Reportase Buka Puasa Bersama 2008 ala Melissa

Thanks ya to all returnies yg datang di acara buka puasa bersama 2008, acara sukses, yg datang raameeeeee.....bahkan angkatan 1 juga ada yg datang :))
Rombongan awal yg datang Tisi, Rethia, Yani dan Nisa. As usual ladies, mereka gak mikirin buka puasa, tp yg dipikirin malah bazar dengan discount :))
Setelah gw datang, langsung rombongan awal gw ajak ke Warung Kampoeng. Di escalator ketemu dengan rombongannya Finny, Gema Gembul, Bona Partner. 
Gak lama setelah buka, Moza, Almira dan Nuke datang, juga Kiko, Putri dan Astrid. Dilanjutkan pas lagi pertengahan makan, Ruth angkatan 1 datang beserta juniornya :)). Kemudian Cici akhirnya sampai setelah menempuh macetnya jalan Sudirman dan terakhir Dimas dan Fitria gak ketinggalan hadir. 
It was a surprise akhirnya teman kita Ruth dari angkatan 1 ada yg hadir. Sering² keep contact dan ikut kumpul yah kalo ada acara lagi. Kan enak kalo kita saling kenal setiap angkatan :)) Siapa tau dengan saling kenal there's something we can work out together the returnies....hehehe
Acaranya penuh dengan canda dan tawa, tentu tidak dilupa dengan sesi narsis alias foto², yg mana nanti akan di upload oleh Rethia aka Mrs Database. Everyone seems to be happy!
Sekali lagi thanks to all the sponsors, Dimas, Yani, Bona dan Tisi. Juga untuk Thia yg sudah bantu mengkordinir teman². Gak nyangka kan 19 orang yg datang lho, it's better than last year! 

Well guys, see you @ our next event which is Halal Bihalal 2008. 

Caiyo,
Melissa

Puisi Untuk Sahabat

sahabatku………

seberat apapun masalahmu
sekelam apapun beban hidupmu
jangan pernah berlari darinya
ataupun bersembunyi
agar kau tak akan bertemu dengannya
atau agar kau bisa menghindar darinya
karena sahabat…..
seberapa jauhpun kau berlari
dan sedalam apapun kau bersembunyi
dia pasti akan menemuimu
dalam sebuah episode kehidupanmu
sahabatku……
alangkah indahnya bila kau temui ia dengan dada yang lapang
persilahkan ia masuk dalam bersihnya rumah hati
dan mengkilapnya lantai nuranimu
hadapi ia dengan senyum seterang mentari pagi
ajak ia untuk menikmati hangatnya teh kesabaran
ditambah sedikit penganan keteguhan
sahabat…….
dengan begitu
sepulangnya ia dari rumahmu
akan kau dapati
dirimu menjadi sosok yang tegar
dalam semua keadaan
dan kau pun akan mampu dan lebih berani
untuk melewati lagi deraan kehidupan
dan yakinlah sahabat……..
kaupun akan semakin bisa bertahan
kala badai cobaan itu menghantam

sumber: anonim

copied from: http://ratna.wordpress.com/2006/05/11/puisi-untuk-sahabat/

didedikasikan untuk semuanya yang sedang berjuang menghadapi hidup...Good Luck...

France, My Second Homeland (Carmelita Bahrun's Experience)

I was barely seventeen when I arrived in France.

Even though I had already been in France often enough before, it was my first time being abroad all on my own.

No mom and dad, I was a little girl lost in translation. After the festive 3-day orientation in the marvelous City of Lights, Paris, I was sent to Clermont-Ferrand, deep in the middle of France, where a cold family had awaited for me. It wasn't a good first experience, they had expected an American and instead of a blondie girl from New York City, it had been me who came along, a girl from a third-world country of Indonesia. They weren't happy and soon I had to see myself sent back to Paris again, waiting for a new host family, on probation, the first family decided to be nasty and told NOD representatives in Rodez that I wasn't a good girl, that I caused too much trouble. I wasn't perfect, but I wasn't most certainly neither mean nor stupid - for God's sake, it hadn't entirely been my fault.  I had to wait several days before NOD managed to find me a new host.

A week later, I was sent to Meudon, a nice green suburb just southwest of Paris, where, as they said, all good families live. To be honest, I was a bit scared to experience yet another bad host, information about the new family being sent to me, they seemed just so different from myself.
They were devout Catholics, I was Muslim although not religious.  They came from a noble family, the de Viennes, from their mother's side. They were beautiful, intelligent and highly gifted - all of them played classical symphonies with harps, violins, cellos, pianos, flutes and clarinets...While my family had raised me in modern household, they lived in an antique four-story house from the 18th century.  They were just so different from me. How on earth could I be part of them for one year??  Never in my life had I ever been so miserable and lonely, I was so scared I wouldn't be able to fit in, but then the day when I had to meet the Durets came.

Anxious, worried and nervous, I was being taken to the Durets home on a fine afternoon, by the end of summer.  The Durets had six children, two of the eldest ones were boys and the last four were girls. Jean-Éric was 23, Yves-André 21, Marie-Estelle 19, Anne-Solenne 17, Rose-Hélène 15, and Aure-Élise 12. Their mother, Françoise, was a strictly disciplined lady, a perfect housewife, and her husband, Pierre, was a fine man on his late fifties.

They welcomed me warmly, and showed me my room.  A tiny room on the fourth floor, next to Marie-Estelle's and Yves-André's.  I was to be introduced to school, the Lycée François Rabelais, the following day.  I fell asleep quickly on my first night at the Durets' place, still so worried, a little bit sad, missing home so far away in Jakarta.  God, I hoped so much the Durets would like me - we didn't get to talk so much on the first day.  But I felt they were sincere and kind.
My first day in school was a complete fiasco. I didn't understand anything and they all thought I was an ABC, American-born Chinese, because I spoke American English all the time.  It was difficult to tell people I was from Indonesia since they thought Indonesians were still swinging on the trees - it took me a hard time to explain them Indonesia wasn't a part of Bali but vice versa, and that we had a pretty good civilization! And French wasn't easy, I'm telling you! French is the most beautiful language in the world, melodious, harmonious and elegant, used in every sportive committee and world organizations around the globe, but it's one of the most difficult languages to master.
Plus, as if French wasn't enough, I had to take a second foreign language - the first one being English, I opted for German as the second foreign language, hoping secretly that I would cope well enough, having previously learnt a bit German from my half-German cousins somewhere during my childhood.

Then, on the days I was feeling sad, I would tell myself so many times, I should've gone to the US. There, at least, I wouldn't be so alienated. I would at least feel comfortable with the language. But on the other side, on the days when morale wasn't so low, I was proud I didn't choose America just like everyone else did, I was there in France to try something new, to acquire a new culture so much different than mine, and even though all my friends who went to America told me I was crazy and I envied their fab American highschool stories, I was, somehow, happy being in Europe, in the Old World, me having always been a history, culture and legend freak.

But somehow, I managed to survive. I told myself, I had to start francizing myself if I want to survive here. I had to adapt their ways, their means, their habits, I had to become one of them.  And, much to my surprises, the Durets weren't as old-fashioned as I thought they would be, they were just normal people, very nice, warm, and I befriended the girls quickly.  I became fond of my host family, and stopped spending hundreds of francs to call home - I wrote letters, very long letters, instead. I wrote to everyone. To my mother, friends, families.  I also kept a journal. I wrote everything that happened, everything about my daily life. And it helped me to overcome the homesickness I had been feeling for the first month of my stay in France.

After a few weeks, I had made a lot of friends at school. And four best friends: Margotte, Sophia, Agnes and Hermione. We girls were sticking together as much as we could, everywhere, sharing stories about our lives and the boys, of course! We would be chatting all day long, they helped me a lot to learn French the "slang" way - at the Durets I learnt the elegant, formal use of French language, with my girlfriends I learnt all the expressions, proverbs and words you can never learn through books.

I quickly became my English teacher's favorite chap, she was an English woman married to a French man, and we got along excellently.  Strangely, without me really realizing it, I was already speaking French so fluently, writing essays in French more easily, I started to discover things, and somehow, the French language became easier.  I would read a French literature book everyday before I went to sleep: Émile Zola, Honoré de Balzac, Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Guy de Maupassant and Albert Camus became my bedtime fairytale storytellers and best friends in their own amazing universe of dreams, discoveries, love, wars and heroic sagas.

I also found a new habit: digging on old books, novels, romans, as well as comic books, all in French.  The Durets didn't have a TV, but their house was a giant library, with piles of books in every corner of it.  I found so many things inside their collections.  I read Asterix in its natural language and I found out that you can never completely translate a book to another language, the best thing you could do is learn the language and read the book in its original language!

Finally, I never felt I was alone anymore. Certainly, I was away from home, I was living in a country completely apart from mine, but I wasn't alone.  I had a nice family, good friends, and I spoke French and German!

In the mean time, autumn came and whiled away, and slowly I got so used to Paris.  I slowly became une fille de Paris.  Every afternoon after school, I went to Paris.  I would descend through Issy-les-Moulineaux to the metro and then catch it to the inner city.  I fell in love with everything in Paris.  Black and white, colorful, dark, bright, antique, modern, glorious, romantic and beautiful - it's Paris I'm describing.  I became so attached to its breezy cloudy days, when I would spend hours and hours wandering aimlessly inside the Louvre just to admire Venus de Milo, sketching copies of statues and paintings from all ages: Renaissance, Medieval, Art Nouveau - later on I also became a regular of the Musée d'Orsay, with all its impressionist painting collections, I even visited Vincent van Gogh's tomb and the place where he committed suicide.

I just happened to go across so many things I can't mention them one by one here, unless if you want to continue reading my story for hours and hours...

To resume, a year I had passed in France was most certainly the most interesting year in my teenage.
In France, I learnt a lot of things I would never have even noticed, had I stayed home.  A whole bunch of things.

Three months after I arrived in France, I already spoke and wrote in French, maybe not perfectly, but fluently, and started speaking German.
Four months after I arrived in France, I already became an adept to the original French culture of wine and cheese.
Five months after I arrived in France, I had learnt to keep a journal steadily, I had learnt to write, I had learnt to cook and help in the kitchen, I had learnt to be independent, courageous, and I learnt to survive.  I learnt that a culture different than mine isn't always bad, you just need to adapt to it to be able to blend yourself into its people, you have to adopt it.

Six months after I arrived in France, I already finished six Rougon-Macquart installment novels from Zola, the whole series of Asterix, a complete dictionary of French words and idioms, and I had memorized perfectly all the verb conjugations in the French language.
A year after I arrived in France, I didn't want to go home.

It was with tears and sadness that I had to part from France, but my story wasn't over yet!!
Six years later, I married a French, and now, every time I speak with my hubby in French, I would tell myself, hadn't I been sent to France through NOD, we would probably never even get connected.  Of course, I'm still a full Indonesian at heart, and we returned back in Indonesia after several years I spent during my university period in Germany, nevertheless, France is and would always be, my second homeland, since 1999, the year I came there through NOD.

And when my children reach the age of 16, I would definitely send them abroad with NOD, because what you gain with NOD isn't only language - you gain a whole important experience so useful for you in your future!

Pengalaman Yani Syahril Di North Judson, Indiana*

Waktu itu Agustus '95– Juni '96 gue ikut program Open Door** Pertukaran Pelajar ke USA. Gue tinggal di Negara bagian Indiana, tepatnya di kota kecil North Judson sama keluarga bule asli. Mereka asli baik banget dan sudah seperti keluarga sendiri. Sekolah gue deket dari rumah, namanya North Judson-San Pierre High School tapi pergi pulang naik bus sekolah. Gue ambil pelajaran sejarah US, fotografi, matematika, fisika, kimia, computer, dan bahasa inggris. Kegiatan yang gue ikuti Math Club, Art Club, Science Olympiad, Drama dan Tenis. Teman-teman gue asik-asik dan baik-baik banget. Gue senang banget waktu disana tapi pas mau pisah sedih banget dan berat musti ninggalin mereka.

Sampai di Jakarta, gue di tunjuk oleh Depdikbud untuk mengikuti program Summer School selama 2 minggu dari tgl 23 Juli-3 agustus '96 di Jepang. Dari Indonesia ditunjuk 2 orang dan program ini di ikuti oleh 22 orang dari 11 negara di Asia Pasific dan 11 orang dari Jepang sediri. Heboh banget deh, ketemu teman baru dari berbagai Negara.

Semua itu pengelaman gue yang paling berharga, tidak akan pernah gue lupakan. Kalau ada yang mau mencoba ikutan program ini, coba aja daftar diri setiap bulan Agustus di sekertariat OPEN DOOR Jl. Taman Kebon Sirih III no.13 Jakarta Pusat.***

Catatan: 

* Di publikasi kan di Buku Tahunan SMUN 21 Jakarta tahun 1997.

** Program ini sekarang Nacel Open Door (baca: about NOD Indonesia)

*** Alamat terbaru bisa dilihat disini

Returnees...Now and Then...

Gebyar Remaja 1996

Gebyar Remaja 1996

Vita, Vena, Ika, Tia & Diah di kantor NOD Kebon Sirih

Pasca Ujian Seleksi 2005.

Tia, Tisi, Nisa, Yani & Sarah @ Praorientasi NOD 4/5/2008

Tisi, Putra, Moza, Sarah, Tia, Yani, Nisa, Cici, Dimas @ Praorientasi NOD 4/5/2008

Pra Orientasi NOD 17
Putra: "kenapa begini ya???"
Yang lain: "maksudnya apa ya?"

Foto-foto kegiatan returnees Nacel Open Door Indonesia.

IKUTAN NACEL OPEN DOOR YUK!

Pernah gak sih terpikir pergi jauh dari keluarga seorang diri keluar negeri dan tinggal dengan orang-orang yang punya kebudayaan yang berbeda dengan kita?

Pernah gak sih terbayang sekolah dengan orang yang berbahasa berbeda dengan kalian?

Pernah gak sih terbayang kalian menjadi duta bagi bangsa ini di dunia international?

Jika itu pernah terlintas dibenak kalian, gak ada salahnya kalian mencoba ikutan kegiatan yang satu ini, Nacel Open Door Exchange Student. Kegiatan ini adalah program pertukaran pelajar keluar negeri. Untuk Indonesia, saat ini negara tujuannya adalah  Amerika, Perancis, Jepang atau Kanada.

Apa sih yang musti dipersiapkan untuk bisa ikutan kegiatan pertukaran pelajar ini?

Pertama, kalian adalah murid SMA kelas 1-3 dengan usia 15-17 tahun saat mendaftar. 

Kedua, kalian harus mengisi formulir pendaftaran dan mengembalikan ke kantor Nacel Open Door Indonesia.

Ketiga, kalian harus ikut ujian yang terdiri dari ujian tulis tentang pengetahuan umum (pakai bahasa Indonesia) dan bahasa Inggris. Ujian berikutnya adalah panel diskusi dan interview.

Kapan sih pendaftaran dibuka? Pendaftaran dibuka pada bulan Juli setiap tahunnya. Saat ini formulir bisa diambil di kantor Nacel Open Door Indonesia yang berada di Jl. Perdagangan No. 99. Bintaro. Jakarta Selatan 12330. Telp: 021-7361711. Fax: 021-7351080. Atau bisa juga kirim e-mail ke nacelod@cbn.net.id.

Jadi tunggu apalagi, ayo persiapkan diri kalian untuk ikut program ini. Jangan sampai ketinggalan pas waktu pendaftaran ya!

Untuk info lebih lanjut, silakan hubungi alamat di atas.

The Exchange Student Survival Kit

Rating:	★★★★★
Category:	Books
Genre:	Reference
Author:	Bettina Hansel

Buku ini bagus banget buat jadi bacaan anak-anak yang mau jadi pertukaran pelajar. Buku ini ditulis dan diterbitkan oleh AFS intercultural Programs.
Sayangnya buku ini masih limited edition. Kebetulan bisa dapet pinjeman dari orang AFS.

Belum selesai baca sih, jdai reviewnya segini dulu aja.

Nacel Open Door Indonesia Student Handbook

Rating:	★★★★★
Category:	Books
Genre:	Reference
Author:	Nacel Open Door Indonesia

Buku ini bacaan wajib buat anak NOD yang akan berangkat. Isinya tentang cara-cara persiapan sebelum berangkat, ketika 'abroad', dan waktu kembali.

Pertarungan Yel-Yel saat Reuni NOD 15 Tahun

video pertarungan "Yel yel" antara kelompok Kucing Garong & NOD-NOD

The Road Not Taken

TWO roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,
And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference. -Robert Frost (1874–1963).  Mountain Interval.  1920. -Dedicated to all returnees Nacel Open Door Indonesia

Windy in Memory

Sudah lama niat untuk membuat tulisan tentang Windy terlintas dipikiranku. Sampai beberapa hari yang lalu ketika sedang menyiapkan bahan-bahan untuk NOD 17, aku sampai pada blog milik Ibu Etty (orangtua Barli). Di blog itu, dia menuliskan kenangannya tentang Windy. Di blog itu juga, aku menemukan cerita-cerita tentang Windy dan betapa sedihnya mereka dengan kepergian Windy. Tapi bagaimanapun juga, kepergian Windy menghadap penciptanya adalah hal terbaik untuk Windy dan juga orang-orang yang dicintainya. Ada hikmah dibalik sebuah musibah.

Selamat Jalan, Windy. Semoga amalan-amalanmu diterima, dosa-dosamu diampuni dan tempatmu baik di sisi-Nya. Semoga keluarga dan orang-orang yang kamu ditinggalkan tabah menghadapi cobaan. Semoga kita suatu hari nanti bertemu di Surga-Nya. Amiiin.

-Ibu Etty, (orangtua Barli, NOD 13)-

Windy sayang,

waktu tadi tante dapet sms dari Rini, berkali-kali kuulang membacanya... mencoba mencari apakah ada satu kata yang tertinggal... "siapanya" Windy ... tapi tidak ada... hanya disebut "Windy"....

Kau memang tidak sedekat anak2 yang lain kepadaku, setiap ketemu kau hanya akan mencium tangan dan pipiku dan segera berkumpul dengan teman2mu... Tapi ibumu dan aku cukup bersahabat.. banyak cerita mengalir diantara kami.. Ada rasa dekat yang tak terceritakan... Dan karena aku dan Andri yang membuat video kenang2an kalian, ada rasa kedekatan tersendiri yang tidak dapat dipungkiri...

Kau memang tidak sedekat yang lain, tapi kaulah teman anakku di Idaho dulu... Barli, Windy dan Kamil, tiga anak yang sangat disayang Ginger, rep di Idaho... Di perantauan, kalian tentulah merasa menjadi saudara...

Kau tau Win? Ginger cerita kalau gara2 kau, host fam mu berkeras ingin menerima anak2 Indo lagi... Itu juga kudengar dari bu Aida..

Windy sayang,
hari ini kau ajarkan dan kau ingatkan kepada kami,
bahwa panggilan menghadap Illahi tidak berbatas umur..
Usiamu berapa ya, Win? 20 - 21 bukan?
Rupanya Ia sangat menyayangimu nak,
dipanggilNya kau pulang di bulan mulia ini,

Kami keluarga NOD13 hari ini berduka, nak
Tepat di hari lebaran kau meninggalkan kami

Hanya karena tipus yang kau idap dalam seminggu ini?
Kami memang shok, Nes,
Dela tadi menelponku, "blank" dalam menghadapi ujian karena kabar ini ..
"Sedih banget, Te, Gak nyangka", kata Bia..
iya, siapa sih yang akan sangka maut menjemput secepat itu..

Kami doakan kau ditempatkan di tempat yang terbaik,
Diampuni segala dosamu,
Dan diterima semua amal Islammu...

Tadi siang teman2 mu (Aji, Rini, Vindra, Dea, Bia) mewakili kami semua menghantarkanmu ke pemakaman. Barli hari ini menulis surat untuk Ginger. Kami juga sedang mencari tahu cara memberitahu Kamil yang di luar juga..

Mudah2an ibumu,yang selalu merasa kau adalah sahabat terdekatnya, tabah menghadapi ini semua ya...
Dan adik2mu juga demikian...

Selamat jalan sayang...
Kami doakan kau selamat di tujuan...

Tante

** Sekali lagi kutulis sms untuk sahabatku, kali ini untuk Detty, ibunya Windy : yang sabar, yang ikhlas, yang kuat ya Det....

(foto ini tt ambil dari fs nya NOD, kalau gak salah dulu kau yang memulai account ini, kan? dan ini foto yang kau upload disana?
Well, ini foto waktu kalian dalam perjalanan menuju Amerika, kau yang paling depan pake kaos orange.. Kalian sudah seperti bersaudara yah...)

-Ginger Sorensen (Idaho State Coordinator for Nacel Open Door)-

Etty,

Yes indeed I have heard of the TERRIBLE news...Although today was the first that I heard of our Sweet precious Windy passing away...it's been a very sad and hard day for me...the tears just keep coming...as I am sure that I have told you many times...it was the 05-06 year when Windy, Barli and Mustafa were here in Idaho. The BEST year ever for me as a Coordinator for Nacel Open Door. Oh how I loved those three...what joy and happiness they brought into our lives...I can remember her smile like it was just yesterday that she was here with us...her happy spirit and her can do anything attitude...I can honestly say I was so jealous of Windy and Barli's host families because I wanted them in my home as part of my family. I always felt like they were part of our family even when they weren't with us...Windy found a VERY special place in my heart and with her she takes part of my heart with her...what a sweet angel she is and always will be...I will always hold her smile and laughter close to my heart and will NEVER forget what a wonderful young lady that I was honored to spend time with...She will be dearly missed...I send my LOVE and condolences to her family...I wish I knew how to ease their pain during this trying time...but they should always remember that they raised and amazing and wonderful young lady that touched SOOOOOOOOOOOO many people in SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO many ways...I will NEVER forget her she will always remain VERY close to my heart...

With Love,

Ginger Sorensen & Family

I also wanted to note that the Hunt family is struggling to get thru this trying time...I can't thank Windy's family enough for notifing the Hunt Family so quickly. How kind of them to think of them during such a hard and trying time for their family. Margaret called me today crying and said Ginger my little girl is gone...My Windy passed away...my heart just ached for her loss as well...I know that the Hunt family LOVED her SOOOO Much...and enjoyed every minute they had with her...Thank you so much for keeping them informed...

Your family is in our thoughts and prayers...

-Sonia, NOD 13-

Dear Mami Windy,

hehe maaf yaa wind kita suka manggil elo 'mami'...bukan dlma rtian negatif kok, it's a praise, soalnya lo emg paling bisa ngurusin anak2 nod13 pas kita heboh rame2 ucluk2 merantau ke luar 'rumah' aka indonesia..dari cengkareng ampe incheon, trus di san francisco 2x, trus ke incheon lagi, dan akhirnya balik lg ke jakarta tersayang juni 2005.
sbenernya wind, jujur gw ngga inget lho, kenapa yaa awalnya kita manggil elo 'mami'? tehehehe gpp deh sabodo teuing, cocok ini sm elonya.
gw kangen bgt sm elo wind, trakhir kli gw ketemu sm elo trakhir tuh pas kita reorientasi abis balik dr amrik. gw inget banget smua cowo2 nod13 pada tetep langsing tp cewe2nya pd tambah bunder smua, TAPI, yg jd lebih cantik krn tambah bunder cuma elo doang..hehe!
gw inget bgt tuh pas kita smua abis dihajar putra gara2 nari zapinnya kurang macho (pdhl klo lbh macho ujung2nya malah kyk robot), trus yg nari yapong dikomentarin goyang pinggulnya krg bahenol (ngga kok win..goyangan lo ahoy kok mnurut gw, si putra aja yg sensi dia g bs nge-geol kyk elo), trus trus..aduuuh gw jd tambah kangen bgt nih sm elo!!!!!!tdnya gw excited bgt bntr lg reunian nod13 pas nod18 berangkat (msi inget ga?) is coming..tp hati gw remuk bgt pas tau nod13 bakal kekurangan satu anggotanya.

met jalan ya wiiind..we'll miss u terribly dear, but i guess Allah has a better plan for you, a plan it'll take time for us to understand why. tp gw yakin bgt kita bakal ketemu suatu saat nanti, dan pas kita ketemu lg, kita bs panggil elo 'mami' lagi, kita bs gila2an bareng lg, kita bs liat elo nge-geol yapong lg, dan kita (especially gw) bisa ngeledekin elo lg soalnya lo suka aneh dan ajaib and thats the reason why u'r such a great friend and why we love u deeply :)jagain kita dr sana ya wiiind..sekali lg, kan elo mami kitaa!

we'll miss you and we wont stop loving and praying for you.

love, sonia

-Delanie, NOD 13-

Dearest Windy..

duh blm apa2 jadi terharu nih. tak kunjung kutahan air mata mengalir dipipi. oh nooo.

It was Friday afternoon here in Sydney Australia, 5pm, just an hour before i started my mid exam. my mom called, and suddenly "BANG" i got this VERY VERY TERRIBLE news that hurt my heart, i kept asking my mom "WINDY MAH? GAK SALAH DENGER MAM? WINDY NOD? BENERAN INI?" and yeah it was REAL. like tante etty said, i was BLANK i just couldnt remember any line frm those papers that ive read. oh dear Lord.

hmm..
windy oh windy, lo tuh yaa.. gak bisa marah apa jadi orang? senyuuuuuuuuuum muluu.. baik bner deh jadi wanita. It seems like you enjoyed every second in your life. inget bgt tuh, you had the largest KOPER waktu kita mo brangkat. hehe cuek, santai, baik, menenangkan, ahh smua yg baik2 ada di lo deh, cantik pinter. idaman every pria hehe. seperti kata sonia, lo bisa bgt ngemong kita dan menunjukkan kita jalan yg bnar pas ke amrik, Made those FS account and mailing in yahoo groups to make sure that we keep each other in contact. duuhh I miss you SOOOOOOOOOOO wiiin. trakhir ktemu cmn sbntar waktu itu di duckking sudah lama skali. pas kmrn gw balik, sayang kita blom dijodohkan untuk ketemu lagi, karena waktu itu lo lagi training untuk ngajar di ilp yaa? kagum bgt gw ma lo, emg cocok si kl windy yg ngajar. aku mau doong jadi muridnya. hehehe

baru aja kmaren2 ini gw liat fs lo, and was wondering how have you been, looking at those gorgeous pictures of yours, bikin gw pgn cepet2 plg trus kita reunian rame2. but then i guess, like sonia said Allah has another (better) plan to do.

Kita gak tau Allah punya rencana apa dibalik masing2 dari kita, kita gak tau sampe umur berapa kita masi bisa nikmatin indahnya dunia yg penuh dengan cobaan ini. But what i know, WIndy is a truly wonderful person, She passed away in this Holy month and it was on FRIDAy, dimana orang2 baik meninggal pada hari jumat. Allah loves you alot Win (like tante etty said). Buat tante Detti, you did raise a good daughter, aku tau ini mungkin cobaan terberat yg tante dan keluarga hadapi, tetapi dengan ikhlasnya tante melepas, mungkin tante dan keluarga beserta windy sendirii akan mendapatkan Rahmat yang luar biasa besarnya dari Allah SWT. ALLAh tau yg terbaik bagi hamba2nya dan Dia tdk akan memberikan cobaan diluar kemampuan hamba2nya.

i know you're smiling from up there Windy, just like you do everytime. kita bkl kangen bgt, and you'll remain in our friendship, our pray, our precious memories.

love you Windy.

Delanie.

-Yovi, NOD 13-

yovi speechless tante....

hmmph...........................
sedih...........................
ga tau mo nulis apa.............

moga2 lo sekarang diatas sana dapet tempat yang bagus banget dihadapanNya..dan gw yakin kok kalo lo dapetin itu...
moga2 semua dosa2 lo diampunin win...

our memories never ends

buat mamanya windy...
yovi+keluarga turut berduka cita tante....

-Sasri Sonda, NOD 13-

The least thing I expect to happen is the moment where I'm told that somebody died.

Windy, deaths are always unpredictable, i know, but somehow I was just shocked to know ure gone..

Lo yg dulu paling aktif buat2 yahoo groups buat angkatan13 supaya bisa keep in touch selama kita away 10months, windy yg slalu cheerful and had always been the sweetest one; suka ngurusin kita2 sampe dijulukin mami windy. Ya ampun.. sedih bgt.. gue bener2 kaget dgr berita lo udah ga ada saat itu.

Padahal kita trakhir ktemu itu lama bgt, kyknya di orientasi kita yg trakhir begitu pulang. Sedih bgt lo secepet itu ninggalin kita win.. Selama itu kita ga ktemu, dan yg paling sedih ga bisa ktemu kamu utk yg trakhir kalinya.

Arrrgh, seandainya bisa marah.. tapi ga mgkn. I know everything He does selalu yg terbaik buat hambaNya kan.. Aku yakin kamu pasti lebih tenang disana win.. We miss you, I miss you.. a lot! U're gone, but not forgotten win.. u know that.

Skrg aku cuma bisa bdoa supaya kamu diterima di sisi Nya dan semoga orang2 yg ditinggalkan kamu diberi ketabahan dlm hatinya. Amin..

Thanks ya sayang for every tiny thing u've done and shared to us. We love you..

Love always,
Sasri Sonda
NOD angkatan 13

-Aji Wibowo, NOD 13-

Windy..
terlihat pendiam namun ternyata ramai setelah mengenalnya.. Baik, ramah dan murah senyum kepada teman-temannya.. Kebersamaan saat masa-masa mengikuti program pertukana pelajan sebagai NOD 13 memberikan kenangan dan arti tersendiri..
Kemarin, terasa baru saja kami sering berkumpul bersama untuk mempersiapkan keberangkatan kami..
Kemarin, terasa baru saja kami berangkat bersama-sama dan terpisah menuju negara bagian masing-masing..
Kemarin, terasa baru saja kami kembali ke tanah air dan bertemu orang-orang yang kami sayangi..
Kemarin, terasa baru saja kami berpisah untuk melanjutkan studi kami masing-masing dengan segala kesibukannya sehingga kami jarang berkumpul bersama..
Namun.. Tanpa terasa kami harus begitu cepat "kehilangan" Windy..
Semoga segala amal ibadahnya diterima di sisi Allah SWT..
Semoga keluarga yang ditinggalkan diberi kesabaran dan ketabahan..
amin..

-Aji Wibowo-

-Nia, NOD 13-

Windy is the most friendly friend of mine in NOD 13. She smiled a lot to everyone. The first time I met her, I like already because her kindness.

We had a good memories together when we were learn very hard how to dance the Yapong Dance since either me or she never learn about it before. I still remember how hard and funny it was. We keep saying, pantat...pantat... all the time to remind us to shake it according to the dance. what a lovely memories of her...
She is a good friend for everyone. She always comes with smile and she likes to promote her university through mail-list, that is funny. 

Well...i feel guilty that i never actually say those things to her. it is too late to say how lovely friend she was. but, even though she is gone, she will never be gone in my memories. God bless her.

Nia

-Keisha, NOD 13-

Dearest Windy,
gilaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa uda lama nggak ketemu, dan bakalan lama banget jadinya?
I really hope u are in a much happier and better place than the rest of us here, cuz u've been a real sweet girl. Sweeeeett sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeettt friend. :) I miss you. Haven't got the chance to hang out with u again, which I deeply regret. Deeply.
Inget banget dulu kita nari bareng. Hehehe, tim yapong! Oyeee!!! Dan kamu nod13 pertama yang kutemui pas di SF lagi transit mau balik ke Jakarta.

I can say no more.
I love u my sweet sweet friend. Prayer. In peace. Amien.

Keisha Ridwan
keishathepainkiller@hotmail.com

-Gemilang Zull Malarangeng, NOD 13-

My Dearest friend Windy..

It seems that it was just yesterday we've met each other with our NOD friends.. talking about our experiences in the states and what we're going to do after that.. but in reality its been 2 years since that happen.. Our lives has changed and parted away since that day, but our friendship remains the same..

College was our next step in life.. My future was in the States again and you stayed in Indonesia. But our goal was the same: To finish college and be successful in life. We went through 2 years of college already, which for me is half way done.. and hopefully it was for you too..

The only difference between me and you at this point is that I'm still fighting to pursue my dream, and you have completed your purpose in life.. As far as I know, you had a wonderful life that you can ever dream of.. A life full of joy, happiness, as well as challenges that you manage to pass through.. therefore, I feel happy for you that you have completed your life in a positive and strong way.

I miss you so much Windy.. I'm sorry I haven't been able to meet you since, due to my situation in the states.. but although we're far away in distance, you will always be in my thoughts and mind.. as well in my heart..

I pray that all your kindness and generosity will be accepted and all your sins be forgiven by ALLAH SWT.. amien..

We will join you shortly Windy, as all human beings are meant to die sooner or later.. We only can hope to die in the name of Islam, just like you..

Love forever,

Gemilang Zul Mallarangeng
(11-17-2007)

-Rini, NOD 13-

Dearest Windy..
sedih dan shock banget waktu kamu udah ga ada... windy itu baiiiiik banget, keibuan, dan terlihat paling dewasa diantara anak2 nod 13.. makanya kita semua dulu sering manggil dengan sebutan 'mami' .. :) soalnya windy emang keibuan banget.. paling suka ngurusin 'anak2nya'... dari bikinin blog buat nod13, sampe ngingetin ini, itu... baik banget ya....
cuma mau bilang umur kita emang ga ada yang tau ya win.. cuma yang DiAtas aja yang tau.. tapi satu hal, kita semua pasti akan inget windy terus..
we love u and we always will.

Rini

-Dea, NOD 13-

Dear Windy,
sayang banget ya baru sebentar bisa kenal sama lo, tapi dengan waktu yang sebentar itu gw udah bisa tau kalo lo orangnya baik banget.. gw seneng banget bisa kenal sama lo, semoga Allah memberikan tempat terbaik disisi-Nya buat lo..
Gw emang jarang sih ngobrol sama lo, cuman satu hal yang selalu gw inget itu senyum lo.. lo ramah, gak pernah marah, dan senyum terus sama yang lain..
semoga lo pergi dengan tenang..
i will always remember you..

Dea Maulina

-Puti, NOD 13-

dear windy..

pertama kali aku liat kamu di smp, aku lgsg berpendapat "kk ini manis bgt..". Dan aku yakin, banyak yg berpendapat sama..=)

waktu aku ktemu kamu lg di NOD13, aku makin tau, makin knal, dan makin deket sm windy..

windy,,semua org pasti kangen kamu,sm senyum kamu, sm keramahan kamu..termasuk aku..smoga kamu dapat tempat terbaik di sisiNya,aminn..

Anjani (Puti)

Poster NOD

Poster NOD tahun 2003

It's Time To Be Volunteer

Gak kerasa tahun ini Nacel Open Door sudah akan memberangkatkan peserta pertukaran pelajar untuk ke-17 kalinya. Tahun ini ada 16 orang peserta. 15 orang akan berangkat ke USA dan 1 orang berangkat ke Perancis.

Dan itu tandanya sudah saatnya kita mengadakan kegiatan praorientasi, orientasi dan reorientasi. Tandanya it's time to be volunteer.

Mulai dengan semua kesibukan untuk menyiapkan adik-adik untuk menghadapi tahun mereka selama mereka di luar negeri.

Mulai dengan semua flash back to the old memories, sweet or even bitter year abroad.

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