November 9, 2012
Host Club: Ballston Spa
Home Club: RC Bandung Kota Kembang, Indonesia
Reporting from Ballston Spa High School
Library, you can see that I am just fine!
It has been exactly 2 months and 7 days in United States of America. Time flies
by so fast.
I’m feeling good and there’s nothing to
worry about my health. I like to think that I have taken care of myself quite
well; I just need to be prepared with layers of clothing for the upcoming
winter, I guess. And my wonderful host family is taking care of me very well,
we’re getting ready for Thanksgiving and we’re all just very excited, we’re
planning to introduce an Indonesian dish to the bigger family.
I’m doing very well in school. In fact,
I’m loving school. I can go through all my classes very well and I’m having so
much fun with a lot of new people to hang out with. I have been quite active in
BSHS’s after school activities. If you did not know, I was in the swimming team
for the fall sports season (it has ended). For the winter, I have planned to
focus my activities in the clubs throughout the winter. I am in Interact, Peer
Mentoring, Swing Dance Club and also Troupe/Drama Club. There are a few other
clubs that is catching my attention, but I still need to maintain my schedule
very carefully.
Every Tuesday, my counselor—whom I call
Derik—picks me up from school to attend the Rotary Lunch Meeting at The
Factory. I have not failed in attending each and every meeting and I am happy
to be with Rotary Club Ballston Spa. They are a wonderful group of people who
has been very welcoming, nice and supporting to me over the days. I am
introduced to a lot of topics of discussion, but I don’t partake in them very
actively since I don’t quite understand what the adults talk about most of the
time. But I am going to be doing a presentation on Indonesia on the meeting
that will be held 27th of November. I am definitely excited about
that, if not also nervous. Derik said I will do well though, so let’s see what
will happen.
I have done a lot of things over the
past 2 months. I have taken part in the children’s tradition of
trick-or-treating with my host sister and her friend and I have to say; it was
a lot of fun! I never knew that going from house to house and getting free
candies would be such a pleasure. I kind of want to bring that back home. I
have also succeeded stage managing for the school’s fall play production;
Noises Off. It was a very interesting experience to be backstage and learning
about how a play exactly works behind the scenes and to see our audience’s
reactions. It was also a lot fun to be able to hang out with the cast and crew.
I guess it’s okay that I didn’t get any parts in the production. Wish me luck for
another audition though; I’m going to try out for a musical in preparation
for the spring musical.
So far, I’m still having a blast here in
Ballston Spa. I still have a lot of activities planned in the future. I have no
issues/concerns whatsoever. But I am hoping to get more involved with more of
the school’s performing arts-related activities.
