October 2014 in Sweden

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Time does fly! It's been two and a half month I'm in this lovely city, Halmstad.

Makin dipikir, makin bersyukur rasanya.... Beruntung karena google membawaku ke kota ini, menurutku Halmstad adalah kota yang sangat baik untuk belajar, tenang, peaceful, gak terlalu besar godaan kota metropolitannya, dan yang penting jadi gak sering2 hedon yang bisa bikin nguras kantong....
kotanya bener-bener bersih sekali, gak ada macet, pokoknya hidup di sini berasa banget kualitasnya....

Okay, so these are what happened in October here...

Di awal bulan diawali dengan adanya foto-foto narsis karena ceritanya merayakan Hari Batik Nasional..
Foto pake batik di tengah kota Halmstad , ciyeeee ceritanya cinta tanah air nih...


Biarpun hujan dan foggy banget, tetep niat pake heels supaya terlihat oke. oke gak btw? hihi

Kemudian karena ada waktu senggang, sempetin diri berkunjung ke kota temen di Malmo, yang merupakan kota terbesar ketiga di Swedia, keliling2 sampe kaki mau putus, ditemenin sama Fita, ke turning torso yang merupakan building tertinggi di Swedia, sebenernya compared denga gedung-gedung tinggi lainnya, tingginya biasa aja, tapi bangunannya unik karena dibangun miring-miring.... trus kita jalan-jalan ke IKEA Malmo, wuih jujur ini pertama kalinya aku ke IKEA, aneh juga kalo udah di Swedia gak ke IKEA nya, puas banget sama makanan dan environmentnya.... sorenya menghadiri acara makan2 yang diadakan kak Endri di housingnya, makan makanan Indo, aduh hati ini senang sekali rasanya, kalau lidah senang, perut senang, hatipun ikut senang.... makanan-makanan ini rasanya biasa aja kalo dimakan di Indo, tapi kalo di makan di Swedia yang jaraknya puluhan ribu kilometer, berasa makan buffet di hotel mulia deh.... maknyush banget! Thanks so much kak Endri... malah dibawain bekal segala lagi pulangnya...

Pas dateng, langitnya biruuu banget, cantik!

karena keenakan makan, jadinya kemaleman mau ngejer keretanya, jadi nginep semalem di tempat fita, dormnya Fita enak deh, studio room lengkap gitu dapurnya ada di dalem, beda sama eke yang shared room, shared kitchen, tapi karena sifat introvert aye yang kadang suka kambuh, jadi ini yg terbaik, bisa mingle sama org-orang, kitchen is my favourite place to meet my friends!

Nah, setelah makan-makan di tempat bang Endri, terinspirasilah saya buat masak-masak juga buat temen-temen di sini... coba masak rendang yang katanya jadi makanan paling enak di dunia... hahahagile yah seumur-umur di Indo bapak emak gue aja gak pernah gue masakin rendang yang susye buju buneng itu... 
di sini baru berasa noh! jadilah berkat bekel dari kak Endri, ada bumbu rendang, tempe tahu, menunya eke putuskan : rendang, tempe goreng, tahu goreng, sama mie goreng, cocolan sambel terasi...
taidnya cuma mau ngundang beberapa orang terdekat aja, ternyata pas masak , rame, jadi diajak semua deh, jujur kayaknya porsinya kurang deh.... tapi final impressionnya kayaknya mereka suka deh... hihihi jadi seneng, kebayar semua pengorbanannya...

                              
                gue suka terharu sendiri kalo inget ini, ya ampun bisa2nya gue masak ini semua, sendirian!

Temen-temen se dapur seperjuangan

my happy customer! ludes makanannya...ihirrr

Seneng deh rasanya waktu itu..... :D 

Setelah itu kuliah mulai lagi dengan kesibukannya, well... mata kuliahnya sebenernya gak susah, yg susah itu culture shock untuk group meeting dsb dsb... tapi dari sini belajar sih kepribadian org dari negara lain spt apa... gak generalisasi karena perbandingannya kan bukan cuma 1 orang, dari beberapa orang bisa dilihat ooo sifat ini ada di setiap org dari negara ini yah ternyata.....

Bulan ini ada satu individual paper yang bakalan dibagiin, dari kelas Entrepreneurship. Turns out aku dapet nilai VG ! the highest score. in the class. surprise sih, pertama karena ini tulisan akademik aku yang pertama kali dalam bahasa inggris formal. trus waktu aku buatnya harus saingan sama jadwal kick off meeting di Stockholm, jadi aku kerjain ngebut sampe jam 4 before the deadline. Tapi kalo hasilnya bagus ini, everything's paid off!!! 
ini beberapa kebahagiaan yang terjadi di hari itu... :))

Di deket akhir bulan, ada tour yang diadakan sama student union di sini, Moose tour and kunjungan ke IKEA yang pertama kali dibuka!!! Baru liat hewan ini... Moose ternyata sangat friendly sama manusia.. kita bisa deket banget tak berjarak dengan Moose....

Happy face while having a tour

Sebenernya aku irit2 simpen wortel buat dikasi ke Moosenya, sebelum dikasi eeh udah keburu habis Moosenya, huhuhu jadi sebenernya aku gak kasih makan mereka langsung.... tapi kasi makan ke bisonnya....
Sweden bener2 menghargai hewan-hewan, memang benar, makin beradab, bukan manusia lagi indikatornya, tapi hewan, makhluk yang lebih lemah indikatornya....

Tapi di bulan ini, ada berita tidak enak dari temenku yang di Indonesia, something so bad happened to her... hatiku sedih dan ingin berada di dekatnya untuk kasih support, hidupnya terlalu berat untuk ditanggung sendirian....Hanya doa yang bisa aku kirimkan untuknya.... Get well soon my friend... I want to meet you the same as when I leave you.... :(

The end of the month aku menghadapi final exam untuk mata kuliah Strategic Innovation Management. Well, I can say that the question is easy, so familiar, tapi jawabnya bener2 deh... dosennya kasih 7 soal, tapi boleh pilih jawab 5 soal aja, waktu ujiannya dari jam 9 sampe jam 2 siang!!!! non stop!!!! gila itu juga gue masih pas-pasan selesainya.... laperrr, tapi boleh bawa makanan ke ruang ujian.... 
doain yah semoga hasilnya bagus, ini dosennya pinter sih, kalo dengerin kelasnya kayak dengerin cerita... mengalirrr banget...

End of October.... Yes!! Halloween party.... Not so excited because I didnt get it why we have to ruin our beautiful face to be so scary?? But I did it anyway ...

Scary enough for your nightmare?? or too pretty to be with? 

Well, segini dulu summary buat October, so far it is a nice month for me.... Bersama temen-temen shared kitchen bener2 survival kit banget kalo lagi kesepian... Oh ya semalem aku belajar sesuatu dari Temen Thai ku... hidupnya pitiful banget, bukan cuma punya 1 temen nyebelin, ternyata dia punya 3 dan semalem kita ketemu sama the Boss yang tenryata punya level annoying tertinggi, aku yang cuma berada 15 menit seruangan sama dia aja berasa banget annoyingnya.... selalu berkata negative, arrogant.... wuih pokoknya enggak banget deh... abis dia pergi aku tny sama Yod, kok bisa2 nya sih hadepin org kayak gitu.... well he taught me some advices, tapi diawali dengan pertanyaan : "Isnt it normal to be nice?"  whoa, one sentence yang mak jleb banget, tenryata sifat nice nya itu bener2 bawaan... seneng rasanya di dunia ini kalo masih banyak org seperti Yod... He is a gem.. 
The way you see a person should be changed , so it's all about perspective on how you see people.

Sudah dulu ya, ada individual paper nih.... See you again next month with me..... 
Maju mundur maju mundur syantiexxxx...... ciaobellaaa... hahahaha




























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