Hi, blogger! Summer is over, even though we don’t have summer here. But here’s the thing. I got a very long holiday this year. Almost 5 months! Can you believe it?
That’s because I am going to college this year and the gap after my high school graduation and entering the college was that long. From May – September. When I just graduated from middle school, I also had a long holiday, but not as long as this one. If I’m not mistaken, it was only about 1-2 months, and that time, I was so bored. Just watching DVDs all day long.
This holiday is different. I did a lot of fun stuffs =)
1. Learnt Japanese Language
Every Tuesday until Friday at 7.00 – 9.00 am. At first, I felt very sleepy because I had to wake up so early when my other friends still in bed, but then I really enjoyed it. I always want to continue studying Japanese Language and here it is. Murwani-sensei is so kind and funny, we talked a lot, ate together and shared a lot of funny stories that we laughed carelessly. I was so sad it ended last Friday =’(
2. Discovered New Places
Yes, I went to Hong Kong and Shenzhen like I always wanted to =) It was an amazing trip, I figured out a lot of new things, made friends and enjoying every minutes of it. Those two countries are amazing, I mean, honestly, I started think Chinese culture is unique throughout this trip. I went shopping there with my mom, took hundreds of photos, ate Chinese foods and it couldn’t be traded with something else, even though I’m thinking to go there all over again because I haven’t visited Disneyland Hong Kong =p

3. Learnt How To Drive
This one was incredible. Actually, if you asked me about this last year, I would say I had no intention at all to learn how to drive a car. Funny, right? Maybe because my driver didn’t work for me anymore and I really wanted to go hangout with my friends that made me want to learn how to drive at the first place. And then, all of sudden, I was enjoying driving very much. I’m telling you this, but even until now, I still not a very good driver (almost hit a kid back then) =p I didn’t have enough practice back then, but it was all fun!
4. Be A Movie Freak
I watched a lot of movies throughout this summer. Usually, I watch movies at cinema about once every 2 months, and this 4-months-summer, I watched like 8 movies! Iron Man 2, Toy Story 3, Eclipse (twice!), Letters To Juliet, Despicable Me, The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, Inception and the last one, The Last Air Bender. My favorites are Toy Story 3 (of course, I LOVE Disney), Eclipse, Letters To Juliet and Inception (it was great!).
5. Spent A Lot of My Times With My Brother
My brother keeps coming home this holiday and we spent a lot of times together. It was great. Went to Bandung together (along with his girlfriend), learnt how to play Angklung, went to PRJ, played bowling at Plaza Senayan, etc. So much fun! Gonna miss him so bad when I’m leaving for Japan =’)

6. Cooking Time!
This one is funny, all of sudden, I cooked a lot. I attended Chocolate Class back then which was amazing because I got to try every chocolate and cakes there =9 Let’s see what did I cooked so far. I made Japanese Curry Rice, Carrot Pottage, Warm Fruit Stew with one scoop of ice cream as a topping and Kimchi Soup (Korean Food). Luckily, all of them were successful and delightful. Only one I haven’t tried, Indian Food =)

7. Ride On Trans Jakarta (Busway) For The First time
Along with Yasmine and Vanessa, I ride on Trans Jakarta =) It was new for me because I have never had a chance to ride on even once. It’s kinda an amazing feeling when you tried something new, something out of your usual things. I know it’s only a bus, but living in Jakarta for almost 14 years, I didn’t ride on the bus very often.
8. Went To Sudirman A Lot!
Sudirman is a name of a place in Jakarta which is a place for offices, banks, government building, etc. It has a lot of tall buildings and stuffs. Usually I seldom go there, but all of sudden, this summer, I went there a lot. My Dad’s office is located in Sudirman too, and at least every once a week I went there. Sometimes, I went there to go to my pre-departure orientation (at my university’s representative office). Sometimes, I went to Japan Foundation with my Japanese Language Teacher (we got interviewed once by local TV =p). Once, I did “hunting” photos with my cousin around Bunderan HI. My cousin is a photographer and he taught me a lot about photography.. for free =) And I went there to buy some stuffs (I know, shopping HAHA) for my college necessaries.
9. Blogging
I posted a lot, didn’t I? At least, I didn’t left my blog without updates at all for months like I did several months ago =p
I spent the rest of my holiday with hanging out with my friends, goofing around, laughing like there’s no tomorrow, enjoying every minutes of my life. For me, this holiday is meaningful. I got to do a lot of things. I mean, at least I didn’t wasted it by doing nothing (like I did 3 years ago, trust me, I did pretty much nothing back then) So, I am leaving next week. The new season has came. Wish me luck everything’s gonna be okay, okay? Thanks for reading my post. For spammer out there, can you please kindly stop? It bothers me somehow.
Bye bye and see ya’!
Maya