30 December 2014
Belajar Mengalah Tapi Tidak Kalah
A Wife and PhD candidate to-be in National Taiwan University of Science and Technology. Dreamer, Writer, Traveller, and Tech Addict. Like to travel everywhere and experience anything.
29 December 2014
Disappointment.
Kayaknya kecewa itu biasa... Tapi enath kenapa kecewa yang kali ini luar biasa. Bukan karena hal yang biasa, tapi cukup luar biasa sehingga menimbulkan pertanyaan "kapan lulus?"
Yah... namanya mahasiswa PhD atau biasa disebut S3... advisor atau pembimbing itu seperti Raja. Apapun yang diinginkan dipenuhi karena kita ini seperti karyawan kantoran. Apa kata atasan ya dipenuhi. Ga dipenuhi ya siap-siap aja terima akibatnya.
Tau kan Raja itu seperti apa? Nyuruh tapi ga kerja.
Begitulah... mungkin cobaan dimulai dari sekarang. haha
Sudah sering sebenarnya ada teman yang bercerita tentang segala keluh kesah PhD di Taiwan, mulai dari prof nya yang seenak udel nya nyuruh2...revisi tiada henti...dsb. Tapi sebenernya aku tidak akan merasa seperti ini kalau si bapak perhatian dengan nyuruh2 aku...
Aku lebih senang disuruh dan direvisi daripada email tidak dibalas, tidak dibantu mengerjakan, tidak ada komentar apapun tentang apa yang aku kerjakan, eh tiba-tiba paper selesai dan siap submit minta jadi penulis pertama... rasanya agak kurang adil.
Aku tau dia sudah bersedia menerima ku di lab paling okeh. Aku juga senang punya pembimbing seperti dia yang sudah jadi Professor dan terkenal seantero Taiwan. Aku senang ide nya selalu fresh dan tidak dimakan usia. Bapaknya juga baik sama anak-anak lab.
Hanya saja... kadang... kesibukan nya luar biasa sehingga membuatku dan teman-teman lab kecewa.
Astaghfirullah... saatnya mungkin ini waktu dimana aku harus introspeksi. Mungkin ada sesuatu yang pernah aku lakukan salah tapi aku tidak sadar.
Semoga hal ini bisa jadi pembelajaran dimana jikalau nanti aku jadi dosen, jangan sampai melakukan hal yang sama. Jangan sampai mengakuisisi apa yang telah dilakukan capek-capek oleh seorang mahasiswa demi mengejar prestige di mata ilmuwan lainnya. Kalau memang ingin jadi penulis pertama di paper, ya silahkan asal bantulah mahasiswa hingga mencapai titik keberhasilan penulisan.
A Wife and PhD candidate to-be in National Taiwan University of Science and Technology. Dreamer, Writer, Traveller, and Tech Addict. Like to travel everywhere and experience anything.
26 December 2014
2014 in a Glance : Year of Dreams Come True
Recently, a lot of "Year in a Glance" of several people I know are in my Facebook Timeline. I tried it of course and make me realize how amazing this year for me. So, I decided to make a blog post about it and maybe it'll be turn out cool enough for me.
January 2014
I remember how frustrated I was at this month of January when I realized it was already near the end of semester and my research still not went well. At the same time, I had to prepare my international conference paper that need to be submitted. I had a lot of fear about "can I graduate from my master degree on time?" I think this is the month when I almost every day called my mom and cry. haha But then I remember my mom said to me
"Don't worry. I believe you can do it. You're a smart girl like you used to be. Do the best, nak. You can do the best. If you already do the best and the result is not going well, Allah has better plan for you. Remember that. Mom and Dad will always pray for you and love you, no matter what."
February 2014
The winter vacation was coming. But, my research still on progress. I believe what my Mom said and it turns out well actually. Thanks to Allah who gave me Mom like her.
This month, it's a beautiful month. I went home to Indonesia to have engagement party. ^__^
But, I forgot the date. hahaha
Actually we already engaged since November 2013 with funny story. Let me tell you the story. Quite funny to tell.
It was in August 2013 when I came home for summer vacation. Mas Putu also came and asked me to come to Bali, to her mom's house. My father told me okay I can go there if I have a girl friend to come along also. Of course I agree. I don't want to be with him alone in car from Gresik to Bali. to dangerous. xixixi So, I asked my friend, mbak Sryang, who is just like big sister to me and mas putu. In Bali, her mom said to me that maybe in September or November she will go to my house to Silaturahim or introduce herself and family to my family. Then I told my parents about that. Because it was just a Silaturahim, means nothing will happen even my parents already know that mas putu wants to marry me, nothing prepared in my home. At that time, I already back to Taiwan again with mas putu. I remember waiting in school to call my mom to ask what happen that day. haha Then, when I call her from Taiwan, she laughed so hard till make me confused.
Me : "Mom, what happen?"
Mom : "Hahahahaha you know... you already engaged."
Me : "what??? how come???"
Mom : "Let me tell you. Putu's mom said 'so, putu and intan will married right?' and i said 'they said so' and we're silent...then laughed. hahaha"
Me : "so...?"
Mom : "So.. you're engaged. As simple as that."
Okay that's the weirdest conversation I've ever heard in my life. hahaha It was so weird till my mom thought that maybe we can reply the engagement party when I came home in February. But then my Mom said that no need to have engagement party in our house, maybe we can go to Putu's house in Surabaya and give the answer about the reply because both of families are simple family. No need to reply it again. In Indonesian tradition, especially Javanese, if someone is asked by man's family to be bride, the bride-to-be's family has to come to groom-to-be's house and give the answer.
So, when me and mas putu came home in February, the 'official' engagement happened. That's one of the best thing in my life!!
March 2014
I was a tutor in Open University in Hong Kong (Universitas Terbuka) which is a university for Indonesian people who work and live in Hong Kong and want to pursue bachelor degree. I was an english tutor and the office told me to go to Hong Kong from Taiwan for free because I had to meet my students in person at least once in a semester. Weird? actually the study process is using internet. So, we used a system that provide the distance learning for students in the open university around the world.
That time, I went to Hong Kong with my friends, Mbak Yeni and Mbak Nadia. They're also tutor from Taiwan. We had so much fun, not only because we can met with our students but also we can travel around for free. haha
Another fun time because that was my first time to go to Hong Kong and especially Disney Land. haha You can read my adventure in My Journey in Hong Kong
April 2014
May 2014
September 2014
Back to Taiwan with a new life... as a wife and as a PhD student. Many things need to be learnt about this new life... about how to accept there is someone beside me not as a boyfriend but as husband, how to respect him and love him no matter the situation is, how to do new research and be more patient with my professor... Sometimes not easy but i did it... :)
October 2014
This is the month when I start my passion in organizing stuff. I don't know whether it's because I already became wife... or it's my nature. hahaha I decided to make a lot of printable a lot of stuff for Muslimah and share it in my dropbox via this link
I made a lot of stuff like monthly planner, weekly, daily, even diet tracking.
Actually at first it's for myself but then I decided to share it for free which might be can help other sisters and brothers.
November 2014
November seems like a busy month for me. Of course because it was midterm month. A looott of things to do in this month. But I'm very grateful that I can pass all of them with a good score!! :D
December 2014
I know that this month is the last month of the year and need a lot of thinking about what i've done and not done yet. I learn many things in this year.
FAMILY
LOVE
FRIENDSHIP
CREATIVENESS
KNOWLEDGE
But despite all of that... I miss one thing in here. I felt like this year I'm not really into relationship with Allah. I hate to say that but it's the prove that I need to consider myself to be better in next year to strengthen the relationship.
Despite that Thanks to Allah... Alhamdulillah...Thank you Allah for giving me such a beautiful year....
Thank you for giving me...
lovely husband and best husband in the world
the best parents in the world
the best family ever
chance to have another education
and ... make my dreams come true...
Thank you...
Alhamdulillah...
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So that's my year... how about my resolution for next year? later i will make one post about that.
How about yours? :)
A Wife and PhD candidate to-be in National Taiwan University of Science and Technology. Dreamer, Writer, Traveller, and Tech Addict. Like to travel everywhere and experience anything.
24 December 2014
Leofoo Village : not like a village
I went there with my friends and husband...in the end of november. But i just had the opportunity to write things up in here just today. Busy weeks to the end of december. I know i know it's not an excuse to not write. But, what can i do? i have a lot of things to do and several weeks ago I was sick and I just want to lazy around in my room. haha
Okay back to topic...
This "village" is in Hsinchu County (near my home, so it's fortunate for me to go there by our old scooter). Form Taipei, you can go there by bus (i forgot the number haha) because if you use bus, you can buy the Leofoo entry ticket almost 60% off. As far as I remember, my friends got only 500 NTD. The original ticket price is around 900 NTD, expensive right? Lucky for me, my friends bought the tickets for me and my husband in the bus so I didn't need to buy with original ticket price.
There are four kinds of areas there, such as Wild West, Arabian Kingdom, South Pacific, and African Safari. A looottt of attraction inside. If you want to go around, start from morning. Because in my experience, we can't try all attractions. We missed the African Safari. -_________-"
These are the photos that you might be interested with. Especially, the "danger" attractions... :p
A Wife and PhD candidate to-be in National Taiwan University of Science and Technology. Dreamer, Writer, Traveller, and Tech Addict. Like to travel everywhere and experience anything.
05 December 2014
Touring in Taiwan : Hsinchu County, Lavender Cottage
Kami memutuskan untuk pergi ke kota sebelah yang bernama Hsinchu County, sebuah kabupaten. Berbeda dengan kota tempat tinggal kami yang namanya juga Hsinchu namun City. Jika diumpamakan seperti Malang di Jawa Timur. Memiliki kota dan kabupaten. Hsinchu County sangat luas dan sebagian besar daerahnya diisi oleh gunung, bukit, dan sawah. Kami mencoba untuk pergi ke sebuah lokasi kebun lavender bernama Lavender Cottage.
A Wife and PhD candidate to-be in National Taiwan University of Science and Technology. Dreamer, Writer, Traveller, and Tech Addict. Like to travel everywhere and experience anything.