Trip to Bromo

Salah satu keinginan yang muncul dan terwujud di penghujung tahun ini. Suatu hari di minggu terakhir November, aku merasa belum banyak hal yang sudah aku lakukan sampai sekarang. Banyak hal yang belum sempat aku lakukan sebelumnya, salah satunya adalah travelling, bahkan hanya ke tempat yang tdk begitu jauh juga dr tempat tinggalku, karena waktu dulu aku merasa, kalau aku ingin kesana-kemari artinya aku akan merepotkan orang tuaku karena harus mengeluarkan biaya lebih untuk kesenanganku.

Awalnya, aku tiba-tiba benar-benar ingin bisa pergi ke Kawah Ijen, atau ke Ranu Kumbolo atau naik gunung manapun, namun sayang sekali, Ranu Kombolo masih tutup sekarang ini, sdgkan Kawah Ijen, aku blm dpt banyak massa utk pergi kesana. Tp doakan ttp bs kesana yaa

Nah, doaku kali ini terwujud jg dr arah yg tdk disangka-sangka. Ini adalah pengalaman naik gunung pertamaku, tp mungkin ini lebih cocok disebut sebagai bukit drpd sebagai gunung, karena ketinggiannya bahkan ga sampai 1000 hahaha. Tapi lumayan lah, alih-alih gajadi naik ke Ranu Kombolo, waktu naik  gunung itu aku dpt pemandangan gratis dr Gunung Semeru jg loh.. Untuk yang satu ini, aku akan ceritakan detailnya kira-kira bulan Januari aja yah. Karena, sementara ini, ini masih proyek rahasia hahaha.

Nah, doa yang terkabulkan selanjutnya adalah, di minggu ke-2 Desember ini, aku diajak sepupuku ke Bromo. Jadi ceritanya, waktu akhir November itu aku ketemu sm sepupuku. Kita janjian nonton Frozen II waktu itu hahaha. Eh terus disana, tbtb dia ngajak, "Mbak ke Bromo yuk?" yaampun, kok bisaa yaa? batinku. Ya otomotis aku iyakan lah ajakannya. Aku sudah lama banget pengen ke Bromo lagi, terakhir kali aku kesana, aku inget banget, aku masih umur 17 tahun. Berarti udah 7 tahun yang lalu, dan waktu itu aku sm keluargaku cuma bs naik ke penanjakannya aja. Karena, waktu itu ayahku ngelobby penjaga disana untuk naik pakai mobil pribadi aja, dan waktu mau ke bukit pasir, menurut ayahku, ban mobilnya ga cocok disana. Yaudah akhirnya kita lgsg turun deh. 

Lucunya, kurang sehari dr hari keberangkatan itu, 15 Desember 2019, jujur aku lupa kalau aku ada janji buat ke Bromo. Karena hari Kamis sebelumnya itu mendadak aku dpt perintah dinas di luar kota. Waktu sepupuku kirim chat itu, aku masih diperjalanan pulang. Auto pusing waktu bc chatnya, krn jujur kondisi badan udh mulai jompo waktu pulang itu. Akhirnya, hari Sabtu siang aku baru balik Surabaya. Lalu sampai rumah dr Siang smp Sore aku puasin tiduran. Malemnya, jam 21.00 aku dijemput sama sepupuku. Awalnya, sepupuku berencana brgkt ke Bromo cuma bertiga, aku dia sm adikku Riza. Tp akunya sendiri ga yakin. Mana mobilnya, mobil city car gitu. Kayak, aku merasa ga aman aja kl cuma cewek-cewek bertiga, aku udah lama ga kesana, dan aku juga kondisi ga seberapa fit krn masih kecapek'an. Tapi Alhamdulillah, di last minute, sepupuku berhasil ngajak 2 temen cowonya. Dan beruntungnya, adek-adek ini super kocak & baik banget. Jadilah, hari itu kita berangkat ke Bromo ber-5.

Sebenernya, di jalan itu, ada aja kejadian yang bikin berpikiran negatif. Dr yg mulai hampir senggolan sama mobil freed yang ruesek & ngawur banget nyetirnya. Terus, tiba-tiba pas nyampe di tol Pasuruan, hujan turun lumayan deras. Terus ada kejadian juga hampir nabrak kucing. Tapi Alhamdulillah kita ga kenapa-napa dan sampai rumah lagi dengan selamat.

Hari itu, kita memutuskan buat naik ke Bromo lewat jalur Pasuruan - Tosari. Jalanannya agak sepi waktu kita naik, kira-kira memakan waktu 1 jam an buat sampe di Tosari. Sesampainya di area persewaan hard top, orang-orang disana menyebutnya pertigaan Banyu Petung. Kalian harus terbiasa, karena akan ada banyak orang yang otomatis mengelilingi mobil kalian buat nawarin sewa hard top, jualan topi syal sarung tangan, dan lain-lain. Oh iya, sebelum kalian sampe di Banyu Petung, kira-kira 15 menit di bawahnya akan ada orang2 yang memberhentikan kalian buat bayar uang retribusi (kalo kata guide kita, itu uang buat dibayar ke desa-desa) yang harganya Rp 5000 / orang. Hari itu juga, kita daper persewaan hard top dengan biaya Rp 600.000 untuk kapasitas maks. 6 orang, ditambah tiket masuk Rp 35.000 / orang. Fasilitasnya, kita akan dianterin ke 4 tempat wisata di Bromo yaitu Penanjakan, Savana, Bukit Teletabis, dan Kawah Bromo. Tripnya sendiri, biasanya kalo dimulai dr mulai lihat sunrise, kira-kira selesai sekitar jam 11'an siang.

Alhamdulillah, kita dapet guide yang baik. Pro juga nyetirnya, hard top nya juga ga kenapa-napa selama perjalanan. Hari itu, Bromo tidak sedingin waktu terakhir kali aku kesana 7 tahun yang lalu. Jujur ya, aku dulu kedinginan yang parah gitu waktu naik, suhunya -4 derajat. dan gunungnya bener-bener di atas awan. Nah, mungkin karena waktu di Penanjakan kemarin turun hujan, jadinya ga sbrp dingin dan awan-awannya gaada. Tapi Bromo tetap indah hari itu. Di penanjakan, kita menikmati sunrise sambil makan Indomie. Ohya, buat yang khawatir gimana Shalat Subuhnya kalau waktu lihat sunrise, di tempat aku makan kemarin, menyediakan musholla. Jadi kalian gausah khawatir.

Setelah dari penanjakan, kita beranjak ke bukit Teletabis. Dan buatku, itu spot terfavoritku sih. Cuacanya nyaman banget karena abis hujan sebelumnya. Jadi mataharinya teduh, rumput-rumputnya menyimpan bulir-bulir air, sehingga kerasa sejuk aja.. Selain itu, kalau abis ujan, pasir-pasir di savana nya jadi agak terkonsolidasi waktu dilewatin, jdnya ga sbrp berdebu, dan guide nya pun jadi lebih mudah buat mengendarai mobilnya. Bukit Teletabis indah bangeet, ga kalah sama Swiss kali ya. 

Dan ini adalah spot terakhir yang kita kunjungi, Kawah Bromo. Tapi hari itu, kita memutuskan buat ga naik. Karena udah mulai panas, berdebu, dan kita semua sudah mulai capek hahahaha. Aku sama riza memutuskan buat ngga naik kesitu, biar masih ada yang kita penasaran'in dari Bromo dan kesana lagi sama keluarga kita (alesan hahaha). OK! Segitu dulu! Tunggu cerita dari proyek rahasia & trip-trip ku selanjutnya yaah! Semoga Allah selalu kasih kejutan dalam mengabulkan doa-doaku lainnya. HEHEHEH aamiin

Bromo, 15 Desember 2019
R

Terjawabnya doa

Dear, blog.

Singkat cerita, detik ini, aku lagi dipertemukan dengan takdir yang aneh sama Tuhan. Mundur ke beberapa bulan belakang'an, aku lagi demen banget sama 'sesuatu'. Dan bisa dibilang, aku adalah tipe seseorang yang saat sangat ingin sesuatu, aku akan banyak mencari tahu tentang hal itu dulu sebelum aku memutuskan tentang apa yang akan aku lakukan selanjutnya (kalo aku punya kesempatan).  Nah begitu juga dengan yang satu ini, aku kumpulin hal-hal positif apa yang mendukung aku buat tertarik sama hal ini, dan negatif apa yang seharusnya membuatku berhenti tertarik padanya. Setelah aku terus-terus mem-feed diriku tentang informasinya, aku masih menemukan diriku masih tertarik sama hal ini. Bahkan, aku minta didoain ke orang-orang terdekat sekitar. Aku terus mengulang-ulang "aku pengen ini". 

Dan tiba-lah malam ini, entah bagaimana, hal ini datang di tanganku. tanpa aku berusaha apapun. Tanpa aku harus pergi ke suatu tempat, tanpa aku harus susah payah mencari-cari cara. Aku masih 'bertanya-tanya', kenapa kadang cara Tuhan menjawab doa itu, memang ga tertebak.

Dan, setelah aku reka ulang lagi, jawaban Tuhan yang ini pun sama sekali ga salah. Di sisi lain, aku juga seperti merasa, Tuhan sedang mengujiku, dengan seberapa inginnya aku dengan hal ini. Mengingat aku hanya biasa melihatnya secara tidak langsung, yang mungkin membuat hal ini di anganku menjadi hal yang begitu wah, lalu menguji ku dengan menghadirkan kan nya di depan mataku, tentang seberapa inginnya aku dengan hal ini, sebelum akhirnya Tuhan bener-bener memberikannya untukku.

Di detik ini, aku jadi teringat akan banyak hal yang tidak terduga yang pernah aku alami, beberapa adalah doa yang aku SADAR & INGAT aku pernah meminta pada-Nya dan dikabulkan, beberapa adalah doa yang aku sama sekali TIDAK SADAR apalagi INGAT kapan aku memintanya, namun Tuhan memberinya, dan yang terakhir, beberapa adalah doa yang aku SADAR saat memintanya namun aku sampai TIDAK INGAT kapan aku memintanya dan untuk apa aku memintanya di saat Tuhan mengabulkannya. Baik itu tentang hal-hal kecil maupun hal-hal besar yang sangat berpengaruh dalam hidupku.

Dan, malam ini, aku hanya ingin mengingatkan diriku, bahwa, jangan sampai aku sesekali pun merasa putus asa atas apa yang aku sudah pinta dengan sadar kepada Tuhan-ku hanya karena doa itu sampai hari ini, dalam asumsiku, masih belum terjawab. Aku ingin diriku ingat, bahwa Tuhan bukannya tidak menjawab doaku, namun hanya . .

'belum' atau 'akan kugantikan dengan yang lebih baik'

karena, mungkin, di asumsi terbaik yang hanya dan hanya milik Tuhan-lah, aku belum pantas menerima jawaban doaku. karena mungkin, Tuhan sedang mempersiapkan jawaban  yang lebih baik dari apa yang aku minta, dan karena hal itu lebih baik, maka Tuhan butuh waktu lebih untuk memberikannya padaku.

with Love,

R

Shake Off these Fatty!

This is a story of how I start my healthier life, to keep my body balance, between eating, working, and living my routines. I used to do cycling as my weekly workout, but then I start to live away from home, at Kudus for about 1,5 years. So I never did any workout since that, beside walking to my office, walking around project, etc.

Now, it's been almost 6 months I stay at the head-office, alhamdulillah :') My life was revolve around waking up, working, eating, and going back to sleep. until one day, my pants started to feel strait at my belly and my body feel so heavy for me than before. Ew. That day, I realize, I have been eating too much and have an irregular sleeping hour (I got an insomnia). 

Then, I started to feel curious when my desk-mate, mba Uswah, talking about her gymnastic schedule. Long story short, I joined the gymnastic with mba Uswah and that was the first time I felt so happy because I was sweating A LOT, after all this time, I never do any EXERCISE at all. I felt my body was at ease. No tired at all. just sweat.

It has been more than a month, I have a regular schedule for working out, at Tuesday night and Saturday morning. Now, I know, why people who's trying to have a healthy life, they become addicted to it, either running, gym, yoga, cycling, and so on. Because, it gives you a total-satisfaction. Believe me, you have to throw away that laziness and start to do any exercise for your body..

Here are some tips from me:

1. Find a mate to do the exercise

2. Do any exercise that you feel happy to do it, any simplest exercise will do. as long as, it will make your body works!

3. Set your schedule, so it becomes your routine. Because, if you do it when you have a free time, you will keep procrastinating, and never do any exercise at all.

4. Set any motivation, either to keep your body healthy, or to gain any body goals. 

5. Istiqomah, at least, pray for it :))

Cheers!

R

Short Trip

                                               

I just had a short trip with my fam, minus my big brother because he had to work at the weekend. We were actually coming to our relative's wedding at Magelang. We through the new highway from Surabaya to Bawen, Semarang which cost 225k, i think, it was a bit pricey, but in return, it can cut the time that needed if we through the usual road. We got off from Surabaya at around 7 AM, and arrived at Semarang at 12 AM, because my dad stopped for several times at the rest area to top up the e-toll card also we had breakfast at Mojokerto. However, I think it would be nice if there is more highway that can connecting one city to another city.

Pempek & Siomay Ulu Bundar

After finished attending the wedding, my dad asked us to go to Yogyakarta instead of staying at Magelang. Me and my sis were so excited of course. It took about 2 hours from Magelang to Yogyakarta. We took a prayer at nearby mosque and we decided to go to UGM University. Because my sis wanted to look at it, and neither I ever went there before. My dad and mum stayed at the car meanwhile me & my sis took a walk around it and took pictures. It was crowded by the people who had some exercise.. it was so cozy at there because the weather was so nice and the wind blow perfectly.. Enough looked around at UGM, we went to have a dinner. At first, we wanted to eat at some fancy cafe with a good interior design, but any of it had a decent parking area for our big car --" so we passed about 4 restaurants and ended choose a restaurant in front of Ambarukmo Plaza Mall. We ate pempek and siomay which was very very delicious but not pricey at all!!! You guys must try it!!! We spent only 90k to buy 3 full portions of pempek (contains of 1 kapal selam, 1 kulit, 1 lenjer), siomay, and also the drinks. After being full of eating, of course we went to the Mall 😛😝

At 8 PM, my dad wanted to eat Gudeg and my sis wanted to see Marlioboro. It was very crowded of people and cars. It almost took an hour to pass it. But finally my dad had fulfill his craving and mom bought one pack of it to be eaten at home.. At 11 PM we went back to Malang, and of course it was my dad's turn to drive.. He took a rest at 3 AM in the next day at Ngawi's rest area. By the way, I love all the design of rest area at the new highway, it's minimalist but still occupied all the needs. 👍

Bakso de' Stadion

At 7 AM we arrived at Malang and I just knew that the highway would be very foggy at the morning which was make us panicked, hahaha.. It was like we were at another part of country rather than at Indonesia. Finally I was home! I miss my home so much, eventho I'd only stay for a day but I was so happy. After had some sleep, I decided to go to Batu, at first I was about to go to Cafe Sawah, Pujon but unfortunately It was closed due to local event. So, I went to Paralayang (as usual). Before that, I ate at Bakso de-Stadion, it placed behind Batu's sport Centre, it's opposite to Jatim Park. You guys must also try it!!!! You will have an experience to eat Bakso while looking to beautiful scenery of Batu City, more over at Night!

And that was that ! ;)
See you again,

R.

It's Her (inspired)

She’s here, putting her mind up above, trying not to catch it back. It’s probably better for her to stay silence for the rest of her life. No complain; nothing. There’s nothing much to say about her, no word available to describe what is she like? She’s not a mystery to solve, she’s not a box to open, and maybe she’s just her. Doing whatever she wants, whatever she thinks is right. Her favorite place is, wherever she can be herself, wherever she doesn’t have to pretend, she hates pretending! But she can’t avoid it; many times she’s forced to do it, to hold all the people that she treasured the most. 

She has trouble expressing what she really feel, to anyone, she keeps it inside her for so long until she can find someone to pour it all over together, someone she trusts the most. She’s easily feel bad, sensitively touched, she feels guilty all the time even though she did nothing wrong. Many years she’s been trying to fix it, but still no solution. She keeps feeling guilty…until now. She loves helping people till she forgets to help herself. Whenever she feels like helping, sharing difficulty with people, she finds it easy and she will say “piece of cake”. 

Her friend keeps telling her that she’s a goob. Whenever she’s hungry, she babbles, fifteen minutes later she loses her hunger. She tells her best friend “Nobody’s perfect, we’re not perfect. Everyone’s a goob, I'm just the rare kind of goob” 

She’s having this trouble appraising why did she say "yes" to someone. She wishes the answer is that simple, but she hasn’t been in love for long; she forgets what it’s like to be loved. Maybe that’s why she feels guilty a lot, because she afraid to lose someone who she cares about. She’s been playing it safe all along. 

She’s average! Well, she thinks it’s true, even though sometimes she thinks she’s outstanding. Her life is like a rotating wheel, up and down every single time. Sometimes she’s at the top, and sometimes she’s at the bottom, however, that’s life! She prefers knowledge way better than grades. She chooses understanding much more than memorizing, and of course she picks remembering more than just knowing. She complains a lot sometimes, but then five minutes later she’s wondering “What was I complaining about?” Her life’s complicated! People might see her as a wealthy girl who can have everything she wants, but she’s not. You might see her life as a paradise but it really is not. She works hard to get what she wants (at least that’s what she thinks) She had to be at the top of the class so she can get her first cell-phone, by the next semester she fell to the third place, her father took her cell-phone back. By the time she reached the top again, she won her cell-phone back. Life’s hard but fair…so far. 

She’s clumsy, yes it’s true…she admits it. Not to mention, she trips a lot, perhaps, for some people, falling down is the most embarrassing moment you could ever had, in contrast, for her, falling down is another chance to find the way up, learning to stand up all over again. 

There’s so many things stay-hidden underneath her, she just never had the guts to let it out. Perhaps, she doesn’t have to let it out, some things are better if it stays hidden until it’s ready to burst out. It’s all based on how you dig the mud and how you solve the puzzle. If you ask her who she is, she probably can never answer that, because she has no idea. Well, the bottom line, it doesn’t matter who you are. “It’s not who you are underneath, it’s what you do that divines you” That quote was never right for her. The most important thing is who you are deep down inside. Do whatever you want, but let your ‘underneath’ guides you. It might take a while to figure out what this writing really means but eventually you’ll understand. 

from: here

Regards from 'Ibu Kota'!

Alhamdulillah, finally I able to spend some times to share at this page! This page supposed to be my daily diary, but lately it becomes harder to share things in here. I just read lines at twitter this morning which said, "the older I get, I prefer to get a privacy rather than an existence". I would be so much agree..

Well, actually, not all the things that we share is in order to gain an existence and no guarantee that it would be less privacy if we share things too, but more to, "not everything should be shared to the world anyway". But sometimes, it's only as simple as we want to have a chit chat with our friends, or it becomes our getaway to reduce stress within our self which sometimes could be a bomb if we keep it for ourselves, or all of that is only as simple as we want to freeze a moment and memories.

Following my previous post, now I am already in charge in a new place, which miles away further from home than before. Yep, now I am currently living at Jakarta. Here, I am living with my other twelve team mates and hopefully we will get better day by day. we live in a comfy big house. We could afford a good food every day. We live safely from rain and sunny days. Alhamdulillah. I am here only for some months until I depart to the actual site of the project which placed at Jember and Sumbawa. But I still haven't known where I'll be placed. But as long as I still have the chance, (I'm still 24 years old, single, so it's okay I guess hahaaha), where ever it is I'll try to accept it with a big heart insya Allah, cause it's also Allah's option, hopefully I could be trusted and develop my self more. Also, I wish it could be finished well- as soon as possible, aamiin.

I ever feel a bit 'hard' to be here at first, because I need to re-adapt and be a half-full glass again. Even, until now I'm still struggling. I'm still learning to be thankful to what I've got today. Sometimes, I feel so much lucky to get the chance to experience all of these. Going to many places, meeting so many people, learn so many new things. I know, I should be grateful, even if sometimes it feels so hard to do so. Even if sometimes, it gets me in my lowest point in life. Even if sometimes, I have to do things which still beyond my reach. But yet, I still have to be thankful to The Almighty. I only able to wish, may tomorrow everything is going to be better & better. Cause, to whom I ask if not to my Only Creator?

Wish us luck! and see you!

Best regards,

R.

Jadi ..

  

Assalamualaikum, masyaAllah

Hahaha... baru nyapa aja kok ada rasa haru dalam hati ya ? Alhamdulillah semoga karena hatiku dipenuhi rasa syukur dan kasih sayang oleh Allah SWT. Wow.. rasanya rindu sekali menulis disini. Jujur, makin tua, semakin susah banget untuk membagi isi fikiran apalagi hati . Banyak-banyak disimpan sendiri.. bahkan di saat terlelahku, aku pilih diam merenung dalam duduk setelah sujud-ku. Mengingat-ingat, "Allah pun mendengar bahkan apa yang tidak terucap". Dan biasanya disitulah monologku dimulai.

2018, bagiku adalah tahun penuh pembelajaran, pendewasaan, pencarian jati diri. Yang sampai sekarang, aku rasa belum aku benar-benar temukan. Dewasa ternyata adalah sesuatu yang masih jauh dari sifatku sekarang. Tapi semoga ya .. selanjutnya aku bisa menjadi manusia yang lebih baik .. lebih bijak menyelesaikan masalah .. 

Jadi inget sebuah percakapan sama temen-temen di kantor. Waktu itu kita lagi bahas keimanan kita kepada Tuhan, bagaimana kira-kira pemikiran orang Atheis sehingga mereka menolak keberadaan Tuhan di alam semesta. Padahal sejatinya, emang gak semua hal bisa dirasionalkan gitu kan ? Ada hal-hal yang emang di luar kuasa kita , yang nggakbisa di nalar sebagaimana kejadian-kejadian biasa. Lalu, seorang temenku memberi permisal'an, kurang lebih seperti ini, misalkan ada lemari besar menutupi pandangan di depan kita, lalu kita ingin tahu, apakah di belakang lemari besar itu ada kursinya atau nggak, lalu kita menyimpulkan kalo kursi itu nggak ada, karena memang kita nggk mampu untuk meng-indera keberadaan kursi tersebut . Jadi, kalau toh, penginderaan kita terbatas , kita hanya perlu memperluas kemampuan kita dalam menyimpulkan masalah itu , supaya kita nggak menjadi orang yang merugi , atau bahkan menolak mempercayai ada 'hal lain'. Bisa jadi, penglihatan kita sekarang hanya sedang 'terbatas' tapi bukan berarti apa yg terjadi di hidup kita akan hanya 'sebatas' itu juga . Intinya adalah, sampai sekarang, terkadang aku masih menjadi orang yang percaya gak ada kursi di balik lemari, hanya karena aku blm mampu melihatnya . Gitu .. kalau kalian gimana ? 

Jadi .. melanjutkan judul post di atas, banyak bangett perubahan yang terjadi dalam setahun belakangan ini. Mulai dr pindah rumah ... pindah tempat proyek ... pindah kos yang cuma beberapa hari doang ... dan pindah-pindah yang lainnya ... huwee apa sih .. Mungkin bener kata Dilan ..

Rindu itu berat

Sebagaimana ketidak mampuan ku menceritakan apa dan bagaimana perasaanku saat ini. Sebagaimana ketidak mampuan ku mengabadikan banyak hal indah maupun yang buruk, dalam bentuk tulisan di halaman ini, karena yang ada.... aku hanya jadi rindu. Sampai berjumpa lagi . Fii amanillah . Doa terbaikku selalu untuk kalian. :)

Salam hangat,
R.