Episode 36

I spent the morning being babied by Ryan’s mom. =)))) I had breakfast and lunch at their house before Ryan took me home to my own house, hahahaha I love his family =)))

Today was the day I was supposed to watch 3030 with Cindy and her friends, but because I couldn’t get home in time, I just decided to stay at home. Andi brought me my helmet, which was super nice of him. <3

I felt mager (too lazy to move), so I just spent the rest of the day sleeping, hahaha!

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xoxo C

Episode 35: Greenagers + Batik Fashion Week Pre-Event + Law Festival 2014

Today was Greenagers’ (another project from LC UNDIP) opening event, a tree-planting activity near Ungaran (okay, I’m not sure about the name of the place). We met one of the EPs, Seif from Egypt. :D

The activity was pretty exhausting, because we were under the sun for about 95% of the time there. =)))) I met a lot of new people (whose names I’ve totally forgotten at this point), and some familiar faces from CJLC. I even saw their LCP again, Anin. At one point, a couple of people asked us foreigners a few questions on camera. It was funny, cause I honestly didn’t know what I was talking about, hahaha! The sun was getting to me. =))))

After being brought back to UNDIP, we were given lunch, and we stayed for a couple more minutes to talk to the others about tonight’s and tomorrow’s events. Later, Andi took me home. :)

After a nap, Andi came to pick me up again to bring me to the Grand Candi Hotel for Zaka’s pre-event for Batik Fashion Week. I was supposed to be there with Iva, Kali, and Seif, but they were running late, so I just hung around to listen (well, I tried) to the person in front talking about batik-making techniques. There was an Indonesian food buffet, too. When the others came, we started eating, but… Indonesian food….. =))) Okay, I’m not such a big fan of it, to be honest. Other than tempe and Nasi Goreng, I’m not exactly lining up to get my fill of it. Seif was worse though, hahaha! While watching the people talk in front, we were interviewed by the hosts. =))) Then before leaving, we were interviewed by some people from this TV station, and it was super funny because Seif and I didn’t know what to do. =)))

After that, we went to Alfamart to get a few drinks before heading to Balai Kota for Law Festival 2014, UNDIP’s Faculty of Law’s annual event. When we got there, I saw a few familiar faces, and Brian joined the group. I also saw Andi, who had my helmet from when he brought me to the hotel. We were there to see Edo dancing with the Pompom Boys, and the DJ group Midnight Quickie. The thing is, the place was suuuuper crowded by the time Edo’s group was supposed to perform. It was suffocating, uncomfortable, and you could feel other people’s sweat on you, so Seif and I decided to just go to the back. I’d rather not see anything but have space to breathe than see the show but have to have my legs amputated after. =)))

I texted Ryan to pick me up, but my phone died, so I couldn’t meet up with him. Turns out he waited for me for about an hour, but decided to go home after cause I didn’t show up. (Damn BB battery keeps dying, ughhh). I was panicking, cause I didn’t know where to go after, cause by that time, I was already locked out of my host fam. What I did was borrow someone’s phone and contact Ryan through Facebook. After that, I just took a taxi to Ryan‘s house cause I was desperate. Thank you for letting me crash. HAHAHA

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xoxo C

Episode 34

Today, Iva Kali and I were supposed to have another session for the Saman Dance practice, so I asked Fauzan to bring me to FEB (Fakultas Economic dan Bisnis), but when we got there, they weren’t actually practicing. Turns out, they were having a meeting today, not practice, so we were waiting for nothing. Iva and Kali got pretty mad at Naufal because of that. I, on the other hand, just decided to go to Ciputra Mall with Ryan and Tito, because it was still too early to go home. Beef pepper rice from the food court was the highlight of my day, and that’s pretty fuckin sad. =))))))

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xoxo C

Episode 33: Tong Tji with Ryan + 3030 + JCo with Alvin, Dimas, Khresna

Today I had lunch at Tong Tji (along Simpang Lima) with Ryan and his friend (whose name I forgot, sorry). After that, I asked him to bring me to… (Uh, I forgot the name of the place, but I’m sure it was near RS Kariadi, the hospital) to watch 3030 with Zaky and his friends, Iva and Kali, and Tika. 3030 is this laser light show + skit sponsored by Tri, one of the telecommunications companies in Indonesia. While the whole show looked cool was pretty funny (I assume so – I didn’t understand much cause it was all in Indonesian, hahaha!), it was basically a huge promotion-advertisement for the company and its new products/services. It was fun, I guess.

Iva and Kali went with some other friends for dinner, while I went to JCo Java Mall with Dimas, Alvin, and Khresna. Zaky didn’t come because he was busy (as always). Yesterday though, Zaky got into a motorcycle-car accident, so his bike was wrecked, so he took one of his friends’ motorcycles to get home. That meant I had to ride with Alvin, and Dimas with Khresna.

We spent about one-two hours at JCo, just hanging out. They’re really friendly! I also taught them a few Filipino words and sentences, and they taught me some other things too, like about Alvin’s home town, Batam Island. He even showed me pictures, and his place really did look pretty. A little while later, the guys brought me home. :)

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xoxo C

Episode 32: Candi Gedong Songo

Today, I was awoken by a text from my host family telling me to sweep and mop the floor. Uh… =)))))) I did it. It was an interesting experience. HAHA A little while later, Ryan texts me, saying that he was going to bring me to a “green-y place”. At around noon, I got ready for another adventure. =))))

We went to Candi Gedong Songo, which was this huge park with some old temples in the mountainous area near Bandungan/Ungaran. At the entrance, we had to pay a fee. The really funny thing was that the fee for locals is about 6rb IDR, and the fee for foreigners was 50rb IDR. That’s so unfair! Good thing I look like a local, so I only had to pay 6rb IDR (but I had to keep my mouth shut until we were out of hearing ranger, hahahaha!)

I LOVED THIS PLACE. <3 <3 <3

I got really mad at the end though, because I didn’t know that we’d be hiking up a freakin’ mountain, so I wore my black leather flats… And by the end of the day, my feet were killing me. =)))) Before going home, Ryan brought me to this place for a different kind of Nasi Goreng – it kinda tasted like yellow curry. I didn’t like it much, hahaha!

Thank you for this day, and the awesome pictures, Ryan!