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Malang, 27 Oktober 2014 Hello everyone! It has been a while since my last post. Well, since I have a very busy schedule and stressful time, I can’t even spare my free time to write something. But deep in my heart, I really want to write something interesting and share it with you guys. That’s why, here I am! Finally, I can write again! In this post, I’m not going to share my poem or short story like usual. Special for this post, I’m going to share my first experience visiting a beach in Malang. Well, for your information, eventhough I’ve been living in Malang for nearly 4 years, I’ve never been to a beach in Malang even just for once. There are thousand reasons behind this unfortunate news and I don’t want to talk about that anymore. Well, on last Saturday, October 25, my brother and his family invited me to go to Ngliyep beach. Where is it? Well, I don’t know exactly where it is. I only know that it is located in South Malang. I went to Ngliyep in the morning. To reach th...

Malang, 01 Oktober 2014 Can you see me? Well, I’m already here in this place where we always went together. I brought the sky lantern with me like we always did. Tonight is the best night to fly it. The skies are full of stars. The moon takes a peek behind the cloud. The air is quite cold. The river in front of me flows smoothly. I can hear the voice of owl and cricket rings in my ears. Can you feel it? The atmosphere is so calm. But, it feels wrong for me. You are not here with me. Do you still remember our first meeting that night in this place? That was long long time ago when I was 7 years old. I sat on the bank river alone, crying. I could not stop crying. I was in a very deep grieve because I just lost my mother. She fell ill so sudden. Then she was taken away, left me behind. My father said that she was gone to a very beautiful land over the skies. I was mad! If she really went there, why didn’t she take me with her? Why did she leave me alone? I wanted to be with her...