Tiur and I ate at our favorite Warung next to Sanata Dharma University today before heading to Kampung Halaman. It was soooo goooood… I love bakwan lol. Alex called me while we were there which was nice :) he’s so excited for me to come home and I am too. I’m definitely going to miss Indonesia, but I really miss Alex and the fam. Next time I come to Indonesia, I am bringing them with me LOL.
When we got to Kampung Halaman, I submitted my application and started working on translating the press release that Mas Edhi emailed me during the Jalan Remaja meeting last week to English. It wasn’t that difficult, I even finished it before we left! :D
I also had my formal farewell today, which was sad :( Tiar came and he brought a cake with him which was awesome because I was thinking about bringing a cake to Kampung Halaman before leaving as a farewell gift. I guess he read my mind lol. Mbak Fitri talked to us about the review that I wrote about Selamat Pagi Vol. 10 and gave me feedback. She appreciated the attention to detail like I thought she would which was great. She responded to everything that I wrote in the review and I appreciate that a lot. It shows that she really cares about what I think and my perspective on the event.
She was also very understanding about me not having the peace article and the article about my youth finished yet—she told me that it was okay for me to send them to her when I get back to the US thank God. I’ve just been so occupied at Kampung Halaman working on my blog, going to meetings, translating, and working on my review that I just didn’t have time. I would have worked on them at the homestay, but everyone always wants to hangout and I don’t want to say no because I’m leaving so soon. And when I’m not hanging out with someone I’m working on something that’s due back in the U.S. like a job application, a book review, RA Pre-Training, or something else… it’s frustrating lol. I’ll focus on writing the articles when I’m back on campus during breaks between RA training.
After the internship, Tiur and I went to the mall to meet-up with Chelsea. It was a lot of fun—I finally found a dragon souvenir for Jacob because he likes dragons so much lol. I also bought a lot of snacks to bring back to the US and a huge bag to fit them all in with the rest of my things that won’t fit in my luggage hahaha.
After the mall we went to a restaurant called Via Via for my farewell dinner with VIA (apparently they didn’t pick the restaurant on purpose because I asked if it was a pun lol). We were an hour late though and I felt so bad :( Tiur said that it wouldn’t matter if we were late, but I still felt bad anyways… luckily no one seemed upset when we finally got there, which was good. One of the nice ladies from Kampung Halaman was even there—that made me so happy. :) I was also very happy about the veggie burger and fries that I got. :) :) :)
After dinner, we went to an awesome gelato place. The gelato wasn’t as good as the gelato in Italy, but it still hit the spot! It was thicker, so the consistency resembled more of an ice cream consistency, but hey I didn’t mind… I love ice cream lol. I got Nutella and pistachio… :)
After the gelato I said goodbye to everyone that I’m not going to see anymore and it was so hard :( but at least everyone knows each other’s whatsapp number and follows each other on social media, so we’ll definitely stay in touch. I’ve met some of the nicest people ever during my stay here— I’m so glad that I came to Indonesia! <3
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