#10000miles - third edition "Last MInute"

Last Minute

I believe in intuition...
For me, it is the easiest way to make a decision...
Logic can give u headache sometimes, sedangkan intuisi bisa bikin segala-galanya menjadi "mudah" :p

Aku jadi ingat dengan keputusan aku mengenai pulang-for-good di thaun 2011 membawa aku ke sebuah pemikiran bahwa intuisi memang tidak pernah berbohong. Mungkin mengelabui pada awalnya, namun pada akhirnya mau nggak mau kita setuju dengan intuisi itu.
Keputusan aku di tahun 2011 memberi aku kesempatan untuk bersama dengan mambo selama setahun... daaan... aku nggak menyesal sama sekali... :). It was started out pretty roughly - story here.
But it was not a regret at all - story here.

Nah,
I honestly cant tell you what I actually gained out of this semi-impulsive-journey. It didn't take me a long time to decide. It's absolutely not only for recharging and relaxing. Anyway, it's more miraculous in terms of meeting friends. I first told you in the second week about how I bumped into friends without any plan at all! Hahaha... 
Now, it's all about last Monday - my last day in Minneapolis.
I headed out in the afternoon. I was going to Keiko san for last lunch with her, and impulsively I stopped by at Newman Center which was a long the way. I hardly met Greg - my ex boss when I was a peer minister 3 years ago - on every Sunday for mass. Based on father Ivan's information, I urged my self to once again look for meeting him. Yes! He was there. I did not try hard to look for him, he was just standing there at the gathering space. LOL... it was only 5 minutes meeting, but it was a miracle number 1 for me. Very last minute, yet very special.


Then, I had a wonderful lunch with Keiko san and friends. She made a pasta with fresh organic pesto. Also, I was surprised how delicious sweet met savory - prosciutto and cantaloupe- was amazing my friend. We talked a lot about food culture LOL... There were Korean American Indian, Chinese Indonesian, and Japanese. All was about food... :)

In the evening, I headed out to campus to meet another friend in the last minute. Since, she was really busy during summer school. She's a Korean friend who was in psychology major. While I was walking, I found a familiar face on the road. LOL. It's Tony, an African gentleman who played jembe at Newman Center in the evening mass. How lucky I was. I was thinking about him during my visit in Minneapolis, but I always went to morning mass so it was quiet impossible to meet him. Oh miracle number 2!
5 minutes but again... it's a special encounter...

That very night, a dear dear friend of mine whose place I invaded for three weeks turned 21! HAPPY BIRTHDAY @cehaha.
That then be my last chance to meet all fellow Indonesians... :) Glad to meet them in the last minute..

My last weekend was also memorable. Saturday morning was quiet an exercise and adventure haha. I was out with Ern and her friends to Minehaha park and fall. Though, it's not my first time going there, it was my first time going down to see the fall upclose, and ride quart surrey hahaha. Remarkably tiring. FUN! haha

At night, I finally got to go to jazz bar. Well, it's not actually a jazz bar but there was a live jazz performance aaaand good cocktail as a companion. Gah! Best "malam minggu" ever! It was one of my want-to-do-list. It's well executed. Thank you bang Weha and Ceha..

My Last Sunday was also amazing! Started out with a breakfast date with Katie my super CA. How funny that her boyfriend said that we two were so alike. She is American Chen version and I am Indonesian Katie version LOL Yep, we had so much in common regardless our appearance difference LOL
Then, at the mass, at St. Lawrence Newman Center, I found it was a super good last mass when I was sitting with all my good friends in one bench hahaha. Katie became one of 'Indonesian'(s) hahaha... The mass was led by Father Bob whom I knew since I first came to Minneapolis 3 years ago.
It's a great last mass!
Lunch was loud and delicious. We were eating at Old Spaghetti Factory. I did not know how it happened, but we giggled all the time until stomach was about to explode by good food and good laugh.
Dinner was the best. I had the best meal ever hahaha. I was so excited about Kimchi pizza and it's soooo gooood... :)

Kimchi Pizza

The Forager - mushrooomssss

Korean BBQ Pizza

Ah I had a wonderful time... but thinking about airport, airplane, baggage, and flying back home made me nervous. Remember how sucks United regarding baggage checked in? I was so ready to pay my second baggage - $100 :(
I kept praying to get a last minute miracle...
AND
yes... it happened :)
MIRACLE NUMBER 3...
I still needed to pay my baggage but only $60. I knew it's not so much different. But hey! I still got $40 to spend in Singapore and Hongkong hahaha. I could get starbucks, nylon magazine, and took a shower in Singapore... God is good...

In the end, this journey is ended with a smile...
I smile because I had so many good good friends...
I smile because they all care about me...
I smile because there are these people who exceptionally accepting who I am...
I know I am not a perfect friend... for some people, they found me annoying and immature, but I still smile... because I cannot lie that these wonderful things (including those whom I hurt) strengthen me...
I know I don't have my mother to share laugh with anymore, but she's still there... I feel the exact same love that she would give to me trough these friends... :)
I am sorry that everytime I write a blog, it's always being related to my mom. hehehe
She was my good example of how treat people. She is an expert in hospitality. She does not hesitate to ask people for help and she has no hesitation to give more... more... and more...

Thanks mambo to teach me to smile to everyone...

Thank you EVErYONE!! Thanks Minneapolis..
and yes...


Till we meet again...

PS: More pictures are on instagram- sivibi
Can I tell you that I can't wait to meet them ??? My summer is not ended yeeet !
More smile to come...

mej dutch folks ;)

Current time: 6.21 AM and I need to board at 6.45 AM - a last minute post :P

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