“Generasi menunduk” – said my Mom one time, when we were on the bus. Almost every people looked to their phone, either young adult or kids.
Suddenly I was looked into outside of the window. I saw a group of kids were busy with their phone and I was recalled my memory. When I was on 10 years old, I was busy playing hide and seek with my friends. I even don’t know how to use my daddy’s mobile phone. If I am not playing with my friends, I’d prefer to spend my time with reading some books.
But now we can see many kids busy typing with their mobile phone, busy to take a selfie picture, busy to share their moment through social media. And when I asked my nephew – 8 years old, “Do you know Bu Kasur?” She answered, “Who is she?”
I believe many kids in urban area have the same issue with my nephew. They love playing, they love singing and dancing but yeah…they are too busy with their gadget.
In my opinion, this “gadget-freak era” has plus and minus. The plus thing is they have good skill and capability to know technology earlier than us – when we were on their age. The minus thing is kids need to move their body actively rather than only staring on their gadget. A friend of mine only gives maximum 2 hours for their kids to play a gadget, after that they need to turn off the gadget and do another activity.
How about my nephew? Well, they love gadget also but their parents do not know want to give a sophisticated gadget and do not install many games on it. Me and my sisters trying as best as we can to turn off our gadget when we are around the kids so they will know that we can do anything else, not just depending on our gadget. Hopefully it works.
Ah, by writing this post, make me missing my congklak, lompattali, bolabekel, etc.
The answer is yes! Even not regularly. A few months ago I did squash every Wednesday after hour at Gelora Bung Karno but since I need to go home ontime, so I decided to stop it.
Then what kind of sport I choose for now?
Riding a bicycle is the answer. 😀
Beside riding a bicycle, sometimes swimming could be my alternative option. Ssst…I can’t swimming profesionally. Just do some free style. :p
One of my fav swimming pool: Umbul Sidomukti, Semarang
So now you know that I do love some sport. 🙂
Like today. Me and my family went to GBK to do short jogging. I didn’t do jogging but I did this:
Of course it wasn’t me. :p
Thanks to GBK to facilitate this equipment for us. *burn fitness member card* Hahaha…
The first time I read in admin’s group that we want to take OOTD (outfit of the day) as our weekly challenges, my face was changed like this -_-*
Hahaha…pardon me.
I never posting about fashion stuff in my blog. So this topic very challenging for me.
Here we go!
That picture was taken by my friend, when we were in Cirebon, last October. The weather was hot so I need to always open my umbrella.
Here are the details of my outfit, based on the photo:
Casual dress (bought at ITC Cipulir),
Socks (bought at Mayestik),
Red veil (bought at Pondok Gede’s Mall),
Sandals (bought at Citos Mall), and
Of course my lovely Deuter – Ransel Ijo (bought at Tandike Store).
I am not always use Ransel Ijo on my daily. It depends on what I need to bring. If I need to bring many things, then I will use Deuter but if not I will use my Top Shop Bag. Like on this photo:
Why I am look tired on this photo?
So, after you read this writing, do you agree with Ola’s opinion about me, that I am woman with girly look? 😀
Itu tuh website sewa menyewa buku secara online untuk wilayah Jakarta dan sekitarnya. Sebagai penyewa buku di Reading Walk saya ngerasa puas dengan pelayanan kurir dan admin Reading Walk. Lupa euy udah berapa kali minjam buku di sini, tapi yang saya ingat novel pertama yang saya pinjam adalah novelnya Ika Natassa. *lirik tajam ke Bang Dani* HAHAHAA! Biasanya saya minta mereka mengirimkan bukunya ke alamat kantor. Ya…biasanya nih 1-2 hari buku tersebut bisa ada di tangan kita, jika memang bukunya sedang bisa disewakan, maksudnya lagi gak disewa orang lain. Harganya gimana? Murah! Klik aja website mereka untuk tahu lebih jelas hitung-hitungan biayanya.
Terus ya, yang bikin saya takjub dengan pelayanan Reading Walk adalah keramahan kurirnya. Saya gak nanya namanya dia siapa. Perawakannya laki-laki bertubuh tambun gitu dan tiap kali datang ke kantor saya, pasti keringetan. Terus sebagai tanda terima buku dan uang penyewaan (iya, bayar bukunya bisa lho on the spot) saya harus tanda tangan tanda terima kan. Nah, di situ tuh keliatan daftar alamat yang harus kurir tersebut kunjungi. Bisa kali 20 alamat. Kebayang capeknya. Tapi kurirnya tetap senyum dan mau diajak ngobrol. Suka! 😀
Dengan adanya tempat sewa menyewa buku seperti ini, buat saya – yang baca bukunya cuma bisa pas lagi di jalan – jadi terpacu untuk menyelesaikan sebuah buku seefisien mungkin. Karena kalau terlambat mengembalikan, ya ada uang tambahan sewanya lagi. Hehe…
Tidak disangka bahwa pengalaman saya yang nyaman menyewa buku di Reading Walk membuat saya ingin berkontribusi sebagai volunteering di Kopdar Perdana Reading Walk, yang diadakan tanggal 8 Maret lalu di Casa Verde, Tebet. Eh, hasil rapat pertama dan satu-satunya hahaha…ternyata Reading Walk ingin mengundang Blog English Club untuk presentasi di acara kopdar mereka, barengan dengan komunitas lainnya. Singkat cerita dari ke-lima admin BEC, cuma saya yang bisa datang ke acara tersebut.
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Saya datang terlambat banget! Maafkan ya. Selain cuaca yang mendung, gerimis, terus hujan deras di rumah, kereta api sempat tertahan di Manggarai. Well oh well.
Pas saya datang, komunitas Goodreads Indonesia, yang diwakili Selvi sedang presentasi. Eh, saya duduk sebentar, Goodreads selesai. Eyalah…ya sudah dengan nafas yang masih terengah-engah, saya mencoba mempresentasikan BEC di hadapan para peserta.
Alhamdulillah, BEC diterima baik di kalangan pecinta buku. 🙂
Bahkan setelah acara selesai pun beberapa peserta ngobrol sama saya untuk tanya-tanya lebih lanjut tentang BEC dan akhirnya cerita-cerita ke mana-mana deh. 😀 Seru lah kalau bertemu sama orang-orang baru, yang bersedia membuka dirinya dan share pengalaman apa aja. Nambah ilmu!
Ada yang nanya, “Kalau grup WhatsApp BEC udah penuh terus gimana member baru mau nambah ilmunya?”
Akhirnya saya jawab, “Sementara ini baru bisa bantu dengan mengoreksi tulisan blog via offline. Itu pun hanya 1 orang di tiap minggunya. Lebih dari itu, kalau ada info lain akan kami umumkan di blog BEC.” -> PR ADMIN! Hahaha…
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Admin Reading Walk berhasil mengemas acara dengan meriah. Terlihat dari muka para peserta yang senang melakukan tukar buku.
Selain itu, saya berterima kasih kepada Uni saya yang dulu banget bersedia minjemin novel Sophie Kinsella yang berjudul The Confessions of a Shopaholic karenaaaa admin Reading Walk mengadakan kuis tebak-tebakan quote dari buku gitu. Nah, quote yang kemarin ditanya oleh admin adalah…
“I love new clothes. If everyone could just wear new clothes everyday, I reckon depression wouldn’t exist anymore.”
Hahaha…lucu banget! Karena kemarin saya juga bawa novelnya Sophie Kinsella untuk dipinjamkan ke peserta kopdar. Hidup Sophie Kinsella-lah #eh.
Posternya sungguh bagus!
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Saya senang bisa mewakili BEC di Kopdar Reading Walk ini. Selain nambah networking, sekaligus memperkenalkan BEC di kalangan pecinta buku. Connect, Learn, and Having Fun!
Did I ever wrote that I do really love meet up with new people? The only reason why I love to do that because I feel content every time I talk to them, include bloggers and travelers.
The massive meet up with bloggers that I ever attend was on BEC First Meet Up. In that event I met about 20 bloggers! Such a huge number for me. 😀
And beside bloggers, I always love meet up with the new friend while I did a travel. I still remember when I was joined as volunteer in Ubud Writer and Reader Festival 2011. I arrived in Bali on 10 pm, and suddenly one young lady say hi to me, “Deva?” and I was like, “Yes?” and still wondering, who is she.
“I am Trina from Philipinnes, one of UWRF’s volunteer. I am the one who want to share car rent cost with you tonight.”
Ah! On that moment, I really blamed my short memory, how come I didn’t remember her face!
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Trina is one of the new friends that I know from UWRF 2011. And until now I still keep contact with the others. Share the stories, the knowledge and sometimes share the job also. Hahaha…that’s the power of networking, yes?
Volunteers of UWRF 2011
Btw yesterday, I found my UWRF’s friend through Twitter. 😀
After 4 years finally we can keep contact again. Horray!
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Beside UWRF 2011, since 2012 until now I join with Petualang 24, the traveling community. Do not ask about the amount of member because we do not make any member data. Every time we do an open trip, we always have a new member to join. So it’s like: new trip new friends. 🙂
New trip new friends – Madura [Pic: Opa Mbul]And thank God, until now I have no bad experience when I meet with new people and do a traveling with them. Deep inside my heart, I hope every people who meet with me will feel content and comfortable also. 🙂
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Ransel Ijo 