Thursday, 29 May 2014

end of May 2014

Gak berasa waktu jalan cepet banget. Rasanya baru kemarin Oktober 13. Pindah ke C15 Slaidburn House, ketemu Jocelyn sama Faith di koridor flat. Kenalan sama flatmates baru yang beruntung banget adalah orang yang sangat-sangat baik. Michaelmas term, masih males-malesan, christmas break, new year, balik lent term, males-malesan lagi sambil stress dikit, easter break, dan taraa sekarang udah mau end of first year ajah.
Flashback setahun first year ini, beruntung ketemu temen-temen baru yang baik-baik, walau gak bertambah banyak. Mulai dari flatmates, kebetulan satu flat sama beberapa kenalan di foundation. Tyler dari Taiwan sama Naim dari Malay. Sama-sama di Management School and we're doing some modules together. Bisa sharing, bantu belajar, nyambung dan nambah wawasan banget ngobrol sama orang-orang ini!
Ada juga Faith sama Ese. 2 cewe dari Nigeria dan Ghana, yang tinggal di London. Faith is studying medicine while Ese yang kentel bgt english accent nya, is doing law. Ditambah Jocelyn, cewe HK yang nyambung bgt ngorbol sama gw sampe udah gak ngerti lagi, hahahah, tiap sore gw gangguin dia masak, ngobrol ini itu sampe keujung-ujung, sampe akan ke iceland bareng oktober nanti! haha. Sisanya walau gak gitu deket, juga baik-baik, ada Islam yg belajar melulu, dan Chester, cowo China yang penuh misteri. hahah.
Di flat aja udah asik, lanjut dengan teman-teman sekelas. Banyak dapet temen baru dari tutorial. Amy, cewe HK baik, se team management, pinter pula. Kriti, cewe India yang selevel nilai-nilainya sama gw (HAHAHA) yg enak diajak ngobrol juga. Ada lagi Betty juga, cewe China yang pinter. Di msci 102, juga kenalan sama cewe Amrik, Toyin. Di management group, juga beruntung banget banget dapet group mates yang super oke. Amelia, cewe Cumbria yang hardworking, Adam cowo London yang super fine, York yang sangat simple, dan Amy, cewe HK cs-an gw, hahah. 23 weeks satu group bareng. Mulai dari discussion, presentation, research project. Group meeting di grizedale 6 jem sampe jem 1 pagi. Orang-orang ini keren banget. Ngebantu banyak banget, sampe di akhir kita dapet A+ for the presentation and now being nominated as the best presentation project group! Kurang keren apa coba, hahaah. Walaupun Amelia sm Adam org local yg beda sama kita yang adalah international students. Mereka baik, dan fair enough sekali sama kita, two thumbs up!!
Lanjut, selain temen, di uni juga ketemu banyak lecturer dan tutor-tutor keren. Mulai dari lecturer ACF yang udah sangat berpengalaman, mantan Executive Manager Shell German, dan sekarang ngajar di Glasgow Uni, salah satu uni di Germany, dan Lancaster. Tutor ACF juga keren banget, namanya Noor Hashim. Noor masih muda, dia berasal dari Saudi Arabia, pake hijab, dan kayaknya baru menyelesaikan study phd di Uni of Manchester. Gw kagum sama Noor yang walaupun pake hijab, tapi dia tetep modern, knowledegeable, dan bisa catch up sama educational career disini, jadi teaching staff pula. Gw salut banget sama Noor, mungkin karna biasa gw cuma pernah liat cewe-cewe Saudi Arabia yang married muda, ikut suami dll kali ya, hehe. Lanjut, lecture ECON 100 juga keren-keren. Dari Dr Caroline dan Thomas yang ngajarnya enak, sampe Prof Ian dan Prof Gerald yang super brilliant otaknya gak-ngerti-lagi. Tutor econ gw juga amazing nih. Namanya Colin Mang. Cowo Canada in his mid 20s, doing econ PHD, aktif banget banget di kegiatan kampus dan department, olahraga fencing dan sailing, ngajar puluhan tutorial every weeks, masih jalanin phd research nya, tapi juga tetep eksis clubbing tiap weekend. Gila gak sih satu orang bisa ngelakuin itu semua?!! Colin ini jenius banget banget. Ngajarnya enaaaak banget, bikin gw ngerti dalam sekejap, pinternya gak ketolongan. One of those few geniuses I've ever met in life!!!
Msci 102 lecturer nya juga oke-oke, mulai yang dari ngomong kayak bisik-bisik, sampe yang seru ngebahas study case. MNGT 120 juga oke, lecturernya mulai dari China, Pakistan, sampe locals. Tiap minggu yang bawa lecture accent dan gaya ngajarnya beda-beda, hahahha. Tutor group gw juga baik banget, Mahnaz namanya; a very lovely person she is, indeed. Last, MSCI 110 juga ngajarin banyak hal, sampai bikin gw ngongkrong di lab comp A8 engineering building berhari-hari, ke lab jem 1 pagi one day before deadline (dan rame, yang lain juga pada ngejar deadline! hahahah) dan lainnya

Di uni ini beda banget sama prev educational life gw. Belajar banyak banget hal baru, walaupun belajar beberapa repeated modules like econ, accounting, and some other stuffs. Disini kita melihat dari sisi yang lebih luas. Di lecture dikasih teorinya, di tutorial dikasih practice in real life nya. Yang ngajar, berbagai orang dari beda-beda nationalities. Different accent, different way of teaching, different topics yang dibawain. Coursework juga udah gak main-main lagi, coursework bener-bener useful dan berguna di real life. Banyak pengalaman baru didapatkan, mulai dari attend lecture populer yang super rame dengan muka-muka familiar (temen foundation) sampe dateng lecture yang mostly boring sehingga cuma dikit bangeeet org yang dateng (kasian lecturer nya hahah). Tutorial jem 9 pagi, computer workshop, kumpul tugas pagi-pagi ke management school, disana ketemu temen-temen lo yang juga masih dengan muka kurang tidur, aahahah. Group meeting, dealing with ppl from different nationalities. It looks simple, but actually you have a lot to learn from it.

Kayak balik ke flatmates. Di kitchen kita sering ketemu, mulai dari ngobrol basa-basi, ternyata nyambung dan discuss beberapa topic. Flatmates gw ada orang Nigeria, Ghana, Malaysia, Taiwan, HK, dan gw Indo. We're talking about politics, colonialism, culture, ppl til some random facts about our own country. We listen to each other, sharing knowledge with each other. Ada yang belajar medicine, law, accounting, marketing, dan gw business management. Kita jadi melihat persoalaan gak cuma dari satu sudut pandang lagi secara gak langsung dengan discussion kayak gini (asik banget bahasanya! hahaha) well but that's true. and believe me, it's a real precious experience that you can hardly ever get.

Kemarin seorang kenalan nanya sama gw. "Gimana sekolah di UK? Enak gak?" banyak banget orang yang study keluar negeri, dengan motif yang beda-beda. Kalau diakalangan temen-temen gw, ada yang buat gaya-gayaan, ada yang buat nama, ada yang ngejar ilmu, adapun juga yang memang cuma suka tinggal di negaranya. Banyak juga yang tadinya mau, gak jadi keluar negeri karna takut, takut tinggal sendiri, takut dirasis-in (this is one of the most ridiculous answer ive ever heard), takut pelajaran susah. Well, that's the challenge from studying abroad. Harus mandiri, independent, dan bisa gak bisa, gak peduli berapa banyak duit yang lo punya disini, apapun etnis lo, apapun nationality lo, saat lo study abroad especially di tempat yang sangat baru dan berbeda dengan hidup&lingkungan lo biasanya. Lo belajar banyak banget dari situ. Mungkin lo merasa kesusahan, encounter some difficulties. well that happens. unfortunate things happens, so does shits as well hahaha. Tapi sisanya adalah kejadian-kejadian baik, unik, baru yang memberi lo banyak pelajaran, yang gak akan lo bisa dapet dimanapun tempat lainnya. Coba aja compare student biasa sama international student. Kita punya banyak banget perbedaan hahah. (kayak gw yg punya hidden talent: kemampuan mencari tiket pesawat paling murah hahahaha)
Intinya, tentu ada kesusahannya study abroad, tapi menurut gw, itu worth it kok, setimpal dengan ilmu dan experience yang lu dapet disini, if u really do what you need to do properly in here. Uang yang dikeluarin banyak, tapi ilmu dan pengalaman yang lo dapet juga banyak banget.
Kayak gw, kuliah di Lancaster gak gampang. Dulu gw milih disini seenak-enaknya karna ranking nya bagus. Marketing first in the UK, acc&finance second best in the uk dan management school nya one of the best in the UK. Gw bangga banget, beh bangga banget, tapi sekarang baru gw rasain dan ngerti. Dari mana semua ranking itu bisa didapatkan university ini, pelajarannya susah woiii!!! Lecturer nya keren-keren, coursework nya practical banget dan useful banget. Ilmunya pun fully prepared.
Gw bayar mahal disini, emang susah belajarnya, sampe mau nangis tiap malem rasanya ahah, tapi ya itu challenge yang gw dapatkan. It's not easy, tapi saat down, gw selalu coba throw back lagi kayak sekarang.. Inget-inget apa aja yang gw dapet selain ilmu disini. I gained a lot beside those educational thingy by living in here for the last 2 years.

Gw adalah tipe orang yang suka ngamatin orang (beda tipis sama kepo dan hobby stalking hahah) dari orang-orang disekitar yg gw amatin aja gw belajar banyak, kayak anak-anak undergrad temen Malaysia gw disini. Mostly adalah anak-anak orang kaya, yg punya background family dan educational life yang sangat tinggi (dan mostly karna tuntutan). Gw tau soal mereka dari bersosialisasi yang adalah keharusan, dari situ gw dapet banyak knowledge tentang orang-orang dari negara lain tanpa sadar. Bisa nilai mereka dan ambil point2 baiknya, tau banyak info yang beberapa gak tertulis di buku, tanpa harus baca buku. That's the point. Dari berteman aja lo udah nambah banyak ilmu tentang negara temen-temen lo. Apalagi saat lo ngobrol banyak sama mereka, bertukar pikiran. About Malaysia or HK misalnya. Biasa kita nge judge their ppl or their countrys's condition dari satu sisi doang, dari berita yang ada di BBC doang, tapi disini, lo ketemu mereka langsung, lo denger opini mereka yg tentu aja berbeda dan itu bisa merubah atau at least meluaskan sudut pandang lo dalam menanggapi sesuatu. Sama juga kita kepada orang lain, kita juga ngomongin tentang negara kita sendiri, kasih tau beberapa budaya kita, Indonesia negara nya kayak apa, orang-orang nya kayak apa, change ppl's perception about Indonesia, apalagi kalau bbrp presepsi tsbt adalah presepsi yg kurang benar.
Banyak orang pikir kita study abroad, make friends with foreign ppl for business connection or anything. Well im still not sure about that and it sounds a little bit like bullshit for me. Gw gak berharap banyak utk punya long lasting friendship dengan banyak orang-orang disini. Memang dgn beberapa kita deket banget hingga bisa membangun koneksi. Tapi keuntungan gak dari itu aja, dari yang gak gitu deket juga, dari kita bergaul sama mereka, ngobrol sama mereka, kita jadi tau fact-fact asik dan knowledge2 itu. Seperti yang gw jelaskan sebelumnya

Next, part of life in Lancaster yang gw suka disini adalah juga orang-orang Indonya. Disini gw ketemu orang-orang yang beda banget dengan orang-orang yang biasa sepergaulan gw di SMA or SMP. Mulai dari orang-orang muda yang smart, berwawasan dan hardworking. Merantau di negeri orang by scholarship from the government, world bank, dan lain-lain. 2 tahun, 2 batch postgrad stdt indo gw kenal disini. Some of the postgrad students are here by scholarships. Mulai dari pertamina, world bank, dikti, UI, Unpad, Chevening, dll. Beberapa orang yang ambil Phd, adalah lecturer di UI, Unpad, UPI, UGM, Universitas Muhhamadiah Surakarta, dll. Ada juga yang journalist, ada juga yang berkarir di Pertamina dan law firm. Bayangin aja gw yang adalah anak sma doang, diusia 17 tahun ketemu orang-orang seperti ini (jadi terkagum-kagum deh). It's a whole new world for me. Orang orang ini kesini bukan uang orang tua, beberapa bayar puluhan ribu pounds untuk S2 dari hasil nabung gaji bertahun-tahun, beberapa lainnya menunggu 2-3 tahun untuk dapet beasiswa dikti, lpdp dan lainnya hingga sampai ke UK. Beberapa harus membawa suami/istri bahkan anak-anaknya untuk beradaptasi di negeri orang, jauh dari keluarga, demi mengemban pendidikan disini. Dari orang-orang Indo disini, mata gw terbuka luas banget. Di Jakarta gw hidup stuck di satu group masyarakat, disini gw bisa melihat dari sisi group bagian masyarakat lainnya. Gw kagum banget sama beberapa orang-orang ini. Di Lancaster Uni juga ada 4 dosen tetap orang Indo. Pak Anto, Pak Dahny, Mbak Sandra dan Pak Stefan. Pak Anto deh contohnya, 10 tahun S2 dan S3 di Belanda, dari bujangan, sampe nikah, dan sampe punya anak di Maastricht. Lalu pindah ke UK, sekarang jadi lecturer disini, bersama istri dan anaknya Ilham, yang bahasa inggrisnya british abis dan jauh lebih bagus dari bahasa indonesianya. Gak mudah buat mereka hidup bertahun-tahun jauh dari keluarga besar di Indonesia. Dan dari satu acara makan siang sambil ngobrol-ngobrol aja, jadi banyak tau dan belajar dari pengalam yang disharing oleh mereka.
Buat gw yang datang dari background dari mereka, pertama gw belajar melihat dari sudut pandang lain, gak cuma stuck kayak waktu di Jakarta, kedua, most of them are a very educated and educational ppl, dari ngobrol2 aja lo dapet banyak new knowledge, dan terakhir, dari pengalaman-pengalaman hidup mereka, mulai dari susahnya buat nyampe UK, hingga difficulties yang mereka dapatkan disini. They are a very very friendly and humble people. Welcome banget sama semua orang. Disini kita sama-sama orang Indonesia, satu bahasa, satu kampung halaman. Gak perduli etnis, gak perduli status, as long as we can get along well w/ each other, kita belajar banyak dari satu sama lain. Gak gampang ketemu orang-orang seperti ini di kota lain in the UK apalagi di Indonesia. Beruntung karna Lancaster kota yang kecil dan sangat lah kental dengan educational life, gw bisa berada di lingkungan seperti ini.
Gak cuman dari mahasiswa postgrad gw belajar, tapi juga dari anak-anak undergrad disini, Andriana, Bari, kita dateng dari background yang beda-beda. Kayak lo pertama ospek kuliah deh, ketemu temen2 dari SMA lain, tapi lo cuma temenan sama orang-orang yang satu etnis dan satu lifestyle kan sama lo. Di Indo kita terpisahkan sama batas yang gak terlihat between people. Gw juga di indo gak gaul sama orang-orang indo, justru karna disini doang gw bisa deket sama orang-orang kayak mereka. Dan so far itu membawa efek yang baik kok, gw belajar banyak dari mereka, bertukar knowledge, dan bisa melihat dari satu sudut pandang baru yg berbeda.

Kalau kalian gak setuju sama gw, kesampingin lah soal orang-orang indo kayak gini. I know it's not easy to meet these kind of ppl, that's why I count myself to be lucky. Tapi kalau ditanya apakah gw akan nyesel kalau gak belajar keluar negeri? melihat kondisin sekarang, gw akan jawab iya.
Kemarin gw ngobrol-ngorbol sama temen SMA, dan baru diceritain betapa bebasnya mantan temen-temen sekelas gw itu sekarang di kuliah. Seks bebas, gaya hidup yang sangat konsumtif, hidup dengan gengsi, dan sinis-sinisan, sirik-sirikan berantem antar temen udah kayak anak SD. Terutama di bagian seks bebas, gw kaget banget denger itu semua, miris dengernya. Jadi bersyukur banget gw disini. Disisi lain juga kasihan sih sama orang-orang yang gw kenal tersebut.
Waktu jalan cepet banget, dalam itungan hari gw akan berumur 19 tahun (tua banget gw!) saat di facebook ngeliat temen-temen SMP, SD, SMA. Muka nya udah berubah, dan ingetan gw tentang muka mereka dibangku sekolah dulu pun perlahan mulai pudar (apa gw yang pikun? hahahah)
Bangga dan senang sih liat beberapa dari mereka yang masuk UI, ITB, IPB, dan lain-lain. Ada yang ke UK, US, Canada, Taiwan, Ausie, banyaaak banget tersebar dimana-mana. I admire some of them yg gw tau still living their life rightly in my opinion. While on the other side I took a pity on some yg itu, ada yg di Sydney bisa nya seneng-seneng, di Indo kuliah di Binus dan Atma juga gitu, buang duit dan gaya hidup nya bebas abis. Gw sayang aja sih sama mereka yang gak bisa ngejaga kehormatannya sendiri. we're just around 19 years old tapi org2 keg mereka udah ngelakuin bbrp hal yg seharusnya gak mereka lakukan, yang adalah bukan sesuatu yang baik juga. Beberapa jg gw tau terjebak di field of educational life yang gak mereka sukai (baca: akuntansi) melihat mereka gw bersyukur banget gw masih bisa suka apa yang gw pelajarin sekarang

Looking around, banyak banget yang berubah in this recent years. Orang-orang yang dulu kita kenal udah berjalan di pathway yang beda-beda, dan gw dibuat tercengo kadang-kadang dengan melihat mereka. Tapi yah lagi, that's life. Mungkin karna gw juga yang masih naive, baru keluar dari sekloah. or anything idk how you call it hahaha. Well ya, as you're growing up, mata lo jadi terbuka luasss. Especially kalo lo step into smthg that's far out of ur safety zone. Lebih banyak tau tentang macam-macam hidup orang. Learn a lot from it.

Oh ya, 10th of May kemarin juga PPI Lancaster dengan sukses mengadakan a relatively small independent cultural event di Lancaster. We named it Indonesian Night. Acaranya sekitar 2 jam-an, Dihadiri international dan local ppl n students (ya iyalah masa yg dateng orang indo juga! hahah) mulai dari tamu dateng terus kepalanya dipake/iketin udeng Bali, kumpul2 ada brief introduction tentang Indonesia, pertunjukan nari saman, menikmati jajanan indonesia, lomba makan kerupuk, quiz sampe nari poco-poco. PPI Lancaster ber-13. Dan kita udah getar-getir stress di h-2. Selama lent term, 10 weeks kita ber 8 latihan nari saman dari dasar (kecuali Kak Qisha dan Kak Haikal), dari gak ada yang nyanyi, sampe Andriana jadi syeikh yang oke banget, udah gitu, gw pake acara telat pulang ke Lancaster, dimana tinggal seminggu sebelum acara. Dari kaki keram dan lutut biru-biru (hahaha lebay), sampe udah gak ada rasa lagi, sampe afal lagu dan gerakan diluar kepala, hahaha. Lanjut, kostum dan lainnnya, Dea, Dinta Kak Haikal dll pinjem dari KBRI jauh-jauh ke London, decoration, Dea dll juga yang kerjain by hand. Masak, kita bagi2 smua. gw, Dea, Sania dan Kak Qisha malem sebelumnya bikin lemper dadar gulung dan kue cubit. Tau taunyaaaa lemper baru selesai jem 4 pagi (sumpah jangan pernah underestimate tukang lemper lagi) dari motong2 lempernya, motong daun pisangnya, bungkusin satu-satu, sampe jem 4. Terlanjur pagi, kita lanjut bikin dadar gulung, digulung 1-1 by hand, baras beres baras beres, baru selesai jem 8 pagi. Itu tuh udah dari ngantuk, sampe gak ngantuk, sampe ngantuk lg, terus jadi melek lagi ahahahah. Jem 8 pagi jalan dr gradcol balik ke flat gw. Pake hujan badai pula pagi itu! Jaket sepatu gw basah lepek, nyampe kamar lsg ganti baju dan tidur 4 jam ahahah. Jem 3 sorean ke tempat, ganti baju, ngurusin ini dan itu, hingga acara berjalan sampe smuanya selesai. Kita-kita di ppi dari yang baik-baik aja, sampe kesel-kesel ngumpat-ngumpatin beberapa orang gara-gara kerjaan untuk indonight ini hahaha. Most of the people blg acaranya bagus dan organised bgt, a big success. woohoo. Gw jujur gak nyangka bakal sampe dipuji gini, dan seneng dengernya tentu aja. Huge credit buat Dea Sania Dinta, Kak Haikal dan Kak Qisha yang udah jalanin, bantu banyaaaak banget untuk event ini. hahaha. It's a new experience buat gw untuk terlibat dalam acara yg kita mulai dari nol kayak gini, gw belajar banyak tentang berorganisasi dan apa arti tanggung jawab dari sebuah title jabatan juga karna event ini, thanks to Kak Qisha hahaah. It's a very good night indeed. Salah satu event terbesar PPI Lancaster in the recent years (secara kita event nya cuma makan-makan doang :p hahahah)






So, yeah, nulis panjang lebar gini cuma buat nuang pendapat sih hahaha, cuma sharing apa aja yang gw dapet in these last 2 years and what happened in this 1 year. Study abroad, gak gampang tapi juga adalah one of the biggest thing in my life so far. Terutama buat gw pribadi, yang karna 1-2 hal dibutuhin sama keluarga. Thanks to my mom yang udah sacrifice secara mental buat gw kuliah diluar, hahah. Tapi yah konsekuensinya, 3 bulan sekali bulak-balik manchester jakarta. hahaha. ini juga nih 1 hal yg orang liat enak dari gw. Selali dikira gw bulak balik buat seneng-seneng dan buang2 uang di Jakarta. Padahal ya Tuhan, you don't know how tiring it is to have 32 hours flight in 30 days. three times in a year. Betapa repotnya pula, dkk. Tahun pertama emg homesick, pengen pulang. Tahun kedua? bukannya gak kangen rumah, tapi capek juga bos, dan gw pulang simply bukan untuk seneng-seneng juga! I have something to do, makanya sebisa mungkin kalo libur pulang. Konsekuensinya? Capek iya, keteteran dikit iya. Apalagi saat kesialan melanda gw berkali-kali di satu tempat yang namanya airport. Mulai dari delayed flight berjam-jam sendirian, terjebak di Dubai airport for 24 hour sendirian gak bisa keluar karna gw masih under 18; pdhl udah dpt one day UAE visa, kamar hotel, dll, sampe yang terakhir. Ngebut-ngebutan di taksi saat otw ke bandara di jakarta, nyampe soetta airport, taunya gak bisa berangkat dan harus balik kerumah malam itu. Sumpah sedih banget.
Hahahaha beginilah kisah liburan Manchester-Jakarta gw selama 2 tahun. So many unfortunate, unpredictable things happened. Tapi gak cuma itu, banyak bangeeeet juga kok good things yang happened di UK :) once again, I count myself to be lucky to be in here now.

So, kayaknya udah itu aja yang gw bisa bicarakan hahah. Udah jem 8 malem (mampus gw belom belajar hahah) I'm just sharing my opinion. Bentar lagi year 1 selesai, another farewell with some amazing ppl. Huaaa, 2 years left in Lancs :)
Well, ok, this is real the end now.
Saatnya kembali belajar
Have a good day people! Adios!!!


"we are often troubled, but not crushed; sometimes in doubt, but never in despair; there are many enemies, but we are never without a friend; and through badly hurt times, we are not destroyed"
2 Corinthians 4:8-9

best regards,

JeslyneYunita

LAN-29/5/14

Little Current Chat

May 29th 2014

First exam of the first year in 2 days. I have 5 exams. Have been drinking coffee every single day in the last 1 week. Just realised that I'm so doomed right now. I'm so so so so lazy in these 2 terms. I know I'm not smart, or I'm just way too lazy or whatever. I just feel so disappointed to my self because for again and again cause I didn't do anything much to fix it. I'm always being left behind from other friends. Talking with them, their grades are always higher. They can pass while I'm not, they're in A or B while I'm on C. I know I'm just having fun, I'm not hardworking at all, not productive, haven't tried my best. And yah now I'm taking the consequences. Feel so pissed when everyone always achieve smthg higher than you. I've been so blessed. But all I can do is just making problems, spending money, and arghhhhhhhhhhhhhh I'm really really annoyed with my own self. I swear I'll do better next year. I swear I won't waste every single day anymore. I know what I did wrong. Too careless during the term. So lazy, so stupid. Too many shits happens these day. Money, memories, education. I'm so pissed so disappointed with my own self.. It just can't be expressed in any better way than this anymore.
I'm so pissed, and all I can do now is just to try my best to pass the exams.
I swear I'll do better next year. No more having fun during the weeks. Holiday is holiday, studying and studying. It's gonna be even more difficult than now. Oh please I just don't wanna fail or being left behind anymore!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Really want to have placement as well, at least during summer after year 2 please!! arghhhhh, in some society as well, I want to get more formally involved in it, gain experiences, though I also know the consequences, hope next year I can do my task from the upcoming position even better than now.
I'm so pissed right now that I'm gonna die!!! Arghhh!!!

current fav songs:
Fly To The Sky - 너 를 너 를 너 를
G.O.D: The Lone Duckling
Xia Junsu -Rainy Night
Jung Joon Young & Younha: Just The Way You Are

LAN-ThursMay29th'14-15:39

best regards,


JeslyneYunita

Monday, 10 February 2014

Korean movie review

Hi there again everyone. Here comes my post to review some Korean movies that I've watched. Those really good ones for me :) enjoy!

First of all, I watched these movies in the cinema, on the plane, on tv back home, or online. So to make it easier for me, I'm gonna classified it into where I watched it, hahah

On the plane:
1. Masquerade
2. Architecture 101
3. The Thieves
4. The Berlin File
5. Cold Eyes


On TV
1. Ahjussi (a man from nowhere)
2. A Barefoot Dream

In the cinema:
1. Mr. Go
2. Secretly Greatly
3. A Werewolf Boy
4. Mr Idol

Online:
1. Heaven's postman
2. Hello Ghost


1. Masquerade


This used to be a box office movie in South Korea I remembered. Telling a story about Joseon era's King who's 'kinda bad' and someday he's being poisoned by one of the concubine. To prevent a mess in the country, the 'right hand' of the King found a man who looks exactly like him to replace the king. Oh ya at first the king use him to replace him while he's visiting that concubine (as I remembered)
And so while playing as a king this guy have to learn all of the king's habit and learn more about the palace. Not only that, he's also being dragged into the political conflict within the palace and also fallen in love with the queen. The ending is quite good, I really like the king's right hand man who is really loyal. As expected from Lee Byung Hyun who plays both of the characters really really well. No wonder this movie becomes a box office movie back then :)

2. Architecture 101


Another box office movie (as they said). The casts are Han Ga In and Suzy. Telling about one man and woman's first love during first year of college, but both never confess because of and other circumstances. In  the present they met again, well the woman is the one who act look for him though; and start to look back and remembering their old first love story. Han Ga In is really pretty in here, I like her style as well, hahah. But beside that, nothing's really special for me from this movie. Just a basic romance movie.

3. The Thieves


I remembered really want to watch movie in the cinema but can't, so ended up watched this on the plane but didn't finish it then watch it for the second time til the end on tv at home.
The Thieves is an action movie about thieves, just like its name. It's a kind of serious action movie, with a little bit of romance, but has a lot of twisted inside it. When you watch you just can't predict what's happening and what's going to happen and what's really happening hhaha. Kim Soo Hyun is way too hot as well in this movie

4. The Berlin File


Just watched this one in January. Have heard about it often, yeap another box office movie
Telling a story about South Korean vs North Korean agent or smtg located in Berlin. Don't really watch the movie fully but the ending is sad. Action movie, the story is kinda awesome as well.

5. Cold Eyes


This movie is kinda new as well. Telling a story about Han Hyo Joo who is a newbie as an agent. She has talent, and so she and her team tried to catch a boss of professional group of thieves.
I love this movie, the ending is great as well. The sad moment is when one of the team's member passed away, and when a lot of ppl are hurt because of that bad man. Super worth to watch and recommended!


During summer, Net tv (a local tv channel in indonesia) played a korean movie every saturday and sunday night. Some are really good, just like these ones:

1. Ahjussi (A Man From Nowhere)


Telling about Won Bin who is a professional killer, or a spy I'm not really sure, who suddenly get involved in his neighbor's drug case. He was close with this woman's daughter, because her mother doesn't really care about her. When I watched it, it was nothing special at first, just an action movie (again) but then comes a seen when the girl telling something that's really sad to the guy (Won Bin), then after that this girl is kidnapped by the bad guys who's looking for something from the girl's mother. And so his real side is out to save the girl cause before he just pretending to be a normal guy in the neighborhood

2. A Barefoot Dream



A story about a former Korean soccer coach who went to East Timor to start a business. Then after several things that happened, he ended up trains the boys in there who have talent to play soccer. At first watch this because of the location background and the language which is sometimes similar to my local language, Indonesian. But then, this movie is really good! Love the touching moment when the kids begged him to not to go. This man start with nothing, and keep falling and going up again to bring the kids to the professional field of soccer. A really meaningful movie. Like it when he's talking in bahasa (for a little bit) and he's kinda look like Eunhyuk Super Junior because of the gum smile, hahhhahahaha

In the cinema, I watched:

1. Mr. Go


Another big movie because of Sung Dong Il (esp this movies is out after appa oediga)
But I really want to watch it because I've watched Sung Dong Il's film and drama before appa oediga, therefore I really looking forward for his acting in this movie. It was good, and I bet many many people have watched it or at least know what's the movie about. So, for me, maybe because a lot of people has told me what is the movie about, the scene, the bla bla bla. I don't know, when I watch it I just don't feel really amaze with it. It was good though, esp for the cinematographic effect and Sung Dong Il's acting

2. Secretly Greatly


This one is my favorite movie of all so far. Telling about a north korean soldier who's sent to the south and to disguise in a local neighborhood. Then he met his colleagues, get along with the people around it, til the end is asked to end all of their disguised. I love the movie cause it's unpredictable, has a meaning on it, funny, but still an action movie as well at the same time. The ending again is really sad and also has a switched in the story. Love love love kim soo hyun's acting in here. He's a really brilliant actor seriously!!!!

3. A Werewolf Boy


Another famous movie, but I love Park Bo Young and Song Joong Ki's acting. Especially the scene in the forest when he get to talk for the first time while tearing up, saying "hajima" ("don't go")
The ending is sad as well. A great one, indeed

4. Mr Idol


This movie is quite old, remembered watched this with my sister when we're still in FO madness and since the casts are Park Yejin and Kim Sooro. Making it a must for FO fans to watch this. The story is quite good, I like the songs in it as well. And it has Jay Park and UKiss! A not really serious and famous movie but overall I like it :)

Last these 2 I just watched it few days ago

1. Heavenly Postman


Watch this of course because the one and only Kim Jaejoong!! hahha Overall it's good, not really boring and a happy ending. For those who likes tvxq or jaejoong or jyj. Go watch this one!

2. Hello Ghost


Found the review for this movie is quite good then try to watch it. It's funny, Cha Tae Hyun is doing great as well, but I don't feel anything until 90% of this movie. Then, when it comes to the ending. Dash! All of my perception changed in a second because of a big switch and revelation in the story. And it was really sad for God's sake!!!!!!! All of the scene that I thought is not really important is revealed to be in there because of a very good important meaning. This movie is sooo good! Tell us about the love of parent and family. Super recommended

Next, I also have favorite actors and actress. My fav actors are Ji Sung and Kim Soo Hyun

1. Ji Sung


First time watched him in 'new heart', a medical drama. And then also seeing him in 'protect the boss', 'secret', and 'my ps partner'. His acting was soooo great. Thumbs up!!!


2. Kim Soo Hyun


Liking him because of Secreatly Greatly, hahah but then seeing all of his works as well, 'dream high', 'the moon that embrace the sun', 'the thieves' and 'you who came from the stars'. And yeah super amaze because of his acting skill. Simply great

Actrees: Jun Ji Hyun


Just noticed her really recently, while looking at her biography and find out that many of my fav movies are played by her! yeap she played in 'my sassy girl', 'daisy', 'the thieves,' and last 'the berlin file'

I like these 3 of them because of their skill (beside the face for soo hyun and ji sung, hahah) and because of their play in each role that are totally different. Looking at jisung, ji hyun and soo hyun. They don't play a lot but in each they've successfully built and lived that character and each characters are different from prev ones. I know some actors and actresses like Lee Min Ho, Park Min Young, Shin She Kyung, Park Shin Hye. Their acting are cool as well but keep repeating the same or similar character in each film. That's why I really like these 3 people and bring it as my favorite






Nowadays I'm watching 'Emergency Couple'. I don't watch dramas, I even have never watched a drama from the beginning til the end fully. But because of this is Song Ji Hyo, I tried to watch and it turns out to be a good one. Her acting is really good and I like her character who plays a woman who tried to prove herself that she can be a successful person as well. Kinda feel irritated because of the antagonist play though but still I'll keep watching cause this drama gives some meaning as well, not just a cheesy one.
I super like Dr Kook Cheon Soo as well, a super handsome, cool, smart and kind hearted doctor. Woot! I real hope she'll end up with Jihyo somehow :) lol


That's all for now

ps: it's february alr ppl!!! XD


best regards,

Jeslyne

Thursday, 23 January 2014

january 2014


Made this video few days ago while I was bored at lecture. Yeap found a new way to sum up my holiday, hahah, I made this in less than 2 minutes, so fast and simple, made through the blackberry z10. Some photos are taken during this december christmas break in Jakarta and Singapore, while some are just a real old one.

So, it's end of january is here. Tmrw is friday of week 12. This term could be real hectic I recogn. Going to have 2 econ tests, while the first one is right on tmrw. Msci 110 & 102 as well, have to make reports and have a little test. Have to work as a group for primary research, report, and presentation for mngt 120, going to present it at w. 22 / w. 23. Right after easter break!

Some results are out, but the mngt essay result is not out yet, it will by next week, hope I'm still doing well :(
Last holiday was real real exciting, much better than I ever expected. I guess my christmas gift this year is, I get the true meaning by experiencing of a sentence called 'when you give, you shall receive'. While in Jakarta Ci Evelyn drives us for the whole month, we went to muara karang for breakfast in the morning, hang out in the mall on the day and went to pik to have dinner! She's the one who drives all the day, and she's even the one who sent me to the airport. Had such great great days, just such a pity chika wasn't there with us.

In April I'm going to have a break again, easter break. As being scheduled, I'm going back to indo then on the 7th I'm going to Australia with mom to visit chika!!!!!! yey
We're going to visit Sydney, Gold Coast, and last Adelaide. Have made some plans, going to Sydney Taronga zoo, Darling Harbour, Opera House, museums. In GC going to go to some hip places that Ci Evelyn told us, and visit the sea world as well, last going to Adelaide where chika is currently living in, then going back to Sydney to catch the flight back to Jakarta on the 18th.

A week later on the 25th I'll go back to Manchester. This time I'm not flying with emirates. Book a KLM airline ticket and gonna have a stopover at Schipol, KL airport, and Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport. Sounds exciting? it is for me. Wanna try a new environment and new flying experience.

A lot of things are going to happen this year, can't wait to sum it up when we're coming to the end of it. Unknowingly now it's coming to my 2nd year of living in Lancaster, time flies, right? 2 years lett, then I'm gonna leave this place.

Still have to study more and more, harder and harder. Encountered many many different feelings in the last few days. Drain, worried, happy, sad, blue, excited, delightful, etc.

Well, gonna live this next 2 months or 8 weeks very very lively. Have to apply for australian tourist visa (*fingercrossed), extent my passport if possible, study study and study, to achieve good score.
Then come the easter break, after it ends, coming to w.22-w.25. Presentation, then final summer exam! After that ended, traveling, moving out, and going back home, and voila! year 1 is done in a blink of eye. I hope I'll do well as well as how I could say and write and right now. Hope my score is fine.. real real hope so.
Still continuing, after that, going back to Jakarta for summer, waving good bye to some indo ppl (I dislike this), lebaran holiday, moving out from my current house in Jakarta, then, going back to the UK in october, meeting new indo ppl, studying new subjects, and so on and so on. Then december again!!!! hahahahahahaha

Time can really flies nowadays, day by day just pass even we like it and want it or not,
So the above are my plan, let's see what's happening and not happening in the future later.
Now, it's time for me to walk faster, to aim higher, to do better and to work harder.

Same for you guys as well I recogn,

anyway have a great days ahead ppl, hope you're doing well, better than I.

"we are often troubled, but not crushed; 
sometimes in doubt, but never in despair; 
there are many enemies, but we are never without a friend; 
and through badly hurt times, we are not destroyed"
-Corinthians 4:8-9

best regards,,

Jeslyne =]

Tuesday, 31 December 2013

new year's eve 2013

Hello everyone! Yes today is December 31st 2013. The last day of the year! I'm currently lying on my bed right now, in my room in Jakarta, listening to the loud fireworks from both right and left side of my house, non stop since 9pm. Yeap it's new year's eve, and because my house is located kinda in the central of Jakarta, monas and thamrin is nearby, central park mall is as well, also ancol and other places who provide magnificent firework show. Plus some neighbours who are also celebrating. It's so noisy, that's why I can't fall asleep til now. And this is not the first time, I remembered clearly that this is just the same as last year. When I was lying on my bed since half past eight but ended up fell asleep after twelve when it's all has come to the end.

Why am I in jakarta? Yeap as usual I'm going back home this christmas. How's my christmas celebration? Well it's so simple, nothing special, on christmas day me and family simply go to PI to buy mom's winter coat then go home and at night we send mom to the airport cause she's going to HK at midnight.
However,different from my simple christmas, christmas eve in jakarta was being celebrated in a real great way here, I just noticed. Most of the ppl around me are having great dinner, the traffic is depressing, as always, ppl are saying merry christmas at midnight, not on the day. When I went out in the morning of 25th the streets are empty, every are still silently asleep or staying at their house. The worship are mainly done on the christmas eve as well. Don't know if this is the first time that we- or our culture has switched to celebrate mainly on the night. Or it's just me who just notice it
Talking about christmas, of course it's the happiest time of the year for me! Hehe not only as a Christian, but maybe since I live in the UK, or this year, cause in there, it's their biggest day, not in a religious way but in a cultural way. It's their biggest event, like Lebaran in Indonesia. What I like about christmas in western countries is how we take it as a moment to share joy, exchanging gifts with the lovelies and reunited with fam to have a simple christmas dinner at our own house.
Also when during december the streets are being decorated in a very beautiful way, and on the weekend people are out to the shops to buy christmas gifts. queueing in the card shop to buy a single christmas card or with another christmas accessories. Yes that's what I like from christmas in the uk. The culture of giving, celebrating not in religious way but because it's their culture, where all bus and trains are in shutdown on the 25th and 26.
Different with in indonesia, where almost everything is open during christmas eve, the 25th and 26th. Ppl prefer to go to malls and restaurants rather than having dinner at home. When malls are competing to have the prettiest and the most unique christmas tree, rather than decorating the streets it self. No giving presents, and as wev
know. Not everyone are celebrating it in here.  Yeap there are many differences. As a big event, christmas is being celebrated in different ways in the world as the culture goes. The difference in my country is, christmas is a religious event, only Christians celebrate it, other ppl only take it as a national holiday. While in western countries, they are neither Christian or have a religion. But they all celebrate it as one cause it's a culture for them.
Another thing I love from christmas, the end of week 10 when almost everyone are going back home or going on a trip!
In the last one week before going back to jkt, everytime I meet ppl we're exchanging christmas greet, and new year greet. (cause we know that maybe we won't happen to meet again on the day) asking where are u going during the break, saying have a great trip, have a great holiday at home, and safe flight. Yes that simple words do mean a lot to me. I love those days. When the joy of christmas break is there.

Next after christmas, mostly spend my time to be at home, watching dvds, Thor 2 and Ironman 3. Ah these movies are so good, ahahaha. And hanging out with sister and dad only since mom is not here. More quality time with dad. And here comes the new years eve. Went to emporium pluit in the evening. Dinner at xo suki. Went to bookshop to buy a novel then bought a cup of bubble tea. Finally! Hehe, then, going back home

But what I notice again is again the crowd of this city that is so alive. On the way home the road are so packed of ppl riding motorcycle going to ancol or monas idk, to celebrate!

On gajah mada and hayam wuruk street lots of ppl are walking to monas since the governor hold a big new year event in there. Fireworks are everywhere, restaurants are all fully booked and reserved, in monas ppl are gathering, being entertained while waiting for the countdown, some are in the mall, some are working, some are staying at home, some are having a party or a gathering, some are lighting the fireworks. Yeap everyone are having different activities in this one city.
This is only jakarta, imagine other big cities, hong kong, new york, sydney, london and edinburgh. In the big cities ppl are celebrating and gathering. But in some city like my sister's in Adelaide. She simply have a beauty sleep in silent cause she's gonna work again tmrw morning. Yeap it's new year. The biggest event for everyone, cause it's nor cultural or religious event. It's an universal event. No matter how you celebrate it. The time is still ticking, new year is here. 1st of january, here we meet again, counting up from jan to feb to march to april and so on. Time flies, there are times to celebrate, there are times to mourn. There a re good times there are bad times. But anyway, again no matter how and with who and in which situations  u are now in to celebrate this night. Just be glad for this night, take your time to look down, take a rest for a while if u keep looking up during the last one year.

Just be glad that another year has passed. I know some friends are celebrating in a loneliness, far from family and close friends, maybe? I know that feeling, but once again, don't be sad just be glad. It's a good night to look back and be grateful for what we've achieved til now
 Look back to appreciate what God's given to us this year. Don't hold you sadness or madness for too long. Cheer up and go entertain yourself to make the night. Only your ownselves who can make you feel happy. So choose to be happy

Time to say goodbye to 2013. Wishing you all many blessing and happiness in the upcoming years. Yeap, happy new year people!!!!!


Best regards,

Jakarta, december 31st 2013

Jeslyne

Monday, 25 November 2013

youtube comments

Yes that's my current status update at the moment (right now to be exact). Intended to study, but ended up here again, just wanna share some of my top comments from youtube, hohoho, lol
Anyway, here it is!

 MAMA big bang stage 2013
 off the great wall
 MAMA exo stage 2013
MAMA 2013 trouble maker stage
 Kim Jongkook HaHa XMan
 Jaejoong solo concert 2013
TOP solo performance MAMA 2013

 always keep the faith. yes yes always keep the faith of tvxq 5, the living legend
 crayon pop's practice vid. lol I don't get this new girl group, they're not 17/18, they're mature alr, 20 smtgh, but dancing wearing the colorful helmet everywhere, even in a real big event like MAMA 2013. hahahah no offense btw :p
 off the great wall vid. I love Dan! and his acting! and his new hairstyle! ;p lol
yoosu couple!
Just a bit about tvxq. At first I don't believe yoosu is real, but after seeing more and more vids, I could see, yap they're real. Like I said, believe it or not Yoochun is always the one who react the fastest towards junsu's everything. Love seeing how junsu is always being bullied since tvxq time even until jyj. Never feel tired seeing them acting like that, cause of junsu's reaction as well. He's really pure, even   become cuter from his hyung's action (I love when he's laughing, eu kyang kyang when jaechun were bad mouthing him, and always say KIM JUNSU FIGHTING by himself, lol) Oh junsu, he's so handsome, has great vocal, very good dancer, a good energy on stage, cute, humble, kind, innocent, good football player, silly, and rich. Oh any other man that's like him??!! hahahah will always madly in love with jyj n tvxq :)

I share this not because there's no reason at all. Yap I wanna keep this in this blog as an everlasting memory, as a lesson for me. You did smthg wrong, you know it, accept and don't do it again. But here, look at the positive side as well. Many ppl still appreciate your other comments. Just a self note, lesson, and encouragement from prev. experience  haahahahha

For people who don't know yes I'm a big youtube fan. As a lazy first year uni student who have unlimited super fast internet every day and night. Here is what I am wasting my day mostly in week 1-5 hahahahahahaha!!! such a big troll ikr. I watched lots and lots from youtube, starting from korean concerts, performs, drama (little bit), indonesian you tuber, chinese you tuber, weird youtube vids, comedies, old indonesian tv series. Yes I know I've spent way too much time on it. Should stop, hahahahha

Okay, time to go back continuing my essay for real now. Due in 2 weeks, bahhh,,, :p
Bonus photos of laptop's wallpaper

 way to sport centre, mainly area around outside campus are like this


Sport centre. Finished in 2012, brand new and have magnificent facilities in it

Lancaster

That's all for now. Good morning!
Have a great days ahead



Best regards,,

Jeslyne X)

Friday, 22 November 2013

week 7

So hello again ppl. We're coming to the end of nov alr. How fast time flies ~~
Well, just wanna post smtg called my "virtual twitter"hahahahah act I encountered lots of different feelings this week and feel so pumped to tweet and tweet but don't wanna spam since I've tweeted some of them as well. So I decided just to share in here! And here it is




Feel happy, annoyed, drain, satisfied, sad, disappointed in this one week. Yes yes lots of things happened. Still working on my mngmt essay, gosh have to start and finish it asap jeballl aahahahah, ACF test is coming as well. And then after week 9, I'm all done! Luckily I have a very good management group for the project. We did really well for the last presentation, much better than others although the score isn't being count yet. But it's a good start, so for the final project I don't have to worry cause I've known my members' capacity from now on. Woot woot weekend is here, my essay is waiting, the weather is so cold outside. Back to grab my winter jacket out of the cupboard few days ago.

Then, have a great weekend ppl! Glad christmas is coming real soon X)

Best regards from here

Cheers,

Jeslyne