Dhani Alhamidi Lubis: April 2016

The place i've never expected to say goodbye to

As the time goes by, I feel more comfortable living in U.S.A. I also feel satisfied of all achievements I got. I never thought I was going to be able to reach all of these achievements this early. The achievements I am talking about are not the award or medal you can get by winning a competition. Getting along with everyone, experiencing a significant change of my personality and being involved with some school organizations are achievements I mean.

Being an exchange student has truly changed my perception about America, their people, and many other things. Before I arrived in USA, the only thing i know about America is they have some fascinating cities to go to and that’s pretty much it, nothing more. Right now, I realize America also have their own problem such as huge gap between the poor and rich people, rate of unemployment and so forth. I learn how serious and diligent you have to be at the thing you want to become in the future. For instance, if you want to become an athlete, there is no way not to come to the practice just because your laziness. You must practice constantly unless you wont never be good at it. Practice, practice and practice !

Once I go home, I am going to miss how quick american students respond when their teacher gets them to analyze and talk about an issue. It is one of the things I want to apply in Indonesia once I have a better position in my society so it is easier to apply.

Anyway, I have just been so serius as I keep talking about boring things without joy. Hahahaha !! Talking about what I have done recently I actually went to Madison for Superior day in which youth representatives from Northern Wisconsin got invited to attend it and talk about our issue to the Senator. We discussed some issues such as, how bad our roads are, education, public facility, and so forth.

A while a go I plunged into the pool made in the frozen Lake Superior for fundraising. I trembled for a few seconds after I plunged, such an unforgettable moment. I thaught I was going to die right away because it was very cold. A bunch of people watched and gave me an applause.

I lately often give a speech as I am the part of forensic club( a group which refers to the students who are interested in doing public speaking activity). You can do a lot of things, depends on what category you do. 4 minutes speech, poetry, solo acting are some activities you can choose(there are still more categories). I qualify to go to state for forensic. I am so grateful of it.

I headed down to Minneapolis for springbreak. We went to Mall of America which is regarded as the biggest mall in USA. My friends and I rode some rides at the Amusement Park there. One of the rides I rode completely terrified me. It brought me up until the highest point and went down quickly. I shouted too much!! Hahaha.. My friend who sat next to me did not shout as much as I did. NBA game and visiting Science Musuem were our agenda before we got back. NBA game was fabulous. The stadium was fulled of thousands of fans. I cheered Timberwolves(the team I supported).

The longer I stay here the more experience I get. I will utilitize the last 2 months of my exchange program by achieving targets I haven’t accomplished and I can also gain some advantages out of it.