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Learning Respect

Curriculum Vitae ndonesia Youth and Sport Ministry possibly happen during the program.
Nama : Nurchalis Ialways held Youth Echange Program to What if in one occasion, one of the
Lahir : Tanjong Mesjid,3 Juli 1993 from Youth Exchange several foreign countries every year. One Malaysia delegations claims something
Usia : 23 tahun of the programs is Indonesia-Malaysia which I believe belong to Indonesia?

Educational Background Program Youth Echange Program in which I How am I supposed to react? How could “
Another situation that
FKIP Bahasa Inggris Unsyiah : 2011 - Sekarang participated last year. The main purpose I say something without hurting neither
MAS Jeumala Amal : 2008 – 2011 of the program is to maintain bilateral Indonesians nor Malaysians? Those kind surprised me was when
MTsS Jeumala Amal : 2005 – 2008 relationship between the two countries. of questions was all over my head before I I visited an art center
SD Dayah Teungoh : 1999 – 2005 The participants were expected to be the actually met the Malaysia delegations.
agents who are in charge to strengtenth in Malaysia where they
Social Medias performed wayang to
• Email: chaliselbarca@gmail.com the friendship and to discuss about the Surprisingly we, Indonesia delegations,
• Instagram: chalis_elbarca current issues between their countries. named our generation as Batik welcome us.
• Facebook: Nurchalis El Barca Generation which could possibly heaten
Indonesia delegated 18 of their youths the relationship between us. Actually
Achievement: from all over Indonesia to participate we chose that term as our identity
• Juara 1 penulisan English Essay Unsyiah in this program last year. One of them because it stands for Berintegrasi, Aktif,
• Runner up Indonesia – Korea Youth was me. I was selected to be the Informatif dan Komunikatif. We took the
Exchange Program
• Delegasi Indonesia untuk Program representative of Aceh through a long yet risk just in case they, Malaysians, will be
intense selection. In the process , I was
Pertukaran Pemuda Indonesia-Malaysia Rizki Hawalaina uncomfortable about it. We assumed not even say bad things about it.
• Pemuda Berprestasi Provinsi Aceh tahun also chosen to be the Youth Leader who that it might be a bad idea. We discussed Otherwise, they loved it. They kept
2016 should lead all of Indonesia delegations about the worst possibilities. We also kept giving compliments about our batik.
during the program. It means that I reminding each other to react as wise Moreover, they bought a lot of batik in
should be twice as wise as I used to be in as possible regarding to our position as Indonesia as souvenir because they said
my daily life. country ambassadors. that in Malaysia batik was too expensive.
It totally made me think that it could
As we know that Indonesia and Malaysia When we finally met Malaysia possibly the issue did not influence those
shared a lot of things in common. Our delegations, all of our perceptions who could think wisely. They showed
culture are mostly alike. For some people towards them was all proven to be that accepting similarities or differences is
, this is a gift to have similar culture. But wrong. All of the worst cases we have beautiful.
for others, it may be something to be prepared to be involved in did not
claimed. It is where most of the conflicts happen at all. What happened was totally Another situation that surprised me was
began lately between Indonesia and different. They really respected us and when I visited an art center in Malaysia
Malaysia. We have experienced some of never claimed or said something sensitive. where they performed wayang to
the conflicts regarding to claiming things They totally changed my perception welcome us. But again, they surprised
in the previous years. For instance, batik, towards Malaysian whom I mostly believe me when they said that they learned
wayang, angklung and maybe many to be when I watched on tv or read on about wayang from Indonesia. They did
others. the newspaper. not claim it as theirs. That was a really
humble act from them. The point is,
Those issues actually scared me a lot Coincidentally, we welcomed them Youth Exchange Program taught me to
when I started the program. I thought in Jakarta using batik from all over respect and to love both similarities and
about many bad things that could Indonesia. But surprisingly, they did differences. (fhr)

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