KSB: New Family Orientation 2011
KSB or Koperasi Siswa Bangsa is an institution under the auspices of Putera Sampoerna Foundation that aimed to help Indonesian achievers students who come from pre-prosperous families to access education quality. Found on 2010, KSB has given allowances for 167 students from SSE and SSB in the form of student financing program. Several times ago, KSB just held its inaugural cohort orientation to make tight relations between those recipients. It took place in D'Agape Ciawi and actually started on February 8th up until 10th, 2011. Furthermore, this orientation had special theme titled "Siswa Bangsa Cinta Indonesia". This event also engaged Daya Insani as the psychology consultant to help KSB and make this event running well. During three days in D'Agape Ciawi, all students got many experiences and make even bigger family.
At the first day, all students and the committees attended the opening ceremony in hall room of D’Agape which was leaded by Mrs. Rini Tampi as Secretary of KSB itself. The next agenda after ceremony was motivation training by Setia Furqon kholid, the alumni of PSF scholarship recipient. All students were very enthusiastic listened to the motivation from a great motivator who has got reward as the youngest motivator in South East Asia. He convinced all people there that we have to be “SETIA”, which has abbreviation S for Spiritual power, E for Emotional power, T for True financial power, I for Intellectual power and the last is A for Action power. Those five letters inspired us to be great young generation of Indonesia.
The next program was a small outbound, it was like a games. In those games have six levels which every level should be passed by the group. Games include balap karung, enggrang, hand ball, moving the water from bucket to bottle etc. So, all students were divided into 12 groups and had to compete each other to be the winner in that game. It was a lot of fun! Whilst the programme was packed with engaging and thought provoking sessions at all levels. In the evening, all students had dinner and prepared to gather again in hall room. Although at night, but all students still spirit to have talk show with Mr. Endy Soebjono (The chairman of Ikatan Arsitek Indonesia ). He explained about the ancient buildings in Indonesia. At that time some of students shared their opinion about Indonesian today, especially for Indonesian fortress. After discussing, the committee asked the students to take rest and prepared their self for the next agenda.
The students began the second day’s activities by doing the aerobic which were leaded by mas Awal. After finished with the aerobic, the students went to prepare next activities; breakfast, warming-up, morning topic and went to the next material which was a talk show with some great persons in Indonesia such as Mr. Eko and his wife Mrs. Dian Herdiani . Both of them are anthropologists who have passion in research, making documentary film, and photography. They showed all the students with their documentary film and got good appreciation from the spectator. Then, the students went to the canteen to take their coffee and snack. Time for coffee break was over; the students came back to Hall room and continued the next material about Indonesian culture with Mr. Zainoel. He gave us simple quiz related Indonesian culture. Based on the result of the quiz, it means most of students don’t recognise their own culture. In that section the students was learning about Indonesia’s culture from traditional dance, food, traditional music etc.The students also gathered to watch “3 idiots” movie and discussed about the values that could be taken from that movie. These activities were up until we were closed at 16.30 WIB. The students got the rest for praying and dinner.
The activities continued with the relax session; the instructor (mas Thomas) gave some fun games and it was the time for each group to prepare everything before the group attraction session in a bond fire which would be held in the next 2 hours. After the preparation finished, the students did bond fire while saw the other group’s attraction. In that attraction, some of groups performed musical poem, choir, drama, or even traditional dance. The reflection time was coming in the end of attraction, each student were given one candle and reflected about their selves. Then, the candle had to be thrown out into the bond fire while saying the words that made them fear, it means that they had to move out to the new spirit. Finally the day was closed by the tight sleeping.
Thursday was the last day for all SSE and SSB’s students in D'Agape Ciawi but in the morning we still did gymnastics together. Then, there was an agenda that we didn’t know before. The agenda is like cooperative game. Actually, it has been arranged by the committee to make us surprise. In the cold morning, all students were still spirit to join that game which was needed cooperate and team works each of members. In that game, big group should keep the light candle and faced many barriers like water bomb that given by the committee. In the final line, the group had to light a torch using the candle. The next agenda, all students gathered in the hall room of D’Agape to get new material from Mrs. Sri Hastari as speaker in talk show. She explained about human psychology and the interaction with another people.
During these three days, all students had duties to make mission after graduated from SSE and SSB. Then, we also had to make some letters for our friends and the last was the students should write their comment about KSB and their willingness. After doing great activities since Tuesday, all students did relaxation to fresh their brain and try to use their unconscious thought. Mr. Dana convinced all students if they were able to face all the obstacles and be the champion in the future.
For closing the activities, KSB inaugurated all students became new family of them and worked hard together to build up the education and the quality of young generation. In the last agenda, students sang “Spread our wings” song together while the committees gave us pin as symbolic if we have become KSB’s members. At 12.30 WIB, all students came back to Jakarta and they got many experiences from the events, had many friends, or even more than it.
(RFS/Red)