Last Week of Holiday

I'm sitting in front of my laptop right now, groaning, that the first day of third semester starts tomorrow. And even worse, I get three classes a row. On the first day! heck―definitely will stop by to a mini market nearby and buy some chocolate bars to bring the mood back after that. But in the other side, I have to work my ass off in this semester. My GPA for the 2nd semester was disappointing. I got some Bs for some classes that I thought I've done them well. Well, all you can do is keep guessing how exactly lecturers scoring you out anyway. They could seem really nice but end up giving you B, I told you. (And ironically, my mom is a lecturer in agriculture faculty. Oh, snap.)


At least my last week of holiday went great.

I went to Malaysia and Singapore with my classmates, it was the ten of us, and also our lecturers. This city I'm living in is in the same island with a part of Malaysia. You can go to Kuching in 8 hours by bus from here. So, Kuching was our first destination. We stayed only for one night in Kuching, in a very nice hotel. I don't know about the other rooms, but the room I got with my two friends was great! It has balcony that leads you to the riverside, so you can see sunset and sunrise from there. And, I don't know is it right or not, they said this hotel is considered cheap for such services (the very nice room, the bathroom, everything). If  had a chance to go to Kuching sooner or later, I would definitely stay in there, in that room I got. Sadly, it was only for one night. We arrived at the hotel at 10am, dropped our belongings, and strolled around Kuching until night.

Tomorrow morning we rushed to the airport, took a flight to Senai. From Senai we went to Johor and stayed in a small lodge in there. Can't describe much about the lodge, our hotel in Kuching is much much better (but their bathroom was nice, I gave 7 out of 10). Then we went to Singapore from Johor by bus. I can't imagine if I stayed in Johor, I would go to Singapore every weekend! But before we reach Singapore, we stopped by in Putrajaya, to a super big mosque that I didn't even remember the name I guess I already gone looking for food while my lecturer explained about it. We arrived at Singapore at 2pm and we were going around in such a rush, really. We went back to Johor at 11pm. Such a short time, I will definitely be back to Singapore later.

The next and the last destination was Kuala Lumpur. We stayed in Kuala Lumpur for four days. But I can't give any comment about the hotel we stayed in. I wish the travel could find any better hotel. So ironic, we stayed the longest in Kuala Lumpur but got the worst hotel to stay among all the hotel and lodge we've been stayed in that trip. If you love to shopping so much, I recommend you Sungei Wang Plaza. It was really big, so big until I came out buying nothing. I'm a bad shopper, I gotta admit. I was so confused of what to buy and my friend ended up buying all the stuff I was going to buy but too much consideration then I put them back.

I love strolling around Kuala Lumpur at night by walk. The tour guide dropped us back to hotel around 9 or 10pm, then we got free time. I spent mostly our free time strolling around looking for Burger King or McD or KFC, because one thing I hate about Kuala Lumpur: so many Indian foods. I can't keep eating curry or anything related, it doesn't feel good in my tummy. The best food I ate in Kuala Lumpur was sushi I bought at Sungei Wang Plaza. I really looking forward to go to Singapore and Kuala Lumpur again later, especially Singapore. 9 hours was definitely such a short time to be spent in there. The trip was great, I never been to Singapore before, and the last time I went to Malaysia is when I was three.



I still long for beach. Really.

all pictures taken with iPod 5, edited with vsco, mostly preset LV1.

a super short escape

I took several days to Jakarta last month, in the middle of hectic weeks of college. I skipped some classes but thank God it didn't bring any trouble in the end. /phew/
Anyway, I never really wander around Jakarta before, to be honest. I did going there for a few times, but only for transits. Jakarta seems to crowded and overwhelming for me somehow. It was Asian Dream Cup 2014 that made me running away for a while. We almost can not go because of some issues, but I'm glad we made it.
I went only for four days, because mom didn't allow me to skip more than three classes. But it was great, I got off from here with a friend then met some other friends in there. We stayed in my friend's aunt's house in the first two nights and moved to a lodging in the last night. The lodging was a pretty good place to stay, I guess I'll stay there if I could go to Jakarta anytime soon. (additional info, or, well, you can also call this a personal news flash: The Lost Planet Indonesia's official date has been revealed. It will be on September 6. With saying "anytime soon" I wish I could make it to go for The Lost Planet. Been such a depressed fangirl lately..)
It was a super short escape before finals (eventhough I ate sushi for two days straight!) and I can't wait for August. I'll go on a trip to KL and SG with the whole classmates for five days. Another super short escape before starting a new semester, I guess?
I'll be back with a bunch of pictures!



if I've got time.

You'll always be missed

"Why stay stuck in the city
when you can go on treasure hunting
in the forest."

You put it as a caption of a picture you posted on your Instagram.
I remember that day. The day when the orientation week just started. I've known you before, even since high school year, eventho we went to different high schools. I forgot my first impression of you, I didn't remember how can we got to know each other. I think we didn't introduce ourselves, we just knew each other because we were hanging with the same group of people.

We weren't really close. Even when we were finally being classmates, we weren't really close. But I always have one thing to describe you since I've known you: you are really pretty. I remember one Saturday night when we accidentally met at the mall, you showed up with your boyfriend saying hi to us. And you looked fascinating, it made me ashamed a little bit. Because I was wearing an oversized tshirt with jeans and slip-on, while you looked fabulous from the head to your toe, you looked like a girl that came up right from the magazine I usually read.

I always have things to envy over you. Every piece of clothes looks good on you. You know how to put make up, something that I, as a girl, never touch. You do fashion well. It confuses me why didn't you go to fashion school or such thing.

You were so funny. Everybody loves you. People always have something to laugh about you. You, a girl who skipped classes quite often. Who always forgot to do assignments. Who got lecturers mad at you because you were such a mess and sometimes people just misunderstood your "shut-up-bitch-i-dont-give-a-f*ck" face.

You gave me a picture of you smiling, something that rarely happens―you, taking a selfie with smiles, because straight face suits you well―for my 18th birthday, a present, you said. You threw compliments with your own way, you talked straight to the point. Like the day when I wore blazer to campus for the very first time and you shouted to me "you look so pretty!" but I was like "what..." and then you just "what? you never been told that you are pretty?!" and you were the first person who said my new haircut was good.

It is funny because I never thought I will post this kind of post, I never thought that I will post something about you. But all of us here still hoping that this is just a joke, it feels unreal.
You'll always be missed.
You'll always be a part of us.
How is it there so far?
Have you found the treasures yet?

Ervita Putri Azanti
17/06/1995 - 13/05/2014