Tuesday, July 26, 2011

H-0


Morning people :]
Sad to say that today is the day when I have to go to Jakarta for having 5-days-orientation.
And it will be so much sucked, because I will have 5 days orientation without cellphone,
Awwwwwwwh. It’s true that it wont take much time. But for me, without cellphone, I’m loosing a half of myself.

Ok, sekarang gue masih sibuk packing. Semuanya! Mulai dari :
Baju buat 6 hari
Baju Batik
Baju Galuh Banjar
Underwear
Baju olahraga
Alat make up
Tumbler
Sepatu
Aduh pokonya banyak sekaligus ribet-ribet nya x_x
Ga hanya packing aja, gue jg lagi ngerjain essay, alamak, makin ke sini AFS makin banyak kerjaan nih -_-
Mana presentasi belom softly done lagi! Parah benerrr ini mah,
Sambil packing sama ngerjain essay, gue nyempetin buka notebook buat online sekalian blogging,
Sama ada satu lagi..............................................................................................................................
Gue baru aja selesai bikin surat buat Gilang. Isinya ya gitu deh ya, mengarah ke unyu-unyu gimanaa gitu deh ya.

Well gue pengen buang jauh-jauh rasa sedih gue ini. Ga pengen nangis lagi pokoknya :’)
Hari ini gue berangkat, pesawat jam 3. Bakal ketemu temen2 se Indonesia besok pas Briefing sekalian Lapor Diri.
Guys, doain lancar yaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.


Wish me for Taking Care of myself, Thank youuuu.

Saturday, July 23, 2011

H-1


Hey.........................................................................................
It’s Saturday, July 23th 2011.
You know what? It’s my last day at school before I’m having a-week-orientation in Jakarta, and a-whole-month-holiday for Islamic fasting day.
Yup, today is my last day at school
my last day in XII science 5
 my last day for being Ayu’s deskmate
 my last day eating at Mimi’s canteen
my last day buying an avocado juice
 my last day mocking at my teachers
my last day calling my headmaster ‘Doraemon’
my last day to be a 3rd grader of Senior High School this year
my last day to memorize all things we’ve spent together

I swear to God that I am so freaking blue to imagine these all until I have to face this by myself.
Firstly, I didn’t know this will be so much hurt as it be, when we need to leave all of the classmates who have known us very well.
I’m so much sad to say today is my last day. Well, I just have one-day-remaining at this school.
Tomorrow is Sunday, then on Monday, I need to pack all things I used to bring.
And on Tuesday, I’ll be in Jakarta for a week. We know like an hour for a week -_________________-

Just imagine, a week without cellphone, without them we loved. Just them who gonna be our mates.
Start from room-mate until country-mate.
Just be nice, Guys  :* :*

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And do you Guys know where I am now?
Yup, I am now in my school’s OSIS room. Alone!!!!
Where are my friends? Where are my classmates?
And for the second ‘yup’,
hey are all in the classroom, just doing the Chemistry daily examination.
They’re all studying hard.
They’re all focusing to be the best 3rd grader for each of them

Well, OSIS room’s located right in front of my classroom, so that I can stare at every of my friends here.
They’re all seem so nervous
They’re ask for answer, while I’m holding my notebook and writting this blog.
They’re staring me for minutes.
They seem so funny with the Chemistry Exam on the table, hahahaha :D
And one of my classmates say this to me, “santai banget si lo tik sekolah?!”
Hahahahahah. Funny, eh?
SO MUCH!!

#pokonya gue hari ini harus puas-puasin jadi anak kelas XII di Smada. Harus puas-puasin makan, harus puas-puasin foto-foto tiap sudut sekolah gue. Tiap temen yang gue sayang.
Harus. Jadi sebulan jadi anak kelas XII ga sia-sia. Balik ke sini lagi tetep kelas XII dengan temen-temen yang beda pastinya.
Dari gue nya juga kan ya yang ga boleh sedih, dari gue nya juga kan ya yang harus kuat. Kalo cuman liat muka mereka aja uda nangis gimana mereka?
Gue harus lebih kuat dong ya! Harus. Di mana-mana yang namanya ditinggalin pasti lebih sakit, lebih sedih drpd yang ninggalin.
I need to be stronger. I love my classmates and all my friends without exception. But they love the strong me,
they love my smile,
they love my laugh,
 Briefly they LOVE the cheerful ME!!!
I wanna pass today without tears in my cheeks. I hope so
LOVE YOU GUYS...........................................................................................................................................

Well I’m going to finish my presentation about Indonesia after this.........
Catch y’all later Guys:*


Friday, July 15, 2011

My 9-Days-Remaining

Hello, world :]
Today I’m going to post about unforgettable-last-moments with my friends. Since I knew I just have 9 days remaining to be a third grader of Senior High School this year. After those 9 days, the school is off. Every students in my school is going to have a-whole-months-holiday, because of Islamic fasting days.
Anyway, I’ll have something like farewell party for myself. It’ll be held on July 24th at my school. And it’s 9 days more Guys! I can’t imagine how hurt my feeling will be :|
Several days ago, we have just had a big event for many of Junior-High-School-graduated-students, we usually call it MOS (Masa Orientasi Siswa). It lasts for 3 days and 2 days before were Pra-MOS.
We did the whole 5 days terribly success!!! We as the committee did the event so damn great. The boys worked hard, and the girls worked soft. We were all ROCKED!!!!!

                       This is Us :]

For the first 2 days, we had the days. I mean the days were dominated by us, we could shout everything to make a strong mental for the new students there. We yelled, we shouted, we screamed. Especially for me, I played a very arrogant role for it. Even I have no time to speak softly. I always angry, I always mad, I always shout at their ears. But Guys....................... I really enjoyed that character. It was absolutely Me hahaha :D
For the first day, I was the one standing in front of them to tell them what to do and what they have to bring for the following days. Started from what we usually call ‘sapu lidi 212 bilah dan 53,5 cm + 2 inch’ yap. That was one of many things they need to bring.
Well, after all things had been mentioned, I asked them like this,”Do you Guys Understand all things I’ve said?”
And most of them said, “YEEEES!!!” alright. I thought they were all understand what to do.



And taraaaaaaaa. When the next day came, yeah it was Sunday. Everybody was seem so busy with their own business. And me? Still with the same character. I was busy ‘collecting’ my lost voice. Hahaha.
I checked every things they bring, and if I found mistakes, I brought them to stand in front of their friends. After all has been checked, we found 98 mistakes, and we got 98 stood in front of their friends. Well, it was so much embarrassing. I truly mad at them. They were so fucking stupid to still have that much mistakes.
TERIBLlY STUPID!
After the anger was dissapeared, we let them to enter their own class to take a rest and to have something like chit-chat with their friends.... their temporary classmates. :D
And on that day, we had an ‘Outbound’ inside our beloved school. Yeah, we provided many of fun Games. We devided into 9 spots. Each spot consist of 2 people. And also each spot had a different kind of games. Fun Games \m/
For example on the 1st spot. It was a Hand-Bridge game...........
And the last, the 9th spot, we need to cross the lil-lake of our school by passing the slippy bamboo.
And the Dirty-Sunday was softly passed.

The next day............................................................................................................
It was Monday, everybody was going to school. And so do the ‘new-students’.
Ironically, they need to spend a whole day in RSG (Ruang Serba Guna) to sit and make their ears keep listening to the informants while their mind was flying away. Hahaha lol.
I swear to God, it was a very very boring Monday. And so do the following Tuesday and Wednesday :|

The next day ......................................................................................................
Yeah it was Tuesday. It was not as boring as the last day. But it was so blue.
My best friend, Manyun, Adit and Edo made me cry. And they succeed. I was crying loudly because of they tell me that their life will be so incomplete without me. Again and again. AFS makes me cry!!! -________- I need to leave my best! They were all unreplacable.
After crying, I got myself smile again. I got so many Love Letters from the ‘new-student’. The participants of MOS this year. I got around 30 Love letters!!!! Hey, it was so fucking unbelievable. I used to get many Hate-Letters!!!. I liked angry, I often yelled at them. But they judge me still as an angel maybe. Hahahaha :* :*
Well I got 30 Love letters, 12 Like-Letters, and 1 Hate-Letters. That was amazing ! :] :] :]

                 These are the Letters <3

They Loved Meeeeeee! Yeaaaay, I got many poeple love meeee :*
Hahahaha. They got me going crazy, oh Gosh -_______-
And the last surprise I want to share is........................................................................................
They chose me to be the most pretty gal this year! Hahahah.
Among the other comittee I feel like no one. But in front of them, I’m the prettiest. Well, thanks God...
Thanks for everyone :* I felt like have just won a competition haha. my heart beated hard. Haha lol.
It was so crazily funny :* I love everyone.


Friday, July 8, 2011

Life, Love, and Pray

Hey world :]
Buona Serra, good evening everyone....
I got nothing to share. Because I also got no one to share with. My momma is outside the house, and so does my lil brother. Poor me~
  I just plan to tell something.
This will be so un-interesting, un-important to. I just treat my own blog as my diary. My electric diary ({})
To be honest, I don’t know what I need to write, what I need to share, what I need to think.
This isn’t funny. But i often laugh at myself, knowing I’m just soo poor of Idea. -_______-

Okay, let’s start.
I’m about to tell about my whole life. Life and Love. Un-leavable Life and Un-separated Love.
From Life. I do love my Life. To be among all of my warm family and friends is so damn beautiful. It seems like I don’t need anything else when I’m with them all. I could feel so much warmth when I’m laying right among them. Hugs and Kisses always been given to me. They cost nothing, but they mean anything.
I have a super complete family. Even though I know it ‘ll lasts. But at least I got myself so full of love, and I won’t regret to become one of them, to have a very good parents and the naughtiest lil brother ever!
I won’t regret it :* I love them.
My Grandma. My only one Grandma, after my Grandpas left us for years ago.
I love her so much. She is actually a very strong Grandma who loves her Granddaughter so much. She treats me like a Queen!!! Gooosh, I love them, surely. Save her. If you want her, take her. Take her right by your side. Let her see me forever.
My cousins, my Aunts, my Uncles. They’re my everything. Dear God, if you plan to seperate us, do it. But let us meet again somehow. Even though we’re in the different place of Live.
My friends. Like what i’ve told y’all, I love my friends more than everything. They mean a lot for me. I got myself so ‘nothing’ without them. Them who always support whatever my conditions are, them who always cheer me up, them who always make crucial jokes whenever and wherever we are
All of my friends! My classmates, my deskmates, all of them, without exception.
You Guys all know, it’s impossible if Life is without enemies. Without them who hate us. Yes, it absolutely true!
For me, Love and Hate is so fuckin’ close. Like a distace between an ‘A’ and ‘B’. Maybe even closer.
          
                  This is me and my organization's



       This is when i was a Host for a Japanese Event in my school


             This is me and my Classmates


       This is me and the other 'Pantia Perpisahan kelas XII' 



I do have many friends, many close friends, many best friends. But I also have a lot of great enemies. They hate me, they don’t like me. But once again, that’s life.
I dont care how much I have enemies. All things I need to keep remember is just how to make the friendship between me and all of my friends stronger. And if it breaks, try to repair it.
Fuck the enemies. They ain’t much important. We still have a Life to Live, and so much Friends to Love.
That was the story of my Un-leavable Life.




And now.........................
Imma tell you about my Love life.
I have a damn multi-talented boyfriend, he can cheers me up, he can be a Joker for me, he also can be a teacher, then he can be a father, he can be my best friend who keeps my story tightly, and the last, he absolutely can be my docter, who cures all of pains in me.
I never regret to know him, to love him. But the only thing I regret is just why I’ve just known him.
Gosh....................
I plently tell you about how does my boyfriend look like, it’s just because ........................................ nothing. Hahah. Forget it.
He’s such a great gentleman. I do love his attitude.
How he supports me, how he convinces me. That’s the point I loved sooooo and soooooo :]

Dear God. I’d like to thank you of all things you’ve given. From the small ones until the biggest thing ever.
Thank you, i just can say Alhamdulillah to appreciate it. If you have your own blog. Then read my latest posting, I wrote about your Joys. :D
Briefly, Life, Love, and Pray lead us to keep remembering our Lord.
Thank you for giving me The Warm Family ever
Thank you for giving me those lovely friends
Thank you for sending me a multi functioned boyfriend
Thank you for giving me soooooo many Joys.
Thank you for giving me Life. This meaningful Life
Thank you for living me this complete.
Thank you for everything

Sincerely Yours,

Tika

















Between Me, Them, and Our greatest Organization ever

After all posts I’ve written in English, now I’m going to make a new one, and absolutely in bahasa Indonesia <3
Well, Guys.....
Gue pengen cerita banyak tentang temen-temen OSIS gue. Sama kegiatan yang bakal kita lakuin bentar lagi, yap!!! Pra-MOS dan MOS. >:)
Menurut survey, kegiatan MOS, sama LDKS adalah kegiatan yang paling ditunggu-tunggu hampir seluruh pengurus OSIS semasa menjabat. MOS, buat mraktekin gmn kejam nya kakak-kakak kelas dulu pas nge-MOS kita. LDKS, buat bales dendam ~ lalalallal
Yak, sekolah gue baru besok sampe minggu Pra-MOS nya, terus MOS nya tanggal 11-13 Juli.....
2 hal yang musti gue siapin adalah suara sama kondisi. Kemaren yang belom seberapa aja suara gue uda gatau lagi ngumpet di mana. Ngilang tepatnya -_______-
Manja betul. Gimana pun caranya ni suara harus balik lagi. I beg you, my voice.
Lanjut yaaaa......
Jadi kemaren baru semacam pengarahan buat anak-anak baru, apa aja yang musti dibawa pas pra-MOS, latihan Lapor, latihan gmn menghormati kakak kelas. Yaaaah, anak sekarang kan suka semaunya sama orang yg lebih tua.
Tapi yang bikin disgust, anak-anak cowoknya pada kaya banci. Badan doang gede tapi mentalnya mental tempe semua.

Suasana di Ruang Serba Guna

 

Suasana di Ruang Serba Guna Smada setelah pembagian gugus 
Yaudah lah ya, masalah anak-anak baru nanti aja gue ceritain abis MOS selesai....

Gue pengen cerita ttg temen-temen seangkatan gue sama adek-adek kelas setaun di bawah gue.....
Kemaren abis anak baru uda pada pulang, kita rapat lagi di RO –ruang osis- dan seperti biasanya, gue ditarik Edo sama Bule buat jadi pembicara -_- padahal suara uda serek mampu abis ngomong panjang lebar di Ruang Serba Guna. Yah, gpp deh, nyari pahala. Lack banget soalnya gue kalo masalah pahala-pahalaan :D
Lanjut yee...
Terus kita suruh adek-adek kelas buat mraktekin yel-yel yang bakal ditunjukin buat anak-anak baru nanti pas hari H. Hahahaa. Yel-yel diambil dari lagu Go Go Girls yang sumpah bikin bulu kuduk bahkan bulu ketek naik -_-
Tapi yaaa, kan buat seru-seruan. Jadi yang menjijikan alhamdulillah bisa sedikit menjadi mengasyikan LOL
Well, gatau kenapa gue ngerasa berkesan banget bisa ada di antara temen-temen seperjuangan kaya mereka. Mereka hangat. Hot!
I felt safe. I felt comfort. I felt so damn sweet among them all.
Ironisnya, gue bakal ninggalin mereka. Dan ini taun terakhir gue menjabat sebagai wakil sekretaris. Dan ini juga mungkin jadi event terakhir buat gue -________-
Kadang-kadang suka miris kalo inget wah gue musti ngabisin akhir taun di Luar negeri. Ga sama mereka, ga sama temen-temen yang uda lebih kaya keluarga. Yang uda nganggep gue lebih dari temen mereka.
Jujur gue kalo keilangan temen cewek uda biasa. Tapi gue sama sekali ga kuat kalo harus pisah sama temen-temen cowok gue. Apalagi temen-temen cowok gue di OSIS. Mereka yang kadang jadi kotak curhat gue, mereka yang temenan pake logika. Bukan mereka yang temenan pake perasaan, sensitif. Yap! Mereka jauh dari sensitif.
Kaya Bram, Bule, Sesar, Edo, Gugun, Ardy, Dirga, Rendi, aaaah banyak pokoknya. Mereka mulai dari yang paling ngeselin sampe yang paling kalem sama sekali ga pernah bikin gue nyesel kenal dan sahabatan sama mereka.
Dan juga kayak Yasmin, Fiddy, Gegeh, Adis, Dea, Ecew, Tane, dan banyak lagiiiiii deh pokoknya. Mereka temen cewek yang emang gak sekelas. Tapi mereka bisa jadi keluarga di dalem OSIS buat gue.
Sedih rasanya musti pisah sama mereka, setaun lagi pas gue balik mungkin keadaan uda ga sama. Bakal jadi alumnus di angkatan yang ga sama kaya mereka.
Maaf Readers, curcol mulu gue bawaannya kalo uda ngomong ke arah Exchange -_-
Okedeh,buat adek-adek kelas yang baca posting gue ini, selamat berjuang buat MOS yaaa J
Kuatin mental nya, fisik juga  ..
I LOVE MPK-OSIS SMADA 2010/2011 as long as I’m getting older, ever and everrrrr<3

\m/





Tuesday, July 5, 2011

Slides, Power Point, Connection, and Cellphone...

Brrr. Now I'm extremely freezing in my private chamber. Cold night.
It’s been so cold for a few days. And wanna be colder for the following days, I personally think.
Well now I’m just chillin’ with my notebook accompanied by a cup of a-very-hot-coffee and Paramore’s all albums. It was so sucks when I got my cellphone is so freaking dumb, with no sounds. It was soooooo silent. And I profoundly hated it.
I got no friends at all tonight, my cellphone and the network did suck.  And I got no idea for my presentation, at all. I need to explore much about the Province I lived in. Yeah, I’m now in South Kalimantan. But you Guys need to know. I'm not originally Banjarese!!!. I don’t know how to be honest to talk much about Banjarmasin soon.
Well well well, I never regret that I’m now living in Banjarmasin. Here is the thing called ‘challenge’. Do the best, Tika <3
I’ve finished 18 slides tonight. And it hasn’t finished yet. And I do hate when my notebook says, “13 mins (6%) remaining. Hahahahahaha
Stop writing and start charging. Well, good night everyone :* kisses!!!
Buona note ..............................................................................................................


Saturday, July 2, 2011

Me and Those Unbeliavable Moments

Beberapa bulan lewat, belom juga gue tau hasil seleksi tahap III waktu itu, seenggaknya tau deh ya siapa-siapa aja yang kepilih.......
Bulan depan nya juga masih belom ada kabar.
Bulan depan nya masiiiiiih gak ada kabar. Mungkin waktu itu gue bisa ngerasain gimana jadi istri nya bang Toyib, yang ditinggal berbulan-bulan tanpa tahu kabar (?)

Bulan selanjutnya, gue uda kelas 2 SMA, jurusan IPA. Waktu itu jam pelajaran terakhir, pelajaran paling ngebetein......PKn!
Gue sama temen-temen kelas gue (barisan belakang) selalu asik sendiri kalo bapak Madian-guru PKn juga lagi asik menjelaskan.. ada yang maen henfon, ada yang maen notebook, ada yang maen PSP, ada yang ngupil, ada yang nyari kutu *loh?
Serius lagi...... terus tiba-tiba henfon gue geter. Semacam gempa bumi di daerah vital perempuan... langsung gue ambil dan gue angkat tanpa ngeliat who’s the caller....
“halo? Siapa ya?”
“Utha tik, Utha!!! Eh selamat yaa, lo lolos seleksi tahap IIII tik.. lo ke luar negeri tiiiik!!!!”
“hah? Serius lo Tha? Enggak ah ga mungkin” (loncat dari tempat duduk dan seketika jadi pusat perhatian)
.......................................hening............................
Gue sama Utha terus-terusan berdebat, yang satu gapercaya kalo dia lolos, yang satu kesel gara-gara niat baiknya ngasih tau sahabatnya kalo dia lolos di cela mati-matian.....
Telfon pun mati. Muka gue yang langsung merah ke biruan. Semacam malu tapi juga merinding. Percaya ga percaya lah ya.
Sampe akhirnya sahabat gue satu lagi-Ocha nelfon gue.
Percakapan hampir sama kaya waktu gue ngomong sama Utha. Gue blassss ga percaya!
Sampe akhirnya gue ditegur sama bapak Madian, dan itu juga yang bikin gue bangun dari setengah mimpi, sekaligus bikin gue percaya gue lolos B)
Wah pokoknya UNBELIEVABLE banget deeeeeh! Sama sekali gk nyangka. Puji syukur banget deh. Alhamdulillaaaaah. Segala puji bagi Mu ya Allah... hahaha :D
Sampe akhirnya surat resmi dari Jakarta dateng ke rumah. Ternyata gue seriusan lolos! Orang tua gue yang separoh sadar juga. Adek gue apa lagi,haha..
ALHAMDULILLAH!

Tika, Dessy, Icha. 3 cewek Banjar yang mewakili Kalsel buat jadi duta buat Indonesia J
Negara tujuan baru dapet kurang lebih hampir setahun setelah pengumuman kelolosan. Selama hampir setahun itu gue, dessy, sama icha yang harap-harap cemas gitu deh. Hopeless juga ada. Kepikiran gajadi berangkat juga ada! --- saking lamanya pengumuman negara tujuan
Yaaaah, tapi untungnya kita punya AFS Chapter Banjarmasin. Di sana ada kakak-kakak yang setia ngasih kita semangat. Mulai dari returnee taun 80’an sampe yang baru pulang taun lalu.
Ada kak Malady, kak Ninu, kak Dadang, kak Peter, kak Jasmine, kak Erini, kak Baya, Max dari Jerman, Junna dari Jepang, dll...
We love them for sure. <3 <3
Terus sekitar akhir bulan Mei lalu, gue dapet surat dari AFS International. Pas gue buka ternyata isinya berkas-berkas negara tujuan.
Dan alhamdulillah lagiiiiiii, gue dapet ITALY!!!!!! Wah yang namanya gue senyum-senyum sendiri sambil nyanyi-nyanyi kecil. Dan itu gue lakuin berhari-hari setelah gue dapet negara tujuan.
ITALY meeeen, siapa sangka coba. Itu negara pengen banget gue datengin >.< alhamdulillah ya Allah :* thankyouuuuuu!!!
Bangga, haru, seneng, sedih, campur jadi satu........
Bangga, karena diri gue sendiri. Usaha murni gue sendiri. Apresiasi daripada diri gue sendiri
Haru, gadis kecil item pendek berpaha gede dan bodoh macem gue bisa kepilih jadi duta Indonesia di Italy nanti..
Seneng, pasti lah ya. Bisa bikin orang tua bangga (dikit mungkin)
Sedih, because I’m now joining a year program! I will leave my family, my friends, and my beloved boyfriend for a year :’(
Tapi banyak orang yang ngeyakinin gue, “sedih yang bakal lo rasain ga ada apa-apanya dibandinging pengalaman yang bakal lo dapet setaun disana, Tik!!” kurang lebih gitu deh ya <3
Apalagi pacar gue, namanya Gilang. Dia yang bikin gue kadang suka sedih sendiri. He said he will supports everything I plan to do. You deserve this, love. Goooosh, I’m totally sad to leave him :’(
But, this is maybe your way. I love him. But i love this chance morreeeee and more!
He also supports me. So why do i feel this much sad J I’ll show my best, everyone!
I often get so much blue when I see my boyfriend is now convincing me to be strong.

Sedikit curcol ya tadi -_-
Overall, gue bangga sama Indonesia, dan gue juga bakal bikin Italy bangga pernah nerima gue..




God and Miracles....

Well, setelah sekian lama vakum dari dunia perblogan, akhirnya gue, Tika uda mantepin diri lagi buat nulis blog -_-
Topik gue buat posting kali ini adalah ‘Unbelievable’. Sering denger kan ya pepatah yang bilang Nothing’s Impossible”, terus “Miracles come to those who believe it”, dan yang terakhir  “Ketiban Duren Runtuh”, nah ketiga pepatah tersebut kayaknya emang lagi relevan banget sama hidup gue.
Banyak dari kita yang percaya akan keajaiban, banyak juga yang tidak. Nah, sedikit ngasih gambaran, sebenernya gue termasuk salah satu yang tidak percaya akan adanya keajaiban atau yang lebih akrab disebut ‘Miracle’. Gue lebih ke tipe orang yang gigih, pekerja keras, keras kepala juga iya sih ya ..
Tapi percaya ga percaya, kerja keras gue menghasilkan sesuatu yang gue bilang itu keajaiban. Mulai dari situ deh gue percaya dan mau nyoba buat lebih kenal sama si ‘Miracle’.
Jadi gini deh, langsung ke topik pembahasannya aja deh..

First, gue pengen cerita dari awal deh.
Sebelumnya kenalin, gue Tika. Nurulrezki Atika. Gue sempet dijulukin siswa abadi LIA tuh, sama guru-guru sana,  gara-gara gue uda lamaaaa banget les di sana (tepatnya dari kelass 3 SD sampe sekarang). Dari yang waktu gue masih kecil item dekil, gue uda pengen banget ikut tes AFS (American Field Service)-program pertukaran pelajar, dan baru bisa ikutan tes nya pas uda kelas 1 SMA taun lalu.
Ironisnya gini, gue masuk ke salah satu SMA favorit di Banjarmasin yang sebenernya sama sekali ga pengen masuk situ gue nya. Hampir setaun gue sekolah di sana, pengumuman tentang program pertukaran pelajar yang gue pengenin itu nihil banget adanya! Sampe gue yang musti kesana kemari buat nyari tu info, dan akhirnya dapet.
Ironisnya lagi, hari gue dapet info itu emang deadline pengumpulan formulir! Gimana ga panik coba! Mulai deh asam lambung banyak terproduksi, keringet keluar dari mana-mana, pikiran uda gatau deh gajelas blas!   Bayangin aja, gue dituntut buat ngelengkapin tu formulir, belom lagi legalisir rapot lah aduh gila deh pokonya. Ekstra kerja keras banget waktu itu.
Tapi satu yang bikin gue semacam Proud of myself, I’ve never got myself so dumb of a word ‘struggle’, ‘spirit’, and ‘belief’. So that time I was so strongly do everything by my own. Tapi sama sekali gak sia-sia. Malem itu juga gue dapet bukti pendaftaran sama sedikit info tentang tes tahap pertama..
That time I was having something like a lil talking with Mr. Malady. Dia bilang, “selamat ya Tika, kamu siswa SMADA pertama yang daftar!” mampus aja, dari berapa ratus siswa yang minat ikut ginian cuman gueeee?! Oooh c’mmon Guys, where are you all? Wake up! Gak tau apa emang gak pengen?!
And guess what!! I was begging him to give me one more day as a deadline, jadi gue bilang gini ke Mr. Malady nya, “sir, kasih saya satu hari lagi dong, saya mau nyari temen anak smada juga”. Oke, beliau setuju :D

Besoknya di sekolah, di kelas tepatnya. Langsung gue ajak sahabat gue yang mukanya rada mirip Bruno Mars buat ikutan tes AFS juga sama gue. Namanya Adit. Adithea Syaputra Perdana. Gue ajak lah dia pake semangan yang menggebu-gebu, yaaah melebihi semangatnya Pangeran Antasari mungkin (?)
Dan AKHIRNYA si Adit pengen ikut juga. (can y’all see how hard I persue him was) LOL
Day by day gone,
Sampe waktu di mana seleksi AFS tahap pertama di selenggarakan. Sekitar bulan Maret tahun lalu.
Seleksi tahap awal semacam tes CPNS -_- pengetahuan umum. Dan, WOW! Buat ukuran anak yang ga suka bahkan ga pernah baca koran kaya gue, soal tahun lalu itu bener-bener yang bikin otak melilit kaya kabel telfon!
Udah deh, keluar ruangan muka gue amis banget kaya ikan gurame. Hopeless banget udah! Gaada pikiran bisa lolos seleksi awal.
Nyampe rumah langsung nanem niat buat suka baca koran, ironisnya (lagi) itu cuman niat. Dan sampe sekarang uda dikubur pake nisan “NIAT” ---

Dua minggu kemudian, gue sama Adit yang bener-bener ngubur dalem-dalem tu harapan bisa lolos ke seleksi tahap II. Besoknya gue dikabarin temen gue katanya pengumuman hasil seleksi tahap I uda keluar. Yauda deh cepet-cepet gue ke LIA  buat ngeliat hasilnya.
Dan yang bikin gue melongoooo, di kertas yang dipajang di dinding ada 22 siswa yang lolos ke tahap II. Salah satunya .... GUE !!!! semacam ga nyangka ada nomer peserta 68 di sana. Tapi yang bikin sedih si Adit ga lolooos :’(
Apa namanya kalo bukan keajaiban? Buat seleksi tahap I aja sama sekali ga belajar gue nya. Baca koran pun enggak, sama sekali!

Next, seleksi tahap II..........
Sekitar bulan April tahun lalu,
Sekarang gue yang jadi satu-satunya wakil dari SMADA :’( sakit sendiri, sedih sendiri, usaha pun sendiri ckck......
Tapi untungnya di seleksi tahap II gue ketemu sama temen-temen gue kaya Ocha, Utha, Chyntia, Debby, banyak deh pokoknya. Jadi ga ngerasa sendirian lagi ..
Sedikit nyeritain tentang seleksti tahap II waktu itu, INTERVIEW! Yap. Cuman wawancara bahasa Indonesia sama bahasa Inggris doang. Gue rasa sih seleksi tahap II ga se susah yang tahap I. Emang yang dasarnya gue suka ngomong, jadi apa aja yang lagi lewat di pikiran gue, langsung gue tembak, eh omongin maksutnyaaa >.<
Well well well, seleksi tahap II well done! Perfecto~
Nah kalo buat kali ini gue yakin nih bisa lolooos. Hahahah
Pas liat pengumumannya, uda ga kaget lagi kalo nomer peserta 68 ada di kertas pengumuman :D alhamdulillah lagi, gue lolos! Tapi yang bikin sedih (lagi) Utha ga lolos :’( nyesek bo!
Yaudah deh, emang nasib gue kayaknya usaha dan jalan sendiri waktu itu.......

Dan yang terakhir, sekitar bulan Juni tahun lalu, seleksi tahap III berlalngsung. Jengjengjengggg. Uda kaya bunyi genderang siap perang kan yaaa~
Tes nya gampang sih, yang dinilai cuman kreativitas sama interaksi..
Disuruh bikin apapun dari bahan yang teramat terbatas. Tapi yaaa. Di situ letak tantangannya :D
Waktu itu gue sekelompok sama Ocha, Dessy Nathalie, dan Dessy Luciana. Waktu itu kita bikin semacam miniatur 4 gadis yang pengen banget keluar negeri di bawah program Pertukaran Pelajar (AFS) ini. Terus ada jembatannya, replika daripada banyaknya tes yang kita ikuti sampe waktu itu. Terus lagi ada bendera masing-masing negara yang kita pengenin. Overall, kita puas deh sama hasil kreasi kita waktu itu :D
Terus pas penutupan seleksi AFS, kakak-kakak returnee AFS pada ngasih tau, katanya pengumuman hasil seleksi tahap III gak usah ditunggu, soalnya bakal lama banget.
Dan seeeee? All of us were so damn curious about the result. Hahahah, pasti lah ya :D
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