OMG!!!!
I don't know how to describe my feeling right now. I feel so surprised, happy, and want to cry . . .
My Friends and also my family here gave me a BIG SUPRISE for My BIRTHDAY!!!
OMG . . .
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
First Day of Internship at the Embassy Suites Hotel
WOW!!!!
Today I had a great experience. As what I have said on my previous post that I got an internship at the Embassy Suites Hotel, one of the Hilton branches. The Internship will be for minimal 80 hours. Every week, my internship activities will be different because I will do the internship to all departments in the Hotel, from Housekeeping to Front Desk. So I will get lot of experience in Hotel industry itself, not only in one department.
In the morning, at 9, I went for my first internship. The hotel is not that far from my apartment. It just took about 25 mins to get there by bus. I was so excited to start my day especially when I met my supervisor, Joy Grant. She is a really friendly person. She works at the hotel for about 15 years. Now she works as an assistant manager of the Hotel. I spent about few minutes with her and decided that for today my internship will be in Housekeeping department. Joy introduced me to the Housekeeping Supervisor, Cierra. She is from Mexico.
In the morning, at 9, I went for my first internship. The hotel is not that far from my apartment. It just took about 25 mins to get there by bus. I was so excited to start my day especially when I met my supervisor, Joy Grant. She is a really friendly person. She works at the hotel for about 15 years. Now she works as an assistant manager of the Hotel. I spent about few minutes with her and decided that for today my internship will be in Housekeeping department. Joy introduced me to the Housekeeping Supervisor, Cierra. She is from Mexico.
Since today is my first day, I decided that I want to see, observe and help the people from Housekeeping Department, Room Service. II spent my time from 10 to 2 by helping Alejandro, Cecile, and Lucia, the housekeepers. in Housekeeping there are two divisions. First division is for Over Night Stay and the second one is Check Out. So from 10:00 to 11.15, I helped Cecile by making the bed, clean the room and do vacuum. Just like my daily activity at my apartments. The only differences was, there were lot of rooms that we had to clean LOL :D. But I had a good time there. Then at 11.15 we had break time from until 12.15 for lunch.
Thursday, January 12, 2012
CCC Mid-Year Retreat: Day 3 and Day 4 Grand Canyon
Evening World,
YAY!!! I got my internship at the Embassy Suites Hotel which is one of Hilton Hotel branches!!! Soooo EXCITED!! LOL
YAY!!! I got my internship at the Embassy Suites Hotel which is one of Hilton Hotel branches!!! Soooo EXCITED!! LOL
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
CCC Mid-Year Retreat: Day 1 and 2 Lake Powell
Evening World,
How are you doing guys?
Hopefully you all are doing well.
I cannot wait to tell you my story what I have been doing this week.
Guess what??? I had a retreat with all the students from Community College Consortium in 3 different sites!!! YAY!!!!
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
Vacation in San Francisco: Day 1
Morning world,
how are you doing?
Hufffttt I haven't posted anything since thanks giving dinner although I promised that I would post the story of my Thanksgiving experience but I was really busy with the tests and all the preparation for the refugee's fundraiser in January which really menyita waktu LOL.
But now I have some time to write what I have been up to since last month.
Well let's start with my vacation last week.
My best buddy, Juan and I went to San Francisco, California.
We left on the 17th of December and we came back on the 24th, we actually spent 7 days in San Francisco.
In San Francisco I stayed at Mbak Dede's apartment at the Parkmerced Apartment and Juan, stayed in Mbak Dede's friend's apartment right in front of Mbak Dede's apartment.
We were so lucky because Mbak Dede, Mbak Nining and Mbak Dina helped us a lot by being our guides for few days before we decided to go out alone (just in case if we get lost ROFL).
The first day, we met 4 of Indonesian friends (CCIP participants) who were also traveling to SF. So, 9 of us went to visit Fisherman's Wharf which is one of the most visited tourist attraction in San Francisco. We took lot of pictures there. We also saw one big sea lion. Then after taking lot of pictures there, we decided to go to Downtown and to the Martin Luther King's Memorial garden where we could see the frame of Martin Luther King's popular words behind the 50 feet high and 20 feet wide waterfall. It was really a wonderful place. We spent about 1 hour there just for the pictures. Then we had to say Good-Bye to our friends (Haeril, Syabith, Sosi, and Indah) because they had to leave the next 3 hours.
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| Mahatma Gandhi Statue (The movie of My Name is Khan was taken in this place) |
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| Perempuan Indonesia :D |
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| at The Martin Luther King Memorial Garden and Waterfall |
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| 6 Indonesians and 1 Tico :D |
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| Hard Rock Cafe in Fisherman;s Wharf |
Since Juan and I still want to continue our tour, because we thought it was too early to go home at 5, I asked mbak Dede to take us to Indonesian Restaurant. The name of the restaurant is Borobudur Restaurant. OMG!!! I was sooo happy when I saw their menu list. God! They have everything there. From Tempe, Gado-Gado, Fried Rice, and Nasi Padang. I almost jumped because of the menu list. Finally after 6 months live in Arizona without Indonesian restaurant, I finally ate Gado-Gado, Tempe, and Nasi Goreng Seafood. As the first time to visit Indonesian Restaurant, Juan looked confuse with the menu that they have there. I suggested him to eat Gado-Gado but he said it has shrimp (He doesn't like seafood, especially shrimp LOL). But finally he chose Nasi Goreng. The price was not really that expensive for me since I have missed Indonesian food like crazy.
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| Juan's choice (Nasi Goreng) |
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| My choice (I forgot what's the name LOL) |
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| Tahu and Tempe. Yummy! |
After dinner, we went to visit Union Square. Sumpah, Union Square was really wonderful with the Christmas tree. Here is one of the pictures that was taken at the Union Square:
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| Juan and the Christmas Tree |
Aren't they wonderful?
Juan and I actually took lot of pictures there and we wanted to stay longer but Mbak Dede looked so tired, so we decided to go back home (Well, Juan and I came back to the Union Square the next two days lol). We took Muni (the transportation in San Francisco) for about 55 minutes to Mbak Dede's apartment.
That is the story of our first day in SF. I will continue with the next story InshAllah :)
So, see you with another story of our adventure in San Francisco :)
Da , , , Da , ,
from Buffalo with Love,
Nur
Thursday, November 24, 2011
Get Ready for Thanks Giving
Good Morning World,
HAPPY THANKS GIVING everybody!!!
YAY!! It is a blessing day for everybody here in the U.S. The day where they spend their time with their families. Today I will also go out for Thanks Giving dinner wif Juan's support team member. I think we will have international thanks giving there because Juan told me that there will be people from Germany, Mexico and other countries (hope so), so excited.
For thanks giving dinner, I have prepared Nasi Kuning and Daging sapi, also the Kolak Milu LOL.
We will have all those food there together and will eat together with them. I cook the food about 3 hours ago, that's why I am free now and spend my time writing about this Haha :D
Anyway, that's the update for now because I have to get ready. They will pick us up at 5PM for the thanks giving dinner.
So, I will see you later then with the update of my first American Thanks Giving (also with picts) LOL . .
Da da . .
Nur
HAPPY THANKS GIVING everybody!!!
YAY!! It is a blessing day for everybody here in the U.S. The day where they spend their time with their families. Today I will also go out for Thanks Giving dinner wif Juan's support team member. I think we will have international thanks giving there because Juan told me that there will be people from Germany, Mexico and other countries (hope so), so excited.
For thanks giving dinner, I have prepared Nasi Kuning and Daging sapi, also the Kolak Milu LOL.
We will have all those food there together and will eat together with them. I cook the food about 3 hours ago, that's why I am free now and spend my time writing about this Haha :D
Anyway, that's the update for now because I have to get ready. They will pick us up at 5PM for the thanks giving dinner.
So, I will see you later then with the update of my first American Thanks Giving (also with picts) LOL . .
Da da . .
Nur
Volunteer with KEEN
Good Morning World,
How are you today?
Finally I get 30 minutes free now before my Human Resources class is started. Here I still want to talk about my activities last 2 weeks that I have not shared. As I told you before, CCIP students who are in Arizona have to do volunteer for at least 100 hours for a year. Until now I have done about almost 50 hours, not so much, but that;s not too bad hehe. So last two weeks, Juan and I, went for volunteer with KEEN (Kids Enjoy Exercise Now). We did the volunteer by playing with special kids. Before we started the activities (Playing activities I mean LOL), We had an orientation from Todd Byer. The goal of the orientation is to introduce how special the kids are, so when we play with game, we would have any idea what we will do with them. The orientation was about 20 to 30 minutes. There were actually about 10 of volunteers who came, including two families with 2 or 3 family members. After the orientation, Todd gave us a paper about the kids that we will play with. So, he decided to let Jorge to play with me and Juan, but before that, we had to read all the information about Jorge. He is really special. First time I read the paper information, I was worried, Will he be happy to play with us? because in the paper it said that he really loves to play or communicate with somebody who can communicate with sign language, in fact, Juan and I could not even understand about sign language, both of us were looking each othere and smiling, "We can do it" Juan says. After 30 minutes, Jorge came. They introduced us to Jorge. After that, Jorge started to run to the gymnasium. There he started to play alone, I was confused what to do at the first because it looked like he enjoys to play by himself (LOL). Then we started to throw a basketball together. just 4 minutes after that, He started to run again. Juan and I had no idea where he wanted to go. We just ran and tried to follow him. He leaded us out of the KEEN building, he wanted to have outside activities. He wants to play swinging (Haha). So I just sit beside of him and he started swinging. I was so worried to see him because he swing really high and fast, I tried to tell him to be slow, but he might did not understand me because I just use my hands to tell him (which I found was not a correct way in sign language to ask somebody to be slow down LOL). After that, we played another game, but he got bored so easily. He ran again to the room. He wanted to play a card game which I did not have any idea bout it (LOL). Juan and I just played and tried to understand what he said. Finally we found a good game where we spent about 30 or 40 minutes to play with. I forgot the name of the game.
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After that we go back to the gymnasium and played basketball again for few minutes and going back again outside for swinging. Too bad, while we were playing, Jorge's mom came to pick him up because he had a course or something. We really enjoyed to be with him although it was really difficult for him and for us to understand each other. Since my volunteer with Jorge, I have decided that I MUST LEARN the sign language. Thanks God, now I have learnt some basic words that will be useful later because I plan to do the volunteer again with KEEN. I really enjoyed my time with Jorge there, running and playing hehe. He made me realize that he is really special and we have to give extra care to the special kids like him. It was such a wonderful experience for me and I cannot wait for next three weeks to do the same volunteers.
Anyway, My class is gonna started in 10 minutes,
so I will see you guys on my next stories of life here in the U.S
Da da
Love,
Nur
How are you today?
Finally I get 30 minutes free now before my Human Resources class is started. Here I still want to talk about my activities last 2 weeks that I have not shared. As I told you before, CCIP students who are in Arizona have to do volunteer for at least 100 hours for a year. Until now I have done about almost 50 hours, not so much, but that;s not too bad hehe. So last two weeks, Juan and I, went for volunteer with KEEN (Kids Enjoy Exercise Now). We did the volunteer by playing with special kids. Before we started the activities (Playing activities I mean LOL), We had an orientation from Todd Byer. The goal of the orientation is to introduce how special the kids are, so when we play with game, we would have any idea what we will do with them. The orientation was about 20 to 30 minutes. There were actually about 10 of volunteers who came, including two families with 2 or 3 family members. After the orientation, Todd gave us a paper about the kids that we will play with. So, he decided to let Jorge to play with me and Juan, but before that, we had to read all the information about Jorge. He is really special. First time I read the paper information, I was worried, Will he be happy to play with us? because in the paper it said that he really loves to play or communicate with somebody who can communicate with sign language, in fact, Juan and I could not even understand about sign language, both of us were looking each othere and smiling, "We can do it" Juan says. After 30 minutes, Jorge came. They introduced us to Jorge. After that, Jorge started to run to the gymnasium. There he started to play alone, I was confused what to do at the first because it looked like he enjoys to play by himself (LOL). Then we started to throw a basketball together. just 4 minutes after that, He started to run again. Juan and I had no idea where he wanted to go. We just ran and tried to follow him. He leaded us out of the KEEN building, he wanted to have outside activities. He wants to play swinging (Haha). So I just sit beside of him and he started swinging. I was so worried to see him because he swing really high and fast, I tried to tell him to be slow, but he might did not understand me because I just use my hands to tell him (which I found was not a correct way in sign language to ask somebody to be slow down LOL). After that, we played another game, but he got bored so easily. He ran again to the room. He wanted to play a card game which I did not have any idea bout it (LOL). Juan and I just played and tried to understand what he said. Finally we found a good game where we spent about 30 or 40 minutes to play with. I forgot the name of the game.
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| Juan and Jorge |
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| YAY I am almost there, I creamed these guys LOL) |
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| no cheating Juan :D |
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| Cheers LOL |
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After that we go back to the gymnasium and played basketball again for few minutes and going back again outside for swinging. Too bad, while we were playing, Jorge's mom came to pick him up because he had a course or something. We really enjoyed to be with him although it was really difficult for him and for us to understand each other. Since my volunteer with Jorge, I have decided that I MUST LEARN the sign language. Thanks God, now I have learnt some basic words that will be useful later because I plan to do the volunteer again with KEEN. I really enjoyed my time with Jorge there, running and playing hehe. He made me realize that he is really special and we have to give extra care to the special kids like him. It was such a wonderful experience for me and I cannot wait for next three weeks to do the same volunteers.
Anyway, My class is gonna started in 10 minutes,
so I will see you guys on my next stories of life here in the U.S
Da da
Love,
Nur
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