We Made It: Our Book!!!

Thanks to Agus and Ozy ..and of course other friends..who had helped....preparing for the publication and the...laucnhing.

Yup..as many as 600 books were published ..not to mention the hundreds others back home in Indonesia.

I couldn't be more happier..to know that a lot of students participated in this.

Proud...and happy.

Thank you to all of our students at UT Korea for having made this endeavor ..possible and enjoyable.

We do hope that your stories ...are shared for generations to come.

Books Written by My Students: The Launching Event

I couldn't be more happier. Yup..March 6, 2016 marked the day when finally my personal journey of "rigorously" and "patiently" usurping my students' lives...paid off.  

^^ yup....'usurping'...'violating' in the positive sense....I did come into their lives...asking them to share their stories to be compiled in a book. 

As a member of INAKOS (International Association of Korean Studies in Indonesia), I've been ...lunatically ㅋㅋㅋ hahaha....going after my students, Indonesian migrant workers, student/workers in Korea......to share their stories ....to the public. 

Yeaah...we did it. 

Yup, the book titled "Sensasi Seru Jalan-Jalan di Korsel" was finally re-published in Korea. (After it was published in Jogja last year. It's republished after as many as 23 writers (who are mostly the students of Indonesia Open University in Korea or UT Korea) joined in.  

The event of the launching itself was made possible by the great cooperation of all of the students and tutors at UT Korea. 

We invited the students to the auditorium where we had the event...so as to give a chance for others to see what their peers have achieved. Right. Writing about one's experiences is no easy feat. It takes time and courage and determination...even just to write or retell one's stories into an essay. So the fact that as many as 14 students of UT Korea joined in....indeed overwhelmed me...(being said: I'm proud of them)

Just like last year's event. This year's publication was made possible by a partial support from the Senior Public Diplomacy Group, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Korea.

We managed to have a pose in front of the event venue....^^

Since we re-launched the book in Korea, of course...only those residing in Korea could attend this Launching Event. Those in Indonesia could not...unfortunately. But..surely enough..they knew about the event.

Thanks to Indonesian Embassy in Korea for their support...

Some of my students...proudly...showing off their books. Yup, their stories, life stories, traveling stories, occupational experiences...are all jotted down in this book.

Bravo, guys. We're proud of you.

UT Korea Radio: Workshop on Public Speaking and Broadcasting

Alhamdulillah, we finally made it. After a long overdue, we finally held our workshop on broadcasting and public speaking for our radio DJs and other attendees interested in the field.

Thanks to Indonesian Embassy in Seoul for supporting us: providing the venue, the buffet, and all.^^

And..of course...KUDOS and credits all go to our students at UT Korea for having prepared, arranged, and managed the whole session of the workshop.

It's been a bless, indeed. Looking at these pictures, I cannot but think that they must've felt so relieved after all was done.^^ I mean..all of the committee worked so hard to do this.

So..naturally..they're feeling so relaxed and happy after the workshop was over. 

Just by looking at those expressions..I felt a great relief. I'm proud of my students at UT Korea for all the hard work and dedication they'd poured into making this workshop possible.

Thank you, guys. 고맙다는 말도 뭔가 부족하지만...진심으로 고맙다. 수고했다.

We never got tired of taking picture after picture...ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

After all, this kind of gathering is not often..since we're so apart ...scattered across Korea. We're from Seoul, Cheonan, Daegu, Daejeon, Busan, Gwangju, and other cities...and today..we came to Seoul and met up thanks to the workshop we designed.

다시 한 번....수고했다. Let's get back to our workplace and prepare for our SPRING class.

UT KOREA RADIO DJs Awards

We're having a 2-hour meeting at one of the Dunkin Donuts' meeting rooms!!!^^ in Daegu. Yes...ㅋㅋ simply bcoz it's the closest one from YU where we met.

We're having a ceremony of welcoming our new members of UT Korea Radio...and ...presenting the certificates for all DJ members.

Hari...presented a pin for DJ Izzy.

I did my part to DJ Zaen.

Aries to DJ Slamcola.

Sofan to DJ Rian aka Gokiz.

Four out of 8 new members 

of UT Korea Radio.

The senior and junior members were blurring the boundaries of our radio's DJs.

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Now the awards ceremony

Former director of the radio, Aries, presented a certificate of acknowledgment   to DJ Sofan.

Aries to DJ Hary

Aries to DJ Ika.

Aries to DJ Shane...

...and me...

Thank you for all the hard work for the past 1.5 years. You're all awesome.

....and...donuts time.

ㅋㅋwe skipped breakfast to make sure that the whole place was for all of us. It's in the morning..so literally people do not eat donuts...so we were able to make the best use of our time.

16.01.16. Daegu.