Wir feiern in Kraków

Eca und ich haben uns in Krakau getroffen. Eca hat in London ihren Master abgeschlossen und gleich fliegt sie (schon wieder) for good nach Indonesien. Bevor sie wieder zurückfliegen muss, macht sie (schon wieder) eine Reise in Europa :) Wir haben uns entschieden, in Krakau zu treffen und unseren Masterabschluss zu feiern. Schließlich habe ich ja auch vor kurzer Zeit meinen Master abgeschlossen.

Wir haben im Pink Panther Hostel übernachtet. Das Zimmer ist völlig ist in Ordnung und sauber. Die Treppe roch halt etwas muffig. Aber Preisleistungsverhältnis ist eigentlich sehr gut :)  Man muss aber aufpassen, denn die Wände sind sehr dünn.

Ich kam etwas später als Eca, weil mein Flugzeug nur einmal am Tag ist und nur Nachmittag. Als wir uns endlich getroffen haben, haben wir noch etwas gequatscht und sind dann zum Abendessen gegangen. Das Restaurant heißt U Babci Maliny. Ist ziemlich bekannt für polnische Küche. Sie verkaufen leckere Pierogi und Kotellet. Das Restaurant ist ziemlich ungewohnlich dekoriert aber hat ihr eigenes Thema.

Danach haben wir einen Spaziergang gemacht. Krakau ist sehr schön. Alte Stadt aber richtig schön und nett. Abends ist es trotzdem immer was los. Trotz Touristen-Stadt ist Krakau gar nicht teuer. Ich weiß net, wie mit Miete da aussieht. Aber Essen? Eca und ich haben zu zweit 2 Portionen und 3 Getränke nur 20€ ausgegeben. Vodka 2cl 1€. Ernsthaft?

Krakauer Tuchhallen

 Am Samstag waren wir früh los nach Auschwitz. Wir haben eine Tour gebucht. Das besteht aus 2 Teilen. Wir starteten in Auschwitz I. Da kann man noch ganz viel sehen. Wir konnten sogar die experimentelle Gaskammer gucken. Alles im originellen Zustand. Der Reiseführer hat ziemlich ausführlich erklärt.

Danach sind wir mit Bus zu dem zweiten Konzentrationslager weitergefahren (Auschwitz-Birkenau II). Das ist das KZ, das man in dem Film Schindlers Liste sieht. Richtig krass. KZ Auschwitz-Birkenau II hatte 6 Gaskammer und ist 20 Mal größer als KZ Auschwitz I. Da kann man die Ruine von den Gaskammern sehen. Im Gegenteil zu Auschwitz I wurde ganz viel im Auschwitz-Birkenau II vernichtet.

Auschwitz-Birkenau II

The Barbican

The Jewish Town

Wir haben nach der Tour noch gegessen und uns das jüdische Viertel angeguckt. Am Abend sind wir in die Kneipe Banialuka gegangen (nach der Empfehlung von dem Hostelteam). Diese Kneipe hat verschiedene Auswahl von Vodka-Cocktail, was ich noch nie in Deutschland gesehen habe. Die sind echt lecker. Wir haben Haselnuss-Vodka, Monkey Brain und Pink Candy probiert. Monkey Brain (Zitronenvodka mit Raspberry-Syrup und Bailey) war die Beste :) Prost!

Marienkirche

Am Sonntag haben wir bis 14 Uhr Zeit bevor wir zum Flughafen müssen. Ich war um 7 Uhr in der polnischen Messen ;) Wir haben um 9 Uhr gefrühstückt und sind zu Wawel gegangen. Wir haben uns für die Schatzkammer, Villa und Drachenhöhle entschieden.

Wawel Area

Wawel Drachenhöhle

Ich habe mich sehr gefreut, Eca wiedergesehen zu haben und wir haben auch gut gefeiert ;) Ich hoffe, das läuft auch weiterhin ganz gut bei Eca :) Alles Gute und viel Erfolg und viel Glück, Eca!

Reunian sm Jenov

Belum kok. Kali ini belum marathon. Nanti nih 2 minggu lg sm si Michele bakal marathon. Haha. Anyway, it was quite fun on Saturday meeting Jenov and Christoph in Cologne. Reunian lg sm Jenov stlh 2 thn! Untungnya kita ke sana rada pagian, jadi ga sesumpek yg biasa. And yeah, in comparison to last year, yesterday was not that full. Well, for Thomas it was still too full, but I have to admit, that it was not as crowded as I expected. I guess, a lot of people refused to go to Weihnachtsmarkt because of bomb issue by IS :(

Nice to meet you again, Jenov. See you next time. Ga usah nunggu weihnachtsmarkt kali yaa.. hahah :)

Jakarta n Bekasi: 3rd week

Sorry for the late post. It has been so stressful on the last days, that I just didn't feel like writing.
So I would continue the story of my holidays..

Here I was. Eating the legendary mie babi (pork noodle) in my beloved old high school. Oh, actually I was attending the school mass. But I was one hour late. Hahaha. Santa Ursula: some has been changed, but since changes are part of living activities, those were just ok (but please bring back Sr.Moekti as principal, huhu).

 Here it is. The legendary entrance floor of the green jail ;)

 And I was kidnapped to share my  love life in Germany. Thanks to Ibu Arimbi :)

 Then I hanged out with my childhood bestie.

 On Saturday, I was back again to my school and attending the saturday art class. Back to my old class: traditional dancing (I even taught the morning class).

 Like every Saturday after school 8-5 years ago: marching band time. Huff. Oh no, we actually just hanged around and ran away before our coach came and caught us :P

On Sunday, we went to Ancol for ngelarung and for heavy ramen brunch with Tesa, Om Luki and Tante Mir.

The day continued... Pro Akolit was not over yet ;)

 and the week was closed in a mass.hehe :)

X5: Gosh, it was 7 years ago

I didn't expect that my biology teacher has a hidden talent and mysterious hobby drawing her pupils during exams.. And one of the models was my class. And I was quite surprised that I'm on the drawing. Unbelievable! ;D

Complete with date and time, which class, which exam and even the total pupils in our class. Ckck
Well, you can find me on the top left there. I'm surprised that my teacher noticed that I'm left handed. I'm totally impressed ;)

Berani Keluar dari Zona Nyaman (lagi)?

Kangen juga nulis pake bahasa Indonesia. Belakangan ini gw jadi banyak merenung. Ada ketakutan-ketakutan yang belakangan hilang timbul yang membuat gw flashback, tapi gw (masih) ga bisa menemukan keberanian yang sama.

Gw flashback ke masa 4 tahun lalu. Sebelum gw berangkat ke Jerman. Kenapa akhirnya gw berani memutuskan untuk kuliah jauh bgt dari rumah. Kenapa, kenapa, kenapa? (dan gw ga inget). Sampe 4 tahun yang lalu, gw aktif bgt di gereja, terutama di misdinar. Buat gw, misdinar itu keluarga kedua gw. Di situ dulu gw bener-bener merasa nyaman. Dan kalo lw udah nyaman, pasti lw ga mau segala sesuatunya berubah kan? Kalo gw inget-inget, dulu ketua-ketua gw tiba2 pada sibuk kuliah, jauh2 (ok, definisi jauh: depok n bandung-bekasi, hehehe), yg udah pada kuliah, jd jarang punya waktu lg buat misdinar atau jarang mau sibuk lagi sm misdinar. Tiba-tiba, gw merasa sepiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii sesepi-sepinya. Gw berpikir "apa mereka ga merasa ini nyaman, seperti gw merasa ini nyaman? kenapa mereka ga mau, keep things just like the old days?" Saat itu gw berpikir, "the world changed, they changed, if they don't wanna stay, then I should also be the part of the change and nobody can stop me". Dari situ, I made myself new record of the definition of "far".

Sekarang gw lg di fase yang sama (lagi). Waktu gw lg ngerjain skripsi gw di labor, gw pengeeenn banget bisa kerja di labor itu lagi kalo gw udah selese. I find the people so warm hearted. I looked at each, just like how they are. Dengan personality mereka masing-masing, gw menganggap, satu labor gw itu sebagai satu paket. Jadi kalo ada yg kluar itu, kayak paket yang kurang, paket yang bolong. Nah jadi ceritanya, di labor gw ini lagi banyak pergantian personal. Okelah, student hampir setiap semester ada yg masuk ada yg kluar. Tapi ini mitarbeiternya (pegawainya) cing! Mulai dari partner dansa gw, temen baiknya, temen gw yg selalu bantuin gw, bentar lg temen seband gw. (semoga ga lebih banyak lg). Gw jadi bingung rasanya mau kerja di tempat ini apa ga. Emang sih sementara jadi lg banyak lowongan kosong walaupun belum ada proyek (which means ga ada kerjaan), tapi kalo sabar, pasti ada chancenya kerja di situ karena itungannya bukan orang baru. Di sisi lain, rasanya ada yg aneh, seolah-olah nempatin tempat orang yang lw pernah sayangin. Ya ga sih? Dari sini gw mulai berpikir lagi "will I also be the part of change? Pergi jauh lagi"

Sempet deh kepikiran buat melancong lagi, mgkn ke Belgia, Dublin, US. Iya banget. Rasanya gampang bgt waktu itu ngayalnya ya. Band gw, huh dulu sih bodo amat. Waktu itu pikiran gw, ya smpe konser pertama aja paling jadi tamu (feature of the band gitu lah). Sampe pada suatu malam, gw dapet SMS dari drummer band gw, 11 hari sebelum ultah gw. Dia bilang begini, "Gw pgn bilang ini sebelum terlambat, ....  Sejak kita bareng di band, kita sadar, kalau kita terikat secara emosional. Dlm bahasa Jerman istilahnya 'eine Bande' (sebuah ikatan) kepada sesuatu yang ga bisa dipisahkan. Cuma beda sedikit sm bahasa Inggris, tapi maknanya jauh lebih dalam. Stay with us, krn kamu bagian dari ikatan itu". Gw terenyuh. Sejak itu gw bener-bener jatuh cinta sama band gw. Gw bener2 merasakan, ini ikatan batin kita emang kuat ya. Sampe beberapa hari sebelum gw berlibur ke Indo, anggota band gw (yg paling tua) memutuskan keluar dari band, sampai waktu yg tidak bisa ditentukan. Alasannya masalah pekerjaan yg terlalu padat (di FH). Untungnya, band gw tidak bernasib seperti band gw yg satunya lagi, yg skrg bisa dibilang bubar jalan. Kita berusaha mengisi kekosongan. Coba sana coba sini. Dan sejauh ini, gw blm pernah ada di band yg seperti ini. Ikatan kita jadi semakin kuat. Dan gw ga mau menjadi orang selanjutnya yg mesti meninggalkan band yg sedang berusaha bangkit lg ini (itu namanya bikin repot).

Sejak itu, ini jadi kekhawatiran dan ketakutan terbesar gw. Gw cuma berpikir gimana caranya buat bisa dapet kerja atau master, yang penting gw bisa at least 2 minggu sekali pendeln ke Jülich (syukur-syukur tiap minggu)supaya gw ttp bisa main di band ini. Hari-hari gw jadi makin galau, mengingat gw cuma dapet rejection doang dan master pilihannya (tetep) jauh dari Jülich (yang gw pengen). Gw cm ga mau kuliah di Jülich, krn gw ga mau belajar itu lagi itu lagi. Tapi pilihannya jauh2 bgt.. Kalo ke Oldenburg, pendeln udah pasti ga murah dan lama bgt perjalanannya. Berapa lama gw akan bertahan pendeln ky gtu..

Gw berharap somehow, gw bisa mendapat kekuatan yang dulu gw punya waktu gw di Sanur. Bangun jam 4, berangkat sekolah jam 5, smpe rumah bisa jam 18 atau 19 (terutama pas kelas XII, bisa tiap hari kyna gini). Plus kalo pun emang harus pergi, gw bisa punya keberanian yang sama ky waktu dulu gw cabs ke Jerman.

Oh gees, gw bener-bener ga tau gimana harus memutuskan. Gw hanya berharap pada mukjizat......

#22 My Academics

Let's make a chronology.

KB Regina Frobel

My mom said, I was to eager to go to school. (I don't know who I was looking at, because I'm the oldest child in the family). It wasn't actually my time to go to school yet, because we started kindergarden at the age of 4. I was 3. So my parents put me in a playgroup near the house. They told me, after few month I refused to go to school. I was crying, crying if I had to. and I saw one pict of me crying also. You know the reason? I was pushed to write with the right hand, because none of the teachers is able to teach me to write with left. Weird school.

Playgroup MEC

so then I moved to a new school also near the housing. I think I was really glad to be there. I mean, I didn't remember much, but I still remember my teacher, Bu El ("Bu" is how people called an female adult, in this case, female teacher), who liked my brother's hair a lot, and Bu Mia. If I saw the class picture, I'm happy that I made good friendship with almost the half of them til now. They're Bayu, Charles and Renata (I guess Melissa also, not sure). We are schoolmates til junior high school.

TK Maria Yacinta

I was in A3 and B2?? Haha. I don't remember. Bayu, Renata, Charles, Melissa and I were in the same kindergarden, but not always in the same class. But with Melissa yes. I made friend also with Keke (a.k.a Yuke) and some other friends. My teachers were Bu Tri and Bu Caecil. I really liked to draw and play "teachers". I remember in my first year, I stood in the corner of the class while we were singing as I was also a teacher and the other friends were the pupils. How dare I. Haha. In the second year, I got grounded twice. First because I drew eyes and smiley lips on my orange during the cutting and glueing lesson. The second because I forgot to bring color pencils. Classic. My funny memories: I was once told to dance in group for a school event. We were practicing, practicing, practicing. But somehow I can't keep the song in mind, because both song and movement were repeated the whole time, and I found it sounded the same. My teacher -unluckily- asked me to be the leader of the group. and what happened on the day? I made my own choreography and the others were following me without any protests :P

SD Marsudirini

Primary school. I was a brat. Well I might not naughty in a physical way, but I became a backstabber. and I totally hate it if I remembered about it. SHAME on ME. So, I was in the class: 1F (Bu Novi & Bu Christine),2F (Pak Markus),3F (Bu Novi),4B (Pak Eko),5C (Bu Eta),6D (Pak Stef). "Pak" is how we call a male adult, in this case a male teacher. Yeah, I got the same classmates from class 1-3, and one friend of mine, whose name also Felicia, was always in the first rank. Since I wasn't in the same class with her, I started to achieve that place also. \m/

SMP Marsudirini

Junior high school. I was in the class I-G (Pak Andri), II-B (Bu Sri), III-C(Bu Ndari, I almost forgot),  hope these are right, hahaha. Score was totally fine, I was even delegated to national math olympiade. Unfortunatelly, not smart enough for that. Haha. I failed in the province selection. But I love math. Really. Maybe it because of the teacher, who WE (Rafliska and I) loved a lot!! Rafliska and I weren't even in the same class, but we were taught by the same charming math teacher, whose daughter name Dita as well. And every time after math exams we went to see each other and ask for score. It was amazing. How we told each other what this charming teacher spoke to us, what he wore, his motorbike, where he lives. It was just...... funny to remember. We were really fall in love in the same guy. Well, at least before I joined the school band. The drummer was cool. He was my KB-mate. But he had a girlfriend. Then I felt in first love with the coordinator of messdiener-organization. Was quite long and it hurts! But then short before graduated, I was in a relationship in my classmate. He was shy, but we both did great, though we broke up 6 months after.

SMA St.Ursula (Senior High School)

This is the reason why we broke up. He continued in the same school as before, met some girls because it's a heterogent school and I was stucked in an all-girl-school. This school successfully turned my life upside down. I used to be the first, but here I didn't even in the first 11 rank. Horrible. By the time I got used to that, without ignoring hard work. This was the school I had dreamt to be in, since I was in primary school, because I saw they played The Sound of Music in the theater. and I dreamt if I entered that school, I could convince them to play as Maria. (Hahaha, I remind you, I have all the songs of The Sound of Music in mind).

But then when I was in Junior high, I bet with one of my best friends, who will be the first, stepping on the marching battle field. She went to Tarakanita. I landed here. Well I was the first as official, but she was the first as player :) Yes we were in the marching band group. I played in the front percussion. Life was hard there. Mostly because I pendled all the time, woke up at 4 o'clock, being home at 7 in the evening. I was even suggested to my headmaster in front of public (my 3rd year mates), that she should open the hall as a dormitory for the pendlers. It was hard. Really. But the hard work worthed. I'm proud to be graduated from this school. Oh ya, I was in the class: X-5 (Bu Pandi), XI-IPA 3 (Pak Eko), XII IPA 3 (Pak Arif). and I got two awesome best friends, who were always in the same class with me, except for the art and language classes: Eca and Yulia. And Eca is still struggling with me, studying in Germany. Her major is chemical engineering, major she had been dreaming of, at least since we met each other. And I know she is going to be a good engineer :)

Freshman Institute

In comparison to my senior high, this step was pretty easy. Thank God I didn't have to redo the english exam and that they accepted my IELTS Certificate. So, I graduated with good score. Thank you to my german teachers. Really they are awesome.

FH Aachen

yuhuu: Bachelor of Engineering :) Biomedical engineering, the major I took 3 years ago, just simply it sounded pretty äämm complicated. Haha. But the deaf people, they are inspiring. Thanks to them I could finish the study. Having my own aim, my own ambition 5 cm in front of my forehead. My surrounding is supporting to study, comfortable. I've been all the time busy with important and unimportant stuffs. Haha. I rarely felt bored.

Soooo,, I need to sleep. Counting cells tomorrow morning and I haven't packed for the trip to Hannover. Tomorrow I'm going to Hannover,yeay! Andreas is doing defence, I just want to be there, as a listener.

The Meet Up

My best Friend, Theresia Austin (a.k.a Eca), who now studies in Darmstadt, came visit Cologne with her mom. I had the honor to be a tour guide for a day (although not a good one) but surely it was a nice cozy time. Nice wetter, nice chat and nice company! What do I need more? :) Thanks a lot to Eca and her Mom.. Have a nice and safe trip around Germany and Europe. Hope to see you again soon :))

So here are some photos! Have fun sight seeing :)

get off from the train in Cologne. Welcome :)

outside and inside the cathedral

Hohenzollernbrücke: Bridge of Love

Cologne from above :)

just married :)

 Cologne from Deutzer Side

Our lunch at Great Wall Restaurant, delicioso!

at Brauhaus, tried some (alcohol free) Kölsch Beer. Prost!

Cathedral at night