september ceria

in love with this country - from the moment I stepped foot on the first day. a very rare feeling. hahahaha... i wish i could just live here for some period of my life! :) too bad, it's too soon ending...

when I finally get home, and know for sure if I finally make it or not through this MA degree, I hope for a little vacation with my mother  :D :D :D

okay, before I get to write my full detailed plan of my dissertation, I feel a huge urge to write a confession here. I think, now I become a full fledge Korean pop culture fan. So, this post will be the first of a series of confession of a (not-so) aca-fan  which will be updated (hopefully) regularly.  Full House Well, my first encounter with South Korean (hereafter Korean) pop culture was perhaps watching episodes of Full House  on one of Indonesian television broadcast station - if I remember correctly. I wasn't a fan of the actors and actresses at the first time I watched it, but later was drawn to watch more of Song Hye Gyo's work . What drew me first to Full House  was a desire to watch a fresh romantic comedy which saved me from boring Indonesian soap opera with many eyes-widening-kind-of-acting. Though its storyline was probably not the best when I come to think about it later (for instance: I cannot accept the fact that a best friend sold her friend...

wah, sudah sejak februari saya tidak menulis postingan baru.. ini pasti gara2 saya punya blog baru di laman sebelah *pdahal baru post 1 tulisan di sana*.. hm, sebenarnya ini lebih karena saya agak malas berblog ria... okay, last time I blogged, I talked a bit about korean dram a -- hmm, tanpa dinyana, kini di ruangan saya kerja ada mas-mas korea yg nampak imut *terutama krn di lantai 4 sini saya jarang liat orang 'bening'.. dan beberapa hari sekali, saya mendengar dialog berbahasa korea live from the next 'cubicle '. dan jadi memancing keinginan terpendam saya, hehehe. sejak suka nonton drama/film korea, saya kepikiran untuk kursus bahasa korea. oke, beberapa pertimbangannya sudah saya daftar dan pikirkan baik2: film atau drama korea yg ada di persewaan dvd biasanya mood-moodan, artinya kadang subtitle-nya layak baca, kadang sama sekali gak layak baca. kaya ditranslate pake software ecek2 doang.. padahal kayaknya ceritanya menarik. untuk kasus ini, saya ...

sambil memandang tak jemu, layar laptop yang tak berubah dari selembar kosong jadi selembar isi... setahun lepas dari dunia membaca, menulis, menguap-mengobrol- chatting  pke kertas ketika kuliah, begadang mengerjakan tugas-tugas paper yang menumpuk (atau lebih tepatnya kita sendiri yang numpuk smpai dekat dateline), diskusi sebelum bikin tugas, datang ke kampus dg mata ngantuk akibat krg tidur, ngobrol di kandang eh di perpus, makan setelah kuliah di bonbin sambil umpek2an (menu favorit: nasi orakarik yg skrg konon sudah berkurang porsinya hehehe), membenci kuliah pagi-pagi, cari tema skripsi, bikin skripsi, nyari dosen pembimbing, dan sebagai bagainya yang sesungguhnya cukup saya rindu (memori yg cuman bisa saya tengok sekali-kali). suasana sedikit sendu, ala sinetron drama yg g kunjung habis setelah lulus, saya masih santai santai aja, meskipun disambi cari kerjaan (yg ga tetap krn saya masih menyimpan citacita sekolah lagi). saya belum pusing nanti kal...

today is my birthday!! i wish that this year i would have a silent birthday, just like a year ago when the people surrounds me did not know that i was having a birthday, until a few days later. hehehe............. i wish to be able to contemplate for what i've done the previous year, what i've achieved, and what's still becoming my passion and dream. this year, i was granted a very good opportunity, yet still i longed for more. i would really love to be a social researcher, or someone who's working in the field she likes. still, i haven't found the gap to fill in with my passion in my current job, though now i start to look for it more carefully.  as for postgrad, this year, i've applied for three scholarship: BGF, fulbright and ADS, all three i haven't heard from. yet, i still keep my optimism though keep trying to find other doors. and still, i don't want to be too 'pushy'.  there, my dream with my bestfriends still haven...

Sebagai seorang sarjana baru (well, ga baru2 amat ding, hampir setahun nih lulus), saya menghadapi pula hal yg sering kali menghinggapi para lulusan baru. Dg angka lulusan perguruan tinggi yg meningkat, bisa dipastikan angka angkatan kerja pun meningkat. Tpi, hal ini seringkali tidak dibarengi dg meningkatnya pula lowongan kerja. Alhasil, angka pengangguran (sementara, to be optimist) pun meningkat. Banyak lulusan baru yg menghadapi ini, meski banyak pula yg cukup beruntung untuk segera mencicipi bangku kerja. Ketika baru lulus atau akan lulus, saya hanya punya gambaran kasar cenderung idealis untuk masa depan. Jujur, saya tidak menyangka bisa lulus bulan oktober tahun lalu. Yes, tahun lalu, saya sebenarnya masih menggebu-gebu untuk kuliah. Apalgi kemudian, skripsi saya hampir tiba di jalan buntu. Saya pun tidak tahu harus menulis apa sebagai konklusi skripsi saya. Apa skripsi saya sudah mencapai tujuannya? I don’t have any idea. Di tengah-tengah penulisan skripsi, saya ditawari i...