So I am a student, again

First of all, it's only been a little past 2 months and I have violated my own promise to write a post at least once a month and for that I apologized :")
Things have been quite busy now that I forgot what a student life can be like.

Okay now, I just realized that my blog posts are quite depressing and deep, yep, since I kinda used this place as my coping mechanism when things feel kinda heavy but I will try to also write happy things so that I'll have something cheerful (as well) to remember by.
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Life update: I love being a student except for the part where I dont get paid. And here are some reasons why:

1. Student Discount
   Dengan menyandang status pelajar, gue bisa dapet diskon buat beli banyak hal di Belanda. Gak cuma itu, gym membership juga murah, mana bisa dapet tunjangan ini itu juga. Ah, kangen banget it's like the whole society knows I am not making money rn and that I need their mercy lol.
2. Day-off and Holidays
   I dont even have to explain. I looove long holidays and I love the fact that I can skip class when I feel terrible without having to explain myself.
3. Kehidupan yang teratur
   Jadwal sekolah dan ujian udah disusun. Sekalinya ada kejutan juga gak terkejut kejut amat, gak kaya di kantor yang penuh hantaman kanan kiri kadang kadang suka bikin GERD kambuh.
4. And lots of other things kaya misalnya perasaan setelah ujian selesai, dapet recognition karena ngerjain tugas dengan baik, gak ada politik buat naik jabatan, gak perlu feeding ego orang lain, dll dll
5. No income tax. EXCEPT for the part that Netherlands charges soooo many other taxes even for a student like me.
6. Or maybe I am a part nerd and I enjoy studying

Oh iya btw dalam rangka beradaptasi dan menyerap Dutch way of living as much as I can, gue nyewa sepeda mulai dari awal Februari kemaren. Agak nekat karena masih winter dan anginnya cukup hardcore.

Gue bener bener pernah ketiup angin dari samping jadi tuh sepedanya malah jalan ke kiri bukannya ke depan :") tbh kalo lagi kaya gitu tuh ngegowes sepeda berasa hiking.

Kadang gue bersyukur pernah tinggal di Tembagapura karena masa masa itu mempersiapkan gue ngehadepin Dutch winter except for the fact that the wind is crazier here.

BUUUT I can blend in with local better in a way that gue gapernah make payung di tengah ujan (thanks Tembagapura).

Walaupun in general langitnya abu abu dan kelam suram, cuma langitnya Rotterdam super cantik di hari hari cerah (yang mana cukup jarang terjadi selama musim dingin).

Kalau hari lagi cerah dan sorenya lagi cantik, gue biasanya selalu milih rute pinggir sungai. Naik sepeda 3.5KM dari sekolah ke rumah sambil dengerin lagunya Kings of Convenience (I looove Manhattan Skyline, walaupun dalam kasus ini it's Rotterdam Skyline lol) atau anything dari playlist spotify gue Chillchill.

Tbh I love shopping for stationeries, I like doing pre-class quizzes (eventhough I am doing it while complaining), I love learning new things, I love being able to present ideas or my understanding of the subjects, and crazy enough... I enjoy making reports and pretty slides (to the point the highest compliment I can take is kalo ada yang bilang story telling gue bagus, atau slide gue bagus).

Hal kaya gini yang bikin gue mikir mungkin pilihan karir gue selama ini is not a mistake after all lol because I do love telling stories and telling people what to do lol.

Awal Maret kemaren baru aja gue nyelesain modul 1 dari 5 modul yang harus gue selesain buat dapet degree. It was intense, tiring, and overwhelming.
I was tired, but in a good way.
Rasanya kaya ngerjain project yang bikin capek tapi pas final presentation kliennya bilang makasih dan supervisor lo ngasih recognition, ya kurang lebih gitu.

Jadi kurang lebih gitu update-nya sejauh ini, gak tau juga kalo berubah lagi perasaannya 2-3 modul kedepan (but I hope I'll stay happy with my state).

Cheers!