“Take The Chance and Opportunity, Prepare For The Risk, And Make A Movement”

What is education? A needless question to answer. It is a must for everybody to have. Education can totally makes a change for a person, even for a country to develop.  Indonesia itself puts education as priority to be improved in the society by expending  the budget more for education sector than other sectors every year. It shows how important it is to be equally spreaded throughout the citizens, especially for young generations.

Regarding the youth’s education, according to UNICEF (2015) there were still 2,5 million young people in Indonesia who drop out of school. Whereas, as it states in The 1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia  Chapter XIII Article 31 (1) that “every citizen has the right to receive education”. Continuing to encourage its people to receive proper education, the government has been providing  many ways so as to encourage them more in pursuing the education. For instance, it has regulated a program called “Wajib Belajar 12 Tahun” which empowers indonesians to pursue their study until high education and it also provides some scholarships to higher education. In addition, not only government, several privat organizations in Indonesia offer many kinds of scholarships with aim to educate their own members, young generations or even both.

For many people in big cities in Indonesia, such as Jakarta, Surabaya, Bandung, and others, scholarship is not a something new anymore  but in several places in East Indonesia, for example my hometown Luwuk, Banggai Regency, I would probably be one of the few people who got a scholarship to continue my education. Many adolescence there stop studying and work right away after finishing high school or junior high school level. A lot of reasons they conveyed, some of them said even there is scholarship, the preparation would take much money and time. Besides, they said, there is no cheap and intensive institution to take courses such as TOEFL or IELTS which is one of requirements to continue studying in higher education.

To confront that situation, actually in Indonesia there is a village that has a lot of english courses dubbed “Kampung Inggris” which is located in Pare, East Java. More than 150 english courses there offer English course for many different purposes such as for general purpose that is merely to learn English, for working, or for continuing study purpose. However this place are visited mostly by students who want to pursue their study either in Indonesia or overseas. Even not e few who are already studying in their dream university abroad after finishing english course in Pare.

I myself had been introduced about many different scholarships after taking a course in one of english courses here called Test-English School. This place acquints the students with not only intensive english learning, but also a lot of scholarships offered by indonesian government as well as by other governments or other great institutions around the world. Furthermore, it encourages me to prepare many things so as to get the scholarship as its motto “We Speak Scholarship”. It cannot be deniable that those encouragements became my milestone to push me to a high level than i ever thought. As a big result, now, I have been one of awardees of Endowment Fund For Education (LPDP) which will support me in pursuing my study to higher education.

While preparing myself to continue my study in specifically Monash University, I work as a tutor in where I first studied intensively English. I decided working in this place because I enjoy to share my experience and knowledge to other people, so that they can be inspired and can find their own success in terms of pursuing their education to higher level. Another reason is because I want to contribute and devote myself to my own country as an ‘agent of change’ in a way that tutoring, helping, and motivating young people to pursue their education. I hope this action also could alter the way of thinking people particularly in my hometown or others with the same condition about how necessary it is to pursue higher level of education, and further aid the country  to reach “Indonesia Emas 2045” when Indonesia becomes developed, prosperous, and modern country.

#AnakBangsaJanganPutusSekolah

www.test-pare.com

I am coming home, Pare-Luwuk

Teringat awal pertama kali mengangkat kaki terbang ke tempat ini. Ku rasakan beratnya meninggalkan tempat ternyamanku, bersama orang-orang ku tersayang.

23 Maret 2015, masih dengan waktu yang sama saat ku meninggalkan kamar coklat mudaku, terasa seakan hanya akan pergi ke kampus, dan kembali sore harinya. Kurasakan hatiku bergetar melihat luasnya lapangan persinggahan pesawat yang ku tumpangi, yang akhirnya membuatku tersadar, kini ku tak bisa seenaknya kembali.
Takut, khawatir, gelisah akan apa yang terjadi satu detik kemudian. Ku tetap mantapkan kakiku berjalan mencari wanita kecil berjilbab panjang yang mengarahkanku ke tempat yang kini juga ku sebut "rumah".

Seminggu berlalu berlalu, tak kurasakan keinginan kembali atau pun untuk berlama-lama disini. 2 minggu berlalu, 3 minggu berlalu, hatiku goyah ingin suasana rumahku kembali.Dukungan mereka, keluargaku, membekukan niatku kembali hingga ku mampu menjalani 2 bulan di tempat ini. Kebahahagiaan, kesedihan, kebersamaan, dan kesendirian silih berganti. Satu atap dengan orang yang terus berganti dan selalu ditinggalkan setiap bulannya membuatku tak lagi mengerti arti perpisahan.

Hari terus berganti, kerinduan akan kampung halaman tak terasa lagi hingga saat itu aku harus berbaring sendirian di kamar rumah sakit. Ibu, dan mereka berharap ku segera membaik dan segera pulang, dan aku pun demikian. Namun, setelah sembuh, seakan niat yang masih membeku itu masih tersimpan rapi dalam hati yang dingin, ku lanjutkan perjalananku menggapai mimpi.

Belum kembali untuk bersujud di bawah kaki ibu, ku habiskan 'lebaran'ku di Bali bersama keluarga papa disana. Walau tak dapat menutup kerinduanku akan wajah ibu, kakak, adik-adik, dan menjenguk tempat papa, aku terus tersenyum dan berusaha mengumpulkan semangatku mengejar kebahagiaan untuk mereka.

Tak terasa ternyata aku telah meninggalkan rumah 5 bulan lamanya. Tak terhitung lagi panggilan telepon dari ibu, kakak, dan keluarga untuk bertanya "kapan pulang ke rumah, nak? Kapan selesai belajarnya?". Sedihnya tak terukur hingga bahkan lututku pun bergetar tiap pertanyaan itu ku dengar, seperti panas yang mencoba cairkan niatku disini.

10 September 2015, terlihat titik terang dari kejauhan yang menandadakan penjuanganku semakin dekat. Betapa besarnya Kuasa Allah, aku bahkan tak sanggup berkedip. Harapan besarku terjamah sedikit demi sedikit. Hatiku semakin kuat untuk tinggal disini, menunggu keajaiban Allah sembari mengabdikan diriku di tempat yang kini kusebut "rumah hijauku", sekolahku, tempat beribadahku.

Singkat terasa, kini ku harus kembali ke rumahku, tempatku mulai mengumpulkan mimpi-mimpi itu yang kini sebagian telah diwujudkan di rumahku yang lainnya. Aku memang harus pulang, pulang mengenang bagaimana mimpi-mimpi itu tercipta dan tersimpan rapi di dalam lemari besar yang ku sebut hati dan cinta.
Namun, bahagiaku bercampur aduk bersama keinginanku yang kini tak ingin melepas dan meninggalkan tempat ini.

Ditempat ini, dengan barang-barangku yang telah siap berangkat, ku kumpulkan dan bekukan lagi niatku kembali ke kampung halamanku. Ku coba dengan menbayangkan udara segar dan sejuk kampung halamanku. Namun, tempat yang bahkan membuat nafasku sesak berkali-kali ini, seakan menarik pikiranku kembali untuk diam dan terus terpaku di tempat ini.
But I would if I could.

I have to go home, I have to see my family, I need to be there, again.
I come back not to give up on my dream.
I come back to take the way to reach my dreams because that is one of the way to be passed through...

I am coming home
I am coming Gorontalo
I am coming Luwuk

But I wont say "Bye" to this new-home place.

Test-English School, Pare, Kediri
23 Oktober 2015

Tresya F Naue

My Short Journey

Bekas di sela jari hingga pertengahan sisi luar kaki tergambar dari tinta matahari yang panas di pulau ini.
Tak begitu terasa membakar, mungkin scenery-nya menghanyutkan mata melupakan perihnya sengatan benda raksasa panas itu.

12 hari telah kaki ini menempel di tanah Bali, berkeliling dari pasir, tanah, hingga keramik terasa di telapak kaki. Sendal tipis merah dengan garis hitam disisi tak menghalangi nikmat pijakan kaki di pulau ini.

Mata dengan lingkaran hitam bak panda seakan dibuka oleh pemandangan elok di seluruh spot. Tak ingin terlewatkan keindahan ciptaan Tuhan, benda tipis disebut kamera pun ikut berperan dalam perjalanan ini. Meski memorinya tak akan sanggup menangkap semua yang dirasakan mata, terkadang memang dokumentasi diperlukan untuk melihat kembali dimasa depan indahnya hari ini.
Betis yang kian terasa membengkak akibat dayung sepeda bukan halangan bagi seorang wanita yang ingin memanjakan mata bulatnya.

Lekukan pantai Pandawa yang dihiasi dengan kano warna warni bahkan membuat mulut menganga tak berhenti memuji Allah.
Bentangan luas pasir Kuta yang menarik menghisap kaki seakan tak memberi izin untuk bergerak keluar
Gerombolan layangan dan terpaan angin Sanur  yang menyejukkan jiwa
Patung dengan berbagai ukiran dan ukuran berjejer rapi di pinggiran, taman, hingga di bukit tempat sang raksasa GWK berdiam
Kemegahan tatanan lampu" bak bintang berjejer rapi memberi cahaya pada gelombang arus di permukaan laut di Tol Bali Mandara
Pusat perbelanjaan dengan dominasi Barong dan Kain dengan ukiran tradisional Bali terlihat sekilas memanggil-manggil untuk dibawa pulang.

Banyak hal menakjubkan yang bahkan tak sanggup mulut tuk berkata
Hingga kini, yang bisa ku sebut adalah Subhanallah, Alhamdulillah, Allahu Akbar...

Honesty

Nowadays, honesty becomes a rare thing. Numerous people choose to lie to obtain advantages or even to hide soething. They do not realize how essential honesty is,especially for relationship. Many relationships break up, closeness in family become scarce, and children's behavior become bad deed because of lie.

In a couple, trust is very important to build and maintain the relation. However, trust is hard to get without honesty. A lie can destroy even a relationship which is built for years. many couples fight because one of them is found out cheating, and he or she makes a lie to hide it. Moreover, in serious condition, married couple divorse because the loose their trust for one of them lie about little things. In this case, honesty should be the thing for couples to keep their relationship to stay longer.

Lie is a part of life, but it brings many damages. in family, the habit to lie can fade closeness. For instance, children lie to their parents only to do what they want that their parents forbid. In this situation, to keep their lie, many children choose to keep quiet and stay away from their parents, so that their parents will not ask, get suspicious, and even get angry to them. They do it commonly to avoid punishment.

Because many children often lie to avoid punishment. It will be habit that unconciously they do everywhere to keep themselves in safe position. Aware or not, their behavior will change to be bad.for example, a child who likes to lie for avoiding punishment in home will continue to lie in school to shun some assignments. She or he may say sick or other reasons, so that they do not need to do the tasks. It directly makes him/herbecome a lazy person. it is bad for children's future.

To sum up, lie is common thing, but it is very dangerous for relationship and even behavior of people. It never brings any advantages, so it should be reduced by keeping the honesty. It is the only way and the most important thing to keep the relationship longer with less fracas.

Important Skill to be Success

Success is a dream of each person. Not a few people spend a lot of money only to gain successful, but it is not easy as many people thought. Even though people hold many kinds of degree, it does not guarantee them to be success if they do not have interpersonal skill.

A lot of people race each other to study to get more knowledge. They believe that knowledge can bring their life to be success, but in recent days, there are a lot of unemployees who hold even master's degree. It proves that beside knowledge, people need interpersonal skill to manage themselves to be a good person. By interpersonal skill, people can control their anger, for example, so they can survive and face the work force. If they can do that, they are one step closer to be success which requires patient to get it.

In business domain, interpersonal skill can be used to solve problem. many educated people occassionally cannot solve problems which appear as the result of work force. It means knowledge is not the only one requirement that need to reach success, but people who have interpersonal skill can easily solve problem because they think without anger, know how to treat people and their opinion, and even give good advice to solve the problem.

To sum up, interpersonal skill is crucial part to be success. numerous people can get a good job with high degree, bachelor, master, or even doctoral, but it cannot guarantee them. they should have interpersonal skill which is needed to manage themselves. If they do not, they will not be able to survive. The thing people should know is that success is not only about how to get it, but also how to survive to get and maintain the success.

Alexander The Great

"People were like snake, you can love them for years, feed them, nurture them, but still, they can turn on you" - Olympias

This quote was given to Alexander by his mother, Olympias, for his mother wanted to let him know and taught him well.
She believed that Alexander was a son of Zeus and wanted him to be a great king. Since he was still young, his mother always counselled him that 'people were like snake, you can love them for years, feed them, nurture them, but still, they can turn on you'. His mother wanted him to be an independent man as he grew up and not too believe on someone even they were so close, because she was afraid that Alexander would be hurted by people and let down because of that, A king should not be like that, a king should be strong and assertive.

But when he was getting older, he did not give notice about his mother's words. He did believed in some of his friends. But then, he found out that his right hand person wanted to kill him by giving a poison in his beverage, but before he drank that beverage, the waiter told him about the poison. He was really angry about that and he argued with the man who wanted to kill him, the man who always took care of him since his father died and became a king. Because of his anger, he stabbed him unintentionally and repented it. Then, he remembered his mother's words, that was true.

His bestfriend and his mistress tried to calm him by giving him advice that he was a great king and his place needed him. Then, he got back his strength and became wiser than before. After that, he always remebered all of his mother's advice when he got problems, but sometimes, he did not do some of his mother's advice because he thought that his mother was not always right in all things.

Alexander The Great

Kenyataan dihadapi, bukan di pasrahkan

21 Maret 2015
Mendekati hari H yang menyisakan  2hari sebelum aku harus berangkat memulai langkah pertamaku menggapai cita-cita
Kadang semangat kadang pula redup
Hampir aku menyerah dengan keadaan
Mungkin karna ketidaksabaranku
"Mungkin aku bukan orang yang mampu seperti apa yang aku inginkan.. Mungkin jalan hidupku tak setinggi yang aku impikan, mungkin jalan hidupku berbeda dengan yang aku rencanakan"
Sempat bercampur aduk di pikiranku, berusaha menerima kenyataan,
Namun aku masih memiliki sebongkah harapan di hati yang sulit untukku hapuskan
Selalu kusisipkan harapan itu ke dalam doa
Selalu ku minta padaNya walau hal yang ku pikir aku tak bisa

Hari ini kakak tersayangku tak memberiku sedikitpun ucapan yang dapat membangkitkan atau meluluhkan semangatku
Tak ada kabarnya sejak semalam, membuatku khawatir.. Khawatir padanya.. Khawatir pada masa depanku.. 
Aku pasrah pada Tuhan dengan tetap berharap..
Aku hanya ingin kakakku baik" saja..
Bercampur pikiranku menjadi hal-hal negatif menyedihkan akan saudaraku tersayang
Hal yang tak biasa dy lakukan membuatku semakin khawatir akan keberadaannya
"Tuhan, aku serahkan masa depanku padaMu
Tapi selamatkanlah kakakku lindungi dia dimanapun"

Gelisah menggerogoti hati
Hingga tiba pesan "sy di rmh sini"
Aah.. Lega rasanya
Segera aku menemuinya

Membicarakan segala hal yang aku butuhkan bersamanya dan keluargaku yang begitu peduli padaku, syukurku tak henti memiliki mereka, mereka yang rela membantuku melangkahkan kakiku untuk menggapai cita-cita..

Allah memberiku yang aku pinta
Allah mengizinkanku memulai langkah kakiku
Syukurku tak mampu ku utarakan dengan kata-kata
Tak ingin mengecewakan mereka
Aku harus bersungguh-sungguh
Aku belajar lagi hari ini 
Tuhan tunjukkan aku bahwa pintu akan terbuka di titik ini, di saat aku hampir menyerah. kadang orang memang tak tau,, ketika dia ternyata hampir menyentuh pintunya, namun dia memilih berbalik karna berpikir tak lagi mampu.
Aku belajar bahwa kenyataan bukan di pasrahkan, tapi dihadapi ...