Japan Homestay Immersion Program 2013 :)

So I went to Japan with Generasjatte and 5 teachers and my friend's mom came with to participate too. It was a fun time when we're in Japan. Each student gets to stay with each family in Japan, teachers too. So it was from 14th of February until 23rd of February. We spent 6 days at our each family's home. And 4 days at the hotel.

Okay, my experience at Japan was amazing. It was the best 10 days of my life, I'm not lying. So the first day I got to the Narita Airport, we went to the Hippo building somewhere I don't really remember, we ride a bus and took like one to two hours to get to the Hippo building. So I spent my 30 minutes at the bus sleeping cause I was soooo freakin tired. We got to the Hippo building around 1 PM or 2 PM and my friends and I were so hungry. So miss Yustin provided us with onigiri and a drink. Each student can only get 2 onigiries and one drink. I took the salmon and the chicken. I loved it.

All of us waited for our host parents to come and only some who already made it. My okasan made it not so late. I was so excited and at the same time nervous, of course. So the host parents are inside the room to discuss, and all the students were waiting outside. It was a fun time, and so after a view minutes waiting outside... And finally we got in to the room! So we came in, in a line. And miss Yustin asked us to find our host parents.

Okay, Honestly, My okasan found me because I didn't see her. So she tap my shoulder and hugged me. Aw<3 kangen okasan.

So each parent has like a paper with a writing and a decoration that says like "Welcome Sabrina!" or "Selamat datang!" or something like that, but my paper was designed by Maya, my 5 years old host sister. She wrote it wrong, it was suppose to be "selamat datang SABRINA" but she wrote it "Sekomelt Datang SABRINA" but you know I don't really care. Because at her age, I don't even know how to write.

So who came to see me was only okasan and Miyu. Miyu is my 2 years old host sister. When I met them, I want to carry Miyu, but Miyu cried because she doesn't know me. And at that time Maya's still at school. So we said goodbye with my friends and teachers and I'll say Hi to them again in the next 6 days. I arrived at home around 4 PM and I didn't go anywhere because it was raining. Oh and it was 1 degrees that time, I think. So it was so cold. And I had to bring my huge and overweight luggage. I was so tired and I was soaking wet. When I got home, I saw Maya and I came up to her and said "MAYA!!!" and ran into her. SHE'S SO CUTE. I hugged her, but she was so shy so she just sits there and smiles aw.

I gave each of my host family member a present. I gave Maya and Miyu a boutique (batik) dress. And I gave okasan a boutique bag and a Jakarta shirt for otosan. Otosan wasn't home so I gave it to him tomorrow. Because he works like 24/7. He goes to work everyday (including weekends), he goes to work around 7, And got home around 10 PM or 11 PM.

So I was so tired when I got home and I asked okasan if she can borrow me a mattress to take a nap. I woke up around 7 PM... And WHOA I saw okasan's friends and their children ready to eat dinner. I was so  shocked and I was still lying there on the mattress like a hobo. So I woke up and said Hi to them.

So I was ready to eat dinner, so before eating dinner, we have to say "itadakimas" sorry if it was a wrong spelling but that's how I pronounced it, it means like Selamat makan. So I was eating and they asked me questions about myself. And I answered each one of the questions. Okay, so the food was oishi so I didn't really payed attention carefully.

After dinner, we have to say "gotsdosamadesta" it means like finish eating. We played a fun game called a memory game and I don't know the other one. While playing this game, I was thinking to myself that at that time I was playing my laptop and phone and games. But I cherished my moment by playing simple games with my okasan's family.

So their names was Hikkey, Manaty, Yuma, and Fumichan. And when they go home, I directly go to bed and said "Oyasuminasai" sorry if it's a wrong spelling, it means like Selamat Tidur. So tomorrow we're going to the zoo with Idham's host family. We had a fun time, There was like 10 okasan's friends coming. And I saw a panda and some other animals I never saw. So it was a great experience.

So the next day I forgot where I went, and the next day I went to Sibuya and saw the Hachiko statue, I watched the Hollywood movie of hachiko and I cried. So I took a picture with that statue and ate ramen at some ramen store. After that I went to Sibuya shopping something, I forgot because there's too much to remember. I bought a bag for my mom yayyy. And when we got home, we go to Grandpa's house and we celebrated grandpa's 70 years old party. There's sooooooo many delicious foods and the dessert was a strawberry jellyton cheese cake smth like that. It was so good. I met okasan's younger sister which is now 6 months pregnant, but she have a 2 years old son that loves cameras. He's so adorable, his name is Len. So we ate and celebrate grandpa's birthday party and ate the cheesecake and play cards and go home. And I also use kimono with Maya which means like a girls festival. And I took a picture, You can see my pictures at Japan on facebook if you want to, just search my name "Sabrina Angganisti" and stalk.

And when we got back home, I tasted the drink. It's a sour drink. I also have the picture of Maya on facebook holding on to the drink. It looks like apple juice. But it's so sour. And we head to bed. 

The next day I went to the supermarket to buy the kit kat, just the kit kat. And I saw a cute earmuff and I said aw it's so cute, but I didn't buy it. And I also saw kittens and puppies at the super market. They were so healthy but so expensive-_- lol. And that day was my dad's birthday and I was planning to buy him a golf hat. And okasan asked me if to go to buy a present. Okasan was about to take me to a shopping mall. But no I didn't want to, because I was seriously tired. So we were planning to go home. So when we were going to the parking lot to the car, we forgot what floor was it. So we stopped at this floor where there's a sale of outfits and hats etc. And so I saw this hat and it's a golf hat. So I bought it for my dad. 

And we got home and ate. And the next day was the time when I have to go to a school for presentation of my country. The teachers there told me to introduce in Japanese. And when I got there, I met with Ms. Neni and my friend Ragil. And we introduce ourselves together, finally. It was "Konichiwa. Watashiwa Sabrina des. Nachan-de yonde. Indonesia kara kimasta." it means "Hello. My name is Sabrina. Please call me Nachan. I am from Indonesia." so we played games with the children there. And sang Indonesian songs.

And the next day was the time when I have to say goodbye to my family :( I wanted to cry but I just can't so I hugged Maya and she cried. So I head to the bus with my friends and we went to fuji mountain and played snowballs with my friend. So it was the best day of my life. It's snow fight.

The next day we went to temples and at night we went shopping around Tokyo, without teachers supervising us. And so finally me, kein, fayola, shania, and syifa were lost but we weren't freaking out. But Fayola did and we asked a policeman to just show us the way to the hotel. But he takes us there, but like it was a long walk to the hotel, He was so so so so so nice. He knows that we are lost and took us to the hotel with heart. Because I think that he knows that we're not from Japan.

The next day we went to temples and buy souvenirs (nothing to explain about this day). And at night everyone's buying outfits and shoes to go to Disneyland tomorrow. I didn't buy clothes, I didn't buy anything. So basically I was just walking around Tokyo shopping street with my friends. I only accompanied them. The next day we went to Disneyland and I went together with Nadya, Kein, Sandra, and Alecia. We didn't play the roller coasters or haunted house. Because Nadya and Sandra didn't want to. So we only played around Fairytale World I think. So we rode 3 rides and it was so fun. I bought the Minnie Mouse headband and the green alien gigantic head and has 3 eyes from Toy Story. And met some of the boys and we join together and some girls too. So it was fun.

So we head to the hotel and lots of us were sleeping cause we were so tired after having a fun time. It was like a dream. And we head to the Tokyo Tower. It's like an Eiffel Tower but it's smaller and the color is red. We ate dinner there. It was a buffet. But I didn't eat anything cause I already ate the mickey mouse shaped burger.



After that we head to the hotel and we wanted to go to Bic Camera. It's where there is tons of floors that sells technologies like Cameras, Polaroids, SLR, iPhones, iPods, Laptops, etc. And luckily THEY'RE ALL SO CHEAP. Comparing to the sellings in Indonesia. Most of my friends bought Polaroids. If it's changed to rupiah, it's only 700,000 rupiah. But in Indonesia, it can be up till 2 million!
So the next day we went to the airport and say good bye to Tokyo. Sayonara, Tokyo!

Generasjatte goes to Japan!

Intro... Sort of.

jadi halo nama gue sabrina. gue sekolah di Victory Plus di Kemang Pratama Bekasi. gue kelas 8 niih tahun 2013 ini. udahh semester dua sihhh hehee. jadii sejujurnya gue norak karna baru bikin blogspot.. gue di blog gue mau ngomong yg gaje yaa maaf aja kalo gangerti-_- jadi gue introduce gue aja dehhh hahaha <3

My birthday is 23rd of January 1999. So my birthday has just passed a week ago. enough with the intro, i'm too lazy to type lol. oh and i love travelling. i went to The City Of Love which is Paris. Well yeah i love it there but badly i was single that time(?) so it was very very veryyy cold there it was like 15 degrees or smth i'm sawrryy i forgot

so here i loooooveee to post my stories. like what i made when i was bored... jajjaja let me see what i've written so far....

just wait...

so here you can read a story below here it's about a girl who doesn't have hands, but she has the ability to paint. she has a niiiice work ya knooow, she holds the brush and paint and stuff with her foot fingers. so enjoy your readinggg :D

Make The Impossible Possible

     Hi my name is Lolanthe Ah-Leese Clémenceau. You can call me Alice, not Ah-Leese. My name is French. My dad is from Paris, France and my mom is from Roseville, California. Before going through the whole way introducing my family, I’ll introduce more about myself. I was born on the 22nd of March 1997. I was born with no hands and had trouble with eating, writing, sketching, drawing, typing, climbing and so on. It’s between I get help from people that I know especially my mom or I’ll do it slowly with my foot fingers. I’m still a starter on this so it takes time for me to achieve things. I love painting, I love sketching, I LOVE ART. My dad’s name is Sébastien Clémenceau, he works in Paris and work as a head chef at the top 10 restaurants in Paris which is called Le Meurice. And my mom, her name is Anna-belle Jessica Morgan. And she works at a top 10 restaurant called Roseville Gourmet. My mom and my dad are chefs, they cook yummy meals everyday. Oh yeah I forgot to mention about my little brother Nelson Pierre Clémenceau. I go to school at Glenwood Roseville International School.      

     I admire people who have the ability to paint. I just wished that I could suddenly have magical hands that can help me to eat, move things, shake hands and especially painting. I have amazing friends at school who would help me if I had trouble writing down notes or doing my big assignment for example creating a rollercoaster, booth for presentation and etc. I remembered the times when I usually go to the Museums of Arts with dad and Nelson. Us, the Clémenceau family used to live in Paris for 2 years and we moved back here, to Roseville. But my dad is still in Paris just for the sake of his work, but sometimes he comes home to spend time with us.

     By the way, did you know why I was born with no hands? When I was inside my mom’s tummy, My mom likes to bite her nails and eats foods with her hands after she touched cats. And all the bacteria from her nails and hands is effecting to the pregnancy of me. Mom was very shocked when she had to test out the baby for the health and so she found out that I don’t have any hands. But she said in her heart “This is a gift from God, I promise I’ll love this baby so much. I’d look after her. I’d care for her. I would do anything to make her happy. And by that from your Angle’s kiss my God, I’m gonna name her Alice.” My mom and dad had tears of joy when I’m born. They feel like it’s a dream come true to have such a beautiful daughter.

     When I was 10 months old, I had to learn how to walk, but I can’t. I can’t even crawl. So the neighbor next door came to our house and gave us their old chair walk for a baby. It was their son’s but he’s off to college already. And if I fell, I fell on my head. It hurts so bad. I even bleed once because I fell onto dad’s coffee cup. I cried so loud that time, and mom pasted a band aids and it’s now healed. At the age of 5-8 years old, I didn’t have any friends because they think I’m ugly and short. Can’t you imagine how it feels to be Lolanthe Ah-Leese Clémenceau at the age of 5-8? IT HURTS. IT’S KILLING ME. IT’S TORTURE. MY LIFE IS NEVER GETTING BETTER.

     But now that I’m 15 years old, I have a big achievement to raise. I want to be a famous painter, but it’s impossible. But mom, dad and Nelson won’t stop supporting me by the sentence “Yes, you can!”

      This evening, I go for a walk with Nelson at the park. I love it here. And so I saw lot’s of papers sticked to poles and trees said clearly “ART COMPETITION. COME AND JOIN THE UPRISING!” I was like “Oh my God! This is my chance! I can prove people that I can do it!” And Nelson said “Yeah, I know you can do it sister!” but I was thinking to myself. I don’t think I can do this. Oh by the way, Nelson’s 13 years old. He’s a very nice boy you know. And he’s very supportive too. Back to the paper, We took the paper home and we showed it to my mom.

     Around 5 PM, Nelson and I arrived at home. I showed mom the paper and mom was standing there, she had that tears of joy from her eyes. Her hazel eyes are coming up, and she immediately hugged me full of proud. She said “Oh honey, you should join this competition!” and so I said “Um, I don’t know mom. I don’t think so.” But she said “People would be amazed with your talent.” And I said “I don’t think I can, mom.” And so I ran upstairs to my room, thinking to myself. Knowing what I’m thinking and follow whereever my heart goes.

     In the next morning, I came downstairs with an emotionless face. It’s even worse than a face that’s almost fainting. I saw a note on the kitchen table that says “Grab a paint brush in your room.” I was very curious about this note. I came to my room and grabbed my paint brush with my foot fingers. And then there’s another note! It says “Go to the bathroom and take your acrylics.” And so I went to the bathroom and take the acrylic with my mouth. There was another note! It says “Now go to your Secret Room and take your canvas.” I ran to my Secret Room and took my canvas. There was a note that says “Now paint your dad that now he’s wearing a black trouser and a green polo shirt.” And so I drew him with my foot fingers for almost an hour. After I’m done with the result. I was wondering where I should go for the secret note, I was searching new notes in this room and I saw one and picked it up behind the canvas of my painting result. It says “Go to the attic with your painting.” I am so scared of the attic! I even heard foot steps around 11 PM last night. And so I walk slowly up to the attic. I walked in and sit there. I was so afraid. And suddenly I heard footsteps. And did you know what it is?

     IT’S MY DAD! And he was wearing a black trouser and a green polo shirt! Oh my God, I was so proud of my dad. I went after dad, and dad hugged me very tight. And suddenly mom and Nelson came out and join the hug. Dad came to me and said “Let me see your painting, Leese.” I showed him my painting and he surprisedly said “merveilleux!” It’s marvelous in French. I asked my dad “Dad, how come you’re here again in a short period of time?” and so he said “I’m here to support you! I heard you’ve been wanting to join the uprising!” and I said “Oh no.” And mom, dad and Nelson said “WHAT?!” in the same time. I didn’t reply anything to what they said.

     I’ve been thinking a lot about this competition. It is held on the 13th December 2012, and now it’s the 7th of December. I’ve been thinking and thinking and thinking. It’s my oppurtunity! But I just can’t.

     I gotta remember! I have to follow my heart! And my heart tells me to join the competition! I must do this for everyone’s best. I must do this for my best. I must do this. I must. I have to. I want to. I need to. I’m concerned to. Okay I think that’s enough. I’ll do this for my dad because I know that he’s here to support me, to encourage me to join this competition. I think I should do this. I ran downstairs and came up to my dad and said “yes!” And dad was like “What? What are you trying to say?” And so I excitedly said “I’ll do this for the World dad. I’ll do this for you!” Dad was so touched after I said that. Dad excitedly carried me up and ran to mom. Dad put me down and said “Ah Leese is joining the competition, anna!” Mom was so proud and she said “OH I LOVE YOU, ALICE. I LOVE YOU!”

     Mom ran up stairs to get Nelson. And she ran back down stairs and said “Where’s the paper?” I said “It’s here.. Wait, where is it? Oh no where is it?” Mom was worried, even dad. I ran up stairs to my room and searched everywhere around and I can’t find it! I went around the house to search for it, Mom, dad and Nelson too. And then I realized that my last time painting was the picture of my dad. I walked slowly with high hopes to my Secret Room and I found it on the table. I ran back while shouting “I found it!” Everyone was so relieved it was like “fiuh.”

     We got into the car and try to find the address, and the address is at Route 23. We’re on our way there. We got there and we registered for the painting competition. The person there thought that it was Nelson that’s gonna join this competition. Nelson had to wrote my name on the register, when the registrator saw the name on the register, she said to Nelson “Your name’s Alice?” Nelson said “No, it’s my sister that’s joining this competition.” There are over 50 people that’s joining this competition. I was very shocked. But I trust myself, I know I can do this.

     I woke up with joy and nervousness. I woke up and suddenly shouted “IT’S THE 13TH OF NOVEMBER!” I ran downstairs and shouted “Mom! The competition’s today!” Everyone was ready at that time, I didn’t know that they cared about me so much. I love them. Mom said to me “Hurry up and get ready, we’re waiting for you.” I ran upstairs again, went to shower, changed into my flowery yellow dress and white sneakers. And ran back downstairs and everyone was in the car already. Oh I’m telling you, I love them.

     It’s our way to Route 23. After 15 minutes of dad driving, we finally arrived. The art materials are in the back seats. We went down and people are staring at me when there was a batch contestant number 28. But I’ll do this for my best.

     And so I went on stage and took a deep breath. They gave us 2 hours to do this. The theme for this painting competition “Pain In Every Way.” When I saw this theme on the board. I think I’m gonna make this girl broken down to pieces. And so I started to pick up my pencil with my foot, and people were starring at me. And so it’s time for me to be drawing, after one hour had passed, my sketch is done, it’s time for me to paint it! The competition is gonna end in less than 10 minutes! I hurried up and shaded it slowly. The time is up! I’m so done.

     Each contestants came to the stage to get judged of their works. Number 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and so on. It gets to number 26! Oh my God, I’m so nervous. And when I got up to the stage, the security helped me bring my result. The judges were completely shocked seeing me with no arms. When my result was shown, the judges were shocked and had to judge my painting.

     And so does the finales began, 50 contestants came up to the stage all together, and had it picked up. Since the show needs to be faster, the judges are gonna get 10 finalists! They said “Hanna, Louis, Jacqueline, Tim, Josh, Jill, Amber-mae, Shayna, Carl and... Alice!” And so we were down to 5 finalists, the judges said “Amber-mae, Shayna, Jill, Tim, and Sabrina!” the judges had to go back for 3 contestants! And those are the winners! The judges said “Come in front, Amber-mae... Jill.... and Sabrina!” I was so happy! And so I came to the front and the winner is “Amber-mae, congratulations for getting the third place of this art competition.” “And now Jill and Sabrina... I’m gonna make this quick. I’m sorry to say this Sabrina, but you’re the first winner of this art competition! Congratulations to you too Jill for getting the second place!” I got that trophie and carried it back home with proudness. Everyone was very proud!

     And by that I’m telling you, “Yes, you can!”

so that's my story, gabaca nyesel lohhh :p bye