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)
#Day306 tuesday, June 16, Day 2 of Pre Return Orientation, how to rock the american squad pose with no american squad.
We went to Capitol Hill and US Department of State Office. We talked to the US Dept of State Staff. We also met Kal Penn, one of an actor from How I met Your Mother. It was a good day. I am glad i was an exchange student to USA. US is a very diverse country with a large group of different races and people from different country. The people are nice. A lot of people said that American are individualist. Yeah, that is true but they also really good to work as a team. That’s the reason you have squad pose in ‘Murica ;) Show your squad pose, that is how to strike a pose with your team!
#Day305 June 15, Sunday. literally that was the last day I saw my host family this year. They took me to La Palapa, Mom’s favorite restaurant in Old Elicott City. It was actually my favorite Mexican restaurant. I was thinking it’s gonna be the last Enchiladas i ate in ‘Murica. True that. This family has been there for me everytime. Support me everytime in the states. Thankyou for letting me be part of The McGarvey family. After that, dad and mom took me to Hilton Dulles Airport hotel, the place where i would have a 3 days return orientation before going home. Some exchangestudents that is hosted in the states that is far away from DC have said goodbye to their family at the airport. I lived close to DC, so my host family took me to the orientation place. They also gave me a farewell gift to remember, and Maryland & USA flag. On the way to DC, i did not fell like i was leaving. I had my maryland flag wrapped around my shoulder. I have been to DC so many times that I felt like I was going back to Maryland soon. But i was not.
I haven’t posted anything about my last couple weeks in the states because I wasn’t ready to post or write things like this.
My host family is amazing!
Things I miss so much from my exchange year in USA are : Family, Friends, FOOD
#Day304 sunday, June 14 was the last full day in Maryland.
Brittany came over to my house in the morning and took me hiking to Savage Park. It was one of the best summer day ever, we picked up Sarah on the way there. That day was super fun, it’s not just a normal “fun”, it was really fun. We were hiking and swimming in the river. Woodcoppin is a beautiful place, we don’t really see a lot of people, it was a nice park. I feel sorry that Sarah broke her finger. But the adventure is out there. So I and Brittany went to the mall to get some Maryland Souvenirs, got some coffee and went to Hoco summer fest, and riding a carousel.
Our adventure started with jumping into the river, playing ukulele, get lost, hoco art fest and ended up riding a carousel.
One day we are going to have another adventure day!
