Memories of the past

It's been a long time since the first time i made this blog with my friends in the library of Melville Senior High School together. I still remember the time when we made this blog, the fun that we had at that time. I couldn't describe these memories in words, just in simple sentence. I'll never forget our memories together friends :D

My Heart had been Stolen

Since my arriving in Surabaya from Perth, every night in my sleep, I was always dreaming about Perth. My homestay families, Melville Senior High School, the city of Perth, Fremantle, all of my friends in Perth, and everything about Perth. I don't know why? All I know is I really am missing Perth so badly.
I miss Weet-Bix for my breakfast
I miss walking to Melville SHS with Sheny
I miss studying in MSHS with Natasha and Almer
I miss laughing with my friends in MSHS
I miss Math and Science class which are very SPECIAL to me
I miss Maria's sandwich for lunch
I miss cooking in Brian's kitchen
I miss playing UNO with the Noones
I miss losing in every games I played with Aoise
I miss putting the sticky flour into Aoise's face
I miss joking around with the Noones
I miss Brian's Lasagna for dinner
I miss giving the cat food for Lady
I miss avoiding Finn when he got in into the house (poor Finny Im really sorry)
I miss Conor who couldn't smile in front of the camera
I miss watching Home and Away with the Noones
I miss singing together with the Noones, and their friends
I miss hot water bottle for sleep at night
I miss the sounds of the stepfoots of the Noones who was prepared to go swimming in the morning
I miss traveling with Transperth
I miss performing at the primary schools
I miss hanging out with The Rodgers
I miss Hamish's piano playing
I miss EVERYTHING

memang ternyata 3 minggu itu sangat singkat, tidak terasa kami sudah berada disini, di Surabaya, merancang lapran dan presentasi untuk Walikota Surabaya. Sungguh pengalaman yang sangat luar biasa yang tidak akan dapat semudah itu didapatkan oleh sembarang orang. Saya sangat berterimakasih kepada Walikota Surabaya yang telah merencanakan perjalanan ini untuk kami, yang telah menyatukan dan mempertemukan kami, sungguh luar biasa.

I promise, I'll go back to Perth, visit my homestay family and my friends. I promise I'll go back to Perth again, someday. Because my heart had been stolen by Perth and all its beautiful memories, and I need to take it back so I will go visit Perth again someday, no matter what.

Winnie :[

Misses Everything on Perth

This is my second week on Surabaya. I don't know what happened with me. I felt something strange with my room at my first day in my room on Surabaya. There's no heater like usual in my room on Karen's house. And I miss chips at Perth. I think Surabaya doesn't have chips as big as chips on Australia. And I miss Smiggle, which place that sell cute stationary (not like in Surabaya).

Beside that, I miss all people on Perth. I miss my friends on Melville Senior High School, thanks for your hospitality,Ms. Bina Kadaba, thanks for your kindness,Mr. Phillip White, thanks for let us to studied at Melville and make connection between Surabaya, Indonesia with Melville, Western Australia,and my host family , thanks for everything(and I'll never to forget this one).

Semoga dengan persahabatan dan persaudaraan kita ini akan selalu terjaga sampai kapanpun.
Amin

What's Going on Band Festival

Saturday, 15Th of August 2009. I got a chance to see how is the band festival look like. The Melville Concert Band were playing 3 songs. There were Fire Dance, Misty Rain, Crime busters. They were playing very good and it was amazing. Keep it up, Melville! But the other school bands were doing great job too. The festival was also well organized. From where's the school band/orchestra should store the musical instrument cases and practice before gave their best shot and the committee done a very good job guiding the visitors. And I'm really like that, it can improve musicality each school by competing each others.

Hal seperti ini perlu diterapkan di Indonesia khususnya Surabaya. Acara seperti ini selain dapat membantu mengasah bakat dan minat tiap siswa juga bisa menjadi hiburan tersendiri bagi wisatawan ataupun penikmat musik. Karena band tidak harus selalu beraliran rock, metal, dll. dan hanya terdiri oleh sedikit orang (guitarist, keyboardist, singer, drummer). Karena yang terjadi di Perth ini adalah band dapat berbentuk seperti mini-orchestra/ensamble. Pemain tidak hanya memainkan alat musik yang lazim dipakai oleh band di Indonesia tetapi juga banyak menggunakan alat musik tiup, alat musik gesek, dll. Ini akan menambah kekayaan suara dalam sebuah komposisi.

So, why I said that we should hold a festival like this in routine because it is a good program that has a lot of benefits. They can improve their skill so they can be better than before. I'm just suggesting that Surabaya has one festival like this. It would be great!

It's a Nice Class :)

NICE CLASS :)

Today is the first day i join classes in Melville SHS. I joined the Year 9 Class, with Natasha and Almer. I got Indonesian Class in the first and the fifth period. The Indonesian teacher here is Mrs. O'Loughlin. She is a nice and friendly teacher. Today, she showed us some pics of her holiday in Bali and told us her amazing holiday in Bali. She rent a room in Ubud and it was very cheap, only AUD 20 per night. She also showed us the pics of Batur Lake and Garuda Wisnu Kencana statue. The pics of some tourists who drank coconut milk directly from the coconut, it was really funny. And it was really nice to heard her story :)

Anyway, the class here is much more relax than my class in Surabaya. And te students are really nice, they are all friendly to us. I really enjoyed this class!

But, the thing is, i think that the Indonesian students here still used more English than Indonesian to speak in their Indonesian Class. So, I hope that they will learn more about Indonesian Language and have more practice their Indonesian.

Winnie :D