A glance at 2016

Happy New Year 2017! Can’t believe how fast the time goes by. We are already getting to the first weekend in 2017! Phew. Looking back at 2016, there were tons of beautiful memories I’d made. Over all, I was just simply feeling content. Belajar dan tersadar. So here are a few highlights (And lowlights) of my 2016.

Semester 4

*To think about what I have done in this semester is quite difficult. Maybe it’s because this semester was occupied with my biggest project as Kadiv PPM. So my memories were mostly associated to that.*

v  So, yeah, for that project, I went to a remote area near Bogor. It was such an experience. Brought dozen of people to conduct a kind of charity work for the village. A frosting lot of stressful months and a few private desperate teardrops which (thankfully) ended with a satisfying result. People in the village seem happy enough and my friends who were involved in the program look pleased to get along with the villagers.

beautiful kids, beautiful view.

v  Got really overwhelmed due to a minor failure in my academic life. I’m still working on to fix my mistake, though.

v Ikut FUD divisi gunung. Hidup sangat dekat dengan alam. Tidur di tengah belantara. Berjalan di pinggir jurang. Membuka tudung jas hujan demi membiarkan rintik gerimis membasahi wajah. Mencapai titik tertinggi di Jawa Tengah. Berdiri dengan sengaja di bawah derai air terjun. Memandang langit biru cerah. Menjalin pertemanan. Susah dilupakan lah pokoknya. (shoot, I miss them more now when writing this)

siapa yang bawa meja kayu ke puncak gunung? :")

v  Bantu kakak-kakak senior jadi tim teknis outbond di Magelang. At a hotel in the bank of Progo River. Nice views, nice time, nice company, and nice free lunch too (hihi).

freaky pose

Semester 5

v  v  Went to Merbabu for the second time. Felt so much familiar with the track.

v  Being spontaneous. Spontaneusly went to Pacitan, spontaneously went to Tebing Breksi dan kehujanan deras banget dengan baju lengan pendek tanpa jaket tanpa jas hujan, spontaneously watched sunset di waduk with my bestfriend. And other spontaneous things.

v  Watched the brilliant Pandji Pragiwaksono live on stage. P.S. if you're reading this thank you yaa ku sudah diajak and I’m deeply sorry if maybe things did not work out as you had wished. I had fun, but I guess the timing weren’t right.

v  Jadian dan putus (metaphorically) dalam waktu bersamaan. Felt happy, sad, and relieved at the same time. I still do sometimes :”)

v  Had a looooooottt of begadang. Entah karena pekerjaan atau karena main. Sepertinya semester ini adalah kali terbanyak aku tidur pagi. Gosh. And you know what, when I feel like fixing my sleep, I found this article.

v  Oh. Dan semester ini juga kali terbanyak ku tidak tidur di kamar sendiri. With (wink wink) plenty of reasons for it.

v  Had a great deal of crying but also of laughing too :”)

v  Found and befriended with the three idiots. They are the most wild-spirit, vibrant, crazy people I’ve ever known. It has always been a love hate relationship with them. Sometimes I hate them so much I can barely stand seeing them in person, other times I just love them so much I wanna hug them tightly (agak lebay sih yang ini wkwk). Recently our friendships are expanding, but I still consider them as the inner circle.

v  Slept in the car for a couple of times due to some silly reasons -_-

v  Semester dengan jalan-jalan terbanyak. Not once I regret it though.

v  Realized that I had been growing some feeling towards Alan Walker’s songs, the kind of songs which I thought I wouldn’t fancy. And which my sister hates. She has always scorned at me about it.

v  Jadi pembicara (hihi) di salah satu acara tahunan Mapala fakultas lain.

v  LO ICSEAS

v  Jadi PO ops PPM lagiiii setelah hampir setengah tahun kagak jadi PO. Hihihi. Aku pilih Kaliangkrik untuk kegiatan ini dengan salah satu alasan bahwa tempatnya indah, men. so close with the top of Mount Sumbing.

v  Merasa sudah menjadi Yogyakartan. Suatu malam, setelah ada acara di daerah Imogiri bersama keluarga besar dan kembali ke kota, aku menyadari sesuatu. Dalam perjalanan menuju kota Jogja aku tidak merasa asing sama sekali. I used to view Jogja as “luar kota”, but it doesn’t feel like one now. Aku merasa seperti pulang. 

I also learned some things too:

v  That we should not deny our feeling. If we are mad, admit it. If we are in love, embrace it. Let’s call a spade, a spade. (Learned this after a lot of curhat sessions with Nina)

v  To not take anyone for granted.
     Learn to let go…

v  Understood the importance of trying.

v  To be more mindful in everyday live.

v  Friendship needs to be nourished, another lesson I learned from late night talks with Nina dan Ave.

Banyak hal lain yang sudah kualami selama tahun 2016 yang nggak mungkin kutulis di sini, karena ceritanya udah kepanjangan nih hahaha. Kesimpulannya… I was (and probably still am) a reckless young lady. But, hey, that’s what youth is for. You know, sometimes, I wish I can freeze the time for a moment.