Heya, I'm posting this from my hotel room in Perth, Western Australia :D it's not a very big hotel, but it's cozy enough. The sound of the TV is blaring in the background, something about Uruguay and South Korea and their chances at winning the world cup. Mom's in the bathroom, while a box of chips is my only friend hahahaha
Aside from accompanying my mum while she's working, I'm also here to check out the universities, or maybe I should say, my future university? hahaha I hope so. The people I know recommends Curtin University. I think it's like ITB from Bandung, but I don't know haha I've been to the campus yesterday, and it was pretty nice.
But honestly, I have my eyes set on The UWA, or The University of Western Australia. It's like the UI from Australia, and it is one of the best universities in the world. But personally, I love the fact that it's right next to the lake. The fact that the building looks like Hogwarts helps too hahahah that picture above is the UWA actually. Nice, eh?
And then, when I said -a bit jokingly- that I wanna study journalism and photography, a friend from here recommends the Edith Cowen University. I guess it's like the IKJ of Australia, where future painters and artists meet :P
But really, I haven't ruled out ITB and UI or UGM yet. (that's assuming that I can get in one of them hahaha) Though one thing I absolutely love about Perth?
It's peaceful, almost no motorcycles, and cars aren't allowed to honk if it isn't a real emergency. And the people; they're so laid back. I love it. Jakarta's really metropolitan and the malls always close at almost midnight, while in Perth, they close shop at 6 PM. Then it's just the bars and coffee places that open. I love, love, love it.
(And also, my friend from here has a boyfriend and they spend their summer holidays together here and go on a wine tasting ranch or some weird rock spurting water mountain somewhere, and I wonder; if I had a boyfriend here, would I do the same thing? :P)
