Saturday, October 17, 2009

the streets of Jakarta

this morning my school held parents meeting to discuss the "rsbi" my school will became to if we pass the test and also our (9th graders) farewell trip. i was gonna come with mom but i overslept so my mom left me. at first, i wasn't thinking to came to school but when nisa texted me to came because there were lots of 9th graders coming i changed my mind. so, i took a bath but i didn't brush my teeth because i was in a hurry. i know i'm gross :P after that i took my jacket and the bike helmet and rode a bike to school. this was not actually the first time i rode a bike to school but i really wanna share this story to you right now.
so, i rode a bike to school on a saturday morning in the streets of jakarta. i'll tell you something : it was scary like hell. cars honk at you for being slow (helloooooooo this is a bike for heaven's sake), motorcycles went very fast and very near to my bike, and angkot just stopped in the middle of the streets blocking my way and started to pissed me off. not only the drivers of those vehicles that i'm afraid of, the streets it self made me scared. there are no sidewalks in every streets. even if there's a sidewalk in a few streets, they were used by sellers to sell things. i had to rode my bike in the streets full of angry drivers and some of them were even crazy, if i may say. no wonder people are a bit lazy to ride their bikes to everywhere.
i hope the government could fix this problem so many people will ride their bikes and reduce pollutions :)

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