Sunday 6 December 2015

FROM SOLO TO GYEONGSAN : Korean Life




Hi my silent reader

long time no write, so I am back guys
Miss me? huh I have been 4 months here.  Four months living in South Korea. Living in my dream country. Hehehe  I wanted to throw back my stories. How was my first flight to Korea and how I met my new friends.


Lets back to

25 AUGUST 2015

My journey started from Solo (my lovely home town) then continued by train for one hour to Jogja.
Our family doesn't have a car so we called a cab. Since I brought many luggage so I sat between mum and sister thighs. Luckily, it was only 20 minutes and we arrived in Balapan Station



So we had to wait the train. It would depart at  3 pm We bought 6 tickets for grandpa, grandma, mum, dad, me, and my sister. Flying from Jogja Airport  is more comfortable than Solo airport. Because the train station is near from the Airport. I cant imagine if my family have to accompany me to Solo airport which will cost more than 50000 rupiahs by cab.


I brought one big 30cm luggage, one 60ml backpack and small bag. My luggage was so damn hard. I didn't bring many things though. In the next stories, I knew why it was so heavy and I should haven't brought the big luggage one.



Let me introduce my friend and my scholarship partner. Call her Hana and she is from Jogja. We decided to meet up at Airport. Our flight to Jakarta would be depart at 6:10 pm so we met around 5pm . Then, we went to baggage check and checked in our ticket to get the boarding pass.


It took one hour twenty minutes for the flight. You can notice that my lipstick already gone since it was the long stay one. However, we felt very excited. Fyi, They provided us Garuda ticket because it is one of Skypass member. So nice :)

Arrived in Jakarta around 7:30 pm. I had promise to meet the other Indonesian Scholar awardee in the airport but because we thought it was better to register baggage and check in first so we didn't wait for them. And then we got a problem. After waiting the economy line ( Korean Air divided three lines; one is the VVIP class ,business class (morning calm)  and last, the economic class), the staff in counter informed us that our luggage were over weight. It should be only 23 kg. No more. Hana's luggage was around 24 and mine was around 26 kg. Actually we could move the things. Then we decided to wait other friends. One by one our friend came to the counter. They also got the same problem. Even their luggage are heavier than mine. We met the manager and started the discussion. The discussion wasn't going smooth. The baldy manager didn't want to listen our explanation and the discussion turned to  a debate. Come on, we got information that we could seize up the baggage via email and why suddenly they could not provide it. Sshhh.. Thanks for our tante CL who finally won the debate over the manager. 
 Hope it would not happen next year. But the same discussion happened again in the next day when the second batch awardee checked in their tickets.



 What will happen if six Indonesian sit in same rows on plane? Of course so noisy. We loved taking picture so actually that pose only one of several shots. The flight departed at 11pm and arrived in Incheon at 7am with two hours time difference between Jakarta and Seoul. Okay, what you can do during 7 hours flight? you can see drama, mv or like me I saw a documentary film about Inca. kkkk
Sleeping is a must! Guys,I almost forget to say this. If you are strict with the food, I mean if you are vegetarian or want to get halal food, you can contact them by email prior your departure. My Moroccan friend did it and he ate halal food on the plane.

Welcome to Korea, the morning calm


This airport facilities are awesome so I don't deny if Incheon is the best airport in this world
My grandma can use this car ^^
They divided the line into two. One is for Korean passport and one is for foreigner
Actually they have another line for diplomatic passport

Here is the luggage claim. So big right?


And we do not need to wait our baggage. In Jakarta, it will take 30 minutes until one hour to wait our baggage.


After arrived in Incheon safely, we just filled in the customs list and gave it back to them. Then we have to go to our meeting points which  were different for every Korean language course. Yeungnam University asked me to meet them in west meeting point. The good thing was they sent the picture so you will not get lost. I met my Malaysian friend there, three Malaysians and we took the same bus to Gyeongsan. They paid the ticket for us and it cost around 39000 won for each. hahha.
bus interior

we stopped in two rest areas

 Finally after 4 hours we arrived in Dongdaegu station and continued by taxi for 30 minutes. I was so exhausted actually. Only drank a cup of green tea latte didn't make your stomach full.
 We registered ourselves. They offered blanket . I didnt bring it from home so I paid it for 45000 won.

 
Seven eleven near our dorm. I noticed every dorm have their seven eleven kkkkk. And the elder who works there is so kind and like to have conversation with foreigner like me.


I found a domestic cat. Korean domestic cat isn't different with Indonesian domestic cat except the fur.It seems they have thick and long fur.

My first brunch was bibimbap and that was too much. Bibimbab here is a mix of vegetable, mushroom and fried egg. They also separate  the rice. I only could eat rice not the mix veggies.
welcome to the subway life. Gyeongsan is located near  Daegu;A metropolitan city in South Korea.
If i want to go to Down town in Daegu , just take the subway. It will take 30 minutes and stop for 13 stations (exclude the depart and arrival station). Living here is so comfortable. What I need to do is only walking and taking the subway. We can use T money and top up it at nearest convenient store on subway. Imagine if Solo has subway, so people can go to train station only by walk. they will leave their motorcycle at home. System will change behaviour not the opposite actually. I never imagine  that I can walk every day wherever I go. Providing bus is  also good improvement but it just stop only in several places. I wish someday my city can be  improved like Daegu.



Daegu only has three lines.

I noticed they put a lot of poems or stories in the public place


See, this is a rare thing that I can find in my hometown. This elder woman cleaned the subway mall floor. There was a sticky thing and she grabbed a tool to clean it.
OMG

That's all what I can tell you on my first day living in Korea . Keep reading my blog because I will update it with another post soon :)


Thursday 1 October 2015

KGSP SCHOLARSHIP : MEDICAL ASSESMENT AND VISA REQUIREMENT




After announced the 2nd successful candidates, KGSP asked all candidates to do medical assesment in hospital. I was so happy and went to hospital on first week. I went to hospitals instead of laboratorium because it didnt cost too much. For a comparison, in hospital i just spent around IDR 800000 but in clinic or laboratorium my friend spent about IDR 1500000. I recommend PKU Muhammadiyah for their service. Bring the KGSP medical assesment form and give it to hospital. Make sure your doctor write the answer in English.

What kind of test that you have to undergo? Here is the list:

- Physical Assesment. In this part, my doctor just check my physical condition by asking me if i had a problem or illness. Even for skin, my doctor didnt send me to specialist , he just asked whether i had skin problem or allergies. He also checked my blood pleasure. For general assesment like this i went to polyclinic and got charged around IDR 45000

-I went to radiology to get a photograph of my lung. This cost about IDR 150000

-I went to hospital laboratorium to check my protein in blood and the narcotic pycotropica test
This cost me about IDR 600000 (My friend also got the stool test but my doctor skipped it)

I got the result on day after tomorrow. Before receiving the result, doctor tested my eyes ability to differentiate colour. So here is  personal assesment and medical assesment form. Sorry, for my own privacy, the medical assesment result  will not be uploaded.

6-7 May 2015

I got email from EWHA and they forwaded the KGSP medical assesment information to us.

This is one their emails:

Dear student, congratulations!

Each candidate has to get medical checkup individually in your own place of residence and send the result to NIIED.

Please find the attached Medical Checkup Forms. You have to fill out <Form 1> first.

Next, you could visit a comprehensive hospital near your residences and submit <Form 1> and <Form 2> to a doctor. After you get a medical checkup and get the doctor’s signature on <Form 2>, you have to send both <Form 1> and <Form 2> to NIIED directly.

8 May 2015

 I sent my result  to KGSP and here was the first answer.

Dear Alfina,(

We have downloaded your attachment. Kindly send us the test results from the hospital as well. If not in English or Korean, as long as the Form 1,2 are in English, you may submit the scanned result in your language and English translated by yourself. (including the drug test result)
Thank you.

Regards,
KGSP team, NIIED

This meant i should attach the hospital result form too such as laboratorium test result. Since my result was in Indonesian, i translated all the result using tools in PDF. Then, i sent again my form 1,2 and the hospital form on may 9th, 2015.

11 May 2015

They replied me. 
안녕하세요.

메일 잘 받았습니다. We have downloaded your mail
감사합니다.Thank you. 
국립국제교육원 NIIED

국제장학팀 International scholarship team

16 June 2015

the 3rd successfull candidates was announced and i was the lucky one ^^

22 June 2015
KGSP sent the invitation letter.
Dear KGSP student

On behalf of NIIED, I am pleased to provide you with this letter of invitation for your visa process. Please keep in mind to take sufficient time to process your visa in order to come to Korea during the designated period. Your entry date is from Aug.25 to Aug 27, 2015.

24 June 2015

Today i got email from Yeungnam University as my Korean language institute. They attached two files. One is a letter invitation for each succesfull candidate (PDF) and another is an entry form. We ahould choose arrival day between september 24th until 26th.

Before you come to korea NIIED need Entry Information for ticketing. Refer to attached form. Fill the form and send me by 25th June.

30 June 2015

 Yeungnam officer asked us to apply for a year visa (D4). By this i had to apply visa in Jakarta. I didnt have time because of a lot of translation work. So i decided to send my pasport and requirement document (invitation letter, visa application, photo, copy of pasport). In this email the officer also gave us information about the dormitory and required document that we should bring to Korea.

Dormitory : http://eggec.happydorm.or.kr/
Please refer to above website for dormitory where you going to live. The dormitory fee is \180,000 a month(Double room)

Notice_ When you enter Korea Please bring Documents as below
- Copy of Guidebook for 2015 KGSP Graduate Scholars(생활안내서): attached PDF file
- LETTER of Invitation
- Contact Information of Yeungnam university
- ID photo 3copy

 TO BE CONTINUED


Sunday 28 June 2015

FROM SOLO TO SIEM REAP (CAMBODIA)







Cambodia 

A journey of 19 years dreamer from the home land of javanese culture who travelled to the land of Khmer

It was 3 years ago but i always lazy to write and share it to personal blog. Nowadays, i am crazy about writing and decided to make a post about my old journey.



THE LAND OF KHMER or THE LAND OF ANGKOR WAT?


Both are true. According to wikipedia.com, Khmer_Empire ruled the land from 802 AD, since the day when Jayavarman II King declared chakravartin on Phnom Kulen. Then,  at the empire's golden age Suryavarman II King built Angkor war (took 37 years).  



I did not know anything about Cambodia at that time except the beautiful of Angkor Wat and the free visa policy for the South East Asia citizens. :). I travelled to Cambodia via Bangkok, Thailand by a mini bus together with peoples from two ladies from german, two ladies from rusia, three men from france and two men from Japan.
here is my first day's lodge




I recommend to whom might be interested to go there, please search the homestay first. Me and my friend (un)luckily spent one day to a lodge because our paid homestay said that their room was full and we should spend one day in the chosen logde. We still had no idea where would spend at night when the guide asked us whether we would like to rent a room or not. Because of our lack information about homestay so we decided to follow the guide.

Being dissapointed and feeling unlucky, i just wanted to sleep early that night. But it seemed wrong cause peoples in lodge are so nice. The children loved to eat our candy. While the logde keeper loved to speak english with us. After sharing our stories, i got to know that he was trying to learn english. He brought his book (written in english and khmer language) and told us how was his study. I was quite suprised with the cambodian people way to learn. Before arrived in Siem reap, we stopped at small restaurant, i stood near cambodian boy and the canadian tourist. I had a bad opinion before that he just wanted to ask money after questioning the tourist. Hmm.. but i was wrong. He did the conversation for his own sake. He brought a book and questioned the tourist by read the questions which he wrote down first in book. I still remember some of questions, such as where do you from? what is your national flower?, etc.

Ah, let me introduce the lodge keeper, i forgot his name. Sorry. But he was really kind. He showed us where we could eat. Right in front of the logde, we found a local food seller. We treated him and offered him to choose the meal but he refused and just ordered  beverage. Another Cambodian kindness is they respected my religion and understood well that i could not eat pork. So, they cooked the egg instead. I was really thankful to God and peoples there. God Bless you, people of Cambodia!



After had a dinner, Galuh ( forgot to tell before that i didnt go alone there) and I went to Siem reap's most famous night market. We rode the tuktuk and spent almost nearly two hours there. I spent money more than Galuh. hahaha. I spent around 100 dollars there. Well, i didnt regret a thing. Except the bracelet, cause mum never wear it again and i didnt know where it is now at home. haha. Going to local market is a must and really worth it. We contributed to their sales and it means help the local seller keeping their existance in market. I bought cambodian skirt, man shirt for daddy, scarf for grand mother, three pieces t-shirt for me, my sister and my friend.


My travel mate...Galuh :)


We slept well but i was quite worry about  our homestay. They promised to pick up at 7 am but i did not hear anyone knocked our door. Being anxious, i convinced Galuh to go down and asked anyone about this matter. Then, i met the lodge keeper and he told me that all people had been picked up at 7.00 am. Upset!Luckily, the old lady in lodge was so kind and helped us to contact the man.
                                       
she gave us this


                                                                                                                                    







So, this is a warning for people who want to go to Cambodia. Once again, do not forget to book a homestay before. If you did not have time to book, then you should refuse anyone's request and find the homestay by yourself. Dont let this experience happen to you!We went to our booked homestay by tuktuk. The tuktuk driver actually refused our order to give us a ride. Cause actually at that time, he was waiting his friend. But luckily, he changed his mind, We told him about our story and he said a pity. We arrived at the homestay and we would like to pay him but he refused and said to wait him for 30 minutes cause his friend already called him. We agreed his offer cause we needed him too for Angkor wat trip. While waiting, i talked to the homestay keeper about our problem and she said she did not know about it and stated that the HOME STAY was FULLY BOOKED. I did not give up and asked her to call some one who should responsible to our problem. Hello, we paid full and cash to the guide. Same as other tourist. It worked. 10 minutes after the call, someone came. He offered us a ride. But we were in dilemma. We promised to tuktuk driver to wait him so we asked to the man where the home stay is. We planned go there by riding tuktuk. Dont you know what man said about our tuktuk driver? " You should not wait him. If you go to Angkor Wat by riding tuktuk, it will cost much and blalalalalala."
you better sh*t up yeah. We believed people from what they done to us not from their lip service.


We just wait about 10 minutes. Cause our tuktuk driver came and picked up us. He said thank you for believing him and waiting for him.  Then we went to the beautiful ANGKOR WAT. I am familiar with hindu temple. In yogya, there is a beautiful hindu temple too, named PRAMBANAN or RORO JONGGRANG temple.  Even i am moslem, i'd likely to go to temple for learning its history. It really useful for enlighting the knowledge. For the international tourist, we have to pay 20 $ for a day. There is also two or three days package. Quite different from Indonesian tourism policy, here, there will be our photo in the entry ticket. For the complete information, you can refer to picture below.


Galuh while being captured 

my entry card

So, after being shooted, we paid and got our own card. I should do cute pose there. hahahah
I forgot the direction. But the very first destination is ANGKOR WAT Temple.. The biggest one in the complex. I thought that Angkor Wat is not just a temple but also a palace. It is really really big. I fell in love with its lake!! Angkor wat is surrounded by lake. Not a natural lake but it was made as part of its achitecture.


my favorite scenery

angkor wat is a temple for Vishnu (Wisnu) but i dont know what the meaning of the lion and dragon statue

tried to capture a lanscape of angkor wat but failed..sorry

After passing the bridge, i looked around this first temple
Korean peoples  wore all in black

When we felt exhausted after walking around the angkor wat, i saw some korean peoples who were praying in front of tree. I had a short conversation with one lady but the bad thing is i forgot what it was. I do not think it was buddish ritual since Angkor wat is hinduish tempe. May be they performed taoism? Who knows~ Still being mystery.

Since Angkor wat temple is not stand alone, we headed to other temples. Do you still remember about a temple where Angelina Jolie played Tom Rider? Yes, it was Ta Phrom. We also visited and took picture in famous scene as the common people.

A bilateral cooperation between India and Cambodia for conservation and restoration of Ta Phrom
A root tries to grow on temple wall. Hope the root does not break the wall.
front side



 Tetrameles_nudiflora, for whom might become curious about the tree
I lost the picture...the common pose which took below the tree. Hmm. So, the Ta phrom is our third destination. We went there after having a lunch. Our second destination temple is unknown temple. The only thing I remembered about it was the temple has been occupied by another kingdom and they ruined the temple... hiks TT



me and the unknown temple. for anyone who knows this temple name, please let me know soon.

the broken statue

this relief remained me to ken dedes relief. 

from the left side....

there is a well inside the temple 
Galuh, while observing the statue..


yeaaaaaaaah our tuk tuk rider.
our lunch menu...



We paid 20$ dollars to our tuktuk driver after he took about us to Angkor Wat temple and finally drove us to homestay.  Because of our lack time, we could not go to other places again in Siem Reap. We tried to catch our Bus to Phiphi Island so  just spent three days two nights in beloved Siem Reap, Cambodia. What i could learn from this trip?

(+) I learnt South East ASIA ancient History
(+) I should book a homestay before coming to Siem Reap
(+) Cambodia is a  developing country. As a tourism city (such as Bali), Goverment tries  to propel the citizens to study english for economic advantage..
(+) Got new friends, new experiences.


What i did not like from this trip

(-) I just a little bit sad. I know Cambodia is a rich country actually. The ancient Cambodia could build  the biggest hindu temple in South east Asia.but why the guide saying such an irony to the tourist. When we escorted to Cambodia from Thailand border, The guide told us that Cambodia is poor country not similiar as Thailand or Vietnam. Cambodia needs aids from their neighbour. I just shocked for a while. Even Indonesia's economic is not as stable or good as singapore or malaysia but i will never state my country as poor country. Please.....friends..Your country is rich!











Thursday 18 June 2015

한국어 : 이기붕 가족 이야기 ( 쓰기 연습)



지난주에 같이 일하는 한국인에게 "카스가 있느냐" 물어봤는데 없다고 카스가 한국에 아줌마만 쓰는다고 대답을 했어요. 반면에 친구가 저에게 하필 왜 카스를 쓰냐고 물었어요. 웃으면서 카스에 제 한국어를 연습할 수 있다'라고 했어요.

지난주에 성공회대하교의 대안적 지속 협력의 산업 개발 센터 팀장이 민주주의 관련 된 옛날 신물을 번역해 달라고 했어요. 번역할 신문 기사가 조금 많아서 친구들과 번역 업무를 공평하게 분담했어요

제가 번역했던 기사 내용이 눈물이 나게 된 가족 이야기예요
자, 우리가 1960년 4월로 잠깐 뒤 돌아갈래요?

오늘 날은 선출된 한국 부통령-이기붕-과 안내가 새벽 다섯시에 두명 아들을 부모방으로 불렀어요. 이기붕이 사랑하는 아들에게  "니들의 양심대로 판단해라 '고 말하여   우리 고생을 끝내자는 말을 전달하고 싶어했어요

저는 그가족 상태를 마음으로 이해하고 싶어서 그당시 사건을 상상해봤어요

자신 아버지가 그렇게까지 말씀 드렸으니 큰 아들이 어깨에 큰 부담을 생기지 않을까요?물론 큰 부담을 생겻지요. 삶의 큰 결정도 해야 되었어요. 군인로서 큰 아들이어려운 상태에 어떻게 해야 하느냐 많이 배웠지요?  가족의 자부심을 살려주기를 위해 큰아들이 가족을 죽였어요.

야야!그 아들은 미쳤어?이건 반대 이야기가 아닌가? 가족의 자부심을 살려준다매 하필 왜 자기 가족을 죽였냐

아이다.아이다..이야기를 아직 안 끝난군요. 큰 아들이 부모하고 동생에게 소파에서 앉으라고 부탁했대요. 아버지부터 머리에 총을 쐈어요. 한국 드라마를 보면 같은 이야기에  보통 범인이  다른 사람 죽인 다음에 눈물을 흘리면서 자살해요. 그때 사건과 이야기가 마찬가질까?


사랑하는 사람의 죽임을 확인하고 나서 큰 아들이 자기 머리부터 총을 쏘았어요. 두번째 총은 심장에 쏘았어요.
막 여기문장까지 제 마음이 아팠어요. 물론, 위의 구절에 이기붕이 누군지와 이사건 배경이 무엇인지도 알고 있지만 이런 슬픈 가족 이야기를 읽으며 닭살하고 눈물이 나게 정도 슬프기도 했어요.

한국 사람들의 정이 너무 강한 건가?아니면 일본처럼 자부심이 강한 건가?어려움을 못 해결 정도는 자살이 하나뿐일 방법인가?
아 몰라요. 우리 나라같은 경우에는 범인이라도 자살하지 않을 것이예요. 예를들면 우리의 32년 독재자가 90년(세)에 세상에  돌아가셨을때까지도 감방에 들어간 적이 없어요.

세상은 언제나 돈전처럼 양점하고 단점이 있고 응원편하고 반대편도 있을 거예요. 지금 이야기를 마치겠어요



KGSP SCHOLARSHIP 2015 (1)



Hai fellas.

I am back!
I decided to write on another post cause previous post is too long.
So,here my story goes
Back four years ago, being depressed after failed getting admisson from Universitas Sebelas Maret, i expressed my real passion on the wall.  I drew KOREA and promised my self to study and go there.

Four years has passed,
I graduated from korean language last year. Still,  i couldnt fulfill my dream. Until now i never been there.  Quite good at speaking Korea but never been studied or gone there. Such an irony.  But nevermind.  Since i am keeping my dream lives,  there is no time for regret. May God already chose the Best Way for me.

On 10th february, the last day worked in M company,  i opened link from my senior in  student facebook group and read the announcement for korean government scholarship 2015. I read it pretty well. Downloaded all attachments. And the next step to do, i made a to do list. A bunch of documents ought to prepare and send before university deadline. it was so tiring!

Why I chose apply scholarship via university?
even I had topik and embassy's korean speech contest certificate, but I have thought once that my chance to be a successful candidate is bigger if I apply via university than apply via embassy. Besides, I have decided where and what major for my two years master study. Furthermore, I have contacted the professor from related major and she welcomed me so well. I got my confidence start from that time. If you have a good relationship with a professor from a certain university, you shall apply via university. But, if you still confuse with major or university, it's better to apply via embassy. Because a grantee who receive recommendation from embassy can choose three universities. For your information,  I chose korean teaching in korean language in graduate studies of Ewha Women University.

MARCH 10th

Here  I took a photo before sending the document to Korea. It cost around $30 (rp 12000/USD) using the fastest way, ems. Took about 4-5 workdays. You can track in the website by inputting the id number.


So, i sent the complete document to ewha admission office. But I was afraid they didn't get the document. For those whom apply via university, please make sure the department office has received your document or not yet. Here is my email ( i took some screenshots) to the office.  Make sure to email them at 7-10pm or right after lunch time(korean time, Git+9).
                                       

The answer was they could receive my document, only if I let them know the track number. So, another important thing to remember is the graduate studies's mail address. 
         안녕하세요보낸 사람 이름과 tracking number가 어떻게 되는지요?
         확인되면 저희가 받을 수 있습니다.
          국제대학원 행정실
Hello , Could you please write the sender name and the tracking number?If you let us know the information, we can receive your mail package. 
GSIS Office

MARCH 27th

Admission in Ewha closed on Friday march 27th. I was so happy after checking mail on Saturday ( i was little bit late) . They informed me that i would have an interview next Monday. Oh, i just came back from Jakarta and had to prepare my self for 5-6 minutes phone interview. So, i wrote the possible question and started to practice my korean since the interview would be done in Korean. My tips: Read again your self introduction and study plan. they only asked what i've written there. Besides,  try to imagine and answer this question :  if you would not been selected by NIIED, what would you do then?

MARCH 30th

        면접은  3 31() 한국시간  2부터 3 사이 전화로 진행될 예정입니다.
          학생이 지원서에 쓰신 번호로 전화드리게 됩니다. 반드시  시간에  전화를 받으실  있도록 해주십시오.
         시으로 인해  드려 니다.
         면접은 한국어로 진행됩니다.
         감사합니다.
          국제대학원 행정실

Interview will be held today (Tuesday, March 31th)around 2pm until 3pm (Korean time) via phone. We will contact the written number on your application form. You must answer the call from us during selected time. We are sorry for the inconvinience. Interview is in Korean.Thank you. GSIS office. 
 They changed the scheduled time. Might be they need more times to prepare the interview. At time near the interview's time, suddenly i worried many things  anxious so much. I passed the interview within 6 minutes. I did not get any call again that day. Becoming insecure for several days and really gave all my heart to God.

APRIL 1st

I opened email to check any good news and found this!


    1 에서  니다.   되어 2   되며, 2   4 30 니다.   셔서 다시  리며    니다.Hello! I am happy to inform you that you have passed the first step of university screening for 2015 KSGP.Your documents will be sent to NIIED for the 2nd Screening Process and the result will be announced on April 30 at NIIED website.Thank you again for applying to our school and we hope for the best of your hard works

Thanks God! one step closer to be Ehwa's. I boldlined the announcement day. They asked me to wait for a month. Sure, they need an extra work to check one by one our self description and study plan. I spent my whole time to read book and started to teach Indonesian to Korean.On April 28th, Hana (my friend who applied via Embassy and passed the interview) and I got  a chance to be interpreter for a business meeting. It should be our job to interpret the product explanation. But I swore that was so hard. Let me forget it!

JUNE 16th


Helloo.. I am keeping this a draft and now i am writting about the NIIED's result today. I saw my name on the list and found out that my language course will be spent in Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan (영남대). Hana, my friend will go to Dongseo University in Busan. This is such a destiny or not but i had a conversation before with business woman from Gyeongsan. I thought Gyeongsan is inside or near Busan. She corrected me that Gyeongsan is located in GyeongsangBUK-do while Busan is located in GyeongsangNAM-do. ah and one fact that i already knew about my future city is its dialect. what? DIALECT! 괜찮아 ( gwaenchana) spoken in Seoul while in Gyeongsan it's spoken 괜찬재?(gwaenchanje). That will be my challenge to understand and follow the dialect. Overall, i really grateful to ALLOH who gave me this chance and let me fullfil my dreams.


I want to thanks to all people (my beloved family, Cetar Gayamsari, Korean Language year 2010, Miwon's SAP implementation project, etc) who always support me. I will use this great chance as best as i can do to make a better future of mine, community and country. Love you all!