Last Year Being 20's

WHOOP! Time flies and here I am aging gracefully in my latest 20’s!!

If I go back to 23 years old Lysa, I would tell her that she is brave and she can deal with all the shittiest life that she will have and she will be OK even if she is alone and far from the loved ones. You rock it, girl!

Let me share why I am saying I'm aging gracefully in my 29 years living my adventure.

After the tough pace in my early twenties, I can’ believe that I am aging gracefully, tough, and independent. All the roller coaster makes me realize that I am someone that I never imagined could be.

I realized that actually being alone is not that bad.

I realized that having a partner is not a solution to have peace within myself.

I realized that being myself and free myself are how I achieve my ultimate peaceful solitude.

I am grateful for every decision that I took.

Let go of someone that I love the most.

Refuse to start a family in my early twenties.

Away from home and start a new life and pursue my career dreams.

Enjoying my solo adventure.

If I look at to the mirror and ask what I become now, I would say;

It is me who brace myself to take the challenge.

It is me who is brave to gambling with all the uncertain things.

It is me who embraces all the situations I deal with, and puts myself first place.

I never thought I would be as proud of myself as today.

Who enjoys all roller coaster life and let life give me something that I belong, because I believe what belongs to me will belong to me, what doesn't will not. And this mindset helps me alot to deal with all shit I've been through.

If I can go back to 23 years old Lysa, I will tell her that take it easy, take it slow, and you will see that feeling, thought, and reaction will take time to prove that they are right.

If I can go back to 23 years old Lysa, I will tell her that her personality will take her to another level of ‘aging gracefully’ and she will be alright.

If I can go back to 23 years old Lysa, I will tell her not to blame people who drink too much coffee, because someday she will become addicted to good and rare coffee and she will be OK to spend so much money on coffee. 

29 years old Lysa is enjoying her independent life, freedom soul, and ultimate solitude on her own.

29 years old Lysa will be looking for another thrill before she deals in early 30’s and she will be OK.

Blessed Lysa who can survive until this point.

I'M OFF TO THE TRAIL!

After two years staying in a country. I'm glad that I'm off the grid. Away from home, work, busy city life..... yea... 5000++ miles away from home.

I was in the middle of boring life where I feel I'm sick of routines, busy Jakarta life, and flat feeling of work life. So I took my annual leave just to have a break and not even decide where to go. Until 4 days before the leave days, I decided to flew to Turkey since that the only country that open border, no need visa, no quarantine, no PCR test requirement, no, no, no, nothing.

So, let me tell you my favorite part of the trip......

1. VAN LIFE 

I did not expect that my first van life experience will be in Turkey. So me and Alp decide to have a road trip with camper van, driving from Istanbul and finish in Antalya. Oh gosh! I can't imagine if I can survive or not, 1500++km drive excluding the hiking walk distance is another experience for me. Which UNUSUAL.

Here is our home! A tiny, lovely, comfy place to live. I'm thrilled!!!! What the best is I don't need to spend so much time to check airbnb to find a best place to stay with best view. Because in camper van, everyday you can have best view when you wake up. LOVELY!

2. ALP MOR (with His Local Experience)

Thanks to lovely dovey Alp who threw the idea to having a road trip with a camper van adventure to an amazing places in Turkey. His amazing taste of adventure, chill and humble behavior makes this trip become one of my best adventure.

I wasn't sure if I can deal with him for 80% of my time in Turkey, until all of my unsure thought was wrong. Turns out he become one of best traveling partner that I ever had.

Oh yes! He bring to wonderful places, He fed me well, give me whole bed and thick bed cover to sleep while he down there next to the dining table, He understands that I need to wash my hair at least once in 2 days, He is fine with my 'gas station stop' to pee which really often hahaha. He brewed amazing coffee every morning and after lunch. I have  nothing to complain! He is the best! Time well spent with him 🙂

Not only that, He also gave me a local experience, through food, place, and its people. It such a pleasure to be blended with the peoples and culture as if we want to know a country first understand the location and blended with the peoples thats how you know a country.

What can I say? Warm family member with fresh food and tea, hot shower, low key conversation and sharing laugh and trashy jokes with them are definitely priceless, especially when you still able to be connected with them eventho you have language barrier. This thing is something you will never ever get when you follow a tour agent 🤪

3. UNDERATTED PLACES

As I always annoyingly telling people that I love to go to places that most people don't. And this trip is full of surprises, nice weather and so vibrant. We went to a beach, mountain, city, road, historical place, and hundreds of gas station with nice toilet 🤪

Even though we go to touristy place, Alp always know where to do it underrated. Which makes me away from tourist and enjoying the place from another side with best experience.

This is in Kas, where I fall in love with Mediterranean sea for the first sigh. Long D-400 road route is not fail me in every inch that we rolled.

Not only so, Lycian Trail Way also become one of my favorite place, a vibrant of trekkers transfered a freedom soul. I spent chill time in this place.

Magnificent historical places like this is my favorite. Big theater, stones, on a mountain and next to the sea. This leave me unspoken and think like "oh! This is not made by human" HAHAHAHA.

4. FOOD

For me there is only 2 kind of food, good food and really good food. During my stay I enjoyed all of the foods that I ate, from drink, meat, cheeses, bakery and pastry, or even rice with butter taste like heaven.

So!!!! I know that this post will never be enough to tell you the whole stories of the trip. But, I will share you about my favorite places in the next post!

Toodeloo!!!!

A Questionable Happiness

Living a life in a busiest city in the Country where we are all looking for an experience, exposure, life, money, acklowledgement to fullfill our ego, ambitions, life achivement, to be happy.......

Forcing our leg to run, because you have no time to walk, time ticking so fast.

The most challenging to deal with that busy life is human.

Being understandable or being understanding?

Do we really need to be cold heart to do a job?

Playing with heart and mind in a same time?

Dealing with a person who mouth, head, and heart completely different. What they said is not what they think and feel, at the end they don't do what they say and think.

Having a job can be a problem solver, but create another.

The higher your position is, the more responsibiltiy you will get.

The more responsibilty you get, the more issues you need to solved.

The more problem unsolved, the more pressure you will get.

The more issues you need to solved, the more demand you will ask.

The higher salary and benefits (you called package), the more demand for you that more than you demand them.

Feels not right.......

Nightmare is starting when you are awake.

Not because you are lazy, but because the peoples makes you wondering "are you capable enough?", "are you smart enough?", "are you able to faking the situation?", "worthless?".

It feels so wrong.......

Living a life in a busiest city in a country to be achieve you goals so you can be happy is start to be a cliché. Because at the end happy is questionable.

Be Good Do Good

We are all good :)

Aren't we?

I wish....

Everyone who read this is healthy, happy, and sane.

Goodluck for life ahead 😘