Apologise for being so quiet over here for the past two weeks. I’ve been busy doing several things and what-nots. One of them being revisiting my high school, SMA Negeri 12 Bandung. I hadn’t been there since God knows when, so it’s no surprise to see that things have changed. New buildings, new cafetaria, new mosque in the making… But the atmosphere is still the same. Revisiting that place brought back so much memory. High school is the best/worst, huh?
It’s been more than a week since my trip to Pekanbaru. It’s kinda too late to write a post about it, but I need something to write about anyway. So here are some pictures taken during the trip. Some were taken by me, and some others were taken by my co-workers.
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| The content team upon arriving |
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| First day meeting |
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| There were elephant statues in front of the hotel! |
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| Swimming at dusk |
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| The luxury life we had back there |
I wrote this last post just past midnight on Sunday (or Monday, technically) saying that I needed to focus more on my final paper. I went to bed very late that night, and then I got up, got dressed, and went to ITB to work on a project that a friend had offered and I had said yes. At that time, I had written down a timeline for what I was going to do this month. First week, I was going to work on said project while also conducting observations for my final paper. Second week was for finishing my research and third week was for finishing my final paper so that I could sign up for the oral presentation at the end of the month.
But then my manager asked me to join the team and fly to Pekanbaru on Thursday. The business trip would take two days and we’d go home on Saturday morning. There goes my whole plan, fellas. The next thing I knew was I was sitting on my seat in a plane flying north. 
I will probably write a separate post about my business trip, so please let me continue the story to after we landed back in Bandung. It was Saturday and it was Velentina’s birthday. We had had a plan for that day since January, so I didn’t want to cancel. Hell no. We went karaoke-ing and walked around the mall wearing party hats. 
The next day, Sunday, my cousin held her wedding ceremony and reception. I had been assigned as a bridesmaid, so I got up early in the morning and got dressed and had my makeup done and bridesmaid-ing all day. 
It was one helluva week.
Right now I think there’s nothing more hurtful than seeing your best friends all graduating college and leaving you alone to start their journey on the real life (or career path that is), while you’re here being busy and such with the part time jobs you think you need just because you want to have a CV full of work experiences. What am I doing with my life? What am I pursuing, really? I feel like an infant who is already running a marathon while I actually still need to learn how to walk. I have to finish my final paper and graduate college before having multiple jobs, don’t I?
Yesterday was a happy day because Diana finally got engaged after years of desperation (no kidding!). A sort of party was held at her house and all the four of us were there. It had been hard for us to gather in a complete formation since we all have our own things to mind. Glad we made it there. We’re so happy for you, Diana! *group hugs*