16. Summer in Seoul

I just finished read a novel title ‘ Summer In Seoul’. The novel written by Ilana Tan. I borrowed this novel from Zata. She and Dwi have read this novel first. I am curious about the plot so, I decided to borrowed it. At the beginning I bored to read it but fortunely it didn’t happen for a long time. Page by page I have read and make me more interesting to continue reading the novel. From the title we of course can guess that the setting is in Seoul, South Korea. Summer in Seoul talks abaout the girl who live in Seoul alone. She study there and while she is studying there, she also work at a famous boutique. Her parents stayed in Jakarta. Her father is Korean but he decided to live in Jakarta with her mother while she decided to study in Korea. He has a best friend who always there for her if she need her help.

One day, she back from his office. She felt so stress at the time because of her boss. She grumbled all the way and she came into a market to buy some foods. In the market she met a man who looked so mature, friendly and calm. When she in front of the cashier to pay the food that she took, she couldn’t find her wallet while the man stood behind her. She put outside all the things in her bag to make sure the wallet was in her bag. She take a long time to find her wallet so, the cashier let the man to pay first. Suddenly the man’s phone was ringing then he answered the call. After ended the phone, he put his phone on the chasier’s table. Before he put his phone on the chasier’s table, the girl already put her cellphone on the cashier’s table first and the man put his cellphone beside her cellphone. They have a same cellphone, the type, the colour and even the ringtone is same. After finished pay at the cashier’s the man took a wrong cellphone. He didn’t checked it first. He tought it was his cellphone so, he didn’t realize that he took the girl’s cellphone. The stiry began from that.

When she go out from the market, suddenly the phone was ringing. She answered the call but she confused because the man who made a call mentioned a strange name. the girl didn’t know who the man that he mean. After ended the call, she just realized that it wasn’t her. She was sure that the man took a wrong cellphone. She tried to call back the man who mentioned a strange name. The man who was in the market is a manager. His artist is a famous singer in Korea. The manager asked her to come to his house to bringing back the cellphone. When she arrived in his house, the manager welcomed her very well and said sorry for his mistakes. She also met with the artist. At the first time, there wasn’t something strange between them but finally they both fell in love each other and there are some obstacles that they must pass.

It’s a romantic story. It can make my imagination fly away. I imagine if I were is the girl I don’t know whether I can pass all off the obstacles or not. The girl can pass the obstacles patiently and always try to stay calm in every problem even it must be hard for her. Summer in Seoul is not the one and only Ilana Tan’s novel. There are also other novel like autumn in Paris, Winter in Tokyo and the last is Spring in London. I will read all of them and will tell you about the story later.

15. Studying Abroad or Not?

Have you considered to studying abroad? If you ask anybody who has studied abroad, he or she will most certainly tell you that it is a life changing experience and one of the most rewarding things he or she has ever done. Studying abroad will give you many adavantages. When you choose to studying abroad you will give you a better chance to improve your language skill and give you benefits in your career.

Fristly, We have chance to improve our language. I think there is no better and more effective way to learn a language than to be immersed in a environment that the people speak the language you are learning. When you suddenly find yourself immersed in a world where everyone speaks in another language, you may be scare if you can’t understand what they are talking about. It will make you try hard and motivated yourself to speak like them everytime. Furthermore, language learning happens most quickly when you surrounded by the language. For example, when you are studying abroad in Holland. You will find dutch language in everywhere, in the store, on the street, in the station, on TV and another places, seeing and hearing people speak in dutch everyday. You can’t get away from it. Everything will become easier when you accustomed with those activities.

There are many career opportunities when you have completed your study abroad. Nowdays, job vacancy for graduating students are very competitive. You’re not only competing for jobs with students from your university or your country but also you’re competing with students from across the world. A study abroad experience on your resume will distinguish you from the others. Moreover, Study abroad identifies you as confident, able to learn quickly and adapt to changing conditions. In job interviews, you can discuss how your overseas experience that make you more independent, responsible, organized, and innovative.

However, studying abroad is expensive. You have to pay not only for your school fees but also for our living cost. But we can find scholarship so that you can studying abroad without spend your money. For example, Ahmad Fuadi, Negeri 5 menara writer also got some scholarship to studying abroad in some countries. He can studying abroad because of scholarship.

In summary, studying abraod offers great opportunities for a better future. It also challenges you how survive you are to live in other country and can make you more independent.

14. Sunday Morning

It is Sunday. It is a lazy time and I will enjoy my Sunday. I woke up in the morning then I took a bath, grabbed my breakfast and watched the television. There is not an interesting progamme in this Sunday. Actually I want to visit my friend’s house but she is not in the house, so I just can stay in the house. By the way I have a presentation tomorrow. I have philosophy presentation. I will presentation about the differences between science and knowledge. I am in the last group with Dwi and Sri. Although it is a group presentation, the lecturer asked us to devided the material so each of us must discuss different case. I will explain about the differences between science and knowledge, Dwi will explain about the way to get science and Sri will explain the differences between science and philosophy. So, when my friends ask about the differences between science and knowledge, I have to solve and answer by my self. I can’t tell to Dwi nor Sri because they both don’t mastered the topic.

I am worry about tomorrow. I am afraid I can’t answer the questions from my friends. I have already prepared myself from last week. I borrowed some book from the books then I read it. I also browsed in the internet about my topic. I must mastered the topic so that I can answer the questions from my friends well. I hope my friend won’t give me a difficult question. I am a nervous person but I wish I could handle it and I can relax when the presentation begin. Tomorrow will be the last meeting for philosophy before final exam. Two days ago my friend lent me movie and I think I should watch this movie.

Suddenly my mother called me and asked me to accompanied her buy a uniform for my little sister. My sister will leave her kindergarten and will enter elementary school soon. I hope my sister will be a good student in her school. Then when arrived at home, I continue to watching the movie. Although I am watching the movie, my mind is not focus on it. I still nervous for tomorrow. Sri texted to me and she said that she also feel the same thing, she also nervous for presentation tomorrow. I try to calm down and enjoy to watch the movie and I did it. I can handle it and forget about the presentation for a moment. I am back to the book, read the subject again and again. Almost midnight now and it means I have go to bed now. I have classs at 9 am tomorrow. I have to get up early and I won’t to be late. I wish the presentation will run very well. good night.

13. THIS IS IT!

When I look at the big poster of Michael Jackson, suddenly remember the moment when I was join in ‘Flashmob Beat It’. It held on October last year. I was on first semester at the time. Flashmob beat it is a programme where the Michael Jackson’s fans get on together to remembering Michael Jackson. It held at Kelapa Gading and I am one of the participant. I am so interested in to join in that programme because in that programme, I can meet other Michael’s fans from various region. Mr. Irwin as a leader of the show, taught us to how to dance beat it. Besides has function to assemble Michael’s fans, it also has a purpose to singing and dancing together. We should walk around the mall then we singing and dancing together. It will attrack people’s attention and that is our purpose. This programme presented by a fanpage named Michael Jackson Indonesia. Mr. Irwin, Abil, Felicia, Melani and Angie are admins of that fanpage. They held this programme because they want to welcome ‘This Is It’ movie which will release on 28ˮ October 2011.

We are so exciting when heard that the movie also play in Indonesia theatre. They gave special offers to the public. If you take a part in this programme, you will get a premier ticket to watching This Is It movie, a big poster, and limited This Is It shirt. There are only fifty shirts in Indonesia. You also can get This Is It cd if you being the lucky one. I want to have all those things so I decided to join in this show. I asked my friend who also Michael’s fans to join in. He can dancing like Michael Jackson did. He learns how to dancing like Michael and now he can dance every move of Michael’s dancing. When the show start, we start to dancing and singing beat it in front of many people. Move from one place to another place. If the song was over, we will run to another place and start to dancing and singing again. We did it for one hour. It was quite tiring but I had fun and really enjoy the show.

When we finished to dancing and singing, the admins will give marchandises to the participants. We can get a very big poster and premier ticket but for limited t-shirt the admins gave it randomly. They called the participants’ name. actually I am not sure that I would get the t-shirt but suddenly one of admin, Felicia called my name. When I heard she called my name, I am very exicited. I got the limited t-shirt. How lucky I am. Then the admins made a quiz. Whoever who can dance like Michael, will get a This Is It cd. Other participant who can dance went to stage and the admin will give a score. one of the participant is my friend. He did it! He dances very well, so he got the cd. I didn’t took a part of the quiz because I can’t dance like he did. The ticket already in my hand. I will watch the movie the next week with another participants.

I am so happy being a participant of the show. I got everything. New friends , new experience and happiness. That’s only happen once in my lifetime. I can feel the enthusiasm from other participants. That’s all dedicated to the king of pop, Michael Joseph Jackson. This is it! We love you Mike J

12. Senior High School

It was five years ago since I was graduated from senior high school. It is a along time ago and now I am an english letter student on fourth semester. Sometimes when I remember about my senior high school, I want to back to be a student of senior high school. I miss all of the things there. My teachers, friends,environment and everything. I am a shy person and I also rather introvert to other people but when I was on first grade, I found someone who always make me comfortable when I was with her and she also very amusing me. When first time I saw her, I never thought that she will be my close friend. Day by day and month by mont finally I feel so comfortable when I talked to her and I can share everything to her. From that moment we being close friend until now.

When I feel very comfortable to someone, I will tell everything that happened to me that’s why I can share everything to her. Furthermore, My close friend is can be trusted. We were in the same class when we were on first grade.when we were on second grade, we didn’t have a same class ,so we apart but when we were on third grade we get sama class anymore and she sat beside me. Then when we passed from the national exam, we choosed same university to continue our study. We choosed State Islamic University and State Jakarta University. We were going for the test together, we were struggling together and we hope we both can pass the test. When an announcements were out, we both failed to enter State Jakarta University but when succeseed to enter State Islamic University, she failed. She cried and very sad in that day. As a friend, I won’t let her cry and sad all they. I tried to amusing her but I failed. She fell in the deep sadness.

It doesn’t matter if we go to different university, the most important thing is we keep contact each other. She goes to UHAMKA University now as a mathematic student while, I go to State Islamic University. If we miss each other, she will visit or call me so do I. We always meet on the weekend lately. I also miss my teachers. A few day ago I communicate with one of my teacher. I wrote something on her facebook. I am worry she is not recognize me anymore but I am wrong. She still remember me as her student. What a relief! She taught me Indonesia language when I was on first grade. I ever got a punishment because I came late. The class began at 12.40 pm but I arrived at school at 12.50 pm. Not only me who got a punishment but another my friends also got it. The teacher not allowed us to join her class and asked us to stood in the field. That’s be my first and my last time got the punishment from my teacher.

In the end, senior high school is a very unforgetable moment. There are so many thing that I passed when I was in senior high school. Senior high school is a moment where you are growing up being a mature and wise person. You should start to think wisely and learn to take wise decision. you have to thinking before you action.

11. Final Exam

Next week I will get final exam. The time ran so fast. I have to prepare myself and study hard to get a good score. Before the final exam begin, I have to finish my duties which I haven’t done. I also have to work hard to finish all duties. I have finishing my journal writing. There are twenty two journals which I have to write. It’s quite hard but fortunely I have finished some of them. When writing the journals I like to be alone in my room. I need a silence so that I can concentration and focus on my writing. I don’t like someone distrube me when I try to concertration and I also need inspiration to write. My lecturer asks my friend and I to post the journals on the blog. Actually I already have a blog before but I didn’t post something else for a long time and because this assignments I start to posting again J

The questions for final exam must be harder than middle test. I can guess it. All I can do is just study hard and pray so that I won’t get bad score. I have to study together again with my friends who already mastered the material for final exam. For literature, my lecturer gave us a drama text and short story to summarize. She said that we don’t need to get final exam. We just need to summarize the drama text and short story and it will submitted next Friday. The drama text is quite long the the language is spoken language and sometimes not based on true structure. It’s quite hard for me to understand the word but I won’t give up. I have to do my best. I have to get good score.

For philosophy exam I hope the lecturer will let us to open book. Then for my SPI task, the lecturer asked us to improve our paper and will submitted on next Wednesday. For listening and linguistic will have a same schedule for final exam. The schedule for them is next Wednesday. I think I can’t breath this week because so many duties I have to do. Fortunely, my Indonesian language assignment’s done. I already submitted the assignment last week. Those assignments are enough for warming up before get the final exam. Those assignments also almost make my head explode. Next semester I will sit on the fifth semester. Like I said before I feel the time ran so fast. The last, I hope I can do my final exam very well and I get a good score. I wish God would guide me to write the right answer.

10. Should We Speak English anytime or not?

English language is a language which always uses in everywhere and everyone. Day by day we think that we should can speak english. As an international language, english is important and needed. Many people use english as their daily language even the students in another country learn how to speak english well. In their school of course there is english language lesson. Although english is needed and used by everyone in everywhere, it doesn’t mean we must speak english anytime. Eventhough english is important, but not everyone can’t speak english and as Indonesian we also have to speak in Indonesian language so that we are not forget with our own language.

Most importanly, the country which not uses english as a main language like Indonesia don’t need to speak english all the time. In Indonesia, not all the societies can speak english. For example, when you meet a boy in a small village then you ask something to him I don’t think he will understand what you are asking or when you are chatting with your friends about something and you speak english maybe some of your friends don’t understand what are you talking about. How come that could happen? Because they don’t accustomed speak english as their daily language. Maybe they understand what are you talking about but just a little bit. Furthermore english is not their main language. In this case you just can speak english with certain people.

I think some people in Indonesia are not enjoy speak english anytime. As Indonesian we also have to speak in our own language. If we speak english anytime, one thing to be afraid is they don’t interest anymore to speak in Indonesia because they consider speak english is a lifestyle. Whoelse will speak in Indonesia if not we? Should Indonesian language erased from this world? We may not forget with our mother language. Who knows that someday could be an international language?

Some people claim that speak english anytime is a lifestyle so, they will speak english all anytime and anywhere. However, I think some people don’t think so. They just speak english in certain time. When they meet their colleague from other country while their colleague can’t speak Indonesia, you may use english to communicate. Even when you study abroad and you meet with other Indonesian, I think you shouldn’t speak english anytime. You have own language, Indonesia so, why you don’t try to speak Indonesia anytime?

in short, for me speak english anytime is not needed because in Indonesia, english language is not main language. You have to adaptable with your environment.