Two Days ahead

ENGLISH

Finally, the end of the semester shows up. I'm having my final examinations starting next Wednesday. Unfortunately, the first day is the hardest day because we have PPKn and Religion together (then, the rest of the exam days will only be passed with 1 subject each). I think Wednesday is gonnabe the hardest day not only because I'm having 2 subjects at that day, but also those 2 subjects force us to memorize a lot of things.... . For PPKn I have to memorize 56 pages and for Religion I have to memorize about 15 pages. For religion it's not all about memorizing, we also have to do such thing like analizing and making self-reflection, and these things make this exam harder. However, I think my favorite day, Friday, is gonnabe an enjoying and my favorite day again this week, why? Because on Saturday I only have English, and it's not a big matter and I like it.

Well, but there is something that I don't really like. Tomorrow we have to have a reguler schoolday which means that we will have 8 hours studying and the next day we are having our final exams. It's unfair... . .Usually one day before the test we have an empty day so we can 'relax' or we can prepare ourselves during that day. But we don't have it this semester... . It sucks.... . We also have some assignments to be finished, and it just burdens us more...

INDONESIAN

Akhirnya akhir dari semester ini muncul juga. Aku akan menghadapi ulangan umum mulai besok Rabu. Malangnya, hari pertama adalah hari yang paling berat soale mata pelajarannya PPKn sama agama. (trus, sisanya hanya akan dilalui dengan 1 mata pelaajaran masing-masing hari). Menurutku, Rabu bakalan jadi hari yang paling berat bukan hanya karena ada 2 mata pelajaran yang diujikan hari itu, tetapi juga karena 2 mata pelajaran itu 'memaksa' kita untuk menghafal banyak hal..... . Untuk PPKn aku harus menghafal 56 halaman, dan untuk agama mesti menghafal 15 halaman. Untuk agama, ini nggak cuma sebatas menghafalkan, tapi kita juga harus melakukan beberapa hal seperti menganalisa dan membuat refleksi pribadi, dan hal-hal ini yang membuat agama jadi lebih susah. Tapim, kayaknya hari favoritku, Jumat, bakalan jadi hari yang menyenangkan dan jadi favoritku lagi minggu ini, kenapa? Soalnya Sabtunya aku cuma tes bahasa inggris dan kayaknya sih nggak masalah dan aku suka itu.

Tapi, ada suatu hal yang aku nggak suka. Besok kita harus mengalami hari sekolah reguler yang artinya kita harus belajar 8 jam pelajaran sehari dan besoknya kita harus ulangan umum. Nggak adil. Biasanya satu haru sebelum tes kita dapet hari tenang sehingga kita bisa santai atau siap-siap buat ulangan besoknya. Tapi kita nggak mendapatkannya semester ini... . Menyebalkan.... . Dan juga kita ada beberapa tugas untuk diselesaikan, dan ini cuma menambah beban kita.....

Plain Friday

ENGLISH

Well, it's not Friday that I always wait for. This day was not special and was just fine and plain. At school there was nothing special except we had 3 hours watching movie (Friday is the most relaxing day). Actually my friends and I planned to hang out this afternoon but then he cancelled it (I think he prefer playing an online game which, for me, is not a good game nor educating game, also indulging). Well, it's his choice of course and I don't deserve to force him not to play that game, but as friend I have already reminded him that that game is 'dangerous'. It's his choice to listen or not. And also, he cancelled it just 3 hours before the deal time (he is gonnabe like my other friend that always breaks his promise just in seconds before the deal time). Then, at afternoon I just took a nap until the evening. At 6 PM I had my TOEFL Class until 7.30 PM. After that I went back home, did my biology assignment, and of course surf the net...

INDONESIAN

Hari Jumat ini bukan kayak Jumat yang biasanya aku tunggu-tunggu. Hari ini nggak spesial alias hanya biasa-biasa saja dan datar. Di sekolah tadi nggak ada yg spesial kecuali nonton film selama 3 jam (Jumat adalah hari yg paling santai). Sebenernya, temen2ku dan aku dah ngerencanain mo pergi tadi siang, tapi kemudian dia membatalkannya. (kayaknya sih dia memilih untuk main sebuah game online yang, menurut aku, bukan sebuah game yg bagus ataupun game yg mendidik, juga hanya membuat kita ketagihan). Itu memang pilihannya dan aku nggak punya hak buat maksa dia nggak main game itu, tapi sebagai teman yg baik aku sudah mengingatkan dia bahwa game itu 'berbahaya'. Itu pilihannya mau mendengarkan apa nggak. Dan juga, dia membatalkannya hanya 3 jam sebelum waktu perjanjian (dia menjadi semakin mirip sama seorang temenku yg lain yang selalu mengingkari janjinya mendadakTrus siangnya aku istirahat sampe sore. Jam 6 sore aku les TOEFL sampe jam 7.30 malem. Trus aku pulang, ngerjain tugas biologi, dan tentu saja main internet...

Exhausting Tuesday

ENGLISH

Today at school I had a religion exam. It was hard and tough... . The matery was about sufism, and because it comes from another religion, I had to study hard and understand some words that were 'strange' for me.... . I didn't concentrate on some subjects before the 7th hour (Tuesday's 7th hour is forreligion) to study that matery... . This afternoon there was also a presentation from APU, one new university that is located in South Japan (near Fukuoka I think). It was interesting but I am not really interested in it :(. Actually it was said that the presentation would be held tomorrow (on Wednesday), but I don't know why this afternoon, they changed it.... . Then, after having the presentation (it finished at 2.30 PM), I went back home and took a nap until 4.00 PM. At 4.30 PM I went to my English Course until 6 PM. Then at night I surfed the internet, watched tv, and of course study for the Indonesian and chemistry examinations tomorrow... .

INDONESIAN

Hari ini di sekolah ada ulangan pendidikan religiositas. Tadi lumayan susah juga.... . Materinya adalah tentang sufism (tasawuf), dan karena itu berasal dari agama lain, aku mesti belajar keras dan berusaha memahami beberapa kata yang 'asing' bagi aku..... . Aku nggak konsen pada beberapa jam pelajaran sebelum jam ke-7 (hari Selasa jam ke-7 adalah pendidikan religiositas) untuk belajar materi itu.... . Siang tadi juga ada presentasi dari APU, sebuah universitas baru yang terletak di Jepang Selatan (deketnya Fukuoka deh kayaknya....). Presentasinya menarik, tapi aku nggak tertarik :(. Sebenernya kemarin dibilangi kalo presentasi dari Jepang tuh mau diadakan besok Rabu, tapi nggak tau kenapa siang tadi diganti.... . Kemudian habis mengikuti presentasi (yang selesai jam 2.30 siang), aku pulang trus istirahat siang sampe jam 4 sore. Habis itu jam 4.30 sore aku pergi ke tempat les Inggris sampe jam 6 sore. Habis itu malamnya, aku main internet, nonton tv, dan tentu saja belajar buat ulangan bahasa indonesia sama kimia besok.....

Saturday....

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Today I got up at 5.45 AM in the morning. I had to go to school today when some other schools have holiday. Arrggghhhh................. (but yesterday they had a ceremony at their school and we didn't). We had a math exam today about derivative and anti-derivative. I think I could do them quite well (even I couldn't recheck all of my answers because I was running out of time....). Today there was a presentation from Nanyang Technological University (NTU) at my school. It was interesting and I have already applied for it. We will have the entrance test next February (I hope I can pass it, Amen ). After that I went back home. Then, I had my hair cut. At 3 PM I already arrived at home, then I took a nap until 6 PM (I was sooooo sleeepppyy....). Then for dinner I ordered Mc.D's friend chicken and beef-burger.... . At night I watched tv and surfed the Netz.... . That's all for today...

Oh yes, almost forgotten. I have already finished reading the 631 pages novel,"The Da Vinci Code". It's such a great story... . I like it.... . It's about mystery and all the story only happened in 1 night. So it was a looong night... . Well, if u r interested in reading it, I recommend u to do so.... .




INDONESIAN

Hari ini aku bangun jam 5.45 pagi. Habis itu aku pergi ke sekolah hari ini dimana beberapa sekolah lain lagi libur. Arrrgghhhhh................. (tapi kemarin mereka ada upacara di sekolah masing2 dan sekolahku engga). Tadi kita ada ulangan matematika tentang integral diferensial. Kayaknya sih aku bisa ngerjainnya lumayan lah.... (biarpun aku nggak sempet ngecek ulang soalnya kekurangan waktu....). Hari ini ada presentasi dari Nanyang Technological University (NTU) dari Singapore. Menarik juga dan aku dah apply kesana. Ntar bakalan ada tes masuk bulan Februari (dan aku harap aku bisa lolos, Amin ). Habis itu aku pulang ke rumah. Trus aku potong rambut. Habis itu jam 3 aku dah sampe rumah, trus tidur sampe jam 6 sore (aku ngantuuuukkk banget....). Untuk makan malem aku pesen ayam goreng sama beef-burgernya Mc.D. Malemnya aku nonton tv sama main internet... . Itu aja untuk hari ini...

Oh iya. Nyaris kelupaan. Aku dah selesai mbaca novel 631 halaman yang berjudul,"The Da Vinci Code". Ternyata ceritanya bagus bangeeettt... . AKu seneng... . Tentang misteri gitu trus ceritanya cuma terjadi dalam 1 malam. Jadi itu bener2 malam yang panjang.... . Kalo kamu tertarik baca, aku menganjurkan kamu untuk melakukannya....

Extra-Exhausting Sunday and my answer

I don't write the Indonesian version (sorry, but this message is too long and i only have short time..)

My class planned to go to Kalikuning (near Kaliurang) this morning for having a class familiarity (because we need it >> we have been studying together as a class just since last July and of course we are not very familiar with every single person in the class) which is always held every year. At first I enjoyed this idea. The only thing that I didn't like was the departing time. We departed from school at 6 AM!!!! What!?!?! So, we had to get up at about 5 AM!!!! It's very very early in the morning for a Sunday.... .

Then the first problem came. At first 2 of my friends planned to come to my house and we planned to go there (to school) together. But at 5.30 AM my friend sent me an sms and said that he cancelled it (because noone would drive him to my house) and he wanted to go by catching a bus. OK, so at 5.50 I went to my school with nobody. U know what happened next? When I arrived at my school (I hadn't got out from my car yet) my friends called me and said that they had already arrived at my house... . What!?!?!?!?! Arrrgggghhhh.... . Then I went back home and picked them up.

My class departed at 6.30 AM and we arrived at 7.15 AM. We still had to wait for some of my friends because they rode motorbikes, which means that they needed more time to reach that place. At 7.45 AM my friends arrived and we had breakfast (I knew that it's gonnabe late, so before going to school, I had already had breakfast, so I was not starving at that time ;) ).

The activity started at 9 AM. First we had a warming up time, then at 9.30 AM the activity was totally begun. My teacher devided us into 4 groups and I was in the 2nd group. There was 4 sessions (in 4 posts) and we had to walk to reach each post (we climbed the hill and it was exhausting, just like a hash program). The first session was playing a bamboo. It looked easy but it's not. We had to ascend and descend this crazy bamboo. We needed 20 minutes just to play this game.

Then we walked to the 2nd post. Session 2 was a tough game. We were inside an area and they tied rope at the side of the area with the height of about 1,5 meters. What we had to do was: getting out from the area. It's not that easy, we had to get out but we couldn't pass the area under the rope (so, the only way just by 'flying over' that rope). When doing this, we had not to touch the rope. If we did, we had to repeat it. Unfortunately, my team had to do it 4 times!!!!

The journey from the 2nd post to the 3rd post was the most exhausting journey. It was a long long way to go. Plus unfortunately, we were lost!!!! We took the wrong way, and we walked too far (we had already reached Kaliurang). Arrrrgggh..... . Then we had to go back and went to the correct way. The session 3 took place in a small bridge. We had to climb down from the bridge to the river below (the height was 25 meters.... >> probably it's same with 6 stories building??). This session took the longest time. We needed 3,5 hours to finish it. Unfortunately, my friend fell down!!! He fell down not from the bridge, but he fell down after the reached the river. when he wanted to get back to the bridge. When he was climbing the hill, on the height of about 5 meters, the land couldn't support his body, and the land slided then he fell!!! I didn't see it but I just heard a strange noise. The noise was like something big fell down but I didn't know what just by hearing it. At first I thought somebody fell to the river but it was not. When I looked down, my friend was lying on the land. Fortunately he was okay (he said).





Then it rained. We did the fourth session and we went back home. It was raining cats and dogs, so I was totally wet. After drying myself, we went back home (the program ended at 4 PM). My friends and I then went to my house and took a bath. After that we played bowling and had dinner. At home I watched tv and surfed internet.

Then, about my English Class problem, finally it's solved. My class is starting next Wednesday. My friend that I hoped would join us was suck. At 11.30 PM he sent me an sms and said that he cancelled it. What!?!?!?! Whereas, that evening I had already served for the class, and he cancelled it easily innocently. It always happens when he made a promise. He breaks his promise easily just a second before the day (my friend also feels this). From 10 promises that he makes, he will cancel about 7 of them that way.

Then, about the dilemma problem. Finally I decided to join the presentation. The presentation is a lot more useful for me than 'just' the competition. Probably my future will be determined that day by the presentation because I have already applied to enter that university... :D And I wanted to say thank you for everyone who help me solving this problem...

Dilemma and problems

I don't write the Indonesian version

Today was a tough day for me. There was no exam at school, but I had to make some important decisions (dilemma). Well, I had to choose between 2 choices. Both are valuable for me and to be honest, I really want to take both of them. The choices are:
(1) There will be a presentation from an overseas university next Saturday at 26th November 2005 at 12.00 . I really really want to join that presentation, also I have already sent an application form to enter it.
(2) Next week there will be a math and physic competition. The competition will be held in 3 days, from Thursday to Saturday. On Thursday we will have the elimination round, on Friday the semi-final round, and on Saturday the final round. I also want to join this competition, because maybe that's gonna be my last time to join a competition during my high-school time.

However, the probem is: Which one should I choose? I want to join both of them. Yea, maybe I will not go to the final round on the competition, but who knows? I don't want to be worried about it (the presentation) if I join the competition (if I go to the final round) plus I also don't want to blow this rare opportunity away stupidly. I have asked my teacher about the time. If the competition will have already finished at 12.00, probably that's still ok. I still can join both of them. But, this morning when my teacher rang Sanata Dharma asking about it, they don't give us a satisfying answer. He (the person who my teacher talked to) didn't know exactly what time the competition will be over. He said that probably it's gonna finish at 3 PM, but he was not sure about it. What!?!?! The presentation are not gonna wait for me for 3 hours.... . Then, that person promised to call the comitee who were in charge about it. Guess what? Until 13.30 PM, I still hadn't got the answer.

Honestly, I still have a chance to think about it. The registration's deadline is today and my teacher has registered my name. But next Saturday there will be a technical meeting and if I resigned, somebody still can replace me (I think it also means that if tomorrow I get a satisfying info, I still can join both the competition and presentation).

If I look at the schedule. Probably the competition will be over in 2,5 - 3 hours. So, if it starts at 9 AM, we still can join it. But, it's only an assumption. We should get the real info from the comitee....

Well, the other problem is my English Class. I want to start my TOEFL Class next Monday (I realize that TOEFL is important, so if I don't start the preparation now, I think I will meet some problems... >> to be honest I joined the same preparation class 1,5 years ago, but I think it will be better if now I join the class again).

If I want to start the class, at least there must be 4 people. Fortunately, some days ago, 6 of my friends agreed to join the class. So, 2 days ago, I served for the class. Do you know what happened next? Three of my friends cancelled it today (this morning), and one more still can't decide, will he join us or not (he also has a course at that days >> the course is about school subjects). So, I only have 3 people who want to join that class, and the minimum number is 4, plus I have already served that class. And now, we are running out of people. Arrrggghhhh... . That's frustating. I really really hope that one of my friend that can't determine yet right now will finally decide to join the class so the class can start next Monday.... .

Sunday and Monday

ENGLISH

If you live in Indonesia probably you know that there was a rumor that the Mei 1998 tragedy would be happened again yesterday (13th November 2005). Personally, I don't believe with that kind of rumor. Why? First, it's only a rumor. Second, the rumor is unlogical. I don't want to talk more about it because it's very very racist.

Well, yesterday I got a new book to read. The title is "The Da Vinci Code". Probably some of you have already read this book (this book is not new, it was first published several months ago). My friends have already told me several times that I should read this book. They always persuade me to buy and read this book. Finally, they convince me now. I bought it, and now I have only read until Chapter 5 (I'm a slow reader and I enjoy it because I want to enter the book's world :D). My first comment: I think it's gonna be fun :D

Monday is the hardest day for my class. I don't know why I just felt that I enjoyed my schoolday this morning. My physic teacher showed me (yes, only me) some books to read to help me success in the overseas univerity entrance test and some competitions. Probably next week I will borrow those books and start to read and study hard..... . Then, she also asked me to join a math and physic competition next week at Sanata Dharma University. I'm mentally burdened because last year my school was the winner and now I have to keep it. Wow......


INDONESIAN

Kalo kamu tinggal di Indonesia, mungkin kamu dah tau kalo disini ada rumor bahwa peristiwa tragedi Mei 1998 akan terjadi lagi kemarin (13 November 2005). Secara pribadi, aku nggak percaya sama rumor semacam itu. Kenapa? Pertama, ini cuma rumor (isu). Kedua, isunya nggak logis banget. Aku nggak mau ah ngomongin tentang ini lagi soale rumornya tuh sangat sangat rasis.

Kemarin aku dapet sebuah buku baru untuk dibaca. Judulnya adalah "The Da Vinci Code". Mungkin beberapa diantara kalian dah pernah mbaca buku ini (ini bukan buku baru/gress, buku ini pertama kali terbit beberapa bulan yg lalu d kayanya). Beberapa temenku dah ngomong sama aku beberapa kali kalo aku perlu mbaca buku ini. Mereka mendorong aku untuk beli dan baca buku ini. Akhirnya, mereka berhasil meyakinkan aku sekarang. Aku beli, trus sekarang aku baru baca sampe bab 5 (aku mbacanya pelan dan menikmati, soale aku pingin mencoba masuk ke dunia buku itu :D). Komentar pertamaku: wah, kayaknya bakalan asik nih... :D

Senin adalah hari yang terberat untuk kelasku. Tapi aku nggak tau napa aku rasanya bisa menikmati hari sekolah tadi pagi. Guru fisikaku menunjukkan ke aku (ya, cuma ke aku) beberapa buku untuk dibaca untuk membantu aku sukses di ujian masuk universitas luar negeri dan beberapa lomba. Mungkin minggu depan aku bakalan pinjem buku2 tsb untuk dibaca dan memulai belajar keras.... . . Trus dia juga nyuruh aku ikutan lomba matematika-fisika di Sanata Dharma. Aku terbebani secara mental soale taun lalu sekolahku juaranya dan aku sekarang harus mempertahankannya.... . Wow....