Thousands Miles Far From Home.

First I was thinking that I was the only Indonesian student who live in Napoli, Italy. It was so despressing. I felt hardly blue to realize that I live in Napoli which is 893 km far from Torino, and 756 km far from Brescia. Two other girls who live there named Rifa and Seira. I desired as hell to go at least to meet both of them. Sometimes I just treat myself crazy like; damn, I'm so fucking alone here, there's no one even just to talk to (because at that time, Ari, an Indonesian lady was going back to Indonesia with her husband and her two sons). As days went by, boredom greeted me that often. Then after weeks, someone added me to join in PPI ITALIA's group page; which is a group for Indonesian students who study and live in Italy for certain time. Then we began to talk, chat, and even tried to find each of us out. I was in Napoli so about three of Napoli's students chatted me by saying 'hello' and other things about introductions. They were Masteng, Mbak Evi, dan Mbak Sisca. Mbak Evi is actually an Indonesian language lecturer in one of big universities in Napoli, she married with an Italian man named Mauro, and they have one daughter named Lara, she's about 5 years old.
And Mbak Sisca also married with an Italian man named Francesco and they have a son named Giuseppe, while Masteng itself is a Student of two Universities in Italy; Napoli and Ancona. They are all smart people. And we began to talk to each other on facebook. They asked me where I live, where I go to school and such many other classic questions. Then, one day Mbak Evi called me and tried to talk to my Italian parents that she planned to meet me and come to my house. We were all agree. And when the day came, we all met and did such many things together. I love her daughter, Lara. So much!

Lara Russo

Months passed by, Mbak Evi and Masteng came again to my house. It was around December after Christmas. It was so fucking cold which I've never adapted to. We planned to go to Salerno together to take a walk and see a giant Christmas tree there.

Papà, Mamma, Mauro, Mbak Evi, Tika in Salerno 2011

We've visited also Pompei and other big cities in Campania together. I just loved spending days with them, when I can free and easily talk Indonesian language which I missed so freaking much. I could say all of my 'unek-unek'.

One day in Pompei

And another meeting, I thought it was our first meeting in 2012 and our first complete meeting. Me, Masteng, Mbak Evi and Mbak Sisca finally agreed to meet together on February 19th 2012 in Angri where Mbak Evi lived. The mommas (Mbak Evi and Mbak Sisca), prepared a lot of things for lunch; such as Pastas for the main menu, and other sweets and cheesy things (because basically Italian lunch is so strikely varied).
That day, we also celebrated Masteng's graduations, and 'accompanying' him before going back to Indonesia whether to stay there and get married or to continue his study. He's about to leave from Napoli on February 25th and he'll take a long flight from Milan to Jakarta on March 5th. That day, honestly was one of my happy days ever. It wasn't my last time to meet him, but I'm a little bit unsure to meet him after coming back to Indonesia, since I know It will be a little bit difficult to reach other islands; which have to be reached whether by airplanes or ships.
I won't end that day, but at the same day, It was also my deskmate's birthday, Corrado. I needed to go to his house for celebrating it also with others. And at last, at least before going to Corrado's party, I've said many things to my another-postponed-brother, Masteng. I wished a lot of the best things for him. I asked him also for wishing me back. hahaha.

Our together-lunch, February 19th 2012

Mbak Sisca and Lara

Masteng and his 'Auguri-cake'

 PPI ITALIA in Napoli.

Carolina, Lucia, Tika, Salvatore, Corrado, Giusy, Ilaria, and Giovanna

I love my exchange year, I love my Indonesian friends, and I love my half-Indonesian-and-Italian friends.

Tanti Auguri Ibu!

Tanti Aguri, Ibu!

Happy Birthday, Ibu!
Buon Compleanno, Ibu!
Feliz Cumpleaños, Ibu!
Alles Gute zum Geburtstag, Ibu!
Joyeux anniversaire, Ibu!
Gefeliciteerd met je verjaardag, Ibu!
С Днем Рождения, Ibu!
สุขสันต์วันเกิด, Ibu!

Semoga panjang umur dan selalu berada dalam lindungan Allah S.W.T. 

Hanya doa yang bisa Tika kirim. All great wishes are yours. I love you.

 as you can see, these are Papa' and Mamma Italiani

Also a Happy-Birthday-greeting from my Italian family

a Once-More-Happy-Birthday

With such a very big hug,

Atika

Tutte Le Lingue nel Mondo!

Hello! Ciao! Hai! สวัสดี! Sveiki! Buna! Szia! नमस्ते! Merhaba! привет! Cześć! Ahoj! 您好! こんにちは! 안녕하세요!

Honestly, I'm very happy to learn such these many languages. In my school in Indonesia, there were only Indonesian, English and Japanese.So when I've got both of the new school and class, I was getting myself ready for those new languages (even though in the first 2 weeks I was crying a lot because of I couldn't do such these things). But now, It is changing! As I have said, now I'm not only studying English, but also Spanish, Italian, French, a little German, and a little Latin. 

So, These following texts are such a short reflection how much I like these all........

1. Italiano!

Ciao ragazzi. Mi chiamo Atika Nurulrezki. Sono Indonesiana. Ho 17 anni ma il mio compleanno ha gia passato hahah. Praticamente Io vivo in Indonesia nell’una isola si chiama Kalimantan e la mia città si chiama Banjarmasin. Sono nata in Jakarta, la capitale dell’ Indonesia. Anche mia mamma e mio papà, loro sono giavanese. Allora, adesso Io vivo a Via Saporito 24, Poggiomarino, Napoli, Italia per un anno con Intercultura. Vado a Maxi Linguistico-Caro, Sarno. Tutti le mattine vado a scuola con treno. Generalmente mi piace la mia nuova vita. La mia nuova famiglia è molto molto gentile, mio Papà si chiama Vincenzo è sempre scherzando. Ma mia mamma si chiama Rosanna non è così. E poi i miei nuovi amici sono bravi! Vi voglio tanto tanto bene. Loro mi aiutano sempre nella classe, per esempio, loro traducono qualcosa per me. Il mio compagno di banco è Corrado. Lui è  molto bravo in lingue e memorizzare, pure gli altri. E poi per la stessa lingua è molto diverso da la mia lingua nazionale però va bene piano piano sto imparando. Qualche volta, tutti i giorni io sempre studiare studiare e studiare. È troppo annoiata, ma io penso che dovrei studiare molto all’inizio per capire tutte le cose velocemente. Comunque grazie mille. Tanti baci e Arrivederci!

2. Spagnolo!

Hola! Me llamo Atika y tengo diecisiete años. Soy una chica de Indonesia y vivo en Banjarmasin. Ahora soy en italia por un año con Intercultura y vivo en Poggiomarino en la calle Saporito 24, Italia. Estoy estudiando idiomas en mi escuela. Mis padres se llaman Boy Sapto y Rijanti. Soy la mayor de 1 hermano. Soy bastante delgado. Mis amigos dicen que soy simpático, alegre y graciso. Tengo los ojos negros, y el pelos bastante largo. Llevo unas gafas. Yo tengo la piel olivastras y nariz aguileña. Me gustan los idiomas y queiro conocer a chicos y chicas de todo el mundo. A mí me gusta viajar y salir con amigos. Me encanta la música rock y alternative rock. Me gusta una banda Americana se llama Paramore. Gracias. Adiós! 

3. French!

Salut! Moi, c’est Atika Nurulrezki. Je suis Indonesiénne et J’ai 17 ans. Je parle anglais et un peu d’italien. Maintenant, je vis en Italie pendant un an. Je suis éstudiant en langues dans mon école. Ma famille est très sympa: Ma mère s’appelle Rijanti et mon père, Boy. Nous habitons dans une maison en Banjarmasin avec un petit jardin. J’ai un frère de quatorze ans, Idham. Je ne suis pas grande et je suis mince. Je suis brune et j’ai les yeux noirs. Mon frère est grande et mince. Il est brun et il a les yeux noirs, comme moi. Hahaha. J’ai les cheveux noirs longs et ondulés. J’ai la peau beige et J’ai souligné nez. Je ne suis pas sportive.

Ma meilleure copine est Corrado et Roberta. Ils sont si gentils. Roberta est intelligente et vit à Boscoreale. Corrado est très bon en langues et vit à Scafati. J’aime tout!

Salut! De vous revoir!

4. German (Deutsch) 

Hallo, ich bin Atika Nurulrezki. Ich bin Indonesisch. Und ich bleibe in Italien für ein Jahr mit Intercultura. Wie geht es dir? Ich hoffe, alles ist okay. Ich studierte Deutsch ein wenig. Ich bin nicht sicher, ich hoffe, es ist kein fehler. aber okay. Ohnelin, ich bin jetzt 17 Jahre alt. Und Ich mag mein neues Leben hier. Da spürt man ............ Ich liebe meine neue Familie und auch mein neues Leben. Und auch meine neuen Freunde. Dank und auf Wiedersehen!

Happy Eid Al-Adha

And It is also late but.......................................
Selamat Idul Adha 1432 H.

Happy Eid Al-Adha!

Flash-Mob!

ahora voy a escribir acerca de Flash-mob.

Hola! ¿cómo estás? Espero que todo está bien.

Okay, tanggal 5 kemaren, gue sengaja menggabungkan diri sama chapter Napoli. Kenapa??? Perche' praticamente non c'è nessuno e niente nel mio centro locale. Io penso cosi'. pero' ancora va bennissimo! :)

Jadi kemaren ada even namanya Flash-mob di mana kita semua kumpul di satu tempat, (di piazza Vanntelli, Vomero tepatnya). We sang, we danced together andddd forever! haha. 

There was Hideyasu-Japan who played his Violin, and Iva-Croatia who played her...I don't know what it is. 

And all of us danced danced and danced!

There was a very funny danced named "Fungky Chicken" in Italy version. And you may guess that it was kinda stupid! yes!!! you're right. 

And It was just like this........

"Leeeeeet me see your Funky Chicken, what did you say??? I said, Leet me see your funky chicken! uh ah ah ah uh ah ah ah uh! (sambil gerakin tangan sama ngetek)

Leeeet me see your Funk-Italian, what did you saaaay? I said, Leeet me see your funk-Italian! uh ah ah ah uh ah ah ah auh (sambil gerakin tangan layaknya orang Italy lagi ngomong)"

 

Literally sampah abis tapi yaudah lah hahaha. seru!

Trus ada juga tarian dari Turki, Bolivia, Japan, India, Italy, dan tentunya Indonesia. Gue bawain tarian Poco-poco sama sedikit tarian Selamat Datangnya Papua. (sempet search via youtube soalnya hehe licik abis).

Trus 19 dari kita (students, volunteers, sama beberapa host-sisters) nyari makan di deket Piazza Dante-Napoli. And let guess................

Acara nari-nari selesai jam 7. nyampe Piazza Dante jam 9 something, makan dan selesai jam 11 something. 

Kenapa bisa lama gitu? Berhubung orang Italy hobinya ngomong, jadi ga aneh kalo semuanya ruined!, semuanya ga on time. Itulah Italy dan orang-orangnya......

Berhubung nyampe rumah Iva nya malem banget (jam 12 tengah malem), Jadi gw numpang tidur alias nginep lagi di sana hehehehe. Seneng deh!

 

(Coklat dari Kroasia)

Dan besok paginya di jemput sama Papa' e Mamma after taking Anna back to Napoli Station - Roma.

Grazie ancora! mi piace il questo giorno!

La Bella Città, Napoli

It's a little bit late but no matter. I'm going to post this~
So, a few days ago there were 3 days of holidays or maybe something like holy-days for Italian people and also for European people and Catholic people. 
The first day was a day of  "All Saints" or in Italiano "Tutti Santi". And the second day was a day for "All Death" or in Italiano "Tutti Morti". Gue ga terlalu ngerti apa maksut dari liburan ini semua tapi well, gapapa lah ya itung-itung ngeliburin otak 3 hari.
Dan yang bikin gue seneeeeeeeng banget adalah................................

The first day of those holidays or in Italiano "Ponti", Gue ke Napoli bareng anak-anak chapter Napoli dan Castellamare di Stabia.
So there were me (absolutely), Iva, Sander, Thanya, and Marta. I think that this day was one of the best days in my life. 

Tanggal 31 Oktober, yang juga ada peringatan Silly-But Fun-Halloween, if I'm not mistaken at 10 a.m I was already at Iva's house in Pomigliano d'Arco. era abbastanza vicino della casa mia. And I met also Maddalena (her mom), Paola (her sister), and Maglia (her dog). We (me and Iva) did some silly things together while Maddalena and Paola weren't there). We did something like a karaoke for such many songs, and took some photos before finally we departed from her house for starting our "Little Journey". And we walked to the nearest station for 30 minutes (but fortunately it was incredibly fun), And we took the train (without buying the bigliet, sssst).

 

and for another 15-20 minutes, we arrived in Piazza Garibaldi-Napoli.
And we were waiting for Thanya, Sander and Marta.
After we met each other, we did something like a beautiful-fun-and ridiculous-hugs among the people in that station.
So, anyway Sander-a 15 years old guy from Belgium, was look like my brother. That's why I always 'love' him.
Okay, so the "little journey" was just started since we went out from the station.

After that, we took a bus that brought us to a famous-great-and historical Castle in Napoli. "Castel Nuovo Museo Civicio".

 

 

 Come Galeria a Milano.

And then, we decided to look for some good Pizzeria to eat Pizza (absolutely).
While we're looking for them, we passed through many good places. Other castles and historical places. 

Dan akhirnya nemu Pizzeria di deket Spanish Center di jalan-jalan tikus Napoli. 
Berasa di film-film Eropaaa.
Pas liat daftar menunya, kita semua pada semangat banget. Kenapa? Karena ada tulisan "Coperto 20%" yang kita semua kira itu diskon untuk per orang. Siapa yang gak seneng coba?

 

yaudah pesen 1 Pizza Margherita, 1 Pizza Margherita con Patatina Fritta, dan 1 Pizza apa namanya lupa. trus minumnya coke 5. (dengan harapan utk per orangnya gak lebih dari 5 euro). yang 1 pizzanya rata-rata harganya 4-6 euro.

Pas udah selesai makan, liat bill nya....... The total price was 41 euro! GILA! gmn ceritanya jadi tiap orang harus bayar 8 euro something! Hiks langsung tekorrrr. Gue sama 4 orang lainnya langsung liat-liatan muka ngenes gitu~

Pas nanya Mamma sama Papa' via telfon, ternyata Coperto itu bukan diskon atau korting atau apa lah. Coperto itu service! buat meja, buat service nya itu sendiri. yah bete! mending makan Pizza sambil berdiri kalo gini ceritanya. bayar meja lebih mahal dari pizzanya. gila emang.
tapi tapi tapi, pengalaman yang gini yang bener-bener mahal! gabakal dapet kalo ga terjun sendiri. ga bakal dapet kalo cuman dengerin pengalaman yg sama dari orang lain. 

Abis dari Pizzeria, mampir ke Gelateria buat beli Es Krim. 
trus sambil makan sambil jalan ke tempat-tempat bersejarah lainnya..
Dan kurang lebih pukul 5.45, Gue, Sander, Iva sama Marta udah ready di Binario 2 dan 3 for taking the train to go home. Gue sama Iva ke Pomigliano, Sander sama Marta ke Castellamare. Sebelum pulang lagi....... kita dadah-dadahan. Sedih sih abisan. maunya terus-terusan ketemu. hiks (mewek dan ga lucu haha)

When we were in the train, There were an incomplete family who talked so fucking loud and it was so fucking annoying! Gue ngerti orang Italy emang kalo ngomong kenceng-kenceng banget. tapi ga segitunya juga kali ngomong sampe kedengeran di mana-mana.

After arriving in Pomigliano, we bought two tickets for the bus. and it successfully brought us home :3 And that night, I was sleeping in her house. So, it was kinda awesome. and it was one of the best nights that I have. But the plain thing was there wasn't any Halloween celebration. And it was so suckkkkkks. but okay, at least I can spend the whole night with my best-Japanese-Croatian-girl. 

Dan besoknya, Gue sama keluarga nya Iva jalan-jalan ke Vesuvio di Napoli. We couldn't see anything because actually the weather is not as good as we hoped. So, we only went to the place where we can know the Volcano's activities (and it seemed look like a museum).

 

Sekitar jam 3 an sampe rumah dan siap-siap di jemput Papa' e Mamma..............

Grazie mille per il questo momento. Vi voglio bene ragazzi!