it is what it is

about a concerned friend, the new city, and a canon event

a picture that I took from the bus stop on my way back to my place

On one day, where I didn’t have to trapped in Jakarta’s traffic, I decided to spent my day off in hermit mode. I spent a whole day holed up in my room. Busy scrolling, reading, watching movies, and listening to music while imagining some silly scenarios based on the song. Jakarta’s traffic is beyond crazy and it makes me reluctant to go anywhere. So if I don’t have any plan, I prefer to stay at my place.

Then my mind wandering somewhere — as usual. I thought about the text my friend sent me a few days ago. I read that text when I just started my work yesterday and it got me thinking, on and off just like a switch.

“I pretty concerned with your mental health.” That’s the text he sent me.

He’s that one friend who got excited — way too excited — when he knew that I was about to move to Jakarta. He said that I’m embracing the Ted Mosby within me and I laughed. But now look at him, saying something like that out of the blue. I’m touched, of course. But also wondering at the same time. Why would he say such a thing?

Yes, Jakarta is testing me. Everything in Jakarta is testing me. This city is draining my energy and my soul. It feels like I just need to wait for the hell within me to break loose. Especially with the absence…