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First of all, I guess I have to say I’m incredibly grateful to be where I am right now. Of course, everything is not, nor will it ever be perfect. However, there are a lot of things I like about FEB UGM, UGM, and Jogja itself as a city. I like the culture and environment here. I like the university life so far, and I love my friends here. Adapting with the tasks here is not really a problem, but I have to struggle learning new things, since I don’t have a social science background during my study in senior high school. But so far, I’m really enjoying myself learning everything here. Homesickness isn’t really a problem for me, since I keep myself busy with the activities I can participate in. Another reason why I am happy here, is because I can play futsal a lot. I can also participate in a lot of events in the FEB and hangout with my friends a lot. Time management skill is something you really need to have to keep your life on track here, and I’m still kind of working on it.
ReplyDeleteIn this new chapter of my life, I learn a lot of new things. In term of academic work, the system is totally different with that in high school. Other than reading the textbooks and listening to the lectures, it is crucial to have a wide range of knowledge as we need to keep up with the dynamics in the economic world. We also need to participate in class and involve in discussions. I also join several events in which I need to be skilled enough on managing my time. At several points, I was overwhelmed with those tasks. These are the moments where I realize that I need to be independent since I am far away from home. My parent and my best friend have become my ultimate support system. Even though, we are not in the same city but we always share stories and by only talking to them it gives me motivation to go on with my life.
ReplyDeleteSettling in Jogjakarta has brought me many new experiences and made me learn a lot of new things. I was rather confused when I arrived and study here in FEB UGM. Studying here has taught me to become more of a critical students, that was because, the teaching method of my high school teacher and the professor in the FEB UGM is totally different, for instance, in highschool the teacher will be more active and here, the professor is more like a medium between open discussion and critical way of thinking of the students and the students are encouraged to learn and look for new knowledge. Homesickness is also a problem for me. Since my family spends a lot of time hanging out together, I feel missed out everytime my sister posted a picture of my family. Even though some people said that Jakarta can be stressful, I found out that living in Jakarta for 18 years has shift my objectiveness towards other city. As for the academic thing going on in this campus, I felt like I can quite keep with it because I have a lot of time to spare so I could just spend hours studying in my room. Even though there are things holding my back whilst I’m here, I am just hoping that none of that is going to affect my study here and I could soon forget about my homesickness.
ReplyDeleteI chose to study in Jogja because I want to go out from my comfort zone and because I want to be an independent person. When I moved to Jogja, my mom accompanied me for a short time. After she went home, I was afraid that I would feel homesick. But it turns out that is was wrong. I enjoy living in Jogja. Besides the good environment and the friendly neighborhood, I met many good friends that I can spend many times together. Doing many academic and non-academic activities makes me forget homesickness. I also learn a few culture and Javanese words from my friends that come from Jogja. Adapting here is not so difficult for me. A few family members told me to come visit home when you have a spare time, but I felt like I wanted to stay in Jogja on weekends while hanging out with my friends. In conclusion, I guess I’m the type of person that can adapt easily in a new environment.
ReplyDeleteMoving to Yogyakarta was a big jump for me. I am a girl from the Sumatra Island who spent half of her life in the Middle East so adapting to the Javanese culture is not something easy. With that being said, it does not mean that I don’t like living here. In fact, I love Jogja! The people here are very nice and friendly which makes me feel welcomed and this helps me forget about my homesickness for a while. What I miss the most about home is my mom’s food. Chicken is one of my favourite foods and my brother; who lives in Jogja, once told me that I will get bored of eating chicken when I move to Jogja. I didn’t believe him at first but now I have to admit that I am getting really sick of eating chicken because Jogja is literally filled with ayam geprek food stalls.
ReplyDeleteIn terms of academic life, I can say that I am adapting very well because the learning system in FEB UGM is almost similar to the one I faced in high school so I am already used to it. However, compared to high school, the workload in college is much more overwhelming because on top of academic work, I also have to deal with organizational work. I join many activities such as Career’s Talk, GLF FEB UGM, and SAKA UGM to keep myself busy. By joining these activities, I have learnt to manage my time more effectively because I need to focus on studying and at the same time I need to be committed to what I have signed up for. In addition, I also need to find the right balance between my academic life and social life therefore time management is really an important skill to have, especially when you are a college student.
DeleteI moved to Jogjakarta three days before PPSMB. My driver drops me and my stuff to Jogjakarta and accompany me for around two days. In Jogjakarta I live in a boarding house. Then everything changes when the academic activity start. Because the type of learning is different with our senior high school activity, and also the schedule of class which sometimes really makes us tired, I’m absent for several classes and also skip several assignments. The environment and friends that I have always supported me in every conditions and situation. Not only that, they supported me by moral values and stuff. That’s what makes me not feeling homesick because I consider them as my families. The things that I should catch up is time management in academic life because of my poor management, I often loses a lot of concentration and focused during study. By good time management, I can keep my body in a fit and healthy conditions.
ReplyDeleteSince I moved to Yogjakarta, my mom accompanied me until PPSMB ended, then went home to Jakarta. I didn’t feel anything around 3-4 days timed, but then I felt it when I woke up in the morning, usually my maid woke me up, but there’s no maid, my mom and dad wasn’t there, even my sister also not there. It sometimes took me by surprised that now I have to live alone in a boarding house, although I have my room neighbors, they have their own life to deal with. I think that’s what you called homesick… In college class, it doesn’t feel any different than my class in school, it actually feels much lighter because it’s only about two hours of class, but the homework feels a lot heavier to work on, literally. But something changed inside of me, such as when I was in high school, I always play games after school with my friends, but here, I really don’t have the time to actually play my usual games and my friends are all ambitious and they always say these “there’s no time to play, and there’s still homework to do 😊”. So yes, it really changes my perspective on grown-up’s world and the hard thing is for me, I have to go with it.
ReplyDeleteMoving to Yogyakarta for my undergraduate degree is a step up in my life. I’ve been moving to different cities and countries a couple of times in my life: from Bekasi, Sydney, Jember (East Java), to the most recent one, Yogyakarta. But the difference from the previous cities I live in is that my family is not here to accompany me in Yogyakarta. I arrived in Yogyakarta four days before PPSMB with my father. He helped me buy household equipments to be placed in my dormitory and stayed in Yogyakarta for a week. The feeling of homesickness gets worse every time my family comes up in my mind, especially when I get reminded of my younger brother. My younger brother and I play with each other many times when we’re at home, it seems that I miss the noisy environment that my brother makes. I don’t have any problem adjusting with the language or culture in Yogyakarta, as I have made a lot of new friends from FEB and other faculties. Also, I sometimes still hang out with my high school friends and visit my uncle who lives here along with my cousin who is also an undergraduate student in the Faculty of Engineering UGM. Time management is a major problem I have to overcome whilst I’m here. I find it difficult to wake up early in the morning as my parents don’t wake me up anymore, and I often get tired after class, so I take a lot of naps through the day.
ReplyDeleteI am grateful to have a extraordinary family back in Semarang. My parents always provide me a freedom to determine my own paths in my life and only step in if I ask them to. Living alone only by myself is hard to do, but I always know my family always have my back. I started living alone in Yogyakarta since a week before PPSMB 2018, not only my parents that give me tips but also my siblings too, even my younger sister. Ever since then, they entrusted me a responsibility to take good care of myself living in here. At the start, I felt homesick and missed my family, but instead of me returned home, my family brought home to Yogyakarta. Now, I feel more free here and also I feel myself changing and adapting to college life. It's getting easier for me to make friends and hang out with them.
ReplyDeleteThe changes that have happened in my life are rather drastic. Back then when I was still going to school in the blue-white attire, life was dull, my friends were involving themselves with organizations and activities while myself, well, I had nothing to do but study back then, just like your typical nerd. I actually learnt to immerse myself in organizations during my study at one of the most renowned Senior Highschool in Jogjakarta. I had myself in the eye of the storm of quarrels between organizations, struck deals, and even argued against a teacher to claim the school funds for student development related activities. And my academic life in Senior Highschool was a mess, well, pride mattered more than scores back then. But somehow, I had managed to pull through and got myself into the IUP Class of FEB UGM eventually. I don’t want to brag about it but I am actually proud of getting into the IUP Class, and it’s simply because I put a smile on my father’s and mother’s face when I told them the news. She’s in a better place right now, and I have to look after my sister along with my father. Honestly, life was tougher without my mother for a little while, but I feel that there are responsibilities that a son and a brother has to take, and I try to devote more time for my family, even if that means I have to forsake other responsibilities, but family comes first.
ReplyDeleteMy life has been changing since 2013 now. I have been moving a lot for projects, studies, now for my double degree. Indonesia has been a completely new experience for me. I have to take seven courses because of my program; however, I have to say I really like the academic system in Indonesia. I like to do presentations, homework and to have a better connection with the teachers. I live in a house with other 7 international students, including my best friend from my University in Germany. The house is beautiful and we like each other so much that it feels like a family now. We also get to travel a lot. Every weekend we visit a new place in Indonesia, but due to my courses, I normally found myself writing some “comments” in a plane. I love to exercise, and I always leave two hours a day for it. I will dare to say that my favorite place in Yogyakarta is my gym. I feel so blessed to be able to be here in Indonesia, living these new experiences and getting to know a culture so different as mine.
ReplyDeleteBefore moving to Jogja, I did not expect that I would settle to life as quickly as I did now. I feared that it would be hard to adapt to life in a new city, seeing that I have been living in my hometown since I was born. My biggest surprise was finding out that Jogja is a way more convenient city than Jakarta. The layout of the city is simple and boxy, which makes it really easy to traverse. Traffic jams are also common, but since everything is so close together, it kind of negates the time wasted on traffic jams. The scale of the city also means that my sense of what is close and what is far has changed. In Jogja, a distance of 10 km feels very far, even though back home, 10 km was my daily commute from my house to school. Another difference from Jakarta is the fact that Jogja has no public transport at all.
ReplyDeleteI was thought perennially how to “blossom” myself in the never-ending process of maturing myself. So I didn’t consternate when I encounter new responsibilities and reality on the latest chapter of life. I beholden my family for raising me to value and prioritise maturity as it is the basics of living life to thrive and prosper healthily in physical and psychological matters.
ReplyDeleteThe settling, adapting, and “srawung” process went through easily for me. “Balance” is the first keyword for me, as I feel few colleagues are still acting erroneously in respond to freedom from parent’s constant supervision for living out of their realm. To harmonise responsibility and free time is crucial as a college student.
Secondly, the sense of inclusivity. Adapting new environment cannot go through with exclusivism, instead of as a collective can form happiness and birth broad new perspectives. Through inclusivism, people can socialize in the right and sensible way while obeying local wisdom, norms, and values.
I also chose Jogjakarta on the grounds that it is arguably the melting pot of Indonesia’s cultures and viewpoints. I value those immensely as I believe when I honour and understood them, it will give me new ways of seeing the world as it is and ways of thinking.
Moving to Yogyakarta for university is absolutely new for someone who spent his 17 years of life in Jakarta. However, I have always loved the food, people and culture of Yogyakarta. Those are the things that certainly helped me on making decision to move here or not. I got accepted in UGM on March 2018 which surely one of the happiest day in my life and now, I am officially an active student of UGM. After a month long in Yogyakarta, I felt there were already much changes I got here. I feel that now I am more disciplined and also trained to manage my time. Other than that I also feel that now, we can’t wait for the society to invite us in contributing something but oppositely we have to be the one who push ourselves into the society in advance to be recognized.
ReplyDeleteSo far, I have applied and accepted to an organization and an event. The organization I joined is AIESEC and for the event is The 13th Management Event. Hopefully, by joining both organization and event, I could widen my way of thinking and also gain more perspectives on how I see the society and also the world.
When I tried getting into the Faculty of Economics and Business’s International Undergraduate Program (IUP) in Gadjah Mada University majoring in Economics studies, I am getting out of my comfort zone. For the first time I lived alone by my self, I am quite shocked because, in Jakarta, I used to live with my parents, and I can have anything that I want, but once I moved here, I have to manage all by myself. Taking economics studies was out of my comfort zone as well, but I am taking a risk and challenge myself to make this major. At this stage University life is entirely different from high school life, I must adopt college environment and keep up with courses in university. The first 2-3 weeks, it was a struggle for me because I was in a different city and the situation was entirely different, but now I am getting used to it, overall taking all those risks is a new adventure and it can push my self to the limit.
ReplyDeleteI have had a series of unfortunate events in this past two weeks in Yogyakarta. First and foremost, my phone’s camera and torch unexpectedly stopped working, so I took it to the authorised service provider, hoping for an acceptance of warranty claim. Up until today, I have not received any updates from the service provider regarding my phone. I actually have another phone at my disposal, but it is completely dead. I decided to take the phone to Jogjatronik Mall to be fixed. The phone was perfectly restored and it was being done really quickly, only for me to accidentally drop the phone five years after; the phone in now completely dead, again. During that week as well, I got my first ever involvement in a traffic accident in Yogyakarta. On that accident, I was guilty of crashing a motorbike, rode by a mum and her daughter. They were mildly bruised because of my carelessness to text and drive. I took full responsibility for what I have done by taking them to Panti Rapih and paid all the necessary expenses. I subsequently took my car to a mechanic, and it turned out that there is damage in my car that needs complete replacement; I decided to take that spare part off the car because I am running out of money to buy a new one, which is really expensive. I can only hope for better days ahead of me.
ReplyDeleteMoving to Jogja 2 months ago marks the chance for a new beginning. I brought a lot of dreams and aspirations that I really want to accomplish back in high school and decided that university is the perfect time to make all those dreams come true. Ever since I moved here, I always try to keep myself occupied with activities including socializing, studying, events, billiard, sports and many more.
ReplyDeleteThe combination between flexible university schedule and wide range of activities I’m committed to become a big obstacle to achieve a balanced lifestyle. I face many trade offs that often forced me to sacrifice one thing to achieve the other. In most cases, I sacrifice my sleeping time to maximize my time in doing other activities. I am aware that this is not a healthy habit and that I need to change. Moreover, I believe that time management is key to a balanced life. I tried a lot of time management method and decided that the method that works best for me is MyHomework app. The app enables me to keep track of my university schedule, assignments, projects, meetings and many more. I also try my best to make priorities and to always stay organized.
Living in Yogyakarta changes the overall daily activities of mine. The main difference is whom I live with whereas I had my family with me in Bali and not anymore in Yogyakarta. My time management of works and leisure stays the same –messing up a lot. This has always been my problem since I can’t remember when. The good thing is that I have new friends, which brings new lessons toward my life. UGM consist of people from various places, enables us to share different thoughts and insights. Going into coffee shops being my new habits as Yogyakarta got more options of coffee shops compared to Bali. They got a wide range of food price here, thus it’s easy to pick which food to eat depends on the money existing. Overall, it’s nice to spend my college life in Jogja. I sometimes miss the beaches and the relaxing life of Bali, but it is all worth the calmness and the vintage-ness of Jogja surroundings.
ReplyDeleteUnlike others adapting to changes especially in new environments is a very easy thing to do for me. People tend to whine about living without parents and living in a whole new environment without knowing even one person. This is easy for me because i went to a boarding school in Magelang, which is a hour drive from Jogjakarta so Jogjakarta is not very strange for me.I went to a semi-military boarding school. The 3 years of boarding experience really teaches me to live by myself and living far without my parents.
ReplyDeleteThe new things that i experience in the first 2 months of living a university life are exquisite. I met many friends from different parts Indonesia, it made me broaden about the culture knowledge of Indonesia. The university life is also very different from highschool life, especially in the faculty of economics and business where students are exceed to join events and organizations.
Coming to Jogja and studying in FEB UGM was a big game changing decision for me. Especially because I have to be separated from my family and I have to be independent. But the thing that made me think it was a game changing situation was because Jogja is a whole new territory for me to explore and to live. When I moved here, I was pretty nervous as to where should I eat every day, where should I put my laundry, or how should I balance my social life with academic life, and etc. But thankfully, the place where I lived at is a pretty good place and the residents there would sometimes gave me a guideline on where is the cheapest and the best place to eat and to put the laundry. As for how the management between my social life and my academic life, well I still have to juggle between my assignments and my play mates. Truth be told, it’s pretty hard to manage it because sometimes you have to give up one for the other one. All in all, it’s a good way for me to get out of my comfort zone and to be more independent than before.
ReplyDeleteEntering a university life is actually a new challenge for me. Although i originally came from a city near Jogjakarta, but still feel homesick every time i am here. Besides that, i also feel very hard to adapt with the new environment such as friends, the lessons, and also the traffic here. Since primary school until senior high school me and my best friends always together, we went to the same school and always hang out together. Now, we are separated by university, due to that, it’s hard for me to socialize in my university life. Next one, I took science major in high school, and i entered economy and business faculty, it is definitely a new challenge for me to adapt with the new materials which i didn’t know before. The last one is for the traffic in Jogjakarta. This city is very full of motorcycle and cars, it always be the reason why i feel very insecure to bring a personal vehicle. That’s it, new challenges for me that i have to overcome.
ReplyDeleteIn the first week, there were not much of homework to do and the fact that I only have 8 subjects divided into 4 days of face-to-face meetings, I thought that I’d love university’s life. I have had that mindset of having more free time than high school life. However, it’s been six weeks now and almost all of my lecturers have a hobby of giving homework every week.
ReplyDeleteBesides academic activities, I also applied to two extracurricular activities and one event. So currently, I have to share my focus and concentration to at least five important thing: my studies, Equilibrium (faculty’s press organization), AIESEC (university’s youth movement organization), UGM Jazz, and personal health.
So far I managed to study and to finish the lecturers’ weekly tasks during the break I have between classes. Usually organization matters such as meetings and / or appointments are conducted after 19.00 til 22.00. After 22.00, I allocate 2 hours of the time until midnight for leisure or hangouts. Then, I’m going to bed afterwards. I’m trying my best to spare the weekends for myself without any interruptions such as homework, appointments, etc.
Since I lived without my parents’ provision (living an independent life, without the presence of my parents) for 9 years, living alone is no longer a trouble for me. Instead, I find it hard to maintain a healthy lifestyle as a college student. With all the assignments and several different curricular activities that I joined, I usually go home around 11 PM and sleeps around midnight time. Although I also slept pretty late during my high school year, it doesn’t happen as often as now. Back in my high school year, I usually slept late because of watching movies/ TV shows or hanging out with my class. Now, I sleep late because of doing college assignments. Another difficulty is finding a place and time to exercise. During my time in high school, exercising is very accessible since I can access the sports facilities for free and I have the time for exercising. However, in college, I have to pay every month or get a membership card in order to exercise, which demotivates me to exercise. The numerous amounts of assignment that are given to me also made it hard for me to aside time to exercising. With all the activities that college occupied me with, keeping a healthy lifestyle seems very difficult for me to maintain.
ReplyDeleteWell since I moved to Yogyakarta there haven’t been any serious changes in my life except that now I can stay up all night and nobody would ever get mad at me. Another thing is that it turns out university life isn’t as nice as it looks. For me it’s kinda bit hard to find new friends, by friends here I mean like close friends. I also feel like I don’t really enjoy the lesson that are being taught here in FEB UGM, because my dad said that economics is gonna be an easy peasy thing but in reality I can’t even barely follow the lesson that is being taught except EWS of course because it’s just a simple lesson so it’s ok with me. But despite all of that I am mostly happy because I can be far away from my parents so I can play games whenever I want whatever i want without having to worry about my parents getting mad at me. So I just wanna say that right now in the university life there haven’t been any major improvement to my life. -Dimas Aditya Permana
ReplyDeleteLiving in Yogyakarta really is a new experience that poses new challenges. Currently, I am staying in a boarding house in Gejayan street. It is a challenge to adapt to living in a boarding house instead of living at home. I have to find my own food, be concerned about my own health and nutrition consumption, etc. I would say living in a boarding house is very fun, yet I still miss home from time to time. I miss my friends from back home because I’ve built some bonds in high school that I am positive will last a lifetime. I have some friends here, but I don’t have a lot of friends that I can do everything with or friends I can do weird things with. One main problem with student life is the constant homework and my constant procrastination. I have poor time management, yet I have to force myself to get it all done. My new life in Yogyakarta has just begun, and the new challenges have just begun. I am sure I will have a challenge in adapting, but I’m sure I can get through this unscathed.
ReplyDeleteI was in a boarding school based highschool for 3 years in Solo. But I never really got used to being away from my parents so much. Being a family person makes it very hard for me to not always have them around me 24/7. Always missing my dad's jokes and my mother's hugs and kisses. But I know they have worked hard for me to be here so I will try to not let them down. Since Jogja is my hometown, I'm very familiar with it's culture and environment. What did surprise me is the amount of homework and assigments I need to do on a weekly basis. But I never really thought of it as a burden, I think of it as an excercise, getting more knowledge in the business world. Regardless of what I'm facing now and what road I'm about to face in the future, I'm very excited for the upcoming adventures and memories I will make here in Yogyakarta.
ReplyDeleteAt the beginning of the twelve grade i started to wonder where should i go to study next at the university, i mean which city. And i started to look back at the cities in Indonesia that i had visitted before. My mom offered me to just study overseas and i immidiately refuse in all the soft and good manners. Why ? I am not done with Indonesia, there are just too much to explore and before i reach the phase of my life where i gotta work and stuffs, i wanna enjoy all about the land that i was born in. I am grateful to be born in this unique and chaostic country. I just love it. And it came to my heart that Jogja is the one. It just gives me different chills to all the other city that i have been to here in Indonesia. I didn’t want to go anywhere else to continue my study. Only here in Jogja, and thanks God i am accepted to the best university in the country, UGM. Life is good here, everything is going so fast yet so cool. The people are nice overall and Jogja again is a special gift to me personally. I hope everything is going great with you Sir and everyone reading this.
ReplyDeleteMoving here to Jogja is actually a big deal for me, leaving my family and to become independent. To be honest, I am a pampered child even though I have two siblings. My parents, especially my mom, usually took care of everything. And now, I get to live here by myself. Although I still have my high school best friends who also moves to Jogja, due to our rush, we barely hang out anymore, it’s not as often as before. Aside from family and friends, I am still working on adapting to my academic work. Before in high school, we have a teacher-centered learning, where our teachers spoonfeed us with knowledge. But now, we have to learn and understand it by ourselves. We should be prepared with the materials brought from the topic of the discussion and discuss it during the lesson. However, this is a challenge for me because it is hard to understand the topic by ourselves without the help of teachers. But, until now I still survive living here in Jogja, studying at UGM.
ReplyDeletePersonally, moving to Jogja has been a life-changing situation. This is my first time moving far away from my family. It is pretty hard for me to leave everything in Jakarta. First of all, Jakarta has become my comfort zone, I can find everything in Jakarta, starting with friends, business opportunity, and of course family. At first, I had a feeling that it would be really hard for me to move from my comfort zone. As time flies, I started Jogja. Every weekend I would do road trips with my friends, either catching the sunrise or sunsets. For me, the only reason I can enjoy Jogja is the scenery. It is hard to find fresh sceneries in Jakarta because it is already too crowded with high rise buildings. In Jogja, there are many spots to visit. So far, I have visited several places; Kebon Buah Mangunan, Abhayagiri, Spot Riyadi, and Prambanan. Doing road trips is fun, but of course, I still feel homesick. Being far away from family is really tough. In Jogja, since I am living alone, I would always feel lonely when no one is beside me. However, I can say that being far away from home, despite being homesick, is a step for me to develop myself into becoming a better person.
ReplyDeleteI think, as a new college student, we deal with some transition; lifestyle, time-management, and even mindset — how we tolerate with different point of views. As a high school student, I used to have daily routines and activities. But, as a college student I don’t think it’s easy to make a rapid routine for daily basis. instead, I make an agenda for my activities list for a week. It also deals with time-management skill. A skill to maintain our productive and leisure time prepositions. Speaking of leisure, sometimes we need to catch up with friends or have quality time with family since maybe our new activities make us a little harder to meet with family. The last but not least is our mindset. The changing of our response toward different point of view or background. But, life has been a great journey so far, I hope it always be!
ReplyDeleteTo study in FEB UGM has always been my dream since I was in elementary school, and I have to say, I am incredibly grateful for the opportunity that's given to me right now. Being accepted in UGM also means it is time for me to get out from my comfort zone, to be far from my family. The good news is that my hometown is not that far from Jogja so I don't experience any homesickness. Since I am now living alone, I have more responsibilities, and it is very crucial to have a proper time management. I made a promise to myself that I will not be a 'go home and study' type of student, but I want to be an active student, joining organisation and competition, as well as participating in events. To be honest, I am not really an extrovert, so it is definitely a challenge for me to socialise, meet and communicate with new people. Moreover, I have the opportunity to know people from every parts of Indonesia in this university, so that's very interesting and exciting. So far, I can keep track between my time to study and to socialise/go out.
ReplyDeleteI’ve lived in the same city and studied in the same school for the past seventeen years of my life, which is why moving to Jogja and deciding to study in UGM was one of the biggest moves I’ve ever done. I thought moving wouldn’t be that big of a deal, life would still be as the same as ever, with the only exception that there’d be a different view outside my window. But when I had moved in and waved my parents goodbye at the airport terminal, I felt the change settling in.
ReplyDeleteI don’t have the safety net that are my parents being by my side anymore, or my best friends physically there with me to get me through the day, or the routine of my high school class schedule I didn’t even realize I had gotten used to. It’s like I’m finally behind the wheels of a real car and realizing that it doesn’t work the same way I’d drive a car through a game console. I’m still adapting to the life of university and the amount of studies and reading to do, familiarising myself with this new city I know very little about, as well as fixing my time management. I’m still experiencing a whole lot of bumps on the road, but after almost two months of being here, I’d like to think I’m starting to get the hang of things, slowly but surely.
I’ve lived eighteen years of my life with my parents. Since I was young though, I have always thought about living independently. I was so happy when I could finally move to Yogyakarta and start living alone. Living independently is not as easy as I thought though. For the first few weeks, I had a feeling that I wouldn’t be able to survive living alone. I realised that since I moved here, there are more things to care about other than my studies. Living an independent life brought many changes, especially to the way I spend and appreciate time. During high school, I had a lot of spare time and I would usually play online games to kill time. However, since I moved to university, I realised that I need to adapt to the number of tasks that I have. Thus, playing is no longer a choice for me. There is one more thing that I’m really grateful about after moving though, I got to meet new friends that could assist me living my new life.
ReplyDeleteEver since I’ve moved to Jogja, my life has basically been turned around a hundred and eighty degrees full. I’ve found meaningful friendships right until this very moment and I’m very grateful to have such fun, hilarious and caring friends compared to my friends back in high school. From being an ambivert, I’ve become a total extrovert who just can’t stay at home and have my ‘me’ time because everyday I just really want to socialize and have fun with my friends 24/7 or go out for that matter whether it’s doing assignments or do my organizational activities. I’m also loving my new room that my parents bought for me because it’s no longer the same old room I had at my previous house. There has been little to no ‘me’ time every since I went to college like playing online games or watching Netflix because I’ve been so busy everyday in campus, unlike before where I would have too much free time everyday doing my usual hobbies. Even so, I find this new lifestyle very fun and exciting, despite being tired almost everyday, because I get to meet a lot of people, do more useful and productive activities and learn more from the things I do everyday.
ReplyDeleteI would consider myself a nomadic person in an era in which people are sedentary. From my experience of living in various places around the world there is no city like Yogya. It is special for me not just because the city has its own special aura but it is the place in which I am completely independent. In the first weeks of PPSMB there were so many things that I needed to learn to take care of. From my laundry to cleaning my room and managing my personal schedule. I had to get used to setting the alarm, making my own breakfast and getting myself to where I need to be. I also now am learning how to socialize without any adults and be careful about the choices I make. As because everything I do now, I have to also be able to consider the consequences. With all of that I consider the transformation from school to college a huge one and one in which I need to learn a lot from.
ReplyDeleteFirst and foremost, I would like to say that I’m utterly thankful to continue my study in FEB UGM. I realized that lots of students wanted to be in my position right now. Considering that I came from Semarang, moving to Jogja wasn’t a challenge at all. Semarang and Jogja have quite the same culture and people in both cities talk in Javanese which I’m very comfortable with. First few weeks in UGM was quite rough since I’m still figuring out what organizations I want to join and events I want to participate in. It was also really hard to divide leisure and study since most of my classes start at 7 AM. The lecturers are also different from high school teachers so I have to adapt myself to the environment as well. Also, most of my friends came from Jakarta which is far different from my high school and I also have to adapt to their environment as well. I actually don’t get homesickness since my sister and I stay in the same boarding house. We tend to get along really well so I feel really comfortable with her here. Overall, I really enjoy my one month I’ve spent in Jogja and I’m definitely looking forward to the years to come.
ReplyDeleteTo be honest I already feel comfortable in Jogjakarta since my grandmother live here and I always visit her every year, so no big problem about adapting in the city itself. I live here with my mother and sister in our own home in Gito-Gati while my father work and live in Jakarta renting a room near his office. Usually my father will come to Jogja every end of the month for family time, so there aren’t many time I spend with my father in here. The weird thing is I still have a hard time remembering the road in Jogja and it driving me crazy. I am still adapting on my collage life in general especially about the studies since I am from since class.as for my allowance, it’s just increase a little from the amount of my allowance money in high school which is just barely enough to survive if I don’t include gasoline cost. So in the end its feels more like if I am still in high school but with less time in school and more homework.
ReplyDeleteAt first, i thought that i will be fine living here in Jogja, because half of me grew up in Jogja, especially in Sleman, at my father’s hometown. So before i came here i was fine and i didn’t have any problem of thinking about how i will survive here in Jogja for 4 years. I also have my cousins here so i thought i will be fine and getting some help by my cousins here if i have a problem. Turns out it was totally different when i first came to Jogja, at my boarding house. I, at that time, didn’t have any friends in Jogja as i haven’t play or gather around with my friends. I was stressed for one week, thinking about my family, my loved ones, and my hometown. After one week, i finally met my new friends, and adapted easily in Jogja. Now i already considered Jogja as my hometown apart from Semarang, and this city couldn’t stop giving me a lesson for my life. College life also a little bit shocking for me as it is very different from the highschool life. We have to learn the material alone or with friends, as the lecturers are a little bit don’t care about us.
ReplyDeleteFirst and foremost, I am truly grateful that I got to be a part of FEB UGM. To be a part of the best Faculty of Economics and Business in Indonesia is really an honour. To be frank, it didn’t actually felt like home at first. But, thanks to the people I’ve met until now, life has been so much better around here I’ve become more attached to Jogja than ever. One of my bad habits is that I don’t really have a good time management. Thus, I can’t really keep my studying and playing balanced. Either I have too much of one thing or sometimes neither one at all. But, I’m trying to change my old habits. Since I aim to be both a better man and person than my father, I can’t relly stop here. By the time I graduated, I plan to graduate with a huge smile on my face without any lingering regrets. I do hope I can achive it. But as of now, let’s hope that my midterms has zero red marks.
ReplyDeleteI am enjoying my study in FEB UGM but there is a lot of things I did not expect when I arrived in Yogyakarta. I felt so confident two months ago when I went to Jogjakarta, leaving everything behind. I was sure I would be happy in Yogyakarta all the time. But turns out, living without my parents for the first time ever is not that easy. The first week after I moved went well. I did not feel anything. I did not miss my home. But the following week, my Mother went to Yogyakarta to visit me for the first time. We had a good time in Yogyakarta for about four days together and then my mother went back to Bandung right on my first day of campus orientation. I cried that night because my "kosan" felt so empty that night without my mother. Probably I also cried because I was tired. Even until now, I still cry sometimes. It is normal right? But overall, I am enjoying my study here in Yogyakarta and I am looking forward on what is going to happens next!
ReplyDeleteLiving alone here in Jogja is both demanding and exciting at the same time. I have lived with my parents my whole life so it feels weird not to have them around anymore. I am too accustomed with my mother’s nagging, my father’s never-ending jokes, and my sister’s home-cooked meals. Now, I don’t see them that much anymore and I have to do everything on my own. I admit that it was hard to adapt to this independent life. The little things like doing laundries, buying groceries and cleaning my room are not something that I used to do, so it was pretty hard putting them into my to-do list. There are also times where I would feel lonely and long to see my family. Although now, I am grateful that I have a fun and cheerful circle of friends, so I no longer feel lonely. Other than that, I also still find it hard to adapt to the university life. It’s very different from high school, so I’m still looking for the most effective way for me to adapt to this new system. Overall, I enjoy this transition that I am going through and I still am trying my best to adjust to this new routine.
ReplyDeleteOne thing for sure, moving to Jogjakarta to continue my studies has made me more independent. This independence is also what forces me to take risks such as driving a car to reach far destinations, being that the experience is something that is quite hard to get used to without daily practice. Not only that, I feel more liberated in a sense that I get to do what I want without having anyone to remind me to do the things that hedge me away from the activities that were restricted upon me when I was still living under the same roof with my parents. I don’t particularly feel lonely despite the few number of friends that I’ve made throughout the first couple of weeks adapting to the new life at FEB UGM. However, just because I don’t feel it, doesn’t mean that loneliness has actually disappeared from my life for good. It just lurks in the shadows in my room, ready to strike whenever someone close to me decides to leave. To shed some clarity to what I just said, I’m referring to the fact that one of my parents would visit me here in Jogjakarta once a month just to check on me. And, like any other individuals who have to work in order to earn a living as well as to afford all the necessities required for their families to survive, eventually my parents will have to return back to South Tangerang to prioritise their work over me. That’s the only time when loneliness would wrap her hands around me and whisper an incantation that would drop my heart weak and vulnerable. That however, doesn’t last even for an hour. Also, I’m not schizophrenic.
ReplyDeleteMoving to jogja is a big challenge for me, because it will be the first time that I will live far away from my home in jakarta, surprisingly adapting In jogja has been a fun experience for me, meeting new friend, new activities, and new surrounding make everything feel fresh and to be honest I felt comfortable adapting in jogja. The hardest part is to adapt with the academic system of a university that found me struggling to manage my time properly, sometimes Im late arriving in class and most of the time I threw away time to do my homework by playing around. I expect myself to be more independent and able to manage my time properly so my study here in jogja wlll be go smoothly and ģet the maximum score as possible. From what I have experienced so far, is that as a human being you have to be honest and keep working hard, because the competition is real and you gotta keep going.
ReplyDeleteFor 18 years I lived in the same house, Grew up in the same neighborhood, played with the same friends. I knew that me moving to Jogja was going to be a huge step that I have to take to get out of my comfort zone. My parents drove me to jogja 2 days before PPSMB starts and they went home at the start PPSMB. At first, I thought that im going have a problem living on my own, but I was wrong. It turned out I was fine. This really shocks me because when I was younger I used to be scared of living alone without my parents. Living on my own thought me a lot of things that I didn’t knowsuch as how hard it is to not eat the same food every week, and how long it is to actually takes to fully clean my room and many more. Eventhough there were some hiccups, in terms of education I am also doing fine.
ReplyDeleteBeing accepted in University of Gadjah Mada means I have to move out from Jakarta to Jogjakarta and consider Jogjakarta as my new home starting from now. Back at home, I’m always spoiled by my family, and now living in Jogjakarta away from them is a challenge for me because I still continuously feel homesick. I’m thankful that currently I’m living in a house with my high school friend, so that being around her get rid of being homesick a little bit. My lifestyle here is totally different from when I was in Jakarta, I do everything by myself here and as a college student acquired me having a good time management. Otherwise, if I don’t have a good time management I won’t be able to balance out my class assignment, doing my job as an event committee, and socialising. Other than that, being away from my parents I have to make my own decision and must be able to think for long term consequences and in the end making a wise decision. Apart from it, I feel comfortable living in Jogjakarta to continue my study.
ReplyDeleteMoving to Jogja to attend college at UGM really is a big decision for me. The hardest part in the beginning week here is to handle my homesickness. After my parents left me here to live on my own, I’m starting to have the homesickness feeling where I want to go back to Jakarta as soon as possible. Gladly for about two weeks in Jogja, the homesickness is starting to fade away. Time management is also a thing for me. I usually do my assignment late at night and it really affects my sleep duration. I sleep at night for about four to five hours everyday (in Jogja). Another problem would be waking up in the morning to attend class in session one. So far I’ve already skipped three classes in the morning because of waking up late. Should I put two alarms beside my bed so I can guarantee that I’ll wake up whenever there is a class in the morning?
ReplyDeleteTruth be told, I’m still adjusting to living in Jogjakarta. Though Javanese blood runs in my veins, I’m not accustomed to the culture and language here since I’ve lived in Jakarta all my life. I do love the culture and society in Jogja, alongside the hospitable environment I’m currently living in. In fact, it’s slowly getting into me, smiling to people I’m passing by, nodding my head to greet people in respect and conversing with people I met around my block such as laundry lady and the warung owner whenever I came by. So far so good, no significant problems in my academic life asides from having to do assignments daily which occasionally drains the life out of me. Having to study after class and before class, cutting off my hours of sleep and going back and forth to the campus all the time for events. As for homesickness, I still do have the blues once in a while since I’ve never been away for more than two weeks maximum from home and my parents are the clingy and protective ones back home so I do feel like something is missing when they’re not around. Although they would still call and text me at least once a day. I got sick often and I still do since I have a very sensitive stomach, so whenever I skipped meals or ate something bad, severe stomach pains are inevitable. Despite all the bad days I experienced or those about to come, I’m still grateful to be given the chance to study and live in Jogja since I got to meet great people and learn to survive on my own.
ReplyDeleteI have never thought that in college, I will be living in different city alone. I always thought I will stay in Jakarta and go to a university that isn’t too far. My dad is a really protective parent. He allows me to go out with my friends, but there are so many rules sometimes. I have to go home before 7, there has to be guys with me and not just girls, I can’t ride public transportations and it’s better if someone picks me up and drops me home (preferably a guy, according to my dad), and so much more. Most of the time he tells me all this rules as a joke, but I know deep down he’s serious and genuinely worried. And this is why I changed my mind and decided to go to a university in a different city and live alone. When I told my dad about it he seemed fine, but turns out he talked to my aunts and uncles and some of his friends about how worried and anxious he is. I just want to prove to him that I can take care of myself, I can be responsible living alone. And now I guess I’m showing him little by little, as he’s starting to get less protective with what I do. I’m really glad, I’m a college student and I don’t want him to baby me anymore. Other than preventing me to be independent, it’s just really annoying at times.
ReplyDeleteWhen I was in high school I lived in a dormitory. After a week of living in the Kesatuan Bangsa School dormitory, I felt unhappy with my dormitory life. There are so many things I can't do in high school while living in a dormitory. But as time goes by I found a new family that makes me comfortable with boarding life. After three years in my dormitory I began to realize that leaving a family was very painful. But that's life, when there is a meeting there will definitely be a farewell too.
ReplyDeleteThe meaning that I took when living in a dormitory and away from my family was that a comfort was not easy to obtain. Staying in a dormitory did not initially make me comfortable, but because I did not give up and continued to struggle, in the end I found the essence of living in a dormitory with a new family and new friends. Believe me that a comfort cannot be obtained but it must be shaped by struggle. After college I didn't feel homesick at all. But what I feel is sad to leave the dormitory. Three years of living in a dormitory has given me a lot of experiences that are very difficult to forget, but I have to keep fighting because I am sure my friends will also fight for their future.
Growing in a city that you are not quite familiar with is quite challenging. Aside from adapting to the weather, we should be able to adapt with the environment. As I start to adapt with situations here, I learnt that time management is very important. Everything should be well managed, going to classes, doing home works, studying for quizzes and going out with friends. Living alone taught me to be responsible and force me to think about the consequences of every action. For me, homesickness is not really a problem as I kept in touch with family members at home, every week I would spend time to call them and keep myself update about what were happening at home. I am lucky enough to be able to stay in my grandmother’s house with my cousins as they would give me tips on university life. As teachers are discussing chapters in a quick phase, sometimes I found it overwhelming but, I believe that as time goes, we would adapt faster and become a better university student.
ReplyDeleteThis happened to me when I was in 10th grade. I went from Bogor, West Java to Yogyakarta to study in Kolese De Britto High School. It was an all-boys school. Why did I choose to study there? Kolese De Britto High School is one of the “Kolese” school among others Kolese Kanisius, Kolese Gonzaga, Kolese Loyola. Other than that, I also wanted to go here to escape from my parents and to try to live on my own so that I am more independent. I learnt a lot of things like choosing the right people to be friends with me so that I have a positive environment. I also struggle with organizing my money and schedule; the first semester my parents were furious about this because I couldn’t handle my money wisely. Living alone in that age was fun, although I am quite grateful because I didn’t get into any bad environment and survived my high school life in peace.
ReplyDeletewhere i am now is the place where i wanted to be since the second semester of twelve grade when i decided to apply for IUP faculty of economics and business UGM. I couldn’t be more grateful to live here in Yogyakarta with lots of my friends from high school. So i bought a one way ticket and arrived at Adisucipto airport on first of august, something infuriating happened that day. My bagagge came late and it has stained on it with a very unpleasent smell, which makes me had to rushed to the restroom to clean up the mess. Anyway its been an exciting one and a half month for me. Because by living in Yogyakarta gives me the opportunity to explore cities in central java and i have more thrilling plans ahead. Not to mention, some of my friends from jakarta came up to visit me for the weekend.
ReplyDeleteThis has been my final year in university, and I'm (still) grateful in where I stand. I think being in college has given me the opportunity to know my limits. I have discovered that actually, being in classes will only give me the basic knowledge of what I need when I enter the workforce. Hence, I need to figure out new things that can enhance and my potential; from expanding my network until seeking new experience such as joining competitions and such. By understanding myself, I become a much more independent person compared to when I arrived for the first time. I remember the first few months where I wasn't happy about being far from my family and trying to adapt to a city and a lifestyle that is different from what I had previously, but it turns out that being far away from home is a decision that I have never regret and will never take this for granted.
ReplyDeleteI feel grateful that i can be accepted on faculty of economics and business UGM, majoring in accounting. Actually last year i went to faculty of mathematics and natural science UGM, majoring in Chemistry but turns out that major doesn’t suit well on me, so I started to discover myself and it took a huge decision for me until I decide to move and take another IUP test for FEB. At first my parents doesn’t allowed me but I convince them that i will study hard on FEB and make them proud, I’m so glad that they finally understand me and allowing me. The other things that make me feel happy after entering this major is my friend Chika got accepted in Accounting FEB, which is the same major with me, until now I already visited many place with her. Sometime when i miss my family, i went to my hometown, Solo to visited my grandparents and feel the sense of home.
ReplyDeleteI took the time to actually write this because as I was thinking of what I want to write, I started to contemplate what I have gone these past weeks in my new life here, in Jogja. I’ve always been inside my comfort zone, going to the same school for 6 years. My friends were pretty homogenous; we pretty much grow up together. Being in here makes me realize lots of things I never knew I was capable of. Living independent is pretty much a challenge for me, and it does affect to the academic life too. Balancing between studying and actually enjoying the new life seems pretty hard, but I realize that life must surely go on, and I can’t always stay in the same square. As for now, I’m still trying to manage my ‘home-sick-ness’ with just trying to have the best of time I can have here. It might seem like a hard task, but I know my parents back home are rooting for me, and I also have friends that supports me whenever I feel down. But one thing I learn most from my new life here is to always, and always be grateful.
ReplyDeleteSince I have joined at Gadjahmada University, I feel a new atmosphere here which I have never meet before. For instance, my friends are so diverse here. They come from the different city (although some of them from another country) and different culture. Dissimilar than before, Loyola Senior High School mostly come from the same city, which is Semarang, and because Loyola is Jesuit school, the students generally are catholic and protestant. So, once a month, we usually do the observance. Here, I find a lot of differences from my friends, but I really respect them. I believe that this diversity gives me an opportunity to learn from each other, not to obstruct our friendship. Then, about the academic work, if before I got 6 days school with a strict schedule, now my class is just for 3 days, it means that I have 4 days off. So, I can spend that days for vacation or other fun things. In conclusion, about all of those differences, I enjoy it and I can easily to adapt for it.
ReplyDeleteAs I am writing this, Jogja is where I spent my time the longest away from home. I lived in Jakarta for all my life, growing accustomed to my routine and hardly go to someplace too far from home. That all changed just a few months ago, when I went to study in UGM. The first few weeks of college was the hardest, it was when I realize that I took a lot of things for granted in Jakarta; my helpers, my friends, my parents, and my home. what hit me the hardest of all was the academic life. Sure, it’s the first semester, everything is still suppose to be very do-able. In my high school, my grades were “lifted” at the end of the semester, so a bad grade would still be a good one. It didn’t matter if I study or not, I would still get a good score. I was held back because of that, I would sleep during the lectures and do my test randomly. But the circumstances have changed and so must I. I’ll be better.
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ReplyDeleteThe start of my UGM career was a complete disaster. It all started with paying the tuition fee, what was much harder than expected. I was not able to transfer the 50 million Indonesian Rupiah (IDR) from my Dutch bank account to an Indonesian bank account and was therefore forced to bring the money in cash to UGM. Since Indonesian banks apply the (ridiculous) limitation of taking out a maximum of 5 million rupiah per day, I had to go to the ATM for at least 10 days in a row. I ended up having pillow filled up with 500 notes of 100.000 IDR.
A little bit off topic, but maybe someone is able to answer this question for me:
why is the biggest note just 100.000 IDR?
100.000 IDR is, calculated against the current rate, worth just over €5,- , which is the smallest note we have in Europe.
After I successfully paid my tuition fee, I was ready to start. I was told that the university would start on the 6th of August. However, when I still didn’t receive a schedule on the Friday before, I decided to go to the FEB admission desk and asked for clarification. That was the moment I heard that I had to participate in PPSMB. They sent me the files and told me to complete the assignments over the weekend. Once I actually opened their email one day later, I found out that everything was in Indonesian. I sent them an email and asked what I should do. They didn’t reply and so I went to the PPSMB on Monday unprepared.
When I told them I didn’t do anything since I didn’t understand it, they said they had to discuss my problem and that they would come back to me later. 4 days of staring at the ground followed; since I was unable understand a single thing.
On Thursday they came back to me with the announcement that they translated the assignments and that I had to complete them before the next day. I spent the whole night doing the assignments and returned to UGM the next morning without a minute of sleep.
I reconsidered my decision of going to UGM quite often during that night.
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Even though my family lives on the other end of the world, I don’t think I actually miss them too much. My mom, dad, brother, sister and a lot of friends have visited me separately over the last 9 months and my other sister will come to Jogjakarta next week.
Nevertheless, I do feel homesick sometimes. I miss my friends, my city and my old life. I am saying this with all respect to everyone in Indonesia, since everybody has been amazing to me sometimes. I also don’t regret going to Indonesia, since the purpose of going here was getting me out of my comfort zone and to experience a different life and a different culture.
Nevertheless, I adjusted my plans a little bit. I initially intended to stay here the entire four years, but I brought this amount back to two. This is because I feel like I am being silenced here. I am used to being able to say everything that I want, but here I always have to think about my words twice. I also can’t do much against the injustice I see; my visa forbids me from interfering with political affairs in public.
The people here in Jogjakarta is beyond my expectation, especially when coming from a city that is known to be tough. Jakarta, the place where people came to compete, where the rich becomes richer, and the poor sheds blood sweats to become rich. The point is, the people here amazes me, and it actually helped a lot for a new comer like me. With kind hearted, open armed people I met throughout my days here, I feel very much accepted. I had three main goals before coming here, one, to get a degree, two, to socialise and gain connections, three, to learn Bahasa Jawa. The last goal seemed pretty hard at first, but as I said before, the people are too kind for me. Every single time I had a conversation, even a small one with a GO-JEK driver for instance, their smiles whenever I asked about Bahasa Jawa always brought a warm feeling to my heart.
ReplyDeleteI was hesitant at first about moving here to Yogyakarta. I was once very against the idea of me starting a new life in a different city to pursue my education. But as the time goes by, being here for 2 months have already taught me a lot about not only the environment I am in but also about myself. I’ve learned a lot about stepping out of my comfort zone. Moving here is definitely considered as a huge step for me since I am stepping far out of my comfort zone. Oddly, living here in Yogyakarta for almost three months has already taught me more about myself than being in Bandung for 18 years. The things I have learned here are appreciating the presence of my friends and family more, trying to figure out how to overcome being homesick, managing my time more efficiently and figuring out how to live independently. I regret being pessimistic towards the idea of me moving to Yogyakarta, since it turns out to be an experience that is beneficial and life changing for me.
ReplyDeleteI don’t find significant difference in term of living in Yogyakarta and Jakarta. This happen because i used to live alone back in Jakarta, therefore i tend to be prepared and trained to be independent. Basically, my parents and my brother live here in Yogyakarta, and the the funny thing is when i got accepted and moved here, they all move back to Jakarta due to work demand. So basically i’m destined to be alone. On the other hand, i found a significant different in term of living style and education. Back in highschool, the schedule used to be very strict and everything has been set and ruled, therefore we just have to follow it and we’ll survive. However, in the university life the schedule isn’t as strict but the homework and the assignment is much more demanding. Therefore life management skill is very important to help me survive.
ReplyDeleteI have been in Yogyakarta for three years so living here is not that unusual for me. The unusual part is my university life. During high school, I always go to school a few minutes before the gate is closed because I live so close to my school. However, during high school it really feels different. UGM is very far from my house. It takes 15 minutes for me to arrive in UGM from my house if I accelerated using my motorcycle. If not, it will take 5 minutes more. Still, Yogya never bores me though. There is something about this city that I just cannot hate. I mean it is still in Indonesia, so I cannot complain about the traffic and the duration of its traffic light. I also love my campus life. My friends are so nice and we always hangout together. I do live far from my parents, but I am also not going to complain about this because as I get older, I will eventually be independent.
ReplyDeleteFirst of all, I am very grateful to be able to study in the Faculty of Economics and Business of University of Gadjah Mada. After studying in the faculty for two months I have felt significant change in my academic life. Now, I really understand why people say that university life is very independent. It is really up to you to be what you want to be and do what you want to do. There are no lecturers who would tell you to do your homework or exercises like your teachers used to do in high school. Moreover, there are no counseling classes to give you detention for doing something wrong. I think it is a challenging thing for me to face as I have always been so pampered by my surroundings. Lastly, I would like to say that I really love the sense of independent I got since I do everything in life by myself.
ReplyDeleteI must say that I am really grateful to be accepted as a student in Universitas Gadjah Mada, moreover in the major I really want. It has been a roller coaster ride for the past two months—balancing the academic life and organizational stuffs is not easy—but it is still bearable, I guess. About the organization and events recruitment, it is different from how my high school system worked. In high school, students had to choose one subsection, or using the renowned term—extracurricular, and it would last for the next two years. We didn’t have to make CV or do interview in order to get accepted, but rather just choose whatever we want. After becoming a member, we were ought to do anything regarding that extracurricular: member regeneration, events, etc. In university, there are also organizations or clubs (UKM), but open recruitment for other not-bounded events are also many. The education system is different too. In high school, we have to study from 7 AM to 3 PM from Monday to Friday. As for now, the schedule is not as tight, so it is really convenient. In addition, living alone is not something new to me as well as I’ve done it in my high school years but I still feel homesick every once in a while.
ReplyDeleteI am glad that I got accepted in one of the best university in Indonesia. I have to say that my life changes significantly once I got to university. When I was in high school, I thought that being a college student would have a lot of spare time. I thought I would be able to spend more time with my family and friends. Turns out, with a lot of academic works and more things to do, I ended up losing my spare time and being productive all the time. Since I became a college students, I have spent most of my time outside my house, therefore it is really hard for me to spend time with my family. to be honest, I’m not good at managing my time. I came to know that time management skills are really essentials for college student. If college students don’t have the time management skills, I’m sure they would end up having unbalance life. What I mean by unbalance life is student might not have the time to socialize because of too much work and vice versa. However, in college I made a lot of new friends from different background. That way I can learn more about people from another city, how they socialize, and also making connection with them.
ReplyDeleteGoing to college has become a new chapter for my life. I feel like everything is fully changed. Well, even though I am still living at the same place at the same city and the campus is located not so far from my house, but I still feel some big differences between senior high school life and college life. Maybe it’s just because I haven’t adapted well yet but I would say that I like it more in senior high school rather than in college. Firstly, when I was in senior high school, I feel like whenever I don’t want to go to the class, I could just skip it. But now, in college, actually it is way more free but however if I do not attend the class, it would definitely affect my grade. Next thing is, in senior high school, there weren’t so many tasks or assignments or homework, but now there is no lecturer that do not give assignments. Also, the midterm test and final test play a very important role in college life, different with senior high school when the final total score do not only depend heavily on mid and final exam but also from some other tests during the class. So, I would say the college life is way more challenging.
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