BAKSOS ft. REMISOL

As a human being, we need to care one another because we are the same in front of our God. So on the June 22nd 2015, BEM ED held "BAKSOS" (Bakti Sosial). Our aim was children from KOPAJA (Komunitas Pecinta Anak Jalanan). This event started with an opening from 'Kak Winda' as the chief of KOPAJA and Anisa Mariandini as the chairman of "BAKSOS". Then, the next agenda was a motivation and games for all children from KOPAJA and the participants from ED with ust. (Lupan namanya). After tausiyah and games, the children were divided into several groups to do micro teaching at O building. After that, we did ashar pray and tausiyah together. As Tausiyah finished, the agenda continued with ice breaking until adzan time. After iftaar, the comittee gave a little donation to children from KOPAJA. Then the participants and comittee ate together at Masjid Alumni UNJ.

But, our agenda had not finished yet. We still had a special agenda which was REMISOL Ramadhan. This time, REMISOL was different from the last REMISOL. As you can see from the title, Remisol was held in this special month. The participants also had "Mabit" at Baitul Ilmi mosque. The event started with an opening and Tilawah. After that Dian Eka as a chief of REMISOL comitte gave a little speech. Next agenda was a materi also question & answer session with Ust. Agus Supriyatna. After that, the participants took a break until 3 am. The next agenda was qiyamul iail followed by sahur time. As sahur time had finished, the participants did Subuh pray together and were divided into several gruop to have 'Mentoring' until sunrise. At 06.00, the event had finished and the participants could continue their activities.

3 Days To Remember from Sawarna Beach

The final test was officially ended and it was a perfect time to refresh and relax our bodies by having a vacation together. Therefore, we chose Sawarna Beach as our destination in BROS (Bring Education Among Us) this year. As we can see from the title, BROS 2015 wasn’t only about having fun on the beach but we also got a new experience by sharing English education with some children in SDN 03 Sawarna, Banten. This annual event is presented for everyone in English Department and was joined this year by many EDrs including Mrs Atikah, our lecturer who also took a part in BROS 2015.

                3 buses which would drive us to our destination were already parked in the campus on Friday, June 12^th 2015 at 8 am in the morning. Every participants took care of their luggages until the chief of BROS 2015, Arief, officially opened the event which was a sign that BROS 2015 had started and everyone could get on the bus to begin the vacation. It was a long journey until we finally reached the location of Sawarna Beach in the midnight which made all the participants should get some rest in the cottages to prepare for tomorrow activities.

                On June 13^th, we woke up at 04.30 to pray and eat breakfast. Each participants also prepared their green jackets to go for a microteaching agenda this morning. As already mentioned, SDN 03 Sawarna was a school where we got a new experience by teaching English education to some elementary students there. All the participants were divided into some groups to teach some English words in a fun way for children such as about animals, body parts, and many more.

When the sun rose up until its highest spot, we had to go back to the cottage in the afternoon to take a lunch before the theatre workshop which was noted in our agenda was about to start. The theatre workshop was presented by TED (Theatre of English Department) and was joined by all the participants. TED shared their experiences in performing theatre on the stage and they also taught us how to  jump into another character by acting. The participants once again were divided into some groups and they were asked to do a mini theatre performance. At the end of the program, Aldo Bella was chosen as the best character for his entertaining appearance.

After attending the theatre workshop, all the participants went to the beach to relax their selves while waiting for the beautiful sunset. The committees had prepared some games and sport activities such as volleyball, bakiak competition, and tarik tambang. There were some people who chose to play sports, some chose to play in the sea, and others were circled in the BROS photobooth to take some memories together until finally the sky turned dark and they had to go back to the cottage.

The bonfire had lighted up the night and everyone gathered in a circle to do a chill-out session with Sylvani and Aldo as the hosts. There was a funny puppet show which was entertained all the participants and the seniors finally took a place to host a sharing session. Their shared their experiences of being an English Department student while we enjoyed the delicious grilled sausages together. When the sky got even darker, we let the red lanterns flied away and created a beautiful view to end our night.

In the morning of June 14^th, before going back to UNJ, the committees had prepared a video presentation about their memories and experiences together in the last 3 days. We took few hour in the bus until we finally got back in the campus with an unforgettable experience and a great impression. BROS 2015 didn’t only give us a fun memory of being together, but also a lesson and a precious experience about how we should share an education to other people.

Woody Part 3 : A Preparation For The Final Test

The preparation for the final test in Woody part 2 wasn’t stop there. In order to make all the 2014 students became more capable and even more ready for the final test, another EPP discussion was held once again in the 3^rd Woody.

                The program which was held on May 18^th 2015 contained a discussion about Linking, Elision, Strong & Weak Forms, and even a preparation for EPP oral test. There were total 17 students who joined this Woody in room 116. The program was started from 16.30 to 18.00 with Kak Fajar as a tutor. Thanks to Woody, now everyone is ready to face the final test.

EPP is Easy with Woody Part 2

The final test is getting started, but it’s absolutely no problem for English Department students who joined Woody few weeks ago. The 2^nd Woody was held on April 25^th in room 120 with Kak Fajar as a tutor. There we discussed about English Phonetic & Phonology for 2014 class. 15 students attended this program to get themselves prepared for the final test. 

With Woody, EPP always becomes a lot easier

Prepare Yourself to Travel with Remisol!

The Refreshing atmosphere from Remisol just hit the entire ED students with Remisol Part 2. This Remisol was held on Tuesday, April 28^th at Purilingua Park right in front of English Department Building.

Aldho as the host of Remisol 2 started the event at 04.30pm by greeting all the audiences who already gathered together to learn more about the hidden meaning behind the idea of “Traveling” which was picked as the theme for this Remisol. Here Ka Chandra explained the true meaning of ‘traveling’ in this context was going from one place to a better one that we’ve ever dreamed of in purpose to become closer to Allah SWT. There was also a fun talkshow about this traveling with ka Nadia, ka Claudia, ka Nadi, and ka Aga who told their experiences and gave some tips about how to stay in the line of a good Moslem by doing every God’s command and avoiding all the sins that He has prohibited us to do.

In the final event, Wear Hijab team performed an interesting make-over on how to wear hijab in order to protect ourselves as women and become better Moslems. This could be one of the ‘traveling’ steps that we can learn to do. From this event, we hope we can be more grateful for all the gifts that God has given us in the world by always keep trying to become better and better because there’s nothing can be more peaceful than staying close with Allah SWT as the only Almighty.

Becoming A Thorny Rose With Remisol

It was a happy news for all the Moslem students in English Department to hear that Remisol was back again on March 25^th at room 118, Building O, University of State Jakarta. Remisol let us refresh our mind and soul by sharing about religious stuffs that we could learn together.

                Started at 16.30pm, Remisol chose a topic about how to behave and protect ourselves especially as a Moslem woman. Ust. Sigit Kamseno was chosen as our speaker for this topic which was titled as “Becoming A Thorny Rose”. He gave us many motivations and shared a lot about how to keep every Moslem women from the devil’s lust and even human criminalities out there.
                With this Remisol, we hope that we could get more information and we could share more precious experiences. Especially for women, we hope that Remisol could give us a lesson about how to appreciate their own values by wearing a hijab and covering every body curves from people who are not listed as their mahroms. And for men, we hope that they could keep their lust wiser and learn more on how to respect every women in this world. Stay tune for the next Remisol!

ENGLISH FESTIVAL 2014

Heyhooooo!

English Festival is back! This time we go bigger, better, and more awesome!

EF 2014 berlagsung pada tanggal 15-21 November. Untuk siswa/i SMA se-JABODETABEK, EF 2014 punya perlombaan menarik yaitu English Debating Competition, Story Telling, dan Speech Contest. Pada tanggal 15-16 berlangsung lomba debat berbahasa inggris dengan tema ‘Challenge Globalization through English’. Lomba ini bertempat di gedung O, Kampus A. Ada 16 tim mengikuti lomba debat EF 2014. Selanjutnya ada lomba story telling. Para peserta mengenakan berbagai pakaian daerah menarik untuk mendukung penampilannya dengan tema ‘Preserve the Culture of Indonesia: the Living Folktore’. Mereka menampilkan pertunjukan yang sangat menarik di panggung ekonomi. Story telling berlansung selama dua hari hingga tanggal 18 diikuti lebih dari 30 peserta. Sedangkan Speech Contest berlangsung pada tanggal 19-20 dan diikuti lebih dari 50 peserta. 

Rangkaian acara yang kedua adalah seminar akademik dengan tema ‘Learning English for Life with Curriculum 2013’. Seminar yang sangat menarik ini dilaksanakan pada tanggal 20 November dan terbagi menjadi dua sesi. Sesi yang pertama diisi oleh Siti Wachidah, Ph.D. Beliau adalah salah satu penyusun kurikulum bahasa inggris. Sementara sesi kedua diisi oleh Dedi Dwitagama, Motivator Nasional dalam bidang pendidikan. Seminar berlangsung dari pukul 8 hingga sekitar pukul 13.30.  Para peserta mendapatkan seminar kit, goodie bag, sertifikat, dan tentu saja ilmu yang bermanfaat.

...dan Art Festival adalah penutup dari rangkaian EF 2014! Art Festival dibuka dengan parade dari ED 2013 & 2014. Di sini mereka berbusana dengan tema sudah ditentukan. Ada yang berpenampilan sebagai penyihir, pahlawan, karakter dari Disney, dan tema-tema menarik lainnya. Parade dimulai dari lapangan HI mengelilingi kampus a dan kembali lagi ke lapangan HI. Kemudian Acara dibuka oleh MC. Dibuka dengan sesuatu yang hits, sampai akhir juga hits juga dong agendanya. Ada lomba makan burger dan mie, flash mob, pengumuman pemenang lomba, penampilan dari berbagai band di ED, dan tentu saja penampilan dari Guest Star kita, The Banery. Hits banget dehhh EF 2014 kali ini. Ada stand-stand makanan, minuman, baju, dan macam-macam. Oh iya, EF 2014 disponsori oleh Heyho dan bank BRI.

Pemenang EF 2014

English Debating Competition;

SMA Santo Yakobus

SMAN 2 Cibinong

SMAN 50 Jakarta

SMAN 71 Jakarta

Best Speaker

Ela dari SMAN Labschool Cibubur

Speech Contest

Ananda Rizky Damatra ( SMA Angkasa 2 )

Aidila ( SMA Santo Yakobus )

Andri Sebastian ( SMAN 2 Tambun Selatan )

Story Telling

Gebrina ( SMA Labschool Cibubur )
Hanifah Puteri Zhilal (SMKN 22 Jakarta)
Kenny Valentino (SMAN 1 Bogor)

Lomba Parade

14DB

Bagi kamu kamu dan kamu yang ketinggalan EF 2014, yahhh nyesel banget deh. Jangan sampai ketinggalan EF selanjutnya yaaaa! Dokumentasi EF 2014 bisa dilihat di facebook BEM ED UNJ.