tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18212109603543060892012-03-07T01:58:03.774-08:00The story about Indonesian girl who stranded in a far away country named Germany.astihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17864932524975587089noreply@blogger.comBlogger1981100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1821210960354306089.post-71827683692395009402009-12-09T02:34:00.000-08:002009-12-09T02:45:51.437-08:00

Now I am back in my home country Indonesia. I am glad that I am home, especially when Germany starting to get cold again. However, I feel extremely sad to leave Germany. I feel part of me is missing. I miss my lovely friends, my cozy room, my walk at Botanical Garden, my daydreaming time in a tram, my football watching and playing time, my, my, my… In short, I miss my life in Bremen.Maybe I have

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My visa for living in Germany is ended on September 30th 2009. Here are some things that I should and prefer to do before ending my incredible journey in Germany.Reason to go homeAs a German graduate, I am entitled to extend my visa for a year for seeking a job in Germany. Although this is a very interesting offer, however I have to consider it carefully especially I won’t have any income

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After having a graduation ceremony, the real party is begun. Me and my classmates enjoy our night starting with dinner in a fancy sushi restaurant. We eat and chat there until around 11PM.After that, our journey of bar hopping is started. We go from one bar to another to experience the atmospheres. Unfortunately, it is Wednesday; so not many bars are open after midnight.But as people say “Third

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This is my last traveling in Germany before I fly back to my country. With a very limited time, I can’t travel far. I have to choose one city nearby Bremen where I can visit it without staying. The option is going to a city that I haven’t visited before or; a city that I have visited before but to a place that I haven’t visited. In the end, I choose to go to a city that I haven’t visited

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Actually it’s not common to have graduation ceremony in Germany, but since majority of my class is foreigners, having graduation ceremony is necessary. With a ceremony, we will leave Germany with nice memories; beside, the ceremony also acts as a farewell party. It’s nice to see most of the classmates in one place again before we all get separated.The ceremony is far from formal. It opens with a

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OK, the title is too long, I admit. But don’t worry, I’ll explain it.Idul Fitri is the celebration after the fasting month or Ramadan is over. When I came to Germany in 2007, I have my fasting month in Germany so does the Idul Fitri. However, the Idul Fitri day is on the weekdays which means normal class day in Germany. So, I couldn’t celebrate it as I used to have in Indonesia.It was a funny

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A week after my first experience in opening a stall in flohmarkt, I try my luck again. It’s still on the same place, the Wesser River. This time, the weather is totally different from the previous week. It’s a bright sunny day.I start very early from my place. At a tram stop, I see two Chinese girls with big suitcases. They take the same tram with me. When the tram stops at the central station,

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This is the last step of my Master study. After completing the writing of the thesis, I have to present it and defend everything that I have written.The deadline submission for the thesis is August 17th; in this time, all theses are handed to the supervisors and/or examiners. Then, starting September 8th the thesis defense period is started.As agreed with my supervisors, I got a date on September

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Toward my departure from Germany, I have to sort my stuffs. Which stuffs that I will bring home and which stuffs that I should leave. I will leave all my household stuffs like the plates, glasses, cooking utensils, clothes hangers, bed sheets, etc. These stuffs will go to a new Indonesian guy who will study at the same program like me starting this year. But there are stuffs that I can’t

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I found a new way of traveling and meeting people, it’s called Couch Surfing. This is a community where people volunteer for hosting travelers. Of course these people are also travelers, so when they travel [hopefully] they can be hosted.I know this community from a friend of mine and I realized this community is mentioned in the Lonely Planet guidebook. But the reason to join this, in the

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This year I am experiencing the fasting month in Germany. My first one was in 2007 when I just came to Germany. At that time, I had the fasting month during my language class and the beginning of my study.Last year, I had the fasting month in Indonesia because I had to do my research. Surely it is nicer to have it home as the environment is very favorable. Most people are fasting so you won’t

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After we (me and my classmates) submitted our thesis on the deadline day, we are having a party. This is to celebrate our freedom. Finally, we are free from reading numerous literatures, comparing and analyzing our data to literatures, and being confused by supervisors’ inputs. Furthermore, we were always together in our first year of study, but then we went separate ways in the second year.

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Finally… I have finished writing my thesis and have submitted it! Pheew… what a relieve! I have started my writing from May; and although I have finished my first draft on mid-June but still I have to revise many things. Even 2 days before the deadline, I still received a last-minute correction from 1 of my supervisors. I have 3 supervisors; while normally there’re only 2. In the beginning

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I have a chance to visit Holland again. This time is not for holiday; it’s for participating in an Indonesian Students Conference in Den Haag and a social visit: visiting my aunt and uncle in Enschede. Den Haag (2 – 5 July 2009) I visit Den Haag for participating in a conference. Actually, I wasn’t aware about the conference; I participate just as a favor to my friend.Here’s the story…Few

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Again, there’s an event organized by Indonesian students in Bremen. It’s called Indonesian Day. In this event, the Indonesians try to introduce the culture of Indonesia through performances and bazaar.Traditional dances, songs, wayang puppet show, angklung music are performed; while pictures, traditional toys, and foods of Indonesia are part of the bazaar. In my opinion, this event is very

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Italy! Who doesn’t know it?! It’s an interesting country with many historical places and good foods. And for me, Italy also means football, one of my cultural passions. OK, that might sound silly. But anyway, Italy is surely a-must-to-visit for travelers.Purpose of visitAfter only dreaming for years, finally I get my chance to go to Italy. I have decided myself from the beginning of New Year that

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Finally….!!! My dream comes true…. Mission accomplished!I got a chance to experience the city party due to football. As a football mania; I grew up watching this kind of celebration on TV. I watched how the football heroes were welcomed with huge party all over the city. And since I never had any experience of that, I really want to know how it feels. (Well if you wonder why I never had the

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In May 20th, Werder Bremen plays for UEFA Cup final against Shaktar Donetsk from Ukraine.I am so excited with this; because if Werder wins, then I’ll have a chance to experience having a whole-city-party due to football. I have missed that chance last year when Germany lost against Spain in European Cup final.To watch the final, me and my friend went to a well known club called Largehaus; where

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After being a very successful in organizing Slank concert my friend decided to organize another concert. Maybe he will become famous concert organizer in Indonesia someday. He organized one for New Year’s party but at that time I was in Indonesia.This time, he organizes a rock festival called Indorock Festival. Indonesian bands from all over Germany are invited to compete here in Bremen. The

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For all my life, I never got any autograph from any International Star. Never! You name it, movie stars, football stars, politicians… Never!Okay I may sound exaggerating because I got Werder Bremen players autograph during Werder Bremen Fans Day; but this time it’s more special.Remember Ivana? The Brazilian girl who work as publicist for Portuguese-speaking footballers; and found me through this

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Ticket PossessionThis year Werder Bremen doesn’t do good in Bundesliga; they’re stuck in the middle position somehow. But the good thing, they can compensate it in Europe league; they reach quarter final of UEFA Cup.For this game, they will face Udinese from Italia. I see the posters of the game, a week before the game, all around the city. I would like to watch it in stadium, since I never see

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Today, April 9th is an election day in Indonesia. This is the first step in the whole election fiesta, voting for our representatives in parliament. And since I live abroad now, I have to vote from abroad; which will be my first time.Since last week, I got my voting paper by mail. This is an advantage for me because then I can investigate all candidates; well at least from internet. And another

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In Indonesia, I am so crazy with full cream milk. This milk isn’t for drinking as it is; but it’s a part of mixture with others. For example, avocado juice in Indonesia means you have blended avocado with chocolate full cream milk as a topping. Also, there’s a drink called ‘Happy Soda’ which is a mixture of soda water and white full cream milk. I am also love to mix my own drink; like ginger tea

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One day after I arrived in Bremen, I go shopping. It’s necessary because I don’t have any food or basic toiletries stuffs. Beside, it’s Saturday; if I don’t go shopping this day then I’ll be suffer the whole weekend as normally stores are closed in Sunday.Anyway, so I go to the nearby supermarket and buy a lot of stuffs. Usually I pay my stuffs with ATM card. So this day I do the same, I give my

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Of course the temperature is the most important to adjust. But there’re also other effects that should be aware.First, the clothes. I have to readjust myself in wearing layers of thick clothes which is heavy and tiring. Forget skirts and short pants. I just hope that I’ll be lucky enough to wear them sometime…Second, the skin. The humidity is low so the skin is getting dry easily. I am so amazed

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Back in Germany, or Bremen, to be specific, means that I have to readjust some things. Weather is of course the first thing to readjust. Luckily it’s entering spring time so the weather is not so extremely cold. Well it’s still less than half from my country’s temperature; but at least the depression wouldn’t be that extreme…Also the transportation stuff. I have to readjust for scheduled route. I

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Finally, back in Bremen again. My departure is, like always, with a little bit of drama. I have overweight luggage! I bring 1 big luggage, 1 small luggage and 1 laptop rucksack as hand carry. In the big luggage, it’s filled with gifts and books. The gifts are not so heavy actually, but since they are small and a lot, they are taking space. While in the small luggage, I store my clothes. I don’t

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.Actually I only allowed having a field research for 6 months i.e. from September to February. However, since I got Malaria during my field research; I am allowed to have one month extension.During my extension period, means March, I join an excursion led by my research supervisor. For this, I never regret that I got Malaria. The excursion was held for 9 days. With total participants around 30

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Have you ever risk yourself to save another creature? Well, maybe I am exaggerating it but it feels like that when I try to free 2 turtles from captivity.After fully recovered from Malaria [read: Life and Death Situation], I start to rearrange my research. It’s just 1 island left. But this is the most notorious island; it’s famous for its destructive fishing techniques.In this particular island,

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Today, December 22th, I try my luck to submit my visa application. Perhaps due to holiday mood, the aura in German Embassy is different; not so tensed as usual.In German Embassy, there are 2 document screening process. First, after we have security check, then we have to submit our document to be checked. If our documents are not sufficient, then we can't proceed. But if it is sufficient, then we

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Oooooh I am so glad now.My blood was taken for a test; and it said that there's no malaria parasite anymore!!! I feel so cured.Although I am still not 100% fit, but surely I feel optimistic now :)

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When was the last time you challenge your life into death? In my case, never! I never do any extreme sport or risk myself in anyway. Yes I am an adventurer, but I think I am a safe adventurer; not a risky one.Whenever I want to travel to remote place, I try to prepare everything carefully. Including this time when I have to travel to malaria area. I have taken my anti malaria pill months before I

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My research is about community perception. Community in here means people who live in the small islands or in other name, islanders. Basically I want to know whether one particular government project is working well or not i.e. whether the people aware about it, whether people really involved, etc. And that project is about Marine Protected Area (MPA).My research area is in South Sulawesi

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Surprised… surprised…!!! The banking system is improving in the term ‘online’. Before, I can’t understand why we need 2-3 days to do online transaction. What’s the sense of online then???But today, I can send money from my German bank account to my Indonesian bank account within a day!!! I am so surprised!!!

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What do you have in mind once you heard a word ‘Internet Café’? A fancy café that has high speed internet connection? Or a room full of cubicles where each cubicle contains one PC with internet? Well yes, those are the normal so-called internet café looks like. But what I find in Makassar is pretty interesting, because it’s different.In the Faculty of Social and Politic, there’s a free access of

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I guess this is one of some typical problems in developing countries: water scarcity!Yes, I have to face that problem now although I stay at the 3rd biggest city in Indonesia! If I stay in an island, then I don’t expect much about it. But since I still stay in the mainland, of course I wouldn’t anticipate this at all.So what happened to me these days; every morning me and my friend have to wait

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A month before I fly back to my home country, I found a one of my favorite fruits in German supermarket. I don’t know what does it called in English, but it’s called Markisa in Indonesian. You can see the picture here.I am so happy to find it but at the same time I feel so angry and annoyed in looking to the price tag. It costs € 1.5 each!!! Oh My God!!!Luckily I’ll fly within a month, so I

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Although my home country is very chaotic, but home is home. Many things can’t be found elsewhere. Spicy and delicious foods, cheap massage, and cheap beauty care treatments are where my money flies so far. I have trimmed my hair, having hair creambath, facial, buying custom made facial creams, and having full body massage; it seems that I don’t have money left for research especially I have done

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Ok, now I am in Jakarta, the capital city of Indonesia which is also my hometown. I’ll use this opportunity in extending my visa because German Embassy is here. I want this issue being settled so I can go to my field research without any burden.So there I go, to the Embassy with all the documents that I have to submit which are consisting of documents needed for applying a new visa. If I can

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Starting September, I am back in my home country i.e. Indonesia. Not much change actually, but somehow I still get some shocks!The first shock, I completely forgot how diverse the smell of air in big cities of Indonesia. Smell of garbage and vehicle emissions are mix together with the nice smells of the foods from the street vendors. Now I find it totally funny!Second shock, the currency. € 1 is

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People say August is the warmest month in Europe. Hmmm I wonder what is the justification for that cause for the whole August I don’t feel any significant warm. The weather is cloudy as usual and the temperature is mostly under 20 centigrade. So, no difference.Even, some of the outdoor events aren’t going well as expected. There’s one open air beach party that has to be cancelled due to the ‘

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Although I have 2 years Master program and full scholarship for that, but somehow the installment of the fund is given annually. And this scheme is affecting the visa application. My visa in Germany is only valid for 1 year and I have to extend it for the second year after the second fund installment is approved.My current visa is valid until September 30th 2008. But since I plan to conduct my

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After doing a full year study, now it’s time for me to do my research. In my Master program, it is required that the students have ‘Auslandsemester’ or abroad semester in tropical country to conduct a research. And since I come from a tropical country, my destination is, of course, my home country.My research will be in different island from my hometown (Jakarta). I need 1.5 hour flight to go to

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This article is written due to a question from Ivanna in Brazil who wants to live in Bremen.In general, clothes in Germany are expensive for developing country people’s point of view. It makes sense because most of the clothes these days are made in developing countries.To get branded clothes with cheaper price, we have to wait until the season is almost over or even totally over. So if we want

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August 17th is Indonesian Independence Day. Traditionally, every offices and schools will conduct a flag salutation ceremony in the exact day. But the celebration is started from the beginning of the month where many games are played within neighborhood, office, or school level. Back in Indonesia, I have taken part in ‘alternative’ Independence Day celebration by conducting flag salutation

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In July 3rd, there’s so called Tag Der Fans or Werder Bremen (WB) Fans Day. This is the day where WB greets the fans and introduced their latest line up for the up coming season in the stadium. In this day, there are a lot of WB’s sponsors booths and games; just like in a fair. Also, there is an open public training demonstration and, this is the most interesting part, signature session!As a

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This is another food shock for me. After some times, I realized that when I buy peeled fruits, they can’t stay long. Of course! However, they will become fermented, or in other word, contains alcohol. I have the experiences with watermelon, melon, and pineapple. At first I didn’t really pay attention of it. But then I start trying to remember with the same fruits in my country. I really can’t

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In July 19th -20th there is an Indonesian sport festival called PRIMA. This is not the first one but some people say it’s held annually but others say it’s biannual. Anyway, this year it’s held in Hannover. The Sports played within PRIMA are basketball, volleyball, football, tug and war, badminton, table tennis, and relay running. At first I want to join in badminton match as I have practice

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Entering the summer, I thought I’ll swim a lot. However, apparently I found a new ‘old interest’ in sport activities: football. Yes, now I am playing football also.Somehow, it’s not a new activity for me. Since I grew up with boys, I used to play football with my brothers. But that was so long time ago, probably the latest was when I was in elementary school. And as far as I can remember, we

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Somehow my motivation is lost. Because during these months, the weather is far from summer. Well there’re days where the sun is shining so fully, but those days seem rarely to come. Most of the time, the weather is rainy or cloudy. Although it’s not so cold, but still, this is not like summer that I imagine. So whenever the sun shows itself, me and my friends will celebrate it wisely. Usually we

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Just less than a month, I went back to Paris. This time, I am meeting my ex coworker who happened to be my closed friend also. If you read my previous visit to Paris, you know whom I mean. Her name is Pungky. We haven’t met for almost a year! And this is such a contrast as we used to sit next to each other in the office, which mean our gossiping time rate is very high.So, after she got her visa;

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I experienced this twice. Whenever there’s a festival going on in the city, be careful, you might end up walking home!Of course this doesn’t mean that German authority (or Bremen in my case) ignores you; but during festivals, the tram will be full although additional tram will be provided.In my first experience, there’s Christian religious festival in Bremen with young people come from all over

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Finally, I can watch European football games without having to stay awake in midnight time! Yeah, of course I also watch Champions League and UEFA Cup, but now I have a chance to watch Euro 2008.Since I am living in Germany now, so I ‘have to’ support Germany. Of course there’s no obligation for that. But I just want to experience the whole thing, supporting one team and feel the excitement. If I

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This is the 2nd time I am invited to a German wedding. But probably this is not so German as my friend, the groom, is half German half Algerian. He is married to an Indonesian girl.The wedding is in Hatersheim, suburb of Frankfurt am Main (FFM). I arrived there at midnight just before the wedding next day. Apparently, at that time the reception hall hasn’t been decorated at all!!!! So I have to

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I finally have a chance to visit France. Well actually I plan to meet my friends, former colleagues in Indonesia, there. One is French guy who works in Indonesia and the other is Indonesian girl who study in England. But then, the girl can’t make it as her visa was approved late. In the end, I just met the French guy but will come again later to meet the girl ;)My travel to Paris wasn’t so

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When I have to move to Germany, I know I’ll miss some of my favorite things from Indonesia like the foods or some activities that I usually do. One of them is watching Slank concert. Slank is my favorite cult rock band from Indonesia. I sometime followed their tour to other cities in Indonesia. And for sure, I never thought that I could see them live in Germany!!!It’s all started about 1.5-2

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Again, another small city near the border where I have to stop for changing my train. This time, I have to wait for about 1 hour. The interesting part of this town is a mural in the station wall. It’s not well preserved, but it still nice to see.

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This is a small town near the border of Germany. I go there just for transit because I have to change trains from Bad Bentheim to Bremen, as I try to travel in cheapest way.I have to wait there around 30 minutes and that time, it was Sunday. First, I thought I’ll end up dead in boredom as this town doesn’t even exist in my map. But I am glad that I am wrong. Outside its small station, there’s a

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Enschede is a small town in the Netherlands near the border of Germany. I have an uncle who lives there, this is the reason I visit that place.I travel there by train until the last town in Germany side, Bad Bentheim. There, my uncle picks me up and we continue the travel to Enchede for another 20 minutes.To be honest, I don’t really know about the city of Enschede. Because I spend my time only

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Before I went to Germany, the only thing that crossed my mind whenever the name ‘Bremen’ pops up is ‘Werder Bremen’; the football club in Bremen. Although I’ve heard about ‘4 Musicians from Bremen’ tale when I was a kid, I really don’t remember it until I have arrived here.So, of course watching Werder Bremen live in their stadium is one of my must things to do. And even if I could do more, like

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So far, I think Italians are flirtier than Germans. At least, according to my experiences.In my first experience, it’s even come from Italian girl! Well maybe the word ‘flirty’ is not proper. But let’s see… When I was traveling to Frankfurt, once I buy a hot chocolate in a small café. There’re one waiter and one waitress. The waitress, she’s Italian, try to talk to me. She asked where I come from

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As I’ve been observed, German guys have high manners in public places. So although they spot a good looking girl, they will just look and not doing any action. This is probably because they are also shy people.However, the situation will be different when they are drunk. Suddenly they become flirty and brave. So be careful, if suddenly there’s a guy come to you, out of nowhere in public places,

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In the end of April towards May, the weather becomes warmer and nicer. The sun shining everyday and the temperature can reach 26 centigrades. Although it’s still colder than average temperature in my city where I come from, but since I have been through the winter time here, that temperature is surely very hot now. Surprisingly, the sky is very clear, no clouds; something that rarely happen in

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Finally...!!! Real Spring is coming. The weather is nicer and warmer now. Temperature slowly climbs up around 15 grad Celcius and could reach 20 sometime. I hope it keeps rising in the following months and reach 30, so I would feel like home.Surprisingly, the weather starts to change when the summer time or daylight saving time applies in 30 March! I guess people have been calculating this

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My course is an international study, so people that study there comes from various places in the world. This is how my class looks like:

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During a cold windy day, I have to wait for my friends in a bus stop. To avoid being freeze, I run to a nearby McDonalds for having hot chocolate.Well for ordering in a restaurant or café, I use to speak in German. And so far, I have no problem with that. So I ask the waiter for Hot Chocolate in German. He then goes to prepare it for me. But when he comes back, he comes with… Chocolate Sundae Ice

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In Indonesia, if Indonesian people see a foreigner, they start to think that they have to speak in English to the foreigner. And this could create some funny situation if the foreigner can speak Indonesian, because we’re not expecting it. That’s the paradigm in Indonesia: foreigner means speaking English.In Germany, it doesn’t matter if you’re foreigner or not, people expect you to speak German!

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As a developed country, of course German people have to learn English from high school level. So theoretically, German people should find no difficulties in speaking English. But, that’s not the case. In Germany, everything that comes from abroad is translated into German. For examples: movies, novels, TV shows… everything! So it’s not that Germans can’t speak English, they just don’t use to it!

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No, I don’t mistype it. It’s Wremen not Bremen. It’s just a small place in Cuxhaven. According to Wikipedia, Wremen is a municipality while Cuxhaven is a district.I went there for excursion study under Coastal Geomorphology course. We’re visiting tidal flat, ex-salt marshes, and dykes. It’s a very nice excursion especially the weather is friendly. It’s a bright sunny day.First we have to struggle

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Although sometime I have to make presentation in some courses, but it never graded. It’s just a part of exercises. But there’s one particular subject called ‘Presentation’ where the students have to make presentation and graded. The topics for presentation are provided, but student can also choose its own topic. In this case, I go with my own from my previous working experience regarding coral

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This is my second concert in Germany. Actually I don’t really familiar with their music. So at first, I am a bit undecided for going. It was my classmate who encourages me to go. He wants to go, and knowing that I am a rock chic, so he asks me to join. Before deciding, I made my own research: browsing into Youtube and Wikipedia to learn about The Hives.I found out that their songs are pretty easy

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I really miss the copy service in Indonesia. How come I don’t… There, if you want to copy something, you go to the copy shop and just give what you want to copy. There’ll be operator that provides the copy service. You just have to wait until it finished. And if the queuing is too long, you can just drop your document and leave. You can comeback again later when the document is (predictably)

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Mensa is a food court for student. And as it is for student, the price is surely cheap. The main menu in Mensa is called ‘Essen 1’ and ‘Essen 2’. Essen 2 costs €1 and Essen 1 costs €2. The cost is covering the carbohydrate part (rice or noodle or potato) and protein part. Usually Essen 2 is a vegetarian menu, but sometime they switched. For Essen 1, the cost will also cover a dessert (yoghurt or

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Okay, since now I know that German guys only being flirty at certain places, I want to know what they will really do to start it.My German classmate has given me advice for this kinda behavior and called it as ‘German Mating Behavior’. He said, single and available persons will just dance alone in the dance floor so he or she can be spotted by others. So if you spotted a guy or a girl dancing

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Luisental is the name of my student apartment.When finally it’s the time for me to occupy my new room, I am extremely happy. Although my contract is started at March 1st, but since that date is Saturday, I am allowed to move in February 28th.Yes, yes, yes!!! What I like about my new room is it’s in a second floor so I can open my curtain wide without having a feeling that everybody is watching me

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So there I was, being homeless for about a month. Well okay, half homeless cause I stay at my friend’s room. Nothing to complain cause everything is there. So I don’t have to bring all my stuffs. I just have to bring some of my clothes and my laptop, as I do when traveling. The rest of my stuffs are stay at my old room because my future new room is only upstairs from my old room. So my old and

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I come to Germany before the new study year started. This means, there are many new students and they all look for a place to live. In here, there’re what so called student apartments; or apartment that made for students. However, the student apartments in Bremen are not as many as the number of the students itself. So the competition to get a room is pretty high. Student apartments are of course

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In ‘Arrival’ topic, you can read that I have experience in being stranded once I arrive at Germany. Well, apparently that’s not the only time I experience the ‘homeless’ issue. In this topic, you’ll find why and how.

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This is one of the famous cinemas in Bremen, it called Cinemaxx. It consists of 9 theatres. What makes it different with cinema in Indonesia: In Indonesia, 1 theater plays the same movie in one day. But not in Germany. One theatre can play 2 to 3 films in one day, so you really have to pay attention on the schedule.What I don’t like about this cinema, it doesn’t have a place in the armchair to

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Today I woke up because the sun light strikes through my close curtain. Not just the light, I think I can feel the warmness too. Aaaah… I am so happy, it’s gonna be a bright sunshine day.But when I open my curtain, this is what I find out: I guess, this is just a false alarm. I don’t think the cold weather is fun anymore. (Well It has never been, actually).

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The culture shock that I experience from sport is the amount of nudity! In the shower place, there’s no divider between one shower to another; as you can see in the picture. In Indonesia, shower place will have dividers, so everybody can has its own private time and place. I join swimming activity first. There, I can take shower without having to open my swimsuit. So I can survive this part. But

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There’s a different social value of sport activities in Indonesia and Germany. Well at least, that’s what I experience. In Indonesia, before we start the training session then the trainer or at least someone in charge will open the training session. This person will start making small conversation to participants before the training start. And that’s not happening here in Germany. The person in

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One way to survive the winter is to keep in mind that after winter is over, then spring time will come. Aaah… spring…! Time where all the trees and flowers bloom, birds are back and sing, the clouds are gone… So when I enter the month of March, I feel optimistic.And yes, the blunt trees start to have leaf and flower again. The bird’s sing can be heard from early in the morning. The temperature

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In Indonesia, swimming is the only sport that I do, because it won’t make me sweating. Indonesia is so hot, you don’t need to do any sport to get sweat. But in Germany, actually I need to sweat because it’s cold.However, swimming is the only sport that I am comfortable to do. So I have to continue swimming. Luckily, in here beside summer time, the swimming pool is an indoor one. During summer,

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As an Indonesian, playing badminton is just like German with football. It’s a common one and people expect you to be good on it just because your country has won many international championship. So, when there’s ‘sport holiday program’ during spring break, I submit myself to badminton. I thought, how hard would that be? I am Indonesian…But apparently I am being extremely cocky. In the first day,

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To balance my degree of eating with my calorie burning, I do some sports. Well I have to do it or else I’ll end with fat tummy that feels so hurt. Beside, having sports mean I can eat even a lot more… ;)

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Germany is known as a high tax country. So if you have a high salary, don’t be too excited so fast cause you’ll then pay high amount of tax. But that’s OK maybe, because infrastructure in Germany is very good anyway. At least, we can see that our tax is used for something real.But what makes me surprise, Germany really make tax out of everything. Even for having TV and radio!!! My German friends

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In Indonesia (I think even in Asia), if we have food and want to eat it in front of friends that don’t have food, then we have to offer our food to them. Eating alone in front of your friends or people that you know is considered as impolite. So if you don’t want to share food, then don’t eat in front of your friends. Of course your friends will most likely reject your offer if they know you only

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Surprise… surprise… Snorting, or exhaling the mucus from your nose, in public is acceptable in Germany! So don’t ever surprise if in a quiet classroom or during eating time, somebody just take out his or her tissue and snorting. Although I am not good in manners, but sometime hearing someone snorting is really distracting.

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In this part, I’ll elaborate any habit or attitude in Germany that considered as ‘different’ to Indonesian or even Asian.

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One of my favorite drinks in Germany is Hot Chocolate. Well I am not much a coffee drinker actually. So hot choco is surely a nice option when I go to a café. Beside, one hot choco is enough to give you calorie and make your body warm. In short, hot choco is the perfect drink in this cold weather. So, since I crave so much of hot choco, I buy some chocolate (instant) powder to make my own at home

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Hannover, January 16th 2008 Finally… I can watch a rock concert in Europe. And not just ‘a rock concert’ but it’s Linkin Park concert! Even the whole process is just amazing! From the way I get the ticket, my travel for the concert, and of course the concert itself. It’s just so amazing!Ticket AcquisitionSo here’s the story. When I was informed that Linkin Park will have concerts in Germany in

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Since Berlin is a special place, even the road signs there also special. Just pay attention at these crossing lights. Aren’t they cute?To do a sight seeing of the city, you don’t even need to join any tour. There’re 2 busses that pass most of the major tourist places in the city. And what makes it perfect, the busses are double-decker ones so you can see the city from above. Many tourists also

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Well this is just based on my experience. I didn’t measure or compare anything related to the weather. In Bremen, I get thirsty easily. And if I don’t drink much, my lips and skin will get dry easily. In Berlin, I don’t experience this. I don’t get thirsty easily although I have walked for some hours. And surprisingly my lips and skin are not dry because I drink less.As I write before, the

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Actually there are many cheap places to stay in Berlin. If you google it, you can find hundreds (or even thousands) about it. But since I visit there during New Year celebration, it’s not easy to find a place to stay. They all fully booked. But somehow I manage to get one nice accommodation. It comes from the lonely planet list. Although it supposes to be cheap but during New Year celebration,

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Berlin is a big city as I would imagine. It has big buildings, wide roads, many places to visit, and many stores that open almost 24 hours a day. When I visit there, tourists are everywhere. Group of people following one tour guide is common to see. Also, independent tourists like me, who walking around with map or lonely planet book, are everywhere. So you don’t have to be worried for getting

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As it becomes a first choice, I use the lifting service (mitfahr) to go to Berlin. This time it’s so easy to find as many people also go there just to celebrate New Year and go back. But for some reasons, I end up use different traveler for going there and coming back. It turns out that the trip to go to Berlin is the nicest one so far in my lifting history. The main travelers are nice young

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The capital. The biggest city in Germany. It’s surely an interesting place to visit. Unlike other places that I visited in a ‘wrong time’, I surely visit Berlin in the right time. I went there to experience the New Year celebration in one of the important places in Europe. For this, I don’t need to have any people to be visited. I just go there, get lost and experiencing. (Visited at 31 Dec 2007-

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Yeah, actually not so many. I am just so impressed with the merchandise of VFB Stuttgart. The design is so varied and good. For my opinion, this is the coolest football merchandise designs that I found in Germany so far. If I live in Stuttgart, I am sure I’ll buy and collect many of these. But since I live in Bremen now, I have to be loyal with my city.

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A day after Christmas, Thank God, many tourist places are open. So at least I didn’t just go there, taking pictures and go back. First stop is Schlossplatz. In here you can find the old palace and new palace including some monuments in 1 area. In short, this is the best place to take pictures as evidence that you have been to Stuttgart.TV Tower. This is the oldest TV Tower in Germany. It was

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