2017

Hello this is Suha speaking from da hauz!

It’s been a while since the last time I wrote things about my real life, hasn’t it?

Let’s move backward for a bit, so I need to tell you that this 5^th semester had the most exhausting subjects among all semesters I’ve been through. God.  Thankfully it’s over now!

So what I am interested to tell you is about my holiday because it’s been super amazing for me so far.

•  I went to West Sumatera

This province has a breathtaking nature. I love every minute I spent there.

I went to beautiful places and I ate many good and spicy dishes until I gained 3 kilograms but that’s fine since I enjoyed every food I put in my tummy.

Well, here are two real beauties in West Sumatera but I didn't take other foods' pics because I was already hungryyy and ready to eat them.

Kerupuk + Bihun + Kuah Sate Padang

Gulai Ayam @ Restoran Lamun Ombak, Padang

Itiak Lado Mudo aka Bebek Cabe Hijau

•      I went diving and got my diving license certificate

(Yay?)

It never crossed my mind that I would be able to dive or even just to put my whole body in the ocean. Ocean always terrified me although I believe that I always have a special relation with the beaches. Ocean is another story because of the mystery and the depth and the scary creatures and the wrecked ships and the storm in the middle of the night okay.

So it started with my mother, out of the blue, telling me that I must go to a diving class at December 28^th and it was crazy since I had no idea about this at all. But I joined the class and I burned my forehead until my skin exfoliated like crazy and I had (I still have) this natural tan all over my face since I had the class at 11 am – 2 pm two days in a row. And I dived at December 30^th.

Fortunately I passed all the tests although I forced myself to dive while having flu (this is not nice, this is nearly dumb, don’t try this I’ll tell you why). I had to deal with anxiety before I got into the sea because I’ve never even swum in the sea before. It was terrifying and I was anxious. Luckily, I joined this diving club and the people are so nice. I felt safe.

But, clumsily, I had to ask the instructor to go up only after 30 minutes diving underwater because I cannot stand it anymore (I reaaaally needed to vomit). So as soon as I arrived at the beach,  I throw my whole stomach up (disgusting content, sorry). I felt reaaallly awful and worse, the mucus is now mixed with blood and it came out from my nose, from my throat. It was just awful.

This is the reason why: when you go underwater, your body will try to cope with the pressure change from 1 atm to 2 atm to 3 atm, and so on. And your eardrum will have a hard time trying to deal with it and you need to popping equalizing by pinching your nose so that the air would go out from your ears and help the eardrums to deal with the pressure. But when there’s mucosa, you’d have a trouble. You can’t equalize the pressure and you risk your health. And although I could equalize the pressure well but I still had this trouble so I had to experience this thing when my mucosa was mixed with blood and it was pretty scary to look at.

Okay despite all that I still had an amazing time to see the sea creatures living their lives underwater. This world is beautiful down there and it is lovely to see the view.

Oh and I forgot to tell you that I had the chance to drive a glass bottom boat. This girl right here has driven a real boat. I was really proud of myself for doing so. It’s a long story but trust me, I really drove a boat although it was only for around 7 minutes. It’s like driving a car only a little harder because of the sea wave.

Conclusion: I didn’t really do much of valuable things in 2016 and I honestly regret it. But this diving thing really gave me a precious insight that I can actually do something I never thought I could do if I believe and I am brave enough to try. Although I had to deal with tummy sickness, burnt skin, and blood coming out from my nose and throats, I still passed the test and I am happy with it. This would inspire me to live my life this year and maybe your life too, in case you believe in this thing too. Nothing precious would happen easily; sometimes you have to sacrifice things and fail. Sometimes it takes few drops of blood or burnt skin. But it will be worth every drop of sweat coming out from your body.

Xoxo,

S