that 'sore' scene but make it a closure.

play the tape again, before i burn the whole theatre.

"you?"
"haha, yeah..."
there was someone's name, and yours.

"so, tell me the story."
"it was quick, and i decided to asked her parents' blessings."
was i not worthy enough for you, and or your family, that you wouldn't even think about that years ago.

sunk cost fallacy
noun • S
the idea that a company or organization is more likely to continue with a project if they have already invested a lot of money, time, or effort in it, even when continuing is not the best thing to.

[a friend said] ".....you thought because you've invested your time, effort, mental and money for someone, it's hard to finally realized something was never right."

"...did your friends wanted to [unalive] me when they heard the news?"
was it just a joke for you?

"you looked happier now, i'm so happy to see it. your instagram story filled with you travelling cities. i guess we fulfilled eachothers' promises to be happy..." after we're not together.
you know, we could be travelling to cities together, but you're to scared to leave your cushioned nest.

"...your partner also has the same hobby as you, right? travelling. i bet you guys also have the same music taste."
have you ever listen to my playlist even once in the seven summers of our season?

"thank you, where will you (and your wife) be after this?"
"to the city where the rainbow appeared within the granite pillars and white sandy floors..."
"that's....far."
"yeah, we had to. i hope you can also leave this garden of alengka."
"finger's crossed for that."

"i really hoped that you could make it, with your partner, too. i'd be so happy....ibu will be happy too"
don't—start on that.

"i'll see you...again"

gegaraning wong akrami

dudu bandha dudu rupa

amung ati pawitané

luput pisan kena pisan

lamun gampang luwih gampang

lamun angèl, angèl kalangkung

tan kena tinumbas arta

when the group chat make it outside the tiktok streak

please watch the full experience at bandung here!
PACK WITH ME!
BANDUNG PART 1 (arrival from jogja and night at braga)
BANDUNG PART 2 (exploring cihampelas, coffee time and depart to jogja)

DEPART DAY, DEC 12th
OH MY GOD! you have no idea, i'm so thrilled for this trip! mba nanad and i depart from jogja with malabar, unfortunately i chose the wrong seat number so we ended up going BACKWARDS. that's ok tho because we could just sleep it through the night. BUT FIRST! we gotta unbox the PR package from mas adon, lol. for context, mba vania wanted sender coffee, then mas adon offered the bottled one that can be kept for max 2 days. he then ended up gosend them to my office 3 of 'mad for cake' coffees and BUNCH of snacks, there are cupcakes and brownies.

the christmas themed station!

FIRST DAY, DEC 13th

we woke up around 5am, arrived at kiaracondong station around 6am. we washed ourselves a little bit before went to mba vania's dorm at ujung berung. we were so excited to finally meet up NOT in jogja lol. her dorm was very cozy, we ordered bubur ayam for breakfast, took a bath and......I NAPPED A BIT, then went to gedebage station to catch krl train to kota bandung. PLOT TWIST tho, we almost didn't make it BECAUSE A STROLLER WAS BLOCKING OUR WAY OUT FROM THE TRAIN because this stupid ass person was SO SLOW.

us at the gedebage st.

we the WALKED 2kms (and thru the JPO) BECAUSE WE GOT OUT TO THE WRONG EXIT. we actually had to go to to the south gate exit, while our lunch were at cuanki stasion. the JPO (jembatan penyebrangan orang) at bandung station was so horrible, the stairs were STEEP AS FUCK. when we got to cuanki stasion there were line and we had to wait around 20mins for an overpriced cuanki. lessons learned, not again.

we took gocar to our hotel. it was just ok tho for a cheap price, the bathroom was so tiny (i was a bit claustrophobic), but it was near alun-alun bandung. we unpacked a bit, took another nap, took a bath and GETTIN READY TO ROCK BRAGA LOL.

"gila mantep banget sih kita" 1000000000x

we gocar to winglok around 5pm, we had a quick bite to fuel ourselves. then we went to feel matcha, we ordered a matcha drink, ice cream and cheesecake, that we ended up eating at the hotel. then i bought coffee beans from toko kopi jawa for jehan. we stopped by this cutesy shop inside the alleyway called up n wear. mba nanad and i ended up bought a bracelets. we had a chat a bit and decided to go to cikapundung to buy siomay and CIMOL BOJOT AA FRESH FROM THE WAJAN.

we then walked to the infamous bridge that has "tanah pasundan...." quote on it, take a pic, then went back to the hotel WALKING. at the hotel we had our little life update moment and gift exchanges. i bought mba vania a two piece of beachy-vibe set, and atsiri x tuku perfume for mba nanad. while i got this cutesy bento box from mba vania and 'the mortician' book from mba nanad (because i asked for it). the tea was PIPPING HOT we ended up staying late and waking up late the next day lol.

SECOND DAY, DEC 14th
we should've started our day at 8 am, but we woke up at 7 anyway, so we leave the hotel around 9 am lol.

lighter makeup for the day, but damn gurl.

we went to rumah sejoli purnawarman. BUT THE LINE WAS ONE HOUR, so we opted to go to karaya coffee, and oh my God we didn't expect the place to be so cozy for a slow morning. i would definitely go back to karaya coffee again, the menu was nice, the coffee was good, the breeze, the seating was perfect, it was someone's house (i think). then after that we head to rumah sejoli purnawarman anyway because we RSVPd. then we went to another cutesy shop called pass the trend, but it was open at 3pm that day, so we passed, lol. we opted to go to house of majik, but we didn't buy anything anyway. we went straight to cihampelas.

@karayacoffee

the walk was so relaxing with this view

now, my initial plan for cihampelas was to thrift, but turned out there were no shop that actually interests us. so we went to ciwalk, and mba vania bought italian bracelets lol. they also bought endorphins cookies, which i regret i wasn't getting them, because it was SO DELICIOUS. we ended up also ROBBING this sticker shop called 'stiker apatu', i mean, everything for UMKM.

then we went to makmur jaya sawunggaling WALKED, AGAIN, FROM CIHAMPELAS, BECAUSE THE TRAFFIC WAS HORRIBLE. each of us bought 2 coffees lol, and they gave us this thick-ass brownie as compensation because we had to wait around 1 hour to queue and to be called.

coffee haul

we then gocar back to hotel, had a nap and after maghrib we went to lengkong night market for dinner. we stopped by sate asin pedas, mba nanad and i shopeefood cheesecuit. mba nanad also bought bola ubi kopong and she's addicted. we then went back to the hotel, sayonara with mba vania, and pack our bags to go back to reality.

DEPART DAY, DEC 15th
before going to the station, mba nanad and i went to kartika sari pusat to buy oleh-oleh. we actually don't want to go back WE STILL WANTED TO ROCK BANDUNG AAAAA.

bandung haul

dec 15th, 7.23 pm

after ketolorac and ranitidin iv