Liaison Officer Experience

I suddenly remember about my experience being a liaison officer for the International taekwondo tournament on November 2009. I've always been really interested about something international. Maybe it's because of my obsession to go abroad. I've never went out of Indonesia, fyi. And I really wanted that for the whole time! So yeah, when they opened a recruitment for a liaison officer, I had no hesitation to apply, and thank to God and Mr. Nico (the head of LO) for taking me into the comittee.

I love to practicing my English with a native speaker. Well, English has always been my favorite subject since school :) So yeah, that was a really rare opportunity. Before the D-day, Mr.Nico told me that I would handle the Laos team, which has a Korean leader. Very surprisingly, the team (3 boys and 1 girl) couldn't speak English at all. Even the basic words! So I just used my hand to act my words! It was really frustrating first cos I was really hoping to have a great bond with them. And the team leader, is actually the vice president of Laos taekwondo team,just like what I said on my blog last year. And I didn't know that until I saw it on the internet after the event. He was really bossy first. It's really obvious now, since he got the position and also connected with the important person of Indonesian taekwondo, Mr.Leo. First day he arrived here, he made a complain to me that I didn't know about any internet at the hotel. Well, sorry because I never go to Saphire Hotel before, so yeah I had no idea about any internet room there. And I also remember that he asked me for a headache medicine and I gave him Tolak Angin, but he didn't really believe me about that and asked the other about how good is Tolak Angin, and they also recommended it. Haha! Then he gave me a full responsibilities to took care the children. He left them with me! Oh well, it was awesome cos I couldn't communicate with them. I just tried my best to understand them and offered a basic needs like water and food. So I accompanied them at the practice and also at the match day. They striked the poomsae competition with a very good result and I was so proud of them. I know I had nothing to do with their perfomance there, but I guess their comfortability here was also mattered and affected their performance. It's a good point, right?! :D

To be honest, I was a lil bit jealous with the other LOs at the first day,. My friend, Erika, handled two guys, one from Australia which is actually Indonesian, and one from Korea which stays in Surabaya. They are totally good looking. Haha! Our hearthrobs ;) The others, handled some teams from Malaysia, which are having a good English, so they could communicate easily. The Thailand team has a very funny leader, named Mr. Thoh. He even treated us in Ohlala the second night. The Kamboja team also speaks English. But well, every LOs had their own happiness and weakness.

Well, the night after the match, the kids thanked me and said that I was great (in English, lol). And also Mr Vice President praised me in front of those people. And I was flattered. I never thought before that my doubt thoughts on my team were wrong, they appreciated me. The day after was just happy things, I took them to short trip around Jogja. And they were really happy. It was only me and my team that got a spare time. And we became more active each other. So yeah, it was really fun to be with them.

I hope they learn English well in their school. I only connected with the girl until now. But since she doesn't understand what I'm talking about, she won't reply my comments. She answered my email, only said hi and miss me, but then didn't answer my questions. LOL.

Well my point is, do what u do with all your heart, your passion, and you'll get an extraordinary thing as a reply. Do not underestimate people or something before u really do know them, sort of don't judge a book by its cover. I was in trouble at the first day, but then I got it clear at the end. And over all, this was a precious thing and a great experience for me. :)

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Food Journal : Dixie Easy Dining

Dixie is my favorite place for gathering or just hang out with friends.. The place is large and near the city. The atmosphere is really nice, and they have free hotspot here :) They have two floors.. The first floor is for kitchen, some shops, and tables and seats too.. The first floor also provide outdoor dining place. The 2nd floor is full of dining place. But sometimes the weather is hot (dont know if the air conditioner die) and full of smoke.. That’s what i dont like about dixie, smoke.. But there’s also a non smoking room and the weather is cooler there. It’s kinda famous in Jogja, lots of visitor everyday.

They provide continental foods like steak, burger, fried rice, etc. And then there’s Warung Pasta that offers some kind of pasta, which is one of my favorite by the way! :) For the starter u can try chicken with berry mayonaise or fried mushroom.. For main course, i’d like to have salmon marinara steak (my favorite cos i love salmon so much), but u’ll like the oxtail fried rice also.. The most popular drink is death by chocolate, lots of fat of course.. haha.. and u can have a free refill drink too for some kind of drinks like ice tea, lemon tea, milo, etc.

My favorite from Warung Pasta is Creamy Bloody Marie, pasta with salmon and tomato. It’s like a baked pasta.. I always have that one with extra cheese.. It’s sooo yummy!! I think i’ve ordered it times and times.. Well actually u can find so many styles of pasta here, just try it! Meat lover is also delicious..

The Menus

My super yummy Creamy Bloody Marie with extra cheese, Cheesy Cheese, Fried Mushroom and Chicken Berry

 

The Atmosphere

 

Sorry again for the bad quality of pics.. It’s night and my phone camera is bloody bad. The point is u can really choose lots of different menu in Dixie. The price range is in the middle, around IDR 10K until IDR 50K. Warung Pasta generally is cheaper than Dixie.

Find Dixie at : Jalan Gejayan no 40B. Telp : +62 274 560745, +62 274 560746, +62 274 7455971 / 0815 143 666 08.

 

xoxo,