Monday, September 22, 2003

All the things that I leave behind

I miss Keele...
I miss Taylor House...
I miss its inhabitants...
I miss Bona...
I miss Dunya...
I miss Shalu...
I miss Tiago...

I miss the kitchen...
I miss my room...
I miss my 24hrs free internet connection (instead of this bloodsucking dial up connection)...
I miss my telly...
I even miss those shit programmes on telly...

The bottom line is...
I MISS MY LIFE IN KEELE!!!!!!!!!!!

ftd!

Friday, September 19, 2003

back to life...
back to reality...
back to jakarta...

do I like it?
or don't I?
do I like it?
or don't I?
gosh, I HATE it!
ftd!

Wednesday, September 17, 2003

the sun if fading away
that's the end of the day
as the june light
turns to moonlight
I'll be on my way...

(the beatles - I'll be on my way)

Monday, September 15, 2003


one big weekend
sunday, 14 september
coopers field, cardiff


this is one hell of a wicked weekend! I am glad that my last weekend in the uk is marked with this event. the line-ups are cool: travis, pink, starsailor, dido, the darkness, kosheen, and the thrills.

the four of us, nilam, dino, tiago and I watched most of them, but pink. coz pink sucks! :D

before 6 pm the show was done. then, we're all back to nilam's house for dinner. after cooling down for 1-2 hours, the three of us heading back to our home; dino to wolver, tiago and I to keele. ftd!




Monday, September 8, 2003

guilt trip

Hi Shinta,

Congratulations on finishing! I look forward to reading it.

Good luck with all that lies ahead for you, and drop me a line now
and again and let me know what you're up to -- I'll be interested to
see where you head to next!

Best wishes,
Kara


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Damn, after reading Kara's email I feel so guilty for not really following her feedback on my dissertation... but it's too late... ftd!

Sunday, September 7, 2003

back from cardiff

siang tanggal 4 kemarin gue main ke cardiff, wales. tujuan utamanya sih untuk ngantriin tiket one big weekend yang bakal dibagiin gratis tanggal 5, jam 9 pagi di millenium stadium. malam itu gue nginep di tempat nilam, tidur lumayan cepat untuk mempersiapkan stamina bakal bangun pagi dan ngantri besok paginya.

jadilah pagi itu kita bangun pagi2 banget dan jam 5 sudah siap ngantri tiket di stadium itu. ticket box-nya sih buka jam 9, tapi yang ngantri udah lumayan banyak! sekitar jam 8an antrian udah ampun2an panjangnya. kita termasuk di urutan yang lumayan dekatlah ke depan. ada total 10.000 tiket yang bakal dibagiin, dimana masing2 orang bakal dapet 2 tiket, dan besar kemungkinan kita bakal dapet itu tiket.

benar juga. jam 9 tepat tiket mulai dibagikan, dan gak lebih dari 20 menit setelah itu, kita masing2 sudah megang 2 tiket di tangan. langsung deh gue sms tiago dan dino untuk ngabarin berita gembira ini. sip! jadi deh tanggal 14 nanti gue balik lagi ke cardiff untuk nonton dido, pink, the thrills, travis, the darkness, starsailor dan the kosheen.

setelah itu, kita lanjut jalan2. pertama mampir dulu ke kampusnya nilam. sementara dia sibuk ngurusin disertasinya, gue numpang tidur aja sebentar, lumayan lah. beres urusan akademis, kita sambung jalan ke caerphilly castle, naik kereta kira2 15 menit. bagus juga kelihatannya kastil itu, meskipun sudah gak utuh lagi.

menjelang sore, sebelum balik ke rumah, kita sempat kelilingan ke city centre, dimana gak ada hal spesial yang bisa dilihat. biasalah, city centre di hampir semua kota isinya bisa dibilang sama, toko2 yang sama dengan barang2 yang gak berbeda jauh. setelah ngerasa lumayan capek, kita balik ke rumah, makan malam, nonton2 tv sebentar, dan tidur.

besok paginya kita jalan ke cardiff bay. sebenarnya cukup menarik sih tempatnya, tapi gak terlalu banyak yang bisa dilihat. lagian juga gue mesti ngejar kereta untuk balik ke keele, jadi gak terlalu berlama2 di sana. setelah beres liat sana-sini, lanjutlah gue ke stasiun untuk balik ke desa gue tercinta.

gak tau kenapa, acara jalan2 ke cardiff kali ini pikiran gue selalu terganggu dengan bayangan untuk segera balik ke keele. sebelum ini, gue selalu senang bisa ninggalin keele barang sehari dua, dan berasa suntuk bila saatnya tiba untuk balik ke keele. tapi kali ini bawaannya pingin buru2 balik aja, dan senang banget begitu bis no. 29 memasuki area kampus. hmmm, I wonder why I felt that way... ftd!

Tuesday, September 2, 2003

back on track...

yup, I am back on my mundane activities now: laze around during the day and stay wide awake till dawn. it's so weird that I was always, repeat always, sleepy before 10 pm and directly went to bed before midnight when I still had dissertation to write. but as soon as I handed it in, I could not go to sleep that early.

like last night, I didn't feel sleepy at all until 6 in the morning. so, just to make the most of my waking hour, I decided to start packing. put all the books and other stuffs in boxes for shipment. while doing the packing, I also had an msn chat with tiago who's also still awake and trying to finish his dissertation. around 4 in the morning, he decided to have a little study break and drove to my place. we had fags, chatted, watched telly for awhile, before he finally made a move back home at 6, and that led me to catch some z's. ftd!

Monday, September 1, 2003

FREE AT LAST!

fiuh, akhirnya tiba juga hari yang dinanti2. hari penyerahan disertasi!

bangun jam 9.30 pagi, beres2, mandi, lalu bersiap ke union untuk ngejilid 3 set disertasi. gak sampai 10 menit, beres semua proses penjilidan, dan 2 jilid siap diserahkan! lega rasanya. masih ada sih sedikit ganjelan, karena gak semua feedback yang dikasih kara diikutin. a bit of guilty feeling if I may say. but what the heck, just freed the torture and let the burden go!

setelah itu, ambil semua buku2 pinjaman dan langsung balikin semua ke perpustakaan, sekalian bayar utang segala jenis denda dan printing. beres! moga2 itu terakhir kalinya menginjakkan kaki ke perpustakan.

ugggh, akhirnya berlalu sudah semua urusan yang berbau2 akademis. sekarang tinggal siap2 packing dan menikmati hari2 terakhir di sini. gosh, feels like time really flies now... ftd!