So first of all, I'd wake up at, like,
4:30, 4:30 in the morning, get ready, eat,
uh, especially in th-this month of
Ramadan, eat, and then I'd leave for
training at 5:30, start at 6:00, finish
training at s- uh, finish training at
9:00, and then I'd go to school, straight
to school. What's it called? Uh, I go
finish school at, like, 2:00, and then I
would go over to the park to do my own
training, do the-- go to the gym, do my
own, like, personal, like, personal
training extras. And after that, I would
just finish off all my homework, all my
classwork that I haven't, that I've
missed, and go-- and sleep and repeat.
That's pretty much my day-to-day
Jacob Tanjung, pendengar. Pemain gelandang
bertahan Timnas Indonesia U-17 yang tahun
lalu juga ikut bermain di Piala Dunia
U-17 di Qatar. Kepada SBS
Indonesian, ia menceritakan bagaimana
kesibukannya sehari-hari antara sekolah
dan berlatih sepak bola, terlebih di bulan
puasa Ramadan ini. Anak kelas 12 yang
juga bermain untuk Sydney FC U-20 ini,
pendengar, menyempatkan waktunya datang ke
studio SBS di saat ia juga sedang
berpuasa. Untuk berbincang dengan SBS
Indonesian, berbagi cerita tentang
bagaimana ia memaknai Ramadan dengan
kesibukannya tahun ini. Berikut ini
selengkapnya.
Ooh, hang out with friends usually happens
on a, on, on the weekends, so maybe on a
Sunday or a Saturday, uh, 'cause I usually
have my weekend games with my club,
Sydney FC, on Friday and Saturday nights,
so usually a Sunday would be the time to
hang out with friends or spend time with
family.
And we really appreciate you coming here
to the studio, and this is during Ramadan.
Pendengar, ini, uh, Awer puasa juga. Um,
nggak ada cheat, nggak ada, nggak ada
-[laughs]
-Nggak ada minum. Nggak ada makan, nggak
-ada minum. [laughs]
-[laughs]
Can you tell our listeners, um,
is that even, like, difficult for you as
an athlete?
Honestly, it's a really, really hard
setback, like, not being able to eat, not
being able to drink, staying dehydrated.
But during this month of Ramadan, it's
about getting, getting closer to God, um,
being more disciplined with yourself,
I felt like in the past few years, like,
playing during Ramadan, I felt like this
month I've been playing better, honestly,
because I've got God with me. And, but,
like, especially in Australia, because
maybe in Indonesia, if you're fasting
while you're playing, like, it's not that
difficult because in Australia there's not
really many Muslims, I mean. But there's
no, there's no problem with that, but
there's not many Muslims, so maybe there
would be, like, two or three other people
... that would be fasting as well, so. But
with me training in the mornings for
Sydney FC, 'cause bef- we tr- I train
before school, so I'd be, I would have a
full stomach ready for training. But when
it comes to the afternoon, I'm, I'm dying,
-honestly. [laughs]
-But, like, full stomach for e-early
morning training, is it a good thing as
well or not really?
Oh, I can't, I can't eat too much, 'cause
then I'd get, I'll, I'll vomit or
something. But yeah, usually I'll just get
a, get all my electrolytes in, get all my
carbs in, protein, and I'll be set for
the day.
So you cannot have, like, a more or extra-
-No
-... food in the morning either?
I can't have a, I can't really have a
feast. I've gotta have, like, a, a meal
ready for training, but it's gonna have to
last me the whole day. But it is what it
-is. I just push through.
-Okay. T-tell me then. I mean, uh, for
Ramadan, during Ramadan especially. So you
get that in the morning-
-Mm
-... and then you still go to school.
-Yes.
-Uh, catch up, as you mentioned, uh-
-Yeah
-... your, uh, your pelajaran-
-[laughs]
-... with your school studying and
-everything, right?
-Yeah.
-And it takes energy as well, right?
-Yeah.
-Ngantuk di tengah-tengah hari?
-Ooh, so after school, I'd usually have a
one-hour nap or like a nap, a little power
nap.
But not at, at school. Not at school.
[laughs]
No, no, no. No, no, no. Not at, not at
school.
-No, no, no, no.
-Disclaimer. Not at school. Not at school.
I'd have a nap after school at home, and
then I'd usually do my extras, do some
homework that I need to finish off, stuff
like that, to get me-- so then I'm still
-got that energy behind me.
-Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. And then, um, buka puasa
first or do the afternoon exercise first,
if you do have afternoon-
Depends. If it's, like, an assignment,
like an important assignment or a test
coming up, I'll, I'll do the school first.
But if not, if I'm free, then I'll
usually just go, go to the park or go to
the gym and train. But managing, like, the
balance between football and school as of
now, as of lately, has been pretty tough,
especially with me going overseas to
Indo. Like, I would miss a lot of school
I've been doing well, honestly. I've been
doing pretty well, like, catching up,
like, keeping in touch with my teachers,
and yeah, I'm just enjoying it at the
-moment.
-Is it, is there any leniency for you? Oh,
this guy so busy with, uh, the national
team and everything. Will they, like, you
-know, cut you some slack?
-Yes, of course. I mean, I go to Endeavour
Sports High School, so they're s- they're
actually a Sydney FC school, so I've
actually got some coaches there
that work at the school. So I tr- I us- I
usually train at school and then train at
yeah, all the teachers are supportive.
They've seen my journey. They've seen what
I've achieved. And yeah, they're honestly
willing, willing to help out in any, any
-shape possible.
-Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Being a Muslim, an
athlete, a Muslim athlete, uh, your age,
um, in Sydney, um, have to navigate a lot
of, you know, uh, stuffs, uh, being a 17
years old, I, I might say.
-Um, how is that?
-Uh, honestly, for the first few-- f-first
week will be tough. Like, first week of
Ramadan is always tough every year, every
single year. ButOr like, I just push
through it. Me and a few other, few other,
the other boys in my team, we just push
through. And then we, we just get used to
it, you know? Like, we enjoy our football,
enjoy ... I enjoy football and training
and my schoolwork, like, more during
Ramadan 'cause I know,
'cause I feel close to God, I feel close
to Allah in the holy month of Ramadan. And
yeah, that's, I just push through
honestly. Like, I don't really ... Like, I
-just keep, keep going.
-Would you have time to do your prayers?
-In between the naps maybe? [laughs]
-[laughs] Maybe in between the naps, yeah.
Yeah, I would be able to pray, uh, after
school. Mainly after school, like, I would
have time to go and do what I need to do,
like pray and stuff. But usually during
-the day, no, I wouldn't be able to, no.
-Mm.
-'Cause of school and stuff. Yeah.
-Mm-hmm. So do you have any plan for Eid
-On New Year?
-Every year, every year we get together,
uh, at my dad's, my dad's parents' house,
uh-
-Mm.
-In Sydney. Uh, we get together, we get the
whole family, everyone we know. Get a lot
of food. P- Uh, everyone's, everyone's
there. It's a good time. It's a good
place. And yeah, that's just the thing we
do every year, like, with Eid al-Fitr. Uh,
we just get together-
-Mm-hmm
-... and spend a good time.
And it'll be very different this year
because then on April-
-Oh, yes
-... you will be-
Yes. I don't know if it's gonna be
clashing.
-Mm.
-I actually don't know the dates to be
exact, but hopefully it's not clashing and
hopefully I can be there with all the
-family.
-Yep. Yeah, no, of course.
-Yeah.
-And, um, who's the biggest sup- supporter
-of you, Azad? Could be family or friends.
-Biggest supporter of me? Ooh, that's a,
-that's a tough question. I, I think-
-Just because your dad is here in this
... doesn't mean that you have to mention
his name. [laughs]
[laughs] No. I would say it's my, the
three other people I'm sharing the house
with. So my sister, my mum, and my dad.
Like, uh, what's it called? They're,
they're there f- They're ... I see them
every day. They're there for me every day,
and they just provide for me, they help
me out with like, like, if I've got a
problem, they've, they've, they're always
there for me. And yeah, it's, it's good.
So I would say them three. Yeah. My
-... my mum, and my dad. Yeah.
-In that, in that order?
Oh, no, not in that order. Uh, I have no
order. No, no order. No order. Mum, Dad,
-sister. No order.
-[laughs]
-No order.
-They're on the same level.
Yeah, same level, same level, same level.
[laughs]
