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Long long weekend

Hueh, sekarang work day lagi!!!! After a long long weekend.

Kemaren aku pergi berenang, menikmati indah dan damainya dunia lain di bawah air!! Kedengarannya sangat berlebih2an bukan :D ? Anyway, that's what I exactly feel about swimming :) ... satu dua detik di bawah air, sebelum kamu harus mengambil nafas lagi, rasanya ... hmmmm, so peaceful. Di sana cuma ada suara kecipak air, gerakan badan kamu, dan gelembung2 udara yang kamu keluarkan ... nikmatnya :D ...

Atau ada juga dunia maya yang lain, yang aku alami weekend ini. Tenggelam dalam Bumi Manusia nya Pramoedya, masuk ke awal 1900 an, menikmati percintaan Minke dan Annelies ... itu juga cool banget :) Nyesel aku gak dengerin omongannya Sigit dari dulu2 tentang Pramoedya, kenapa gak dari dulu aku baca novel2nya ya ....

Bosan dengan Pramoedya, beralih ke serial Friends ... ketawa ngakak melihat tingkah laku Joey, terharu dengan baliknya Rachel dan Ross, huehehehe ... meminjam istilahnya si Ul ... serial ini emang adorable!!

Sayangnya, bukan itu dunia yang nyata ... hehehe ... Keluar dari kolam renang, terjaga dari novelnya Pram, dan selesainya the final episode of Friends ... aku kembali ke dunia nyata, dengan segala rutinitas, bug fixing yang melelahkan dan gak kunjung selesai, kebosanan kantor, gak tau mau ngapain, segala persoalan, kesesakan That's life anyway.

And back I am stuck on this question ... "Why am I here?"
Capek deh ... pertanyaan itu sering banget terngiang-ngiang.

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