Personally, I think that being an ordinary person yet always dreaming to meet people around the world is not always easy. Sometimes, I think that it will be in vain or just a waste of time. Contrarily, I believe that meeting people, befriending them and maintaining that relationship are my passion. Through this event, Pertukaran Pemuda Antar Negara held by Purna Caraka Muda Indonesia (PCMI Bali), I learned so many things, including networking with many good positive people.
The competition was held in 3 days with different kinds of test for each day. After passing the administration selection, I had an interview test in Dinas Pendidikan Pemuda dan Olahraga Provinsi Bali. During the interview process, I met many inspiring youths coming from various regions in Bali. At that time, I was feeling so down since the interview process was completely hard. However, I kept bearing it in mind that process and experience would be the best results of this event.
On the next day, we had a personality test and leaderless group discussion (LGD). Beside having a test, we were also given very useful information from Dinas Pariwisata, Dinas Kebudayaan and insights on religious perspectives by a lecturer from UNHI as well. Even though I am originally from Bali, I still need to learn different perspectives from the local context.
On the last day, we had a public speaking test. In the public speaking test, we were given a topic related to recent issues. Additionally, after having the public speaking test, we had a sharing time with alumni from each program in PCMI Bali. The program that I followed – a Youth Exchange to India – was never been conducted in Bali before. Therefore, this is the first time there is a representative from Bali.
During the competition, I felt so blessed yet nervous since there were 5 people who took the same program selection as mine and I needed to compete with them. There was even a participant from Jakarta to join this competition. Finally, I was elected to be the representative of the program that I followed. Everything that I had passed, the test and meeting new family, were the best things that I could get. Thank you for the chance to learn again and be one of inspiring Indonesian youths. (Putu Irmayanti Wiyasa)
