FESPER 2013

Berbeda dengan camping-camping yang pernah ku ikuti, FESPER (Festival Pendidikan Rumah) memiliki konsep kemah keluarga, dimana pesertanya merupakan para keluarga yang menjalankan home education. Pada tanggal 5 April 2013, hadir sekitar 19 keluarga dari Tangerang, Jakarta, Semarang, Salatiga, Yogyakarta, dan Tegal. Kami pun berkemah selama 3 hari 2 malam di Bumi Perkemahan Wonogondang, Cangkringan, Yogyakarta.

Di hari pertama, aku berangkat bersama keluargaku, nabila (anaknya om Ilik dan tante Ririn), dan keluarga tante Ita. Kami berangkat jam setengah 2 dari rumahku dan sampai sana sekitar jam 5 karena banyak berhenti untuk bertanya jalan. Ketika sampai, kami bergegas turun dan mengambil nomor undian tenda sambil membawa ransel kami masing-masing. Keluargaku mendapat tenda nomor 1, sedangkan keluarga tante Ita mendapat tenda nomor 6. Nabila tidur di tenda keluargaku dan Elan tidur di tenda "anak laki-laki". Berhubung ada tenda yang menganggur, para anak laki-laki memutuskan untuk tidur bersama, begitu pula dengan anak-anak perempuannya. Udara yang sejuk dan dingin membuat badan jadi segar setelah 3 jam duduk di dalam mobil. Setelah menaruh ransel di tenda masing-masing, kami bebas bermain karena acara hari ini hanya bersantai dan berkenalan satu dengan yang lain. Malamnya, setelah sholat dan makan malam, para orang tua sibuk mengobrol tentang pendidikan anak sedangkan tim anak-anak juga sibuk..... bermain uno.

bermain kartu uno

Kukuruyuuuk! Aku pun terbangun mendengar suara ayam berkokok, kulihat jam di hpku, jam 4.30... aku rasa tidur sebentar lagi juga nggak apa-apa (kebo) :-P akhirnya aku tertidur lagi. Jam 4.50 orang tuaku terbangun, setelah itu membangunkanku dan Nabila. Kami segera ke kamar mandi, wudhu, lalu sholat Subuh. Pukul 6, seluruh peserta FESPER melaksanakan senam edukasi (lebih cocok disebut senam otak kayaknya) dilanjutkan dengan outbound. Siangnya, para orang tua mengikuti sarasehan oleh Ibu Lala dan Bapak Aar serta Ibu Septi dan Bapak Dodik. Sedangkan anak-anak dan remaja berkegiatan bersama Animal Friends Jogja. Di sore hari, anak-anak dan remaja tracking berjalan memutar bumi perkemahan tersebut. Di tengah perjalanan, turun hujan, kami pun memanfaatkan daun pisang sebagai payung darurat. Acara terakhir di hari kedua ini ialah api unggun dan pentas seni. Berhubung hujan, kami tidak jadi menyalakan api unggun, pentas seni pun berlangsung di pendopo.

Yudhis beraksi dengan gitarnya

Elan menunjukkan keahliannya bergitar

kehujanan

 Di hari ketiga, ada sarasehan oleh Bu Ellen Christi untuk para orang tua, sedangkan anak-anak dan remaja bebas bermain sepuasnya. Tidak puas dengan outbound kemarin, teman-teman Elan mencoba permainan lain yang ada, yang paling mereka suka adalah tali tarzan untuk bergelantungan, di bawahnya diberi lumpur sebagai rintangan.

Sabil berenang di kolam lumpur

Puas bermain dan berkemah, di penghujung acara, kita semua foto bersama dan pulang ke rumah masing-masing. Tidak sabar menunggu FESPER 2014 ni :D Insya Allah untuk tahun depan, Salatiga akan menjadi tuan rumahnya.

Lomba Design Kaos

Dalam rangka merayakan ulang tahunnya yang ke 30, Majalah Griya Asri mengadakan lomba mendesain kaos. Aku belum pernah mendesain kaos sebelumnya, dan aku masih sangat pemula dalam hal desain. Iseng-iseng aku pun mengikutinya, paling nggak buat nambah pengalaman. Ini pertama kalinya aku mengikuti lomba mendesain kaos. Ternyata, mendesain kaos itu seru juga lo! Kita bisa menuangkan imajinasi kita dalam gambaran kaos itu. Pasti lebih wow kalo kita pake kaos hasil desain kita sendiri ;)

Kembali ke lomba --> Pemenang pertama dipilih oleh juri lomba, sedangkan 2 pemenang kedua dipilih dari jumlah like terbanyak (di Facebook).. Tolong bantu aku like design kaosku ya dengan cara:

1. Sign in di Facebook

2. KLIK INI agar kamu menuju langsung ke photo design kaosku

3. Klik LIKE :D

4. Tulis komentarmu (additional)

Terimakasih banyak, teman-teman ^u^

Jumping Competition

Here is my video when I was jumping with Royal at Arthayasa Stable!!

New Year

Made by me using my index finger and an I-pad

Happy New Year!!! Wishing you a Super Great 2013 (*^▽^*)

-new year, new spirit, new hope, new opportunity, new life-

Be better, guys ;D

Let's make some resolutions for 2013!

here are my resolutions :

1. Keep my room (bedroom) n e a t ~ [every Sunday I'll check my bedroom, kalo kelihatannya berantakan, akan kurapikan, tapi kalo udah rapi, aku hanya akan memandanginya sambil tersenyum bangga, ahahahaha  (╯¯ ▽¯)╯]
2. Sharing 'what i got this week' and 'my goal next week' with my fam every saturday.
3. Learn + write down everything about horse, horseback riding and stable management in my Pony Note

That's all my resolutions for 2013, what's yours?

Be a Tour Guide @Singapore - Day 1

I have a friend named Anis, he's as old as my sister, about 16yo. He lives in Semarang. He's a freelance designer, if you want to see his portofolio just visit his website or his tumblr. He and his lil sister are homeschooling, just like me and my brother. His family and my family are good  friends. We often discuss about education and our future.

Knowing that Singapore has a good education and my sister also study there, then he wanna study in Singapore too. That's why in 5 days, my sister and I become such a study tour guide for him to survey some design schools in Singapore.

Day H-1 : Wednesday, 21 November, 2012

19.00 ► Om Ilik and Tante Ririn (Kak Anis' parents) drove Kak Anis to my house in Salatiga,

so we can go to the Adisutjipto Airport in Yogyakarta together tomorrow morning. He have to stay one night in my house cos our flight will be depart at 07.25. It means that the gate will be close at 06.55 (30 minutes before the departure), at least we have to arrive at the airport at 6 o'clock, so we should leave home at 3 o'clock (a journey from Salatiga to Yogyakarta will take 'bout 3 hours), can you imagine if Kak Anis go to the Adisutjipto Airport from his house (Semarang)? It will take more hours cos from Yogya, Semarang is farther than Salatiga.

If you confuse why we choose Yogyakarta Airport even there's an airport in Semarang, the answer is simple: Cos it's an international airport where there is a direct flight to Singapore using A**A**A with low cost. Ahahaha

Day 1 : Thursday, 22 November, 2012

Today is a great day! We will go to Singapore by plane. Yeeaay!

02.00 ► we wake up early in the morning, it's sooooo cold here. It seems like the blanket is the most comfortable thing now, but I should fold it and take a bath (⌣_⌣..)

03.00 ► We've put all bags in the car. Everybody's already take a bath and drink hot chocolate :9 Yeay, we're ready to go to the airport! Bismillah.... We bring some bread so we can have a breakfast inside the car. My lil brother also bring some pillows so he can continue his sleep during the journey to Yogyakarta.

06.00 ► Alhamdulillah, we arrive on time. After we drop our baggage in the A**A**A counter, we pray Subuh in airport mosque and take a rest at D***** Doughnut. Oh ya, we didn't forget to check the number of bags that we carried and check all the important document. Usually children under 16 yo (like me -.-) will get YPTA letter that should be signed by his/her parent. YPTA is stands for Young Person Travel Alone. There will be 3 copy of this letter, one for the company data, one for stewardess inside the flight, and the last is for me.

06.30 ► It's time to me and Kak Anis to say goodbye to my parents and my lil brother. We should get in before the gate closed. "Assalamu'alaikum.. I'll miss ya all! " I see my parents and my lil brother waved goodbye from the outside. Kak Anis will be at Singapore for 5 days and I will be there for 1 month. I think the 'waved goodbye' doesn't mean sayonara, but it means "see you next month! I'm waiting for your amazing story 'bout your amazing experience in Singapore"

07.25 (GMT + 7) ► The flight arrived in time. We walk into the plane and find our seats number.

Not long after that, our meals which is ordered on the internet is coming! I'm so glad that my mom ordered a kids meal for me cos I'll get a 3D puzzle plane. Finally, my stomach bell is stopping now. That was a delicious meal, thanks mom! I also share some of my meal to Kak Anis, and so did he.

10.45 (GMT + 8) ► Finally, we arrived at Changi Airport, Singapore! It's my second time go to Singapore without my parents. I bought 2 handphones, one for my Indonesian number and one for my Singaporean number. Kak Anis wanna have a Singaporean number too for his i-phone, then we decided to go to the cellular counter inside the airport to buy a phone number.

12.30 ► we arrive at the apartment where Mbak Enes lives to drop our bags and take a rest for a while, just for a w h i l e . . . cos after this, a long journey will begin, eng ing eng! It starts with 2 pcs of bread for lunch, and then go in a hurry to meet Mbak Enes in Tanjong Pagar station, it's about 1 hour from the apartment which is located in Tampines (if we go by public transportation like mrt/train and bus).

14.00 ► bla bla bla we meet Mbak Enes in Tanjong Pagar station, we talk many things. Then we see the map inside the mrt station. We are going to go to FZD School of Design. After see and capture the map, we walk out of the station through exit B. We walk 'bout 500 m from the station to reach the school.

We had an appointment with an Indonesian people who works in FZD. She's from Surabaya. She told us everything about the school which is include the requirement, the cost, the education system, etc. We also look at the classes and the learning activities there.

15.00 ► I think 2 pcs of bread wasn't enough for us╰(￣^￣)╯, then we take a rest at a garden near the MRT station. Sitting, talking, stretching, straighten our legs, and eating some snacks.

Next destination is EXPO! There are electronic expo and clothes, hat, shoes, books, toys expo in this week. We are going to window shopping there! [kali-kali ada yg bagus + murah :-P]

16.30 ► We arrive at Expo. We feel like a car that runs out of fuel.. we need to refuel first before continuing the journey. So we decided to have a REAL lunch first before walking around in the huge and wide expo building.

18.30 ► For about 2 hours we walked around, looking for a good stuff with a good price. And the result is..... the three of us exit the expo building with a stack of brochures and 1 small plastic bag containing stylus pen. Ha-ha-ha-ha (/ ¯ ▽¯)/ we walked for 2 hours sampe kakinya gempor and just got 1 small stylus pen and a stack of brochures. Oh yeaah, that's what the real window shopping is.. Actually there are so many great stuffs there, but I think the price isn't great enough, maybe it because of the increase of currency exchange rate between Singapore Dollar and Rupiah..

19.15 ► Finally, we got home. We are very tired, especially in the legs, but that was an amazing experience!

We cook a corn soup and fried chicken for the dinner. After eat the dinner, we accompany Kak Anis to his apartment (he rented 1 room in that apartment for 5 days) in Pasir Ris. After that Mbak Enes and I go back home. At our apartment, we are massaging our tired feet and then go to bed to have a great dream. (• ˆ⌣ˆ •)

Good night everybody! Don't forget to read the second part of this story to see what we are doing in the second day in Singapore! :D Get ready for the next journey! Yipeee!

Doa di Balik Alamat E-mail

Waktu itu aku baru-baru saja pindah dari Depok ke Salatiga. Aku masih tinggal di rumah eyangku untuk sementara waktu. Tidak ada internet atau modem di rumah, kami sekeluarga pergi ke warnet untuk belajar membuat e-mail dengan orangtuaku sebagai gurunya. Aku belajar mengenal internet dan dunia maya di 1 bilik kecil warnet itu.

Data-data seperti nama, tempat tanggal lahir, dsb sudah selesai kuisi, tapi aku masih bingung, enaknya mau dikasih nama apa ya alamat e-mailku?

Karena aku bingung dan lama banget mikirnya, ibuku segera memberi usul nama alamat e-mail untukku, soalnya kalo kelamaan nanti mbayarnya tambah mahal ƪ(‾ε‾)ʃ 

"Kasih nama NOTULALIT aja, Mbak!" usul ibuku.

"Boleh juga, Bu. Lucu namanya, yaudah itu aja, notulalit itu apaan sih bu?" tanyaku penasaran.

"Itu do'a ibu. (ˆ⌣ˆ)v" jawab ibuku.

"Emang apa artinya?"

"Tulalit = lola (loading lama), kalo diajak ngomong agak ga nyambung. Biar kamu nggak tulalit, ibu kasih nama notulalit (Not Tulalit = nggak tulalit) aja ya."

"Berarti sekarang aku tulalit ya bu?" (sebenernya aku masih belom begitu mudeng artinya tulalit)

"ngg... agak (^3^)"

(karena masih polos aku manut aja deh :P)

Dan begitulah, akhirnya nama alamat emailku notulalit@yahoo.com

karena lama nggak kubuka, terbakarlah alamat e-mailku itu. Aku pun ke warnet lagi untuk membuat alamat e-mail yang baru, tetap dengan nama 'notulalit', berubah jadi notulalit@gmail.com \( ¯ ▽¯)/

Sekarang, aku tidak tulalit lo ~(˘▾˘~) #bangga

Aku bisa berbincang-bincang dengan lancar, presentasi di depan banyak orang, menceritakan pengalamanku, menangkap pelajaran dengan baik, sharing ilmu yang kupunya, dan banyak hal lagi

semuanya berkat latihan, kerja keras, dan tentunya, do'a ibu.

Jumping with Owen

this is the video when I was jumping with Owen, just to complete my story  (• ˆ⌣ˆ •)