Four Weeks in A Row

Hi!!
I'm so sorry for the-very-late-update. I've been so busy (or lazy?wkwk). So, I will post what happened in the last 4 weeks. Check it out!

Homecoming Week (October 20-24, 2015)
Homecoming is a culture in American School. In homecoming week, we dressed up in particular themes like "Favorite Decade" or "Class Color". But well, in my school only 5% who dressed up during the homecoming week. I thought it because they were too lazy too dressed up. I was not totally dressed up, I just dressed up in three out of four themes; Twin days (that came out as triplets for me, Lizzy, and Nazrin), DC Pride, and Class Colour. In the last day before the homecoming party, we had a pep rally. All the classes worn their class color shirt (Class of 2017 worn White!) and we did a face painting. We gathered in the gym and did a lot of fun.
The main event of homecoming week is homecoming party. Sadly, I couldn't go to the Wilson's homecoming party but TC's homecoming instead. Well it was worth it though. It was the first real party ever haha.

HALLOWEEN! (October 31, 2015)
TRICK or TREAT? Halloween was so fun! I carved a pumpkin and all the kids that came to do trick or treat in my home loved it. I dressed up as a witch. I went to a halloween party in Egemen's house. I met another AFSers there. We did trick or treat and turned out got lost in the neighborhood. I also fell down in someone's house stairs-_-. But i didn't care because I got a lot of candies! Yeay!. After did trick or treat and got to Egemen's house safely, we had s'mores, and watched a cheesy-zombie-movies entittled Warm Bodies. I really love Halloween! I hope that was not my last halloween.

National Public Radio (November 11, 2015)
It was my officially 3 months living in USA. I was so happy yet sad. I was happy because I can survive till 3 month but it was mean that only 7 months left. Well anyway, I had a private tour to National Public Radio with my YES/FLEX friends. The NPR was totally so cool! I like that. That day also the first day I met my Indonesian friend, Cathay, after 3 months. I was so happy! Because she was healing my indonesian-friend-sick. And I also could speak bahasa indonesia properly haha.

Indonesian Cultural Night 2015
Indonesian Cultural Night 2015 was an event that held by PERMIAS (Persatuan Mahasiswa Indonesia di Amerika Serikat) DC. It was my second time volunteering and I got directly 9++ hours hahaha. I also got a committee tag and it was the coolest committee tag that I've so far. The event took place in the Embassy of Indonesia. My Indonesian friend, Silvia, also did volunteering. And I was so happy because I could meet her. I also met a lot of Indonesian people and made friends with some of them. And the best part of this event were the foods! Yes, I could eat sate kambing and tempe goreng, not just once, but a couple times haha. I also could drink es cendol. I had a really fun night!

Okay, that's all I can share with you. See you in my next post! Xoxo.

The Weekend

Hi fellas!
It's been a long time since my last post. Forgive my laziness. No, actually I'm not lazy, but I just didn't have time to write in the weekend because I had a lot of fun to do in the weekend.

09/29/2015
I had an overnight AFS camp. It was fun! I met almost all the DC area kids. It was actually an arrival orientation but it didn't feel like an orientation. So, after me and the other students arrived in the camp, we put all our stuffs in the room and then we had sessions in a small group. In that session, we discussed everything about afs with our group leader. At break, me and some other girls did henna tattoo. Mishkat (from India) and Yumna (from Pakistan) did the henna for me and it was so pretty! Then at night there was a talent show. Me and other SP students did the waving flag together. After the talent show we had a free time. I played cards with students from China, French, and Austria. And I went to bed around 1.45 am (the other students went bed around 5/6 am!). In the next morning, we continued our session and had a game and then we back home.

Proudly waved Sang Saka Merah Putih

After the orientation, me, Aidana, Songul, Achraf, and NJ went to the turkish festival. We went there by metro together. In the festival, we did volunteering. We also met Eisha there. I was volunteering in kids tent. I helped them to make a bracelet, put a temporary tattoo, etc. In kids tent I met Sarah. She's a cute-four-years-old-russian-girl that stole my heart. She's so damn cute. She couldn't stop talk with me. When she was coloring she always sang the color that she use. I hope I can meet her again someday.

Took a picture with turkis costume

Eisha, me, and the cutiest girl; Sarah

10/03/205
It was Yumna's birthday party! So, I met her and her sister, Achraf, and Hadia in Democracy Mall's food court because we had dinner together (actually I was late, I came when they just finished their dinner-_-). After that we went to Yumna's house. We celebrated Yumna's birthday with a delicious cake, a 17 candle, and 2 games. It was so fun! After the party ended, the girls had a sleepover. We watched a movie; House for Dogs and cried because it was so emotional movie. In Sunday morning we had a pakistani breakfast which was so delicious.

Me, the birthday girl; Yumna, and Aidana

10/09/2015
Long weekend! I had no school on Friday so I could wake up late in the morning. I had a brunch and chill. At night, me, mom, and NJ picked up 2 of buffalo's kids (Shradda from India and Mireia from Barcelona) who stayed at my home for weekend.
Saturday, 10/10, I went to some place in DC with afs buffalo. First we went to Arlington cemetery (I had no idea why we went there). After that we had a tour inside The Capitol building. Then we went to Haz Space Museum which was so cool! I really love that museum. In there, I tried a simulation which was so fun. The 1st day trip ended at Jefferson Memorial.

The Capitol

Me&Hadia in front of the simulator

The Jefferson's Memorial Park

Sunday, 10/11, we went to National Zoo. For me, Taman Safari is more interesting than the National Zoo. After the zoo, we had a lunch in rock creek park. Then we went to The White House, but sadly we just could see it from the outside.after that we went to Washington Monument. We went inside the monument and saw all the entire DC from the top of the monument. It was so cool! After the monument, me, Aidana, and Mishkat, just walked around the National Mall, had ice creams, and sat in the park. Then our trip ended in Lincoln Memorial. I like the Lincoln memorial with the reflection pool, and the washington monument as its background, plus the blue-purple sky and the sunset. They're a beautiful cominbination.

In front of The Lincoln's Memorial Park

The Lincoln Statue

Well, that's all I can tell to you. See you in the next stories! Xoxo.

The Untold Stories

Hi fellas!
It has been a busy weekend so I can't post anything here.
Hmm saya mau ngepost pake bahasa indonesia aja ya, hehe.

Actually last week was so awesome!
Pas hari Jumat minggu lalu, saya ada field trip sama Model United Nation class. Guess where? The World Bank Group office! So awesome! Dari Wilson kita naik metro bareng dan jalan 2/3 blok dari "stasiun" metro. Sampai sana kita langsung ke cafeteria. And you know? Cafetaria-nya asoy banget gila. Makananannya dari babi sampe yang halal ada. Dessertnya enak parah. Dan lagi ngga mahal-mahal banget. Rasa bintang lima harga kaki lima lah. Pantes betah orang-orang kerja di sana. Terus waktu makan, kita dapet goody bag gitu, isinya merchandise. Setelah makan, kita diajak ke suatu ruangan yang diman ruangan itu adalah boardroom! Nggak sembarang orang bisa masuk sini, even the employee. So we can say that we're so lucky! Disana kita dijelaskan tentang worldbank secara general. Then we moved to another room. There were another speakers yang ngejelasin beberapa program world bank. Terakhir kita foto bersama di atrium.

Last weekend I had a "crazy" overnight orientation in Jody's house with the sponsored program kids. Jadi kita yang anak-anak YES&FLEX ada orientasi khusus gitu. Orientasinya asik-asik ajasih. Cuma presentasi diri sendiri. Terus lunch with Turkiye cuisine. Malemnya we had dinner in Elevation Burger which is a halal burger dan saya, Songul, Aidana, Mariya, Achraf, and Yumna ke taman yang super cantik banget karena kita nungguin Jody nganter yang lain dulu. Anyway tamannya itu super romantic kalo buat malam mingguan /eaa. Then around 11 pm we walked in the dark. Ya emang terkesan kurang kerjaan, but it was really fun! The following day, kita minum Turkiye Coffe yang rasanya (menurut saya) kecut-kecut gimana gitu. Orientasi ditutup dengan foto bareng dan bikin video kita ngomong Tu Pagal Hai which means We're Crazy! Mbikoz yha kita emang gila

Yesterday I celebrated Eid with my fellow AFS family! Jadi kita emang janjian gitu buat lebaran bareng dan kita milih Dar Al Hijrah sebagai tempt sholat. Masjidnya jauh juga dari DC, karena itu letaknya di Falls Church, Virginia. Sebenernya ada masjid-sekaligus islamic center- deket rumah saya, tapi katanya bakal too crowded ditambah downtown lagi macet cause the Pope was coming, dan lagi itu adalah titik tengah dari rumah kita semua. Setelah 2 bulan saya nggak ke masjid dan kemarin bisa sholat di masjid itu rasanya seneng banget! Kalau ada kata-kata yang lebih dari seneng saya bakal pakai kata itu. Setelah sholat, kita jalan passed the 7 corners to Eden Center. So, Eden Center ini tempat yang so Vietnamies gitu deh. Terus kita jalan balik ke arah masjid karena kita makan siang di halal restaurant! Malamnya saya dinner di Indonesian restaurant named Satay Sarinah. Ini satu-satunya resto yang pure indonesian cuisine. Makanannya jelas enak banget lah. Dan ternyata mas-masnya orang Lumajang-Malang juga. Berasa ketemu sodara haha.

Tomorrow I'll spend my time in AFS camp! Hope it'll be fun. Wait for the stories, guys! Xoxo.