August 11, 2018         

This day is so nostalgic and is very overwhelming that I nearly cried.

 Poppy, my roommate from Thailand, invited me to her school Surabaya Intercultural School for a Welcome Back to School Barbecue Party. There I was able to see a new side, it much more diverse than the school where I attended. Then at some time, the adviser of Poppys’ class came with a person and itroduced her to me, I was bewildered, I got my tongue-tied, I was baffled… I don’t exactly how I felt. Why? Hearing the language I grew up within a foreign country then hearing that they’re from the same country as I am and from the same province, I  nearly brought myself into tears.

            Being brave to be in a new society, sometimes takes a lot of guts. I remembered then that when Poppy invited me, I wasn’t set up to go, until the last minute, good thing I just followed what my body wants to do and went with her. It is the right decision made, because I felt more alive and comfortable.

Day 8