The Colorful Work World
Ch. 68 New year's night

An extraordinary event resulted in me losing my beloved gaming laptop. I haven't had a year of enjoying this laptop. But the laptop was gone from my life.

The incident happened on New Year's Eve. At the time, I was doing my usual work. Today the office is not on holiday. When daylight arrives, start in the chat from the group of high school friends.

"Where's the year, bro? "

"Aj's house, why? "

"Meet up in Central Park. New year there. On not want? "

Starting from one of us to meet. Everyone agreed to this meeting. Without a second thought I immediately searched for a route to get to the place.

'It seems faster if using transjakarta bus instead.' I see there is a one-way route from where I feel towards Central Park.

Ensure that the e-money balance is sufficient. I decided to take the bus. Just sit sweet and later will get to the destination.

*times home from work*

I put the office stuff in the closet. Because it will be troublesome if you have to take it while walking. Today is not my first time to travel in Jakarta.

On another occasion I will tell my story of a walk in the Jakarta area. This time I did not use the KRL train that I usually use. I wonder what it's like to ride transjakarta from my workplace.

Standing at the stop, I waited for the arrival of the bus that was about to pick up. Besides me, I see there are several other office employees who also seem to be going on a transjakarta bus. No need to wait long, the bus is difficult to arrive at the stop where I am currently. I quickly entered so as not to make a traffic jam on the highway.

On the bus, I immediately looked for a strategic seat, right next to the window. I'm wearing a shirt with a t-shirt and trousers. Don't forget the brown jacket I'm wearing. On my back is also a backpack I carry to carry a purse, hp, etc.

At night like this it is mandatory to wear a jacket. Because my body is not too used to the cold of the night. The AC on the bus is pretty cold. In addition to the night, this is also because the passengers are not too much.

'Even during the new year the bus is not crowded. Tumben once' I said in my heart.

I quickly counted only 20 people on the bus including the driver. I see that most of those who go up are office employees as seen from the luggage and clothes they wear. There were no uniformed students on the bus. It's only natural because it's night.

Travel time I spent by ensuring the position and condition of other friends. I listened to music while enjoying the night view.  Although not much is seen because only the darkness of the night is around the road. As well as some tall buildings that glow due to electric lights that shine on it.

When I got to Central Park, I stopped for a moment to enjoy the view of the Indonesian capital. A lot of people go on and off public transport. There were also those wearing office clothes and waiting for their invitation to come.

Satisfied by the sight, I continued on to CP. Since it was my first time to this place, I asked many landmarks to my friends. Especially the place where we will meet.

I was amazed when I got to the mall. Because this place is so big. Maybe if I had to walk around this place. It could be an hour or so of time to be spent. While I was walking, I decided to find a seat.

The journey from work to here takes a long time. It's almost an hour's drive. I ordered a cup of coffee while sitting down and waiting for another friend to come.

The time and place we met is still unclear. That's why I have to still wait for the real place we will gather first. While waiting, I read some articles on my phone.

*ting*

"Well, the cave is also in xxx. Where is your xx? "

Finally came the message of losing one of my friends had come to the location. But from the name of the place he called, this should have been the right place. But after I checked again, it turns out that the xxx place has branches on two floors in this mall.

I was upstairs and he was downstairs. Inevitably, I went straight downstairs to meet her. Just walk for a while, I've arrived at xxx.

"Assalamu'alaikum"

"Vaalaikumsalam. Where are the others? Did you just come here?"

We sat down and looked for another friend. Our plan is to meet two more people. After checking, the other one's still shopping around here. While the other one still did not come because of traffic jams and was late out of the office due to work.

"Eh guys, I'm sorry I waited so long. Where are we going?" Ask our friend, Ade while putting the groceries he brought.

This is one of my friends who has worked at startup. His salary is already big enough to almost touch tens of millions of rupiah. It was no wonder he was shopping at this place. We chatted for a while then decided to go around this place while waiting for our other friends.

Besides Ade, I'm currently with Rendra. He's just like me, working as an IT guy too. I wonder if he has an interesting story while working as a programmer. Maybe someday, I will ask a lot of questions about what work he does.

Maybe the experience he had was different from mine. Hopefully there will be a chance to share his story. I feel quite close to Rendra because we have quite similar hobbies and jobs.

In this place we went around many places. Almost all the corners of CP we explore. We also bought some snacks and ate around.

The clock is almost 10. Si Ade intends to go home because he still has to do other things. We intend to buy time because of our last friend, Zul. It will arrive soon.

"I said yes. I want some business to play. "

"Just a minute, Zul is coming. "

By the time we stall Ade, Zul finally manages to come the place of time.

"Sorry bro, I'm late. It's jammed in the street."

"Where the hell are you, it could be late."

We tease Zul for being late then continue the conversation. When Ade was no longer there, he said the first. While Zul still wants to chat more and Rendra still wants to serve him as a chatter friend.

Without feeling the time pass. Then something happened outside of our expectations. Heavy rain falls in Jakarta. Because of the rush of rain, all transportation to Tangerang has stopped completely. This also happened because it was almost midnight.

As a result, we were more or less stranded in Jakarta. Confused what to do now, Rendra offered us something.

"How about you guys just stay at my hostel tonight?"

See this as an opportunity to talk more. Zul and I received an offer from Rendra. Our new year's night is not over yet.