OH GOD.
I’M SOOOO OVERLOADED WITH PRESENTATION-MAKING.
2 final presentations in 1 month, with your limited capability of constructing presentation, AND your hidden ability to turn something into candy2 presentation, just killed the fact that you are destined to make 2 presentation in your final semester in Germany.
OK. OK.
So, why so confident?
here’s a thing. I have a project of mine, starting from last week, actually it started when i kind of having a personal message with one of my bestest friend. I messaged him in late night (noted: late night in Germany means super super early morning, 2 AM i think). I didn’t hope he replied it right away, so i just put everything i needed to tell him rightaway because i don’t know why, this problem of mine, i think he understood it the best. I think he kind of feel that i had this problem since he met me, but it actually a big relieved to know at least one person knew my problem. You don’t need to know it, it’s problem that never wanted to help and i just need to get back on track.
So…why i like myself??
1. i’m brave, not confident. I can do weird thing (like, calling random guy and waving at him when my friends had this dare-games towards me)
2. I’m perfectionist. I knew this since junior high and i felt the greatness of it. It could be an advantage or disadvantages, depends on the occasion. Sometimes it really is tricky, especially when you just had super short time, but you need to do everything (and in your own standard) on time. Stress just strike then.
3. I love my face. I love my nose and i love my eyebrow. I think they’re beautiful, thanks to my super beautiful mom who always takes care of me since i was a baby. She did everything she could EVERYDAY (translate: she rubbed my nose everyday when i was a baby so that my father-inheritance-small nose changed into a great/better shape and…IT DID). She also abandoned me to cut my eyebrow even though lots of magazine told me to ‘tidying up’ my super thick eyebrow. But she insisted that…NO! KEEP IT LIKE IT USED TO. so, i’m a mama’s girl and i do followed her rules until now and i’m not planning to change it.
4. I love my teeth. Thanks again, mom, for rubbing my teeth everyday so that my teeth fell in the right position when i grew up. And yes, when all girls had to wear braces and had to go to dentists every 3 months or something, i just had a perfect lineup of teeth right away.
5. I think i’m funny. Hm…am i?
6. I have great fighting spirit. I love catching all my dreams and get to where i want to be. Like right now, here i am, getting what i thought it just a dream, laying on my couch in Germany, while thinking about home
7. I’m a great shopper. Ask me to buy everything with low price and good quality, i think i master it soooo much. Although sometimes it destroyed me also. Damn it.
8. I love my way of dressing up. I just love to mix and match all stuffs (even though it’s not pricey, sometimes i thrifted it in local thrift market, and i can sometimes beat my friends who actually bought their stuffs in much higher level stores. Well, nobody’s perfect, sometimes i just did something ugly and look super hideous instead. Well….
9. I love learning. I love to learn something that could challenged me even more.
10. I had high determination towards what i want
11. I (Starting to) love my crazy hair. Turns out, finding the right conditioner, right styles, and right shampoo is the key. And right hair dresser who won’t-cut-your-bangs-into-stupid-front-bangs.
12. I love saving money. Well, also an advantage and disadvantage
13. I think i had a great motherhood angel lied in my brain. I think i love taking cares of others, especially my closest relations, making sure they got what they wanted, and i’m extremely happy when i saw their happy faces
14. I love living healthy. I did a routine workout activity (at least 2-3 times a week, whether inside house or outside house)
15. I don’t do drugs and do things that could harm my organs literally (what the heck am i putting this as my likeness point???)
16. I dont want my friends fell in the same mistakes that i did
17. I’m independent. I could take care of myself, away from my parents. But i think…i just don’t really open to them. That’s why i need to get home really fast, make everything clear, and i will wash out this thing out of me.
18. I love making as-high-as-i-could-be dream. Well…even Pinnochio wished upon a star.
19. I have great eyelashes. I love love love my eyelashes
20. I pretty have a great leg (i hope so). I never regret my leg, although my arms a little bit flabby, but i got it from my mama so never felt ashamed of it.
20 for starter, more coming up later!
(girls, you SHOULD make this list also! Turns out, this is really really great! WOW, can’t believe it)
Today’s sooooooooo great!
One of my most-interesting-subject-ever, Challenge and Perspective of European Integration, had this task which is pretty interesting: European day exhibition! (Indonesian mood come, so…this will be my Indonesian post)
jadi semua mahasiswa harus presenting negara asal mereka (actually, nama acaranya European and Friends). Dengan budget 50Euro per team, tiap tim mesti bikin booth2 menarik yang representasiin kampus/negaranya masing2. Ada 14 negara participants:
Germany, Turkey, Russia, Poland, Portugal, Netherland, Mexico, France, Cameroon, Russia, Korean, USA, Indonesia and i forgot what was the last one (sorry guys).
Basically, semua negara pastinya bikin snack khas ala negara mereka, bendera negara, presentation (well…nobody actually really pay attention to the presentation), maps, decoration and some countries made attraction like games, dances and loud music. Acaranya ditengah2 hall Hoschule Pforzheim dan (kerennya) acaranya didatengin sama walikota Pforzheim. Wew, that was new.
Paling seru tentunya yang membernya paling banyak, Mexico. Saking banyaknya manusia, boothnya ampe dua! Stress. Dan mereka niat banget bikin boothnya, although mereka gapake traditional dresses. Low point: Quessadilas bikinan mereka rasanya hoek banget. Gw emang gasuka cheese, tapi…oh God, itu dipping sauce nya rasanya kayak air ketek warna ijo (ups). Sorry guys, but the macarrena dance was awesome!!
Tim Indonesia tentunya gamau kalah heboh sama manusia2 Eropa ini. Mari kita tunjukkan semangat 17 Agustusan. Sebenernya ide original gw adalah (sok original) lomba makan kerupuk. MEN, ITU SERU BANGET GA SIHHHH???? tapi….kerupuk aci nyarinya dimana cuuuuuy????? karena kendala2 (yang berasal dari our extremely-weird kerupuk ingredients yang cuma bisa diciptakan oleh masyarakat asli Indonesia), akhirnya ide original ini gugur…
Tapi itu tidak menghentikan semangat juang 17 Agustusan kita! Tentu tidak kawan-kawan…
Akhirnya muncul ide brilian lagi dari otak brilian gw. LOMBA MASUKIN PENSIL KEDALAM BOTOL.
pretty awesome.
dan Desita (with her pretty awesome brain also) comes up with lomba balep karung dan lomba tarik tambang. Okeh.
awalnya susah banget bikin games2 ini jalan, masalahnya…
1. ini kok kayak maenan anak kecil?
2. orang lagi pada semangat ngeliatin anak2 Russia yg nyetel lagu kenceng2.
namun seiring munculnya manusia dari berbagai penjuru daerah (dan datangnya makanan Indonesia yang ditunggu2), akhirnya booth Indonesia pun mulai dikerubuti manusia. Dan akhirnya…datanglah masa2 keemasan semangat 45 itu dipertontonkan.
akhirnya anak2 Mexico mau nyobain game2 awesome kita. Lomba pertama adalah lomba balap karung.
Ketika suara2 heboh orang lari2 mulai berkoar dari stand kita, semua mata pun tertuju pada kita. WOOOW.
paling the best adalah maen masukkin pensil ke dalam botol. HAHAHAHA. ngakak ngeliatin mereka masuk-masukkin pensil (ga pensil sih, kita akhirnya pake sedotan kakakakaka)
stress semua. dan hebatnya, Bule tuh taat peraturan banget loh. Mereka dengerin bener2 peraturan permainannya, dan super serius banget mainnya. Kesel sih, tapi bagus2…hahahahaha. Aneh aja ngeliat orang kok merhatiin peraturan segitunya. It’s just a game, guys…
Paling gila, ada 3 orang yang nyobain game masukkin pensil kedalam botol ini ampe 3 kali. Nagih apa?
makanan Indo juga ludes tak bersisa, chipsnya sangat mengundang pertanyaan, mienya sangat spicy menurut beberapa pihak (men, spicy dari mane sih?!), dessertnya (es campur ala Jerman) juga enak menurut gw. Although gw ganyobain martabaknya sih…atut.
Cameroon mengundang kekagetan publik dengan 3 bowls of awesomeness yang mereka hadirkan di meja mereka. Padahal cuma kayak cakwe isi banana, meat, sama yg kosong (ini mirip kue bantal). Tapi semua manusia demeeen bgt (including me). Makanan Russia paling aneh, sumpah. Dari pengalaman gw bergelut dengan manusia Russia, kayaknya makanan mereka emang aneh bin ajaib deh. Plain, tanpa garam. Kaga bisa makan pedes, masak manis kemanisan, hmmm Russian girls, kayaknya lo mending latian nari aja deh. McD ada diseluruh dunia kok.
Poland menurut gw super cute. Makananannya baked cookies sama brownies gitu (walaupun ada roti + spread gitu yang rasanya rada aneh sih) tapi sukaaaa. Portugal juga enak! Apalagi cookies cake nya bedeeh! OH OH OH!! Gw nyobain wine-wine Prancis dan….OH MY GOD. FALL IN LOVE LOVE LOVE!!! Totally worth a try! Kayaknya ntar pas mak babe kesini, kudu beli wine prancis nih.
Yang lucu, anak-anak US makanan khasnya masa chocolate chips cookies sama cereal? LOL. Korea tahun ini sedikit mengecewakan, karena kurang persiapan. Sedih deh,padahal mereka kan harusnya bisa seru. Paling seru menurut gw tahun ini booth Mexico, Russia sama Indonesia. Makanan…tentunya cameroon dan Indonesia (once again!)
European day really is a worthy experience ever had in Germany. Bisa ngeliat anak-anak dari negara lain mainin games2 yang biasa kita mainin, nyobain makanan kita, kita nyobain makanan dari negara2 yang kita bahkan gatau mereka punya makanan khas, kenalan sama bule-bule baru, foto bareng sama orang item, kerja sama sama orang Indo dan pstinya nari2 bareng semua mahasiswa bener bener memorable banget bangetan.
HUOOOOOO, SUCH A LONG POST! well, that was my day today. Really is made my gloomy day (my seminar paper due is today…and little bit drama before), turns bright once more.
I <3 EUROPE!!!
first, you need to admit you have it.
second, start making what you supposed to make.
third, you need to have guts to actually turns it into reality. not just nonsense like back when you’re trying to do that before.
fourth, and most importantly, you need to keep it. never look back.
fifth, live your dream in the future.
seriously, you need to change. and i need my mom. i need someone to talk to. i can’t think of anyone else to talk to regarding this topic. but i know i need a change.
What a super sunny day we had yesterday, here in Germany!!
can’t believe i said that, but its true…sun just totally messing around with people yesterday…but finally i wore my shorts and t-shirt although stupidly forgot bout sunglasses. Me and my bestfriend, Indah, just strolling around Karlsruhe (WHY DON’T WE LIVE IN KARLSRUHE?!!), having a greaaat shopping day just like the old time, buying stuffs for Spring and Summer and…simply having fun! But after 6 hours of walking, as soon as i arrived in my room, my stomach just needed to be filled and my body just screamed cold bath! wow…can’t imagine how summer will turn….thinking about wearing only tanktop maybe hahaha
COULDN’T BE MORE EXCITED!!!!!!!!!!
i don’t know why i put this tried-too-hard-to-be-creepy movie title, but i just want to say
Mama, how are you today?
Yesterday, it was a really harsh time for my very good friend of mine. She was a cheerful one, strong for sure in case of walking and treasuring new city, smart for sure, but at the same time we shared the same weakness.
We missed our home. So. Damn. Much.
So she experienced something unexpectedly out-of-this-world. She just told me all about him like 3 days ago and we were like, mocking him (for good,) for his unique personality. Me myself, i couldn’t believe that it just happened. And i have to see her crying. Well, at least, i’ve been there for her even though she couldn’t be there for her family. We’re her family now, and family sticks together!
Have a good life up there, Mr. i-don’t-know-you. Surely, you have a wonderful family down here who adored you so much and me, who didn’t know you at all but here tons of good things about you, who adored you also. Enjoy your paradise, i know you’ll like it. And for my friend, cry until you can’t move your necks. But after that, please be sure you know how to pull your trigger back to where they supposed to be.
i once addicted to vampire story after watching Blood and Chocolate (Jeez..Hugh Dancy, okey?). After some periods, that addicted era strikes back when stupid Mayer and cheezy love life’s problem brought Twilight to my world. Then Pattinson did some tricked also (JUST for couple of months) before Hollywood crashed all my imagination about Cullen’s family.
And now…that addiction just rushing back. But this one’s totally worth reading. It’s a comic. Japanese comic. And i never felt like want to cry this hard while reading comics. And it’s girl’s vampire we’re talking about here. Just….totally sadddddddddddddddddddddddddddddd. Read it. Orange Marmalade (dude…we’re talking about vampire here, Y SO CHEEZY TITLE?!)
just shut up and read.
You know you’re totally insanely homesick when:
1. You listen to a creepy rock song, which you supposed to change or scream into, but instead you just listen and cry
2. You constantly messaging your family and asking current issues or anything, which totally annoying sometimes
3. You watch all super cheesy movies and…laugh, which never happen before
4. You check airplane website every week, just to dream about going home
5. You googled your favorite country’s food, just to make sure you still remember the taste of it
6. You constantly messaging all your best friends and constantly tell them that you’ll bring tons of gifts, which will make you totally bankrupt if you actually did due to their crazy requests
7. You write a sad blog
8. You just completely forgot about your school task(S) and you just stay in your room doing something totally random, which sometimes you just creeped yourself out.
9. You put your little brother’s picture in your wall, just to make sure you can see his smile towards you (or your dog, which currently in your photo).
10. You just wanna put your mom’s picture as your display picture but sometimes it’s so pathetic, so you decided to put your old picture
