MARCH 2009.pmd 1 9/3/2009, 8:40 AM December 2008 magazine - reader comments +628525902XXXX +628199979XXXX Luluk in Pasuruan, East Dewa Ayu in Karangasem, Hi, I’m Luluk Khoirotul Munzida My name is I Dewa Ayu Kristina +62817083XXXX from SMA N 1 GRATI PASURUAN Ratna Rutri. I’m in Year 11, SMA Iin in Surabaya, East Java ..East Java. When I see the Negeri 1 Sidemen, Karangasem. I G’day. My Naval academy (AAL) has cover of Kang Guru’s magazine was in Darwin-Australia as an received 10 Dec. 2008 issues this (Dec. 2008), I really was exchange student for 6 months last morning. Great thanks 4 ur kind attracted to read the maga- year. I’ve read this Kang Guru attention. They’re very helpful 4 zine. It makes me so happy awesome magazine. It is very cadets. Viva Kang Guru. May God when I read the column interesting! I also have read the always bless u in coming years. ENTERTAINMENT especially the planning ahead for March 2009 and I profile of Sherina and Afgan. got an idea for something that Kang Guru magazine gives much might be quite interesting. Please +628135776XXXX interesting information and post some Australian slang so that Shaleh Drehem at SMA Al Hikmah inspires us. CA... YOO... we can know all about that. By the Surabaya, East Java way, if it is possible I really Today AIYEP visited my school, I’m +628523003XXXX welcome KGI crew to come to my so excited. The people from Mega Ratna in Bojonegoro, East Java school, to see all around the Australia are very nice and kind and school, and get together with many they’re give us a culture perfor- My name is Mega Ratna. I am studying cheerful students here. mance and it’s fantastic. Many in IKIP Bojonegoro, semester 5. I’m thanks to Kang Guru that makes me 21 years old. I am really happy if my Dewa, please check out Idioms good in English as well. postman comes and gives me a copy Inggris, page 3 and we'd love to of your KGI magazine. It is like I come to your school soon, invite us! received a letter from my boy friend. +628134310XXXX I think all of parts or words in each Demy Ohoilulin in Saumlaki edition are very interesting and give me much inspiration for my life. I never guessed to be able to read a fantastic Thanks KGI, I always pray you can magazine like KGI. Hopefully KGI can be read by all exist forever. students here in Saumlaki to improve our English. Thank you and Pak Benny so much! http://www.kangguru.org/travel/kgretravel2008saumlaki.html

Aren't they fantastic comments! A fabulous KGI 20th Anniversary t-shirt will be sent to all these people.

How much do things cost in Australia? According to a recent international survey on the cost of living, Moscow is the most expensive city in the world to live in. You would have to be almost a millionaire to live in Moscow. So, what about cities in Australia? How expensive are they? Sydney, Australia's largest city, came 15th in the world ranking and Melbourne in Victoria came in 36th. It might appear to many Indonesians that Australian salaries are very high, but remember the cost of living in Australia is also very high. So, how much do things actually cost in Australia? Have a look at the table below. These are some of the average costs in Australian dollars (AUD$) for people, and for students, living and studying in Australian cities. Can you match the costs with the icons? LRCS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

During Feb '09 an AUD$1 was 9 10 11 12 13 14 about Rp 7,400

rent $150 – $300 per week ___ a kilo of apples $5.00 ___ transport $50.00 per week ___ A litre of milk $1.60 ___ power/food/telephone $70.00 per week ___ A hamburger $4.50 ___ an audio CD $35.00 ___ lunch at Uni $10.00 ___ a day a loaf of bread $2.30 ___ a can of Coke $1.40 ___ a kilo of rice $ 2.50 ___ A cheap pair of jeans $50.00 ___ haircut (men) $20.00 (women) $40.00 ___ Cinema ticket $15.00 ___

MARCH 2009.pmd 2 9/3/2009, 8:40 AM Contents KGI Welcome to Kang Guru MARCH 2009 ’s first magazine for 2009 – KGI’s 20th Anniversary Front Cover: Life Down Under Year. That is absolutely right! Inside Front Cover: The Dec. 2008 edition KGI has been in Indonesia for twenty years thanks to How much do things cost in Australia? AusAID, the Australian 1 Contents and Welcome from KGI government’s overseas aid program. That means a lot of 2 Kang Guru Voices support over a long period of time. That support has been 3 Idioms Inggris and Quick Fix for you, our wonderful Kang Guru readers and listeners. 4 Life Down Under Pt 1 The work of AusAID has always been an important part of 5 Life Down Under Pt 2 Capt KG with Syamsul Hady, an Kang Guru and in this ALFA Club member at the Lombok magazine we cover stories 6 Life Down Under Pt 3 Get Together in Mataram, Nov 2008. about building roads and 7 Life Down Under Pt 4 bridges with EINRIP, the teacher exchanges of BRIDGE, the youth exchanges with AIYEP 8-9 The Australia Indonesia Partnership and cultural exchanges such as with Pak Rohman from (AIP) Cipanas. 10 Oz-Indo Connection Here at KGI we love to tell you about other very special Indonesia-Australia relationships. By that we mean people to 11 Kang Guru Connection Club - the last! people relationships and their activities. The strong connections between Indonesia and Australia are often shown 12-13 The Joeys Down Under through these types of relationships. In this issue we not 14 Kang Guru in the Classroom only look at teacher and student exchanges, we introduce you to several Australian alumni and their stories. 15 Entertainment - Australia Are you wondering about the theme for this magazine? It is 16 Different Pond Different Fish (DPDF) Life Down Under - life in Australia. What is life in Australia really like? I hope we can enlighten you a bit. Enjoy reading 17 Kang Guru News Room the articles and the comments from both Aussies and Indonesians and hopefully we'll help you learn more about Back Cover: Life Down Under - a melting pot! Life Down Under. So what’s on for KGI this year? First of all, the 20th Anniversary Kang Guru's logo represents the most is an important milestone. Staff at KGI, in conjunction with commonly found kangaroos in Australia - the the IALF and AusAID, will soon be making some decisions about red kangaroo, often called Big Red, and the these activities. If you want to be told about these very grey kangaroo. special activities designed just for YOU, then you must register with KGI before the end of April. Register for 20th Kang Guru Indonesia Anniversary Updates by email - [email protected] - or by IALF - Bali SMS, or by letter. Starting early May, 2009, we will be very PO Box 3095, Denpasar 80030, Bali happy to tell you what is happening for the 20th Anniversary Phone : (0361) 225243 st Fax : (0361) 263509 of KGI. You can also check the KGI website after May 1 . Mobile: 081 2387 0479 (SMS only) Email : [email protected] Website : www.kangguru.org

Kang Guru Indonesia magazines are published in March, June, September and December. Kang Guru magazines are FREE and should not Kang Guru Indonesia's June 2009 magazine be sold for profit. In this edition you are reading about Life Down Under - life in If you would like your own personal copy then Australia. We hope you enjoy it. In the June 2009 edition of write an interesting letter or SMS, of at least this magazine the theme will be Life in Indonesia. That's right! 75 words, to KGI and order the KGI magazine. What's great about living in this country for you? All of us Be sure to tell us about your life, hobbies, here at KGI love living in Indonesia and we are looking forward family, etc. Don't worry about your English. to telling you why we, and so many other people, love living here. The views expressed are not necessarily those What do you love about life in Indonesia? It is of AusAID or the Australian Government. a great country but what makes living in Articles and photographs may be reproduced Indonesia so fantastic? Write to KGI and tell us with permission from Kang Guru Indonesia. so that we can use your opinions, and maybe Printed by PT Dian Rakyat Bali. your photographs, in the June 2009 magazine.

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All of these letters 5 AM Down Under on Kang Guru Hi KGI, I really want to know is there Voices are any activity at 5am in Australia? Maybe actually emails. Thanks to all of you. all the housewives are cooking at that time like here in Indonesia? Thanks for This decorative envelope is from Adinda the magazine - I love it every time. An Aceh Anecdote Embun Firdausi in Jember, East Java My name is Zamzami and I am a Iffatun Nida in Babat, Lamongan student of State Institute for Islamic Life in Banyuwangi I have been your active member since Studies Ar-Raniry Aceh (TEN). I had a Quite honestly, the vast majority of 2002. I was the leader of one of your lot of experiences when I was people, including housewives, are still KGCCs in Banyuwangi, MINAK JINGGO studying at my boarding school fast asleep at 5 o'clock in the morning ENGLISH CLUB. I was elected to be a Pondok Pesantren Misbahul Ulum in Australia. Maybe dairy farmers headmaster of an elementary school Paloh in Lhokseumawe. It was a would be awake or shift workers going in my village. Really that’s why I am conflict area between the free Aceh home but as for everyone else ...... movement and the Indonesian always so busy. military. Hearing the sound of But lately I realize that I must wake shooting and bombs became our daily up and continue my ambition to Poverty Line in Australia routine but it didn’t make us give up improve my English and my students’ Talking about Life Down Under, there studying English. In our pesantren we English too. Thanks to God for this are so many questions I have. I am always communicate in English. We month when I can help Pak Bowo do just curious if there are local people can now speak English well because my English activity by presenting the who live below the poverty line? Do of Kang Guru. Our English teachers KGI program in Banyuwangi on Radio their children need to take a job to now have a good relationship with Suara Habibulloh. help support the family? KGI. Our English materials are taken from KGI. Once the army investigated Abd. Muqsith, S.Pd in Banyuwangi Ricki Mumpuni in Bojonegoro our pesantren and asked me several Dear Muqsith, why haven’t you been questions in Bahasa Indonesia. I Dear Ricki, like all families in in touch with KGI for such a long answered, ”I’m sorry brother, I can’t Australia, children from low income time! You have missed so much answer your question in Indonesian. families must remain at a school information from us. But it’s good to We will be punished by our teacher if (full time) until they are 16 years of hear that you are back on track! Enjoy we use Indonesian.” He stopped age. However many would have jobs the magazine and stay active, don’t asking me again because maybe he in their spare time. lose touch again! didn’t understand me. Thank you very much for my best teacher Kang Guru. Always give me the spirit ...... Memories Australia and Indonesia My name is Fitri Fauziyah. We met I am Ahdi Hidayat Al-Qoyyimi. I am in Zamzami in Lhokseumawe, NAD Kevin in my junior high school (SMPN the third year of SMPN 1 Suela, 3 Peterongan) Pondok Pesantren Lombok Timur. My hobbies are What a very interesting email Darul Ulum in March 2005. I forgot reading, sport, listening to the radio, Zamzani, thank you! I’m sure your that you took our picture. I saw it on and much more. I like your programs story will inspire lots of people who the Kang Guru website Travel Report on your radio broadcast and reading are reading this KGI magazine. That 2005. That was beautiful memory and your magazine. I always listen to your is the spirit that everyone needs to the greatest experience I ever had. program because it is helping me learn English! We wish you all the That year became my special year at improve my English. I think KGI is a best and stay enthusiastic about SMPN 3 because I was the only one great program to develop the learning English! who got the perfect mark in the final relationship between Indonesia and English examination. Now I study at Australia. In 2009/2010 I will continue STIE SYARIAH University, Surabaya. I my study at SMK or SMA. I know that Send us CD please ... still get the Kang Guru magazine my English is not good enough but I I’m glad that I met Ayu in Bone so regularly. I always join the quizzes hope it will get better through KGI that I got more information about KGI even though I haven't won yet. programs. Please add my name and my and I’m more motivated. I’m eager to Thanks for being a great magazine for address to your mailing list so I can open an English Club at my school. I me. I am receive the KGI magazine regularly. got information from your website always that Kang Guru has CDs and waiting Ahdi Hidayat in Lombok Timur cassettes. Can I have them for my for the new club? Thank you very much! Hi Ahdi! Thanks for your email. We magazine. have put your name in our database Nini Salwa Istiqamah, Bone, so from now on you will receive the Fitri, we magazine regularly. Good luck with I remember you Nini. We’ll send you do remember that visit and all the a club booklet and a few compilation your English and of course your students we met. Thanks for having studies! Kang Guru CDs for your club to use. such wonderful memory. 2 March 2009

MARCH 2009.pmd 4 9/3/2009, 8:40 AM Idioms Inggris with Sue This edition of the Kang Guru magazine is all about Life Down Under. So what a perfect opportunity to explain some common words used in Australia. If you are a regular reader or listener to Kang Guru, such as I Dewa Ayu Kristina Ratna Rutri, a year 11 student at SMA Negeri 1 Sidemen, Karangasem, then you'll like this part of our magazine. I’m sure you know how Aussies greet each other. That’s right they say, 'G’day'. There is even a song all about this called ‘G’day, G’day.’ Have you heard it? Write to KGI and ask for a copy on our Different Pond Different Fish CD. It's FREE!

Shortened words - Down Under versions See the words in the green box below. The words in the left column are You may think your English is pretty good. However when you try to communicate shortened from the original words on with an Aussie you kind of feel lost because you can't understand what the the right. Can you match them up? person is saying. It’s probably because many Aussies like to shorten words when speaking, usually by taking the first part of the word off and ending the barbie comfortable word with either ie or o. In the Indonesian language the same thing is also bikie biscuits done. Indonesians tend to say lapan instead of delapan, makasih instead of bikkies crocodile terimakasih. brekkie mosquito Brizzie cigarette Here's Sonia and Kevin have an Aussie-type chat about a BBQ event comfy Brisbane ciggie motorbike rider Kevin ‘G'day Sonia, It’s a beaut day! Wanna go to the beach this arvo?’ croc Tasmania Sonja ‘Sure do Kevin. I’ll pack the esky and bring it along.’ evo sunglasses mozzie breakfast Kevin ‘I’ll bring some snags and we can put them on the barbie.’ sunnies evening Sonja ‘Good idea and I’ll put in a few sangers – how about that?’ telly barbecue Kevin ‘And I’ll bring the veggies.’ Tassie television uni university

Can you match these extra Aussie shortened words with the actual words/meaning?

a beaut day portable ice box this arvo this afternoon esky BBQ barbie vegetables veggies sausages snags a lovely day sangers sandwiches

What are your favorite Indonesian 'shortened words'? Send five of your favorites to KGI by SMS before April 30th, okay? Maybe we can use them in the June 2009 edition of this magazine - thanks.

'Quick Fix' with Ayu Interested OR interesting - excited OR exciting? Lets look at a few more words that cause confusion. Well, no need to worry, look at the explanations below and hopefully your English can be fixed instantly! Study, practise and learn. LRCS I’m interesting to go to Oz to see Uluru. I’m interested to go to Oz to see Uluru. We use the ing form of interest to talk about the subject. For example – Darling Harbour is an interested place to visit. When I was in Oz I met so many interesting people. Darling Harbour is an interesting place to visit. The road trip to the outback was exciting. He was exciting to see the koalas at the Australia Zoo. We use the ed form of interest to talk about how people He was excited to see the koalas at the Australia Zoo. feel. For example-

I’m interested in Australian history. I had an excited time in Melbourne riding bicycles. Doni was excited to go on a tram around Sydney. I had an exciting time in Melbourne riding bicycles. March 2009 3

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Life Down Under, like anywhere, is influenced strongly by the weather. Australia is located in the world's southern temperate zone whereas Indonesia is in a tropical zone. We know all about the tropical zones of course – dry and wet seasons with temperatures roughly the same all year round. However in Australia it is quite a different story. The northern parts are more like Indonesia with a wet and a dry season. In states such as Victoria and South Australia however the weather is harder to describe except to say the weather can change overnight and extremes of temperature are not unusual. Did you read in the newspapers or maybe see on television that for several weeks in late January and early February 2009, Melbourne and Adelaide had day after day of above 40 degree temperatures? On several days the temperature reached almost 45 degrees – that is HOT!

Pak Hasbullah from Sumbawa is an Australian Development Scholarship (ADS) student currently studying in Adelaide. In mid-January this year, he visited the KGI office. It was actually the day he left for Adelaide. Here is his most recent email to KGI dated January 29th. What you told me before I departed Bali is absolutely true. I experi- enced the hottest day I have ever known cos on the second day in Adelaide it was 43 degrees. I thought that was the worst but I was wrong because for the last 3 days it has been more than 44 degrees and yesterday, the temperature reached 45.7. That is terribly hot and the forecast on tv predicted it will continue for a week. This situation caused blackouts in several areas in Adelaide for at least 2 hours this afternoon due to the electricity circuit system failing. This also happened in Melbourne last night. For outdoor activities, I am always wearing a hat, long sleeves and suntan lotion to avoid burning. I thought I would be strong facing the hot days in Adelaide because I grew up in a quite hot area in Sumbawa (NTB) but it is completely different to here. I have to sit in front of my electric fan when doing my homework because my room has no air conditioning.

A Very Bad Day Down Under - February 7th, 2009 Things Down Under are BIG Indonesia is no stranger to natural disasters whether they be volcanic eruptions, floods, landslides or tsunamis. Many people say that that Australia is obsessed with big Australia has its own set of problems with natural disasters. things. That is probably because you can find so many big Australia does not experience volcanic eruptions or even things all over Oz. Here is what Agung Sudiani said about earthquakes on a regular basis but bushfires are top of something big in Oz. the list where natural disasters are concerned Down Under. When I first went to a vegetable market in Oz I was shocked to see how big the fruit and veggies were. The Eka Farida from Pasuruan emailed water melons were three times the size that we have here KGI on Jan. 8th and asked about and the cauliflowers, carrots, limes, ginger…. almost firestorms in Australia. Thanks Eka. everything was bigger! I am sorry to tell you that firestorms do occur in Australia especially in Apart from things that you can see and buy in the market the southern states during the hot you can also find some roadside attractions of enormous summer from Dec. to March each size that attract people who may be passing by. year. February 7th, 2009 was indeed The Big Gumboot is located in Tully, a terrible day in the lives of so many Queensland. Tully is known as the Australians. In Victoria bushfires, or firestorms, killed many, wettest town in Australia. The town many people while destroying whole towns particularly in holds the record for the highest the southern state of Victoria. annual rainfall in a populated area in Firestorms are when a wall of flames/fire moves extremely Australia. The big gumboot is located fast through an area. This area is usually very dry and in the town’s park. Gumboots are generally it is bushland - hutan - or forest. Most of the good for wet weather, areas destroyed on February 7th were bushland areas right? where people lived in small towns and on farms. The Big Banana The Big Banana is located just north of Coffs Harbour, NSW. Because of its enormous size and eye catching colour it has become a popular place to visit. People can walk around the Big Banana's own banana Ahwandi from Dolop-Madiun sent an SMS to KGI on Feb. plantation, go to the cafe or gift shops where they can 9th - I am sorry to hear of the forest fires in your country find so many banana-related souvenirs and gifts. and I pray for the Australian people and give them my sympathy. 4 March 2009

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Hery is a student at Universitas Muhammadiyah Palu. He If you are driving in the outback in Australia you should wrote to KGI and asked KGI about driving in Australia. be well prepared. Many of the roads are unpaved and Australians drive on the left hand side of the road, the dusty. There may be hundreds of kilometers between same side as Indonesians. The speed limit in urban areas petrol stations. You should take at least 10 litres of is usually 50kph. If you are driving in the drinking water per person plus wide open spaces out woop woop on Service Stations in Australia blankets in case you break outback roads for instance, the speed limit Service stations in Australia sell more than down. It can get very hot is usually 100 – 110kph. Drivers should always petrol. There is usually a shop where you during the day and very cold drive to the left of the road except when can buy drinks, sweets, snacks, magazines at night. Some of the dangers overtaking. If you are trying to enter a and books. Sometimes there is a fast food on the outback roads are roundabout then you must give way to cars outlet there too. There are always toilets native animals (kangaroos) but already on the roundabout (bunderan). too. Petrol stations in Australia are self- also road trains too. Road Motorists must use their left hand indicator service. After filling up your car you go trains are huge trucks which to signal when they are leaving the to the shop to pay. You tell the cashier can be up to 55 metres long roundabout. The driver and all passengers which pump you used and he can check (that’s the same as twelve must wear seat belts. Babies and small from a computer how much you owe. Free Toyota Kijangs). And don’t children must be fastened in special car air and water are always available so you expect your mobile phone to seats at all times. can add water to your engine or blow up work in the outback. You It is not unusual for Australians to drive long your tyres. At some service stations there should have a satellite phone distances such as 300 or 400km for a party is a car wash and a repair workshop. or 2-way radio. or special event. Because many main roads Would you like to see service stations in What about costs? are in good condition and the traffic fairly Indonesia have these facilities? Petrol is about AUD$1.10 a litre light this type of trip may only take three in most cities. However in or four hours. It is easy to do in Australia. outback areas such as in Tennant Creek in the Northern Territory, drivers must pay up to AUD$1.60 a litre. Some toll motorways, bridges and tunnels in the city areas charge up to AUD$8.00 each time you use them.

Caravan Park Life Riding bicycles Down Under by Kevin Not all Australians live in I am from Melbourne originally but haven’t really lived houses or flats. In Australia, there for quite a few holiday parks, caravan parks years. I was in Melbourne and camping grounds also last December and I was provide homes for hundreds amazed by the number of and thousands of Australians. people who were riding Residents of these parks bicycles. I don’t mean sometimes live in caravans, riding bicycles around either their own or a rented their local area or just on one. Some people live in rented cabins or mobile homes. weekends for fitness and Some people are short-term residents, perhaps on fun, but the number of people who ride bicycles to work. holidays (see photo below) but many people live there I was in the center of Melbourne in the morning traffic almost permanently. and there were hundreds and hundreds of people going Park facilities often include kitchens, internet kiosks, to work on bicycles. They had backpacks on and I assume showers, and even five-star resort facilities including that in those backpacks they had their clothes for the pools, spas, day at the office. restaurants and Even more helpful to the surround sound cyclist are bicycle paths. theatre systems. That’s right, bicycle paths have Some caravan been installed on the side of parks are more main roads where only bicycles basic, especially are allowed to go. They are safe in the country or and quick. Bicycle riders have outback area of the same rights as motorists. Australia.

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How do you get to work? In Australia, just like in Indonesia, many people travel to work in the city from the suburbs. So how do they get there? Many drive cars and that means there are rush hour traffic jams in all Aussie cities! Many people also use public transport. Catching a bus in Australia is quite different to Indonesia. Buses, trains and trams run on a schedule. The most popular routes may have buses every 10 minutes. Other services might run every couple of hours. Bus drivers only pick up and drop off passengers at bus stops. It is quite common for people to have to walk 15 or 20 minutes to their closest bus stop. You pay the driver as you get on. To save money and time many passengers buy pre-paid stored value cards. They can be used on all types of public transport. People over 65 can get reduced rates on public transport by applying for a travel card. Passengers are not allowed to eat or drink on public transport. No musicians are allowed! During rush hour public transport is very crowded and you may not get a seat. You are not allowed to ride on the roof! A Free Ride For the first time in Australia beginning jan. 2009, all students in full time education in the Northern Territory can travel free on scheduled buses. Students must show the bus driver their student identification (ID) card.

Life Down Under with Eva and Ifa - Australian Alumni from Indonesia Eva Kasim is from West . In 1998 Eva went to Tatum S. Adiningrum, or better known as Ifa, went to Australia on an Australian Development Scholarship (ADS). Flinders University in June 2006 to study her Masters in Eva studied in the Faculty of Health and Behavioural Educational Management. Her background was actually Science at Deakin University in Melbourne for two years. in politics but she really needed to upgrade her Eva now works at the Dept. of Social Affairs, Directorate qualifications to include education. Ifa had applied for General for Social Affairs and Rehabilitation in . an Australian scholarship four times before actually So how was Life Down Under for Eva? becoming successful. First of all she was amazed by the strong When she and her friends arrived in Adelaide to start academic atmosphere of her campus and their studies they were all surprised at the size of the the positive environment it had. The international airport. It was quite small. They wondered infrastructure of the university, staff and if they were actually in Adelaide at all as the place seemed fellow students were a wonderful so quiet and sort of slow-paced. Study soon took over support to her during those years. Eva and Ifa was writing 6–7,000 word assignments and mixing was quite used to the difficulties faced constantly with other students and her lecturers. by the disabled. In Australia different The thing she found so wonderful about Life Down Under agencies provide much of the care and was the informality both at the university and even in support needed by disabled people. Families also help as social situations there. Ifa says that lecturers didn’t look they do here in Indonesia but Eva didn't have her family ‘scary’ often dressing quite casually for work. Talking to with her at Deakin. University and local government them was also informal, relaxed and helpful. There seemed agencies work hard to ensure that disabled people are to be no gap between them and their students. University provided for and are independent. Eva really appreciated was a friendly place and not at all intimidating. her independence. Providing infrastructure such as ramps Ifa works at the Indonesia Australia Language and wide doorways enabled Eva, like many other physically Foundation in Surabaya as an External Relations Officer. disabled students, to get around quite easily. At Deakin You can hear Ifa there were no restrictions. Eva, for example, was supplied on KGI later with a scooter wheel chair by the university plus special this year private health insurance. No matter what country or talking about background students are from they are treated equally. how her study In 2008, Eva was awarded an Inspiration Award at the in Australia is Australian Alumni Dinner in Jakarta. Along with five other really helping outstanding alumni this award was in recognition of their her now with tireless work helping to improve the lives of others. To her work in check the results of the 2009 Australian Alumni Awards - Surabaya. www.ozmate.org/ 6 March 2009

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For the past few months KGI has been asking people this Things you shouldn’t do when you're in Oz, either people simple question - What is great about Life Down Under? consider them rude or they are against the law. One group of people who know first-hand about life in • making physical remarks about people - you look fat/ Australia are the 18 Indonesian participants of the 2008-9 thin, etc. Australia Indonesia Youth Exchange Program (AIYEP). KGI • burping in public met and interviewed some of them recently in East Java at • spitting in public Pondok Pesantren Al Fauzon near Lumajang and at SMA 15 • saying ‘G’day Mate’ to female in Surabaya. During their time in Australia the participants • asking someone’s salary stayed in both Sydney and Macksville, both in New South • stopping a bus anywhere on the street Wales. • pinching someone’s baby on the cheek • being late Opan is studying English literature in Makassar and • visiting someone without any notice particularly enjoys the work of authors William Wordsworth • riding a bicycle without a helmet and Shakespeare. He loved living and working in Australia • jumping the queue and often felt like it was his second home. He loved the Life Down Under. First he worked at a Muslim radio station in Bankstown, a suburb of Sydney. It was a Hari Wiksana is from Gianyar community radio station that broadcast in both Arabic in Bali. He really loved the food and English to the thousands of muslims who lived in the in Australia. Food is a terrific area. In Macksville he taught bahasa Indonesia and it was part of Life Down Under ac- there that he got to know his students. He found students cording to Hari. One of the to be keen to learn interesting functions to do bahasa Indonesia and with food in Australia is the about life in Indonesia. BBQ. Hari told KGI that at BBQs He was also quite people talk a lot and enjoy themselves, tell jokes and get amazed at how tolerant to know each other better. BBQs are usually held in the Aussies were of other afternoon and evening and Aussies love them. At one BBQ cultures and religions the AIYEP Indonesian participants introduced satay to the that weren’t the same menu and of course the Australians loved that. Hari says as theirs. that through food we can get to know other cultures quite easily. As a part of his AIYEP experience Hari, who is training to be a doctor, worked with NSW Drug Users & Opan with his host AIDS Association. family Down Under LRCS Courteous Sydney - witten by Tiwie and Harry J. Each and every AIYEP participant had the experience of enjoying Life Down Under living with super-friendly host-families and having internships at Australian institutions and/or companies. The AIYEP program aims to achieve a mutual cultural understanding among the participants and everyone they are involved with as they experience each other’s lives. I used to think that Aussies (that’s how they call themselves) in Sydney were urban metropolis individualistic people and egocentric just like anybody else who live in a super big city. But I was wide of the mark. Aussies in Sydney are super-duper friendly creatures! For a country girl like me, this was a surprise. One morning when I waited for my bus on the way to my work place- ment, most of the commuters greeted me with a warm “Good Morning” or a crispy “Hello”. They had ear to ear smiles with every greeting. They didn't even know me. I wondered if it was Greet Me Day all over the Harry (left) with his host family Down Under country? What is going on? Everyone greets each other even if they don’t know each other? They greet and smile everyone they see. Just like in Indonesia actually. Aussies are courteous and grateful people when receiving or paying for their services. They say goodbye or see you when they leave home and hello or hi when they return home. They do such things to let people know what they’re doing and these comments or expressions bring them even closer together. Aussies like to chat. That makes it easy for anyone to start a conversation and make friends with a newly-met Australian. You can start a conversation with the cricket score from the match yesterday OR how sunny it is today OR how bad the traffic is, or any other trivial happenings and Aussies will respond to you enthusiastically. Lastly, I am grateful to be born and raised as an Indonesian in a culture that from left: Ricky Onggokusumo (SBS places courtesy and appreciation first as well as being open-minded. That made Radio Announcer), Fani and Tiwie it easier for me to socialize with Australians during my stay in Australia. March 2009 7

MARCH 2009.pmd 9 9/3/2009, 8:41 AM Australia Indonesia Youth Exchange Program 2008-9 If you think about what it would be like to live in Australia for a couple of months on a student exchange, perhaps then the AIYEP story is a good one to follow. KGI has Australia and Indonesia have been development been telling you about AIYEP for many years in places partners for many years, with a strong and active such as Barabai (2007) and Mataram (2008). This year the relationship going back to the 1950s. Australia will participants lived and worked together in Lumajang and provide up to A$ 2.5 billion in development assistance Surabaya, East Java, after their two month stint in to Indonesia over the next five years including an Australia. Did you know that the 18 Indonesian participants estimated A$462 million in 2008-09. But it isn't just always live and work in Australia first? Then they meet up the development activities that makes the Australia with the 18 Aussie participants and all 36 of them come to Indonesia Partnership strong. It is also the people to Indonesia to work together in a village and a city people contacts that develop as a result of the environment. Interesting, don't you agree? associated activities, and as Kang Guru has always Kang Guru visited them in mid December 2008 at Pondok said, "Good Neighbours (do) Make Good Friends." Pesantren Al Fauzan, Lumajang. The school is an Australia Indonesia Basic Education Program school (AIBEP) opened in 2007 - just one of the 2,000 SMP schools being built across Indonesia by AIBEP. The school looks fantastic and from what we saw on the day of the AIYEP visit, it is going to grow and develop into an excellent school. Classrooms are full of childrens’ work, including many examples of Last December KGI told you about BRIDGE - Building their English language skills talking about their lives and Relationships through Intercultural Dialogue and Growing their brand-new school. Students at PP Al Fauzan not Engagement Project. Did you read that story in the AusAID only learn English and Indonesian but like many other section on page 8? If you did, then you will know that pondok pesantren schools, they also learn Arabic. during 2009, BRIDGE participants from Indonesia are going to Australia to work with Australian teachers and students in their schools. After three weeks in Australia the ninety participants will return to their schools here in Indonesia to develop sister-school relationships between their students and the students they met in Australia. The Indonesian teachers will develop project-based learning activities with their Aussie counterparts.

Kang Guru gave the school a wide selection of merchandise and materials and Pak Muhammad, a young teacher at the school, was keen to hear how Kang Guru will continue to send magazines and materials to them in the near future. Pak Mahammad (above right) was also surprised to hear that KGI can be heard every week on radio in Lumajang - Radio EZHA FM every Monday at 15.00 WIB on 103.90 MHz. KGI also caught up with the AIYEPs again at SMA 15 in Surabaya in early February (see below) this year where In late January the first group of thirty participants there were more cultural performances and a football arrived at IALF in Bali to begin their pre-departure BRIDGE match. Several of the teachers at SMA 15 are involved with training with Kang Guru. Participants arrived from West the BRIDGE program so KGI caught up with them too. It , East Java, Mataram, South Sulawesi and Bali was a great day so be sure to check it out on the KGI to find out more about BRIDGE, the exciting task ahead website. of them, and to work on their computer and internet skills. The BRIDGE project relies heavily on the ability of teachers and students, both in Indonesia and Australia, to work together through the internet. Aaron O'Shannessy from AEF in Melbourne was there to give the participants the latest news about the project. Josephine Ratna from the Australian Education Center in Surabaya dispensed valuable visa and passport information. BRIDGE is presented by AusAID in collaboration with the Australian Education Foundation (AEF) based in Melbourne, the Myer Foundation, and the Australia Check out all the pics and news on KGI's Travel Pages - Indonesia Institute (AII). www.kangguru.org/kgretravel.htm www.kangguru.org/ausaidprojects/2008_BRIDGE.html (check Lumajang 2008 and Surabaya 2009) 8 March 2009

MARCH 2009.pmd 10 9/3/2009, 8:41 AM Understanding and Awareness Through People to People Exchanges and Journalism Journalists are an important part of today’s world. Without Have you ever thought of becoming a journalist? Just like them the latest news and opinions on what’s going on many young Indonesians, many young Aussies also dream today would not be available. about working in the media as journalists. Many of those Kartika Sari is Executive Editor of Foreign Affairs with are really looking forward to becoming foreign Rakyat Merdeka, a popular daily political newspaper here correspondents and working overseas. In January 2009, in Indonesia. She has a strong interest in developing thirty-three journalism students from Australia undertook understanding and improving communication between a six-week program in Indonesia which began with Indonesia and Australia and has previously written about Indonesian language classes at Atmajaya University. Then political dialogue between the two countries. Sophie they had a chance to practice their journalism skills as Morris has a keen interest in improving her understanding interns at some of Jakarta’s foremost media organizations of the challenges facing Indonesia in agriculture, fisheries including Tempo, MetroTV, RRI, Radio 68H, Jakarta Globe and forestry, food security issues, education, and the and The Jakarta Post. role of Australian development assistance. Marcus Ross and Simon Johnson, both studying Graduate Diplomas in Journalism, were two of the visiting journalists. KGI interviewed them in Jakarta at the recent Australian Film Festival and you can hear them talking about their experiences in Indonesia soon on the KGI radio program. Simon and Marcus will also be featured in the June 2009 magazine talking about why they love visiting Indonesia. This innovative program, sponsored by the Australian Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations and the Australia-Indonesia Institute, was organized by the Australian Consortium for In-Country from left: Marcus Ross, Kartika Sari, Ambassador Studies in Indonesia (ACICIS). Mr. Bill Farmer, Sophie Morris and Simon Johnson

Kartika and Sophie have recently been awarded Elizabeth LRCS Midwife training equipment in NTB O’Neill Journalism Awards from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the Australia-Indonesia Institute. The Mothers and their babies are very important - true or awards are given annually to two journalists, one Australian false? I am sure we would all agree with that statement – and one Indonesian. It is open to print, radio, television it’s TRUE. New equipment in the Midwifery Department and internet journalists. They will each spend up to three of Kupang’s Health Polytechnic School will be used to weeks in-country meeting government officials, academics, teach students to care for women during labour, manage industry representatives, non-government organisations emergencies and resuscitate new-born babies. Recent and community members, to build a stronger understanding Indonesian statistics show that for every 100,000 live births and appreciation of the issues facing contemporary in Indonesia, 228 women died as a result of childbirth and Indonesia and Australia. almost 40 in every 1,000 infants die before their fifth birthday. Australia is providing more than Rp 260,730,000 The program aims to assist journalists develop expertise worth of midwife training equipment to help save the in areas such as foreign and trade policy, development lives of pregnant women and their babies in Nusa Tenggara assistance, culture, people-to-people links, and education. Timur. Funded under the A$49 million Australia Indonesia Partnership for Maternal and Neonatal Health. Australian Centre for International www.indo.ausaid.gov.au/projects/aip-mnh.html Agricultural Research (ACIAR) On January 19th, 2009, Australia’s Ambassador to Indonesia, Mr Bill Farmer, congratulated the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) in Indonesia on their 25 years of partnership activities in Indonesia. ACIAR is investing nearly A$11 million this year in projects and training activities. ACIAR’s work ranges from improving export market access for commercial Javanese mangosteen growers, through to improving basic food security for subsistence highland communities in Papua. ACIAR has also supported over 50 Indonesians to complete post-graduate study in Australia, many of whom are now making a valuable contribution to Indonesia’s economic and social development. For many years Kang Guru has promoted the work of ACIAR. In past editions KGI has told readers about cocoa production in Sulawesi, peanut disease research in , cattle fattening and maize production in Makassar with SADI, shrimps in Java and soil conservation in Lombok (SEARCH KGI website for more information). All of these stories were possible because of the assistance given to KGI by Mirah and her team. Mirah has worked with ACIAR for 17 years. During those 17 years Mirah has made regular trips to Australia - Sydney, Darwin, Melbourne, Brisbane are just some of them and of course, Canberra, where ACIAR’s headquarters are located. So what does Mirah love about the life in Australia – Life Down Under? ‘Excellent agricultural products have become my interest. At the end of official trips, I usually spare some time on my own to explore the from left: Mr. Bill Farmer, Mirah Nuryati, traditional markets in the cities of Australia. It is really impressive to Mr. Peter Core (CEO, ACIAR) and Mr. Julien de see and learn how such good quality products are produced and distributed Meyer, Country Manager, ACIAR Indonesia. throughout the country. Without doubt, there must be a comprehensive and efficient post-harvest handling along the way from farms to markets.’ March 2009 9

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EINRIP, Roads and Truckies and Places Indonesians helping Australians A big part of Life Down Under are truckies and the trucks (friends helping friends) they drive taking goods and services all over the country. Soon after the terrible bushfires last February in Australia, just like Indonesia, is a big country. Indonesia Australia, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono extended relies heavily on trucks to deliver goods, right? There are the Indonesian Government’s sadness and sympathy to trains in Java but for the rest of the country the truck is Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and the Australian the main method of transportation for goods and services. people. In direct response, Indonesia immediately sent Good roads and bridges are a team of forensic experts to help local police teams. important for heavy trucks. The forensic team is drawn from the Indonesian Police The Eastern Indonesia and will help to identify burned bodies in fire-ravaged National Road Improvement Victoria. Indonesia and Australia have long forged Project (EINRIP) is supporting cooperation in this area. The Indonesian Government 25 major road and bridge will also give US$1 million in assistance to help with improvement projects the reconstruction of public facilities, especially schools. throughout Eastern Indonesia. The Directorate General of Highways (Bina Marga) has already called tenders for 6 packages of road and bridge works, and one tender for the supply of fabricated steel bridge units. A contract has been awarded for the Tohpati-Kusamba project in Bali, and construction is expected to get underway during March 2009. Contracts for other packages already tendered are expected to be finalized in March 2009. Tenders for the other 19 packages will be called progressively during 2009. Construction work will continue through 2011. For more information - www.kangguru.org/ausaidprojects/2008-einrip.htm Australia is one of the countries that helped Indonesia when the country was hit by tsunami and earthquakes in Aceh and Islands, North Sumatra. “The Australian Just like many other countries around the world, Australia military provided humanitarian assistance and A$1 million has some pretty unusual names for some of its towns. in assistance was made available. Eleven Australian What about a name such as Boggbilla? Or what about soldiers died when they gave assistance to Nias. This is Mullumbimby or Brindabella or even Woolloomooloo? They part of partnership between Indonesia and Australia, are even hard to pronounce for many Aussies. Many years where the two sides help each other in need,” said ago on Kang Guru radio we featured a song by Australian Presidential Spokesperson Dino Patti Djalal. artist Lucky Starr called ‘I’ve Been Everywhere’. Are there any towns in Indonesia which you English teachers: check ‘I’ve Been Everywhere’ out in think have funny sounding names? Send the March 2009 ‘Listening and Reading Class Set’. See them to KGI by SMS before April 30th, 2009 if you and your students can complete the ‘strange so that we can include them in the June names’ task. It will be a lot of fun for sure especially 2009 KGI magazine. with the Aussie vocabulary included in the song.

The Socceroos in Jakarta LRCS On Australia Day, January 26th Ms. Louise Hand, Deputy Australian Ambassador to Indone- sia, was accompanied by members of the Socceroos football team to the final day of the Australian Indigenous Film Festival. Ms. Hand chatted with not only the Socceroos but also with people attending the Balgo Art Exhibition and the film festival. The film festival attracted hundreds of people as did the Socceroos. KGI interviewed Australian Socceroo Nikolai Topor-Stanley (see bottom right) and you can hear that interview on KGI radio in April 2009. Nikolai Topor-Stanley is a player in the Australian Socceroos football team. He is 24 years old. His father is from Mauritius and his mother is German/Polish and he has a Russian name – how multicultural is that! Nikolai plays as a defender for the team and was a member of the Australian team at the 2008 Olympics in China. He attended the Australian Indigenous Film Festival along with other members of the Socceroos team and KGI sat down with him for a chat. Nikolai and his fellow team members were in Jakarta for a match with the Indonesian National Team for the Asian Cup Qualifier. He has traveled a lot as a Socceroo, going to places such as North Korea, Uruguay and Iran. Traveling is a real bonus for Nikolai and he loves seeing other countries and of course playing football in them as well. He has been to Indonesia twice before so is well acquainted with Indonesia. What does Nikolai love about life in Australia? KGI asked him and his response included the weather and that there are always things going on. 10 March 2009

MARCH 2009.pmd 12 9/3/2009, 8:41 AM In late 2008, KGI said goodbye to the last two Kang Guru Connection Clubs (KGCC). The KGCC network had been running for over 7 years but as they say in Australia - all good things come to an end. And as for final Get Togethers, what a great ending those two events were. Sue and Ayu traveled to Mamuju in Sulawesi on 28th November 2008 for the Final Get Together there. On the big day there was a huge crowd already waiting for them at the venue – it was fantastic. There were students from SMP, SMA, universities and English Clubs. After a short opening greeting from Kahar, the leader of Excellent English Conversation Club, each group came to the stage and gave a performance in English. Sue and Ayu listened to songs and poems, then Yell Yells, followed by club members introducing themselves. Dramas followed and everything was in English. Everything! The students were enthusiastic and really tried hard to perform their best. Some teachers also came to the stage and gave their opinions about Kang Guru. One of the teachers, Mr Alauddin from Pulowali, had traveled over 6 hours with two cars full of students to be at the event. Over lunch Sue and Ayu and all club members listened to some bambu suling music from a local school and watched traditional dancing from a professional music troupe. After lunch it was Kang Guru’s turn to supply the entertainment until 3pm. The KGI activities went overtime but no one complained. A great day was had by all. Thanks to Kahar, the leader of EECC English club and friends, Burhanuddin, Imran, Liun, and Anty who accompanied Ayu on her school visits and who helped make her stay unforgettable! Ayu stayed for two extra days to present a KGI Teacher Workshop and visit some schools in Mamuju. Ayu visited SMA 1 Mamuju, SMPKN Rangas and SMPN1 Kalukkuk.

The Lombok Get Together was held at IAIN Mataram on 22nd November, 2008. This KGCC Get Together was attended by members of ALFA English Club, Gado-Gado English Club, Sasak English Club and L’GENDA English Club. The clubs presented performances including poems, songs and dances for everyone to enjoy. Several club leaders gave reflections about their club and the involvement they have had with KGI over the past years. They talked about how KGI has helped their clubs grow and develop and that now these clubs were more prepared to continue for many years to come. The good news is that Pak Fadel, a KGI Champion, has developed the Lombok English Club Network to keep these, and maybe others, active and vibrant. Kevin and Ayu were there from KGI and special guest was Mr. Geoff Crewes, CEO of IALF. The Rector of IAIN Mataram, Dr. Mansur Mahsum, and Pak Mushinin, both Australian scholarship alumni, attended the opening ceremonies to show their support of local language clubs. Mushinin is the Coordinator of AusAID's LAPIS- ELTIS program in Lombok. Sultan, from the Sasak English Club, was the Master of Ceremonies for the event.

A note from Ayu: Well they were the last Kang Guru Club Get Togethers. Although the KGCC is no longer active, we know that these clubs amongst others will stay active. Once again I’d like to thank you all for being part of the Kang Guru Connection Club all these years. Stay active and we wish you all the best! Please keep in touch with us and you know we will still help you if you need ideas and support. Read about KGIs latest free CD offer (on inside back cover) of English language materials, not only for language clubs, BUT for anyone who is studying English. March 2009 11

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MARCH 2009.pmd 15 9/3/2009, 8:41 AM The Singapore CLaSIC Conference In December I traveled to Singapore to present a paper at Joyce and Subagia, the third CLS International instructors at IALF Conference (CLaSIC 2008). It was Bali, and Ayu from held at the National University of KGI have recently Singapore. I was amazed at how returned from organized every thing was. extended teaching Registration was very efficient and exchanges in Aus- took less than 5 minutes. Instead tralia. One of the of a heavy conference book to things they talk a bring home with us all the abstracts lot about are school had been put onto a CD. excursions in Aus- My presentation introduced the audience to the many tralia. Students types of media Kang Guru presents and how Indonesian from left: Joyce, Ayu and often leave the teachers and learners of English have access to these. Subagia working with BRIDGE school to visit About 18 people attended. There was quite a lively dis- participants in Bali, Jan. 2009 places of interest cussion afterwards which continued on during break time. such as museums, Mr Shun Chone Liaw from Penang, Malaysia wished there zoos, parks and factories. Going to see museum exhibits is was a project like Kang Guru to help students in rural a very popular type of school excursion in Australia. These Malaysia. There were several Australians in the audience excursions are always educational activities where students too and they were very interested in how Australia is have to work and often complete assignments. It is not a assisting Indonesian learners of English. holiday or a day off! But these days are also a lot of fun. At the conference I listened to presentations on many different topics associated with using media (the theme Pak Rohman, an of the conference), especially the new electronic media Endeavour Award such as You Tube. Many of the presenters lived and taught Alumni 2008 (see in Asian countries such as Singapore, Korea, Japan, page 8, March 2008 Malaysia and of course Indonesia. Others came from magazine) told KGI further a field including Australia and South Africa. Some something very presentations were more relevant to the Indonesian interesting about situation than others. The most interesting presentation this excursion I attended was about students who made digital diaries aspect of education and presented their thoughts, fears and expectations in Down Under. a short film. The whole conference was a very interesting One of the great experience. discoveries he made Sue Rodger, ELT Material and Training Coordinator at to do with his work KGI was how museum Pak Rohman and President Susilo staff in Australia look Bambang Yudhoyono at Cipanas after the children who visit museums. Australians generally like to visit Letter from Novi, a teacher ... museums and historic buildings. At Vaucluse House for Hello, I’m Novi Haryati, an english teacher from example in Sydney, museum staff provide special learning Jember, Jawa Timur. I would like to say Happy New Year activities for school-aged visitors at the end of each tour. 2009 and wish u all the best. By the way I also would Making models, drawing pictures and answering quiz like to say big thanks to Kang Guru. I always use Kang questions are just three examples of what museum staff Guru magazines in my classes. I motivate my students provide for their young visitors after they have seen the to follow all tasks in it. Actually I use the magazines museum or exhibits. Rohman would like to see this for assignments. I love to see their enthusiasm in doing introduced into Cipanas so let’s hope it can be the tasks. They enjoy them very much. Through your done for the Indonesian children who go not only to website we know that some of them (6 students) won Cipanas in the future but the other presidential KGI competitions. I am glad to know that. As you know, too. Isn’t this a great way for Indonesian school children they are very happy. It is not only because of the gift to learn more about the history of Indonesia? but also because it was their own success. Thanks for everything that you did for me and for me to see KGI Announcement: Both SMP and SMA packages are the happiness of my currently being revised by KGI. These new packages student is everything to will be ready and available later this year. If you want me. to order these, it may be a wise idea to order after Novi Haryati the newly revised packages are available, okay? SMPN 10 Jember

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What do you think a movie titled ‘Australia’ is about? The title is pretty clear, right? It is about Australia and if you watch it you will see amazing sights of the Land Down Under especially the northern and outback areas of Queensland and the Northern Territory. Have you seen this movie yet? If you want to see what Australia is like, especially the outback areas, then this is the movie for you. ‘Australia’ is an epic romantic action adventure, set in Australia just before the start of the Second World War. The story is about an English aristocrat, Lady Sarah Ashley, played by Aussie actress, Nicole Kidman, who travels from England to the faraway continent of Australia. She does this to take charge of a large farm. After she arrives in Australia and her new outback life, Sarah meets a rough-hewn local, played by Aussie actor Hugh Jackman. They do not really like each other but nevertheless Sarah agrees to join forces with him to save the land and farm she has inherited. Together, they embark upon a transforming journey across hundreds of miles of the world’s most beautiful yet unforgiving terrain, only to still face the bombing of the city of Darwin by Japan in 1942.

In late January, celebrated Indonesian film-maker and Austra- lian alumnus Mira Lesmana and Australian Deputy Ambassador Ms. Louise Hand launched Dreaming Stories, the Australian Indigenous Cultural Festival. The festival included classic The 2009 Aussie movies such as Rabbit Proof Fence; The Tracker; and Australian Australian Rules, a film about Australia’s own football game. Indigenous All these films were subtitled into Indonesian. Film Festival At the same time as the film festival, BALGO, an exhibition of contemporary Aboriginal art from the Balgo Hills region of remote Western Australia was presented at BlitzMegaplex. BALGO presents a range of stories and ceremonies of the mythic Tjukurrpa (Dreaming) that Balgo artists paint in a new and vital art form. It blends the ancient with the contemporary; the abstract with representations of landscape; the spiritual with the political. Two Balgo artists, Aunty Joan Nagomara and Aunty Imelda Gugaman were there to talk to visitors and tell them about their indigenous art. Professor Anita Lee Hong accompanied the exhibition on its first international staging in Jakarta and spoke with Kang Guru about the artists themselves. Anita said that they really loved Monas and were especially surprised when asked to pose for photographs there. Both artists had a nice feeling about Jakarta. Of course indigenous Australians have been mixing with Indonesian people for hun- dreds of years through trading across the oceans. However their community is nothing like Jakarta. Balgo is really in the middle of nowhere – 6 hours by 4 wheel drive on dirt roads from Broome and over 4 hours from Darwin by plane. It is hot and dry but the desert is where they felt the most comfortable living – their traditional homeland. Residents live a fairly traditional life. They collect traditional food for example and they are able to engage in one of their great loves – art. Traditional art is very important as the paintings not only tell a story but they illustrate the DOs and DONTs for the community and they maintain the history. The works of art keep the traditions alive. Balgo art uses bright colors. It is quite distinctive. Visitors to the exhibition were thrilled at what they saw and the two artists, Aunty Joan and Aunty Imelda, couldn’t quite understand this interest. They giggled a lot and couldn't quite understand why people are so interested in them and their art. What do you think? http://www.kangguru.org/ausaidprojects/ausaidarchives.htm (check out pages for 2009)

KGI Champion Ririn and her three daughters helping out at the Australian Film Festival in Jakarta. Thanks Ririn for your support and enthusiasm.

Famous Australians of Entertainment Actors: Nicole Kidman, Cate Blanchett, Mel Gibson, Russell Crowe Singers: Kylie Minogue, Peter Garrett, Keith Urban, Delta Goodrem Sports people: Don Bradman, Cathy Freeman, Casey Stoner, Harry Kewel In the Past: Ned Kelly (bushranger), A J Patterson (Banjo Patterson) 1864 – 1941: Wrote the words to Waltzing Matilda, The Man From Snowy River and The Man From Ironbark, Steve Irwin, Heath Ledger March 2009 15

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LAIN LUBUK LAIN IKAN LRCS Antri Antri! Pedestrians are respected In Australia, there are so many ‘queue management systems’ I enjoy using public transport in Adelaide city because it that lead to more orderly and polite line behavior at is on time and convenient. I love walking around the city stores, post offices, banks, etc. Queues in Australia are a too because the traffic is not really crowded and it is social requirement in all public places. managed very well. I think it is amazing to see the city Once I went to a bank in Adelaide but I didn’t realize that scenery which is very clean. If you walk through the city all visitors should take a queuing ticket before proceeding you would not find any rubbish on the street. Australian to their seats to wait for service. An old lady, who was drivers respect people who walk on the street. They are also at the bank, suggested that I should take the queuing pleased to wait allowing people cross the road. The most ticket. surprising thing I saw was when I woke up in the early morning at 5am. I saw a car stopped waiting for the green “What number do you have,” the old lady suddenly traffic light, even though it was the only one car on the asked. I replied, “159.” “Mine is 158,” she said. Then, road. I was so surprised because it never happens in surprisingly she continued,”You can use my ticket. Go Indonesia. Maybe in the future? This is my first experience first to the cashier”. “Why I should I?” I wondered. going to Australia and also my first time abroad. I am almost “Because I know you came first. You have a right to go three weeks in Kangaroo continent but until now I have first. No, thanks, Mom. Ladies first!.“ not seen such creature yet. Thank you, in Probolinggo we always push Hasbullah, ADS in Adelaide one another to get to the front of the queue. Is it camping or moving house?

Well, you don't have to do When I was at school in Indonesia I used to go camping that here Down Under. First with the school scouts. Camping, as far as I remember, come, first served. always full of inconvenience with very simple tents which took hours to erect, no sleeping bags, no nearby toilets/ bathrooms and often no lights. For cooking we had to © Bundhowi take our own kerosene stove. I never enjoyed it at all. I remember when I first went to Oz, an Aussie friend took I was trying to convince her that it was okay for her to go me camping. Oh no, I thought! When I heard the word first to the cashier, but failed. She would not take her camping I felt sick already because I remembered all the own turn. Expressing many thanks to her, I took her turn, hassles of camping. proceeding first to the cashier, who then resolved my problem in less than one minute. Fantastic!! Twelve people (campers) went on this trip in three different cars. When we arrived at the camping ground Sugiono, in Paiton, Probolinggo everyone unloaded the cars and put up a tent. I was shocked first because they put up the tent next to the Birds, birds, birds ...... car. We could have just slept in the cars! It only took them a few minutes to erect the tent though. Then they When I was in Sydney I went to Manly on the ferry. Sydney pumped up something which turned out to be a very Harbour is a wonderful place with beautiful water and comfortable, huge air mattress. They also brought a grill lots of boats and lots and lots of birds. I couldn’t believe with them to cook on, an electric esky to keep food and how many birds there were on Sydney Harbour. There drinks (especially dairy products) cold, folding chairs, a were seagulls, pelicans and so many other types too. Some table and a tent heater (to make it warm). of the birds followed my ferry all the way from Circular They brought everything that a whole house would have. Quay to Manly. They sat on the masts and on the ferry Amazing! I was still in shock. Is this camping or moving itself and some birds seemed to just fly along with us. I house? Not only that, the camping ground had hot shower have never seen so many birds in one place. I wondered, and good toilets. I love camping Down Under! ‘Where are all the birds in Indonesia’? Ayu from KGI

Rohman, a 2008 Endeavour Award alumnus (see page 14) www.kangguru.org/ausaidprojects/2008-alumniawards.htm 16 March 2009

MARCH 2009.pmd 18 9/3/2009, 8:41 AM Kang Guru Socceroos at Madrasah Tsanawiyah Nurul Huda KGI radio programs now fully tracked Connecting people with people through sport for example, Here’s something new for 2009. The technical team is such an enjoyable way of helping people to learn more at KGI - Darmika, Mahendra and Gung De - have cre- about each other. The Aussie Socceroos played against ated a new-type of audio CD from KGI's weekly radio Indonesia on January 28th but guess what they did the programs. With these new free CDs you can listen NEXT day? The Socceroos took the time to conduct a to any KGI radio segment you like because all the football clinic with children from Madrasah Tsanawiyah radio segments are now tracked. That’s right, Nurul Huda, . Wasn't that fantastic thing for tracked! You can choose the segments and songs them to do! that you want to hear and hear them at the touch

"It was a marvellous opportunity for both the of a PLAY button. News players and the students to learn more about each other’s culture through their shared Order a complete passion for football. It gives me great joy to series of KGI radio see our national team reaching out to connect programs (60, 61, 62 with the children from Madrasah Tsanawiyah or 63) and KGI will Nurul Huda - a school which was built with also send you Room support from Australia.” complete tapescripts and a KGI keyring. Send an email or letter to KGI. Tell us in 75 words why you want these tracked CDs.

KGI Champion Keyko and 's IVED All seven of the KGI Champions work hard as volunteers for Kang Guru. They visit schools and students, and help to organize teacher workshops as they promote KGI all over their provinces. In January, for example, Keyko from Semarang joined with former KGI Connection Club members from Student English Activities – Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta (SEA-UMY) - to run their 12th IVED from Jan. 19th – 24th. There were over 170 participants and 59 teams plus adjudicators and organizers involved in the series of language activities. Keyko interviewed several of the participants and guess what? The KGI magazine is You can also be a winner with KGI very popular in Yogya and the parts they love the most Five lucky winners of an SMS task in the September 2008 are Idioms Inggris, Quick Fix and DPDF. magazine recently received their brand new MP3 players from KGI. Arif Rivaan (Mataram), Retno Dewi Pamungkas (Ngawi), Ketut Siundana JP (Klungkung), Danni Hartadi (Magelang) and Yudhistira Ramadhan (Yogyakarta) are now connected up with music of their own. Congratulations to all of you AND readers, be sure to check THIS magazine for more great tasks and competitions from KGI. You can be a winner too but you have to enter, okay? Good Luck!

+628573102XXXX Hello,l’m Rahma from SMKN 1 Magetan. Do u know I have sent my answer of KG quizzes both by SMS n email hundreds times and l never got the prize? Actually, l just wanna get the KG T-shirt so l can show to my frend that l’m 1 of KG members. N here l have an idea, how about produce the KG T-shirt, n all of KG members can buy it? I do hope my idea get responses n feedback, thanks so much before.

KGI's 20th Anniversary t-shirts - Kevin It is simply amazing. We have received hundreds (and hundreds) of requests for KGI's brand new 20th Anniversary t-shirts. KGI would love to give everyone a free t-shirt but we are really sorry, we just can't do that. I hope you understand. BUT if you would like to buy a t-shirt for Rp.50,000 - that is at cost plus postage - then you can have a t-shirt for sure. Just send a letter to KGI (not email or SMS) and tell us in around 50 words why you really want to wear a KGI 20th Anniversary t-shirt. Send your short essay (remember to include your name and address!), your t-shirt size and transfer slip from your bank transfer and before you know it, you'll be wearing a new KGI 20th Anniversary t-shirt. Bank Details are Nama Account: IALF Bank: BCA Cabang Hasanudin, Denpasar No Account: 040-1-470-289

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MARCH 2009.pmd 19 9/3/2009, 8:41 AM A Melting Pot - that sums up Life Down Under Australia is a great example of multiculturalism. The population – penduduk - consists of lots of people with different origins. In fact almost a quarter of the population was born overseas. You can find people from Morocco, Greece, Italy, India, Nepal, Scotland, Norway, Russia, Japan, Indonesia - you name it, they all live Down Under! In Australia not everyone speaks English at home. Italian is the most popular language other than English spoken in Australian homes followed by Greek, Cantonese, Arabic and Vietnamese. Australia’s melting pot of cultures is reflected in the great variety of restaurants and cafes. You can find food from all countries including Indonesia.

I’m originally from Colombia. I moved I’m Hefni, I’m originally from to Australia because most of my Banyuwangi. My husband is Australian. relatives live here. My older brother I have been livin' in Oz for 12 years asked me to help him run a small coffee and I have one daughter. Being a mom shop in Sydney so I came and I love living in Australia is quite tough because in Australia. I miss home sometimes. you have to do everything by yourself. Working in the coffee shop is always There are no pembantus here in Oz. busy. People here adore drinking coffee and tea. They spend I have to do all the housework including taking my daughter hours and hours in the coffee shop. to school. But what I like about Oz is the clean air and the parks. People here go to the park to read, have a picnic, I’m Truls and I’m from Norway. When I meet people, play with their children or just to relax. came to Australia for the first time in 2000 to study, I fell in love with Australia I’m Jaspreet, I’m an accountant and I’m straight away. Every single person here is from India. I moved to Australia 10 years a hard worker. They work, work and work ago with my family. We migrated and I - time is money. Usually people meet up have become an Australian citizen and for a drink after work and go out on the weekend. I just love it. There’s not so much pressure being an Australian. Most of my relatives have moved here and there are so many good Indian restaurants here. That’s why I never miss home. Phone me first! In towns and cities across Indonesia the number of shops selling new and used hand phones, accessories and pulsa is phenomenal. At the weekends the mobile phone shops are packed out. It seems everyone wants to own a handphone. In Australia plenty of people have mobile phones too, but the way they buy them is quite different to Indonesia. Many people have a prepaid or postpaid plan. The opera- tors such as Telstra, Optus and Vodafone entice customers to buy their plans by offering a ‘free’ telephone in the package. The more expensive and up to date the model you choose the more expensive the plan. With a post paid plan the phone users pay a bill at the end of the month for the services they have used. The different networks offer different deals but the bill includes a charge for the phone. A prepaid plan is similar to buying pulsa or credit in Indonesia but included in the plan is a charge for the telephone. The plan and the phone are a packet. You can get the most up to date phones with these plans. You can choose the plan which suits the way you use your phone. These plans can be for a month or up to two years. It can be very expensive to change a plan so people must think carefully before choosing the one they want.

A VIP Reminder about KGI's 2009 Writing Competition for the 20th Anniversary of KGI in Indonesia. Have you entered yet? Check the December '08 magazine. Entries MUST be sent to KGI before March 31st, 2009

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