Finding Our Life purpose and Dreams

What is your biggest dream in LIFE? Do you have one or more than one? Do you ever feel that your dream is too big and you started to desperate and give up? I do. :) Don't worry, it is our right to have big dreams. Everyone can dream as high as they can, but in some cases, people getting older and think that dream is getting difficult and impossible to achieve because reality has come to their life. And mostly, sadly, we accept that reality. Don't we? Or.... have you ever feel confused of what is your life purpose? I do. Believe me, I bet most of the people really forget what is the purpose of Life, why they life, and what for. I'm 20 years old person and I am realizing it. Let me tell you more...

I had read some articles and found that people who are dying admitted that they regret of what they've done in their life. Some said that they regret for wasting their precious time for not doing something good for others. Some others saying that they work too hard, and not happy doing it. In my opinion, this is so unfortunate because we can only once, and I'm sad knowing those people are actually disappointed and upset. And I realize that this kind of thing can be happen on me too. There must be a chance that I also regretting my own life. I don't want this to be happen. knowing the fact that many people has their life purpose in the very beginning, but there are more people who are also lost along the way. I'm beginning to worry about myself too.

Life-Regret is the things that someday we might experience it

The simplest things I can do to keep me motivated in life are 1. Remember my life purpose. 2. Have dreams. 

The first point might be the most difficult not only for me but also everyone. For people in the same age like me (20 years old), I can guarantee that some of them might not acknowledge their own life purpose. They are still in phase of finding it, confusion of their real passion, and some others even don't have it all. Honestly, I experienced the same things. There was a moment in my life when I asked myself, why does God creates me in this world? Who am I? Why does God put me into this beautiful world? And why does human exist? Do you ever questioning yourself the same thing like I did to myself? Then, keep reading.

Most of our time spent for learning, studying at schools, socializing with friends, working or just being lazy at home. But really... Are those things really meaningful and worth to do? Why do we all do those things? The only reason that I finally realize is because we are created to be a better and useful person of other people in this world.  You are created because you are supposed to be useful for your friends, family, your neighbor, your children, your student, your grandma, your teacher, or even all people in this world. We can't be selfish doing all the things we like, we love, but we forgot the meaning of your existence which is being useful. And this is exactly what I keep in mind. this keeps motivates me doing every single thing in my daily. I do it because I know it will be somehow useful for other people whether it is small or big matters.

I give you a simple example like this: I am as a student who is going to school for a better future. In this case, I want to get a high-salary job as a teacher. But, I'm not wanting it because I just want to be rich or being able to buy luxurious car so then I can brag it to my friends. BIG NO. I want to be rich so that I can have enough or even better, MUCH money then I can build a school for underprivileged students. Or if I were smart enough, I can be be a scientist that creates new drugs to heal cancer or AIDS. From these simple example, at the end, whatever you do is basically for the sake of other people/ humanity. Then, please a good person. Don't do drugs, don't steal, don't drink, just stop abusing yourself  because whether you know it or not, we are needed by others somewhere. And I believe that I could make a change to myself, develop myself to better person and bring a difference in the future. We all can do it. So, from now on, don't be selfish and start thinking about being useful to others.

The second point, be brave to dream big. By making new dreams, you will be motivated to strive and also struggle to achieve that. Your dream is your life goal. Don't worry, dreams sometimes changes along the time and also when we are get older, but you have to at least have one big dream in your life. By then, you will be able to enjoy every process achieving those dreams. Your life is meaningful, your time is precious, so, don't waste it, but use it for better reason.

In the end, your true happiness will be coming to you, and that real happiness that people want to have is actually seeing other people happy because of what you do for them. Their happiness is your happiness. Bad experience or sad moments in your life is just another step in the stairs of life-journey. You have to keep move on and on. You can't just stop or step backwards because you have your life purpose, and also those beautiful dreams of yours. Your life is not supposed to be sad because we all deserve to be happy, and we must share that happiness by being useful to others.

Live your LIFE. :')

English For Young Learners

Okay kali ini tulisan tulisan di blog mulai agak ga konsisten. Kemarin, judul sama isi blog pake bahasa inggris full, sekarang judul sama isi kok bahasa gak sama. Mohon dimaafkan ya Dreamers, soalnya lagi males. Eh, jangan salah, bukan males nulisnya lho... tapi males aja mikir bahasa inggrisnya. (weew, sama aja ya?) haha. Eh, tapi ini Anja nulis jam 11 malem lho, cuma mau share apa itu EYL (English for Young Learners). So, baca nih baik2, sapa tau bermanfaat terutama buat kalian yg pengen jadi guru.

Okay, serius nih ya... EHEM!!! EYL (dibaca: ii wai el) itu salah satu mata kuliah pilihan yg ada di jurusanKU: Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris/FKIP, Univ. Muhammadiyah Malang. Diambil oleh mahasiswa semester 6 dan 7. Jadi kalo semester 6 itu masih EYL 1, kalo semester 7 ya EYL 2. Belajar apa sih? garis besarnya sih kita belajar dan praktekkin teknik dan strategi pengajaran materi bahasa inggris untuk siswa siswi kelas 1-6 SD. "OH..............!". Kebetulan dosenku untuk matkul ini adalah tidak lain dan bjkan yg lain Ibu Rina. Best of The Best. Beliau ini sudah berpengalaman kalo mengenai praktik EYL, beliau pernah mengajar dan kuliah di Thailand juga. Hmmm... (aku mau nyusul.. amin)

Lanjuuuut, mata kuliah ini meliputi: belajar membuat rencana pembelajaran, praktek, dan teknik2 menyenangkan dan modern mengajarkan bahasa inggris sebagai bahasa asing ke siswa SD. Aku bilang modern kenapa,, soalnya cara mengajarkannya ga "usang" tapi seruu banget lho. Kita sebagai calon guru dituntut untuk dapat menguasai penggunaan media belajar, teknologi, dan perangkat belajar secara efektif dan efisien. Beda ga seperti dulu yang guru cuma duduk, nulis dipapan, trus nerangin, ngasih soal, duduk lagi. Kalo yang ini, kita diajarin kreatif lhoo.

Dari sini aja, aku nyadar lho profesi guru itu ga gampang. Nah, di bahasa inggris itu khan ada beberapa skill/kemampuan yg hrus dikuasai seperti Reading, Listening, Writing, Speaking, Vocabulary. Nah tiap skill ini membutuhkan treatment yg berbeda pula. Oleh karena itu tidak mudah membuat rencana pembelajarannya.

Sekarang bayangkan, contohnya begini: Saya akan mengajar siswa kelas 4, dengan Tema: Buah buahan. Dan saya ingin meningkatkan skill siswa dalam berbicara (Speaking). Nah, tugas kami adalah membuat rentetan rencana kegiatan atau langkah yg harus dilaksanakan dikelas nanti. Ibu Rina mengajarkan 3P (Presentation, Practice, and Production). Kata beliau, Tiga langkah ini adalah kunci dalam mengajar yg bisa diterapkan di mata pelajaran yg lain, bukan cuman bahasa Inggris saja lho. Presentation: adalah tahap perkenalan siswa mengenai topik belajar. Contoh, mengenalkan vocabulary, atau contoh2 kalimat, atau video mengenai buah-buahan misalnya, atau menyanyikan lagu bertemakan buah. dll. Setelah itu, beralih ke Practice, adalah mengenalkan format kalimat, atau contoh penggunaan kosakata sebelumnya pada kalimat atau situasi tertentu. Contoh: guru akan memberikan contoh soal2 dan dikerjakan bersama sama, atau games. Yang terakhir, Production. Setelah siswa mulsi paham dengan pola dan paham kosakata, saatnya guru memberikan tugas atau aktivitas yg bisa dikerjakan oleh siswa sendiri. Bisa individual, atau grup. Contohnya, guru memberikan tugas seperti menbuat karya tulis pendek, atau menceritakan apa buah favoritnya di depan kelas, beserta menjelaskan ciri2 buah. Yang jelas, setiap tahap diatas, guru berhak memberikan satu atau lebih dua aktivitas agar siswa menjadi lebih paham.

Dengan 3P, pembuatan rencana pembelajaran menjadi lebih ringkas dan mudah dipahami oleh guru juga.

Nah, dalam kelas EYL 1. Mahasiswa masih belum dapat mempraktekkan Lesson Plan/Rencana pembalajaran ke dalam kelas sebenarnya. Kami mempraktekkannya di dalam kelas dengan mahasiswa/teman kelas sendiri sebagai murid. Selain untuk melatih kepercayaan diri, dan membiasakan diri dengan alur pembelajaran, hal ini juga dikarenakan belum adanya siswa siswi SD yang direkrut. (Ada cerita di blog ini tentang prekrutan murid EYL) Praktek yang sebenernya akan dilaksanakan pada EYL 2, di semester 7.

Sejauh ini ilmu yang aku dapatkan di kelas EYL sangat signifikan. Di EYL, kita diajarkan hal hal kecil tapi penting seperti bagaimana cara berpakaian, memberi salam, memberikan perintah, games, dan manajemen kelas. Hal hal seperti ini memang butuh banyak latihan dan pembiasaan, tapi aku yakin, dengan kerja keras dan kemauan  kuat untuk belajar, siapapun pasti bisa. Yang terpenting, mental dan kepercayaan diri harus ada dan dibangun mulai sekarang.

Jujur, selama di kelas EYL, melihat teman2 yang lain sedang praktek di kelas, dan saya sebagai murid, terkadang cela dan kesalahanpun sering terjadi dan kita sendiri sebagai mahasiswa selalau suka berkomentar, tetapi setelah kita mencoba mempraktikkan sebagai guru di dalam kelas itu tidaklah mudah. Grogi, lupa materi, sampai salah menjelaskan, dan gagap terkadang masih kita alami. Benar, kami melihat bahwa proses itu sangat penting. Proses itu adalah upaya kita dalam belajar. Sejak saat itu juga, saya sadar akan jasa baik guru2 saya di TK-hingga KULIAH ini sangat besar. Terima Kasih

NEC- AIESEC Indonesia New President!

Last Jauary, I was in Jogjakarta for 4 days attending National Election Conference 2014 of AIESEC INDONESIA. It was hosted by AIESEC LC (Local Committee) University of Gajah Mada, Jogjakarta. Along with my other teammates in AIESEC: Udin, Jodi, Faris, Aldila, Bayu and Molly. Unfortunately, not really many AIESECer from UMM who could be delegates of NEC because of the small quota. Anyway, we went to Jogja by bus which took approximately 7 hours on the way (duh! Another silly way to hurt my *ss). The reason why we choose bus was because it is cheaper than train.

Conference was held in this hotel.

I will tell you more about the conference. The conference was held in @HOM hotel in Yogyakarta. I think this was my 9th or 10th conference so far, and I wasn’t that excited attending this conference because there were only few delegates from AIESEC UMM. But from other LCs they have more than 8-10 delegates came.

 Another thing was that this conference mainly about President Election of Member Committee AIESEC Indonesia. So, basically I’m witnessing the process of the election. However, AIESEC UMM hasn’t allowed voting because were still in Official Expansion state. Entities that were allowed to vote at that time were LC Bandung, LC UI and LC Brawijaya because three of them were passed Internal Audit and became Full member LC. But the other entities were allowed to give questions to the candidates.

The candidates of the election were Ardian Widjaja, currently at that time hold the position in MC Indonesia as MC Director of Entity Development. The other candidate was Fandy Thesia, Local Committee President of AIESEC University of Indonesia. I didn’t really know both of them personally. I could say that I know them professionally in AIESEC. And both of them are great leader and AIESECer. They are also inspiring person.  I’m proud of AIESEC which creating future leaders for our beloved country, Indonesia. I believe, people like Ardian and Fandy will be a great leader in the future.

The election was hold in the second day of the conference. Unfortunately I was very sleepy during the election (my honest confession). I guess I needed more rest, because  at the night before, I slept really late and wake up so early.There were several sections of election process, such as: personal section, AIESEC knowledge section, General section, Specific Question, Panel Discussion, and The group discussion. Each section represents what type of questions given to the candidates. For example, if it is personal section, then each representative of each LC must only ask about their personal things. To ensure their motivation in life, to know what their purpose of life, to know their ambition, etc.

However, the thing that I like the most from the election process is group discussion. Here, one group LC and its member may ask some question to each candidate for certain duration given. So we can ask everything as we want. It could be personal, strategic, etc. We could know the candidate better. This section could be the most important section of all, because each LC will ask question that could be related to the condition of their LC.  So, every answer given could be correct or incorrect is depends on the group of LC itself.

All sections were finished, and then it was time for each LC to discuss their choice of who will be the next President of AIESEC Indonesia for term 2014-2015. That time, AIESEC UMM was only allowed to discuss with its own LC sister, LC University of Brawijaya. We can only suggest and give our opinion about each candidate, but we couldn’t vote. So, LC UB could consider our suggestion and also opinion. We would have democratic process of discussion. Whether it was UB or UMM, the final decision of whom was going to be chosen is depends on what we decided together. We discussed it together to decide who deserved to be president and had the opportunity to develop himself and also bring changes to AIESEC. (And here, I won’t tell you who was chosen by us, anyway. It was secret. And then, the voting process was begun. UB, UI, and Bandung gave their vote to the committee. The same like the usual election process, there were papers resembled picture of both candidate and the voters has to cross it.

While waiting for the counting process, all of delegates may have some party, we called it election party. Last year, there was no such thing. But I was glad that there was this year. That party was awesomely exciting. Did you know about schooling? Yes, it is a competition of fast drinking. Mostly people use beer. But since we are Indonesians, we would use cola for alternative.

waiting for the party

“I challenge myself to join this competition. It was time to get out from my comfort zone”. What I am saying just now was ridiculously true. There had to be a team from each local committee to compete with other teams. Each team consisted of three people. The rule of schooling is like this: the fastest team will be the winner. Who is finished their glass had to invert the glass above their head. Another condition must be fulfilled; the inverted glass must not contain any water or drop anything to the head. It means that the glass must be totally empty. The game was so fun, but our team was lost because we are not fast enough. And did you know? my chest was really in pain because I drank a lot of Soda. hiks IT'S PAINFUL AND FUN! 

After the Party, it was time for the Election Annoucement.... wohoooooooooooo! I was so excited. And the elected President of AIESEC Indonesia 2014-2015 is... DRUM ROLL PLEASE....!

Finally, Ardian is the elected President of AIESEC Indonesia. I hope he could really deliver his promise and develop his leadership potential through this responsibility. I'm happy for him and wishing the best luck for AIESEC Indonesia. I could feel the hype and enthusiasm of all the members that night which reminds me the moment when I was elected as the President. :') I admit, that being president of AIESEC UMM was the best experience I ever had. I promise to tell you my election story in the next post. 

Anyway, the conference wasn't end yet. We still have 2 days more. The next day, we have Member Committee Vice President (MCVP) selection. The procedure was almost the same like we did for President election. But that time, we had to select for Ardian's team member. Another honest confession, I was so sleepy. And the result of MCVP was announced directly that evening. The only MCVP who passed was Akbar from LC UPNVY, He was finally got his new role as MCD expansion. So proud of him. :') Later that night, we had another party, "Roll dance" Party. Wohooo..... Well, UMM delegates didn't prepare any dance moves. And Jodi came with an idea that we can just dance using Korean Music Video Clip "Jumping".  Okay... Korean Dance. We only had 45 minutes left for practice before the party. Until then, someone told me that AIESEC UMM got the first turn to dance. Whaaa....t?! But it's okay, we could do it anyway, even with some mistakes with the move, we were still confidence and dance well. The audience seemed excited with what we've done. (I wish I had the video) Since we had the first turn, we forgot to tell someone to record our dance. :'(

TRAVELING TO PACITAN (SRAU, KALAYAR, SOGE)

At the end of January 2014, I had a wonderful moment with my friends. We went traveling to three beautiful beaches in Pacitan. It was holiday and we had a plan to go to Pacitan and visit the beach. Pacitan is famous with its beautiful beach. The famous ones are Srau and Kalayar beach. And most of the beach is so quiet and not too many people visit that beach whatsoever. I don’t really know why people are likely visit Bali or Lombok. If they can take a look more closely, there are many beaches in Java itself that are beautiful and also better than beach in Bali or Lombok. Take a look at Sempu or Balekambang in Malang (search it on Google).  I and my friends are not that mainstream and followers because we have our own perspective of what beautiful beach is. So, for us, it is unnecessary to visit Bali or Lombok this holiday. We are still able to visit beautiful beach without even spent lot of money. That’s why guys. Don’t be too main-stream. Guys, go googling and search wonderful beach near your area. You will find some. Make sure you visit all of those beaches before going to other beaches that are too far from you. 

Enough chit chat…! Now, I will tell you my story when I and my friends visiting Pacitan and explore three beaches there. I went along with my AIESECer friends. They are Ari, Jodi, Udin, Molly, and Layli. We planned to stay at Molly’s house in Pacitan (Thanks Molly!) for two days. I, Udin, Jodi, and Molly were from Jogja for a national conference of AIESEC a day before. So we used a Travel (a transportation business that allowed you to call them went you need them, available in certain cities or areas.). From Jogja-Pacitan, we spent 50.000 rupiah for each people. So, it is quiet cheap, right? And it takes approximately 6 hours from Jogja to Pacitan. In the other hand, Layli and Ari departed from Malang and also used a Travel. They spent 75.000 rupiah each.  It takes 8 hours from Malang to Pacitan. 

Pacitan is located in Java.

 

In Pacitan, we rent three motorbikes for two days. We spent total 210.000 rupiah. So, each person only spent 35.000 rupiah (Cheap!). Well, thanks to Molly. She knows where the motorbike rental is. I was surprised that Pacitan has Motorbike Rental. FYI, the road in Pacitan is quiet extreme and dangerous. If you stayed in Pacitan, and want to go to the beach, I recommend you to use a motorbike. 

Day-1 Srau Beach & Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s house

The first day to start our first adventure in Pacitan, we planned to go to Srau beach. Molly said this beach is so beautiful and I couldn’t wait to see it. We spent 30 minutes on the bike (bit hurt in my b**t!). A long the way I could see beautiful view of the hills, and also the blue ocean. :”). I never saw that beautiful view before because I live in the city. LOL

Anyway, we were all so excited seeing how beautiful Srau beach was. Srau beach has white and clean sands like a paradise. The ocean was so blue-green and relaxing. The beach is quiet too. The wave was not really big but I recommend you not to swim there. The wave is still too dangerous because Srau beach located in the south part of the island. It means the sea is from Pacific Ocean which makes the wave relatively big and strong. So be careful. 

Even though we had been warned by the local people near to the beach, we couldn’t hold to swim because the water was just so perfect to swim. Don’t worry, we swim in the save area which the wave wasn’t really dangerous because there was a big rock surround it.

Not only swimming, we also take a lot of pictures, playing with the sands, and also tanning. This beach is so awesome. If I have time, I will visit this beach one more time. I just love it. And If you feel thirsty, there are local people who sell fresh coconut just for 5000 rupiah. Everything cheap here, I think it is because there are not so many people know this place. 

Next, after we got back from the Srau beach, we visit SBY’s house. It is located exactly in the city. It is the house where our President live when he was childhood. The house wasn’t really special, but it is old house with a several photograph of SBY. I knew where SBY sleeps when he was a child. The house reminded me with my Grandma’s house in my hometown. If you are a big fan of SBY, I recommend you to visit this place. J

Day 2- Klayar Beach & Soge Beach

The second day was also exciting. We would visit Klayar Beach located in opposite part of Srau. It takes longer time to go there. Just in case, we checked the bike and other stuff. We didn’t want something bad happened ruining our holiday. On the way, it was raining, and unfortunately we didn’t bring rain-coat. Why the hell did we forget that?! Well then we were forced to find a shelter for a while though I didn’t want to.. L Obviously, we require longer time reaching the beach 

After one and a half hour on the road, we are finally arrived…..!!! Wohooo…. Klayar is wonderful. Even though many of my friends said Klayar is beautiful, I was not really impressed with the beach. I love Srau more. Klayar have the bigger wave, and totally dangerous for swimming. But it is okay for surfing though.  If I could say, Klayar has Sphinx-liked rocks and this is one reason why Klayar is unique. The sand is not that clean and white, it’s more into light brown and black sand. Honestly, I wasn’t really enjoying the beach. It was too hot for me also. And we didn’t go for swim, just for relaxing and taking pictures (a lot!)

Rocks!

Love the air of Klayar beach... Sunbathing time!

Reminds me of Bali..

Jump as you want it, guys. I just cant jump like that.... 

After that, we decided to go seeing another beach, Soge Beach. But, it was evening and we were afraid for coming home too late. Our travel would come picking us at 9 PM. Well, so we still decided to go but we wouldn’t stay for too long at the beach. We only see the beach from distance. The road we were taken was better and not too extreme like Srau and Kalayar. It was flat route. However, it took us around 45 minutes to reach Soge. While driving, we stop few times and took pictures. The road to Soge is look like Grand Canyon. 

Soge Beach

 Last day in Pacitan, we did really enjoy our moments together. I would say thanks to Layli who had the idea of traveling to Pacitan. Thanks to Molly, and her Grandma and Uncle who had been very friendly during our visit in Pacitan. 

Pacitan might be small city, but it has wonderful beaches that worth to visit. And I don’t regret visiting Pacitan. I would back someday.

Nothing cant stop us... Nice holiday with you all