Sending Postcard

Yesterday, one of my good friends in senior high school wrote on twitter that she received my postcard! She posted also the picture of the postcard.

The postcard she received

Today my cousin also told me that she received my postcard already. I am so happy! Before i sent one postcard for my brother wishing him a birthday.

The last time i sent postcard is when i was kid submitting a quiz in magazine. lol xD I am surprised knowing many people in Germany still use post service. When i enrolled this exchange student program, i was shocked when the university would send the document via air mail. When will i receive it if you send it via air mail?! The distance is 11,087 kilometers!! That's what i thought. When my flatmate was in London, she sent a postcard too. That made me want to send a postcard. That's why i decided to send one to my brother. After sending it, i felt happy (?), so i decided to send others to my friends, cousin, and my little sister.

It took about 10 days sending those postcards from Bremen to Indonesia. To send it i need international stamp. On Deutschepost web it said i need the 0,75 EUR stamp. Yet i bought in a shop in university only 0,6 EUR for each stamps.

I feel like wanting to send another postcards to my other good friends~ :D

Sneak Preview: Seeing a Movie Earlier than the Others

Last Sunday my study buddy asked me to see Sneak Preview. What is Sneak Preview?



In German cinemas there is a program called as Sneak Preview. There visitors can see movie which will be played in next few weeks. The other interesting fact is that the visitors does not know what movie they will see. It can be English, German, French, etc movies. Before the movie starts, there is an MC who will give quiz with another Sneak Preview tickets as prizes. Interesting, isn't it?

We went to Schauburg cinema to see Sneak Preview. When we bought the ticket, we found out that it would be an English movie. hahaha lucky me! :D The movie we saw was Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. In Germany it will be played on February 2nd, 2012 with 'Dame, König, As, Spion' as the title.

Too bad in the end i barely understood how this movie went. Being dozy and having to listen without subtitle (there was subtitle, yet in German. I didn't understand >.<) made me difficult to understand this movie.

However for me seeing Sneak Preview is an interesting experience, because i like seeing movie. This was my first time went to cinema in Germany. Actually the first time i arrived here, i wanted to, but i doubt my German ability. All of movies are dubbed in German, except the Originalfassung (original version) program.

Christmas Tree

Last weekend i looked for new boots. So i went to the city center, yet walked not take tram as usual. I wanted to see the neighborhood. On the way i saw many Christmas Trees thrown away. Poor the trees...



At first i thought that it was such a waste that people cut the tree, used it as decoration for a month, then throwed it away. That tree need to grow up for several months! I thought it is better to use the artificial tree, so people can use it on the following year.

Then i googled about this Christmas tree matter. I found that the trees are planted specially for Christmas. People doesn't cut random pine trees (which i thought before). The artificial tree can not be recycled naturally. The real trees can be recycled as green fertilizer.

Well, seems like the real trees are still better for the environment than the artificial ones. Yet it is still sad seeing those trees thrown away in front of people's houses.

Kaseifu no Mita

This is first jdrama i watched in 2012!



genre: family, mystery
episodes: 11
original run: Oct 12th, 2011 - Dec 21st, 2011

Preview:
This drama is about Asuda family who just lost the mother. They have a mysterious housekeeper named Mita Akari. She does the housework perfect, never smile and does whatever the family members ask including killing someone...

My Comment:
Before i didn't know the actors and actress except Aibu Saki who played in Buzzer Beat. Yet i could not miss this drama. In DramaWiki, the average rating in Kanto was 24.8 and for the final episode itself was 40! Matsushima Nanako who acted as Mita Akari was awesome. Her expression was really 'expressionless' (lol, is it a word? xD)! The one who played as Asuda Kakeru (the oldest son) played well too.

Each episode is very exciting. I couldn't stop until i finish this series (finished it in 2 days). The story was fast, not boring at all. While watching, i kept wondering: what will happen next?!

Happy New Year 2012!

Well, the first week in 2012 is almost finish, but i'd like to say Happy New Year to all of you~! (like there's someone reading my blog :p)



I wish this year will be great for me and you guys~ ♥

I celebrated new year in Berlin with my friend. Berlin is a huge city. Somehow it reminds me to Jakarta. Bremen is little bit quite and Berlin is more crowded. There are many tall buildings too. Okay, last sentence sounds strange, doesn't it? Yet the buildings and the crowds made me remember about Jakarta.

Like in Paris, i joined a free tour from SANDEMANs New Europe. The tour was great. I was more statisfied than the one i did in Paris (well maybe because i was rushed to catch bus to Bremen, so i couldn't really enjoy it).

I also visited Sans Soucci Schloos in Postdam. It takes about one hour from Berlin. My suggestions are going early, buying the photo permission for 3 EUR because the palace is really beautiful, then visitting another palace and using the same photo permission (it is valid for one day in all of palaces in Berlin and Postdam, i think). At first i planned to visit Charlotenburg Schloos too. Unfortunately it was closed already :(

I celebrated new year behind the Brandenburger Tor. It was like sea of people! If you happened to read my old post about new year, you would notice that i always celebrated new year at home. I was too lazy to go out to places like Monas, for example. It is because too many people there! It happened also in Brandenburger Tor. At first i planned to celebrate new year in Bremen. Seeing fireworks near Schlachte or maybe joining a party (my study buddy inivited me). Since my friend asked me to join her celebrating new year in Berlin, i changed my plan. I don't regret, though. It was great with music and fireworks and also really exhausting. We arrived there around 7PM. So almost 5 hours we stood up seeing music performance. Great yet exhausting. Poor me who is a girl-celebrates-new year-at home type.

Since i celebrated new year not with usual way and usual place (until know i can't believe that i am in Germany now), i expect more great things happen to me this year. Once again: Alles Gute zum neuen Jahr 2012! :D