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Taking a Train from Moscow City to Yaroslavky

walking to the wagon We chose deliberately in the winter to travel from Moscow to Yaroslavsky. In my defense, we kinda had to use the holiday a little bit. If we're waiting for the good weather, it probably not gonna happen for 3 months and then nothing again. So this trip was taken on February 2026. So we've decided to take a few days off going from Moscow to half of the golden ring. The name ring, means literally ring. Refers to a few cities that used to be very important in the past. Starting from Moscow city (where which we're coming from, technically). I have to mention the cities here anyway; Sergiyev Posad, Pereslavl Zalessky, Rostov Veliky, Yaroslavl, Kostroma, Ivanovo, Vladimir, and Suzdal. there will be info about the train  We took the train trip from Moscow. I would say it's the "normal type" of train. So we sat next to each other. Two seaters next to each other. I think my husband took the non-economy one. He booked the train from the app, tutu. T...

Terbiasa Manja

Orang Indonesia manja?? Kata siapa?? *kata saya barusan hehe*

Selama hampir 25 tahun menjadi orang Indonesia, bisa saya katakan iya. Orang indonesia itu terbilang manja. Gimana mau nggak manja, apa2 maunya instan. Sampe jadi PNS aja maunya instan *oops rasis! Nggak semua kok, tap banyak emang*.

Kenapa saya bilang orang Indonesia itu manja? Karena yaa jarak yg bisa ditempuh 10menit berjalan kaki aja naik motor. Alasannya satu, panas! *alesan gue tuh*. Indonesia kan panas ya saudara saudari. Nah ada lagi, kalau mau laundry pakaian maunya dijemput trus ntar dianter *aku banget*. Enak kan... baju kotor udah ada yg ambil, ntar kalau bersih juga dianter, kita tinggal bayar. Murah lagi. Gimana mau nggak manja?

Orang Indonesia juga kaya2 lho. Banyak dari mereka yg memiliki asisten rumah tangga. Semua pekerjaan rumah tangga bukan kita yg menangani melainkan asisten yg kebanyakan dibayar dibawah UMR bahkan ada yg kurang beruntung akan diberikan bonus siksaan majikan. Nah kan. Manja banget ya kita.

Sebenarnya bukan apa2, kita memang smakin lama smakin ingin memudahkan diri sendiri. Karena kadang faktor keamanan juga menjadi salah satu alasan untuk melakukan hal itu *maksudnya laundry yg dianter jemput gegara ga tau alamat laundrinya dan itu slalu malem, daripada aku diculik kan mending diambil aja*. Bisa juga faktor malas! Ahh ini memang alasan utama dari semua kenyamanan yg kita rasakan.

No problem jika kita ingin nyaman. Masalahnya, jika suatu saat kita berada pada situasi yg tidak memungkinkan untuk bermanja -manja ria apa yg akan terjadi? Tentunya bingung dan kelabakan.

Sebaiknya kita semua menjadi seorang manusia yg fleksibel bisa melakukan apapun. Ada kalanya kita bersantai ria dg melakukan smua kemanjaan duniawi tersebut, namun ada kalanya juga kita harus bersusah payah mengerjakan semuanya sendiri. Demi siapa? Demi diri sendiri juga kok. Menempa mental itu saudara saudara.

Selamat pagi selamat beraktifitas bersama orang tersayang :)

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