Persoalan Koneksi

Saya baru saja pulang kampung.

Saat saya bilang “kampung”, yang saya maksud memang benar-benar kampung. Tepatnya kampung papa dan mama saya, karena kalau saya sendiri tidak pernah merasa punya kampung. Gara-garanya tentu saja asal-usul saya yang kurang begitu jelas. Saya dilahirkan di Jakarta. Umur setahun saya dibawa orang tua saya ke sebuah desa di Sulawesi Tenggara. Setelah lulus SD, saya dikirimkan ke Bandung, hingga lulus kuliah. Setelah lulus kuliah saya hidup di Jakarta. Jadi, istilah “kampung” bagi saya kurang jelas maknanya.

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(Desperate Need To Be) Connected

I was away a little over a month ago to one of the many Indonesia’s national parks. The one I went to was called Gunung Leuser and located somewhere in North Sumatera.

The park was interesting. To enter the park, I had to actually cross a small river with somewhat fast current. The area around the park was quite secluded. It was hard to find reception for cellphones and the attempt for using a wifi failed quite horribly.

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