ah ujian

Ga terasa, udah mau UAS lagi. Perasaan baru kemaren UTS. Seolah-olah baru seminggu, ternyata sudah harus ujian lagi. Kadang-kadang aku berpikir, sepertinya aku terlalu tua untuk ikut ujian. Teman-teman sudah banyak yang mau lulus. Atau setidaknya sudah menemukan judul skripsi dan sudah mulai menulis. Aku? Ya ampun, belajar aja malas betul.

Kemaren ketemu dan ngobrol-ngobrol dengan Mbak Ririn, salah satu dosen merangkap sekretaris jurusan HI. Aku nanya-nanya soal transfer nilai, KKN, dan skripsi. Trus aku bilang aja aku belum tau mau nulis apa buat skripsiku. Eh beliaunya malah ngeledekin, “iya kamu ga serius sih, kebanyakan mainnya…”. Hehe aku cuma tersipu malu. Bener kog soalnya. Jadi ga mungkin dibantah.

Ya sudah, sekarang belajar aja dulu deh. Menyelesaikan paper-paper yang sudah mendekati tenggat waktu, dan membaca bahan ujian yang perlu dibaca. Setelahnya, mudah-mudahan inspirasi datang dan judul itu sudah siap dimasukkan. Aamiin… Insya Allah.

my 7th mid-term exam

Give a little rest for love story. It’s time for REALITY! (Although my love story seems so real for me, of course)

My blog sounds like I’m living in my perfect little world without anything from outside bothering me. Only me, and my boyfriend. No, it’s wrong. Life goes on. Indonesia has changed its governance and is having its 7th president ruling, with its cabinet changed as well, and West Sumatera is still suffering from the earthquake, and people are still waging war and fighting about peace, power, and money, while I’m having my mid-term exam. Yep! You got that right. MID-TERM EXAM ONGOING, PEOPLE!

Almost three and a half years ago, I imagined my 4th year in college would be me writing final essay a.k.a. thesis and graduating soon after I start writing it. But, so much for graduating in 7th semester. I’m not even close! I haven’t even done my KKN thingo that was supposed to be done last June. So here I am, studying for my 7th mid-term exam (technically, it’s my 6th for UGM), and those meany people put me in the front seat because I’m old! Because my student number is ‘older’ than others. So now i know how it feels not yet graduating and sitting in front seat in an exam room, along with people from younger batch, doing exam. Although I’m not alone, some fellow students from my batch are still having exam as well, but still. My seat number was ’1′ for my exam this afternoon. Meaning that no one in the class with ‘earlier’ student number than me. That’s why I got ’1′. How creepy was that? People, I’m old, I’m old, I’m old!!! *running around, trying to deny reality*

Well, despite all the cruel reality that keeps showing to the entire world that I’m old and supposed to be graduating, I did my exam well today. I have to admit that the studying-hard-for-an-A atmosphere started evaporating when I began this semester. I’m so lazy, having weak will, and I have skipped a lot of lectures. But seeing the fact today that I could do my exam well because I learned the materials two days before, I come to think of the possibility that it might not too late to do well on every exam. Although I started this semester with less spirit, I hope it can end great.

Because Exchange Students Don’t Study Enough

my grades in NUS

Thailand!!

 

the group photo at Karan Beach, Phuket

Yay! I just got back from my 5 days trip to Thailand, Bangkok and Phuket. I went to Bangkok with Grace, Sita, and Amal. All are exchange students at NUS. At first, we were afraid because the unstable condition of politic in Thailand, especially in Bangkok. But as soon as we arrived in Bangkok, we completely forgot that there were riots just a while before we arrived there. Maybe because it was also Songkran holiday, the new year for Thai people. Soon four of us had so much fun shopping at Cathucak market. I kinda regret the fact that I only stayed there for one and a half day. So I didn’t get to visit good places in Bangkok.

The second night we spent in the bus, 12 hours from Bangkok to Phuket. We arrived early in the morning and met up with the rest of the group. They were Alvin, Yushi, Josef, Roy, Monse, John, Jesse, Ashley, Morten, Carmen, and Jennifer. We swam in Karon Beach and Kata Beach for that first day in Phuket. I shared room with Grace in the Pineapple Guesshouse, the hostel where we stayed. The next day, we went to Phi Phi island, around 2 hours from Phuket. We stayed in Tropical Garden Guesthouse and I was so glad when I had my lunch there because the owner is a Muslim, and they served me a Phad Thai (Thai noodle), the best that I ever had on my trip in Thailand. We did a half-day sunset tour to Monkey Beach (where we did not see any monkey), Phi Phi Lay (kick-ass place to snorkel, according to Lonely Planet), and Maya Beach (where Leonardo DiCaprio’s  “The Beach” was filmed). Sisi caught up with us as she arrived in Phuket and took the boat to Phi Phi. That day, our group was complete, 16 people. That night I shared room with Roy and Josef, because Alvin made me do that. But Roy said, among all the girls, I am the most possible person to share room with them. Well, nothing happened. Except Josef and Roy did a lot of gay things in front of me. Oh, and it was also Roy’s birthday. Jesse, Monse, John, Roy, Josef and I were talking and fooling around in our room to celebrate Roy’s birthday.

The next day, we took the boat from Phi Phi back to Phuket. We didn’t do any beach things anymore. Just wandered around Phuket and bought some souvenirs (I didn’t get any, I had enough shopping in Bangkok). Around 4.30 PM, Most of them headed to the airport, they were Yushi, Josef, Monse, Alvin, John, Jesse, Ashley, Morten, and Roy. While Amal, Sita, Sisi, Carmen, Jennifer, Grace, and I stayed for one more night. That night we went to Central Festival, a mall in Phuket. We took Tuk-Tuk to get there. We didn’t really buy anything but we managed to find a cheap food inside the mall.But some of them were really spicy. Grace didn’t finish her meal, and Amal and I also couldn’t finish our mango salad.

We left for the airport really early in the next morning. But Sisi still stayed there for one more night. I was so tired but I also had fun in the trip. That was my final trip while I’m in Singapore, and also the last trip with the exchange students.

Now I have to focus with my final exams. I can’t believe I’ll be having my first exam in 15 hours from now. Gyaaaa!!!