Showing posts with label thoughts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label thoughts. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 6

Life is full of challenges

Leaving your comfort zone is the most challenging part of my life. I left behind a life that gave me so many loves and cares.

Not only leaving the comfort zone, but also overcoming the dislike of adapting to a complete new environment is my highest achievement since living a life.

Working on something I would never know before is something I need to catch on as fast as possible.

Burdensome is my new worries nowadays. I just hope I can be fitted to be his Assistant Manager and able to lead my comrade successfully.

Never ever give in.

Sunday, January 4

Misunderstood

It is true. I could not argue nor defend my opinion. I am not good at words and explaining things. People often misunderstood what i really mean. And i hate being misunderstood or dislike by others. I am a kind of a person that really care what people say about me. I know nobody's perfect, but i will have a very good feeling if people feel satisfy or happy because of me. Some people call it "people pleasure". But what about it? If it makes you feel happy with it, why not?

And when people misunderstood what i meant, it feels like something's off. Something is not right. And i will feel discomfort all the time until it gets straighten up.

I hope I can clear up this misunderstood with my brother as fast as possible. This is the first time that we have such thing. I'm not okay. And I know he is not okay.

Saturday, November 23

슬픈 사랑 이야기

그 이야기는 내 이야기입니다.

그 이야기는 고등학교에서 시작했습니다. 학교에서 한친구를 있었습니다. 그 친구가 내가장 친한 친구입니다. 시간이 지남면 그 친구에게 너무 좋습니다. 그래서 고백했습니다. 근데요, 그친구가 나하테 그냥 친구 보인다.

3년 후에... 내 마음이 아직도 너무 좋습니다. 졸업하기 전에 난 고백했습니다. (도). 도, 친구가 나하테 그냥 친구 보인다. 아참! 나는 왜 이렇게 좋아 요? 무슨 생각있나요?

그레서 대학교에 갔습니다. 우리 만나를 할수가 없습니다. 어레동안 연락을 없습니다. 지금은 3년후에 facebook에서 그친구에 관계를 보인다. 갑자기 눈무를 났습니다. 아직도 그친구에게 좋습니다. 너무 불상한 사랑이야. 내 사랑.




A Thank You Post

Just got my transcripts of Semester 8 and 9 yesterday. So happy that I got an A of each. Hohohoho. Therefore, my GPA of both semesters are 4 out of 4. AAAAAAAAAAAAAKKK so grateful..

Thank you to all of them who gave me strength for the past 10 months :)
Special thanks to
1. Prof. Nila F. Moeloek as the Special Envoy on MDGs
2. Diah S. Saminarsih (Mama Geng, Tante Geng) as the Assistant of Special Envoy which also is my advisor
3. Whole Team Program which includes:
    a. Ufara Zuwasti Curran who supposed to be the interviewer at the very first time
    b. Nindi Sitepu (Simanjuntak) who filled all the evaluation form of internship
    c. Geng Krucil (Gatot Suarman, Annisa Firdausy, Abadi Anugrah) who helped me so much at the office
4. Mr. Hendra Manurung as my internship advisor
5. Bude Sus, Mba Yayan who let me stay at their house.
6. Buddies (Puti, Denisa, Cornelia, Denisa) who supported each other of being an intern


AND ALL OF THE PEOPLE I CAN NOT MENTION HERE.
THANK YOU
THANK YOU
THANK YOU


AND KEEP SUPPORTING ME AS MY LIFE IS JUST ABOUT TO START.




Bests,


Gina Ginarti

Wednesday, June 6

Internship

Today, I was shocked by the news that we, the International Relations students, will have our internship program on January, yes January, which means we only have about 6 months left to live as the real college student. Actually, there is rumor saying that the program will start on March or April, but then it's going to be January!!

I already feel scared just by imagining the life of the intern. I'm not ready yet, and I think I will never be... I am afraid of meeting new people, new environment, and new society. I wonder if I could be able to adapt and make friends. I wonder if there is a phobia of such thing. If there is, I am a hundred percent infected by it.

Right now, I already browse about the internship program and I focus on the Korean companies in Jakarta. I write down the list to make it easier to go any further into details later on. The reason I choose Korean companies is I want to make use of my ability in speaking Korean since I will be attending a summer school program next month. I am proud to myself since I can speak several languages; Bahasa, English, Mandarin and later-on-Korean. I believe this will be my plus factor in my CV, I hope.

Thursday, November 3

That rainy day

It started when it was raining heavily. I was supposed to have mandarin schedule that late afternoon. An umbrella with two people on it did not help much, i was so sorry that i do not have any umbrella with me which turned out to be disaster for my 친구. Because of she got wet all over the place, 미않에요, 내 친구. I knew that you were not feeling comfortable because of it.

The thing is not only that, i also know that i am lacking of that capability, there is no willingness inside of me to change how bad i am. When you mentioned it, i already have a feeling that sooner or later you will come to that point. I am trying so hard not to cry in front of everyone, especially in front of you. But my eyes would not let me do what i want. They just kept making tears, and it was just blown out all of sudden. I know that that was not an appropriate place to cry since we were studying mandarin. But i could not help my self not to cry. I do not know why her statements made me cried. I guess it was not only because of her thoughts of me but also the curren situation of me made me do so. Living in the same roof with some people you do not really know is a hard thing, especially for me. I am so under pressured because of what has happened to me in that house since i am so sensitive about everything. I do not know why i am so sensitive and i do not know how to solve this problems. I am a baby cry girl who cries at everything bad happens to me. Of course, it is not something that i am proud of.

I hope the sky will never let me down

Saturday, October 15

Backstabber

I kept thinking to myself, do i have some kind of ability to hear what people talk bad things about me? Nowadays, it happens all the time. It's just like it keeps buzzing my ears. Should i consider it as a gift or a curse? Because it has both positive and negative side, of course. I think it is so common that one will be so afraid of hearing those thing. That goes the same thing to me. Not to mention i am so scared, angry, vicious but could do nothing except crying. In the age of 19, i hope i can be, not much but a little bit mature to handle those kinds of things. Of course, i will be so happy if everyone around, especially my dear friend, to support me whatever the path i am choosing.

There are times when i have deeply in thought of what real friends should do. But it is a sad truth that they are not my truly friends as they are supposed to be. It is very saddening thing to me since i do acknowledge them as ones of my closest friends in this very university.

My very new friend told me that i shouldn't be angry whatever they have done to me. But don't you think it's not quite easy to do so? Well of course i'm trying so har not to be so hateful to them, but the other part of me keep buzzing my ear to stay away from them. In the end, ib this very night, i will do what i'm capable of in dealing with them, my truly friends.

Friday, September 2

happy eid mubarak 1423H

안녕 친구들...

the last two days were supposed to be the EID MUBARAK Days.. Therefore, I would like to apologize for all my mistakes that I've done to you guys.. but of course, it doesn't mean that we have to ask others to forgive us only at this kind of moment.. when we do something wrong, of course we need to apologize as soon as possible..

After all in this short post, I'd like to ask your kindness to forgive whatever my inappropriate actions are.. minal aidzin wal faidzin :)

old photo taken by noone

Monday, August 22

한국말

안영하세요. 나는 기나입니다. 나는 대학생입니다. 네대학교는 President University 입니다. 나는 한국말을 공부합니다. 한국말이 어렵지만, 너무 재미있습니다.

I have been learning korean language for 3 weeks. It turns out that my third language will be Korean and my fourth will be Mandarin since I will have Mandarin I, II, II as my subjects for the upcoming semesters. Although, Korean is not one of the official languages of the United Nations, I found it interesting to be learnt since I love watching korean TV and dramas. On top of that, it is my dream to work in Korea, South Korea. So maybe from today onwards, I will be using Korean a little to improve my language skill. Fighting!!

image source: hallyucafe.wordpress.com


Thursday, February 17

new year, new life, new story

I know that this is my first writing in 2011. Therefore, first I'd like to welcome the year of rabbit!!
happy new RABBIT year and welcome 2011
. It's been a while since my last post .. you know why .. I will always blame those ASSignments for making me totally tired. And then, I have a LOT of things I need to tell you, lovely readers (but I don't think there is a single person who'd like to read my blog since I know no one here, except my bestgirls).

FIRST, I have been working at Kompas Gramedia as a sales and marketing assistant. How cool is that?? hehehe. But it's not exactly what you think. I don't go to the office and do something that it should be. So what am I working? Well, it's so simple, I just have to make customers to subscribe newspapers and magazine monthly as many as I could. And that's it, nothing else. The fee? It's really appropriate :)) aaah you should be wondering why did I come up with the idea of working.. It's because originally we (Shabrina and I) want to have a trip to South Korea at the end of the year.. But later on, we found out that there is something "wrong" with the visa.. So I don't think I can make it this year, huhuhuhu.

SECOND, right now is my second semester here in PresUniv, it means that there are 8 semesters left to graduate. And my classmates are still the same with the previous one, and I take Defense Studies as my concentration while the majority of our class takes Diplomacy. I hope we do still see each other in other class till the end of our study here because You all are WONDERFUL! (like our beloved lecturer, Mr. Makmur, said to us)

THIRD, I had a wonderful event that held by International Relations all batches. It is gathering party and the theme is Hollywood. This gathering party is held in order to give a warm welcoming to the new batch, my batch, batch 2010 of International Relations students. Although we just have 2 classes. The party is so fabulous and not to mention that we paid so much money on it.. but well, it's worth it! That was the first time attend the most fabulous party in my life hehe. And aaah! I like someone there, he was so charming when he performed at the stage haha xp

FOURTH, the night after the gathering party, I was invited to attend "Gebyar BCA" at Indosiar Studio 5. Of course this is my first time too attending an event like that and be inside the television and aired all over the world, I mean Indonesia. hihihi. I saw so many famous actor and actresses that night.

FIFTH, it happened not along time ago, actually, a couple of days ago, there were a celebration ocassion, birthday party. The three of my friends have the same birthdate, and they planned to celebrate it together. They are Cornel, Nike, and Ekky. We had so much fun. We had dinner at nike's house and did karaoke till after midnite. That was so much fun guys! thank you for your entertaining :))

Maybe this post ends here, because I need to study for midterm next monday and do ASSignments again. See you soon xoxo

Monday, July 26

Not - So - Good - Graduation

I know that it's already late to say something about graduation that happened long ago. But now, I miss all of my highschool friends, I miss my daily activities with them. But now, I'd like to give my last shot in this memorable place.

Thursday, May 6

is it fate or curse?

There are words I like the most.

"Meeting you was fate, becoming your friend was a choice, but falling in love with you I had no control over."

Those words are exactly the same as my longlovestory. I met him in my first grade of senior high school because we were classmates and then we became friends but suddenly it turned out to be loved. I've spent my highschool's life with thinking about harry, harry, and HARRY.

But now, in my bed, suddenly I'm thinking that meeting you wasn't a fate at all, it's a curse, because since the day I knew him he has hurt me a lot until this very night. I dunno why I love him very much, but wait, is it love we're talking about?

"what is love?" my friend asked me once.

I dunno what love is, but I know these, when you can't see him, you miss him. When you see him, you wanna talk to him. When you talk to him, you wanna be his side forever. Is that too much??

Do I have to sort out my feelings? I've been trying a million times but it didn't work out for me. What do you think I'm supposed to do?

Tuesday, April 20

my life

all this time i was thinking that my life goes according to the plans. And of course that was all because of people surround me, my families mamake papake and agalih, they always support me in all ways. my superfriends, cintya, fadhilla, nur septiani, tri agung, qisthie, ellen, fionita, ridha, they always make me cheerful when im sad, they help me everytime i need, they will be there for me if there is something i wanna talk to and they will never tired to listen, i am very grateful that i have all of you in my life.

Of course im still far away to be such a succesful person that i want to make my families proud of me. But i will try hard, i will try my best to study in president university, as you know there is one obstacle in my mind study at president univ. that is language. i know it very well that my english still not good enoug till now, so i must ganbatte for my life in president univ.

Keep in mind that you will achieve your success if you really want to and if you work hard on it :)

thing i hate the most

ONE-SIDED LOVE

Sunday, April 4

the history boys

.it was rainy sunday morning and i dont have anything to do at all although there woud be practical examination, i decided to watch the history boys. I had watched it once, but at that time i didnt like it and i didnt understand it at all. i watched it again that day and i began to like it. Well, it is about a group of students who are prepared to get scholarship in oxbridge (oxford and cambridge). I was amazed of how they studied. Its particularly different with our education in indonesia and its awesome.









Tuesday, March 16

another week to go

FINAL EXAMINATION in a week!! the preparation?? nothing less than 50%. How come?? No idea. I have studied for 3 years in order to be able to pass this exam for a week. Usually, in holiday i spent my time to sleep, but these days i cant fall asleep easily. All my mind is thinking about the exam. 3 years are such a short period to me. Its just like yesterday that i was in senior high school (freshman) and now i will be graduated and lived separately from home and my hometown, its kind of sad of course but i think its a challange for me to live in dorm. Ah .. i havent told you, have i? that i've got scholarsip in PRESIDENT UNIVERSITY. Well, its not a full scholarship though. But i was glad that i'll come to PU. Major : INTERNATIONAL RELATION. thats all for me now, gotta go. See ya!

Monday, March 15

LEARNING REVOLUTION by Pangeran Menjangan

Apabila Tung Desem Waringin, salah satu motivator hebat di Indonesia, pernah membuat buku dengan judul sensasional FINANCIAL REVOLUTION, maka saya ingin mengikuti jejak beliau dengan judul yang tidak kalah sensasional LEARNING REVOLUTION!

Mengapa saya membuat tulisan dengan judul LEARNING REVOLUTION adalah murni dari keperihatinan saya melihat cara belajar putra/i Indonesia dan tentu saja sistem pendidikan yang 'mendidik' mereka untuk bertindak demikian.

Dalam tulisan ini, perlu saya highlight beberapa point yang harus dirubah dari culture bangsa kita:
1. Menghafal, dan
2. Takut Salah

Dalam hal ini, saya menggarisbawahi kata 'menghafal' sebagai budaya yang harus segera dirubah. Namun demikian, mari kita lihat sistem yang mendidik putra/i berbakat Indonesia untuk berlaku demikian:

1. MULTIPLE CHOICE
Multiple Choice atau Pilihan Ganda mendidik kita untuk berpikir secara logis bahwa setiap soal (baca: permasalahan) hanya memiliki satu jawaban (baca: solusi) yang benar. Padahal, kenyataannya di dunia, setiap permasalahan dapat memiliki segudang solusi dan alternative penyelesaian!
Yang lebih miris lagi adalah, Multiple Choice juga memberikan pesan yang cukup bermakna bagi semua orang bahwa yang tidak kompeten pun bisa sukses (baca: menjawab benar!). Bagaimana? Tentu saja dengan metode hitung kancing!
Lalu, apabila Multiple Choice itu tidak baik mengapa diterapkan? Jawabannya cukup sederhana, banyak pengajar kita yang malas untuk membuat apalagi setelahnya memeriksa soal berbentuk essay. Butuh waktu dan tenaga apalagi jika muridnya sangat banyak.

2. ESSAY
Mereka yang berani membuat soal model essay patut diacungkan jempol. Namun demikian, pertanyaannya ini sebenarnya selalu mengarah ke hal yang sama bahwa: setiap permasalahan hanya memiliki satu solusi. Kenapa? Coba lihat baik-baik bagaimana para pengajar ini membuat pertanyaan: "Apa pengertian dari..." atau "Jelaskan pengertian dari..." atau "Coba jabarkan..." dan berbagai variasi lain yang intinya adalah menanyakan pengertian akan suatu hal atau penjabaran akan sesuatu yang jawabannya pasti dan tertulis jelas di buku. Tampaknya para pengajar ini telah membuat hal yang berbeda dengan menghindari multiple choice tapi pada intinya adalah sama saja...
Bagaimana seorang pengajar bisa mengharapkan anak didiknya untuk berpikir kreatif apabila pertanyaannya pun tidak menunjang otak mereka untuk berlaku kreatif? Bahasa Inggrisnya adalah "As above so below!" atau "Sepertinya halnya di atas begitu juga yang di bawahnya!"
Konsekuensinya adalah murid lebih senang menghafal (kalau perlu titik dan komanya) karena menghindari resiko takut salah!
Alhasil dari sistem menghafal ini adalah murid sering lupa apa yang telah dipelajarinya (karena hanya menghafal bukan mengerti!). Jika anda computer tentulah habis di delete anda bisa telusuri recyle bin untuk me recover data yang hilang. Tapi bagaimana kenyataannya? Setelah lupa, amatlah sulit untuk mengingat pelajaran yang telah silam.

3. IPA dan IPS (baca: Si Pintar dan Si Bodoh)
Khususnya di tingkat SMA, saya sangat menyesali bagaimana sekolah menggolongkan muridnya ke dalam basis IPA atau IPS murni berdasarkan perolehan nilai sang murid bukan kepada keinginan dan motivasi. Apabila pihak sekolah menggolongkan murid yang masuk IPA karena nilainya bagus, maka sebagai konklusinya adalah mereka yang tidak memiliki nilai yang cukup bagus harus mau belajar di IPS. Ahasil timbulah suatu pemahaman bahwa yang pintar pasti IPA dan yang bodoh adalah IPS. Benar? Akuilah.
Pendidikan kita telah gagal mengevaluasi murid seutuhnya tidak hanya dari kemampuan exacta tapi juga kemampun non-exacta. Pada akhirnya, kesuksesan seseorang bukan ditentukan dengan apakah ia mendapatkan nilai baik di Matematika, Fisika, dan Kimia tapi kepada PERANAN mereka di tengah masyarakat!

Apabila dilihat lebih jauh lagi, budaya pendidikan di Indonesia sama halnya dengan pendidikan di Cina (paling tidak Cina tempo dulu) yang lebih mengedepankan hafalan. Sistem hafalan mereka ini (baca: copy and paste)tercermin pula dalam produknya. Sebutlah handphone, televisi, pemutar DVD dan banyak produk elektronik lainnya (mengagumkan namun adakah yang inovasi? masih bisa dihitung jari). Keunggulan mereka adalah mampu membuat produk dengan kualitas yang cukup sama namun dengan harga yang lebih murah...

Jika mau belajar, contohlah orang Jepang yang super kreatif. Kegagalan mereka pada perang dunia ke 2 menjadi batu loncatan untuk menguasai dunia dengan teknologi! Perlu diketahui bahwa Jepang membangun negerinya dengan satu pertanyaan: "Mengapa kita bisa kalah?". Pertanyaan seperti ini adalah pertanyaan yang positif dan membangun (self reflection). Jepang tidak berusaha menyalahkan negara lain atas kekalahannya... Sebagai gantinya, mereka tiru metode mengajar dari luar negeri namun dengan penyesuaian di sana sini. Copy and Modify! Kreatif? Kreatif dong!

Lalu bagaimana dengan Indonesia? Jika kita menemui kegagalan, cenderung kita menanyakan hal seperti ini: apa yang menjadi masalah, kenapa masalah itu bisa terjadi, dan siapa yang menyebabkan masalah tersebut?? Yang kita bicarakan adalah masalah bukan solusi! yang kita cari bukan solusi tapi si pembuat masalah! Pemikiran seperti ini cenderung merusak dan tidak mampu membawa bangsa kita ke arah yang lebih baik.

Mari kita kembali ke trek semula. Learning Revolution! Kita mau merubah budaya-budaya tersebut namun harus ada alat atau media yang mampu membawa perubahan tersebut. Ingatlah apa yang saya katakan semula: As Above So Below! Jangan mengharapkan anak didik anda untuk kreatif apabila anda sendiri tidak mampu memberi contoh kreativitas itu sendiri.

President University menyadari hal tersebut. Maka diterapkanlah beberapa solusi:

1. CASE STUDY
Mahasiswa/i diajak untuk berpikir kreatif dengan memberikan pendapat mereka dan solusi terhadap suatu kasus yang terjadi di masa silam. Pendapat dan solusinya bisa beraneka ragam. Uniknya adalah jawaban mereka tidak ada yang benar atau yang salah. Yang ada adalah tepat atau kurang tepat! Ini tentu saja mampu menepis budaya multiple choice kita dimana hanya ada satu jawaban yang benar terhadap satu permasalahan.

2. OPEN BOOK SYSTEM
President University adalah satu-satunya kampus yang menerapkan sistem BUKA BUKU ketika ujian. Dengan kata lain, mahasiswa/i diperbolehkan membawa text book sebanyak yang mereka mau ke dalam ruang ujian. Hal ini bukanlah untuk mendidik mereka menjadi bodoh namun mendidik agar TIDAK MENGHAFAL! Mahasiswa/i dipersilahkan membawa buku sebanyak yang mereka mau sebagai referensi namun pertanyaannya lah yang sangat kreatif! Soal dirancang sedemikian rupa sehingga bukan definisi/pemikiran dari si A atau si B yang keluar di lembar jawaban tapi pemikiran kreatif dari si murid!

3. UNIQUE SCORING SYSTEM
Pernah menonton film HARRY POTTER? Tentu kamu tahu bahwa murid-muridnya tidak hanya dinilai dari ujian saja tapi juga PERANAN mereka terhadap major mereka itu sendiri. Alhasil, Harry Potter yang tidak lebih pintar dari HERMIONE di bidang akademik bisa mendapatkan nilai yang tidak kalah bagusnya dan bahkan di akhir cerita lulus sebagai lulusan terbaik di Hogwartz.
Lalu? Begitulah sistem penilaian di PRESIDENT UNIVERSITY. Murid dinilai tidak hanya di bidang akademik tapi dari faktor-faktor lain seperti: Kemampuan berkomunikasi, memimpin, kreativitas, sikap dan lain sebagainya. Jadi bagi yang merasa gagal di ujian jangan menyerah dulu. Dunia belum kiamat karena kamu masih bisa tingkatkan diri di aspek lainnya.

4. REVERSED SCORING
Bosen di nilai terus di kelas? Yakin kamu gagal karena pengajar yang buruk? di President University, bukan hanya kamu yang dinilai performanya tapi juga dosennya. Siapa yang nilai? Ya kamu sendiri dong! Tidak perlu takut karena nama kamu tidak akan ada di questionnaire yang diberikan oleh pihak akademik. Intinya adalah supaya tenaga pengajar kami terus termotivasi dan yang terpenting adalah mau berubah ke arah yang lebih baik. Dosen itu sudah merasa puas dengan dirinya padahal 70% muridnya gagal? Ok, pintu President University terbuka lebar agar dia segera keluar karena masih banyak dosen berkualitas yang mengantri untuk mengajar di sini. Prinsip kami adalah apabila hanya sekelompok murid yang gagal di mata pelajaran tersebut, tentulah kesalahan terletak pada sistem belajar si murid. Namun, apabila banyak yang gagal dalam mata pelajaran tersebut, maka kesalahan tentulah terletak pada bagaimana sang dosen mengajar! KILLER LECTURERS MAY SAY GOOD BY!

Saya rasa itulah beberapa solusi yang ditawarkan President University untuk saat ini (dan tentu saja menunggu untuk dicontek oleh universitas lainnya). Kami selalu tekankan kepada mahasiswa/i kami bahwa MENCOBA ITU TIDAK MENGAPA daripada MENGAPA TIDAK MENCOBA. Diharapkan, dengan culture yang diterapkan di universitas kami mampu membawa perubahan kepada cara belajar mahasiswa: LEARNING REVOLUTION!

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