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Kata siapa kuliah di luar negeri itu gampang? Perkenalkan Lintang, Banjar, Wicak, Daus, dan Geri. Lima anak manusia terlahir di Indonesia, terdampar bersekolah di tanah kompeni demi meraih gelar S2. Mulai dari kurang tidur karena bergadang demi paper, kurang tenaga karena mesti genjot sepeda 5 km bolak balik ke kampus setiap hari, sampai kurang duit hingga terpaksa mencari pekerjaan paruh waktu; semua pernah mereka alami. Selain menjalani kisah susah senangnya jadi mahasiswa rantau di Eropa, mereka juga menjalin persahabatan, berbagi survival tips hidup di Belanda, serta bergelut dalam upaya menjawab pertanyaan yang pasti sempat terlintas di benak semua mahasiswa yang pernah bersekolah di luar negeri : Untuk apa pulang ke Indonesia? Dalam perjalanan menemukan jawaban masing-masing, takdir menuntut mereka memiliki keteguhan hati untuk melampaui rintangan, menggapai impian, serta melakukan hal yang paling sulit: the courage to love!

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Who says setting sail to study abroad is all smooth sailing? Meet Lintang, Banjar, Wicak, Daus, and Geri. The five Indonesian born students found themselves stranded in Dutch graduate schools the very country referred as Kompeni or imperialist in history books. Their personal experiences are defined through sleep deprivation (no stranger when assignments are due); lethargy (is the word for making the 5 km campus return trip on bicycles) and panic search (for part time work when money is running thin). While living the ups and downs of studying in Europe, they are celebrating the value of friendship, sharing tips to survive the Netherlands, and struggling with the dilemmatic question coming across the minds of students studying abroad: why making the journey back home?
In the quest to seek their answers, destiny dictates them to brace their hearts to overcome each and every hurdles, reach for their dreams, and find the greatest treasure: the courage to love!

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