During the last day of the conference, I was asking people of they wanted to go to Solo or Jogja or wherever with me, to no avail. (Everyone was busy/had no money/simply uninterested hahahaha). So I tweeted "Anyone want to hang out" (or something like that) to the AIESEC UNDIP account, they retweeted me, and someone actually replied. The thing is, the person who replied wasn't an AIESECer -- she graduated last year, and she just happened to follow the account for some reason. But hey, beggars can't be choosers, so I took up her offer. (Which, in most cases is pretty dangerous. It's kinda sketchy, actually. Why would ypu volunteer to take a foreigner to a place three hours away? "Just because." ? Most people would have ill intent, tbh. I was lucky because Mirza was just bored and wanted to go to Solo hahahaha).
So I woke up at 5.30am, and by 6ish, Mirza and I were on our way to Banyumanik to get on a bus to Solo. The bus ride was surprisingly cheap! It took us about 3ish hours to get there. Once we got there, we met with Natasha, Mirza's friend, at this sketchy timlo place. (I use the word sketchy a lot, hahaha). Timlo is interesting, to say the least. Not exactly my favorite Indonesian dish. :)))
Quick sharing/moment of clarity: when I was in high school, I was such a brat. I dreaded going to the mall's food court because it "wasn't cool", and I thought the food in the food courts weren't "good enough". I was super picky with my food. Now, a few years later, I'm eating in this sketchy hole in the wall timlo joint (which I'm not really sure is clean, but whatever). I've come a long way from the prissy little girl who wouldn't even eat at the food court. AIESEC (and life in general) has made me push myself out of my comfort zones. :)))
After that, we passed through Pasar Klewar, and ended up in this Serabi place. Serabi is this yummy snack made with coconut mik. (Anything coconut, yum).
After that, we took the becak to Keraton. The place was really cool because you could take a picture with these guardsmen (yes, selfies too) whonwere standing in front of this cool gate thingy. I went inside the museum, and spent the next few hours inside. Mirza acting as my personal photographer was funny. :))) I saw a lot of cool stuff!
Our next (and final) stop was Reina Cafe. It was hot, we were all tired, and I needed to charge my phone (which kept dying, gah), so it was perfect. We stayed there for about an hour before Mirza called for a taxi to go back to the bus station. We hopped on another bus back home. We were exhausted, hahaha!
When we finally got back to Semarang, I asked Mirza to help me buy a powerbank, because if I was gonna go on a trip with Willian, I would definitely need one. We went to Tlogosari, and bought one for about 200.000 IDR. (Which is cheap? Not sure). For dinner, I ate nasi goreng telor and Mirza ate bakmi jowo at another sketchy carinderia-type place. And then finally, she brought me home. AHHH EXHAUSTINGG DAYYY.
In preparation for my trip to Jogja tomorrow, I asked Tika to give me instructions. Looks like I'll have to face this one on my own, which is actually very scary for me. Scary but exciting! I'll be fine, hopefully =))))))
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xoxo C
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