My everyday journey transition

Hi there,

I'm truly sorry for the lack of posting these days. The thing is, every time I got home from my office I'm always terribly exhausted! I'll keep up with two stories, something I have to experience every day.

Now, I've told you about how far my office is from my home, right? Well, it is so far that even though the route is only straight and then turn left, I can sense the difference between some parts of that super long straight road (which is funny, because the road itself is called jalan Panjang, or 'long road'). I don't know if it's because I'm an architecture student that I notice urban landscape such as this!

The first part of the road, Pondok Indah, the one in the area of my house, is a high-end area where one of the hippest mall is located. I think it's one of the most appealing Central Business District in Jakarta. At my first days, I always feel a tremendous anxiety every time my father or mother drive  through this area every morning because I feel I'm being taken away from my house. Of course I always feel some sort of joy every time my bus takes me to that area at the time I was on my way home.

Second part is, another long road that is ended with another mall, that I feel a little mislocated because it's always cause serious problems of traffic jams. Not far from that mall is a flyover across the road I am going. It's another signal that I'm going further away from home. But at night it is a signal that I'm not far away from Pondok Indah, because the traffic is always jammed there, and it's hard not to notice my bus stopping. It couldn't be another area.

After driving through under the tunnel, I would enter an area of Permata Hijau. Lately, I had made my father and mother pretty tired to take me to office so they dropped me there to take a cab. It is another transition that I cannot forget, especially every time I'm on my way home, I always thought that this is the part where I parted from the ones I lived with. I sometimes felt some sort of sadness because I've been taken further away.

After that area, the road enters an mid-end area, from high-end area. It's not hard to notice the situation. The traffic is a mumbo jumbo chaos. The anxiety and the worry becomes bigger and more haunting by the time I reach that area, especially inside the cab. I know I was far from home and alone in an crazy area. Every now and then, the hint of the road became clearer. After Permata Hijau, I will pass a separated road, I took the right. And then bridge. And then some building. And then this bus station. And then that bus station. And then another bridge. My friend's house, the one who sometimes gives me a ride to my bus station. And finally, where I turn left.

After I turn left, I've grown a little calmer, idk, really. And then it's another long straight route. At first the roads were all the same to me. But little by little I noticed the transitions again, or should I say a checkpoints, in my mind. First a warehouse at my left. A flyover above me after that. Another long road, that I only notice the names of the busway at the right. And finally, when it came to a station named Pesakih, I turn right and enter the complex of my office. Voila, a little turn right, right, and then left, I finally arrived in my office. My anxiety always at the climax at this moment. Well, at least it only happen at first days, when I didn't really know anyone yet.

By the way, that's all for today, I'm going to continue this some other time, okay? See ya when I see ya! :)