Monday, March 12, 2012

Skype Laughing Chain

Hi guys! Piye kabare?

So basically, I watched this video today, and it was freaking hilarious! A friend of mine, Firda, and I were literally laughing non-stop for nearly 10 mins! Look at the woman's face at 2:51! Priceless.


I'd also like to say thanks to TheFineBros for introducing this video to us!

Sunday, March 11, 2012

An Update From Auburn!

Life has changed DRASTICALLY over the past three months or so. I am now living in Auburn; thousands of miles away from my family, not to mention 15 hours slower in time. Life has been amazing for the past 11 weeks. I've met a bunch of new (FREAKING AWESOME) friends, I've been to places I haven't been before, I've gained new experiences and learned new things. To sum it all up in three words: IT IS AMAZING.

So, first of all, let's talk about the school.

I go to Green River Community College, which is not exactly the best college in the US, but it's a pretty darn good one. One of the things I love most about this college is the really helpful advising team for international students; they make sure I don't take the wrong classes and stuff, so that's been pretty nice.



When I came here, I was also surprised that there were loads of Indonesian people here, and when I say 'loads', I really mean loads of them. Nearly everywhere I go, I see Indonesians. For the Winter 2012 Quarter, there were around 14 or 15 new Indonesian students. Last quarter a.k.a. Fall 2012, there were over 50 new Indonesians students! WOW. That's a lot. It actually turned out that among all the international students, the Indonesian population at GRCC is the third largest, after China and Vietnam.

There are quite a number of school activities. For instance, there was this Lunar New Year thing going on, obviously during the Chinese New Year. The latest event was the Singing Contest held by the Indonesian Student Organization (ISO), which I volunteered for as photographer. Speaking about organizations, I joined the Asian Student Union and Volunteer Program Association... I was also thinking about creating my own organization; because it would give me more experience in leadership, organizing events, socializing with other people, and if it is a success, it might help me in my application. Not to mention all the fun I'll have! But unfortunately, I don't have an idea as to what type of organization I should do. So I'm still working on it.

And then, this quarter I'm taking three courses: English Composition (ENGL& 101), US History II (HIST& 137) and Social/Political Philosophy (PHIL 110). I'm doing pretty well in English and History, but in Philosophy.. Hmm... Not so good... I keep getting Bs. But I'm working on it. I'm planning on bugging the teacher to death. I hope that works out, and I hope the teacher won't be so pissed off at me. Oh, by the way, my Philosophy teacher turned out to be a real professional philosopher; he won this kind of award thing, which means that he's a really amazing person because if he isn't than he wouldn't have won the award.. right?

Now, let's talk about the area... Auburn, WA! Auburn is what I describe as "jauh dari peradaban", or in English, "far away from human life/civilization." Obviously, I'm exaggerating here. If it were away from any sort of human life... Then I wouldn't be living here. But what I meant was that it isn't located in the city, not like Seattle or San Francisco. Don't get me wrong here, I'm not a party person, but the problem with Auburn is: the best place you could go is the Supermall, which isn't that great anyway. It's an not-so-good mall. And that is the best entertainment you could get here; hence, the origin of why I say it's far away from civilization. But I guess, looking at it from the bright side, I won't be so distracted with other stuff and will have more time to study. Haha.

Hmm what else... Oh yeah. Finals coming up! Gotta get ready.

There's actually been tons of stuff going on, but I just don't feel like writing it down, it takes up a lot of time. But hey, I can actually type pretty fast compared to the average person, my average typing speed is around 90 WMP, and my record is 110 WMP! I like to go on typeracer a lot, so if anybody would like to race with me... Just comment or mention me on Twitter!

My plans for the future (besides getting into my dream school and getting 4.0 GPAs): Get involved in school (a.k.a. start a new club/organization), learn how to play guitar, vlog and make videos on Youtube!

That's all for today and BYEEEE!