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Waw!! That was awesome day when all of CIEE students hosted in North Carolina met together in Pullen Park, Raleigh on August, 25. CIEE held this meeting in order to make all exchange students know each other. The meeting was started at 6.30. I was very excited because I thought I'll meet the other exchange student from Indonesia. Unfortunately I didn't meet anyone from Indonesia. I just realized that I was the only CIEE student from Indonesia hosted in North Carolina. There were about 20 students presented at that time. Some of exchange students hadn't been arrived in USA yet.

We are from Indonesia, Brazil, Germany, Czech republic, Spain, Ukraina.

We started the meeting with introduction of each exchange students. Proudly, I said "I am Intan Shafirra from Indonesia". When I said that sentence, I felt so proud. I was the only representative of Indonesia at that time. Other exchange students also introduced themselves. But, they spoke too slowly, without spirit and it seemed they didn't proud of their country. When it was my turn, I spoke loudly so that everyone laughed ang gave big appreciates to me. My host daddy said "you're the best speaker I've ever heard". hahaha.

Me at Pullen Park

Then, we ate pizza and coke together. I started to socialize with another exchange students. I wanna get more and more friends. O ya, we also came with our own host family. Besides socialize with another exchange students, I also got to know other host family. I really wanted to show that Indonesian are friendly and kind. I also met one host family and he said he went to Indonesia in 1991 and this is our conversation :
Mr. X : Hey, I used to go Indonesia in1991 for about 3 months.
Me : Sure? I'm glad to here that. Do you like it? Where did you stay?
Mr. X : I like Indonesia, especially for its beaches. I don't remember the name of the city.
Me : OOO.. that's fine (with smile). Indonesia is beautiful country.
Mr. X : But the most I remember is the traffic jam. It was so crowded at that time.
I was really sorry to hear that the most he remembered is "traffic jam". Subhanallah.. -___-
After having nice conversation, we went home. And my host family treated me to go to Krispy Kreme. They said it's the most delicious doughnut in the world. I tasted it. hmmm.,.. Yummmy!! :D

I hope when I meet another people who ever gone to Indonesia next time, they remember something nice about Indonesia. PROUD TO BE INDONESIA'S TEENAGER!