YES Bina Antarbudaya, "Never Ending Experience"

Have been long time no post huh? Ya I've been busy with these damn school's tests and other old activities, o ya from now on I start to re-active in my English course at LIA, since I've been postponed a term ago.

Eheem,
OK, this time I would like to share my best unforgettable experience I ever had :D

1st Chapter - The Gate's Opened

Let me start from the background. On March 2010, Ma'am Falin (my English teacher) said to me that there was a form of Student's Exchange Program from Bina Antarbudaya. At first, I totally surprised that time to hearing that kind of program. I forgot how many sheets that form consist of, but I guarantee it's quite complicating. I took that form, but I just got started to fill it 3 days before the dead line! haha. Then I collected my form within Rp 150.000,- (as postage and register fee).

O ya, this is the Download-able Form of Bina Antarbudaya, you can both check and download it.
:) Especially for the First Grader.

On 9th May 2010, 49 students (including me) of my school , SMA Negeri 8 Pekanbaru and another schools in Pekanbaru took the 1st test. At 8 in the morning, all the candidates entered the hall to hear the speech of our principal. We got the "Tanda Peserta Ujian" (sign of candidates) paper, I had gotten number 213.

There were 3 kinds of test we took.

• General Knowledge Test (but I bet that was not "general" anymore!); In Bahasa
  

• English Multiple Choices (A lot easier); In English
  

• Personality Essay (The topics were really strange for me); In Bahasa
  

And the result was there were 18 students of my school and some candidates from another schools passed it. Alhamdulillah I am included as one of those 18.

2nd Chapter - AFS Gank ; The Second Family

I was feeling so proud when school's committee announced my name and another 17 candidates in front of all the school members at ceremony. But look, the second test was coming soon! From that time, Kak RP, Rizky Putra,(my senior, who is Bina Antarbudaya-Jenesys Program) and another kakak, often do the briefings for us.

But it's not at all, I honestly didn't know well all the others 17 candidates in spite of they are my school mates. From the first meeting, we decided to choose me as the leader (Gosh!). But what made it's unique is my initials is also RP! (same like Kak Rizky Putra who was become a leader in his year), ya I know it's just a coincidence.

The students and the parents started to make the budget funds, rent a bus, was booking a hotel, decided the communication fee & consumptions even made the attendance list -.-". O ya, one more thing was the license to principal since we would take the second test during the semester examinations, it means we had to undergo the supplementary exams.

At 9 o'clock in the evening of 11th June (when the opening ceremony of FIFA world cup 2010, holly crap, I didn't watch it!), we were ready to go to Padang (our chapter, since Pekanbaru is not yet be a chapter).

This is the link for the Information of Padang Chapter ;)

(I remembered that I am the second after Anjani who was coming, while Adli was coming late -.-")


The journey from Pekanbaru to Padang took about 6 to 7 hours (I forgot how much it's exactly). O ya, besides us, the 17-candidate from SMAN 8 Pekanbaru, there was also our friend named Hafiz Oktri Putra from MAN 1 Pekanbaru, he was also one of us; the candidate who passed the first test.

Not many happened on that night besides Anjani and Widya who were capturing the photos of us who are down-on-our-luck, yup our horrible-sleeping face. These are what they had done, good job guys, keep it up !

Monday - 6th December - ESPY and JC Inaugurate

1st Chapter : An Unpredictable before the party

On 6th through 7th December, Language Club (ESPY & JC) held an extracurricular Inaugurate, an annually tradition of our club. Apparently, we had discussed and told about our plan to schools’ committee and also to each club supervisor since 4 months before (on August). They said, “It’s Ok”, that’s why we all as the seniors prepare for it. But unpredictably, on 5th December we’ve got news which told School was not giving us a permit to it.

What the Hell !!!

What make me so blue in the face was “Why they have to tell it a day before, since the catering had been paid and the authorization letter was successfully completed!”.
That was why, on 6th December, all the 11th grader tried wholeheartedly to convince the schools’ committee. They were me (leader of ESPY), Inok (leader of JC), Pija, Faiz, Fisda, Astri and many more. It was a much difficult when we had to against the Principal! Yea I know the reason was “The 1st Semester Examination is coming soon!”, but believe us we will never disturb the time to study, even we held it 3 days before the exam, and have discussed it since 4 months ago, and you said “Yes”, and the catering was already paid for Rp 1.800.000,-, and both of all the juniors and their parents have been agreed, AND YOU WANNA CANCEL IT.

What the Fu*k !!!

But Fortune never goes anywhere, because we successfully forced school with the main cause is Rp 1.800.000,- catering which previously paid, since it would be impossible if the school paid us to replace the fee. Oh Thanks God, Thanks guys for those of you who had struggle for it.
:D

2nd Chapter : Let the Party’s Begin

Forget about Inaugurate working paper, now the time for the PARTY :D
Like if told to my juniors, they had to attend the school at 5 in the afternoon, no one could be tardy this time! O yea, just for the information, before inaugurate, all the juniors had to bring many unpredictable -strange-unusable -joke gadgets, such as “Name Tag” which made from 13 sides shape paper, Mineral Water which is Simpati Freedom brand (?) and many common more. LOL!

At 5 O’clock (+ rubber time), we finally gather to check the Juniors’ requirements, we trained them PBB (Pelatihan Baris-Berbaris) as the punishments, even we do Tori-Tori Dance that time, what a funny to instruct it. (I may post about the inaugurate requirements and also the video of Tori-Tori Dance next).

At 6 we took a rest, then prayed and had a dinner together. After it, we start to tell the “Ghost Stories”, huuu, I myself until now still be afraid about Siti Payung and Cindai rumor which spread among the school since a long time ago.
After that, all the juniors slept, while for the seniors who not-yet-be-Inaugurated get their Inaugurate time, LOL, some of them even crying, but no worried guys, that’s what I felt before.

Exactly at 12, the time for Junior’s Inaugurate was beginning. Three by three, we called the juniors, the procedures in that inaugurate were:
1. The team (consist of 3 or more or less juniors) had to woke up when we told so.
2. They had to buzzing around the school at midnight, from post to post which spread surrounded the school’s area.
3. To go to the next post, the team had to find a clue, and to get a clue there were many ways that seniors would do, start from made afraid, angry and others.
4. In a post, juniors would be blame for anything even they do nothing, LOL. In this year we had 8 posts, and for each post there were about 3 or more seniors.
5. In their “journey”, they would face some “ghosts” (both of The Imitation or The Real One).
6. Apparently, this annually program’s purpose were not to make juniors afraid, but it taught the juniors to be respect about seniority, to maintain and tighten the relationship not only among them but also relationship between the seniors and juniors, to inform them about the history of extracurricular and school, to train their mentality to be strong, because they were the one who would continue our extracurricular from time to time.

But out of a plan, the school became crowded because of the attendance of our alumna. I didn’t mean to angry or why, but swear I didn’t prepare it, start from the place, the snacks and the foods. So all the alumna also buzzing around the school, and you know, it made the juniors not afraid with the situation.

Huft, not only that, the problems also born from the our seniors (the 12th graders), our seniors get 1 post in the school’s mosque, and the problem was the time, most of groups got stuck there, that was why only 8 teams who pass until the 8th post.

But above all, the inauguration’s night still in control and I could say it’s almost succeed. I wanted to say thanks for all the participants.
:D

3rd Chapter : The Declaration’s Time

The mabit (buzzing around the school at midnight) was end at 15 minutes past 4 in the morning. After that, the juniors back to their room to take a rest and prayed. While the seniors were extremely exhausted, LOL, we slept over and woke up at 15 minutes to 7.

I myself, go to the closet to change my shirt which had been wet with my own sweat. Then washed my face, but I forget to brushed my teeth. What a dirty. Yea at least, I was cleaner than some of my friends who even didn’t change their clothes.
Then, it was the time to read The Declaration of Language Club. This is that Declaration (which I made all so sudden in only 5 minutes -.-“ ) :
(I made it in Bahasa)

1. Kami Berjanji menjunjung tinggi rasa satu keastuan sebagai Klub Bahasa.
2. Kami berjanji menjunjung tinggi nama baik almamater Klub Bahasa.
3. Kami berjanji akan setia menjadi teman, sahabat dan saudara sesama Klub Bahasa.
4. Kami berjanji akan senantiasa menjaga dan mempertahankan nama baik, prestasi Klub Bahasa.

Then CONGRATULATIONS !!! Now you become the legal members of Language Club. :D

At 8, everything end but not with the rest; the rubbish we made, and you know? Only 8 people who cleaned it (Including me), while the other had gone.

Huh, but finally everything was totally end, I rode my motor cycle back to home, and took a full rest for entire day from 8 a.m. in the morning through 5 p.m. in the afternoon without taking a bath, eat even praying anymore !!! (Great)
:D