carnolialoops: Dufan Trip with CBN 15! :)

Yesterday I went to a theme park in Jakarta called Dufan (Dunia Fantasi) with some of my orientation friends and with the seniors too! We met up at 10 a.m. in front of Ancol’s entry gate and went in together. The first ride we rode was called “Kora Kora”; which is a ship that is swayed (extremely). The last time I’ve been to Dufan was around 12 years ago so I was still unable to ride those rides and I forgot what Dufan was like back then, so this is entirely new to me. I was not scared, but you know you can’t contain the adrenaline so you scream. The really funny thing that happened during this ride is that one of my seniors kept screaming explicit stuff (I will not mention it because I want to keep this post PG.), which made me laugh throughout the entire ride. HAHAHAHA

After the ride, some of us ate lunch, some of us just snacked, some of us continued to ride other rides and some just sat. I was not able to eat well because I just got braces last Monday :(. After the ones that ate finished, we proceeded to our next ride which is called “Ontang Anting” which is a kind of swing but then it goes around in circles, pretty high too. This ride was relaxing at first, but as it continues to spin in kind of made me dizzy and pretty bored too… HAHAHAHA I was kind of scared that my feet might crash into the trees or a random decorative building because I was sitting of the outside part of the ride. I felt kind of nauseous after the ride, but being the dumb person I am, I proceeded to ride the roller coaster. I have never ridden a roller coaster with a loop, until yesterday. It was a long queue, so my headache and nauseated self has calmed down a bit before riding it. The roller coaster was short, but It was the best ride out of all the rides I rode that day. I sat beside a senior during the ride and she was surprised that I laughed during the ride. Why though? I had so much fun, I wanted to ride it again if the queue wasn’t long, but it was :(. After the roller coaster we went to a doll house (maybe) but we go around using a boat. I honestly think the dolls are kind of creepy, even though that ride was meant for kids. But it was good to sit down and relax without feeling nauseated, even though the place kind of smells bad in my opinion. There was Air Conditioning in that ride so it was also great to cool down a bit since it was very hot outside.

After the creepy doll house some of us went to an Ice Age ride and I did not know where the others went LOL. I did not know that this ride involved splashing and getting wet, so I just went for it. I just realized that water was involved when we were inside… HAHAHA but I still rode the ride and got half wet since I sat at the very right side. The ride was actually fun, excluding the part where water splashed EVERYWHERE. After the ride we dried up a bit and then we rode the Ferris wheel. The view up there was really beautiful; I took plenty of panoramic pictures. The highlight of the experience is when one of my friends started screaming because he was afraid of heights… HAHAHA (sorry dude). It was the last ride for me because I felt tired, I did not know for the others. Before leaving the theme park we took pictures, and then some went home, some went to the beach. One of my friends (the one who was scared of heights) had his birthday, so we gave him a surprise. I did not take photos of that sadly. I went back home feeling tired, but extremely happy.

I want to thank everyone who went on the trip yesterday, it felt really nice and heartwarming, it made me feel that we got even closer, like a family. This trip is something that I’ll never forget in terms of the rides and the interactions between all of us. I got to know some people that I was not close with during orientation. I hope we all can meet again very soon, despite being in different majors! I love all of you and I won’t forget you all. <3 *cries loudly* I’m honestly still dazed by the experience… It feels like a dream, a very good one!

Here are some pictures from the trip: