Friday, September 14, 2012

take me to another planet please!

Do you ever feel that you are nobody?.  Do you ever feel that you are just...NOTHING?!.  Do you ever feel that the world bring you DOWN?

Sit in eleventh grade with brainy classmates then it makes me think I am the dumb one....
I am in despair right now.
I am afraid of my scores.  I am afraid I won't get the university that I want.  I am afraid I won't be success.




I AM AFRAID OF FAILURE T_T

Monday, June 25, 2012

Akhirnya Lulus

Dapet sms kalo gue lulus LIA...wih seneng banget.  Tapi apa yang membuat gue sangat senang? yap, bisa keluar dari LIA.  Bukan karena LIA itu jelek atau apa kok, cuma gue bosen les bahasa inggris ditempat yang sama dari kelas 4 sd sampai kelas 1 sma non-stop alias lanjut terus.  Btw, gue paling muda loh di kelas yang buat sma *nyombong* haha karena gue alhamdulillah langsung masuk IN-4 pas masuk dan itu masih kelas 9 smp.  Sebenernya gue juga serius gak enak kalo jadi anak bawang rasanya gimana gitu (feeling doang padahal biasa aja) pas awal-awal masuk gue pingin nangispingin keluar karena levelnya ketinggian dan gue takut *inilebayabis*.

Sampe akhirnya gue bisa mencapai HI-4. Level terakhir.  Bisa dibilang dilevel itu "berat", karena bakalan disuruh presentasi "sesuatu" terserah apa aja tapi ini semacam kaya buat skripsi gitu.  Gak langsung bikin slide, awalnya disuruh buat essay dulu.  Nah, essaynya itu harus puurrrrrrr fect.  Setiap minggu gue harus konsul ke mr.nya buat dibenerin essaynya itu.  Jadi, gue les hari jum'at konsulnya dihari lain selain hari jumat itu.  Ribet emang, nyari topik juga harus pas dalam artian harus bener-bener tau apa yang mau dipresentasikan harus bener-bener bisa ngejelasin ke guru kalo gak gitu..end (baru topik & outline doang).  Udah dapet topik, udah bikin outline jadi udah beres tahap 1 abis itu buat deh essaynya (minimal 650 kata), konsul tiap minggu. Essay selesai bikinlah slidenya abis itu presentation practice baru tes yang "benerannya" minggu depan.

Presentasinya itu nanti bakal ditanya sama 2 orang guru + temen-temen yang lain yang mau pada nanya.  Gue sih minta tolong 3 temen gue nanyain sesuai apa yang gue kasih tau, jadi udah tau jawabannya *kayagitudisuruhguruguejuga. 

Awalnya gue kira bakalan failed....gara-gara pas nulis essay buat written test belum sampe conclusionnya dan nilai essaynya pasti dibawah 20.  Tapi akhirnya, alhamdulillah gue lulus...

Gue harap gak ada lagi ceritanya yang ngambil topik yang ribet kaya gue gini :(

The Problems with Living Cost in Foreign Country
 Study abroad, especially in Europe, America, or Australia is very interesting.  In my opinion, the quality of education in foreign country is better than in Indonesia.  By studying abroad, students will get prestige because of their educational background and they will get a job easier in Indonesia for sure.  But somehow, study abroad can cause so many problems.  One of the problems is the problem in living cost.  Living cost in foreign country can make some problems to students who study abroad, such as; the cost for food, research, and accommodation.
The first problem is the cost for food.  In our country, the food price is commonly reasonable even www.lonelyplanet.com said that Indonesia is the cheapest travel destinations in Asia; it includes the cost for food.  But it is different in foreign country.  The price of the food might be not as affordable as in Indonesia.  The use of dollar which is equals to around 9.000 IDR and use of Euro which is equals to around 11.000-12.000 IDR could be the reason why the food cost there is quite expensive especially for us, Indonesian people.  Based on www.mytravelcost.com the food cost in United States of America is 48% more expensive than in Indonesia, it is surely a big difference.  As examples, price of the white rice in Indonesia is around 3.000-5.000 rupiah per portion but in America it could be 10.000-18.000 rupiah per portion even in Europe the price of the white rice per portion is could up to 3.5US$ which is equals to 33.000 rupiah and 1lb bananas in Indonesia is 7.000 rupiah, in United States it is 1.6US$ which is equals to 15.000 rupiah and in Europe it could be 2.6US$ which is equals to 25.000 rupiah.  The impact of the expensive food for us as Indonesians is, if we want to eat at the restaurant the price of the food is not affordable.  The restaurant in foreign country is usually sell good food.  If we want to find the cheaper one, it is commonly junk food or fast food which is not healthy that will affect to our body.
Students in America and Europe are usually do researches for assignment and make a thesis for the college students.  Doing researches in foreign country could make us spend a lot of money.  The cost of doing a research is the second problem of the living cost, especially for doing the social research.  In social research, people usually do a survey to many respondents.  They are not always in the same city or even in the same country.  They could be in abroad or really in far place.  It means that we will spend our money for the transportation fare.  Expensive fuel prices in almost all countries in Europe and America could be the cause why the transportation fare there is not cheap.  The problem is not only in the transportation but also in the equipment.  After asking the respondents, researcher will analyze the data by doing computation that use statistical software.  In Indonesia we could get the software easily by buying pirated software with cheap price, but not in abroad, especially America.  The use of software is under the law, this rule is really strict.  It is really an illegal thing if someone provides software or web services at cost without a license.  Because of that, the statistical software could be very expensive and surely will make difficult to us to do the computation or analyze the data.And the last problem of living cost is in the accommodation.  Finding a place to stay in foreign country is difficult.  
If we study abroad surely the students want a comfortable and ideal place to stay for a long time, even some of them wondering to have a good apartment appropiate with their appetite.  Yes, students can rent an apartment or flat to stay.  But, as a student, rent an apartment is exactly very expensive.  In America, renting an apartment for a month could cost at least 900US$ which is equals to 8.500.000 rupiah but the students also must pay the flat rate which is includes the electricity charge, charge to connect to the internet (if we use it out of certain hours of the day), and also charge for the services.  If we want to find a place to stay which is cheaper than an apartment we can stay at a dormitory.  A dormitory in Indonesia could cost 180.000-600.000 rupiah per month but in Canada it cost at least 650US$ per month that is equals to 6 million rupiah.  Even though there is a place to stay beside an apartment, such as; dormitory but it still not reasonable for students from Indonesia.
So, study abroad has many advantages but also has its drawbacks.  The expensive cost for the food, research, and accommodation can make us difficult to use some facilities that we really need as students to study.  Study abroad sounds very interesting but it also can make some problems in the living cost.



Friday, June 22, 2012

22-06-2012

22 Juni 2012

Pembagian rapor..alhamdulillah gue rankingnya naik 4 jadi ranking 6 masih 10 besar lah dan masuk IPA.   Sebenernya gue juga gak tau kenapa milih IPA, gue juga bingung -_-.  Semoga aja itu jurusan yang tepat aaaammmmiin.  Selain itu ada hal yang membuat gue seneng yaitu score TOEFL prediction gue 533 yang alhamdulillah banget bagus dan paling tinggi di kelas, tapi sayangnya score yang didapat belum mencapai angka 550 (ada beberapa lembaga yang menargetkan 550), gapapalah ini juga baru pertama kali gue ikut TOEFL dan TOEFL prediction pula wks.

Ditanggal 22 gue juga mengalami 2 perpisahan sekaligus.  Pembagian rapor itu kan udah bisa disebut perpisahan bagi gue karena gue gak akan sekelas lagi sama anak-anak @exventrumX7 yang asik-asik, yang gokil, yang sering buat guru marah, yang ada aja lawakan setiap hari.   Kejadian yang paling berkesan buat gue adalah saat NEMU TOKEK GEDE ITEM di meja bisa-bisanya ada tokek nemplok di sisi meja gue dan ica, yang lawak itu adalah saat temen-temen nangkep itu tokek lucu mampus.  Terus pas gue diomelin sama Bu Harti, guru sejarah sampe disuruh keluar bareng ica haha (temen gue beberapa juga ada sih yang disuruh keluar dikemudian hari...) untungnya aja ibu-ibu sejarah orangnya ramah maksimal.  Ada juga guru yang anak-anak sering panggil "BN" dan "bu jreng".  BN itu guru salah satu pelajaran ips di kelas X gue menyebut dia "queen" saking kalo masuk kelas pasti ada aja yang salahlah apalah,pokoknya semuanya harus perfecto deh, sering ngasih tugas yang tijel dan gue sering gak ngerti maksud tugas dia tuh apa yang ujung-ujungnya juga boro-boro deh nilai atau tanda tangan tapi cuma paraf.  Kalo lagi ngabsen suaranya sengaja dikecil-kecilin biar perhatian menuju ke dia, yaampun kecil banget deh suaranya.  Terus bu jreng, kata yang lain sih si ibu yang satu itu selalu bikin esmosi bawaannya pingin marah melulu kalo ngomong sama beliau ngasih tugas juga seabrek-abrek.  Tapi yang bikin beliau lawak itu adalah facebooknya yang foto-fotonya bisa bikin semua sakit perut dan hebringnya dandanan serta betapa genitnya si ibu. Semua itu gak bakalan bisa gue lupain.  Gue sekarang cuma bisa berharap semoga kelas 11 nanti bisa sekelas sama yang baik-baik aja deh pokoknya solid.

Perpisahan yang kedua adalah ditanggal itu tepatnya gue udah resmi pisah sama anak-anak ruangan 210. Kemarin itu presentasi, tinggal nunggu final result dan setelah itu bisa dibilang udah gak ada yang namanya level-levelan lagi kecuali kalo yang mau masuk conversation,toefl preparation, dll.  Tetep aja itu gak memungkinkan buat sekelas, mustahil.  Belum lagi juga banyak yang gak ngelanjutin les di LIA.  Mana belom sempet foto bareng -_-.  Mau ketemuan nanti juga susah, karena ini temen les yang rumahnya pada jauh-jauh.  Gue termasuk yang baru sih di R.210 itu karena gue cuma setahun sama mereka.  Yak, setahun.  Bakalan kangen banget-bangetan sama anak-anak 210 (re: Hafizhah, Endi, Acong, Tharikh, Dania, Tiza, Yemima, Grace, Pipin, Ricky, Dhati, Rinda, Refi).


It is so great to spent a year with all of you.  Je t'aime mes amis :')







Tuesday, June 12, 2012

We have something in common Connor...

   This morning I read in my subscribed magazine about Connor Maynard, a british singer.  It is the first time I could see Connor in magazine and many things about him in google since I just found two or five pictures about him and there was none of articles which are related to him on google before.  I have known him one year ago when I was searching for "Next to You" video of Justin Bieber nay, I found Connor Maynard singing with Ebony Day covering it so beautifully even Connor playing the piano.  One word that I can describe about his voice is sexy.  I ever thinking "how come a person like him can't be as famous as Justin Bieber?", it is really confusing me.  And today I read that NeYo want to work with him because he likes the way Connor singing Beautiful Monster and Because of You and it means sooner or later Connor gonna be famous!.  Connor deserve it, absolutely.
   And then, both of me and Connor was born on November 21st!!!.  Besides of Bjork and Carly Rae Jepsen who was born on November 21st too.   But I was on 1996 and he was on 1992.  At least both of us have something in common hehe.








Wolesmania

   Pasti semua udah sering denger kata "woles".  Woles itu kebalikan dari kata "selow".  Maksud selow atau woles ini adalah nyantai.  Jadi kira-kira definisi woles seperti itu.
   Kadang  saya suka iri liat teman-teman yang bisa woles dalam keadaan segenting apapun berhubung saya ini orangnya bisa dibilang panikan a.k.a remping rempong.  Contohnya, seperti tugas yang harusnya dikumpulin hari itu juga atau beberapa menit kemudian mereka yang "wolesmania" kukuh sama sekali gak ngerjain, sekalipun gurunya killer.  Tapi, pada akhirnya problem solved (tugasnya baru dikumpulin bulan depan bahkan beberapa bulan ke depan).  
     Menurut saya dengan menerapkan perilaku woles, kita menjadi lebih enjoy dalam menjalani hidup.  Gak usah stress mikirin ini itu dan gak pusingin apa kata orang.  Sehubungan dengan efek stress yang banyak, contohnya rambut rontok.  Buat cewek-cewek gak mau kan kalau rambutnya rontok terus lama-lama jadi botak? gak cantik lagi deh.  Efek stress yang lainnya adalah...bunuh diri yang sama aja seperti mengambil jalan pintas menuju neraka jahannam.  Dengan gak pusingin apa kata orang, kita jadi lebih pede dalam menunjukkan siapa diri kita yang sebenarnya kan?.  Kalau apa yang kita lakukan itu memang buruk itu lain.
     Gak mau kan kena efek stress yang lebay itu?dan gak mau juga kan sakit hati dan nangis mulu setiap hari gara-gara terlalu mikirin apa kata orang tentang dirimu?.  So, keep woles and you will enjoy your life more and more.  Tapi jangan terlalu woles karena segala sesuatu yang berlebihan itu poisonous!