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Budaya Partisipatif dan Indonesia Tanpa Pesimisme
Kembali ke pembahasan mengenai pengemudi dan penumpang, saya jadi teringat akan bagaimana kagetnya saya di hari pertama perkuliahan di Porto dimulai. Saya yang sama sekali tidak mengerti bahasa portugis saat itu benar-benar dibuat bingung. Satu sesi perkuliahan berdurasi empat jam. Setelah 2 jam pertama, terdapat jeda istirahat selama 1o menit. Di sesi pertama, dosen memberikan materi layaknya dosen-dosen biasa yang saya temui di Indonesia. Bermodalkan pointer di tangan kiri untuk memindahkan slides power point dan sebuah buku tebal di tangan kanan, ia terus bercerita tanpa interupsi. Selesai menjelaskan materi, tanpa komando, para mahasiswa yang belum saya kenal ini langsung berebut untuk menyanggah pernyataan si dosen ataupun yang hanya sekadar menambahkan…
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Long-lasting Jet Lag After 25H Flight
The 25h long-haul flight I flew from Porto-Amsterdam-Kuala Lumpur-Jakarta-Banjarmasin was completely different compared to the one I took when leaving Indonesia. Not only because I, probably, already get used to it, but also the stories that I was carrying all the way to Indonesia by then. It felt like I was having my radio on while playing the setlist that I used to listen to. Beautiful melody from Portuguese group of TUNA, Umi-No Mieru Machi (one of Ghibli ost I listened to), some ballad songs from Fado (Portuguese group too), or other catchy latin songs that easily stick to my mind nowadays which made them familiar every time I went…
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What We Could Learn from Portuguese (Part 2)
In the previous article, I already mentioned three things that we, as human-beings, could learn from Portuguese. I know that those things don’t merely belong to Portuguese. Since I’ve been living here for a couple of months, I noticed that the life is going to be easier and happier if everyone could apply them in daily life. 1. Power of Obrigado and Smile Living in Indonesia whose climate is relatively warm in the entire year, stimulates its people to become warm too and give their best smile to everyone. This thing that I was worry about. I was wondering whether people would welcome and befriend me or not. But apparently,…
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What We Could Learn from Portuguese (Part 1)
As an Indonesian living abroad, I’ve been experiencing an abundance of great things ever in my life. I met a lot of people with pretty much different stuff like age, language, culture and you name it. Not only is it shocking, but also it’s either challenging. Fortunately, I’m living in Porto, Portugal, short of a perfect city to stay and start a new whole life for a year. Why did I say that? Simply because I love being here. Portuguese people are super nice and warm, even to strangers. I’ve been to many countries in Europe but still I could see the differences. Honestly, it doesn’t mean that other European…
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Biaya Hidup Tinggal di Eropa, Studi Kasus Porto
Perbedaan mata uang, kondisi ekonomi, dan berbagai faktor lain yang gue sendiri ga tahu, jadi alasan mengapa hidup di luar negeri bagi orang Indonesia kesannya sangat mahal. ”Wah enak ya tinggal di luar negeri,” pikir gue yang kemudian bayang-bayang tersebut seketika sirna pas tahu kalo semuanya serba mahal di Eropa. Tapi sebenarnya, mahal atau murah itu relatif. Kalo bagi masyarakat Indonesia, jelas banget harus kerja keras untuk bisa ke luar negeri dengan standar gaji di Indonesia. Tarif sekali makan di Zurich misalnya, bisa untuk makan selama satu minggu di Indonesia (Di warteg, hehe). Air botol kemasan aja seharga 3CHF atau 45.000IDR. Bisa dibayangin betapa tingginya biaya hidup di Eropa. Tapi…
My Life in a Nutshell
