Yeah. It's funny how time flies, isn't it?
I don't have any excuse or explanation other than that I've been sidetracked by life, basically. As some of you might know, I'm a law student now (hehehehe) and am fortunate enough to be able to study in one of the best universities in my country. It's been a hectic three months, with Lebaran and my own laziness preventing me to update my blog in July. August was a complete mess with the ensuing preparation for orientation week, the grueling orientation week itself, and all the anxiety and agitation new students have when they enter university for the very first time. September was a blur, since it was the first weeks of class and I've to familiarize myself with new surroundings, new friends, new ways of learning, new teachers.
But other than that, university is exciting! I get to move to a sprawling big city with lots of culture and meeting with lots of new people and doing exciting things that weren't available in my tiny town. You might think studying law is tedious and boring, and while there are some classes where I almost fell asleep in class, it's more because of the lecturer rather than the material. Studying law requires critical thinking and advanced problem-solving skills alongside a broad knowledge and it's fun to discuss legal scenarios with friends and trying to solve all the legal problems that arise with it. Being an international lawyer/diplomat is also my life-long dream and that's an incentive for me to study hard.
Exploring a metropolitan is also very exciting. Yogyakarta has everything I want in a city: a close-knit sense of community, friendly people, a vibrant cultural scene, lots of libraries and bookshops, and a diverse range of food. I get to learn French and eat chocolate macarons with Twinings' tea in the afternoon and eat roadside ayam geprek at night. I love it.
Of course, since I'm now living alone completely independent of my parents and relatives, I have to be careful. I have to be careful when I'm going out and I have to be careful not to blow my monthly allowance money on useless things. Sometimes I get stuck in traffic in Jogja and I found myself missing my little town where there's no traffic at all except for exceptional circumstances. Sometimes as I eat my dinner alone, I found myself missing my aunt's cooking and nasi pecel. Sometimes when I'm tired after a day in class, I found myself missing my mother and the high-speed wifi we have in our home.
But over the time I'm learning to manage living on my own. It's both a exhausting and a scary experience, but it's also fun and exhilarating, don't you think? Eventually we all have to learn to be adults, even though most of us can't quite get the hang of it, we'll try anyway.
