3 Days Capitol

I couldn't believe my very first trip in 2018 was my least favorite town in Indonesia. It was unexpected, out of the blue trip that when my boss came out with the idea, my jaw dropped so dang hard.

Well, uhm.

I'm not gonna go into detail why I don't really dig this one city because we tend to fall in love with something we overly dislike (right? RIGHT?). So let's leave it that way. Beside, that was a business trip, so I didn't expect much of free time. It was work work work and run run run. At the end of the day, I didn't have any reason to be grumpy (because that was not my ideal first trip of the year in which I'd be inspired and zened for the rest of the year aka coming back to Ubud). I felt, so grateful that I was given this opportunity to meet new people, to expand my wings, to handle bigger deal. I'm blessed. Truly. You can look me in the eyes while I'm saying this. I'm not gonna flinch. This is no fabrication ;)

And as I said, the trip was all work work work and run run run. We started the day at 7 AM, spending average 1.5 - 2 hours on the road to our 9 AM meeting. Breakfast on the go, sometimes no breakfast at all. Then we had to hustle to the next meeting around 11 AM cause if we were late just for a bit, we'll be stuck at the traffic for another hour. Again, lunch on the go or no lunch at all. Hahaha, I should be skin and bones if I do live in that city. I will always skip meal to avoid traffic.Then we had to hurry again to the next destination cause there would be massive traffic jam at 4 PM, when everybody out on the road, trying to get home. So far, as long as we sticked to the "time management", we didn't end up rotting on the street of The Capitol. But boy, what a way of living they lead, every single day. I was so happy it's only a 3 days trip. I couldn't handle anymore than that for now. I needed to breath.

Now that I'm back to Surabaya, sitting peacefully at the corner of a coffee shop, reminiscing those 3 days at The Capitol, I feel somewhat grateful. When I think about my journey that lead me to where I am today, it's always started with doing something I don't really favor, something I avoid as much as I can. All of those experimental moments, while begging my ego to be patience and hold on to this journey, have brought me a lot of amazing things. Somethings that I thought I needed forever to achieve yet I got a chance to reach it sooner. How did it feel at first? Strange, uncertain, scary. Like going on sailing on a kayak. How does it feel today? Challenging, exciting. Like going on sailing on kayak with turbo machine and life guard jacket. 3 days at The Capitol brought me a lot of nostalgic feelings about insecurity and being in a strange land.

So I guess, I will gladly accept any opportunities that offer me a chance to keep on growing, while still sticking to my root and maintaining my vision about life in general. I'm glad I'm not saying no out of fear :)