1. Solo Trip
I never knew the joy of solo trip before going to Cambodia last May. In 10 hours transit in Kuala Lumpur, I suddenly had an urge to visit my old friend near KLCC, which is 1,5 hours from the airport by bus. She told me to take the new airport express train to save the time and even though I'd never been alone in foreign country, I still went anyway. In those 30 minutes, I felt ultimate bravery and excitement from looking out the train window and to expect new things at the last station, without having to talk to anyone.
2. Book Shopping
Who doesn't love going to a book shop? Looking at those pilled up books really is fulfilling. How could some words describe our mind so accurately in a way we couldn't think of? Each cover promises us different stories. Only looking at those book shelves is enough to make my day, moreover if I bring the money to buy some. One of my life goals is to visit as many book shops as I can at many different countries. So yes I need to travel the world to do that!
3. Youtube Streaming
Lying on the bed for a whole day watching philosophical discussion, Korean variety shows, or as simple as scrolling through the trending topic on Youtube can be relaxing. Despite of the sole of entertainment is to be left alone in my room, streaming Youtube is an effective yet easy way to find happiness. Nowadays Netflix is all over the entertainment channel, but since my device doesn't support it... What? Will I be more happy if I have Netflix? Of course! I can watch Narcos, Elite, and other fun and high quality series without having to wait the bluray version :p
4. Movie Re-Run
90% of my laptop's memories are filled with movie files which I have watched since high school. I simply can't delete them. Most of those movies gave me long lasting impression. Strangely I never get sick of re-watch them. Some of the lists are: Pride and Prejudice, Pirates of Caribbean, Batman The Dark Knight, Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood, Our Brand is Crisis, You are The Apple of My Eye, Kimi Ni Todoke, and Memoirs of Geisha. I can spend a whole day in front of my laptop. I'll write about each of them one day.
5. Gardening
It's a new hobby that I found lately. If I feel depressed or need alone time, gardening works like magic! With my hands busy trimming the plants, I can free my mind from thinking about works or personal matters. It's also satisfying to see the seeds transform into tiny sprouts and as the time goes by, fruits and flowers will appear. Some plants inside my little garden are bitter melon, chili, pumpkin, yellow mirabilis jalapa (bunga pukul empat), peppermint, cassava, and some wild flowers.
6. Manga Marathon
I remember the time when I rented a whole volumes of One Piece in high school and spent only 3 hours to sleep for several nights. A veteran manga reader can read a volume of manga in just 10 minutes or less. It is annoying to read cliff-hanger ending and has to wait the next volume to be published. That's why I choose to read mangas that already have many volumes. Unfortunately, nowadays I can't do that in the same frequency anymore. More and more workloads have been given to me. Audio-visual entertainment also pushes my habit to watch more instead of reading. But the happy feeling when doing manga binge-reading is still lingering.
7. Quality Time with Close Friends
Do you have those special friends whom you can talk any topics with without realizing how much the time has fled? Since I rarely meet many people and personally introvert, having quality time to talk with the right people is really satisfying more than anything else I mentioned here. Most of my friends are working outside the city, so holidays are something that I secretly wait for. They will come home and ask me to join them in having coffee or just lie down in someone's bedroom catching up with our lives.
Those 7 things are not difficult things to do, I know, but they do make my day.
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