Setelah merasakan rutinitas kuliah di Ilkom yang berangkat jam 7 pagi pulang jam 7 malam, tugas, laporan, dan lain sebagainya. Kini, saya merasa benar-benar pengangguran. Di Korea ini saya kuliah cuma dari jam 9 pagi sampai 1 siang. PR tidak pernah ada, belajar pun tidak pernah tersirat di pikiran saya. Haha

Saya menghabiskan waktu saya untuk online, download film, buka sosmed dan nulis blog. Serba di depan komputer. Hingga suatu hari saya melihat di group Perpika (Perkumpulan pelajar Korea) ada lowongan mengetik. Wah! saya merasa ini benar-benar saya. Saya pikir dari pada saya online tidak jelas dan ujung-ujungnya kepoin orang, mending saya ngetik.Toh di depan Komputer juga! Itung-itung nambah pengalaman dan nambah duit selagi nunggu beasiswa cair. Hehe

Jadi buku yang harus saya ketik itu adalah sejenis kamus Inggris-Jepang-Indonesia, tebalnya sekitar 6 cm. Tapi saya cuma mengetik bagian kata yang berbahasa Indonesia saja. Sebenarnya tidak begitu banyak. tapi tantangannya adalah saya harus menengok bolak-balik ke buku kemudian ke komputer. Capek! Tapi godaan jumlah gajinya membuat iman saya goyah. (Apa sih!)

Oh ya, untuk menyelesaikan buku itu saya cuma menghabiskan waktu 2 hari (Sabtu-Minggu) non stop, cuma berhenti ketika tidur, makan, dan sholat. Iya! saya kalo lagi banyak waktu luang jadi hard worker gini. Klien saya (jiah! udah kayak professional saja) sampai kaget saya bisa selesai secepat itu.

Akhirnya,  buku yang sebelumnya dikirim ke saya via pos itu pun saya kirimkan balik ke klien saya via pos juga. Gaji pertama saya di Korea pun juga ditransfer ke rekening saya sejumlah KRW 120.000, sekitar 1,2 juta rupiah. Lumayan buat hedon nyambung hidup. Kalau digaji kayak gini terus sih saya mau kerja ngetik. Hehe. Bisa-bisa pas pulang ke Indonesia nanti saya bisa naikin Emak haji (Mendadak jadi mental TKI).

Sebagai penikmat film, kali ini saya bakal ngasih komentar tentang film inception. Soal cerita film-nya yang kayak gimana kamu bisa kok nonton langsung atau browsing aja di google. Banyak juga yang ngereview-in film ini.

sumber : Google

Di review-review yang saya baca kebanyakan sih pada bilang ini film berat dan butuh pemahaman tinggi. Iya sih! saya akui itu makanya saya anjurin lkamu pake subtitle kalo nonton ini.

Kebanyakan juga pada njabarin tentang awal kisahnya dan pada bilang ending-nya ga jelas, saya biar ga mainstream mau njabarin tentang endingnya aja (berdasarkan analisa saya). Jadi, bagi yang ngrasa bingung atau ga mudeng kok tiba-tiba endingnya ada gasing muter-muter ga jelas, inilah yang sebenarnya terjadi! Oh ya, kalo mau bingung soal ceritanya gimana dan mau tanya-tanya ke saya welcome banget kok. gue cuma males aja nulis di sini, bakal panjaaaaang.

Dominik Cobb (Leonardo De Caprio–Pemeran Utama) yang awalnya menolak untuk kembali karena ingin mencari Saito terlebih dahulu, itu sebenarnya dia masih terjebak di sana dan belum benar-benar kembali. Pasti kebanyakan penonton berpikir ketika Cobb membuka matanya (di pesawat) dan melirik ke kanan kirinya semuanya juga sudah terjaga berarti itu telah berakhir, Cobb telah menemukan Saito, dan bangun sesuai rencana. Ga!! Ga gitu!

Jadi, berikut alesan-alesan kenapa saya bilang Cobb belum bangun :

Hai hai...

Kali ini saya akan menjelaskan tools yang saya gunakan untuk men-develop aplikasi di Windows 8. Tools tersebut adalah Visual Studio 2012. Saya mendapatkannya gratis dari Dreamspark. Apa? Belum tahu dreamspark? Baiklah saya jelaskan.

Dreamspark adalah salah satu cetusan dari Microsoft, diperuntukan untuk para pelajar dan akademisi, dimana kamu bisa download software-sofware dari Microsoft secara gratis. Jadi, kalau kamu merasa pelajar, langsung saja daftar! Gampang kok caranya.

Ini dia caranya :
1. Buka www.dreamspark.com

2. Klik menu “student”
3. Klik “Create Account”
4. Isi data dan klik “continue to verify”
5. Nanti akan ada empat pilihan sebagai berikut :

Salah satu spesifikasi PC untuk menginstal Visual Studio 2012 adalah menggunakan OS windows 8 ke atas. Karena waktu itu OS PC saya masih windows 7, jadi saya pun harus menginstal ulang ke windows 8. Saya mendapatkan windows 8 lagi-lagi gratis dari Dreamspark karena kebetulan kampus saya “Universitas Diponegoro” bergabung di sini.

Saya mengetikan nama kampus saya di bagian tab “More Software Trough Your School” dan ternyata ada. Jika kampusmu tidak ada, kamu bisa kok mendaftarkan dengan klik “Don’t see your school”. Saya sih belum pernah mencoba karena kampus saya sudah ada. Mungkin kalau kamu jadi perintis kampusmu bergabung dengan dreamspark, bisa jadi kamu malah ditunjuk menjadi duta Microsoft di kampusmu. Bisa jadi lho ya?

Jika kamu sudah menemukan nama kampusmu di situ, tinggal klik saja dan kamu akan dibawa di suatu halaman web baru. Di situ kamu harus sign in lagi, tapi username dan password kamu bukan yang kamu gunakan di dreamspark sebelumnya. Kamu harus minta ke kampus kamu atau pilih saja Request an account kemudian ikuti saja alurnya. Nanti kamu akan dapat email dari kampusmu mengenai tata caranya kok.

It had been two weeks ago but I feel it was like yesterday. I do still remember all these wonderfull journey. The journey that made me can not stop to say “wow” all the day. My eyes was like being nailed with the views. It was about how I am falling in love with Busan and Ulsan, big city in South Korea.

For three days I travelled with other Wow Korea Supporters from Asean country and Middle East as well. It’s really unforgetable because I got much unpredictable experience. This trip was begun in Friday at 11 am, but I went at Thursday because from Gangneung station to Ulsan station(the place of all Wow Korea Supporters will meet) will takes 8 hours by train and the train from Gangneung is only available at 5 pm. And you know what? There is no direct train too, so I had to be transfered to other train in Dongdaegu station. From gangneung to Dongdaegu I used Mughunwa, and from Dongdaegu to Ulsan I used KTX. Most of my friends were worry to me, because this was the first time I went individually in Korea. But, actually I felt challenged instead. I felt more challenged when in Dongdaegu station I took wrong train.

So, when I was in Dongdaegu I met two foreigners who had same destination with me. They are from Saudi Arabia and China. They are student in Ulsan University. After asked them, we went together to the train. Based on the schedule, actually our train will go at 00.54 am, but we took the train at 00.50 am. So, finally we were dropped out at other station (I forget the name) because this train was going to Busan, not Ulsan. Fyuh. It was hard night. But at least, now I know that KTX train schedule is really punctual.

These foreigner felt like guilty. So finally they invited me to went together to Ulsan by taxi. It took 1,5 hours and the price is so much, around KRW 90.000. We stopped at Ulsan University at 2 am and we separated there. Now, I was confused how’s to go to Ulsan station in this dark cold night. So, I decided to wait morning and slept all night in McDonal.

One thing that you have to know about Korea. You will never get lost here, because Korea Government have provided website to inform anything about street, place, or transportation. That’s why, I prefer browsing in the internet instead of asking people. Hehe. One thing again that makes me amaze here. Most of public services are digital and automatic. So, without knowing Korean Language, you can be able to survive. Morever every street label in Korea are not just provided in Hangeul, but also English even Chinese as well.

After morning came, I took a bus, and finally I arrived at Ulsan station at 6 am (Friday). I still didn’t see other Wow Korea Supporter yet since the appointment for meeting was at 11 am. I was so sleepy, I was so tired, and I was so hungry. But finally It’s over when other Wow Korea Supporter came and we began the trip. My sleepiness, my exhausted, and my hungriness suddenly lost. I was so excited.

On the first day, we went to Daewangan Park. It was so windy, but all the beautiful sceneries covered it. In Daewangan Park, we can see the seaside is littered with rocks carved into interesting shapes by the wind and ocean. So beautiful. 

In Busan, we stayed in Dong Busan Hotel and believe me this hotel is really luxurious, looked from all the facilities.  Actually, we had game and party at that night in hotel. But I was so tired because “you know what I mean”, so I didn’t join. Unfortunately. L

Saturday morning, I woke up freshly and I was ready for the second day adventure. After breakfast, we went to Haedong Yonggung Temple. Haedong Yonggungsa Temple is located on the coast of the north-eastern portion of Busan. It was really nice because rare of a temple along the shoreline like this. Most temples in Korea are located in the mountains.

The next trip was Dalmaji Road. Dalmaji-gil Road is a small walkway on the corner to Songjeong Beach. Here’s I found maple trees with gradation color which really showed autumn. In Dalmaji road, actually me and my team had practiced to sing and dance “Kom Sae Mari” song. Unfortunately, we have no time to record this. This trip just too fast for us. 

After Dalmaji Road, we were going to Haeundae. We went to Shinsegae Mall, a big shopping center in Asia. Then we went to Busan Aquarium. In Busan Aquarium, we can find various species of fish, algae, reptiles, and amphibians. Then, we went to Gwangan ri Beach. The beach scenery is really beautiful with skyscrapers around it. And Finally, the second day trip was closed with spectacular 9^th Busan Fireworks Festival in Gwangalli Beach. It’s really famous, so that many people came to watch it, not only Korean native. To avoid traffic jam, every vehicles were prohibited to pass the street, and we had to walk to the location. Maybe it’s around 2 km and it looks like carnival. It’s tiring and cold, but it was paid by 2 hours non stop colorful fireworks dancing in the sky. So worthy!

The third day or we can say the last day, we went to Taejongdae. It’s famous for its rock beach. Featuring its highest peak at 250 meters, there are forests of pine trees and other 200 varieties of trees. After that, we went to Nampo dong, a market that also famous in Busan. Many street food are also provided here. In Nampo dong we can also find Busan International Film Festival and see bronze handprints of the star on the street.

And unfortunately, our trip were ended here. We separated with others Wow Korea Supporters to return to their each hometown. Some of them returned together to Seoul, and the others returned individually. I was included in individually return. So, my adventure was not over yet. In Busan, I used subway for going to Busan terminal. And believe me, it was the first time I used Subway. I was like so astonished. Hehe. After that, I used bus to go to Gangneung. It’s better that using Mughunwa because it only took 5 hours. I really miss this amazing journey and I can’t wait for the next trip. Thanks Korea Tourism Organization, I am so lucky being part of Wow Korea Supporter.