I remember back then when I was studying in Jakarta (around 2006), I used to dream about going to Yogyakarta. One my high school friends spent his bachelor in one of the renowned universities here. He always talked about how cheap living here and most importantly this city is also dubbed as one of the [...]
November 2014 It was a misty and cloudy morning as I stared at the plane's window. I just landed in Frankfurt, Germany, the first European country my feet had stepped in. Nope, I was not visiting this city, I just had a few-hour transit before I reached my last destination, Paris, France. Hundreds of people [...]
There has always been a fun yet meaningful story every time I teach. This one came from one of my Chinese-Indonesian students. So, last Wednesday I taught this kid with his 5 other fellow friends at 6 p.m class. He is a ninth grader student studying in one of private schools in Bogor. He has [...]
Last Friday was the last day for my boss, he left the office for good, he chose a different career path after 10,5 years teaching in my office. It was a shocking news on the previous Friday when he held a teachers' meeting in an unusual time and place. When all the teachers had gathered, [...]
Saya dan bapak saya adalah dua sosok yang mirip, entah dari fisik ataupun kepribadiannya. Kita berdua adalah dua orang yang keras kepala dan ingin menang sendiri, tak aneh memang kalau saya dan bapak sering berselisih karena berbeda pendapat. Bapak adalah orang yang paling ditakuti oleh seluruh anggota keluarga saya, karena ketegasan dan persepsi beliau yang [...]
Being a teacher is fun, not only I can teach students, I also can observe their behaviors. For these past 10 years I've been teaching, I've collected plenty of students from various ages and backgrounds, from children to adults, and from low, middle to high class families. Some of them are mischievous, some are calm [...]
That day, I can't remember the date, but I believe it was in 2014, I walked through the aisles of a supermarket in Bandung downtown. I was unsure what to buy, just followed the steps wherever he went. I found something, we found something - a Winter-themed note book. We took a quick glance and [...]
Saya tahu dan sangat yakin bahwa setiap wanita memimpikan sebuah pernikahan yang sempurna, dengan orang yang tepat tentunya, dan bahagia hingga masa tua, saya pun sangat menginginkan semua itu. Dari segi usia, saya sudah cukup matang untuk menikah, namun Tuhan belum mengizinkan, dan saya yakin pula ada rahasia di balik ini. Saya hanya bisa berdoa [...]
Host mom ku adalah orangtua tunggal yang sangat meninginkan semua hal sempurna di mata dia. Terlebih, dia adalah seorang dokter yang sangat concern dengan makanan sehat. Suatu hari, kira-kira satu minggu keberadaan ku bersama mereka, aku membuatkan omelet untuk sarapan si anak. Tak sengaja, aku memasukkan garam terlalu banyak. Ku kira rasanya tidak terlalu asin, [...]
Sore itu aku panik, bingung harus berbuat apa. Pukul 17.00 waktu Canberra, aku tiba di tempat kursus berenang, mengantar si anak asuhku latihan renang selama setengah jam. Terhitung dua bulan aku tinggal di Canberra dan masih belum terbiasa dan hafal dengan peta sekitar kota. Waktu itu, aku lupa isi kartu transportasi bus dan aku tak [...]
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