A Home For My Thoughts

We made plan to see the sunrise in Borobudur. Well.. Sunrise always good for making photos. Since we didn't stay in Manohara hotel which is FULLY BOOKED, we plan to join the sunrise borobudur next morning through this gate. Including ticket from this hotel.

The price for sunrise is quiet expensive than the normal one. I think it is always like that right?



We planned to wake up early, around 4 to get the Manohara entrance. Those guys are not morning people, but they have to wake up for the sunrise.

At 4 am in the morning, we met in front of our room and then we walked to Manohara hotel (about 10mins walk). Not so many people there (but the hotels are fully booked!), maybe because we came too early. Queue up to get the ticket, and the staff asked me 'Are you still Indonesian?, marrying foreigner doesn't mean make me automatically become foreigner huh!

So I paid Indonesian price for me, and he paid for foreigner price. We bought some snacks and tea/coffee to warm up the body…

"Suami saya sedang jihad di Afganistan"
Bagi para pembaca yang baru membaca blog ini, dan langsung menuju tulisan judul ini, apa yang pertama kali terbayangkan oleh kalian dear readers?

Bagi para pembaca yang sering mampir, mungkin sudah tau dan mungkin hanya sedikit mengernyitkan dahi dan bertanya 'jihad? Situ sehat nulis beginian?' hahaha. Kemungkinan besar, bagi para pembaca yang baru pertama kali mampir dan membaca judul ini, apalagi dari yang golongan yang mudah terprovokasi dan berpikiran sempit, kemungkinan besar pikirannya akan menuntun ke arah 'Jihad? Bom? Teroris? Gabung ISIS?'. Uh serem


Judul tulisan kali ini mungkin sedikit menggiring opini publik (acileeeee bahasanyaaa). Masih untung nggak saya kasih judul 'Suamiku sedang berjihad' 😂

Well actually this is kinda funny when I tried to remember again about it.

A day after I got married (22 April), we plan to go to Jogja. We planned to see HJ's friend, Flavio and his gf in Jogja. Flavio is based in Jakarta since 2017. Well he will leave soon again to another country, so we use this chance to see each other in Jogja. This is my first time to see him and his gf. His gf is pregnant, 7 months, such a beautiful thing on her belly. Flavio said to my husband, 'you see the belly bump? amazing right?'. akupun merasa, 'wow, hemm manisnya'.

So... we were all talking about going there by train but all trains from Jakarta to Jogja were fully booked. So does from Surabaya. So we decided to fly. I've check train from Jogja to Surabaya were available so we went back to Surabaya by train. We were all forgot that this is long weekend. 24 April is a holiday here. We were all focused on how to get there and how to go back, but didn't pay attention on 'whe…

We are married officially! 6 May 2017 is the big day for us. Invite some friends and of course family. I was so happy that I can introduce my husband to my close friends. I was so happy to talk with them one by one, not only sitting in front of people and waiting people to come, but I come and talk with them. At least that what makes me happy. Even my friends said 'Kamu pengantin apa penerima tamunya?' 😂

demi dua buku ini. malahan pas nerima buku ijo ini temen-temen bilang 'itu paspor?'
Mine was starting from 8 to 12. And all of my friends were staying for hours there. I know their habit. Sit, talk and eat. So I can talk a lot and eat with them. Not so formal. Not formal at all I mean. My husband talk a lot with my close colleagues, also with another friends. At least they speak english and I dont need to be the interpreter.

thankyou for this people who came earlier and home late
My family was there, to witness our big day. Since I have big family and they didnt came a…

designed by a friend of my friend. although I am originally coming from Java, not Bali, but seems that Bali is the icon of Indonesia. to tell them that Bali is part of Indonesia haha
Cerita tentang menikah ini terjadi begitu cepat. Begitu mendadak. Bukan karena saya hamil duluan makanya saya dinikahkan. Tapi menurut pertimbangan HJ yang merasa bahwa apa lagi yang harus ditunggu? Kita sudah mempersiapkan dokumen dan sedang dalam proses sekarang. Dulu memang saya tidak diperbolehkan nikah secara agama terlebih dahulu, dikarenakan jarak pengurusan dokumen masih terlalu jauh, bulanan, terlalu beresiko (katanya). Tapi ini jaraknya 2 minggu sebelum pernikahan official yang tanggalnya baru bisa fix pasti seminggu sebelum the day.

HJ mengajukan proposal ke papa mama untuk memperbolehkan kami berdua menikah secara agama terlebih dahulu. Papa mama juga berpikir, sehari dua hari bolehlah tinggal dirumah, tapi kalau dua minggu nanti orang lebih mikir aneh-aneh, kalau nyuruh dia tinggal di hotel j…

photo was taken last year when Idul Fitri (2016). she is about 94 years old
Nenek yang ada di Malang tiba-tiba kritis. Kondisinya memang sudah tidak stabil sejak 2 tahun terakhir. Sudah tak lagi kuat berjalan. Tak lagi sesehat dan sebugar beberapa tahun yang lalu. Hanya tiduran di tempat tidur, berpindah dari satu tempat ke tempat yang lainnya harus digendong ataupun menggunakan kursi roda.

Tapi sejak beberapa bulan terakhir, setiap kali papa mama berkunjung, dan ketika mengetahui bahwa salah satu cucunya akan menikah, nenek selalu mengatakan 'dungakno yo nduk, le, mandar mugo aku nututi anakmu dikulupi' --> doakan ya nak, semoga aku masih bisa melihat anakmu dinikahkan.

Frekuensi berkunjung mama papa yang tadinya sebulan sekali menjadi bertambah. Sebulan dua kali, bahkan bisa seminggu dua kali. Dan setiap kali berkunjung kesana, kalimat yang sama selalu terlempar. Semoga masih bisa menyaksikan cucunya dinikahkan. Ya kita pun slalu mengatakan, 'pasti, pasti bisa kok, te…

Halo Pendidik dan Pengajar serta anak didik se Indonesia Raya. Selamat hari pendidikan nasional.

Apa yang harus diperingati di hari ini? Mungkin... perubahan apa yang harus dilakukan demi memajukan pendidikan Indonesia. Saya rasa semuanya bermula dari rumah. Lebih spesifik lagi, ibu. Kenapa ibu? Karena ibu adalah tempat pendidikan pertama bagi anak.

Kalau ibunya sadar sih bagus, nah kalo ibunya malah nggak ngajarin yang bener ke anaknya? Ya tetep aja lingkaran setan. Muter muter lagi.

Sebenernya ini bukan pertama kalinya saya cuap-cuap soal pendidikan. Karena concern terbesar saya ada di dunia pendidikan, sudah sering sekali saya 'curhat' masalah pendidikan. Tidaklah usah saya terlalu dalam berbicara soal teknis pendidikan yang ada di sekolah, cukup dilihat saja, saya cukup kasian dengan papa saya. Karena kerjaannya tidak hanya menuntutnya mengajar dan mendidik generasi penerus bangsa, tapi juga mengurus administrasi sekolah. Segala macem tetek bengek administrasi yang hanya …