High School Never Ends

When I entering my high school lives, there is Discipline High School Orientation for a month in military style. I can not even think to home sick, and finally I can adapt well with the new environment.

What I remember the most is when new student have to crawl in dirty wet rice field, but with the essential we have to remember it is what farmers do to grows the rice, so we must not spoiled any food in respect to God, farmers, parents, and the cook.

The routine start from 4.30 in the morning, and ends after we finish the study at the latest 23.00. Being in the dormitory life, is hard but so stable. Morning jogging, Senam, Self Defense then we have to in ready uniform at 6.30 for breakfast in a rules too. We have to braze the gesper and shines the boot everyday if you dont want to get push-up punishment in three times a day small ceremony (apel). We can say it is semi-military style. Just imagine, My headmaster is Brigadir General, vice Headmaster is Colonel of from navy. Head of Dormitory is Major of Police.

I met a lot of super smart friends and senior. I learn a lot from them. Being in dormitory lives teach you a lot how to be independence and tolerance with others. Especially when the environment is so rich with Indonesian culture. Five religion, difference culture from medan, pontianak,bali, makasar to papua, I am from homogen culture to high school life like, have no choice except just accept and adapt with all the rules and discipline. And since the student is only 42 and we meet from morning to motning, we, at least I can say, should be closer than students with hundreds student in a batch.

The assignment I would never forget and I guess my classmates did too is to interview one the head of region where we come from.  Like, for example I am from West Borneo, so I interview Mayor of the city or in bahasa we called in Walikota. For 15 years old students, I dont know, the confidence just came along with the letter from school. We have to get the photo and make a report of the interview.

A lot of extracurriculer here. More and more than previous.

I join OSIS - Excecutive Organization with General Treasurer. I also a treasurer again for school magazine and being secretary for budhist community in high school.

I am involved in a lot committee, one of them is became the project officer of school bazaar and once became the project officer again in school annual class-meeting competition. Here I learn the leaderships and teamwork.

I also curious in Java Traditional dance, me and the clubmates always perform in opening ceremony. The coach is just great and profesional. And for cheerleader, bring it on movies really inspire me and I met friends with the same interest, so we propose the extracurricular, and have full support from school. Coach from International Cheerleader Club, Spirit-full Kak Jacky. He teach us from zero skill and being third runner up at Bulungan Cup from SMAN 70 with Jabodetabek scale . I also selected to represent my school in pioneer marching (Baris Berbaris) competition by Bekasi Kabupaten, and glad being top ten. We didnt won, but the next year until now, my junior always brings my school being number one.

The Golf, tennis and swimming extracurricular is a must for first grade student, and who dont enjoys that? =)

A lot more to tell. But lastly, I finished my highschool, still in scholar grade, top ten students to maintain the scholarships. And, I glad to make my parents proud again, to get Bhagaskara Tanggon Kosala Medal, as the best student in mental and behavior for three year study.

I make a back up if anything happen again with my plan after failed to enter NTUby getting full scholarship from Universitas Pelita Harapan and President University. But, accepted in university of Indonesia really complete the closing of high school.

 (Dont ask how hard we cried in the end ofprom night and graduation). We still meet even not that often because my friends spread everywhere like Malaysia, Holland, Singapore,Taiwan, Jakarta, etc :') but there is Ikatan Alumni SMA Presiden, and untill now I still trusted being a general treasurer there. Cant wait for the reuni at 2015. We will see how far we have changed.