TEBS

A Journey In WUDC 2018

By: Sarah Aurelia

Hi! I’m Sarah, currently majoring psychology in Unpad. I am one of the boards in TEBS but now I’m not really that active. Last month, I went to Mexico to attend World University Debating Championship 2018. WUDC is the oldest yet biggest varsity bp tournament. To compete against hundreds of great university with diverse culture, race, language capabilities is such a great experience. Debating for me is like a blood rushing through my veins to make me alive. I have sacrificed a lot of thing on debating since high school. When I was in 11th grade I asked myself how it’s like to watch open grand finale of WUDC. To represent my own university on WUDC is a great thing I have achieved so far. I did not break into the top 8 of EFL but, I believe I will. Debating has shaped me into a person that is always take as much opportunities as possible, critical, and also respecting other’s way of thinking during the debate. Sometimes it requires sweat and tears to get to where you want in debating but trust me it’s worth it. Public speaking and especially debate might not be for everyone but sure as hell you can learn.

When I went to WUDC, I saw my debating idol his name is Fanele from Harvard University standing there watching his juniors debating on finals. I asked him to take a picture and he asked my name, he asked “Do you guys enjoy the debate?” As much as I want to say yes I do enjoy your final speech on WUDC 2016 but instead I said “I do, I enjoy both open and EFL though” and we took picture.

WUDC is one hell of a ride, starting from NUDC. It is a truly prestigious varsity level debating competition that surely I’ll remember and compete again.

TEBS

25 Minutes? Let’s Make It Effective!

By: Ilham Phalosa R.

Have you ever felt like

“Aaghhh, why am I struggling so hard to stay focused in studying for exam?”

“Are you serious? This kind of thing needs hours even days to get done!”

Yes. Those terrible moments “persuade” us to become a proscratinator. Really, isn’t it?

Well, there is an interesting finding about a trick to handle this kind of thing. This trick is called “Pomodoro Technique”.

This trick was invited by Francesco Cirillo. He found that “the only time we need to focus is 25 minutes. Then, take a break. Then do another one.”

So, the step is simple. These are steps that you need to take:
1. Set goal of the activitiy that is needed to be done
2. Put aside all of the distractions (phone, novel, movie, etc)
3. Prepare all of supporting things that’s needed to do the job (snacks, drinks)
4. Set up timer for 25 minutes
5. Do the job and keep focused for 25 minutes
6. If there are things that you need to do beside the job, write it down on a paper to be handled later after the 25 minutes done
7. After finishing the 25 minutes, take a break for only 3 – 5 minutes (use timer here as well)
8. Do another 25 minutes and the break for another 3 times
9. After do it for 4 times, it’s called a set, take a break for 25-30 minutes
10. Then do another set until the job is done

25 minutes is felt easy at first. But believe me, you’re gonna be aroused to take a look at the timer for several times because, believe it or not, it feels so long. However, after you get used to it, it’s very effective to make you stay focused effectively.

Yup! That’s so simple but yet needs a grit to take it down. This is a quite simple trick that hopefully can help you thrive.

So, according to our slogan,

We Thrive, We Earn!

TEBS

GASLIGTHING: Invalidating The Reality

By: Elsa Tamara S.

 

Have you ever questioned yourself for your very own perceptions, questioned your very own judgments? Have you ever doubted your very own thoughts, doubted your very own apprehension?
Well, here’s a fact.
You might be experiencing “Gaslighting”.

“Omg, what is that? That sounds like a serious case!”
“Could you please give me some examples of what you call as gaslighting?”
“That sounds interesting. How do we exactly question our own perceptions, though?”

In order to get a better idea of it, the following brief explanation might open up your mind. Gaslighting include things as disorienting as:
1) …What are you talking about? You know that never happened!, or
2) Others are on my side, it’s just you who are not. Either you’re imagining it or you’re overreacting.
As well as things as simple as:
1) You’ve just had your meals. You can’t be famished!, or
2) You’ve just gotten up from sleep. You can’t be sleepy!
Those 4 illustrate how gaslighting is like.

Gaslighting is invalidating your reality to the point that you yourself are unsure of what you apprehend, of what you perceive. It is as though you’re living in an alternate reality where you are made to accept whatever others say as true, even deep down you know it is actually wrong. You are made to feel as though you are the one at fault, even if you are certain at first what’s the difference between reality and what you are being asked to accept. Nonetheless, you’ll eventually accept it anyway just because you don’t feel like to be any more tired of being insisted. You’ll be reorganizing your memory by then to fit the new–wrong–information.

“…that sounds confusing, don’t you think?”
Yes, that might be downright bewildering.
“So what do we have to do if we’re experiencing gaslighting?”
Believe in what you perceive more if you’re sure you’re not making it up, is all. Because then again, gaslighting is able to play a little trick with your mind with its typical mantra: “If you repeat lies often enough, they’ll become truths.”