第二最愛

Lagi lagi aku tergila gila dengan bahasa Kantonis.. Tulisan yang sama tapi bacanya beda, aneh memang.. Btw lagu kantonis ini dinyanyikan sama Leo Koo..Judulnya DI ER ZUI AI,... Susah nyari lirik pinyin Kantonis,gak nemu malah, akhirnya dengan sedikit pengetahuan tentang Kantonis saya bagi untuk Anda semua lirik kantonis lagu ini. Semoga bermanfaat..

第二最愛

(古巨基)

作詞：黃偉文

作曲：張佳添(BlackBox)

編曲：江港生

              

誰陪著我回家

Seoi pui jeuk ngo wui ka

你知道吧 不甘心嗎

Nei ci to ba  Bat gam sam ma

當我是傻瓜 不可點化

Tong ngo si sor gwa Bat ho dim fa

才放棄你 望著你走吧

Zoi fong hei nei Mong jeuk nei zau ba

其實與她 都間中吵架

Kei seut yu ta do gan chung chao ka

無奈當天 說起婚嫁

Mo ngoi tong tin suet hei fan ka

還是挑選她
Waan si tiu syun ta

* 從前情人好嗎

Chung chin ching yan ho ma

現在幸福嗎 還生氣嗎

Yin zoi hang fuk ma Waan sang hei ma

誰人何時替我 給你一個家

Seoi yan ho si tai ngo Gap nei yat ko ka

從前情人還好嗎

Chung chin ching yan waan ho ma

尚獨身嗎 還想我嗎

Seung duk san ma Waan seung ngo ma

無緣成為最愛 卻又很牽掛

Mo yuen sing wai jui ngoi Kap yau han hin gwa

# 從前情人好嗎 自己都驚訝

Chung chin ching yan ho ma Ji gei do ging ya

哎呀呀呀分開 加倍念掛 (你不信吧)
Ai ya ya ya Fan hoi ka pui nim gwa (nei bat san ba)

最懂得我脾氣 是你吧

Jui dung dak ngo pei hei si nei ba

其實那天 親你時 難忘記她

Gei suet na tin chan nei si naan mong gei ta

讓你 猜到吧 識破吧

Yeung nei chai do ba sik poh ba

由於心死 才會不說話

Yau yu sam sei zoi wui bat suet wa

其實這天 當我親她

Gei suet ze tin tong ngo chan ta

同樣一般那麼想你

Tung yeung yat pun na mo seung nei

難道你未明嗎

Naan to nei mei ming ma

Ini dia link youtube nya 

Seleksi Kemlu (Kementerian Luar Negeri) posisi PKKRT

 Sesuai janji saya dalam hati ketika keterima kerja di tempat yang ku minati, saya akan menulis kisah dan perjalanan panjang selama perjuangan, penantian dan masa masa transisi. Saya mau share pengalaman saya masuk kemlu untuk jalur non diplomatic,karena jurusan saya akuntansi maka saya dapat masuk ke kemlu untuk supporting sebagai PKKRT (Penata Keuangan dan Kerumahtanggaan). Jarang juga sih yang share bagaimana caranya masuk sini sebagai PKKRT, kebanyakan sebagai diplomat saja.    Sebenarnya sudah sangat lama tidak menulis lagi, sejak laptop saya rusak kemudian hilang dicuri, baru sekarang bisa beli yang baru dan Alhamdulillah.. Sembari menunggu kelas mulai, pengen menulis lagi bagaimana perjalanan panjang masuk kemlu dan seklumit pengalaman setelah masuk kemlu karena jarang sekali yang memberikan informasi terkait bagaimana di kemlu. Kemlu punya seleksi yang cukup panjang dan membuat kita menunggu  lama, serta banyak peminatnya ternyata saudara-saudara termasuk saya sendiri.  Awalnya sih daftar PNS nya cuma 2, kemlu sama kemenkeu seperti tahun lalu,cuma kalau kemlu tahun lalu gak jadi kirim berkas karena merasa kapasitas diri masih belum mumpuni. Baru tahun ini mencoba. Kalau kemenkeu dua tahun berturut turut belum beruntung karena kecerobohan diri sendiri. Pertama gak bawa ijazah buat ambil kartu tanda peserta ujian, yang kedua karena telat datang tes kompetensi dasar. Benar-benar setelah yang ke dua kapok untuk mencoba lagi. By the way, kira-kira begini cerita masuk kemlu 2013 posisi PKKRT aya,karena selama ini jarang sekali yang cerita bagaimana masuk ke sini untuk posisi non-diplomat.

1. Seleksi Awal Administrasi

Seleksi ini terbilang cukup ribet karena kemlu mensyaratkan mengirim berkas yang banyak dan seabreg. Sebut saja SKCK, kartu kuning, surat keterangan dokter, foto background putih, fotokopi legalisiran ijazah dan transkrip nilai, surat pernyataan bermaterai, CV yang diunduh,dsb dan  itu semua membutuhkan kejelian dan kecermatan sehingga tidak ada satu dokumen yang kurang atau persyaratan yang kurang sesuai dengan kriteria. Setelah mengirim pos, beberapa hari kemudian status aplikasi di web untuk berkas administrasi ganti dari BELUM ADA menjadi SUDAH DITERIMA. Beberapa minggu kemudian, muncul pengumuman seleksi administrasi dari BELUM ADA menjadi LULUS dan dijadwalkan untuk melaksanakan TKD (Tes Kompetensi Dasar) di Jakarta, Gedung Caraka Loka, Pusdiklat Kemlu.

   2. TKD 2 Oktober

Tes ini diselenggarakan di gedung Caraka Loka dengan sistem komputer.  Di sinilah aku pertama kali ketemu Jopong, alias Japarudin dari Purworejo. Logat  Jawanya itu loh kentel dan khas banget pas dia ngomong. Memori yang tidak pernah terlupakan. Duduk di sebelah dia, ngajak ngobrol, orang pertama yang kukenal dan alhamdulillah sekarang kita sekelas di diklat PKKRT ini. Pas masuk pintu gerbang dan ke meja registrasi, ibu petugasnya benar-benar ramah. Senyum dan ditanya asal kota serta diajak mengobrol sebentar. Btw soal tesnya banyak dan macam-macam, yah standar PNS. Mulai dari PPKn, Tata Negara, Sejarah, UUD 1945, Bahasa Indonesia, Matematika, Bahasa Inggris sama Tes kepribadian. Dibagi menjadi tiga kategori, TWK (Tes Wawasan Kebangsaan) mungkin sekitar 40% passing gradenya, Tes Pengetahuan Umum (TPU) 50% an passing gradenya dan Tes Kepribadian 60% an passing gradenya. Jumlah skor total tidak boleh kurang dari sekitar 300 an. Oh ya, setelah submit hasil tes, skornya langsung muncul di layar terus diumumkan secara agregat di layar. Saat-saat menjelang pengumuman kelulusan selalu dag dig dug karena selalu mundur dari jadwal yang semestinya. Setiap mau menampilkan pengumuman, sistem selalu menyiapkan prosesnya lama banget dan ada tulisan merah di bagian log in “Sistem sedang menyiapkan pengumuman,silakan kembali beberapa saat lagi.”Setelah  beberapa minggu, pengumuman, log in dan alhamdulillah LULUS.

   3. TKB 26 Oktober

TKB ini waktu itu diselenggarakan di Kemayoran, yang buat PRJ (Pekan Raya Jakarta)  sih.. Hm,, lumayan juga yang ikut masih beribu ribu.. untuk PKKRT sendiri masih seribuan dari total 4250 yang mendaftar.. Aulanya lumayan panas dan waktu itu juga lupa membawa papan untuk menulis, dan lupa membawa pensil. Nah,sebelahku ada mas mas yang tes juga,pinjam pensil sama dia. Tapi,karena keluarnya terakhiran,pas keluar,mas yang meminjami pensil sudah pulang, Yahh, menyesal, tidak bisa mengembalikan pensilnya.. Btw, soalnya TKB ini ada 100 soal, 90 pilihan ganda dan 2 esay. Soal pilihan ganda isinya tentang keuangan dan akuntansi pemerintahan. Jangan lupa baca UU keuangan dan akuntansi pemerintahan terutama perwakilan dan kemlu, SPAP, banyak yang keluar.. Soal esay itu lucu, satu rekonsiliasi bank,satu tentang motivasi masuk kemlu. Soal esay yang ini dalam bahasa Inggris, jawabnya juga pakai bahasa Inggris. Tipsnya juga jangan sekali kali mengosongi lembar jawaban, usahakan semua soal terjawab. Jadwal pengumuman TKB ini cuma seminggu saja. 

4. Bahasa Inggris 10 November

Karena pilihan bahasa saat mengisi formulir online adalah Inggris, maka tes bahasanya juga Inggris. Tes bahasa Inggris nya memakai TOEFL dengan skor minimal 550. Toefl dilaksanakan di LIA BPKP, daerah Pramuka, Jakarta Timur. Toefl ini lumayan mudah mudah susah, tipsnya banyak berlatih soal dan nonton film film Hollywood deh. Hehe. 

5. Tes Final (Psikotes , Wawancara Psikologi, Wawancara Kompetensi Bidang 16,17,18 November, Medcheck 28 November)

Nah ini serangkaian tes yang paling panjang dan melelahkan. Psikotes dimulai dari pukul 08.00 sampai 17.00. Tesnya waktu itu yang mengadakan dari TNI AD. Standar tes psikologi sih, mulai dari matematika, bahasa, bangun ruang, pauli,tes warteg, gambar pohon,orang, dan ratusan pertanyaan psikologi. Tapi tenang,kemlu baik hati. Kita dikasih makan sekotak nasi kotak. Nasi padang waktu itu,hehe..Hari ke dua adalah wawancara psikologi, head to head. Diwawancarainya pun seputar  diri kita. Tapi gak tau kenapa waktu itu saya nervous banget, pun yang mewawancarai kelihatan nervous juga,(lho?). Sekitar 15-20 menit, in Bahasa Indonesia.Hari ke tiga yang paling bikin nervous. Diwawancarai 3 orang pejabat kemlu secara langsung, dengan BAHASA INGGRIS . Materi seputar internasional dan keuangan. Misal waktu itu saya dikasih pertanyaan seputar ASEAN, budgeting pemerintah, proses manajemen, korupsi, laporan keuangan, APBN dll.Tapi justru di sinilah paling asyik dan paling lancar menjawab pertanyaan. Muncul sebersit harapan bahwa saya dinyatakan sudah diterima, hanya tinggal menunggu hasil medcheck saja. *melayang-layang di angkasa,wkwkkw   

 Medcheck dilaksanakan di RSPAD Gatot Subroto, di daerah deket Pasar Senen. Kita dianjurkan berpuasa dan hanya meminum air putih saja. Tesnya standar. Tes Urin,, darah, EKG, jantung, penyakit dalam, tinggi badan, berat badan, tensi darah dan terakhir MMPI, tes kejiwaan. Tes ini paling lama pengumumannya. 31 Desember 2013, pukul 20.00. Karena kata orang kemlu, sistemnya eror dan pengumumannya pas tahun baru. Waktu itu sedang makan mie ayam rame-rame.. Ok sekian dulu share dari saya,sedang diklat di kelas,hehe,takut ketahuan, semoga bermanfaat tulisan saya..   

我是真的真的很愛你

Entah kenapa jadi suka banget lagu ini.. hmmmm 

我是真的真的很愛你      (言承旭)

( I really really love you)
 
作詞：陳鎮川
作曲：羅文裕

聽說感情要慢慢累積　由不得讓我放肆任性
怎麼我循規蹈矩　拼了命付出　你沒有回應
聽說感情難免力不從心　亦步亦趨卻不見蹤影
你給的眼神好比　大熱天裡　一道冷空氣

我是真的真的真的很愛你　以為付出了一切就非得有意義
你給的難題　我不曾逃避　誰叫我已愛你成性
總有一天可以用力緊緊抱住你　畢竟繼續的呼吸也要有點目的
一身的傷痛　委屈的痕跡　在妳防備的眼睛裡　都是零

TIGA TAHUN SETELAH SEBELAS TAHUN...

Bismillah

Sudah lama sekali aku tidak menulis. Malas sih hahaha,Alhamdulillah sudah ada laptop lagi sekarang..  Melanjutkan postingan saya yang dulu,tertunda lebih dari setahun. Sambil iseng menunggu teman mengerjakan revisi anggaran, sembari mengetik sesuatu yang tidak jelas ini. Hahaha

Sabtu 17 Mei 2014

Janjian sama Udhik bakal ketemuan di masjid Istiqlal acara kajian Ust. Yusuf Mansur. Karena dia pindah ke Cawang sekarang. Ternyata dia resign saudara-saudara setelah menikah. Yahh,masih merasa bersalah karena aku tidak bisa datang saat beliau menyempurnakan separuh agamanya tersebut,hanya bisa titip satu hal yang menurutku sangat tidak berharga,,hmm..Malam itu aku masih berpikir,kalau pun Ahad bisa ketemu, Alhamdulillah,puji syukur, setelah menunggu 14 tahun lamanya akhirnya dapat dipertemukan juga di tempat yang luar biasa pula.. Aku cuma beralaskan keyakinan bahwa suatu saat dapat bertemu lagi sama dia. Makannya dengan segala kemungkinan aku ingin menemukannya entah kapan dan dimana..

Ahad 18 Mei 2014

Pagi itu tidak ada yang spesial. Setelah malam hari belanja di Lotte Mart untuk persiapan Ahad pagi,sarapan ala anak kos,mie instan,sarapan wajib weekend nya anak kos, pagi itu aku melahap dua bungkus mie instan yaitu satu pemberian Jopong dan satu mie instan yang kubeli sendiri. Pagi itu pagi yang terasa sibuk. Melanjutkan ODOJ hingga jam 07.00, lalu mencuci baju dan mandi hingga 08.20. Alhasil tidak nonton doraemon. Jam 09 setelah makan mie,lalu lanjut kemas-kemas ke Istiqlal. Jarak asrama halte Bundaran Senayan lumayan jauh dan makan waktu hingga 10 menit. Pagi yang lumayan padat mengingat busway yang selalu full. Akhirnya dapat busway jam 09.30 pagi. Masih bertanya pula dalam hati,ini mimpi atau bukan ya? Yakin kalau Allah menghendaki ini terjadi,pasti tidak aka nada rintangan yang berarti. Jam 09.50 ada pesan masuk WA dr Udhik,”ini kajian Ust.Yusuf Mansur nya udah mulai loh”. “Ok,aku gak ngoyo-ngoyo harus dapat kajiannya”,jawabku. Memang sih niat awalnya yang penting ketemu dia dulu karena sudah 3 tahun sejak pertama kali kontak-kontakan lagi sama dia.

Busway melaju sampai Harmoni. Tinggal mencari busway ke arah PGC. Sepuluh menit menunggu aku dapat busway yang kea rah PGC itu dan turun di Juanda. Sampai Istiqlal seperti biasa banyak pedagang yang menawarkan tas kresek untuk tempat sandal. Kebetulan sudah bawa tas kresek dari rumah,jadi tidak perlu membeli kresek lagi. Istiqlal,masjid yang super duper besar. Aku memasuki pintu gerbang dan berjalan bersama beberapa pengunjung lain yang datang dengan maksud yang sama juga. Sampailah aku di pintu utama. Mengemasi sandal ke dalam kantong plastik, masuk ke dalam dan menuju ruang wudhu, aku sms dia,”Dhik di sebelah mana?”. Dia menjawab,”aku di sebelah kanan depan proyektor utama,deket tiang pertama”. “Kamu pakai baju warna apa?”,aku balas. “Baju warna krem dan pakai peci putih”. Aku lantas jalan menyusuri dan mengambil tempat di depan banget kemudian duduk di atas karpet. Dari arah belakang ada yang menyusul duduk di sebelahku dan menyapa,”Hai Tri,(sambil salaman), sudah lama sekali kita nggak ketemu ya”. Antara rasa senang,ya aneh karena lama tidak ketemu, dan karena di depan umum malah jadi jaim jaiman. Kita hanya mengobrol biasa,santai sambil mendengarkan ceramah. Sesekali ada sesi berdoa dan saling mendoakan kita saling berhadapan dan bercerita apa yang akan kita doakan untuk sahabat di depan kita. Kemudian kita berdoa bersama. Isi doanya sih untuk kesehatan,kelancaran karir, rejeki, keluarga dan khusus untukku agar diberikan jodoh. Kalau dia khusus untuk perkembangan calon buah hatinya. Rasanya awkward sekali karena selama 14 tahun baru bertemu lagi dan kita dulu bertemu hanya 3 hari saja. Setelah kajian selesai,maka saatnya solat dzuhur yang dilanjutkan dengan sesi makan siang di fujasera. Tiba-tiba aku kebelet pipis jadi balik lagi ke dalam masjid. Dia menunggu sambil mengecharge hp. Siang itu kita makan nasi pecel, rujak bebek dan es doger. Dia yang traktir pecel dan rujak bebek,aku yang traktir es doger. Cerita-cerita ngalor ngidul dan seolah-olah kita masih kelas 6 SD. Sesi terakhir saat mau foto-foto ternyata gak jadi karena suasananya sangat panas dan tidak mendukung. Kami saling berpisah hari itu saat busway kita datang bersamaan dan arah yang berlawanan. Hm.. Fabiayyi aala i robbikumaa tukadzibaan..Istiqlal, saksi bisu.. dua orang anak SD kelas 6..

Seklumit kisah perjalanan hidupku.. Kali ini bukan lagi 11, tapi 14. TIGA HARI TIDAK DIHAPUS SEBELAS (EMPAT BELAS) TAHUN.

Dan aku ingin menyanyi lagu Sherina saat kelas 6 dulu

Mengapa bintang bersinar

Mengapa air mengalir

Mengapa dunia berputar

Lihat segalanya lebih dekat

Dan kau akan mengerti..

I AND PARE (PART 1)

BEGINNING

I just want to write about my story during my time in Pare. I want to write it in English. I hope that I can improve my proficiency well. Let the story begin…

A month ago, approximately,  when my arrangement was being conducted with Hananto, there were many obstacles I faced. He said that his health insurance payment hasn’t been accepted and he should wait until the beginning of the month. So, he had me pay out his course cost. But I can still afford to pay his.Unfortunately,when he was registering online, he hadn’t accepted the unpaid invoice for almost two days. Ah, it just seemed like that fortune wasn’t at our side. Oh, I almost forgot about four other persons wanted to join us, but finally they declared their rejection because of their unreasonable excuses. How could! The Eureka tour was the only one choice to enroll my program and camp because that was my first time to go to Pare. EFAST 2 was my choice and for my camp I chose Melbourne. Two days later, the EUREKA team called me by phone to inform me that Melbourne had been all occupied and they relocated me to The Wish camp. Two hundred thousand rupiah, seventy thousand cheaper than Melbourne didn’t matter for me as long as the house was feasible to occupy.

The second odd was the train ticket. Yeah, the economy-class tickets had been sold out entirely. So, I should pay more to get the first-class ticket, 90.000 more expensive than regular tickets. The facility was just different at the air conditioner. I admitted that the weather was really hot at noon recently. I don’t know when it started to begin, but this is the reality.

I purposely started my journey with Hananto from Jebres station in Surakarta at 7.00 am to Kediri station as our destination. Cahyo took me to station after he let me stay for one night in his boarding house. He is really kind and warmhearted person. The scenery was really fabulous so I decided to record it. It had taken 6 hours for journey. Aya, the nick name for my fussy friend , LOL, Nur Sulistyaningsih arrived first at 9 am. She was the best tour guide showed me the best route to reach Pare effectively. She stayed in Melbourne 4 located in Brawijaya street. I followed her arrived at the Kediri station at 12.30 am, two and a half hours after her arrival.

Railway Station, Kediri, East Java

I brought one big bag to bring my clothes and another to bring my belongings. I felt that those were too heavy. I should to take a break many times during our step out from station. I felt a little awkward with that new place because I had never been there before. But I like to enjoy my time walking on unknown land. Many pedicab drivers offered us their services then both of us felt reluctant and wanted to look for another choice. We never really like to take a pedicab because it is too slow and for short distance only. Finally, we found motorcycle drivers. After two-minute negotiation, we decided to take it with IDR 40.000 each for our payments. "so expensive", I thought. During our travel, the driver told me many stories and we were chattering each other. That was my first time to pass Gumul, the intersection of five located in the center of Kediri,which was like Paris (my friend told me about that).haha..

          

UNILEVER FLP ANSWER AND QUESTION EXAMPLES

What attracted you to apply for the unilever Future Leader Program?

In my opinion, future leader program is an acceleration program provided by Unilever to recruit the best candidates from all over Indonesia to be developed as a leader of Unilever in the future. This program involves many world-class experts. I am really attracted to be involved in this program. To work in a multinational company has been my dream for a long time. This is the chance to prove myself that I can build my career, my better life and chance to be an expert in my discipline. I am sure that with this program, I can realize my dream to be a manager in a world-class company in the relatively short period, so I am sure that benefits will follow then. I have a dream to meet many people and to travel around the world someday. Finally, I want to work and serve for my company and my beloved country.      

What attracted you to your chosen function with Unilever?

It was beyond my expectation as a matter of fact that I was accepted in a university with accounting major. I never really enjoyed my study in the beginning. Then I thought that I must carry on the consequence of my choice. Reading books in the university’s library, discussing some materials with friends and teachers, working on some exercises were some of my activities leading me to understand accounting well. Day by day, I’ve found the reality that accounting is so entertaining. And above all, although not the first, I was still the best four in GPA among all accounting students of my year. Accounting is my dream, hobby and passion. I really want to be an expert of it. I really believe that Unilever, one of the biggest companies in Indonesia, can provide me with best experiences, skills, knowledge and practices.        

What actions have you taken to find out about Unilever and your chosen function?

When browsing on the internet, I saw a job vacancy which I have been waiting for, Unilever’s Future Leader Program. Soon after I clicked on the link of cdc.indonesia, I found the official website of Unilever on career center section. I read the announcement carefully and tried to figure it out more along with some information sources. I also watched the video and read some articles related to finance division of Unilever on Unilever’s official website.

     

Please tell us why you think Unilever should employ you

My abilities and competencies in accounting really seem to fit this job. I have worked with a similar position and have an adequate understanding of the technical aspects. I also have both combination of skills and experiences for this job. Besides, my experience as a member of a large team will contribute to your department and I am enthusiastic about the new challenges involved in this position. That reference emphasizes that as one of my strong points. In fact, one of the first things I learned early that hard work is the key to success. I recognize that hard working is a differentiator and I have put in the hours and effort to make sure that I do the job better.  Finally, my commitment and dedication to excellent work standards will add value to the team to reach the team's goal.

 The following questions ask you to recall and describe previous experiences. For each question, please indicate the situation which you were faced with, the task which was required of you, the steps/actions which you actually took and the result of the situation in no more than 500 words.

Tell me about a time when you came up with an idea that you had to obtain buy-in for
- What was the situation?
- What idea did you come up with? 
- How did you come up with this idea? 
- Who did you need to convince and why? 
- How did you approach this?

When the students of 2010-year were still freshmen, I had a big concept about triggering them to conduct some students creativity program’s teams. I was a seventh-semester student at that time. But I still took part in student’s extracurricular activities. I thought that the scientific climate in my faculty was so poor. Students came to the college just to attend in class lesson with a teacher just to obtain the GPA. They never took part in extracurricular activities giving them many lessons. This condition was resulted in very poor achievements of the students in my faculty. This was so different to other faculties. The faculty members never really concerned about this matter except in the accreditation period. 

Someday, I invited some new students to attend my informal meeting. I convinced them to come one by one although some of them finally rejected my invitation through some excuses. That day, about ten students from various years attended my meeting. I told them that we would create some PKM groups. I also gave them some time to think about the idea that would be suitable as a title. Some of us presented their ideas and the others just kept silence. Overall, we had very pleasant meeting. At the end of the meeting, we had seven ideas that must be realized.

In my boarding house, I made those proposals alone. It took two days from the title to the references. In two days, I could finish six unedited proposals while I made the seventh proposal done by new students. The cost of printing and binding were allocated proportionally. I assigned those new students to handle the complicated technical procedures of PKM but still gave them some directions. They really had very good spirit and effort; moreover some had their willingness to cut the class.

Some months later, only two from seven proposals were passed the selection and accepted. I was so proud, of course. I told them to assemble once more in common meeting room. That meeting was mainly to discuss about the realization of PKM which passed the selection. In realization, the technical matters were handled by them while I just took a role as an assistant. Sometimes I assisted them in technical and in concept. They were overall fast learners.           

2. Give me an example of situation when you have had a big problem and you needed help to solve it.
- What was the problem? 
- What impact was it having? 
- Why did you need help? 
- How did you identify who to ask for help?
- How did you reach out to this person?

This is very worth lesson in my life. It taught me how to keep my self-confidence, how to appreciate other people but still stand on my own feet. When in English Village in Pare, Kediri, East Java three months ago, January 2013, I took several programs at several English courses. One of the course places was Elfast.

The course which I took was grammar for speaking with Miss Nisa as my teacher. She is very kind and has very great ability in English, especially her fluency and pronunciation. Because grammar for speaking program is one-package-program alongside with pre-toefl and pre ielts, my partners in my class were all same for several schedules.

 One day, I started to think that my ability in English was decreased. I didn’t know exactly what the main factor was. But when I was talking to my friend who spoke English badly-according to my opinion, my ability looked like to disappear and I was just like an empty vessel.

 I was so depressed that I just confined myself from speaking English and tried to clear my mind from those matters. Someday after class, I disturbed her time just to talk and tried to figure it out. I asked many questions and complained to her. She actually recognized my good talent. She tried to convince me that I have very good competencies and to return my self confidence. In the end of conversation, she gave me some useful advices.

Firstly, I had to strengthen my endurance because endurance in learning English is very important. Secondly, I had to learn and talk in English to people whose their English are better than I in all aspects, such as fluency, pronunciation and diction. Finally, her last advice is that I had to improve my English and self confidence.         

3. Tell me about a time when you spotted an opportunity and made it happen
- What was the situation? 
- How did you spot the opportunity? 
- What prompted you to get involved? 
- How did your experience/skills/offering fit in with what was required overall? 
- What feedback did they give you?
- How valuable was your help do you think?

In 2008, I saw very big street banner hung on the university’s backside wall. While walking alongside the road, I read the official announcement from my university. That was about English Debate Competition. This event is held annually. The content of the banner attracted me so much because from the first winner to fifth winner, they would be given certain prizes and I was sure that it was really big amount of money for a student like me. I was standing in front of the banner and imagining if I were the fifth winner, I would obtain five million. But I woke up from my dream soon after I realized that my English ability was so bad. Actually I ever involved in similar competition when I was still a freshman but that was a bad competition, without any preparation.

Some days later, a guy named Bayu, a UNS student from my faculty, economics faculty, attached some pamphlets about the competition on the information center. He was a delegation from faculty who had a duty to recruit two teams with three students each. Then, some of my friends suggested me to participate in the competition. I was afraid in the beginning because I knew students enrolling the competition had very good ability. I still kept trying on to do my best effort. Finally, I registered my name to the committee.

The first meeting was held after couples of week. All participants were gathered in Faculty’s conference room. Mr Bayu wearing very formal blouse, gave us some directions for almost a half hour then the participants were given a topic to discuss after divided into several groups. After discussion, each group should express the arguments.

The selection day was come. I asked to my friend who had been experienced in debate competition for giving his recommended answers related to the given topic. Mr Bayu himself directly selected us. I presented my opinion just like a stammer but he told me to relax. After five-minute presentation, he gave me some comments.

Unexpectedly, my name was listed on short-listed name of candidates. I was the second group along with Mr. Bekti and Miss Tata while Mr Bayu was the first group along with with Miss Anna and Miss Annisa. The rehearsal for competition was held four times a week after making a schedule synchronization. We should build the cases for 56 motions provided. Mr Bayu also invited the most experienced teacher in debate, Mrs Retno Tanding. She had been in Europe for almost 4 years and now she is in USA.

The practices took approximately a month. Two hours before the competition, we were taking picture together. Our teams wore same dress code – white blouse. There were 26 teams competing with two teams as guest team. Every session of debate would be started by the first speaker of the affirmative team followed by the first speaker of the negative team until the last speaker of the negative team. They were very wonderful in their performance and they competed strictly. During the battle, we supported each other, gave time signal to our team member and motivated them. Unfortunately, my team was eliminated in quarter final. Lucky, we were in fifth place (that was my biggest dream when I was standing in front of that big banner-my dream came true) and another team was in third place. Since then, we were all good friends and the faculty members including my faculty’s dean, gave us their best appreciation.              

           


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