Puti Karina Puar. 22. Geologist in the making. Learning to write and vice versa. Norrköping
I’ve grown up with ‘Norrköping’ inside my head. I didn’t really have any idea where it was but I could feel it as a modest town, not so bright with city light. Now, I still feel like knowing a family, with 7 children and the youngest ones called ‘Pysen’ and ‘Little O’. I remember Knut with his glasses and his fondness of ship-in-the-bottle. I remember Lars and his shoes and also Daisy. I remember the buttery biscuits, the hot milk, and fresh strawberry jam. I remember Aunt Bella’s laundry and Åland Sea. Cats? I remember them not that clearly. Days passing by, I remember less, but I know the Peep-Larssons live there, forever.
So thank you Edith Unnerstad for the earliest introduction of Scandinavia.
When I’m retired later, I promise to be a children book writer.
Magazined, This Month
Having my writing on a girl magazine might not be new for me, but with my name in heading 1 and picture of my toiletries on the other page is another thing. Yes, I’m on Gogirl! Magazine this month (February 2012), in ‘Reality’ rubric, talking about my life as a female geologist on the rig.
I’m not really sure if fashion-magazine-readers are interested into these two pages about me with a metallic construction as the header though, but I do hope, those who read would get inspired :)
Wait, did I?
Once, Ramda told me that he missed my lines written under strong influence of caffeine. I know what kind of lines he meant, but I don’t how I’ve missed it. I still write at night and be awake at dawn. I still walk around the town alone and take pictures of empty walls. I make myself sure that I don’t run out of coffee at least twice a week, as ever.
So how did I miss it? Wait, did I?
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Image from here.
Tips & Trik Merencanakan Flashpacking
Gara-gara sharing plan of trip (berupa itinerary, budgeting plan, dll) ke Rahne (yang memang sangat hip di jagat maya), itinerary ke Jepang saya jadi diminta oleh hingga sepuluh orang di hari yang sama :P Surprised sih, tapi saya (dan orang-orang di sekitar saya) mengakui bahwa saya ini orangnya terencana-dan-detail banget. Tampaknya membuat rencana perjalanan adalah salah satu output bagusnya, hehe.
Sebetulnya saya sendiri belum banyak flashpacking ke luar negeri. Pertama kali saya merencanakan perjalanan adalah tahun lalu saat merencanakan Euro trip. Dalam enam hari saya bersama tiga teman saya mengarungi 5 kota (Oslo, Copenhagen, Amsterdam, Antwerpen, Brussels). Tidak maksimal dan capek di jalan, itu pasti. Maklum, pengalaman pertama dan waktunya memang sempit. Namun perencanaan perjalanan yang baik terbukti sangat berguna. Waktu itu yang ada di pikiran saya, “Ini winter, Brur, gawat kalau sampai nyasar lama-lama. Kedua, sayang sekali kalau ternyata sampai sana no-idea mau kemana dengan cara apa.” Syukurlah, berbekal rencana super detail dan improvisasi di hari-H akhirnya kami berhasil jalan-jalan tanpa tersesat dan pulang dengan sehat sentosa :P
Jadi saya akan berbagi tips & trik merencanakan perjalanan sebagai flashpacker. Flashpacker adalah orang yang melakukan flashpacking, dan flashpacking menurut Wikipedia adalah:
Flashpacking is a neologism used to refer to an affluent backpacker. Whereas backpacking is traditionally associated with budget travel and destinations that are relatively cheap, flashpacking has an association of more disposable income while traveling and has been defined simply as backpacking with a bigger budget.
Selamat menyimak :)
