9. Wish For My English Letters Department

19 May 2011

Well, first of all i want to tell you how i can get in English Letters Department. Actually it was not my priority at all. At first i want to get in to Economic Department but i did not pass the test. So, i have to get in English Department.

At the first time i get in English Department, there is nothing special at this Department. The difference is only English Department has more student than other department in Adab and Humanity Faculty. Besides that, there is nothing special at this department.

Now, i have been here for about 2 years. I already feel and know all of the things in this department. Actually i am a little disappointed with this department because i think employess in this department works very slow, for example UAS value in 3^rd semester until now have not come out. Whereas it is very important. Many student can not apply their scholarship because their IP have not come. I think it is not proffesional. They are paid to serve the students, then they should work with professionals to serve students. I hope in the future, they can work seriously because for students, IP is paramount. They have studied seriously for 1 semester then it is natural they should know the results of their study as soon as possible.

Besides that, i think the leaders in this department is not open-minded. They feel what they charge is well, but not so the students, for example in the establishment of KKN. I think the head of department should be discussing this with students. Because I think for the English letters KKN system is not suitable. This department should more suitable with system of field work practices. Because of that system, we can practice the knowledge that we have got. So I hope in the future, the head of department and the lectures can be more open with students. We can talk to each other. Although I know that the head of department and the lectures must be more intelligent and experienced than the students but it never hurts to hear the aspirations of students.

8. My Imaginary Dinner

12 May 2011

Theme for today is if i have a chance to dinner with a famous person. Thinking about that already makes me very happy J. If i have a chance to dinner with a famous person, i want to dinner with Jung YongHwa. He is a vocalist of CN Blue, one of the best band in South Korea. I am his big fans. Firstly, i know him from Korean Drama. He plays in Korean Drama, You’re Beautiful. Actually at the first time i see him, my impression is just so-so. I admit he is handsome like other actor in Korea. But there is a scene that he is playing guitar and singing. When i see that scene i am very speechless. I like a guy who can play an instrument and can sing well. So, when i see him playing guitar and singing, at that time i am already falling in love with him. So, i begin to search his profil and i know that actually he is a vocalist band. I search his band music video and other song. When i hear his song, i think that there is another band from western with the name CN Blue because the song is in English and the music is very different from other korean song and also his pronounciation is very good. So, i think that is not korean song. But actually that is right, that is his song. At that time, i decided to become his big fans.

Actually i do not know exactly why i like him. Whereas, he is not too good-looking when you compared to other Korean artists. However, everytime i see him especially if he is at the stage, my eyes stuck on him. I think he has something that make you hypnotized when you see him. Maybe it is like a charisma. I think that he has such a great charisma so that i can not let my eyes leave him. I prefer like a man with charisma so than a man with handsome face because handsome face could be made for example with plastic surgery. And i think if you have only a handsome face, it can make you bored. However if you have a charisma, you can have an inner beauty that can make others eyes stuck on you even without any rasional reason. It happend to me, everytime i see him, i can stuck my eyes on him without any reason.

Besides that, he is not an ordinary musician, i think. He can play guitar, drum, piano and other basic instrument. And the most important is he also can make a song. I think, everyone can play music instrument easily but not everyone can make their own song.

If i have a chance to dinner with him, truthfully i want to go to Namsan Tower in Korea. At Namsan Tower, there is a restaurant which located at the highest place in the tower. I am sure it is very romantic having dinner at such of a place. We can see Seoul’s beautiful night. If it has to be in Indonesia, maybe i want to have dinner with him at Bali’s beach or Lombok’s beach. I am sure it is also very romantic. We are having dinner at the beach with the light of the moon and stars.

Like i said, he is a good musician and he can make a pretty good song. I want to see him playing a guitar and singing to me. I am very curious to listen him live. If it is possible, i want him to make a song special for me. It is absolutely great if there is someone who make a song special for you. After that we can chat each other. I want to hear him telling his life as an idol and all of his problems and all of the things that can he share with me. I am very curious how the idol’s life be. After that we can walk on the beach while we are talking about our life. The last, i think we can see the moon together on the beach. I think it is very great and romantic. I hope that it can be true. It has not having dinner with him, i only want to see his concert and see him with my own eyes. It is enough for me. I hope ....

7. Winter in Tokyo

10 May 2011

Like i ever share in my previous journal, i like to read nove from Liana Tan. Finally, i can read her 3^rd book. That is Winter in Tokyo. I am very exiceted to read that book because her previous novel is very good.

The story is about Keiko. Her parents are from different country. Her mother is Indonesian and her father is Japanese but she and her parents have been living in Japan for a long time. Keiko, who worked in public libraries in the Shinjuku and lived in one of the modest apartment in downtown Tokyo, was obsessed with her ​​first love, Akira Kitano. That's why, even though he had aged 23 years, Keiko has not occurred for a serious relationship with any man. Keiko hope someday she will meet with Akira and realizing her first love. One day, Keiko apartment which is also inhabited by a husband and wife Osawa, Keiko, and Sato brothers, Tomoyuki Sato and his sister Haruka Sato, arrived of new residents, a man named Kazuto Nishimura, who lived in the apartment 201. Kazuto is back to Tokyo, after 10 years living in New York, United States, with both parents. Kazuto returns to Tokyo because he want to break away from the memories of the girl he loved, who was married to his best friend. Intimate relationships among apartment dwellers transmitted to Kazuto, which originally did not want to get too bothered with the life of neighbors. Even with Keiko, a handsome man who lives in New York as a professional photographer, feel the enjoyable life. Keiko herself felt that Kazuto, a reliable friend, though she upset because Kazuto have thougth that she is Naomi, Keiko’s twin sister, a Japanese famous model, who developed her career in the United States.

Same with other romance novel, predictably, after a month of establishing togetherness, there is a new feeling in the hearts of Kazuto and Keiko. Even Kazuto plans to express his feelings to Keiko, back from the overnight New Year in Kyoto, home of Keiko’s parents. But unfortunately, Kazuto who suffered a concussion due to some thugs ganged up, forget about everything that happened during his stay in Tokyo. He did not even remember if he had settled in one apartment and have neighbors who care about him. Well, husband and wife Osawa, Haruka and Tomoyoki Sato and Keiko, are very worried about Kazuto, who never returned to his apartment, after he brought Keiko to train station. Kazuto was oblivious to his feelings for Keiko, especially after he knew that Keiko had met with her ​​first love, Akira Kitano, who has become a doctor and Kazuto classmate during high school. The arrival of Yuri Iwamoto, Kazuto beloved girl, also buried Kazuto feelings to Keiko. Moreover, the arrival of Yuri to Tokyo, not just on business but also ask kazuto back to New York, with him.

Actually this novel is very interesting. The plot is also quite interesting. I am very appericiate to the writers. She can make such a good story line like this novel. There is a “red-line” in this novel with her other novel, Summer in Seoul and Autumn in Paris, but the “red-line” is vey natural. It is not too forced. But for the reader who already have read the previous novel, they think that Autumn in Paris is more interesting than this. Because Autumn in Paris’s ending is very tragic whereas Winter in Tokyo’s ending is only quite interesting. Same with others, i also think that Autumn in Paris is better than Winter in Tokyo because i prefer like the tragic ending than the happy ending. But i can not lie that Winter in Tokyo is also a good book.