Permesso di Soggiorno

Posted by paramitopia on December 6, 2011 No comment

..a.k.a residence permit. Getting this is one of the most important thing to do after I arrived at Bolzano, besides opening a bank account ;p.

First of all, within 8 working days of entry into the Schengen area, we have to apply for that. Fortunately the International Relations Office from the university helped us fill the form. Then we had to bring all the required documents and the revenue stamp (marca da bollo) of € 14.62 to the post office. The post office then gave us the receipt and the appointment date and time to go to the Police Headquarter, where our fingerprints will be taken.

One month later…

I went to the the Police Headquarter, and it took 3 hours just to get my fingerprints taken.

…was my Facebook status at that time. I should’ve known that this was some sort of a clue, that my residence permit refuses to be given to me easily :p.

Another one month later…

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Golden Fall in Trento

Posted by paramitopia on December 3, 2011 No comment

Last week I went to Trento (±40~60 minutes by train from Bolzano) to discuss the project that will be extended to become my thesis, for only… 3 and a half hours :( . Departed from Bolzano at 9 in the morning, got there around 10, then I had to go back soon because I had class at 4.

It was so cold that day, and i had to walk to and from the train station early in the morning (I think 9~10 AM are still considered ‘early in the morning’.. on winter, rite? ;p). Brrr.. But, seeing this view, I guess it could make me a lil’ bit warmer inside (actually.. not, this is just for the sake of writing an interesting paragraph ;p).

Too bad that I couldn’t capture the falling leaves. I love it, so much! It feels like a shower of golden coins $_$. I have the same feeling as when I’m standing below a hot water shower, and feel reluctant to shut the valve off.

And I feel like… I’m walking on sunshine! :)

L’Autunno a Bolzano

Posted by paramitopia on November 17, 2011 2 comments

I’ve been here for two months, yet I’ve never posted pictures of Bolzano, “una città bellissima e tranquilla” :) . So here you go, the color of autumn in Bolzano…

During this season, we can almost always find this fruit in the mensa (university canteen, where I eat most of the time ;) ), which is…

Cachi! That’s the Italian name for persimmon. Actually I didn’t know the existence of this fruit before coming here, at first I thought they’re tomatoes. And when my friend said this fruit’s name, cachi [kaki], I was kinda surprised, because in Indonesian language it means feet :D . But it doesn’t mean that they taste like feet, no, they’re very good! Sweet, with jelly-ish texture. I love ‘em ^^

Anyway, I took those pictures more than two weeks ago. Now, the trees are starting to lose their color… and leaves. And the temperature starts to fall below zero, brrr… Soon, snow will give the city a new color (wait, white is a color rite?) ^^. But it’s okay… I can always find a place colorful enough to ‘rest my eyes’.

 

Headless Signor Shower

Posted by paramitopia on November 4, 2011 No comment

Time of death… 10.05 AM, this morning.

Actually I had this bad feeling this morning, since I woke up. The feeling of… “I don’t want to get out from this blanket! Should I skip the class?”. Errr, well, actually it happens almost every morning ;)

Anyway, half an hour before the class start, I managed to force myself to go to the bathroom, and took a shower. Then it happened.. I don’t exactly know what happened, since I was still half awake, but signor shower became headless right after, uh oh! X(

So the plan was… plan A: skip the class, find a really powerful superglue, and fix it temporarily.. But, what if the glue can’t hold, then.. plan B: buy a new one and replace it myself, which I really doubt will be a successful case, so.. plan C: tell the guy in charge of the residence and hope they’ll fix it soon.

After some considerations *while preparing to go to class*, I chose the last resort. Before I stepped out from the residence, I told the guy in charge *he was in his office fortunately, he’s never there most of the time*, with a very sad sad face, that I accidentally broke the shower. And he replied, surprisingly with a happy face, “Okay, I’ll send a technician to your room! Don’t worry!”. I asked him whether I should pay to replace it, then he said, “We’ll see later, if it’s really bad then I will tell you”.

Thank God I chose that last plan, because.. first, I didn’t skip the class, only a couple of minutes late; second, after having lunch and came home… We’ve already had a brand new one that functions well! Hurray!! Fyuhh~

Until now I haven’t got any word from him that I have to pay. Hopefully I don’t have to. But I have a feeling that he made a note about that somewhere, and will deduct it from my deposit money ^^; We’ll see…

Meteo a Bolzano

Posted by paramitopia on October 22, 2011 2 comments

Setelah sebulan lebih di sini, saya baru tahu website lokal untuk cuaca di Bolzano ^^;. Biasanya website lokal lebih akurat sih, dibandingkan dengan ramalan cuaca lain dari Google. So here it is, meteo a Bolzano website.. http://www.provincia.bz.it/meteo/home.asp

Fitur yang paling saya suka… temperature map! Cool! Entah kenapa saya lebih suka membaca suhu dari warnanya daripada membaca angka derajat, memang dasar berjiwa visual. Si temperature map ini diupdate setiap jam.

And here you go, the temperature map for this morning, 9 AM…

Brrrrrrr… That’s why I don’t want to get out from this warm blanket…