A month after my arrival in the States, I went to the international student orientation day where new coming international students gathered for some activities. The difference between them and me is that most of them had just arrived a week or several days before while I had been there for a month. Anyway, one of the new students introduced himself and shared his story in front of all the new
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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 my apartment complex, before leaving it



Packing, packing and packing, that is mostly what my last days in USA about. I spent a day trying to move the whole year stuff into two suitcases and making sure that the apartment is as clean as when I moved in. In the afternoon, I moved to a hotel near SeaTac airport, in which I would stay for the rest of my time in the States. As soon as I
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Travel.. travel? Who doesn't like it? But J really made me think for a while when she asked me to write about what I learned from my travel. I love traveling so much that I don't realize what I learn from it. LOL  
But then I sent her this reflection ... 




A Day in DC







Have confidence



During my first week of winter break, I went outside early in the morning and went back to the
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I caught myself smiling alone remembering my first month in the college. I always carried the campus map with me every day because I always got lost. My new campus is totally different from the campus in my home country. It's very beautiful but very big. I couldn't recognize all the buildings and lanes there.

During orientation days, I was always afraid to walk around, even when I went to
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