I've done my wet lab for final project, I got the data, I was doing my
final report when my laptop just crashed last week and the draft has to
be collected this Thursday. So, instead of freaked out and stressed out,
I accompanied my friends,
Wina and Nungky to
Pramuka Island, as I promised, when they're sampling some
anemone and
bio rock for their final project. It means
beach, sea, snorkel, sunshine, vacation, and having some fun before i get doomed!
Me, Wina, Nungky, Abam, Dea, and Praba went to
Jakarta after
Jara's Birthday dinner. We arrived at Nungky's after midnight, but we
didn't go to bed straight away, we stayed up and talked and laughed
until all of us couldn't open our eyes. After 2 hours sleep we felt like
zombies, but we have to go to
Angke as fast as we could because the boat which took us to
Pramuka Island will be departed at 7 in the morning. We need two and a half hours in the sea until we arrived at
Pramuka Island
and one of us just throw up into the sea (no mention :p). At first I
thought that Pramuka Island is a very small Island and we have to camp
there, but I was wrong because there are a big mosque, schools, library,
government office, even hospital. Too bad that the electricity only
present at night and it was so hot at noon! I can't help it, I'm a
mountain person.
After we bought a-lunch-to-go (read: Nasi bungkus padang), the story
begin. we went to small island for lunch, of course by small wood boat.
When I jumped into the sea I felt so happy, all of my friends laughed at
me and called me little kiddo, they said that I looked so happy and
enthusiastic. Hey, what can I say! I've trapped inside the microbiology
laboratory for 6 months!
Then we went snorkeling until we were tired. Oh yes, I forgot to mention
that the last time I snorkel was summer vacation 2 years ago. That's
the reason why I was super excited. There are a lot of beautiful fish
with bright colors and the coral is fine (coral at Amed are much more
beautiful). We surveyed the site where Wina and Nungky were going to
sampling. After snorkeling, we went to
Semak Daun Island to see the sunset.
Too bad on the first night I caught a cold. I felt so miserable and I
don't want to be left behind alone in the guesthouse tomorrow. I still
want to snorkeling! So I drank a hot water, 2 sachets of
tolak angin and one tablet 500mg paracetamol. Thank God I felt a lot better in the next morning. So let's go outside!
Today was sampling day. Since I haven't take a diving license I couldn't
dive in open water like Wina, Nungky, Abam, and Dea. So I just helped
them morally, haha. And I felt so jealous when they wore the wetsuit,
and another diving stuffs.
Note to self: take a diving license after graduation is a must!
When they were sampling, me and Praba who cannot diving either just
snorkeling around above them. In Nungky's sampling site the wave is 1
meter high, I felt like I was gonna die there, It was hard for me to
breathe, even the boat went away for a while because of the big wave.
All I can see is Abam, Praba, and Instructor's fins, because its color
is bright yellow. Somehow it got me thinking how a captain of the boat
know where we are when there's no sign or signal at all :p
Go to the sea for some fun, go to the mountain for some self actualization.
Good friends, good adventures, great nature. Nothing can beat it.
Hello reality, we meet again.
Cheerio!