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Pluviophile, Hujan dan Petrichor

Kata pluviophile (kata benda, plu.vio.phile) tidak ditemukan dalam kamus Bahasa Inggris online Oxford dan Merriam Webster. Kata tersebut dan juga varian tulisannya,  pluviofil tidak ada dalam Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia.  Dictionary.com memberikan makna pluviophile sebagai  a person who enjoys rain and rainy days, and who is fascinated by the sights, sounds, etc., of rain. Seorang pluviophile akan memuja hujan, menantikan datangnya hujan. Pluviophile mencintai segala sesuatu tentang hujan (tentu saja di luar banjir), aroma, suara dan vibes yang dihasilkan oleh hujan. Mereka merasakan kenyamanan dan kedamaian luar biasa ketika hujan turun. Bagi pluviophile , gemercik air hujan laksana nyanyian yang meninabobokan, membawa mereka ke dunia lain yang hanya bisa dirasakan lewat kalbu. Seorang pluviophile tidak akan ragu berjalan di tengah hujan, menikmati setiap tetes air hujan yang jatuh ke badannya.  Dan setelah hujan berhenti, hanya menyisakan basah di tanah, pluviophile akan meng

I don't like shopping.

Lately it's very rare seeing me coming back home from office without any plastic or paper bag in my hand. One day I came home with 2 plastic bags full of groceries from Cold Storage, a day before I would be rushing home with one paper bag, couldn't wait to try on the new lingerie in that bag. Another day I came home with one pack of chili chicken floss and sweet & spicy grilled cuttlefish. Today I came home holding one plastic bag of Borders with 5 novels in it. Gees..I couldn't believe it sometimes. 


It's not that I like shopping very much. Yes, I like shopping just like any other women but not very much. But as I said, my frequency of shopping is very high lately. Sometimes I feel a bit guilty also knowing that later on I realized that I didn't like that sweet & spicy cuttlefish, or I forgot to drink the milk until the expiry date was due, or even the books I bought previously have not been touched yet and now I already bought other books which I don't know when I'm going to read them. 


If I'm not very fond of shopping, why do I do that then? It's just because I feel so lonely I guess, I don't know what to do, then I just go roaming around the mall and usually end up in one corner of shop. I try to cope the loneliness with that "very positive" activity. To fill my solitary walks with something that can distract my solitude. That's all.  

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