Looking up beyond the world

Becoming exchange student may become the best thing ever in my life. I never imagined before about going to USA and becoming ambassador of my country, Indonesia. Now, I can see it as my dream which comes true. It’s like the greatest gift which God gave to me. I am so glad to become exchange student.

During my exchange year, I have to live with my host family. Firstly, l was afraid because I will live with the people who I never know before. As time goes by, I realized how lucky I am. I have the best family ever. They are such a real family for me. They always threat me as part of their family. We have so many great times in our home, like Thanksgiving and Christmas.

Beside host family, there are other people who can make me smile everyday. They are obviously my friends. I have many new friends in my new school, Appleton West. I am really happy to have them because they always welcome me although I such a new person for them. Actually, this is very different with my first paradigm. Before I come to USA, I thought American is so individual and I was afraid not to have friends here. But, my paradigm was wrong. They are so awesome and friendly. Moreover, they were so excited when I had presentation about my country. There were so many questions came out from them. I felt so happy and satisfied because I can share my culture to my friends and teachers in USA.

Not only American friends, I also have friends from many different countries in the world, such as Moldova, Italy, Pakistan, Spain, Thailand, etc. They are all exchange students and we have the same exchange program named PAX. They are all very friendly and easy going. It seems like I am lucky because I don’t have to visit many countries to get the friendship.

All of my experiences in USA make me sure that I will never forget my exchange year. Meeting new people from different part of the world make me know many things. I learn how to adapt with new situation and get along with it, respect people who have different culture, and how to do good communication to build mutual understanding between me and other people. In another words, this exchange program make me become an open minded person who can create better world.

Folk Affair rocks my socks

hey everyone, what's up? it has been long time for me to write in this lovely blog. l came back! in this time, l will share about one of my activity in America! l went to Folk Affair last Sunday and it was so great! l realllly enjoy that day because l can gathered with others exchange students and hang out with them. there, l also try so many new culture. l ate Crepes from French. l loved it! lam sorry if l used a lot of exclamation marks haha!

took picture with many beautiful girls

Leire, love u!

they are awesome and lovely

he is very nice and friendly

Afreen is the funniest person on that day lol

JOE -.-

me, with flowers on my head lol

lovely girls, love ya all

FIRST!

Visiting the Uncle Sam probably just a dream for most people, but there is no mistakes of having dreaming right? That's what I'm experiencing now. Right here, in Appleton, Wisconsin, that dream became a reality.

About 2 months ago, I got my first step in Washington DC, U.S. All seems different. 12-hour time difference between Indonesia and the United States make all feel weird, that's the jet lack.
I was picked up by a welcoming family (Gill Family) in Appleton Airport. They gave me good first
impression. They even gave me warm hug on that our first meet. Then, we go to the house to my
residence for one week to the next. After I got home, I got my first dinner with welcoming family. I
was totally surprised because they prepared yellow rice for my first dinner. They purposely bought me yellow rice instant because it is my favorite food. I am very happy because my welcoming family was so kind and friendly.

I spent a fun time with my welcoming family. They invited me to go to many interesting places. I still
remembered when my host mom (Marcia) and my host sister (Hannah) asked me to go to amusement
park. We tried a variety of exciting rides, such as Roller Coaster, Ferris wheel, and much more.
Moreover, my host mom bought the big ice cream for me and Hannah. I was so excited and happy on
that day.My host sister (Hannah and Sarah) also took me shopping to the mall. That is the first mall I visited in Appleton. They also invited me to watch the movie 'Red 2'. Actually I do not like the movie, but I enjoyed the fun time with my host sisters. They showed a lot of fun things of America.

Another interesting thing was sailing. Honestly, I have never had sailing, so, this is the first time I tried sailing. My host dad took me sailing with grandma and grandpa. They have a private boat which is pretty cool. We sailed for about 1 hour till the wind blows so hard that we had to get back to the mainland. Despite unfavorable weather, I still feel happy because I just tried new thing which was very interesting.

One week has passed, I had to move to a new family (Graf family). They are also very friendly. In this new family, I have a sister who is incredible. I spend a lot of time with him. We are both following extracurricular tennis.

Tennis did seem odd to me. I have never played tennis before, but I like to try new experience.
Therefore, I follow tennis. The first time I had practice, I feel like the most stupid player. It felt very
strange by holding tennis racket. However, I have a very good coach. He patiently taught me from
scratch. I also find a lot of new friends in tennis. I join tennis before school start.

This is the day that I was waiting- the first day of school. It feels very proud to set foot in an American school, but to be honest, I was a little scared because that was the day where I would start my journey for 1 year ahead. After convincing myself, I went straight to class. Because I am not used to moving class and all feels new, I had trouble a few times to find a class. I lost twice, but a lot of friends helped me find the class. I was grateful for that day because I find a lot of new friends who are very friendly.That’s all what l feel for ‘first time' in America. I experienced so many things here. I know this is only the beginning of my journey. I hope I can got more experiences which l never had before. I also hope for my great year in America.

Hi, Miss Ambassador

dreams just seems to be true. lam here now, exactly in Appleton, Wisconsin, stood rooted in my own place, ready to face new environment.

firstly l arrived in Appleton Airport, my welcoming family gave me the sweetest hug ever. they are Gill family. l spent a week in their home, sweet home. l had 3 siblings there- Sarah, Hannah, and Stephanie. all of them are so beautiful, really. 

during the time in Gill family, l enjoyed a lot. l tried many new american food like Lasanya, Tacco, and fruit named Peach.  those tastes were just so strange in my tongue. but again, its okay because there is no best or worst, there is just different. also, they often to ask me to tell them about Indonesia a lot. they were a kind of curious family of Indonesia. l enjoyed it because l can gave them the best explanation of Indonesia, l felt like a real Miss Ambassador

after having wonderful time in Gill family, l moved in Graff family. they will become my host family for along this year. they also nice to me.

everything just ran okay till l got my homesick yet. out of the blue, l miss my home country, my school, my biological family, my friends, my life in Indonesia. sometimes, l also feel lonely and need somebody to share. luckily, l have nice host family. they help me to stay on my good mood. so because of that l can survive till now :)

We into Bonfire

Celebrated birthday is so ordinary for someone,but how about we? We-3rd SA generation celebrated our own birthday with a lot of fun. smile, laugh, cry, even bored attended last night. we go into bonfire and tried to remember what's our dream, our passion, our hopes.

May l tell something? they called my name out of the blue. there, in front of my own friends, l said a lot of thanks and asked apologize if l had a lot mistakes during school. l promised that l will always remember them as my best friend even l will go to Big Apple.

They Also gave me somewhat special, Indonesia Soccer T-shirt and pictures of us. its so so so GORGEOUS! l will keep it guys! l do love you all! bye and see you :)

Soccer T-shirt and pictures from 3rd SA Generation, love it.

From right: Zepta, Me, Mak Titin, Bodel, Nia, Kiki, Geby.

We into humble smile.

Gonna miss you guys,love you.

My dorm and us look catchy from this angle,love it.

How to

How to say goodbye politely? How to say bye without worried about now? How to say it to the person you love since 5 years ago? How to say it to your best surround instead? :'(

King 2 Hearts

heloo all. hereby, i wanna share about great movie, i mean great Korean Drama titled King 2 Heart. i suggest you to watch this drama because the story is very good and touch our feeling so much. ENJOY IT!

sweet letter for sweet me :)

Who is the sender actually? Yap, he is Mr.Joe. Only one word which can describe him. 'MEANINGFUL!'

PAX hopefully nice

I got new info! SURPRISE! Me, Nabila Izzati Yong (I got this new name from my lovely husband-Kwon Ji Yong) are legally taken by one of the great organization in USA. Here it is, the amazing PAX.  

PAX (Program of Academic Exchange) is one of so many organizations in America which will manage placement for YES candidates, include me. I am so happy because Joe-my friend also got this organization. Instead, we got the same organization with one of our senior, Mbak Anis Wulandari. She also told me that it was so interesting while joining on this organization. That kind of story makes me more excited of it. 

I hope PAX can give me great host family who can understand and care about me. So that, I have to pray to God that all of this processes can run well and nothing disturb. Big Amiin.

beyond the story

See Me Again! Now, I would like to share about my fabulous drama. The drama titled ‘Magazine’s love. All members in my group was really excited either afraid to face up this drama. We all want to make great performance, satisfy the spectators and of course our English teachers. So because of that, we sacrificed much of our time to practice the drama.

The story of this drama is really ridiculous because it’s little bit similar with FTV story. The writer is our own chairman, Harun Ardiansyah. At first I read the script, I was laughing. Why?

At the story, I become a journalist who often late to submit the articles. So because of that, my boss-Ody really like to get angry to me. Because I like to make him upset, Ody sent me as senior high school students as spy. He told me that I must find as much info as possible about Fikri Afif- popular artist who never cooperate with my magazine. 

At first I go to school, I become close to Afif. Since that, Dian and her gang always bully me. They hate because Dian really like Afif. They think I will take Afif from her. As they always make me sad, there is Afif who always make me happy. Instead, he play guitar for me to make me smile again.

As time goes by, I feel in love with Fikri Afif. The story goes to climax when finally Dian know that I am a journalist who lies to Afif. Dian try to tell Afif the truth. Since Afif know about it, he really angry to me. He say that he never want to see me again. How pity I am :p

 

Then, I choose to quit from my job because I can’t do this professionally. My boss also angry to me, but I already decided it. I quit.

Since I quit, I really ambivalent. I think I need to talk with Afif and explain all. But, Afif still don’t trust me till I tell him that I quit from my job. He shock to hear that. He asks me why I do that. I try to explain to him that I need him, not my job. After that, Afif hold my hand and says that he loves me. 

WAIT! The story isn’t finish yet. There is scene that may makes spectators shock when they see it. Do you want to know about it? I am sorry because its SECRET :)

 

PERFORMANCE TIME! At first, we were afraid of lighting because the drama will start at noon, but Alhmadulilah. My group got the last number, it means we will perform at night. During performance, we felt like it was just practice, I means all members didn’t felt any stress at all. We enjoyed it, instead we loved it.

Several days went away, the announcement for English drama winner came. You know? My group became 3^rd winner. ALHAMDULILAH. Actually, I still didn’t believe that it happened since my group didn’t waste any budget. But, over all, we're happy that we can payoff our hard practice and did the best. Oh yeah :)

Magazine's Love (behind the scene)

All begin with this kind of thingy. Yap, poster of each class tacked in whole side of dormitory. That poster was become awesome product from my group. exactly, Dhea Cynthia Monica made it. At first Dhea bring this to the class, we were so excited and got our ebullient. We want this drama  become great masterpiece ever. Over all, this poster was our first step undergo our English drama. Don't be curious about the drama, because i'll tell you later :)

cry.

You’re breathing, you’re living, in my heart
My heart is crying, you’re walking, in my heart
From the day you were beside me, you’re always in my thoughts, calling me
Cold tears keep shedding, falling non-stop,
My heart hurts because of you and it keeps hurting
On days that I miss you, days like these, because I’m missing you
My tears are falling again
I’m choking on the words, even swallowing the words “I love you”
Launching into the wind, flying far far away, I’m missing those words you said
The words that couldn’t be communicated to you, becomes a long sigh and flows through my heart
Cold tears keep shedding, falling non-stop,
My heart hurts because of you and keeps hurting
On days that I miss you, days like these, because I’m missing you
My tears are falling again
The you that’s always been appearing right in front of me, is overflowing, filling my heart
Becomes tears of heartache, yearning tears, you keep living in my heart like that
Cold tears keep shedding, falling non-stop,
Because I love you, because these tears are tears of love
Even if you were by my side and couldn’t say those words,
I really love you

Peri Kecil dan Pangeran Berkacamata

            Kisah ini dimulai saat Pangeran Berkacamata jatuh cinta pada Peri Kecil yang sangat biasa. Awalnya, Peri Kecil tak percaya jika Pangeran Berkacamata mencintainya, namun pangeran mulai menunjukkan cintanya yang tulus. Ia rela melakukan apa saja yang bisa membuat senyum Peri Kecil merekah indah. Peri Kecil pun bahagia mendapati Pangeran Berkacamata menyukainya, menyayanginya, mencintainya.

            Hari demi hari dilewati Peri Kecil dengan Pangeran Berkacamata. Sampai suatu hari, Peri Kecil mendengar sesuatu. Ia mendengar bahwa Pangeran Berkacamata tidak bisa melupakan masa lalunya. Masa lalu yang  mungkin membuat Pangeran Berkacamata lebih bahagia, yang mungkin lebih indah dari sekarang. Mendengar itu semua, Peri Kecil sedikit kecewa, namun Peri Kecil mencoba untuk tegar dan sabar. Ia percaya bahwa Pangeran Berkacamata mencintainya, bukan orang lain.

            Lagi, Peri Kecil mendapati hal lain. Pangeran Berkacamata memberikan sesuatu yang indah kepada masa lalunya, tepat di hari bahagia masa lalunya. Peri Kecil pun iri, ia juga ingin mendapati hal yang sama saat hari bahagianya, namun Pangeran Berkacamata tidak melakukannya.

            Lagi dan lagi, Peri Kecil mengetahui sesuatu, sesuatu yang membuat dirinya tak henti bersedih. Ia mengetahui jika Pangeran Berkacamata masih memanggil masa lalunya dengan sapaan sama seperti ketika mereka—pangeran dan masa lalunya—saling jatuh cinta dahulu. Namun, Peri Kecil tetap sabar. Ia masih percaya pada Pangeran Berkacamata.

            Belum cukup,  Peri Kecil dibuat menangis oleh Pangeran Berkacamata. Peri Kecil tahu jika Pangeran Berkacamata masih peduli dan cemburu mendapati orang lain mendekati masa lalunya. Peri Kecil sedih, ia tak habis pikir kenapa Pangeran Berkacamata melakukan semua itu disaat ia bersama Peri Kecil?

            Bukan hanya itu, satu lagi yang benar-benar membuat  Peri Kecil merasa bodoh. Ia mengetahui jika Pangeran Berkacamata mengatakan kepada masa lalunya jika ia tidak pernah mencintai Peri Kecil, pangeran menuturkan bahwa ia tidak pernah dekat dengat Peri Kecil.

            Sampai-sampai Peri Kecil sudah muak mendengar, melihat, mengetahui ini semua, ia pun ingin bertemu dengan Pangeran Berkacamata. Ia ingin mendengar penjelasan langsung dari Pangeran Berkacamata, namun apa yang terjadi?  Pangeran Berkacamata tidak mau bertemu dengan Peri Kecil. 

            “Apakah semua itu belum cukup membuat Peri Kecil sedih, Pangeran?”

            Si Peri Kecil menahan air mata yang ingin keluar, tapi ia tak kuasa lagi. Air mata itu tak hentinya mengalir, mengguyur pipi Peri Kecil yang mungil, setiap malam, setiap hari. Terlintas di benaknya, terngiang masa indahnya bersama Pangeran Berkacamata, namun kenyataan pahit membuatnya berteriak dalam hati.

            Di saat Pangeran Berkacamata bersama Peri Kecil, namun pangeran tidak bisa melupakan masa lalunya. 

            Di saat keduanya tertawa bersama, namun Pangeran Berkacamata masih memikirkan masa lalunya. 

            Di saat Peri Kecil mulai mencintai pangeran, namun hati pangeran masih untuk masa lalunya.

            Sedari dulu, Peri Kecil menyadari bahwa ia memang tak sebaik, tak sesempurna masa lalu Pangeran Berkacamata. Ia tahu ia hanya peri biasa yang tidak ada apa-apanya dibanding yang lain. Ia terlalu biasa, sangat biasa malah. Peri Kecil menyadari bahwa tidak ada orang yang benar-benar mencintainya, Pangeran Berkacamata pun juga tidak mungkin mencintainya. Ia mengerti itu pada akhirnya. Sangat mengerti. 

            Sekarang Peri Kecil tak tahu harus berbuat apa. Sebenarnya, ia ingin kembali seperti dulu bersama Pangeran Berkacamata, namun itu tak mungkin. Peri Kecil tahu, Pangeran Berkacamata pasti sudah tidak mencintainya lagi.

            Sederhana saja, Ia hanya ingin melihat orang yang dicintainya bahagia, walaupun ia harus merelakannya pergi. Peri Kecil mulai menjauhi Pangeran Berkamata, secara pelan-pelan. Namun, hal itu malah membuat Pangeran Berkacamata membenci Peri Kecil. Pangeran Berkacamata bahkan tidak berjuang untuk menemui Peri Kecil. Peri Kecil tahu ini tak semudah yang ia bayangkan. Pada akhirnya pun, Peri Kecil harus berpisah dengan Pangeran Berkacamata. Peri kecil tidak bisa menjangkaunya lagi. 

Hanya ini yang ingin dikatakan Peri Kecil:

“Cinta itu sebuah pengorbanan, namun aku tidak pernah mendapatinya dalam dirimu, Pangeran Berkacamata”