Simelekete's Blog

The Art of "I Just Know"

"Weren't you accustomed to do that?"

"Where did you know that?"

"I just know."

It seems like simple sentence, but not often be said to everyone. It has several meanings.

One of them is the person who said it might be know ing you for a long time. It shows that he/she knows you well enough, eventhough sometimes you just dont realize it.

foreigner in transjakarta

Today, I went to Kuningan by transjakarta which Jakarta citizen usually called bus way--doesn't it mean the road, not for the bus? By the way, I sit in the backside. On the other side, I saw a foreigner sit by himself. He was reading a book contains Indonesian phrases. Wow! I would like to sit beside him and talk about Indonesian. Who knows he would be interested to be one of my future students? Haha, you wish!

 Yes, it is the best thing to know someone from overseas want to study our language. it means they want to be one of us. They have eager to be equal with us. I will bw greatful to teach them bahasa Indonesia. Just like what I have done for these two years.

completely frustating

My first priority or ambition is study abroad, for now of course. What can I do? Im not fluent speaking english, even listening, reading, and writing. It's not a big problem if it only uses common vocabularies. However, if it is used, academic or professional vocabulares, im dead. Suddenly!!

 In that order, I have to take an english course, the intensive one. I have been taking IELTS peparation in someplace in Kuningan, South Jakarta for three weeks. What did I get? Frustation! My classmates are very fluent communicating in English. If the teacher give a test, they must get better mark than me. The course is three two weeks left. I think will redo this preparation, but I don't have enough money to make it.

One of the requirements to apply a scholarship for master degree is an IELTS test result of 6,5 to 7 without one aspect below 6. Today, I had a reading test in class. You know what? I even dont understand 1 passage. There are too many new vocabulary for me and they are too serious. I went home in a pesimist condition. Then, I came up with this idea. Write a story in English. I just realized, I used common vocabulary in this. Oh, please remind me those words, such as assesment, suscint, concise, imprioners, reliable, argh! Stop this! I haven't study sign language yet. I just forgot signing some words.