Kawan

Teman-teman, apa kalian masih mengingat saat kita berlatih bersama? Apa kalian masih mengingat saat-saat terindah kita di Australia? Sampai kapan kalian akan mengingatnya? Kawan, semua yang kita lalui telah menjadi masa lalu namun tak akan pernah terlupa. Telah berlalu namun akan tetap menjadi hal baru di hati kita.

Kawan, dulu aku dan kamu pernah menjadi kita, dan akan tetap menjadi kita. Tapi saat ini, semua telah berbeda. Kita hidup masing-masing dalam langkah yang tak lagi beriringan.Suatu hari nanti, saat kita bertemu dalam sebuah persinggahan, genggam erat tangan ku kawan. Letakkan tanganmu di bahu ku saat beban menderamu. Usapkan jemarimu di pipiku saat air mata melemahkan pijakku. Karena kita pernah menjadi kita, dan akan tetap menjadi kita meski dalam langkah yang berbeda.

Independence Day in Perth

Monday, August 17 2009, we went to the Indonesian Consulate for the Indepence Day of Indonesia. We joined the Flag Raising Ceremony in the consulate. Many of Indonesian people that live in Perth joined the ceremony too. We can see a lot of students from many school in Perth that studied Indonesia. The teacher told us to talk with the students to practice their Indonesian language. In the consulate we saw a lot of culture performance from Indonesia and we sing "Laskar Pelangi" too there. Actually there are no different between ceremony in consulate in Perth with ceremony in Indonesia but, I want to give short comment about the ceremony.

First, I thought that in the ceremony there are no flagforce team so, just like a party. In fact there was a flagforce team in the consulate but, Sevian and Robi commented them because, Sevian and Robi usually can do the better movement than the flagforce team in the consulate. Secondly, I taught that the consulate will give us lunch meal but, they just gave us snack we must bring our own lunch meal. That was weird for Indonesian people because usually the host prepare the lunch but, in western culture usually each guest bring their own food. We must adapted with the environment here but, I like the ceremony at all.

Hopefully, through program or activity like this we can make a good connection between Indonesia and Australia , like our program objective that we must promote Surabaya and make a good connection between Surabaya and Perth.

Learn Indonesian With Ibu O'Loughlin And Melville Students

All About Bali

Today, we (Natasha, Winnie, Almer) learnt Indonesian with Ibu O'Loughlin and Melville students. She told us about Bali and many places in Bali like Batur Lake, Kuta Beach, Lovina Beach, Tanah Lot Beach, Garuda Wisnu Kencana statue (GWK), and Bomb Memoriam Monument. She also told us about people in Indonesia especially the children and tourist in Bali. Many tourist in Bali are from Australia. We also saw tourist who drank coconut water. I am proud because there are many students at Melville followed Indonesian.I learnt that I have to learn more about Indonesia. So, I can share my knowledges about Indonesia for my friends in another country and they know all about Indonesia.

Written by : Natasha

It's a Nice Class :)

NICE CLASS :)

Today is the first day i join classes in Melville SHS. I joined the Year 9 Class, with Natasha and Almer. I got Indonesian Class in the first and the fifth period. The Indonesian teacher here is Mrs. O'Loughlin. She is a nice and friendly teacher. Today, she showed us some pics of her holiday in Bali and told us her amazing holiday in Bali. She rent a room in Ubud and it was very cheap, only AUD 20 per night. She also showed us the pics of Batur Lake and Garuda Wisnu Kencana statue. The pics of some tourists who drank coconut milk directly from the coconut, it was really funny. And it was really nice to heard her story :)

Anyway, the class here is much more relax than my class in Surabaya. And te students are really nice, they are all friendly to us. I really enjoyed this class!

But, the thing is, i think that the Indonesian students here still used more English than Indonesian to speak in their Indonesian Class. So, I hope that they will learn more about Indonesian Language and have more practice their Indonesian.

Winnie :D

Australia students want to learn Indonesian. Why not??

Monday, August 10 2009, we started our lesson in Melville SHS. We were very happy to start the lesson in Melville SHS. Winnie, Natasha, and me studied together in many classes. We found that a lot of differences in Australia if we compare to the process of learning and teaching in Indonesia.



Melville SHS is a unique school. We found that students here have a lot of practice than the theory and Melville SHS just has 5 periods. When we came to Indonesian class , we saw a lot of poster tell about Indonesia. First,we started the Indonesian subject with introduction. The Indonesian teachers were Pak Bobby and Ibu Loughlin That was a cool experience when the other students introduced themselves.Secondly, we saw the pictures that told about Bali, that was a good picture but, once more, why there are no pictures tell about Surabaya. That,s a big problem.



Anyway, that was a great experience to learn Indonesian with the students from Melville SHS who studied Indonesian.. Australia students want to learn about Indonesia. Why not??

We're lost in Fremantle
..this photo was taken in "Fremantle", 04 August 2009