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Run Deky Run! Football is a pride over here, in America. It does mean the different meaning with our football. Some of places use the word Rugby for this game instead of Football. That’s the reason why sometime it is called as American Football. Football game is held in every Friday night in every single week. There are a lot of kind of the football league. But for this one i am talking about the Varsity Football Game. Yes, it is for the high school. I do really like to watch the football game. I like the atmosphere while the game is happening. Beside, my family is taking responsibility for the every single football game. Why? Because both of my parents are the coach. My Dad is Assistant Coach of Football and My Mom is the Coach of the cheerleader. And the other is my sister, she is the captain of the cheerleader team. So, our family is definitely have to go to the game. At my few first games. I used to just sit in the side of the field. Where my mom is supposed to sit. I sit beside her and helping for cheerleading stuffs. My school have Dance, Cheerleader, Band, and Flag-Runner to support the football team. The dancers dance at the middle of the game. I mean not while they are playing. I mean the “gap” between two “part” of the game. They dance right in the middle of the field. The cheerleader is the leader of the people who come to watch the game to cheer the player. So they are like leading to cheer almost in every minute. Band do the music things. Yes, i know you already know it. The Band play music while the players are playing the game and at the “gap” of the game they are performing some choreographies, and the last is Flag-Runner. The flag-runners is the person who brings and run the flag. Big flag. Usually the flags have written abbreviation of the school name. Example, my school is Venus High School. So, our flags are V, H, and S. yes, definitely we have one flag-runner for each word or flag. So, we have three flag-runners totally. They have to bring and run the flag at the beginning of each part of game and when the team make score. They have to run all the way long of one length side of the field in every “turn” of their running. So, if your team is the winner of the game means pity runners. Because my mom is the one who responsibles to the cheer team. So she has to ride the same bus with the cheer team. And because i am her “follower”, i need to ride the same bus with them. Fortunately, i have a lot of friend in cheer team and dance team. So i won’t feel awkward or something being in the same bus with all of those people. High school trip riding bus is one kind of the happiness of the most highschooler. Why? Because it is lot of fun. But it is hell for the coordinator of the bus. We won’t be quite at all. My latest game while i am writing this essay was last friday. We went to away game outside the city and it is pretty far from Venus. And the shocking thing is right before i rode the bus. All of the coaches were very confused. Why? It was not very big deal but it would be big deal. One of the flag runner quit from his “job”. So no one would run the S-flag at that time. After a few seconds. They looked at me and saying nothing but their eyes already told me what I had to do. They asked me to run the flag for that night. I actually was a bit afraid to say yes. Because I never ran the flag before. I was afraid that the flag was very heavy and I could not even lift it and even run it. They said it was that heavy and kept supporting me. And, I said yes. And do you know what? I really like to do this. I feel like i am useful for my own school. I feel like everyone support and believe me that I am eligible enough to do this. Pride drove me crazy. Now, I am sad, Football season is already over. There will be no running the flag anymore. But, I am really okay. I am proud of myself. I can do that. I know it was just a simple thing. But it means a lot to me.

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NASA?? Why Not! Space, Galaxy, Stars, Planets, Rockets, Missions, and everything related are really amazing in my opinion. I really like those. Maybe it sounds nerdy or something but I do not care. Those are a m a z i n g. I am a big fans of those thing. I like to buy NASA things. I can not describe how much I love those things. I was so excited that I got information that Texas going to be the place that I am going to be during my exchange year. And here I am, living in Texas and it means I am living near Houston which is the place where Johnson Space Center is. The coolest Space Center in the world, I guess. One of my highlight in my exchange year is I went to Johnson Space Center, Houston during my thanksgiving break. Isn’t that amazing? It surely is. I never expected that my family would like to take me there. But, We went there!. I do not even have heart to ask them to take me there. It was just happened. Lacy--My Host Mother asked me, “Would you like if I take you to Houston, to visit Johnson Space Center?”. I was flabbergasted and directly said ��Absolutely!”. And you know what, It was two days before we went there. We had no plan at all. We invited Aza -- My Exchange friend; used to be my Double Placement mate to go with us. Because Houston is pretty near to Galveston. He never seen ocean, just like me never seen snow. So, we invited him and made some plans for D-Day. Our plan was leaving home at 6 in the morning straight going to Galveston, Having lunch and spending an hour for the beach and going to the coolest place ever, Johnson Space Center. Why did we make plan that we need to leave at 6 in the morning? It is because houston is pretty far from where we live, Venus. It is approximately 4 hours and 30 minutes away and we did not want to spend a night there. We had not had our breakfast yet because it was too early in the morning. We stopped in the gas station and grab some breakfast in the store next to the gas station. I just grabbed Burritos, Milk, and Chips. We did not make time to stop and eat the breakfast so it means we had our breakfast in the car on our way to Galveston. After really long trip, finally we were approaching Galveston and this tropical kid already felt the air. This kid finally found his kind of humidity; finally found his kind of view, palm trees and its gang. Aza could not be happier than seeing ocean for his first time. He was flabbergasted seeing the ocean and feeling how the sun and breeze feel in beach. Actually it was not that pretty though. I used to see lot of prettier ocean and beach than this view. You do not say, I am a tropical kid living in a really big archipelago country. It was too cold to be beach though and then I just realised that it was the end of Fall season; which means it started to be cold. We had our lunch in Galveston. Right after we spent an hour in the beach, we went to the Space Center in Houston. It is 45 minutes away from the beach. Aza could not help with his sleepiness. He fell asleep right after we pulled out from the park lot in the beach. He sleeps a lot more than anyone I know. Did not take too long, finally we arrived in Johnson Space Center. We needed to pay $30 for the ticket. It is pretty expensive though, but who cares? It worth much more than 30 bucks. I expect many cool things but expectations still be expectations. It is much more amazing than what I expected. I feel I was sooooo geek. It was so cool. No word I could say at that time. We were going around and around the building over and over. We learnt much stuffs that I already know some of them but they are still amazing, like amazing. After we felt we already been in every single inch in that building, okay this is semantics, we decided to take another exploration to another building using the program they offer. We were going to take the tram, go around the whole area and visit some neat places that was important for NASA. We had to be in line and we took like an hour being in line for the tram. While waiting and standing in line with boredom. We met an Indonesian family there. I did not realize that until one of them spoke “Dasar lo ya!” and at that time they had to ride the tram. My hostmom asked them if they whether an Indonesian or no, and they said yes. But sadly, they were freaked out had stranger asking them randomly, I even told them that I am an Indonesian too but they were still freaked out and they had to go too. We went to 3 buildings, they were the place that they create the stuffs for the rockets, The control center, and the command center and actually we went to the kinda like monument of the rocket but it does not count as building, does it?. And finally we came back to the museum of NASA and finished all our adventure here. It is not complete if we do not buy something from famous place, isn’t it?. I decided to buy hoodie but sadly it is too small and I just realized when I tried at home, everyone has the same problem with me, right?. ​We went home right before the museum closed. Yes, we heard the announcement that the museum would close in a short time. On the way home, poor Lacy, she had to wake up and keep driving all the way home while three of us--Aza, Morgan, and I fell asleep. It was a really great experience for me. You have not gone to Texas if you have not gone to Johnson Space Center, Houston.

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“Lo Double Placement ya Dek?”. “Iya”. Buat mengawali, kalo dipaksa-artiin sih Penempatan Ganda atau Dobel. Kalo dijabarin sih kira-kira begini. Karena banyaknya siswa yang “datang” ke “Negara Tujuan”. Terlebih Amerika yang siswanya banyak banget. Tetapi jumlah Host Family kurang atau emang Host Family-nya mau ada 2 anak di rumahnya. Jadilah sistem Double Placement ini muncul. Kurasa sih demikian. Ntar Deky crosscheck deh. Ntar kalo salah ya bisa di edit tipis. Di Welcome Family Deky, mereka hosting 2 anak sekaligus. Iya, Double Placement. Deky dari Indonesia dan Aza dari Kyrgyzstan. Jangan tanya itu dimana. Awalnya Deky juga gatau itu dimana. Kami bukan hanya “berbagi keluarga” tapi kami juga sharing room. Artinya Deky sekamar sama dia. Cuma beda bed. Karena emang aturannya harus punya bed masing-masing. Deky datang lebih awal sehari dari dia. Deky datang tanggal 7. Aza datang tanggal 8. Di bulan dan tahun yang sama, September 2017. Ya, bisa dikatakan dia teman pertama Deky disini. karena , Host Sister kan keitung sebagai saudara bukan teman lol. Awalnya suka kaget aja gitu. Cultural shocknya dapet karena beda budaya dengan budaya sini, Amerika terutama Texas. Dan juga kaget karena beda budaya dengan Aza, Kyrgyzstan. Jadi ya suka ribet sendiri. Karena ya gitu. Cultural Shock. Bahasa Inggris kami sama-sama jelek. Jadi kalo kita ngobrol berdua terus one of us ada yang gak paham. Kita pake Google Translate dari bahasa yang dia pake, Russian ke bahasa Deky, Bahasa Indonesia. Jadi langsung gausah muter-muter pake inggris. Awalnya, banyak yang nanya kalo apakah kita tuh saudara, apa mungkin pacar lol. Karena di sekolah kita tuh kemana-mana bareng. Since belum kenal siapa-siapa disini. Dan juga kita punya 3 kelas yang sama dan bareng. Jadi ya gitu deh. Suka bareng. Terus Deky jelasin ke mereka. Kita tuh sesama pejuang rantauan. Sama- sama di Host oleh keluarga ini. Dan bahkan Sharing Room. akhirnya mereka paham juga sih lol. “Asik ya Double Placement?”, since semua hal di dunia ini gaada yang sempurna. Ada baik dan buruknya. Kalo sistemnya sih baiknya gausah ribet-ribet cari keluarga lain. 1 aja udah dapet 2. Jeleknya apa ya, kasihan sama HostFamnya deh keknya. Harus ngidupin 2 anak orang. Kalo si Anak DP nya sih tergantung. Anggep aja kayak temen. Temen kan ada baik dan buruk. Karena Deky DP sama Aza. here we go, Kalo baiknya sih dia baik banget anaknya termasuk good boy lah istilahnya. Dia juga pinter, Pinter mana ama Deky? Deky lah lol. Pride drives me. Dia juga anaknya care. Kalo jeleknya dia tuh apa ya, lelet dan kadang suka gak sadar kalo sedang ditungguin. Kadang malah cepet banget. Tapi udah bikin heboh. Ngajak cepet. Dia masih 15 tahun. Jadi masih proses remaja gitu. Iya, Deky juga kok. Udah ah masa ghibahin mulu. Gabaik. So far, baik lo keluarga biasa, Double Placement, Single Parent. Itu semua mah tergantung lo nya. Lo bikin ribet ya ribet. Lo bikin sante ya sante. Karena karma is a thing. Lo ribet ke hidup, dia bikin ribet hidup lo. It doesnt mean lo harus tidur-tidur buat santaiin hidup loh ya. cheers!

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“Ceritain keseharian dong!?” Okay, here we go. Keseharian sih ga beda-beda jauh. Bener dah. Sama-sama harus pergi sekolah tiap hari Senin sampai Jumat. Dan sama-sama harus melakukan kewajiban lainnya. Masa sama semuanya? Ya gak totally the same lah. Jelas ada bedanya. Yaiya itu maksud gue nanyain lo. Deky mulai bangun pukul 6 pagi. Langsung “berangkat “ Mandi dan doing some bath stuff. Pake air anget. Tetep. Abis mandi kuterus tidur. Enggak lah. Benerin kasur. Nata kasur. Rapiin selimut dan bantal lah intinya. Terus sarapan. Iya, Deky ga sarapan nasi disini. Deky sarapannya juga variatif. Masa kalian tiap hari sarapan Nasi Boran terus. Enggak kan ya. Tapi seringnya sih Deky sarapan sereal. Soalnya cepet. Kadang kalo agak niat ya bikin waffle, pancake atau toast yang mana cuma panasin di microwave doang. Kadang kalo ambisnya agak tinggi ya manasin makanan sisa semalem. Nah gimana kalo ambis parah? Deky masak telor sama daging terus dimakan sama toast. Yah Sandwich gitu lah. Dan kalo pagi Deky kadang minum susu kadang juga aer biasa. Kadang mulut juga ngerasa aneh kalo pagi-pagi udah kena susu aja. Abis kenyang, Deky masukkin bekal lunch yang udah Deky siapin. Ambil botol minum. Pastiin Chromebook dan keperluan HP (eatphone, powerbank, dan kabel) udah masuk tas. Terus naruh tas dulu di meja tengah. Abis itu Deky mulai ganti baju. Inget, Deky ga make seragam. Bebas. Kaos dipadu dengan celpen udah dibolehin. Asal gak ada iklan dan/atau kata kasar di baju yang kita pake itu gapapa. Abis ganti baju Deky dandan. hahah a enggak. Pake deodorant sama parfum dikit. Terus pake lipbalm sama bodylotion. Wait, lo pake itu Dek? Iya, Deky kalo ga pake itu bibir sama kulit kepanasan dan bakal pecah-pecah dan sakit. Pernah sampe kayak berdarah gitu. Karena udah pengalaman jadinya Deky pake itu semua. See, Experiences are the best teacher. Setelah siap semuanya. Deky berangkat ke sekolah jam 7.15am kalo misal diantar sama hostmom. Kalo misal harus naik bus ya jam 6.50am. Terus Deky sekolah sampe jam 3.30pm. Kalau misal dijemput ya langsung pulang. Cepet. Tapi kalo kudu naik bus ya jam 4.20pm baru sampe rumah. Sampe di rumah Deky ngasih makan anjing dan ayam. Eh, lo ada anjing Dek? Iya, tapi tenang jangan butthurt anjing pada di luar rumah. Jarang interaksi. Kalo misal kena air liur kan tetep bisa dibersihin. Kok ngeremehin sih Dek? Bukan ngeremehin, tapi menghargai hostfamiliy yang punya anjing. Udah. jangan bawel. Abis ngasih makan ganti baju. Nggak deng, cuma lepas celana doang. Kaosnya tetep Deky pake sampe tidur dan bangun lagi. Langsung ngerjain PR kalo ada. Kalo gaada yaudah. Abis ngerjain PR biasanya dinner. Padahal kadang masih jam 5. Tapi udah laper. Terus kalo masih ada waktu ya nonton Netflix. Kalo gaada yaudah. Sebelum tidur Deky juga kudu nyiapin bekal lunch buat besok. Apaan sih lunch lo? Sandwich, jajan, dessert sama aer. Udah. simpel. Abis itu ya tidur. Capek. Dan bangun lagi besoknya. Terus ngulang lagi dari awal artikel ini. Itu hari-hari normal loh ya. Kalo weekend ya bedannya abis Shubuh tidur lagi. Sama kadang-kadang diajak keluar. Dan juga gaada sekolah. Udah. monoton kan? Iya, mau digimanain lagi namanya aja keseharian. Ya gitu-gitu aja.

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Sekolah di Amerika gimana rasanya? Jadi, kali ini Deky akan sedikit bercerita tentang bagaimana sih kehidupan bersekolah di Amerika. Terutama di sekolah Deky, Venus High School, Venus, TX. Kenapa? Ada yang aneh? Iya, dengan bangga-nya Deky bersekolah di Venus. Hahaha. Pas awal-awal tau sekolah Deky itu Venus High School muncullah joke “Lah lo maen di Disney Land aja sombong, gue yang sekolah di Venus (refer to Planet Venus) aja sans”. Kenapa kok dinamain Venus? Ya soalnya nama kotanya Venus. Jadi yaVenus High School. Masa Lamongan High School. Atau gak SMA Negeri 1 Venus. Kami murid disini dipanggil Bulldog. Kok kasar sih? Iya, kalo gak tau. Jadi, sekolah ini tuh berada di jalan Bulldog. Bukan jalan yang penuh anjing Bulldog ya. Ini nama jalan. Jadilah kita disebut Bulldog. Lucu kan? Bulldog sekolah di Venus. Ada apa aja sih disana? Pastilah ada mata pelajaran. Nah disini tuh kita harus milih pelajaran. Bukan harus menerima ketentuan pelajaran. Karena Deky sebagai Exchange Student. Deky wajib ambil English (Deky dapet English 3, beberama bebek fellas ada yang dapet Honor English, English 4 dan English 3 kayak Deky), US History, Somekind of Math (Dengan segala kecongkakan, Deky ambli matematika tertinggi di sekolah ini. Jadilah Deky ambil Pre-Calculus. Fyi, di beberapa sekolah lain masih ada Calculus atau AP Calculus sebagai kelas tertinggi), Somekind of Science (Deky ambil Kimia dan Fisika, Deky ambil 2 karena terjadi miskomunikasi yang berujung kebaikan, Both of them enak banget), Theatre Art 1 (iya, ini kelas. Bukan Club), dan juga Principle of Art/ Audio and Video 1 (ini semacam art di komputer gitu, pake segala macem adobe hahaha). Udah, 7 itu doang. Dan tiap hari jadwalnya sama. Ga bosen? Enggak ih, malah asik gini. Soalnya setiap kelas cuma sejam. Jadi cepet banget terus ganti kelas, enak. Kelas? Kenapa nyebutnya ga mapel aja?. Gatau juga sih, bahasa inggrisnya gitu. Disebut classes. Yaudah. Kalo dipaksa ngartiin, mungkin gara-gara kita pindah kelas per mapel. Iya, moving class system gitu. Dan ruang kelas itu tuh kayak istana bagi guru mapel itu. Jadi terserah guru itu mau hias kelas itu kek gimana. Enak ga moving class? Menurut Deky sih enak karena kita ga bosen terus-terusan disitu dan juga gaada adegan dimarahin guru karena kelas kotor karena gaada yang maun piket kemarin sore sama pagi ini. Meskipun Deky lumayan lama di sekolah. Mirip-mirip Fullday-nya Indonesia lah. Pulang jam 3.30 soalnya. Tapi, Deky ga ngerasa bosen. Ya karena itu. Tiap kelas pindah. Dan di tiap kelas itu temen sekelasnya beda-beda. Asik deh. Gaenaknya tuh masih kadang lupa ini ruangannya dimana. Terus juga cuma punya waktu 4 menit aja buat pindah kelas dan itupun lorong sekolah rame banget. Semua anak pada pindah kelas kan ya. Tapi Deky belom pernah telat sih, padahal tiap pindah kelas Deky nyempetin ke toilet dulu. Kebelet pipis coy, di kelas dingin banget. PR gimana Dek? Sama aja kek di Indonesia. Sama-sama banyak PR. Tapi PR di sini ga kerasa. Soalnya Deky pulang sekolah langsung ngerjain PR. Rajin kan? Iya dong. Ada yang beda nih dari sekolah Deky sama sekolah di Indonesia dan bahkan sekolah lain di Amerika. Jadi, Ada yang namanya jam gerbang luar dan jam gerbang dalam kalo pagi. Apa maksudnya? Jam Gerbang luar tuh maksudnya waktu buat pintu gede sekolah baru dibuka. Jadi kalo lo datengnya kepagian ya kudu nunggu di halaman sekolah dulu. Biasanya sih jam 7.15. Dan semua siswa termasuk Deky masuk ke dalam Cafetaria. Kok Cafetaria? Iya kita harus nungguin gerbang dalem dibuka. Dan disini kita bisa sarapan dulu. Dannnnn semuanya gratis. iya , kalo sarapan gratis. Kalo lunch bayar. Tapi Deky selalu sarapan di rumah jadi gaperlu ambil sarapan lagi. Jam 7.40 gerbang dalam baru dibuka dan semua siswa berhamburan masuk ke dalam area sekolah yang “sesungguhnya”. Dan menuju kelas masing-masing karena pukul 7.44 pelajaran dimulai. Gimana? Masih kepo gak? Kalau masih kepo nanti japri Deky. ntar kalo sempet ya Deky bikinin semacam QnA gitu. hahahah.

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Ps: iya, itu videonya cuma teaser doang. Ntar kalo sempet ngedit ya Deky selesein Banyak sekali tugas Batman dan Robin (eh Robin cuma jadi terbelakang dan mastiin semua udah jalan deng). Sederhananya Deky yang paling depan dan paling awal buat ngelakuin apa-apa. Tugas pertama adalah mimpin Check In. Ya kita antri check in udah kayak antri wahaha gitu. Panjang bener. Karena Koperku gede. Yaudah, Deky duduk di koper. Capek bos. Abis check in kita keluar lagi buat foto sama banner selamat jalan. “Ya Ampun akhirnya bisa pegang banner ini!” -Sekar. Flight dari Soetta ke KL cuma bentar. 2 jam lebih dikit doang. Kita di KL kayak transit gitu. Tapi pesawatnya sama. Kita di KL cuma bentar doang. Sejam kali ya. Tapi masih ada yang sempet-sempetnya live Instagram. Screening disini udah mulai ketat. Kemarin kita disuruh copot sepatu disini. Dari KL menuju Schiphol lama banget dah. 12 jam. Kita cuma bobo doang disini. Sama ghibahin tetangga. Pake Bahasa Indonesia haha. Makanan pertama yang kita dapet tuh kayak snack tapi bikin kenyang. Kayak kebab gitu tapi kulitnya kayak pastel. Iya, pastry gitu. Terus isinya mashed potato dan lain-lain. Lah kalo kata Deky sih enak. Banget. Tapi kata Rangga sama Shinta ga enak banget. Jadi mereka berkali-kali ngomong “ini enak kok, ini enak!” Sambil makan keburu-buru banget. Katanya buat men-sugesti diri. Garaa-gara mereka. Deky jadi kayak tersugesti kalo ini gaenak. Tapi makanan selanjutnya ENAK BANGET!. Terutama dessert-nya. “Surga emang di langit ya” -Shinta. “Woeee, Belanda woety” -Rangga. Iya, kita sampe di Schiphol dengan keadaan. Seneng banyak capeknya:). Meskipun tidur mele, bangun cuma makan. Terus ghibah bentar terus tidur lagi. Udeh. Tapi punggung capek banget. Di sini kita bakal habiskan sekitar 6 jam. Lama? Banget. “Gaes, kita cuma bertujuh. Kalo mau kemana-mana. Jangan sendiri. Termasuk ke toilet. Inget. Jangan sendiri” -Batman. And see, mereka pada pergi berdua-dua. Dan gue sendiri nungguin tas yang si empunya pergi ke toilet. Eh ternyata enggak. Si Hadi dan Rangga merasa iba kepada batman. Mereka nemenin gue. Thank You! Appreciated!. Pas Halim sama Nabil balik dari toilet, eh mereka ketemu sama orang Jakarta. DAN KITA DITRAKTIR STARBUCKS!. Disaat kita nahan buat hemat eh ada yang beliin starbucks. Seneng bat dah. Terus kita pindah cari meeting points gitu. Jadi itu buat kalo kita nyebar dan ntar balik lagi ketempat itu pada waktu tertentu. Niat awalnya sih gitu. Taunya kita tetep bersama, bertujuh. Kompak emang. Kagak deng. Emang mager aja. Akhirnya kita boarding. Dan terbanggg!!!. Oiya tambahan. Kita adalah batch terhemat. Ya. Kita bertahan sampe sejam sebelum boarding. Karena Hadi Rangga Nabil kelaperan beli sandwich akhirnya. Di pesawat juga gitu lagi kek awal. Tidur dan bangun kalo ada makanan. Udeh. Enak. Eh tapi agak sedih. Deky kelewatan 1 meal. Bangun-bangun pada buang sampah. Kesel. AKHIRNYA KAKI Deky NAPAK DI AMERIKA!. And im the first person who stands in US of this batch!. Iyelah, Deky batman. Tapi abis ini Degdegan sangat. Iya, Waktunya Immigration Check. Deky degdegan parah. Apalagi yang pertama. Kalo gagal berefek pada semua rombongan. Alhamdulillah lancar. Dan akhirnya membantu rombongan sehingga beberapa dari mereka ga ditanyain apa apa soalnya udah Deky bikin yakin kalo kita imigran baik baik. Kita semua pass. Dan nyari koper masing-masing. Keluar. Dan ketemu sama volunteers. Dan kita ngumpul lagi sama anak negara lain. Kita kenalan bacod gitu. Sampe negara lain pada ditanyain kenapa pada diem. Dijawab capek perjalanan jauh. Dan volunteernya bilang kalo Indonesia itu negara terjauh dari kita semua. Tapi kita semangat. Kagak deng. Emang kitanya aja yang bacot. Hahaha. Kita naik shuttle bus ke hotel. Seneng banget. Hotelnya bintang 4. Di Amerika. Di Washington DC lagi. Gausah ditanyain berapa harganya. Deky juga gatau haha. Anyway, sebagai penutup. Deky kasih tips kalo perjalanan jauh. Lepas sepatu. Iya. Kaki gabakal capek. Terus pake celana sama baju yang ga ketat. Terus sebelumnya selagi dan sesudah jangan lupa minum vitamin. Biar sehat kuat.

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Ps : ini trailer doang kok videonya. Ntar Deky benerin yang asli kok. (2) Banyak sekali tugas Batman dan Robin (eh Robin cuma jadi terbelakang dan mastiin semua udah jalan deng). Sederhananya Deky yang paling depan dan paling awal buat ngelakuin apa-apa. Tugas pertama adalah mimpin Check In. Ya kita antri check in udah kayak antri wahaha gitu. Panjang bener. Karena Koperku gede. Yaudah, Deky duduk di koper. Capek bos. Abis check in kita keluar lagi buat foto sama banner selamat jalan. “Ya Ampun akhirnya bisa pegang banner ini!” -Sekar. Flight dari Soetta ke KL cuma bentar. 2 jam lebih dikit doang. Kita di KL kayak transit gitu. Tapi pesawatnya sama. Kita di KL cuma bentar doang. Sejam kali ya. Tapi masih ada yang sempet-sempetnya live Instagram. Screening disini udah mulai ketat. Kemarin kita disuruh copot sepatu disini. Dari KL menuju Schiphol lama banget dah. 12 jam. Kita cuma bobo doang disini. Sama ghibahin tetangga. Pake Bahasa Indonesia haha. Makanan pertama yang kita dapet tuh kayak snack tapi bikin kenyang. Kayak kebab gitu tapi kulitnya kayak pastel. Iya, pastry gitu. Terus isinya mashed potato dan lain-lain. Lah kalo kata Deky sih enak. Banget. Tapi kata Rangga sama Shinta ga enak banget. Jadi mereka berkali-kali ngomong “ini enak kok, ini enak!” Sambil makan keburu-buru banget. Katanya buat men-sugesti diri. Garaa-gara mereka. Deky jadi kayak tersugesti kalo ini gaenak. Tapi makanan selanjutnya ENAK BANGET!. Terutama dessert-nya. “Surga emang di langit ya” -Shinta. “Woeee, Belanda woety” -Rangga. Iya, kita sampe di Schiphol dengan keadaan. Seneng banyak capeknya:). Meskipun tidur mele, bangun cuma makan. Terus ghibah bentar terus tidur lagi. Udeh. Tapi punggung capek banget. Di sini kita bakal habiskan sekitar 6 jam. Lama? Banget. “Gaes, kita cuma bertujuh. Kalo mau kemana-mana. Jangan sendiri. Termasuk ke toilet. Inget. Jangan sendiri” -Batman. And see, mereka pada pergi berdua-dua. Dan gue sendiri nungguin tas yang si empunya pergi ke toilet. Eh ternyata enggak. Si Hadi dan Rangga merasa iba kepada batman. Mereka nemenin gue. Thank You! Appreciated!. Pas Halim sama Nabil balik dari toilet, eh mereka ketemu sama orang Jakarta. DAN KITA DITRAKTIR STARBUCKS!. Disaat kita nahan buat hemat eh ada yang beliin starbucks. Seneng bat dah. Terus kita pindah cari meeting points gitu. Jadi itu buat kalo kita nyebar dan ntar balik lagi ketempat itu pada waktu tertentu. Niat awalnya sih gitu. Taunya kita tetep bersama, bertujuh. Kompak emang. Kagak deng. Emang mager aja. Akhirnya kita boarding. Dan terbanggg!!!. Oiya tambahan. Kita adalah batch terhemat. Ya. Kita bertahan sampe sejam sebelum boarding. Karena Hadi Rangga Nabil kelaperan beli sandwich akhirnya. Di pesawat juga gitu lagi kek awal. Tidur dan bangun kalo ada makanan. Udeh. Enak. Eh tapi agak sedih. Deky kelewatan 1 meal. Bangun-bangun pada buang sampah. Kesel. AKHIRNYA KAKI Deky NAPAK DI AMERIKA!. And im the first person who stands in US of this batch!. Iyelah, Deky batman. Tapi abis ini Degdegan sangat. Iya, Waktunya Immigration Check. Deky degdegan parah. Apalagi yang pertama. Kalo gagal berefek pada semua rombongan. Alhamdulillah lancar. Dan akhirnya membantu rombongan sehingga beberapa dari mereka ga ditanyain apa apa soalnya udah Deky bikin yakin kalo kita imigran baik baik. Kita semua pass. Dan nyari koper masing-masing. Keluar. Dan ketemu sama volunteers. Dan kita ngumpul lagi sama anak negara lain. Kita kenalan bacod gitu. Sampe negara lain pada ditanyain kenapa pada diem. Dijawab capek perjalanan jauh. Dan volunteernya bilang kalo Indonesia itu negara terjauh dari kita semua. Tapi kita semangat. Kagak deng. Emang kitanya aja yang bacot. Hahaha. Kita naik shuttle bus ke hotel. Seneng banget. Hotelnya bintang 4. Di Amerika. Di Washington DC lagi. Gausah ditanyain berapa harganya. Deky juga gatau haha. Anyway, sebagai penutup. Deky kasih tips kalo perjalanan jauh. Lepas sepatu. Iya. Kaki gabakal capek. Terus pake celana sama baju yang ga ketat. Terus sebelumnya selagi dan sesudah jangan lupa minum vitamin. Biar sehat kuat.

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(1) (Left to Right: Deky, Nabil, Shinta, Halim, Sekar, Rangga, Hadi)

Telur menetas, anak bebek meninggalkan hangatnya cangkang.

“Yah, lupa ngefoto rumah” -Deky, 16, Nglebur. Deky hari ini panik dan deg-degan banget. Harus ninggalin cangkang yang hangat ini. Iya, setelah sebulan delay keberangkatan. Akhirnya kami, iya kami, karena Deky tidak sendiri. Kami #BersamaBatch3 akan berangkat menuju host-country kami. Seneng banget ih. Iya dong. Sedih? Pastinya. “Udah gausah sedih, ini mimpi kamu kan?. Mimpi udah tercapai kok malah sedih” -Dad💞. Terima kasih pa atas semangatnya pagi ini.

Pagi ini, Deky sekeluarga dan Teman-teman lain sekeluarga berangkat dari rumah masing-masing ke Bandar Udara terdekat. Yap, bisa ditebak kalo Deky bakal ke Bandar Udara Internasional Juanda Surabaya. Sedihnya, Deky dapet flight jam 10.20. Sedih kan? Apalagi rumah Deky jauh. Yaudah. Deky berangkat dari rumah jam 4 pagi. Gausah ditanyain juga bangun jam berapa. Selama perjalanan Deky cuma merenung. Ngga deng. Deky bobo di mobil. Ngantuk tjoy. Pas di Bandara, Ekspektasi yang muncul tuh bakal sedih-sedihan gitu. Taunya engga sama sekali. Udah siap mental nih. Hahaha.

Deky terbangg, baru terbang ke Jakarta sih. Tapi ntaran juga ke Amerika. Karena Deky dapet jadwal ter-awal. Deky harus nungguin di Terminal 3 di deketnya BR* center. Tempat yang juga dulunya bersejarah. Iya, dulu dipake buat nunggu pas Seleksi Nasional. Deky disini gabut banget sumpah. Sejam, Shinta dari Chapter Semarang placement Lousiana dateng. Kita sempet muter-muter gitu. Eh ketemu sama mamak batak, Ivana. Kawan seperjuangan pas seleknas dulu. Anw, selamat ya prestasinya. Terus ga lama, Halim dari Chapter Malang placement Oregon datang dengan segala ke-hambar-an di mukanya. Kita bertiga nunggu lama banget buat 1 anak terakhir. Kita udah panik karena udah jam 2. Tapi batang hidung anak ini masih belim muncul.

“Sekarrrr!!!!!!” -Shinta. Ya, dia Sekar Chapter Palembang Outreach Bangka Placement Indiana. Kita berjalan menuju Sekar dan bergegas mencari Shuttle Bus menuju Terminal 2. Di Terminal 2 kita bertemu dengan 3 anak lainnya. Mereka dari Chapter Padang. Ada Nabil dan Hadi Placement Washington dan Rangga placement Illinois. Kita bertujuh makan siang. Dan sedang mendengarkan sedikit briefing. Maaf Kak Sari dan Kak Putri kita sambil makan. Dan mimpi Deky terwujud disini. Dulu sewakt kecil Deky bermimpi jadi superher dan sekarang Deky jadi Batman. Padahal itu juga kepaksa. Batman disini maksudnya jadi pemimpin gitu. Jadi Deky yang mimpin rombongan ini. Kalau ada Batman ada Robin dong. Ya, Robin kita adalah Shinta.

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school starts for me in a little over a week so i thought i’d make a quick back to school masterpost! this is a compilation of tips that i found helpful from youtube study channels, as well as things that i’ve personally done to make school easier. 

do your best work as soon as school starts

usually the first week(s) of school have a relatively light homework load, but don’t slack off!

this is the time to put in the most effort

you’ll be able to see which subjects you want to spend more or less time on throughout the semester

also, if you turn in great work, participate in class, and go to office hours right from the start, you’re going to keep up those good habits as the school year continues

plus, you’ll leave a fantastic impression on your teachers :)

use! a! planner!

cliché? yes, but it works

planners are a great tool to organize so many different aspects of your life, not just school

write down your assignments as soon as you get them so that you won’t forget anything, and so that you can plan your day/week accordingly

try to space out your assignments if you can so that you don’t spend all of your time on just one subject

describe your tasks. instead of saying “study chemistry” (which will turn into binge-watching youtube), say “practice balancing chemical equations”

planners are also great for setting and keeping track of goals! 

BUT, if planners don’t work for you, use some other way to keep track of your tasks and your time - to do lists, schedules, checklists, bullet journals, etc. choose what works for you!

just make sure that you keep all of your tasks in one place. 

break down larger tasks, such as projects or papers, throughout the week

do a little every day instead of cramming all the work into one night

bonus: try to get your assignments reviewed by someone like a teacher or a classmate before turning them in - most teachers are happy to look at drafts and give suggestions that will improve your work and your grade!

also, for big projects, my procrastinating brain has found it helpful to ‘reset the deadlines’ - work so that you’ll finish your bigger assignments a few days before they’re actually due

a big part of breaking down tasks and planning is also knowing your own study habits

try to figure out how long you spend on certain types of assignments, and know how much time you should allocate to specific tasks

when you have a choice, go for meaningful

for some assignments, such as essays where you can choose your own prompt, it’s easy to choose the easy prompt

but whenever you can, try to go for the prompt that will help you to deepen your understanding of the material you’ve learned

teachers who reuse prompts will probably see a lot of the “same” essays every year, so this is a way to stand out in a positive way!

if you can, declutter

or at least try to clean up your study space for the school year

having a neat space to work can really go a long way

throw out those old pens that have run out of ink and are honestly just there to look pretty

also: invest in good lighting because you gotta take care of those beautiful eyes

find classmates who can be your study buddies

if you know who the “top students” in your class are, seek out their help! get contact info!

if you miss classes or have concepts that you’re having trouble with, you’ll always have someone to ask

i mean you should always feel comfortable with asking your teacher for help, but it’s nice to have someone to quickly proofread your paper or review for a test with

peer tutors are also a great resource!

take the time to establish new habits

maybe come up with a morning/afternoon/night routine so that you know you’ll spend some time every day being productive

and don’t let yourself off the hook here!!

some ideas for habits: hydrating properly every day, working out, getting enough sleep every night, avoiding procrastination, journaling, focusing on one thing at a time / not multitasking, going to office hours consistently, participating in class

be honest with yourself. what are some things you do every day that you might not need to do every day? and what are some things you hope you can add to your daily routine?

speaking of habits, fix that sleep schedule asap

if you want to pay attention in class and turn in good work, you’re going to need enough sleep

i would recommend sleeping early and waking up early over sleeping late - it just feels less awful throughout the day and it shouldn’t do as much damage to your sleep schedule as one all nighter will

get yo priorities straight

learn to say “no” to things that will take up your time but won’t really benefit you

recognize that not everything is important

that being said! take breaks!!

burnout is real my friends

a lot of people say that you should use your downtime to work, and you definitely can if you want to and feel able to

it’s so easy to feel like you have to be studying or working 24/7, and that’s not true

if you feel like you really need a break, take a break

spend time with your family and friends! treat yourself with some ice cream! go for a walk (without your phone)! call someone who lives far away from you to say you miss them!

being productive is great, and even if you’re the kind of person that can handle that much work without burning out, that stress will release itself elsewhere - some harsh words you didn’t mean, some small thing that annoyed you more than it should have

ok that was a lot crammed into one post, but i have one more important point: be excited for school!!! it may be stressful at times (most of the time) but school is a place where we learn things and better ourselves and open our minds to new perspectives! i am personally so psyched for 10th grade and i think having that attitude will make back to school a lot easier :)

i hope some of these tips help you, and as usual feel free to drop me an ask about anything! i’ll be writing more of these “quick tip”-type masterposts for back to school because they’re a looot less time consuming for me to make (being honest here). let me know what you think of this format! and if you have any requests for masterpost topics i’m always open to those. 

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Saturday, August 19 Yesterday was lit af. Kemarin aku dateng ke social project Bina Antarbudaya Chapter Surabaya mengenai Autism Awareness. Datang ke Yayasan Bhakti Luhur, Tropodo, Sidoarjo dengan penuh semangat berbagi kepada teman-teman spesial kami. Acara dimulai dengan beberapa sambutan(yaa seperti acara pada umumnya), kemudian kami mendapat materi tentang Autisme oleh Ibu pengurus(lupa namanya, kalau inget ntar aku edit😂) . Banyak hal yang baru aku ketahui tentang Autisme. Seperti : mereka yang punya dunia sendiri, sikap apatis mereka, hyperactive mereka, boleh-tidak boleh menyentuh mereka, sensitifitas mereka, dan masih banyak lagi. Kemudian, dilanjutkan dengan sesi tanya-jawab dan kami mengutarakan banyak sekali pertanyaan-pertanyaan seputar autisme yang akan sangat berguna dalam social project kami selanjutnya (r: sosialisasi mengenai autism awareness). Dan akhirnya inilah yang aku tunggu, BERKELILING YAYASAN DAN BERINTERAKSI LANGSUNG DENGAN MEREKA!!!!!. Kami, dari Chapter Surabaya dibagi menjadi 3 rombongan. Aku bersama beberapa adik tingkat dan juga kakak-kakak dan dipandu oleh suster Susan. Kami menuju wisma remaja, wisma anak-anak dan juga wisma oma-oma. Di wisma remaja kami berkesempatan bertemu dengan Aida, dia sangat ceria sekali DAN VIDEO YANG KU POST ADALAH UNJUK BAKAT AIDA MENYANYI. Aida suka mengajak foto dengan kami. Aku sih yang diajak foto terus-terusan. KATANYA AKU GANTENG LOH!!!!. Oke, next, kami menuju wisma oma-oma dan disitu kami bertemu dengan oma......(oke, aku lupa namanya). Tipikal mood booster banget!. Aku dan Aldi(r: adik tingkatku) akting menjadi polisi yang hendak memborgol beliau dan BELIAU KAGET TAKUT COY. Ternyata oma ini suka genit gengs!. Masa kalo salaman dengan cewek cuma bentar. Tapi KALO COWOK LAMA BANGET!!!. Terus dia berkata padaku "ee bocah kok bagus e ngene, anake sopo yo iki" (r: eh anak kok ganteng banget gini, anaknya siapa ya). Oma ini paling suka bilang "untuk membela kita". Mungkin beliau lahir di waktu kemerdekaan dulu kali ya 😂. Terus kami lanjut ke wisma anak-anak. Disini, jujur aku ingin menangis. Melihat anak-anak yang masih belia. Tetapi (maaf) berkebutuhan khusus. Melihat semangat mereka, ceria mereka, dan keramahan mereka. Mereka cerewet loh ternyata. Apalagi si Arya. Hm. Karena mereka waktunya makan siang. Akhirnya kami memutuskan untuk mengakhiri 'tur' kami di yayasan ini. Banyak sekali yang harus aku syukuri setelah itu. Banyak. Banget. Karena mereka adalah kita. Jadi, Who Cares? We Do!

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Open the book, you'll know

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Tadinya pengen post foto pas upacara. Tapi daritadi diliatin terus sama guru-guru dari belakang. Gajadi take foto deh. But, anggap saja ini keren. Pagi ini, 17 Agustus 2017. Aku rela berangkat ke sekolah. Bangun pagi, nyiapin sarapan dan menempuh perjalanan yang lumayan jauh. Demi mengikuti upacara kemerdekaan di sekolah. Ini pertama kalinya bagiku untuk se-semangat ini untuk mengikuti upacara. Banyak kawan bebekku yang berkeluh kesah tentang keaadan mereka yang akan dan sedang melaksanakan 17 Agustus-an di tanah orang. Mereka bercerita tentang rasa rindu akan sengatan matahari, derap langkah kaki para paskibra, nyanyian lagu-lagu nasional dan juga posisi hormat terhadap sang merah putih. Dengan sedikit malas masih terganjal, alu berangkat. Datang ke sekolah. Kuhayati setiap detik di dalamnya. Lagu "hari kemerdekaan" dinyanyikan oleh tim padus. Merinding, haru dan juga bahagia. I hvnt this happy while joining flag ceremony. Tapi, gatau kenapa. Aku jatuh cinta dengan Indonesia. Dirgahayu Republikku Jaya Selalu Indonesiaku -bebek kuning yang masih tertinggal

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TOMORROW IS OUR INDEPENDENCE DAY!!! 🇮🇩🇮🇩🇮🇩🇮🇩 Sebuah tradisi di Desa gw (r: Desa Nglebur, Kec. Kedungpring, Lamongan) menyambut hari kemerdekaan. Yah kecil-kecilan sih. Jadi, kita se-RT kumpul di perempatan jalan depan rumah gw (this pic was taken from ma house) kita ngadain syukuran kecil-kecilan. Bedanya, kalau syukuran kan orang yang sedang bersyukur itu 1 pihak aja, lainnya tamu. Dan si pihak yg bersyukur ini provide makanan buat tamu. Karena ini kita bersyukurnya bareng-bareng jadi kita semua provide makanan bareng-bareng, pernah denger potluck? Kinda like dat lah. Kita bawa makanan sepiring gede. Terus dimakan bareng setelah acara doa-doa. Dannnn bokap gw yg mimpin (y sy tw bokap alim, gw kgk). Ini udah setiap tahun dilakuin sih. Tapiii, karena soon i'll go somewhere overseas for about 10 months. Gw ngerasa terharu. Terus kek OMFG GW SAYANG INDONESIA. Gw pas itu pengen netesin air mata, sumpah. Tapi malu anying. Yakali kan ya

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For ma 1st post should be special (actually there are other special things lol). They, um i mean we are Chapter Surabaya. 💞💞