Kuala Lumpur Day Two

Hello again, folks! Melanjutkan catatan perjalanan saya di KL, kali ini saya akan menulis tentang hari kedua saya di KL. Anyway, sebelumnya saya ingin berterima kasih dulu kepada teman-teman yang mau susah-susah membaca tulisan ‘keple’ saya ini hehe. Thanks guys, It’s really meaningful to me! :D

Okay, back to the topic. Hari kedua saya berencana meng-explore KL habis-habisan.Tujuan pertama saya hari itu adalah menuju ke Batu Caves. Batu Caves merupakan sebuah gua dan candi suci bagi umat Hindu Malaysia, yang terletak 13 km dari KL. Berangkat dari apartemen Shantini (CS host saya) sekitar pukul 9 pagi, saya lalu berjalan kaki ke KL Sentral. Di KL Sentral saya membeli tiket KTM Komuter tujuan Batu Caves. Tiketnya dapat dibeli di petugas loket dengan harga 1RM dari KL Sentral ke Batu Caves dan 2 RM untuk rute sebaliknya.

KTM Komuter merupakan salah satu alat transportasi di KL yang nyaman, murah, cepat, termasuk baru. Baru pertama kali naik KTM Komuter, saya pun dibuat takjub. Bahkan, menurut saya alat transportasi tersebut sudah setara seperti yang saya temui di Eropa, bersih, tempat duduknya nyaman, tepat waktu, dan ber-AC. Ada gerbong khusus perempuan juga loh.. Wow. Kapan ya, Indonesia punya yang seperti itu ? (:

Gerbong khusus perempuan KTM Komuter

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How does it feel when you really need to see your friends but you can't go because you can't afford the travel expenses ? You really want to meet them after years but you don't have enough money ? It s-u-c-k-s. Sucks :')

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Catatan Perjalanan dari Kuala Lumpur

Tanggal 30 Januari 2013 adalah salah satu hari ternekat bagi saya diantara hari-hari penuh kenekatan lainnya. Why is that so? Karena pada hari itu saya terbang ke Kuala Lumpur tanpa ijin orang tua, seorang  diri, dan hanya bermodal uang 500 ribu rupiah atau sekitar 150 ringgit. Saya jadi teringat kata-kata Mas Muchlis yaitu sebagai mahasiswa dan seorang yang dewasa kita terkadang tidak perlu lagi meminta ijin orang tua selama kita berkeyakinan hal itu bukan merupakan hal yang buruk. Entah benar atau sedikit sesat, saya pun akhirnya percaya akan teori itu.

Berawal dari hunting tiket promo Air Asia , saya iseng-iseng membeli tiket SUB-KUL pp seharga 300 ribu. Empat hari di KL saya rencanakan untuk mengisi liburan kuliah. Sebelumnya saya sudah merencanakan dengan baik dan melakukan banyak survey baik itu di internet, buku, dan bertanya ke orang lain tentang KL mengingat nantinya saya hanya seorang diri.

Tiba 3 jam sebelum keberangkatan, pagi itu sekitar pukul 8, Bandara Internasional Juanda terlihat cukup sepi. Karena counter check in belum dibuka, saya lalu mencari tempat duduk untuk membaca novel sembari membunuh waktu. Selang beberapa menit membolak-balik novel, diam-diam saya memperhatikan seorang wanita di sebelah saya. Membawa ransel khas backpacker, berpakaian casual, seorang diri, dan membawa buku mengenai info travelling ke Asia Tenggara. Saya pun memberanikan diri untuk bertanya dan berkenalan. Menit berikutnya, kami sudah terlibat perbincangan yang seru.

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Cross Border Medical Education : Prague, Czech Republic

Dobry den! I was lucky enough to experience a professional exchange to Prague at July 2012. I got a chance to meet other students, doctors, and health professionals at Third Medical Faculty Charles University of Prague. As one of the out-goers, I had a secret mission to get to know how was the medical educational system in Prague like. This was quite a hard mission due to the only-a-month-exchange-period I had. Anyway, I've done the mission so I'd like to share it with all of you. Happy reading :D

Prologue

Czech Republic is one of the countries located in Central Europe. It is widely known for its rich ancient histories and amazing architecture. Its capital and largest City is Prague. There are a lot of famous cultural attractions with stunning architecture in Prague. Old Town Square, Charles Bridge, Astronomical Clock, Prague Castle and so many others had made Prague as the sixth-most-visited city in Europe.The economy condition in Prague remains high and stable with a GDP per capita of 80% of the European Union average.

Prague amazing view

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Prague, I'm Coming !!! (Part 2)

So, the story goes...
After I got the passport and CA the next thing to do was apply for visa. For this occasion, I used a Schengen Visa. It's a visa which you can use for European Union countries, known as Schengen Area, which currently consisting of 26 countries. Pay attention for the EU countries you're gonna travel to, it might not listed as Schengen Area, such as UK and Romania, and you will be surely in trouble when you don't have a proper visa. (don't laugh, my friend had been arrested by the immigration officer in Romania because of this)

Schengen Area

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Prague, I'm Coming !!

As I said in my last post that I got a chance to do student exchange program in Czech Republic! Woohooo ! But, (there's always been a 'but' anyway) it surely didn't just stop there. I had another tasks following my exchange application. There are some documents requirements I had to submit. I took up the torch anyway.

First of all is Passport. Yap, this was my first time going abroad so I hadn't got any passport yet at the moment. So, I went to my hometown, Sidoarjo, to submit my passport application. The office was so packed like sardines and I didn't know anything about how to make it. I came at about 9 o'clock in the morning and I took the form. The form was a bit confusing as well so it took me more time to fill it. Thirty minutes later, I finished it all and headed to the officer at the locket.
As I gave my map to him, he said "Sorry, miss. But we can't receive any passport applicants. The quota is already full."

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Bonjour! Let's Learn French Together!

I am currently addicted to learn new languages after I traveled around Europe. It's just amazing to see how natives speak their languages with their original accents. It's also just annoying that you can't understand them as well. Besides, I've met some friends, they're just like me, ordinary medical students, but what distinct us is they speak more than 2 languages. Mariusz is one of them. This Polish guy is able to speak Polish, Czech, German, Russian, and English. Although he isn't too good at speaking those languages, but at least he understand some words and can communicate a lil bit. That piece of 'lil bit' has amazed me enough, indeed.


The languages I wanna learn a lil bit are Czech, German, and absolutely French. Czech, is because I've been there for a month so I knew some of the words and also its culture. German, is because I already learned it at high school and as I left the school I definitely didn't make any contact with it so it just gone. Moreover, few countries in Europe speak German, for example in Austria and Switzerland. I found it useful to be spoken especially for those who live in Europe.

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An Interview that Brought Me to Europe

I could feel my own heartbeats right after I opened my eyes that morning. I had to face this day, this big day. I said to myself. An interview regarding the selection of scholarship given by HPEQ DIKTI in order to encouraging medical education quality through student exchange program which is held by IFMSA. There were many exchange program destination countries offered, and I'd made my choice. It was Czech Republic. Why? Simple, because it's located in Europe. The dreamland. My dreamland..

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Prague, I'm so fucked up missing you..

I fell in love with Prague.
I stepped on it as a foreigner but it welcomed me nicely.
My first impression of its people wasn't good.
I was grim and gloomy
got pissed off easily
But time goes by..
And opened my eyes
new friends made
totally different  cultures
large amount of time spent together
questions, laugh, glance, thoughts,
diversity, tolerance,
friendship and love.

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Coming Soon ! MSCIA Open Recruitment !

Heelloo everyone.. I'm going to announce you about Open Recruitment MSCIA (Medical Students' Committee for International Affairs) which is coming really soon :)

Here we go!

Yeah, for you who study in Medical Faculty of Brawijaya University, you may have known about MSCIA. It's one of the students organization that affiliated with CIMSA National (Center for Indonesian Medical Students' Activities), IFMSA (International Federation of Medical Students of Medical Students' Associations) and IADS (International Association of Dental Students). Wohoo, it's a long sentence actually lol

By the way, I have joined MSCIA for more than a year. And you know what, it gives me so much worthy experiences. Many interesting projects we've been managed. It's just fun to meet many great people and been busy to catch meetings with doctors, international med students, kids, and absolutely with patients.

I also guarantee you a new loving family when you decided to join MSCIA. We often hang out for our member's birthday, watch movies, karaoke-ing, or just do some chit chat. And the best thing is, those I mentioned above is just tiny little things that you can get from MSCIA. So, what are you waiting for? Let's Join Us! Join MSCIA!

Regards,

Human Resources and Organizational Development (HROD)

MSCIA

Brawijaya University

Malang-Indonesia

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