Minggu, 26 September 2010

I miss Berlin ...

It's been two years since I stopped blogging. I love so much writing, it helps me killing my loneliness when I was in Berlin. At that time, I was joining the exchange program between journalists from Germany and Asia Pacific. I was lucky to be one of the eight Journalists to represent Asia Pacific. It is actually my first award as a Journalist. never thought I would get such a chance. So proud of myself.

I stayed there for two months. It's fun but it's not easy either. Everyday, I went to office from my apartment in Iranische Strasse and took the U-bahn (subway train) to office. I never afraid of getting late cause the train comes every five minutes. I can see why German people always walking in a rush. They don't want miss train even for five minutes. What I enjoyed most from this ritual was dropping off in small cafe and ordered a cup of tea or coffee and a bread for breakfast. I enjoyed my breakfast in the train.

For the first month, I worked at DW TV. I more like a observer than working actually. Everyday I came to the office. All I do was watching the program DW TV has made. Since my German language is poor, I prefer watching English program but sometimes I also watched the German version to improve my Deutsch Sprache. After that, my boss would ask me about my opinion. He was very welcomed and always appreciated my opinion. He also asked me to see the work in studio. German people are so discipline and strict. You will get sharp look if you make a sound in control room even a bit.

The second month, I moved to Berlin TV. It's part of the program, so that I could learn different situation. Berlin TV is a local TV. It covered news mostly about situation in Berlin. As a private TV, I felt the situation more dynamic than DW TV. The boss there gave me a partner. His name is Chris. I liked working with him because he considered me as a real partner. He was a VJ (video journalist) and worked alone. Even though I could not help him much, but at least I could help carried his tripod and the microfon. Sometimes I also acted like a reporter. I did that when we interviewed Berlin Mayor, Klaus Wowereit. Chris let me asked the Mayor But, but of course, Chris asked the most.

I was in Berlin in Spring time. The day time was longer in Jakarta. It's funny to have dinner at 20.00 but the sun still shined. But the Germany loved it. They love sun very much.

I found everyday in Berlin was holiday. Thousands of tourists from all over the world come to this beautiful city. Berlin is indeed pretty. I liked walking down the river Spree, waving to the tourists that cruising the river and they waved me back as if we knew each other. I felt the warmth, sincere warmth.

Once I did a picnic with my local friend Rebecca and Htar Htar from Burma. It's very simple picnic. We bring our own food and just chatted and laughed by the river. It's soo fun ... I really miss Berlin. I really hoped that I can go there again.

Today, I start writing again. And I start it with Berlin. I want to bring the good memories to accompany my daily activity. Positive energy will attract positive energy too, right ...



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