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Setiabudi vs Cibinong

Hari ini aku ngantuk banget, kayaknya gara2 minum decolgen. Gak ada pilihan lain, kalo gak minum decolgen, aku pasti demam karena mau flu. Gak asik banget demam di siang bolong saat kerjaan menumpuk kan :) ...

Aku lagi bingung nih, soal keputusanku untuk pindah ke Cibinong. Banyak teman yang tanya sama aku, apakah aku yakin pindah ke Cibinong. To tell the truth, aku juga enggak yakin euy. Setiabudi tuh udah ideal banget buat seorang anak kost kayak aku. Tempat makan banyak, ke mana2 deket, mau ke toko buku? Ada QB, ada toko buku di Sarinah, di Plaza Indonesia, etc. Mau nonton? Kalau borju bisa ke EX atau PS, tapi kalau kantong cekak kayak aku ke TIM juga deket. TIM, tempat yang asyik banget euy ... Mau cari taksi tengah malam ada ... Dah gitu, kost ku di jalan besar ... pokoknya asyik banget. Kalau mau main bareng temen2 tinggal tunggu jemputan, dan gak ada yang keberatan mengantar pulang ke Setiabudi kecuali si Bapak satu itu, yang selalu bilang "Rumah gue jauh, di Tangerang ..." hehehe. Peace ;) Selama 3 tahun lebih aku kost di Setiabudi, nyaris gak ada yang bikin aku gak betah loh ... yah, except little things kayak ibu kost yang selau berusaha naikin harga, dan cucu ibu kost yang kalo teriak2 kayak tentara itu :(((

Nah, sekarang rumahku udah jadi, dan aku berniat pindah. Sebenernya aku takut juga tinggal di Cibinong. Bukan takut sendirian di rumah- believe me, I've been through that - tapi aku takut kesepian. Semua orang punya concern yang sama kalau aku bilang pengen pindah ke Cibinong. Mama, teman2 ku, semuanya ...

"Nanti kamu kesepian di sana ... " *ani, setio and most of people said*
"Social life kamu gimana? ... " * most people said so ...*
"Cibinong kan jauh dari peradaban ..." *adit said*
"Siap jadi suster ? :((( " *gubrak!! ini dari mas irwan*
"Kamu kan suka maen bareng temen2, nanti gimana? " *mama said*
"Kamu di Jkt aja Setio jarang nengokin, gimana kalo di Cibinong? *deweu said* ..."

Yupe, aku juga takut kesepian, dan jauh dari segala aktivitas yang aku biasa jalani. Walaupun kayaknya biasa2 aja, tapi di Setiabudi aku bisa melakukan apa saja yang aku mau. Hanging around with my best friends, ke toko buku (akhir2 ini udah jarang, hiks ..), ke tempat pakde, sekedar makan malam (with anyone, special or not ... hahaha).

Tapi aku udah eneg banget sama Setiabudi. I need some fresh air, karena di sini aku mentok gini2 aja. Terlalu banyak peristiwa yang terjadi di Setiabudi yang pengen aku lupakan, karena aku perlu melepaskan semua hal itu supaya aku bisa melangkah lagi. Aku berharap bisa dapet udara segar di Cibinong. Aku juga enggak mau terjebak jadi anak kost, lalu tau2 aku jadi mbak2 belum merit yang sibuk mengasihani diri sendiri. Ih, aku gak mau kayak gitu ...

So, enaknya gimana ya ?

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