Brigita's Here!

Today was one of my favorite days here. YSEALI Fall 2019 University of Montana cohort went to Missoula International School. We were teaching them about Southeast Asia. Indonesia was divided by two group. Iqbal and I were teaching two classes in 3rd grades (7-8  y.o). I do love them so much. Their eyes when they saw us, when they listened to our explanation. And d has a the most thing I love is how they gave us soooooo unique question. Like... Whats your favorite food? Whats you wearing everyday in Indonesia? What it that mean? Et cetera. They just asked without thinking so harder. I love it so much. And it make me think about one thing: how come? How come they can be so smart. Totally different when I was kid. I think I didn't ask like that or maybe didn't have any bravery when met new people. In MIS, the students also learn Spanish. Most of their conversation using Spanish, but when we talked with us, they using English. Excellent! On this day, YSEALI fellows also had ...

Sudah beberapa hari ini mencoba menulis dalam Bahasa Inggris. Sungguh bukan ingin pamer atau karena sedang berada di Amerika. Saya hanya ingin belajar lebih dan lebih. Kalau kamu baca tulisan saya dalam Bahasa Inggris, sangat mudah untuk menemukan betapa masih terseok-seoknya saya dalam bahasa Inggris. Entah dalam delivering idea atau grammatical error. Whatever! I do not care! Saya sadar untuk belajar, kita harus melewati semua hal yang sulit. Menangis. Tertekan. Kecewa. Ditertawakan. Tidak ada kata muda dalam belajar. Ketika berada di Amerika, mengikuti program ini, saya sadar saya masih memiliki banyak kekurangan. Saya melihat teman-teman saya selalu. SELALU. Selalu lebih pintar dan lebih hebat dari saya. YA. Memang. Karena mereka berjuang. Karena mereka belajar keras. Itu yang saya pelajari dari mereka. Saya mau juga hebat seperti mereka. Dan saya rasa setiap orang ingin menjadi hebat....dengan cara terbaiknya masing-masing. Harus dilalui dengan cara yang sulit. Tidur ...

Rafting can be my favorito kind of sports. I did it two times this week.  Yeseterday with my homestay family; today I did it with my fellows.  It was very fun.  We was handled by Lewis and Clark Adventures. Compare on Blackfoot River, Alberton George stream more challenging for me. But the animals countless than Blackfoot.  I fell.  Just Lee and I. When we met high wave. I got shocked for a moment, I lost my eiger hat.Thats my favoritoo eveeerrrrr. I lost my 'naughty'sunglasses too. Its okay, its fun.  I love rafting.  Now its my favorito one.  #BetaDiMontana

I left my heart  in David and Linda's. They very kind. Taking care of me like they own daughter. I realize, sometimes I did'nt understand what they said. I just said yes without got the point, sometimes. LOL. It is my challenge.. every-second-day here. Today the homestay day was over. 08.03 PM Linda dropped me to the dorm. And then I realized.. I left my heart to them. #BetaDiMontana