That It's not Only about Music

Someone asked me,
"Why do you like BTS?"

Now I wonder why.
Why do I even like KPOP in the very first place?
Most people will say that it's because of their look.

Should I be honest here?
Then honestly, it could be one.
You can not deny that look is one of the important issues in an entertainment industry.
Wherever it is.
If it's not the look, then it could be the appearance.
People in general love to see beautiful things, right? Let's just agree on it.
But I do think that it is not part of the main reasons why I like KPOP.
I can name a lot of Korean artists who are not that good looking but highly talented (this is just my standard-unreliable-judgemental-statement)
I can also name a lot of Korean artists who are good looking and talented at the same time! Hahaha (again, this is purely my judgement, so..hmm)
But beauty is just for the pleasant of your eyes, not your heart.


I love Korean series.
Most of the time, the reason is because of the story plot, and the way the writer and the actor/actress bring out the characters.
And the OST, and the fashion, and all the things related to the making of the film.
And the most important one, how it can make my heart warm after watching it.

Well, it depends on preference for sure.
When I say it's romantic (for example), maybe other will say it's too much or too cheesy.
Or unrealistic?
But that's how you differentiate drama and real life.
Because it's unrealistic.
That's the threshold of being a fan and being a normal people living on the planet.


Oke let's get back to the question:
"Why do you like BTS?"

Well, I don't usually think about why I like or dislike certain thing.
So for me, this is kind of a difficult question.
Most of the time, I use my heart instead of my brain.
And hearts do not think.
They feel.
But they do have memories.
(Oke, I know that this is not related, hmm..)

I am an INFJ
at least most of the time the result gave me this answer. Sometimes I got ENFJ or ENFP. I don't mind.
But the fact that 'NF' are my traits, I do agree.
I use intuition and feeling in almost all cases that sometimes it drives me crazy.
Even the first time I meet people, or whether I should do this or that.
Intuition and feeling are dominant.
Oke, I think this is a bit out of the topic.
(And why do we even talk about this, heu. Mianhae)
I just want to let you know that this is a real difficult question for me.


However, I already put some thoughts into this since the first time someone asked me.
This is so strange, why do I feel like it's an obligation to answer question from an unknown
But that question successfully growing an urgent feeling inside me to really think about it.

Oke, sorry, now I already talked too much.
So why do I like BTS?
Actually, I don't really know the answer. Really. But I'll try.

First, their music. Definitely.

I didn't quite know about BTS music until earlier this year, to be honest.
I am (or I =was? haha) a fan of EXO actually.
I heard 'Dope' before and saw the music video when I was home.
(because my sister was already a fan of BTS since last year, or before? not sure)
I liked it, the dance was impressive, but I did nothing to know more about their music, at that time.
And then, they released a new album.
Because the new album of EXO was not that good and I was kind of in a state of 'need something to make me happy',
so I start listening to other music from other artists.
I saw the music video of 'Fire' and it was not the type of music I listened to. Too loud, too noisy.
But still, I did agree that the dance was so impressive!
And then, it was played randomly in youtube playlist when I worked on my assignment, and too lazy to change it.
It happened some more times and I also heard their other songs, that were milder than Fire.
Amazingly, the more I hear their music, the more I like it.


And then, when I knew the lyrics and the meanings behind their songs, I definitely became a fan.
To add to my excitement, they took part in making almost all of their songs! Even the idea of their album concept.

And the album concept!
Well, they were not only about music.
There were always something else.
Some other meanings or lessons that you can relate to their life.
They have a unique way in making their album being part of an episode of a story with the member as the characters in it.
But you need to analyse it yourself, so there is some kind of mystery that you can find the clues in every music videos. hahaha
Oke, this is a bit difficult to explain


Their hard works and determinations!
Oke, I know everyone work hard for their dreams.
It just that I am kind of moved due to the fact that they are not from the Big 3 label (SM, WG, JYP).
It will be too long to explain this Big 3 things related to korean entertainment industry


And their label! The Big Hit Entertainment!
And Bang Si Hyuk PD-nim! Even all other staffs that involved in making the music.
They showed us that making music is not only about business but about being a family.
a family full of talented people, on top of that


There are also other things, such as the unique characteristics of each member, their bond!, how they treat their fans, and a lot of other things that I will not elaborate more in here.
This is already a reaaally long post. Haha
So sorry that I took much of your precious time reading it.


Post ga penting dan membosankan yak. heu
Mianhae..
Mungkin juga semua alasan-alasan ini sebenernya ga cuma ada di BTS doang
Mungkin banyak artis lain juga punya hal yang sama
Tapi ya untuk saat ini aku taunya BTS doang
And already too much feelings involved

Tapi ku juga dengerin lagu-lagu lain kok, kalo bagus ya ku suka
Cuma ya ga sampe ngikutin
Kan agak susah juga untuk keep up semua artis
(ntar bukannya jadi Master in Env. Sciences malah jadi Master in Korean Entertainment. Hehe)
Hidup itu kan tentang pilihan.

Kata orang ku bermental anak SMP cuma gara-gara nge-fans sama BTS. Hiks
Well, I don't really mind as long as it makes me happy, hmm.
Anyway..


Till we meet again. Annyeong!
XOXO

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Kopi, Kereta dan Perjuangan

Oke, fix ini perjuangan. Ku mulai beku.
Aaaaaaaaaa
Kenapa keretanya harus cancelled :'(
Ku nyepeda ke ede station jam 8 pagi suhu minus 4.
Kereta ga ada, mesti naik bis.
Tapi cuma nyampe sini, Driebergen Zeist.
Trus disuruh lanjut kereta.
Tapi keretanya yang harusnya aku naikin, yang 9.19, cancelled.
Mesti nunggu setengah jam, maigad..
Cry.


*salahkan noyara kenapa sekarang ku jadi pake-pake gif bts gini, huhuu


Oke, akhirnya kereta di spoor 3, yang di papan pengumuman dibilang berangkat jam 9.49, jadinya berangkat 9.32.
Gantiin kereta yang harusnya berangkat di jam yang sama di spoor 2 tapi belum datang (atau ga jadi datang? Hmm).


Ini bahkan di dalam kereta aja tangan masih beku, nggilani yaa..
Tapi semua orang di dekat aku pada main hape.
Kalo aku ga main hape, ntar krik krik sendiri lagi..



Ku duduk di kursi yang deket pintu, yang ga masuk ke dalem.
Abisnya depan belakang kelas 1, males lagi jalan jalan nyari kelas 2.
Samping kiri ada mas mas kulit hitam pake headphone tapi lagi main whatsapp.
Ada tas sport gede di bawah kakinya.
Depan ada ibu ibu (50an? Hmm better not to judge her age. She looks young anyway, hehe) pake kacamata, all black, lagi ngetik juga di hape.
Seberang kanan ada ibu ibu lain yang lebih muda (duh udah deh ga usah nebak nebak umur haha) pake jaket merah strip putih, baru aja berhenti main hape.
Di depan ibunya ada mba mba pake headset lagi ngelihatin hape juga.

Hape..
hmm..
jaman dulu orang kalo situasi kayak gini pada ngapain ya?
(Kebayang film jaman rennaisance yang keretanya masih ngeluarin asep.
Tulisannya bener ga sih? Atau renaisance?
Tapi emang pernah nonton film jaman renaisance (/rennaisance)?
Heu..nontonnya aja dramaa..hahaa..mianhae mianhae hajima..)


Oiya mumpung keretanya masih 10 menit lagi baru jalan,

Halah, ini apa yang terjadi.
Ibu ibu seberang kanan aku sama mas mas nya tetiba keluar lah dari kereta, setelah ngobrol sesuatu sama ibu ibu yang baru masuk.
Tetiba tadi ada ibu ibu lain yang lebih muda dan lebih modis masuk, nanya ini kereta ke Amsterdam bukan, trus selanjutnya ku hanya bisa menebak-nebak apa yang mereka semua obrolin.
Pake bahasa londoooo..cry
Tapi kayaknya ku nangkep sih.
Intinya si mas sama ibu yang keluar ngirain keretanya ke Amsterdam, tapi bukan, cuma sebenarnya bisa aja transit di Utrecht.
Tapi mungkin mereka...hmm..ku ga tau mesti ngelanjutin apa.

Ini ibu depan aku sama mba seberang kanan lagi ngobrol gitu.
Kayaknya si ibu ngejelasin kenapa jadwalnya jadi ngaco begini.
Trus ngobrolin soal jam kereta lalala, dengan ekspresi unbelievable, kesel, bete, sambil ketawa.
Ku sotoy abis sih.
Hahaha
Btw ada mba mba juga pake jaket hijau hitam gitu berdiri (kenapa berdiri ya?) bawa biola di dalam case gtu.
Kayaknya sih biola.
Mba nya lagi nelepon.
Duh, jari-jari kakiku mulai dingin.
Oiya, barusan ngeh ternyata ibu depan aku jaketnya biru dongker, bukan hitam.

Oke suasana udah agak tenang..
and No!
Barusan diumumin keretanya jadi 9.49, bukan 9.32.
Nooooooooooooooo #cry
Gimana iniiiii.
Mamaaaaaa...😭😭😭😭😭



Ku kan mesti ngejar nyampe Utrecht sebelum Noyara berangkat jam 10 😭😭😭
Ini keretanya bakal nyampe 9.58 (kalo bener jalan)
Keburu ga ya ketemu Noyaaa...
Hiks



Trus sekarang hape aku tinggal 48%.
Tadi berangkat buru2, lupa bawa powerbank ataupun charger.
Trus kunci sepeda juga masih nempel, lupa dikunci jugaaa..😭😭😭
Allah..
Semoga sepeda ku tersayang masih setia nunggu di parkiran
Sepeda baik yang ga pernah rusak kecuali ban nya yang kurang angin
Itu juga sekali doang dari sejak Februari

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Ku mulai deg-degan
Kereta di jalur sebelah yang ke Utrecht jam 10.02 udah masuk
Tapi kereta ini belum jalan
Masih 9.45 sih
Ya Allah..
Jari-jari kaki makin beku
Tangan? Hmm..
Masih bisa ngetik sih, so..


Kemungkinan baiknya, kayaknya kereta Noya juga telat.
Malah mungkin kereta yang mereka naikin kereta ini atau kereta sebelah (I hope).
Itu kata 9292 sih..
Semoga ya..semoga Utrecht ga tetiba punya kereta lain yang ngegantiin.

~

Sekarang di depan aku ada mba mba (yang menurut aku bukan londo) rambutnya di cat blonde, aslinya hitam cokelat gitu kayaknya.
Barusan di seberang kanan ada mas mas (atau adek?) duduk, ngobrol bentar sama mba di depannya and ibu biru dongker, tapi ga lama dia pergi lagi, masuk ke dalam.
Ga tahan kayaknya disini dingin.

Oke tangan kaki aku mulai dingin banget ga tahan.
Hape juga udah 46%.
Udah 9.50 tapi kereta belum jalan juga.


Alhamdulillaaaaah baru aja aku mikir gitu, bapak di peron niup peluit.
Pintu ditutup.
Bapak masinis ngomong sesuatu tapi ga jelas, ibu di depan sama mba seberang kanan lagi ngobrol soalnya.
Keretanya jalaaaaaannnnn...!
Ya Allaaaaahhh...
#sujudsyukurdalamhati
(gimana coba caranya..hmm)


Ku lanjut nanti ya, doain semoga bisa ketemu Noyara
Ini takut hape lobet pulang ga bisa dengerin musik di bis
Pusing kalo ga denger musik di bis..heu

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Yeeeeaaayyy ku udah di rumah lagiiii
Tepatnya 1 jam yang lalu sih
Ini pindah nulis di laptop.

Ohiya tadi di jalan bikin GIF, huehe..
Ku lagi seneng bikin gif sama timelapse nih. Haha
Bentar aku masukin dari hape dulu.

Biasa aja ya, haha

Duh aku deg-degan banget.
Kayaknya gara-gara tadi minum kopi di Utrecht Centraal, cup nya gede.
Lihat di gambar 2.5e (nyesek, mahal yha..) dapet 1 cup kopi ples croissant.
Kirain gelas kecil, taunya gede.
Udah pake gula 3 bungkus, ples susu 2 biji bulatan.
Gila ya, ku minum kopi atau susu+gula.. haha
Tapi itu juga masih agak pahit. Heu
(ku memutuskan kopi kiosk lebi enak dari kopi hema. hmm)

Rada pusing juga (kayaknya yang ini kerna kurang tidur sih. Semalam tidur jam 3. Sama belom makan)
Tadi di bis udah mual gitu (tapi mual kayaknya kombinasi kopi+kurang tidur+masuk angin. Ribet ya hidup uwe)
Untungnya hape masih ada 20% lagi. Langsung fligt mode biar bisa dengerin spotify sampe rumah.


Anyway!
Akhirnya tadi ketemu Noyaraaaaa! (everybody say la lala lala! #btsfire)
Walaupun drama gituu ketemunyaa..haha
Setelah drama perkeretaan, dan ternyata bener kereta yang mo dia naikin itu kereta yang sama sama kereta yang ku naikin.
Jadilah kita ketemu di peron.
Pas banget ku mau naik, noya dan rombongan mo turun gitu.
Drama banget yhaaa.
Di ujung atas and ujung bawah eskalator gitu. Haha
Tapi cuma ketemu kayak semenit doang.
Berpelukan, kasih bungkusan dan kartu ucapan yang dibuat dengan sepenuh hati sampe titik kritis nahan ngantuk, hahahaa
Trus dia naik kereta kerna keretanya mo jalan.
Pake adegan haru biru, trus aku dipaksa ikut ke volendaam.
Berasa film India gitu deh kita. Hahahaha


Eh, luncbreak dulu deh, beneran pusing banget
Kayaknya harus makan dulu

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So!
Kenapa ku mesti ketemu Noyara pagi-pagi di stasiun Utrecht?
Buat ngasih hadiah ulang tahun ples kartu ucapan
(dari Andhani juga, yang udah di Indo, heu)

Kenapa mesti pagi-pagi?
Kerna Noya mo ke Volendaam, foto farewell PPI Utrecht lama

Kenapa ga kemarin Sabtu?
Kerna pas ditanya kemarin, dia bilang mo ketemu Bianca
(ternyata ketemunya sore, heu) trus ku juga ga punya tiket

Ulang tahun Noyara kan tanggal 19 November, kok ngasihnya baru sekarang, TANGGAL 4 DESEMBER????
KERNA KU LUPAAAAA!!!!! hiks.
Parah banget sih aku emang.
Padahal pas tgl 15 tuh udah ingat sesaat.
Tapi pas tanggalnya malah lupa.
Dan baru ingat waktu chat sampah fangirling-an BTS, itupun kerna dia mention!!!
Mamaaaaa...Huhuhuhu
Mianhae,, Noyaaa...



Minggu lalu udah dirayain sih di Benne, pas Noya kesini.
Tapi paket yang aku sama Andhani pesen ga nyampe nyampe lah.
Ada-ada aja ya..heu
Selalu aja bermasalah kalo ngirim paket ke Beringhem. Sedih sih.
Intinya sampe dia balik paketnya ga nyampe ugha.
Failed gitu setiap ngirim, kerna ga ada yang bukain pintu.
Baru nyampe Senin kemaren kerna mereka taruh di pos.nl Bruna Bennekom, trus aku ambil kesana.
Jadi yaudah kapan lagi mo dikasih kalo ga sekarang,
masa pas aku ulang tahun, ga lucu kan..heu



~

Well, finally, panjang banget yhaa ceritanyaaa..
Sebenernya sih niat awal mo ngasih surprise tiba-tiba ngetuk pintu kosan gitu.. pagi-pagi..haha
uwe drama banget yhaaa
Tapi yha apa daya, manusia hanya bisa berencana..wkwk
Anyway, yang penting misi sukseesss!!!
Say la lala lala!


Selamat ulang tahuunnn yaaaaa Annisa Noyara Rahmasaryyy!!!
Welcome to the life of a quarter century!
Hahahahaha..
Love you
_XOXO_

PS:
Bonus khusus buat Noyara dari BTS family.

Sarang dari Taehyung kamu tercintah. Hahaha


Ga lupa dari Mas Yoongi yang cool abis


Flying kiss dari Namjin. wkwkwkwk


Love from all family member

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Woles Weh

Seharian ini ga kemana-mana.
Eh, tadi ke albert hijn bentar ding, ambil paket (barang tak berfaedah).
Spotify lagi muter lagu Block B, a Few Years Later.
Jadi kepikiran obrolan di Line tadi.

Hmm, tetiba ku laper, ku ambil makan dulu ya.
Betewe tadi siang ku masak daging semur sama tumis buncis+tempe. Hehee
Gitu aja bangga yak, haha

Lah, ini kenapa bawang yang di sayur jadi item gini ya.
Perasaan tadi pas masak ga gosong. Heu
Coba nyari di gugel,



Hahaha, kenapa ada blue sama pink dah


History internet uwe memalukan yak, heu.
Oiya, laptopnya masih pake jam Indo, hehehe

Nih jawaban dari situs sebelah, 7 tahun yang lalu betewe. Hmm



Gila ya gue, kuliah master, tapi oksidasi aja ga tau.
Sedih sih.


Betewe, lagunya sekarang jadi 2NE1 - Come Back Home.
Kenapa lagu uwe melo melo semua gini, heu.
Baru ingat playlist yang ini memang isinya lagu galau.
Betewe ku baru sadar ku dari tadi ngomong betewe mulu. Hmm.


Barusan Noya ngirimin video dia lagi nonton acara K-POP di Rotterdam.
Mba-mba bule sama mba-mba asia kulit putih lagi pada di noraebang nyanyi lagu BTS - I Need U!
Bahkan ada yang sambil nge dance lah!! Maigad!!!
Sediih ga jadi ikut. Huhu
Kenapa lah ku selalu galau kalo mau beli tiket ini itu.
Ujung-ujungnya sold out, ujung-ujungnya nyesel.
Kan.


Oiya ku dah janji mo bantuin Andhani packing, besok dia balik Indo buat ambil data thesis juga.
Ku naik ke atas dulu ya.
Ntar di lanjutin lagih.

Eh, kalo komputernya aku tinggalin nyala gini, ga papa kan?
Sama musiknya juga?
*padahal di bagian bawah keyboard ada sticker Earth Hour yang bunyinya: "matikan monitor komputer saat istirahat"
Ya Allah, ampuni hambaMu ini.
Colokannya aku cabut deh.
Ya.

Oke, nanti lanjut lagii
Duh, tapi lagunya BTS - Run, jadi pengen dengerin sampe abis dulu.
Heu.


Daebak, laptopnya masih nyala. Haha
Padahal ku lumayan lama di atas, ada kali 1.5 jam.
Bawa barang hibah dari Andhani, 2 kantong plastik.
Alhamdulillah, ga perlu belanja sebulan ke depan kayaknya. Hahahah
Bentar aku ngeperint tiket buat besok dulu.

Udah beres.
Ada Andhani dateng mo minta makan.
Ngobrolin tentang souvenir BTS di 3r Mustar.
Katanya lihat unboxing nya di yutub aja.
Sek tak lihat dulu

Gila lah, si mba yang di yutub beli souvenir banyak ngets.
Apa itu sepaket sama tiket konser? Heu
Tapi itu barang2 bocah semuaa..
Tak berfaedah, tapi uwe pengen, hahaha
Udah ah lupain, itu kan barang2 anak smp-sma, heu


Ini lagunya lagi melo abis.
Roy Kim - When Autumn Comes
Jadi inget alasan kenapa pengen nulis post ini.
Telat banget yak, hahaaa

Jadi tadi abis ngobrol sama temen yang baru balik ke Indo, di Line.
Kenapa Line? Kerna dia suka pake emoticon. Hahaa, uwe ngikut aja sudah
Balik bentar doang buat data thesis.
Katanya dia disana bawaannya uring-uringan mulu.
Ujan tiap hari, macet. Trus pengen balik ke Wagen, yang nyaman dan damai.
Balik sana jadi kepikiran real life katanya.

Hmm...
Ku bingung mo nanggepinnya.
Pantesan yak, banyak orang yang males balik lagi, udah enak hidup di luar.
Ya memang bener enak sih.
Apalagi di kampung Wageningen sini, yang semuanya seloou, tentram.
Kuliah tinggal nyepeda 12 menitan, ga keringetan, ga perlu takut kepepet motor apalagi mobil.
Ga ada macet-macetan.
Hujan paling banter 5mm.
Dingin ya tinggal pake jaket, pake kupluk, pake sarung tangan, pake syal. Udah.

Ku jadi kepikiran nanti kalo ku balik, perasaan gimana ya..
Sejauh ini ku ga pernah kepikiran, mau tinggal di luar negeri selamanya.
Ya kalo ditanya enak mana, ya jelas enak sini sih.
Tapi enak yang dirasain sekarang itu kan sebenernya enak yang fana doang #ehem
Enak kerna memang laper ya tinggal makan, kuliah tinggal nyepeda, pengen baju tinggal dibeli.
Pengen jalan-jalan tinggal beli tiket, nyusun itinerary.

Ga perlu mikir besok uang cukup ga buat beli makan, besok bangun jam berapa biar ga telat nyampe kantor.
Ga perlu pergi subuh pulang malem, ga perlu berdiri di kereta 2 jam, pagi-malem padet-padetan.
Bahkan bisa 3-4 jam kalo lagi gangguan.
Ga perlu berantem sama supervisor.
Yang ini gue doang sih kayaknya, haha
Ga perlu pusing mikirin gimana caranya biar pengeluaran ga pas-pasan sama pendapatan.
Ga perlu pusing mikirin beli tiket pesawat mudik, beli oleh-oleh, nyisihin uang buat THR.
Hmm..
Kenapa jadi ngeluh, heu..
Udah ah. Jadi melo gini bawannya kalo mikirin hidup. Duh.


Lagunya tadi udah ganti jadi Big Bang - Bae Bae
Lagu ini dulu ku kesel banget dengernya.
Gara-gara bagian awalnya aneh parah.
Tapi pas masuk bagian Taeyang, loh kok bagus sih. Haha
Trus jadi dengerin semua lagu di album Big Bang yang ini.
Dan suka semuaaa... Hahahaa
Jarang banget ku suka hampir semua lagu mereka di satu album.
Bentar lagi mereka mo ngeluarin full albumnya, kayaknya kejar tayang sebelum abang TOP enlist deh.
Random banget yak, postingannya. Hahaa


Sekarang ganti jadi BTS - Autumn Leaves, salah satu lagu BTS yang paling aku sukaaa :')
Udah dulu yak, ini panjang banget, capek kan bacanya. Heu
Ku juga laper lagi, mo makan weh.
Gila ya, ku disini udah naik 4 kilo and still counting. Hahahah #tawagetir


Annyong!!
XOXO

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Attachment

“Lincoln?” she asked.
“Yes?”
“Do you believe in love at first sight?”
He made himself look at her face, at her wide-open eyes and earnest forehead. At her unbearably sweet mouth.
“I don’t know,” he said. “Do you believe in love before that?”

~

“I’d know you in the dark,” he said. “From a thousand miles away. There’s nothing you could become that I haven’t already fallen in love with.”

~

“I pictured a girl who made every moment, everything she touched, and everyone around her feels lighter and sweeter.
“I pictured you,” he said. “I just didn’t know what you looked like.
“And then, when I did know what you looked like, you looked like the girl who was all those things. You looked like the girl I loved.”

~

Too cheesy, eh?
Haha
Well, I love romance, I always love drama, so I love this book :D



This is the third Rainbow Rowell's book I read, after Eleanor & Park and Fangirl.
I'm a fan of her writing the first time I read Eleanor & Park :D
I even fell in love with that book before I read it! I love it just by reading the summary and the reviews. Hehe

Attachment is a story about an internet security guy who falls in love with a woman whose e-mail he read every day :D
No, they are not his. It's just his job to read other people's e-mail.
Other people's email that filtered by the security wall.
And those e-mails, between Beth and Jennifer, he can not help himself but drawn into their every day's discussion.
About everything in their life.
He knew that he should send them a warning message to say that their e-mails were caught by the security.
But he just can't do that. He wants to keep reading their e-mail.

*SPOILER ALERT*

About how he try to find Beth's desk in the office at night (he work mostly at night).
Just to imagine Beth sitting there.
How he try to spend his dinner at the break room almost every night, hoping that he can see her.
Which is kind of impossible because he doesn't know how she looked like. Haha
And how he struggling to forget about her not long after he saw her.
Until he decided to resign from his position.
Oh yes, I forgot to tell you, this book written in Lincoln's 3rd person POV.
That's why everything is about him.

Hmm, it's difficult for me to express how I really feel about this book.
I like the way it's written, I love the characters, love the story, and how it ends :')
(which is a different ending compared to Eleanor & Park and Fangirl, and I'm definitely glad about that :D)



I don't know why but I always fall in love with the guys in Rainbow Rowell's books.
I wonder why I'm being such an easy girl. Hahaa

No, I think it's not that I'm easy, but these guys are just so sweet. Hahaha
I bet it's not just me who feels like this each time I read her book.
I'm currently reading Landline, by the way

I still remember how I love Park Sheridan so much right after I finished reading Eleanor & Park :')
And Levi! A super ordinary guy, but charming in his own way.
(I need to find 'Levi' in my real life, definitely)
And now Lincoln. He is a bit different, sweet but mature.
Of course, the characters in this book are adults I guess, haha

Yet, I personally think, what makes them similar is the sincere feeling they have :)
And how they love the girls just the way they are.
And how they are being so charming. Hahahaha


Oke, enough, I don't know how to express myself anymore. Haha
Go read the books if you want to know what I mean :D
I do not guarantee we will have the same feeling after you read those books, though.
(It's just too cheesy sometimes. I do understand. haha)
I appreciate different reactions ;)


~'till we meet again
XOXO

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European Workshop 2016: BGI TEAM

"You don't win with the best talent - you win with the five players who can play well together."

Well said, sir.
Well said.


Anyway, we did it, guys! WE DID IT!
8 weeks of consultancy project
12 credits worth
3 beautiful advisors
27 students
11 nationalities
5 geo-reports
1 synthesis report
1 video
and lots of fun! and drinks!!
hahaha

Please introduce our team:
the BGI TEAM of EUW-PRAGUE
*BGI: Blue and Green Infrastructure

photo credit: Kunti May Wulan

The first 3 weeks of the project was soo hectic.
We were divided into 5 geo-groups (district 2,6,7,8 and 13) and 4 expert groups (policy and stakeholder; infrastructure; ecosystem services; scenario and vulnerability).
The students in the same geo group did all the data collecting in the assigned district and wrote the geo report of the district.
While those in the expert groups prepared all the requirements for analysis before going to the field, according to their expertise e.g. observation frame.
Every geo-group consist of at least one expert group's representative and the other way around.
We used a matrix to design the position for everyone so that each student responsible for at least two different roles.
Oh, and there was also a management team, a group of students who coordinated all the things. There has to be 1 management team in each small group.
..Well, enough for this complicated grouping scheme, haha.

After assigning the group, we need to prepare all the things we need for the fieldwork, the long-time discussions about our research objective, questionnaires and the observation frame, contacting all stakeholders to arrange interviews, and the lectures, ah and the expectation paper!
We conducted practice observation and interview and handed out questionnaires for the final check..
..
And off we went to Prague on 26 Oct! Yeay!


photo credit: Kunti May Wulan


photo credit: Kunti May Wulan


photo credit: Kunti May Wulan


photo credit: Fauziah Nur


photo credit: Fauziah Nur


photo credit: Fauziah Nur

Visit Wulan's album if you want to see more photos of our activities in Prague :)
https://www.facebook.com/kmwulan/media_set?set=a.1247309698624699.1073741834.100000370416649&type=3


No, the field work was not as beautiful as the pictures, definitely not. Haha
To sum up our 11 days field trip to Prague:
1. We observed 5 districts (2, 6, 7, 8 and 13), focussing on blue and green infrastructure (mostly on foot!)
2. We did >900 questionnaires (plus mentally exhausted >1000 times)
3. We conducted 12 interviews with relevant stakeholders
4. Some extra lectures, group discussions and presentations, dinners and drinks, birthdays celebrations, pub crawls, city tours, getting lost at the zoo, cooking together, and shoppings! :D

We did night city tour to the Praha Charles Bridge (all ladies) at 11! Hahahaha. Crazy girls.
When the others were having fun at the pub, we decided to have our own tour to the famous bridge. It was closeby anyway.
But it was super fun. And we also experienced a really creepy and super weird time in the tram when we went back to the hostel.

So, suddenly, our tram was stopped by a group of policemen wearing almost all black (of course -_-).
Some were in front of the tram, some were at the back (with the police car next to them), 1-2 were looking into the tram while going around.
I think there was also one who did go into the tram (and communicate with the driver? I'm not that sure because it was so creepy. Heu)
For your information, it was around 1am. Yet the tram was almost full. Some of us were standing.
Only after around 15 minutes, they let us go.
Why and what exactly happened? It's still unresolved mystery :/




Anyway, it was a super great experience with super great partners! :)
We finished the field visit with a final presentation, giving the progress of our research to our client and the stakeholders.
We managed to hold a small but fun workshop with the guests in this event :)


Presenter team :)


Our beautiful supervisors :)


Yay! We did it!!
We went back with 6am flight on Oct 7 to Amsterdam (after a full night of pub crawls for some of us. Hahaa)


The next 3 weeks was even more hectic than the first one.
We need to input all the data, analyse it, create different groups, and write the reports.
We also need to make a video, which we decided to be our creative output for the project :D

The final-final presentation was a success!
We finished all our reports (#crying hard)
We made the video
And not to forget the reflection paper (I submitted it 1 hour late, LOL)











Fiuh!! Finally!
That's all for my unforgetful experiences in the European Workshop :D
It was super fun to work with all the team.
I surely learned a lot of things, which I cannot mention one by one here (or I will end up writing a reflection paper. haha)
May we always be happy and useful for others :)



#PS: everyone got good grade :D

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