Ballet Performance: Giselle in The Park

Hey hey..

Today I just want to enjoy my life and doing fun things.. I just did a little bit BEADS proposal to Standard Chartered Bank with Suvarna.. then the free time came..

Me and Suvarna joined another AIESEC interns in Singapore to see the Ballet Performance called Giselle in The Park in Fort Canning Park near Dhoby Ghaut.. We met with other interns in Service Passenger booth in Dhoby Ghaut MRT Station.. We met Nicole (the organizer of this from Malaysia, Ellen from Netherland, Hungary girl (sorry I forgot ur name), Luuk from Netherland, Ann from Singapore, and Bryan from USA).. Then we went to Carrefour together to bought our picnis snacks before the performance started..

After snacks shopping, we walked together to find out where is the venue of Ballet Performance.. It was quite far because we didn't have any clue where to go.. hehehe.. Finally we arrived there and some of the organizers came to us and wondering why we didn't get this and that and bla bla bla.. And then we knew that we entered the venue from the wrong gate.. We went there by passing the garden near the venue..so no wonder why we walked so far away and reached the venue in illegal way.. hehehe..

After clarified all the things, we filled in the form for lucky draw game and got a pink paper bracelet..Then we found a good place to sit on the grass and saw a very great performance... Then other interns came, Kush from India and Irina.. It was very great experience to see the different thing since I never saw it before and all of us get a free ticket for it.. So nice..O ya just too exciting to know that we are came from different country and get mingled in the diverse environment..
Giselle in The Park told us the story about a beatiful girl named Giselle that fall in love with a man who had enganged with another lady that became her best friend. Giselle never knew that she fall in love with rich man who already enganged. When she knew the fact, she was getting insane and died because of it.. Then she became a ghost and met up again with the man and after that she forgive the men.. in the end they are happily ever after in their own world.. The ballet performance was so beautiful.. And I want to write the story as beautiful as I can.. and it seems that I couldn't make it.. hehehe..

After the performance, we went back and had some nice dicussions.. It's one of life part of AIESEC interns here.. we always try to meet up in the weekend and hanging out together.. Okay, It's good to be here.. It's good to see new things.. And it's good to find experiences here..

It's my 4th friday here!

Hey guess what? Today is my 4th friday in Singapore.. It's been a month I live here.. yeayyy!!!

I count every single day because each day giving me a meaningful learning point.. It's not only about the way I work here.. but it's more about how to face my life challenges like how to face the lonely feelings, facing the culture differences, to be independent, open with other differences, solving complicated problem, enjoying my life when I'm too busy, and to be a better person for each single day..and the most important thing is.. I felt lost when I just came here.. I didn't know who I am anymore.. And every day was the day for me to find my self.. to get to know who am I.. I didn't know why I was so silent.. So lucky that slowly I can get more relax.. more sensitive.. and finding my identity as a human.. It's not fnish yet.. Here I learn about my self started from the beginning and will continue until I know exactly who I am.. I already start to run and will increasing the fastness to go to the finish line..

Today is the big celebration for my life.. It's been a month I got so meaningful experience.. It's been a month I strive my best to face my life challenges here..

Today I went to HIV Patient Care Centre with Nathan and Suvarna. Nathan arranged the meeting for me and Suvarna to meet Gina, the person in charge of HIV Patient Care Centre. Unfortunately Gina had another important meeting, so we couldn't make it.. Then we just get mingled with the HIV patients and saw how great they are on making the handycraft. Then like what he usually do, he teach the HIV Patients about how to use Microsoft Word.. It was very funy and interesting.. We only have 1 computer, so each person need to parctise how to use it one by one.. Some of them very fast learner and some of them still very shy to try to practise what Nathan said... then suddenly a lady came to me and asking me to come to another room for teach her how to use Microsoft Excel.. I'm so happy then.. because I can do something for them.. She's a very smart and fast learner.. then she asked me about the formula for doing minus and sum between cells.. I didn't have idea about it.. and tried my best to find out the formula..but still useless.. hehehe.. then Suvarna tried to help.. and still useless..hehehe.. Then we asked Nathan to help.. and he didn't have any idea about that.. then we did brainstorming on how to find the formula.. and we did it.. We were so happy then.. hehehe..


After our visit to the Patient Care Center, Suvarna went to Orchard Road.. and I want to do something fun to appreciate and celebrate what I've got here.. I got off in City Hall and walked a long the way to Bugis.. I did my own adventure to find new places and look around Bugis Market.. the biggest market in Singapore.. Actually I wanna do shopping a lot, but because of I only have limited money, so finally I bought one brown dress, pancake durian, china lucky coins, chinese snack (chicken with something black covered it and something like "pangsit" that very chruncy and crispy..so delicious)...

I had a lot of fun today.. like usual I'm the only one who came early at home.. Everyone still busy.. Then found new way to have delicious Indonesian dinner.. I mixed rice with fried egg (orak-arik) and fried union.. mmmm..bikin ketagihan abis..

I had Indonesian food for lunch.. not really Indonesia actually..

In the beginning of this week, I bought a lot of recipes and spices for my daily food.. I bought rice, eggs, pepper, etc..

I'm so happy today.. Finally I can ate Indonesian food.. Eventhough I only had white rice with fried egg that mixed with union and chily.. but I feel so excellent.. I really miss this kind of food.. It's been a long time I didn't have this food..

I don't know why.. I think my life is full of memory about food. There is memory with Guran about toast and cheese cream, white rice and fried egg with my brothers and Ajeng, Big burger with Tika, fried potatoes and some mixed creams with AIESECers in Malang, and much more.. Or probably it's because I really like to taste new and uniuque foods.. and every people around me always like to join me for that..

Tonight probably I will cook fried rice with special Indonesian taste.. Hmmm.. makes me hungry now..

BEADS Project, AIESEC Singapore

Heya all!! these are what we've done so far.. It's great to be a part of it!

Standard Chartered Bank and AIESEC Singapore Partnership Launch

This program held in March 11th, 2008 to launch the partnership between AIESEC Singapore and Standard Chartered Bank to raise awareness of HIV/AIDS among youth in Singapore. This program reached 100 attendees included AIESEC members (from National University of Singapore, Singapore Management University and Nanyang Technological University), staff and students of Nanyang Technological University.
The launch event started with speech from Grace Chen as Project Director of AIESEC Singapore to introduce BEADS and the partnership between AIESEC in Singapore and Standard Chartered Bank to raise awareness of HIV/AIDS among youth in Singapore.
Then continued with the second speech was by Mr. Ray Ferguson, Regional CEO of Standard Chartered Bank. He spoke about why Standard Chartered Bank took up the issue of HIV/AIDS and gave an overview of their program. Following his speech, Ray handed over the “Train the Trainers” kit to representatives from AIESEC Singapore.
Mr Ray Ferguson, Regional CEO, South East Asia formalising our partnership with Ishita Bindal and Grace Chen, Project Directors from AIESEC Singapore.
Following Ray’s speech, Junie Foo (a HIV Champion) launched into her interactive session where she addressed the issue of HIV/AIDS in Singapore to the participants. AIESEC members also took part in a skit and interactive game “Bridges of Hope” that highlighted the importance of abstaining and being faithful.
Junie Foo, HIV Champion, watches as one of the AIESEC student steps up to the challenge and attempts to cross the Bridge of Hope
With the audience being educated and empowered to share what they have learnt with their peers, parcipants were given a red balloon each to mark this momentous occasion. With commitments made, the event ended with Standard Chartered Staff, AIESEC members and Nanyang Technological students exploring further ways of cooperation over lunch.
AIESEC students each made a pledge to share the knowledge of HIV/AIDS with their peers


HIV/AIDS, Who Cares? @NUS

This program held in March 13th, 2008 by AIESEC National of Singapore University in Central Forum to raise awareness of HIV/AIDS and HIV patients amongst youth through unique way. This program reached around 200 participants of NUS people.
We had several activities to achieve our objectives. Out first activity was invited all the NUS people to participate and show their awareness on HIV/AIDS issue through put their 20 cents coins on World Map that printed on 3m x 3m banner and break the Singapore Book Record with The Largest Display of Coins.
Then we challenge them to fill in the HIV/AIDS Quiz by Standard Chartered Bank to get to know their HIV/AIDS knowledge and we shared and had discussions about HIV/AIDS knowledge with them. The quiz was fun. Students would solve the quiz and would be very interested in knowing if they got all the answers correct. Most students did not know that HIV is treatable. We explained to them the difference between a disease being curable and treatable and gave information about ART drugs. Some people also had a misconception that HIV can spread through saliva which was clarified.
Besides that we also sell the flower that made by HIV patients to do fundraising and HIV/AIDS exhibition. In this exhibition we displayed the posters and pictures about HIV/AIDS. The displayed was very interesting and attracts more people to have a look at it. This was another way for us to do fundraising to raise more money with selling the flowers that made by HIV patients.


Coffee with Love

This program held in Geek Terminal at March 15th, 2008 to talk about HIV in casual fun setting and to encourage people to talk about HIV to their partners in a non-hesitant way. Our program started at 18.00 until 22.00 and reached 70 participants.
The participants were asked to complete the HIV/AIDS puzzleThe program started by welcoming everyone and an energizer. The energizer helped to build a rapport with the audience and divide them in groups. Next on agenda was the session on HIV/AIDS. A puzzle of 24 set of information was prepared. These cards were distributed among the groups. The facilitators asked the questions/statements and one person from each group who had the answer had to say it aloud to the audience. The objective of the game apart from talking about HIV was also to encourage participation from the audience. The game was enjoyed by the audience and at the end of it a beautiful picture of red ribbon around the globe was revealed.
After this was the time for dinner and coffee appreciation. Mr. Danny from Geek Terminal gave a wonderful talk on coffee, which addressed the link between coffee and HIV, and even on the difference between an espresso and cappuccino. At the end of the session there was a special demonstration on coffee making too. Dinner was excellent and was enjoyed a lot along with the coffee appreciation.
Mr. Danny from Geek Terminal conducted interactive session about coffee
The event winded up with the acknowledgement of Geek Terminal and other organizers. As a mark of commitment to spread the word on HIV the participants were requested to pledge and keep the promise. Feedback forms were filled up and the evening ended.

What is my colour?

What Ali wrote on his note in facebook always come into my mind.. In this world, we only a tiny dot that have our own color and contribute our color to make the whole world colorful.. Our world comprises a lot of tiny dots that have many colors to make it colorful.. hehehe.. so sorry Ali.. I write it on my own way and it's not as beautiful as yours.. hehehe..

I've got lost and try to find my own color.. I still on my way to find the real of me.. I still on my way to describe what color that I have.. Even when I only a tiny dot with blur color now.. I still have willingness to find it until I able to describe my color.. And I believe sooner or later I can contribute my color to add the beautiful colors of this world...

Lagi ga jelas

Sekarang aku lagi gak pengen basa inggris2an.... Tuhan sedang menguji kesabaranku saat ini.. sangaaaat.. Mungkin ujian inilah yang harus aku hadapi untuk jadi stronger person.. untuk jadi orang yang tangguh dalam menghadapi situasi apapun.. Memang bener2 internship itu banyak cobaannya (ups.. salah..yang bener banyak tantangannya).. semakin banyak tantangan semoga semakin banyak learning yang aku dapat.. Amieeennn..

Aku sudah berkali-kali bekerja dengan team yang beranggotakan orang2 yang berbeda-beda karakter dan latar belakang. Mulai dari karakter yang gampang, gampang-gampang susah, susah-susah gampang, sampai yang susah sekalian.. Buat my ex-EB team, kalian pasti tau lah apa yang aku maksud.. hehehe..

Semua orang bilang aku orang yang mampu dan tahan terhadap tekanan yang paling susah sekalipun, semua orang bilang aku selalu tenang dalam menghadapi segala situasi, semua orang banyak bilang hal yang baik2 tentangku, yang positif2 tentangku.. Sekarang aku jadi berpikir lagi, apakah semua yang dikatakan orang tentangku itu benar? Ternyata aku nggak sekuat itu, ternyata masih ada orang yang hampir membuatku kehilangan kesabaran, ternyata ada orang yang bisa membuatku terlihat tidak tenang, aku tergagap2 ketika berbicara dengannya.. semuanya yang kulakukan dan kupikirkan terlihat salah.. sepertinya aku tidak cukup baik untuk semua hal..

Aku selalu menghargai apa yang kulakukan untuk diriku, orang sekitarku, dan lingkunganku. Aku selalu berusaha yang semampuku untuk kebaikan semua orang.. dan kadang semua itu tidak selalu benar.. aku orang yang terbuka terhadap segala hal... dan aku selalu suka terhadap orang2 yang terbuka padaku dan memberiku masukan apapun demi kebaikan.. aku menerima segala masukan yang baik dan buruk untuk menjadi seseorang yang lebih baik lagi..

My NLDS Faci Team, Jakarta 2006

I grabed this picture from Pandu's friendster profile.. It's help me a lot to smile after this hard day..hehehe..

They were my faci team in NLDS 2006 Indonesia.. It was very great time being in a team with them.. Full of passions.. Full of ideas.. Full of laugh.. and Full of crazyness..

I love u all guys.. How are you currently?

Agung, kiki, pandu UP, fery, reita, heidy, pandu kukun, me, and gandung.. We were a very great team (together we achieve more!!!!!)

Am I do wrong?

Is it false if I like to work very hard, sitting in front of computer all the day? I just thinking.. Am I kind of a strange people because of that?
I love working hard but I do love party hard too.. But, I love party hard only in my free time when I have nothing to do..
Am I wierd if I like to stay at home all the day and don't have willingness to look around?
Can I just to be my self? Or should I change if it's good for me?
My expectations here is to get learning as much as possible.. and... I'm not really wants to see everything around here because I've been here before.. but, if someone asking me to hanging around with them, I'll give my time for it.. and I'll be happy for it..
I tried to do personal reflection.. but still don't know what to do.. still don't know what's best for me..
I always have my own decision for my life.. I always do that.. And so far no one complaining about that.. So far every one like me just the way I am.. They do understand me and I try to understand them..
Actually what's wrong in this? Am I do a mistake? Or I just need to change to be a better person? And what kind of a better person that I need to be? I just getting confused.. No one ever pushing me to change my self, usually I do know what I should decide for my life, I'm the one who know a lot and responsible with my life..

Kaya Toast and Memory about Cheese

Like usual I take toast with kaya jam and cheese as my favorite breakfast. I like it very much..

Last weekend, Ebin bought us toast with kaya and cheese from Ya Kun Kaya Toast... In the first bite we can feel the yummy..mmm.. so delicious..

I'm so inspired with that toast and want to have it by my self as my breakfast..So, I bought toast, cheese cream, and kaya.. I know probably my toast is not so delicious like Ya Kun Kaya Toast.. But for me it's so delicious.. and I still like it very much..

Everytime I put cheese cream on my toast, it's remind me on my last experience when I was on the way to Jakarta with Guran for attending the Alumny Gathering event of AIESEC Indonesia. We took the cheapest train to go to Jakarta and took around 18 hours to go to Jakarta. So we brought a lot of foods just for spending our time on the train. I still remember at that time Guran brought his favorite food: chocholate toast and I brought my favorite food: cheese cream. We decided to ate the chocholate toast with cheese cream inside. It was so delicious and we finished all of them in 1 night.. The day after, we arrived with stomach full of foods.. Then we went to MC's flat and ate again, we took a bath then went to the hotel for Alumny Gathering event.. Once again we had a big dinner there.. We had a lot fun and foods without thinking about our ability for that..

The day after, I went back to Malang and Guran will stayed over in his house in Jakarta. That day he text me that he got sick and it's probably because of to much different foods going inside his stomach. And actually I felt the same, I love cheese and at that time I can't controlled my self for not ate all of cheese there.. hehehehe.. So both of us got sick just because can't control our hobby: eat!!!

Nice memory... Guraaaannnn I miss u.. Keep our friendship lasting forever ya.. Yuukk,lulus bareng yuuuk..!!! It will be more beautiful if 4 LCP's generation in our LC having the same graduation ceremony time... hehehehe..

I met Febri today!

Hey hey..another great day to come..

Today I'm focus on doing my session planning for EVOLVE conference.. don't know why it's not easy like what I thought before.. It's so challenging and I'm kind of perfectionist person.. So, I change the concept so many times.. and still not satsfied with what I've done.. hehehe.. Now is 00.45.. very late at night and I already finished the main concept, but I need to make the handout for project meeting sessions..

Today one of my LC member, Febri, visiting Singapore and I met him in the evening.. I'm so happy to meet him.. He is one of my newee and I'm so proud of him.. He won the tourism ambassador competition in Malang, and because of that I can met him here even only for several hours.. We met at Mustafa Center and walked around there.. We had nice meeting today.. So happy!!!! It's one of my very refreshing time after for the whole day I worked on my EVOLVE sessions.. hehehe..

I think I got headache.. But, everything will be ok.. Because there always good things happen to me in every single day during my stay here.. Thanks for everything, God!

My great day with the most inspiring people in my life

Singapore... Singapore... How beautiful today...

I'm very happy and excited today.. I went around Singapore with 2 most inpiring people in my life..

Today I met Ebin (MCP Indonesia 03/04-AP ER 04/05) and Mia (MCP Indonesia 04/05). All of us met in Food Republic Wisma Atria, Orchard Road. We had a great lunch there and had small talk about our current activities, our love life, and about what we wanna do today.

After lunch we decided to visiting Ebin's house in Clarky. When we arrived we had a lot of interesting discussion. We discussed about how to handle the difference culture in work place, sharing about our love life and our future plans. Then we did a little bit analysis about AIESEC Indonesia current condition: why lack of people who apply for leadership position until how to sustain AIESEC Indonesia financial ability. It was very interesting and a lot of fun. Suddenly Ebin gave me a huge gifts that will be useful during my stay here... So nice rite?

In the afternoon, we went to City Hall to accompanied Mia to buy something for Janne, then we walked around City Hall and went to Esplanade to watched the music performances in Mosaic Music Festival... It was very cool.. All of us love music and very happy for spending this great moment in Esplanade.. We also had our big dinner there.. All of us really like to eat and try new food. So we ordered a lot of food and feel tired to finished it all..

Today is a very great day.. I'm happy to met them here.. They are so inspirational for me especially in my AIESEC life.. and once again today is my great day..

I'm Back!

Hey, I'm back! I'm very happy.. I can feel the real of me now.. I found my confidence again.. I found my spirit again... I'm happy that I can be just the way I am now..

Don't know when.. Don't know how.. and don't know why.. Suddenly I can be just the way I am..

I love all the people here.. Everyone is so nice and very supporting even in my hardest time. Slowly I feel more relax and enjoy my stay here..

Yesterday, we were busy for the Coffee With Love event. Everything went good eventhough we had a little bit rushed on the preparation. I don't know the characteristic of people here and it's very multicultural. I found a little bit difficult in the beginning, I didn't know how to do approachment to them, how to attract them, and engage them to the session. I hope my way on delivering session yesterday is acceptable here.. I know I still need more improvement on making the session's concept and delivering session and I'll try my best to make it better and better in the next opportunities. But, I did my best on that.. And I've got a huge learning point from that! I really appreciate what I've done, very good team work with Suvarna and the OC, and all interactions with all people that make this event went well.. Big applause to us!!!! yeayy!!!

One of my challenge: Stand on your own feet!

Today is my second friday in Singapore. So, it's been 2 weeks I live here..

I just think that the challenge of having internship here is not what I will do or the challenge of my job description here.. but the challenge is how to be able to stand on your own feet..

In Indonesia, I run this kind of project for several times.. and in Indonesia I run the projects with the team that I know each of them for a long time before. I know a lot of people in Indonesia, so if I need something, there is always a place for me to go.. Here, in Singapore, I should learn how to be independent and really able to stand on my own feet..

I feel very new in Singapore.. I already know fiew people here, I just know all the habits and the way of work all the people here.. Everything still new for me.. And sometimes I just feel don't know what I can do and let all the things flow..

Yesterday, we had an event in NUS to break the record of Singapore's Book Records with the largest display of 20 cents coins on the World Map. We had invited all the people there to give their coins to put on the World Map. And we also had several activities there. We invite people to buy the flowers that made by HIV patients with 2 dollars for each, then we have HIV/AIDS exhibition, and we challenge many people to do quiz by Standard Chartered Bank to get to know how much they know about HIV/AIDS. Actually I enjoy everything that I did in this event and I think this is a very unique way to campaign the HIV/AIDS issue. We learn so much and share so much about HIV/AIDS to other people.

I will never regret for all these learning and experience. I sacrifice a lot of things for this experience and it's worth! I feel my life has been appreciated with all these great experience..

Still adaptation stage

These days I tried to recharge my energy just to be who I am. Just to be titah that always do all the best that she can.

I miss my ability to understand other people. I still like listening other people but less of ability to understand them. I feel a little bit too egois these days. I don't want to be like this.

I realise that I'm an introvert person. Not easy for me to tell other people about my feeling. I feel better after I have sometimes for my loneliness just to evaluate my days. But the things is I don't have lonely time here.. Everytime a lot people surrounding me.. I'm happy, just need a little lonely time for my self.

Today I went to NUS and I already realise that it's very far from house. It took 2 hours for going there. I met one of the OC there. She asking me to change some money to 20 cent coins for our HIV/AIDS event tomorrow. When I was there, Suvarna, another intern from India that work with me calling me. She was a little bit upset because I left her at home in really early morning. But then we have a great team work to collected all the poster from HIV/AIDS NGO. But the task that was given to me not done yet. All the bank only can provide the coins in tuesday or thursday. And we came there today and it's Wednesday. It means that all the banks wouldn't provide the coins for today.. I just want to do my best and it's a little thing that made me disspointe bacause I can't done my work well..

But there always be something to learn... I learn how important communication is.. And how important we implement the principles of communication.. I learn how to be a better person and encourage my self to do the best.. I just feel that I used to think very fast and do it without considering many things.. For now, I learn to take it more easy and take more time to have the best decision..

So, it's time to celebrate my days for all these learning that I've got! Happy internship! Now, it's the time for me to reach all my dreams! My ship still sailing to the right way of my life..

Adaptation stage

I was wondering how it's feel to be AIESEC intern. How it's feel if I can pass all the stages of AIESEC Expereince? I was too curious about this.. then I decided to go for an exchange and feel the life changing experience like what every people said when they already finished their AIESEC internship..

I just came in Singapore 10 days ago. My life here is like a roller coaster. Sometimes up and sometimes down. I came here with tons of passions to fulfilling my expectations and a lot of spirit to give my best in everything that I do. But then I realise that everything is not easy like what I tought before. I tought that I can handle everything with all my passions and my hard work for doing all the best in everything that I do. Everything is not that easy. I learn a lot of things here. And I realise a lot of things here.

One day I found my self felt very unhappy. It was hard for me to show smiles on my face. It was hard pretend to be happy while I feel unhappy. I tried as much as I can to get out from my comfort zone. That was very hard time in the begining of my internship. Then I realise that I will get my biggest learning when I succes on passing my hardest time. So, I need to keep on trying and never forget all my goals and expectations during my internship here. I'll do my best to give all the best!