1st Day : Long Journey

At 4:15 am, my taxi arrived in front of my boarding house. Saying good bye to Mba Hira. I didn’t say anything to Mba Riska (She woked me up at 3 am and didn’t sleep yet until I prepared myself. Massive thank you, Mba! Muah!). I went to SOC with Aziz because we had the same flight.

My frist flight! From SOC to CKG! I never tought that a plane was not too big. At that time I learned many things about how to check in, get boarding pass and prohibition on airplane.

At CKG airport, my baggage didn’t come yet. Besides, the other pessengers has gotten theirs. Hiks. I asked (raad: screamed) to field officer. And not long after that, I got my baggage. I said to Aziz, “I can’t imagine if this situation happens at the DMK. What will I do? Scream like that? Lol.”

I got my breakfast at Bakmi GM cafe. Em... ex.. pen.. sive.  Fried chicken + pangsit + tea = 75k idr.

After had a lunch, I accompanied Aziz to change money for his friend. For your information, I got 1 Bath for 390 idr (I changed my money in Pas Numismatik Money Changer, Solo). But... At the aiport 1 Bath equals to 500 idr! Well, just prepare your money before travelling to another country.

In check-in room, I met with 4 ULM students. They had the same flight with Azis and me. The two of them would be my roommate at VRU dorm! Najwa and Mutiara. I never tought they came from Banjarmasin, beacuse their accent was just... similiar with sundanese. Especially Najwa’s!!

My second flight! I got lunch there, Nasi Lemak Pak Naser’s. Tasty! Full of chicken, yummy! But... I just got 120 ml for my drink. Pardon, 120 ml for my drink! Hiks. Whereas, I need a lot of water if I eat. That time I Iearn about how precious water is! From CKG to DMK (Don Mueang aiport), I need 4 hours flight. My neck hurt in the back. Why didn’t I bring my pillow or koyo? Eww..

At the DMK, I had to go to Migration Section before took my baggage. It needed a long time. After that, a nightmare came! My baggage wheel has broken! Whereas it was my new baggage! Double eww!!!

Alhamdulillah! Najwa, Mutiara and I met our buddies (student from VRU who picked me up at the airport).  They were Nam, Nun and Ket (their nick name). They helped me a lot for bringing my baggage. Massive thank you, haha!

We went to Valaya Alongkorn Rajabhat University (VRU) by Van. Tarara... We got the biggest room than the others! The room was so comfortable! Perhaps, my university need to build dorm like this, muehehe...

What we need –the most at that time- were DRINKING WATER, food and data for internet connection. So, our buddy took us to Tesco-Lotus (just like Giant in Indonesia). I had to pay 80 bath for a True-Move simcard, and 20 bath for balance. After that, we went to Rong Gua market, near VRU. It was a nigth traditional market. For our safety, we just buy rice (5 bath), and fried fish (30 bath for 3 fishes).

It was a long day.
May Allah always protecti me with His way.

Zahrotunnisa

July, 17th 2016