TRACE OF MY JOURNEY

Welcome back to blogger.com. it has been long time I don't touch my keyboard to write anything on this site. What's up blogger, I'd like to share couple things about what I see and feel since I've been here less than month ago. Well, Check it out.
My trip began on August 6th to KL, Frankfurt, and Washington DC, we had arrived-orientation in Hilton Dulles Hotel for 3 days. I am hosted in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. I arrived here on August 10th. Along the flight I was thinking, oh my god, I will be alone here whole year. Yups that's right, I'm the only Indonesian student who is hosted in South Dakota this year. It's a rather big state, which is well-known of the Mount Rushmore.
I'd like to introduce my host-family, I live with Philippe family, my parents are Mike and Marry Philippe, they are awesome parents. Mom works as Local Coordinator of ACES, and Dad is a business-owner. I have three host-siblings, they are Marco, Dan, and Sarah. Marco and Dan have already married and live in other state. Sarah study in University ( I forget the name of University.). I have roommate from Pakistan, his name is Asim, you might not believe me that his name is only Asim, he has not family name. (what a simple name!) hhe. We also have 3 cute wiener dogs, Louie, Jossy, and Henry. In this country dog is family member.

I live in a big house (3 floors), it's very natural. I can see wood everywhere. My room is upstairs, and there is piano nearby my room (I'm just learning).
There are fitness equipment, billiard table, and of course Home Theater downstairs. we also have a garden. Mom calls it fun place.

 

the piano nearby my room.  (ane cm bisa mencet dikit dikit. hhe)

Dining room

my bedroom 

we have a basketball/tennis court

guest room 

kitchen

okay, now talk about the environment, the scenery of this city is awesome, amazing, and incredible (lebay deh ekspresinya!). You can see trees everywhere. Left and right side of the road are green. And it's difficult to find damaged road here. Almost of the road here are smooth. They drive at left side in the car. They do traffic manners and safety first very well. I've never found any traffic jam in my city. The distance of a house to other house is approximately 100-500 meters. Every house usually has large yard and of course basketball ring. Most of houses are natural.

If you have a stereotype that life cost here are cheap and all of westerner have tall body, please throw it away. It's wrong. (krek.... krek.. pegel nih.. to be continued)