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Book: The Midnight Library

It is one of the books that blown my mind. It's very well written and would probably relate with a lot of people who are in their journey to find themselves.  So many people are talking about it but I did not buy it until a few months ago where I read the preview on the first pages. Easy for me to see if I want to buy the book or not. When the first pages hook me right away, I don't need to think twice. This book is one of them.  This contains spoiler of course.  Nora, the main character, like many of us, fall into depression and decided to kill herself. But she's not dead right away. She went into a kind of limbo between life and death. In that library she met a librarian, this librarian is a kind of a guide. Our guide that probably tasked when we were born.    The librarian shows her lives that she could have had if she wants to. She is so depressed and thinks that no life will makes her happy enough to live it. I can totally understand her state. I was there....

[Piknik] Off to Lombok (lagi)

Ceritanya minggu kedua bulan Desember kan aku udah cuss ke Lombok ya, nah selang seminggu kemudian aku ke Lombok lagi. Tapi beda tujuan. Tujuannya kali ini liburan. Iya abis muter-muter pusing-pusing mikir cincin sama prenup, sempetin liburan dulu lah. Mumpung aku dapet cuti agak panjang ya. Dan mumpung belom minggu akhir Desember. Jadi biar nggak padet-padet banget begitu.

Nah ceritanya kita mau berangkat itu hari rabu, eh tapi kok ya full booked. Yaudah deh kalo gitu kamis aja. Tadinya juga mau ke Bali, eh tapi kok ya ternyata full booked. Yaudah deh Lombok aja. LAGI. 2 kali ke Lombok dalam sebulan. Mimpi apa bulan lalu ya kok bisa 2 kali ke Lombok dalam satu bulan.

Kita berdua berangkat naik Lion air, jadwal yang pas ini aja soalnya. Berangkat jam 7 pagi. Seperti biasa, jam 6 udah di bandara, check in, dan dia bilang 'Sorry hun, I have to do something first. Wajib'. Kirain beli kopi, ehhhhh bookstore. Yaelah itu udah jam 6.15 masih muterin periplus. Trus mampir beli kopi, ngantri 15 menit lebih. Waduh udah jam segini aja, belom masuk gate tuh, masih muter-muter trus antri masuk gate itu udah mau final call. Nanti ditulis terpisah soal final call ini.

Buru-buru dong ya, agak lari gitu. Dia mah sante aja, katanya gini 'tenang aja sayang, belakang masih banyak'. Yayayaya masih banyak sih tapi ya pesawat juga ogah nungguin orang telat gitu 😵

Tau dong kalo Lion Air warnanya merah dan pramugarinya pake batik? Kita berdua nggak tau kenapa nggak janjian juga ehhh pake batik dan merah-merah. Begitu masuk pesawat dia langung teriak 'Woahhh batik, we are in batik, and red'. Yaelah massss ya ga usah heboh gitu juga kaliii. Tapi yaweslah ya, dia lagi menggandrungi batik ini. Biarin deh.

Kebetulan disebelahku tuh cewek. Kita ngobrol 15 menit sebelum landing. Basa basi lah ya, ehh ternyata dia satu kampus sama aku. Barusan wisuda gitu deh dia, trus aku cerita kan ke HJ kalo dia satu kampus sama aku. Dia jawabnya kalo dia udah tau, lahh bingung dong aku kok dia bisa tau dari mana. Ternyataaaaaaaa si cewe itu bawa bunga wisuda dimasukin totebag sisa wisuda kemaren yang ada tulisannya kampusku. Aku merasa bodoh seketika. Ini HJ suka banget merhatiin barang orang ya. Jadi ketauan kan aku yang nggak peka banget. Banget nggak pekanya 😂😁😃

Comments

  1. Lombok lagi, kapan Bali nya ? Bali kampung maksudnya ? :D
    Batik ketemu batik, kayak kondangn.
    Kondangan teman kampusnya :D

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    1. Persissss!! Kita liburan tp baju resmi bener kayak kondangan. Untung gak dikira cabin crew karena sama2 batiknya haha

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  2. batik made solo kah hahah (sotoy saya)

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    1. Waduh kalo aku jawab iya jd makin ngawur dong haha wong saya ndak tau 😆 Yang jelas udah beli batiknya bs dpt poin dan nntinya bs dapet diskon *penting* haha

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  3. Wahhh batiknya merah...

    Mesti pas kui isin, hahaha

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