This month, I went to many places: Lembang, Parung-Bogor, Jakarta, Jogjakarta, Surabaya, and Pandaan. I called it a Backpacking-month! 
I spent new year’s eve in Lembang, there was children class for 3 nights there. A week later, I went to Parung-Bogor to have an Early Warning System training for 2 days. It was totally a pleasure to meet new people and get new knowledge. Then I went to Jakarta to welcome my parents and spend 2 days with them there. They follow me to go to Bandung on the next day. They stayed for one day to continue their trip to Jogjakarta. I follow them 2 days later. One day after I reached Jogjakarta, me and my whole family went to Surabaya and continue to Pandaan.
Pandaan is the village where my father was born in. The last time I visited was 10 years ago, when I was still in junior high school. It was very very long time I haven’t met my cousins there. They have had babies, while I still dont have any. It was a very quiet village. There was no activity after 8 o’clock. Or you can say that there was nothing you can do after 8 o’clock. Everybody was at home or went sleeping. Most of the people are farmers. That’s why they don’t have to do anything else at night.
I spent 3 nights in the village. Then with my family, I went back to Surabaya. We spent one night at the house of one relative there. At night, with two motorcycle, me and my brother, my mom and my cousin went through Suramadu bridge. It is the longest bridge in Indonesia. Yes it was very long and far. But not too long if we counted the time we need to go through it. Maybe only a half hour to go and back.
After spending one night in Surabaya, we went back to Jogjakarta. I spent maybe 5 nights there, but not enough time for me even to go to Malioboro to buy some souvenirs for friends. As long as I stayed in Jogja, I accompanied my mom visiting her old friends who have already got retired. They shared their experience after no longer working for the company where my father is still working in now. And my conclusion, retirement is something we don’t need to be afraid of. They could enjoy the moment and have much time to do whatever they wanna do. It all depends on us how to face the day. Interesting.
What is again interesting about Jogja is about religious tolerance. When the prayer time was come, the mosque only produce a voice for adzan. In Bandung, or more extreme in Bogor, I found that in prayer time, especially at dawn, mosques are noisy with voices of people who read Koran. It could be worse if the voice is so much bad, not as good as singer’s. It could be disturbing for non-moslem. They have right to sleep nicely and calmly without any disturbing voice. We need to be tolerance with others because we’re not living alone. We’re living with non-moslem too. And Islam is about peace, not about force.
I give you the trailer link on youtube. Enjoy! ^_^
