HUFS Malay-Indonesian Department's 50th Anniversary (part 2)

@Aekyung Hall, Graduate School of International Area Studies where the opening ceremony was held. Along with my colleagues from Gadjah Mada University (UGM) who attended the anniversary. Pak Heru (Vice Dean, School of Humanities), Pak Tri Mastoyo (Head, Korean Department, UGM), ibu Novi Siti Kussuji (Head, cooperation affairs, research center, UGM), and mbak Wira, lecturers of Indonesian Language & Literature Dept., UGM....and the list would go on..had I not stopped... 

and..Min Seonhee popped up. She's an UGM alumni so she determined that she'd surely meet their colleagues from UGM while they're in Korea. And she did.  

The so many jilbabers or women in jilbab that dotted that day's atmosphere really showed the fact that indeed lots of guests from Southeast Asian countries came to the anniversary. These are my colleagues from Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta and from Unsoed, Purwokerto, Central Java. And likewise..the list would go on....

We had a dinner at 금강산 restaurant near HUFS right after the whole-day seminar ended. Prof. Yang was handing out a token of gratitude to our representative, Pak Tri Mastoyo. I should've taken more pictures..but my hands were tight down...not literally, of course.

An after-dinner group picture--looked like we're not ready to take a pose when the camera clicked!!!`

seminar-done. presenting paper-done. dinner-done. and what's next? 

traveling in Korea..to buy some souvenirs..(the following day's agenda)..and I got to be a sudden tour guide....with pleasure*-^^

Malay-Indonesian Department's 50th Anniversary (part 1)

Gee....May 15th was one of the most hectic days that week..since I got to 'be' there for my wife's birthday; since I got to attend the Malay-Indonesian Department's 50th anniversary, and...since..I got to prepare the itinerary of my colleagues from Jogjakarta who happened to be attending the seminar. 

*Oh, it's an opening ceremony's speech by Prof. Koh Young-hun, the head of the department.  

oh, one more thing...May 15 also happened to be 'Teacher's Day' in Korea. So, all participants received a small pin made of carnation to be pinned on their chest. The students of Malay-Indonesian Dept. who acted as liaison officer during the whole process of the ceremony greeted the participants and gave them the flower. 

More than 130 participants from Malaysia, Indonesia, China, Japan, Brunei, Thailand, and Korea attended the procession. 

Oh, my friend got my picture just in time when the flower-pinning(?) ceremony was being held. Well, a carnation during Teacher's Day? Why not! 

Held at Aekyung hall, Graduate School building at HUFS, I could sum up that the opening ceremony was a complete success. 

One of the highlights during the opening ceremony was a recorded message from Ibu Sundari, a retired guru from Gadjah Mada University who was the first native-speaker to teach Indonesian language at the department. HUFS in the 1960s. It was such a touching video to 'congratulate' the anniversary of the department.

As the central theme of the whole 2-day anniversary was 'Bridging the Unbridgeable: ......, I found the varied themes of the papers presented as something worth-attending. Too bad, too little time to cover and enjoy the whole sessions.  

but, at least..I could manage to slot myself into rooms with topics/themes that suit my interests.

All in all, Selamat Ultah Jurusan Malay-Indonesian HUFS.