Where to begin?
It's been years since I decided to give up on writing, for so many reason, like well, life? Bummer I know, but hey, from what I've read, it could be a therapy for...life?
Anyway, bottom line is, I'm gonna give it another shot. So shall we begin?
To start, for those who don't know me (well duh, of course they don't!), my name is Arlia Kuncoro Ningrum. People mostly call me by Arlia, or Lia if that's too hard. I was born and have been living in Indonesia for as long as I've lived. Growing up I've moved around quite much following my dad's work. Mom said we've moved house for 19 times already. Damn Mom, how did you manage to do that without help? I've only done that twice, and hating it everytime! So as we always switch to different places every 3-5 years, I'm so used to it that it triggers me to travel often as I get older. And guess what? I'M LOVING IT!
My first real solo trip was back in 2013 when I decided to book a trip to exotic island in Kalimantan (Borneo) called Derawan. That trip was an eye opener that I keep wanting for more. And so my travel life begin then. Singapore, Australia, Japan, Malaysia, Japan, Japan, Japan and Japan! Yup, that's how much I love Japan that I visited that place five times already in the last 3 years. How I fell in love with that country will be another story to tell, which is quite a story I should say. Might even have to break it down to several different parts.
Traveling is now such a big part of my life, not because how I'm used to moving around back when I was younger, but mostly because there's always something to learn from every places, experience, people I've met or just the little things that keeps my mind open, that put me on my knees and thank god how truly blessed I am in a way to experience such things, good and bad. That's the kind of thing even money can't buy, and it keeps my sanity in checked.
So I guess this is why I decided to go back to writing. Aside from the life therapy I'm giving myself to, I also want to share my experience to others, hoping that they might see things the way I do, or just simply show them a part of myself that might be ugly but it might teach you guys something to avoid it from happening to yourself in the future. I don't hope for this writings to be viral, I just hope that I can deliver the message to people who need it. That it might save one's life because they're having the same fight and struggle I have. To hopefully make a change in the world to be a better place for us to live in.
Feel free to drop a message in case you have similar experience. Perhaps even want to start a trip with me in the future so I can stop being a solo traveler for once (because, honestly, it can get lonely AND expensive).
That's it for today.
I'll get back to it ASAP when I finally figured out which one I want to share first.
And oh, the picture was taken the last time I was in Okinawa, just a day before I flew back home. It was in Mihama American Village, Chatan, Okinawa. Isn't it a beauty?
Cheers,
Arlia
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