Freakin' Me

It has been several weeks since the so called "Pesta Demokrasi" ended, plus the "encores" of course, I mean: three weeks of compiling statistical data, tabulation, backbreaking counting etc..etc. Nevertheless, it doesn't mean that I can go in my free weekend times. During the "hell weeks" of Pemilu I (and my colleagues) did not have luxurious weekends for almost 2 months; Saturday and Sunday were weekdays for us.

Every two weeks, 2 part-timers come to my apartment to cleaning and tidy up. Every time they come, by coincidence I have to go to the office or to attend invitations from various organizations. At first, they thought I have a bizarre office policy...(yup, imagining that someone has to go to work almost every weekend...). Then, both of them do not care anymore...until last week. One of them asked me innocently why I stayed at home on Sunday...duh!!

Later I decided to take a stroll around city...since in my sense I would be a hindrance to the cleaning ladies at my apartment if I stayed home. Yeah..why not, I needed to clear my cloudy brain and pump up my mood for typically blue Monday hahaha! On the way to my destination, I called my mom in my hometown...faraway...The first sentence of her was: " Are you in the office?" When I answered her that I was taking a leisurely walk, she kinda confused..."You usually have to go to your office, don't you? Why is it different today.." she said. OMG...c'mon mom...even my mom thought that it was kinda bizarre to know that her daughter had a free time this time...

In short, I have my "me time" that day..alone...I went to the shopping mall, to a popular tourist destination that jam-packed with foreigners (hahaha..count me on, I'm a foreigner also in this place), than ended with watching a movie. I don't mind to go everywhere by myself, actually..even to go to another country. But, my female colleagues think that this so called "my distinctive habit" is unusual for a woman. In their realm (probably, I don't know) they'll need a company...Of course, being with somebody in your spare time would be great..the more the merrier...But, why should I cancel my plan to go to a cinema, hiking, window shopping or just take a stroll if there is nobody available as my companion? hahaha..maybe my female colleagues think that I'm a freak...doesn't matter actually...

Yeah, it's cool to spend your weekend alone..in this country where I've been assigned for almost 3 years. Literally stroll everywhere: museums, countrysides, beaches, parks, theme-parks, cafes, shopping malls...from morning to the night. But...I'll not do it in my own home country. Man..seriously, to imagine that I have to go home at night in my own country, really freakin' me out!! Even to imagine that one day I have to go back to my own country when the assignment accomplished..makes me anxious. I have a bad experience with the public bus in my home country: I witnessed a pick pocket snatched something from a girl pocket ( I almost became a victim also once)! I experienced meanie-street performers...they will make agitating gestures towards someone who do not give them change...

Freakin' me!! aaargh...!!