Fun Young Scientist

Required to join any co-curricular activity (CCA) in school as the requirement to pass the grade has driven me nuts since I am a type of a quite lazy person. I had had to join CCA as the requirement since I sat in grade 7. Junior High School (grade 7-9) had "forced" me and I thought it would end up in Senior High School (grade 10-12). Well, I had been wrong.

When I was in grade 10, there was also a requirement to join CCA to pass the grade. Fortunately, senior high school provides more interesting CCAs than junior high school's. I chose fashion design as my CCA and it turned out that there were dozen of tasks to do.

Passing grade 10 with "A" as the mark of my CCA, I was quite happy. As I realise that I need to put CCA in my university application, I choose to join another CCA in grade 11 although it isn't required. There is a secret intention of joining the CCA HAHAHA.

Fun Young Scientist is my choice of CCA in grade 11. At first, I thought it would be boring as the previous CCAs I had ever joined. BUTTTTTT I was wrong! Fun Young Scientist is such an interesting CCA. Here's the photo of our experiment during CCA:

I forget what the name of the experiment is but it was sooooooo interesting till others who don't join the CCA also try this. There are another my favorite experiments which are the squid anatomy (we are fried squid in the end!), and stress ball(we learn about viscocity).

I would highly recommend my juniors to join this CCA in the future. Trust me you will get lost of knowledge about science through fun experiment. Bye, gotta goooo!

Hi, Jogjakarta!

HELLO GUYSSSS! So sorry for not updating this blog for so lllllloooooonnnnnngggggg. There are lots of things to do. Well, as I have promised last year, I would like to share my trip to Malang-Jogjakarta. l'll just post my English task here okay! Hehe. So here you go:

After struggling in mid-term test for a week, I got my reward for all the efforts I had put in mid-term test. On the first day of October, I, together with school mates, went to Malang, East Java as well as Jogjakarta, Central Java. It took a whole day from Bandung to Malang and we went there by bus. This trip was considered as study tour since we had to do several tasks such as Biology, Chemistry, History, and Geography. This trip was for 6 nights 7 days, 4 nights in the bus and 3 nights in the hotel, so it was very tiring since we spent most of the nights in bus. In this trip, we visited Mount Bromo, Jatim Park, and Museum Angkut in Malang. Although most of the visited places were in Malang, I had my most unforgettable event in Jogjakarta.

We only spent a night in Jogjakarta but it was unforgettable because we had a free time to explore Jogjakarta by ourselves. Since there was a free time, I had planned to go to several famous places in Jogjakarta. Before exploring Jogjakarta, we first had a bath since it took half of the day to go from Malang to Jogjakarta and we stayed overnight in the bus. I explored Jogjakarta with 4 of my best friends, Naftalia, Erika, Sophie, and Caroline. Our first destination was Tempo Gelato at Prawirotaman Street. Tempo Gelato was famous by both of its delicious gelato and cone and its cozy place.  Since Jogjakarta was still safe for students like us to go by ourselves, we chose to go by public bus (Trans Jogja) to explore Jogjakarta. We could go around Jogjakarta just with Rp 3,500 because Trans Jogja had a low fare. 

Using public bus without adults was the first time both for me and my friends. Personally, Trans Jogja was quite cool because there was a “steward” inside the bus. Even there was a term “transit” to just change the bus. To go Tempo Gelato, we needed to take 2 buses, bus 1A then changed into bus 3A. It took almost 1.5 hours from the hotel to Tempo Gelato because of the bus’s route. We had the first bus, 1A, driven smoothly so we felt safe. However, the second bus we took, 3A, driven recklessly till we had to keep our selves still sit on the chair.

After 1.5 hours journey, we had eventually arrived at Ujung Benteng Wetan bus stop. At first, I had thought that we would have directly arrived in front of Tempo Gelato or at least we only had to walk a little towards our first destination. It turned out that we still needed to walk 1.5 kilometers to reach it. The street was quite dark and deserted we were passing by. We were afraid if we went to a wrong direction because we only relied on the GPS. Fortunately, we arrived at the street where Tempo Gelato was located, Prawirotaman Street. However, we still had to walk for another 250 meters to reach it. Well, we were amazed by the street because it looked like Kuta Street. The street was full of foreigners especially Caucasians. On the way to Tempo Gelato, we bumped into 2 foreigners and one of them greeted us so that we greeted them back.

It was such a tiring night since we had to walked for 1.5 kilometers. Nonetheless, our fatigue paid off by how cozy Tempo Gelato was. Though it was really cold inside, which was caused by the air conditioner’s temperature, the decoration made it seem warm. There we could taste a teaspoon of any gelato we wanted for free. After tasting several flavors, I decided to buy a cone of 2 different gelato flavors for Rp 25,000. I bought Raspberry and Good Time Cookie flavors and it tasted heaven. It was so delicious that if it was possible I would like to buy more than one but unfortunately one had already made us feel full. It was not only the gelato that tasted delicious but also the cone. The cone tasted like a Netherlands’ stroopwaffle.

In Tempo Gelato, I met my friends, Della. She is 3 years older than me and she studies in Gajah Mada University so that we planned to meet each other. She needed to take 30 minutes journey to reach Tempo Gelato at Prawirotaman Street by motorbike. She also helped me to buy famous snack from Jogjakarta, bakpia. I was so happy to meet her again and we also planned to meet up in Bandung because she would visit Bandung soon. It was also a part of unforgettable moments in Jogjakarta.

I scream for ice cream!

After having our bellies full, we continued our journey to another place in Jogjakarta. For our second destination, instead of taking bus, we took a taxi due to limited time. First, we had planned to go to Malioboro Street but one of my friends said that Malioboro was not safe enough for us since we were all girls. The taxi driver suggested us to go to Rotawijayan Village which also sold a souvenir, especially t-shirt and Batik. The driver said that Rotawijayan Village had better quality than all the street shops along Maliboro. Then we decided to change our destination from Maliboro to Rotawijayan. Rotawijayan Village was not as crowded as Malioboro Street but it was also our first experience visiting it. I had even just known that Rotawijayan Village was located around Jogjakarta’s Palace.

Well, my journey in Jogjakarta was my most unforgettable event during study tour 2016 because I could travel around Jogjakarta by myself. I could also experience take public transportation especially bus since I had never taken it in Bandung. Tasting the famous gelato was also one of my most unforgettable events even I said that it was the best gelato I had ever tried. Even though this study tour absorbed our energy, it was such a fun and unforgettable.

Year 4!

Dear all family, friends, and readers,

We would to say our deepest gratitude to all of you who have supported us in blogging, become our loyal reader, given us suggestions, etc. Well it has been 4 years since the first time we started to run this blog. Although we are getting more rare, rare, and rare to post as the time passes, trust us that we still try to make time to post something.

Thanks for all the supports as we realise that without you guys we won't be able to run this blog for 4 years. Happy new year! We wish you all the best and we hope that everything will be fine this year, all the dreams come true, and all the best! Gbu all!

With love,
Jasmine & Grace.

Engineering, Design, Business or ... ?

Dear Indonesian Students,

Especially the 12th graders

Hi seniors!

Have you thought what major would you like to take in the university level? Probably, YES! Some of private universities in Indonesia have opened their registrations for direct admission for the next term. So I bet that some of you have chosen the major but the problem is, "is that really the major you like?"

Sometimes, 12 graders are too late to think what major they like so that they choose the major based on their parents, or probably their friends. Whereas choosing a suitable major for you would make you enjoy uni life. Life in uni is not as easy as in high school and university students often say that if it is possible, they wanna come back to high school. By taking a major you like, you'll never feel burdened.

IF you haven't choose your major yet, and you don't know what major you should take, I'll give some tips! ;)

1. KNOW YOURSELF

It is said that there's none knows you better than yourself. Well, it's true! If you feel that you don't know yourself yet, I'll tell you a link where you can know your personality which is only able to be taken once in 6 months. You only need to do a questionnaire(in English) which takes around 30 minutes and they will give you clear explanation of the result.

Talent Today: www.talentoday.com

2. TAKE A PSYCHOTEST

Psychotest is expensive but if you are reading this article right now, you are lucky! My friends told me a website for students whose confused of choosing a major. In that website, you can know yourself, found your interests and personalities, recommendation of jobs, exploration of careers and majors, and make your own CV. You will also need to do questionnaire in Bahasa,

Youth Manual: http://www.youthmanual.com/

3. UNIVERSITIES SURFING

If you have known what major you wanna take, you should choose which universities you wanna go in. Each university has different quality of each majors so you are required to check the quality. Since technology has grown so much, you can search a good university both in Indonesia and abroad. You can google it with a keyword such as "Ranking universitas teknik terbaik di Indonesia" or "Rank of the best universities in the world", etc.

Above are some tips for my beloved seniors. If you are a 10th graders and 11th graders, please think what major you wanna take. I'm now studying at grade 11th and I was thinking of what major I wanna take and it was really confusing. But I have found several majors to take! :D I did a research btw hahaha. 

Best of luck 12th graderssss!

Malang and Jogjakarta, here I come!

HI GUYS! So sorry for not updating for sooooooooo llllllllooooooonnnnnnnggggggg. Well, school is very busy :(

Since mid-term test has over, I'm going to Malang and Jogjakarta on Saturday! Yay! I'm just so happy to go after test :D But I'm a bit sad since the plan of going to Mount Bromo is cancelled due to its eruption. Instead going to Mt. Bromo, I'm going to Mt. Dieng and it also has a nice view!

I promise all of you I'll tell about my trip there ;) So, stay tune!

Love Language

Holaaa! So, some months ago I was curious of my friend's photo. Her photo was shown just words like Words of Affirmation, Quality Time, Acts of Service, etc. Next to those words, there were numbers which I had guessed as a score. Eventually I asked her what the meaning of those was. She told me that those were love language and she asked me to take the test so that she could know what my love language was haha.

There are 5 love languages and I wanna describe each of the love languages based on 5 Love Languges. I take the description from the test I took for teens, so I'm not sure if this description is the same as the adults one.

So here we go! Check the description below

1. Words of Affirmation
Actions don’t always speak louder than words. If this is your love language, unsolicited compliments mean the world to you. Hearing the words, “I love you,” are important—hearing the reasons behind that love sends your spirits skyward. Insults can leave you shattered and are not easily forgotten. You thrive on hearing kind and encouraging words that build you up.

2. Acts of Service
Can helping with homework really be an expression of love? Absolutely! Anything you do to ease the burden of responsibilities weighing on an “Acts of Service” person will speak volumes. The words he or she most wants to hear: “Let me do that for you.” Laziness, broken commitments, and making more work for them tell speakers of this language their feelings don’t matter. When others serve you out of love (and not obligation), you feel truly valued and loved.

3. Receiving Gifts
Don’t mistake this love language for materialism; the receiver of gifts thrives on the love, thoughtfulness, and effort behind the gift. If you speak this language, the perfect gift or gesture shows that you are known, you are cared for, and you are prized above whatever was sacrificed to bring the gift to you. A missed birthday or a hasty, thoughtless gift would be disastrous—so would the absence of everyday gestures. Gifts are heartfelt symbols to you of someone else's love and affection for you.

4. Quality Time

In Quality Time, nothing says “I love you” like full, undivided attention. Being there for this type of person is critical, but really being there—with the TV off, fork and knife down, and all chores and tasks on standby—makes you feel truly special and loved. Distractions, postponed activities, or the failure to listen can be especially hurtful. Whether itʼs spending uninterrupted time talking with someone else or doing activities together, you deepen your connection with others through sharing time.

5. Physical Touch

A person whose primary language is Physical Touch is, not surprisingly, very touchy. Hugs, pats on the back, and thoughtful touches on the arm—they can all be ways to show excitement, concern, care, and love. Physical presence and accessibility are crucial, while neglect or abuse can be unforgivable and destructive. Appropriate and timely touches communicate warmth, safety, and love to you.

I bet after reading this you wanna take the test as well hahaha. If your age is between 13-17, take the test here. If your age is 18 and above, take the test here. For the adults one, you need to enter your email, gender, and age. Fortunately for teens, you don't need to enter your email. After doing the test, you can tell me what your result is so that I know how to treat you well based on your love language hahaha.

This test isn’t a game with a scorecard! The payoff of speaking each other’s love language is a greater sense of connection. This translates into better communication, increased understanding, and, ultimately, an improved relationship. (Cr: here)

Btw, the order above isn't based on my highest score. It is true that my highest score is in Words of Affirmation but the rests aren't in order. Since my highest score is in Words of Affirmation, I wanna spread a good vibe to brighten up your day :D (Cr: SkillShare) Cheers!

Rudy Habibie (Film)

Hi guys! As I promised that I'll try to update this blog during holiday, I'd like to review a movie that I watched some days ago. I watched an Indonesia movie titled "Rudy Habibie".

If you live outside Indonesia, you'll probably not know who Rudy Habibie is. In Indonesia, Rudy Habibie is known as B.J Habibie and he is the third president of Indonesia. He is also the seventh vice president of Indonesia. It is said that Rudy Habibie is the second film of Habibie & Ainun but for me, it is not the second because the movie is focus on the young Rudy.

Genre : Drama
Producer : Manoj Punjabi
Director: Hanung Bramantyo
Script : Ginanti S. Noer
Starred:
Reza Rahadian
Chelsea Islan
Indah Permatasari
Ernest Prakasa
Boris Bokir
Cakra Khan
Verdi Solaiman
Donny Damara
Dian Nitami
Pandji Pragiwaksono

Synopsis (source: Pusat Sinopsis)
Rudy Habibie tells a story a few decades before the movie of Habibie & Ainun. This film tells us the story of young person who has lots of dreams and love stories.

Rudy had a dream to succeed in making an aeroplane as it was a message from his late father. However, there were lots of obstacles for him to achieve his dream such as financial, and time. Rudy had eventually gone to study in RWTH in Ancheen, West Germany.

In Germany, Rudy lived within the limit and he was homesick. Rudy learnt the meaning of love, friendship, and betrayal from his new Indonesian friends who studied in Ancheen as well.

This film is so touching because I can see someone who really loves his country. I see Rudy Habibie as someone who never forgets about his hometown because he studied abroad in purpose of coming back to Indonesia to build the country. You might have ever heard that Rudy had ever been offered a citizenship of Germany because of his genius. Instead of taking the offer, he still insisted to come back to Indonesia.

My favorite actor in this film is Reza Rahadian who plays as Rudy Habibie. In my opinion, he is such a great actor because his accent is so similar with the real Rudy Habibie. He really enjoys being Rudy because the way he act is so natural. This movie is recorded in both Indonesia and Germany.

The duration of this film is 143 minutes and this film is showed in all theaters in Indonesia. If I'm not mistaken, this film is also showed in Malaysia. Oh ya, if you want to enjoy the cheap yet profitable, you should go to the theater on weekday because the ticket is only for 25K-30K IDR. 25K-30K IDR for 143mins, isn't that cheap?? Let me tell you that this movie is good, so that's why I write profitable.

I shed a tears during watching this hahaha. You might say that I was too excessive, but it really depends on each person's opinion.

I'd give this move 9/10 ;D

Holiday is almost over!

Hii guys! So sorry for not updating for sooooo llllllooooonnnnngggggg. Honestly, I'm lazy to post haha. So how's your holiday? This time I don't go to another city nor country. Actually, I went to Jakarta but it was just for a day so it wasn't counted as a holiday lol.

Unfortunately, holiday is almost over which means we need to go back to school and study. I need to tell you something, most of you might have already known that most of my after school days are filled by tuitions even in a holiday. Fyi, this holiday I only went to tuition for 3 times, so it wasn't considered as studying okay. Honestly, I hate studying but I'm thinking of having a bright future, so I need to prepare myself for the new term hahaha.

To make my holiday fun, I do something I love. Yup, I love take a flatlay. So let me promote my Instagram account which is filled by flat lays, it's heyitsgracenathh.

Please do follow! :) Thanks, peepsss!

Technology is Good and "Good"

In the past few years, we can see that technology has grown so much. The development of technology is very helpful for us especially in communication. Lots of people use smart phones to communicate easier with others mainly to the ones who live far away. There are lots of applications that offer an easy way to interact with others such as LINE, Facebook Messager, and Whatsapp. I agree to a large extent that today’s technology is so useful.

First, technology makes our communication with the ones who live away easier. In the past, we had to send a letter to those who did not live around us. For instance, in the past we needed to hand write the letter, to go to the post office and it took a long time for the letter to be read. It was troublesome but fortunately, there is an email today which is making send letters easier. Today we do not need to bother our selves going to a post office because in just a second, our letter has been sent.

Second, technology is able to connect us with someone that we have been lost contact for so many years. Facebook is an application that will help us searching for that person. As we can see that nowadays a 9-year-old kid has already had a facebook account which means the person, who you are searching for, use facebook. For example, there is my primary school friend who moved to Australia about 8 years ago and since she moved, I had never known where she was until I found her in facebook. I started to use Facebook Messager to ask how she was, where she lived, and many more.

In the other hand, as we can see that technology helps us a lot, we often stuck in our new world. We often ignore people around us and only focus on our phones. It is said that technology makes us close with the far ones, but we are getting far with the people around. For instance, we often see that lots of family have dinner together, but each member is focus on their phones. It is ironic how technology has engulfed all our attentions.

In a nutshell, the development of technology does make most things easier. We need to be able to use technology since it is very useful. Nonetheless, we should be able to limit our selves by not using it too much. We need to appreciate the presences of people around us and let technology help us to communicate with others away easier without making us as a slave of technology.