My First n Possibly My last Chrissy

Christmas Eve….

Today is My hostmum b’day… n i’m spending over the night on christina’s house (afs from US) after we spent 3 great days in Perth. btw, i sent b’day message to my hostmum exactly at 12 o’clock. Wakky….Wakky…it’s 12 o’clock… What day is it??? Ooh..it’s 24th of dec. hey…It’s ur b’day…. Happy B’day 2 u Mum… Hope u always get what do u wanna get. Enjoy the next part of your life… Love…Nhira. And at the following day, when Sharon (christina’s host mum) ,took me to my house,there was none home. Mum was in the beach, prepared for her swimming lessons. So.. i unpacked my stuffs, washed it, wrapped my Xmas gift to Indi (my host niece) and Rob (my host dad). And i put it on the bottom of the Xmas tree. When she came, i said "Happy B’day" and she smiled and said "Thanks darlin’…. i do love it". When she settled down a bit, i gave her my gift. i gave her a candle holder with feng Shui thingy on it, and the candles. she couldn’t say anything. just said "u’ve known me already girl" and hug me. The funniest thing was Sharon gave her saturday lotto which the price is $32 millions.and My candle holder has 3 coins on it which means wealthness. so she put her saturday lotto above it and said "i’ll win saturday lotto next week".When she told about it to the rest of manypeaks people, they responsed it nicely. "So Glenda..if u win it, what r u gonna do for the town ??"

"Build a pub" someone cried. she just laughing when we heard that. everyone was so excited about all of the present she got. from corrianne she got beautiful norway necklace,from me..u know what, and etc. Well…i agree if it’s a nice day. and at the night…when me, rob n mum sat on the lounge room. rob asked me "so..did u buy roche for me???" i just answered it with doubtful voice "Hmm…i don’t think so"

"What ????? every single xchange student bought me roche…" we just laughed and he and mum went out for smoking. and when he came back…he said " i’ll get my roche tomorrow..Yuhuuu…"

"i didn’t tell u that i bought u roche…never…"

"i just know it….. yuhuuuu" then he played his guitar

Christmas Day

Wakky….wakky….My alarm woke me up. Ugh…i took my shirt and skirt n off to bathroom. back to my room again, made my bed, opened the window…and had xmas brekky…. at 10 am..one by one the kids came. And the tidy home wasn’t longer anymore. it was funny because when we had brekky rob said " enjoy our last minute quietness and peacefullness. the next couple secs, it will be messy. The interference from the kids planet. Starring Indiana stoney,Oliver Stoney, Gabriella white, Jordan White,Cohen White n Harrison White. Guest star : Their parents. Hahahahaha….silly….but….funny…..and…..make sense….

Well…it wasn’t really different than we imagined be4. when the kids came, they strated to ask "when r we gonna open the present???" finally…the time had come… Rob said "C’mon kids…" and suddenly we saw a long line of man came from outside to inside the room. Rob sat next to xmas tree, wore the xmas hat…and started to give the presents. finally 1 by 1..the present came to their owner.

" for nhira from Sam,stew and kids" cried rob…. me when at that time was playing with the children just freezing. "Oooh…for me…" i took it, opened it and surprise…i got santa bear… it’s not really big, in medium size and really soft. nice to hug it..until now..i always sleep with that bear. and when my present for Sam & Stew, Indi n Oli n Mum opened…i did love their expression. they liked it. i gave Indi a cute cushion, a truck for Oli, Horse mugs for sam n stew, and jewellery box with gorgeous flowers on the top for Mum. and the last but not the least a huge box of roche chocolate and belgium chocolate Guylian. when he read "For Rob from Nhira" do u know what his reaction is ???? Yuhuuuuu….it’s my roche….."

and finally…the last present. it was a huge present. and rob cried "for Nhira from Mum n Rob"

"Heh…..??????????" i took the present……….. opened it and Taraaaaaaaaa…… i got a badminton beach. and there was still a long box left. "Hmm…what is it?" i went…

when i opened the box….i saw the shape "I think it is……." i was afraid to say it loud. i opened it and i saw A GUITAR ……….. Wow…they gave me the guitar….. well…now i have no excuse anymore. i have to learn it. and Rob was so damn excited to teach me….Well…i love it…. i DO love my family in oz. i never thought that they’re my hostfam, they’re my family. a family who had opened their home, and their arms to hug me when i need them,when i am in the lowest point of my life.

I have 2 family…..and they’re really WICKED family…..

I have a very wonderful life n i don’t wanna change it or swap it with everything in the world… it is like too good to be true…but it’s happening. and if it’s a dream…. for the godsake… i don’t wanna wake up…..

Year Book Barbie

Hey…Hey …Hey…

Here i am…Once again…I’m torn into pieces
Can’t deny it, can’t pretend
Just thought you were the one
Broken up, deep inside
But you won’t get to see the tears I cry
Behind these hazel eyes ….

he he he….gak nyambung banget….

Guess where i am now ???? Home ??? City Park ??? Shop ??? No no no I’m in Perth…. Mandurah exactly… why did i come here ??? Long story…

Anyway… i got the invitation for making the Year Book. so me and christina decided to go to Perth. i was so excited because it’s the last chance for me to meet the rest of xchange student. because most of them are semester program which means they’ll leave australia on january. that was so sad…realize it or not, they’ve been a part of my life.

So, we went to perth with my hostmum’s friend. she took us to mandurah. and when we got there, there was francesco (afs from italy). Mandurah is 1 of suburb in perth. this is a place where Michael (afs from austria) spend his 6 months in australia. Well….well….well…it was WICKED. In the morning at 20th of dec, we woke up and had brekky. We had special brekky today..guess what?? Yap..Yap Lovely toast with vegemite. Time went on…Joyce took Me,Christina,n Francesco to Mandurah Bus Stasion. We had to catch the bus to Perth Bus Stasion. when we got there, we had to do a "bit" walking to Perth Train Stasion. Why ??because we had to go to Francesco’s house first to drop all of his stuffs off in Claremont. and after that we had to catch the train back to Subiaco. It was "exercise" day for us. We couldn’t walk to 1 place to another, we HAD to run or at least fast walking, because we run out the time. The barbie was at 11 am n now is 10.45, and we’re still on the way to francesco’s. Hurry Up….

When we asked Francesco "How far is ur house to Claremont the train station?" "Oh..not far. only 10 mins walk"…. Excuse me…10 mins ??? Me and Christina just shared look. We’ve already done it..just go all the way -that’s what i thought-. After Running with all of francesco’s heavy stuffs on me..we catched the train back to Subiaco successfully. Phuw…Thanks God…

We’re in Subiaco Train Stasion now…Now just find the way to the barbie place. We tried to ask some1,but he said it’s a long way to get there… Finally we just called Matthew (afs returnee), and asked him to pick us up. waited about 15 mins, he finally came. and then we WALKED to the barbie place. Well…i’ve done the long way be4,it’s nothing -that was what i said to myself-. Finally we came to the place, all of the tired which i felt be4 were gone when i met the other xchange students. we chilled out a bit, and then we started the barbie. We ate and catched up, remebered the time that we spent together. i couldn’t believe, it was the last time we met. after that..Time 4 working guys… We had to finish our year book. Wrote introduction…Fave thingz n food…Made award for ourselves,etc. That was fun….

I can’t wait until i hand the your book in. I was and i am so excited…. at 4 o’clock..time 2 say goodbye to everybody. So Liz (afs returnee) took me n christina to Subiaco Train stasion. So we did the same thing that we did be4, but the diffrence was we weren’t in hurry. so we tried to enjoy every single things in perth,especially christina, because she’ll leave oz at 15th of dec… and we walked on Perth City Centre. we bought Subway, took some pictures. And we walked pass 1 shop… i just stopped my step and so did christina. We shared our look n smiled…

Yeah…Shopping time…. Why did we stop??? because we saw 5 for $ 10. So we can buy 5 roos or koalas or both only for $ 10. Wow….

Girls n Shopping….i never thought i have a talent on shopping. but since i’m in here…i DO

I’m not sure what it is

lots of things happens…..

I’m not sure what i’m gonna say….

I know….. Minggu lalu, mum ngajakin aku ke farm tempat dia kerja. dia bilang sih…"ready for playing with wool???"nggak ngeh maksudnya apaan…ternyata…kita masukin wool ke karung gede gitu deh. gila…pas ditimbang beratnya ampe 180 kg. Wow….gak kebayang aja, pas duduk diatas karung yg isinya wool. "I’m sitting on the wool…" persis banget kaya anak kecil. hari itu bener-bener hari untuk have fun. abis "main2 ama wool" aku jalan ke salah satu blok di farm n duduk di atas "hay bails". never imagine that happen…. duduk diatas hay bails, ngeliat keliling farm, yang diliat cuma padang rumput ama domba-domba. Subhanallah…bagus banget….

Aku ngelakuin banyak hal minggu ini. Nonton DVD… ada 1 film yang menarik judulnya Forrest Gump. nih film…gimana yaaa, keren aja. Life is like a box of chocolate. u never know what u’re gonna get. u don’t need to be a smart person to reach what do u want. just be yourself, that’s enough…. Last night was truly rough night for me… bukan rough yang negatif sih…malem kemaren tuh, kedua kalinya aku gak tidur. nggak tau kenapa…. pas masuk kamar, biasa lah baca buku dulu ampe capek. tapi kok Harry Potternya malah tambah seru.Akhirnya jam 3 pagi tuh Harry Potter tamat dech…cuma kecewa aja, kok Dumbledore nya meninggal sich ???

Kemaren tuh aku juga seneng banget…pas lagi nyantai2 di lounge room. Mum nelpon, katanya aku disuruh cepet2 ke tempatnya dia. karena aku harus nandatanganin sesuatu, karena aku dapet parcel dari indonesia. kaget juga sih…parcel apaan??? ternyata pas dibuka…. tara……. CD Jikustik. Wow….seneng banget….Kemaren tuh bawaannya seneng aja….Akhirnya bisa dengerin Jikustik lagi…. Ngeliat Icha lagi…

hahahahaha gila…tapi itu yang kejadian. Hmm…senin ini aku mau ke perth… soalnya kita hari selasa bakal ada barbie n kita buat Year Book untuk AFS Leeuwin Region. Ketemu yang laen lagi…. excited banget….trus karena bus balik ke Albany penuh sampe jumat, aku ama christina bakal tinggal di rumah salah satu pengurus AFS n dia bakal ngajak kita keliling2 perth slm 2 hari. Hmm…adventure lagi nich….

Beautiful Rainy Saturday

Huah…..Morning…..

Met Pagi Dunia…….

Weekend udah datang….. Aduh nggak ngaruh lagi….
Udah liburan juga….. mau weekend atau weekdays ya sama aja….
Tapi hari ini beda….
Aku ke Albany nich hari ini…. Setelah 3 hari jadi “anak manis” di rumah aja
Enaknya ngapain ya ??? Nich…lagi di Albany Public Library
Balikin buku n Minjem buku lagi….
Pusing….Banyak banget buku yang pengen dibaca….Bagus bagus semua….
Pas jalan-jalan keliling Library…..nemu satu rak buku yang judulnya “Community Language”
Wah…mata mulai berbinar-binar neeh….
Kemungkinan bisa dapat buku berbahasa Indonesia donk…
Germany..French..Italy..Polish..Danish..Spain..Vietnamese..Thai..
Mana Indonesianya nich????
Eh..ternyata ada di pojok…Mana paling dikit lagi bukunya….
Ya…Gak apa-apa lah… lumayan dapat 2 buku…

Di sebelah library ada Taman yang baguuuus banget….
Nah hari ini disana lagi ada Sale gitu dech…
Aduh…barangnya lucu-lucu n bagus banget….
Ada yang jual kerupuk lagi…. Beli…Beli…
Yang lucu pas mau jalan keluar taman itu…
Ada bapak-bapak yang tiba-tiba ngasih seikat bunga lavender
” This flower’s only for Lovely Girl who has a bright smile today”
Wow…Pagi-pagi udah dikasih bunga Lavender…

Ehm…ntar ngapain lagi ya ????
Menjelajah kota lagi deh kayaknya
Jalan sendirian nih..soalnya mum lagi ada seminar ampe jam 3.30 nanti
Sekalian cari X-mas Presents deh….
Hari ini bakal jadi hari yang indah…
Walau diluar lagi gerimis (Mudah-mudahan gak ujan deras…Amin…)

Well…No doubt if today will be Beautiful Rainy Saturday
Kamu-kamu pasti bakal punya hari yang Indah juga kok….
kalau hati lagi senang…kejadian buruk sekalipun pasti gak bakal ngerubah mood kamu
Well….maybe a bit…but Just enjoy it…

Everything happens for a reason….
is it right ???
Well…don’t ask me….
i just can say “depends”

Have a good day guyz….

Warmest Love from Albany

Nhira