It's a pretty big day today. We went to visit my aunt (my mom's two eldest sisters) in the morning, but their house has been a major visit place for all the others 10-ish sisters :D.
After that, we went to Pasar Atom, one of the oldest and yet still existing mall in Surabaya. I say it's old, because the building is old, the tiles, the doors, everything, plus most of its stores are not using AC. Nevertheless, the prices are quite good, and you should be able to find ranges of qualities there. Well, it's just a short description for those of you not from Surabaya :). I tell you what, we went to the food court, for lunch of course, and once again I saw various Indonesian menus in the many booths around. They have nasi gudeg empal, soto madura, mie pangsit ayam, es tape ketan hitam, es kopyor (aaaaa so goooood :D), es dawet/cendol, hmm and so many more. I was just delighted with what I had hehe.
Anyway, we went home after three hours of shopping with no result (sorry, it's me!). My dad got so tired, he directly laid down on the sofa and got asleep immediately. My mom and I took shower then sat down for a 'talk'. Yeah, a talk that really drew my interest, or more exactly, thrilled my heart. I feel .. guilty maybe, guilty of not realizing of these issues before, and doing something about them. But not that I could do much about them anyway. I won't go into details, but it's about life and the peculiarities, that everyone has different life experiences; you may usually just know those people living happily and comfortably, but so many others have to go through bitterness and desperations -- so.. mentally and physically demanded. It's really true when people say, "You don't know how it really hurts, until it happens to you or your loved ones." Even if you have empathy, if you never experienced it, you just .. don't know. And life is full of surprises. Today I smile, tomorrow I may just wanna die. I do have grumbled for many things so far -- study, friends, love life, .. -- but now I know they are much incomparable with other life .. storms.
Graduating from college is not only a hurray after 3.5 years of diligence, but also brings more responsibilities and .. tests. So complicated, I can't even describe it well. But there is no way out of getting older. I have to face it, and so do you. So, get ready with life challenges to come, and no matter what.. look upon The Lord, your life is in His hand :)