Heru came over n chatted for a while n then went out for dinner at Pondok Cabe. After that mum was tired as, so dropped her home n I went out to Code with the others.

Sunday I spent studying, n then met up with mum at Amplaz, felt kinda bad leaving her there all day, but I needed to study for my exam. . seemed to go ok, so hopefully I passed. Then it was out to Muara Kapuas for dinner. always good and cheap. haha. . Cause Dama just got here, she spent the first few days in Saphir hotel, so we all (me, mum, vando) came back to her hotel to have a hot shower.. mum went first, then me. . . then finally Vando. I dont think he's ever had a hot shower before. . . when he came out he apologised for making the floor wet . . we were confused so went n had a look, and the entire bathroom was SOAKED!!! hahaha.. it was hilarious. we asked if he shut the shower curtain n he said "what for?" haha. lucu bangeeeeeetttt!! noranyaa.. hehe. .maaf ndo (not that you EVER read my blog!!!! hahahaha) he also made a new discovery of dental floss, and after each time using proceeded to sniff it, say it smelled, wash it, and then repeat the process over and over again with the same look of shock / amazement in his eyes. he also managed to steal the sewing kit (pronounced SOWING Vando!!) pokoknya dy lucu banget malam itu! haha.

Monday was my exam, then picked up my letters that I need to get out of the country, had a quick feed at PKL n then picked mum up at malioboro. . took her to Mirota Batik n then went for early dinner at Parsley. was gonna meet up with vando and the others, but it turned out that he had an exam the following day at 7:30am, so that didn't happen. Dama came to drop Mita off at Parsley so she could meet up with Andy, n mum wanted to ask her about Saphir. (I think she was having a hard time in my kos.. hehe) anyways.. asked the prices n stuff, n mum said it might be a nice treat to spend my last week in a hotel, hot water, tv, aircon etc etc. 

So, first thing tuesday (today) we went to the travel agent and booked into saphir, kinda nice to spend a few days with mum in a hotel, at least I think she might be happier here =) also think it will be fun to have vando and dama stay over after she leaves, we can go swimming n hang out n what not. anyways, I just dropped mum n dama off at the agent n went straight to immigration, should have gone about a week ago =S . . i went up to the 2nd floor n there was a security guy there, he saw the blue folder in my hands n asked if i was after an EPO (exit permit only) n then pointed me in the right direction. I got the office and stuck my head in. . there was a lady walking back from the bin. 

"MASUK!" (enter) she said

"Ibu Ros ya?" aku nanya

"DUDUK!" dy menggong-gong

I sat down, she threw her half eaten gorengan back onto her plate n demanded the folder. I surrendered it. she looked through it all, like she was repulsed to see another one of these ( i heard she was galak, but I had no idea. . ) I told her the date was one day wrong on the letters that I had gotten from UGM. 

"so when are you leaving?" she snappily asked me

"the 21st" I replied

"ok, so you can come back to get your passport on the 2oth! . . . Your passport ok?! the 20th!" she barked again as she stuffed the sheet of paper in my face.

I took it, said thank you and left.

I wanted to go to bali a few days before I had to go home, but I wasn't game enough to say anything. especially cause I was late in handing in all of the documents, I left only 6 days instead of 10. . So i called rocky to tell him the bad news, that I wouldn't be able to come to bali before the 20th. . He seemed disappointed, but yeah, there's nothing I can do about it now, its fixed... I guess I'll just have to see if i can get an early flight on the 20th, so i'll have a day and half with him n hopefully he doesn't have to work. . . although its a little disappointing, I'm still kinda happy, cause it means I'll have a few extra days with my mates here =)

ok, summing it up... after immigration we went to prambanan, I think mum enjoyed it, after that it started pouring with rain.. deres banget. . waited a while, it slowed down n we headed off. . went to amplaz for lunch. . did some shopping, then checked into the hotel. had some dinner, went n picked up mum's stuff n now here I am writing this!

tomorrow I gotta study again, so mum's gonna get a massage and maybe to to Borobudur. Then thursdays my final exam YAAAAYYYY!!!! but after that on friday she's already off to bali.. haha.. but hopefully we still  have a chance to hang out a bit before she leaves. . dunno if i'll have a chance to see her in bali. but yeah.. thats another blog. hehe

until next time

love you all

Me

Natal / Christmas

Wasn't really sure what to do for christmas... so I stayed over Vando's place christmas eve. When I woke up I got a call from mum, so was wished Merry Christmas by everyone, Mum, Dad, Nathan, Mitchell n Patti. They all seemed like they were having a great time. Wish I could have been there, so I was a little sad, but at that stage I didn't know I was still gonna have a great day, even if I couldn't be with my family... It was my first christmas without them, so it didn't feel quite right, but I still had fun anyways.

At 11 we went to church, it was pretty good, Vando goes to a charismatic church, so it was pretty fun, up beat, has a live band, tv's around the place, so if you're too far from the stage you can still see whats going on.. haha. After that we planned to watch the ice skating Christmas show at IceLand, but we ended up finishing church at 1:30, so it was already finished when we went up to the rink. Stayed n watched for a bit before deciding to go to Amplaz.

We didn't really know what we were doing there.. haha.. just wondering around, anyways Asterix was on at 4 so we were gonna watch that with some of the others. . after they got back to us, turned out they were all busy. . with time to spare we wondered around for a bit, n then went to find something to eat. I shouted Vando at solaria, a fairly nice restaurant on the 3rd floor. Vando took a while to convince... I said I would shout him dinner, n he went to choose the cheapest place, n was gonna get mie ayam (Chicken noodles that you can buy off the side of the road for around 50c) ... took me about half an hour to convince him that I wanted something special, cause it was christmas, and that price didn't matter. (even tho the place we ate at was expensive, we had heaps of food, and for the same price, I wouldn't be able to go to a restaurant in australia alone! so its still lumayan cheep) but honestly, I didn't care... I didn't want to think about money, I just wanted to have fun, to have a great day with my best friend.

After solaria, it was already 4:15, so we missed the movie... instead we watched Madagascar2 at 6pm... I dunno what we did while waiting for the movie to start, haha, but time seemed to pass quickly anyways. Madagascar is awesome!! so funny! as good, if not better than the first, I wanna see it again!

Movie finished, we went to play pool, again, invited the others, but no one could make it. so just me n vando playing pool for a few hours, til a bencong came along, hosting some special christmas activity. Me n Vando were tied together, back to back, and we had to sink as many balls as possible in one minute, we only got three... but hey, thats not bad right??! I mean, our hands were tied together!! Vando was disappointed the bencong was only talking to me... cause I was "sooo cute!!! .. and only twenty" .. he spoke english, cause I told him i didn't speak indo... I wanted to play a prank on him, but it turned out his english wasn't too bad, so didn't really work.. haha. Vando is getting better at pool, or I'm getting worse, I dunno which... we used to be about the same.. but yesterday dy menang terus! ... (sorry for the random indo, some things just dont sound right in english anymore)

So it was a long day, but heaps of fun. My phone battery died halfway through the night, so sorry for not replying to all your christmas messages straight away.. thats what I get for not ever going home for the last week! haha

Pokoknya natalku menyenangkan, walaupun agak simple... aku senang.

Alpha ... Beta ...

Hore!!! Aku kemaren les ice skating.. it was for a full hour! insane... after the lesson I had two tests.

Alpha:

~Forward stroking

~Forward crossover (left & right)

~One foot snowplow stop

Beta:

~Backwards stroking

~Backwards crossover (left & right)

~T-stop (right & left)

its all basic stuff.. but cause I didn't know a few things about the test, i felt like I did really crap.. like, before you start the movement you must be in a  stopped position and assume the correct posture ( I started from a moving position =S ), each stroke needs to be held for three seconds, for all of the moves, and once you stop, you also need to hold the stop for three seconds. backwards crossover are required, not cross cuts... I knew this, but because in the lessons I'm always asked to do cross cuts, I couldn't do it so well. Also.. I wasn't aware that posture, hand position and arm position are marked, so I didn't pay any special attention to these in the test.

with all of this... I wasn't sure how I'd do.. but it turns out I passed both of them =D n the grades weren't too bad either... senangnyaaaa... hehe.. so now there are two more levels left... "Gamma" and "Delta" but with this being holiday season, and thus the small rink being sooooo crowded, leaving no room to actually practice, and having just three lessons left... Im not sure if I can do it.

fingers crossed... wish me luck.

on other thoughts... its not long til I come home now.. I really cant believe how fast its going!! ... I really dont wanna leave jogja.. but to keep me from being sad about it, I'm having as much fun as possible, and trying to think of all the good things back home.. I'll finally get to see all you guys again (well not all, but those of you in adelaide) I'm gonna see my family and friends!! I'll get to go ice skating on a rink about three times the size of the one here!! all the space and freedom!! cant wait. . I'll have to buy some skates first, but that means forking out almost $1000 for good ones!!! haha... a "tad" expensive... And I've learned the art of "Street-Street" here and now I want to apply it to my own town. I'm determined to live a different life when I get home. A better, more fun filled one!! So look out Adelaide!

But before that, I've still got a few weeks here to go insane!!

Three days of nothing but Jalan-jalan

Had a bit of a busy weekend... but I'll try to keep it short and sweet.

Saturday was invited to go to an overnight christmas party with Vando for his church.. but I decided not to go... Instead, I went jalan-jalan-ing wiht Heru and Amel. Was heaps of fun!

Saturday went n ate with Heru, then Amel picked us up from his kost, went to a distro pameran, heaps of clothes n stuff there, all locally made, heaps cheap, n funky designs. I take forever when shopping tho, and didn't wanna make the others bored, so we just had a quick look around before leaving. Amel still managed to buy a jacket. hehe After that it was off to Amplaz to swap a few (few thousand) timezone tickets that Amel had been collecting.. turned out to be over 5000!!! so she got a heap of pens, stationary, accessories, chocolate, drinks and ice cream.. haha.. HEAPS of stuff... (none of the good prizes were there, so instead of getting one awesome thing for 5000 tickets, she was forced to get HEAPS of cheaper stuff.. haha) still awesome, lol.. we got free ice cream n drinks =)  after putting all her stuff in the car we went up to the roof.. just to rest for a while, turned out we were there for about 3 hours or more! haha

Confuseeeeedddd... dunno where to go or what to do.. we drive around aimlessly before deciding on going to benteng.. while there Amel started talking about magelang (her town, about an hour from jogja) saying how she often comes to Jogja, but we haven't been there yet, n there's a few good things to see... So I jokingly said, "why don't we just go check it out tonight" ... nanti beneran loh! ... so we did! haha.. went home, grabbed my camera, then headed off to magelang. glad we went by car, cause it started to rain! in Magelang we went n saw the alun-alun, n then over to Amel's house, met her crazy dogs! haha... one of them, every time you look at it, it just starts rolling around on the floor.. haha... lucu. walked around her area, the houses n stuff are pretty interesting, not indonesian at all.. I think its probably Dutch design... just a guess tho.  Went n took photos EVERYWHERE haha, beside canons, a sign that said "save energy" but ironically had lights all over it so it could be seen at night. there was even a small version of Monas! hehe.

Back to Amel's place... now about 1:30 am.. We decide to go home, n Amel said she would take us! insane! so far... but ok, sure! lol. get back to Jogja and she is dead tired. Me n Heru didn't wanna let her drive back again when she was sleepy like that. so we all ended up sleeping at my kos.

Sunday we had breakfast at PKL at about 12:30.. haha then headed back to Amplaz, kalo nggak salah, played at one of the game centres there, not Timezone, but the same Idea. Bought drinks from McD n hung out near the fountain out the front. Amel had never been to Prambanan before, so why not now? we thought.. haha.. headed over to prambanan, but it was already closed... so I suggested we go to Ratu Boko again, neither of the other two had been there. its not a bad place, but didn't do much exploring again, as the sun was almost set when we got there... so we just went photo crazy instead.. haha

Time for more shopping! haha.. went to a distro on the Ring road (slackers kalo ga salah) I got a jacket =D (senangnyaaaa haha) Amel got a jacket (again) and a hat, n Heru bought a shirt. the guy at the counter said the Distro exhibition was still on n today was the last day, so the discounts are usually big. no one needed to tell us about a discount twice! we were there! haha.. we arrived at UNY and the place was completely packed!! motorbikes n cars everywhere! usually if you park a motorbike they tell you not to lock the steering, so they can move them around as people come and go... we were in a car tho... n the parking guy said not to use a hand break... for the same reason!!! haha.. so we parked where the car in front couldn't leave, n left the handbrake off just incase! crazy! haha

went around to the entrance and it was closed... a little annoyed that we were allowed in to park if it was already finished, we asked n apparently after it cleared out inside, they'd open the doors for more people to go in... we waited half an hour til 9pm... then we gave up.. haha.. but at least we got some shopping from the distro anyways right.

back to my kos to watch a movie... "What happens in Vegas" Amel fell asleep, but she had school the next day, so I wanted to wake her up... turns out her class was at 11am, so she stayed the night again, n in the morning headed back to Magelang. 

Today, waited for Heru to wake up... haha... I couldn't get back to sleep after Amel left at about 8am, so just went online. turns out Amel sms'ed me when she got home, the jacket she bought at the distro, and the jacket she bought at the exhibition were exactly the same!!! just a different colour! .. haha.. how can you forget what you bought yesterday??! aneh! 

Ice skating for a few hours today... everyone is back from bandung! (guess its not gonna be so quiet at the rink anymore...lol.. now im gonna have to share the ice again) everyone did really well tho!! almost every student came back with at least one gold!! some with SIX!! Sarah n Dewi got gold for everything they went in! crazy.. n Ninik did well with 2 out of 3 being gold!  and Yudhis did quite well too... I couldn't see Dimas' results tho.

anyways.. just got home n thought I'd put all this in words before I forgot! haha

Good night all =)

If you're happy and you know it clap your hands . . . *roar of applause from Bondan*

Saturday Sebel... Sunday Sendiri... Monday Maen di IceLand... Tuesday diem di kosan, bolos karena hujan. . semuanya sendirian... temenku ke mana ya?? kok nggak pernah sms?? Ya udah, aku mikir, I guess they're doing their own thing now. Terus Rabu kuliah... kuliah nggak ya?? aku lupa.. kebanyakan bolos akhir" ini.. hehe... anyways.. I met up with Vando at Inculs after Grammer class.. ternyata dy juga nungguin smsq, n dy juga bosen aja sendirian di kost.. haha.. jadi aku nanya... 'kenapa ga sms??!' Anyways, the whole thing is kinda confusing.. dasar babi! haha... tapi yg penting, Wednesday was the best day ever! haha.. well.. maybe not ever.. but in a long while.. aku 'pelacur' sama Vando di Inculs, abis itu, aku balik ke IceLand dulu... 

Ok.. hold it there for a second.. there's something I missed...

I got offered a job!!! =D sengennyaaaa!!! haha ... you'll never guess where... yep.. thats right... at IceLand!!! haha... On the 10th December, almost all of the coaches and students left for bandung, there is a skating competition there.. so they are understaffed. I was offered to become a coach!! ... ME! COACH ice skating!! haha... kok bisa ya??! baru belajar 5 minggu. Kayaknya mereka ga mikir dengan jelas dulu deh! haha. anyways... I drew up a time table with them... turned out to be more hours than i expected (35 per week! haha) but I was still happy, I mean, I play there often enough. so why not work while i practice my skating? anyways... the next day I brought the timetable to uni, n double checked with Sinta, ternyata nggak boleh.. Even tho I wouldn't be getting paid (not allowed cause of the visa) I still didn't get permission to work... =( .. not so bad I guess... cause at the time I was also thinking "I'll have no time for friends.... tp emang mereka masih mau ketemu ma aku??"

ok... so back to the story... I went to IceLand, to apologize for not being able to work.. .they were cool about it. Just hung out there for a bit, kinda boring now tho, cause everyone is in bandung!!! haha.. btw GOOD LUCK GUYS!!!! BRING BACK THE GOOOOOOLLLLLDDDD!!!! =D 

another side story... hehe... Since Ice skating lessons, i was always there alone... which didn't bother me, cause I need to practice anyway. so I could still have fun skating, without distractions.. but anyways, now, after a few weeks, I've gotten to meet the other skaters, n the coaches, and it turns out, they're all really great people!! just sux that I make a bunch of new friends one month before I leave!! haha.. but maybe I'll see them at an international ice skating competition next year! haha

so where was I again?? ... oh yeah.. so, after IceLand I went back to Vando's kos n we went n ate... kayaknya... haha.. when do we not eat?? we're always eating... so that's the next logical step right?? then just hung out at Vando's place..  just there for maybe an hour hanging out... the usual.. maen laptop, maen kojotan etc etc.. haha

THEN!!! SUDDENLY!!! you wouldn't believe what happened!!!! .... got you're attention again? hehe... Vando got an sms from Amel (ciiiiieeeeeeee) she wanted to play bowling... sif... so off we went.. Hadn't played in AAAAAAAAAAAGES. Heru had never played before, but he picked it up heaps quick! we suggested he join the bowling team! haha (there is always so much stuff to do here.. and it always seems so easy (maybe cause its cheaper here) but yeah, anything you wanna do, you can do it here, Just made me realize I'm missing out on so much stuff back home!!! I need to get out more! I need to get involved more!! ... Need to do SOMETHING back home!!! even if it means i gotta get a job) (sorry... side tracked again.. hehe)

bowling.. right... so its 5pm... I should have just finished class... (but I didn't go... damn takayama sensei!!!) I get an sms from Laksmi... SHHIIIIIIIIITTTTT!!!! how the hell could I forget?!?! I was supposed to be teaching her how to ride a motorbike tonight!! .. but was only half way through the first game, we'd already paid, and I got a lift with Amel, so couldn't leave straight away... luckily Laksmi had her laptop tho, n she said it was cool if she just goes online at uni while she waits =S so after bowling... straight to campus.

then something STRAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNGGEEE happened!!

Laksmi sat on the front of the bike... alone at first, cause its hard to balance with two people for beginners... anyway.. just as she started the bike up, this guy appeared... looking all confused.. he was asking where gunung kidul (or something) was... I had no idea.. either did laksmi... pokoknya kita cuman tau t4nya itu jauuuuhh... his story was strange... said he caught a bus from there to monjali... n then lost his wallet, walked from monjali to jogja to ask someone how to get home..... now why wouldn't he ask people in monjali??? why come to jogja?? on foot no less!!! ... everytime we asked him something he had to think long and hard first... strange kid... so we figured it was a hoax n he was just trying to get money... to get rid of him, i said I'd take him to the trans jogja bus stop, n he could ask someone there... he refused at first, but didn't leave... so i insisted. I dropped him off n he just stood there with a blank look on his face again... "itu lho mas... masuk sana... nanya mbanya di dalam" aku bilang... he stood there again... bewildered.. the look on his face was like he had come to the city for the very first time from some deserted village, like he had never seen a bule or buildings or cars before.. his expression just so blank... well... what more could I do... he turned and walked away n i went back to pick up Laksmi.

Well.. after that strangeness, the motorbike lesson went quite well... as she started out, it wasn't so promising... she was wobbly as all hell!! .. but it didn't take long for her to get the hang of it.. so after she did a few laps of campus on her own, i jumped on... took a bit of getting used to as well... (and it doesn't help that I'm heavier than her.. hehe) a few more laps, n then we went out on to the main road (all but one of the campus gates are closed at night, so the roads in campus are quiet as.. perfect for beginners) she did fine, up until we came to a series of really high speed bumps in pogung baru (have to admit tho... those polisi tidur are quite difficult to maneuver over, specially when you've only ridden a motor for maybe an hour)

done with the motorbike lesson, went back to Vando's place again, dropped of my bike n waited till we were picked up by Amel (dy bawa mobil.. hehe) (shit it seems like I did a lot on wednesday! I'll try to finish up quick!.. hehe)

So dinner at muara kapuas... A great place, cheap as hell (or used to be til the price of everything rose Rp500). after dinner ngobrol lagi di tempat vando sama yg laen. terus aku anterin Miss Jogja pulang. 

udah.. kayaknya.. I mean, the day was nothing special... but its the first time in ages that its been really great to hang out with friends... I guess I've had too much on my mind.. and so have the others.. so its everyone's fault... tenang aja... bukan salah ikan lu yg mati Ndo..

THURSDAY:

wasn't too interesting.. but still a good day none the less.. Even if it did start out with me being sick.. I have a sore throat... maybe too much laughing caused an infection??

went to campus for a while, wanted to steal some water.. hehe.. but the galon was kosong.. so couldn't, then practiced ice skating for a couple of hours, ate with Vando n then hung out at his kos it had been ages since we just hung out... so even tho we weren't doing anything.. just sitting there talking while he played some game on his laptop...lol.... it was good to just catch up again. Just felt like before, when none of us had anything to worry about, nothing preoccupying our minds. We could just chill. Even if it did make me half an hour late for my meeting.. tapi santai aja.. aku ga peduli.. haha. 

Sempat sedikit sebel.. haha... nungguin Vando lagiiiii... tp gpp... after the meeting went home, cause still no sms. . was supposed to be meeting up with vando, heru, amel n meme lagi. so I smsed n ternyata mereka udah di Code... kenapa ga sms dari tadiiii??! .. ya udah, gpp... aku blom maem, jadi maem dulu.. n beli obat.. abis makan.... aku malas nyusul... kayaknya mereka udah senang ber4 gitu... jadi aku malas ke sana... aku nonton aja di kos... trus 1 stengah jam kemudian, vando sms "kamu dimana?" ... aku bilang aja aku tadi ketiduran, n ga jadi. ... dy basa basi aja kayaknya.. haha.  jadi ya udah, biarin mereka ber4 cciiieeeee!!!! cciiieeeee!!!! ihiii!! wkekeke

NOW! ... I'm still freaking writing!!! haha... "when is he gonna shut up?!?!" you're thinking... Even tho my throat was killing me this morning.. I feel way better now =) so I think I can still make it for my ice skating lesson... I've already started freestyle moves loh!!! 

ok.. thats it from me... I swear... Just wanna say that the last two days have been awesome! I dunno what's different... but I hope it stays this way =D

Hidupku berulang-ulang

Cold Pizza for breakfast... going to bolos my class... why? .. I have no reason... I don't know what's gotten into me lately, why am I so up and down recently?? Karena aku mau pulang? mungkin... aku bingung aja.. aku bisa liat, kalo aku kayak ini, temenku ga enak, tapi aku ga bisa berubah. aku ga mau kayak gni terus. aku udah minta maaf berkali-kali, tapi tetap ga bisa berubah.. aku takut.. terakhir kali aku merasa kayak ini, itu akhiri dengan aku depresi selama setahun lebih.. 

Otakku lagi hancur, kalo nulis pikiranku, itu terlalu susah, membingungkan dan aneh.. jadi gini aja ya...

Routine

Something I used to have in my life... something that kept me from going insane... now... after a 10 months of having no routine... no set structure... no planned events... everything spur of the moment, everything impulsive.... I learned to enjoy it, to love not knowing what was coming next. want to go somewhere and just suddenly leave.

so now, when routine starts to show its face again, it feels strange.. I dont want it anymore.. I dont need it. So why is it here? Why do I feel like my old boring life is already coming back  to me? 

Woo hoo!!! Pre-Alpha!!!

I bolosed... again... I know.. its not good... already 3 or 4 times now for percakapan... so no more! no more!! I gotta be rajin...  n I gotta get back into studying again!! But all I can think about is my friends, and I just wanna have fun.. I keep thinking "just two months left.... just two months left" ... so if there is a choice between study and having fun.. i'll choose fun every time. in the beginning it wasn't like that tho, but now I look back at the photos, see the fun that they had, and I wasn't there, and wished I was.

Anyways.. yesterday I bolosed... went for my Ice Skating lesson at 10 (sorry rad, no photos, its a bit hard when I go on my own, I'm not talented enough to take a self portrait while skating) my coach was late, so i had a chance to warm up. It was exam day. but first we had a normal lesson. I learned backwards stroking, backwards cross over, and some other thing i forgot the name of, you glide on one foot in an arc, then you gotta spin 180 degrees so you're still following the arc, but backwards. Its a lot of fun, but the longer I take lessons, the more complicated each action gets, which also means I've started to fall on the ice.  Even tho its getting more complex, it still doesn't seem to be that hard, I mean, I still cant do it properly, but if you practice everyday it wouldn't take that long to get pretty good. There are a few people at the rink who have only been skating for one year, and they're already winning East asia skating competitions!! 

Well.. my ujian... there were only a few moves that I had to do... all really basic stuff 

Pre-Alpha test includes:

~Two foot glide

~One foot glide (right/left)

~Forward swizzle

~Backward swizzle

 ~Backward wiggle

I scored between 75 and 80% for all of them. which means the first level complete! just another five to go... "just" .. haha. after that I can take a freestyle class! =) haha... but yeah, to do skating in Australia you need to have completed the 5 levels first, so if i can get them done here, or at least some of them, it will make it a bit cheaper in oz... i really wanna continue with this! its so much fun.

After Ice skating I met up with Mita and Ratih, we were gonna play NX2 (like DDR) but went to have lunch at KFC first, then Ratih had an ujian. so Mita and me went back the NX2 place n there were people on it already, so we waited n talked for a while, then went out side n talked some more... came back, they were STILL playing (more than an hour) we waited patiently again.. then they went to buy more coins, so we got on, put in 2 coins, and started playing. when they came back they put their coins in while we were playing. so we couldn't play again... talk about menyebalkan! not to mention rude! ... I didn't want to play there anymore.. haha.. so we went to gale to play the one there.. haha

After that we MTT-ed (muter-muter tanpa tujuan) three times around a round about until we were laughed at by people on the side of the road. then it was time for juice! mix n match hehe.. maaf dama...  I really stole your girl yesterday. then I dropped her home, but stayed long enough to ngenet n eat nasi goreng =) hehe. then on the way home i bought a heap of junk food n rented some movies. I made it through a whole day without Vando!! =) I didn't think that was possible.

Had heaps of fun yesterday! MTT lagi YUUUUKKSSS!!

Randomness

There has been so much stuff happening again.. and I haven't been blogging about it.. I just cant be bothered to be honest.. Its too much of a task, and it doesn't really get read... so i have no motivation..

Dama left on tuesday, I was sad to see her go, but not too sad, cause I know I'll see her again in January when she is back. As a going away gift (among other things) we got her a hammer in the shape of a strawberry, that when used makes a "boing" sound.. haha... kinda random.. i know.

This is a lame entry... I just have no motivation at the moment... its 11pm and I have class at 7am.. fun! 

Both Rocky and Vando bought laptops this week.. Vando has been waiting since first semester to get a laptop, he's now in his third year of uni! But he's finally got it!!! Jadi sekarang ga usah pake laptop heru untuk nonton... I mean, ngerjain tugas... haha .. .maaf ya Vando..

I've taken up ice skating lessons.. its a bit expensive, but really fun! I've only had two lessons, but this friday I already have a test! ... so I went skating yesterday for 5 hours to practice, and now my feet have blisters! and I had my first fall on the ice... not exactly fun, but I'm sure there are many more to come! haha.

mmm... what else??? ... I dont know.. Im sure there is something.. i just cant think of it..

well.. anyways.. hopefully I'll start updating more regularly... just two months left til I'm home!!

The ramblings of a crazy man

~I Smiled and it changed me~

Yesterday it was easy... I smiled

Just a smile, and everything was ok.

It started unconvincingly, 

An insincere grin pasted on my face. 

But it snuck its way in, deep inside... 

I smiled and it changed me.

And just like that,  

I thought I had found something,

Something great.  

A way out, a way up, 

A way to make everything ok again.

So I smiled... and it changed me.

I wanted to share it with everyone.

And so I did, it seemed to work. 

I smiled and it changed me

And everything was ok

A little strange, but ok..

But it didn't last

I was wrong...

It wasn't real... 

There was no miracle cure... 

I wanted it to be, but it wasn't.. 

So there I was... 

Smiling... 

An insincere smile... 

Hoping it would make everything ok... 

Hoping it would change me... 

But it didn't.

Study .... T_T

I'm so sick of study... admittedly I should be doing more than I am... But I'm still kind of annoyed by the fact that last semester I wasn't allowed to do the classes I should have been in... and because of that, this semester I have to do an entire years work.  So this semester I've just managed to finish all of last semesters work.. now I need to do all of what we've done this semester in the following week before mid semester exams. 

Its soooo much work... and its all memorizing.... so after I remember a few hundred new words, kanji and grammar patterns, my brain gets kind of mushy.. if i keep studying it doesn't sink in.. but if I dont study, I cant pass the mid semester exams... 

3 Months 7 Days 22 Hours 45 Minutes 18 Seconds... A countdown to Sadness

Recently I can't help but think about going home... back to Adelaide I mean... 

Just over three months and I'll leave the country... Indonesia... my second home... my friends.. my new way of life... kekasihku... My new campus.. no more daily street-street... no more cheap food at warungs... no more ice skating on thursdays or playing billiards at Shelter... no more speaking Indonesian... I'll have to use western toilets, and take showers.. Sit alone at bus stops.. back to doing my own washing and cooking all my own meals.. spending too much time online... inside.. at home.. rather than out and about with friends... worrying about money and trying to work out where I'm going to live... 

But hardest of all, trying to deal with feeling like a part of me is missing.. like I used to have so much more, and suddenly its all gone.. with the wave of my hand, and a tear running down my face, it will all disappear... not forever... I know that... but it doesn't make it any easier... I don't know how I'll cope when here I see my friends everyday, and yet I still miss them when they're not around...

Shelter

I shouldn't even be here.... dunno why.. but I just wanted to come home... malas maen biliard lagi.. sorry for sometimes switching languages.. but sometimes Indo is just easier.. I prolly should be getting back there actually..  but I'm talking to sam on skype, chatting on msn, updatin my blog, and checking facebook.. I dont really wanna go back! haha.. but I already promised.. so i kinda gotta.

Lebaran

Since that weekend of fasting that I had off... well.. I haven't fasted again since.. hehe... ahh well.. I just had no motivation to go back to it for some reason.. every few days I will end up fasting without even thinking about it.. just cause I'm either too busy to eat, I forget, or cant be bothered... lol... but recently its been harder and harder to find food... today I went to burjo, and it was closed!! closed!! .. its a 24 hour 7 day a week warung... not open...lol..

Now that its almost Lebaran, most people have gone home (mudik) to their home towns to see all their family and what not... out of vando's kos, there is only him left.. so he's staying at my place for the next two weeks probably.. Mas Yodim too.. So I borrowed two mattresses from Aria and set them up in my room... surprisingly everything still fits! 

MATA MUUUUU!!!!!

Its dangerous to go anywhere with Vando!!! First he wanted his teeth checked... so I ended up going with him and having a checkup myself... then they wanted to rip out my teeth.. but I wasn't too happy with that idea... the place seemed a bit dodgy... and I haven't had any problems with my teeth.. so why pull them out?? and "sshhhh dont tell the hospital about this" as if that isn't screaming DODGY!!!! so I left my teeth be..

A few weeks later Vando realized his contacts had expired... So he went to get some new ones... I still couldn't understand how you could want to stick something in your eye! .. but before I knew it i was getting asked if i wanted to try some on... I finally agreed and the lady behind the counter poked me in the eye... it was surprisingly not that bad... once it was in... I couldn't even feel it..  So I walked out 4 hours later with a set of contact lenses I don't really need.. but I thought "what the hell.. its only $15 for  months" .. And I've never worn them before, so kinda wanted to try them out... I didn't know which ones too get, but Vando recommended the bule ones, (tho now I realize my eyes are blue to begin with, so should have gone for green.. haha) they look great huh?? =P HAHAHA... kidding.. they look freaky as if I shine a light in my eyes! cause it makes the pupil shrink n you can see my natural eye colour.. robot... eeeerrrr... robot... this does not compute.. zzzzzzz *boom*

Its ok mum... Don't cry

Finally better! well.. its been a lil while.. but I was just lazy to blog about it.. Ended up going to the doctor, was given so many drugs it wasn't funny! had to take three different types, one of which 5 times a day! on top of the flu, i also had a skin infection... no one could really tell me what it was, or how I could have got it... but just recently someone said it looked like it could have been shinggles (like a relapse of chickenpox) so I'm going with that.. Anyway, what's important is I'm all better..

Speaking of which... I also crashed my bike.... I thought I would wait till I was all good again before blogging about it so mum didn't freak out too much.. Went to turn left at a T intersection, and someone was on the wrong side of the road, so i slammed on the brakes and fell, didn't crash into anyone or anything, just fell.. was surprised it didn't hurt at the time.. my bike is fine, and I only had a small scratch on my knee.. but then when I got home my arm was really sore too.. I guess I didn't notice cause of the adrenaline or something... i couldn't twist it for about 2 days.. but after that it was all good again.. I really dont understand how I could have fallen off, not really have been hurt, and there are barely any scratches on my bike... just lucky I guess. =)  ... and honest mum... I am FINE... so dont freak out... hehe.

in other news, its now Ramadan, the month of fasting, I've fasted for a couple of days, but kinda stopped over the weekend... didn't plan on fasting today, but I haven't eaten or drunk anything, so I guess I can wait another few hours.. hehe... we usually get up at about 3am and have breakfast, then its no eating, drinking or smoking (not that i care) until after sunset. and as soon as its time to break the fast, it gets insane here! all the traffic! people everywhere looking for food! haha.

well... a few important things that I missed.. Riri and Ima are already back in Holland =( so no more street-street with them... it was a bit strange at first, but not too bad now, still plenty of street-street to be done, and there's been a few additions to the group... well.. they were always there, but now just more often... Heru, Mita & Dama.. tho not for long, since Dama is moving to Australia next month. 

not much else has been happening..  going to a salsa class later tonight, lets hope I dont step on anyones toes!

Ps.. Good luck to all you guys back home about to sit your exams!!! SEMANGAT!!! and what are you doing reading this anyway?? you should be studying!! damn you procrastinators!