2nd day in Bali

I woke up at 8:00 a.m., even more frazzled out than the first day, due to all the swimming. I seriously could not wake up, but my Mom made me wake up, constantly saying "Wake Up!". I had a big, big day scheduled for me...fun...I ate Rice Krispies for breakfast, then had to leave right-away. We had a guide and a car ready for us. But the car was very, very hot. The A.C. would not reach and go to the back part of the car, where I was sitting. So we drove, and drove, me sweating. And after a bazillion hours, we stopped in front of a shop selling Batik, wood bowls and dishes, wood toys, massaging oils, etc. At least it was air-conditioned there. I bought an impossibly silky scarf there, which I loved. My sister bought presents for her best friends, and my Mom bought a lot of other this and that. After shopping for about 1 hour, we left the shop, to go to the Monkey park. It was like, a small hiking trail with monkeys all around, walking freely. Our guide told us NOT to buy bananas or else monkeys would jump on you for the bananas. So we didn't. And mighty good thing too, for the monkeys really did grab on peoples' clothes for bananas. There was one time I was really freaked out. I was near a pool designed for monkeys, when I looked back and this monkey was running towards my way. I screamed and ran for the guide. The monkey scurried to this other way, but if I was still where I was, the monkey would've actually touched me. It might not sound scary, but it was. My Mom didn't come with us-she doesn't like monkeys that much. After we hiked about 15 minutes, we came back to the car, totally freaked out. Especially the kids(me, my sister, mom's friends' son.)

The next stop was lunch. We went to a very famous pork rib restaurant, and it was packed! And very, very hot. There was a very long line, and it was already about 3:00 p.m., so I was very hungry. I couldn't wait until to sit down and eat! Soon enough, we sat down on a table. People were already sitting there, but they were finishing up, so we thought "okay, they're almost done." But nooooooo, they ordered a second round of pork ribs!!! We waited for about 40 minutes, waiting for them to finish eating. I thought they were a bit rude, because tons of people were waiting outside and they knew that too, but they finished every single piece of pork, and they ate slowly, not even trying to eat quick for the next people to sit and eat. We finished eating at the time of 4:30.

Then we went to a museum right next to the restaurant. It was an art museum, with paintings and carvings of famous Balinese artists. It was an eclectic collection of different paintings. People dancing, Balinese people's everyday lives, the Hindu Gods...so that was pretty cool. The last stop was the Kecak dance. But it wasn't like what I expected. There was a little explanation, but the words weren't printed well so I couldn't make a word out of it. Because I don't know much about the Kecak, I didn't understand anything, so it was a bit boring. But there was one part totally dangerous!!! A guy started a fire, then a guy threw himself on the fire and kicked the fire all around, then repeated that 3 times!! 3!! Was that part of the show??? But wouldn't it hurt and burn???? Ouch...

So there went my 2nd day in Bali...I couldn't wait for the 3rd one!!

Bali!

On December 26th, my Mom's friend came over to our house. Our family and her family were going to go to Bali together. So we spent the 27th shopping for last-minute things, and then we were off!

4:30 a.m.

7:00 a.m.

10:00 a.m.

6:00 p.m.

10:30 p.m.

This is the most important times on 28th, when I left for Bali. First thing up, my Mom woke me up at 4:30 a.m. to get ready to go to the airport. Since our plane left at 7, we had to move quick. We skipped breakfast, and came early. So we went to Starbucks to fill up our stomach. My sister and I had hot chocolate and cinnamon buns. Then we boarded the plane and left for Bali! I slept the whole way, waking up twice or thrice. But that was all. So I can't really remember my plane trip. 10 a.m. was when we arrived at our hotel and had checked-in. My room number was 254, while Mom's friend's room was 255. We were right next to each other. :D So then, we changed into our swimsuits, practically bathed in sunscreen then went out to the pool. 6 p.m. was when we finished swimming and got showered for dinner. I ate a burger. It was good, but not as good as Burger King. :( Then we walked around the beach, which was right next to the restaurant. There were a lot of little crabs and shells. The beach was decorated with lanterns, and it was beautiful. I wrote my name in the sand with my shoes. It got erased all the time because of the tide, though. After dinner we all went in and brushed our teeth and got ready for bed while Mom and her friend talked. Ah. It was a tiring day.

CHRISTMAS!!!

I'm sorry I didn't post for a long time...I was lazy on Christmas, and then my Mom's friend came, and then we had to go to Bali and there was no computer there...so...sorry, but I'll write away ASAP.

On Christmas morning, I woke up, completely frizzed out, because I didn't get to sleep much on Christmas Eve(obviously, read my christmas eve post!). But I remembered that it was Christmas, and most important of all...PRESENTS!!(hehe) so I looked under my pillow and there was my present from Santa! I got presents from my family too, so I'll list them underneath. And I will put the pics on later, as soon as I can.

1. Juicy Couture wallet

2. Blue velour tracksuit

3. Matching blue shoes

4. Black cargo pants

5. Jeans

6. A scarf

7. A green dress

8. Rp. 500,000

9. A book(that i really wanted)

10. 3 DVDs

So that day was all about presents and food and everything...I loved all my presents!!!!

Hope you guys all had a great Christmas too!!

CHRISTMAS EVE!!!!

YAY!!! CHRISTMAS IS JUST 'ROUND THE CORNER!!!! YAYY!!! I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH YAYS AND YIPPES CAN EXPLAIN MY EXCITEMENT!!! PRESENTS AND PRESENTS AND PRESENTS!!! SANTA! YAY!!!!! I'M SOOOOO EXCITED FOR 2MORROW. I PROBABLY WILL NOT FALL ASLEEP 2DAY!!!! CHRISTMAS IS HEREEEEEEEE!!!!!!! I CAN HARDLY WAIT, I'M PRACTICALLY ABOUT TO BURST OFF TO MARS RIGHT NOW, WITH ALL THIS SPIRIT!! I DO NOT HAVE ANY PLANS 2DAY...EXEPT FOR GOING TO THE MALL FOR CHRISTMAS SHOPPING!! YAH-HOO!! I WILL SERIOUSLY POST MORE 2MORROW, LISTING ALL MY PREZZIES!!! HEHE... :D :D :D :D...

Breakfast at Starbucks...

20th of December. It's a bright Sunday morning........Sleep-ins every day....that's what breaks are meant for... "I need a break from cooking too!!" Mom declares...so...our solution...?

BREAKFAST AT STARBUCKS!!!! (Instead of Tiffany's :P)

It's 9 o'clock right now...I am in Starbucks, typing.

The table beside me is littered with...

Toffee Nut Latte

Cappuccino

Hot Chocolate

Mini sandwiches

Oatmeal raisin cookies

All empty...devoured by my family and me!!

I love going to Starbucks for breakfast because the food there tastes great and it's relaxing to just chat with my family and eat and blog...the store's empty so it's really quiet. Break is great.....!!!!!

GO....BROMO!!!

Thursday, December 17th was Madness Day! Go Broooooommmmoooo! There was no classes today. Only fun! :D First, we had 2 activities to do. I had Badminton and Wacky Relay. Badminton was held in the lower part of the Big Gym. 

To be honest, I was hopeless at Badminton. I couldn't hit the ball over the net. I screwed up all the time. But my other two Bromo teammates were awesome at badminton. Especially this 8th grader, he was so good. So we played against Salak and Merapi, and won both of them. With Salak, it was a close match 21-20. But we killed Merapi for 23-18! At the end, we were tied with Krakatau for 1st place! Go Bromo! Yay!

My second activity was Wacky Relay. Now, this was fun. We had a crab-walk relay, an egg-and-spoon relay and a wheelbarrow relay. Now, Krakatau was really good at this. C'mon, Bromo! Beat Krakatau! I had to go twice for crab-walk. The whole time I was cheering for Bromo! I think Bromo did a good job. We came 3rd or 4th for crab-walk, came 1st or 2nd for egg-and-spoon relay and came 1st for wheelbarrow. Pretty good, eh?

After the two activities, we had a students-against-teachers basketball game. This time, I switched my gears to "Go 6th Graders!" 6th Graders creamed the teachers. 8-0. But I was surprised. Some teachers were really good at basketball, like Mrs. Schwartz and Mrs. Clark. I would have never thought of them playing basketball. But they were pretty good. Maybe even better than me, and I join GYBA(Girls Youth Basketball Association) every year. It was a thrilling game.

At last, the awarding of the cup! Who will get the Volcano cup for December 2009!!! Drumroll please! This was really a tense revelation! I crossed my toes, arms, fingers and legs and hoped that Bromo won the cup. Please, please, please! I closed my eyes and prayed for the best. And the cup goes to...Agung! Noooo! I was so disappointed-Bromo tried so hard. Noooo! I was dejected. But Bromo came third, and that counted for something, didn't it? The winning order was this:

First place: Agung

Second place: Krakatau

Third place: BROMO! YEAAHHH!

Fourth place: Salak

Fifth place: Rinjani

Sixth place: Merapi

At least Bromo came third and tried their best! Next time, Bromo will win!!! 

Uh-oh, break's ending!

I was really excited for the break, and now I'm all sad again. This is the official last day of our break, because tomorrow's the weekends and we always get weekends off!! I really enjoyed my nine-day break, but now I want a longer vacation! Sigh. Oh well. One thing I thought that could've gone better was that if I actually had a schedule for my day. Nine days passed by like a blur-unlike school days(LOL) but I don't really remember anything except reading, typing and homework. Next time when there's a break, I think I'll try to plan a schedule and spend my break wisely, unlike this one. I mean, this was very nice and relaxing too! Don't misunderstand me, people!!!   

P.S. How come breaks pass by a blur and school days practically drag by???

Cool iMac

After I came back from my lessons, I booted up my computer, and went to Photo Booth. I tried Photo Booth once, but then I only used the normal one. Now I found out there were at least twelve different effects and backgrounds!! My sister and I fooled around, and tried almost all different kinds of backgrounds. So at the end, there was a picture of me and my sister on a roller-coaster, picture of me near the Eiffel tower, the Yosemite falls and on a beach. It was so much fun. I had seen these effects on my friends' laptops, and I really liked taking funny pictures, so when I got my iMac, I'd hoped I had Photo Booth. The background I liked the most was the roller coaster. The screen actually moved, so it was as if we were actually riding the roller coaster when we took the picture. It was cool. And now I'm going to take another picture at Photo Booth!

Hehe....^_^   

Yay!! It's Break time!

It's the first day of the official term break!! Yeah!! I slept in until 9. :-D I could've slept more, but you know........my mother and sister would've woken me up anyway. So I mooched around the house, going on the computer, reading...It was so nice without homework, or school!!! I'm not going anywhere, so my day looks like:

Wake up

Eat breakfast

Read/go on the computer

Start my lesson homework. Yawwwnnn...

Eat lunch

Free time

Go do some whatever lessons I have

Play some more

Eat dinner

Read/go on the computer

Go to sleep

I love it!! It's such a nice little break. Mr. Smith, we should have more of these stuff more often. Hehe :-)

Earthquake!!!

Yesterday, there was an earthquake!! I was taking an shower when I felt dizzy. I swayed side by side, and I thought it was just me. I didn't even think it was an earthquake. It was like I was glued on  the floor, and somebody was pushing me side by side, except the whole bathroom moved with me. I was just about to turn off the shower when I heard my maid screaming. She started to shout out something, and I knew it was an earthquake. Last time the 7.2 earthquake hit, the maid told us it was an earthquake too, so now I knew it was an earthquake. I threw on my clothes and rushed down the stairs with my mom and my maid. It was so scary. I started panicking, and I almost cried. There wasn't any more shaking or anything while I was running down, but I was still terrified. I had a feeling of trepidation at the pit of my stomach. Until now, I always wanted to experiment an earthquake, because I was curious how it felt. But now I do not ever want to experience an earthquake again, in my LIFE!!!!!