Tulus - Sepatu (Shoes)

Another post in English :D Hi there! This time I want to share a beautiful Indonesian song with you guys.

To be honest, I seldom get attracted to current Indonesian songs, especially those that become very popular. Sometimes the lyric can be so cheesy and I have no interest to spend my time listening to the cheesiness. But this one is different. The music is simple but great, the metaphors are sweet (yet sad), and the video concept is unique. It's in Bahasa Indonesia, but don't worry I get the translation done for you.  The song tells a story about love between man and woman who can't be together..Cliche? Well the interesting part is, the writer compared that relationship with.. Shoes! 

This link below goes to the singer's, Tulus, Youtube channel. 

Tulus - Sepatu 

Enjoy! 

Tulus - Sepatu

Kita adalah sepasang sepatu
Selalu bersama tak bisa bersatu
Kita mati bagai tak berjiwa
Bergerak karena kaki manusia

Aku sang sepatu kanan
Kamu sang sepatu kiri
Ku senang bila diajak berlari kencang
Tapi aku takut kamu kelelahan
Ku tak masalah bila terkena hujan
Tapi aku takut kamu kedinginan

Reff : Kita sadar ingin bersama
         Tapi tak bisa apa-apa
         Terasa lengkap bila kita berdua
         Terasa sedih bila kita di rak berbeda
         Di dekatmu kotak bagai nirwana
         Tapi saling sentuh pun kita tak berdaya

Ku senang bila diajak berlari kencang
Tapi aku takut kamu kelelahan
Ku tak masalah bila terkena hujan
Tapi aku takut kamu kedinginan

Reff : Kita sadar ingin bersama
         Tapi tak bisa apa-apa
         Kita sadar ingin bersama
         Tapi tak bisa apa-apa
  

Terasa lengkap bila kita berdua
Terasa sedih bila kita di rak berbeda
Di dekatmu kotak bagai nirwana
Tapi saling sentuh pun kita tak berdaya

Cinta memang banyak bentuknya
Mungkin tak semua bisa bersatu.

 

Tulus - Shoes 

We are a pair of shoes. 

Always together, can’t be united

We are dead thing, as if we don’t have a soul.  

We’re moving because of human’s feet

I’m the right shoe

You’re the left shoe.

I’m delighted when asked to run fast 

But I’m afraid you’ll be exhausted

I have no problem drenched by rain

But I’m afraid you’ll be cold

Reff : We realize that we want to be together

          But we can’t do anything at all

          It feels complete when there are two of us

          It feels sad when we’re on different shelf

          When close to you, a box is like heaven

          But we’re powerless even to touch each other

I’m delighted when asked to run fast

But I’m afraid you’ll be exhausted

I have no problem drenched by rain

But I’m afraid you’ll be cold

Reff : We realize that we want to be together

          But we can’t do anything at all

          We realize that we want to be together

          But we can’t do anything at all       

          It feels complete when there are two of us

          It feels sad when we’re on different shelf

          When close to you, a box is like heaven

          But we’re powerless even to touch each other

          It’s true that love has many forms. 

          Maybe not all of them could united 

                                              

Keliling Jakarta dari Depok Ga Pake Nyasar dengan Angkutan Umum

Halo. Setelah sebulan lebih menghilang dari peredaran akhirnya baru buat postingan baru lagi (dasar malas ._.) Kali ini gue pingin bagi-bagi info tentang rute angkutan umum ke tempat-tempat yang pernah gue kunjungi di Jakarta. Yeah, karena gue ingin mengurangi kemacetan makanya pake angkutan umum (padahal sih gara-gara ga punya mobil haha XD) 

Titik berangkatnya? So pasti Depok,lebih tepatnya Stasiun Universitas Indonesia secara sekarang sedang mencari wangsit (baca : kuliah) di sana hehe. Semua rute di sini sudah pernah gue coba jadi Insya Allah nggak bakal nyasar. Misalnya teman-teman punya rute lain atau mau nambahin boleh banget kasih komen, nanti bakal gue update berkala :D

Oh iya hampir lupa, semua rute yang gue tulis di sini menggunakan CL alias kereta listrik Commuter Line milik PT KAI tercinta. Supaya rapi gue kelompokkan berdasarkan stasiun tujuan.  Okay let's cekidot!

STASIUN CAWANG

Naik CL arah Jakarta Kota/Tanah Abang-Jatinegara terus turun di Cawang. Ada banyak tempat yang bisa diakses lewat Cawang, misalnya :

       

       A.      Plaza Semanggi dan Universitas Atma Jaya         

Naik bus Transjakarta arah Pluit (nama shelter tempat naiknya Cikoko Stasiun Cawang) lalu turun di shelter Semanggi atau naik bis apapun ke arah Pluit misalnya lo jiper sama jembatan shelter Semanggi yang parah banget panjangnya.

       B.      Jakarta Convention Center (JCC) dan Lapangan D Senayan

Naik bus Transjakarta arah Pluit lalu turun di Shelter JCC. Dari situ jalan dikit udah nyampe di gerbang JCC-nya. Untuk ke Lapangan D Senayan, jauh lebih dekat lewat dalam JCC karena letak mereka sebelahan.

       C.      Mal Taman Anggrek

Naik bus Transjakarta arah Pluit, turun di shelter Mall Taman Anggrek

  

       D.      Universitas Trisakti, Universitas Tarumanegara dan Mal Ciputra

Naik bus Transjakarta arah Pluit, turun di shelter Grogol 2.

STASIUN SUDIRMAN

Naik CL arah Tanah Abang-Jatinegara lalu turun di Stasiun Sudirman. Beberapa tempat yang bisa dijangkau lewat stasiun ini antara lain : 

    

      A.      Istora Senayan

Naik Kopaja 19 lalu minta turun di GBK atau naik Transjakarta arah Blok M turun di shelter Gelora Bung Karno. Dari situ jalan nyebrang lalu jalan dikit menuju kompleks GBK termasuk Istora

      B.      FX Sudirman

Naik Kopaja 19 lalu minta turun di GBK atau naik Transjakarta arah Blok M turun di shelter Gelora Bung Karno. Dari situ jalan nyebrang mendekati GBK lalu jalan dikit ke arah kiri. Pasti keliatan deh, lambing FX-nya segede gitu kok.

      C.      Pacific Place

Naik Kopaja 19 lalu minta turun di depan SCBD. Dari situ jalan dikit ke dalam kompleks SCBD sampai ketemu Pacific Place (gue kapok ke sini haha. Kayak dunia lain >_<). Bisa juga pakai bus Transjakarta arah Blok M.

      D.      The Japan Foundation, Gedung Summitmas 1 Lantai 3

Naik Kopaja 19, turun di dekat Ratu Plaza atau bisa juga naik bus Transjakarta arah Blok M. Turun di shelter Ratu Plaza. Dari situ nyebrang masih harus jalan sedikit  

      E.       Blok M Area

Resepnya lagi-lagi sama. Naik bus Transjakarta arah Blok M lalu duduk manis atau berdiri cantik sampai shelter terakhir.

Kalau apa yang gue tulis di sini ada yang salah, mohon dikoreksi ya :D Semoga walau pun sedikit tapi berguna, cheers!

Overthink : Japan Educational Seminar

What do you guys think about studying abroad?

Is it fascinating? Luxurious? Challenging? Expensive? 

It could be all of the adjectives above. I personally think that studying abroad would also give you broad knowledge about the world. That's why when my friend told me The Japan Foundation would hold a seminar of Japanese education, I was very excited to come. Despite my major, Psychology is not very developed in Japan (looking for Psychology course or scholarship in Japanese university is like ordering a rendang in French bakery, no kidding) I decided to come anyway. The seminar was on Saturday, April 19^th 2014 and strangely I got free time. I and a friend went to The Japan Foundation at Summitmas Building in Sudirman, Jakarta.

After a silly detour by train, more than 10 Transjakarta shelters and a long walk, we arrived safely at the Summitmas Building. Not many people were around, probably because it’s Saturday. We greeted the receptionist and they gave us a sticky label to be used as an ID. We were 30 minutes late so the first speaker was already on her first half of presentation. She was from JASSO, a scholarship foundation for foreign students and just like the purpose of the foundation, she explained scholarship mechanism. Second speaker told the audience about living expenses and some sponsors messages, and then followed by presentation from to Japanese private universities, the APU and Tokyo Metropolitan University.     

While listening to the speakers, I saw interesting phenomenon. There were many parents in that seminar. Even parents were dominating the Q & A session. I was wondering, where were their kids? Were the kids busy preparing stuff for National Exam so their parents storming the seminar for them? Why not looking for the information by themselves? I might be wrong, but I couldn’t help myself from picturing spoiled brats in my mind..Perhaps they really didn’t have time back then, OR they did are brats so that’s why their parents sent them abroad.

Second interesting stuff was the goodie bags. The goodie bags weren’t that attractive, but they were heavy. Each bag contained a bunch of brochures, printed full color in high quality paper. How much money was spent on that? Clearly they put a big hope in it, as one potential student’s tuition should be able to cover all expenses for the goodie bags. I also amazed by their aggresivity to promote  outside of Japan. Especially APU, with their selling point in multinationality atmosphere (that means they promote the college all around the world)

The ultimate disturbance swarmed my mind was the reality that Indonesia had become a sexy market (again!) for foreign private education institutions. The trend was similar to other imported goods like clothing, shoes, or cosmetics. Many Indonesians love something foreign, including education. It’s understandable if someone prefer foreign stuff or education for the quality, but its shameful while studying abroad is only used to look cool. “As long as it’s foreign, then it’s good!”

So do I against studying abroad now?

Not really. As I mentioned waaay above, studying abroad is a perfect way to see what other countries have done in many fields. It could help pampered kids to be more independent, and make the nationalism grows stronger. Indonesia needs high quality young generations and studying abroad could provide those young’uns great education. I personally would love to go abroad as well if I have chance. But honestly, it’s painful seeing Indonesia only becomes a market for other countries to sell things, including the education. I remembered one of my lecturer said Indonesia’s economy is built from consumerism and it’s not good since we’re very dependent to foreigners.

So, after done “stealing” abroad, don’t be a “peanut that forget its shell”. Share that valuable wisdom to others in Indonesia. Perhaps one of us is a future pioneer of Indonesia’s education revolution. Changing Indonesia from a mere market to a destination for foreign students quench their thirst of knowledge. Or maybe a pioneer in different field, who knows?

And we left the seminar earlier since we got bored haha. Good luck for those who’ll start their life abroad this fall semester J I bet none of you guys would read this note, but  I hope deep inside each one of you somehow the same message is already planted.