Harry Potter

Hi!

Just watched Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows part 2. Thank God that the government wasn't that stupid :p Anyway, it was, awesomely awesome. I cried and laughed at the same time. I even have cried before the movie was started.. :p

Anyway, Harry Potter has already been my BFF (borrowing Echies phrase) since I was 13 y.o. At first, I didn't like to read it, until I accidentally read my friends book. Since then, I can't stop reading it. Harry Potter has given me a beautiful childhood memory. I grew up with the characters. I used to dislike some of the characters (Snape, Draco, and even the dark lord). But lately, I fancy them too. They're giving some life to the stories.

I'd like to thank J.K. Rowling, Chris Colombus, David Yates, Daniel Radcliffe, Ruppert Grin, Emma Watson, and all the players for making a good stories, for visualizing it awesomely. I don't think I will have another favorite story like Harry Potter.

My Special Job

Good evening!

I've told you guys before that I'd become a teacher assistant for special education department in Sekolah Cita Buana. Nah, hari ini saya sudah bertemu dengan ke-14 anak-anak muridnya. Ada Sammy (paling ganteng), Brian (jago gambar), Joey (ABAS, Anak Basket), Rafi (paling bawel), Rizqi (kalau ngomong masih suka kebolak-balik), Sylvana (paling anggun), Calli (sekali giggle, susah berhenti), Adela (masih agak sulit untuk mengenal dia, maybe next time I'm gonna be able to describe her), Fikri (kalau ngomong merepet), Gio (paling imut, literally), Jordan (agak pemalu), Eun Kyoung (She's nice, mudah berinteraksi), Wilbert (pintar, tapi masih suka ngawang mengingatkan saya sama salah satu anak di Montessori dulu), Nicole (pintar, agak kemayu).

Di antara mereka ber-14, Wilbert dan Nicole adalah anak baru dan mereka yang paling kecil. Rata-rata umur mereka 7-12 tahun, kalau tidak salah, Joey bilang kalau dia sebentar lagi akan berulang tahun yang ke-12. Hari pertama ini saya belum bisa bercerita banyak. Selama seminggu ini mungkin bisa dibilang akan jadi masa-masa PDKT saya ke mereka. Karena nantinya saya akan mendampingin beberapa anak yang akan mengikuti kelas di mainstream.

Oh iya, saya belum bercerita sistem di sekolah Cita Buana ini. Jadi selain ada TK - SMA, SCB ini juga memiliki Special Education Department. Di departemen ini ada 3 unit, SN (special needs Unit), LC (learning Center), dan TEC (Transfer of Education Center) CMIIW. Di unit SN itu untuk anak-anak usia 7-12 yang masih harus berlatih basic skills, sedangkan di LC itu adalah anak-anak berusia 7-12 tahun yang sudah mampu latih (sudah bisa berinteraksi dan menangkap pelajaran, CMIIW again). Sedangkan TEC itu untuk anak-anak usia 12-18 tahun yang masih harus berlatih basic skills (again, CMIIW). Nah, untuk beberapa anak, mereka akan mengikuti pelajaran di kelas mainstream (integrasi) untuk mengikuti pelajaran selain pelajaran yang di ajarkan di unit-unit tersebut (kalau di LC: Language, Math, B. Indonesia) sekaligus melatih kemampuan sosial mereka juga.

Nah, nantinya saya akan menemani beberapa anak untuk pergi ke kelas mainstream untuk mengikuti pelajaran di sana. Perasaan saya saat ini campur aduk, antara excited dan cemas. Excited karena saya memiliki kesempatan untuk membantu mereka memahami pelajaran-pelajaran di kelas mainstream, namun di satu sisi, saya cemas, apakah saya akan bisa membantu mereka mengikuti kelas tersebut. Well.. We'll see about that. Yang pasti untuk pertama, mungkin saya akan didampingin oleh salah seorang guru dari LC juga. Mungkin setelah beberapa saat saya akan menemani mereka sendiri.

I really can't wait to see what would happen tomorrow and the next day and the next day. It's so exciting!! :D


Have a good night!

Pretending

You'll see me smiling
You'll see me laughing
You might think I'm Ok
You might think I'm fine
You might think I'm strong enough

But the truth, is hidden inside me

Take a good look
You'll see tears
In my smile and in my laugh

I'm not strong enough
I'm not Ok
I'm not fine.

But don't worry
I'll try to be..

Disappoinment

Good Evening!

Actually, I don't know what to write. I just want to spit these things inside my head. Here it goes.

At first, It was exciting and great. I admit that I assumed (or hoped) that there would be something good from it. But, it turned out as a disappointment. Gue ngga sedih, ngga marah karena ngga jadi. Gue sedih dan kecewa karena gue pikir dia cukup gentle untuk bisa berhadapan langsung dengan gue untuk ngomongin hal ini. Instead of talking right in front of me, he decided to, slowly, disappear from my life. You can't just come into somebody's life, and leave without permission. That's just rude.

Anyway, I'm not blaming anyone. At least I can learn something from it. :)



Cheers! :)