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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....

Merhaba Istanbul



 
Traditional Turkish coffee in an authentic cup and a traditional bread called Simit.

Sebenarnya sih udah nulis soal Istanbul, tapi ada di iPad HJ dan lupa belum transfer. Jadi kita re-type aja meskipun feelingnya nggak sama huhu.

I was writing about Istanbul when we traveled to Kazbegi. It took so long time and boring because my husband was sitting next to driver, and I sat next to a couple who doesn’t speak English and so proud to speak Russian. So I was the only one who said nothing during the trip. Percuma, Bahasa Inggrisnya adekku yang masih SD aja jauh lebih oke dari mereka.

Oke… sebelumnya nggak pernah mikir bakal ke Turki. Tapi karena beberapa pertimbangan, serta ada satu misi penting yaitu ketemu mertua, akhirnya kita (lebih tepatnya, dia) putuskan untuk ketemu di Turki. Karena mertua nggak bisa travel terlalu jauh, dipilihlah Istanbul sebagai titik temu kita berempat. Yang paling jauh ya tentu saja saya. Jauh dan tentunya penuh drama (dramanya nanti aja, banyak pelajarannya kok huhu).

Kita berdua sampai di Istanbul 5 hari lebih awal dari mereka. Karena kita inginnya familiar dulu dengan keadaan sekitar, jadi nanti pas jalan sama mertua bisa jelasin satu dua tiga hal (yang ternyata nyampe ratusan).

Hmmm.. tentunya yang pertama diinjak di Istanbul adalah bandaranya dong ya. Nggak Cuma Istanbul aja sih haha. Ceritanya begini, kita berdua baru kali ini ke Istanbul, mana ada sih orang betah antri lama-lama ya, eh kita surprisingly kaget banget ketika melihat antrian di imigrasi sepanjang ular piton mau beranak. Luar biasa panjangnya. I mean, gw pernah antri di Singapore panjang banget, tapi nggak sampe 5 menit udah kelar.

Saya pernah baca di blog mana-mana kalo antrian di Istanbul itu panjang, ya saya kira sih hanya mentok 100 lah, atau orang sejumlah satu pesawat. Ternyata ya Tuhan, panjangnya bukan main. Biasanya ada penanda buat kita jalan mengular itu kan ya, nah panjangnya itu lebih panjang dari imigrasi Surabaya, Dubai, Singapore, panjang banget lah intinya, dan juga ada sekitar 10-15 baris. Kita perlu waktu sekitar 20-30 menitan, sampe antrian koper bagasi udah kelar malahan. Coba bayangin aja, misal nih (amit-amit) kita udah punya e-visa, ehh ternyata e-visa kita keliatan ga valid, trus suruh antri bikin VoA, opo yo ora mateng kuwi mbaleni antri tekan kaitan? nangis nggelundung nang pojokan wis 😂

Udah antri lama, dan pas cek nama saya, ada kali 5 menit lebih. Gatau lah mungkin mereka takut kali ya kalo gw mau nyebrang ke Suriah. Demi nama siapapun deh gw ga minat nyebrang nyusup berkorban bodoh demi join grup asal Suriah sana. 

Oke enough about it here, gonna write it later.

Ya namanya juga travel ke tempat baru, pasti banyak lessons to learn. Yang jelas saya seneng banget bisa ketemu mertua disana, yaa meskipun mereka berkorban banget bisa travel kesana. Semoga lain kali saya yang bisa kesana biar mereka nggak jauh-jauh keluar dari rumah. Visa ohhhh visaaaa...

Ditulis sesaat setelah landed di bandara Juanda, Surabaya. (sesaat??? 4 jam setelah mendarat)

See ya..


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