Written by Someone Who Loves Bandung That Much.
Halo, sudah lama sekali saya tidak bercerita di sini, hehe. So uhmâŚ.yeah, here I am, safe and sound, living a level ahead of my life phase now that Iâm in my career life, adult life.
Setelah melewati pertarungan batin dan pikiran melawan batas imajiner melalui Tugas Akhir saya yang (dramatically) berakhir pada Februari 2016 lalu, saya akhirnya memutuskan untuk mulai berkontribusi dengan ilmu yang sudah saya dapat setelah dua kali wisuda (oh yes, youâre reading it right, dua-kali-wisuda hahaha -sombong-). Ya, akhirnya saya memutuskan untuk memulai cerita dan jalan karir saya di bidang IT, instead of continuing my study to a master degree in the field. Oh, it can wait, of course, my thought says.
Kemudian, Hamdallah puji Tuhan, hanya berjarak sebulan setelah saya melakukan upacara wisuda sebagai tanda resmi selesainya studi saya di tingkatan Sarjana, saya diberi jalan untuk memulai karir saya dan di bidang yang penuh challenge dan penuh ilmu yang bisa saya dapatkan: IT (automated) Banking System.
Tepat di hari pertama saya menunaikan ibadah Ramadhan 2016, saya harus move out from the loveliest city on Earth, my safe space, my hometown, Bandung. Berpindah dari kota Bandung, entah untuk melanjutkan studi atau memulai karir selalu masuk ke dalam wish list saya sejak Bandung berhenti menjadi tepat untuk menulis kenangan manis sejak 3 tahun lalu. Since the love that I believe in for so long become lies. Ya, sejak hari itu. But no matter how this one bitter memory scattered me apart, no matter how hurt it is to see Bandung became a space for somebody new in a certain someoneâs life, leaving Bandung will never be easy for me.
Mungkin untuk beberapa orang moving out is not a big deal, moreover, itâs just like 130 Km away, just 3 hours drive away. But I guess itâs time for me to move out from the city that I love so much, to leave all of the things that I love there, the weather, the people, the road, the heritage and the buildings; to move away from my support system, the people that I love the most, my mum, my dad, my sisters, my best friends, all of them. And to leave all of the memories in every corner of that city.
So for me, whoâve been living in the city where I was born and raised for 23 years of my life, whoâve never been away for too long from my support system, for me who loves Bandung that much, to leave it, means I really need to go, arenât I?
Then after I wrote down all of the things that I have to say goodbye to: to the wind and cloudy weather, to my high school heritage, to my college area that seem to have like 9 sun (bcs oh God itâs freaking hot there! haha), to lots of coffee shop that has been helping me find myself through a cup of coffee and their nice vibes, to the home of my appetite (bakso, siomay, batagor, serabi the traditional pancake, Bandung signature of banana chocolate and Sundanese dish,and martabak, and so many more oh please!), to the hills that surround Bandung so that we can live in such a lovely weather, and to every rainy days that warmly accompany me while Iâm driving, I bid my sweetest goodbye to all of the things in the list above.
Setelah saya membaca kembali isi dari list yang saya tulis di atas, saya sadar, ternyata hal-hal yang saya pilih untuk tinggalkan adalah hal-hal baik dan menyenangkan mengenai Bandung. And then I choose to continue with the list. I choose to bid my goodbye not only to the good things, but to these things as well: to all the time of a sad and darkness hours, to a countless days and nights of dissapointment, to all the time that I donât know wether itâs a truth or a lie, to all the time I felt lost and confused, to all the time that there is a no instead of a yes, to all of the scrapes and bruises, and to all of the heartache.
But then I realized again, that I will not be having the last night in Bandung. Itâs just me, having the first night outside Bandung with my whole new life as an adult, as a human being who have a full responsibility over my own journey ahead. Because I know, the good things will always be waiting for me both here in Jakarta and there in Bandung. No? :)
