udah lama banget nih ga nulis disini. udah lama juga ga nulis pake Bahasa Indonesia. walaupun di siang hari ini gue ga dapet feel buat nulis, tapi mungkin untuk mancing perlu dipaksa buat nulis kali yeh.

mungkin gue perlu cerita kenapa udah lama banget gue engga nulis disini.

karena semenjak gue pulang dari Manila bulan Maret lalu, gue mengisi waktu (dan tabungan) gue dengan bekerja di sebuah tempat les. nah yang namanya tempat les, jam buka dan jam kerjanya cukup tidak biasa. para guru harus masuk jam 10 pagi dan pulang jam 7 malam. nah enaknya sih gue bisa bangun siang gitu kan ahahaha. tapi ga enaknya adalah ketika gue pulang jam 7 malam, badan dan pikiran rasanya udah cape banget akibat memeras kesabaran menghadapi anak-anak umur 4-6 tahun seharian. alhasil kegiatan gue ketika pulang kerja adalah kegiatan-kegiatan pasif misalnya, baca-baca kaskus, facebook, atau nonton film di bioskop ato di komputer. kegiatan aktif macam menulis blog udah engga bisa gue lakukan lagi akibat lemahnya pikiran. hehe.

again, it's been so long since my last writing.

i don't know what i have to blame about my laziness to write; either it's my time or my laziness ;p
but still i have to update about my life, for the sake of the record of my blog.

back in Jakarta, i'm already working. yeah! i work as a math teacher in a place for a math course. from 10am until 7pm i teach 4-8 years old kids with a full English, since most of them are Indians and Chinese who study at a National Plus Pre-School.

why did i take this job?

first, i want to maintain my English active skill. to keep speaking English everyday, even to the kids, i hope it will maintain my skill. but then i realize, i'm also can't use some vocabularies since their vocabularies also limited. the result is, i think i made my grammar worse than before. ahahaha!

second, i want to have an experience of working with children. as a person who wants to become a social worker, i realize that it will be a good resume if i have an experience of working with children. in case in the future i will be dealing with street children or learning disabilities children.

third, this place is the only place who allow me to work for them only for five months, until August.

why i work only until August?

i'll explain in the other post.

but let me share about my work.

it's not a class model where the teacher stand up in front of class and teach about math. but in a classroom, there are two U-shape table and the teachers sit right in front of the children. and the children can come at any time so there's no schedule. so one teacher can take care around one to maximum five children at one time.

what do we teach? depends on their age and their level. but mostly it's about addition, subtraction, multiplication, division. when it's subtraction or the higher level, i will refer them to another teacher ahahaha.

so about the material, i have no problem. one, two, three children at one time also not a problem for me. but four and five, or with the strange and even annoying behavior of the children, already made a headache.

and one thing, even my work is only to sit down and teach, but in the end of the day i always feel extremely tired. i realize that to work with children, we even have to give twice energy which they gave. so maybe that's why i feel exhausted in the end of the day.

with a good salary, i try to enjoy my job. at least until August.

Demi melanjutkan tradisi blog gue yang merekam garis besar apa yang terjadi pada diri gue dalam kurun waktu satu tahun, rasanya gue harus menulis Kaleidoskopi 2009 yang belum sempat ditulis sebelum tahun ini berpindah ke 2010. Gue ingat kenapa gue belum sempat nulis Kaleidoskopi 2009 kemarin karena di tahun itu gue bener-bener sibuk dan lagi jarang-jarangnya nulis karena proses penyusunan skripsi yang memakan tiga perempat hidup gue. Belum lagi setelah lulus, gue langsung berangkat ke Manila tanpa sempat merayakan kelulusan gue. Di Manila pun sibuknya engga kalah gila-gilaan dan engga sempat me-review apa yang terjadi pada diri gue selama tahun 2009 itu menjelang pergantian tahun. Jadi seperti prinsip gue; terlambat atau tidak sama sekali.

Oya, arsip blog gue di tahun 2009 ini kebanyakan ditulis dalam bahasa Inggris. Tidak lain dan tidak bukan karena daftar teman gue sudah bertambah dan merambah ke dunia internasional. Mereka pun berpesan pada gue untuk menulis blog dalam bahasa Inggris supaya mereka juga bisa baca. Tapi lama-lama gue jadi begah juga karena kangen nulis dan bermain kata dalam bahasa Indonesia. Lagipula gue semakin sadar semenjak gue nulis dalam bahasa Inggris, pembaca dari tanah air malah berkurang drastis :(

Kita mulai dulu dengan resolusi gue untuk tahun 2009 ini yang gue tulis di awal tahun.

okay, in two days i will depart from Jakarta, Indonesia to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia then to continue my journey to Manila, Philippines.

exactly on Monday, Nov 9th, 2009 on 06.25 AM i will take my flight to Kuala Lumpur. but my flight to Manila is on Tuesday, Nov 10th, 2009 on 07.35 AM. so i have one full day to explore Kuala Lumpur. and alone!

sounds cool. but until now i only have two destinations in KL and two of them is the highest building in KL. and after that i don't know where else to go. well, i depend on the tourism brochure which i will get that since i'm already in KL. and the other thing is i planned to sleep in the airport so i can get my flight on time. the interesting thing is, i've never been sleep in the airport before! hope i will okay for that.

but the problem is, until now i feel like i'm not ready enough to leave. i don't know why. maybe i'm too comfort in my "comfort zone". hang out with friends, enjoying time with them.it feels like time never be enough to be with them. ah i know it's not good, and i have a principal that told "leave your comfort zone, and find a new one, until you feel it again and then repeat the steps."

but i never expect that it will be this difficult, to leave my comfort zone and find a new one. ahahaha i always thought that it will be that easy, as i told to my friends to do the same. but the reality isn't tell like i've said!

even i'm not finishing my packing yet. there some minor details things that i haven't put them into my backpack or into my carrier. there are electronic tools like charger for cellphone and camera, laptop, data cable, and all my documents such as passport, money, CV and so on. yes i'm planning to bring on my CV for in case that i get a job offer ;p

oh yes i'm planning to bring my laptop because the brothers told me so and i think it will be useful to continue write my blog with my laptop. so i don't have to write in a book anymore, just like i did one year ago in Taize. haha.

so this is my quick report from me.
wish me luck by the way.

well it's been soooo long not to write in my blog.
okay, it's because all of the business of me and my commitment to my thesis.

and by now, finally my thesis is finally done! all of my nine months hard work! and finally my name and my thesis' title got into the final exam schedule. and mine is on October 30th, 2009. so pray with me, will you?

so there's the quick update from me.

and from now on i have a bunch of things to do. let's list it one by one so i will not forget and in case i forget, anyone can remind me.

1. preparing presentation slide
yes, a presentation slide is a necessary thing to walk in into the final exam about my thesis. every student should present their thesis in maximum 15 minutes. and after that they will defend their thesis in front of two lecturer. if they succeed, then they will walk out from the room with their new title on their name (uuh, AMEN!).

2. study!
of course. it's a common thing if we study before exam. but an exam about my thesis?? come on, i've been working with my thesis for about nine months and i already have all the contains in my head. actually, i'm too sick to read again my thesis ahahaha. but one thing is i have to learn about personality theory because a Personality Theory Exam is one of the condition before we (psychology student) can take our new title (uuh, AMEN!).

3. exchange money
oh yes i have to exchange my money into three different currency; US Dollar, Phillipina Peso, and Ringgit Malaysia. yes the money is ready (my nine months savings). but still don't have time yet (or still lazy ;p) to go into the money changer and exchange my money. and why i have to exchange my money?? read further.

4. buy a travel insurance
oh i have to do this. at first i think i will not need this kind of thing since i never believe such thing like insurance. but the brothers think it will be wiser if i have some insurance. okay for a guy who never interested in any insurances, i was confuse. but internet do really helping in this kind of situation. so i already decided of which insurance that i have to buy and how to do it. the problem is i have to buy it in US Dollar and the office is quite far from my home so once again, i'm quite lazy ;p

5. packing
yes and not yet done. okay i'm the lazy boy, but i will do it. finally i already bought a carrier bag. yes i've claimed my Manila trip as a backpacking-volunteering trip.

#intermezzo# - about Manila
i already volunteering my self to preparing the Pilgrimage of Trust on Earth (click for further information) in Manila that will be held on Feb 3rd - 7th, 2010. it's a meeting that arranged by the brothers of Taize. and i already decided to become a volunteer since last year, when i'm still in Taize. so all the volunteers expected to come in Manila from October. but me, due to my thesis, will come on November 10th, 2009. and i will stay in Manila until Feb 22th, 2010. yes, more than three months abroad, again!

okay back to number five, as my past experiences, i think it's better not to bring a luggage, especially into a country that already get a disaster such as thunder and flood. so i think it's wiser to bring a carrier backpack to anticipate anything happens. and my new 60l carrier is still empty and i don't know yet if all my things can fit on that carrier. but we'll find out. i decided to start packing at least after i get my degree (for the third time, AMEN!), so it's on the beginning on November.

so i think it's the first time i announce officially of my three months and a half trip to Manila. well i have to write about this because it's important for my blog record. and also to automatically answering such questions as "where are you going??" "what will you do in Manila??", etc.

well, i'm planning to keep on writing, especially about my personal experiences while my staying in Manila on my blog. on that case i already prepared my self to bring my laptop there. hope there's nothing bad happens on my possessions.

so wish me luck and pray for me for my D-Days!; October 30th of my final exam and November 9th of my departure.