My Russian Spring Break

Hi!

It was almost 2 weeks we had a spring break holiday. I felt a little weird actually because every season has its own break- let's say it holiday. Autumn, Winter, Spring and the last is Summer with 3 MONTHS HOLIDAY. It's just too much, dude. Meanwhile in Indonesia..
Okay, so since it was the first spring break in my life i will be writing about it, чтобы не забыт.
Actually i didn't go anywhere outside of Kazan during the holiday, which made me sooooo sad- at first. But it's not that bad, actually. I got amazing moments.
First, my friend, Anette and I presented presentations in front of some important teachers in Kazan  about our countries and our life in Russia. It tought me about confidence and how to face new people with a different language. It was hard and I don't know what they were thinking. At least I did my
best. МЫ МОЛОДЦИ!

No caption needed:))

 

A super cool girl from Finland

Katya- my 8 years old host sister got sick and my hostmom gave us their tickets to a classical music concert. In short, Marina and I went to that concert. If was not mistaken, it was a "Bach Concert", I really enjoyed the music and I didn't really give attention to a lady who kept talking with a hard level Russian language. I came for the music, not for you. I'm really sorry, Lady. But you spoke well, I suppose.
After the concert we went to a small restaurant and ate some Turkey's food.

Don't be sick, Katya!!

Anette's host sister, Anastasya, invited me to go to ther house for visiting. I brought some flowers since it's a russian culture to show them our respect and another way to say thankyour for inviting. We had a reaallly great time. We became closer and I got a chance to watch a Movie ( I forgot the name again, sorry Nastya). The movie showed us Russians' lifestyle in 1955-x. How people lived, talked even how they dressed. I really like it! It gained my knowledge about Russia in  the era of Soviet Union.



We bring the world to Nastya's home!

A friend from Switzerland, Lara, who is living in Alexandrov for her exchange year came to Kazan with her host sister. Then, we showed her the city and took her to some nice places in Kazan. It helped me to learn how to be a tour guide, actually. It happens quite often since so many friends visit Kazan and ask Anette and I to show them the city.



WELCOME TO KAZAN YAYAYAYYY
 

The rest of the days, I spent them with my friend, Julia to walk and explore our city more, did stupid things, enjoy the time and many more. I did my homeworks for holidays that my teacher gave me, record some videos for my Indonesians' friend since they need the vidoes for their farewell party's projects. It was so sad that Marina was sick and she couldn't have a walk with us.
We visited the place we- I never visited, ate foods that we never ate, etc. I got to know that I'm so lucky to live in the city, and most of all I know that I'm blessed.
I took thousands of photographs, bunch of videos, I gained weight again because I ate everything and I learned many things- that's the best part.
" Hal paling penting yang aku pelajari adalah bersyukur, menghargai waktu dan orang lain"
Thank you. Time. Time. I hate talking about time.

I will just show you some photos...

Focus. This person behind me is shirtless when it was around -4'C



Fooling around is just sooo good

Because Julia is Julia. Don't ask me about the snow although it was spring:""))
It was in March, that's why... 

Poor my head, it was really hurt.
PS: I was trying to climb the tree

 

Found a great cafe to have some hot coffee and sleep

Russia=Bread

PS: Thanks for the photos, Julia! Go to her instagram to see more photos, you can see me there as well.. @nutty_taste


From Russia, with love.

Inda



Maret- Rusia

Hi!!
Bulan Maret sudah berakhir, 31 hari berisi kenangan yang tidak akan pernah berakhir. Musim dingin sudah habis, setidaknya begitulah kata orang-orang. Musim semi menebarkan efek positif bagi banyak orang, sinar matahari dan udara yang sejuk segar membuat mood menjadi lebih baik dan ceria.
Minggu pertama bulan Maret, waktu itu hari senin- adalah hari terakhir pelajaran olahraga Ice Skating. Jujur aku sedih, because i just love it, but time takes it away... Aku ingat pertama kali aku belajar olahraga itu, secara gak langsung sebenarnya aku belajar sesuatu yaitu menghargai proses dan membangun sesuatu dari nol. Dari tidak bisa menjadi bisa, yah meskipun belum terlalu mahir. At least I got the chances. Guru-guru pelajaran olahraga memelukku saat aku bertanya "Ini hari terakhir ya?" Di atas danau beku itu, dengan sepatu indah itu kami banyak bercerita, mereka bilang kalau aku harus tetap bermain ice skating dan datang lagi ke Rusia terutama saat musim dingin. Setidaknya aku dapat kemampuan kecil di Rusia. Cerita demi cerita sampai kami pun bisa sampai ke topik Uni Soviet, waktu itu aku bertanya bagaimana kehidupan di zaman itu. Guru ku berkata bahwa dia senang waktu hidup di zaman itu, "sebagai atlit..", katanya "saya banyak dibantu negara untuk pergi ke banyak negara untuk lomba, dll. Kamu berpikir di zaman itu semuanya buruk?" aku hanya diam.

Terakhir:( guru-guru olahraga kece nih

Entah kenapa bulan ini aku merasa sudah menjadi "anak gaul konser", karena hampir tidap minggu host family ku membelikan ku tiket-tiket untuk konser musik pop, klasik, teater balet, dll. Yap, di rusia, pergi ke teater dan menonton konser adalah sebuah budaya, bahkan sebagian orang menganggap bahwa orang yang pergi ke pertunjukan-pertunjukan musik, tari, drama dll adalah orang yang berbudaya. Seni sangat dihargai.
Saat menonton konser musik pop yang cukup populer di Rusia bernama Melnitsa, aku tidak bisa berhenti teriak di akhir penampilan karena musik yang bagus dan lagu-lagunya enak didengar. ditambah lagi gitarisnya...ehm. hehe
Lalu konser musik klasik, pergi ke konser musik klasik adalah rutinitas di keluarga ku, hampir setiap bulan minimal sekali. Bahkan ibu dan adik ku yang berumur 8 tahun SETIAP MINGGU pergi ke konser musik klasik. The best part of it is.... gedung konsernya. Di kotaku, gedung konser nya bagus-bagus! ditambah lagi dengan pemain-pemain musik profesional... sudahlah. it's just perfect! Sayangnya dilarang foto dan merekam saat konser berlangsung:(

Ruangan konser musik klasik

Tanggal 8 Maret adalah hari wanita sedunia, di Rusia, ini hari yang sangat penting dan setiap orang betul-betul merayakannya. Mulai dari memberi bunga, coklat, atau sekedar kata selamat hampir kepada wanita-wanita yang dikenal, atau tidak dikenal.... Aku juga dapat banyak hadiah lo:3
Sebagai orang miris yang tidak pernah mendapat bunga seumur hidup, aku mendapatkan bunga pertama ku disini, salah satu laki-laki di kelasku memberiku bunga hidup berikut pot nya yamg sekarang tumbuh bagus di jendela dekat kamarku. Teman ku bernama Yulia juga memberiku bunga. Di hari ini juga banyak hadiah berupa barang-barang kecantikan, toko-toko kosmetik selalu penuh dengan pembeli. Tapi tetap aja di Rusia hadiah utamanya selalu coklat dan makanan manis-manis. So, yap.
Siang harinya papa mengajak kami makan bersama di restoran, dia bilang itu hadiah dari dia buat gadis-gadisnya hahaha. To be honest, hari laki-laki gak semeriah ini lo!

Bunga pertama...

Pertengahan bulan Maret, aku pergi ke pertunjukan ballet "Swan Lake". Cerita asal Rusia dan nonton di Rusia dengan ballet Rusia yang WOW. Sayangnya tidak boleh foto, mau diam-diam tapi gak berani... hehehe jadi aku kasih fotoku aja ya di gedungnya yang super cantik ini! hehehe

Gedung teater balet- maaf random jadinya hehe

numpang narsis!!!

Akhri bulan Maret sekolah kami libur Musim Semi selama hampir 2 Minggu. Tentang liburan ini akan kutulis lagi ya secara eksklusif hehehe kalau aku tulis disini terlalu panjang nanti hehehe

spring? yeah.

3 bulan tersisa, I promise my self to enjoy every single day, create and remember very moment because i remember that once my senior said "Your life there won't be the same there even if you somehow later manage to come back. So. Enjoy the journey".

Minggu, 12 April 2015


Bye!!