YZU open admission Fall 2012

Found out that some people looked forward the information of YZU through my blog. So i just want to inform that YZU is now opening admission for Fall semester 2012 (September entry). It starts from January 1st ~ April 15th. Click here for further information. For those who interested to applied in YZU, i wish you all good luck n hope to see u here next semester :D

The Little Things I Need

I had bad impression when i first came to Taiwan, common problems that we all facing were the food.toilet.and have no mosque/mushola (place to take pray) inside campus. but since i live in their world.i am the one who should adapt myself, not them. so thanks to all who had help me to deal with these problems. i can now enjoy my life here;) n be grateful to have this experience.

*still not comfortable with the toilet though, have no water n bad smell~~haha

Thanks for all the support: my families, friends, professors, and for all the little things i need......

Classmates

My little hero, astro boy doll.. i was wondering when will my real hero come, haha..

Notes from my roommate:) i told you before i have 2 nice roommates. but most Taiwanese change my name from "R" to "L". haha, but never mind, as long as i still have a good name.

Wati and Daning birthday was on the same day, 11Dec11. it was the first time for Daning, so yes she cried:) Birthday song by William and us, in 4 different languanges; Indonesia.Malaysia.English.Chinese.

Time and venue: 12AM in front of Family Mart, female dorm I, YZU

Hotpot for our dinner, thanks for the treat :9

my tight schedule for these two months. Actually i only have three days on class (tuesday, thursday, n friday). but start on early Nov i took a job as TA to prepare class for morning study at 7-9am, twice a week (monday n wed). n i also set a schedule for routine swimming on friday n saturday morning, but it's really getting colder now, i should stop swim by the end of Dec. myb i should try gym as an alternate, only during this winter.

morning study for the undergraduate students. to be honest, this is an easy job, i only have to prepare the class and sit there for two hours long. but the hardest part is to stay awake at this very early morning! haha! look at them.. look at the difference on those pictures. what can i say, can't blame them:))

my made-self dictionary. i wrote all new chinese words that i heard anywhere n anytime. i hope i can speak chinese well when i come back to my country^^. I plan to take three-months chinese program in NTNU after i finish my study in YZU.

last Wed, my professor invited me to have lunch together with her undergraduate students. It was all delicious! Apparently, my friend said that this is a high class restaurant. my lunch package is NT600, only for me, wow. that chinese characters written on the plate was the name of the restaurant.

then on my way back to campus, my friend brought me here. oohh nooo, it's 17++, she's very sexy x_x, but my friend said they only sell food n drink, they are not bad girls.. yeah whatever for me it's still not good.

last but not least..my crappy-laptop that had been accompanied me travel around for almost 4 years. such a mess. that was on my first week here.

"What goes around, comes around"

If you have faith n always think positively, good things will come to you. and vise versa. so cheers up guys!!!:))

International Day

Had an international day on wednesday noon. consist of festival food n runaway show. me n other indonesian students, daning wati gunar muamar subhan dony n alfi, were in a group.

that is our stand. Welcome to Indonesia. ni hao~~

Daning as the masterchef. and ka wati as the chef-assistance.

while i kept busy taking photos here n there :p

anywayyy.. we sell nasi kuning(ind)/yellow rice(eng)/ huang fan(chinese) and fried tempe. laris maniiiss.. SOLD OUT.

we cook tempe on the spot. but apparently we didn't prepare well for that. we only had one gas stove there, n it causes a long queue in our stand = =' ..

13 groups from various countries joined this food festival

this group mix of indonesian, malaysian, indian, nepal, latino

they sell many kind of food; muah chee (malaysia), samosa (india), chaat (nepal), chilaquiles rojos (latin)

Alfi - Frank (labmate) - Me

i forced frank to come n also forced him to buy our food, haha duibuqi frank, im glad you enjoyed it;)

Santa, are you lost? christmas is not coming yet.

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Korean was performing runaway show with their traditional costume at the beginning of the show n modern dance for the closing.

Kyrgyzstan show

Vietnamese had a catwalk with traditional costume

other countries who participated at the show are thailand and japan, but i couldn't take photos of them I really hope we can join the show next year, we will prepare extra hard for that!

other article of this event, internasional food festival Taiwan, written by a friend of mine

musical concert

I always free on Wednesday, except that now i got a new job as a TA in morning class at 7-9 am..but the rest of the day, i am free.

that day, which was a great-sunny day to had a walk after 7 days non-stop rainy, i had planned to this event called Eurasian music concert: Silk road encounter. an across cultural musical group compose of 6 members from France, Taiwan, n Macedonia.

i asked my roommate to come with me. She had class at 2-5 pm.. so when i was waiting for her n her labmates. i saw another music live concert near my dorm.. got a few pictures of it. n here also, they sell second hand things; clothes, coat, accessories, gift cards n other female things ;)

After had a dinner, we decided to stick on the plan, watch the Eurasian music concert in YZU building 6. But then we found out, this is an indoor concert, n not so many ppl there. i just took some pictures of them then leave the concert..

it's 2 AM now. n it's Saturday! i love weekend... but last weekend i got so bored in my room bcause the weather was rainy like 7 days in a row. just hoping for a sunny day today, so i can keep updating this blog! Zaijian!!

Yuan Ze University

Welcome to the main gate of YZU :D

you can walk safely in pedestrian way. but not that safety for me, many dogs around especially at nite, i hate them:(

The logo of YZU.

the left building is IM dept., which is my department. and the right side is MBA dept.

The other logo of YZU? mybe! not sure about this one.. actually we can see some writing in chinese character on the flip side of this stone. i just dont know what it means.

The library and linguistic department.

usually we can see people at the veranda up there doing some painting, but i took the photos so early in the morning today, so no one's there. and we can go up to the rooftop of this..

The main building. OIA (Office of Int.Affairs), ILCC (Int.Language & Culture Centre), electric department, and meeting place for international students.

Chemical building.

Favorite scene. I always use this way to walk from the dorm to my building.

Baseball field.

Field for football team players and for those who like jogging..

they also have other facilities; gymnasium, swimming pool, basket, badminton, and tennis court.

The dormitory.

it was a little rain when i took this picture. Anyway all student's activities usually held around here..

My room XD. it's for four people. but one of us prefer to stay outside campus. so now only me and 2 Taiwanese roommate. they are both very nice. upload our picture later;)

Persiapan ke Taiwan (Part 2)

Pengurusan Visa Residence Taiwan.

List dokumen sebelumnya yang sudah siap :

1. Formulir dan pasfoto 4x6
2. Paspor masa berlaku min 12 bulan
3. Letter of Acceptance (asli + fotocopy)
4. Ijazah yang telah dilegalisir TETO  (Baca lengkapnya disini untuk pengurusan legalisir di Malaysia)

Langkah selanjutnya adalah.. Tes kesehatan ulang,karena yang sebelumnya sudah expired (sertifikat kesehatan hanya valid untuk 3 bulan).Lusa setelah surat kesehatan jadi,saya berangkat ke TETO Jakarta dengan segenggam dokumen yang diperluin..Karena masih berstatus pegawai di PT. Inbisco Niagatama (Mayora Group),saya berangkat pagi sekali ke TETO dengan harapan prosesnya tidak lama (taruh dan tinggal) dan bisa kembali ke kantor sebelum jm mkn siang.

Diluar harapan, ada satu yang tertinggal, cap notaris dan legalisir TETO untuk surat kesehatan. So,mau tidak mau saya harus ambil cuti 1 hari lagi.Lucunya,saat pengurusan cap notaris ini;kebetulan tmn rekomen satu notaris yang lokasinya di belakang gedung dephukam..Saat itu juga langsung menuju dephukam.Tanya sana sini.Mereka kompak bilang "ke belakang aja,nanti ada gedung yang rame orang,nah itu".Sampai ditujuan,ternyata saya digiring ke 'CALO'.HAHA. Dari awal sebenarnya udah kurang yakin.Karena menurut petunjuk teman,lokasi persisnya adalah dari pintu belakang dephukam harus naik angkutan lagi untuk ke notaris yang dimaksud.Tapi apa boleh dikata, udah mepet dan kepentok, lanjut sajalah dengan si calo :D Ada tiga lembar halaman yg diminta TETO untuk dicap, dan harga awal yang diajuin si calo adalah Rp.150,ooo /lbr, nego dn akhirnya dpt Rp.100,000/lbr.

..Besoknya saya kembali lagi ke TETO untuk legalisir surat kesehatan,biaya Rp.207,000 *express=proses pengerjaan 2HK dan Rp.138,000 *standard=proses 3HK.

5. Surat kesehatan yang sudah di cap notaris dan legalisir TETO

Note: untuk med-check, hanya bisa dilakukan di RS/klinik yang sudah ditunjuk TETO, list. Saya pribadi, med-check di klinik An-nur, selain dekat rumah harga pun terhitung murah dibanding klinik lain Rp.420,000

6. Formulir pengajuan visa (bisa langsung ambil dan isi di TETO)

..Lusanya untuk kesekian kalinya saya kembali lagi ke TETO, dan finally dokumen LENGKAP dan bisa diajuin untuk visa(jangan lupa visa yang kita ajuin adalah visa residence,karena kita akan tinggal untuk jangka waktu lama). Biaya Rp.607,000 dengan proses pengerjaan 2HK.

And....walaaaa... My visa is ready!

Ternyata mudah kan guys dan ga perlu pake jasa calo,cm perlu sedikit kesabaran,gudluck ya untuk kalian yang akan buat visa Taiwan;)

Persiapan ke Taiwan (Part 1)

Setelah merasakan gelar Bachelor di Malaysia,saya penasaran untuk mencoba sekolah lagi di negeri lain.Selama 6 bulan urus dan menunggu.Alhamdulillah. September tahun ini saya bisa berangkat untuk melanjutkan pendidikan master bidang manajemen informasi di Yuan Ze Univ (YZU),Taoyuan City,Taiwan.Bedanya,kali ini saya mendapat beasiswa.yap.Thanks to Allah.

Cerita sedikit pengalaman sebelumnya.Saya apply di tiga univ. di Taiwan dan diterima di ketiganya; Chung Hua Univ (CHU), National Tsing Hua Univ (NTHU), dan Yuan Ze Univ (YZU).Cukup berat untuk ngelepas NTHU, karena menurut teman disana NTHU bagus dan masuk peringkat 4 besar.Tapi dengan pertimbangan jurusan dan beasiswa yang di dapat saya memutuskan mengambil YZU.

Satu keputusan sudah dibuat,tindakan pun harus dijalankan;).Mulai me-list dokumen2 yang diperluin untuk pengurusan visa.

1. Formulir dan pasfoto 4x6
2. Paspor masa berlaku min 12 bulan
3. Letter of Acceptance (asli + fotocopy)
4. Ijazah yang telah dilegalisir TETO

Saya terhenti di list no.4.Satu hari saya menyempatkan pergi ke TETO dan bertanya mengenai ini.Jawabnya "harus legalisir di negara yang mengeluarkan ijazah (red.Malaysia)".Sempat bingung,karena saat ini saya sudah kembali ke tanah air dan bekerja di Jakarta.

Sooo.. Hari itu juga saya cari tiket ke Kuala Lumpur.Kebetulan sekali,sedang ada promo Airasia,saya dapat tiket pulang pergi Rp.1,500,000 dan ambil cuti 2 hari dari kantor.Waktu 2 hari itu saya pergunakan maksimal.

Hari pertama

Pertama.Pergi ke kementrian pengajian tinggi di Putra Jaya,KL,tepatnya di lantai 4 Bag.Akademik. Ijazah perlu di legalisir dari pihak kementrian.Disini semuanya gratis dan tidak perlu tunggu lama.Max.copy dokumen = 3 set.Gedungnya dapat dicapai dengan bus no.601 dari stasiun Putra Jaya KLIAtransit*.

*Kalau datang dari LCCT,bisa naik bus ke salak tinggi disambung KLIAtransit turun di stasiun Putra Jaya.

Kedua.Setelah selesai,perlu segera ke kementrian luar negeri,tepatnya di wisma putra (masih seputaran Putra Jaya), dapat dicapai dengan bus no.600 dari halte depan gedung kementrian pengajian tinggi.Disini antrian agak lama karena banyak orang melakukan pengurusan untuk keperluan yang berbeda.Legalisir disini akan dikenakan biaya,RM.10 /capnya.Antrian hanya diterima sampai jam 4.00pm.Beruntungnya saya,bisa sampai tujuan jam 3.30pm dan hanya menunggu 1 jam untuk hasilnya.Dari sana saya langsung menuju Bukit Bintang untuk cari penginapan.

Hari kedua

Ketiga.Legalisir ijazah di kedutaan Taiwan.Baiknya datang pagi,karena disini sudah ada ketentuan jam pengumpulan dan pengambilan*.Biaya RM.150 /set.Proses pengerjaan standard = 3hari kerja,kalau mau jadi hari itu juga tambah biaya RM.75. Untuk pengurusan disini relatif mudah.

*Submission time: 9.00-12.00am

*Collection time: 3.30-4.30pm

Keempat.Sambil nunggu hasil,bisa jalan-jalan seputaran Bukit Bintang ;)) ..But have a smart shopping ya:)

Itu diaaa perjalanan singkat saya untuk persiapan berangkat ke Taiwan.Selanjutnya tinggal pengurusan visa di Jakarta.