I've Spread My Wings to Fly...

“Big Day Out”

afir.24@gmail.com (Afir) — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 02:25:00 +0000

My first trip since I arrived in Australia. I and other AusAID students who studying at University of Canberra went to Batemans bay and other places after completing our IAP training program. Just for fun before walking on a real path of study...

http://www.canberra.edu.au/monitor/articles/new/20080331_ausaid

Toilet's Poem

afir.24@gmail.com (Afir) — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 01:45:00 +0000

I read this poem when I entered the University of Canberra's Library's rest room. To me, it is interesting enough regarding the creativity of It's writer to write a poem in a very short time. Not long but quite good to make anyone smile. It is written there:

Some come here to sit and think
others come to shit and stink
I came here to scratch my balls
and write this shit on toilet walls

what do you think?

Anonymous,

afir.24@gmail.com (Afir) — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 14:10:00 +0000

“There is always a choice about the way you do your work,
even if there is not a choice about the work itself”.

The past is history, the future is a mystery.
Today is a gift, that is why we call it
the present.

Canberra oh Canberra

afir.24@gmail.com (Afir) — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 14:02:00 +0000

After long trip from Denpasar to Perth then to Canberra via Sydney, I and my friend arrived to this quite and cold city (even in summer) on 13 January, two weeks ago. Student's centre officer picked us up at Canberra airport and drove us to our temporary accommodation at university residences. The place is nice, of course, the facilities are better than my dorm when I did my undergraduate program in Makassar.
Although it is crowded (14 students in a ten rooms dorm), stay on campus is really fascinating. Meet and share everything with new friends e.g New Zealander, Indian, Bangladeshi, Pakistani, and Chinese and Indonesian will ber part of my story.

Moreover, my campus is just like a small zoo (bush everywhere and it is easy to find snakes or birds around it!), yesterday was little bit special because I could see a real kangguru with her babies (joeys) at around the dorm, very close to me.

My EAP: the last day

afir.24@gmail.com (Afir) — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 09:19:00 +0000

My EAP training was closed this morning. Every students have got their report, an achievement report during the EAP course. What has been written in my report? Generally, as every report that has been written to every students, it is as same as mine, during the EAP I can show a positive progression. However, I found a special thing written there. I'm the most humorous student in my classroom. The dodgey man! According to my teacher. am I?
Tomorrow morning will be our final and the most stressful day, an IELTS Test. This result will influence whether I can go to my first choice Uni or not.
After IELTS I will stay here for three more days before returning to Makassar to meet my families, friends and other people that I have never seen since in April.

Oh life..

afir.24@gmail.com (Afir) — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 09:07:00 +0000

This month is the third month of my training. But everything is just like it was. There is no difference. The only thing makes me happy is there will be two weeks off at the end of this month .
Yesterday there were two special occasions happened on my life, happy and sad came at the same time. First, yesterday was my birthday, second, I came to Kuta to meet Mr. Tony. He is my lecturer and if I may say this, he is also my best friend. He had been in Bali for Four days. He came for leisure before his leaving. Might be, yesterday was the last time I saw him. Because this week he will return to US and it seems impossible to me to meet him again. I will be very lucky if I can see him again in the rest of my life.

Dia...

afir.24@gmail.com (Afir) — Tue, 22 May 2007 06:57:00 +0000

Di saat terakhir
Tangisan rasamu memecah jiwaku
Tapi aku adalah aku dengan egoku
yang tak bisa mengerti...
Dirimu untuk yang terakhir...
Meski rasa selalu ada
tapi
Kenyataan telah membawamu lebih jauh
Pergi...
selamanya...
Walau tangis pecah diatas pusara merahmu
Kau tetap takkan kembali...

Denpasar, May 20, 2007 10.29PM

Life to dream

afir.24@gmail.com (Afir) — Sat, 05 May 2007 03:43:00 +0000

Listen' to your voice
just like in a long dream
beat my soul to follow your rhythm
for this short life
put me away
from this stream
find a real dream
even though it is just a dream

EAP

afir.24@gmail.com (Afir) — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 00:09:00 +0000

Yesterday was my first day class at IALF BAli. It's really interesting to meet new people from around Indonesia. There are 15 students in my class but I'm the only one from Sulawesi. Most of them are Javanese, from East Java. In our class, there are only 4 men students.

Jauh...

afir.24@gmail.com (Afir) — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 09:01:00 +0000

Aku telah berjalan
menapaki gelapnya malam
mencari arti kebersamaan
yang belum terungkap
meski ku terus menapaki
jalan yang tak berujung ini
kau tinggalkan
sedikit bekas tapak kaki
menjadi kenanganku
tatkala usiaku
tak bisa lagi
terus menemaniku

afir.24@gmail.com (Afir) — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 06:53:00 +0000

Tertatih aku mencari
luapan rasa
tersisa
di gelap malam
di ujung sunyi
pada yang tak pasti
kumenanti
rasa yang kini tak berbentuk lagi...
purnama tercabik...malam
walau gelapmu
nyanyikan sunyiku!
walau dinginmu
tangiskan sedihku!
walau pekatmu
hapuskan jiwaku!
aku akan tetap berdiri
diujung hati yang tak pernah mati...!
menanti
mentari pagi yang berjanji
terbit kembali...
Makassar akhir Maret 07

Last day...

afir.24@gmail.com (Afir) — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 05:39:00 +0000

Today
I just hope
wanna see you again
When I leave
I just wanna see you
I still watch and hope
your face will show up
at the front window
your beautiful eyes will watch
to the flying bird
your hand will wave
to the blowing wind
But,
You've never been there...
and the flying bird has gone lonely
the wind has blown sadly...
you are not there
and won't be there

Kampus, Hari Terakhir

afir.24@gmail.com (Afir) — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 05:05:00 +0000

It comes finally, today is the last day for my English class at the second campus. I still remember when I came to the class for the first time. I came with Mr. Tony because we were co-teacher. I found a big challenge to teach in this class because all of the students are women. There were 45 students, large class isn't it? It's really interesting because I have never taught in a homogenous class before. The students are very kind and friendly, sometimes they were very talkative and make me feel uneasy, but they are very motivated students.
I love my class...

An Old Dormitory

afir.24@gmail.com (Afir) — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 04:42:00 +0000

Yesterday, I came to my old dormitory, to clean up my room, of course! I have to remove everything from there. Because I wanna leave for somewhere...
My ex-dormitory is really old, may be about 40 years. Made by wood, nasty, leaky roof and full of cat shit. It seems not good to be lived but I'd lived there for a few years, since I was in university. I enjoy it! I had found happiness, sadness, and more...there
My old dormitory is a part of my life story...

DiamQ...

afir.24@gmail.com (Afir) — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 08:24:00 +0000

aQ yang tak bermakna adalah rasa yang tak pernah terasa...
Tapi,
aQ bukanlah aQ yang tidak pernah merasa...

Q coba tetap berdiri
Di antara tiang2 rasa yang mengejekQ,
angkuh...
aQ ciptakan asa tuk bisa menemukan rasaQ
Qkepakkan sayapQ agar aQ tetap terbang
Qulurkan tanganQ agar aQ bisa menggapai...Mu
namun,
Kau terlalu tinggi, untuk Qraih...

Di ujung tiang rasa yang tak bisa Qlewati
Di ujung tiang rasa yang kini tak utuh lagi...
aQ gantungkan asaQ
Tuk menemukan...Mu
agar rasaQ damai bersama...Mu

March 03, Afternoon

afir.24@gmail.com (Afir) — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 05:04:00 +0000

AQ tinggal menghitung hari yang tersisa dan yang masih harus Qjalani. Tidak ada yang bisa Qpastikan, aQ hanya bisa mengikuti alur waktu yang menggiringQ. AQ berusaha untuk selalu menghadirkan kegembiraan, untuk orang lain paling tidak untuk diriQ sendiri. Bukankah kebahagiaan terbesar bagi kita adalah ketika kita mampu menghadirkan kebahagiaan bagi orang-orang yang kita cintai, yang ada di sekeliling kita...Cinta yang membuat mereka tersenyum dan kasih yang membuat mereka bahagia. Mungkin kita sadar bahwa kita tidak akan pernah bisa menghadirkan cinta yang tulus dan sejati, setulus dan sesejati Cinta-Nya kepada kita. Namun, dengan Cinta kita, meski sangat jauh dari kesempurnaan, akan membuat kita merasakan makna hidup yang sebenarnya...
Kita adalah makhluk Tuhan yang mesti tengadah pada kebesaran-Nya (K.H Mustofa Bisri)

Tunggu Aku!

afir.24@gmail.com (Afir) — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 04:15:00 +0000

"Aq mau ksitu, tunggu aq di depan gedung itu", sms dari dia? Tumben!, gumamQ. Tapi tetap saja Aq melangkah, ke depan gedung menunggu, Akhirnya dia datang juga. "Koq lama sekali, gak tau gedungnya ya? trus bawa kabar apa?", candaQ. "Gk ad pa2 koq", jawabnya..."Masa sih? Kamu datang ke sini krn kebetulan lewat atau krn apa?", tanyaQ lagi. Dia tersenyum, gak ngomong apa2, Jahil juga ini anak, pikirQ. OtakQ mulai berputar, cari akal how to make her speaks... but when I get it, she wanna leave, she smile and then goes away...

Pete2 Butut Kampus 2

afir.24@gmail.com (Afir) — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 08:45:00 +0000

Meski wajah kusut, rambut semrawut dan bau kentut tapi tetap saja ada keceriaan yang menghampiri, membuatQ harus tersenyum lembut. Ada apa? Kok bisa?, Mungkin ada yang bertanya atau malah kamu sendiri yang bertanya-tanya?. Sebelum aku jawab, Kita kembali dulu ke teori 5W+1H. Qt mulai dari: Apaan? Sejak 2 bulan yang lalu ini untuk pertama kalinya aku liat dia. Siapa? Aadaa adza? Maksud lo? Gini bro: Dia itu cewek, anak kuliahan, masih merah di Kampus Hijau, semester 2. Sorry, namanya tidak untuk dipublikasikan. Dimana? Ya, dikampus 2 dong. Kapan? tadi pagi. Emangnya Kenapa? I feel happy to see her again. Bagaimana bisa? Yaa bisalah, why not?!!. Tapi mungkin dia tidak liat aQ or pura2 tidak liat! Eh, awas kalo lu bertanya lagi...!!! Baca aja terus. Ok
Alkisah, Pelan tapi pasti... pete2 butut itu memasuki pelataran kampus, gak ada siapa2 selain P' sopir plus dua orang mahasiswa. AQ berdiri disamping helikopter, dibelakang Mr. Tony. Pelan sekali, si butut merayap dan berhenti tepat disamping si Helly. Ada yang aneh, menurutQ. Is my heart telling a lie? AQ yakin pasti dia! Siapa? You jangan ikut2an bertanya lagi!
Penumpang turun, laksana bidadari terjun dari pohon mangga. "??????" Maklum, di sekitar kampus yang ada hanya pohon mangga. Yang pertama, lewat begitu saja, yang kedua, singgah di pelupuk mata, beberapa saat. AQ terpaku, kaku dan membatu. I cannot say anything, Just standing and watching her...
she went away...I did not call her bcoz may be she didn't want to talk 2 me...I could only follow her on my sight...
Sang Pilot memanggil Aq, "Hey bro, helikopter sudah mau berangkat". Pagi itu, AQ tinggalkan kampus 2 yang membisu...
Kembali ke kampus I, aQ malah gelisah, Menunggu dia datang. Tapi lagi2 dia tidak datang. Kenapa? Mungkin karena dia bukan merpati. Setau aQ, and Orang2 juga pada bilang klau Cuma merpati aja yang gak pernah ingkar janji...
Dengan senyum kecut, aQ merungut, nggak bisa lagi kentut, meski buntut tetap menggelayut...
Bro...bro...Sis...sis, Jgn dimasukin ke hati ya! Ini cuma bahasa rasa, rasa yang tak berkata, tapi tetap bermakna...karena ada asa dalam rasa...meski kau anggap biasa...

Mr. Tony! What's the matter?

afir.24@gmail.com (Afir) — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 08:09:00 +0000

This morning...the last day in February, I went to the campus with my English-Speaking big boss. To teach the students. I was his co-teacher. We were there for half an hour. We did many activities in the classroom, made students more active and confident in English. I found my class for this two weeks was very interesting. And certainly because of him, Mr. Tony. He taught the students more and more...
We'd talked about body parts problem, ache, hurt and sore. We also talked about some phrases than can be used to know your body problem etc. We asked the students to practice the dialogue with their partner. Mr. Tony directed them like in a film. So, my job is as his co-director and had to say "Camera action"...

Me: What's the matter Mr. Tony?
Mr. Tony: I've heartache, my girl friend broke me up...

Fly to Your Heart

afir.24@gmail.com (Afir) — Sat, 24 Feb 2007 04:31:00 +0000

Because of you...
I've spread my wings...I've learned how to fly
So I can come...to touch your soft heart
Hold your hand tightly
And ask you to fly with me
To reach the brightest star on the sky
See the most beautiful thing that we've imagined
Feel the happiness that we've dreamed
Bring them all back to our real life
in the end...
a little words will be whispered to your soul: I love you...
but I've never found your soul...

Tony's ill

afir.24@gmail.com (Afir) — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 01:46:00 +0000

Tony's ill
Originally uploaded by afir.

This is Tony freaking from too much stress during the Grand Opening of the METRC. He cannot breath, looking to his face and eyes!

Kampus, Hari Pertama

afir.24@gmail.com (Afir) — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 03:37:00 +0000

I am very happy because Mr. English-Speaking Lecturer come to my class and help me to teach the students. Actually, This is for the first time I do such activity. I mean co-teaching with a native speaker. What I got from him is try and make sure that your students feel free and enjoy your classroom, give more activity to your students and make them speak more than before. You may use several methods in your classroom. Mr. Anthony and me use more speaking activity in our class. We start the lesson from Introduction Phrases, reviewing from students' lessons in last semester. Then students continue play role-game as a celebrity in a party, and they need to introduce theirself to other people or how to get new information from people that they meet. Students are happy and very surprised because Mr. Anthony can speak Indonesian well.

I really love my class...

Siapa, Kenapa?

afir.24@gmail.com (Afir) — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 05:36:00 +0000

Gong Xi Fa Chai!!! Selamat Tahun Baru Imlek. Bagi Anda yang merayakannya.

Anugrah, Asrama butut di kawasan Manuruki. Menjadi saksi bisu kejahatan emosional yang kau lakukan.
Tak ada kata, yang ada hanya rasa. Rasa yang terluka karena kaca hati yang pecah. Pecah karena rasa. Rasa yang tak pernah berkata.
Kenapa semuanya harus berulang?

Love and Bullshit

afir.24@gmail.com (Afir) — Sun, 18 Feb 2007 03:15:00 +0000

"cinTA......Indah........SAma.......PahIt.....nya". "Cinta dan Tai Sapi sama aja pahitnya".

Setidaknya itu menurut pendapat seorang Professor terkenal di Negara kita . Mungkin ada yang percaya dan ada yang pula yang tidak. Tapi menurut sang ahli, statemen yang dia ajukan ini merupakan hasil kesimpulan dari penelitiannya selama bertahun-tahun terhadap lebih dari seribuan orang. Khususnya tentang perilaku mereka yang terlibat dalam cinta-cintaan ini. Sampel diambil secara acak (random), agar data yang dihasilkan valid dan mampu mewakili populasi. Namun jika anda masih meragukan hasil penelitian ini, anda bisa mendapatkan kesimpulan sendiri dengan cara merasakan kedua-duanya. Terserah anda mau mulai dari mana.
Pada mulanya aku juga termasuk golongan yang ragu terhadap pendapat Sang Prof. Namun setelah aku mengadakan penelitian sendiri, hasilnya cukup mencengangkan!!. Diantara 100 orang responden yg saya Interview 94 orang diantaranya memberikan jawaban yang sama bahwa "Cinta dan Tai Sapi sama aja pahitnya". Akhirnya aku sependapat dengan Sang Prof.
Aku berharap akan ada orang yang berminat mengadakan penelitian lanjutan, dengan menggunakan metode lain. Sehingga memberi kemungkinan lahirnya kesimpulan baru. Dengan demikian kesimpulan hasil penelitian kami sebelumnya bisa dibandingkan atau bahkan untuk lebih memperkuat hasil yang telah kami peroleh.
Dan semoga Mahasiswa2 yang kini sedang sibuk untuk penyelesaian studi-nya, bisa melirik masalah ini,untuk diajukan dalam proposal penulisan skripsi....hitung-hitung biar cepat selesai kuliahnya.... dan yang terpenting adalah masalah ini sangat berkaitan dengan proses pendewasaan diri khususnya bagi para mahasiswa itu sendiri. Good Luck!

This is mine not yours!

afir.24@gmail.com (Afir) — Sat, 17 Feb 2007 03:19:00 +0000

Pudding Cherry! Pudding CherryQ mana? Kamu Ngiler ya pengen makan Pudding Cherry? Sorry bro, karena Pudding Cherry ini, BUKAN MAKANAN DAN TIDAK UNTUK DIMAKAN! Ngerti!! Pudding Cherry adalah Pudding Cherry, bgitu spesial. Si Pudding Cherry kerap mengirimkan Pudding Cherry-nya untukQ, meski hanya dalam bentuk SMS Pudding Cherry. Pudding Cherry, Pudding Cherry, tak lebih dari namanya. Lembut, manis, cantik, mungil. Pudding Cherry, Pudding Cherry, mungkin kini sudah tdk berbentuk lagi. Kemarin aku dapat kiriman, kiriman si-Pudding Cherry. Isinya sepotong Pudding Cherry, yang terselip diantara rasa si-Pudding Cherry, hancur. Terkirim bersama sebuah pesan: Nggak usah berharap krn nggak ada lagi "Pudding Cherry utk-Mu, Pudding Cherry berikutnya akan terkirim ke orang lain".
Pudding Cherry, Pudding Cherry tak datang lagi, bersama si-Pudding Cherry.
Pudding Cherry, dimana si-Pudding Cherry??????????