Wow, it's been 2012 already! Hope it's not too late to wish you a very happy new year!
I used to count my blessings at the end of the year, but this time I was busy with some moving and studying again preparation. Anyway, one of many things I'm so thankful of in 2011 was the trip to Boston, Massachusetts, one of the oldest city in the U.S. From Boston, I took the train to Cambridge, a neighbor
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In Santa Monica, in the wintertime,
The lazy streets so undemanding
I walk into the crowd
In Santa Monica, you get your coffee from
The coolest places on the promenade
Where people dress just so
Beauty so unavoidable, everywhere you turn
It's there.
I sit and wonder what am I doing here?
...



The song always reminisces my high schools days, I couldn't be more excited to sing it again when I
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Soon after we left Nevada and entered Arizona, I was doubtful whether we'd make it to the Grand Canyon. It started to snow heavily. From the bus window I saw those white things falling like cats and dogs rain. In Seattle, if it's snowing like this, the buses will certainly be canceled or rerouted.

We'd passed probably half of our journey. We're already far from Vegas, but not close enough to
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A road trip from Los Angeles to Las Vegas probably is the simplest drive ever! Most of the time, you just go straight and straight on the only road in the middle of vast desert. Sometimes there are few cars pass by from the other side but the main scenery is the large, almost plain area.


At the end of the dry and sandy place there is a big casino building. If you see it then you're just about
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Today my mind is in New York so I want to tell you about my trip to NYC. It began on last winter (well, it's been a while) when my friends and I were tempted by the cheap flight to the East Coast. So, when everyone tried to escape to warmer places, we planned our vacation in NYC. We happened to stay in a horrible hotel but we had a wonderful tour around the city from the morning until late at
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Goethe House
~ Image from Wikipedia



From Mainz, I took a train back to Frankfurt. I left early because I was afraid of being late for the train to Ilmenau that night. In fact, I was too early. When I arrived in Frankfurt I still had several hours to walk around. So, instead of going back to the hostel where I stayed, I hit the road to discover some other places in the financial district.

I
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ICE 3
~ Image from Wikimedia


You probably only need a day or two to explore Frankfurt am Main. However, if you want to see the surrounding area such as the beautiful small towns around Frankfurt, it will be a different story. Take a look at Germany cities on the map and you'll find some Frankfurt neighboring cities: Aschaffenburg, Darmstadt, Wiesbaden, Mainz, Kronberg, Limburg, Würzburg ...
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Römer

Hello bloggers! Sorry, I've been busy with papers and lab projects. Here are pictures from my quick Frankfurt trip. I did a short trip along Rhein River. Then, I walked to see some major buildings with their lovely style.People say that there is not so much to see in Frankfurt because it's actually a financial center; most people go there for business trip or merely transit. However, I
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I thought I would be lonely sitting at the waiting room for my first boarding to Xiamen when the two Chinese girls I met at the check-in gate showed up and talked to me again. Three hours later, we were boarded into the plane. When, I looked around, they were just one row in front of me. Yay, I have companions although only for a short time. When we arrived in Xiamen, they went outside, to their
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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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Listening to Christmas song while doing assignment brought me back to last year memories where I celebrated the special day with all the best wishes I could make.
If I think back to the past, I almost can't believe I'm here. Last year it was just a prayer and this year it is answered: it's so real... 
No heart is too small if you have the courage... 

Dont be discouragedDont be dismadeThere's
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We flew to Beijing by Garuda Indonesia, the best airplane in our country. There is a small TV on every seat with a lot of movies, games, songs, and other entertainment. The seat is also very comfortable. We all sat on a line so we could talk one another, what a fun trip!After seven hours flight, we arrived at Beijing Capital airport at 7.00 a.m, our next flight
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My journey began when I took a domestic flight to Jakarta.I got my itinerary one day before the departure date and I went to Sriwijaya office to change the itinerary into e-ticket. I arrived at the office at about 9 o'clock and queued. Suddenly a friend called me,  surprisingly she was my college-mate working for the
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Awal 2008:   Hidupku datar-datar saja, biasa saja, pagi kerja, malam kuliah, pulang ke rumah review dan kerja pr, tidur larut malam kemudian besoknya kerja lagi. Aku kerja dari senin sampai sabtu, kuliah dari senin sampai jumat. Di suatu hari minggu, aku hanya iseng belajar bahasa Inggris dan
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