Last night I spent another hours in one of mall located in the heart of Jakarta. That Saturday morning I did text my friend to meet up after my private-teaching session, which is only once in a week in Saturday in that mall and she agreed. I don’t know why I did that, because I usually just straight going home and not fancy meeting up with someone or even strolling around mall. So we met up and to my surprise, she was also with her mother. Something that I didn’t expect of course, but as I didn’t have any agenda or something in particular to talk about with her, so we spent the night listening to her mother’s stories.
Nowadays, I spend little time with my friends. I don’t go out after working hours and spending extra hours in the fully packed street of Jakarta just to meet up with people in English session that I usually attend (but that was like 5-6 months ago). I don’t go home late anymore. I basically don’t do what I did 5 months ago. No, I don’t do that anymore. I may have changed. I don’t know.
When I went home last night, sitting in the bus that brought me home, I was thinking how I don’t miss them at all. I don’t miss being in the heart of Jakarta. Yes, I miss the talk with my friends, but if you asked me to come down to Jakarta after my work, meanwhile going to Jakarta means passing by my route home, then I would prefer to go back home. Don’t get me wrong, this doesn’t mean that I don’t like Jakarta at all. I live in South Jakarta but I make my living in Serpong which is southern part of south Jakarta. So going to Central Jakarta for me is just another extended hours that I have to take. And believe me, it’s pretty exhausting to be in Jakarta’s traffic jam.
I used to think that I’m kind of city girl. Someone who just probably can’t stand being in quiet place and therefore look for entertainment in the hub of big city with all the shining lights at night. But naah…I’m not city girl. I can only say that I don’t miss them all. I’m half way from and to Jakarta. And that’s alright for a girl like me.
Jakarta, 18.12.11
Yaudin rin.. Balik kerja lagi aja ke singahbore.. Temenin gw yang kesepian.
By: Dessy on January 4, 2012
at 2:57 pm
hehehe….lucu juga ide-nya
seru juga kali yaa! trus kita bisa makan siang bareng di Paragon, ION, Wheelock atau mana laah… trus after work.. kita syuuping 
By: arbiyanti on January 5, 2012
at 9:32 am