Some part of Europe (1)

Like my promise last night, now I'm going to share and recommend some places in 4 of Europe countries that I've already visited this year around July-August. Well, some of my friends ask me how come I go to Europe? Is it for free? What is my aim to go there? For how long? How much budget I spent? And bla.. bla..bla.. Actually, I can't remember all the detail story from 5 weeks I have the opportunity to feel the new atmosphere of European here. But, below here is my travel blackberry's notes that I type usually on my spare time in the bus. Kinda not really complete for the story hehe. I wish this can motivate all of you who wanna go to Europe too! Because what you wish is not only in your wish, it can be real. For sure? Ya for sure! I've proved it. :)

First, I have a chance to go there is because I am one of Indonesia delegations of IAAS, my campus organization. I'm not alone, I'm with 5 friends from different universities, 3 from IPB, Faradila, Farah and Aldith also me, 1 from UNS, Christy and 1 from UNDIP, Arif. We come from the same organization that divided into different local committee every universities. In Indonesia there are 8 universities, IPB, UB, UNPAD, UNS, UNDIP, UNHALU, UGM, UNRAM. And every year our organization have annual meeting in national level and also international level. And in 2012, we've got chance to know Europe trough this event. Is it for free? Actually ya. Thanks to our beloved sponsor anyway. It's not easy to get the sponsor for our travel expend. But, miracle does exist, we got it! The money, we got it! And now? Let's fly! :)

Transit in Dubai after half day flight.

Schipol. Before go around Amsterdam, we have to take our luggage in  the locker.
Don't worry! Safety.

Amsterdam Centraal. The train station.
You must be here if you are in Holland.

Nyam.. Nyam.. It's hard for finding halal food here.
So kebab be the choice, big size for two Indonesia people hihi.

Cheese!!!

Don't forget to try the cheese.
Come in from one cheese store to next one hihi.

Windmill. Here I am in Harleem, one of Netherland city near Amsterdam.
FYI, Holland is not really big country. Proud to be Indonesian!

Haring. Slimmy fish with onion and pickle. Fishy yaaa.
But recommended to try! :)

Frites. The most wanted food in Europe.
French fries with mayo sauce. Yummy!

Madame Tussaud. We choose for the last place we visited in Amsterdam.\
Hello Angelina Jolie!

Still at Madame Tussaud, Amsterdam. Hello monalisa! :)

Notes. On the train. Hectic. Ah people. Adaptation.

My body is not really fit for today. Because last night bed room is definitely not proper. Where is it? It's Schipol. Yap! Amsterdam airport, the best airport in Europe. Yeah that's right, I agree, but not the right choice for sleeping place. But because, we have planned to Leuven, Belgium tomorrow. So, we decided to sleep in here. Aldith said that's ok if we sleep in airport. He is ok. I'm not, but no other choices. Keep smile for today, for the new place. Ok? Ok!

We've already bought train tickets to Leuven for 26euro per person, transit in Mechelen and say hello to Leuven. I thought the train system here is different with in Indonesia or minimal better. Ah stupid me, it's not. We bought the economy class, so like in Indonesia, the fastest who sit. We didn't know yet how the procedure, get in into the train, then? We just walked along the train and got nothing. So, we went back and caused traffic on the train because of our luggage. LoL.

Happy here. The house is lovely!

Arrived!!! We met Mas Roil Bilad in the Leuven station. Who is he? He is a friend of my Dean's friend. Hmm, get it? Hehe. How's his house? Nice!!! Lovely. It's not really big house, just bed room, bath room, kitchen and living room, all for two persons. We will sleep at the living room for tonight. No problemo. Actually, Roil already prepared room for the girls in his friend house, but I thought it quiet far from there and it will make hard and late to move tomorrow morning.

Feel tired? Ya ya ya! But, there's one more thing to do today. That's 'pengajian' with others PPI (Persatuan Pelajar Indonesia) in Leuven and also Vido's birthday. Actually, we are suddenly invited. Who is Vido? Mas Vido is my senior, ka Dodz, friend. Fardil know him from wall Facebook trough ka Dodz. So right now, I'm getting ready for this first. Bye-bye~

Morning. Better place. Sunny.

Aldith, mba Atun, me, Fardil, Farah. Go around Leuven!

Today is my 4th day and now I'm going to go around Leuven, Belgium, I called student city. And our guide for today is Mas Roil's wife, Mba Atun. Thank God, we are definitely will not lose like in Amsterdam lol. Last night, I was sleep not really well. Why? Idk, maybe because the last 2 days, I slept really not proper. I'm still feeling sleepy now. But it's ok! Go around Leuven by walk, fight fight! Bye bye.

Hello! Here I now, back to Roil's simple lovely house. Tired!!! Argh. But happy enough 

Today, we visited 3 churches. Idk the exactly name of those churches, forgot hehe. But, I remember about one of the popular person and some of his stories. It's about Saint Peter van Damian, I thought the Catholics know about him. Aldith said there are 3 reasons why in one country there is exactly one Santo or Santa there. First, helping the poor people there. Second, strictly great in the Catholic religion. And third, spreading up this religion. Hmm, sorry if I've got mistake. Just correct me, please. Btw, Santo is a call for the men and Santa for the women. Let me think, hmm well, so how about Santa Clause? Is it should be Santa or Santo? Confused.

Church visiting.

Central of Leuven, on my back is the city library.

Leuven Botanical Garden.

Cheap way to eat frites. Ssst!

Ok, after the churches we went to some market to buy our contents for cooking dinner tonight. I couldn't remember the name of the big market there, sorry, but the market is really efficient from the system until the size of cashier. It doesn't need many space, because we just have to stand in a line, the cashier man will come to our trolley and bring stuff like little gun then check the label price and count our stuffs then finish, we pay it, still in our trolley. Second market is called Exotic World, in there we can find Halal food.

We also came to Groetemarkt. It means big market. In Indonesia, it's like the hang out place. Because there is no mall here. We can shopping along the street. And I've got shoes in H&M, cute shoes only for 10euro!!!

Our dinner.

You know what, today, Mba Atun told us the cheapest way to eat Frites. We buy the mayo sauce on the bottle in the market and the french fries in the boots. Different place to buy, also different style to eat for. Lol.

The butterfly shoes. H&M for only 10 euro.

For tonight, Fardil, Farah and me, the girls plan to cook food that contain of vegetables and we decided to cook cap cay. See you later before I sleep! Cooked. Ate. Full. Tired. We cooked a food that idk the name. Lol. Because, it's not like a cap cay. Before I combine the ingredients in right taste, I worried it will not be the delicious one. But, thanks for tiram sauce, it helped much. We also made jelly that I brought from Indonesia for the dessert.

Now, I have to pack my stuffs for tomorrow. Paris broh! Yes. I'm going to go there. After quiet long brainstorming this 2 days, finally, we agree to go to Paris tomorrow. All we have to pay by ourselves is the bus from Brussels-noord to Paris and also the metro ticket for going around Paris. The hotel have already booked this morning by booking.com thank you anyway and pay by our left shared money, it's about 119euro for one night in Hotel Paris de Grande. Actually, the first plan, we will stay at Fardil's couchsurfing.com friend, named El. But, cause of on 14th of July is Paris independent day, she has a party day and night in her house. Why don't we join the party? Hmm, I don't think so, because there still be so many places that I want to see beside the party. See you tomorrow morning in Paris!

Bus. Blooming. Expectation. Eiffel.

Today is my 5th day in Europe. And now I'm on my way to Paris!!! Yap, some people said that if you're going to go to Europe but not come to Paris, it was not Europe. So, here I now on bus, called Eurolines with price 57 euro for return ticket Brussels-Paris-Brussels, in 3 hours later, I'm going to see what Europe is.

The bus.

n.b. Still can not be believed I'm here, on my way to see Eiffel tower, the icon of Paris, the country with no one speak English and affirmative not Bahasa.

The bus inside and me.

Notre dame de Paris.

E for eiffel at the rainy day.

Hello we're here in our hotel on one of streets in Paris. Tired, excited, great day, bad weather, all in one. It's already 10 PM when I've just arrived here with three others friend.

Warm room. Nice :)

Our breakfast. Paris and croissant.

Paris independence day.

Arc de Triomphe.

Louvre. There monalisa inside.
But I've already met her in Madame Tussaud :p

Friends frame. Love it!

Back to reality. The event. WOCO. For 3 weeks. Belgium. Germany.

To be continued..

With fantastic feeling, @fadilamh

Place have to visit.

Herewego! I'm going to share some place I visited this year 2012 that recommended for you to also visit!

For those of you who like culinary, in Bogor try to come to Taman Kencana area, there will be so many restaurant and specific delicious food, like macaroni, sweet pie and cup cakes, traditional food, etc. Hereby, I recommend you to go to Death by Chocolate and try the horror atmosphere of zombie, mummy and death thingy hahaha. I've already go here about three times for this year.

This is my 3rd time to go here. This time with my geng kosan.

Nyam..nyam..hot chocolate and fritata.

If you try to find place for family or friends in sunny day, you can go to Rumah Air, Bogor city, in Bogor Nirwana Residence (BNR). This place for you who like Sundaneese food. I also recommend this place only for you who have high patience feeling hehe. Because there so many people who also the same aim with you to go there.

The place is above the water, like seriously.

My cousin, Nadhil.

My lovely cousin, Kara.

Another culinary place, let's try Javaneese food and the atmosphere now in Soto Karak, Bogor. I found this place coincidental when I have volunteering job and taraaa I recommend this to my friends for Alumni Gathering my organization. And voila!

Comfortable for discussion and gossiping!

For performance, affirmative!

Nyam.. Nyam.. Soto Karak.

Mall is not always boring. You can go to restaurant that not only sell the food but also the view. Come to Botani Square and go to Sagoo. I thought it's kinda betawi chineese restaurant, simple and unique. Like it!

Try to kill hungry and boredom, Oni.

If you wanna go to fruit garden with your group, just go to Mekarsari Fruit Garden.

Soshi and Naomichi, my Japan friends and ka Hijjaz.
Aaa miss you guys!

Or you can also go to Butterfly garden, if you want to see beautiful butterfly that flying around you. Bandung is your destination!

With Dea in Butterfly Garden.

How about waves, sands, sun, coconut, and water? Say what?! Beach! Yap beach. This year I've got chance to visit again Tidung Island, ah I miss Sahabat Seribu Pulau friends. And this time, I passed to jump from the 'love bridge'. Hahaha I still don't know why people called it like that, if I'm not mistake, if we jump and wish something before it, it will be happen. The reason? idk, for me just for fun.

IAAS lovely family. Ah! :')

The real Tidung if you take a picture here :"|

Random place.

Yeah sandy, look the 'love bridge' on the back!

Friends, ah!

Hello from the beauty sunrise!

Check this out! You have also visit to Ujung Genteng, Sukabumi. It's not easy to go here, a long visit, about 8 hours from my place, Dramaga. But it all paid by the view! :" There also turtle conservation and many old history from the place, beauty!

Ujung Genteng beach, place for fisherman.

Cibuaya beach, place for the calm waves.

Pangumbahan beach, big waves? Come here!

Little turtle, bye-bye!

Classmates and the gengs <3 td="td">

Jump pose, the most we like.

Hahaha. Superb!

Actually, I can't remember all place that I've already visited in 2012. How about if I make recommend place around Europe? Hip hip! My trip to Netherland, Belgium, French and Germany. To be continued..

What a holiday, @fadilamh

Reality for project. Ah!

Hello, cukup lama tidak menshare sesuatu di sini. Ini cerita yang gue ketik di notes handphone, as usual. Enjoy! This is for real or not? Hmm. Find out by yourself!

With love, @fadilamh

28 April 2012

Hari ini kami bertemu lagi setelah 7 bulan. Hari ini aku bertemu kembali dengan seseorang yang tak akan pernah aku miliki. Aku dan kamu kembali dalam diam. Hanya suara iPod yang menyolok pada audio mobil yang setia riang bernyanyi tanpa henti. Kita tetap dalam diam.

Sore ini kamu dengan senang hati mengunjungiku di sini, di Kota hujan, Bogor. Kita melakukan banyak hal layaknya remaja yang sedang jatuh cinta. Maksudku, kembali jatuh cinta. Bioskop, popcorn, soda, junk food, tertawa, bercanda, dan kemudian kembali terdiam.

Entahlah, mungkin kita terlalu terbawa suasana ketika mulai bercerita kehidupan satu sama lain setelah kita memutuskan untuk hidup masing-masing.

"Iya, kamu sekarang harus bisa cari seseorang yang bisa diajak serius lah, Net!" dia terdiam. "Aku selalu nyoba kok An, tapi aku nggak mau main iya-iya aja. Terakhir kali aku serius, itu sama kamu." aku menunduk, memalingkan wajah, mencoba menatap air hujan yang mulai deras. Waktu terasa lama berjalan, namun jarak yang ditempuh semakin mendekat. Aku menganggukan kepala, ya! Ini bukan saatnya aku terbawa perasaan. Bukankah di awal, kita bertemu sebagai dua orang teman.

"Hahaha. I know, you must be think that now is not our age for doing the high school stuff, right? Flirting, PDKT, suka, jadian, bahagia, masalah, berantem, putus." aku memalingkan wajahku ke arahnya, bersikap santai dan mencoba bertahan dengan obrolan klasik menusuk hati dan membangkitkan memori ini. "Yaaa aku sih berpikir kaya gitu. Sudah umur aku juga kan. Lulus kedokteran aku mungkin msh 3 sampai 4 tahun lagi. I'm the first man in house. Kamu ngerti kan?" dia terus menatap stir, seolah tak ingin memperlihatkan raut wajah sendunya padaku.

"I'm trying to understand, Net. Tenang lah pasti ada yang mau sama dr. Kenneth Andrian. Coba siapa yang nggak mau?" tanya ku menggoda. Dia tersenyum. Senyum yang selalu mengingatkan ku pada senyum di setiap pagi beberapa tahun lalu. "Ada kok. Kamu." aku tertunduk, mencoba berpikir, menyusun kata-kata tepat untuknya. "Hahaha. Aku kan bukannya nggak mau. Tapi nggak bisa. Kamu juga kan! Wee.." 'Stay cool, Andina. Calm down! Be good! Nothing will be changed!' Seru ku dalam diam. Aku rasa, aku benar-benar butuh mind treatment setelah ini. Atau erase mind treatment, if any. Aku tersenyum miris.

"Hahaha. Kamu kan enak, yang sejalan sama kamu, banyak. Aku? Nggak semua bisa ngertiin aku." aku mulai tak suka mendengar perkataannya, terlalu merendah, namun tak berarti. "Tuh kan! Kamu tuh selalu kaya gitu, coba gimana kamu bisa tahu that's your exactly girl or not, kalau kamu belum pernah mencoba untuk dekat. At least kenalan lebih jauh." seperti biasa, kemudian hening.

"Aku ragu." "Then, why you have to be doubted?" "Mana ada sih An yang suka sama aku. Di kampus, kebanyakan dari mereka Chineese, putih, aku putih nggak, hitam juga nggak, temen main aku, skinny, cantik, ganteng. Aku? Tinggi nggak, pendek juga nggak. Intinya serba di antara. Intinya aku minder."

"Kamu tahu kenapa aku sayang sama kamu? Karena sebagaimana pun kamu adalah kamu, Kenneth!" aku tersenyum simpul. Lampu merah perlahan berganti warna merah, kuning, kemudian hijau. Kami masih saling bertatapan. "Tiiiin... Tiiiin..." ya tentu saja sampai terdengar klakson mobil di belakang kami. Seketika itu pula aku tersadar untuk kembali menyentuh langit, menginjak bumi dan menghapus angan-angan.

"Makanya kamu harus berani, nggak usah sok minder deh. Banyak kan yang mau sama kamu. Nggak usah khawatir berlebihan deh." nada bicara ku berubah. Terdengar kesal atau bahkan marah? Entahlah. "Iya, Andin. Kamu nggak ngerti sih, nggak pernah ada di posisi aku. Untuk dapet yang sejalan tuh nggak gampang di Indonesia...." "Oh, kalo gitu kamu pindah aja, ke Singapur kek, Hongkong, Europe, or any others country." potongku. "Tuh kan.." ada ketakutan yang menjamahi pikiran dan daya khayal ku sesaat setelah berucap. Bagaimana kalau dia melakukan apa yang aku katakan. Bagaimana kalau setelah ini kami benar-benar tak pernah bertemu. "Yaudah deh nggak usah dibahas." kataku luluh. Kembali terdiam. Kau tahu, apa yang ku katakan 'terdiam' di dalam setiap obrolan, bukan terdiam hanya dalam hitungan detik. Mungkin belasan menit.

'Going back to the corner...' Ya! Good memperkeruh pikiran yang ada The Man Who Can't be Moved-The Script. "I'm not moving~ I'm not moving~" aku mulai mengikuti lirik yang ada dengan suara ekstra gaduh tak karuan. Dia menatapku dalam diam. Kami bertatapan dan teredam dalam tawa. "Kita emang nggak pernah cocok buat ngobrol ya?" pertanyaan tanpa jawaban tentunya. 'Iya, kita memang tak pernah cocok untuk berdiskusi. Lalu apa yang kita cocok?' Aku tersenyum. "Neth, mampir ke ATM dulu boleh?" "Siap!" angguknya mantap.

...

Bogor malam ini dihampiri gerimis cantik. Teringat apa yang sempat dia katakan ketika berjalan menuju parkiran. "Kenapa sih orang galau itu pas hujan?" "Oya? Masa sih? Aku nggak kok. Kamu kali ya kalo hujan jadi galau." godaku. "Hehe. Nggak kok." bantahnya malu. 'Ah kau ini Neth. Gerak-gerik mu selalu membuatku rindu masa lalu.' Rasanya ingin sekali bisa memelukmu. Mendapatkan kelitikan manja. Dan tawa riang sampai hampir menangis. Kamu. Selalu membuatku merindu. Di tengah hujan, aku, kamu, duduk bersampingan dalam diam ditengah rindu dan perbedaan yang membatasinya.

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"Hap! Sudaaaaaah." seru ku masuk mobil. "Sudah? Langsung ke kosan kamu nih ya?" "Iya" tambahku dengan anggukan. Perjalanan menuju rumah sementara ku di Bogor, ya people called it, kosan, terasa cepat. Entah, mungkin karena batinku berteriak untuk tak ingin ditinggalkan. Tapi, fisik ku menampakan wajah mempersilahkan. "Coba ya kita nggak beda.." kataku hambar. "Heh nggak boleh disesalin!" tanggapnya. "Kamu tau nggak kalo di dalam ilmu kedokteran, 60% bagian dari memory jangka panjang yang aku punya di antara ........ (entahlah aku lupa penjelasannya) ada kamu di dalamnya." tambahnya. Seketika itu pula aku merasa perjalanan menjadi perlahan getting slowly. Dan waktu menyediakan tempat untuk aku terdiam, tersenyum dan melayang. "Iya ya, sayangnya kita nggak bisa sih.." kemudian perkataannya kali ini membuat semua efek indah.... berguguran. Aku menghela napas panjang. Memang tak ada yang bisa disalahkan dalam hal ini. Tak ada yang bersalah. "Tuh kan siapa sekarang yang nyeseeeeel?" goda ku, mempertahankan guncangan perasaan.

"Sudah sampai" kata ku berat seolah tak ingin beranjak. 'Ya memang tak ingin' batin ku. "Sip! Makasih ya An." 'Ah I hate for called with that only name actually, but you? Exception' aku tersenyum. "Iya sama-sama ya Neth. Hati-hati pulangnya, jangan nyasar!" benar-benar tak ingin beranjak.

"Cium pipi, boleh?" tanya ku pelan. Entahlah aku hanya tak ingin kehilangan kesempatan. Dia menyodorkan pipi tembemnya. Secepat mungkin aku melakukannya. Ya itu hanya sebuah ciuman di pipi. Di pipi seseorang yang pernah punya banyak angan bersama denganku. Seseorang yang pernah mengisi hari-hari di masa remaja ku. Seseorang yang menemani ke labilanku. Dan seseorang yang selalu aku sayang.

Aku mempercepat gerak ku untuk membuka pintu mobil. Berdebar tak karuan. Bahkan itu hanya di pipi. Namun, kecepatan ku membuka pintu tak secepat dia menarik ku kemudian mencium ku. Disini! Di bagian kening. Kamu memilih kening ku untuk di berikan kecupan. Bukan bagian lain, bagian pipi atau di bibir. Kalian tahu? Ketika seorang mencium mu di kening, artinya yang dia inginkan dari mu adalah kamu. Ya hanya kamu untuk selamanya. Indah, bukan?

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Aku tersadar bahwa hari ini Sabtu malam. Artinya, banyak orang keluar rumah. Ramai dan padat. "Ini mall di Bogor cuma satu apa gimana sih? Rame banget kayak cendol" komentarnya ketika melewati petugas security mall. "Ih bawel! Anak gaul Jakarta raya sih yaaa!" sindir ku tak berekspresi. "Hehe. Iya deh iya sorry. Eh kamu selesai kapan sih? 1,5 tahun lagi ya? Atau 2 tahun?" "Selesai apa? Kuliah?" tanggap ku. "Iya. Kapan?" "Hmm.. 1,5 tahun lagi kali ya. Amiiiiin!" sahut ku bersemangat. "Kamu?" "Aku sih masih 3 tahun lagi kali ya. Belom kalo mau spesialis" jawabnya. "Asik kan Pak dokterrr!" goda ku sambil beranjak ke arah eskalator. Tak ada yang aneh dengan pertanyaannya barusan. Memang biasa saja sampai saat sebelum dia pergi berkendara meninggalkan gerbang kosan ku.

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Aku bergegas membuka pintu mobil. "Hati-hati ya!" "Eh, An!" panggilnya. Ku tahan pintu tersebut dan kembali menoleh ke arahnya. "Satu setengah tahun lagi ya?!" Entahlah. Aku bahkan tak mengerti maksud perkataannya. Ku anggukan kepala ku dan tersenyum senang. Ku lambaikan tanganku ke arah mobil yang perlahan bergerak meninggalkan ku. "Tuhan, ku mohon, bawa aku kembali ke realita" batin ku. Ku hela napas panjang dan membalikan badan serta melangkah gontai ke arah kamar kosan ku. Ok, you have to back to the reality, Andina Mawi Putri.

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Perjuangan.

Karena selalu ada yang harus diperjuangkan. Entah itu hati ataukah ego? Kamu yang memutuskan.

With love, @fadilamh

Memahami.

Memahami. Pelajaran diatas mengerti. Sejenak terasa mudah, tapi tak semudah dilakukan. Karena memahami bukan sekedar tahu kemudian dipikirkan dan sekedar dimengerti. Memahami adalah apa yang kamu rasa kamu tahu dengan cukup dan orang lain rasa kamu tahu dengan lebih dari cukup, itu memahami, buatku.

With love, @fadilamh