BANDUNG SISTER CITY : HAMAMATSU CITY, SHIZUOKA PREFECTURE JAPAN

Sister city,what is that?

Last time I read.. Sister city is a program between two cities that has similarity in one or two aspects, the program build in the form of an agreement between that cities to help each other, more over to promote their city.

Bandung, my home town have an agreement in the form of sister city with several cities such as Cebu (Philippines), Fort Worth (United States), Suwon (South Korea), Bari (Italy), Hangzhou, Liuzhou and Yingkou (People's Republic of China), Almaty (Kazakhstan), Braunschweig (Germany), Kuantan, Petaling Jaya, and Seremban (Malaysia), and Pekanbaru (Indonesia).

Eh??? There is no Hamamatsu City isn’t there? But how can I write that as a tittle?

Well, I will say you.

Bandung City - Indonesia

Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka, Japan

Bandung-Hamamatsu Festival

Long time ago in 2009, I ever atended a Japanese festival in Cihampelas Walk. And the tittle is Bandung-Hamamatsu Festival. My friend, Andra (she’s a Bandung Institute of Technology student at back then) becomes MC because she’s fluent both in English and Japanese.

The festival held in the end of 2009, there’s so many dresser (cosplayer) that wear Japanese Anime Character, Japanese Style and Japanese Traditional clothing. I did. I wear a dress. it’s a gothic-lolita style.

Me. The back only. LOL

OK, now you can recognise where is the weird author there.

And we have guests from Hamamatsu, they performed a traditional Dance (odori) from Hamamatsu. Then the Japanese also opened many stand for Japanese food such as Takoyaki booth (Takoyaki – octopus ball cake that grilled), Okonamiyaki (snack in the form of cake that made from flour and vegetables that mayonaised and special sauced), and also cotton candy stand. I love them all!!! xD

The guy with white shirt. I thought he's a Japanese from Hamamtsu (if I didn't wrong)

Cotton Candy Stand!!

Sister City?

Ok, back to sister city, Umm.. about the event, I don’t know about that event, but someone told me if Bandung-Hamamatsu has a sister city agreement. I got it at that time so this is the event to celebrate their sister city. Ironically, I'd just ever read if sister city agreement just made in 2011. Eh??? I didn’t know about that. So what’s the festival that held in 2009 back then? Then I just thought maybe that festival is one of the ways when this both cities starting to probe each other to create that sister city agreement.

The similarity between Hamamatsu and Bandung claimed as the city which becomes industry center, there’re so many factories in Hamamatsu so do with Bandung, Hamamatsu becomes destination for workers so do with Bandung, Hamamatsu has festival traditional or various events so do with Bandung. So maybe that’s the similarity. 

OMG I forgot, how can I forgot the location, Hamamatsu city is the part of Shizuoka prefecture, Japan, whilst Bandung city is the capital city of West Java, Indonesia. From the topography Hamamatsu and Bandung maybe have similarity, from it’s contur, and the situation of the city (maybe). 

In 2011 Hamamatsu even ever helped Bandung for an environmental event. So in this 2014, idk if Hamamatsu still becomes Bandung Sister City or not, but I thought it’s still. Well I don’t know, but I glad if Bandung has lot of sister cities that can help for Bandung’s promotion, moreover, I love if there’s a city in Japan that becomes Bandung Sister City. :)

Ok, you can search the information of those cities by your self. Here are :

Bandung City, West Java, Indonesia 

Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka, Japan 

MY FRIEND’S ONCE IN A LIFETIME LUCKY CHANCE!! GOING TO UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO (TOKYO DAIGAKUEN/TODAI) FOR FREE!!! UEHAS SHORT COURSE PROGRAM.

Warning !!!

Before you read this post, please notice, English wasn’t my first language! I’m Indonesian, but idk, somehow I just comfort to write in English eventhough it was this messy, just like this post. 

OK there.. see yaa :)

MY FRIEND’S ONCE IN A LIFETIME LUCKY CHANCE!!
GOING TO UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO (TOKYO DAIGAKUEN/TODAI) FOR FREE!!!

UEHAS SHORT COURSE PROGRAM.

Hi everyone, I wanna talk about short course abroad for now. Um... It’s similar with student exchange or it’s indeed student exchange? Well Idk. I have no experience with that stuffs.

Thursday or Friday, in the end of April 2014, our only 10 students in a class got shocked. Why? because our class chairman, just called him Wimal (yea~ his name’s Wimal) announced if our program got the offer from University to send candidate for UEHAS (Urban Environment and Health in Asia) Short Program that will be held in University of Tokyo.

OMG. OMG. OMG. NO WAY!!!

The most shocking person is absolutely ME!! You know, University of Tokyo?! Are you kidding me?! Maannn... for  all Japan lovers, who is the one who never heard or didn’t know anything about that University?

I mean.. Hellowww.. It’s TODAI which is in television always appear as University that difficult to be broken, many films or doramas showed how difficult to pass the entrance exam, and this is the number one University in Japan.

University of Tokyo

I excited. Bilion times I’ve got excited!!! But the excitement going down as if I fallen from a cliff when I knew if application has to be submitted by the next week.

Are you kidding me?? I don’t know if infos that have gotten by us seems received too late for our class. Idk about that, but first of all.. I dont want time beat me. My friend and I who wanna try it have to run in a rush.

UEHAS Program is event that held once a year from University of Tokyo, concerned in public health and environment if I didn’t wrong.

Here are the requirements for application :

1. GPA, must over that 3.00 for scale 4.0
2. TOEFL min 520
3. A motivation letter
4. A proposal of our research with topic public health and environment.
5. A letter of health examination.

You know, that punched me down again, because my TOEFL score isn’t that high, my English is the real bad. So I took another exam for my TOEFL and lobbying my Program to allow me submit my latest score after I took another exam. Then they allowed me.

But.. destiny told it ways, the score wasn’t come out before the announcement of candidates. I am failed. Not only that, in medical check up, my doctor didn’t lemme passed because my old desease attack me again so I didn’t allowed to have that letter of health examination before I finished my treatment. 

I try to lobby my program. But.. helloooo... The University wasn’t my grandpa’s properties, of course there are another applicants that have submitted their application and they’re better than me.

In the end.. I FAILED!!! JUST FAILED. And I didn’t lie if my heart hurt for did not reach my dream university. 

My close friend (she’s my classmate) passed the administration requirement, she was interviewed by university, together with another applicants from another class and from the another Program (Public Health Program) who are being interviewed. Week later, program announced if she’s (Called her Adel, Adella is her name) passed from that examination and she’s the candidate for UEHAS Program and will going to Tokyo next October. To be honest I’m jealous to her, but what can I say? I admit if she’s much better than me, and somehow I’m proud of her because after all there’s a candidate from our class that has passed. Moreover I’m swear I’m proud of her because she’s younger than me and got that talent and chance. How Lucky she is. :’)

Hence, I shouldn’t have to cry or jealous or feel betrayed or feel bad to MY self. OK, tbh I felt that. But more I’m thinking clearly with this cold head more I found the way, why Allah didn’t lemme passed. And I could found the values from this story, as following :

1.  Finally, I checked my medical record after long times ago, I knew my weakness. I’ve got treatment from doctor, and now I’m healthy again, and ofcourse I wont ignore doctor’s advice again.
2. I did TOEFL exam again, and success to passed the 520 score, well even it was just a bit higher than before but I’m happy, somehow I kinda show this good result.
3. This is just realized yesterday from my sister (cousin) Rieka, she told me “Just take the good thing from this story, your motive to go to Tokyo just for feels how the TODAI in drama is like and the most important is just to see your lovely Idol YABU KOTA, that’s why Allah wont let you passed..” and just like hitted by something in this area *point my own heart* 
4. I just wanna cry in my deep heart and wanna apologize if I just try for only to do those kind of things. Not to learn or study.. OMG what am I to be honest??? I’m sorry My Lord, God, Allah SWT. I’m sorry...

Well... after this kind of lesson, finally I understood if in that past time my motivation wasn’t right.

Yes, forgive me.. where in the world am I?

I have to work hard, learn harder, study harder in the rightway, do the reasons that have to be doing since first. Yes, I have to change! Change to be a better one.

Oh, about the UEHAS Program, You can see it here!! Just try it next year, everyone has chance, so do I :)

UEHAS - Urban Environment and Health in Asia Program

University of Tokyo, Tokyo Daigakuen - Japan

TRY TO BE BLOG AUTHOR AGAIN - DOUBLE DEGREE MIE UNIVERSITY And ME

Warning !!!

Before you read this post, please notice, English wasn’t my first language! I’m Indonesian, but idk, somehow I just comfort to write in English eventhough it was this messy, just like this post.

OK there... see yaa :)

TRY TO BE BLOG AUTHOR AGAIN

DOUBLE DEGREE MIE UNIVERSITY

And ME

Hi there, I will start to writing again! Yeaaayyy!!! \(^^)/

Well, eventhough I knew there isn’t anybody who will read mine. This old and reckless journal.

But whatsoever, I wanna write again and maybe there will be posts that will flow like flood for now on. Um.. for little bit times perhaps.

Anyway, before I write about another News, regarding on my old writing, it seems I did not report my condition, didn’t I?

Um.. Where should I start?

Ah, present condition!

Now I’m being enrolled as graduated student of Environmental Science in University of Padjadjaran Bandung, Indonesia. How can I reach this level? Well~ it has a looong story.

I entered my undergraduate as fresh student in 2006 in University of Padjadjaran Majoring in Biology,

I’ve got my first title in academic as S.Si (Sarjana Sains) it is B.Sc.

My research is about Microbiology and Biotechnology, really~ I’ve more passion on that subjects.

But destiny told it ways, I graduated in May 2011 then I worked in a tourism company for one year as corporate secretary then continue my career in another company still in tourism areas (concerned in membership hotels) as administrator for another one year.

You know I’ve gained lot of money when I worked, I can pay the expensive restaurant, hang out in a cafe, shopping in a mall just with using your debt card, almost approved to get two credit cards for silver and gold, and use taxi without mind with the bills everytime, everywhere. That life is so pleasureable.

But something just missing in my life, what the heck with those kind of life?

Monday-Friday you were working from 9.00 AM till 07.00 PM or 08.00 PM? Or 9 or higher because I ever arrived in home at 10!!! Then what??? Saturday you just slept for whole day because of fatigue and on Sunday just hangout and spent your money??

Wait!!!! Hang on there a sec!! 

Then what's the essence I spent my times for almost 5 years in college?

What kind of experiment that I’ve done?I did research that caused my 3.5 years target of being graduated failed! So difficult, I just graduated 1,3 years next after that, it means I postponed my graduate day just because I did a reasearch for almost 1,3 years!!! (it’s 2 years technically) T__T

Thanks God it’s over, I’ve got trauma after that until I didn’t continue my passion. My passion about biology, technology, microbiology, and things such like that is gone, though science is my blood if you could understand that. Then I took those ways which is I’ve explained before (without thinking, so stubborn I am). 

But that was the destiny that showed it ways.

As I told it before, I didn’t get the essence from what I’ve done. A week, 24/7 in my life becomes really boring. I couldn’t imagine If I only doing that steps until I died. Yea of course inside of that I’m gonna married and having children, but beside that things, I dont want to life like that in my job career, I’m not a machine!!

Therefor, in the middle of my work the intention of science that bring the welfare for human being was appeared again. I’m not a wiser but I really wanna have a role in human’s life, I wanna be more useful for humanity and after all I wanna life as an academist. 

I wanna reach my dream to life as a scientist. After that I noted in my heart if I want and have to continue my study. I searched scholarship infos and kinds like that. My concerned is in biotechnology or biomedic or anything else about biology.

At that time I coincidentally called by my friend from my old college. Nadia Istiqomah. She said she will go to Japan as she has been approved as a student for a university in Japan.

Wait. Whatt???? How come???!! I wanna be like her! I want to!!

Then she told me everything, she said she’s attended as a student on Double Degre (DD) Program University of Padjadjaran, Indonesia – Mie University, Japan.

Wow, I surprised. Why? I didn’t know my university did that before.

My friend explained again, if there’s agreement of DD Program between Graduate Program of Environmental Science University of Padjadjaran with Twente Universiteit, The Netherlands dan ISS Erasmus, University The Netherlands (Netherland) and Mie University (Japan). 

Mie University - Japan

 

 

University of Twentee - Netherland

University of Padjadjaran, Indonesia,  (photo source : http://polarunpad.com/)

 

The system driven us to take course for two years, one year in home university then finished the rest credits in university abroad, and the cost for all college stuffs are free except living allowance, but the privilege for the one who take course in abroad, living allowance is totally free.

Umm.. first I didn’t got it, then she explained again this DD program under the scholarship from Indonesian Government, BU Kemendiknas to be correct. The candidate who won BU Kemendiknas will take this course for 2 years in Indonesia unless if we passed another selection, BU Kemendiknas will recommend us to take one year in abroad (Twentee or Mie). It means the competition to abroad wont over even after we obviously accepted by BU Kemendiknas. Netherland or Japan will decided by when we submitted our application, April for Netherland concentration on Resource Management Course and October for Rural Development and Conservation Course (just like spring or winter enrollment in abroad).

Well.. it doesn’t bad at all. I want to try it.

But this is environmental science, a bit far from my passion, this is more comprehens. I doubt at first, but once I thought again, this is the once in a lifetime chance, how can I passed it? October enrollment isn’t that bad, moreover I was born in a village so this course will help and I have a dream to be an useful person, don’t I? And this is JAPAN, country that I really admire and I always dreaming for about it.

In the end It decided. I submit my application and Thanks Allah SWT. I passed that entrance examination.

The course started in January through the matriculation in December. And now, it’s almost 5 months from that time. I’m busy with exams that almost held once a week, assignments, project etc..

Few weeks before I felt very tired because I’ve help my mother project whilst I’ve to do mine. I tired, sick etc.. But more I’m thinking about it more I realized how should I do.. I.. just have to show my Gratitude to My Lord, Alloh SWT.

I’ve done this far, I shouldn’t have to give up. I have to reach my dream and help my family with this effort. I have to. I know I am still inside this competition, but hey... competition in our life will never ending. We have to compete to be a good person and even we have to compete with ourselves, we have to be a better person each time. Wish me luck everyone...

Well.. That’s My Own Story for now.

Umm...

The website of my college, my program and my next program abroad (ameen) are below.

Thanks for reading everyone.

University of Padjadjaran, Bandung, Indonesia 

Mie University, Mie Prefecture, Japan 

University of Twentee, Netherland 

Graduate Program of Environmental Science, University of Padjadjaran (Unpad) 

The Commodity and Characteristic of Fruits and Vegetables Trade

Anyone ever heard about “Trading of Fruit and Vegetable”? Yup, I think you’ve heard that, that trading always happened around us. On the big scale the trade for any commodities happened between countries, commonly it was called as Import and Export, for some reason, somehow I definitely sure that you’ve known it.

 

By the way, the reason why I will say about fruits and vegetables trading in this time, it’s because of I just got lecture from Mr. Hiromi Tokua from Mie University,Japan on the 17th of December.  Yup, Mr. Hiromi came with several professors from Mie University to PSMIL Bandung (Enviromental Science Graduate School, Unpad. Bandung). I will tell about Mie University and PSMIL Unpad in another post later ^^

At that time Mr. Hiromi explained to us about “The Commodity and Characteristic of Fruits and Vegetables Trade”. He explained us if this trading happened between countries because every countries can or can not produce some commodities. On my opinion, they will import or export the goods that they’re concern for. It’s a vice versa treatment, depend on they needed that or not.

In my lecture, I’ve got some information if this Trading business growing since 1990’s and this business around the world still dominated by US (United States) even until 2009. And I’ve got explanation why this Trading business successed just in several countries. 

 “The trade depend on the culture of consumption”. For example Mr. Hiromi said if in Japan the way eating apples different with some countries. In Japan, apples commonly eaten by slice it first, bite an apple directly was prohibited. This stlye happened because of the size of the apples that growing in Japan. And there is so many more another cultures that was diferent between countries. That’s why trader in this industry must knew and adapt that culture.

Based on my said recently it shown us, no matter how the country has produced many commodities that prospect to be imported or exported. It is a must, for trader in this industry that the first thing that should be do is a research about applicant of the market that will be targeted. Which means the crops that will be trade have to suitable and accepted by others.

This business has bright prospect in future, many countries still have lack of commodities that they needed. It’s because we are living in the different places with different season, that’s why any country in other side of this earth will keep persistent to looking for the commodity with good commodity and high quality and of course must suitable with their culture.
In the end of my lecture I have conclusion that Mr. Hiromi said it to us : 
  

1. The trade of vegetable and fruits has largely developed since 1990’s.
2. The trade of vegetable and fruit has some characteristic which are limitation on globalization of vegetable and fruit.
3. The volume proportion of trade of Vegetables and Fruits with production is still low.
4. And a large part of vegetable and fruit are produced mainly for the producer first.

Okay. That’s all about my lesson. I’m sorry for my gramatical errors because English wasn’t my mother language. And I admit if I still lack of information. It’s just about my lessons and thanks God I still can save that little lessons in between my sleepyness #whacked.

But thank you so much for reading this. Please confirm me or tell me if you take any information from this post. I really appreciate it. Thank you. #bow

I Love Japan No Matter What That Booming

I just wanna say something,
This is not related my travelling theme or something like that,
This is about me,
I meant, I dont know this is normall or not, but I said officially if I couldnt reach by korean wave just like other people in this country.

I just keep persistent to follow J-pop since long time ago, even before that korean thingy entered this country.
OK. Maybe I admit if I ever folllowed some korean thingy that suggested by my friend.
In that time Idk why I just accepted it easily, somehow I have an uncomfort feeling that I scare if I will be isolated if I did not follow this wave.

But when I try to entered it, I just.. like those show or song or etc because I just appreciate their creation not more.

It's so different when I attached to japan and I loved it whole package complete with its culture, since longtime ago till now.

Almost one years ago since I'm back to My hobby after i left my japanthing couple years ago when I left my Japan because of my work and theses and etc.

Now here I am become my self again and used my japan names again that i leave it by before.
Fortunatelly in this time I feel more develoved than before.
I have my own journal that posted about this japan culture that I like and I became an active writer for that fandom of course I used my japan names on that fandom.
I love when this things comeback to me, because I realized again there's something that I left and forgotten.
It's about my dream.

Once I realized that, I made a plan and I will work hard to reach my dream.

My dream is I have to land myself in Japan. and I'm sure I will do that.
It come closer now. I almost there. Amen.