And in just two days I'll be starting my very first mid-term exam in Torquay.
Psh... the perks of being an IGCSE student.
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I've been hearing this song a lot as of recently. Well actually I just discovered it this morning, it's Malaysian though. Albeit the fact that it is in Malay I just couldn't help it but to have this image of the typical Jakarta traffic at night, the blazing sun that made the water sparkly for the Bunderan HI fountain, the classiness of Museum Fatahillah, and my typical practising routine in Senayan with the rest of my DKI Fencing comrades... good times, good times...
Instead of revising for Business or Math or even Science, I did some little Indonesian films marathon in Youtube. I discovered some amazingly undervalued Indonesian movies, they are including "Di Timur Matahari(To The East of The Sun)," "Tanah Surga... Katanya (Land of Paradise... They Said)," and... well it's just those two really. Heh.
To sum it up, all I did today was just doing the infamous art of procrastination.
These are just several videos I got in youtube for EF International Academy. I'm so glad that there are actually many students from Indonesia who are also helping to support the Indonesian students to come and experience life in every EF International Academy campuses, everywhere, whether it'd be New York, Oxford, or Torbay.
These are the official videos made by EF. To be honest, at first I was very very doubtful about my decision to study abroad, but when I watched these videos, there was this spark inside of my saying "what are you waiting for? This is a really good chance. Get out! Go get a taste of the world."
These ones, if I'm not mistaken, were made by one of the many Indonesian students who are currently studying in New York and Torbay.
This is a video they made in the New York campus, Tarrytown. I saw the girl at the beginning in one of the EF International Academy seminars. She was pretty nice and I think she really do have fun studying in New York.
Well congratulations, you made me even more excited now xD
I love that part where one of the students said "Come to EF! Come to EF!"
Another one was made by the Indonesian students in the Torbay campus, the admission people showed me this video once. From the video, I assume that Torbay itself is quiet a good city when it comes to studying there.
Unlike London, which is the capital of the UK, it tend to be a bit noisy I guess (no really, I have this... particular issue when it comes to capital cities) and maybe the possibilities of me getting lost in the big city and traveling constantly instead of studying... would be big. I guess. Ahahaha...
If some of you wanted to know more about EF International Academy, this is the official website for EF International Academy:
That's it for now, I hope by reading this post some of you would like to join EF International Academy too. Get to experience live in another country and live in an international environment really makes you feel proud of your own country and heritage (personally, I will be really missing the Indonesian traditional cuisines, because this is 'not the Netherlands', I mean this is the UK. So... yeah.).
Especially since we are going to be in another country, we will get to experience how life is, when it's just 'us.' As in everything in our life is being managed by us, no parents, no family, just us.
Then you're also going to take responsibility to be one of the many representatives of your country, because people would automatically judge your country by your own behaviours there.
Everyone will be different in their very own ways. I guarantee you will want more, more, and even more of it.
I've been listening to this particular song by a Swedish singer named "Veronica Maggio."
Det var 17 år 17 år i staden där jag växte upp och så märker du hur fort det går? och jag var 17 år ville inte va den som blev kvar
Now I was thinking, maybe I could share a bit about 'my music' to you, by posting one of my favourite songs and just about what I've been really into lately.
You see, I'm interested in anything that relates to multiculturalism and... I don't know, being different? Maybe because Swedish songs aren't quiet popular too here in Indonesia. I felt it's just something that's worth to be listened too.
I got affected by Hetalia too (if you don't know what Hetalia is, then go ask Uncle Google #slapped).
*It's sad that blogspot isn't like tumblr at all. So I can't put the song here.
Luckily, there's still youtube.
The picture and video aren't belong to me, they belong to their rightful owner.
I was basically just reading through a movie catalogue and accidentally countered a page explaining about the movie "Paris Je T'aime" (2006). Curiosity lead me to youtube and found some unexplainable beautiful works by several famous directors from around the world. "Paris Je T'Aime" is a movie consisting of about 20 short movies and each of them lasted for about 5 minutes.
But this one below is my most favourite of them all.
A segment about love and respect entitled "Quais de Seine." A really beautiful story, it's sad though it's not for one whole movie.
"Quais de Seine" was made by the director of "Bend it Like Beckham" and "Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging," Gurinder Chadha. The British director seems to have a lot to say about love, race, faith, and gender relations today.
"Paris Je T'Aime" isn't all about lovey dovey couple sighting over the scenery of Eiffel tower. Love can be found in many forms, many unexpected places, and many could ended up sad or maybe happily ever after. Or maybe even a bit confusing.
