FamiLy

I had some regrets this morning.
First, I regret that I didn't check SQ schedule when I booked my ticket couple months ago.
Second, I regret to bring up 1 question which leads into a disaster.

SooN.,,

One and 1/2 more days and I'll be at home.
My mood is up and down.. hard to describe, but I look forward to meeting my family.

I've been waiting for this time since Dec 2007.. right after my roommate left for good. Things happened at home, and not much I could do, so this Summer I need to go home.

What else??
Ooh.. I slept almost all days yesterday. I thought my long sleeping would cover the other times when I had insomnia.. hahahaha...
Nothing special this morning other than counting how many hours left before my flight to Indonesia.
I went to church, St. Paul Cathedral, which is close to my apartment. I fall in love with this church, and I even tell myself that I want to get married in this church, or at least a church whose interior is similar to this one.
I think there is one church in Semarang, whose interior is close to St. Paul Cathedral's interior, but I couldn't remember the name. The church isn't big, and it's not Cathedral Church. I believe the location is close to my high school. (FYI, we have one Cathedral Church in Semarang, but it's not as pretty as the one in Pittsburgh.)

I am excited to meet my high school friends, try to picture how they look like. Well, I can check their pictures through Friendster, but still I want to see the actual face. Hahaha..
In addition to this, I feel that I lose (a little bit) weight since I move to Pitt.. My mood was not good for the first two weeks here. I miss my Amesians... I am exhausted with my moving process like buying new book cabinets.. I walk a lot, so I burn calories, and my mind doesn't stop thinking which cause me to lose appetite. I am hungry, but I am too tired to cook. No more energy to cook.. I only want to drink and drink... Isn't that weird??

One Saturday------

I planned to stop by .......... but the place apparently was being used for reception or event, so I had to walk home w/ mission unaccomplished.
However, I went to Starbuck which was only 1 block away from this place. :) I am addicted to Doubleshot on Ice, and I have been drinking that doubleshot almost every day w/ the min. size grande.. hahaha...
Most of the time, I use doubleshot as my lunch meal due to the hot weather in Pittsburgh made me to get a drink not food. I tried to go back to my original style, hot coffee like cappuccino or latte, but the weather just not right. :P

Still about food and beverage, I went to one Chinese restaurant close to my apartment. We had a farewell party for one Indonesian who will go home (for good) today in this restaurant. I was half hungry at that time, so all food tasted delicious. There was one menu that I didn't recall its name, and it was yummy. They put sweet cream milk inside scallops, rolled them w/ flour and deep fried. When you bite the scallops, the cream will melt and fill in your mouth right away. Hahahaha...
Somehow I feel that this menu is not an entree but a dessert. I'm sure everyone loves it.

Two more days and I'll go home. I am between excited, yet nervous w/ my upcoming vacation. I know that I can't runaway, so I have to face the biggest fear which will come SOON. I'm sorry that I can't share about that, but this is something that I've been worried since I was a little.

Music

My recent favorite songs:

1. "Say" by John Mayer
2. "What You Got" by Colby O' Donnis ft. Akon
3. "No Air" by Jordin Spark ft. Chris Brown
4. "Realize" by Colbie Caillat
5. "Bleeding Love" by Leona Lewis

and many more...
hahaha

Book Worm...

This is my third week in Pittsburgh, but I'd already bought two books, checked out a book from Carnegie Library, and have been in and out from several bookstores. The public library is very nice, huge (sorry, I'm from small town, and we only have 1 medium-size public library), and comfy. It seems to me that I enter a bookstore, not a library! I found a lot of good books, I mean up-to-date books, and more good stuff. Too bad that I'm going to leave Pittsburgh for 2 mths, so I can't borrow the books and take them home.

Then,,,,
Yesterday, I visited my friend's house, and he showed me two books in which one of them is his favorite book. He happened to ask me about my hobbies last week, and I told him that one of them was reading. That's why he showed me his books, and he ended up lending me his favorite book. I didn't ask, but he really wanted me to read it. A book which was written by Indonesian author, and I haven't finished reading it. He even said that he wanted to get a feedback from me. I guess the author of this book must be someone special for him, I mean more than just a best friend.

I don't really like to read comics... hehehe..
I started to read a novel back when I was in the late middle school, but I didn't read the novel well, boring, so I stopped. I then started to read again when I was in the tenth grade because my classmate who sat next to me was paid attention to Harry Potter not school materials. Her conversation topic always evolved around Harry Potter, so I became curious and asked if I could borrow her Harry Potter book. That was the beginning. I read all Harry Potter books, kept reading until 2 AM in the morning, and finally stopped when I moved to United States.

I began to learn to read novels that are written in English during my college years, and it wasn't easy... In addition to English novels, I was required to read scientific/business journals, newspaper, textbooks, and all were written in English. It was a daunting task to read English textbooks especially when you didn't like the subject, but you had no choices. But, I still enjoyed reading fiction novels, like romantic, loving novels. :)

Not until I worked w/ youths that I switched my reading preferences from romantic-fancy novels to family or children oriented books. This pattern is still happening until now, even though I try to mix it a little bit by choosing fiction novels. Still, I ended up reading informational books that require extra thoughts in order to understand the concept. I am really afraid that I'll get bored with these types of books, so I forced myself to borrow some fancy books, any readings that are easy to be understood. :)

I hope, one day, when I have children, at least one of them will inherit my reading hobby,, hahahaha

Band-Aid Week

I've been using at least 3 band-aids every time I go outside or leave my apartment building since Monday. My old sandal needs to be replaced, but the new one hurts my feets!

Anyway, happy band-aid!

Hot... Hot.... Hot Day....

Ooh...
Pittsburgh's weather is really hot!!!!!!!!!!
I think my skin is getting darker than before... hahaha....
Also, my both feet are swollen due to new sandal and a lot of walking. T_T

Well, not much to say.. I'll fly home in less than 2 weeks.
I hope everything goes well.

Pittsburgh

Yes!
I'm in Pittsburgh now...
The weather is hot... ~90F
No furniture, only one study chair
You can dance in my living room
My rice cooker is completely broken after I shipped it through USPS
No electric stove,instead, I use gas stove
My bathroom is very small
I'm still waiting for my laptop's AC adapter
No Internet because of my adapter hasn't arrived yet
No TV
I burn more calories because I walk almost every day, and it's summer
I'm excited for Fall semester, yet I am nervous for the registration and field placement

So far, I'm still survived
I'll be fine when Fall semester starts