Hi, Mike,
Do you play any sports?
Yes, I love and play some sports. Swimming, jogging, volley ball, martial arts
(very very long time ago). When I live in Indonesia, I like swimming a lot,
because swimming pool entrance fee is cheap
We could also swim at
beaches, from my former office it was only 1 hour to go to beach.
I also love badmintons. Is hiking a sport? What about bungee jumping?
Done it once, but have not many chances.
Did you ask to go to Germany or was that just what the scholarship offered?
I applied for scholarship which is only applicable to study in Germany.
If you asked to go, what about Germany was so appealing to you?
Actually I wanted to go to US, Japan or Netherland, but chances to get in
Germany was bigger. I just take the opportunity with available time at hands.
What parts of Germany have you been to?
Not so many, let see.. Koeln (of course), Koblenz, Trier, Aachen, Frankfurt,
Dusseldorf, Dortmund, etc. Ok, many more. Anyway most beautiful places
was Trier (so old), Berlin, Koblenz, Muenchen, Helgoland (at the North Sea).
How is your German?
I graduated from a D.O.D. HS in Germany, that's why I'm asking so many Germany questions.
I passed level 2 DSH, but actually my German is really poor. The first year
courses are taught in English. Ah you were graduated from Germany hochschule?
Where and when?
Have you ever gotten to go visit/pet any Komodo Dragons back in Indonesia?
What is komodo dragons? I only know komodo, and there is a komodo national
park in Indonesia, but I have never been there. It is a protected species, but
as far as I concern, I have seen komodo in Indonesian zoo. Anyway it probably
not komodo dragons. *put on list to visit when I go back home*
What about orangutans?
I saw it closely in Taman Safari Bogor, a kind of zoo where visitor is the one
in the cage (car
), in some zoos (for sure), and in nature when I visited Sumatera
for a project trip.
Where were you when the 2004 tsunami hit?
Was it 2004? I remember it was december near christmass, but dont remember
the year though. If it is December 2004, I was somewhere in my hometown or
near Jakarta, place where I worked in a Japanese company.
Have you ever been in Indonesia, Mike? We have nearly 17 thousands islands,
lots of beautiful places and attractive culture to see