udah sebulan aja..

Hai! Algos!!
gak kerasa udah hampir sebulan disini...
banyaaaakkk banget yang mau aku ceritain, i don't even know where to start
well i'm just gonna update you guys about my life here,,

Welcoming Ceremony

Jadi welcoming ceremony itu kayak peresmian yang official dari sekolah kalo kita udah jadi bagian dari UWCUSA dan udah bukan masa orientasi lagi. We're going to face the real life being uwc-usa students and an IB students. Disini kita pake baju traditional kita. bawa bendera dari negara asal. Well it's really awesome because you're gonna see what is it diversity. kita juga foto foto banyak sama temen temen, 2nd year, atau kayak kelompok region gitu... or even dorm! Anyway i'm in Chum-3..

oh and i forgot to take picture with Goldi lol. Oiya ini beda ya sama Matriculation Ceremony... disitu kita cuma manggilin nama sesama first years kayak tradisi(?) gitu... kalo yang Welcoming Ceremony ini lebih formal, banyak orang orang penting dateng dan presidentnya uwc usa juga kasih speech. Here's the picturee

yg bingung knp foto di Matriculation Ceremony lebih banyak, karenaa disitu kita punya banyak waktu free. Sementara di Welcoming Ceremony kita cuma punya waktu 30 menit heuh..

Wilderness Orientation

Best Parts. This is where i found confident to talk to people. to just be yourself. to just appreciate what you've got. Everything. If i could say, before wilderness orientation i want to go back to Indonesia, but then after this i just realize that i'm not grateful enough for what i have today. 

Intinya ndek sini bener bener start buat uwc journey ku. I'd say thanks to all my team mates in here.. They are all amazing, caring people. i love you guys..

well i also made a video about it in my youtube channel, so you better check this one out 

Edsby + Quizlet

here i just amazed by how they really use technology. Mereka apa apa pasti lewat gmail, edsby, atau kalo kalian tau flashcard kalian bisa bikin flashcard sendiri di quizlet via online. jd kalian ga wasting paper ato buang waktu buat nulis. misal aku ada tugas pr mat, kalian cuma perlu kerjain, then foto hasil kerja kalian, then upload ke Edsby. Jadwal akademik maupun non akademik juga semua di edsby, pokoknya edsby guna banget lah... kalo kalian mau check link nya, aku kasih dibawah.

Edsby : https://twine.edsby.com

Quizlet https://quizlet.com

Patio Party

well you know, party... culture shock? for me not really because i've seen it a lot in movies so idk.. its just another party... tp dengan party ini, kayak menandakan kalo kamu udh fix jadi murid uwc usa kayak closing buat orientation gt lah. Oiya disini juga disarankan bawa date kayak pasangan gt tp ya cuma formalitas abis take a photo ya pergi sama tmn nya masing masing lol. 

ExEd

Ini mah kayak Extrakulikuler gitu . Kalo di Smala namanya ss. ExEd ini nama lain dari CAS which is as you guys know one of the requirements for IB Diploma. Dalam dua tahun kita punya 4 semester dan tiap semester bisa ganti ganti ExEd. Buat semester ini aku ambil Badminton, Jewelry Making, and Tech Stage Management a.k.a orang backstage getoh.

Bean Day

honestly idk what's the meaning behind the bean day, but one thing that i know for sure... tradisi ini udh berjalan selama lebih dari 100 tahun!! gilak gaksi. Disini acaranya dimulai dari parade gitu, trus nonton rodeo guys!!! the real rodeoooo bukan rode kuda mainan yang biasanya ada di BNS di Malang. Tapi rodeo yang asli kuda aslii!! nih link nya kalo kalian kepo http://www.beanday100.com

oiya gue juga bikin video tentang ini, check this one out!!

Nicaragua

https://www.uwc.org/news/?pid=22&nid=7&storyid=3507

please please please please  cek news itu guys!!

so waktu kelas ekonomi, di 10 menit terakhir kita diwajibin buat nyanyi national anthem sama cerita what's happening in our country. And there's Nathaly, she's from Nicaragua... And dia cerita tentang gimana kondisi negaranya sekarang. Police just killing people on street and just because they against goverment. They have no rights... Mereka harus patuh sama pemerintah, sekali protes di jalan. udah ilang namamu gatau kemana. entah di tembah polisi atau apa.. Pokoknya kondisi di Nicaragua lagi sedih sedih nya 5 bulanan terakhir ini...

so please guys share this news so people know that there's something going on with our friends in Nicaragua... jangan liat berita tentang reza arap yang apus akun utube which is 100% gapenting menurutku. There's people struggling out there just trying to get their rights back... so please please please what you guys can do is just a simple thing share the link and make others know about this issue. Muchas Gracias! 

Stargazing

believe it or not. Kemaren aku stay di field malem malem sm temen, dari jam 10 malem sampe jam 3 malem, and guess how many shooting stars i saw yesterday? 10 shooting stars!!! gilak gak lohh omgomgomg stargazing disini asik bangetttttttttttt. you just have to bring A LOT of blanket or comforter because kalo malem dingin buangett haha... disini aku sm temen temen juga maen never have i ever which is really common lol. permainan wajib kalo lg bonding sm temen to get to know them better! 

Strings Buddy 

my  lovely string buddy!!

intinya kita bisa cerita apapun ke string buddy kita. They're gonna definitly help us. Yang tengah itu namanya Jonathan from the US, dia second year. And dia roomate nya doi lo tahun lalu lol. yang kanan namanya Andres, dia dari Mexico dan dia first year

Subject and Theatre!

okay so aku udah disini ngikutin full pelajaran as an IB Student for 2 weeks!! well it's still fun tho i really enjoy it. oiya aku ambil English A lang&lit HL, Spanish Ab initio SL, Economics HL, Computer Science SL, Mathematics SL, and Theatre HL.

you have no idea guys how much i love theatre here!!! well waktu SMP sm SMA emang aku gapernah ikut ekstra teater karena diindo gabener bener teater gitu lo.. cuma abal.. tp aku pernah belajar teater di SD which is salah satu kenangan terindah akuuu... And here ada Theatre as a subject which is pasti bakal aku ambil.... Oiya i  have my first Theatre Performance in October 6th i think before Southwest Studies which is aku pergi ke grand canyon. And believe it or not, aku bakalan nyanyi di penampilan teater perdana kitaa omg omg omg..

aku selalu enjoy nyanyi, but never really show it off back then in indonesia because di indo lu bakalan di judge kalo lo gabagus bagus amat. but disini mereka bener bener ngeapresiasi banget hal hal kecil which is good for your mental health. mereka bikin society jadi lebih sehat. 

That's All guys!! see you on my next post! i'll post a video soon because UWC DAY coming up wohooo!!! I have to do Dayroom Duty see you later!!