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Previous Next 7 November 2019 – On this day, 5 students from National University of Singapore (NUS) visited newspaper factory and had a batik class. The first destination was newspaper factory. They visited local news, ‘Kedaulatan Rakyat’ newspaper factory. It is located in Jalan Solo-Yogyakarta, near Adisucipto airport. They were welcomed by mbak Suci, the head of public relation of Kedaulatan Rakyat (KR) newspaper. Mbak Suci asked them about their experience in Jogja and their opinion about Indonesia. After that the session was continued with question and answer session about the newspaper, government role, and history of KR newspaper. After finished QnA session, mbak Suci showed them the factory, including the machines that were used to produce the newspaper daily, the length of paper rolls, and the ink color that is used to produce color in the newspaper. Unfortunately, they could not see the process on making the news paper because the production process is usually held at 2 AM. Then they finished their session there by giving souvenir to mbak Suci. The trip continued to another place. They went to Lukman Batik Kauman to learn how to make batik. It was near the popular mosque in Yogyakarta called Kauman Mosque. There, mbak Tyas guided them step by step to make their own batik. Before they started to make the batik, they ate a whole chicken with rice and vegetables but without any spoon or fork. They ate the chicken in Javanese style. They thought that it was interesting since they eat with hand and the plate was a banana leaf. Mbak Tyas told them briefly about the history and development of batik in Indonesia. Then, they started to paint the fabric. They drew the motive first with a pencil. After that, they put it on a frame and started nyanting or drawing the motive with malam or wax. It needs full concentration to paint the sketch of the drawing. After they finished nyanting, they colored the drawn fabric. They had to dry the colored fabric before they continued ngunci or locking the color in the fabric with specific chemical. After they locked it, they dried the fabric and nglorot or washed the wax out from the fabric. Then they dried for the last time. They felt that the steps were not easy. They now understand why batik tulis is very expensive. It is because the process took a long time just to make batik tulis. They took some photos and finished the batik session at 3 PM.

Previous Next 5 November 2019 – Two representatives from Faculty of Social Study and Politics of Muhammadiyah Malang University visited ILCIC Lembaga Bahasa. They came as the representatives of Australian Consortium for In-Country Indonesian Studies (ACICIS) Chapter East Java for Field Study. They went to Lembaga Bahasa in order to have a benchmarking. They arrived at Lembaga Bahasa at 9 AM. The purpose of this benchmarking was to study how Lembaga Bahasa managed all the program, especially the program from ACICIS. The benchmarking began with short introduction by Mas Fendi as the coordinator for the academic division of ILCIC. Then, he continued his explanation about the staff, organization structure, programs that is managed by ILCIC, and so on. Bu Ria as the head of LBUSD also added several details information to sum up the sharing moment. The benchmarking closed with taking some photos after they finished a short question and answer session. Hope our stories could give some inspirations for your institution.  

Previous Next 31 October 2019 – 5 students of National University of Singapore batch October visited some places in Yogyakarta. They visited NGO and museums in Yogyakarta. They went to the first destination, Rifka Anisa. It is a non-government organization specialized in children and women rights. They went there together from the university at 8.30 AM by car. There, they met Mbak Ulie, the Public Relation staff of Rifka Anisa. The students had a chance to understand more about NGO in Indonesia. Mbak Rifka explained about Rifka Anisa’s profile, the cases they were working on, and job description of the staff. The session was ended with question and answer between Mbak Ulie and the students from NUS. They had an office tour after they were finished their question and answer session. After that, the students continued the activity by visiting museums. The first museum was Vredeburg Fortress Museum. It is located at the end of Malioboro street, in front of the National Palace. They visited each diorama inside the fortress. Some of the diorama showed the history of Indonesia such as Indonesian money from the colonialization until Indonesia got their freedom. There were also several replicas of traditional games in Indonesia. They were playing one of the games called ‘dakon’. They ended their visit there by taking some photos. Dirgantara Mandala TNI AU museum was the next destination after they had a lunch break. The museum is located inside the Indonesian Air Force area. They bought a ticket in the entrance gate and entered the area. There are 2 main location inside the museum, the air force and air force machine section. They were interested with the types of the airplane, history, and people who was involved in the history of Indonesian Air Force. They took many photos there. They entered the machine section and saw several air plane machines that were used for training and fighting. They also saw some government planes and logistic planes such as Hercules. They were very happy because they got new knowledge about Indonesia.

Previous Next 28 October 2019 – In this beautiful Monday, Darmasiswa students joined the Gamelan class in Sanata Dharma University. They got a chance to learn how to play gamelan. 13 students were joining this activity from 9 AM to 11 AM. They learned to play gamelan in Karawitan Room in the first campus of Sanata Dharma University. The students were taught by Pak Eko, the gamelan tutor. Pak Eko told them about the attitude when they play gamelan, including which attitude is allowed and prohibited in playing gamelan. For example, they are not allowed to jump over the instruments. They had to move the instruments aside and walk after. They students also introduced to several gamelan instruments. They are called kenong, saron, demung, peking, slenthem, bonang, kethuk, kempul, gong, and kendang. They also learned to hit the instruments. They had to mute the note they hit before and hit the next note together. They were very curious to be able to master gamelan. They practiced to play gamelan for 2 hours without break. Let’s hope they could join on a gamelan concert later.

Previous Next 21 October 2019 – 5 students from National University of Singapore experienced the bargaining process in traditional market in Indonesia. They had chance to learn how to bargain the price of the thing they wanted to buy. They went to Pasar Beringharjo, a traditional market located in Malioboro Street, Yogyakarta. They were not only bought the things, but they have a mission. They had to buy some specific things such as souvenir, batik pencil case, pencil, traditional food or snack (bakpia), local fruit (snake fruit) and keychain.The students divided into 2 groups and each should buy those things with specific amount of item. They went to the Beringharjo market together using car. The students were very curious to try their bargaining skill. They had to find the things within 2 hours only, from 9 to 11 o’clock. The winner would be the group who had the most money left after they bought all the things.After 2 hours of exploring the market, they felt that they didn’t matter who would be the winner. They found that their bargaining skill upgraded. They continued to explore and look for other things such as batik shirt. One of the students said that he got a batik shirt for Rp 50.000 only after the seller gave Rp 80.000 for one shirt. He was very happy that he got cheaper price by bargaining. The others also bought some shirts, scarfs, napkins, and so on with the batik design in it. Make sure friends, don’t bargain at supermarket or at mall. They have a fixed price 😊

Previous Next 21 October 2019 – Center of English for International Communication (CEIC) of Lembaga Bahasa Universitas Sanata Dharma began the first meeting of the fourth program for this year. The program is a three-day program meaning that the course will take every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 4 PM or 6 PM. CEIC has opened 15 classes with various levels ranging from Preparatory to Intermediate. There were approximately 180 students enlisted to this program. The students of CEIC came from different background and occupation such as students, fresh graduates, and lecturers. However, they have the same purpose in joining the course that is improving their English language skill for international communication. Good luck on your study, fellas!   

Previous Next 18 October 2019 – Today, 13 students of Darmasiswa batch 2019 went to Desa Tampungan, Sleman. They went there together by bus from Lembaga Bahasa USD. There, they learned how to make Javanese puppet or known as ‘wayang kulit’. They experienced with the wayang maker directly. Usually, this class was done in Sonobudoyo Museum, but for this occasion, the location was moved to the house of the wayang maker. Pak Sulis is the wayang maker. They were welcomed with Bambangan Cakil traditional Javanese dance. It was an interesting traditional dance. Darmasiswa students enjoyed the dance. Then, they continued to make the wayang. Students made the wayang for approximately 3 hours. The body of wayang already prepared by Pak Sulis. They just needed to sand and paint color on the body. The wayang’s body was made from the cow leather and already dried to make a perfect quality. Pak Sulis explained how to make wayang. During his explanation, he also explained the philosophy on making wayang. It included the fasting process when they want to make wayang, just to make perfect result of the puppet. The students were interested in listening the wayang philosophy even though they said it was not logic at all. However, they really enjoyed the process on making wayang kulit. Don’t forget to bring the wayang back to your country, guys.  

Previous Next 17 October 2019 – NUS students had a chance to visit the orphanage and school in Yogyakarta. They visited Kanisius Demangan Baru elementary school and Sayap Ibu 2 Orphanage. They went to these two places in order to know more about Indonesia. First, they visited SD Kanisius Demangan Baru (elemantary school) near Sanata Dharma University. They went there at 8 a.m. There, they had an interesting discussion with the headmaster. They talked about the curriculum and facilities needed by the students there. They had an opportunity to take a look on the learning process. They finished their visit at 10 a.m. and continue to the next destination. Panti Asuhan Sayap Ibu 2 was the next destination. This orphanage is located in Kalasan, about 30 minutes from Sanata Dharma. They arrived there at 10.30 a.m. and was welcomed by Mbak Devi, the orphanage head chief.  They discussed about how the orphanage could stay alive in this era. They also walked around the ward to take a look this orphanage facilities. Then they met the orphans and had an interesting interaction with them. It was a nice experience for them and they were really happy, they could understand Indonesia from another point of view.

Previous Next 14 October 2019 – Five new students came aboard to Lembaga Bahasa in order to learn Bahasa Indonesia. They will study Bahasa Indonesia for the next 2 months in ILCIC. They are 1 woman and 4 men who will study here. Before this batch, NUS also sent several students to LBUSD to study Bahasa Indonesia. The opening ceremony was held in Realino Auditorium. Bu Ria had a speech to introduce about LBUSD to them. She explained about the history of this language institution. She added also the facilities that they would receive and also their program on learning Bahasa Indonesia. We hope that the students will love the learning experiences in LBUSD. Selamat Belajar!  

Previous Next 13 October 2019 – 9 students of Lembaga Bahasa Universitas Sanata Dharma joined the Java Summer Camp 2019 in Yogyakarta. They are students from ILCIC which was accompanied by 2 teachers during the camp. They joined the summer camp for 3 days in several places. While the camp itself was held by Tourism Department of Sleman Regency, Yogyakarta. It is aimed to introduce tourism attraction in Sleman Regency. The participants were not only the college students from Jogja, but also from outside Java (different city, island, and also country). The participant of this camp is from more than 40 countries from around the world.   There were several activities during the camp especially workshop on batik, traditional Javanese toys ‘Jaranan’ (toys with horse-shaped from Salak tree’s stem), Jemparingan (traditional Javanese archery) and many more. These activities aimed to experience Indonesian Culture, especially Javanese culture in Yogyakarta. This is fit the theme of the Java Summer Camp, “Cultural Immersion.”  The interesting part from this camp was when all the participants were divided into several groups and in one group, the group members were from different country. They socialized with all the people from all around the world because of this situation. It was not only attending several workshops, but the participants also visited several tourism spots and attractions. They visited several places such as Ramayana Ballet in Prambanan, temples (Banyunibo, Ijo, Prambanan), and so on. They also experienced the camp in an open nature using tent to sleep in. At the last day, they had to perform some performances around ‘Api Unggun’ or camp fire. One of the students from LBUSD felt honored because she was given a title as the best woman participant in the summer camp. It was a great experience for them to understand more about Indonesian culture.