Do you believe in God’s power that He can do everything that
we couldn’t even imagine? Yes, I do. I know it sounds cliché, but you have to
trust me that it happens to me, it real happens.
I posted that I was bored and need to meet new people on my
Line account on May 31; I was really upset for being alone and had nothing to
do at my boarding house. Then I think that God heard my wishes. There was my
journey to Mount Bromo and Batu started. It wasn’t easy at first though, I had
to choose between two options; My Papa let me to go to Bali, everything had
been set, place to stay, place to go, except for the ticket. I didn’t know why
I felt so lazy to book the ticket, so I postponed and keep postponed to buy the
ticket until Mbak Dahlia texted me at Whatsapp, she asked me to go to her room
and when I arrived at her room, he asked me to substitute her as the guide for
the summer course and exchange students from Singapore, Thailand, and Malaysia
to Bromo because she couldn’t go due to the appointment that she has made with
her friends. I was in dilemma, so confused between two options. At the other
side, I never been in Bromo, and I have been in Bali, but at the other side the
journey to Bromo only last for two days, and the journey to Bali is for 4 days.
The plus thing from the trip that Mbak Dahlia offered me was I go there with
the foreign student, I love to make new friends, and also Mbak Dahlia told me I
could bring my friend with me to the Bromo, so I said yes and asked Dinda to
join us, she also said yes. There we go, and bye bye Bali :’) see you at
another good times, though I know every time is always good in you.
The trip started on Friday, May 5 at 10.15pm o’clock. We
gathered in front of my beloved faculty building, when I arrived there with
Dinda, Gift and her 3 friends from Thailand; Pop, Pe, and Nong have already
waited for us, then the Singaporean; Afiqah and Fa’izah came, also the
Malaysian; Atiqah, Dayang, Tira, Yew, Faizal, and Azmeer (sorry if I write your
name wrong guys :p). The van was leaving at 11.30pm, the driver told us that we
will arrive there around 3.30pm, but at 2.30 we were already there. It was so
cold and dark. None of us remember to bring flashlight, so we used our phone as
the flashlight hahaha luckily I brought my powerbank to charge my phone. We
walked for almost 2 hours before some local people approached us, told us that
we took the wrong way if we want to go to Bromo, it turned out that we walked
to Mount Penanjakan hahaha so we took the ride to Bromo, 15 thousands rupiah
for each person. At first, Atiqah didn’t want to ride it, I didn’t even know
why, she even cried because of it, but then Fa’izah told me that Atiqah was
afraid of riding motorcycle, but at the end she tried it.
The fight didn’t stop there, we still had to hike the
mountain, it was not that high but enough to take my breath away for some
times, but beautiful thing is worth to fight for because it doesn’t come with
only a small effort.
I finally reached the top of the mountain,
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| the view from the top of Mount Bromo |
I could see the
crater in the center of the mount, I heard the sound of boiled sulfur inside
the crater, the smell was so strong, and at some time I even coughed because of
it. Still it couldn’t beat its beauty, it was so beautiful up there, I could
see almost everything below us, they looked so small hahaha then the sun rose,
too bad I didn’t take any photo of it.
Then we walked down after taking lot of welfies :p right
after we stepped on the last ladder, we saw some people were selling the
immortal flower, Edelweis, it was so beautiful also, I couldn’t hold myself not
to buy it, I bought a bouquet for 20 thousands rupiah. But after that I felt so
sorry for buying it, I felt like they belonged to the nature, people shouldn’t
pick them out for the economic benefits. But I am not lying they’re so
beautiful, even Dayang said that it looked like a broccoli hahaha looked yum
eh?
I initiated to go back to the bus walking because I didn’t
want Atiqah cries again, besides we had already know n the path, I was optimist
that we wouldn’t get lost for the second time, but then some motorcyclists
approached us and offered their services, I ignored them, but some of us asked
me if we would go by motorcycle or not, I told them if they want to take the
motorcycle it’s going to be okay, and I will accompany Atiqah walk, but
surprisingly Atiqah told me that she was tired and wanted to take the
motorcycle, so we took the ride! When we arrived at the bus park, Atiqah
approached me then she said sorry because she cried at first, she told me that
she is afraid riding motorcycle, the last time she rode it was a few years ago
and she was like screaming all the time hahaha but the last thing she said was
surprised me “But today, it was the best ride”.
Yay! A moment which worth to try, eh Atiqah? Hihihi
We were done with Bromo, bye bye Bromo. I’ll see you again
at some other time!
We continued the trip to Batu, Malang. There Ms. Viqi, Mr.
Hari, Mr. Gesang and his fiancé waited us, they’ve prepared for the villa, and
everything. The villa was so nice and comfy, it has front and backyard full of
green grass. I slept in one room with Dinda, Afiqah, and Faizah. We were so
lucky; we got a room with a bathroom inside hihihi
After taking some rests and cleaning ourselves we went to
Coban Rondo waterfall; Coban means waterfall, and Rondo means widow in Java.
People said there’s a sad story behind it, but I don’t know what it is hahaha
-hey yo careless person!- after that we went to Alun-alun Kota Batu, it is the
central of Batu city, a lot of people going to Alun-alun looking for entertainment
and foods. Dinda and I tried Ceker Setan and Sayap Kere, we thought it would be
so spicy, but it turned out it wasn’t so spicy as what we thought. Actually Mr.
Hari would take us to Mount Banyakan, but it was too late because the sun
started to set itself, so we went to the Alun-alun instead.
After finishing our meals at Alun-alun we went back to the
villa, we chatted a lot of things at the villa, Ms Viqi and Mr. Hari prepared
our snacks as the companion for chit chatting hahaha then I went to bed with
Dinda because we felt so sleepy.
The next day, we went to Batu Secret Zoo, it wasn’t even a
secret anymore for me though because it has been so many times I visit it. We
walked in hurry because we didn’t have much time since we had to catch the train,
but MS. Viqi, Dinda, Afiqah, Faizah, and I did try two rides, Shark Coaster and
Tsunami; the Tsunami was the best! We got bonuses, it was usually only took us
for two rounds, but when we tried it yesterday, it took us for hmm I couldn’t
even count it, even the keeper teased us by unlocking the safety belt and turned
the machine on again for two rounds, hhh I couldn’t feel my knee, I screamed so
loud hahaha it was the best!
At 12pm we gathered in front of the building to get back to
the villa and picked our belongings and went to the train station, it was
raining when we arrived at the station, so we had to run to the gate to avoid
getting wet. It took 2 hours until we arrived at Surabaya.
A bunch of thanks for Ms. Viqi, Mr. Hari, Mr. Gesang and
fiancé, Dinda, and my new friends Afiqah, Fai’izah, Gift, Nong, Pe, Pop, Yew,
Atiqah, Dayang, Tira, Faizal, Azmeer! And for Mr. Hari thanks for the foods,
the villa, also the rides! We really enjoyed it. The noodle tastes so good!
Thanks thanks thanks!
My wishes really came true, I got bored, I got holiday to
Bromo and Batu. I wished for meeting some new people, I meet many new lovely
people. God’s plans are always the best. Alhamdulillah.
