Klivington Scool's Visit

On the September the 20^th, the Kilvington School students from Australia paid a visit to Global Jaya International School for student exchange program. Before they got here, they were travelling around Yogyakarta for a day. They stayed here for a week and joined us in several classes and activities; they were taken care by their host families. They arrived here on Saturdayand on Sunday they were just unpacking their stuff, getting ready for the first day at our school, and spent time to know better about their host families.

On Monday, they gathered in one room at Global and were told some brief information about how our school works and what are their plans here. Student buddies are students that will guide them, the Klivington students at school and help them with all their needs for the 5 days stay. After the briefing ended, student buddies walked them around the school to show the facilities we have and explained everything about the classes. Then, they just enjoyed the rest of the day walking around the school and chatting with their friends, they were also taught some Indonesian language. Their stay here was quite an experience for them because they got to see new culture, language and things from Indonesia.

They went to the zoo for a day and saw different kinds of animals that they had never seen before, they also got the chance to feed them in person. I think they saw some interesting things there and it must have been a great new information for them because they can see the difference between Australia and Indonesia’s zoo. They bought some merchandises from there. The Klivington students were also made wayang, batik and some Indonesian traditional food, they also learned about what is kolintang and how to use it, they said it was fun and they want to do it again some other time. They also went to a museum in Jakarta, and learned so many diverse cultures from Indonesia, then played at the amusement park called Dufan and I guarantee that they had so much fun.

The last day of their stay is mostly spending time with us in class and studied our lessons and subjects. It is where we can communicate with them and know their school better, how they learn and what are the difference between them and us, what are the things that interest them the most and all kinds of questions.

"It was a great experience to come to Indonesia." said one of the student from Klivinton student. 

The time-traveling Fashionista

Hey, my name is Arneta Nathlya.

I'm 14 years old and I am currently a student at Global Jaya International School.

I am reading this interesting novel about Louise Lambert, a typical seventh-grade girl that has an addiction of collecting vintage dresses from thrift stores. The novel is called “The time-traveling Fashionista” which is written by Bianca Turetsky. Even though I have never heard of this author before, I immediately fell in love with her novel and I would like to see more novels that she has written.

The novel tells a story about how Louise Lambert's misery life magically transformed when she receives a mysterious invitation to a vintage fashion sale in the mail. It is an exciting news for Lou, but not only that she's also expecting her first dance at Fairview Junior High. She's hunting for a new vintage dress that she will wear to the dance, and she hopes that she could find one at the vintage fashion sale. 

I started to read this book a week ago and I like it so far, I think the book is really great. How the author mentions the feelings that typical 12 years old would actually feel, and what would they do at that age. I am up to chapter 4 right now; it is basically just explaining how Louise Lambert’s daily life is like.

To sum up, I am really interested in this book because I like to read books that are connected to my everyday life; it feels more real when I’m reading it. I will continue my reading to the next chapters and I can’t wait to found out what will happen in the end.