Isabella Ingrid Santoso

Dear Ingrid,

Hahaa, you know what? it's actually been 5 minutes that i'm staring at my laptop screen because i really don't know where to start! so i'm just gonna keep it simple kay? take a look at these pictures, babe! :)

You've always been a great friend since junior high. Who would've known we were going to be roommates in Melbourne? We were (of course) in the same theater club, TPSU! (yeay!) Remember when you had the role of the queen gangster, and me as the queen-senior-bitch?! haha yea, we both had the bad girls role. I JUST WONDER WHY INGRID. hmmmmm *frowning and thinking hard*

Oh, and the best part was when it was Pentas Seni! We took a lot of pictures of us 'kissing' but i seriously don't wanna put them up cause i know Kushal's gonna go like what the f*ck?! lol and remember when we were practicing the scene at school. and you (as the head nurse) winked at me (as the head priest)? THAT WAS SO DUMB.

The third year of junior high was the year of the school's dance team, BACSTAGE, for me. and of course, you do remember that you were the make-up artist for the team don't you? You were there all along Ingrid! You've always watched most of our competition and performances in almost every party! but the most important thing is that you were there to support us grid! and honestly that means so much for us all, well at least for me :)

But you know what Ingrid? my definition of having you as a friend became totally different when we became roommates.

SAY HI TO 663 ARROW ON SWANSTON !!!

Our place to stay, sleep, bitch, and party baby! lol! It was a total brand new environment for the both of us. Your mom was there for the first month, and yes, we behaved like angels.

I know you love this photo, and that's why i'm putting it up! It was winter when we first came to Melbourne. and everything was just damn EXPENSIVE for us. lucky for you, you have your walking-ATM around. -_- grrrr haha!

and so anyways, we started our journey in Trinity. Do you remember how panicked and nervous we were the night before the first day of school?! HAHA. it was totally hilarious babe! we mixed and matched so many clothes and were wondering if it was lebai if we wore boots to school! hahaha but we did so well. we met a lot of friends and started to study the very same electives: maths 1, economics, and psychology.

But of course, apart from studying, there were things we had to do as new-comers in Melbourne. ;) We started to explore the city. Remember that night at Se7en? and you said it was actually the best night right? lol. I WONDER WHY INGRID, i wonder why. *frowning and thinking hard* lol we also went to some cafes. Max Brenners, San Churro, oh and also Animal Cafe near school!! Remember when we both thought that the atmosphere's so cool with all the pictures on the walls and comics and abstract art all over the place? :)

And please, do not forget, the SHOPPING. You ain't going out with Ingrid if you're not shopping guys, i'm telling you. Even if it's only window-shopping! hahaha if you're wondering how and when to see Ingrid smile the largest or the most, the answer is when she enters stores, grab some dresses here and there and directly disappears to the fitting room, or when she's trying shoes on. WELL YOU GET WHAT I MEAN. hahaha

But after every time we go out, we always come back to our home 663. And the balcony's our favourite place. The view's awesome. but what's important is that it's where our gossip sessions start. lol! and they were always opened by the line : "So.. Tell me something new... " ;)

We were two over-narcissistic little girls that we even take pictures during break. WITH YOUR PHOTO BOOTH. come on, a phone's camera is okay. but posing in front of your laptop at noon to take over than a hundred photographs (i'm not kidding!) ??? i'll never forget that day Ingrid. remember when we wanted to make weird faces, but i stopped when i saw someone's coming, but you continued? HAHAHAHAA. you slapped me after that.

And this was at the psychology tutorial. can you believe it? even before we start class we opened your laptop first. haha. speaking of psychology, remember the first and only fight that we had? it was about the psych essay. just a misunderstanding and i'm really glad we directly knew that no one was right or wrong. it was really cool when he hugged in my room. and you know what i'll never forget? "I love you." "I love you too." :')
seconds, minutes, days, months past. on the 28th of January, we all graduated. and in early february, i got a phone call from you, saying that you got into Psychology. seriously, you have no idea how i'm proud of you! you once told me that you were worried that you won't get accepted in Psych. but no, Ingrid. you did! I was really happy to hear you cheering on the phone.

but the day after that i realized that actually, those days, of me and you being roommates, are now over. you're now living with your sister, and i'm staying alone at Micasa with kushal (i hope) and Dita.

what makes me sad the most is that we have to leave 663. that room is just filled with incredible memories grid. moments of us, and also a couple of friends that once had fun in that room... it used to be our place to hang, but also to rest from the crazy stuff going on in Melbourne.

remember when we cleaned up the apartment for the last time that day? we removed our board on the wall which had posts and notes all over it, saying stuff about us, and we replaced it with the apartment's original portrait, a picture of a flower? that was when i got so emotional.

it's over, grid. those days are over. but i hope our friendship grows stronger. you've been so much fun and i have no idea how i would survive Trinity without you. so thank you, for being a great friend, a best friend. you were there all along. when i broke up with jovi, when i dropped econs, and when i fought with kushal. lol so thank you Ingrid! :')

oh and there's just too many pictures and i'm sorry if i can't make you a scrapbook like i did for kushal, babe! and i just hope you like this! my way of saying thank you to you!

good luck in Melbourne Uni darl! face the new world out there. i'm sure you'll find new friends, but i'm also sure that we'll still be the best bitches in town :)

Maria Alda Prawitera

P.S. You know that I love you.