The Me Inside....

Setelah tadi pagi edisi otak lempeng, malem ini edisi otak bengkok. Pernah ga si berasa susah banget ngomong sama orang? Noone seems to be able to keep up, padahal bisa dibilang gw jarang "ngomong". Ngomong yg ati ke ati loh yaaa Pernah ga si berasa cape jadi pemikir? Kayanya kebanyakan mikirin orang gitu. Pernah ga si pengen gak mikir sama sekali? Jadi anak kecil lagi? Yg semua2 dipikirin ama org laen, kitanya tinggal manut aja ngintil apa yg disuru. Or pernah ga si, tiba2 pengen ngomong yg ringan2 aja... Yg ngayal2 buat seru2an sebangsa "eh, beli benz convertible yu!" Or "liburan jalan2 ke rusia yu" Atau ngomong yg mellow2 kaya sharing your passion buat anak2 terlantar or homeless people. Or even your passion of helping stray dogs. Gw si sering loh berasa pingin ngomong. Tapi kadang yg ada percakapannya terjadi cuma antara otak sama hati gw. Kadang pengen juga dapet sparing partner yg selevel. Gak yg berasa lebi pinter or terla...

Lagi having a me-time at Starbucks. Husband and kid are just across the street watching The Wiggles show. The reason why I just bought 2 tickets is simply because it's quite pricey 😁 Anyway, the theatre is full, jammed, packed with kids! Mostly under 5s and bahkan unde 3s. Mabok gw liat bocah banyak banget ahahaha. And so! It's 10:17 in the morning and I feel good. Weather is extremely good too today. For the first time in 10 months, we go out with short and tshirt and NO jacket. So yap. Feel good just basking in the sun. Something we took for granted back in Jakarta. My heart is full of gratitude deh. Life here is... Simple. Bener deh. Simple. Ga neko2. Ga kebut2an pingin beli Gucci or Kate Spade. Not that it's a bad thing, it's just that... Well, ga tau juga gimana jelasinnya. Somehow branded things aren't really matter anymore here. Gw lebih concern ke spending money buat beliin Onya sepeda n helmet yg kualitinya bagus dibanding mikirin tas or do...

Had a time of prayer with Andi after we tuck the little one to bed. It was a good session of assurance it brought tears to both of us. Looking back, we've been through so much. As an individual. As family. We had a humble start, really. From strength to strength. From glory to glory. We are where we are now simply because of grace. Now it's that time again. Time for another leap of faith. Time for another stretch of dreams. All I can say is... Our journey of faith is really mindblowing and never boring. Will update more on this when the time come.

I like living here.  Beda banget sama waktu di jkt dulu, it's hard not to compare.  Inget banget, saban nyetir di jakarta bawaannya sumpah serapah terus.  Kayanya gw sering banget meng-anjing2-in other drivers.  I could almost literally tekanan darah gw naek gitu loh kalo nyetir di Jakarta.  Disini, ampir tiap nyetir it made my day.  A simple wave, nod, smile and thank you really bring peace.  Ati gua adeeemm. Everytime I stop at the zebra cross to let someone cross the street,  orang itu pasti look at me, wave-smile and say thank you.  And everytime I need to cut someone's line, all I need is to signal and people will ACTUALLY let me cut them.  Things that never happened di Jakarta dulu.  Or a simple act of kindness from a total stranger.  Kaya wkt ke supermarket, pas gw mau balikin trolley, ada cewe baru parkir n about to go into the supermarket... dia langsung nawarin "let me take that for you, Im going in ...