When you talk about being an exchange student to the US, you might think that it is fun and full of joy. And you might say that I can easily go to some famous place and meet some famous people. But that is totally not true. Because unfortunately I am "dumped" into the furthest place from US itself. Yes I am in Sitka, Alaska. Well at first my parents were really sad because the thought I was "kicked" and no one actually wanted to be my host family.
So, let me tell you about my city. Sitka might be the last place you want to go IF you love travelling but you don't have a lot of money. why? Sitka is a small town surrounded by ocean and the only way you can go out of sitka is by plane or ship, which is very expensive. Even though it is called Alaska, Sitka is not filled with snow everyday. Sitka is a warm city in Alaska because we have ocean all around us that keeps the temperature low. But I'm not going to tell you how warm it is, because it is still SO MUCH COLDER than my city, Yogyakarta.
It is my fourth month living is Sitka. Oh how fast! I'm grateful that I am here. Because you now what? Because not many people live in Sitka, it means that you're famous! Ha! I am famous :)) I am the only one wearing hijab. The only one from Indonesia and that makes me famous, and happy. It is easier to make friends here because there are not many people in high school. And basically, all your friends in high school are your neighbors. Fun, eh?
Okay, all of them sounds fun. But there are things that is not fun by living in small city like Sitka. It is fine for me to not have malls and those kind of things because me basically don't like shopping in big malls (which is weird for girls.) So what is the not-fun-thing? The not-fun thing is that IF you make one mistake or is in bad mood and wanting to be alone, you can't really be alone. There will always be someone near you. That is sometimes sad. Because sometimes, you really want to just walk alone to downtown, having a quality time with yourself, but then since you're in small town, you can't really do that. You will always meet someone you know in the middle of your quality time.
I am the kind of person who sometimes need time to be alone. And it is suck when you were in the middle of your daydreaming and you just bump to someone you know.
Oh, let me tell you, I am writing this in my Debate/speech class. So, I really need to go. The bell is gonna ring soon. hahaha, naughty I am, right? But it's fine. I haven't wrote anything in my blog since a really long time ago. So, it's kind of a new refreshment, eh? Hahahaha. See you then!
