Thursday, December 31, 2015
By Ellen Livia - 11:19 PM
2015 is a year full of joyful, happiness and love.
2015 is not just a year.
I meet a lot of people who made me who I am today and where I stand.
It’s the year I learned to say goodbye to my Maryland fam and also the year when I was so happy to see my indonesian family again after a year journey in US.
Oh yeah, forgot to mention it is also the year i got to know Tzu Chi Class of 2016 that is also my class now!
I am thankful for you all.
This photograph was taken candidly by a friend of mine when i was just coming home for couple weeks. I was doing the storytelling (again) about my exchange year memories in Maryland.
Sunday, November 22, 2015
By Ellen Livia - 4:01 PM
Dear folks, It’s been a month since #YESmendukung first movement! We had met hundreds amazing kids accross the nations, from Medan, Bandung, Bogor, Surabaya, Jogjakarta, etc.
We love seeing these kids who are cancer survivors smile and laugh. These kids from Rumah Cinta just released wishing baloon with #YESmendukung volunteers.
YES Mendukung (Youth Exchange & Study, Meningkatkan Edukasi dan Lingkungan) is Indonesian YES Alumni Association Project (IYAA) 2015. Our goal is to increase people’s awareness of education and environmental issue 🌿📚
Wednesday, September 16, 2015
By Ellen Livia - 6:11 AM
#tbt i miss those white stuff called snow. March 7, 2015.
I was attending a conference in Hilton Hotel, Virginia. I remember it was a beautiful yet cold morning. There was a St. Patricks parade along the King Street. So we hop out to the street. A good friend of mine, @kadekvn took this pocture while we were exploring downtown Virginia.
At that moment, i didn’t like the cold that i got from snow. And finally i got to the point where i miss snow so bad.
Life is complete when you have food, friends and family!
Yesterday we celebrated those things.
I’m in love with Bakwan Jagung. So yesterday we had what’s so called as Bakwan party. When american had spaghetti dinner or pizza party, indonesians have Bakwan party.
We had indomie, nutella chocolate pudding with choco chip and Bakwan.
Cheers to the goodlife that we had so far! And welcome to an amazing experience that we are going to have.
Friday, September 11, 2015
By Ellen Livia - 6:21 PM
tegan (read: teman ganteng)
Our basecamp: library
This weekend i’ve been spending my time mostly with my family and my friends.
Glad that i had them. We went exploring the building where I used to work. The building is still the same, its kinda nostalgic but it was fun anyway! We took some pictures and saw a beautiful moon up in the sky, from a beautiful building.
The last picture was the first time i hang out with Rey and Richrd.
I guess i could say my senior year part 2 gonna be awesome with these peeps! (at Central Park West-Jakarta)
Thursday, August 27, 2015
By Ellen Livia - 6:32 AM
Today is Leon's birthday.
Throwback to superbowl party at his house when we made nutella German brownies together!
Can’t believe you’re finally get older!
Thanks for being the worst and the best friend when i was in US. I miss everything we did in US. I knew someday im gonna see you, either in Germany, US or even Indonesia!!
Throwback a year ago I celebrated it in Columbia, MD. I remember mom drove me and i asked her if we could stop by at Oakland Mills and took a picture with Indonesian flag, and we did it! Now im home and i am going to celebrate it this morning.
Anyway, I wander what OM looks like now in the summer!
#ciamique #AFS #klYES #nyanyiantanahair (at Oakland Mills High School)
Selamat untuk #LangkahAnakBangsa, 140 (mohon koreksi jika salah) siswa-siswi Indonesia yang baru berangkat senin lalu menjadi duta muda Indonesia ke negara-negara lain. Teringat satu tahun lalu, kami berangkat dengan penuh harapan dan impian untuk menginjakkan kaki di negeri lain. Membawa satu nama dalam benak, #NyanyianTanahAir. Terasa asing ketika menapakkan kaki itu, tapi kami tahu bahwa petualangan akan dimulai.
Waktu itu, mama saya naik ke panggung Teater Kautaman TMII menyematkan pin bendera merah putih dan burung garuda di dada saya, menandakan restu untuk membawa nama negeri ini.
Kini saatnya kalian untuk melangkah, berbakti sebagai anak bangsa. Semangat #langkahanakbangsa!
Photo Credit @binaantarbudaya (at Teater Kautaman TMII)
A friend of mine texted me in the morning talking about going to random places in the city and wandering around and i said “yes let’s do it this morning”
Last friday i went exploring Central Jakarta with these 2 girls, Vici & Ivana. The statue behind us is Diorama Sejarah Indonesia.
We went to Pasar Lenggang and ate a lot. Both of them were very excited drinking Coconut water from the coconut itself because they never did that while they were studying abroad a month ago. (at Diorama Sejarah Perjalanan Bangsa Arsip Nasional Republik Indonesia)
2 days ago i went to Monas (Indonesian National Monument) in Jakarta. It changed a lot since the last time I visited Monas a year ago. No more street vendor, they moved to Pasar Lenggang Jakarta about a 2 months ago. I couldn’t handle my self looking at a lot of kinds of indonesian food in Pasar Lenggang. It was a great day! (at Monas)
