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Going to Europe

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Yattaaaa....finally Europe touched down! seem it is exaggerated :D Go to europe wasn't so easy for me. if i'm not a Japanese student like right now, it's nearly impossible i can afford the ticket that 8times from my monthly salary as a government employee in Indonesia ^-^ Last march i was join the International symposium for PhD student in Technische Universitat Graz, Austria. It was really amazing experience, first time went europe, even my scholarship hadn't transferred since December, challenge me so much. Ya, the visa to Europe not an easy things to handle, even I had invitation letter from TU Graz, it needs some extra money to proof that i'm not going become a vagrant, knocking around Austria :). Really surprising me, I got approval for visa application only 1day, since my friend in my univ, previously apply the same visa, had to back and forth to embassy nearly 3 times in Tokyo. Though visa application is free, but to go to Tokyo from Kitakyushu, a small to...

Hidup numpang itu emang enak, tapi itu UTANG

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Setahun sudah, kami sekeluarga tinggal di Kitakyushu, Jepang. Saya berangkat dahulu 6bulan sebelum mereka akhirnya bisa ikut menemani di Kitakyushu. Bukan perjalanan yang singkat dan mudah hidup di negeri orang, dengan bahasa yang nearly aliean baik di mata maupun di telinga. Selama 6bulan di Jepang, bahasa Jepang level tiarap tampaknya belum beranjak membaik,bisa dikatakan bisu tuli, modal kursus 4bulan sebelum berangkat dan 3bulan mengulang pelajaran dengan level yang samapun hampir tidak menolong. Bisa karena biasa akhirnya...dari surat2an semua berhuruf keriting, berkomunikasi dengan sensei2 anak2 100% dengan Bahasa Jepang, ditambah di lab...nearly no english at all. lengkaplah survival antara terpaksa, kliwat pede grammar udah no.kesekian dan kudu ngomong. Alhamdulillah...the power of kepepet somehow emang super miracle. walo masih tiarap rada mending dikit, yaaa paling ngga kalo diajak ngomong ngerti lahhh, walo kalo njawab belepotan,hahaha.... Dan sekarang anakku di kelas ...