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Living in Arnhem NL

10 Oct

2 minggu sudah, ane idup di negeri orang.  Ane agak anti bahas kuliah dimarih, soalnya terlalu banyak tugas yang musti di kerjain  jadi mending ga usah dibahas deh (berusaha lari dari kenyataan) hahaha.

Akomodasi
kebetulan pas kemaren dateng, langsung di arrange ma pihak kampus, jadi alhamdulillah ndak ada kesulitan. Cuman harganya kalo di kurs rupiah, terhitung mahal. Untuk sebuah kamar di Arnhem dengan kamar mandi dalem, dapur di dalem dan tentunya tempat tidur, ane musti ngerogoh kocek sebesar 300 euro sebulan. Kalo di kurs in, mpe IDR 3.5 jutaan..Ga kebayang kalo di Indonesia, dah bisa buat nyewa apartemen dengan fasilitas kolam renang kekna :P

Indomie @ Aziatische

Makanan
Ini bagian yang ane suka, scara ane suka bet yang namanya makan hahahha..Untuk mencari makanan Indonesia disini, tidak terlalu susah, ada banyak jenis makanan Indonesia di sini, seperti : Indomie aneka rasa, bumbu-bumbu instant, saos, kecap, sambal pedas dan kawan-kawan. Banyak terdapat di toko asia, Aziatishce ataupun toko2 swalayan Tentunya dengan harga yang agak mahal dibandingin di Indonesia. Bahkan ada yang nama tokonya Indonesia bet, namanya Waroeng Baroe. Toko ini konon punyanya orang Suriname yang asli Indonesia..loh??

Harga bahan makanan disini juga terhitung cukup unik. Sayuran satu iket kalo istri ane biasa beli di depan rumah seceng, disini bisa mpe IDR 17.000 seiketnya.. Lebih murah daging, susu, keju or telor.. Jadi kalo anak2 perantauan disini pada makan keju, daging n susu, bukan sok2an tajir, tapi emang karena ngirit :P

Komunikasi
Naa ini juga yang agak aneh, karena biaya sms or telp ke nomor lokal sini, ternyata hampir sama kalo kita sms or nelpon ke Indonesia, Ane jadi ngrasa, betapa murahnya ternyata tarif telekomunikasi di Indonesia. Jadi kangen sms IDR 88 ataupun nelpon IDR 1000 per 10 menit huhuhuhu

Internet disini juga kenceng. Tercatat di kamar shared subscription ADSL dari Telfort, streaming Indonesia-Uruguay via ATHDE.net, lancar jaya. Abonemennya juga murah. 6 bulan awal cuman di charge 10 euro per bulan, dan kualitasnya jauh dibanding layanan ADSL yang dikelola operator telco di Indonesia.

** tengok ke meja, kok masih banyak tumpukan tugas hueks

 

Long Way Trip to Arnhem – Netherlands

27 Sep

Me, My Wife and Bapak

Minggu, 26 September 2010
Pukul 16.00 WIB aku mulai cek macam-macam yang perlu dibawa.  Berhubung udah mau hujan, akhirnya diputuskan berangkat ke bandara lebih awal, biar ga repot bawa macem2nya nanti. Pukul 16.20, dengan diantara istri tercinta dan bapak – yg menyempatkan datang dari Purworejo, kami berangkat ke Bandara Soetta untuk ngejar pesawat.

Nyampe Soetta setengah jam kemudian, Jakarta sore ini ga pake macet karena hari Minggu kali yak. Setelah sholat maghrib – jamak isya, kami beranjak ke terminal 2e buat cek in. Sempet ketar-ketar bagasinya kelebihan, huhuhu lumayan juga soalnya kalo mpe kena over-baggage charge, per kg nya aja IDR 350.000 …what the .. Dibekali istri tas kresek kalo-kalo kelebihan muatan, biar bisa dibongkar ditempat buat dikurangi ( daripada musti bayar over-baggage) huhuhu. Antri cek in di loket Garuda, tibalah giliranku. Ditimbang ternyata bagasiku nyampe 28.8 kg. Wadow, ppb alias pura2 bego aja dan ternyata ga kena extra charge juga ujung2nya. Duh jadi bingung ni sebenere jatah bagasi Garuda 30 kg ato 20 kg yak? Read the rest of this entry »

 

Big Big and Big Trouble Toward Departure

25 Sep

Yes,  just like the title I have written below..it’s  a big big  trouble.. I missed something that really important, especially for whom who use the service passport to go abroad..

Friday, 24th of September at 21.00
Chat with Aris, I suddenly want to check my passport, and you know what, my exit permit has been expired..Oh God..in addition, in Saturday and Sunday, Ministry of Foreign Affairs is not open. I was worried about how I pass the Immigration in Soetta Airport. If I’m not pass, my flight ticket from Jakarta – Amsterdam will be no use and of course, I must pay on my own to changet that ticket. After chat with a friend that has been in Netherlands for couple of month and of course she always make a trip from Jakarta-Amsterdam too, she told me that it will not be checked in immigration. The officer rather seldom to check that permitt and she always pass when she use service passport without exit permit. Wew,from what she said, I decided to go without that permit with  big consequences, I will late to come to campus and I must spend extra money to buy flight ticket back from Jakarta-Amsterdam. That night, I wasn’t sleep well.

Saturday, 25th of September

Early morning, I must go to Cikarang to make a presentation in a company. While I was presenting my project to client, my luvly wife call me that there’s a chance that I can get exit permit in this day..yes, in Saturday. She got information from his friend that in this day, the division in Ministry Affairs that related with exit permit would be stand by in office. She’s already get phone number of division manager too. After the number has been sent to me, I called him and told about my problem. It needed a long way of conversation, until he let me to go to his office and meet him in Saturday to get the new exit permit at 16.00-17.00 in Pejambon. Read the rest of this entry »

 
 

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