Finally, I Got Chickenpox...

Three weeks ago, my brother got chickenpox from nowhere. And by the time the pox was spreading all over his hand and face, he didn't tell anyone at home AT ALL, until I'm the one who realized that he got chickenpox *sigh* I was so angry to him because I've never been attacked by pox which mean that I also get the chance to be attacked at the moment.

From the source that I read on the internet, it is said that chickenpox will take effect on your body (read : the pox starts to appear) in two weeks after the virus attacks you (which we don't know exactly when is the virus get into the body, it could be anytime!). And, two weeks after my brother got chickenpox  is GTC! Goes To Campus. Ya masa gue udah bayar lunas dan semangat 45 buat ikut, jadi gak bisa ikut gara-gara ketularan? So, from the time my brother got the pox, I started to take vitamins EVERY SINGLE DAY, avoided him all the time, and I won't touch any single thing that already touched by him. I did anything I could to prevent me from getting that ill! 

Four days before GTC, I found small pox on my thigh. I thought it wasn't going to spread more as I took the pills that costs almost two hundred thousand Rp, so I still could go for GTC. But the next day, five more pox grew. 

Okay, so I cried, and when I felt it was okay to cancel my participation on GTC, I told my mother to call Pak Yayat that I was sick. The next day, it was Friday, I woke up late at about 10 o'clock. When I checked my cellphone, there were eight text messages; from Tiara and Ayu asking me if I'm sick or not, three from Djody reminding me to call Pak Yayat, and two more from Djody telling the good news that GTC is POSTPONED!

Such a relieved to know that Allah still gave me a chance to join GTC with MZR23 :) So why is GTC been postponed? First, it was because Obama, President of the United State, came to Indonesia and he also visited University of Indonesia so that we can't go there. Second, because of Mount Merapi's big eruptions on Yogyakarta. And the last, because they knew that I got pox, so they waited me! *no, I'm kidding*

I didn't go to school for a week until now, waiting for the pox to dry. GTC will be postponed until 22nd of November. Lucky me, alhamdulillah :D

p.s sorry for the bad grammar, i'm just trying to write in English :P

Yogyakarta 2010

Lebaran kemarin, seperti biasa gue mudik ke Jogjaaa! Dan seperti tahun-tahun sebelumnya, sekitar H-2 gue ke Bandung dulu dan lebaran disana :) H+1 baru berangkat ke Jogja. Gue berangkat Sabtu pagi jam 5 dan sampe Jogja sekitar jam 7 malem. The next day, cuma ke acara trah keluarga Mertodihardjo. Hari Seninnya juga cuma jalan-jalan ke alun-alun kidul dan main "jalan ke antara 2 pohon beringin." Gue gak berhasil cuy, apalagi ayah, sampe belok 90 derajad lol. Then, kita ngunjungin situs Tamansari (sebenarnya gue udah 2x kesini, tapi karena katanya habis direnovasi jadi kesini lagi deh, sekalian kan Ibu dan saudara belum pernah).

Kolam pemandian puteri-puteri raja jaman dulu. Cool 8)

Pas ke kolam di sebelah kolam utama, ada bule, sepertinya lagi honeymoon *soktau

Mom & Dad :)

Selanjutnya, masih luas komplek situs Tamansari ini yang masih satu kesatuan dengan Keraton Jogja. Masih ada kamar-kamar raja dan ruangan-ruangan lain, masjid bawah tanah dengan Sumur Gumulingnya, banyak lorong-lorong/jalan di bawah tanah, dan masih ada jalan ke atas untuk naik ke paling atas dan kita bisa liat Pasar Ngasem dari atas sana (yang sekarang udah pindah).

Menuju kamar raja dan keluarga.

Tempat tidurnya dari batu yaaaaa, kuat bener. Segalanya serba batu disini.

Masih disangga. Pasti sempet mau roboh gara-gara gempa Jogja tahun 2006.

Lorong jalan bawah tanah. Dulu katanya di salah satu lorong ada jalan tembus ke tempat lain, dulu dipake kerajaan untuk menghindar dari penjajah.

Lengkungan atap lorongnya semuanya full batu lho, tanpa ada besi atau rangka apapun. Hebat ya.

Atap lorong yang ini udah jebol.

Cool ya. Ini adalah tangga-tangga di masjid bawah tanah. Di bawah tangga itu Sumur Gumuling, dulu dipake buat ambil air wudhu. Yang perempuan shalat di lorong atas, dan laik-laki shalat di lorong bawah (kalau gak salah.)

NEXT, MENUJU KE ATAS.

Bangunan situs yang menyatu dengan masyarakat sekitar. Coba kalau situs ini gak nyampur dengan rumah-rumah warga, pasti keren overviewnya..

Jalan ke paling atas ternyata ditutup karena masih dalam proses renovasi. Then, kita balik ke parkiran dan shalat di masjid Soko Tunggal.

Jalanan di kampung sekitar Tamansari ini resik, apik, dan ada tembok yang dilukis-lukis :)

Gardu warga.

Dan karena rumah mereka deket tempat wisata, jadi banyak yang jualan souvenir dan cinderamata.

Next destination, Pantai Kuwaru! Pantai ini katanya baru dibuka, jadi pada penasaran mau kesana. Dan ternyata, mengecewakan.. Rame banget dan kotor banget. Pantainya miring. Tapi tetep aja gak bisa nolak hasrat untuk main air lol :P

My brother.

Aldi.

Hari ke-2 di Jogja tercinta selesai. Tapi masih ada besok! Dan besok kita mau pergi ke Pacitan! Penasaran sama Goa Gong. To be continued....mengunjungi 3 Goa :D

High Expectation

"To be the good one among the good"

It needs a lot of effort.

Had a high expectation for next year : get into college.
Semoga dapet universitas dan jurusan yang dimau yaa amiiin. Semoga pilihan gue nanti gak salah ya Allah :)

Pendakian Gn. Sumbing (3371 mdpl)

Last school holiday in July (4-8 Juli 2010), I went climbing mountain (this is my 4th Summit!) with my junior at Moonpala. This event called "Pengembaraan", one of year's program from BPH. My junior here (they are 11th grader) must climb a mountain over 3000 meter above sea level so they can join Moonpala as a "full" member. They chose Mount Sumbing as their destination instead of Mount Gede-Pangrango (which is closer and "easier") because there was a new rules in TNGP (Taman Nasional Gede-Pangrango) that obliged us to hire a guide that cost over Rp 300.000,- (Tapi peraturan ini udah gak berlaku lagi kok sekarang, thanks to the PA who demonstrated back there).

So, Mount Sumbing is located on Garung Village, Wonosobo, Central Java. Mount Sumbing is the 2nd highest mountain in Central Java and located just next to Mount Sindoro (which I  have climbed last March :D). The total member that join this climb is 20 person - 18 from school and 2 are alumni.

Personally, this was the most enjoyable and happiest climb for me lol. Even it was the most difficult track since I first climb a mountain but I just love it. The scenery, the stone, the climb, the summit, all of them. I took almost 400 shots there :D These are some pictures that I took (sorry if it's too much)

BPH MPL 10. Aiph, Me, Dini, Qori, Djody, Abun and Rafly (without Mayor)

Amud angkatan 11 beserta pengantar.

Arrived at Garung Village. Photos above are Mount Sindoro.

We started the climb after Dzuhur, about 1 o'clock in the afternoon. We reached base two around 5 p.m where we planned to set the tent and sleep here for the night.

"The green troop" taking a rest.

Hutan Pinus Merah! It was the first time I saw the red pine and I was so excited lol. 

And you know what, it just one side of the tree that face the sunlight who get the red colour.

Next day, we continue our climb at 7 in the morning. Ratu, Obeng, and Babab waited us at the camp (they've been to the summit before) so we could climb without our carrier! Just few bacpacks stuffed with important things and don't forget to bring camera!
The sky was so clear and the sun shone brightly. We got a clear view of Mount Sindoro which is very gorgeous. I really enjoyed the road to summit, the tired feeling wasn't affected me at all :) And finally we reached the top of Mount Sumbing around 2 p.m \(^.^)/

Mount Sindoro and the clear blue sky <3

Floating cute clouds.

Top of Mount Sindoro. Hey I was there few months ago! Do you believe it?

Sampai di Pos Pasar Setan. "Tuh liat gak? Itu Puncaknya" kata Tujo sambil nunjuk :P

Do you see the small U-curved hill back there? It's the Summit, yes.

It takes about 4-5 more hours to get there from Pasar Setan.

What I love from this mountain : the beautiful scoopy hill *just like in LOTR movies :P

Favourite climb! Asoy!

Edelweiss :)

Taking a rest in Pos Watu Kotak.

Just three more "wohoo" climb from here to the summit :D

Dini on the road to the summit.

FINALLY! THE SUMMIT!

Smoke from the crater.

The highest point of Mount Sumbing.

The wide gorgeous blue sky and clouds <3

MPL-10 at Mount Sumbing.

Big thanks to Tujo and Telot to guide us all safely :)

Oh yeah one member from angkatan 11 couldn't reach the summit together with us, he said he was toooo tired to continue, so he waited us at Watu Kotak. Too bad! I bet it was because of his big body and weight, but if he does have a big spirit, his big body is not a big problem you know :)

We walked down at 3 p.m and again the afternoon scenery was so beautiful, it was a dreamland. I reached the camp at 8 p.m while others at 6 p.m before or 9 p.m after I arrived. Oh how I hate walking down at night!

Sindoro, awan, dan bukit-bukit Sumbing.

All of us was waiting for a turn to get a picture like this lol. I pick this one as my favourite. 

FYI, it's Djody *no offense.

The "nuclear-blast" cloud.

Orange ray of light.

Imaginary land <3

Mount Sindoro at sunset. Last goodbye before the sun goes down.

So that was our climb to Mount Sumbing. A nice, full of spirit holiday. A relieving after months of preparing and problems here and there, but finally we reached it :) Big big thanks to God.

We slept one more night at base two and walked down to basecamp the next morning. As usual, when walking down the mountain, my knee is weak :P It takes more strenght to walk down than to climb for me. But it was a record for me here in Mount Sumbing, when we were walking down, I overlapped 4 people! Not a big deal, but my friends said that it was a good progress for me haha (they were expecting me to be the last -____-) Always a big thanks to Djody who always accompanied me when walking down (patiently) ;p

We all reached the basecamp before noon and took a rest there. We took a bath, ate fried rice, and packed our stuff. At 2.30 p.m we headed to Wonosobo Bus Station and got the bus to Jakarta at 5 p.m. We arrived at Lebak Bulus Bus Station around 5 in the morning. My feet got "puffy" again so I decided to ride a taxi with Aiph and Hans. Got home at 6 a.m. What a great trip :D

For more photos click here and here. Thank you :)
P.S sorry for the bad grammar :P