Exams: Study, Study, Study...

Hallo! So, last week I got exam here. Well, I actually don't want to take exam, of course. But AFS asks all exchange students in Flanders to take it. It's an obligatory. So, I made a negotiation with my school as I don't really study here and my Dutch is still bad. Hahaha.. I may take only some exams that I want. Haha. Then I chose Science, Maths, English, and History. The rest, such as Social Science, Geography, and French, I just come with some books to read while my friends are doing their exams. Actually I also don't want to take Dutch as it is about literature and the words are still difficult to me. Dutch exam took 4 hours. During the first 2 hours, I read the books that I had brought from home. But suddenly, my Dutch teacher came to me and asked me why I didn't take the exam. Then I said my reason. But she said, "Okay, but in the next 2 hours you have to take it. It's only listening and reading" Oh shit! -_-

So, what is the difference between the exam in Indonesia and Belgium? Well, there are some points that I notice. First, for exam in June, they study really hard. They even start to study a couple of weeks before they start their exam. This exam is really difficult for them because they need to learn what they have learned from January until June. The teachers here don't give tolerance to the students who get bad score. In anyway they will stay in that grade if they get bad score. Second, they don't have multiple-choice questions. All of them are essay questions. So, we need to really understand what we've learned in the class. Third, mostly we need to analyse the questions first. Then we have to connect it with what we've learned in the class. And the last, in the last page there is always a column where we can full in like "According to me, I will get score ..." or "The next time, I should do ..." It's like an evaluation for us. So, we realize about the way of our studying. In other schools, some my friends also had oral exam. So, the teacher will ask you directly and we have to explain it. It's quite scary, but I think from that, we have more confidence to speak in front of the people.

Now, it's already holiday! I'm so happy that I've done with school! Next week, I'll get my report. Hopefully it is good haha.. And it's time to have fun before I go home.. I still have 2 weeks here anyway.

Rindu Akan Merindukan

Sudah hampir 10 bulan aku berada disini. Pertanyaan "kapan pulang" terus dilontarkan semua orang yang aku temui disini. Tak hanya di Belgia, orang-orang yang aku cintai di Indonesia juga terus bertanya. Jujur, ketika hati sudah terbagi di dua tempat, susah untuk meninggalkan salah satunya. 

Tentu saja aku ingin kembali ke pangkuan ibu pertiwi. 

Aku rindu sama pakaian sekolah putih abu-abu. 

Aku rindu bisa ngomong lancar tanpa harus buka kamus atau mikir terlebih dahulu. 

Aku rindu sama suara anak kecil yang bermain-main di sore hari. 

Aku rindu sama ikan teri sambal dan sayur...

Aku rindu sama suara-suara klakson karena macet.

Aku rindu makan nasi gurih, lontong atau mie pansit setiap pagi.

Aku rindu bisa pergi kemana aja naik sepeda motor.

Aku rindu upacara setiap hari Senin.

Aku rindu dilihatin guru setiap pagi di depan sekolah untuk mengecek segala sesuatu yang kita pakai.

Aku rindu sama teman-temanku.

Aku rindu sama keluargaku.

Aku rindu...

Tapi aku juga pasti akan merindukan negeri anak pipis ini.

Aku akan merindukan keluarga angkatku yang selalu didambakan semua teman-teman pertukaranku.

Aku akan merindukan pergi hang out setiap akhir pekan bersama teman-temanku.

Aku akan merindukan pergi ke negara lain yang bisa dicapai dalam waktu 30 menit.

Aku akan merindukan makan kentang goreng yang luar biasa enaknya!

Aku akan merindukan makan roti setiap pagi dan membawanya ke sekolah.

Aku akan merindukan makan croissant coklat setiap akhir pekan.

Aku akan merindukan wafel yang selalu dibawa ayah angkat setiap hari Rabu siang.

Aku akan merindukan teman-teman sekelasku, yang sedikit kekanak-kanakan dan fanatik.

Aku akan merindukan guru-guru yang selalu kewalahan dengan tingkah laku aku dan teman-teman sekelas (oeps! hihi)

Aku akan merindukan langit benua biru ini yang sungguh indah

Aku akan merindukan jalan kaki ke sekolah dan orang-orang yang aku senyumi setiap paginya

Aku akan merindukan pergi ke perpustakaan kota hanya untuk menggunakan komputer dan wifi yang tersedia disana.

Aku akan merindukan semuanya...

Waktu terus bergulir. Aku sungguh dilema dengan semuanya. Tapi siap atau tidak siap, aku harus kembali dan meneruskan perjalanan hidupku ini...

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