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| after all the hectic & racing heart beat |
this is appreciation post to my self. long story short.. me and some of my class friends at Uni had a chance to go to Surakarta - Solo, as a participant and also a presenter to our 1st international seminar (psychology). the seminar taking place at Solo, Surakarta, about hours to go by BUS, faster if we go by train, and just a half hour from Surabaya if you choose the Plane.
this day finally came, we are ( me and my friends) so thrill and nervous at the same time to be presenting our article, our research in front of fellow post grad student and some of them are came from the best & reputable Uni around Indonesia, some of them are professor from some countries.
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| lovely Grey Backpack |
Because i have work, so i choose to go Solo by night bus, after long ride, the bus stop at the rest area or somehow someplace to stretched our leg (literally) and i didn't take my Monkey with me just because i thought i really need to focus on my presentation, this is my first international presentation ( i need to speak and answer the question in English/ up until today, cant believe that i can do it, i can speak English fluently and confidently. Never cross my mind that the article of copywriter will be the my way to got my first ISSN Proceeding journal.
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| Becak (traditional transportation @ Solo) |
that night bus drop us to the terminal near Solo Balapan Station and we manage to have online taxi that brought US to UMS (Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta). Seminar day 1, the information from the committee was mix up so we just about to wash our face, some of us were busy manage to bath at Uni's bathroom/rest room, prepare to present our article, not long after the committee says that the presetation for Psychology will be start tomorrow morning. such a HUGE relieve. i still feel this feeling until today. hehe :)
After the pre-registration for tomorrow presentation, we hurry back to check in to our HOTEL. Solo/Surakarta is a small city, so for us to go from one place to another is easy, near and less traffic. im happy that i got a room for my self. IDK, maybe my uni friends think that im the eldest one (sad but true) so they just give me this huge room for me, while they're share a room for 2. we were booked 5 room in total, 3 for the girls and 2 for the boys. 1 room contain 2 single bed, standard 3 star hotel. we've been staying there for 2 days.
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Choosing Riyadi Palace Hotel is our best decision because the room rate is cheap *yeah.. even with this cheap price i got disappointed over their food that taste so sweetttttt (to my Suroboyoan tongue) i think i will got diabetic if i stayed there for a week *heheh JK.. not that sweet, tho.. but i might say that this kind of food, was not my favorite part of being stayed in Solo < the fact that i didnt bring Monkey with me.. also 1st reason that i DIDNT feel comfortable> but it is just me, who feel that, cause all my friends were good with the food and all, so its all just OK .
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| full of rain here, December @ Solo |
after the check in, we rest for a while.. we change.. we shower and get dress to finally strolling around Surakarta. first stop was some traditional Mall, that sell BATIK. everything literally batik. you name it, they have it,, all batik stuff and all the batik pattern that you think about, will be there, definitely. we bought SOLO BATIK LINEN for our lecture & the dean. after that we change the destination to some modern MALL, to grab some lunch or early dinner, or both. because at night we all plan to sinau (study--role play presentation) in our room. so if we hungry we better have powerful lunch/ early dinner or just lunch and take away for the dinner later.
going back to the hotel from the MALL, is indeed easy route. i think i can found the right track if i brought my own bike here. easy route, smooth traffic and rainy, what a compliment.. oh for the powerful lunch i had spicy but overly sweet Pecel Ndeso. but because i didnt know what to eat, and Pecel was the only Vegetarian food i found, so i eat that sweet-spicy pecel. no offense but, i prefer to eat Pecel madiun or nganjuk. that because, i was not a fan of this 'SWEET ALL OVER DISH' -part.
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| nice view from the room *where my presentation taking place* |
going back to my room, monkey call me, actually her Nanny that been calling me, giving me the update of her. i talk to her for half an hour, precisely she ask me to came back, how pretty her nanny tie her hair, asking my day and did i study well or not, did i actually goes for study or for fun.. shes funny.. as always . i tell her that tomorrow i will be back home, soon after i finished my presentation here at Surakarta, and i promised her i will take the first train to Surabaya. i didnt bought the ticket yet, but im sure i will get the ticker rightaway. after the call, i feel sad, i miss her. so so much that i cant help but looking the picture of her, missing her a lot and i just spent the other hour to watch her video on my phone. i wanted to be with her but i cant. i cant right now because i have this seminar. i cant take her here for the same reason. i need to focus on my seminar, my presentation.
the D day finally here. i remember i study until 3 AM in the morning and fall asleep later. 5am i wake up by the knock on the door, its my friend asking things, and so i got shower, dry my hair, and go downstairs to have my breakfast. again i hate this sweet friend noodle, fried rice and they even serve sweet pickle, like, can u imagine.. LOL. anyway.. the taxi driver take us to the Uni where the presentation taking place. we got the schedule right away. and so we prepare our presentation and my heart start to racing, my blood drop to the floor i guess. i lost my balance when the committee calling my friends name. the whole class consist of 7-9 presenter, 3 of them was me and my friends from UNTAG Surabaya, other was from the Uni itself & Muhammadiyah Sidoarjo. i might say im, we're lucky that (again im always consider my self as a lucky person inthe universe) after i finish my presentation, we can go out and waiting for our certificate. actually this certificate are the reason we here in the first place, that because oral presentation/ seminar were require to do Thesis (that we can take on 4th semester-- now were on 2nd semester --imagine that)
be the person you wanted to be. be the one that you will proud of when you looking back. you did good!
xx,
MONK
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