This is Life!

This is what I call real life.

I live +/- 17,000 km away from home.

It took around 2 days 2 night to finally get here. in Brasil..

10 hours differences in time. 10 pm here, 7 am there.

First time living abroad and alone.

New friends, Brasileiros and others mostly coming from other Latin America countries.

Meet and make friend with Canadian, Colombian, Mexican, Argentine, Bolivian, Italian, Russian, Polish, Peru, Chile, Japan, etc.

New culture, different culture.

BIG differences

Culture shock (to be honest.. I still feel it)

New Food (but thanks god they eat rice also here :p)

Living in a Portuguese speaking environment, with really less people speaking English.

Living alone, but live in the same building with all 4, all boys, trainee mates!!

Start learning how to cook! yeay!

Flights to Indonesia are extremely expensive

and...no Indonesian in my city

Belo Horizonte, Vitoria, Ouro Preto, Rio de Janeiro, Buzios (some cities I have visited)

Working with my Portuguese laptop

Start learning Portuguese of course! Eu Falo pouco Portuguese

Parties! (They are partying a LOT here!)

Challenging work! really it is...in term of communication and the work itself.

Took buses everyday

Currently in Vitoria, I live like nearly 5 minutes to the beach

Language does matters

awesome beach, awesome parties, awesome people, nice friends.

Nice, small, not so crowded city and gonna move again after 6 months in Vitoria to I don't know where hehe

Expensive living cost compare to Jakarta, really it is :p



well... this is it...new world, new experiences, new friends, new life!

To be honest, It's been very very fun in Brasil!. but also challenging at the same time. Languange is different, culture is different, the way of working is different. everything is just different and in every differences that's where you learned, rite?. so still, wish me luck!!!


to people who are still wondering why I can be here...

I went to Brazil for working (my AIESEC Xchange experience!), I went into a program called management trainee program for a company named Vale, a mining company here. There are 20 people in this program. 16 Brazillians, 2 Canadian, 1 Colombian, and 1 Indonesian (it's me). We are working on Vale's overall strategy named VPS (Vale Production System)!

:):)

Beijos,
Lila

Last days in Indonesia!

Since I am not updating my blog for a long long long (yap 3 times long) time.. there are so many things I want to share....but to be honest, I am a bit confused where to start.

Ok..maybe start from the last days that I spent in Indonesia, before leaving to Brazil.

As usual, it's been hectic days with packing and so on I enjoyed so much my last days in Indonesia, It was awesome, I got a very very nice surprise farewell party from my friends. This party dedicated to me and Dyanie, since Dyanie also gonna leave for her master in UK 1 week after me. SO SO HAPPY, there are so many of them in the party! my high school mates and my college fellows!..oh my god it's just like mini reunion! everyone is there!

Thank you so much for a very very special day, special kisses for Gangsta (Ok this one sounds so silly, but yes that's true that's our BB group name :p) and my besties since junior high, Lasty, Fetty, and Marcya...

But missing my crazy partner, Indrimon since she is leaving already to Belande! :(

I got this funny pictures of me as a present ...hahaha LOL Definitely gonna miss all of them!






That is the last days before leaving to Brazil, tomorrow I'll post about my journey in Brazil!, there are so many to tell though!

with smile, BIG ONE! LILA!

new life, new experiences!

Jajaja Ola!

I miss my blog. I have started my new life in Brazil! and It´s been 2 months so I´ve been through a lot of things, mostly nice things but there is also something not nice. Well, this is life.. Isn´t it?

a new life means new friends and new experiences....not to forget that I am struggling to learn the language, yeah Portuguese!!

But this is Life! a very very interesting one!...I give more updates soon..

Beijos!

Leaving has never been easy

I have just realized that I didn't post anything during the month of July.

I guess July was really hectic for me. Since at this month I moved to Sorowako and need to finish all my work in Satoe Indonesia

It was actually a very sad and challenging moments I got in my life. Leaving has never been easy and I was totally missing Satoe Indonesia and Nureco as the neighbor office. I miss its people, it's office, the work, and of course the impact.

Although I am not there, I still feel that I am part of SI. I won't stop contributing :)

I do love my farewell dinner. It was fun and warm! Thank you everyone!!

Sorowako

Ok continuing the story of me getting in to a company named Vale.

Vale is one of the largest mining company in the world. They owns 60% of PT INCO (International Nickel Indonesia) shares in Indonesia. Before leaving to Brazil, I got an introduction of mining business and had a chance to visit their site in Sorawako.


Sorowako is located in the island of Sulawesi, and that was my first time for me to visit Sulawesi!. That was completely new world for me. a totally new experience. I have never imagined my life
working in mining companies before.

anyway Sorowako experience was incredible and challenging at the same time. I saw a nickel site and its process plant. It's like I was in different world haha :). I didn't understand the process at all at the first place( well, I am not an engineer :p) and most of the people there were boys. But overall, People are nice and the island is very beautiful.



Thank you for the opportunity dear God. another life changing experience I had though It's only a short visit :)

Matched!

Olla!!

just want to share a very happy news! It's a bit late actually..

I got matched! that means a new job and also an exchange experience!, it will definitely complete my AIESEC experience!

I got matched with one of AIESEC International Global Exchange Partners, it's Vale in Brazil! will be there for around 1 and half year and I am totally excited!

Well, there will be no new experiences without new challenges so wish me luck!

my matched-status ep form:):):)

Chair eXPerience

I guess I really should make a new post before the month of May is ended.

a little story from my last visit to Surabaya for AIESEC Indonesia National Planning Conference... I got the opportunity to be a chair in the conference :p (first time experience being a chair..and a bit nervous actually :p)

I was able to meet the next generation of AIESEC Indonesia. Being with them for 7 days just made me recalling my AIESEC days couple years back... AIESEC Indonesia has been growing really fast!

Actually, I was so inspired by all of them. They can really show they are the true leaders of their LC and I can really say that they are totally smart with full of ideas!, they cannot stop discussing everything (as Chair, I am a bit stress to manage the discussion time, since they enjoy it so much hahaha:p)

I just hope one day, they can be the leaders of Indonesia.. I am gonna wait for that; AIESECers becoming Leaders in our beloved country (I hope I can be one too..Amien :))

just one sentence: I am really proud of AIESEC INDONESIA

Let's create more impact!,
LILA