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Hola! Happy Thankgiving! :D
*besok sih sebenernya, hehe. tapi harumnya masakan udah mampir ke hidung :p*
Menyeramkan, karena Thanksgiving sampai New Year penuh dengan liburan dan makan besar -__________-
Yeah, happy gaining weight (again), Azka! I'm trying to avoid scale from now on, because as my dad said, gaining weight is a part of experience being an exchange student, hahah --"

Well anyway, mau cerita-cerita lagi nih, sejak mendarat di negara Om Sam kayanya gue jarang banget posting (maklum gue ngga bawa laptie dari Indo, jadilah ngga leluasa mau blogging, huhu). Gue lagi thanksgiving break nih, di Rochester, NY bareng sama Ayes dan hostfamnya. Dan tadi gue abis ke Niagara Waterfall! Sayang gue ngga bisa liat dari sisis Kanada yang konon katanya lebih cantik. But it was still beautiful thou, and cold! Kerasa banget perpindahannya dari South East ke Northern. Haha. Highest temperature di sini udah less than 50 degree F. Kebayang banget gue bakal banjir keringet di Indo taun depan.. -___________- Subhanallah.. Dulu gue cuma liat itu air terjun dari ensiklopedia!

Minggu-minggu kemaren juga gue lumayan banyak jalan-jalan, walaupun mostly gue pergi ke tempat-tempat yang lebih ke alam daripada kota. Hahah --" Ke Brown Mountain pas akhir summer sama hostfam, terus ke Charleston, SC bareng sama Domna (LoCo gue), Ayes (bosen, haha), dan Merven (temen exchange gue dari Turkey), ke Tennessee sama hostfam pas awal fall (Indahnya warna daun-daun di gunung! :D), dan terakhir ke Grandfather Mountain bareng hostfam dan Ayes (lagi-lagi, haha).

Bulan lalu gue juga joined Gaston County Choral Festival, ketemu murid-murid sekolah lain, ngobrol sama konduktornya (dia kepala departemen musik di UNC Chalotte dan dia pernah ke Jakarta! *norak gitu gue). Coba musik klasik sama choral di Indonesia as appreciable as here, hemmm.. Jadi dapet banyak masukan soal nyanyi dan future education di musik.. banyak temen juga hehe.

Terus minggu lalu IEW (International Education Week)!!! As a full scholarship-receiver from US government, we had to make cultural presentation about our homecountry. Awalnya gue sempet ngedown karena banyak banget keterbatasan dan halangan-halangan waktu gue nyiapin presentasi gue, but finally I made it!! :D IEW really boosted up my mood cause there was a thing that made me sad that time.. :) I sang some songs from indonesia, and in the last presentation, Ms. Renee recorded it and my principal came to watch me! :D The audience wasn't only from my class but also from IB class. Sempet garing di kelas sosio gara-gara cuma di akhir kelas, but overall it was cool! Seneng banget! :p *walaupun banyak yang tau gue lebih karena gue nyanyi daripada karena gue anak exchange student, hahaha*

By the way, it's kinda late but I feel so sorry for disasters that happened in our country last months.. You know I'm worry here and I don't want anything bad happen to our country; especially during my stay here.

Okay, disuruh tidur. hehe.
to be continue! :)

AB