Have you ever created a dress from paper? This is from one of my volunteering activities with City of Melbourne.

First: get some people to work with you and study the design ...







Of course, don't forget the preparation: 






Start with the foundation ... 










glue the paper ... 







let people come to see your dress ... 







this is how it looks like ... 







more paper
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Somewhere in West Kalimantan, Indonesia
The first thing that appeared in my mind soon when I arrived back in Indonesia was the willingness to start the life, the work that had been postponed. I miss my family and friends, I have thousands of stories to tell. I miss my students, wanna see how they have grown.

People told me it's easy to apply for a teacher position but reality proved that it
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View from Technische Universität Ilmenau
(Ilmenau University of Technology)

Every day before the lunch time, the teaching assistant gives me a coupon. Then, I will walk to the Mensa to order food. There are so many kinds of food to order but the food descriptions are all in German; no English. So, I always queue at the longest queue. Sometimes I end up with something tasty, other times I end
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Hello friends, I have trouble commenting on some of your blogs. Here is an example of comment form embedded below the post. Like usual, I can type my comment on this box but I can't select any profile (Comment as) although I have signed in to my Google account. Thus, I can't preview or post my comment.


I use Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox and the problem is the same even after I change the
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The crazy me and my friend were sooo curious when we heard people talking about Bruce Lee cemetery in Seattle. "Really?" "In Seattle?" We're curious so although we had to take several buses on a long journey to the north of Seattle, we did the trip.

"Doesn't look like cemetery!" I told my friend as we hopped off from the bus that brought us to a beautiful park. It was a nice day and people
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I first planned to go to San Francisco only to attend a conference. But when my friends told me about their willingness to spend one or two days there, we ended up booking tickets together and the trip became more than just an ordinary conference trip!


We arrived early in the morning in SF, dropped our bags at the hotel, and went to explore the city. There are sooooo many places to see
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Yes, another weekend in Seattle! I didn't plan to spend my weekend hanging out in the city. However, when I woke up that day I found no one at the apartment. My house-mates had left for a cruise from Port of Seattle to Vancouver. I couldn't go because of my visa status and also because I didn't take the cruise class. I had my own vacation then. I called my best friend and we made our
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We are ordinary students with different schedules, personalities, and backgrounds. However, whenever it comes to presentation or culture event, we gather and support one another. I'm glad to see and experience how everyone contributes to the team. I am so proud of my fellow Indonesian! You're the best!



Red & White Team


Our Performance @ GlobalFest


We Are Family :)


Presentation for
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Howdy! I have always wanted to update this blog, but I have lots of things going on: paper, projects, coding, internship, volunteering, student clubs, and so on. However, this week J asked me to write an advice for the new incoming student in the program. So, here are my thoughts:
1. What has been the most rewarding thing for you, being here in the CCI Program?
Becoming a member of CCI Family is
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I received this newsletter today. It was about the event we attended in December. Thanks SIF!

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Time passed by quickly and I went back to campus. Have gotten all my books today, I feel relieved.. but wait, this is my first book:






With more than 950 pages, the book just amazes me ...
Then, these are my second and my third books:






I first felt glad when I saw my fourth book:






It's better than the previous one, isn't it? But... oh, this subject requires two books in one
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I never attended a special event for women before. And I was surprised to attend Women in the World Breakfast. It was a cool event!Together with my fellow CCI students and our Project Coordinator, I went to Four Seasons, Seattle. We started our journey early in the morning: 5:45 a..m. because we didn't want to be late. When we arrived, it was still so early but we were excited. We volunteered to
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Welcome August! I’m been waiting for you… Oops, it's too late to say this … I’m still busy packing my belongings. There are so many books in my room, also so many clothes, too many toiletries, so much food, and not to mentioned: abundant of documents. I was too quick to answer confidently,"yes, my bags are halfway packed!" when a friend asked me about packing because I
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