crossing bo(a)rders

so here are the pictures of the events. i don't have anything else to say than "i had so much fun!" :D
PS : got a new rules of playing UNO from Vinicius. he's from Brazil (and i think that's where the word UNO is from. haha!)

Battle : Los Angeles

this movie is so cool!!! hell, it's cooler than Transformers (i'm dead serious guys!) i thought this movie gonna be like any other invasion movie, but nooooo.. i will say it one more time, THIS MOVIE IS SO COOL! haha! although it's heartbreaking to see almost all the Marines are dead. i could actually relate to their feelings (maybe because they acted really good), losing a friend that already got so close. not only they focused on the battle, but to the trust for each other, their loyalty to their Sergeant. it was so touching. by the way, Ne-yo played in this movie and like any other movies he's been participating, he's never disappointing. you guys MUST watch this movie!

Photography group

we are the coolest group in ISWI 2011. haha! we're adventurous (we actually hike to Kickelhahn to get some landscape pictures), we like to eat (everyday we had 2 or 3 packs of cookies), and we're good looking. okay, i'm joking for the last part. or not? ;p

the photography group includes :

Stefi and Patricia as our amazing group leader with bright orange t's

Mystic Marwa from Egypt

Mmmm.. Marija from Serbia

Lucky Lily from Bulgaria

Lovely Lucas from Germany (was a group leader in ISWI 2009)

Tremendous Tomo from Croatia

Bubbly Barbi from The Phillipine

Big M, Kuat, Jamila, Kira and Katea, Vit, Viktoria and of course, meee! :D

miss them a lot!

few buzz of my life right now

ga ada semangat buat pekan UAS kali ini
mikir kapan bakal nyopot gelang ISWI
sariawan satu ilang, yang lain berdatangan
mikirin idup satu bulan di wakatobi (kalo jadi)
ngurus cerita ISWI di blog ga ada abisnya
in desperate need of 'me time'

big international event, small city

it was 10:30 in the morning with 8 degrees of temperature and i wore the west borneo traditional costumes with only short sleeves and sandal! i couldn't feel my hand, hell! we were all felt that. haha! when we practiced saman dance, our hand were so cold that every time we clapped it together, it hurts! but it didn't stop us to made a great performance. :D

for one day, i felt like a celebrity because so many people wanted to take a picture with me and all the Indonesian delegates. i blame our colorful traditional costumes. ;p and our stand was a hit! they love the food even though some people run to other stand to get a drink 'cause the food is too spicy for them.

after having so much fun at the International brunch, the Indonesian delegates had more fun afterwards, taking lots of pictures in the old Ilmenau station after load up by eating Turkish food. :9

 as they said, practice makes perfect. so the night before International Brunch, the Indonesian delegates had saman and singing practices until 2 am! (we're really dedicated, aren't we? ;p) since me and Raja knows saman, we were the one that tought them. the funny thing is, we practiced downstairs at the mensa while upstairs they were having a party. it was like we made our own party and everybody's watching. haha! i kinda like the attention though. hehe,

first day in Ilmenau :D

i arrived at Ilmenau maybe at 4.30ish (i kinda forgot) with a new friend (yay!), named Guillermo from Argentina. we met at the train going to Erfurt. from there to Ilmenau, we practically became travel buddy. haha! he's so nice and has a really cute face and on the Erfurt station, we met another ISWI friend who also came from Argentina. 

the view from Erfurt to Ilmenau was so nice, there was yellow field and mountain everywhere with some old castle here and there. when we arrived at Ilmenau, there were already a few people and host. some girl said they were host and still need two more girls to go with them. immediately i volunteer with a girl from Poland, Marta and a girl from Sweden, Natasha (which became my roommate for 10 days. :))

i actually had 9 host! they are Kerstin, Christina, Jan, Susi, Alex and i forgot the rest. hehe, they were all so nice and hospitable and understanding. the first night we spend the night together, they were drinking alcohol and i immediately told them that i'm a moslem and i couldn't drink those. and Alex brought me a fresh drinking water. haha! so sweet. not only the host, but i also fall in love with the house! too bad i didn't have a picture of it. it was really cozy with movie posters everywhere, really cool balcony and an eco-lamp that could track your movement. i knew from then on that i will miss them very much when ISWI 2011 is over.

a little piece of Amsterdam

* kenapa pose gw sama ya dikedua foto diatas?  -_- "

eurail, europe train and stupidity

akhirnyaaa.. setelah 4 hari jalan2 di holland, gw cao ke Ilmenau via Frankfurt dan Erfurt. yap! gw naik kereta instead of taking the plane. emang enakan naik kereta sih, soalnya bisa ngeliat pemandangan yang bagus banget kayak ladang bunga kuning (since i was there at spring).

my tips, kalo mo naik kereta di eropa, apalagi lo mo keliling2 eropa sampe mabok, BELI EURAIL PASS. kalo beli itu sangat2 enak. cuman tinggal naik kereta, sodorin tiket, tiketnya dicap, udah deh tinggal duduk manis. ngomong2 tentang duduk manis, pertama kali gw naik kereta gw kagak ada tuh yg namanya duduk manis. bukan salah tiketnya, tapi salah gw karena gw gatau kursi mana yg udh di reserved dan mana yg enggak. soo.. pertama gw udh duduk nih di kursi pertama di 2nd class. gw udh sempet tidur dan udh ngelewatin beberapa stasiun. pas nyampe si suatu stasiun, ada org yg bilang kalo kursi yg gw dudukin ternyata dia udh reserve. yowes lah gw pindah dgn membawa2 koper gw yg super berat. gw menemukan gerbong yg lumayan sepi dan duduklah gw di kursi kedua. setelah gw sempet nyemil2 dan tidur (lagi), ada yg minta liat tiket padahal tiket gw udh dicap. trus dia ngasih tau gw kalo gerbing itu 1st class sedangkan tiket gw buat 2nd class. daaaar!! untungnya gw dikasih tau pas tinggal satu stasiun lagi ke Frankfurt. yaudahlah karena gw udh males nyari bangku kosong lagi, gw duduk di lantai. #nasiborgkagaktaunaikkeretaeropa
ps : sampe skrg pun gw ga ngerti mana yg udh ke reserved mana yg kagak. beware aja sama tulisan bahn-confort. alhamdulillah kalo lo ngerti bahasa jerman. ;)

oya, eurail pass ini ada beberapa macem. tergantung lo mo ke negara mana. karena gw ke amsterdam sama german only, jadi gw cuman beli benelux-germany pass. eurail ticket ini bisa lo beli di travel agent manapun. mending minta urusin mereka daripada ngurus sendiri krn mereka sangat ngerti mana yg paling baik buat kita. namanya juga travel agent.

Keukenhoff, the flower heaven

 i felt like i'm in heaven! well, flower heaven even though there's not much tulips ('cause i'm searching for those in Holland) anymore. it was so magical (what am i talking about?)

by the way, it was really chilly when i got there. i wore a cardigan topped with a jeans jacket and wore a thick scarf too, but i was still freezing. you know what i did wrong? i wore a SANDAL! how stupid i am. well at first i thought it wasn't gonna be that chilly. blame the weather ;p

by the waaay.. i really love the apple pie there. it was so yummy! :9 

at Keukenhoff, i literally go to all the places there. every museum, every park. but i wasn't exhausted, neither was Tante Lianda. maybe because we took a lot of pictures along the way. hehe, 

the museum, especially the decorated flower museum, was lovely. they're really creative with those flowers. they even made a dress with it! i wish i'm that feminine. maybe i'll buy some flowers and decorated my room with some. :) talking about buying things, i am sooooo.. regretting not buying one of the traditional Holland shoes (i forgot what they called there). they were so cute and cheap.

Megamind

 

this movie safe me from boredom at the plane from Dubai to Jakarta. the movie was really really funny! i can't stop laughing and some guy who sat beside me looked at me weirdly. well he may thought i've gone crazy. haha! i love the idea how a villain become a superhero with a crazy idea to kill a superhero, destroy the city, got bored, made a new superhero (who turned out to be a bad person) and actually he has to be the one to stop it with his overly big blue head. ;p

strolling in Volendam

after having enough rest, i went to Volendam (a little tourist town) with Marco. the weather is nice, sun is shining, but a little bit windy. we walked all over the road, and Marco told me all about the history of the houses and i was really impressed by how the houses looked, how the streets are really clean. i want to lived there (i wish! haha)

it was actually fresh water, not salt water! brilliant!

and after strolling around, i took a picture wearing holland traditional costume. :D
my tips, if you ever want to take a picture wearing traditional costume, be sure you find a store which you could take a picture by your own camera too. because many of the stores doesn't allow you to take personal pictures anymore 'cause of some crazy tourist. they only wear the costumes and took a picture (with their own camera) and then just left without even paying.

The Netherlands

yay! my long dream to go abroad is finally came true! i'm so happy! but right now, it was just like a dream, except with photo evidence. ;p
okay. so it was a 12 hours flight from Jakarta to Dubai then to Amsterdam. the long flight was worth it 'cause when i arrived in the airport, i felt really good. haha! i was staying for 4 days in Amsterdam (actually Amstelveen in specific) in my mom's friend. her family's are really really nice to me. i personally adore her sons, Damian and Galvin. they're sooo.. cute. even though they couldn't speak english, but i had fun with them. :)

too bad i didn't take a picturre with Marco (Tante Lianda's husband). he's really nice and intelligent. i like talking to him. :)