CHIT 'n' CHAT with kiRRiLLy (",)v

An open dialogue with foreigners was held on February 1^st 2012, there are 3 Australians. I decided to join with the woman, her name is Kirrilly from Canberra Aussie. She has been studying Indonesian in Salatiga for a month or something.. I forgot (0.o)? She has been studying her Indonesian since Junior High School.

She said that many Australians study Indonesian, Japanese and Spanish. Because of the location of Aussie and Indonesia are nearby so many Australians study Indonesian and they love to visit Indonesia, especially in Bali because there are many beaches and Aussie has no beach.

Aussie is a modern country, the original inhabitant is Aborigine. That’s why Australian has no traditional dance and food, sometimes they take it from Aborigine who has this (traditional dance and food).

          In a public school there is no school fee in Aussie, everything is free. Just very strict rules which implemented in that school. In primary school the are only 6-7 subjects of school, they have 3 month of holiday a year.

         

          She shared her culture shock when she came in Indonesia, she lived in Blotongan nearby a Mosque and when the early Morning Prayer she shocked that she heard a voice like asking for help, and then she know that is Adzan Subuh from a Mosque, at first she cannot sleep because of that sound but not anymore.

          There are another differences between Indonesia and Aussie. In Indonesia, we can stop a bus everywhere but in Aussie we have to stop in a bus stop. She amazed when she visited a traditional market in Salatiga because it is dirty and has a bad smell, different with Australian traditional market, they have a nice place for sale and purchase, and of course in an air-conditioned because in Australia is hotter than Indonesia.

            Her Indonesian favorite food is Rendang, which is hot and spicy and she said that her friend who doesn’t like something spicy can cry because of this kind of  food.

How wonderful Indonesia, so many foreigners love to come Indonesia.

==Let’s say “I am proud to be IndONEsian”==