Program Erasmus Mundus dimana Praha adalah salah satu partnernya saat ini hanya EMLCT (European Master in Language and Communication Technologies), yang dinaungi oleh Charles University in Prague (Univerzita Karlova) di Departemen Institute of Formal and Applied Linguistics (UFAL), Fakultas Matematika dan Fisika.

Mata uang yang digunakan Koruna Ceko (Czech Crowns – CZK) dan bukan Euro (EUR).

Berikut kira-kira gambaran biaya hidup di Praha sebagai mahasiswa di Univeritas tersebut (dengan fasilitas mahasiswa), dalam mata uang CZK.

- Tempat Tinggal:
Ada beberapa pilihan untuk memilih tempat tinggal. Sebagai mahasiswa umumnya pilihan termurah adalah tinggal di Kolej (asrama) yang disediakan oleh universitas. Fasilitasnya tidak terlalu mewah namun juga tidak terlalu mengkhawatirkan. Pilihan lainnya adalah tinggal di apartemen, yang harganya bervariasi.
Kolej: 3100 CZK/bulan (termasuk internet, listrik, air. Kamar sharing)
Info lebih lanjut di http://www.czechcampus.com/Campus/Default.aspx?lng=cz

- Transportasi:
Alat transportasi dalam kota yang tersedia adalah tram, subway (metro), bis, dan kereta api yang semuanya terintegrasi.
Kartu transport:
260 CZK/30 hari, 720/90 hari (untuk pelajar 26 tahun ke bawah)
550 CZK/30 hari, 1480 CZK/90 hari (untuk pelajar 26 tahun ke atas, dianggap tiket adult)
Info lebih lanjut di http://www.dpp.cz/en/fares-in-prague/

- Makan:
Tersedia kantin universitas di berbagai tempat di Praha yang bisa diakses dengan kartu pelajar. Kartu pelajarnya elektronik yang bisa diisi kredit uang untuk membayar makan siang. Kantin hanya menyediakan makan siang, dengan harga yang sangat murah jika dibayar dengan menggunakan kartu pelajar 35 CZK/makan siang. Selain itu, tersedia juga sandwich dengan harga yang disubsidi pemerintah 22 CZK/sandwich yang bisa dibeli di berbagai kantin dan kolej.
Biaya makan: 2500 CZK – 4000 CZK
Menu bisa dilihat di http://kamweb.ruk.cuni.cz/webkredit/default.aspx (tersedia hanya dalam bahasa Ceko)

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Juga dimuat di http://indoem.info/forums/life-europe/biaya-hidup-di-republik-ceko-praha

taboo: a prejudice (especially in Polynesia and other South Pacific islands) that prohibits the use or mention of something because of its sacred nature

principle: a rule or standard especially of good behaviour

norm: a standard or model or pattern regarded as typical

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happiness: state of well-being characterized by emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy

- english wordnet

how do those terms connect to one another?

why do people need their own space? is it how the society works at the end don’t give you any space. people don’t like to be judge but people have taboos which taboo itself is a prejudice. when you have different standards of good behavior which one you should hold, how to choose? and when your model doesn’t apply in certain environment do you have to do something about it?

islands) that prohibits the use or mention of
           something because of its sacred nature

It’s been 9 months since I set my foot here in this wondrous city. When I was a child, I only knew Prague as a mysterious city, land of mystifying small alleys and towers, statue and magic. Founded it in books but now in front of my eyes and actually living in the city. And how do I think about Prague now? It’s still is. The Gothic architecture and towers still always amazed me. Can’t believe that I’m living in such a interesting city…The cobble stoned narrow street, unpredictable alleyway, touch of Gothic dark and golden colors.

Lucky for me… my department is located really close to the infamous Charles Bridge, among many other bridges that connects the two sides of Prague that are separated by Vltava River. But don’t be surprised, bunch of tourists will be your main attraction in several tourist points such as Charles Bridge, Old Town Square, Prague Castle, Wenceslas Square, and many others. In spite of that, it’s really nice to walk and find some quite places to enjoy the scenery alongside the river. But it’s not the only thing that this city offers, some modern touch comes along side by side neatly. You can get the metropolitan feel marked by modern expensive shops and offices, while walking in a nuanced old city.

Hmmm… where should I start…? OK let’s start with Charles Bridge or locally known as Karlův Most. This bridge is just few meters away from my faculty and always is crowded with tourists (which I can easily camouflaged as one of them, just by hanging my digital camera in my hand ). When you entered the gate from old town side, some Boat Trip sailors (if you can call them as sailors :p) are ready to offers you a Boat Trip (which I never tried). During the day, some really good street performances are ready to amuse you. There are also some painters that can draw really quick and nice. If you are lucky, sometimes appears couples of trumpet players playing their trumpets up on the bridge gate. And saints statues are the must-see things. Below and near the bridge you can find Kampa Park to relax and nearby there is Kampa Museum, a central European modern art museum. That is on the left side (or depending on your viewpoint) while on the right side of the bridge you can find Franz Kafka Museum. Hmm.. let’s not get too much further, and visit those others in other posts

For those who don’t believe in magic, you can say that it’s just a simple tourist attraction, but the way how Prague draws you, I will not say it as simple as that

It’s been a while since my last blog update… life a bit too exciting these last few years… and now I hope I can come back to my old writing habit hmmm… so get ready for some interesting update…

xoxo,
-Tina

Dan bagaimana cara membuatnya:
- Campur 4 kuning telur dengan 2 sendok gula
- Campur adonan kuning telur dengan keju mascarpone, sisihkan
- Kocok 4 putih telur dengan 2 sendok gula sampe mengembang
- Campur dengan adonan kuning telur yang tadi disisihkan
- Celup sedikit kue lady finger di kopi, untuk aroma dan rasa kopi
- Susun di kotak tuperware kira-kira ukuran 20×10 cm (2 tupperware)
- Sebarkan 1/4 adonan tadi di atas lady finger, dan taburkan bubuk coklat diatasnya
- Lakukan sekali lagi buat lapisan kedua (mulai dari mencelupkan lady finger)
- Lakukan pada 2 tuperware
- Masukkan ke kulkas selama 4 jam

Catatan: Resep sederhana ini sudah diakui ama temen2 Italia gw lho xD paling bahan yang susah dicari ya Keju Mascarpone-nya ^^

Selamat mencoba ^^

I packed my baggage, but I don’t know what to bring. So I just brought some clothes for a week, because some of my friends said that they prefer to buy clothes there, it will suit the fashion there. It’s Italy anyway. A fashionable country XD I also brought soy sauce, abon, jacket, scarf, small bag, my cell phone (because they also use GSM there), and some other (if you want to ask anything about what to pack hopefully I can help ^^). So I weighted my baggage and it was 20 kg, 5 kg less than I can carry to the plane. So it was okay. I also brought a small bag in my waist to put some money and important documents like passport, so that it will always be near me anytime. I also brought a large backpack to put my laptop, jacket, important document, etc.

My plane will took off at around 23PM (Indonesian time) at night. It was a red-eye flight. So I came 4 hours earlier to the airport. My family and my luv were accompanying me at the airport. It was my mother, my father, my two brothers, my sister, and my cousin. Some of my friends were also coming. There were vara, amel, aria, jeab, and kura. God! It broke my heart so badly, to be far away from home. But I was sure that time was just the beginning of my new life adventure.

After very hard goodbyes, I got into the plane. It was a big Qatar Airways plane (I took it because it was the cheapest one XD). They have movies on board, so that you cannot be bored on the flight and they served foods (a lot XD). And because it was cheap, it went around the globe XD. Once I left Jakarta, the plane stopped in Singapore for 1 hour and we stayed on the plane. We continued the flight to Doha, Qatar for about 8 hours. And we got out the plane there. We stayed at the airport for about 7 and a half hour.

Doha is a very dry city compare to Indonesia. And it was very hot outside. It was a great airport, tidy and clean. I planned to meet my high school friend who coincidently working in Qatar. But unfortunately we cannot meet because he will not be able to come inside the airport. Maybe next time I will stay for a while in Qatar, just to see the city XD

We met another fellow flight from Bangladesh, named Taslim (EMSE 1^st year). Taslim will go to the same university as we are. So after we had we added him up to the group, there are 4 of us. And then we took the same flight to Milan (Malpensa) together. The flight took for about 6 and a half hour.

We arrived at Milan 7PM (Italian time). Then suddenly I feel the difference of Milan and Jakarta, a lot of nude pictures that will surely be banned if it was in Indonesia XD I was started to feel the cold weather of Europe. We met another friend from India, named Usman (EMSE 2^nd year). Then, there are 5 of us. We stayed at the airport until very early in the morning to catch the train at Milan Central Station. We went to the station by taking a shuttle bus from Milan Malpensa Airport.

In the station we bought the ticket and searched for the right train. We take the train for 3 and a half hour to Bolzano. The compartment was like in Harry Potter movies XD but with full of our big baggage and luggage XD We arrived in Bolzano safely. How about Bolzano? Let me tell you in on the next posts… see you soon. Ciao…

Recap: [Jakarta, Indonesia] – [Singapore, Singapore] – [Doha, Qatar] – [Milan, Italy] – [Bolzano, Italy]

Some photo available at http://picasaweb.google.com/septina.larasati/ToBolzanoItaly#

Entri blog ini tentang pembuatan paspor Indonesia di Indonesia. Informasi ini berdasarkan pengalaman pribadi yang dilakukan di kantor Imigrasi Jakarta Timur dan untuk kepentingan beasiswa. Jangan lupa untuk memperhatikan tanggal entri blog ini, karena mungkin akan ada perubahan-perubahan di masa mendatang. Karena informasi ini lebih bermanfaat bagi orang Indonesia, maka saya buat entri blog ini dalam bahasa Indonesia.

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Untuk membuat paspor Indonesia dapat dilakukan di Kantor Imigrasi manapun di Indonesia. Saya sendiri membuat paspor di kantor Imigrasi Jakarta Timur (di daerah Cipinang dekat LP Cipinang) walaupun saya berdomisili di Bekasi dan memiliki KTP Bekasi. Pembuatan paspor relatif cepat jika semua dokumen yang diperlukan sudah lengkap dan datang di pagi hari, karena semakin siang atau sore orang yang datang untuk keperluan yang sama akan semakin banyak, anyway the early bird catches the biggest worm

Pengurusannya bisa memakan waktu kira-kira 6 hari kerja jika tidak ada masalah seperti kekurangan dokumen atau kantor imigrasinya mati lampu (it happens to me so I should come back the next day). Normalnya sih cuma butuh 3 kali kunjungan ke kantor Imigrasi.

Kunjungan Pertama (Pengumpulan formulir)
Dikunjungan pertama intinya cuma ngumpulin formulir dan dokumen-dokumen yang diperlukan. Kita mulai dari dokumen apa saja yang harus dibawa ya? (ini berdasarkan pengalaman saya lho). Dokumen tersebut adalah:
- Fotokopi KTP
- Fotokopi Kartu Keluarga
- Fotokopi Akte Kelahiran
- Fotokopi Ijazah Sarjana (karena saya mau S2)
- Fotokopi Surat keterangan penerimaan beasiswa
Semua dokumen diatas dalam bentuk fotokopi karena yang asli belum diperlukan, tapi untuk jaga-jaga ya dibawa tidak ada salahnya tho?

Selain itu bawa juga:
- Materai Rp. 6000,- (daripada entar disana repot nyari-nyari lagi, belum tentu ada yang jual)
- Lem buat nempelinnya
- Alat tulis (buat ngisi formulir)
- Rp. 5000,- untuk beli formulir (ongkos perjalanan ke Kantor Imigrasi itu masalah masing-masing XD)

Sampai disana cari tempat penjualan formulir pembuatan paspor. Harganya, terakhir yang saya tahu sih, Rp. 5000,-. Beli formulirnya dan isi selengkap-lengkapnya. Setelah diisi dengan lengkap masukan semua dokumen (Fotokopi) ke dalam map formulir (diberikan bersama dengan formulir). Kemudian cari loket pengumpulan formulir. Kalau di kantor Imigrasi tersedia 4 loket. Berikan kepada petugas loket dan hafalkan nomer loket. Petugas loket akan memberikan potongan kecil dari map formulir sebagai tanda penerimaan formulir (kita sebut saja tanda terima). Simpan tanda terima tersebut baik-baik. Di tanda terima tersebut dituliskan kapan harus kembali untuk kunjungan berikutnya. Kalau di tanda terimanya tidak ada tulisan, jangan malu bertanya XD Normalnya sih 3 hari kerja, jadi kalau datang Senin tanggal 1 berarti harus kembali lagi Kamis tanggal 4.

Kunjungan Kedua (Foto + Sidik Jari + Wawancara)
Yak! Kunjungan kedua untuk Foto + Sidik jari + Wawancara. Karena ada sesi foto, datanglah dengan baju yang pantas (berkerah dan rapi) dan kalau bisa dandan sedikit (tidak berlebihan, paling ga muka ga berminyak kaya gw). Bawalah semua dokumen asli yang dikumpulkan bersama dengan formulir untuk verifikasi ketika wawancara (mungkin kecuali KTP, karena dititip di depan).
Seperti bisa datanglah pagi-pagi. Langsung datangi loket dan berikan tanda terima. Tunggu namanya dipanggil oleh Kasir (jadi buka telinga lebar-lebar, soalnya berisik disana, deket-deket aja ama kasir). Setelah dipanggil ama kasir bayar deh Rp. 270.000,- dan oleh kasir akan diberikan satu kertas bukti pembayaran (kita sebut saja Kwitansi) dan nomer urut pemotretan XD Setelah itu tunggu nomernya dipanggil (jadi sekali lagi buka telinga lebar-lebar). Setelah dipanggil, masuk jangan lupa bawa dokumen asli, ada pemotretan, pengambilan sidik jari dan wawancara.
Setelah selesai tanya kepada petugas loket pengumpulan formulir kapan (hari dan jam) paspor dapat diambil. Normalnya sih 2 hari kerja, kalau pemotretan Kamis tanggal 4 jadi harus balik lagi Senin tanggal 8. Jangan lupa simpan baik-baik kwitansinya untuk pengambilan paspor.

Kunjungan Ketiga (Pengambilan paspor)
Kunjungan terakhir! Kalau kunjungan yang ini datengnya sore-sore aja jam 15.00 (atau sesuai dengan kata petugas loket). Datangi tempat pengambilan paspor. Berikan kwitansi. Nanti akan diberikan paspor beserta sampulnya. Petugasnya biasanya minta untuk paspor itu difotokopi dulu dan diberikan ke petugas tadi (kalau di Imigrasi Jakarta Timur ada tukang fotokopi di lantai paling bawah). Berikan paspornya ke petugasnya dan Voila! The passport is all yours

Jadi total biayanya semua adalah Rp. 275.000,- (Formulir + Paspor) dan biaya-biaya lainnya seperti Materai dan Fotokopi, serta ongkos pergi kesana XD Lumayan kan dibanding pake calo? XD

Selamat membuat paspor! XD

“Is travelling around Europe is one of your dreams? Or studying abroad and hanging out with new friends who always thirst of adventure? This book will get you through university classrooms in Italy, famous art galleries, until crazy student parties.
“Ciao Italia” will take you to Mediterania corners, start from metropolis town aged more that 2 milleniums to small village that kept lots of art treasures and unexpected surprises (proved with fantastic pictures). Plus, an economic backpacking tips: to get a free accomodation in Europe, getting ticket, hostels and cheap food during the travel.
Every story and happy-sad momments on trying to know Italy, written with honesty from a person who end up loving this Pasta country.”

So who wants to come?
Theme
Book Launching “CIAO ITALIA Catatan empat musim”

Writer
Gama Harjono

Organized by
Gagas Media

Time and Place
Tuesday, June 17th 2008, 14.00 PM – done
Istituto Italiano di Cultura Jakarta
Jl. HOS Cokroaminoto 117, Menteng-Jakarta Pusat
(in front of Izzi Pizza Menteng)

I always wonder how is it like to work in a fast paced company or to be precise Accenture. Because I experience the contrary between my Accenture (ACN) interview and a scholarship email and it was a thing that I was afraid of, like I write in “Scholarship Part II”.

Accenture

I got a call from ACN. They wanted to employ me as a contractor employee for five weeks. See… Allah has a way for me. Allah gives me an opportunity to experience it and eliminate my curiosity. Alhamdulillah. It was a fun five weeks knowing an expensive SAP System with a bunch wacky team XD. Love them all.

The Email

I still hadn’t got any email from the Consortium, the said on their last email that they will give me news on 2nd or 3rd week of April. But it was the end of April and my Contract will be over soon. I finish my work and I become unemployed once more. On 7th of May, I became impatient. I emailed the consortium and ask them about it. Alhamdulillah they replied it at the same day. They told me that they received news from EU couple hours before. What a coincidence. And they tell me that I got the grant. Once again Alhamdulillah

And now, I am in the middle of getting all the information that I can get for my study in Italy and Czech and also waiting for the documents to arrive. And once again linger.

I hope readers found my blog entries about the beginning of my scholarship helpful.

Cheers and the end (for now),
Tina