This photo makes me so happy :) 

Tambiye and Fauzan look so cute ♥

 Like they are little kiddies clapping their hands and singing to a nursery rhyme or something . hehe .

Before I start to do all my homework.. I just wanted to blog a little and update about my life . haha . yeah I've been doing homework all week (and its only the first week!) and its insane. I'm suppose to be a host for my student exchange friend, but since I have so much tests and homework and reports to do, I wasn't allowed to join my family today T.T . Lord Jesus , please bless me so that I will stay strong, motivated and will get a satisfying result at the end of IB :( Because at times I feel so down.. sleep deprivation was an issue for me last week T.T and my eyes were so painfully sore the next day! Huft.

By the way, my exchange friend - Ingga - she's really cool :) Shes so funny when she expresses her thoughts and other random stuff! hahaha. makes my family laugh every night during dinner :p . I mean , I know she can be a little obsessed and annoying when it comes to boys who she thinks are cute/handsome/goodlooking , but seriously guys, she's actually really harmless. I think it's cuz shes still so young so she doesnt quite get the message of what the boundaries are before 'that kind of obsession leads to being "creepy or annoying" . Like she doesn't understand that what she says might be inappropriate , but I think its only because she hasnt matured psychologically yet. So if she talks to you on msn, she's simply being friendly. Also, she just likes to make friends :) but if its getting too much for you guys, then just nicely tell her that you're busy, which is the truth since most of the people I'm directing this post to are in year 11 :p and oh boy, I don't even wanna imagine how hectic term 4 will be! haha . So yeah , please don't judge Ingga, cuz I've gotten to know her better, and actually, we've both shared some of our personal secrets about guys, other memories, life experiences and such . To come to think of it, I wish that she was my host family back then! She was totally telling me that if she was my host, she would have taken me to lots of places in jakarta! Unlike my other host who was always too busy with her Blackberry. You know, back then, I admit that I was a little jealous at my friends who were being treated as a real guest by their families.. Don't get me wrong now, I'm not just saying that just because I wasnt really taken anywhere and that I shouldn't make it a really of a big deal . Which is true. Not going anywhere isnt really a problem cuz I'm fine with staying at home . But what I actually mean by "being treated as a real guest" is that they weren't being isolated by their friend and in terms of social communication and interaction , I think it wasn't a problem for any of them either. But for me, those were the two things that I felt was an issue. As a guest, it isn't really my responsibility to spend as much effort as the host friend should, in order to become friends. As a host, they should look after the guest, and actually communicate with them as much as they can because they should acknowledge that new guests are often shy. They shouldn't be leaving their guest in feeling pure awkwardness or boredom because they are busy by themselves with their phone. Especially if leaving your guest to just watch tv in silence (since they werent talking to you) for 5 hours . Then the next thing you know is that their mother comes in the room and says - "Oh. why aren't you girls talking?". Of course I couldnt do anything but to just smile and speak in my mind - "because your daughter is talking with her own friends on her blackberry instead of trying to get to know me." Dont judge me now, I also put in effort to try and start a conversation with her, but her english wasnt very fluent , so I made her life easier and spoke in indonesian for her even if that meant that life was going to be harder for me because I'm not very fluent in speaking Indonesian . But nevertheless, we never really clicked that night . And since I couldnt really do anything , I just sat there for the whole night, awkwardly sms-ing my other friends and listening to them about how fun their night was with their new host family, while I on the otherhand felt isolated. If you were in my situation, what kind of impression would you have of them, regarding it all happened on the very first day? One of the points of the whole student exchange program is to also built up a friendship . Mmmm-Hmmph . But when I think of it now, I'm no longer jealous or upset nor do I have the feeling of anger anymore but all I can say is that I am happy for my friends who joined this exchange program, to have already been looked after well -  Also, it was their first time to go to Indo, so it's nice of their hosts to already have given them a good impression of Jakarta . As for me , I don't really think that, that sort of relationship/warm-heart-felt connection that my other friends felt , is necessarily very important for me . Because I have felt and experienced that connection already with my friends from Surakarta SMA Warga Solo . But further more, my main and real reason for saying that it's not going to have an impact on my life is because, my real family, who are my bestfriends forever in my life, are more important than anyone else in this world.♥

God bless my family.♥

Moving on, again, there have been a few issues that have risen from this exchange group. A few people are complaining from both sides to my dad . I'll keep this short and simple, but as a guest, you people need to respect your hosts. Your behaviour will determine their impression of not only you, but also your school as a whole. Why can I say this? Because you guys need to keep in mind that you are representing your school . Who else, if not the local students, would give you a house and a room to live in and feed you for 2 weeks? . And as an Indonesian person myself, I feel rather embarrassed to find out that people from my country are being disrespectful . It's almost ironic because Indonesia is known for having polite and friendly people. Especially people from the island of Java . I'm not saying that only their school must be respectful to us, but because our students were told to respect them as well. Before we even came to their school, we made sure that all students were aware of any rude or any disrespectful behaviour that they must avoid when living with their host family. We are doing a sister school program, so we have to maintain a good connection if we intend to keep it going . Remember that . The other note was : alot of the students from Al Azhar is complaining how it is boring that they only stay in Kilmore and that it's not fair that the Kilmore students got to travel around Indonesia before they went to school . And they asked my dad to organise for them to go to Queensland and Sydney! LOL. But of course, that isn't my dad's responsibility :P because he's not the teacher from their school . Next time, they should tell their teachers from their school to organise to travel around Australia first, instead of schooling in Kilmore for 2 whole weeks.. cuz there is nothing that exciting to expect from Kilmore or Melbourne really.. . hahaha . that way they wont be bored like they are now . haha . Poor them. I feel sorry for them, but we cant really do anything about it because it's their school's responsibility. haha . Hope they can survive for another week :p

That's all for now readers :) Enjoy your weekend more than I will . Bahaha. and it seems like a lovely day too! look at the weather! sun's shining , birds tweeting and here I am at home blogging . In other words expressing about how much I would rather be out and taking Ingga around to shopping and other places and hanging out with my friends at the city (they are going karaoke-ing today! Gaaaah I'm so sad! T.T) than to be here and do my never-ending homework. ahhh lame. haha. xx