When I Homesick

aku..

aku..

Hmmm.. susah ngomongnya, aku homesick saat ini, rasanya hatiku sepi banget, aku kangen kehangatan rumah, aku kangen gurauanku bersama adek-adekku. Kangen saat aku marah-marah ngajari adek-adek les. kangen curhat-curhatan sama mama sama papa. Kangen ngobrol sama anak yang kos di rumah sampai dini hari, kangen nongkrong bareng temen-temen ku di Illy, kangen pacaran sama pacarku. 

Pokoknya intinya aku kangen.

Aku kangen Indonesia, kangen masakan mama, pengen ketemu mama, papa, ryan, gigih, samuel, itax, mega, egie, adek-adek les, temen-temen fapet, keluarga besar tercinta. 

Kangen nyapu halaman rumah, masak, nyiapin minum kopi buat tukang di rumahku, kangen tidur di kasurku, mandi di rumah.

Kangen...

I miss my home. 

Aku g tahu, kenapa hari ini aku melow, tetapi sebenarnya aku udah melow dari kemarin sih, dan aku ga ngerti penyebanya.

Tapi, setelah aku berfikir... rasanya aku HOMESICK.

Setelah berjuang menuntut ilmu selama 322 hari alias 10 bulan 7 hari, finally i give up.. i'm HOMESICK now.

Baru kali ini merasakan benar-benar kangen banget sama rumah, pokoknya kangen.

dinner bareng saat papa ultah 24 Desember 2010 (kiri ke kanan) my lovely family, gege, papa, mama, ryan

Itu foto saat papaku ulang tahun, kita makan bareng. Saat itu yang masak mama sama aku.

Kapan ya aku bisa pulang ke Indonesia.

Aku harap secepatnya. Semoga penelitianku ini cepat kelar, thesisku juga cepat selesai, aku butuh semangat baru biar aku terus semangat buat berjuang di sini demi menyelesaikan studiku.

Well.... Seorang Dhika, yang dulu waktu SMA dapat panggilan "LEMOT" (karen aku agak ga nyambungan sih, susah nangkepnya, haha), kok bisa gitu ke Taiwan, ngelanjutin studi, S2 lagi. Animal Science lagi.. hmm.. itu luar biasa. Tidak pernah aku bayangkan, saat aku SD, SMP, maupun SMA. Soalnya kalo aku pikir-pikir, aku ini tidak terlalu pintar, nilai juga biasa-biasa, yah, karena aku adalah orang yang beruntung. Terimakasih Tuhan :).

Kata orang-orang, orang pintar itu kalah sama orang beruntung. Aku bersyukur karena aku udah jadi orang yang beruntung. hehe..

O, iya balik lagi ke homesick tadi.  Itu tadi cerita cuma intermeso doank.

Bagi teman-teman semua yang lagi ngerasain homesick Sabar teman-teman, kamu tidak sendiri, soalnya aku juga lagi homesick saat ini, gpp nikmati saja homesick itu, Homesick adalah suatu rasa yang sesuatu banget. #asek, bahasaku kaya syahrini aja.

O, iya, aku juga mau ngucapin selamat buat adekku yang pertama, yang cool abis - Ryan Chendyriawan.

Selamat Anda sudah mendapat gelar Bachelor Technic alias ST. Prok .. prok .. aku bangga sama kamu dek. Semoga kita bisa wisudaan bareng ya.

Congrats for your achievement to get Bachelor Technic Degree. Semoga langsung mendapatkan pekerjaan yang membuat kamu tambah makmur.

Sukses trus ya dek.

Terakhir dalam tulisanku adalah.

When I'm homesick, i remember world, that is KEEP FIGHTING, GO AHEAD. Success just 5 cm in front your eyes. Reach it. Just need 1 step and u'll finish it. And it's perfect.

Semangat ya, teman-teman yang merasakan hal yang sama dengan aku, kangen pulang, kangen sama Indonesia, masakan mama. Terus berjuang di tempat kalian masing-masing. Cepat pulang ya, Ibu pertiwi merindukan kita.

Kita bangun Indonesia jadi lebih baik.

Diary: June 5, 2013

Wednesday, June 5th, 2013

Hi all...
Long time no see. Thank you if you have time to read my blog. Today i will share about my experience.
Now, i still in my laboratory do some work and study for my final exam next two weeks.
Okay.. lets go back today early morning.
I'm still in my lovely university, that is National Pingtung University of Science and Technology. This morning i had class SWECA, i guess you know guys, about the meaning of SWECA, because i already told in my previous blog. I had this class at 8.10, but this morning i was late to attended this class... Fortunately, my teachers not angry, but i didn't how his filling inside his heart. Today i studied about flow of writing summary. What the content about this course?hmm.. i don't know.. because i didn't get the point.. haha.. parah ^^.
I still wondering, how come very difficult to learn English? What should I do? But i must try... try and try, until i felt my ability is enough. ok.. lets continue to another activity. After class dismissed, i went to OISA, OISA is Office International Students Affairs in my campus. In this place i asked to the officer about my wallet card and my photo for extend my ARC to live in Taiwan. Due to, two days ago i felt that i lost my wallet card, and then i tried to remembered and i think, i left my wallet card in OISA, and finally, i found it. Happy :).
Inside of that have many important card, like Taiwan insurance card, working permit, Indonesian driver license, and so on. I'm lucky because i found it. As you know, i think Taiwan is better than Indonesia, in that case attitude, in my university, if i met Taiwanese, they always polite, helpful, orderly, and the most important they are very honest. Be grateful to God that i'm here now. I study many things in here. But the best country in my life is Indonesia, because in that place i was born, grow up, learn many things about life, the culture is very wonderful, the food make me always miss the smell and taste.. Indonesian food is very delicious.. especially the food made by my lovely mom.. hehe.. Unfortunately, Indonesian people not orderly yet, i think their nationalism must improve more and more.. to make people better than before.
Ok.. lets move to my activity today.. after i found my wallet card, i went to my lab and study for SWECA mod exam. The question is not to difficult, bur the answer.. is difficult.. haha.
It's ok i already finished, i must practice more and more to get high score in Final exam, because my midterm score was 50. I'm shy, my score is lower than my friend Taiwanese... huh... whereas i'm international student in here... huh... i must improve my English ability. Keep fighting dhika.. Do the best, God take the rest.
After i finished my exam, i went to cafeteria with my friend to bought lunch. Then, i had meeting with my SWECA TA (teaching assistant) to discuss my assignment that i submitted last Friday. In the assignment i just got 70, but i really be grateful to my God, because i got this score, due to I encouraged to learn English more. The last activity, before i write this blog was i went back to my lab, and tried to made this story.

My wise word today is One day, you'll be a just memory for some people. Do your best to be a good one.

Taiwan International Orchid Show 2013

Flowers have given a lot of inspiration to people from all walks of life, whether they are scientists, botanists, florists, gardeners or painters and writers. In fact, we all draw inspiration from flowers because where flowers bloom, so does hope. Therefore, we have much to hope from flowers. Orchids are beautiful flowers, they have many species. For centuries, the orchid has been a symbol of love, luxury and beauty. They are exotic and mysterious flowers that have captured the hearts of many people the world over. The orchid is among the 15 most beautiful flowers in the world. They have always had a unique place in ethnic Chinese culture.

Generally orchids are found in tropical or subtropical areas with high humidity, high rainfall and slightly acidic soil. Taiwan belongs to sub-tropical climate zone in the north part, while the south part belongs to the tropical climate zone. Taiwan is deemed one of the world’s most important venues for orchid growing. Taiwan has many original species, plus more than one hundred years of orchid growing and twenty some years of industry development that fosters an environment where contribute to Taiwan’s diversified orchid species. Now that Taiwan is an export-oriented industry that ranked among important orchid supply markets in the world. This is the reason for to hold Taiwan International Orchid Show (TIOS). This show has been held since 2007 in Tainan County, Taiwan. TIOS 2013 is scheduled was hold on March 9~18, 2013 at Taiwan Orchid Plantation (T.O.P.), Tainan. Taiwan International Orchid Show is one of the orchid professional shows in the world. The decoration in this show is very interesting and very beautiful. The atmosphere in the inside likes a garden has an assortment of orchids are blooming. Many kind of orchid was showed with different color, species, and place origin. It will give ideas of how to make garden one of a kind, one's home cozy and beautiful. Here, one will find rare kinds of plants, pot, ornamental and blossoming flowers, shrubs and seeding, as well as accessories for them. Theme TIOS this year is BLOOM 2013.

At present, Taiwan's orchid industry is focus in the technological production, breeding, research and development, and disease prevention. The establishment of Taiwan Orchid Plantation (TOP) combines industrial basis and biological science and technology talent. TOP organizes orchid productions, breeding, trading, exhibitions, research and development, the promotion of multi-functional orchid plantation. In this exhibition was demonstrated how the system of orchid cultivation. Where, orchid was maintained in the close house system that everything is set up, such as the temperature and humidity to maximize orchids to grow.

Many kind of orchid have been showed in this event, such as Paphiopedilum, Dendrobium, Cattleya, Dendrobium, and much more. And some country joined this event to show them orchid, such as USA, Australia, Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, Netherland, Germany.

The purposes of this event are to promote domestic and international technical exchanges, expand export sales opportunities for Taiwan orchid industry and become the most professional orchid circulation platform worldwide. The show demonstrated how a synergy of private industries, government agencies, research centers, and academic centers had worked together to develop a successful orchid-industry in Taiwan.

Try to writing

I just share with you guys... I hope this story will inspiring you.. #ngarepp.. haha. Sambil latihan Bahasa Inggris, biar nggak katrok-katrok banget. So, if have many mistake in my writing.. please forgive me, but i'll try to make better.

Today, I'm at personal study room - NPUST Library. I just finished my homework. I'm happy because one homework have done.
Before i finished my work, i felt lazy to do it, but i didn't know who encourage me to finished my homework. Maybe my angel.. hehe...
Today i did SWECA assignment. SWECA it's mean Scientific Writing English Chinese Authors. This course very interesting, i can learn about writing in English more and more. I hope after i took this course, my English writing will increase significantly. My teaching assitant said that writing in English is not too difficult, I just need practice and practice, like you ride your motorcycle. Maybe in the first time it's difficult, but slowly if you often to use it you will be professional.

Thank you for this world my teaching assistant... I'll try to practice writing in English.

This is my homework.. i don't know is it correct or incorrect. Try is better than none.

Forgive me if this story not important.. :). #melas.com haha
The reason i write this blog are to improve my skills in writing, sharing (no show on... ahaha LOL ^-^), and immortalize my experience in cyberspace.
I hope i will write continually...

immortalize

Mahasiswa Galau #1

Sekarang jam menunjukkan pukul 3:29 pm waktu Taiwan. 

Gue curhat dulu ya....

Gue lagi galau nih, di kampus gue mata kuliah seminar itu bagaikan momok yang menakutkan. Tiap mahasiswa harus persentasi min 25 menit, and loe ngerti slide nya itu pasti lebih dari 35, emang sih semester kemarin gue udah pernah ambil ni mata kuliah, tapi tetep aja masih bingung.

Beda banget sama di Indonesia, dulu waktu gue ujian skripsi aja cma dikasih waktu 10-15 menit buat presentsi hasil penelitian q, jadi slide nya sekitar 12-15 slide lah dan pake bahasa indonesia. Lha di sini mesti 2x lipatnya.

Mana gue itu susah banget buat menghafal, ngomong di depan umum, mana skrg pake bahasa inggris.. haduhh rasa nya mau mati aja... semester kemarin ak udah sempet presentasi ya pake bahasa inggris jga.. tpi untungnya dosen nya baik semester kemarin, tidak terlalu neko-neko. Lah yang semester ini... ampun dah... banyak banget perturannya, g boleh show on slide2 presentasinya harus show off. Yang penting isi nya bkan penampilannya. Dan itu bukan gue banget... Gue kan suka hal-hal yang lucu2 gitu....

O, iya.. seminar gue masih agak lama sih 17 Mei, masih ada 2 bulan buat nyelesaiin.. tapi bingungnya udah mlai dari sekarang..  pengen nyicil tapi apa yg dicicil..

Hmmm...

Di Taiwan ini banyak banget hal yang harus gue kerjain, meskipun semuanya serasa susah banget... khususnya bidang akademik nih...

Mana otak gue jga pas-pas an.. Jadi kalo baca buku atau jurnal kelamaan bukannya tambah pinter, tambah puyeng.. maklum lah ya.. dlu SMA anak IPS bukan IPA.. mau masuk IPA aja banyak bgt cobaannya.. haha.

Dan skrg gue lagi kuliah s2 dan jurusan gue sekarang ini IPA banget.. mana ak ada di lab nutrition physiology.. hadehh rasanya pengen gantung diri... sumpah, susah banget.. otak gua ga nutut bok... 

Masak dari tadi baca aja g ada satupun yg masuk di kepala. Gusti nyuwun tolong... errrrr.....

akhirnya dari pada aku puyeng-puyeng g jelas gini mending gue curcol di blog aje, mana lihat temen lab gue pada sibuk sendiri2 (sibuk tidur #glodak, sibuk maen game, tapi ada juga yg sibuk baca jurnal), ket: padahal biasanya aku juga tidur gaya banget pake acara ngomongin orang.. haha. Temen lab q semuanya orang Taiwan... jadi susah juga ngobrol sama mereka.. mana Bahasa Inggris gue, kok ky nya g ningkat2 gitu dari awal gue berangkat... gue juga bingung, gmn sih cara belajar bahasa Inggris ini, biar cas cis cus ces cos... #galau gua... semakin gue belajar semakin gue g bisa.. sadappp, nah lho.. bingung kan...

 ak kasih deh foto lab gue.. tapi luarnya doank ya... dalemnya kapan-kapan.. 

Nah sekarang bingung lagi gue... apa yg mau gue cerita in ya....

hmmmm.

mohon yang ahli immunology, trus ahli bahasa inggris, trus ahli menulis, ahli tentang nutrisi fisiologi hewan.. kasih gue masukan donk.. yang lainnya kalo pengen ngasih masukan juga gpp, ngarep nih.. apa yg harus gue kerjain pertama...

O, iya,, belum ak kasih tau ya.. ak nih lagi belajar ilmu perhewanan... ilmu perhewanan dan kehewanan aje ya.. susahnya minta ampun. Padahal waktu aku SMA dlu g ada di pikiran sedikitpun aku bakalan belajar ilmu yang beginian.. soalnya setelah aku masuk IPS yang gaul itu, gue seneng banget ama akuntansi, tapi kok ya wktu nyoba SPMB masuk akuntansi kok ya g keterima.. nasib.. nasib... nyasarnya ke ilmu kehewanan.. ini masuk s2 nyasar lagi.. ini sebener e nyasar apa sudah kadung tersesat ya.. gue juga bingung...

I just can say surrender to my God... but, everything that happened in my life i believe He always guide me and lead me.. but sometimes.. i feel desperate, because i must do everything but my ability so so.. (#maaf kalo bahas inggris gua ancur...). So far.. Thanks for my God because i'm here right now.. (tapi ngeluh dikit gpp lah ya.. daripada puyeng g jelas. haha)

oke... see you di curcol an gue selanjutnya ya...