All my life I never lived outside my home, and I lived in Jakarta where all the facility like electricity, communication tools like mobile phone, malls, all the joyful things to live are available. Yes, I'm really a city girl...
and when you moved to work the field was meaning that you have to get out from your comfort zone.
you can never expect anything as complete as Jakarta, it will be far far from all the luxuries you have in Jakarta, but because this is my dream to work at a new place far from Jakarta and also my trial of how to survive outside my parent's house :) (another side motivation)
At the first few months, at orientation in the office, I remember my manager told us if we want to have good relation with the community, we have to work minimal 3 days at the field, and 2 days at the office
so because in the first 6 months my work was to supervise the piping installation, I tried my best to be at installation location as much as I can.
Usually I went there 3 times a week. The distance between the city I lived in (Larantuka) to the installation location (Ilebura) was 2.5 hours by car or by motorcycle....
By car, it was easy for me... just by the help of our nice driver, Mr. Toni... I just sit tight and enjoy the view and believe me... the view is amazing...
If you get lucky, you could see the rainbow.... and pose with it :)
And now imagine you have to go that 2.5 - 3 hours ride with motorcycle... (I cannot ride a motorcycle so I'm always at the back). In my first experience, I had a wonderful friend (my fellow staff) who really understood this city girl and he tried to take a break after 30 minutes on the bike. So finally we arrived after 3 - 4 stop because of me hahahahhaha... It was really crazy experience for me and you know, that I cannot always get the luxuries of car to go to the field haha... I have to live out my own consequences ... just enjoy the pain I feel while I'm sitting that long in the bike..
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| During my second break in Lewolaga, I chase a baby pig #neverendingfun |
Another problem I have with taking a bike.... I get sleepy on the bike! I know it was danger but I can't help it... I tried every way I could to stay awake in the bike... sometimes work, sometimes not... I knew also my fellow staff who took me with him at the bike was scared that I might fall and sometimes they made sudden move so I wake up... hihihih... and I remember my friend said that next time he will make a seatbelt to make sure I'm not falling hahahha...
But I really enjoyed my time to the field.
To supervise piping installation was meant that I have to follow wherever they installed the pipe.... sometimes the road will be easy, sometimes the way will be hard.. I'm no hiking girl... so yes, I always need help if I have to follow the men when they did the work.
The soil there is red soil... so imagine when it comes for rainy season.. it will be slippery to walk there especially if the road were not easy...
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| Finding new piping route with the technician (see the background-some itchy stuff are waiting) |
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| Yes. at some points I have to go down t here and hike up again... (tough road) |
The most difficult part was to hike to the water capturing. It will be like 30 minutes hiking (something I hate and avoid the most possible hahah)..
I managed to video some of the road to go down from the capturing...
(only at the end you will see the view, because I have to manage taking the shoot and carefully walking hihih)
Once we had to go there after raining, and because it was really slippery, they said probably not best for me to hike at this moment.. and I was glad I followed their suggestion... hihihih
A lot of experiences with all the nature while I'm living there.
Because Australia is near to East Flores, we felt a glimpse of winter on mid year... the weather so nice and cold enough...it just like using air con without electricity.... so those months were the most wonderful time of the year...hihihiii
Do you know that the sun rise at different times during the whole year?
My rent room has hole in the wall like a ventilator, so the sun can shine into my room.
From the first time I stayed there for a few months, I was kind of get used of the sunshine as my alarm to wake up in the morning.. It usually at 6 AM so it was a perfect time to wake up and prepare to go to work.
One morning, I kind of wake up suprised because I felt the sun already came. I thought I was late, so I was in a hurry to take shower and everything and just found out after that it's still 5AM...
Yes, the sun rise 1 hour earlier than it used to.... hahahhahah
I learn it the hard way......
Yes, living in nature made you realize what you will miss when you lived in city where no window and no clean air....
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