Pilli Pepe

Got lunch at Pilli Pepe @ Youido...the other day. 

Never been there before though I've seen and passed this restaurant countless of time.

Italian (style) food. I mean...well....

It's worth-to-try. 

The best part...I could order vegetarian carbonara....and even vegetarian spaghetti. 

A Familiar Sight

Yup...found this in front of the campus. Lots of ads about renting houses, one room, boarding room, two room house, ...

Took this picture so as to make me remember what it looked like back then.

I mean....by the end of the year..this lamp post would be surely cleaned from this posted ads.

Gee...There's Some Truth in It, Right?

 I mean...we could've just bought (second hand) Galaxy Samsung or any other i-phone, had we only been smart enough or patient enough ...not to eat chicken?

Anyway..what an intriguing way to lure people and tick people to think, eh?

One Indonesia Day @ Ansan Lake Park

More and more people are coming. 

let the sales begin... 

The kids were tired...so tired that they were sleeping inside the tent. 

It's a good thing that we did bring the tent.

One Indonesia Day 2014 @ Ansan Lake Park

Our booth. 

I hope you enjoyed the time we had here, dear. 

It's still 9 am and..not many were yet to come... 

 

In front of the Reog Ponorogo 

Preparing for the Indonesian Food Festival @ One Indonesia Day 2014

Banana Pudding

waiting for Godot a.k.a. my students...^^ ㅋㅋㅋ

Waiting for Godot...
waiting for my students. ^^
Gee.....what a lame day it is. I mean...we're supposed to start the class at 10 but then we found out that there was NO electricity in the class. Later I found out that we're asked to start the class at 11 since there was this electricity-related maintenance service or something. But then...it's now past 11 and yet..I haven't seen a single student...wait...one's coming in. ^^ ..
well...geeezz....어떻게...이럴수가...맨날 이렇게 하면 안 되는데..참.
하룻종일 어제부터 가의자료를 얼마나 열심히 준비했는데...이렇게 될 줄 몰랐네요...
담부터 10분이라도 늦게 온다면 그냥 교실앞에서 가만히 서라고 할까??? ㅋㅋㅋ
waiting for Godot.....
고도란 말을 쓰니까 미안해, 얘들아...

Jalanan @ EBS International Documentary Festival

Finally I could say that I made a great decision of sort of forcing myself to attend the last screening of an Indonesian movie called 'Jalanan' a.k.a. Street Busker directed by a Canadian-born Indonesianist-turned-director 'mas Daniel Ziv. ^^ 

It took me an hour to see the movie at Lotte Cinema at Digital Media City. And the theater was 3/4 full. And..finally I could see it with my own eyes and enjoy the music with my own ears...what the people have been chattering about for the past year. 

EIDF 2014 is indeed a good platform to share and bring forth the diverse documentary about issues we otherwise never have thought of before. Just like the one presented in "Jalanan", as an Indonesian myself, I was completely shocked by the realities widely and bare opened in front of our eyes. Yes..it's a good wake-up call about the harsh realities faced by minorities..or even invisible minorities or..should I say..subculture? who live in Jakarta. 

After..getting out of the theater..I was suddenly brought back to the glittering realities that I am in Seoul, Korea...which is completely different from the striking contrast of the harsh realities faced by some Indonesians, especially those unfortunate ( I could be wrong, though) street buskers. 

Definitely worth-it. And I recommend anyone interested in seeing the other side of the seemingly-gleaming life of Indonesia's capital, Jakarta. 

Thank you mas Daniel Ziv, for bringing the issue up^^

Busy, eh? Sure...I am. But.it's worth-it

Yes..some of my friends were wondering as to why ...despite the fact that I've been busy with my school work, research, job, family...I still have time for one more thing, i.e. teaching Indonesian migrant workers who are studying at the Indonesia Open University in Korea. Well, that's easy to answer! I've been busy involving myself in lots of endless possibilities wherever I am. 

For the past 1.5 years, I've been teaching our friends, Indonesian migrant workers, at the university. I love them so much since they are the cream of the cream...^^

I mean..they've been working hard during a whole week,even until Saturday night, yet...they decided to use their time on Sundays to study at a university level. 

So...it's been such a privilege to be able among them. The ones who see their future by not only 'pursuing' material gain (money or remittance) they send back home to their loved ones, but also pursuing something else: knowledge.

That's why...thanks to our close association with one of our professors (Prof. Yang Seung Yoon) who happens to be serving his term at the Senior Public Diplomacy Group, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Korea...., we managed  to seal a deal of distributing --I mean..donating books on Korea written in Bahasa Indonesia...written by Indonesian students and scholars...and dedicated to all Indonesian students at this Open University.

I am simply glad that I am a part of it.

it's not much...but at least..that's what we're trying to do to keep on doing our goal of sharing knowledge...wherever and whenever.^^

One More Thing To Go

The final semester of my required 4-semester at the program.

 Now that I finally finished the 4th semester with a good result I should cherish and be thankful for, I cannot just be relax and loosen up even a bit...

since more challenges are coming. 

But whatever they are....I hope I can finish my goal of completing my PhD until next year, 2015. That's the goal. Of course..there are lots of things to do...but I am sure that things are going to be fine as long as I stick to what I have planned. 

it's been such a great time....every moment of it. 

squeezed among classes, researches, traveling, .....all packed in ONE. 

Bismillahirrohmanirrohim.