A Home

(UPDATED Dec 13, 2018) Hey guys, I made an Instagram account about this thread. Please kindly check them out --> @ourlittleomah. Thanks a bunch!

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Before you ask me about why the title is only "A Home", Im going to ask you this question first. What is the difference between "home" and "house"?

Wise men said, A "house" can refer to a building, something concrete, something you can touch. But A "home" can even be something abstract, a place in your mind. When you say, “Let’s go home,” you are probably not talking simply about going to the physical structure where you live. You are talking about being in the special place where you feel most comfortable and that belongs to you (copying somewhere from Google).

Yes, a "home" is a place where you can be free to be yourself. A place where you are feel peacefully happy, safe, and sound.

Im talking about a home that I build now. Bought in 2016, it is a small minimalist modern house. The original building itself is small enough, around 36m² from the total of 115m². Me and husband decided not to move in that time because:

1. Perumahan tersebut masih benar-benar baru dibangun

2. Belum ada tanda-tanda kehidupan

3. Akses jalan masih jelek parah

4. Kami ada rencana untuk menambah dapur di kelebihan tanah di belakang

Sambil menunggu proses pembangunan, kami menabung selama hampir dua tahun untuk bisa merenovasi rumah. Yep! 2018 is the time. Where our money is enough to pay pak tukang (dengan sedikit utangan tentunya), tetangga juga sudah lumayan banyak, dan akses jalan sudah hampir sempurna. Alright, baby! We move! 

Started from ekpedisi mencari the perfect tukang. Ini yg wajib dicermati karena kami berdua bekerja which is ga bisa sering-sering untuk mengontrol pembangunan rumah, maka kami memutuskan untuk mencari tukang borongan. Kita kasih duit, pokoknya tau jadi.

Keliatannya easy peasy ya? But no. Kami disini tidak ada kenalan yang berpengalaman dalam hal pertukangan. Ada sih, tapi kalo ga sibuk dengan proyeknya yaa harganya kemahalan, hehhehe. Maklum dana kami cekak. Setelah melalui perdebatan yang cukup alot, kami menunjuk salah satu jasa kontraktor di Palembang. Later when this project is finished, we will tell you about the contractor. We will see his works first before telling you.

So here it goes, started from August 6th, 2018, our home starts to shine (halah).

The Upside Down

We upload a picture with our father, in the front of a fatherless child

We upload a picture with our mother, in the front of a motherless child

We upload a picture with our spouse, in the front of a single person

We upload a picture of our children, in the front of a couple who are waiting

We upload a picture of our things, in the front of those who don’t have

Deal with them

That’s how life roll

Now That I am 28

 

Ten years ago, when I was 18, I often think myself what am I going to be ten years later, when I was 28. Now that Im 28, I look back to myself what I've done in these past ten years. What I have achieved and what I have lost.

Ten years ago, when I stepped into the University. I looked at my friends' face. I was thinking what are they going to be ten years later, when they are 28. Now that they are 28, I see some are successfully married, successfully in carrier, successfully in both. But I also see that some are still waiting. Waiting for their true love, waiting for a perfect job, or just waiting to be happy.

But some are just unlucky enough to not make it to the 28. 

Now that Im 28, I just want to be thankful for my healthy family, kind husband, a little family that we start to build in these two years of marriage. I just want to make it as a contemplation that Im grateful for the things I have. 

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