School's Cool

Hola Amigooooooos ! Como estas ? MUY BIEN !!!

Wahahaha, that's a piece of spanish, despite the fact that i'm not taking that class :( Huhu, that's too bad though. Anyway, this is the first post in English, and feeling kinda harsh when just had blogwalking to my AFS-YES'ers that already wrote everything in English !

So, i'm trying to comprehend my writing skills by posting to this bloggie (but still there's some in Indonesian thou )

I'm attending Marengo Community . It's the only one public school in Marengo ! So, lots of Marengo teens attend to this school, and Guess what ? There are 1000 students here !

GOTCHA ! This is my school anyway........

It was August 29th the first time I attended the school ! And it was excited yet nervous. I knew we would have moving class and locker, also WE HAVE THE RIGHTS TO CHOOSE OUR OWN CLASS ! Underline it people, CHOOSE OUR CLASS !

So, my Counselor is Mr. Rode, He is super hot-kind-always smile man ever ! He was totally kind counselor, and i'm lucky to have him for the rest of the months here in Marengo.

He said that i would be in Senior Year ! Yeaaaay, i would be having PROM ! and those gorgeous dresses

He also offered me the opportunity to take AP classes.

Let me explain you what's .

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So, stands for Advance Placement. So, students in AP classes are having advance studies, which is very different with the usual class. It needs deeper analysis and logical thinking to solve most AP subject's quizzes. I personally, take AP Advance Biology and AP Calculus. We use college text book for AP classes, So, it's actually beneficial for us, because afer we were entering University/College, it wasn't that difficult for the materials, because we've already learned that at school.

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Frankly, Mr. Rode was really impressed with my school's transcript, especially in English ! and he put me in English III class, which i really had no idea what it would be in America. Because in Indonesia, we learn English just like we learn other language, not deeply we learn with the grammatical analysis, reading American Literature, etc.

So, i just saying "ok" for all the way he put English III in my Subject List, which actually this is the beginning of my N-I-G-H-T-M-A-R-E

Yah lo sama aja deh belajar bahasa Indonesia di indonesia, jujur gue sangat teramat bego sama tuh pelajaran, hahahaha. Jadi jujur aja disini gue belajar literature tuh sangat struggling

And this is my Subject Lists !

Study Hall

American Government Class

US History

English III

AP Advance Biology

Health Occupation 1

AP Calculus

So, i'm gonna explain of each subjects,

STUDY HALL

So basically, for students who havent up to par to the school's passing grade for certain subject are strongly recommended to take study hall in a big classroom. Misalkan kita stuck di Algebra atau Calculus, di study hall ini bakalan ada peer tutor yang bakalan ngajarin kita di ruangan kelas yang lain. Tapi kalo kita gak ada kesulitan apa -apa ya stay aja di study hall, do whatever you want ! Finish your undone asses, listen to iPod, chewing gums, even sleep ! For me, this is my savior period ! Cs i always put off my asses ( assignment ) thou --"

American Government ( Mr. Fecarotta )

This is the most attractive class ever ! Haha. Why do i say so ? Because it is more like a debating class. Our teacher, Mr. Fecarotta gives us a motion of USA's current issues, and we are splitted into two group, which in this case, into two parties, democrat and republican. I'm in Democrat thou. We are taught of being logic of issues and also I'm learning a lot about american's cabinet, senate, house of representative and constitution ! Alhamdulillah banget, gaya ngajar Mr. Fecarotta asik abis ! Jadinya kemaren pas Quiz aku dapet A !

US History ( Mr. Meyer )

Definitely we learn about US History class, but the teacher is UBER FUNNY ! i got his picture anw from his twitter account ( stalker banget sih mith ! )

Btw his name is Mr. Meyer, dan kata aku sih dia ganteng dan masih SINGLE ! Underline it people ! S-I-N-G-L-E !

The way he teaches us is soooo much fun ! Kita belajar history lebih banyak entertainmentnya sih. Kayak kemaren kita main games yang ceritanya kita jadi president, terus banyak job disana sini, pokoknya simulasi how to be a good president lah. dari games ini, akhirnya aku ngerti gimana susahnya jadi president, apalagi di negara segede gaban kayak Amerika ini.

English III ( Mrs. Hoffmeister )

And here it isssssssssssss, my creepy subjects after all ! Kalo di indonesia mah kayak kita belajar " Bahasa Indonesia ". Di Indonesia, aku sih bener bener bego sama ini pelajaran. So, we read a plenty ancient American literature WHICH THIS IS SCREW ME UP ! A tons of conotations, multiple definitions and literal words. I also forgot to bring my oxford dictionary thou :(

AP Advance Biology ( Mr. Amendt )

This is my favorite class but not for the assignments ! Logical thinking is the main difference with studying Biology in Indonesia which just memorize those terms and scientific name. In this class, Mr. Amendt gives us the basic concept each chapter, until we really understand about that, he gives us a tricky questions which has to be done in a two pages of paper ! Parah banget, pertama aku dateng ke kelas ini udah kelabakan sama paper ! Berasa anak kuliahan banget udah bikin paper segala. But, it's just a matter of time, since i really love Biology sooo much, so i really get along with the class. Bahkan di chapter-chapter berikutnya banyak bab yang udah pernah diajarin di Indonesia ! Terus di kelas ini, banyak kimianya juga, jadi somehow bisa nginget-nginget pelajaran kelas 10,11,12 di Indonesia !

Health Occupation I ( Mrs. Shanks )

INI BARU THE BEST CLASS EVER ! cs I definitely want to be a doctor and Gynecologist for the specialist, this is the recommended class ever ! Here, we get the basic knowledge to be a medical practitioner, kayak how to measure our temperature, blood pressure, pulse sama respiration, dan bahkan kita dikasih stetoskop ! Seneeeng banget ! Sekilas sepele banget kan ngitung temperature, dan ternyata ada langkah-langkah yg sering medical practitioner lupa ! jadi worthed banget lah ikutan kelas ini :D

AP Calculus ( Mr. Mansfield )

Ini salah satu kelas paling hot ! Yeah ! We got the hottest teacher ever ! Bayangin aja umur 25 tahun udah nikah, pelajaran yang diajarin setingkat dosen tingkat 3 kuliah di Indonesia. Ah gak gak gak kuat banget deh kl diajarin beliau. He smells good also thou :p Btw, this is the book that i use for the entire year

and we also got "bloody" scientific calculator ! For me, sumpah gue katrok banget gak bisa makenya !

( look ! this calculator has a USB port ! REALLY KEWLLLL ! *katrok* )

( that's mine ! Ada namanya tuh, Mitha Mulyowahyudi ! )

So, that's all for this post. Catchup later !

FOODSICK

Dulu....................................

Waktu setiap kali ke dapur buat nanya sarapan ke mama, Mama selalu bilang, " Hari ini kita makan sama tempe, mbak "

Tapi aku langsung cemberut, bete banget lah makan tempe tiap hari, apa kek gitu yang agak bagusan dikit.

Kalo siangnya lagi, aku nanya makan siang ke mama, Mama selalu bilang, " Hari ini mama masak ayam goreng ungkep, sambel&sayur labu siam "

Tapi aku langsung cemberut, aku pengen Ayam KFC dibandingin ayam goreng ungkep

Sorenya, aku nanya makan malem ke mama, Mama selalu bilang, " Makanan tadi pas makan siang kan masih ada, kamu makan itu aja lagi "

Aku bete selangit, bosen banget makan masakan yang sama kayak tadi siang.

Sekarang...........................

Sejak aku di Amerika, aku selalu dikasih makanan tipikal "Amerika" banget lah, mayonaise, keju, aneka pasta, aneka grills, yang bener bener pengen aku cicipin banget di indonesia. Tapi, aku kehilangan banget salah satu makanan yang selalu aku makan sejak aku kecil, yaitu........

TET TERET TERET !!! Yak, jawabannya adalah Nasi Putih !!!

Dari kecil aku makannya nasi putih, nasi pake telor lah, nasi pake ayam, nasi pake rendang, tapi enggak yah nasi pake steak -______-

Kalo dulu di Indonesia, pengennya makanannya western-western gitu, sekarang, rasanya makan lemper aja udah bersyukur banget.

Kalo dulu dikasih kotak " Selamat Menikmati " yang isinya bangsanya lemper, bolu, lapis surabaya, rasanya bete, sekarang..............( disini gak ada kotak selamat menikmati ya btw ) rasanya pengen banget deh dikasih nagasari.

Aku nyesel banget, setelah sampai disini, aku cuman bisa masak masakan Indo dari bumbu jadi yang rasanya gak terlalu enak, cuman ini yang bisa ngobatin foodsick aku yang bisa dateng kapan aja.

Aku disini gak terlalu suka rasa ayam KFC-nya, habis ayam segede lenganku cuman dikasih garem terus digoreng doang, jadi rasanya gak ada rempah-rempahnya.

Tiap hari aku selalu dibawain sandwhich. Awalnya excited, lama-lama rasanya pengen muntah karena kebanyakan mayonaise&keju. Akhirnya aku pulang-pulang dari sekolah, ngemilnya Abon instead of chips.

Rendang, Nasi, Mendoan, Ayam goreng,dll, Tunggu aku ya 10 bulan lagi :)

The Journey begins......

Assalamu'alaikum ! Gimana kabarnya semua ?

Alhamdulillah yah ( ya ampun demam syahrini --" ) saya udah sampe di Amerika sejak seminggu lalu ! Saya dihost di kota kecil yang hijau namanya Marengo, Illinois. Cuman 45 minutes driving dari Chicago. Sejauh mata memandang ada rumah-rumah penduduk dan halaman yang hijau banget deeeeh.

Jadi, sekarang aku mau cerita pengalaman menakjubkan jadi Single Flyer ke Negeri Paman Sam !

Hari kamis siang, aku udah siap siap sama semua koper, semua barang-barang berharga udah aku masukkin ke koper. Rasanya berat buat ninggalin semuanya, apalagi my lovely room.....

[ room sweet room, walopun kecil tapi banyak kenangannya :') ]

( Ini sama bu Ratimah dan Mbak Siti, kangen banget deh, apalagi pijetannya bu Ratimah, hehe )

Lalu, sekitaran jam 1, kita udah siap semua, setelah dadah dadah yang sangat mengharukan dan pertama kali ngeliat mbak siti nangis, kita ciao ke bandara, ninggalin cilegon, ninggalin komplek KS. No problem, ini hanya setahun, nanti kita bertemu lagi tahun depan ya cilegon :')

Perjalanan di Mobil, Papa banyak banget ngasih intruksi selama nanti setelah check in, transit, dan kalo udah sampe di Amerika. Sedangkan Mama cuman diem, meluk aku, ngasih aku sapu tangan, Mama beneran gloomy banget deh selama perjalanan. Iya aku jg lebih deket sama Mama menjelang kepergian aku ke Amerika, Mama kepikiran, apa aku bisa ke Amerika sendirian. Kalo boleh jujur, Mama tuh cerewet banget, perfeksionis, pokoknya gitu deh, tapi udah menjelang keberangkatan, ternyata Mama suka nangis menjelang keberangkatanku. Mungkin rumah bakalan sepi ya, biasanya pasti mama ngomel-ngomel kalo aku udah males banget ngeberesin kamar, hehe.

Setelah sampe di Bandara, kita langsung nunggu Kak Chika dkk buat ngasihin Tiket. Dan......ada kejutan dari temen-temen AFS ! Nofal, Marsya, Ausi nganterin ke Bandara jugaaaaaaaaaa ! Aaawww, dan mereka ngasih aku foto gitu, ah seneng banget deh pokoknya, mereka emang yang terbaik :) Lalu, dateng Rifa, Chandrika, Nilta juga ! Ah terharu banget...............

( Ik hou van je, AFS&Jenesys-ers ! )

Lalu............beberapa saat kemudian, datanglah Adhitya Nurcahyo dan Ramdan !!! Aaaah seneng banget mereka bisa nganterin ! Ah, bakalan kangen banget sama mereka, especially Adhit :3

Cukup sedih juga, temen-temen D'cobra gak ikut nganterin, Dimas dkk, dan Uli dkk jg gak bisa karena university reason, tapi gpp, kita udah ketemuan hari-hari sebelumnya :)

Setelah dadah-dadahan untuk yang terakhir kalinya, akhirnya aku check in bareng kak Chika, aku udah pengen nangis pas pengen ngangkat suitcase seberat 25 kg aku pas peng-Xray-an barang, bukan karena berat, tapi karena bakalan kangen sama mereka-mereka :(

See you Next year people ! I'm gonna miss y'all soooo much