Buka Puasa Bersama @ KBRI

The 3rd Saturday in Ramadan. And...it's the 3rd event of Buka Bersama or breaking-the-fast-together held at the aula of Indonesian Embassy in Seoul. Overseas Indonesians,  immigrants, students, and migrant workers residing in Seoul and its vicinity were welcome. Oh, it's not just a simple 'buka bersama' but as usual, prior to having the fasting dinner, we have a 2-hour session of lecture.

The topic for that day was Indonesian culture and how to nurture it in other countries.

Okay..I won't touch that theme since it's gonna require much space to jot it down.^^ 

The second presenter was Mr. Anton from Ciputra Entrepreneurship University in Indonesia. He gave us a lecture that mainly dealt with the importance of 'entrepreneur-ING and 'marketing' the culture.  

Then, the last session was closed by the Indonesian Ambassador, H.E. Mr. John A. Prasetio. He was accompanied by our moderator for the day, Mr. Didik Eko, the counselor. Credits to Mr. Didik for initiating the weekend-gathering like this. 

After the Magrib (dusk), we went down to the basement to have the iftar. Well, yes...I think there were about 500 people attended that evening's buka puasa.  

Bumped into my friends, Ahmad ( the train transportation expert), and Ony Jamhari (the traveler guy cum expert in marketing)...and me. ^^ 

Again, with Ony and Rizky (international relation dept)..the same university I am attending.

Oh, Rizky..congrats for graduating this August. Salute.

That's it. A good buka puasa bersama with friends @ KBRI.

Salam Ramadan from Ansan, Korea

Indonesian migrant workers and Indonesian community in Ansan were celebrating the Ramadan with a concert. In line with the current issues, we also made the concert into an outlet to collect some donation for our beloved friend, Benro, who's diagnosed with cancer...and also...we waved the awareness among our fellow members about the current issue happening in Gaza. Save the Palestine movement was also one of the highlights of the concert. 

Since it's carried out in an open air stage next to Ansan Migrant Center, lots of people did come in and participated in the event. 

Our friend, ms. Uswariyah, was interviewing one of the directors of Ansan Migrant Center during the event. 

As for me...the selfie-freak....., Aris, me, and Awan...were selfie-ing ourselves with the concert as the background. 

Crowds. Music overheard. Bazaar. Ramadan. Summer. Fun. Togetherness.

All in one.

Skype-ing for new Tutors @ UT

Yes, finally I managed to be one of the tutors at Universitas Terbuka or Open University in Korea. The other day, we had our first Skype-chat over what we need to do, prepare, cover, design, plan, ..all of those stuffs....related to the coming semester (this September). Oh, being a tutor means one thing...we'd be able to meet Indonesians (mostly Indonesian migrant workers) who--despite their tight 5-or 6-day workload--still have passion to learn and study on weekends.!!!  

We're a group of Indonesian students who are committed to nurture and assist other fellow Indonesians who put so much effort and enthusiasm in achieving something more. 

Tutor at the Open University? Yes, it's practically a social and 'volunteering' work. 

But, backed with the solid team of seniors and juniors like myself...we dedicate ourselves to 'teach' and 'learn' as well, along with the students.

Thanks, guys...for having selected me to be one of the new tutors @ Department of Communication for this coming September.