First story in New Year

Too lazy to write something here. Having this and that in the end of the last year and still has the effect after that in this new year. Coz this is the first time I write my story in this year, I would like to say Happy New Year to you my friend. Hope that you will find the way you can reach your dream and of course with God’s blessing and mercy.

I was fulfilled something in the end of 2009 and until now I don’t know while I regret that action or moreover feel blessed with that. Since I did it, I am suffering with its effect recently and still trying to solve it. Not only affected my thinking but also it has been affected my motivation and it became worst when I felt again in to the same hole that I’ve ever been. In the end, I wish I could solve it for myself and my future.

Oh ya, last year I have many things as the first time in my life. It’s start with the Noraebang, got salary, bicycle, conference, all four seasons, and the best of all is White Christmas. Not only as a White Christmas for the first time but I spent that time with my friends that we’ve been known each other for at least 10 years since we met. Actually, if each one of us have a girlfriend and we spent it together, that would be more awesome than that. hahahahahaha….

Last year also I got my first door prize ever in my life. Usually I will not pay attention for the door prize in every event or in every situation since I never got it before. So, same case with last year, it was the “good bye 2009″ which was held by Korean Foundation Voluntary Network (KFVN). The foundation where I learn Korean Language until now. As usual – I mean pay no attention – , I was kept my number in the small pocket that they gave as souvenir when the time for door prize came. I’ve seen the number when I was checking what’s inside the pocket and kept that in mind. Without any hope and any feeling, luckily my number was spotted in the first place for door prize. hahaha… That was the first time for me. Lucky me. hahaha…
Before I forgot it, I was dance with the 예쁜 선생님 in that event so another things I got. hahahaha…

Door prize and the gift

Anyway, I will tell you more about my story again. However, Since I felt so bored in to start this year, it’s make me lazy also to tell something to you. hehehe…

See you again lah.. hihihi…

Bubye..

Christmas Is Here

Hmmm….
How will I start this story?
Let me see…. hmmm….
Okay, i would like to start this story from the part that I finally could upload the video which I can post here in this blog. After tried several video upload channel, finally I found it and so happy with that. Since I really want to upload every video that I had took before in every single journey and travel I had. Found this channel also followed by many good experiences. hehehe..

The first thing is SNOW. The moment I want so much and finally have this experience. Showering with the snow and took some picture with the snow background. It was December 8th afternoon. I was so excited and so happy with it. One of my friend asked me to go outside with him to play in snowflake and of course took some pictures. Thanks God for this experience. Oh ya, don’t worry, I will post it to you here. Just enjoy it.

The second thing is Concert. Finally I watched a concert with orchestra and actually that was “Messiah” George Frederic Handel, an incredible musician. Thanks to my friend who informed me a month ago. Actually she sang in the choir on that concert, and I was invited by her to join the choir a month ago but I was so hesitated to join since I’m not really good at read the music sheet if it’s not written in notation number. hihihi… Although I am joining the choir in the church but still for the concert I am not good enough, because in the church choir also I am still struggling. Then, I watched the concert and it’s great. First experience listening all parts ‘Messiah’ since I just hear and sing it separately. An as I expected, Hallelujah seems always to be the best part in all parts, because I saw also other people video it only in their camera. Fortunately, I moved to the balcony on the second session and have a good spot for video it and also took some pictures for my friends that sang there. I would let you enjoy the Hallelujah Chorus.

The third is sing “Messiah” in the choir. since I’m in the church choir and we serve in the sunday service every Sunday. I was so nervous after seen the concert of “Messiah” and have to sing it a day after in the Sunday service, though not all parts of “Messiah”, just the parts that tell a birth of Christ. Anyway, we passed it and we did it together, and I really enjoyed it. I praised God for every opportunity I had, to serve Him, to know Him, to be His children. .

Yeah, still waiting for the Christmas Eve. I just wondering how it will be. But I will always be grateful for everything will come. If just wanna wish, I just wanna have White Christmas on the Christmas Eve. That will completely excellent for this Christmas.
I will join the Christmas Eve service in different church since the church I join doesn’t have it for foreigner, just for Korean.

Now, start singing I’m dreaming of a White Christmas.

Welcoming December

Two days has gone in this December. I spent my time with watched the movie and went to bed at late in the morning. That would be no surprise if I woke up late and went to the lab late -sorry for many ‘late’ words-. Today is the worst I think since I came here on February. The time goes so fast and it still running in its velocity. Now, I’ve been here for 10 months and I’ve been experienced many things as the first time in my life.

December, the last month of the year, the very most exciting month every year, the moment that maybe I will not forget, the month which I will spend my Christmas in 4 season country, abroad, everything should be exciting. However, I’m so unexcited right now. As you can see I spent my time with nothing, everyday seems to be regret what I’ve been done a day before, but no resolution and I can say I’m lost right now.

I’ve seen other people enthusiasm to welcome this December. They are seem so excited. I wish I have that too since I really want to have good memories in this month. The memories with a moment that I won’t forget, a moment that will live last long, a moment that change me to the new me with everything in me.

It is cold outside with the wind and the cloudy sky. I wish my heart still in its way, warm me up and push me up to the level that I should be. Give an insight to every reason that coming and passing by.

I’ve welcoming the December with the way that I don’t like but I did. I wish I can recharge myself as soon as possible. Many things will come on my way, many things I’ve chosen to involve, and many things will go and take its way. One thing I want to do is pray, to say thank you God.

Welcome December. I welcome you and waiting how it will be like.

Konkuk in December

I am Blessed

What can I say this month? I’m blessed! Yes, I’m blessed!

After facing many troubles and difficulties – even it still remain because that’s would be my life – I’ve been blessed in many things. All of these experiences make me feel better and mold me to be a better man.

So, I would like to tell you about what I’ve been done during this month. It was started from the first week, I had to present in one local conference that I registered before about my research. First of all, I was so depressed about it, even I’ve been prepared for that but still my Prof didn’t like it and told me to make everything seriously. sad..sad..

Then, I couldn’t enjoy that conference even it has some good view to capture by my camera. I tried to smile – it’s fake – because I kept thinking about my research. Also, I became so afraid about what I would face for the next International Conference, one week after. But anyway, I still have to find good things in a worst condition. That’s what I want to say that I’m blessed in every ways and in every case.

Took some pictures and have some quit moment for myself as I always do when facing some bad feeling and similar cases. So, this is it. I’ll display it to you. Some scenes of Yeongpyong resort, where our conference was held, which is also known as a shooting place for a Korean Drama.

Yeongpyong at Day and Noon

Scenes for Activities

One conference done, another is coming. This conference should be the bigger giant because this is an International Conference. I had face two conferences in sequence as my first time for all type of conference. First time for Domestic Conference and first time for International Conference also.

The good thing of this conference is the place when it’s was held. This place is the very famous place in Korea, every people wanna go there and every people talk about it when you talking about travel and sightseeing. This place is Jeju Island (제주). Small island in south part of Korea, has own authority for everything. It’s like one state in United States.

The bad thing before this conference is I don’t have enough result and material to present. On the other hand, our devices for the experiment have some problem and I could not use it for experiment.
So, I collected all the video result from my previous experiment and do some another experiment in different set up and fortunately it’s quite enough for my presentation when I presented it.

The best thing is my Professor glad about it and I am so happy until now. Even when I presented it, I could not answer all the questions so my Professor had to help me to answer it. First International Conference attacked by many questions and realized that I need to study more and more in this field.

Since I was presented in the first day, I could enjoyed and have a big smile in the rest of the conference. I have more information about this field – printed electronic – and became so eagerly want to know more. Happy to have this experiences and I want to share it to you my friend as I always do in this blog.

Since I was so depressed about the preparation for the conference, I didn’t expect to have a good travel and journey in this island. From what I’ve heard, this island is so beautiful and a very good place for travel. Usually, Indonesian guy would compare this island to Bali. But, since I’ve never been in Bali, I could not compare it. So I think from what I’ve heard and from what I’ve seen is this island beautiful. They managed everything good, even a small waterfall – that Indonesia has many kinds of waterfall – can be a good place to relax and to have some fun.

Finally, this is a part what I’ve got in this journey and struggle.

Jeju in Caption

Natural Scenes

Jeju Botanical Garden

Another bless that I’ve got in this month is to have some experiences in Lantern Festival in Cheonggyecheon Seoul. Went alone in minus temperature, rainy night, no umbrella, and almost frozen. hihihi…

Korean Part

International Part

What else?
Oh ya, I wore it again. That’s suit which is still make me more handsome. hahaha… I wore it at conference and also at service in the Church last Sunday. Sang two beautiful songs. If you are really want to see my handsome face with that suit, you can see it at this site. hahaha… Excellent. hihihi…

So what can I say again? Having these all experiences, first domestic conference, first international conference, lantern festival, and wearing the suit again. One sentence I can say that “I’m blessed”

Yes, I’m blessed!!

“Autumn has come and passed”

“..Summer has come and passed…”
Are you familiar with this lyric?
Yes?…. Good!! welcome aboard!!
No? …. Ouw why? don’t you like the beat? how about the lyrics?

Well, that’s Greenday’s lyric part in ‘Wake me up when September ends’. Actually in this story I would not tell you about summer time but it’s an autumn time. Suddenly remember that part to be my title of this story, so if you are Greenday’s fans it would stole your interest for the rest of this story. But if not, it’s okay just relax and enjoy the rest. hehehehe..

So, I would like to start with the very new thing I have. Last week I got my new camera that I purchased from the internet through my Korean friends help . Finally I bought it without more deep thinking and consideration, because when I do that I becoming very stingy. hahaha… — still a student mind inside–
After saw this and that, compared here and there, analyzed what and how, decided to bought Samsung VLUU WB500 camera. Not a very good one, but acceptable for a student fund like me. hihihi…:D
Just fyi, I was out of money until my salary come. hahahaha… –poor student–

Since I was becoming very lazy and lose heart and passion last week, I was runaway from my lab and went outside to walk around the campus and then went again to Orini. Well, I don’t wanna be alone so I was invited my friend, an East Timor student that study in undergraduate Konkuk University. Therefore I could have some pictures that he took for me.
Oh ya, he has a good camera that he bought last month, better camera quality and style. hiks..hiks..

We got some good picture with his camera and my camera. Since I just got it, I have to practice for setting it and still learning to do that. I will share it, because I want you to know my skill and my talent in this field. hahahaha… –narcissism is coming!!–

I’m so happy that day because I didn’t lose autumn moment with some pictures by my own camera – another reason for buying camera -.

Konkuk yellow and red

Orini welcoming view

Always exist

However, I have to back to my real life at lab and other things that waiting for me everyday.
Must finished presentation files for this week conference and next week conference. hiks..hiks…
Hope everything will be great and every research become better and better, coz I really need it for getting my passion and spirit again.

Welcome Winter and troubles!
화이팅!!

Orini daegongwon (어린이 대공원)

It’s been a long time I think, more than a month I didn’t update my story to you my friend. I am so sorry for that, because I’ve been in tough condition during last month. Even right now, I’m still on that situation or even tougher than last month. But still, I have to survive so I can still do many things that comes. Therefore, when I’m sad I will go to other place, out from office, and refresh my mind and back again to my normal activity. I’d like to tell you about where I will be when I’m sad or my mind full of cases that I have to solve but I can’t.

Last week, I went to this place again. This place is near from our campus and of course it’s also near to our house. I decided to went there because I didn’t knew what should I do that time. Oh ya, that day was the last day for submitted the abstract paper for one international conference. So until that day, I must done my experiment and had to got the result and then I can submit my abstract paper. What a blessed, I finished it and submitted it to the conference. I hope it will be accept by the committee.

So I went to Children Grand Park or orini daegongwon (어린이 대공원). I’ve been there before twice several months ago. I went there again because I wanna take the fountain pictures in the evening with the colors light and take the video. I really wanna do that because previously I took the video, it was disappointed, the video not good and blur. I finally took it. Unfortunately I can not upload it for you because some regulation for this blog or even in Youtube I faced the similar trouble for upload my video. So sad for that. hiks..hiks… So I will upload my picture that I took.

Twin Source

Red Light

Blue Light --- I like the most

It seems I like simetric

I was lucky also that time, because when I arrived there, there was a culture performance from college students. They sang Korean song integrated with Korean traditional instruments. I record one song they played. Even I didn’t understand what was it about, but I felt good because she has a good voice. I think, she is beautiful also. hehehehe…

Beautiful lady with wonderful song

Another place to go when have some problem and sad situation besides Han River.

I like this city at Night

Last weekend, I went to Han River again with two other friends. We went there almost 11 pm and hang out around the river until morning around 2 am. We enjoyed our time and we had some good pictures at Han River.
At the beginning, we just wanna take a time after we played soccer that afternoon but when we tried to ride the bicycle, we begun to eagerly wanna go far and far than ever.

Unfortunately, our camera wasn’t work well at the time so some pictures blur and we ran out of idea until we wanna came back to our house. But still we have some good pictures that I can share it to you. Look at the picture and present at that moment became good time for me and thanks God for every chance.
Since I have a bicycle, I am enjoy my time to go around my campus and enjoy my time to go and go again around Han River, my favorite place until now.

Since I was in N-Seoul Tower before and I had some good picture at night, I can say that I like this city at night. I like the lights and the view through the way or water or what else that can make it beautiful to see.
Moreover, I like this city at night especially at summer because the temperature not as hot as day or noon.
As what I said before to every people, I don’t like live in hot place because I have some problem with sweat, my hand and my foot also. So I prefer to live at mountain or live in near the mountain if mountain not exist.

I will give you some pictures that I took at night and you may see why I say I like this city at night.

Boat Night at Han River

N-Seoul Tower from Han River side

Lightning water through the bridge lights

Beautiful background not the model

*declare proud to be 'jombloers\

And also this week I love to back home at midnight so I could took some pictures in my campus and that was really good. That’s why I must said I like this city at night.

Star City from Lake view

Meeting point for Konkuers

View from my 'house'

Meeting point for couples or lovers

Other place that I visited at night.

N-Seoul Tower

Seoul at night from N-Seoul Tower

Seoul at Nigth without the mountain

So, you may understand right why I like this city at night.

It’s me

Workshop Plus

This time will be the story that you might be really interesting to know and I hope that you can also remember that I ever been there. Even I really want to go there once again to enjoy one spot that I really like and hope that it will happen in the future.

Last week became the first time I went out of Seoul and became the first trip with all our member lab. We went to 강른 (Gangneun) and stay at Konkuk University condo in three days. It’s about 2.5 hours from Seoul through car, and maybe around 3 hours through bus. I was in my lab mate car, we’ve discussed it before few weeks before we depart.

However, I don’t think it’s really workshop because in my opinion workshop has to be more difficult and stressful. This one? not at all. But anyway, I really enjoy it and want to have it again. hihihi…

Three weeks ago, our Professor said that we will have a small workshop there and we will present our recent work and our future work in our lab. So after arrived, we tidy up ourselves and prepared the workshop.
Because we arrived late, we run the workshop in a hurry. Everyone presented their idea for the research, even our Professor also presented what’s he wanna do and imagine about our lab in the future. He presented all the project that we have and explained everything even for the money we have for all project. You wanna know how much is it? It’s quite much and I was so surprised that time.

After finished the workshop, we went out the condo and have dinner together in the restaurant near the beach. We ordered raw fish and soju + beer. You might be guess what happened after that and what situation I’d faced. Its quite similar to my previous experienced.

Second day
I wake up early even I went to bed very lately, around 4 am. I wanna took some sunrise picture with sea background. I got it, but its not really sunrise because we were late several minutes. At least I got some good pictures with ‘my camera’ due to my capability. hihihi…

Beach view near the condo

Beautiful sky

Sunshine

It's seems clean but not

We spent our time in the beach. We played soccer, ran and escaped to and from the waves, ’sinking’ our lab mate to the sea, and so much more. We really have a good time there. Oh ya, when we played soccer, our Professor also joined the game and we really surprised that he played more than we expected. Good Professor! :-bd.

Gyengpo Beach

Parasol

Banana Boat? )

Third day
The last day we had, I was not on my mood in the morning because maybe I was too tired a day before. Played along day and had a short time to rest. Its become worst because we went to the restaurant that I didn’t wan to for breakfast. I used to have a breakfast with bread and coffee not rice and noddle but I had to order something. So I ordered Nangmyeon (낭몐), noddle with ice. The result was I didn’t like it and I ate that in the morning. I had some stomach problem at that day.

The good moment come when we went to the Odae mountain, I was completely recharged after that. I took some good picture with water stream and I really enjoyed every moment. Unfortunately, we have only one hour there because we had to gathered again for going back to Seoul with another team in Gyeongpo Beach.
I hope I can go again to that place if I have enough money. hehehe…

Bridge across the stream

Really like this stream

오대산 지도

cooling down

Tiny waterfall

Nice workshop plus with travel.

It’s me

Yeah, I did it !! 잘했!!!

What kind of thing that you thought might be tell in this story when you read the title? Maybe you know it because I wrote about it before in my older post. Of course, that thing make me excited and I planned it before I did it.
If you remember my previous post about what thing that I wanna buy and what kind activity I wanna do with that. Yeah that’s right.

“BICYCLE and RIDE IT ALONG HAN RIVER”

I just did it tonight. YOSH!!!!!!

I’m so excited even this time was not the first time I went there. Actually this is the third time, but there are two conditions why this one is different from others. The first time I went there with my friend and borrowed bicycle, and she just shown me the place and we did it within 45 minute. So it’s too short and didn’t really enjoyed that. The second time I went there with 3 others friends (4 crazy guys sang Indonesian songs at Han River … hahahaha).
We did it, after long journey searched the bicycles we bought during 4 hours, continued with playing soccer and had dinner together with Ramyeon and bakso. Nyummy~~

So what’s so exciting about this time? Hmmm….

This time, I did it alone with my own bicycle, longer route, and took the pictures. The bicycle I bought is out of my budget range, it’s too expensive but my friends keep telling me to buy it because it’s really good like the new one even it was a second hand. Longer route than we had before and passed more bridge that commonly in Han River. So I really enjoyed every route, even I almost hit other riders . I stopped my bicycle and took the picture with the camera I borrowed from my friend.

Actually, I planned it to do this thing yesterday because I’ve been stuck on something during one week and I just finished it yesterday and repaired it today. So, I put in my mind that I have to go to Han River again so I can really enjoy my time. Beside that, I still have my friend camera that I borrowed before for doing experiments. I have a chance to memorize in pictures and this story.

Oh ya, this afternoon also has a contribution for doing this. My lab mate ‘blamed’ me for braking the experiment equipment which I did not. This situation made me have strong motivation to do my plan and enjoy it.

Finally did it and finally pictured it and tell the story.
I share some picture that I took tonight. Some of it not really good, depend on the camera, angle, and men behind the ‘gun’. hehehehe….

First Stop

Han River Light

Second Stop

*Click* with the 'new' bicycle

Third Stop

Another take

Back to the first stop for the purpose *

This Purpose --- Wedding and Restaurant Ship at Han River

Soccer Camp

Every time I wanna write the story here, every time I don’t know ho to start it. Because too many stories that I wanna share with you my friends, even maybe that’s not a good story but I wanna make it systematic and structural. So I have to choose which story that I have to tell in one post. I think that will make you comfortable to read it and understand the story and perhaps you also enjoy to read it.

I would like to tell you about the event the I joined 3 weeks ago. It called Soccer Camp for kids. Not an ordinary kids but an orphan kids. Three days camp with joy and happiness.

I joined that camp as volunteer and they assigned me as a coach for one team even I just wanna be assistant coach. Besides I never did that before, I knew that my football skill not really good and I don’t even know how to explain the strategy. However, I did it and I passed also. My team was lost and we just had one draw and one goal. But I had very good experiences with all of the kids in my team. I miss them a lot when I write this story.

They were really nice kids, even sometimes they rebel when the instructor gave the instruction. I think that happened because they wanna accept more attention from others. I hope, even they had lack attention and had lack of opportunities like an ordinary kids, they didn’t lack of love and affections from the peoples who take care of them. I admire them for every happiness and the laugh that they had even on the situation they had. May God bless their way so they will know that they have God who control everything in their lives.

I’m also admire every people in Jerusalem Ministry and every volunteers that held all things for them. You has shown what God’s love is. I thank God for every opportunities I had, knew you all and saw how you show your love in Christ to every kids.

I hope that I will meet them again and perhaps I can do better than before. Because I had a lack when we held that camp, I couldn’t speak Korean. So every time they wanna have conversation with me I always said: “Mollayo” (it means I don’t know). I always tried to understand but still I could not. So I have to improve my Korean so I can talk and have a good conversation with them.

I would like to share some picture that I have which I downloaded it from my friend’s blog.

Everyone gather in one picture

My lovely team and my assistants

Miss this moment and love to be a brother

Happiness and joy

Sportsmanship Award --- Every good attitude rewarded

Another moment with happiness and joy

Lunch time --- Nyummy.....

Miss them all.
Hope that I will meet them again.

It’s me