boekenfestijn apeldoorn

yesterday i was going with ady to Apeldoorn, visit the book festival. this time was in apeldoorn, america hal building. i was already promise ady to have everything done @12.00, but i couldnt. i’ve just finshied everything at exact 14.00. that day was a real mess. having the deadline @ 14.00 sharp, submitted the software management report at Zilverling, in mr. Klaas van den Berg room 5120, all those “ungraded-one-hour” ass-ignment (inspired by ravi, haha), and getting done.

america hal, apeldoorn

we were there at 5 oclock, still cloudy. but then, the sun was shining as i happy i am that day. apeldoorn is about 1 hour from enschede, and i guess that city was not that big as i thought. maybe there was no university or hogeschool there, not as delft or even enschede. i bought 2 books, a photograph book, a national geographic edition : l o v e. its a photograph of moments about love (sure, as its title) in many culture, many moments that was just amazing. i bought that hard cover big book just for 4,50 euros, less than 80.000 rupiah ! its a wow. its original price was 30 US dollar, around 25 euros i guess.

national geographic edition : l o v e

i will have this kind of photograph, dit boek was just amazing.

this boekenfestijn is zuupppeeerrrr… why they not held it in a city that have so many students like enschede..? i just wondering. well, that day is another happy day before exam on this next monday. the sun was so bright after raining for a while. i love the earth when its after raining. its just like you can smell every nature that is also “alive” while you walk around.

the clocks, yes it is almost 8 in the evening. its so bright and for sure i love it.

i havent studied that pile of papers. such a lazy. i just want to clean my room and having a great mood for studying. its more important for me to have a nice room first than reading all that stuff. lets tidy-ing the room then.

ps : dank je well again this time, schatje… waarom ben ik altijd blij als je rond?

busy

these days are definately the busiest days of the year (so far). my head could blow up if i didnt get that much rest. this is counting down less than a month to the greatest time of the year on the earth,

and yes its zommer time…!!!

ahh, lekkerrr….!!!

Watermelon: Composed of 92% water, it is also packed with a giant dose of glutathione which helps boost our immune system. They are also a key source of lycopene – the cancer fighting oxidant. Other nutrients found in watermelon are Vitamin C & Potassium.  Watermelon also has natural substances [natural SPF sources] that keep our skin healthy, protecting our skin from UV rays.
source : http://news.medill.northwestern.edu/washington/news.aspx?id=88599

this is definately summer time ! mari mari MEMBELI SEMANGKA besok ke open markt….!! asiiikkk.. asiikkk……slurrruuppppppssss…… =)

queens day attack

today is the queens day and all the street was coloured in oranje (like the real nederlanders). but this was a sad day, because the royal dutch was having parade on Apledoorn and got an assault (I guess Apeldoorn is the 4th station from Enschede to Amsterdam – thats what I remembered, if the route is Enschede – Hengelo – Almelo – Deventer – Apeldoorn blablabla… until Amsterdam). still remembered when I go to Amsterdam on around mid day and then go home alone from Amsterdam Biljmer – Arena, took the last train to Amsterdaam centraal (jika telat 4 menit saja saya mungkin kudu nginep di amsterdam, lari2 an mengeruak kerumunan penonton dan fans Noel Gallagher ke station biljmer arena, what a nice experince of my own, wew..) to the lovely home Enschede @ around 00.00 (yes it is midnight!) and alone ! alhamdulillah I am alright and alive until now, hehe..

okay back to the parade, so this is a sudden accident. there was a car crush into the crowd and several bikers were become the victim. copy from bbc http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8027390.stm

A car has ploughed through a crowd of spectators in the Netherlands who were watching a parade by the Dutch royal family. Reports say four people were killed and 13 others injured.

I only can say : innalillahi wa inna ilaihi rojiun. may the victim will rest in peace, my deep condolences for all the victims. oh, why such a happy day should be bother with a drunk driver like he did (in Alpedoorn), and hope we will know the real problem in a few days from now…
this should be a happy day for everyone, I spend my days with friends walking around the city (hingga kaki gempor) spending the coins (een ero – 50 cents – 20 cents and many of them), to buy some crap things but still lovely. I got one KNVB – pin (or Koninklijke Nederlandse Voetbalbond – “Royal Netherlands Football Association”) and an old 1992 pin for 50 cents (each). the weather was real good (around 14-16), feel a little bit hot cause the people are all over the place selling all the crap things and having some walk tour through the city.

saya baru sadar : queens day mungkin artinya = hari raya rombeng se belanda, well at least di enschede, karena  ada semacam pasar kaget di centrum, oude markt dan sekitarnya, orang orang mulai dari keluarga (bapak anak ibu mbahkung mbah uti paklek bulek semua) menggelar dagangan di jalan, dan anda akan menemukan barang antik dan aneh dari (mungkin) tahun renaissance hingga baju bayi tahun kemarin yg sudah tak terpakai). si Hera nemu koper vintage bagus banget hanya seharga 5 ERO ……! ARGH saya juga mau heraaa..

saturday 2 May 2009 @ around 6 in the afternoon i will off from Enschede, go to Milan. i will take the train to Bremen with Lucas and Stephan, and meet Anne and the rest of the team in Bremen and fly from there to Milan on Sunday morning. there will be some activity with 6 other students from University of Twente there. I didnt know that I will be the choosen one from the all the 7th delegates to Milan that will represent the university.  the charge was  much expensive (280 euros, bayar sendiri dan tak ada dana dari university, tapi saya mau mau saja lah, toh juga bermanfaat sekaligus jalan2, hahaha.. tetep. tapi ini belum termasuk biaya transportasi dr Enschede – Bremen, bolak balik,  biaya transportasi di Milan, dll. well, tetep worth it lah ya..). got to sleep now, and having some hot tea before go to bed (lekker hoor..) hehe. well, tot ziens from now.. ngantuk banget dah.

i

am using patient to stay fine. i have some trouble to getting it right. something good can do much harm, and good may kill for your embrace. i WONT stuck for now it seems. and i WONT vanish before they complete.

mydesign

cover of mydesign business plan - e commerce 3rd quartile march 2009

cover made by one of my best friend here in enschede: © hera kusyuniansari. jadi business plan saya ini ga masuk 2nd round dan mendapat nilai yg cukup menggembirakan (susah payah dapat nilai 7). nilainya sebenernya ga sebanding dengan pengorbanan saya yang harus ke benno 2 kali, ngobrolin ide ini sampe pulang malem2 pas masih di dollardstraat, ke hera konsultasi cover sm konsul ide lain untuk business plan, tugas salah satu course quartile ini (e commerce,-red). 2nd round saya gabung ke kelompoknya iryna dan alex(ukraine), bersama danchao(china), faiza(pakistan) en tuan(vietnam) semoga kita bisa dapat nilai bagus dan menang di akhir periode.. YOSH, go fight win…!!!!

HERAN !

She drove a long way through the night
From an urban neighborhood
She left her mother in a fight
For a dream misunderstood
And her friends they talk on corners
They could never comprehend

But there was always something different
In the way she held a stare
And the pictures that she painted
Were of glamour and of flair
And her boyfriend though he loved her
Knew he couldn’t quite fulfill
He could never meet her there

She’s never gonna be like the one before
She read it in her stars that there’s something more
No matter what it takes no matter how she breaks
She’ll be the Queen of Hollywood

/queen of hollywood – the corrs/
and i am believing all of my dream, no matter what it takes, no matter how it will breaks.. rest a while but dont quit my dear…, terheran HERAN dengan semua yg ada disini, heran deh. semuanya seakan-akan seperti bumerang bertubi tubi menyerang pertahanan mental fisik pikiran, semua. capek begini terus..
sabar dan semangat aja ya sayang, ayah dan ibu serta semua keluarga di rumah tahu kok apa yg kamu lakukan dan mereka semua selalu berdoa untukmu.. just keep fighting for the good sake of your self, anyway, ayo sekarang mandi dulu..!!! ayooooooo KULIAH…!!! smileee, schatjee… you can do this … !!!
ya Allah ya Rabbi, kulo nyuwun sabar ingkang kathah.. amin..

dusseldorf

this was dusseldorf, late february 2009 around 5 pm in the afternoon. the city was so empty because everybody tends to walk or using the tram or the bus. the cars were parked along the way and this is the thing that i will miss when i’m back to indonesia. fresh air, good public transportation, and people tend to think twice just to buy a car (the tax, the price were that high), nederlanders seems choose bike, but in germany there were not a lot people riding their bike, but still, they WALK…! i was going to one of the mall in the town, not so much people there, that was saturday, and (seems) they’re not into the mall, instead of loving the markt (aka. pasar, buat bela beli sayur, telor, dkk. at least that’s what i’m doing – niru kebiasaan orang sini).

somewhere @ dusseldorf around 5 pm

when im asking one of the nederland people, why they really love bike, the answer were that simple : “..if you want to go home from a party at very late, there were no bus anymore, if you have your bike, its just easy, just go home right away.. ..” . that simple. hope this is the future of surabaya, 3-5 years ahead. saya sudah terbiasa bersepeda sejak SMA, kuliah dulu juga bawa sepeda (meski jarang dipakai, dan seringnya cuman dipakai pas sabtu minggu). kalo sekarang mah, jelas bersepeda kemana mana. ahh… the point is that clear : MARI BERSEPEDA nengg… !!!!!

pindah kos (lagi)

dikarenakan hal-hal yang tidak terduga sebelumnya yang terjadi di kosan baru yang murah tapi ternyata illegal ini, saya akhirnya pindah lagi ke kosan lama, dimana saya harus membayar 350 euro sekian, karena di kosan murah ini ternyata dia melakukan perbuatan ILLEGAL dan secara tidak langsung pun saya mendukungnya..!! OH TIDAK… dasar orang ga tau diri…! menyumpah ke landlord karena dia tidak memberi tahu saya in the first time when we met and interviewing me as a new tenant ! argh ……!!

jadi begini, setiap rumah or apartemen di belanda mempunyai peraturan yg berkaitan dengan jumlah orang yg ada di apartemen tersebut, jika ada 1 orang, maka asumsi pemerintah adalah, income dari rumah itu hanyalah 1 orang (saya ga tau lagi klo ada anak2 atau keluarga), sehingga jika hanya diketahui hanya ada 1 orang di rumah, maka dia akan mendapat subsidi sebesar sekian (kagak tau berapa), dan subsidi akan terus berkurang berbanding lurus dengan jumlah orang yg ada di rumah tersebut..

nah, dan saya disini, harusnya didaftarkan ke Gementee alias balai kota, sehingga Gementee tahu bahwa saya punya alamat baru, dan itu artinya dia akan mempunyai income baru (ada saya dan logisnya saya bayar rent kamar or something), dan dia tidak mau hal itu terjadi, dasar orang mau enaknya tok.. keputusan pun saya ambil tanpa babibu ato berbelit2, balik ke rumah lama, deurningerstraat, dan karena saya udah tau orang2 nya baik, rumahnya jelas,  saya sudah kangen si spanyol, ostrali dan kita punya tenant baru, mbak2 phd asal spanyol yg kuliah hanya disini selama 5 bulan, lalu dia balik lagi ke jerman di bulan juni..

musim spring tapi terus2 an hujan ini membuat saya serasa tambah nelongso dengan banyak nya masalah yang menimpa saya akhir2 ini… banyak lagi yg terjadi (bukan cuman kosan saja, beasiswa yg terus turun nilainya, kuliah,  teman2, dkk), sehingga saya cuman bisa bersabar dengan semua yg terjadi, meski hanya ada ayah, ibu ,mbak ira -adek kecil annisa yg belum bisa ngomong, mas irul, mas dhani, yg selalu siap mendengar kan saya  berkeluh kesah di telepon, ayah dan ibu yg selalu mendoakan saya, serta teman teman yg masih care dengan tulus nemenin saya, gak cuman sepintas lalu dengan keberadaan saya disini..

ini  semua bukan masalah sih, tetapi something yang akan membuat saya lebih dewasa, mandiri, sabar dan tahu bagaimana harus bersikap dengan orang, teman dll.. dan satu hal yang saya selalu yakini adalah bahwa Allah-lah teman sejati dalam hidup, karena saya tahu, di masa-masa sulit ini, setelah saya berdoa ,semua beban pikiran yang ada di kepala, hati, seperti langsung hilang saja… alhamdulillah ya Rabbi, fabiayyiala irabbikuma tukadziban.. hanya Engkau lah harapan hati di kala semua nya begitu menjauh dan hanya Engkau yang mendekat padaku… dan saya kangen sekali memeluk ayah & ibu.

fu*king sh*t !

today was another same day with my group for one of the course, the one that is taught by prof. muntslag and mr. katsma that ever saying : go fu*k your self .. in front of the class without the emotion of saying the word -go fuc* your self-.. dont ask how he said the words, me dont know either.. he was real funny when saying that word..

so in this group of mine, i was the mooi meisje in the group, most beautiful one, cause another member are three dutch jongens, Pier van der Graaf (Pier), Egbert van der Veen (Egbert) and Paulus Schoutsen de zwitsal (Paulus – he was wearing his zwitsal t-shirt today, jut voor me..hahahaha..) and that Nicolas Rabot – the french handsome guy that never showed up.., and…… we are up in the middle of discussion, about our view point, making the slides presentation, always laughing and talking about daily lives, one of these conversation were :

……………………………….

Paulus : “..oh god, this is fuc*ing awesome..”

Pier : “..oh cmon, i hate this fuc*ing shit ….bla bla bla”
(im not so sure what are they talking about, i was not really concentrate, busy reading and laugh to them at same time)

Egbert : “..no, thats not a real mess..” (he always polite, i think i like the way he talks, he is clever, and saya suka sama ni orangg.. hehehe, orang yg lucu, pinter, sopan susah dicari.. )

Paulus : “..yeah dude, why is that..?”

Pier : ” you know, this shi*yy- thing was happen to me, and …. blablabla..”

Egbert : “..cmon man, watch your mouth, there is a lady here…we got to say the right thing…” (smiling, but thats what  he always does ..)

Paulus : ” ..yeah man, we’ve got a girl, so be careful with your words, man…”

me : “..ohh, thats so sweet….”

Paulus : (repeating me) “..ooooohh, thats so sweet….” (with the hands in front of his chest, exactly repeating the way i did it..)

and then finally,
US : “..hahahahahahhhhh..” (we were laughing together, again…after we’ve always laughing many times before)

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oh guys, you dont know how f***ing awesome…!!!! all of you that i am happy those time with you.. never thought there were people that were so great treating me like this before (even after knowing me fail..), one word voor you guys : DANK JE WELL, jongens…!!! muaaachh, hahaha….