Pelanggan Ingin Nyaman

  Kalau ditanya, ada tidak gegar budaya saat tiba di Jepang? Mmm… yang negatif? Hanya kakunya peraturan. Tapi peraturan memang dibuat untuk ditaati, kan? Justru lebih mengganggu dengar “Peraturan kan dibuat untuk dilanggar!” ala Indonesia. Entah itu candaan atau serius (untuk mengelak). Salah satu hal yang saya […]

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Japanese Intensive Course Ends

February 9 was the last day for University of Tsukuba’s autumn 2015 Japanese intensive course. We had presentation on our countries, received the certificate and had closing ceremony. I was not much into celebrating the end of this course. I rather liked it and grew […]

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Caught by Surprise

The recent strong Kumamoto-ken earthquake and 2 days in a row earthquake hitting east Japan have been a wakeup alarm for me. I’ve been too easy-going thinking Japan is safe. Japan IS safe and its response to disaster is very good. But it’s never said […]

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Memilih Universitas Tujuan

Ini tulisan kloning dari blog Teacher Trainee asal Indonesia di Jepang. Salam jumpa, teman-teman. Saya Lita, trainee angkatan 2015 dari Jakarta, saat ini di Universitas Tsukuba, Graduate School of Life & Environmental Sciences. Iya, bukan Graduate School of Humanities & Social Sciences atau Comprehensive Human Sciences, tempat bersemayamnya departemen yang […]

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Japan post series

I’m not the most diligent blogger. Moreover if it’s about well-decorated post (with photos or any visual aid). So If you would like to see interesting tidbits of life in Japan (from non-metro city resident’s point of view), you can follow my hashtag in instagram: […]

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Tolerant

I find it a bit bothersome if a teacher is not being tolerant. Not tolerant to one’s student’s laziness or being permissive. Simply accepting the fact that there are people who don’t share the same opinion as one. We don’t have to agree on anything. […]

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Tsumetai

Kata yang berarti ‘dingin’ ini pas menggambarkan kondisi bahan/makanan & minuman di musim dingin. Kalau masak atau bikin minuman panas, buruan dikonsumsi. Ngga usah nunggu ‘adem dikit’. Karena hitungan menit udah beneran adem. Seadem lemak di minuman coklat yang mengapung dan margarin yang kalau ditaruh […]

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