Update

Just a quick update, I'm going to Chicago this weekend with my host family! :)

Sekolahnya ramee! Ada PR Kalkulus!

Missing Indonesia so much!

Dan hari ini mau perform marching band lagii.. Kali ini di Scioto..

Go Scioto!

Go SMAN 3 Bandung!

Go SEF ITB!

*halah..

First Show!

Yep. tadi itu pertama kalinya gw tampil sama Dublin Scioto High School (DSHS) Marching Band di pertandingan American Football,, dan inilah ceritanya....

Semuanya berawal dari nyabutin rumput.

Yea, siang2 gw nyabutin rumput gtu di halaman rumah.. bareng2 mom, Mukee, Emma, Zena, sama Hannya juga. Rame lah. Gila2an gtu.. (silakan bayangin sendiri gimana caranya orang bsa gila2an sambil nyabutin rumput)...

Laluu. Hari ini kan first show gw di DSHS marching band, disuruh kumpul dulu di skul jam 4 sore, tapi anak2 pit (maksudnya para pemain marimba, xylophone, drum) pada mau kumpul dulu. Since Emma ga bsa nganter gw jam segitu (janjian sama anak2 pit jam 1.30an) karna dia ada sectional practice (she plays baritone), jadi Hailey (xylophone player) pick me (and Mukee). She drives a car, dan begitu gw masuk mobilnya langsung terdengar lagu TAKE A BOWnya Rihanna. Sempet berkaca2 gw,, teringat smua yang terjadi di Indonesia... huks... Oh, okay,, lets just skip this part.

Jadii, kita ke skul dulu biar kumpul lengkap sama smua pit. Anak2 pit ada 10 orang : gw, Hailey, Mick, Jonathan, Catherine, Olivia, Stephany, Jack, Shaun and Jason. Oia, purpose kita kumpul2 ini adalah mau lunch bareng. hehe.. Dari skul kita berbondong2 3 mobil ke tempat lunchnya (lupa nama tempatnya apa). Gw naik mobil Hailey lagi, and she drives illegally. So, the fact is, Mr. Speaker, there's a law that prohibit a driver with lisence but still under 17 (Hailey is 16) years old to drive with more than 1 non-family member. jadii, kalo dia nyetir dengan gw dam Mukee (who are NOT her family mambers) itu ga boleh by law. But well, akhirnya berangkat juga. Mick leads the way. Lewat highway,, dan TERNYATA Hailey belum pernah nyetir lewat highway. She's kinda nervous, dan gw jadi nervous jugaa.. Anyway, akhirnya kami nyampe dengan selamat. Soo, kita makan siang dengan "tenang dan damai", trus balik ke skul siap2 buat perform (performnya bukan di DSHS). Gw sama Mukee naek mobil Mick (Mick IS 17), Jonathan naik mobinya Hailey (jadi Hailey nyetirnya legal sekarang. heu.) Andddd... guess what? lagu pertama yang gw denger begitu gw naik mobil Mick adalah BIG GIRLS DON'T CRY. Oh yeah. VERY nice. tapi kali ini gw ga sempet berkaca2.. Mick tu GILA dan di mobilnya emang rame (ada gw, Mukee, Mick, Shaun, Jack). dan lagu berikutnya dimulai dengan kata2 "SHIT" yang sangat keras dan jelas, dan si "shit" itu diulang berkali2 sepanjang lagunya. tapi lagunya enakeun sia! Jadi we kita menggila gtu nari2 geje di mobil sepanjang jalan..

Bgitu nyampe skul kita langsung ngangkut2 instrumen masing2 ke lapangan trus latian,, dijemur di bawah teriknya matahari musim panas Ohio (it's hot. Finally) Ada 2 lagu yang dimainin : Synchronicity (I love this song! Selain judulnya, gw juga suka musiknya. hoho..) sama 1 lagu lagi yang gw lupa judulnya apa sebenernya ada partiturnya di kamar gw di atas tapi males ngambilnyaaa) yang jelas lagu kedua juga enakeun. Habis latian, anak2 pit pada ngangkut peralatan ke truk sementara anak2 clarinet, flute dll pada tinggal masuk bus aja.. Setelah ngangkut2, akhirnya kita masuk bus jga. Dan gw duduk dengan seorang pemain clarinet yang ternyata orang Jepang. jadinya kita ngomong2in jepang sepanjang jalan gtu..

laluuu... Tampil deh gw maen marimba. Paling depan pula. heheu.. Rame banget lah! Gw kenalan sama banyak orang banget hari ini..

Akhirnya, kta balik lagi ke skul. Mick sempet stress karna tasnya ngilang, and i notice bahwa tasnya berwarna kuning (buat pengguna tas kuning, no offense),, tapi untungnya tasnya ketemu jga..

And now, here I am, jam 2 AM, lagi makan cookies with chocolate chipsnd a glass of milk, di depan laptop.

I love u all, people.

Appreciation

Beneran deh, lu baru akan ngerasa apa yang lu punya tu berharga banget saat lo harus hidup pergi dari apa yang lu punya.

Gw ga terlalu ngeh kalo keluarga gw baik banget sampe sekarang. I miss every single part of my house and family. Gw biasanya brantem sama si Adla. Gw suka bete kalo si Azel make TV buat main PS sementara gw pengan nonton. Gw sebel banget sama si mama kalo dia udah mulai cerewet & marah2. Gw suka ga ngewaro kalo papa baru pulang dari Jakarta sementara gw lagi baca2 buku.

Skarang slama setaun gw ga akan bisa ketemu mereka. Komunikasi juga dibatesin. Gw sekarang pengen banget ketemu sama kelurga gw. Gw baru nyadar betapa gw butuh banget keluarga gw.

Gw suka bete kalo belajar fisika di kelas. Gw ga suka kalo Uphie udah mulai cruelly mentorture gw dengan sangat2 heartless. Gw ga memanfaatkan waktu gw bareng2 Marsha sama Marini dengan efektif, karna gw pikir kami akan selalu bareng2 selamanya. Belakangan gw jarang dateng latian ke ITB, karna gw pikir gw masih bisa dateng nanti2. Banyak banget yang selama ini gw waste.

Iya, temen2. Ini bukan EGALITA IRFAN banget. Egalita Irfan yang kalian kenal kan (terlihat) kuat & tegar, suka ngegeja sama gila debat. Iya kan? Kadang2 gila , sadis dan psikopat. Iya, sama. Gw juga ga nyangka gw bsa sentimen gini. Gw gatau kalo gw akan homesick kaya gini. Sebelum gw berangkat ke sini, gw bilang ke semua orang (terutama keluarga gw) : "ahm ga mungkin lah Ega hoimesick2 gtu. Ega lkan kuat." Dan ternyata jadinya gini...

Yep, mulai sekarang gw akan selalu menghargai smua hal di sekitar gw. Biar gw ga nyesel.

Big girls dont cry!!!

Puasa

Additional info, buat bulan Ramadhan di sini puasa deri jam setengah 6 pagi dan bukanya jam SETENGAH SEMBILAN MALEM.

Hostmom gw nanya bisa ga buka puasanya ngikutin jadwal di Indonesia (which is jam 6an)? Gw bilang ya ngaa lah. Kan waktu terbenam mataharinya bedaa.

Doakan akuuuu!!!

Besok ada orientasi buat murid baru di Scioto Hi School..

HOMESICK

Okay, orang2 manggil nama gw i-ga-li-ta. Gw harus ngebenerin cara mereka manggil nama gw beberapa kali. Dan mereka semua bingung gimana caranya bilang "Irfan". halah.

Nah, supaya nyambung sama judul postingannya, gw bilang aja..

GW HOMESICK!!!!!!!!!!

PENGEN PULANG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

FYI, semua orang baik di sini. Hostfam, temen2, semuanya baik koq.

Gw KANGEN RUMAH!

Gw kangen sama teriakan nyokap gw yang cerewet!

Gw kangen sama bokap gw yang bijak!

Gw kangen sama Adla walopun dia suka nyebelin!

Gw kangen sama Fazel! Gw pengen meluk2 Azel!

Gw kangen Marsha! Anak2 SMA 3! Anak2 ITB! Gw pengen ketemu semuanya!!!!!

Anjisss banget ga sih.

Gw ga nyangka gw bakal homesick secepet ini..

Okay, gw ngetik ini sambil nangis. Apalagi kmaren pas gw habis baca email dari nyokap.

Aaaargh.

Gw sekamar sama Mukee. Dia bijak banget. pas gw nangis di kamar kmaren malem dia bilang kalo banyak banget pelajar yang pengen ke USA tapi ga bisa. So, since gw udah di sini, jadi gw harus kuat..

Hope so.

Yea, I'm fully aware that i have missions to be achieved.

For myself.

For my family.

For my friends.

For INDONESIA.

Semuanya, doain gw biar gw kuat. Gw gatau gimana caranya gw bsa bertahan tanpa orang2 yang gw sayangin di Indonesia selama setaun.

Hfff.

Oia, hostmom gw mau ngebeliin gw rice cooker loh. katanya bisi gw kangen nasi.

HUAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA.

Sekarang si Hannah udah narik2 ngajakin maen.

Ga boleh nangis!

I'm a strong AFSer!

The Band Camp

Hyaaa. dari kemaren ampe hari Sabtu aku ikut band camp.

Tadinya aku mau keluar aja, ga jadi ikut bandnya. The problem IS,, aku ga pernah ikut marching band dan ga bisa main apapun di band.

Jadi, aku dikasih marimba.

It looks pretty much the same like keyboard, tapi yang ini mah dipukul2 gtu.. Rame sia! Aku langsung bisa maen gtu.. Jadi we dipuji2 sama gurunya. heheu.. Soalnya aku langsung hafal 1 lagu di hari pertama aku dateng campnya.

Language
Semua orang yang ketemu aku dan ngobrol sama aku pasti nanya whether or not orang indonesia ngomongnya pake Bahasa Inggris. Ya aku ketawa aja sambil bilang kalo kita ngomongnya ya pake bahasa Indonesia. Mereka pada kaget gtu.. Soalnya mereka bilang bahasa Inggris aku bagus banget. heheuu.. (Yaiyalah. Kalo ga bsa ngomong bahasa inggris, gmana bsa debate??)

Friends
Aku make jilbab di sini, tapi ga ada yang ngediskriminasiin aku. Karna aku diperkenalkan secara spesial sebagai seorang exchange student, aku jadi eksis vsundh gtu.. Banyak banget yang pengen kenalan sama aku (terutama cowo2 bulenya. Wkwkwk.) Rame lah. mending dideketin cowo2 bule daripada dideketin cowo Ghana kmaren pas di Washington DC (dia ITEM, for God sake!) Dan orang2 di sini padakaget pas aku bilang aku punya facebook. Mereka kira orang indonesia pada ga kenal facebook (emang kita ga gaul apa..). mereka juga shock gtu pas mereka tau aku ga pernah liat salju..

Hostfam
Hostsister aku, Emma, BAIK banget. Dia bukan tipe cewe plastic gtu,, lebih tepatnya, dia tomboi. Di rumah ada drum, keyboard, piano, gitar, perkusi,, lengkap lah! Cuman ga aga biola aja, tapi kata emma aku bsa minjem biola ke Mr. Vogt. jadi,, sekarang aku lagi belajar drum sama Emma. hehe.. Mukee, anak Thailand,, dia rajin banget, suka bantu2 ngurus rumah gtu. jadi we aku juga ikut beberes rumah. Ga enak kan kalo diem2 aja sementara mukee beres2 mulu..

Weather
Skarang tu summer, tapi DINGIN,, sumpah da! Gw kedinginan! I wonder how winter will be..


Cant wait to ARGUMENTATION AND DEBATE class.. masuk sekolah minggu depan.

kangen rumah!!!!

Adla dan Fazel, kalau kalian ngebaca ini,, JANGAN LUPAN MAININ SEMUA INSTRUMEN DI RUMAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

Cheers.

Here I am...

People, gw udah dengan selamat nyampe di Dublin, Ohio. Gw baru ketemu host sister gw yang paling kecil namanya Hannah dan dia lucu abis lah. Cerewet banget! I'll be going to that band camp tomorrow until Saturday. I've saw my school, and it's wonderful. I take some fun lessons. Yes, this school doesnt have any debate club, but they have ARGUMENTATION AND DEBATE CLASS. Huahahahaa. Gw seneng banget lah! Ada public speaking class juga! Trus gw juga ngambli Astronomy class sama Music Theory. And P.E. And American Government as well. Trus American Foreign policy juga deh, kalo ga salah. Dan, believe it or not, I'm taking KALKULUS. Heu. Gw pengen ngambil Lacrosse tapi katanya harus ada tes fisik segala macem gtu.. Trus... apa lagi ya? Lupaa. Ntar gw kasih further infonya deh.

This is my first night. I'm kinda nervous nih. heheu..

Gw cuman bsa buka internet seminggu sekali. jadii,, ga bisa sering2. tapi gatau juga kalo gw bsa ngepost dari internet sekolah..

Agak ga enak badan nih.. mungkin karna belum biasa sama climatenya kali ya.

Doakan akuuu...

Leaving on a Jetplane..

People, i'm leaving today..

I called my hostfam yesterday. By phone. Then sent an email. Soo, I'll be living in Dublin, Ohio, as I mentioned earlier,, with hostparents (mom and dad), 3 hostsisters (they actually have 4 children, but the oldest one, Liz, has been married) which are Emma (17), Zena (9) and Hannah (4). Also, there will be Mukee from Thailand. She is 16 just like me.

On the phone, my hostmom offered me to go to a marching band. She said, if I dont mind, right after she pick me on the airport, she want to immediately bring me to the marching band practice, so then I can meet everyone there. She also has prepared the marching band's uniform! (She asked me about my clothes, and I told her that I'm moslem and I wear hijab. She said she will prepare suitable uniform for me!)

I'll be going to Dublin Scioto High Scholl. It is one of the best school in Ohio (which means I HAVE to study well), and they have no debate club. Well, I can do nothing about that. But they have orchestra and lacrosse club! I've been wanting to play lacrosse since I was in elementary school, since I read Malory Tower by Enid Blyton. Heheh..

My school is 2 miles away from my house. But Emma, my host sister drive a car to school. So, we will be going to school together! Maybe with Mukee too!

I'm a bit nervous, to be honest. My hostfam must have some pre-conceive notions about me, according to my profiles I wrote to them earlier. I'm just afraid their expectiation about me is too high, and I cant reach it..

I'll be seriously missing everyone in Indonesia. According to the AFS student handbook, everyone, with on exception,, will face culture shock to begin with. And could also feel homesick at the same time. Although during orientation we have been told and prepared about this, but this is something I cant prevent nor neglect. So, just wish everything is okay there.

I'm really sorry if I cant meet some of you before I depart. And I feel sad too, because actually I cant meet and directly talk to some people-whom-I-really-want-to-meet. Anyway, please keep me updated about anything happens in Indonesia. I dont know how often I can post the blog,, it all depends on my hostfam's regulation at home. I try to make it as frequent as possible.

This could be my last post in Indonesia. Hopefully I can immediately post another story right after I arrived in Dublin. And FYI, I will have another orientation in Washington DC, so most presumably I'll arrive in Dublin, Ohio on Wednesday or after..

See you, people! Please pray for me...

Hostfam and School Info :)

Dear all.
Firstly, because some of readers (if any) have some problems in reading what I’m writing (in English), so start from now on, I’ll try to write it in Bahasa. Tapi ga janji juga sih.. Most presumably bahasanya akan somehow nyampur-nyampur gitu.. Heheh.

Sooo, karna udah banyak benget fans gw yang nanya curiously tntang hostfam gw, jadi gw umumin bahwa gw udah dapet hostfam di Ohio, tepatnya di kota Dublin. Yes, this Dublin is in United States, NOT in Europe. Hostdad gw Mr. Bill Spratley, hostmom gw Mrs. Karen Spratley. Sekolah gw di Dublin Scioto High School. For further info about this school, just check http://www.city-data.com/school/dublin-scioto-high-school-oh.html or just visit their website at http://scioto.dublin.k12.oh.us.

Huaaaa… A little bit nervous. I’ll be leaving tomorrow!!

Anxiety

Yes, it’s now H-3, and I feel bothered. This is now all about them, my dear partners who have helped me for years,, Petroushka, Eroica, Chorale, Cavatina and Spin.

Who are they? Let me give you a brief explanation about these "guys". Yes, apparently I love music sooooo much,, and dunno why, I just feel that all musical instruments are actually alive, and to produce a good sound of music, there must be some sort of “synchronization” between player and the instrument. That’s why I love to give names to my instruments.

Not to make anyone confused,, Petroushka is my Russian violin, Eroica is a violin from China, Chorale is my dear keyboard, Cavatina is my classical guitar, and Spin is my electric guitar.

So, the reason behind my statement about bothered-thingy above, is basically because of these guys' life for approximately one next year. It is obvious that in my house now, there is just one person who plays these instruments almost everyday, and it would be me. See? Can you imagine how will they survive for a year without no one playing them?

Well, my siblings have stated to me that they will practice music everyday. My sister, Adla, promised that she will play Chorale everyday. Yea, maybe for one first month she will (since she is now trying to play Melodies of Life. She can’t, actually). But for the next months? I don’t think so. Please note that I’m the one who teach her that freaking Melodies of Life, and once I have gone, no one will teach her as “patient” as me. Furthermore, think she will be too busy with her vocal lesson (hate to admit, but her voice is just really good. Darn.), and I’m not sure she will keep her promise. As an evidence, during yesterday’s AFS National Orientation, I didn’t go home for a week, and guess what? Nobody played Chorale and when I arrived home, Chorale did not work properly. But thank God, she is okay now.. Chorale needs to be played everyday at least half an hour to keep her “healthy”. Highlight that fact.

My brother, Fazel, played guitar. But he doesn’t practice frequently as well. Seriously, I don’t think he will play neither Cavatina nor Spin. He’s just too… lazy. Although he takes guitar lesson, actually…

Both of Adla and Fazel promised me to also play Petroushka and Eroica, but… umm… I dunno. I’m just kinda wishing if Petroushka and Eroica will be “okay” on their hands… (Violinists all over the world,, you do know what I mean, rite??)

My mother just can’t do anything (she can play nothing. Sorry, Mom..) My father plays guitar well, but he spend almost all day a week in Jakarta to go to work in Court, and go home just every weekend. Yea, it’s a “duh”.

Sooo, people… YES, I’M SO FREAKING WORRIED. Just can’t help.

SEF 3's First Practice!

Well, that was just my first and last SEF 3's debate practice I can attend this year. Huhu.. But the session was pretty okay for me,, as a first practice..

There were 14 newbies (if i'm not mistaken), Marsha, Marini, Dian, and I. Gichie had things to do for LKS, Hugo came when we were about to finish, and coach, Uphie, was not in Bandung. So, we reviewed all debate-thingy (since the debate presentation last week didnt really work),, role of speaker, motion, POI,, and those basic stuffs. Then, we had casebuilding practice in groups. The motion was about abortion. I'd prefer gay marriage as the motion, actually. Hehe..

These kids (especially in my group) are smart to begin with, if you ask me. I mean, they know how to make a valid argument already. Just a little harder practice, plus some 'surprises' from our respective coach, and SMAN 3 Bandung will be the champion of ALSA E-COMP 2009 (AMIN AMIN AMIN).

I cant see these kids' improvement directly. But I know, they'll be great and dependable debaters,, especially when so many people (a.k.a. SEF ITB debaters) lend us their hands. Hopefully everyone in SEF remember to keep me updated about everything happens in Indonesian debate world. Yes, I dont wanna miss anything,, competitions results, the flow of practice sessions, gossips (debaters are gossipers! Hear2!), or anything. Hohoho..

Ganbatte, minna! *Especially my dear newbies.. Go!

National Orientation of AFS & YES 2008/2009

"We are AFSer, mighty AFSer
Everywhere we go, people want
to know
Who we
are, so we tell them
If they can’t hear us, sing a
little louder! "

I’ll never forget the fourth night of orientation.

We were having some problems with returnees. BIG problems, actually. But thank God, the next day everything was fine. We sang that “we are AFSer!” song, and cried happily altogether.

This orientation had really changed my life. The way I’m thinking, the way to appreciate people, and also teach me the right way to LISTEN, which is actually an essential point in debating especially for 3rd speakers. Although this orientation was really short, only a week, but I’ve got so many experiences and new dependable friends. At that time we had 111 candidates coming from so many provinces all over Indonesia, with their own cultures dan differences.

Our talent show in Gedung Kesenian Jakarta (GKJ) was pretty much successful, not to mention about the practices. Yes, we didn’t sleep for almost 4 nights, and we tried our best not to sleep during the sessions, as the impact. Our talent show was actually sort a musical drama, and I played violin, along with 3 other violinists. Everything was really insane, the music, the story, the “suster ngesot”s, the player, the singers. But is was fun. Really.

People can say what they want, but I don’t care. I’m proud of being an AFSer, I’m proud of our talent show, and I love everyone on AFS Angkatan ke-51. Yes, maybe we were having different perceptions and were individualistic, but now, we are one and we care each other. Thank to those problems and returnees, actually.

Can’t wait to see AFS/YESer on August 8th. See you all in ambassador. :)

I Won’t be Not Missing You

That’s the title of Symphony of Fierce No. 2, arranged by Egalita Irfan (FYI, Symphony No. 1 is ‘Lets Beat Them All’). No music. No lyrics. Oh, okay,, no music and no lyrics YET (maybe I’ll create it later :p)

Yes, I’m leaving on August 9th by AFS/YES Program, and I wont be not missing (gampangnya mah I will be missing) soooo many things here. My friends, X-3 2009, XI IPA 8 2009, XII IPA 3 (although I haven't even got in), SEF 3, NK 3, SEF ITB… But I’ve got life to do nih. And for bitches out there who wanna say ‘something’ about my departure, just shut up. I don’t care even if I have to be a 2010 (hopefully not), because I have something to be reached there. Hoho…

Maybe I’m not thankful enough to God for everything God gives me. Bestfriends, family, things I love to do –musics, debate, karate-, and many others. But now, as I’m departing, I have just realized that I need all these things, and it will be hard for me to leave everything.

But I’m stronger (maybe). I have trained my mind for a year (thank to someone), and I’m going no matter what.

Just want to review what I’ve done this year:

• Lomba Cerdas Cermat UUD 1945 & TAP MPR (January 29th-February 1st)
  Can’t believe I was the participant of this freaking competition!! One team consists of 15 members, can’t really remember who were my teammates... Hoho.. Sorry for the inconvenience. For God sake, I spent 3 nights to memorize those sections on UUD! And ended up as a semi-finalist for West Java. Huks.. (dan hampir ngeruntuhin podium pas yel2. hahahaa..)

• Shuuji (Japanese Calligraphy)- Writing Competition (February 3rd)
  Can’t really remember about this competition too. I was one the representatives from NK3 (Nihongo Kurabu 3) and was the champion for Shuuji Competition, while Wina was the 2nd runner up for shuuji, Peni was the champion of Rodoku (Japanese News Reading) Competition and another 1st grader (I forget her name) was the 2nd runner up for rodoku. Yes, we brought so many trophies home ;)

• ALSA UNPAD English Day (February 8th-10th)
  Don’t really want to talk about this one. We (Marsha, Dimas and I) were the quarterfinalist, and were having some ‘problems’ with the adjudicator. Well.. DO NOT BLAME ADJS. Yes, I know that already. Maybe this was also a result from not obeying what our respective coach said… Maybe… he sent us jinx.. No offense ya Phie.. :)

• Aloysius English Debate Competition (March 6th-8th)
  Runner-up. The team was Marsha, Marini and I. Also SMAN 3 Bandung dominated the top 10 best speaker (I was 2nd best speaker, sharing the same speaker score with the best speaker. It’s a ‘duh’.) After a big war, bloodshed and tears everyday (no, I’m not exaggerating nor kidding, seriously), this was a satisfying enough result, not to mention we were so messy in the final. Thanks to coaches and sparring partners from SEF ITB.

• ITB Expo, Lomba DEBAT (not debate) BAHASA INDONESIA (March 22nd-23rd)
  It was a LOMBA DEBAT BAHASA INDONESIA, and we were the champion. Weird, huh? Wkwkwkwk. It was so unexpected, seriously. We, debaters,, not ‘pendebat, sometimes have some difficulties to talk in Bahasa Indonesia (I refer this sentence to myself at most. Heheh.) Actually we looked for MONEY. Yes, we need money to go to ALSA E-COMP and we’d do anything to get it, including joining a Lomba Debat bahasa Indonesia. Hoho..
  

• Widyatama English Debate Competition (April 8th-10th)
  We haven’t got the money from ITB Expo at that time, while ALSA E-COMP was coming. Soo, we looked for another ‘money-producing’ competition… Which is…? Widyatama. Hehe. My team (the trio macan,, ega-marsha-marini) was the champion while ‘Tim Tangga’ was the 2nd runner-up. And mission successfully accomplished!!
  

• ALSA National English Debate Competition (April 17th-22nd 2008)
  For full story about this competition please go to http://www.cheeseandbiscuit.blogspot.com/ . Heheh. Males nge-reviewnya lagi nih.. We were the 2nd runner-up, I was 3rd best speaker, Marsha was the best speaker, and we had another SEF3’s debater dominating the top 10 best speaker. Well, the result was pretty satisfying. Although we got lost in semi. Sorry coach..
  

• SEOM – Simulasi Konferensi ASEAN (and Debate?) UNPAS (April 29th-May 2nd)
  Thought it was a REAL debate competition. Well, apparently it was not. But SMAN 3 Bandung was the champion. Sooo… ya sudahlah J
  
  Hope SEF 3 (and SEF ITB) can achieve batter this year. For my newbies, even if we have not met yet, hope you realize soon that SEF 3’s future relies on you guys.
  
  I’m missing everyone. Most presumably I can’t meet there before I depart. Huhu.. But thanks a lot, guys. You people have taught me sooooo many things. Especially about debate and spoiled-thingy. Heheh.

First Post!!!

Holaaaa…. People,, finally I have a blog! :)

Yeaa, so many people asked me to make one, sooo here it is! Hyahahaa.. *ga pnting*

Well, maybe I’ll share some of my stories living as an average-reasonable-person. Heheh. And for you who wanna know how I’m doing, just read it here. Dunno how often I can post the stories. Just…...wait. And give comment please!