About yesterday and today

Hello my cutie sweetie blog!!
Guess what?? Yesterday I met Tyson after school :D yeay
I missed him so much, it has been a long time since second semester and I didn't take Spanish Class anymore then he came in front of me. I was so happy!

He's the kindest friend I've ever met!
So yesterday after my boring class period which was Algebra (oh well, Algebra is not boring, but my teacher was not there yesterday and so we had subs, and I didn't understand what did she explain me about -_-, that was why it was so boring).
Then after the bell rang, I went downstairs, then I heard a guy like screaming behind me,
"PUTRI !!! Is that you???!!" and I was like turning my head back and look at him, then
"OH MY GOSH!! Tyson!!! How are you??" Then we hugged each other,
he said, "I'm just tired so far, where have you been? you didn't take spanish anymore, you don't like Spanish Class?" while we were walking together to the parking lot.
and I said, "I do like Spanish Class, but I'm here just for a year, so I want to take different classes, yeah you know, for my experience :). So, you still take that class, huh?"
and he said, "Yeah, I want to go to college, and Spanish is one of the requirements, so that's why."
and I said, "Oh well, just take your time :). Hey you know what? I miss you!"
and he said, "Hey, I miss you too!! Are you waiting for someone to pick you up?"
and I said, "Yeah, how about you?"
and he said, "Ah, I drive myself with my car right there" while pointing his index finger to his car in the parking lot.
But I saw my host sister came and picked me up,
I said, "Oh, Ty, my sis arrived already, I've gotta go, see you later!"
He said, "See you, Putri!" Then he hugged me again. What a nice friend :)
Yeah, he's my good friend ever!


and today, today was good, nothing wrong so far,
There was a legion activity between 2nd and 3rd period, but I chose to go with Kelsie, India, Orien, Dave, and Ashley, but we went outside of school, haha
we went to Super Target, we didn't buy anything there, we just played around, *what the heck!!
it was so fun :D
I love them! They are all like my best friends! yeahhh

And tomorrow hopefully will be great too!! :)

Welcome Back Wepe!!

Yeah I'm cheering up myself after a short spring break, yeah I know it was more than 7 days, I know I am a nerd, but who cares? :p
So, I totally am starting my super brand new life, I am trying not to hesitate for anything, I really want to enjoy the rest months of my exchange year.

Today was the first day of school after Spring Break, I was so happy to meet my friends at school I was telling them about my spring break, color fest, and a lot of stuff.

My first class today was Sewing Class, you know what? I almost done with my bag! I am so excited!!

And in Gym class was so much fun too!
We played soccer, even if I got hurt twice -_-
but it was so much fun, so I played soccer with Derek, Sarah, Taylor, Rachel, Abby, Krista, Scott, Jill, Carlos, Trace, and Justin.

Jill and Abby are soccer player and they both are girls, AWESOME!
No wonder why whenever Abby kicked the ball and unintentionally hit me, it really hurts -_-
I still can see the scar until now. Wow.

When I got hurt the second one, Scott was right beside me, he was trying to get the ball to, but the ball hit me in my thigh, it really was hurt, then he asked me, "Putri, are you alright?" then he hug me and I said, "Oh yeah, I am fine, even it's kinda hurt, but don't worry, it'll disappear."
and he was like, "Okay, great!"
And a lot of fun things happened too in the game. I just LOVE IT!!

I really love today.
My best day ever!
Hopefully tomorrow will be the same :D
who knows? :D

Utah's Hogle Zoo

My Spring break was awesome! I went to the Zoo several days ago.
I've been to the zoo in Indonesia before, but here, it was my first time!
A lot of animals that I've never seen before such as polar bear, giraffe, meadow bear, big tigers, and so on. The animals were so cute. I saw some huge TURTLES!!! I LOVE TURTLES :D and they were not hiding inside their house, yeayyy.

I really wanted Turtle dolls there, the staff sells some stuff animals dolls. I wanted to buy the TURTLE one, but I didn't have enough money that day T_T what the heck! oh well, here are the pictures!

This is Gorilla, not me, okay!

I like the statue :D

Monkey

Turkey!

Sexy elephants~

Soooo african!

Told ya!

Aren't those cute?

Near by Lazy Rhinos' Cage :D

Ahh, look at 'em!

Rhino's statue :D

Noooo!!! MY TRAKE!!!

California Sea Lion. He was soooooo cute

Good to learn :)

Polar Bear *Ahhh, I wanted him to wake up!

Bear Meadow

Polar Bear Statue!

Hehe

TURTLE!!!!!!!!

He's so cute!

Near by Giraffes!

Big cats!

That kid might think I was a weirdo -_-

Pretty Peacock!

Yeah!! Family picture :)

Osaka Sushi

Yesterday was Zack's birthday :)
So, yesterday we had dinner at Osaka Sushi, because Zack loves Sushi, and we love sushi either :)
We ordered different kind of Sushi. It was sooooooo delicious!!

And here are the photos from yesterday :)

These are so yum!

They are so yummy either!!

Mom, Zack, and Me :D

Look at my plate :D hehe

Zack and Me *P.S. Mom's thumb -_-

Their plates still empty, so no wonder they actually were starving -_-

haha, Kiley is awesome! lol

Another Good Day

Today is Zack's birthday. Happy birthday my big host brother Zachary!! :)

Pas pulang sekolah, gue mampir ke kelas Ms. Merrell, biasa ngobrol sebentar sambil nunggu di jemput.
Nah, Beliau kenal sama kakak angkat gue yang kebetulan alumni Layton High gitu,
jadi gue bilang ke beliau kalau hari ini dia ultah,
trus beliau ngasih note buat dia lewat gue.

Eh pas dia jemput gue, dia berpikiran buat say Hi ke Ms. Merrell,
jadi kita malah ngobrol bareng  di kelas. Wah asik banget.
Satu jam cuma buat ngobrol tau nggak :D hhehe
asik banget,
trus gue berharap banget supaya bisa pake tassel dan baju graduation bulan Juni,
di bantu Ms. Merrell,
tapi nggak tau deh,
gue juga nggak bisa berharap banyak,
karena kalo itu menentang peraturan district, gue juga gak bisa apa-apa :'
gue nggak peduli sama diploma,
gue nggak perlu jalan di atas karpet di hari kelulusan.
yang gue mau cuma,
gue dianggap sama seperti murid yang lain, yang bisa pake seragam graduation plus tassel.
That is it!

But over all, today is another good day for me :)

Just a big SMILE :)

Nah sekarang gue bakal nyeritain tentang hari ini,
so, di kelas pertama, Creative Writing Class, gue dateng kepagian, trus Seth dateng, jadi ngobrol sama doi, doi bilang kalo doi pengen banget naik sepeda ke sekolah, tapi karena masih dingin cuacanya, ya mungkin habis spring break, baru deh doi biking, asiknya u,u kan gue mau juga.
oh well, gue ngebacain paper gue di kelas, gitu, gue minta Ms. Merrell buat ngijinin gue baca paper work gue duluan, yah karena di mana-mana lebih cepat itu lebih baik.Dan di paper gue itu gue nulis tentang "Reason for Shapes" (Alasan untuk Bentuk-bentuk), yah di bikin kayak puisi gitu deh, eh nggak taunya puisi buatan gue di bahasnya lama, kata beliau sih keren gitu. Oh well, bagus deh kalau gitu :)

Trus second period, English Class.
Awalnya gue duduk sendirian, trus nggak lama Nick dateng trus duduk di samping gue.
Trus Mrs.Drake ngasih arahan gitu tentang tugas essay, trus beliau nyeritain tentang cerita di buku literature gitu, Alhamdulillah bahasanya nggak kayak novel Shakespeare, jadi easy to understand lah :)
Nah pas di 5 menit terakhir, gue denger Riley, Nick, sama Austin ngobrol tentang negara gitu,
SECARA gue denger, wong gue di tengah-tengah mereka bertiga -_- mana mereka kalo ngobrol hebohnya kayak gitu, sampai di ujung pembicaraan Nick bilang, "Hey, Putri is pretty awesome too, she's from Indonesia, so she's the furthest", trus entah kenapa mereka jadi ngomongin agama gitu, tapi ini omongan yang asik, nah kebetulan Riley nih muslim sama kayak gue, ternyata Austin sama Nick nggak tau kalau Riley selama ini adalah seorang muslim. Hahaha sumpah itu bagian terlucu, jadi gue ikutan nimbrung di pembicaraan mereka, trus yang paling gue inget tuh percakapan mereka begini,
R : Eh, aku Islam loh.
A & N : Serius lo, Riley?
R : serius!
A & N : ah masa sih?
Gue : Dia Islam kok, haha, waktu itu dia ngomong sama gue.
R : kalian nggak percaya cuma karena aku kulit putih -_-
trus berakhir dengan tawa, macam-macam anak2 ni. Haha :)

Trus third period, Photography Class.
Asik banget di photography class,
trus si Kelsie nggak henti-henti ngomong ke gue :)
Dia asik banget di ajak ngobrol,
dan ini buatan gue di Photography Class today :)

And the last, 4th period which is Algebra.
Dan hari ini di kelas semua murid ngelanjutin ulangan yang kemarin.
Dan ulangan itu boleh di kerjain bareng,
tapi gue milih ngerjain sendiri sih,
walaupun kemarin ada yang minta jadi partner gue gitu, tapi hari ini dia nggak turun -_-
trus ada satu soal, yang gue nggak yakin sama rumus yang gue pake,
jadi gue nanya sama cowok di samping gue,
cowok yang duduk di samping gue ini nggak pernah ngomong,
tapi OTAK-nya luar biasa!
dandanannya kayak emo gitu, lagu yang doi dengerin juga metal sama sceamo,
wah, musik favorit gue :D
tapi sayangnya doi pendiem banget kalo di kelas.
Tapi berhubung tadi gue terdesak, dan karena guru gue hari ini juga nggak masuk,
dan di gantiin sama Substitue teacher yang sama sekali nggak ngerti Algebra,
jadi gue nanya doi,
dan ternyata doi dengan ramah ngebantu. Yeayy! ternyata rumus yang gue pake bener :)
gue cuma nanya ke doi, rumus yang gue pake bener ato nggak,
eh doi bilang bener, trus dijelasin gitu.
Bener-bener deh ya, malaikat tak bersayap, terbantu sekali hari ini :)

Dan kalau boleh jujur, hari ini adalah hari yang terbaik buat gue.
Gue sebenarnya belajar banyak hari ini,
banyak banget.
Iya, belajar dari orang-orang di sekeliling gue.
Baik kenal atau nggak.
Gue belajar dari mereka :)

That Day

Waktu itu nonton tmen gue yang konser orkestra :)
asik banget, musik Jazz-nya juga asik buat di denger.
Walaupun beberapa penonton pada dansa sama pasangannya
dan sementara gue dateng sendirian -_- jadi gue cuma nontonin doang,
Ah tapi gak apa, tetep have fun dong :)

Me, Jeanny, and Krista

I know it's blurry -_- but I still can see it clearly btw

It's the candle on my table, isn't it pretty? :)

This is what I like to do before go to school :)

Three Months To Go

Really? It really is almost April.
I need somebody to slap my face.
Is it a dream?
I'm living in my dream, but I don't expect to wake up.
This dream goes so fast.
Why?
Oh God, let me stay here a little while.

What does lucky means?

Right after I read "The Rocking Horse Winner" in English Class yesterday, I just wondered, "What does lucky means?". I know, the story tell me about money and greedyness. But my point of view, lucky is something that you've dreamed and it becomes a dream come true. That is lucky.

I'm living in my dream as I know I am one of those lucky persons.

Why Did I Decide To Take This Chance

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This poem came up with an idea by using a questionable title and the body of the poem are the answers from the title and the answers have to start with word "Because". And here is mine.

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Why did I decide to take this chance

Because I am Putri whose dreams so high. Stand tall like I am tall enough to reach all of my dreams that I spread out on the sky.

Because chances that has come will not come back twice and a year as an exchange student only happen once.

Because when I was a child, I said to everyone that I didn’t want to be a doctor, but I wanted to be the President of United States of America.

Because I am Indonesian and I want to promote how freaking incredible and awesome my country is.

Because I want to challenge myself to live far away from people that I used to know.

Because I don’t know how to make my parents proud of me, so I decided to go.

Because I don’t have a lot of money to travel here, but I do have this holy brain that made me passed the test and now I am here.

Because being the only one who wear scarf at school is kinda cool.

Because when I think about future, this chance is one important thing that I have to take.

Because I know where I have to stay if someday I got another chance to come back here.

Because I can learn anywhere and anytime, no matter what time and what places. Learn is not always about something that relate to school, but learn to be tough when my life is getting harder and harder is a part of learning.

Because every time I see everyone here is one of a big chance that I won’t miss. Because, I know I can not see you all again next year. That’s why I actually try to record all of you on my mind. But it’s hard. Although some of you think that you don’t know me that well, but having you guys payed attention at me when I was presenting my presentation about my country, I felt happy and I totally appreciate it.

Because there are no burrito, Wallmart, Marshmallow, honey butter, Pretzel, and lots of things here that I can’t find in a place where I belong, so I take this chance.

Because my real family doesn’t like to watch movie and play games, so watch movies and play games every weekend with my host family here is such a good chance.

Because time gives me a lot of chance to learn music by myself.

Because taking lots of pictures are a big chance to capture all of the place where I’ve been passed.

Because on July, I’ll have a new chance to tell people who I used to know there about what I’ve seen and done here.


By Wahyuni Putri.

Things I've Learned Last Year

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This poem came up from an idea about "Things we've learned last (year, month, centuries, hour, week, and so on). Then here is mine.

Things I've Learned Last Year

You can do the hardest thing even nobody teach you how to do it.

Miracle is the result from hardworking.

A circle can create anything.

Sometimes you need to tell something that you don’t want to tell.

Different place has different people.

It’s rare to find people in U.S. who ride motorcycle.

Pork taste good.

Trees can drop their leaves off and pretend to die for a long season.

My host father said that United States  always help other countries,

But when something happened in U.S, there’s no country who will help.

Because they think Americans are rich enough to help themselves.

And if U.S doesn’t help other countries, other countries will hate them.

What I saw, what I heard, what I did

Just change my perspective of differences.

I wonder what am I living for?

Now I know I’m here to break misunderstanding

And build a bridge of understanding and differences

Oh, anyway,

Just want to tell you that Egyptian doesn’t goes to school by Camel.

And mostly they can see pyramid from their house.

By Wahyuni Putri

Fluffy

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This poem I made for my best friend, Liberty Walters and all of my Creative Writing Class' classmates including my best teacher, Ms. Merrel. I was using a rhyme for this poem, and it was about real story, because that day Liberty gave me a christmas present :).

Fluffy

My tropic skin reacts to the climate

The blood inside of my body feels like climb up

The weather has to change and I asked, “Why?”

My body refuses it but I know I have to give a try

This morning I woke up and forced myself to wake up

Mom asked me, “Are you ready to go?” and I said, “Yup!”

I waited the bus in the darn cold morning

Until I saw a yellow innocent bus was coming

Come inside of it and sat alone

I was boring and playing monopoly on my phone

Till I arrived and put my feet on the school ground

Walked to the undescribeable white portable and enjoy the morning’s sound

My hands were crying like a baby,

It was so cold and they needed gloves, maybe.

I opened the portable’s door and saw my friend there.

I said, “Hi,” and I sat on my chair.

She brought something wrapped on her hands and gave it to me

I had no idea what happened but I was happy

I read the letters and I knew what’s going on.

I unwrapped the present and I saw gloves and scarf that I could put on.

I don’t have to be afraid with the morning cold.

Now I have these fluffy warm things that better than a gold.

Thanks to my best friend, Liberty, for giving me these Chrismas present.

I hope God always bless you and put you in a pleasant.

I hope you got what you want from Santa Claus.

Now cheer up guys and Merry Christmas.

 By Wahyuni Putri

No, I don't want to go back home

Oh well, now I am sick, I think it's because of the weather, ah whatever.

It's already March,
and the date so close to April,
then May is going to come,
then June,
and after that I'm home.

I do not want to go home.

The reasons are easy,
a lot of things are easier to find it here,
you can fix whatever you want,
stable,
and so on.

But, I can't deny that I still love Indonesia no matter what.
Because Indonesia still rich by its cultures after all.

There a weird feeling that I feel right now,
why?
Because, I have two families right now,
here in Layton, Utah, US.
and there in Samarinda, Kalimatan Timur, Indonesia.
So I feel weird to leave one of my family here,
and also I don't know when I'll come back here someday.

However, I think I have a new dream,
it is "TO GO BACK HERE AGAIN, SOMEDAY"

If I could continue my college here, I would totally do that!
or even married with someone here :) lol

well it's still a dream, no matter I reach it or not,
the important thing is I still have to try,
nothing impossible in this world as long as your motivation walk together as your dream running to the end of the world.

School

I don't know why I want to talk about school, but really, I just wanna share about school here. Even I believe I did share about this before, but not in a detail explanation.

So, my school is Layton High School. Layton high is part of Davis District.
I'm in senior grade in this school.

Layton High School's mascot is Lancer.
And here's my school logo:

 See, that's LANCER!!!! Yeah, we're so good in supporting our friends in competition. Sometimes we screamed, "Go Lancers!!!" It's just awesome!!

 Here's cafetaria. I don't really spend my lunch time there, because sometimes I ran out of place, so I just went somewhere with my friends.

 and here's where the student park, and it's the front side

and this one from the another side.

I take some fun classes and some of them are hard classes.
but most of all, they are all fun classes. :)

Chinese New Year

Yesterday, I went to  Joy-Luck.
I had a volunteer job there. It was so tiring but Fun.

Mom, Me, Kiley :)

Me and Kiley :D

It's starting!!!

Look at that!!

They are all the workers :D (even me)

Me and Kid (The Boss). *Tie and Kiley in the back -_-

Me and Kid. He said, "Putri, you're always smiling, that's the best thing I know about you." :) yeayy

Tie and Me :). I like Tie. He's so friendly, he even brought me Singapore Noodles.

Gong xi gong xi :)