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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....

Muterin Dubai Mall


Hemm.. jauh-jauh ke Dubai cuman ngemol? Yang bener aja? Haahah!

Kita take it easy aja hari pertama masih jetlag (aku!), jadinya kita nyantai aja. Lagian nggak banyak yang bisa dieksplor pas summer di Dubai. Panas men.

Akhirnya setelah sarapan kita jalan ke mall. Hotel ke mall cuman 10 menit jalan, tapi rasanya sejam jalan gara-gara panasnya nggak tahan. Penyesuaian suhu ya, dari suhu maks 33 langsung ke suhu 49an. Masuk ke dalam mall rasanya langsung dapet angin surga. Adem bener.

Kita jalan aja, liat-liat, cek buku (wajib), trus nonton, makan siang. Tadinya mau nonton Wonderwoman ya, eh ternyata telat jadinya nonton Superman homecoming. Konyol sih tapi nggak berniat review ya hoho! Nah setelah itu kita makan siang. Seafood kayaknya wajib ya buat dicobain. Kita berdua fond of it lah pokoknya.

 
jagungnya bener-bener yahud banget, super empukkk kerasa bawang putihnya juga merica.

Dubai mall itu beneran gedeeee banget. Udah gede, direction-nya juga nggak seberapa jelas, sampai ada petanya dalam mall. Ah peta mah biasa, mereka punya app yang bisa berlaku sebagai GPS. Kita berdua cuman bengong kek orang bego gitu sambil mikir 'Elu di dalem mol aja ada GPS nya lho, kurang canggih apa cobak' hahahah! Dulu aku pernah bayangin kalo ke Pasar Besar yang ada di Malang itu ada GPS nya pasti bakal gampang, soale aku selalu nyasar kalo dalam Pabes itu. Eh ternyata Dubai Mall punyaaaa.


ada rangka asli dinosaurus juga di satu spot mall ini

 

Beberapa hari disana, kita juga beberapa kali ngemol. Nonton (wonderwoman juga kita tonton), belanja makanan pesenan koleganya dia. Bener-bener belanja ambil ambil aja semua. Mumpung disini, di Afganistan mah ga bisa belanja seenak gini.

 
tenang aja kalo pengen pork, supermarketnya Dubai mall juga ada kok

Jadi dari sekian hari di Dubai itu, kita sering ngemolnya daripada diluarnya. Mau eksplor juga nggak punya nyali kalo pagi-siang gitu. Jam 5 juga udah terang jalanan, jadinya baru berani keluar sekitar jam 4 sorean gitu kalo mau eksplor tempat baru yang agak jauh dari hotel. Aktifitas outdoor lah kiranya. Tapi tenang.. kita ada beberapa kegiatan outdoor juga kok. Will be posted soon one by one.

Comments

  1. Saya lebih penasaran Superman homecoming saja, kalau bayangin dubai jadi pening, ada rasa pengen kesana juga.

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    1. Haha kesnaa aja masssss... Biar nyobak pake baju ala2 arab jugak 😌

      Homecoming nya konyol sih haha.. Udah nonton belom? Nonton despicable me ajaa 😁

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  2. aisyah ndang mulih wayahe arisan PKK -_-
    eh jadi ke Dubai kayak ke surabaya ya, harus ke mall
    hahaha aku gak bayangin mbak klo PBM ada gpsnya yg ada mak gak pulang2
    he yallah iku sefoode aku njaluk...

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    1. Aisyah pun wangsul kang 😌

      Cobak lah mas bayangin PBM pnya GPS... Ga bakal nyasar lah dr stan ikan asin ke stan jilbab...ga perlulah muter atas bawah kanan kiri jugak buat nemuin pintu pertama masuk yg nembus matahari parkiran sberang gajahmada hahaha

      Seafood e endes mas, ak durung sukses niru hahaha

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