what to do on day offs.. ;)

Hell yeah, everyday holiday now.. since we are going through our senior year and have finished the national examination and school final examination. so, what to do now?

first thing on my mind was getting refreshments, out of town. 

but I don't really think this will happen in a short time. well, you know, when plans have been made but so 'suddenly' something came up and you can no longer 'stick' to the plan and see how it goes. I was thinking about getting far away from town with my friends, but I don't know if it's gonna happen or not. 

I've picked some choices of refreshments (which I don't think it's gonna happen, just sharing here, well you know, 'just in case')

1. Beach, not getting tanning. It's not usual here in this country. people tend to like white skin than tanned skin here. seen from so many whitening products are out there in the market. what I did dream of this beach thing was having camp fire or something with some friends, eating marshmallows and chit chatting for the whole night. sounds nice? ;)

2. Hiking, since this town I'm living in has some mountain surrounding it. and it would be nice to go camping and hike the mountain with some friends, finding out new things, naturally. 

3. Girls night out, yes this is on the plan. having a night out with all your best girl friends would be a nice choice. cooking and watching movies, then a long chat in pajamas. wouldn't it be nice?

4. Rafting, I don't know but I kinda obsessed (a little bit) with this sport-or-entertaining-refreshment. this makes you feel that adrenaline rush through your body, which is nice, for relieving that super stressed mind, body, and soul. 

but then, this thing came up. 

I end up enrolling an extra class to prepare for college entrance exams, everyday. so, I can only do these things with my very best friend, Avi. :D

1. Early swim, this is really nice, since swimming is gonna make you a little slimmer (?) plus, no need to take out even a penny, because when you got in the swimming pool early, it's free. 

2. Cooking, we did cook stuffs just to spend time. we did cook soto (which needs more salt) and dorayaki (which needs more sugar) well, you know, amateur.

3. Watching movies, after finding ourselves super exhausted cooking, we sit back for a while and enjoyed some movies. 

well, I enjoy it enough, not to go out of town or somewhere else. all the ingredients you need for an 'interesting' day offs are best friends. cheaper than you thought, huh? but this is true. when you have your friend with you, then it's us against the world. ;)

enjoying the wait,

-catherine agraputri-

quoting master Johnny Depp

this quote from Johnny Depp is so so true.. and the latter one happens even more..

though you think you've fooled your heart, you haven't. though you think you're happy, you can't be happy when you're actually sad. you can say you're fine, but deep down inside you're hurt. heart is one thing you can't fool. you can easily pretend but you can't stop feeling. 

so what's best to be done is express your feelings, boldly. although this is something easier said than done, be brave to express what your heart trully feels because you don't want to be someone regretting something you should've done long long time ago. 

and that is why human beings are destined to have heart. to feel and to be affectionate. so be it, be that kind of people, who feels and express... 

be brave and bold, 

-catherine agraputri- 

dear insecure driver of any means of transportation,

this is a post dedicated to people who's been a victim of reckless driving. 

dear mas-mas tukang ngepot di jalan raya yang merasa dirinya keren karena bisa ngepot dan membahayakan orang lain, 

mungkin menurut segelintir orang kalian itu keren, mungkin juga menurut segelintir orang tingkat kegantengan kalian itu naik sekian persen waktu nge drift (re : ngepot) di jalan raya. tapi menurut gue pribadi dan menurut jutaan orang lain yang menurut gue akan setuju sama pendapat gue, kalian itu nggak keren, kalian itu nggak tambah ganteng dengan cara seperti itu. tahukah kalian betapa cara kalian itu membahayakan pengguna jalan yang lain? 

well, kasus 'suka ngepot' ini biasanya ditemukan di para pengendara sepeda motor yang motornya udah di modif dan suaranya nggak keruan kayak kaleng rombeng. entah menurut mereka itu keren dari segi mananya, tapi menurut gue, itu mengganggu kenyamanan orang lain. at least, pikirkan keselamatan kalian sendiri kalo nggak mau mikirin orang lain. kenapa gue bilang begini? kebanyakan dari mereka jarang yang gue liat pake helm atau alat pelindung lain yang bisa melindungi mereka kalo amit-amit nya kecelakaan. 

sekalipun kalian merasa diri kalian adalah pembalap yang super keren, menurut gue kalian egois. kenapa? kalian sebodo teuing sama keselamatan pengguna jalan lain. tapi sekalinya kalian jatuh, kecelakaan, yang kalian salahin yang lain. nggak mau introspeksi diri sendiri. 

sebenernya nggak hanya pengendara motor yang ceroboh kalo nyetir. supir bus sama truk juga. dengan alasan apapun, mau kejar setoran kek, mau terlambat dari jadwal kek, mereka seharusnya nggak membahayakan keselamatan penumpang mereka dan pengguna jalan yang lain. sering kan liat tuh bus-bus yang ngelanggar marka jalan buat motong macet gara-gara lampu merah atau truk-truk yang pindah lajur tanpa ngasih tanda terlebih dahulu dan seenaknya aja klakson kenceng-kenceng.

nah, untuk yang ngelanggar marka jalan ini, gue jarang banget liat polisi yang nangkepin supir bus yang nggak taat aturan itu. nggak ngerti deh apa pertimbangan mereka nggak nangkep dan ngasih surat tilang ke mereka. coba kalo mobil pribadi, langsung mereka kejar dan mereka kasih surat tilang. (not commenting on this, just trying to say what my mind says)

as a driver of both car and motorcycle, 

as a driver of motorcycle, here is my suggestion, nggak usah deh tuh yang namanya gaya-gayaan nge drift di jalan raya. jalan raya itu bahaya lo ya, material pembuatnya masih aspal, belom berubah jadi matras atau kapas. jadi, kalo nggak mau punya sejarah kepala bocor gara-gara ceroboh nyetir, mendingan nyetir pelan-pelan aja, santai-santai aja. nyawa itu nggak sebanding dengan pleasure tersendiri itu saat ngebut. kadang gue juga sering mengingatkan diri sendiri untuk hal yang satu ini. karena memang nyetir itu (maunya) pake logika aja, perasaan nggak usah ngikut-ngikut. coba kalo lagi sedih, marah, atau galau, gaya nyetir kita pasti jadi agak reckless dan nggak peduli sama yang lain-lain karena kebawa perasaan. 

dan as a driver of car, gue cuma mau ngingetin aja, di negara kita ini masih berlaku yang namanya 'yang punya roda lebih banyak pasti lebih salah daripada yang rodanya cuma sedikit'. maksudnya? kalo misalnya ada kecelakaan mobil nabrak motor, yang disalahin pasti yang nyetir mobil, bukan yang nyetir motor. yang dimintain ganti rugi pasti yang nyetir mobil, bukan yang nyetir motor. sounds unfair? tapi emang kenyataannya kayak gitu. jadi, kalo nggak mau punya track record yang jelek dalam hal nyetir mobil plus nggak mau keluar duit banyak buat bayar ganti rugi dan servis mobil, nyetir aja pelan-pelan dan hati-hati. 

jadi, sebenernya, kalo ada tenggang rasa dan toleransi antar pengguna jalan, ketertiban, keamanan, kenyamanan dan kedamaian itu pasti bisa tercapai kok. nggak bakal ada lagi yang namanya saling menyalahkan waktu kecelakaan atau saling jotos-jotosan gara-gara kecelakaan. kecelakaan juga pasti bisa diminimalisir kalo orang mau saling toleransi dan saling mengerti kepentingan masing-masing. 

semoga nih, orang-orang makin sadar bahwa nyetir kendaraan itu harus hati-hati dan SABAR. 

may this inspire you,

-catherine agraputri-