Hello folks,
So, after ISPO, my journey didn't end. After Aisha and I got the honorable mention medal, we had the obligation to be Indonesian delegation to Turkey. The competition was a design olympiad(which i think didn't really match my project). it was Dreamline or duscizgisi. The competition was held in Ankara, Turkey.
We stayed at Nevin Gokcek school's dormitory for 2 days.
In front of the place where we stayed.
On the exhibition. it was on Kentpark Mall
With Indonesian students
Danika and Aisha
Unfortunately, Aisha and I didn't win this competition. But it has taught us a lot. We had lots of new friends from other countries. We also had the chance to went to Turkey. Nothing's regretted. Allah always does something on purpose. So we only need to believe in Him. I still thank Him for this experience. I still couldn't believe a small act (in this case, the idea that popped in my head about the project) can lead to a big experience like this. Never underestimate small stuffs. I enjoyed my time at Turkey. And I will not stop competing here. :)
Hello, folks.
Now, i'm going to keep my promise about writing my experiences. So, around January and February, I was on the top of my busiest months. (exclude this senior year). I joined several competitions. Even those which i didn't plan. ISPO
I remember when I was a 10th grader. I was invited along with all my schoolmates to attend a presentation by our senior about ISPO. I wasn't interested at all since I knew it was about science. Several years ago, I had that massive hatred toward science. I didn't like physics,chemistry,biology. The only science I forgave was Maths. If you thought I liked social studies back then, you're wrong. I didn't know what I liked. I also hated history, citizenship and those kind of social studies. So you can imagine when there was somebody saying, "Please go downstairs there's a presentation for ISPO(Indonesian SCIENCE Project Olympiad)"
my reaction was, "can i skip it?"
Thank Allah i didn't skip it. hehehe. Though I didn't pay attention at all, and everytime my friend asked me,
"are you planning on joining it?"
my answer was always... "out of my reach. so hell no."
I still thank Allah for that presentation. Several days after that presentation, lots of my friends joined the competition. I still didn't care. But after seeing my friends were talking about some problems towards humanities(but from the scientific side, of course), there was a part of me that was interested to this competition. Until one day, one of my bestie, Ipeh, came and asked me to be her partner. Well, she had the project so at least i didn't need to think what should we create.(hehehe). So i said yes. And after that, we began the research, i skipped class a lot(another hehehe). At first, our project was about chemistry and biology combined(imagine how tough it was), and 3 days before the paper deadline, we changed our project to a technology one. But then we failed. We didn't make it to the final. Well, I wasn't really shocked because we didn't have proper preparation. But thank Allah that didn't stop me.
One year passed, another ISPO announcement is announced(it's an annual thingy). This time I've prepared everything. One year at this school had changed my point of view about science. So, i was having 2 projects that time. The first one was technology and the second one was computer. And I was on my own at first, i didn't have any partner. But when I presented both my projects to the teachers, they all agreed that I should choose one because they're difficult enough. So i took the technology. And the coordinator of ISPO in my school that time (Mr. Angga) always asked me whether I'd chosen any partner or not. I was confused at first. So, i just came back to my old partner, Ipeh. But she didn't continue since she'd had enough business being the head of the student council. And then one of my friend recommended Aisha, so i asked her and she said yes. And then the journey began.
We spent lots of time on the field(read: electronic laboratory). We skipped class for more than a month. And we went to UGM (Gadjah Mada University) in order to have better equipments for our research. And alhamdulillah, we made it to the final.
the finalists from kesatuan bangsa school
After that, we worked harder than that. Even we worked at the lab 7AM-9PM. But Allah is always kind to those who persevere. I remember there were times when we really had no clue about our project and almost decided to stop, but we didn't:)
This is when the physic lab was hijacked hehehe
This was from the beginning till the end
Allah paid off our work. Alhamdulillah we won the honorable mention medal. I was so grateful. Because as you know from the beginning of my story, I didn't like science at all, and now... hehehe. (I still don't like biology, fyi)
Danika and Aisha
Aisha-Miss Ulfi(our mentor from the school)-Danika
Kesatuan Bangsa finalists and some students
if you want to look for another information about ISPO, you can look at www.ispo.or.id. The 7th ISPO's coming. Don't forget that everybody has the chance. And that Allah will always be kind to those who persevere and of course, pray:)
hi folks. i know this is a late post. last week, i was early to go back to my school. there were a 'welcoming new students' stuffs on my school, and i was one of the student board, so i needed to get everything prepared last week.
i was on the Turkce classroom having a meeting about orientation program to the new students when my bestfriend suddenly texted me: "Dan, Finn's dead?" and i didn't take it serious because i was concentrating to the meeting and i just replied: "finn as in cory or finn in the show? r u serious?" stuff like that. i thought it was just another hoax. and he answered "cory." and i was panic. i wasn't able to concentrate to the meeting. and the leader of the meeting which was Ipeh, asked me what's wrong and i told her, and she was even more panic than me, well we both are gleeks. we loved everything about glee so much, and this was really shocking. and then we took a break from the meeting and googled everything about this guy's death and we found out that it was true.
thou i still cannot believe it, but we all have to accept this tragic fact (this sounds 'menye', idc). if we wanna blame the alcohol or drugs he consumed, it won't change anything. Allah has decided our lifetime since we were born.
i cannot imagine how Lea Michele can suffer from this, but i do believe i was a fangirl of strong and great artists, and i know she's strong. rest in peace, Cory Monteith. as eva always says, "i love you to the core"
hello folks, i go to the internet cafe this morning just to update this blog, so, you better be grateful:p hahaha kidding! anyway, i'm not really comfortable with internet cafe actually, but what else can i do? i got no good connection at my house. but when i go to the internet cafe, i have to use extra energy just to type these words down. why? well, blame this keyboard. i have no idea why does it have really hard buttons to be pressed-.-
well, in this post, i wanna share about my holiday at sarangan with my girls~ we went to sarangan for about 5 days. it's like a trip from school.
aisha-lady-danika
danika-farah
i can't remember everything in order because it was a long time ago :| so, here's the story(not in order) we went to the sarangan dam
farah-danika-miss ana-eva-aisha
danika and ipeh | partner in crime \m/
danika-ipeh-farah-nisa
\(^o^)/
actually, ipeh and i were driving the boat, and we got a video of it too, but unfortunately, i forgot to copy it to my flashdisk so i cannot upload it :| but trust me, all you can hear in that video is--> "AAAAAAAAAAKKKKKKKKKKKKKK"
after playing around the dam, eva,ipeh,farah,nisa and i went to a sate/satay shop(?) and we had a quality time. next time, i will update this post so i can add more videos;) i promise.
danika-ipeh-farah
nisa-danika
danika-farah-ipeh-eva
danika-ipeh-eva-farah
quality time~
ignore my puppy-dog-face :| holding merchandises for my friends back home;)
ohya, anyway, in the morning, we had this activity i dunno what should i call it as, but, we had fun hhahaha
ignore my autis face :|
danika and miss putri ;)
can you find me? ;)
morning faces
and theeeen, we also played paint ball and outbond! yay! hahaha
bewareeee~ she bites
10A girls' feets :|
:O
aisha-danika-eva-nisa-ipeh
you see that blue one in the upper corner of the pic? yes, that girl under the tree is me :|
booyah
anyway, do you know who's my roommate?
kiesha was my roommate, she's a 7 grader:)
indeed, it was cold
danika-eva | bestfriend-girlfriends~ we're not lebanese thou :|
aaaand, here's some merchandises i got from my bestfriends,friends,even teacher :)
aaand, here's a video of us that time, i promise i'll try to upload the other videos later folks;)
