Mengenang Papa

Pada akhirnya kita semua akan kembali kepada Sang Pencipta yang Maha Rahmah.

Seseorang yang baik akan pergi dengan cara yang baik, meninggalkan kesan yang positif dan nama yang akan selalu patut dikenang. 

Perkenalan saya dengan Papa (mertua) tidak berlangsung lama. Sebelum menikah, hanya 3 kali saya sempat berjumpa dan bercakap-cakap dengan beliau. Setelah menikah, hampir setiap hari saya ke rumah mertua bareng suami, tapi beliau adalah kepala sekolah dengan jadwal yang cukup padat. Namun setiap berjumpa, saya selalu disuguhkan wajah ceria dan gurauan yang membuat saya sulit berhenti tertawa. 

Belanja di BukaBuku.COM

Sebagai pecinta buku (meskipun masih berstatus pembaca yang payah), belanja buku menjadi kegiatan favorit saya setiap awal bulan. Alasan bokek seringkali karena membeli buku diluar rencana budget bulanan. Selama tinggal di Surabaya selama kuliah, tidak ada rintangan selain dana yang menipis. Namun, pulang kampung ke Sumatera Barat, ke kota kecil, maka tantangannya bertambah satu: tidak ada toko buku sekeren Gramedia dan Toko Gunung Agung. 

Alhamdulillah, karena kondisi ini pula saya mencari tahu dan berkenalan dengan online shopping. Toko buku online favorit saya adalah BukaBuku.COM, lalu menyusul Mizan. Saya sudah lama menjadi pelanggan setia BukaBuku. Selama ini Alhamdulillah transaksi lancar jaya, hingga ketika akhir tahun 2014 lalu ada diskon besar-besaran, saya membeli 17 item sekaligus dalam satu orderan. Maka masalah pun muncul.

The Highlights of My Yesterday

Yesterday wasn't like just any other day. 

Sure, I woke up.

Cooked breakfast and lunch. 

Showered.

Went to work.

Worked.

Worked.

Worked.

Went home.

But not just that.

I felt nervous the whole day. Not because I was taking an exam. What? No... I didn't meet anybody famous. The reasons, the first one, is... Yesterday was my proposal day. The man I will soon marry came to my house with his family, asking for my hand. It was a traditional event. He has visited my house and met my parents early in September, and yesterday's event was the formal occassion. I wasn't there. Even if I was there, I'd only sit in my room and wait until everybody's gone :-p

Sunday Senses

Seeing: raining pouring down making the ground wet and creating its signature smell. I am still wishing one day somebody would make perfume out of this. Earth scent is the best smell ever. 

Drinking: a small glass of plain yogurt. Whenever in doubt, I try to shift my 'escape option' to healthy food/activity. I weigh almost 80 kg back when I was in college, thanks to my escape choice of bad junky food I always picked whenever I was in doubt, or bored, or hungry, or basically in any state of emotion. After graduation, I realized it was a death wish. Moving to Padang Panjang, alhamdulillah, has changed me a lot. I started (wanting to) eat clean and do exercise regularly. My interest in natural activities also finally found its root. Now I weigh 63 kg, and I hit the gym once in a while for some muscle. Everything is for my health, because I simply want to live longer with the people I love. 

Feeling: happy. I haven't been able to stop smiling for at least a month now. I feel so silly. Well, somebody is clearly responsible for this. :-p The thing about love... No matter how silly you feel, or how stupid even, you know and are fully aware you enjoy it. It's magical. It always is. I'm so looking forward to build a funny little life with a man who feels the same. 

Missing: home. I am longing for mom's silly jokes. My granny and grandpa arguing with each other. Neighbor's chicken, they're never taught how to differentiate toilet and other people's porch (or even house), two cool neighbor grannies who often visit my house and have a meal with me, my childhood friends, and everything. Mom is currently sick... Bell's palsy. It's been two weeks. Alhamdulillah she gets better, but hasn't fully recovered. I was told it could take a month or two. I feel helpless that I cannot take care of her in this condition. Calling her everyday I hope, insyallah, would help. 

Loving: everything. Bad and good things that are currently happening in my life. There are times when I wish my life would be different, but it usually occurred two or three seconds. In the end, I always, always feel super blessed with how my life has turned out up to this second, and millions of future seconds.  

3D 4N at Mercure Nusa Dua Hotel

I had the privilege to spend 3 days and 4 nights staying at four-star Mercure Nusa Dua Hotel for UNAOC event at Bali. It is located on Jl. Nusa Dua Selatan, Lot SW 03, Kuta Selatan, 80363 Nusa Dua, Indonesia. 

How to get there? 

Because I went there for an official event, I was picked up by the hotel bus. But based on my experience travelling in Bali, the most convenient transportation is taxi, or car/bike rent. Other options are highly not recommended.