I want to write my day (14/03) as it was quite an adventure and not feeling content writing it fully anywhere. So here you go, my first post!
My feeling that day, was quite terrible, I think? With the quarrel happened, I think I felt all these feelings combined: frustration, hurt, sad, helplessness, stress, rejection, lonely, regret, disrespect, disappointment, abandonment, worthless. All in all, depressed? I knew if I just stayed in my room, I would feel worse, so I decided to go out and have some nice things.
At first my plan was to dinner-watch movie-suhoor. But it was already 8 PM and with the preparation time plus 15-20 minutes trip I most likely wouldn’t make it to 8.45 PM showing time so I cancelled it… I then left my place at 8ish PM and arrived at Gandaria City at 8.25 PM. A bit surprised since there were still many people coming in just like me lol. Bought a matcha from Molly right away then went upstairs to Sushiro to get some dinner. Oh, there was a Tiktok event at ground floor and Vierra was somehow performing there too. Was distracted by them when I was going upstairs that I missed my floor lol.
Sat at the bar in Sushiro, promised myself to not eat too much as I would be having another full meal again at 12AM. Promised held as I only ate like 4 plates and 2 tempuras. It’s been so long since I had their Salmon nigiri, and the meltiness of it reminded me why I like them 🤤 sadly the tempura (mozzarella stick and shrimp katsu) was too oily it made me felt sick somehow(??) no to mention the mozzarella stick also quite hollow, quite different compared to when I first had them ~2 months ago. The person beside me had her friends joined, 1+3 person, but the seats on each bar table were only 3 so 1 person sat in my seat lol. Didn’t engage much with him but when I left, he spilled something on the tablet and looking for tissue, so I pointed at the tissue in my (our) table. Paid, asked for stamp and got offered their merchandise (as the reward, even though I already got their coaster months ago), the options were similar as last time: coaster and fan, but there were new ones: sticker and notebook. The sticker was very cute! But for some reason I also wanted the notebook! In the end I chose the sticker….
Then I went to Watsons and Sociolla, looking for a lip tint. Didn’t find anything interesting (tried some but when I swab it with my finger and put it on my lips it felt so sticky and heavy?wtf I think it was DMB Hydraglow and something else) so went downstairs and strolled around Guardian. My choice fell on Tavi (I have wanted to try this for quite long time, but kinda forgot about it as only looking at the color online didn’t really make me interested), based on the tester available I think the color that suits me the most was Ceylon (back home when I searched it online turns out they have another color that would suit me better, and 18K cheaper as well 😔). Since I was quite sad I decided to splurge on some things (not wise). Found a Earth Love Life perfume (I remember I wanted one back then) offering quite big discount (even compared to online!) but no tester so I just chose it as per my Carousel search history….it was Forest Therapy variant (when I tried it home turns out I don’t really like it compared to my other wish list (see you in years, Samosir and Philea…). I also bought a set of tooth brush (I still have 2) and a Azarine sunscreen (that I already have 1 in stock, just bought). Strolled again multiple times looking for, idk, exfoliator? But nothing caught my eyes. And I also kinda wanted Hada Labo Premium Lotion (toner, actually) but online is cheaper lol and I still have a big bottle of toner (more than half left) so I didn’t buy it. In total (with the spunboung bag) I spent ~411K…
The time was reaching 10PM so many stores were closing already, sad that I hadn’t go around Sanfu/M&G. So yeah I left. I have planned to ride around the town and go to Pagi Sore Cipete branch. First went through Blok M area but it was still crowded… Straightaway reconsidered going to Cipete. Continued my ride up to Gajah Mada area, at first I wanted to go to Kota but then I went to my old office instead! Jl. Bandengan Selatan!! It’s been 3 and half years!!! I got excited on my own from this point onwards lol. Then went to Pluit, turned right in Jembatan 2 (or 3?idk honestly). Passed through Emporium Pluit and Pluit Village. Afterwards I only relied on my guts 😀. I thought I could go up to PIK, which almost happened! I really didn’t use any navigation apps, just go wherever my bike go (okay I lied a bit I actually followed the signage but still I just turned left on all intersection). Sadly I didn’t really reach PIK area, the wind hitting my eyes made me sleeply…the wind was also chilly…my stomach also didn’t feel good…so yeah I made a hard decision to turn around and go back home 😥 from this point I started using Google Maps lol.
But again, I relied on my guts. Only stopped once to check the maps cause I felt a bit nauseated (my symptom when I get lost, lol). My plan was to go through Slipi-Kebayoran-then Pagi Sore in Bintaro-Home. So yeah, successfully back in Jembatan 3! I should know the road from here, as I had been regular for 3 and half years, right? Even though I passed by here the latest was 2022, right? At first it went sailing smooth, successfully passed Season City and Grogol through the many trucks in the traffic lol. Passed by the train track too, then in awe since there were Transjakarta bus no 9! Woah…they passed here too…then I missed my flyover. LMAO. I didn’t sense the road was familiar, that’s why I realized I missed it lol. Checked my maps, I was in Daan Mogot? Wherever that was. Based on maps, to go back home, I could turn left and go through Jl. Panjang. Okay then, I saw I could pass by Nurul Nopal too lol I could take photo here to share to my friends. The trip here was kinda long? Felt the time went by so slowly, it was dark too. Still haven’t passed by Nurul Nopal but lo behold, I passed by PAGI SORE KEDOYA BRANCH!!! I really didn’t expect or plan this, so I was very excited here and turn around right away 😭
(12AM already) First time here so I didn’t have any expectation other than it being crowded. But woah??? The place was luxurious??? I sat and straightaway the waitress laying down the menus on my table. Heck yeah!!!!!! Ordered rendang, jangek, and hot orange too (which was very tasty!). At first I wanted to eat a lot, at the very least rendang and ayam gulai. But since I still didn’t feel really hungry I only ate rendang. But then another waitress put udang bakar and udang balado! I could NOT resist it so yeah… I also ate udang bakar, which was VERY sweet and delicious!!! Sadly, the rendang was a bit hard and too spicy to my level so the udang (and the orange) is the clear winner here 😎. One thing that also shocked me was the rice? They gave me one big bowl but they said it was free refill and only counted as 1. I only had a bit tho, just 1 spoon. What would they do with the rest of it? Combine it with other leftover rice, which a bit unhygienic, or throw it away? Towards the end I felt full already but I used all my strength to finish it. I estimated the total would be 200K, and bullseye! It was indeed 200K and with tax, 220K. Thought the udang would be >100K, rendang 40K, jangek rice and orange @20K but I was wrong lol.
Arrived home at 1AM, decided to do my laundry (I planned to go to my parents in the evening) and since I only have 1 bucket, I couldn’t shower with warm water 💔 so I just showered quickly. Then I realized I missed that Nurul Nopal, lol. Then I watched a movie and ate some cookies! One of it was dubai chewy cookies, the fillings were nice I liked it but the chocolate dust on the mochi was too bitter for me and it got everywhere 😑 Finished everything at 4AM then sleep and the woke up at 1PM 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Marginalia