Monash KL :)

from now on, i am trying to post my blog all in English. huft. BIG sigh.

yeah. the fact is, 3 months from now, English will be my first language. i will be using it to talk to teachers and friends, to order for food and drinks, to ask for directions, to ask for anything i don't understand in class, etc etc etc :( therefore i decided to write my blog in English. if i cannot even write in English well, how can i even talk to others in English, right? 

ah by the way, the reason i write this post is not to announce my decision to write this blog in English, but to announce my much bigger decision. 

I am going to Monash KL!

yah. finally, after all discussions of pros and cons i had with my parents and some friends, i decided to continue my uni to Monash KL, not to Monash Australia which i planned before. all this time the plan was that i was going to oz. i joined Jakarta International College to go study to Monash Australia, not to Monash KL. 

well, i guess sometimes plans simply do not work.

to be honest, it is really my dream to study overseas, especially to western countries. KL is still overseas, indeed. but it is not a western country (in fact, it has lots similarities with Indonesia). the point is, going to Monash Aussie is, really,really, indeed, my dream. 

but, to think of it, tuition fee in Australia is VERY expensive. not because their dollar is becoming stronger and stronger nowadays, but because it is simply very expensive. even when we compare it to tuition fees in countries in Europe, which, of course, is in Poundsterling, Australia is still much more expensive.

and to be honest, the decision of me going to Australia was made in a big hurry. i was so stressed in my high school and was having a terrible time back then. to run from all those things, i decided to quit my school and enrol to JIC. the point is, if the decision was not made in a big hurry, we could search deeper and found out that it is better to study in Europe. it is cheaper, and the quality of their schools are great, too. 

because of those things, we decided i will go to Monash KL instead of Monash Australia. the tuition fee is much cheaper, and the rest of the money could be used to fund my master degree in England or Holland *amen*.

Monash KL is simply the branch of Monash Australia. it gives us the exact certificate with the one that Monash Australia gives. however, the courses offered are different. there are some courses that are offered in Australia but are not offered in KL and vice versa. the other difference is the teachers. though all teachers are sent to Australia to make sure that they have same educational standards as theirs, the quality of the English language and accent might differ. teachers in Australia might have better English and accent than ones in KL as in Australia, English is their first language and while in KL, it is not. the fact that one of the purposes of studying abroad is to learn English makes me afraid of what will the accent of my English two years later like. sigh. 

there are other bases that support my decision, but i guess those two differences take the biggest proportion of my reasons to choose KL instead Australia. 

well, i just wish this is the right decision. 

if i were to choose

this post is not to show that i am ungrateful with my current condition, but i am writing this to keep my dreams unforgotten and to remember that there's nothing impossible, is there?


if i were to choose, i wanted to be great in drawing so that i could be an architect or interior designer. when i was little, i always loved to draw. one of my dreams was to be a painter, like Piccaso, Van Gogh, etc. but then, years passed, i realised that i have no special talent in drawings. then i changed my dream.

i changed my dream so that i could be a novelist. i always love to read novels, comics, magazines, everything, until now. then i think i could be a writer so that people who love reading could enjoy my writings. i wanted to be a famous writer, i wanted to write lots and lots and lots of novels or short stories for children all over the world. when i  was little, i adored Enyd Blyton, Hans Christian Anderson, Laura Ingals, and many other classic writers (sorry if i misspell something). then, months passed, i know i was not good at writing fictions. 

when i was in senior high school, i tried to figure out what i will do for a living. i always want to do what i love, so i could enjoy my work. at that time, i always thought about being a journalist in magazines or newspaper. i think i have a good opportunity too, as my grandfather owns a local newspaper in Pontianak. my mother once suggested me to go there and learned about being a journalist. but, as months passed, i realised i never read any newspaper or magazines hahaha. well, i always love reading fictions, but i am really not a fan of non fiction  :p however, this is the strange one, i prefer to write nonfiction rather than fiction. it is much easier. i am not creative, so i am not able to make up fantasy stories. i prefer to do research, to go some place that events are being held, and write about it.


the last dream is the one that i am still dreaming about. i always love to write, even though i was very rarely update this blog :p well, that's because i am not creative, i dont know what to write until i am told what to write. that's why i prefer to be a journalist, when i am told about i am going to write. well, at least that is my imagination of the work of journalist. i dont know if it is true. 


to go to my current condition, i am a university student taking bachelor degree in accounting. well, that's quite far from my dream, eh?
i dont take it because i have a dream to be an accountant. i take it as my best choice as with the things i like, i dont have any talent. so i guess i have to choose any field that needs no special talent and is quite general so that people with no special interest in the field could still enjoy the work. you understand what i mean? hmm


for example, i cannot imagine if i were studying doctoral. i hate biology, i hate chemistry. hahaha. doctor is a field that REALLY needs a special interest from people who want to study it. if the people do not like doctoral, i bet their university life is like hell haha. 


and i cannot imagine if i forced myself to study interior design and architect. i LOVE to see my friends' drawing and design, but at the same time, i know i could never, ever, be able to draw like that hahaha. 


i dont know whether any of my dreams could still be reached, i guess now i only need to do my best at whatever i have chosen now. maybe i could be a writer in accounting magazine :p