Weekend Review: ........ is Hard to Do

I was planning on writing about the Batik day on Oct 2nd yesterday, but then apparently I got distracted by a lot of things that I didn't write it at the end of the day. If many of you don't know, on Oct 2nd UNESCO is officially admitting Batik as one of the world's heritage, therefore to celebrate it the goverment officials and institutions were encouraging people to wear Batik. The result was, Indonesia were dominated by Batik during that day. Even the street sellers were wearing "blankon" (one of the national attire for men). Here is one news from the national newspaper.

Anyways, so many things had happened over the past two weeks. Indonesia got hit by several horrible earthquakes, and Padang is suffering the most. This earthquake was much worse than Yogyakarta earthquake 3 years ago. Indonesia is situated within a zone of intense seismic activity known as the "Pacific Ring of Fire". Thousands of people died, and the news was seen all over the world. Bty, just a note for international broadcaster, this is how you should spell "Padang": Pa-dang (a as in "Papa").

Still in the same continent, Philippines also recently got hit by Typhoon Parma, which resulted a severe flood. The typhoon is said to be moving, and could possibly hit other countries (including Indonesia? I don't know). What I know is, probably due to the natural disasters, several electricity sources in Jakarta went off. My office which located at the main business district was not the exception, that was why the business activities were interrupted for two days.

Not enough of having so many unfortunate events, my boy friend and I ended our romantic relationship. After we passed our first anniversary, we kinda got reminded that it was time to move forward; to get married. It was exactly a week after Sept 26. I feel like things got worse and worse with my life. Well, maybe I need to take time off to see everything in bigger picture, and then start somewhere new. I'm always excited to do new and adventurous things. Applying for a new job, seeking new community, moving abroad are some of the things I'd like to do amongst my next year's plan list. Looking for boy friend is not on the list. If you'd ever experienced heart break you would understand. The nights are the toughest time to be alone (and realizing you are alone!) I feel so glad that my former boy friend is a sweetheart; we still chat and are staying in touch. This time was the first time that I feel this resistance to let go... Usually after decided to end a relationship, I felt relieved and wanted no more personal contact. Usually I did not care anymore. This time, I really really need a lot of distractions to keep myself busy. So help me, God.

This room that once was full of you, now become empty.