Hello ! :D

Hiiiiiii , long time no see you, guys :D . I'm in senior high school now, the first year! i've got many new good friends and yeah, i got a new name , Cilik. Cilik is javanese, means short or small. yeah, im the smallest kid in the class -_- fyi, the high-school's stuffs are more difficult. that's why i've been so buuussssyyyyy. but yeah, luckily i'm a bit free now. actually, next week i'll have final exams -_- so, wish me best of luck !!!! :D

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

Learn Indonesian With Ibu O'Loughlin And Melville Students

All About Bali

Today, we (Natasha, Winnie, Almer) learnt Indonesian with Ibu O'Loughlin and Melville students. She told us about Bali and many places in Bali like Batur Lake, Kuta Beach, Lovina Beach, Tanah Lot Beach, Garuda Wisnu Kencana statue (GWK), and Bomb Memoriam Monument. She also told us about people in Indonesia especially the children and tourist in Bali. Many tourist in Bali are from Australia. We also saw tourist who drank coconut water. I am proud because there are many students at Melville followed Indonesian.I learnt that I have to learn more about Indonesia. So, I can share my knowledges about Indonesia for my friends in another country and they know all about Indonesia.

Written by : Natasha

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

Australia students want to learn Indonesian. Why not??

Monday, August 10 2009, we started our lesson in Melville SHS. We were very happy to start the lesson in Melville SHS. Winnie, Natasha, and me studied together in many classes. We found that a lot of differences in Australia if we compare to the process of learning and teaching in Indonesia.



Melville SHS is a unique school. We found that students here have a lot of practice than the theory and Melville SHS just has 5 periods. When we came to Indonesian class , we saw a lot of poster tell about Indonesia. First,we started the Indonesian subject with introduction. The Indonesian teachers were Pak Bobby and Ibu Loughlin That was a cool experience when the other students introduced themselves.Secondly, we saw the pictures that told about Bali, that was a good picture but, once more, why there are no pictures tell about Surabaya. That,s a big problem.



Anyway, that was a great experience to learn Indonesian with the students from Melville SHS who studied Indonesian.. Australia students want to learn about Indonesia. Why not??

Shopping...Shopping.. and Shopping...

Shopping In Perth

For a couple of days in Perth, we've tried to go shopping at some shopping centres in Perth. We've(Winnie and Sheny) gone to Garden City for sight-seeing and we bought little things there. While we were there, we checked the costs of many things. Like yesterday when we saw many things in Factory Outlet, Roxy and others, we found that the price of those things were just the same like malls in Surabaya. Only, when we looked for food, we found a new food. A handcrafted-hard candy. We can't find it in Surabaya.

We (Natasha,Intan,Jessica) also went to a shopping center ( we don't know where is it and what's the name) but we needed around 20 minutes from Jill's house (Intan's and Jessica's hostparent). The place was not really different with shopping center in Surabaya. Some things they sell are just the same as Surabaya . We just bought 3 big bags of chips and they were delicious.

Jadi, secara umum pusat perbelanjaan di Australia dan di Surabaya tidak jauh berbeda.

written by : Winnie and Natasha

How's Australian Family? How's Indonesian Family?

After we've stayed with an Australian family for a couple of days, we found that Australian and Indonesian families are totally different in a few ways. Australian families have a surname but most Indonesian families don't. Also, the number of children in each Australian family, usually, are more than the number of children in each Indonesian family. As well as this, in Indonesia, mostly, only the Fathers go to work while the Mothers stay at home, being housewives. However, in Australia, mostly, both fathers and mothers go to work. And, we can easily meet one or more maids in Indonesian houses but not in Australian houses - they do all of the house-work on their own!

Sedangkan, persamaan antara keluarga Australia dengan keluarga di Indonesia adalah keduanya sangat ramah kepada orang lain. Kedua, mereka mempunyai peraturan rumah mereka sendiri kepada siapapun yang tinggal di rumah mereka.

Even though there are many diffrences, both families are a nuclear family (consist of father, mother, and children). And they both really welcoming.

posted by : Winnie and Natasha

A Little Chat with Year 8 Students

An excursion with Year 8 Melville SHS Students to the INDONESIAN CONSULATE? That was what we did this morning (5/8/2009). During that time, we had a little chat with two Melville SHS students. They are Louis and Ethan. Firstly, I want to tell you about my little chat with Louis. Louis said that he started learning Indonesian this year. He thinks that Indonesian people are very busy and hard-workers. He likes to learn Indonesian because it is an interesting language. He also spoke a little Indonesian to me, like "Nama Saya Louis". After talking with him I learnt that its okay for us to learn something new, because it's good to enrich our experiences and our knowledges.

Berbeda dengan Louis, Ethan sudah belajar Bahasa Indonesia sejak duduk di Year 3. Ia tertarik untuk belajar bahasa ini karena katanya, sepertinya menarik untuk mempelajari Bahasa Indonesia. Kata Ethan, Bahasa Indonesia itu keren dan katanya budayanya juga keren. Dan lucunya, waktu saya tanya "apa yang kamu tahu tentang Indonesia?" dia menjawab, "Indonesia punya waterpark yang keren di Bali ..hehe". Ethan juga berbicara bahasa Indonesia kepada saya, seperti "Nama saya Ethan" dan "Apa kabar?".

written by : Natasha and Winnie