Our World, Our Future

Ever wondered what can you do to change this world to be better?

You can do it by supporting any issues that you are concerned of: it could be Animal Rights, Global Warming, Poverty, Education, Women’s Rights or even Health care. Life is too short, spend your time wisely! Do something!

What is change for you?

Change for me means that I can actually do something that would add a significant improvement to the world I live in. I would want to make others proud. First of all, being a prominent person for my community. Change means we’re becoming wiser to do good things for the things around us.

What do you want to change in the world?

I actually want the poverty to ends, better environment for living things, and of course, since I am a girl, I want women’s rights to be applied everywhere. For politics, i think democracy is the best way to make the positive changes in many countries. Change can be called as “success” when the world has become more peaceful and we understand about others.

Do you support personal change?

Do something beyond your fear. Be the next change makers! Be the change you want to see in the world. So, why do I wrote this?

I believe that EVERYONE can contribute and help United Nations achieve the Millenium Development Goals (MDGs).

-What is MDGs?
The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are eight international development goals that all 192 United Nations member states and at least 23 international organizations have agreed to achieve by the year 2015. They include reducing extreme poverty, reducing child mortality rates, fighting disease epidemics such as AIDS, and developing a global partnership for development.
*According to Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennium_Development_Goals)

-When is the deadline to achieve these goals?
We only have five more years, until 2015. We don’t have much time, so better act now. Start volunteering!

-Who makes this program?
United Nations made it. They are very hopeful about the achievement. So ACT ACT ACT! Don’t just speak.

-What is the eight MDGs?
1. ERADICATE EXTREME POVERTY AND HUNGER
2. ACHIEVE UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION
3. PROMOTE GENDER EQUALITY AND EMPOWER WOMEN
4. REDUCE CHILD MORTALITY RATE
5. IMPROVE MATERNAL HEALTH
6. COMBAT HIV/AIDS, MALARIA, AND OTHER DISEASES
7. ENSURE ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
8. DEVELOP A GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP FOR DEVELOPMENT

Act to save your community, and then your world! Think big for our future…

Why am I in love with movies?

The Power of Movies...

Movies is really a piece of art…

It makes people became more “open-minded” to life.

When we can’t go to a place that we always wanted to go,

We can see it through movies.

When you wanted to learn a languange,

be best if you learn it through movies,

because it’s not just fun but also make you learn faster.

Songs did the same thing,

but movies does it better because…

you don’t just hear things,

but you also see things.

Movies are the best way to convince people,

to BELIEVE on what they are seeing.

It’s also telling us about how history happened,

and how future will be like.

Movies always knew how to touch our feelings; therefore…

I BELIEVE IN THE POWER OF MOVIES!

AND ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO DO TOO…

“No form of art goes beyond ordinary consciousness as film does, straight to our emotions, deep into the twilight of the soul.” — Ingrid Bergman

enjoy yours!!

What do you want to be in your lifetime?

The title of this blog maybe sounds familiar to you. But do you really know the answer?

Some people,when they are done with high school, will try different paths in their life. The reason is simple. We can’t be the same person over and over again. People need some changes in their life. People said we can’t be the same as yesterday. Some of my friends,like you maybe, will move from your past to your future by studying in college. Some of them went to different city or maybe better,different country, to find who they supposed to be. Some maybe plan to keeping in contact with as many friends as possible, and some might want to lose it. Do you honestly really ready to leave it all behind? Well, for me, i kept my past,i wont let it go. I was the type of person that really want to be friends until my lifetime is over. I really loves my family and friends, both of them, Indonesia and America. Even if i’m in Indonesia right now, i wont lose contact with my friends and families in America. I love them, as much as i love my friends and families in Indonesia. I kept all of my life balanced.

I want to be someone that everyone’s think important. Someone that can make changes in the world, someone that everyone like to be with, someone that always be there for their friends, someone that can help other peoples, someone that everyone’s think is success. This might sound cheesy, but for real, i want to be that person. I have to be better than my parents. They are great people. High education, well-mannered, a good example for their kids. We can called our family “Exchange students family”, we are all become exchange student. Its good to know other people’s culture, that is different from our’s. I am hoping that i can be a diplomat, work at United Nations New York, volunteering at Greenpeace. Hope i can be the way i wanted.

Expectations from Exchange students program

Maybe you didn’t know that I came from Indonesia. I’m joining an exchange program by Nacel Open Door to America. I want to tell about my expectations by joining this Exhange students program.

 I want to be a successful person, I want to be a prominent figure in the future.
I want to be able to help many people in the world.
I don’t want to be an ordinary person. I hope when I am dead , many people will still remember
me in their minds.

I want to understand American culture, difference of habits that they
have in terms of politics and education, and others. I like to learn from others.
I want to know whether  racial issue is still problematic or not in America.
I want to understand why their people are permitted to own a gun. I want to
know why many gossip magazines are significant and why their divorce rate is quite high.

I want to get more activities there. I don’t want to get culture shock or homesickness. I want to join many sports club, every seasons. I want to join a music club, or, maybe….drama? who knows? Involved in environmental organization is also what I expected. Oh yes — dance! I’ll show them BALI JAIPONG!!! I am very nervous of this. I hope my dance isn’t bad,and i hope they have appreciation for me. I hope they don’t have too many questions about this dance.

I want to be a great child for my host parents. they accepted me without me paying them. So I want to show enthusiasm, bright personality, high morale, tolerance, good manners, empathy, and of course SMILES. I want to be a great Indonesian ambassador. I want to change their perception about Indonesia. Some people might think that the country is full of terrorists, but not all Indonesian people are like that.

 Well , I also still want to hear latest American music from MTV! Oh I am going to miss that, because I know that my host family don’t like to watch it, they just like to listen to it. I still want to go to mall and movie theaters! I know that in my city, i can’t watch movies. Uh it’s really sad for me. I know I will go to the REAL theaters though. I really wanted to see that. I want to attend a concert, I want to go to music stores!!! and–something that maybe can’t be realized — attend TRL live  in New York Times Square!!

Why do I say that it can’t be realized? because I am in Waseca, Minnesota. It’s too far from New York. It doesn’t mean I don’t like minnesota, because I do. However, I want to go to New York. And Los Angeles? Hollywood!! the latest information i got, my cousin went to Las Vegas, and there’s no snow there. I like SNOW! can’t wait for winter there!

My feelings now, (well, i can’t even describe it!) i don’t want to go, but i want to go!!! I don’t want to say goodbye to my friends in Indonesia, but i want to see them — my host family, my friends in America… I will miss my friends in Indonesia. I love them. I don’t wanted them to forgot me. (hahaha..)

Least but not least, I want this year be the best year of my life.