Deviana Wijaya

Saturday, May 28th 2016 , the Student Association of English Department, BINUS University, HIMSI (Himpunan Mahasiswa Sastra Inggris) held our annual events which were the final stage of NEC (National English Competition) 2016 and a seminar. HIMSI's foundation is based on the will to develop organizational skills and strengthen the relationship between the English Department students of BINUS University.  The competition's theme was 'Escaping Reality' and had been started since March 14th until May 21st by online in a website www.nec-himsi.com. It was open for university and Senior High School students all over Indonesia and divided into 2 categories: fiction writing category and journalistic writing category. Unfortunately, the participants of journalistic writing category couldn't meet our target and it had been canceled eventually. In May 28th , the 10 finalists from fiction writing category of each level were invited to the auditorium of BINUS University,

Open your map. Discover Tangerang. Hit the road!  Unravel the historical land where the ‘Cina Benteng’ stands! ‘Cina Benteng’ is known as the icon of Tangerang. Chinese or Tionghoa is spread across the world and can be found in every country . It is no doubt that Indonesia is a country with many Chinese people . One of those is ‘Tionghoa Benteng’ or known as ‘Cina Benteng’. They live in Tangerang, a well developed city to live and travel. Have you ever wondered what Tangerang has? Secretly, Tangerang has many interesting historical places to be explored. Pasar Lama, the legendary traditional market The history of Cina Benteng started in Pasar Lama since 18th century, the first time Cina Benteng people stepped their feet on. Nowadays, it has been upgraded to be a culinary place, yet it is still known as the traditional market. It is believed that this place is the center of Tangerang city due to the strong Chinese tradition that still exists and the best culinary p

Why stay at home when you can travel around the world without getting lost? Let’s grab your backpack and pack your stuffs! Looking for the easiest way to travel without getting lost? Traveling does not have to be difficult. Moreover, it teaches you the true value of life. Here is GO-TOUR, a mobile application to complete your traveling experience and help you to go to best places by tapping on your mobile screen to have a wonderful tour around the towns. Backpacking is a new trend. Nowadays, people like to travel with only one backpack with them. Have you ever planned to travel somewhere with an affordable cost and more challenging adventure? This type of traveling will suit with GO-TOUR and your perfect plans. When we decide to travel, we already have our own destinations and we will organize everything either by using map or joining tour agency. While backpacking we do not have to be regulated with the tight schedules from the tour agency and do not have to be in a grou

Nowadays knitting is not only a hobby for elders, but for the young generations as well. The young generations create a lot of masterpieces by improving the knitting method. However, it is known that knitting is an expensive hobby, especially for beginners. In Indonesia, the knitting tools and yarns are mostly importing from the other countries and only available in malls which makes the prices increase drastically. Once it can be found outside the malls, the quality is so far from the expectation. Well, money talks. Here are some ways which could help beginners to decrease the knitting expense. Choose the right knitting needles. We have to be very picky while choosing the knitting needles. Starting from the types, sizes, and materials because each of them have different range of price. For the types, it depends on what you are going to make; it can be single pointed needles, double pointed needles, or circular needles. Sometimes, we don’t have to follow the knitting rules which i

I am an active student in BINUS University English Department. I am currently taking Business in English Literature as my streaming. However, by taking English Literature does not limit me to learn and experience anything that is not related to it. My curiosity towards learning and knowing more about English always be my motivation that raises me up to study English even better. It can be seen through my GPA that I have earned until this semester which almost makes 'A' as the only alphabet in the result column of my report.  As an English Literature student, I am frequently surprising everyone that just knows about my educational background because I took Accounting major in my Vocational High School. Being asked so many questions about it makes me proud to have chosen this path. I also had full-time field study program in a company as a part of Human Resource division when I was in High School. It was an amazing experience to work in that company, even though, it was out

Deviana Wijaya   is an energetic 19 years old girl who lives  in Tangerang, Indonesia. She was born in October 23rd 1996 and she is the last child in her family. She has two brothers who have far different ages with her; the first one is 10 years difference and the second one is 6 years difference. She and her family love dogs so much, hence she has a dog that she loves wholeheartedly, its name is Jelly.   Having two brothers makes her a little bit boyish, she likes to play   RPG  games with her brothers yet she can be so girlish sometimes because she is in love with knitting more than anything. For her, while she is knitting she can feel the fire in her because that is what every person feels while doing their passion, right? Devi is a person who will see everything in positive and negative ways.  In the past, she was trapped in a   fangirl   world, a world that she  never wished to have before. She became blind with reality and became a different person who lived in he