Five hours for transit flight, from Indonesia to Narita (Japan). We should transit in Don Muang International Airport (Bangkok, Thailand). I am still walking and don't know what should I do the next. Besides me a student from Nepal who has his Master Degree in Thailand, still have a conversation with me. "Is it your flight?". Yes I am still don't fixed my mind, and then.. "Oh yes, thats my next flight". And I see my name. I say good bye to that student who sit beside my seat in cabin.

As then a person called me "Where are you going sis?" and I answered "Chiba University. And how about you?". He said that he will go to Sapporo, Hokkaido. Then we have short conversation while waiting another ones. Then, comes another one from the same flight with us, He is going to Sendai. Yap the Air Asia X crew leading us to International Connecting Flight, and after check in, our bag should be checked.

From immigration officer we go to departed gate, and I think we should walk all the way. We changes our business card (I remind you, for professional connection, business card really important) and than we talk each other all about the program we took on Japan. They have to enter Doctoral Degree in Japan, but I only join workshop for 10 days, ah they really experienced than me. But our conversation than bring to another topics related to career.

Meeting new people from the same country really valuable, only with them I can entrust my bag when I should go to the bathroom, etc. Only with them we can speak Indonesian freely (as you know, although you can speak english clearly, it always problem when your partner have different pronounciation) without mis-undestanding. Ah, its heaven :D

I still cann't use my english properly, just I know and use it little by little. Five hours really short for our meeting, because we should boarding to the next flight to Japan, and our seat really different and far away. All of the pasenger were Japanese people, and I cann't speak Japanese :D So I just keep silent in the cabin, and I think I should have sleep because tomorrow I still have many busy activities after arrived at Narita International Airpot (Chiba, Japan).

One day in Japan, and I get the WIFI in the 2nd day. I look my inbox mail and I found a short conversation about our first meeting in Bangkok. Nice to meet you guys, hope you'll success in Japan and together we change our country to be the best.

Jika kamu punya mimpi, biarkanlah mimpi itu terus bersemayam, just believe it will happen. Dunia akan membukakan jalan untukmu. Tawaran itu mungkin tak akan datang untuk kali kedua, dan memutuskannya hanya dalam waktu sekian menit juga butuh keberanian.

Saat itu tabungan hanya cukup untuk membeli pesawat kelas ekonomi pun dengan maskapai yang tidak 'wah', dan saya masih harus memikirkan biaya pasport, visa, serta biaya hidup di Jepang sebelum beasiswa diberikan. So it makes me thinking too many time. Tapi ketika saya melengkapi berkas, saya diberi nasehat sekaligus semangat, yang penting kamu sudah punya tekat, kalau uang insya alloh akan ada dan bisa diusahakan.

"When you want something, all the universe conspire in helping you to achieved it" 
(Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist)

Dalam 1 minggu dan masih UAS saya diburu-buru melengkapi paspor, berburu tiket pesawat yang harganya pas di kantong, dan apply visa. Semua nggak instan, deg-degan, tapi yah its life, If you won't try, you'll never changes your life. Setelah lengkap semua, masalah tinggal 1, I don't have enough money to change into Yen. Yap, its troublesome. How about I cann't live in Japan? How could I eat? Yap, to many question in my head. But then, selalu ada jalan di setiap masalah.

The days come, its first time for me, for everything. For flight, international flight, alone. Yap, alone.

All time passed and I just wondering, when I'll flight with plane? All time passed, and I always using bus, train or motorcycle. The high cost always be the the main I should consider before took the decision that I'll use plane to go home. So just brightly in my mind, only one way I'll use plane as my main transportation, if only I'll go overseas. 

Time is like a gamble, we don't know what will happen although a year later. One day I got the chance, I still cann't believe. Until I said to myself, this is your trip zaa, your challenge, and you'll do it. No one will go with you, because the chance only for 1 person, you or the other. So the choice was do it by yourself, or never.

Yes, first time I entered Soekarno Hatta International Airport and I still cann't believe what happen to me. Doing everything by my own, it feels anxious and nervous, but the one that make me afraid was if only I didn't make it completely. So I just wondering to my self, you could do it za, you could started it, and you must finished it. And then, I created the meaningful sentences to support my feeling.