Summer Breeze in Montana

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Washington D.C.

It was this time last year when they announced that I got the scholarship for a semester in Australia. It was like a dream come true as I never expect to study in Australia before, especially for free! This time this year another institution is gonna give me the same thing. I got a summer course scholarship to the U.S. for free! I was in Australia when a friend of mine went to D.C. (I mean Washington District of Columbia) a place which I’ll visit soon. I gave a comment on one of her picture in D.C. She replied to me that she likes D.C. so much! She falls in love with D.C. Then she asked me how about Queensland? I didn’t study in Queensland, but in Melbourne. However since I was visiting my friend in Queensland, she was asking me about it. Well, I’m not going to study in D.C. too, but will visit that place for about 3 days when I am in the U.S. in the future.

Mari Bergabung di Toasmaster Club UI!

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Teman-teman, pernah dengar tentang Toastmasters (TM) Club? Bagi yang belum pernah dengar, Toastmaster club adalah sebuah klub dengan afiliasi internasional  yang berfungsi memfasilitasi setiap anggotanya untuk belajar seni berbicara, mendengar, berpikir, dan memberikan motivasi untuk semakin berkembang. Telah lebih dari 4 juta orang di seluruh dunia telah membuktikan bahwa Toastmasters International  memberikan hasil yang memuaskan bagi pengembangan kemampuan komunikasi dan kepemimpinan pribadi.

Beruntungnya, UI sekarang telah memiliki Toastmasters Club-nya sendiri! UI Toastmasters Club telah berdiri resmi sejak tanggal 20 Juni 2008 sebagai salah satu program dari Direktorat Pembinaan Sumber Daya Manusia UI. Misi UI Toastmasters Club adalah menyediakan lingkungan pembelajaran yang positif dan suportif dimana setiap anggota mempunyai kesempatan untuk mengembangkan komunikasi oral dan berbagai ketrampilan kepemimpinan yang dapat mengangkat kepercayaan diri dan pengembangan pribadi. Kehadiran klub ini sejalan dengan langkah-langkah stratejik UI untuk bergabung dalam global citizenship. Selain itu, keahlian dalam public speaking yang baik merupakan modal utama bagi civitas akademika UI untuk tampil dan memimpin forum-forum internasional.

Memori Tentang Australia

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Setelah lebih dari tiga bulan berlalu, aku mulai takut kalau kalau memori yang Indah tentang Melbourne pudar begitu saja tertimpa oleh memori-memori lainnya. Aku senang tinggal di kota itu tapi tidak merasa ingin tinggal kembali di kota tersebut untuk waktu yang lama. Sebagai warga negara yang baik, aku ingin membangun bangsaku tapi tidak juga ingin tinggal di Jakarta yang padat dan sumpek. Kadang-kadang memori tentang Melbourne melintas begitu saja di kepalaku, lalu merasa ingin mengulang kenangan yang lama. Power Street tempat aku dulu tinggal, unit kecil dengan para tetangga yang aneh terutama Grandma yang kesepian yang tinggal tepat didepan unitku. Grace Park tempat aku dan pacar biasa duduk dan mengobrol sehabis dia pulang gym, dimana aku akan tertawa mendengar gurauan konyolnya dan merasa aroma keringatnya yang khas. Grenferrie station tempat aku selalu menunggu train menuju city. Atrium tempat para mahasiswa ngumpul dan nongkrong sambil meminum kopi HQ. Teman-temanku di geraja Indonesia itu. Teman-temanku di beberapa persekutuan mahasiswa Kristen.

Random Thoughts Part 2

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I sleep late tonite. Instead of doing a research for my thesis, I’m watching a movie on television. I don’t know what should I do with this thesis, seems like I don’t have encouragement to finish it.  Moreover, this internet connection is really disturbing me. I’m thinking to unsubscribe my internet in a few weeks as I don’t see a good effect on it. I get bored again with my live and really want to finish my thesis so that I can travel to another place around the world. I’d luv to travel with my bf somewhere in the world some day in the future. Travel is my biggest passion.

However, I’m so busy these days with all my jobs in an NGO and a journal which push me to think more critical. I’m not complaining this because becoming a smart girl is what I want to be.

Chamomile Flower

By the way, I drink a chamomile tea while watching TV now. I brought the tea from China and now I drink it with a big old-style iron glass which has Mao Zhe Dong head on it.  Also, there is a quote which is written in both Chinese and English. I found it’s cute. I was about to send it to Mom n Dad, but after a while I feel like I just wanna have it myself.

Well, the movie has end.

Time to clean my messy room and then go for sleep.

Good nite, have a nice sleep!

"The Vast World Can Develop One's Ability To The Full -Quotation"

Random Though Early in the Morning (Middle of April)

Taking the Garfield cat picture

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-->woke up late today, yet some thoughts have been spinning in my mind already.  It’s been 3 months since I leave Melbourne, but so many things have change here. I came back from my one week trip in China already and in a few months have to go to The U.S. for a summer course or maybe to India too for an internship. I got some job already in Indonesia which can cover my life expenditure here for a while. I think I’ve to do my whole effort when doing all those jobs as I don’t like to disappoint my bosses.  I just so much into self centrist now.  I feel bad when I got so much achievement but didn’t know the purpose of it. I want to a useful person who could help the society in a real way. I want to be a nice lady who knows how to act in front of those envious people. I want to keep my smile to everyone because when I smile I’ve already do a kindness to others. The worst thing which could happen to me is when I lost my faith to God. When I’m walking with him, I know He provides me everything and give peaceful atmosphere to my heart. So whether I win or lost, I’m still happy because I see the biggest plan which has been arranged by Him for me behind it. Hence, when I ignore His present I couldn’t be a better woman. I am just an ambitious yet selfish young lady.  I’m thinking to start reading a devotional guide book again after leave it for almost a year.  My mom ever said to me ‘’It is useless to get all those achievements in the world, if you forget God because He won’t like to open heaven’s door for you.’

Traveling in China

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Tiananmen Square which always pop up in my writing

The Forbidden City

I finally reach home again after my wonderful journey in Beijing, China. Overall I spend about 7 days or a week there. It was an unforgettable moment. I really feel that I miss something on my flight to Indonesia. Before I landed in Beijing, I wasn’t so excited about it as I saw so many Chinese back home. Especially in my hometown (Medan), there are a lot of Chinese group who speak one of Chinese ethnic languages (Cantonese and Hokien).However, when I arrived in China there are a bunch of incredible things which really surprising me.  I just knew that Chinese people are so welcome with the new people. I really love the environment in Beijing. I heard from my local Chinese friend that Beijing is the most polluted city in China. But I found it’s not as dusty as Jakarta or any other city in Indonesia. Maybe because it was still spring when I came there so I felt the weather was so fresh. But I love so many things there. I like those people who keep on smiling and give a good suggestion, accompany me to many places or traveling around city. Moreover, everything is cheap there. I found it is even cheaper than things in Jakarta. For example if I want to travel by bus I only have to pay one Yuan (which is Rp.1335) in any distance. It is even cheaper than the cheapest transportation in Indonesia. Also if I wanna travel by subway train (yes, they have subway), I only have to pay two Yuans and I can go from a corner to another corner around Beijing. OMG so cheap! They even have tram. Uniquely, their tram doesn’t come with the rail but only connected with the cable upstairs.  I saw some unique transportation too. It has three wheels and look similar with ‘Bajaj’ in Jakarta.  I bought so many souvenirs there because it is so cheap and I couldn’t stand not to buy those cute things. I bought a set of Beijing Olympic Games 2008 doll mascots for 40 Yuans. I bought many snacks and foods. I like their foods so much! They have almost the same taste with Indonesian foods. I think Indonesian foods got some influence from Chinese because in the previous time those kingdoms have a good trade relation. Although I’m not fussy on choosing foods but I think I’d luv to stay in China as it’s so easy for me to find cheap and yummy foods.

Fall in Luv wid Beijing

I really got the real Chinese culture experience there. Those people are so nice with the outsiders. They always try to smile and make me feel comfort. They do it deep from their hearth; likewise they do their best to serve me. I never heard that they speak bad word or swearing others, always try to be honest. It is so different with Western culture which I ever experienced.

Hiking The Great Wall was a bit scary.

Despite there are less people who can speak English, I really love Beijing. I’m planning to stay there for half a year or maybe a year to learn Mandarin as I need to add my language ability. At the moment I can only do three languages: my ethnic language (Batak) which is not really useful worldwide, Bahasa which is almost the same, and English with all the limitation. Well, I ever learn France, Japanese and Mandarin for a while but becoz I never practice it, I am never being advance on that.

There are a lot of things about Beijing which I want to share. In fact, I haven’t say anything about the flow of the conference.  I’ll write it on the next post. Just keep updating…