Coming soon : National Examination

National examination in Indonesia will be coming soon. In twenty second of August 2010. It is an important thing for us who is in the 3rd level not only in elementary and junior high school but also senior high school. This examination is one of requirements in passing this level. The Subjects which will be tested are Mathematic, Bahasa, English, and Vocational Subjects.

What about Vocational subjects?

Vocational subjects is a subjects which every school has their own subjects.For example, in senior high school students are divided in science and social group of study. In vocational high school there are a many majors to be chosen by students. Such as graphical building, accounting, dancing, tourism, etc. So, every major has its own exam.

After that, we can continue our study in university. However, there is another way for a vocational high school student. They can decide to continue their formal education or they can go work. That is one of advantages to be a vocational high school student. So, they are not only prepared to work and compete in a global word but also get an sufficient knowledge to go to the college

So, hard work and focus to this examination!

After that, go ahead!

Misses Everything on Perth

This is my second week on Surabaya. I don't know what happened with me. I felt something strange with my room at my first day in my room on Surabaya. There's no heater like usual in my room on Karen's house. And I miss chips at Perth. I think Surabaya doesn't have chips as big as chips on Australia. And I miss Smiggle, which place that sell cute stationary (not like in Surabaya).

Beside that, I miss all people on Perth. I miss my friends on Melville Senior High School, thanks for your hospitality,Ms. Bina Kadaba, thanks for your kindness,Mr. Phillip White, thanks for let us to studied at Melville and make connection between Surabaya, Indonesia with Melville, Western Australia,and my host family , thanks for everything(and I'll never to forget this one).

Semoga dengan persahabatan dan persaudaraan kita ini akan selalu terjaga sampai kapanpun.
Amin

How's Australian Family? How's Indonesian Family?

After we've stayed with an Australian family for a couple of days, we found that Australian and Indonesian families are totally different in a few ways. Australian families have a surname but most Indonesian families don't. Also, the number of children in each Australian family, usually, are more than the number of children in each Indonesian family. As well as this, in Indonesia, mostly, only the Fathers go to work while the Mothers stay at home, being housewives. However, in Australia, mostly, both fathers and mothers go to work. And, we can easily meet one or more maids in Indonesian houses but not in Australian houses - they do all of the house-work on their own!

Sedangkan, persamaan antara keluarga Australia dengan keluarga di Indonesia adalah keduanya sangat ramah kepada orang lain. Kedua, mereka mempunyai peraturan rumah mereka sendiri kepada siapapun yang tinggal di rumah mereka.

Even though there are many diffrences, both families are a nuclear family (consist of father, mother, and children). And they both really welcoming.

posted by : Winnie and Natasha

Australian and Indonesian People

People all around the world have their own characteristics. They have their own language and their own behaviour. Even tough they have different to each other, they also have some similarities.

Today, on 4th August we discussed the differences and the similarities between Australian and Indonesian people using a chart.

Chart: The differences and similarities chart about Indonesian and Australian people.

We classified it into 3 things: behaviour, manners and ethnic. The main similarity between Australian and Indonesian people is they are multicultural country. Their people have many ethnic origin and came from over the world. The main difference is language. Indonesian has various native languages that are still used in addition to the national language (Bahasa Indonesia). In contrast Australians mainly use English.

discussed by : shevian, jessica, and robi.

Why not Surabaya ??

Why not Surabaya ??

The delagation had an excursion to the Indonesian Consulate with the students who learn Indonesian at Melville High School. We were very interested when we saw a video about Indonesian culture. There was a lot of culture shown on the video, but the Surabayan delegation felt disapointed because there was no part of the video about Surabaya. That was alright, because we were very satisfied when we played the gamelan and angklung. It was amazing to play the traditional music from Java with the students from Melville SHS .

We also had a good experience when we interviewed one of the students who learn Indonesian. We asked, " What do you know about Indonesia? and What Indonesian words can you say?". Then, he answered," I know that Indonesia has a lot of culture and it's very popular with its history. Now, I just can say Selamat pagi, Selamat siang, Selamat malam, Terima kasih and nama saya Zac." All of Indonesian people must be proud because Australian people know the history of Indonesia.Then, we asked him again," Why do you want to learn Indonesian?",He answered ," Because, it's a challenge for me to learn a cool country's language and it will help me when I grow up, because I want to stay in Indonesia someday." That was a cool and weird answer for us because actually most Indonesian people want to live in a better country than Indonesia. On the other hand, all of us felt very satisfied on this trip. We saw positive sides of Indonesia in this excursion to the consulate.