Tania Tjokrosoeharto

Tania Tjokrosoeharto is my friend. She was born in Semarang on 29 June 1988. She was currently the girl who went out with me almost every day.

She began friendship with Yoiko on 17 April 2010. She was first introduced to me via Facebook from Yoiko in May 2010, she became friend immediately with Suzuka. It was almost at the same time Keiko had a holiday in Perth for the first time.

I was asked by Yoiko to deliver a blue yukata to her on 23 August 2010 in Waterford. She was very pretty girl the first time I saw her. She shared her house with my other friend named Finley. Sadly the movie show was about to begin and I only had 10 minutes talking at her house. After that we started talking actively on Facebook.

She developed great friendship with Suzuka. Suzuka went to Perth during Christmas time year 2010 and bought her a Japanese koi sandal which was purchased in Osaka. Unfortunately Tania was not in Perth. Two weeks after Suzuka went back to Japan, Keiko came to Perth with her friend named Sayuri and stayed in Perth.

In early March 2011 I suddenly received an sms from Tania asking me to come to her house bringing the koi sandal. It was exactly the same time when a disastrous Japanese tsunami wiped off cities. Suzuka and many people were trapped and isolated by the tsunami but they were all saved at the end.

At her house I met Tania, her elder sister named Devina, her cousin Rian, and Rian’s mother. Strangely, I met Yongky too. Tania was having a problem because her rented car was stolen and the owner pursued her to pay for the lost car. Tania was very sad and I could tell by looking at her shaky eyes. Tania was busy packing her belongings at her house because she wanted to go back for good. Thanks God! After she finished everything she finally sat down one-to-one with me. We talked very much this time while watching the TV about the tsunami. Those koi sandals fit her feet and she was extremely happy. She was very nice and friendly. I started feeling a hearty friendship with her until I forgot the time had passed midnight. It’s time for me to go home in happiness. It was the last meeting with her.

According to information from her friends, Tania went to Sydney to celebrate graduation ceremony. They told me that her friend who accompanied her in the graduation ceremony was very pretty as well, her name is Fibie. Tania had a boyfriend named Erick Haliono. Few days later Maki and her friends came to live in Perth from Japan.

Tania moved to Melbourne in June 2011, it was around the time when I won the Monkey King costume play competition at Supa Nova.

I did not know that Maki developed a good friendship with Tania. Maki borrowed my mobile phone and asked Tania’s number. Maki saved Tania’s number on my mobile phone without me knowing. It was because Maki had just come to Perth so she did not have her new mobile phone yet. Maki wanted to wish Tania’s happy birthday but unable to get thru. This is a very good coincidence. I found Tania’s number few weeks after that but still thinking: was this Tania from Semarang or other Tania?

The relationship between Tania and her boyfriend Erick did not go long. Erick had another girl and dumped Tania in September 2011. This news was told to me by her friends in Sydney/Melbourne. The news warmly welcomed when it reached Japan. Unfortunately I did not decide to go to Melbourne because I am protecting my job in Perth. Tania worked at McDonald from this time.

The friendship between me and her went so quiet between September until 3 May 2012 when she suddenly posted something on my Facebook wall ‘Denikun yuhuuuu’. I was very surprised and happy. From then I started talking with her on the phone. I talked with her very often on the mobile phone until my credit ran out. Sometimes she was very happy talking to me, sometimes she had a bad mood too, and sometimes she felt tired after University. I also chat with her so many times via WhatsApp when I bought my new Samsung Galaxy S3.

After many times of happy conversation, I decided to to Melbourne to meet her. It finally happened on 2 September 2012, she invited me to dinner and she was also agree when I asked her to go out with me to dinner at Crown and went up in Eureka tower. I went out with her almost every day. I was also invited to her University which was RMIT in Brunswick. After so many going out, I finally decided to ask if she wanted to be my girlfriend but unfortunately she said no, she said that I was too fast to ask her about this. She said she needed more time. But I was very happy that at least we could be friends. When the holiday ended, I had to say goodbye that I had to return to Perth.

In October 2012, she suddenly unfriended me in Facebook. I was shocked and confused about this. I sent her messages asking why but she never replied. Suzuka tried to help bringing us together but later she told me to leave her alone for a moment. Two weeks later, Maki told me that she was very sorry about the broken friendship, she said it was all her fault and also said that she was very guilty about this.

The communication between me and Tania faded completely from that time until on 30 September 2013; she suddenly sent me a message in Facebook ‘Deni apa kabar?’ (meaning Deni how are you?). I was not surprised because two weeks before that, Kayako (Keiko’s friend) asked me would I will forgive Tania if she wants to be my friend again. I answered her that I will fully forgive Tania.

I and Tania replied messages to each other like before. The one I did not understand was why Tania did not send a friend request to me in her Facebook? She told her friends that she and me became friends again, but it was unproven until there is a friendship connection in Facebook. Keiko once asked her why there was no friendship between me and her in Facebook, Tania replied that she forgot and would do it. Tania said to her friends that she loved to be my friend again. We continued replying messages.

A scary tragedy happened on 13 November 2013, Tania sent me a message asking for a help to find Maki. After the tragedy finished, I phoned and talked with Tania on the phone for the first ever since last year. Unfortunately I had to tell her sad news and I could hear her sobbing on the phone. I was very sad and the phone conversation was ended.

The last message I received from her was on Sunday 17 November 2013, she said that she was sad about the tragedy.

Written by Deni C.