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Teatime: UII Mobility Program During Pandemic

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If you have the talent or desire to expand your experience internationally, immediately join the UII International Mobility Program. International travel allows you to expand your network, improve your English language skills, and add perspective on things. Whether it’s a matter of cross culture understanding to increasing insight related to your studies and interests in academic studies.

In general, English proficiency is the key to joining the UII international Mobility program. “Partner universities with UII also require fluency in English. IELTS 6 or IBT with equivalent score. Or TOEFL ITP is also okay. They, several partner campuses, allow students to register with the TOEFL ITP,” said Nihlah Ilhami, Head of the International Mobility Division, UII on June 11, 2021 at the UII Communication Program International Teatime casual talk. Nihlah said that English language skills must be improved from now on if students plan to expand their experience abroad.

“At least you can try toefl ITP first. Because some partners still accept this, especially for short programs or ICT (International Credit Transfers),” explained Nihlah. “Especially our partners in Asia such as Malaysia and Thailand. Europe and Australia still require IELTS,” he said. Nihlah said, we can improve English language skills also use a relatively easy method using the Duolingo application, he said.

“If you are interested in registering for the IISMA (Indonesian International Study Mobility Awards) tomorrow, it is reported that the quota has been increased by the ministry. Try registering first. Then just test one of the IELTS or TOEFL ITP, “advises Nihlah. According Nihlah, students can also try an online test TOEFL free.” for a time normally allowed to be. And I’m sure you can do it, you’re still young, do it.

“Whatare the conditions for the program of international mobility ?

“Suppose such IISMA, programs carried out regularly every year, drawn by the Kemendikbud ristek. You first must have a passport,” said Nihlah. This condition is the most important first. “Even though this is a pandemic situation, a passport is still a requirement that you must have. You must have a GPA of 3 to join any program abroad. Because our partners require it,” he added. The next requirement is of course English, as evidenced by TOEFL or IELTS. The rest is self-readiness to recognize culture and exchange views in a globalized world. “We will learn about the local people there, the language, culture, and various experiences that are really very different,” he said.

How does this mobility program take place during a pandemic. “The majority of countries have closed visits, but don’t worry, there is always virtual mobility. But now we know that there are several countries that have opened their own countries, such as the Netherlands and South Korea,” said Nihlah. Some UII students have started to go for dual degree studies to several partner countries and have opened overseas visits. “That’s why we have partners in the Netherlands and South Korea. Our faculty students at FBE have made a mobility trip to South Korea yesterday, Alhamdulillah, and have arrived there safely,” he said.

 

 

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Teatime: Program UII Mobility Selama Masa Pandemi

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JIka kamu punya bakat atau keinginan untuk memperluas pengalaman di lingkup internasional, segera saja gabung di UII International Mobility Program. Perjalanan internasional memungkinkan kamu meluaskan jaringan, meningkatkan kemampuan bahasa inggris, hingga menambah perspektif tentang memandang suatu hal. Baik itu soal cross culture understanding hingga peningkatan wawasan yang berkaitan dengan studi dan minat kajian akademikmu.

Secara umum, kecakapan bahasa inggris adalah kunci mengikuti program UII international Mobility. “Partner university dengan UII juga mensyaratkan kelancaran berbahsa inggris. IELTS 6 atau IBT dengan skor setara. Atau TOEFL ITP juga boleh. Mereka, beberapa kampus mitra, mengijinkan mahasiswa untuk mendaftar dengan Toefl ITP,” Kata Nihlah Ilhami, Kepala Divisi International Mobility, UII pada 11 Juni 2021 di bincang santai Teatime Internasional Program Komunikasi UII. Nihlah mengatakan, kecakapan bahasa inggris mulai harus ditingkatkan sejak sekarang jika nantinya mahasiswa berencana meluaskan pengalaman di luar negeri.

“Minimal kamu bisa mencoba dulu toefl ITP. Karena beberapa partner masih menerima ini, terutama untuk short program atau ICT (International Credit Transfer,” jelas Nihlah. “Terutama partner kita di asia seperti Malaysia dan Thailand. Kalau eropa dan australia masih mensyaratkan IELTS,” katanya. Nihlah mengatakan, kita bisa meningkatkan kemampuan bahasa inggris juga menggunakancara yang relatif mudah denga pakai Duolingo, katanya.

“Kalau kalian tertarik untuk mendaftar IISMA (Indonesian International Study Mobility Awards) besok, kuotanya kabarnya ditambah oleh kementrian. Coba saja dulu daftar. Lalu tes saja salah satu dari IELTS atau TOEFL ITP,” saran Nihlah. Menurtu Nihlah, mahasiswa bisa coba juga tes online TOELF gratis. “Untuk beberapa kali biasanya boleh. Dan saya yakin kamu bisa melakukannya, kamu masih muda, lakukanlah.”

Apa saja sih syaratnya untuk mengikuti program international mobility?

“Misalkan seperti IISMA, program yang dilaksanakan reguler tiap tahun, dibuat oleh oleh kemendikbudristek. Kamu pertama harus punya paspor,” kata Nihlah. Syarat ini adalah pertama yang paling penting. “Meskioun ini situasi pandemi, paspor tetap syarat yang harus kamu miliki. Kamu harus punya IPK 3 untuk bergabung di program apapun ke luar negeri. Karena partner kita mensyaratkan itu,” imbuhnya. Syarat selanjutnya tentu bahasa inggris tadi, yang dibuktikan dengan TOEFL atau IELTS. Selebihnya adalah kesiapan diri untuk mengenali budaya dan bertukar pandangan di dunia global. “Kita akan belajar tentang local people di sana, bahasa, budaya, dan berbagai pengalaman yang sungguh sangat berbeda,” katanya.

Bagaimana program mobility ini berlangsung di masa pandemi. “Mayoritas negara menutup kunjungan, tapi tenang, selalu ada virtual mobility. Tapi sekarang kita tahu ada beberapa negara yang membuka negaranya, seperti belanda dan korea selatan,” kata Nihlah. Beberapa mahasiswa UII sudah mulai berangkat untuk studi dual degree ke beberapa negara yang bermitra dan telah membuka kunjungan luar negeri. “Itu kita punya partner di Belanda dan Korea Selatan, Mahasiswa fakultas kita di FBE sudah melakukan perjalanan mobility ke korea selatan kemarin Alhamdulilah, dan sudah sampai di sana dengan selamat,” katanya.

 

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Pandemic Way: Branding and Marketing of Local Products with International Taste

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Branding and marketing local products are the key to successful sales during a pandemic. Covid-19 has indeed hit micro, small and medium enterprises. But other than that, collaboration is a new trick rather than getting dizzy with the competition.

“I don’t see the similarity of products as competition. I recommend diligently monitoring at distribution locations,” said Dwi. “Even though there are many similar products in distribution locations, I don’t think it’s time for competition but collaboration,” said Dwi Karti Handayani, founder of Wedang Uwuh UMKM, by June 12, 2021. The UMKM is named Den Bagus. Dwi is speaking on an online seminar on the task activity in the commercial communication project management course at the Department of Communications, UII.

Dwi Karti was a speaker in a webinar on branding and product marketing during the pandemic, together with Den Bagus and eight projects. Eight Project is one of the creations of the students of the course. They choose Eight Project as the name.

“Who knows if we can’t meet the export demand, we can fulfill it by collaborating with other similar products,” added Dwi Karti. According to Dwi Karti, “For me, it’s unique in the packaging. Then, when people have repeated orders, we will talk about customer loyalty.”

This event uses a flash sale technique. Flash Sale encourages viewers to make direct purchases while getting discounted prices.

Flash sale Den Bagus and den ayu specifically for products with specific characteristics. Call it red ginger, which has higher properties, and ginger emprit, which is spicier.

In addition, there is also a processed product that is more popular during the pandemic, namely Wedang Uwuh Jakute. Jakute is an Indonesian abbreviation of ginger turmeric, temulawak or commonly called empon-empon in Indonesia. The combination of the benefits of empon-empon.

“This is the most sought after by buyers. There are friends whose products are sought by French buyers,” said Dwi Karti. “Our products are widely known abroad. There is a noni drink. My mother used this drink to take this and her back pain recovered,” She added, giving testimony.

According to Dwi Karti, these local products are essential and of high quality. For example, the Den Ayu noni product no longer smells bad. It is packaged instantaneously. Similar products also have a special drink (Wedang) product for red rosella. “Instant packaging and wrapping, the packaging is pressed so that it is not easily damaged,” She added.

 

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Climber Mental: The Key to Becoming an Inspirational Muslim Preacher

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Becoming an inspiring speaker or preacher must start from changing habits. If you still have the habit of “followers,” it is undoubtedly difficult to become a reliable speaker. People with habits and mental “followers” tend to like lying down, lazy, unproductive. Meanwhile, people with a “viewer” mentality are always curious, don’t make changes, and follow the environment but don’t know what they want.

“Reliable speakers must start to build mental “climbers.” Mental climbers usually have strong discipline, adaptation, and optimism,” said Risma Kusumanendra, one of the speakers on Friday (11/6/2021) in the oral Da’wah training “Inspiring Public Speaker.” The training raised the theme of realizing enthusiastic preachers, interesting, fun, and inspiring communication.

Risma quotes Professor Carol Dweck in The New Psychology of Success, and there are two mindsets of a successful person. The first is the “fixed” mindset. This mindset assumes no opportunity at all to learn and grow. Everything remains. In comparison, the second mindset is a growth mindset which is a fixed mindset. This mindset assumes that everything can develop over time, and everything can be learned.

For Risma, three soft skills are needed to be a preacher: “Integrity, namely honesty, morals, personal values. The second is communication skills such as speaking, writing, presenting, and listening. Then the third is having good manners and ethics.”

This training is oral da’wah training for educators in the UII FPSB environment. Apart from Risma, other presenters who inspired were Kiki F. Wijaya, a motivator and soft skill trainer. Kiki discusses techniques for managing persuasion, overcoming stage fright, and the characters of inspirational preachers.

from left to right: Farhan Dean’s student staff, Parjono Security guard, Risma CRISTAL, Zarkoni, Widodo HP, Edi Sutapa, Aris Budiono (Chairman of the Organizing Committee). 5 best practices for FPSB UII 2021 oral da’wah training

On this occasion, the training does not only revolve around the theory. There is also a direct practice of creating da’wah content. Each participant practiced preaching. Including practice in front of the camera so that participants are invited to be creative in packaging da’wah.

At the end of the training, the committee and presenters selected five participants considered strong characters and seeds of preachers. In turn, these five participants will have their videos taken as propaganda video content.

The five selected participants were Farhan from the FPSB dean of student affairs, Parjono from the Security Unit Division, Zarkoni from the Communications Department, Widodo HP from the Faculty Staff, Edi Sutapa from the faculty staff. These are the five best practices for the 2021 FPSB UII oral da’wah training who will have the opportunity to create digital da’wah content.

Photo: Widodo HP

 

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Reading the Ambyar Generation: New Dangdut and Communication Problems

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The Ambyar generation is closely related to the famous indonesian keroncong dangdut singer named Didi Kempot. The popularity of Didi Kempot has occurred in recent years. It has changed the image of dangdut music which is considered “villager.” Nowadays dangdut changed into a genre that is popular across generations and across segments. This is Didi Kempot’s second popularity after the popularity of his first era in the 80-90s.

Didi Kempot, nicknamed the Godfather of Broken Heart, has songs that generally have a broken heart theme. Even so, the feeling of heartbreak can actually be enjoyed and can be celebrated by dancing. Didi Kempot also took part in popularizing the word “ambyar” to represent feelings of heartbreak.

“Didi Kempot was the first to link how ‘ambyar’ is to represent us: pieces, a broken heart, a heart that hurts to tell stories,” said Michael HB Raditya, speaker in the discussion “Reading the Ambyar Generation: New Dangdut and Communication Problems” on Thursday, 27 May 2021. Nadim Communications UII, the Center for Alternative Media Studies and Documentation (PSDMA), held this discussion online and broadcast live by Uniicoms TV (the first online TV at UII).

New Dangdut and Its Problems

The popularity of Didi Kempot’s songs with the theme of heartbreak made many young dangdut singers follow this style and gave birth to what Michael calls “New Dangdut.”

According to Michael, the characteristics of the new dangdut are the dominating broken heart lyrics. Not to mention that they also have the awareness to make their own music. In addition, other characteristics are the charm of young people who continue to be built, as well as the making of simple but powerful video clips.

“But there are two problems in the new dangdut. First, this is pop music, the opposite of pop music is boredom. How is the sustainability of this new dangdut,” said Michael.

“Whether the dangdut era will continue or will it be temporary, and secondly, there is no new innovation in the new dangdut itself,” said Michael, who is the founder of the Dangdut Studies Center and also a musician at the dangdut band named Jarang Pulang.

The new dangdut has changed a lot of dangdut music culture. Male singers are becoming more common, and also audiences are free to cry while listening to heartbreak songs. Music are also widely distributed digitally. The image of dangdut has also changed. It is changed from music that is considered “village” to contemporary music that can be enjoyed by anyone. Instantly shifting the popularity of old dangdut a la Rhoma, Meggy Z, to a new wave of ‘ambyar’ dangdut. It is now contemporary and identically to Didi Kempot’s style: Congdut/ Keroncong Dangdut.

 

 

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Community Service: Reconnecting the Communication Space for Inclusive Learning

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Inclusive schools, schools with teachers, students, curriculum, facilities, activities as well as a friendly vision and mission for students with various tendencies and talents. Many schools of this kind have been abandoned, and even tend to be forgotten by separating students with special needs in Special Schools (SLB), and non-special needs in public schools. There are various kinds of school readiness to realize inclusive schools; a school that is friendly to every child’s diversity and uniqueness.

This discussion about reconnecting inclusive communication spaces is a series of community service activities initiated by Holy Rafika Dhona, MA lecturer in Communication Studies at the Indonesian Islamic University FPSB in the Geography and Environmental Communication Research cluster. This discussion invited Ana Rukma Dewi from ECCD-RC (Early Childhood Care and Development Resource Center) an online information centre and early childhood service, Saturday 5 June 2021.

The discussion entitled ‘Reconnection 2021: the introduction of inclusive schools and their practice in Indonesia’ re-considered an inclusive learning space for all people who had been cut off by the separation of learning spaces for children with special needs (disabled) and without special needs ( non-ABK). “The room is a shared construction including a study room for ABK. So far, inclusive schools have been mere slogans,” said Dhona.

To see how long the school system is not inclusive to make it easier for participants to understand schooling practices in Indonesia, participants are invited to play. This game simulation is to set special requirements for participants who are allowed to take part in the game in the zoom breakroom room. The game begins by selecting participants who use wifi, use no cellphones, and have ID cards outside Jogja.

Those who do not meet these criteria will be eliminated. Many participants cannot enter because they use internet package quotas, use cellphones, and have Jogja ID cards. Participants who were unable to enter the breakroom were very sad and curious about what was happening there. That’s the school simulation that happened.

Schooling practices that have been said to be inclusive so far are still far from ideal. There are many provisions that must be prepared seriously by all parties, both the government, the school’s vision and mission, teachers, activities, as well as school facilities and infrastructure. In addition, it is also important to take into account the readiness of parents and students. “Are parents and other students prepared for the possible consequences side-by-side in inclusive schools?” said Ana.

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Online Syawalan: Worship and Humanity Solidarity

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Every worship is not just a ritual. Worship that is ritualistic has an important mission, namely the formation of noble character, morality and Akhlakul karimah. Like a tree, a ritual is a trunk that will branch and bear sweet fruit in the form of morals that manifests itself in social solidarity.

The theme of social solidarity was raised during the Syawalan Online which was held by the Family of the Faculty of Psychology and Socio-Cultural (FPSB) of the Islamic University of Indonesia (UII) on Saturday, June 5, 2021. This online Syawalan present KH Dr. Tulus Musthofa, Lc., MA was attended by all teaching staff of FPSB UII education staff, also by representatives of parents of FPSB UII students.

Mustafa emphasized that the main purpose of sending the Prophet Muhammad in the world was to perfect morals. Noble morality is the main thing as a tree has roots, there are branches, leaves, finally fruit. While the will and the main stem are rituals such as prayer, fasting, zakat, and hajj. While the fruit has a noble character. “Behind the ritual there is prayer, there are values ​​of leadership, sensitivity to questions, discipline, faith, and so on. Behind fasting there is sincerity, self-control, introspection, and so on,” said Mustafa.

To measure ourselves whether we already have noble character or not is to check ourselves whether we are able to act and do good reflexively or not. People who have been able to behave and act well, reflexively, have good morals in them. Mustafa refers to Imam Ghozali to define what morality is. Derived from the word khuluk, namely the nature embedded in the soul that encourages the birth of change easily, lightly, without consideration and deep thoughts.

Noble morality can be formed in a process that is not short. According to Mustafa, there are three processes that must be followed.

The first process is to rid oneself of lust. This is not easy because every human being is given lust by Allah swt, but humans must be able to control it to eliminate his lust even though the desire is still in him.

The second process is self-education. This process is definitely not easy because educating yourself requires high consistency. Not just once or twice, but continuously. The third is a positive atmosphere or environment. A positive environment will make it easier for someone to behave and get used to life in a certain way.

Social solidarity can be grown with these three processes. Social solidarity is not only done during the holy month. But the holy month should be a trigger to foster social solidarity. “Prophet Muhammad SAW was the most generous person. And during Ramadan, his generosity is like a strong wind,” Mustafa said.

“Philanthropy can be with material possessions. But what if I have no possessions? It can be by helping other people’s work with energy. What if you still can’t use energy? You can invite kindness. But what about uneducated? If so, don’t do anything bad. It’s already sodakoh/ islamic philanthropy,” said Mustafa explaining the types of philanthropy.

Charity is not only by providing assistance and care for orphans, the elderly, widows, and special needs. Concern for these three categories is primary. But solidarity in the form of freeing servants, feeding the hungry, defending the oppressed, and supporting people with special needs are also essential. “It’s not my group that people don’t pay attention to the problems of the people,” said Mustafa following the Sunnah of Rasulullah.

 

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Reconnect 2021: Inclusion with Universal Design for Learning

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In an inclusive school, there is a universal design that must be carefully prepared. This design must also be believed by all parties involved in the teaching and learning process. Not only teachers but also other adults. This design is known as Universal Design for Learning (UDL).

UDL is a framework that allows adults to provide a variety of choices to children. “Children can be involved in choosing how to absorb information and express their learning outcomes,” said Ana Rukma Dewi from ECCD-RC (Early Childhood Care and Development Resource Center), an early childhood information and service center, who spoke on Saturday, June 5, 2021 online. According to Ana, this UDL perspective must allow three aspects of learning, namely Interest & Attention, Information Absorption, and Expression.

In the aspect of ‘interest and attention’, the gods are believed to be able to stimulate motivation and maintain student enthusiasm in learning. In addition, in this UDL perspective, adults must be able to recognize the interests and strengths (potential) of children.

In the aspect of information absorption, adults are required to provide information and material in various ways so that students are able to understand it easily. Adults are also required to provide a variety of learning media that are adapted to children’s learning styles.

Whereas in the aspect of expression, adults must be able to offer various choices and support so that each student can create, learn, and share information according to the student’s style and expression. Adults must also provide a variety of assessment methods that are also adapted to students’ expressions.

Information and materials are made in various ways so that students can understand them easily. Adults are also required to provide a variety of learning media that are adapted to children’s learning styles.

Holy Rafika Dhona, MA, UII Communication Lecturer, and several students of this research cluster held this discussion as a series of community empowerment events in four discussion themes. This discussion is the first one. The moment of discussion with Ana from ECCDRC is part of the implementation of the UII Communication Research cluster, namely the Geography and Environmental Communication Research cluster.

The discussion entitled ‘Reconnection 2021: introduction of inclusive schools and their practice in Indonesia’ seeks to re-discuss learning spaces for Children with Special Needs (ABK). Is he already ideal, is it still just jargon? “The space is a joint construction including a study room for ABK. So far, inclusive schools have been mere slogans,” said Dhona.

 

 

 

 

 

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Ramadan Passes, Taqwa Comes

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The month of Ramadan is a very great month. A month full of blessings, a harvest of rewards, because in the month of Ramadan all rewards are multiplied compared to other months. Even in the month of Ramadan, there is one night whose night is better than a thousand months. Including the reward for feeding the person who is breaking the fast.

“Silence is worth worshiping, let alone glorifying,” said Ust KH. Supriyanto, S.Ag. in Pengajian Akbar with the theme of Ramadan passes, Takwa Always Ready on May 29, 2021. The event was held in conjunction with the 26th Milad series of FPSB UII and conducted with a hybrid model (online and offline) with the support of Uniicoms TV, the first online TV in UII.

“When the harvest is over, we enter Eid. The width of the nopo, the width of the bean harvest, the width of the stingray harvest. While the harvest of people who fast the month of Ramadan as mentioned in al baqoroh verse 183, the width of the harvest, Eid, increases his piety,” explained Supriyanto.

Supriyanto said in his lecture, whoever sins to the point of filling the earth, no matter how great the person’s sin, is still greater forgiveness from God. The original condition is that in the person’s mouth there is still the sentence laa ila ha illallah.

“Because the sentence lailaahaillah is the remover of sins. So get used to reading the words of Allah SWT verbally,” he added.

Meanwhile, if asked, what is a sign of obedience to God? The sign of obedience to Allah SWT is the five daily prayers, said Supriyanto. The person who will perform the five daily prayers is like in front of his house there is a deep spring. The depth of this source was so deep that it was as if he could take a bath five times a day. “As clean as what, try to take a bath five times a day, then ablution is the purifier of sins,” said Supriyanto, a scholar from Puntuk, Umbulmartani, Ngemplak, Sleman, this.

If a Muslim has fulfilled the three pillars of Islam, then his obedience is fulfilled. All three are creed, prayer, and fasting. “Yes, the binding of Islam is these three. And from those three pillars, Islam is enforced. Where is zakat? Not everyone can pay zakat,” said Supriyanto. What about Hajj? Hajj can also only be performed if he is able. “Please to obey God, let’s do these three,” he said later.

Including the practice of a pious person is a person who wants to invest his property. “Sodakoh does not have to wait for the rich (alms does not have to wait to be rich first), even when it is not loose, alms are still asked,” said Supriyanto motivating. “So the alms of the poor and the rich are actually adjusted by their respective abilities.”

 

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Eat, Pray, and Study at Turkey

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Many people want to study abroad for various reasons. But, of course, there are ups and downs. Turkey is one of the most popular countries to study, but you have to be prepared to miss Indonesia because of its food and learning atmosphere. Especially during this pandemic, which keeps people from staying at home and lying down all day. Spring weather and Eid al-Adha will make you feel at home there.

 The story became the ups and downs of Balya Ibnu Mulkan, an alumnus of Industrial Engineering at the Islamic University of Indonesia who is currently pursuing a Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Turkey. The International Communication Program of the Islamic University of Indonesia held this Ramadan light chat while hanging out waiting for the time to break the fast on Friday, May 28, 2021.

 Fasting and Eid in Turkey are very unattractive, according to Balya. Fasting atmosphere and Eid with regular days there is no change at all. Although he was grateful because the weather was not so hot in the range of 16-19 degrees Celsius, explaining the long fasting time. Fasting time is also longer than in Indonesia, which is only about 14 hours. “This year it’s only 16 hours because it’s spring . Last year, it could be 17 hours because it was summer,” said Balya. Especially during the pandemic, which requires them to only stay at home, can’t go anywhere and is closely guarded by the police.

 Food is a complicated problem for Indonesian students in Turkey. Food in Turkey is too sweet and tends to sour. Balya admits that none of the types of food that he can enjoy and fit on her tongue. Balya feels tormented about eating; once or twice is okay for him, but for a long time, it becomes very torturous. “Every time I eat, I always want to go home,” Balya confessed.

 If in Indonesia, one supervisor can accompany 30-50 students. “Here (Turkey), one lecturer only accompanies four students,” said Balya.

There is even an interesting phenomenon related to eating and studying in Turkey, which Indonesian students commonly experience. According to Balya, the length of the study period in Turkey does not depend on the student’s achievements, whether they are brilliant or not. For Indonesian students, it depends on the environment and food. 

On average, it takes two years to complete a master’s studies. But Indonesian students are faster than the usual travel time. “Usually I don’t feel at home because of the food and the environment,” said Balya.

 Apart from food, there is also a social environment and learning atmosphere. Indonesian students usually chat with each other casually and work in groups to do assignments. But not in Turkey. This very different learning culture is a challenge for Balya. The challenge is getting real because the supervisor’s assistance is rigorous. If in Indonesia, one supervisor can accompany 30-50 students. “Here (Turkey), one lecturer only supevise four students,” said Balya.