Saturday, November 30, 2013

Finally, they are gone!

Hi dear, long time no post :) OK, I feel so guilty to left this blog dried and spider webs are starting to hang around. In fact I experienced many interesting things....
to sum up, here are the lists.

1. I finally finished the teaching practice.

Gosh, I regret that I was not that good on being a teacher. Sometimes I utter bad words, I was also unfair on appointing my students to answer questions. The worksheets I made was too hard as well.




Thanks very much, SMPN 18 Malang. Thanks Bu Sri Winanti, my guiding teacher. The students of 7F, you are all incredible despite you are brutally uncontrollable. For my fellas of PPL Ceria, I love you all!

2. (almost) finished the thesis revision! aaaand the shocking news...

These PPL responsibilities really killed me until I was unable to work on the thesis revision. I finally made it, several days after finishing my PPL, I went to my examiners and finally my 2 examiners approved my thesis *yaaay!*. Next turn will be my advisor's to sign my thesis... hey I just met you and this is crazy, but here's my thesis, so sign it maybe...
I also started to write my article, and I also give the draft to my advisor....

Yes, my advisor did gave me the revision of the draft. But, when I was about to give the revised draft, I received a shocking news......



I woke up in the morning and I directly checked my phone. There were some messages unread on my WhatsApp. I read them and I was really shocked and said, "Innalillahi wa inna ilaihi rojiun..."
I ran to the kitchen and I told my mom,
"Buk, ibuk! Istrinya Pak Yudi meninggal buk!"
mom, Pak Yudi's wife passed away!

My advisor's wife passed away! 
Inna lillahi wa inna ilaihi roji'un.....

Rest in peace, ibu Uswatun Hasanah.... I never know you in person, but I know that there is a great, strong, and powerful woman standing behind a successful man. Pak Yudi, the best advisor ever, one of the greatest professor in this university, won't be this bright without you, Ma'am.

Mom said, "Ok, finish the housework quickly, then you can go to the funeral. I will give you some money, take the envelope from the drawer"
I directly rushed to the kitchen to wash all the dishes and picked up the washed clothes hanging on the clothesline, afterwards I informed my friends about this obituary. Finally I arranged to came to his house with my friend. 
When I was there, I saw my advisor was still able to smile, he was very tough! He didn't cry a single tears. God, please shower Your love for my advisor and his family :')

So... there will be one-week mourning period for him, therefore I have to postpone submitting my draft. Okeh. Good things come for those who wait, nji... 



Friday, November 8, 2013

of being unable to think without that color.

Weeks ago, when I performed my thesis exam, I put my drinking bottle, pencil case, file folder, and notebook aside to my laptop. As what you have predicted, all of the colors are pink.
I also gave my examiners a handout of my slides, and.... the background of my slides is pink. Yes, plain pink, no motifs. Also, I put them inside a folder...... a pink one.

The presentation went well and I my examiners asked me questions. We talked about the stereotypes implied on the images found on 9gag. Until finally one of the examiners said, "Look at these slides. These slides are also stereotyping!" she said that with holding my slides handout.
and I said, "But ma'am.... I don't mean to stereotype any gender, but I can't think without pink...."
and she said, "So do I. I can't think without purple. Well, look at all of her things. They are all pink!"

I smiled. Well, this beloved lecturer of mine admits that she loves purple. Since she is fashionable, I didn't know why I suddenly remember that I once downloaded this picture.....

And I'm imagining she wears this. OMG. Her beauty level will increase as 70%.