My Midweek in My End of January

This is my first time to write a blog after 12 in the midnight. This weather makes me in the mood to do so. Uhmm hang on.. What weather? This weather, this -40 Fahrenheit or Celcius, this wind chills of Polar Vortex, this decade extreme winter after 1993.. I see, that's interesting! Aaaand I am …

Plunged to the U. S. Education Style

I am one of a student at Kirkwood Community College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. It is a two-year institution and the third largest college in Iowa after Iowa State University and the University of Iowa. Speaking about KCC, it has the best agriculture program in the nation. Their nursing program also has a good reputation. …

A Worth Dream To Be True Part 2 – Interview Section

“Ternyata orang biasa seperti kita bisa ke Amerika, bahkan orang seperti kita itu kaya, mimpi kita yang buat kita kaya, mimpi kita itu mahal.” (Aldonna Purba) Saya sudah wanti wanti setelah baca blog alumni CCIP, kalau pengumuman lolos ke tahap interview itu jatuh pada akhir Desember. Tapi tepat tanggal 26 Desember 2017, sore sekitar pukul  …

A Worth Dream to be True, Part 1 – Seleksi Administrasi

Berikut adalah postingan blog Bahasa Indonesia pertama saya, mengenai perjuangan panjang dalam memperoleh beasiswa CCIP (Community College Initiative Program) yaitu kuliah selama satu tahun di Amerika yang dibiayai langsung oleh US States Department serta difasilitasi oleh Aminef (American Indonesian Exchange Foundation). Selamat membaca! 🙂 Jadi sekitar November 2016, saya menemukan sebuah artikel yang berisi list …

Lyrical Touché Company by Sara Groves #SpeakingTheUnspeakableSeries

Feeling so blue literally unpredictable feeling which can happen to everyone. Those feeling sometimes triggered by not so ready emotions to accept the jet lag situation. True, we cannot control situation nor people, but hey, everyone can be so blue, right? Mostly, people choose to listen the click songs with their emotions. When blues hit, …

Snacking Habit

Since I was very young, snacks never fails me. The Pizza Flavour of Tinny Winny Bitty, Black Cocoa Biscuit of Oreo, Savoury Cheese of Chuba Cassava Chips, The Corn Twisted Extrude Cheetos, and Sliced Green Bean Shape of Jet-Z had succesfully made : no boring childhood lyfe 😀 As a kid, I was very like …

STEREOTYPE AND GENERALISATION

Who believes with those? I don’t. Made through observation of daily experience  Contains no objection to judge or attack any personal-being STEREOTYPE : Perspective which glued on most someone or something based on some experience in the field which can be true or not. GENERALISATION :The act of generalizing someone or something regarding to their …

BEHIND THE ANTHEM

"Jesus, Keep Me Near the Cross" Fanny J. Crosby The United Methodist Hymnal, No. 301 Jesus, keep me near the Cross, there a precious fountain, free to all a healing stream, flows from Calvary’s mountain. In the Cross, in the Cross, be my glory ever, till my raptured soul shall find rest beyond the river. …

Dusk to Dawn

( Written as the adorement of God’s creation, inspired by Ephesus 3 : 18, drawn by Savior’s Birth meaning)   Blanket of dark cover the world with its enourmos power Stars appear, patterning a night under His throne There is twinkle-twinkle, people say it just a small aeroplane flies from the far Cold wind blows …

GIRL GONE WISE

One fine Sunday was really a musement. Our Pastor preached the sermon which hit everyone in the church. I could see how the interaction found us attracted. She preached Matthew 25 : 1 - 13 NIV, about The Parable of the Ten Virgins. It starts from the Bible.. From where it has, there are five …