This is the 2nd part of my story with my new friends from Ehime Japan :)
So, on the next day after they got back from KKN place and took a rest in Wisma MM UGM, we gathered in my campus to watch the presentation from the Ehime students . They explained about everything they had already done in the village, along with the society there . I found that was interesting, because it made me understood, although a little, of their point of view while living together with Indonesian people, which in this case, as a foreigner . And I also understood it wasn't easy to communicate with them too . It reminded me of my sweet times in Saitama, where I should be living as a foreigner too . Hmmpphh.. I miss my hosuto famirii :"(
Take a picture first before heading to Malioboro! :D
We tried to refresh our mind after the presentation by taking a walk on Malioboro street! Yep, I accompanied them who wanted to buy souvenirs there .
Still on the same day, Aug 15th, one of them was celebrating birthday! She was YURI! So, me and the UGM teammates gave her a surprise by hiding inside her hotel room, and along with the rest of her friends of Ehime and a pretty RAINBOW CAKE, we successfully made Yuri, well, SURPRISED! YEEEEEIIIY \m/
(PS: thanks to Megumi as a 'distraction-maker' haha :p)
Aug 16th was the last full day with them!!! I was so saaaaad.. On that day we decided to visit 2 of well-know landmarks in Indonesia, especially in Java Island, those were BOROBUDUR & PRAMBANAN TEMPLE! XD Here are the recaps :
I was meeting 1D member!! Kyakyaaa~ haha, of course he wasn't! LoL He was just another tourist in Prambanan who, fortunately, looked cute and kakkoi, that's why I took a pic with him XD
On Aug 17th, they left the hotel & we headed to the biggest mall in the town, Ambarrukmo Plaza . We had our last lunch together, after that most of them still wanted to go shopping and then we rushed off to the airport in afternoon . And that's it, we must saying the hardest word : GOODBYE... :")
See ya my friends.. Really hope you will come back to Jogja or maybe I will visit your country (amen!) XD
And The Ehime team : Ruth Sensei (I really had a good time talking with you sensei but I'm sorry I even didn't say goodbye when you left T.T hope we can meet again), Tsuzuki Sensei, Megumi (sstt.. keep our secret hehe), Manami (Kamilia~ KARA's fanclub name :p), Kie (karate girl), Yuri (we're a fan of Namie Amuro, yeeeah), Yuka (Disney's Princess lover :D), Kanako (The cat lover~), Hotta (the one who survive at Surodadi, congratulatioooon), Shota (the "okaaay" boy & the pose-maker! you're so funny) and Akebi (don't you dare putting Mukai Osamu's picture as your profile picture on facebook again! hahaha.. keep your promise to always wear the necklace! XD)
photos credit : @tectonaVgrandis, megumi's fb and hotta's fb
So, I just have got new friends again from Japan . But they weren't from Osaka City University like last year, they came from EHIME UNIVERSITY in Matsuyama, Japan :)
They consisted of 9 students and 2 senseis (sensei means teacher in japan) . They came on Aug 2nd 2012 and I first met them in the welcome dinner held in House of Raminten Restaurant Jogja . I always talked so much in order to break the ice of awkwardness in each conversation we made . And thank God, there was Megumi, who asked and commented about what I said or explained hahaha . She had ever lived in Canada for 10 months, no wonder her English was good! Because there were only 9 of them, I could remember all their names easily in one night hehehe .
We held a welcome ceremony in my campus on the next day and we also biked around campus to introduce it to them .
On Aug 3rd, they went to Magelang for joining KKN or Kuliah Kerja Nyata . It is an activity where college students live and work together with native people of a village and make some applications due to what they have got in college . I left them there for about 10 days so they could get an experience by living with Indonesian people .
before we off to Magelang
At Dusun Wonodadi, Sawangan, Magelang
But unfortunately, two of them were sick at the first day they reached Magelang . They were immediately taken to the hospital in Jogjakarta and stayed there for 4 days . Me, who was in charge as one of the committees from FTP UGM kept visiting and accompanied them in hospital because the nurses usually didn't talk in English, so due to communication reason, I always be there, as long as I could to help them communicated to the doctor or nurses . I got back at home around 7 or 8 PM .
This is SHOTA . He usually accompanied by my friend, Lyra :) *ehem*
This is AKEBI . I was coming to his room more often than to Shota's, probably because both of us like to talk so we shared like, anything . We talked about our campus life, family, and some other stuff :)
Both Shota and Akebi back to the KKN place again after feeling better . And on Aug 14th, we picked them up to go back to Jogjakarta . They said they wanted to live there much more longer as they cried because of what they've learned from living together with the home-owner and also the village society, who most of them were elder people and kids . Well, I have ever been on that feeling too when I was leaving my host family in Saitama Japan to come back to Indonesia few years ago . I REALLY WANT TO GO BACK TO JAPAN! T________T *sobs*
Megumi
Yuri (right)
Manami
Okay, so that's it for the 1st part of my Ehime story . Will be return with the 2nd part as soon as possible ^^v