Boston – DC – NY (part. 1)

Last February I went to Boston, Washington D.C., and New York City with 17 friends as ITB delegation for Harvard National Model United Nations 2012. The journey was all packed with knowledge, laughter, and other amazing things. (I know this is a late blog post, but it’s better to share late than never, no? :p)

Boston

I was the faculty advisor for ITB delegation in Harvard Model United Nations 2012 so I had to attend some meetings and sessions beside observing ITB delegation and keep their spirit high. In HNMUN 2012, the number of delegation from Indonesia expanded, some universities were sending their first delegation for HNMUN. As for ITB, this was its 7th delegation (if I’m not mistaken). The flow of the conference was getting high on the second and third day, and on the last day each committees were supposed to have a draft resolution voted. It was an amazing opportunity to have seen the process of the caucus – moderated or unmoderated – where thousands of students from all over the world exchange their ideas and tried to persuade one another in the spirit of diplomacy. The delegates must have been experiencing a tense and challenging debate, as the flow was heating up as time went by. A different story might come from the advisors. Beside meetings about the conference, we had the chance to attend some sessions such as watching a documentary film about human rights, discussion about Model UN around the world, etc. Above all, I and my friends from ITB delegation were very glad in the end because Gichi and Hendra won honorable mention for Legal Committee. Such a precious moment

Beside the conference, there were another stories from Boston. It is a nice place, clean, not crowded, and an ideal one for studying (as two best uni are in Boston — Harvard, MIT).  For food in Boston, I usually had my breakfast in seven eleven (yeah, it’s cheap there..) or in au bon pain (they have good red velvet cupcakes, and many kinds of soups). For lunch, Osaka Express is a Japanese fast food kiosk which serves a delicious teriyaki in big portion. But if you have this for lunch in 5 consecutive days, you’ll get bored I went to Quincy Market for dinner with ITB delegation once, and they have so many good-looking food. I bought two of them, and I ended up cannot finish them because of their gigantic portion, and the taste isn’t as good as it looks like :p




After Boston, I went to Washington D.C. by bus. It took hours until I finally got to see the capital city of the United States.
The story is then to be continued..

Blue and Yellow

Hello there!
Been a while.. Well, actually I’m preparing a lot of things for this blog, from my story back in the USA, when I went to Solo, organized a roadshow for my friend Alanda Kariza, to attended a workshop on social entrepreneurship by INSEAD. *poofff,, that much! Hopefully I can share to you all soon.

For this post, just another daily style, a new scarf and shirt I’ve bought lately.

If Wiz Khalifa says “Black and Yellow”, then I say “BLUE and Yellow”!

flowery scarf myzeekha | blue bird collar shirt sasha rina | ribbon forever21

First day in Boston: Destination Harvard & MIT

A river between Harvard Kennedy School and Harvard Business School

I finally arrived in Boston early in the morning, February 15th.
I stayed in Boston Park Plaza Hotel where the Harvard National Model United Nations conference was held. It is located in Arlington street. After checked in to the hotel, I and the delegation of ITB went to City Place for lunch (fyi, it’s the nearest food court) and went to Harvard. We went to Harvard using subway and change lines once until we arrived at Harvard station. I was so excited to finally see Harvard. I went inside and took some picture, and because it is so big, I decided to find the information center and asked straight away where the Harvard Kennedy School and Harvard Business School are located. Before reaching the information center, I passed by Harvard Book Store and bought a discounted book (Triumph of The City) and also “Green Infrastructure” book.

I just passed by HKS and HBS and took some pictures. I didn’t know where exactly is the admission office in those schools, so I didn’t ask question about my dream schools. All I know was they’re just huge and I want to come back there someday. Later, I bought a super delicious salted caramel froyo in pink berry ☺

After Harvard, I went to Kendall station to visit MIT. At that time, I was really tired. So, I just went around for a while and took a picture in front of the main building. I decided to go back to Harvard and MIT some time this weekend.

In my opinion, Harvard is very nice and classic. The atmosphere is very good for studying. It has a nice surrounding, shops, and restaurants. On the other hand, MIT really shows its technological advance by providing more futuristic and “engineering-like” buildings. The facilities are also high-tech ☺ I felt a calm yet modern atmosphere around MIT.

Boston, February 15, 2012.

From CGK to JFK via AUH

Departure

February 13th is the D-day. I and 17 delegates from ITB for HNMUN 2012 are flying off for our journey. The start was not that smooth though. I got to face two unexpected and unusual traffic before arriving at Soekarno Hatta International Airport. The traffic light near my home was off so I was stuck there for more than an hour. After that, I continued my way to the airport reaching the toll road. But before reaching that toll road, there was another traffic which was pretty unusual. I was so nervous and all I could do was pray to God so I can catch my flight. Luckily, I was finally arrived at the airport and everything went smoothly inside so I could get in time.

6.40 pm (WIB) the journey began. My first flight was from Jakarta to Abu Dhabi. It took me around 8 hours to get to Abu Dhabi International Airport. During the flight, I did eat and sleep and enjoy the inflight entertainment. I watched Johnny English Reborn and laughed out loud (indeed :p I haven’t watched it before). I like Etihad, been flying with it several times and the service is good. One of the coolest things we did there was giving a birthday surprise! One of my friends, Ezra, was having his birthday. He was sleeping when we were about to give the birthday surprise. The stewardess came to his seat bringing some glasses of orange juice. We woke him up and sang “Happy Birthday” together. As a gift, my friend was allowed to go into the cockpit after landing. Such an awesome gift (maybe next time I should pretend having a birthday in Etihad :p).

I spent ten hours in Abu Dhabi international airport. Yeah, a long wait for the next flight to New York. Fortunately I could use the wifi to activate my phone and iPad so I could communicate with people I’ve missed  What I did on the airport was pretty much the same like in plane, eat, sleep, pray, etc. And I met a cute little baby boy with his mom in the praying room (musholla) and played with him during tahajud time in the musholla.

I ate twice in the airport, first one was a slice of big pizza (I did share with Sitin) and the second one was Burger King Whopper. I didn’t give out any cash to pay those meals because the first one was paid using a meal voucher from Etihad and the latter was Ezra’s birthday treats!

Abu dhabi international airport hasn’t changed since my last transit on last July. What makes it different was probably the romantic atmosphere because it’s Valentine’s day :p I saw a cute couple waiting in the gate and took their pic. Look how sweet :p

The flight to John F Kennedy airport took even longer, 14 hours. Literally, 14 hours flight from Abu Dhabi to New York. And finally I landed on JFK around 4 pm eastern time. The journey still hasn’t ended yet. We got to catch a bus to go to Boston at 1 am the next day. So, we spent the night in Times Square. Two words: awesome & lovely! (it was still Valentine’s day!)

See you on the next post!

Holiday Photo Shoot #1

What I did on January 2nd, during the holiday, was taking some pictures with some friends in a friend’s apartment

It was so much fun! The theme was fashion, with some deers decoration by Hafi.
The photos are coming soon!

models rivanti devina, dias tarita

Go Wide

dian pelangi wide dress, promod top

photo by putri maria

Purlasaur Handmade Necklace : D.I.Y.

I made “Purlasaur” on the first day of January I call it Purlasaur because the beads look like Dinosaur teeth and they’re purple :p

I made Purlasaur from some materials that I bought last year (yeah, literally, like a long time ago).

These things are needed to create Purlasaur: wire, beads (I pick this kind of dino teeth beads), pliers, black necklace.

1. First thing to do is put the beads into the wire one by one.
2. After placing one piece to the wire, use your pliers to rounded the wire so that it locked.
3. Begin to place another wire to your rounded wire and place the beads in.
4. Do the steps above until you find the beads are sufficient for your neck.
5. Use your pliers to unplug the black necklace, and put both ends to the ends of the beads.
6. You just made your own Purlasaur! Good luck