Canada World Youth Looking for Your BEST Exchange Pictures!

This message was on my email today and I spread this message to ALL 2011-2012 Canada World Youth – Jeunesse Canada Monde in all over the world. Look at your files and find the BEST pictures of your exchange program :)

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Hello Alumni!

Imagine yourself walking around in your community and suddenly seeing a CWY poster with your own beautiful face on it . . . it’s totally possible!

Canada World Youth is currently in search of new photos from our 2011-2012 exchange projects to be used in our new promotional material including our website, brochures, posters, etc.

All you need to do is email us your very BEST photos and we will select the best of the best to be used in our promotional material in 2012-2013.

Some criteria to keep in mind when sending us your photos:

· Action shots with lots of colour make for great dynamic promo material (much better

than group shots or pictures of people standing in a line)

· Photos must be at least 1MB in size (photos taken off websites like Facebook or Flickr are not ideal). Please send us the original file.

· Photos highlighting the volunteer work that you did during your exchange and photos of counterpart pairs working together are great!

Please make sure that you send us the name of the person who took the pictures, the exchange that this person took part in, and the year of the exchange (ie. Sally Johns, Honduras/AB, 2011-2012). Please email me the photos at bchung@cwy-jcm.org.

Thanks in advance, we look forward to your involvement!

Canada World Youth Communications Team

 

Jeunesse Canada Monde
2330 Notre Dame W 3rd floor
Montreal Quebec H3J 1N4
Canada

Organisasimu Akan Menyelamatkanmu di Interview!

Banyak yang tidak mau berorganisasi di kampus karena terbentur alasan politik di organisasi lah, takut IP jeblok, takut capek, takut ga bisa fokus belajar di kampus, dan lain-lain. Banyak juga yang ikut banyaaaak sekali organisasi hingga bingung ketika ada saatnya rapat di banyak organisasi yang dia ikuti saling terbentur. Ada juga yang cuman ikut dan fokus di satu organisasi tetapi langsung jadi Ketua. Ada yang akademisnya masih bagus, ada yang akademisnya biasa-biasa saja. Kategori yang manakah kalian?

Tulisan ini terinspirasi dari pengalaman interview saya beberapa tempo yang lalu di satu perusahaan. Ada seorang lulusan dengan IPK 3.89 dan pihak HRD-nya mulai menanyainya, “Wah IP-nya tinggi sekali ya! Ada pengalaman organisasi-nya, Mas?” lalu dia pun menjawab dengan, “Saya tidak ikut organisasi di kampus saya karena penuh dengan politik di dalamnya.” lalu sang interviewer menjawab, “Wah sayang sekali ya, padahal kita mencari yang punya pengalaman organisasi dan kepemimpinan.” lalu dia pun diam tak bergeming bingung harus menjawab apa.

Alhasiil, dia pun tidak lolos di tahap berikutnya.

Tulisan ini ingin meyakinkan kalian bahwa organisasi akan menyelamatkanmu di interview kerja. Ketika interview-er menanyakan pengalaman organisasimu, buat kamu yang punya banyak pengalaman tentunya sudah tidak bingung untuk menjawabnya namun untuk kamu yang tidak punya? Saya jadi ingat quote dari Pak Anies Baswedan, “Your high GPA will bring you into job interview but your leadership skill will bring you into your brighter future.” Memang benar IPK tinggi kamu akan meloloskan kamu di tahapan interview mungkin karena kamu memenuhi syarat IPK yang ditentukan tetapi hanya dengan kemampuan leadership yang kamu tempa melalui organisasi atau institusi lainnya yang akan menyelamatkanmu untuk diterima di kerjaan yang menjadi mimpi kamu!

Kenapa ya mereka mencari orang yang punya pengalaman organisasi? Saya mengikuti sebuah forum pengembangan kepemudaan dan seorang pembicara mengatakan bahwa seorang direktur sebuah perusahaan ternama akan mewawancarai 15 calon pegawai dan pertanyaan pertamanya adalah, “Siapa yang tidak punya pengalaman organisasi? Silakan keluar.”  Dari 15 calon itu hanya sekitar 5 orang yang akhirnya bertahan di ruangan. Ketika ditanya kenapa, direktur itu menjelaskan bahwa dia percaya bahwa orang dengan pengalaman organisasi kebanyakan memiliki sikap kerja yang lebih cepat, tanggap, kreatif, peka, daripada yang tidak punya pengalaman organisasi. Ini karena mereka terbiasa menggarap sebuah acara, proyek, fundraising untuk acara, berhadapan dengan pemerintah/orang lain/media/sponsorship, dll.

Berorganisasi pun ternyata belum cukup ampuh untuk menyelamatkanmu di tingkat yang lebih tinggi kalau kamu hanya jadi MEMBER atau anggota disitu. Beranikan dirimu untuk mengemban tanggungjawab yang lebih besar sebagai pemimpin di suatu divisi atau departmen atau malah menjadi Ketua Umum dari organisasi itu. Itu akan menjadikan nilai plus untuk kamu ketika interview.

Ketika kamu sukses menjadi pemimpin, memimpin sebuah tim baik besar maupun kecil, ini akan membuat perusahaan menilai bahwa kamu dapat memimpin sebuah tim di perusahaan dengan pengalaman yang kamu punya. Ketika kamu menjadi pemimpin, tentunya akan banyak persoalan yang dihadapi dan bagaimana kamu menyelesaikannya lah yang akan dinilai oleh perusahaan. Jika kamu sukses memimpin sebuah tim, jual itu dengan menceritakan poin-poin pentingnya kepada interviewer.

Perjalanan organisasi saya di kampus sendiri bermula ketika saya bergabung menjadi Staf Humas di KRONIK Filmedia UNDIP dan akhirnya berakhir dengan menjadi Ketua Divisi Humas di KRONIK. Kemudian saya sempat bergabung menjadi staf Humas di SATOE ATAP yang  tidak berlangsung lama karena saya kemudian memilih untuk fokus menjadi Ketua Divisi KOMINFO English Department Student Association (EDSA) UNDIP dan dipilih menjadi Ketua Panitia METAMORPHOEDSA 2009. Kemudian saya bergabung menerima tawaran sebagai Menteri Departemen Pengabdian Masyarakat di BEM KM FIB UNDIP. Di akhir tahun di kampus saya, saya menginisiasi sebuah event skala nasional bersama teman-teman bernama Future Leader Summit 2011 dan bersama teman-teman mendirikan Care Environmental Organization (CEO) di tahun 2010. Saya pun mengemban amanah sebagai Direktur Public Relations & Networking di CEO hingga Juni nanti.

Pengalaman organisasi saya itu tidak saya sia-siakan. Mereka menyelamatkan saya ketika interview dan tes untuk beberapa kesempatan yang ingin saya raih seperti terpilih sebagai peserta di Young Leaders for Indonesia, delegasi UNDIP untuk Harvard National Model United Nations 2010, delegasi Jawa Tengah untuk Pertukaran Pemuda Indonesia-Kanada 2011-2012, delegasi UNDIP untuk Danone TRUST Business Game Competition 2010, delegasi Indonesia untuk World Leadership Conference 2011, dan lain-lain.

Without my organization, I will never be in this team. With this team, during 6 months amazing program, I learn a lot more than in my organizations.

Organisasi-organisasi yang saya ikuti tersebut memberikan saya pengalaman memimpin, menyusun sebuah acara, menyelesaikan konflik, membentuk sebuah DREAM TEAM, membentuk kepercayaan diri, melatih berbicara di depan umum, menjalin networking, mempelajari karakter orang, lebih memahami diri sendiri, dan lain-lain.

Organisasi itu lah yang selama ini saya jual ketika saya interview untuk kesempatan yang ingin saya capai baik itu kompetisi, konferensi, dll. Ketika kamu sudah tergabung dalam suatu organisasi, jangan setengah-setengah. Ambil ilmu sebanyak mungkin dari situ, beranilah mengambil resiko menjadi pemimpin dan tidak hanya staf biasa di organisasi, serta bawalah perubahan positif di organisasi tersebut! Insyaallah, organisasimu ini tidak akan sia-sia dan hanya membuatmu lelah kesana kemari tanpa hasil. Organisasimu ini yang akan menjadi penyelematmu di kala interview. Percayalah! Jadi, jangan pernah menyesal berorganisasi dan pilihlah organisasi yang sesuai dengan minatmu!

Semoga sukses berorganisasi!

-@dinidreaming-

Old Blog Post Series: “From UNDIP to Harvard”

-- Serial Nostalgia Blog Lama –
Ini adalah tulisan yang ada di blog lama saya: http://dinisomething.blogspot.com yang saya ingin unggah di blog ini. Tulisan kali ini bercerita tentang perjalanan saya di tahun 2010 bersama delegasi UNDIP ke Harvard. Enjoy! :)

It was fun and unforgettable to be one of the ‘Harvard National Model United Nations’ (HNMUN) delegates. Although we were not get any awards because this is the first time for us but being a delegate for Diponegoro University (UNDIP) and even Indonesia was a great experience. Moreover, this is the first time for me going aboard while join the world event, and it is in the United States. Here, I would share to all of the people about my experience there, both the conference and other memorable activities. If you are UNDIP students, prepare yourself to join the selection next year because HNMUN is a great chance to develop your skill and personality.

SQ Airlines brought us from Indonesia to Singapore. We were 15 people together with Mr. Sapto as a faculty advisor ready to face the conference in February 11-14 2010. The journey spent about 23 hours and we transit to some airport such as Changi Airport, Singapore – Narita, Tokyo – St Paul, Minneapolis – Logan, Boston. Our flight was also change from SQ Airlines moved to Delta Airlines in the Narita, Tokyo. We met Padjadjaran University delegates in the flight so we just start the conversation with them during the journey. Since this is the first time for UNDIP join HNMUN 2010 so we can ask some questions to other universities in Indonesia which have joined this event couple years ago such as Padjadjaran University.

After the long journey, here we stand in the Logan Airport, Boston. It was very late in the night and finally we found the shuttle bus which brought us to Radisson Hotel. The HNMUN conference actually held in the Park Plaza Hotel but we stayed across the Park Plaza and we have to walked from the hotel to the venue. That’s quite difficult in the first time since the weather was winter and snowy.

During the conference, we were separated into different committee. We joined 9 committee this year. Disarmament and International Security committee was filled by Buna (Engineering) and Yoga (Humanities). Social Cultural and Humanitarian was filled by me (Dini) and Cresti (Humanities). Legal Committee was filled by Anindya Nastiti (Law) and Rizky Febrianto (Medical). Economic and Crisis was filled by Resha and Rizky Yulianisa (Economic). SPECPOL committee was filled by Ary (Social&Politics) and Ardhy (Humanities). World Conference on Women was filled by Satrio (Law). Economic for Latin America&Carribean was filled by Nadya (Engineering). Social Development was filled by Echo (Engineering) and Narottama (Medical). And the last but not least, Historical General Assembly committee was filled by Achmat (Humanities).

In my committee, we were talked about the ‘Ending World Hunger’. We discussed many things related to the topic then we made the working paper with our alliance. Since UNDIP was represented Paraguay therefore most of our alliance were the Latin America countries. All we have to do in the HNMUN is like other Model United Nations. We did many things to do about International Relations such as negotiation, expand alliance, work together to create resolution related to the problem, etc. Since this is the first time for us, therefore we didn’t work as great as other delegates who have many experiences about Model UN. Actually, Model UN is very popular in the western culture. It is like the popular competition which held not only by Harvard but also other universities. Therefore, after this event, Indonesian delegates from 6 university (UNDIP, UI, ITB, UNPAD, UGM, UNPAR) desire to create Model UN competition and want to promote the Model UN from senior high school. We consider that Model UN able to create a great leader for this nations and also for the world.

After the 4 days conference, it is time to us to explore the city. Boston was a nice city. We went to Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Downtown Crossing, Public Garden, Quincy Market, etc. In the February 16, we got a dinner invitation from the Kon Jen RI (KJRI) in New York therefore we took a bus from Boston-New York. New York is quite crowded than Boston. We went to Statue of Liberty, Times Square, and KJRI in the night. We gathered with all of Indonesian delegates in the KJRI. They were all nice and great persons and it was very great opportunity to meet all of them in this nice event. We sang Indonesian song together in KJRI and talked so many things. This is a great chance to expand the networking therefore someday if we want to work in the Embassy of Indonesia, we can contact them. The winter outside was very terrible but the dinner inside was very warm and amazing. We will not forget all of those moments and someday hopefully we can come back to these nice places.

After spent 10 days in Boston and New York, February 18th 2010 was the time to go home. We took the same way as before but with different feeling. Now we have something useful to share and by experiencing Harvard National Model United Nations, it is expanding our horizon and enlarges our knowledge and mind. Next year, UNDIP delegates must perform better than us. Since UNDIP wants to be an International University and an Excellent Research University, it is very useful to attend and send delegates for such kind of event like this. For me, this is very great opportunity in my life to join the Harvard National Model United Nations. Meet a lot of great people in the whole world, share ideas with them, negotiate each other to find the best solution for the world problem are very useful to improve our personal development to make a better future. Thank you for give me a chance to join this great event with other 14 great delegates from UNDIP. Thank you for making my dream comes true, flight from UNDIP to Harvard.

Mau ke USA atau KOREA?

USA

DIKTI mencari 15 mahasiswa untuk dikirim mengikuti One Young World di Pittsburgh, USA.  Untuk lebih lengkapnya mengenaio informasi tersebut dalam dilihat di link berikut:

http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fdikti.go.id%2Fattachments%2Farticle%2F2855%2Ftawaran%2520mengikuti%2520one%2520young%2520world%25202012%2520.pdf&h=bAQETyPq0AQH71XDH7hrvJHypzu53LTYAaZh1AOxzTf8HfA

 

KOREA

GLOBAL PEACE FESTIVAL INDONESIAN FOUNDATION share informasi berikut di blognya, berikut saya repost dari blognya:

Now we provide an opportunity for you who want to go to another country, especially Korea and want to have exciting experiences through a series of measures undertaken. Let’s join with International Youth Exchange Program. In addition you will also gain experience and opportunity to develop your creativity as a youth and make changes that can bring peace in this world with establish good relations with other countries.

Theme : Role of the youth towards World Peace and Reunification of Korea

Date: 11-20 August 2012

Venue: Seoul, Korea

 

How to join ?

  • If you want to join this program please send your CV and Letter “What is your motivation join to IYE Program?” by the latest  July 10th 2012 to Email Address: shintya.tya@gpfindonesia.org

Subscription: USD 1,700$ (Total cost, including airfare Jakarta-Seoul)

  • Or if you want to join this program you can also doing competition and make some project with your team (each group of 3 people) and win the free registration fee of IYE Korea 2012.

Unification project 2012, a global college students contest

Contest theme :

Innovative projects that will spread the wish and urgency for reunification.

Schedule :

  1. Start from May, form teams from IYE Participants
  2. Carry out project, up till July 10th and Submit results/final report by July 10th(powerpoint) Send to Email : shintya.tya@gpfindonesia.org
  3. Presentation and award ceremony on August 12 (during IYE)

Awards :

  1. Grand Prize (1 team) USD 1,500$
  2. Gold (2 teams) USD 1,000$
  3. Silver (3 teams) USD 500$

Encouragement Award (Rest of the teams that are not awarded as above) Presented participation gifts

Benefit: For the grand prize and gold prize winning teams, up to 3 people in each team will receive support / coverage of IYE fee.

Organized by :

 

Jangan lewatkan 2 kesempatan ini jika kamu berminat dan sesuai dengan kriteria yang dicari!

See the world and it will educate you a lot and open your mind! -@dinidreaming-

Seleksi “Kapal Pemuda Nusantara” Provinsi Jawa Tengah

Repost from: 

http://pcmijateng.wordpress.com/2012/05/16/seleksi-kapal-pemuda-nusantara-kpn-provinsi-jawa-tengah-2012/

 

Kementerian Pemuda dan Olahraga (Kemenpora) RI akan menyelenggarakan kegiatan Lintas Nusantara Remaja dan Pemuda Bahari (LNRPB atau Kapal Pemuda Nusantara – KPN) pada tanggal 25 Agustus-26 September 2012 dengan rute pelayaran Jakarta – Ambon – Sorong – Raja Ampat – Morotai – Ternate – Makassar – Jakarta.

Guna mempersiapkan utusan dari provinsi Jawa Tengah, akan diselenggarakan seleksi calon peserta yang akan dilaksanakan pada

hari/tanggal: Rabu, 30 Mei 2012

jam                 : 09.00 WIB

lokasi             : Pusdiklat BKK Jawa Tengah

Jalan Supriyadi 37 Semarang Jawa Tengah

Adapun persyaratan program ini adalah sebagai berikut

A. Syarat Umum

1. Pemuda/i Jawa Tengah berusia 16-30 tahun dan belum menikah

2. Berperilaku baik dan tidak merokok

3. Sehat jasmani dan rohani dibuktikan dengan surat keterangan dari dokter RSUD

4. Tinggi dan berat badan minimal: 155cm/45 kg (putri) dan 160cm/50 kg (putra)

5. Memiliki kemampuan renang

6. Aktif di organisasi kepemudaan atau kepramukaan di  tingkat kota/kabupaten

7. Menguasai kesenian dan kebudayaan Jawa Tengah

8. Belum pernah mengikuti kegiatan KPN sebelumnya

B. Syarat Administratif

1. Fotocopy KTP Jawa Tengah yang masih berlaku

2. Izin tertulis dari orangtua/wali

3. Surat rekomendasi dari organisasi kepemudaan atau Dinas Pemuda dan Olahraga tingkat kota/kabupaten

4. Surat cuti bagi mahasiswa/pegawai (jika tersedia)

5. Proposal dengan tema “Peluang dan Potensi dalam Usaha dan Pelestarian Kelautan/Kebaharian di Provinsi Jawa Tengah”.

Proposal sepanjang minimal 10 halaman dan ditulis dengan ketentuan font Times New Roman 12, spasi 1.5, dan kertas ukuran kertas A4.

6. Pas foto berwarna ukuran 3×4 sebanyak 4 lembar

Akan diambil 1 orang putra dan 1 orang putri untuk mewakili provinsi Jawa Tengah dalam kegiatan ini. Semua berkas yang disyaratkan harus sudah dikumpulkan selambat-lambatnya 25 Mei 2012 di Dinas Pemuda dan Olahraga Jawa Tengah cq. bidang Kepemudaan (Aula Muria, Kompleks Badan Diklat Provinsi Jawa Tengah, Srondol, Semarang) pada jam kerja.

*Untuk informasi lebih lanjut mengenai Kapal Pemuda Nusantara, silakan menghubungi saudara Yayan di nomor 08562658857.

Happy Mother Day, Cathy Campbell!

Cathy Campbell, My Host Mother in Halifax (Canada World Youth).

Happy Mother Day, Cathy!!!! 

May 13 2012 was Mother Day and in Canada, they celebrate this. I skype with Cathy and Meagan (16, my host sister) at May 12, 2012 and Meagan was told me, “Dini! Tomorrow is a Mother Day here!” and I answer, ”Oh! I wish I still there and we will celebrate that like whe nwe celebrate Cathy birthday!”

So I give a surprise for Cathy by sending the picture above to her email and post in in facebook so that early in the morning of the mother day when she open her email she will get that surprise! Then she answer my email:

Thank you so much Dini. I feel like you are my real daughter too! Scott and Meg are going to take me out for a hike this afternoon for Mother’s Day. We were talking last night about how much we would love to come to Indonesia sometime to see you and meet your family. I’m sure that will happen in the not too distant future.

Love,

Your Canadian Mom Cathy

I am so touchy and feel so glad that she has a plan to visit Indonesia in near future with Meagan and Scott (18, Brother of Meagan). Me and Cathy live only 3 months together but every supper that we had during 3 months, there are always long and interesting  talk that broadening my horizon and open my mind. We were talking about culture, religion, politic, education, life, love, aspiration, career, food, art, entertainment, sport, history, health, government, traveling, and many mooooooooores!

In our first supper-talk together with my lovely counterpart also, Sophie, we can spent 3 hours from 6-9 to just talk while having supper! From main course, dessert, tea time, until we eat all of it, we still didn’t finish the talk! How we love talking so much! I think this is the first chemistry between me and Cathy.

She really NICE, WARM, and KIND-HEARTED mom! She is very very PATIENT! And she really UNDERSTAND others. I learn a lot from Cathy and she officially being my inspiration since I live with her until now. Beside my host mom, she is also being my career coach! Knowing that she is an expert in career direction and path for teenager and adult and she work for the government of Nova Scotia, she really help me a lot in finding my career path and knowing where I wanna go after this program.

I cry a lot when I have to leave her and she did too. Cathy was like my real mom and she really is. She never think that me and Sophie were guests in her home. We have the same right like Meagan and Scott, I have my own key for her home so I can go home whenever I want, She always give us free choice to pick everything in grocery store (our favorite moment in the weekend!), she took us travel around Halifax by hiking, etc and in Charlottetown, and she always there when we need her.

Me and Sophie love her so much since the first time she pick us in the church at our 1st day in Halifax. Many discussion that I had with Cathy make me learn a lot and grow up as a mature personality. Thank you, Cathy. This blog post is my dedication to you in Mother Day.  I hope to see you again in the future! Love you forever!

Our last hiking :)

-@dinidreaming-

Ode Untuk Sahabat; Rest In Peace, Ella :)

Selasa malam, 8 Mei 2012 lalu, posisi saya sedang di Jakarta untuk interview kerja. Sepulang dari interview sekitar pukul 10.15 malam hari saya ditelfon seorang teman di Semarang. Feeling saya sudah tidak enak ketika nama dia yang muncul di layar hape saya. Saya pun hanya mendengar isak tangis dari telfon, tanpa ada suara. Saya pun panik, “Fah, jangan bilang… Fah, please jangan bilang itu, Fah.. Faaah!” Saya sudah histeris sendiri.

“Iya din. Ella meninggal baru saja di Rumah Sakit setelah operasi. Tolong kabarkan teman-teman ya, Din.” katanya pendek. Saya pun semakin histeris. Saya masih mengelak awalnya, pasti ini mimpi. Ini pasti bohong. Begitu batin saya saat itu tapi yang di telfon sana semakin meyakinkan saya bahwa ini kenyataan. Ella, sahabat kosku itu meninggal dunia malam ini.

Yang bikin saya menyesal, Afifah, teman saya yang menelfon sudah memberitahu saya kalau Ella dirawat di Rumah Sakit di Jakarta dan ketika Senin saya tiba di Jakarta saya sudah berniat ingin menjenguk Ella bersama Fany, sahabat saya yang juga bersama saya ke Jakarta. Tetapi sms yang saya layangkan ke Ella tidak ada balasan ketika saya menanyakan dimana dia dirawat di Jakarta. Dan di hari Selasa-nya saya dan Fany disibukkan dengan seharian mengurus interview kerjaan.

Penyesalan kedua. Setelah ditelusuri, ternyata Ella dirawat di rumah sakit yang lokasinya berdekatan sekali dengan tempat saya interview. Saya shock sekaligus menyesal. Bagaimana mungkin saya tidak tahu kalau dia dirawat sangat dekat dengan posisi saya di hari Selasa itu. Yang ada hanyalah penyesalan. Malam itu saya mengenang masa-masa saya dengan anak-anak kos yang lainnya di Pleburan Barat sejak 2007 hingga 2010 di masa kuliah kami.

Ella setelah akhirnya berjilbab :)

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4 Tahun yang lalu.

Saya mendapatkan kos di Pleburan Barat sementara kampus saya di FIB UNDIP Pleburan, saya bisa berjalan kaki sekitar 15 menit menuju kampus dengan mudah. Teman sekamar saya bernama Risti, anak D3 Ilmu Pemasaran (Marketing) UNDIP, teman sebelah kamar saya bernama Ella dan dia belum punya teman sekamar, teman sebelah kamar Ella bernama Evie dan Dwi, teman sebrang kamar di ujung bernama Mira dan Nita. Kami bertujuh berada di lantai 1 dan menghabiskan waktu bersama hampir tiap malam usai kuliah. Makan malam bersama, nonton TV bersama di kamar Evie atau kamar saya dan Risty, main kartu, nyanyi-nyanyi, curhat-curhatan, bikin video ga jelas, foto-foto, dll.

Pertemuan anak-anak kos terakhir kali bareng-bareng di Citraland Semarang. Ella pakai jilbab krem paling ujung :)

Setiap ada yang ulang tahun, kami selalu ada saja ide untuk mengerjainya. Mulai dari siram air malam-malam pukul 00.00 di hampir setiap ulang tahun anak-anak, bikin surprise kue ultah masuk malam-malam di kamar yang ulang tahun, dll. Saya merasakan mendapatkan keluarga baru di masa-masa kuliah saya yang masih awal-awal itu. Kami saling tahu apa jelek-jeleknya tiap anak dan rahasia masing-masing orang, hehe.

Pertama kali saya kenal Ella, saya langsung bisa dekat dengan dia. Dia mengenalkan dirinya dengan semangat. Dia berasal dari Kendal dan ternyata kenal beberapa teman saya. Bahkan sahabat dia sejak kecil, Afifah, juga teman sekelas saya di Sastra Inggris. Ella dan saya yang satu kampus tapi beda jurusan (Ella adalah mahasiswa S1 Ilmu Perpustakaan) sering berangkat bareng, ketemu di kampus, dan saling tahu teman masing-masing kami di kampus.

Awalnya saya penasaran ada apa dengan Ella karena badannya yang lebih kecil dari rekan seusianya tapi saya tidak pernah berniat untuk menanyakan itu karena saya menerima Ella apa adanya dengan semua hal-hal baik yang dimiliki Ella. Akan tetapi, semakin saya mengenal Ella, semakin kami bercerita satu sama lain dan akhirnya Ella pun bercerita kalau dia memiliki penyakit jantung sejak kecil. Ella memiliki kelainan di jantungnya yang menyebabkan di jantungnya harus dipasang suatu alat untuk membantu kinerja jantungnya. Tanpa bantuan alat itu, jantungnya akan kesulitan bekerja. Jika saya sedang tidur di sebelah Ella, pasti akan terdengar suara dari alat di jantungnya seperti suara detikan jarum jam, yang artinya alatnya sedang bekerja. Seringkali kami memang tidur bertiga (saya, Ella, Risty) di kamar saya karena Ella sering sendiri di kamar dan tidak berani tidur sendiri ketika kami habis cerita horor, hehehe.

Ella pun  bercerita kalau dia juga sempat selamat dari operasi jantung yang Dokternya pun menyatakan itu suatu keajaiban dari Tuhan. Ella setiap hari harus mengkonsumsi obat dan sering kontrol di Rumah Sakit di Semarang. Ketika saya dan teman-teman tahu tentang kondisi Ella, kami semakin takjub dengan Ella. Kami salut akan sikapnya menghadapi penyakitnya ini.

Ella, jarang dan hampir tidak pernah mengeluhkan penyakitnya. Meskipun banyak sekali pantangan yang diberikan Dokter dan orang tuanya, Ella tidak pernah mengeluh. Bahkan Ella ingin membuktikan kalau dia pun bisa seperti yang lainnya. Ella sebenarnya tidak boleh ayahnya jalan dari kos ke kampus di awal kuliah karena akan membuat dia cepat capek dan drop sehingga Ella diminta untuk naik becak saja atau bonceng motor temannya tapi dia merasa bahwa dia mampu berjalan kaki dan itu dia buktikan berhasil! Dia dengan gigih tetap berjalan dan tanpa ada keluhan sedikitpun.

Ella juga sering dilarang untuk bepergian jauh ke luar kota atau jalan-jalan oleh orang tuanya akan tetapi selama merasa dia mampu, Ella akan gigih berjuang mewujudkan apa yang dia inginkan dan dia pun membuktikan kalau dia bisa! Ella memang memiliki keterbatasan fisik, akan tetapi itu tidak pernah dia jadikan keluhan dan batasan untuk mewujudkan apa yang dia inginkan.

Ella pun dapat menyelesaikan studinya di S1 Ilmu Perpustakaan UNDIP pada Oktober 2011 lalu bersama teman-teman yang lainnya dan saya dengar dia sempat bekerja di SMK di Kendal. Terakhir saya kontak dengan dia lewat twitter sekitar 2 minggu sebelum dia meninggal, dia ingin bertemu anak-anak kos di Semarang tapi dia bilang dia tidak bisa minggu-minggu saat itu tapi tanpa menyebut kalau dia akan dioperasi dalam minggu-minggu itu. Oh Ella. Kami belum sempat bertemu dengan kamu lagi.

Ella di tengah dengan kerudung putih dan coklat.

Sekarang, Ella memang telah tiada. Akan tetapi semangat, senyum tulusnya, keikhlasannya, kebaikannya, kelucuannya, dan kegigihannya akan selalu hidup dan kami kenang selama-lamanya. Semoga Allah menempatkanmu di tempat terbaik-Nya dan semoga keluarga yang ditinggalkan diberi ketabahan. Selamat jalan, Ella. Rest in Peace :)

Ella di tengah yang memakai baju merah dengan kipas dengan teman-teman kampusnya.

Facebook Ella: http://www.facebook.com/aniswatika.lailarizqi

-@dinidreaming-

I Gave Passion&Career Workshop in CEO’s Birthday

April 22, 2012 was the birthday of Care Environmental Organization (CEO) as well as Earth Day. This organization was founded by me and some of my friends one year ago and this year we celebrate our 1st anniversary together with our team! This organization focus on spreading green lifestyle for the people in Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia. More about the organization: http://careenvironmentalorg.wordpress.com

This campfire remind me of my mid project in Canada World Youth :( I miss everyone in my group!

Anyway, we start the birthday celebration from April 21, 2012. I have the idea to give the workshop about passion and career that I did  in my Educational Activity Day (EAD) on my Canada World Youth / Indonesia-Canada Youth Exchange Program. I deliver the idea to the team and they agree to let me held this workshop from afternoon until evening.

My Dream, My Passion envelope

I really enjoy giving this workshop since the EAD that I did on February 13. I create and innovate the workshop with the help from my host mom, Cathy Campbell who is a Career Couch in Career Nova Scotia in Halifax and from the book of my friend, “What Color is Your Parachute”. I make it 8 step in a process of finding passion and career in life and put all the 8 pages of paper in one envelope which I wrote “My Dream, My Passion” in the front of the envelope.

Opening Session

This is the step:

1) There are 3 circles to find Who inspires you to do something, Why, and What Makes you inspired?

2) Identify which one of  the adjectives that listed as your characters (there are list and people just need to check it if its fit she/he) and then write down as much as you can “I am a……….”

3) Identify which one of the list of the skills that become the things that YOU CAN DO and the things that YOU CAN NOT DO, put it in the column.

4) There is an image about many ways to take a career path and people just need to draw a line in which path that they choose

5) There is mind map activity that I got from my host mom. There are 3 paper that consist of: mind mapping one activity or experience you really LIKE to do,  one activity you really HATE, and if you can choose WHAT YOU WANNA BE IN LIFE.

6) Identify from the mind mapping activity about the career pattern.

7) Imagine and think about your explore list of job or career from the career pattern that people wrote in number 6.

8) Filling out the “FLOWER” that consist detail about what you want in life, what your special knowledges, your transferable skill, your expected people environment, responsibility/salary, place to work, and working condition.

Then after all the step, its time to be in partner, exchange the flower and guess what your partner can be or explore in life as a job or career based on “the flower” that they wrote.

Those activities was fun and interactive. People enjoy that and they said that it really help them to figure out their future and to find what are their passion. They also discuss whether people should follow their passion or not. This is the second time I gave this workshop and I am so glad that people feel happy and enlightening about their future career after doing this workshop. I would love to give this workshop to more people to help them shaping their passion make it as their career. Not many people brave to follow their passion and make it as their career. This workshop will help people to trust their passion and follow their heart to build their future career.

In our 1st birthday, I also implement many games that I got from the 6 months exchange program. I played ware wolf game with the cards, draw and guess game from Kaya that always make people laugh so hard, 2 lies and 1 truth game, introducing people with 3 characters games,  etc. I also implement “circle check” method using cutting image from magazine to make people share their feeling before the session start, wrote “green light” and “red light” for each member in the group, wrote appreciation “you are great because you are……” for each people, say thank you for one people in the group by throw the ball.

Sesi Apresiasi

I feel so happy can implement and introduce the learning method and ways that I got from the 6 months program with people in my community! Now, I am preparing for the next upgrading session for training next generation of this organization and I cannot wait to implement other games, energizers, and activities that I got from the program to upgrade the motivation of each member in my team before I leave them for work!

Trees Planting!

Jump! Until We Can Touch The Sky! :)

If you want to know about the report of the birthday, please read the release in our blog here: http://careenvironmentalorg.wordpress.com/2012/04/23/happy-1st-birthday-ceo/

Viva CEO! May this organization can give more valuable impact towards the environment and society around! Keep continue in spreading green lifestyle!

-@dinidreaming-

Jet Lag!

Lately, I sing this song since I feel like jet lag in my heart. Its funny since I have to say good morning to you in Canada while its midnight time in Indonesia and as well as you. Its frustating handle this timezone differences! I miss you so bad.. My heart is so jetlag! This song is SO TRUE!

“Jet Lag”
(Simple Plan feat. Natasha Bedingfield)

The jetlagged

What time is it where you are?
I miss you more than anythin
Back at home you feel so far
Waitin’ for the phone to ring
It’s gettin’ lonely livin’ upside down
I don’t even wanna be in this town
Tryin’ to figure out the time zones makin’ me crazy

You say good morning
When it’s midnight
Going out of my head
Alone in this bed
I wake up to your sunset
And it’s driving me mad
I miss you so bad
And my heart, heart, heart is so jetlagged
Heart, heart, heart is so jetlagged
Heart, heart, heart is so jetlagged

What time is it where you are?
Five more days and I’ll be home
I keep your picture in my car
I hate the thought of you alone
I’ve been keepin’ busy all the time
Just to try to keep you off my mind
Tryin’ to figure out the time zones makin’ me crazy

You say good morning
When it’s midnight
Going out of my head
Alone in this bed
I wake up to your sunset
And it’s drivin’ me mad
I miss you so bad
And my heart, heart, heart is so jetlagged
Heart, heart, heart is so jetlagged
Heart, heart, heart is so jetlagged
Is so jet lagged

I miss you so bad [x5]
I wanna share your horizon
I miss you so bad
And see the same sunrising
I miss you so bad
Turn the hour hand back to when you were holding me.

You say good morning
When it’s midnight
Going out of my head
Alone in this bed
I wake up to your sunset
And it’s drivin’ me mad
I miss when you say good morning
But it’s midnight
Going out of my head
Alone in this bed
I wake up to your sunset
And it’s drivin’ me mad
I miss you so bad
And my heart, heart, heart is so jetlagged
Heart, heart, heart is so jetlagged
Heart, heart, heart is so jetlagged
Is so jetlagged
Is so jetlagged

PPAN 2012: New Candidates for Central Java!

Thursday, April 5, 2012 was the DAY! When we got new candidates for this year’s “Pertukaran Pemuda Antar Negara” for Central Java province.

As I shared before that this year, Central Java got: Australia, Malaysia, Korea, SSYEAP, and China program. After a very long selection process in only one day, finally we got the candidate who will represent Central Java in National and International level. They pass the administration requirements, written test, and 7 spots of interviews which contains spot of: leadership, communication, art, english skill, knowledge about the program, public knowledge, and psychology.

Here they are:

1) Australia: Meutia Larasati

2) Malaysia: Cresti Eka Fitriana

3) Korea: Tri Susilo

4) SSYEAP: Dyah Ayu Prima

 

Congratulations for all of you! I wish you a very great luck!

Candidates with the runner up from each proogram

With the alumnae! Welcome to Purna Caraka Muda Indonesia (PCMI) Jawa Tengah!