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Internship in Indonesia

I realllllllyyy want to share photos and video i took here but the time to load the picture is very slow. Hence, i will share them next time or probably when i'm back in Malaysia. A very brief introduction, I am doing my internship by attachment at Bogor Agricultural University. Bogor is located 60 km from Jakarta which is 2 hours drive.

Me and my friends (5 of us) arrived in Indonesia yesterday and today is our official first day of internship. There is nothing much to do today. Only short briefing (2 hours is considered short) and after that we went to Giant (wohooo Bogor pun ada Giant okay) at Darmaga to shop for some groceries. Giant in Bogor have their own fast food called Giant Fried Chicken. It is similar to KFC just a changed in the first word. The taste is quite good, can beat KFC. The price is so cheap! Rice+2piece chicken+coke only 24000 rp or RM 7. Woww.

How i convert the currency? Before eid, i have downloaded this one apps (Malaysia currency converter) in playstore. Apps ne sangat penting bagi aku. Sebab orang suka cakap duit Indonesia murah so bila nampak harga ja mesti convert to RM untuk buat perbandingan. Analitical sangat kau.haha. Ternyata harga bagi sesetengah barang di sini agak murah berbanding di Malaysia. Perhaps i will share the price of some goods in another post.

Last night before we check in at our dormitory, we went to Botani square (1 hour drive from the place we are staying now). After dinner we went to Giant (erm, orang malaysia ne memang suka pergi giant ke apa?)
Okay back to main story. Masa dekat kaunter,
Cashier : dari mana?
Us: malaysia.
Cashier: Ohhh. Salam upin ipin ya.

Hahaha.upin ipin juga dikenali di Indonesia ya bapak bapak ibuk ibuk.

Sebab kami ni baru bertatih belajar bahasa Indonesia banyak jugak lah perkataan yang perlu diproses. Tapi kira okay lah sebab dulu selalu tengok sinetron so basic mungkin ada. Ahaha.
The funny thing is i have one friend that doesn't understand much Indonesian word.
Here's the story.

Friend : Miss di mana ada photocopy gratis?
Semua orang macam pelik *tumben banget. Maunya gratis aja*
Another friend : Eh ko ne nak percuma je.
Friend : hah? Apa yang percuma?
Us : Gratis tu kan percuma.
Friend : ohhh yeke. Aku ingat cantik. Photocopy gratis = photocopy cantik. Nasib aku tak cakap lagi kat orang "kamu gratis sekali" nanti dia ingat aku cakap dia percuma pulak.
*And everyone burst into laughter.haha.

Sebutan ABC di Indonesia juga berbeda dari Malaysia or in English. Banyak la juga perkataan yang sebutan is so different from the spelling. I tried to speak in Indonesia and if i think i can't speak the full sentences in Indonesia i just speak in English or Melayu baku. Haha.

During this two days, i observed (by hearing) how Indonesian speaks. After 2 months of internship i should be able to speak Indonesian fluently (You wish, farah).

I guess there are so many things to share and i will figure out how to make the story simple but informative. Many people havent heard about Bogor before and i hope to show Bogor to people from my perspective.

Till then!

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