4th term in HHL Leipzig is one of the most special term, and full of surprise for me.
“For from Him and through Him and for Him are all things. To Him be the glory forever! Amen.” — Romans 11:36
July: When Surprises Bloom and Solo Adventures Begin
The final term began with quiet moments in the library, heartfelt class closures, and an exciting presentation for Uniqueable. Although homesickness briefly knocked on my door, comfort came wrapped in Indian souvenirs from kind friends. Joy followed in the form of a perfect grade (1.0!), spontaneous kayaking, and picnics in Clara Park. I deepened my connection with the Deaf community, thanks to Andrea, and embraced solo travel for the first time—visiting Naumburg Cathedral and Grassi Museum with my own two feet and full heart.
The highlight? A dreamlike escape to Paris—meeting Kak Mustakim after 10 years, covering songs in front of the Louvre, laughing in Disneyland, and cheering for Indonesia at the Olympic badminton match. Through crepes, fireworks, and Eiffel Tower glows, I saw God’s grace in every joyful detail.
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M24 Family |
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01 July - study at HHL Library
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04 July - we're done with the class |
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05 July - Presentation for Uniqueable
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Lunch at Mensa am Park as usual |
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07 July - sebenarnya lagi homesick, tapi mereka bawain oleh-oleh dari India |
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08 July - presentation done! |
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09 July - senang setelah dapat kabar dapat grade 1.0 hohooo |
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10 July - ladies in class meet up
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Akan rindu dengan kelas yang akan berakhir pada bulan Agustus 2024 (tepat 1 tahun) |
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Sebelum Dhika mulai internship di Berlin |
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Happy wedding Drew! So happy for our Batch M24. 29 students in Full Time MBA, hopefully success for us all!!! |
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Dapat pesan dari Prof. Renata : keep your energy and joyfulness, watch out to look less often to the slide, and work with the ppt slide. |
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11 July - ikut Morning Briefing Kanwil V Manado |
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Kayaking bareng Ryan-Zoe, Alex-Mansi, and Dhika |
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Setelah itu piknik di Clara Park. |
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14 July - Ibadah dengan komunitas tuli di Leipzig |
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Dengan Andrea, yang memperkenalkanku dengan komunitas tuli di Leipzig |
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Pulang gereja, summer yang cerah, main ke Friedenpark |
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16 July - ke IKEA beli gorden dan makan waffle hehe |
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16 July - nonton Alles Steht Kopft 2 (Inside Out 2) |
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17 July - Oke kita berpetualang sendiri hari ini, karena partner travelling Dhika sudah internship di Berlin, my first solo trip to Naumburg : Dom zu Naumburg |
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19 July - My second solo trip -> Musseum Grassi Leipzig |
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21 July - PP ke Berlin ibadah di FEG Berlin |
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24 July - otw ke Paris dengan Flixbus |
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25 July 2024 - bertemu kak Mustakim! Setelah ikut program Pertukaran Pemuda Indonesia - Kanada 2014/2025, 10 tahun sejak pertama bertemu kak Mustakim waktu di Samarinda, Kalimantan Timur. Ini foto di depan Sacre Coeur, Paris, karena mau ke Notre Dame masih renovasi. |
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Nampak glowing makan Crepes asli di Paris. |
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26 July - kita ke Disneyland PARIS!!! |
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SERU BANGET! MEMORI YANG INDAH!!! |
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Ulala |
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Coco - Remember Me |
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Biar pun hujan tetap semangat |
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Sampai malam jam 23.00 kita tungguin demi kembang api di Disneyland |
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Picts of the day di Disneyland Paris |
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27 July - lanjut, ke Museum Louvre Paris bersama kak Mustakim |
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Keren banget fotonya, kak Takim debest |
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Suasana Olimpiade 2024 di Paris begitu terasa, momen yang tepat ke sini |
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Pertama kali dalam hidup nonton Olimpiade, dan game pertama yang ditonton adalah Badminton. Kami mendukung Indonesia! |
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Malamnya, singgah ke Menara Eiffel dengan logo Olimpiade. Indah sekali. |
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28 July - Minggu pagi, seperti biasa, cover lagu. Pingkan dengan Sape' Dayak, kak Mustakim dengan harpa. Kita cover banyak lagu di depan Museum Louvre, termasuk lagu daerah. |
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28 July - terima kasih untuk 4 hari bersama Kak Mustakim di Paris. Sampai bertemu lagi! |
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29 July - Makan siang di Mensa Kampus HHL |
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Ngumpul lagi bareng bang Gilbert dan Dhika |
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30 July 2025 - orderan Pingkan untuk teman-teman MBA di kelas, kenang-kenangan |
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Orderan Uniqueable dari Indonesia hehe jaya jaya jaya |
August: A Month of Legacy, Laughter, and Letting Go
August was about closure and celebration. From Chinese noodles in Leipzig to meaningful moments in class, each day felt like a farewell wrapped in gratitude. I promoted bags made by disabled friends from Bantul, cherished our last class photo at Clarapark, and continued content creation for Indonesia’s Independence Day in kebaya with my Sape'.
I started my role at PIK Potsdam as a working student for the AMaReNA project—opening a new chapter in environmental work. Sweetness overflowed when classmates surprised me with a pink Polaroid camera—a token of their love. And then came Graduation Day: from the sacred service at Thomaskirche to my performance of “You Raise Me Up” in Kongresshalle, blessed by the Dean and witnessed by the Indonesian Ambassador. The moment I was announced as the DAAD Prize awardee, tears flowed. It was unexpected, unforgettable, and undeniably God's grace.
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02 Agustus - mencoba mie chinese Biang Biang di Leipzig |
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02 Agustus - tetap masih ada kelas |
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04 Agustus - Lanjut kelas |
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05 Agustus - Good job team! |
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07 Agustus - Promosi tas laptopku warna Pink dari @Difabelzone.id dibuat oleh teman-teman disabilitas di Bantul, Yogyakarta |
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Lunch in Mensa HHL Leipzig |
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Change Management class! Yes! |
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08 August 2024 - the last time all MBA M24 berkumpul |
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Ngumpul di Clarapark, sebelum wisuda (seremonial) 24 Agustus 2024 dan masing-masing berpisah untuk internship dan mengerjakan Thesis dari tempat masing-masing |
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First niece of M24 - Elia! |
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10 August - beli sepatu di Factory hehe |
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11 August - tetap record content cover lagu untuk 17 Agustus 2024 memperingati hari kemerdekaan Indonesia dengan baju kebaya atasan warna Merah dan rok warna Putih, di depan Volkerschlachtdenkmal, Leipzig |
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11 August - Ibadah persekutuan tuli di Leipzig |
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11 August - kayaking bersama bang Gilbert dan Dhika. Ga janjian pake baju hitam bareng hahaha |
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12 August - ke kafe Thalia Leipzig |
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13 August - mampir ke truck Bali Kuche, menjual makanan Indonesia di Marktplatz Leipzig. Ga janjian, pakai tshirt putih dan celana keki bareng Dhika dan bang Gilbert lengkap dengan topi dan sepatu sport. Besti memang! wkwkwk |
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15 August - setiap hari Kamis siang memang rapat rutin Dewan Persekutuan Teruna GPIB, senang bertemu dengan kakak-kakakku tersayang ini. |
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17 August - Puji Tuhan Yesus, wawancara (online) perdana dengan SEA TODAY pukul 02.00 dini hari di Leipzig berjalan dengan baik. Pingkan di wawancara dan main Sape'. Terima kasih kak Adityawarman yang sudah menghubungiku. |
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19 August - masih ada kelas |
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Dinner di tempat bang Rey dan Ruiyun. Terima kasih :) |
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20 August - pertama kali ke PIK di Potsdam, untuk induction pingkan sebagai Working student membantu project AMaReNA (A Market for Restauration Nature) selama bulan September sampai Desember 2024. Pengalaman luar biasa.
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21 August - masih lanjut meeting online dengan tim |
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22 August - Ini teman-teman sekelas apaan sih so sweet |
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Dikasih kado Kamera Polaroid warna Pink dari teman-teman sekelas untukku. So sweetttt T__T Bless you all!!! |
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M24! I miss you all! Thank you for the intensed 1 year in class together :)
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Thank you for the class, Prof. Vivek |
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Me and my Uniqueable team. Super guys! |
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23 August - Day minus 1 of ceremonial graduation, welcome to Leipzig, Dhika and family. Thank you for the dinner. |
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24 August 2024 - The day! I present this moment to Lord Jesus who has blessed me in my study at HHL Leipzig for one year in class. Thank you Lord. |
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Success for us all! In the morning we had service in Thomaskirche and after that we went to Kongresshalle in Leipzig Zoo. I was so nervous, from the church I need to go to Kongresshalle soon to prepare for me playing Sape' Dayak. The working team said my schedule to perform is after the Scholarship announcement. |
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In Kongresshalle when I was preparing my performance for sound check, the Dean said, he loved the song I'll play "You Raise Me Up" because it was his wedding (holy matrimony) song. I asked him to wish me luck. And he hug me to wish me luck on my performance. Five minutes to the event, I saw The Ambassador of Indonesia in Berlin, Germany come to the event, I greet Him Mr. Oegroseno and His wife, I am so surprise why he can come to this special graduation event in Leipzig. Lord Jesus, when the event started and come to the DAAD Prize announcement, my name was mention as the awardee. I couldn't believe I got it. The Dean said it is a surprise for Pingkan, she didn't know to get it, she just know to play the music. Then the Ambassador gave the speech, after that I come to the stage and received the Prize. DAAD Prize is given only 200 out of 400.000 foreign students in Germany every year. And I start to speech and did Deutsche Gebärdensprache (DGS) and I sing with my Sape " You Raise Me Up".And as the first Indonesian student who received this award in HHL Leipzig, and also I play Sape Dayak on the stage with Kebaya Minahasa covered with graduation gown. Such very first time in life. God, this is THE GREATEST GIFT I EVER RECEIVED IN MY LIFE. Thank you Lord. |
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24 August 2024 - I wil save the moment for the rest of my life. |
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Prom night party yes |
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25 August - ungkapan syukur kepada Tuhan, kami beribadah di LEC (Leipzig English Church) dan diantar Dhika dengan mobil sewa. Diriku dengan bang Gilbert. |
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whoaaa
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29 August - bertemu Prof. Sprinz di Potsdam untuk persiapan magang pingkan di PIK Potsdam |
September: New Beginnings and Grounded Purpose
After the emotional highs of graduation, September brought a quiet but meaningful shift—from being a full-time MBA student to stepping into the real world of sustainability work. I officially began my working student position at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), supporting the AMaReNA project—A Market for the Restoration of Nature. It was a new rhythm: traveling to Potsdam, joining hybrid workshops, and diving into interdisciplinary conversations about forest ecosystem services and nature-based solutions in Europe.
Meanwhile, Leipzig continued to be a source of warmth. I met with fellow believers, cooked with friends, and enjoyed the golden weeks of late summer. My sape' rested quietly in the corner—until it was called again for upcoming cultural events. Though I missed my MBA classmates who had begun internships in various cities, we stayed connected. There was a sense of pride, knowing we were each walking toward our calling.
I prayed for clarity, grounded myself in purpose, and gave thanks for a new chapter—this time, walking not in a classroom, but in the forest of ideas, faith, and responsibility.
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01 Sept - thank you Poonam for delicious Indian food |
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03 Sept - persiapan main Sape' di acara penyambutan mahasiswa baru HHL Leipzig, THE SECOND GREATEST GIFT I'VE RECEIVED. |
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06 Sept 2024 - pertama kali mewakili PIK mengikuti Future Forest Forum di Blankenburg |
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07 Sept - bersama Prof. Sprinz dan David, mantap! |
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Sebelum pulang dari Blankenburg (Herz) ke Leipzig, mampir di Michaeliskirche |
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The day! 09 Sept 2024 - dulu punya cita-cita waktu Wisuda S1 tahun 2017 ingin bisa memberikan speech ungkapan terima kasih mewakili lulusan, ternyata Tuhan kasih kesempatan waktu wisuda HHL Leipzig sedikit memberikans speech sebelum main Sape' dan 09 Sept memberikan speech mewakili mahasiswa M24 di hadapan para mahasiswa baru dan keluarganya untuk motivasi belajar setelah itu bermain Sape' Dayak dan diriku menggunakan baju adat Dayak. Terima kasih Tuhan T__T |
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MBA class, success for your journey, find the best place to do internship and get the best place to work and finish the master thesis soon and got the title MBA! Target June 2025 we did it. |
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10 Sept - hangout with some classmates before we are separated to many cities |
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13 Sept - the second time Uniqueable team open the stall in HHL campus, and here we are with the Head of HHL Alumni. She bought the products a lot! |
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May Uniqueable fly high! and give more impact |
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15 Sept - Happy birthday Aditya!!! |
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15 Sept - went to the Hillsong curch in Berlin, after that we had lunch in Berlin |
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17 Sept - Pingkan dan Dhika berkesempatan bertemu dengan Bapak Duta Besar Indonesia untuk Jerman, Bapak Arif Havas Oegroseno di kantor Kedutaan Besar di Berlin dan kita juga memberikan produk Uniqueable yang bekerjasama dengan workshop disabilitas Difabelzone.id di Bantul, Yogyakarta. |
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19 Sept - lunch bareng bestie Ruiyun di Mensa Am Park |
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21 Sept - pertama kali hangout dengan Navonaya di Markkleeberg. Navo adalah mahasiswi M25 dan dia super aktif. |
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24 Sept - pertama kali hangout dengan Caroline di Potsdam. Bertemu Caroline tak sengaja di kereta saat diriku mau ke Potsdam, dan ternyata Caroline juga orang Leipzig dan sedang bekerja di Potsdam. |
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Terima kasih oleh-olehnya Dhika yang akan ikut Berlin Marathon 2024. |
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25 Sept - berkumpul dengan tetangga yang semakin berkurang karena sudah menyebar internship dimana-mana |
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27 Sept - Mengantar Shubham |
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27 Sept - Persiapan Berlin Marathon |
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28 Sept - dari Berlin ke Hamburg, ikut Ibadah Kawanua (orang-orang Manado yang telah lama tinggal) di Hamburg. Tuhan berkati Bapak/Ibu semua. Senangnya ikut komunitas ini. |
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29 Sept - dari Hamburg cus ke Berlin, mendukung Dhika. |
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29 September - GOOD JOB DHIKA! |
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Blütenzeit und Neubeginn – Juli bis September
The final summer term at HHL was more than just the closing of classes—it was a season of blossoms, breakthroughs, and blessings.
Juli was a whirlwind of emotions. It began with the last days in the classroom, full of laughter, presentations, and joyful meals with friends. I celebrated small and big victories—from grades to moments of deep community. I traveled solo for the first time, embraced quiet mornings in parks, explored museums, and took a long-awaited trip to Paris, reuniting with Kak Mustakim after ten years. We wandered through Disneyland, the Louvre, and Olympic arenas, carrying the spirit of Indonesia with every note we played on Sape' and harp. I felt at home even far from home.
In August, emotions deepened. We prepared for graduation, wrapped up our MBA journey, and shared our hopes and tears with our dear M24 family. The ceremonial day at Kongresshalle Leipzig was unforgettable—I played Sape’ in front of professors, friends, and even the Indonesian Ambassador to Germany, moments before unexpectedly receiving the DAAD Prize. It was a divine surprise, a reward not just for performance but for perseverance. Truly, Soli Deo gloria—to God be all the glory.
Then came September. A quiet, grounding month. I began my work at PIK in Potsdam, supporting the AMaReNa project, diving into the world of climate policy, forests, and sustainability. From academic discussions to real-world applications, my path evolved—no longer only a student, but a young professional led by purpose.
This season reminded me: every ending is just the beginning of another story.
„Und plötzlich weißt du: Es ist Zeit, etwas Neues zu beginnen und dem Zauber des Anfangs zu vertrauen.“
– Meister Eckhart
("And suddenly you know: it’s time to start something new and trust the magic of beginnings.")