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Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Fear Not, You Can Do Just as Well!

Below is the article I wrote (after being edited excellently before it was published :)) for the International Students newsletter at UNSW, the Uni where I'm pursuing my postgrad studies currently.

Frankly speaking, I thought it was compulsory for us to contribute; turned out it was supposed to be voluntary. And here I ended up sending my writing to the newsletter. It's fun, though. Haha.

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The Introductory Academic Program provided me with great insight into what life will be like at UNSW. Prior to coming to Australia, I took an English Academic Program (EAP) provided by the AusAID representative in Indonesia. At the time, I thought the IAP would provide me with somewhat similar knowledge and skills that I had obtained during the EAP in Indonesia.

Despite my concerns, I still decided to take part in the IAP, never missing a single class or assignment. And as a result, I came to understand that Uni life would not just be about study and that I should try my best to adapt to this new and unfamiliar learning environment by participating in as many activities and opportunities I can.

My biggest concern has always related to tutorial work. I felt anxious about  how well I would perform after many said that tutorials would often involve heated discussions. But then, I discovered that my fear was too excessive. My IAP instructor, Lorraine, helped me greatly in overcoming my fear and also helped me improve my skills in academic writing. She showed me that in fact, an international student like me could do just as well as any local student in Australia. My article review, which I thought might be an absolute disaster, actually came out quite well. Knowing all this, I guess my anxieties were unfounded and I was really expecting the worse for no reason. But, what is more important: I’m glad I made the right choice to attend the IAP, it was definitely worth it!

Sunday, February 19, 2012

Tempat Wudhu Asyik.. ^__^

Uni-ku asik punya, enggak disangka ternyata UNSW ini nyediain religious centre buwat beribadah pemeluk agama-agama. *walo jarak tempuh ke sini tuh dari ruang kuliah ada sekilo-an... T__T

Nah, kalo untuk yang Muslim nih, Uni ini ngasih fasilitas mushalla buwat laki-laki dan perempuan yang letaknya terpisah. 

Di samping itu, tempat wudhu nya juga diset terpisah. 

Kalo tempat wudhu laki-laki sih aku enggak tahu wujudnya (kan kagak mungkin aku nyelonong kesono... gila aja!), tapi pasti kurang lebih mirip lah sama yang kayak tempat wudhu perempuan. Masa iya, bakal beda jauh bagai langit dan bumi... *lebai deh

So sob, ini dia si jali-jali.. eh, si tempat wudhu-an perempuan yang sengaja kudokumentasikan buwat kelestarian blog ini... hahaha

bersih banget ya gak sih, pokoke top dah... d:(^^):b

ada dudukannya juga, lhooo....

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Nomer Cantiks... hee


I love this numero... bagai deretan aritmatika... *tsaaaah