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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....

It's A Chocolate Day!




 It’s 14 February and it is chocolate day!!!!!

Apakah aku merayakannya? Nggak kok. Tapi sepagi buta udah dikasih coklat sama temen kantor, cewek, dari kemaren ngasih coklat mulu. Trus supervisor bawa brownies coklat, dan masih ada beberapa coklat lainnya. Jadi for sure this is a chocolate day!!!!

Terima kasih untuk sumbangan kalorinya dari pagi hari. Dilaci masih ada beberapa coklat yang belum bisa dikonsumsi dikarenakan mengantri untuk dimasukkan ketempat penyimpanan akhir (read : perut).

Dan HJ tiba-tiba bilang ‘hun! It’s valentine day’. And I said ‘it is a chocolate day’. Dia ngakak. 

Ya terussssssss mau ngerayain? Ngerayain model gimana juga? Wong dia lagi di Dubai mau balik ke Afganistan. Mau kirim coklat? Bunga? Ahh kamu nggak seromantis itu dehh kayaknya. Oh iyaaa ngomong-ngomong soal bunga, siang sebelum makan siang aku sama temen aku ke pantry kan. Ngeliat ada satu buket bunga gede banget. Kita berdua mikir ini pasti valentine dehh. Trus si ibuk pantry bilang ‘Buat valentine ini, kalian nggak punya cowo yaaaa’. Temenku sih bilang ‘Yah, suamiku nggak akan pernah bisa seromantis ini’. Dan aku bilang ‘pacar aku lagi di Dubai perjalanan balik ke Afganistan, mana mikir dia buat bikin beginian’. Seketika ibu pantry bilang ‘kesian dehhhh kalian’

Yaampun.  Menohok!

Makan siang pun kita keluar. Gayaa lahh, mentang-mentang hari ini hari coklat ya. Diajak makan diluar. Ketempat baru yang tempatnya cozy. Sekali-kali lah. Eh ternyata ada yang bayarin. Mimpi apa cobak yaaaaa hari ini terasa istimewa makan siang dibayarin. Pulang makan siangkan kita mampir beli coklat ya. Aku yang sedari pagi udah eneg coklat mulu, masih juga kebagian coklat lagi.

 
Anyway, thanks for those who make 14th February become so special… although I don’t celebrate it but I have a lot people who really care about me and give me chocolateeeee and save those calories on my round belly. THANK YOU SO MUCH!
 


Random! Si HJ lagi di Dubai berdiri di antara gate A6 yang terbang ke Bali dan gate A7 terbang ke Kabul, difficult choice katanya. Hatinya pengen masuk A6 tapi tiketnya nyuruh masuk A7 😂😂

Comments

  1. waHahaha masih mending ada yang nyumbangin kalori dalam rupa cokelat. tahun ini gue nggak dapet cokelat sama sekali sih :")

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  2. saya lupa kalau ada hari Valentine, Sudah lewat ya?

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  3. Kirim nang omahku wae mbak. Tak entekke ngko coklate

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  4. kok nggak pernah ada yang ngasih saya coklat yaaa
    hmmm
    hmm

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  5. Kalau aku sih gak kerasa ya kalau ada hari coklat, karena di kota aku sedang hingar bingar pemilu mba, jadi hari coklatnya terabaikan kayaknya. haha

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    1. Ohh hahaha pemilu milih gubernur hebohnya kayak pilpres yak

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