Wednesday, January 11, 2023

Thank you and Farewell, Mumun!

My car, Mumun, well, I should say goodbye to her. Before that, I thank her for taking me to dangerous adventures, and I have to surrender all to God. Well, I will tell you some of them. 

I'll start with the scariest one. I took Mumun to Jakarta for Christmas holiday, so I had to take highway route for the fastest trip home. In the middle of the highway, I felt like Mumun had lost her power somehow, but I just ignored it and stomped on the gas a bit harder. After passing some areas, the engine stopped. It was raining, I remember now, and that was a luck for me 'cos the cars' speed were slower than normal. The engine stopped, so I clicked the key to start it. And I prayed. I had none with me. 

It was risky to get out of the car and fixed it, well, it was dangerous and useless 'cos I knew nothing about car engine. I just stayed inside and prayed and restart the engine. I had little believe on the car battery since it was still new. After some trials, it did start. I drove again but Mumun didn't work well. It stopped again when there was traffic. There was heavy traffic toward toll gate to Tanjung Priok. The queue widened and blocked my way. On my right side, an ambulance was about to pass me by and my engine stopped. I clicked the key and at the same time, I stomped the gas, no power but the road was slightly downward, I took that 'benefit' to force Mumun to move. I didn't know how I got that idea, but it worked. Finally, I made it out of the highway. 

Tuesday, January 3, 2023

I can READ it

When I posted a thank you line for those who celebrated their birthdays, I consciously, intently order the names, not by the hierarchy but by their names.  What I meant is this, we are all the same. Maybe I am the one who's weird but I just hate the hierarchy if it's overly used. You see, that was just a list of names, but none DARED to re-order it. The boss is always on top. Even in casual greetings, and I hate it because I can read it. It's obviously insane for me. Not that I hate the boss, no, she's my friend, it's the behavior that overly makes her always on top.

That kind of mindset bothers me. Why can't we enjoy being human? Equal to one another? Or, that's what should be? The proper one?

I wish that I can't read it.


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