#my dad got me red’s original seasoning as a birthday gift in april and it’s my favorite thing

[arthur-r]

red robin is so correct for their signature seasoned salt blend. going insane about it

[bluebird-in-a-cagedrawing]

New adopted oc! Her previously owner and creator gave it away to adoption and i took her in, can’t let a beautiful oc like her to go to waste/deleted/erased!

This beautiful but deadly oc was adopted by me and she will be in the mafia crew AU Alfa-beta-omega ONLY!

Can’t wait to draw her! Her red eyes are stunning, black long hair and dark hound ears, dark skin, her pet is a dog! Just look at her, i’m very happy having her in my AU!

More information about Abigail according to her previously owner/artist: Abigail has the red strings (of fear).

She’s the leader of the hell hounds (plus eldest)

She has a big dog(hell hound but I don’t have a ref of the dog) that she always loves and she loved during around life time. Her crimes were murdering innocent people with her dog and how she died was being buried alive with her dog.

Thank you for understanding! 🌹

Coming soon i hope, my new oc…

Well, they are my ocs so i better start to work on them 🙂😲 can’t wait 😁

Lets start with their backstory and past:

Yoldeing the cat: Is Bella best friend and like a big sister, they know each other since day one, they were born at the same hospital. Nobody knows Yoldeing real parents since mister Tomoshi, found her abandoned in the crib after only 3 days…also Bella is half japanese, that’s why Yoldeing decide to learn japanese.

The fire lady (Ruby): Ruby is a spirit of fire, they lived with people in peace since no one can really see them, however one boy, Silver can see her perfectly…At his six birthday, a fire started in the room where he and others kids played; that event left a mark on the poor boy and a big scare. Silver was afraid of her since she reminds him of the past however one night an half human-spirit Ruby appears at his door, asking him for help…Now, Silver must help Ruby get into her world before she disappear completely!

Silver: Silver, is a hot white hair boy, who has no care in the world, he is a strong and free person. He has a guitar and his love is “Mona” a red motor scooter. His father is one of the richest men since it’s a family business for generations…However he is not interested in such boring things, Silver is a dreamer!

Bella the cat: As a family, Bella has her parents and her younger brother, also she has an aunt (she was adopted; sister of Bella mother) that is a fox with 9 kids (Blue is one of them and Bella cousin)…Her best friend is Yoldeing the cat. The rest of her past is N/A

It’s time to meet another new adopted oc: Rocky flame, she is much more like a candle with flame 😅 Rocky flame smells like vanilla… Her friends are Dandelion the white flower and Muffy, Rocky flame doesn’t like Amstran the moon dancer too much because she thinks that he is like a bad omen…

I have bad news: My black marker died on me recently 😧Nooo!😣

Also fact about my ocs: Layla has the left eye green while the right is blue, she bleed black ink and her tears are red as blood! Also she has a double personality!

Bella the cat: She has yellow eyes, and in her pink hair has some green hair, so yes, her hair has 2 colors even that in her family no one has green hair, also her silver moon earrings are important to her, it was a gift from her grandmother!

Diamond suffers from memory lost, she can’t remember a part of her childhood, she is part cat because her mother was a cat…and Diamond is shy and insecure, her cat part is brave and loves adventures…other then that she has my personality because before becoming an oc it was my persona…

I might talk about my adopted ocs such as Luna the moon demon and Elly the snow cat…

Luna the moon demon is actually a reflection of the moon called the moon child in many mythical stories… She has been born from all the events that was happening on full moon from decades ago, Luna only appears on full moon, but there are rare moon fenomens like the super moon/ blood moon, the moon of vampires etc that emphasize her true form and it’s not a pretty sign…She loves the moon eclipse, it’s her favorite time! Originally, she was created to protect the ones who were lost at night but that changed due in time! Now, she is just a moon demon!

Elly the snow cat: She along with her family is a descendent from the big cats that lived in the ice Age. Elly loves cold, she is a cold person, not many likes her, she is always sad! She hates Summer only because of the heat, she loves Winter! On Winter Elly wears often a swimsuit and takes baths in the frozen lake! All of her family calls her ice princess, her favorite movie is Frozen!

Should i create some children for my ocs ship? 🤔😥

Update:

Bella the cat with Vincent the rock star have a boy named Winchester Victor born on May 11

Silver and Ruby: the fire lady have a boy, his name is Shun born on March 7 and adopted Flame

Monica with Nick: a girl, her name is Felicia born on January 20

Diamond has 2 girls, they are non identical twins and is a single mother… Amy and Anna, both born on October 17

Amber the lost angel and Miya the rightful angel adopted a girl: Grace (grey eyes and blond hair) born on April the first

Layla has Calliope born on December 12 , her father is unknown

Blue the fox with Elly the cat has Phoebe (fox) born on June 10 and Martin (cat) born on July 5, Phoebe is 2 years older then Martin

Tommie the farmer cat and Eleonora the raimbow joy: Amstran the moon dancer and his little sister Cleo born on November 4

Name: Silver

Gender: Male

Backstory: N/A

Hair color: white

Eyes color: Green

Relation: In love with Ruby:the fire lady

Family: Two sister and their father

Favourite color: Green

Favourite season: Winter

Age:19

Name: Blue the fox

Gender: Boy

Species: It’s a foxy…i hope that i can draw it

Backstory: N/A

Eyes color: Red

Hair: short and pink

Family: Only parents

Favourite color: Red

Favourite season: Spring

Age: 21

Name: Bella

Species: Cat

Eyes color: Yellow

Hair color:Pink with green

Backstory: N/A

Family: Her cousins, mother and her grandfather

Favourite season: autumn

Favourite color:Pink

Ok, it’s time for a new oc that i love it…her name is Layla and yes…i will use 2 of my names so i use them when i want it 😅 but still i’m the same person that has the same boring ocs or not…actually no one knows their story so…i always wanted a different oc now i have it…Unlike Karina/Dolor that it’s a shadow of revenge that love misery and feels hate, this oc likes to mess up with rituals, a cute little blond that is adorable at first can kill you in a secunde…and yes she has a tail, that doesn’t often shows it…😅

Drippi the mouse of heart INFO:

Drippi is a yellow mouse having a twin sister…Because he is special (has a red heart shape in his fur) no one likes him that much, not even his family! Drippi only friend was Faith the head rabbit before Faith was killed and come back to life as a head! Drippi doesn’t know about his friend condition, he only knows that Faith disappeared and that he has to find him! Drippi end up in the Cartoon Town where he meets Diamond and now Diamond has a friend, the city is big and dangerous… will Drippi find his lost pal?

Faith:Let me tell a story about two brothers and a crime…

About Faith the head rabbit: Faith was 18 years old (means 1 and half year in our years because rabbits has short lifes) when his jealous older brother decapited him…

But that night it was a full blue moon, when his spirit meet this demon girl Luna the moon demon!

So, they made a contract, Luna giving him the power to turn back time that’s why his eyes looks like clocks…

But making a contract with a demon there are consequences you must pay!

Now Faith the head rabbit must spend his eternity as a head taking care of Luna the moon demon as her butler!

Ok, so after the poll that i’ve made looks like some of you want more information about my ocs! You can still vote helping me making the blog a little more spicy! Lool! Also thank you so much for the support, any piece of advice is welcome here!

Today i’m for my male ocs:

Vincent the rock star

Tommie the farmer cat

Faith the head rabbit

Hester the photo marksmen

+ one more…

Vincent the rock star:

He was born on July 14, family has his father that is his mentor, his mother died when he was 11 years old! Vincent has his mother voice but loves rock music that comes from his father so he decide to become a rock star singer! He meet Bella the cat at one of his concerts, so they become an item!

2. Tommie the farmer cat

Born in September 6, he was an ordinary cat owned by a family of farmers in a town where strange things happens! He is a lovely and single dad at the age 21 having a pumpkin son…strange things happens and when magic gets involves nothing is the same!

3. Faith the head rabbit

Faith the head rabbit was a royal happy rabbit till one night when he got murdered!

He had 3 (2 older and 1 younger) brothers and 2 young sisters, born in April 10! He makes a deal with Luna the moon demon and so his past become history!

4. Hester the photo marksmen

Hester is a creature made from artists desire, he has 2 faces (one happy and the other sad), likes poems and drama books! He is a misterious and charming man, that has 2 voices (one sounds happy and the other sounds sad)…He is an expert in taking and making photos also using his powers he can make every photo become real!

That is all for today!

[hundredsunny]

op oc #3: APRIL

im baaaaaaack

u are about to read about my prime DAUGHTER april. the rogue princess. a real pokemon! hahahhahaha she nabbed herself the AURA AURA FRUIT yo this is wild so get ready to learn about ol’ blue eyes!!!!!!!!!!

NAME: april (i dont have a surname for her i cant think of anything and ive had her for 8 years im sorry) EPITHET: “aura shooter” ooOOoOOoOoo AGE: 18 (pre) 20 (post) BIRTHDAY: april (incredible would u have ever guessed) 5th!!!  BIRTHPLACE: nimbasa island in the south blue SEX: female HEIGHT: 5′6″ WEIGHT: 122lbs HAIR COLOR: sandy brown EYE COLOR: blue APPEARANCE: before she escaped her home, she wore an icy blue dress underneath a navy blue cloak and her hair down with a CROWN of course but she hated wearing it a lot. her hair when worn down reaches the middle of her biceps. after she escaped she ONLY wore her hair in a ponytail and she always wore a red bandanna with a white arch atop her head at all times!! it was a gift from her mamma the QUEEN herself. she also wore a white t-shirt with red triangles bordering the collar and the ends of her sleeves. does that make sense? i sure hope. she wore a red sash around her waist and then she popped on some black pants and boots. real piratey. also some of her hair kinda pops out in the front so theres a good chunk that sometimes covers her left side. look at u go princess. AFTER the timeskip she cut her hair so it reaches just above her shoulders, and instead of wearing her hair up and with the bandanna, she wears it down but with a black headband. her bandanna is tied around her left bicep (fashion inspo: zoro). she wears a green sleeveless crop top, and theres a scar that reaches from the back of her shoulder to the end of her collarbone. she earned that shit from her wild timeskip training. oof. shes ok. she wears light-washed pants and some addidas-lookin shoes lmao she also wears a rly loose belt too. also she has gold earrings and thas about it. her eyes are round and just v pretty and blue. her nose turns up at the end just a tad bit and it’s so cute she’s so cute. she has a dimple on the right side of her mouth. her mommas face :’) shes fairly skinny but after the timeskip she gained some muscles made 4 punching douchecanoes  REPRESENTATIVE SMELL: vanilla FAVE FOOD: pasta FAVE DRINK: lemonade  FAVE SEASON: fall REPRESENTATIVE NATIONALITY: australian BOUNTY: initial bounty was 60,000,000 (for being runaway royalty) but after dressrosa she SKRTED up to 155,000,000 DEVIL FRUIT: aura aura fruit a paramecia type. the fruit allows the user to manipulate their energy. with the aura aura fruit, users are able to detect the aura of others, repel the aura of others, and project their own. the power of aura is mood-sensitive and can change a lot. can u believe april is lucario 6 forms of aura: red is physical nature, orange is intelligence, yellow is sheer willpower, green is healing, blue is emotion, vioilet(i THINK) is mental communication. i forgot what i wrote down for the aura types lmaoooo the biggest drawback of this fruit is that the user can only use a limited amount at one time. another drawback is that they cant manipulate other people’s aura??? it’s rly hard to explain this but trust me it makes sense when it’s put into action i promise SKILLS SET: most of her attacks are used with red aura since it relates to physical nature. wild. “aura bullet” is just shootin aura goodbye. i love pokemon. lmao. uh “aura detect” is when she can see what someone else’s aura looks like, so basically she can determine if someone is a bastard or not before they even open their mouth. “aura clone” clones herself with aura and that takes a LOT of effort to pull this one off especially when she wants to use multiple clones. “aura bomb” yo this one is wild she uses it for diversions and escaping since it kinda acts as a smoke bomb but when she uses this thing in battle OOOOH BOY. “starstorm” ok this is like the “im going to die after i do this move” kinda thing. it combines all the damn types of aura and it just RAINS down on ppl. goodbye april. anyways there are more basic moves but i dont rly wanna get too into that rn im sorry PROFESSION: runaway princess lol CREW: straw hat pirates  PERSONALITY: an easygoing girl. v mellow for the most part but there are times where she can get pretty goofy (thanks jack). if the wrong buttons are pushed, she becomes a HURRICANE. she does have confidence issues but since she met luffy, she’s really started to overcome them. shes got a horrible habit of being sarcastic and also she asks a LOT of questions holy SHIT honey. she is TERRIFIED of heights so when franky lays down a good ol coup de burst, her soul leaves her body. g o o d b y e. she was very cold when she first met luffy and the gang bc she lived with the person who killed her mom AND jack left sooooo she was a little bitter. eventually she learned to rly live with the mugiwaras. when she first joined the crew, she was very shy and timid and tried hard to fit in. she was SO intimidated by zoro like he genuinely scared the fuck out of her so she always tried hard to not be a Fool around him but once she got comfortable with everyone she just had a good ol time. “hey grassy ass!! :))” “can u fucking not call me that”. she has the CUTEST laugh oh me oh my. honestly just a rly passionate gal, she just wants to be strong and be able to protect her pals. refuses outside help. bros out with luffy and usopp and chopper sometimes but also judges them from afar like nami does. it all just depends on the day. truly. i once wrote a series of one-shots where each one was an adventure that april had with one other straw hat. luffy was the first one, and THAT was wild. zoro’s was fucking baller. so on and so forth. rly shows off her dynamic with each member. april? shes honestly just a good person and im proud of her bc she works so hard  LIKES: training, traveling, every single animal ever, reading DISLIKES: heights, the marines, the heat, people who walk horrifically slow in crowded places WEAPON(S): aside from her devil fruit shes got a dagger she sometimes uses. jack gave one to her right before he left HISTORY: OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO king jed and queen serena had a baby girl. APRIL. that made her the princess. anyways she grew up as any princess would--spoiled. however the spoiling never got to her head bc serena was so good about teaching her things like that. serena was a goddess i love her pls come back. serena was wildly popular with the citizens of the kingdom bc of her caring and friendly personality. she would always take april into the kingdom every day and pay visits to the citizens. out of all the citizens they paid visits to, the most common faces she saw were those of the solo family. cain was jed’s most talented and trusted knight. he and his wife celeste had 2 kids: jack and sho YO. jack was 7 yrs older than sho and 3 yrs older than april. april and jack became fast friends and often explored the kingdom together. regular kid stuff u know. jack’s mom was always like “jack NO u CANNOT take the PRINCESS to the farms thats FILTY” hahahah but they went anyway.  jed? a dark man. idk who hurt him or what made him so murderous. but. he was tired of serena treating the citizens like equals. he believed that royalty should be viewed as gods.  when april was 8 jed killed serena oh god there it is theres the tragic anime mom death. as soon as serena died, the dynamic of the kingdom instantly changed. soon after jed took total control, people began leaving the island. eventually, the island became so empty that only a handful of families remained. jed did not allow april to leave the castle at all, and with that rule, it damaged the friendship that she and jack had. ofc around that time jack’s dad ran off as well so he stopped tryin to visit her for a bit. but then once he got back into his groove hed sneak all about, avoiding the night patrols, and hed just sit outside of april’s window and talk to her.  when april was 11 she discovered a devil fruit hidden away in the trashed artifacts that belonged to her mother. she ate the devil fruit and was like “now im strong, fight me JED” but lol she got her ass whooped poor bby when april was 16 jack left the island, leaving her completely and utterly alone. the exposure to such loneliness began to change april into a more reserved, bitter person.  2 yrs later the STRAW HATS stumbled upon the island. at that time april had started a habit of sneaking out of the castle to roam the empty streets of nimbasa, but during one of her strolls, she encountered robin, franky, and brook. she ended up knocking them unconscious bc she felt threatened. the second group she met consisted of zoro, chopper, and sanji. they had been captured by guards and were brought into the throne room to be interrogated by jed. april was required to be there as well so she kinda sat in her throne and looked mad the entire time. sanji was like “NO WHY DOES SHE LOOK SO MAD SHE NEEDS TO BE HAPPY” and zoro was like “ive never seen someone so happy to see my face” and chopper was just having a crisis bc they were abt to be tossed into the shadow realm at the hands of the king. zoro got mouthy and jed didnt have none of that shit so he told april to kill zoro but she just knocked him out instead. that pissed jed off. THE NEXT person she met was luffy. she only met luffy bc he infiltrated a banquet thing by sitting underneath a cart. classic luffy. she didnt meet nami and usopp until WAAAAY later. yadda yadda yadda shit goes down (i wrote a whole arc for this. it’s called the princess and the pirates lmao original but yes i wrote an entire arc for her recruitment and it’s A Lot) ANYWAYS luffy asked her to join the crew but she declined at first bc she thought pirates were just like her father: power-hungry and murderous. however that obv changed when she was exposed to the straw hats more when luffy defeated jed who ate the ___ ___ fruit (tbh i forgot what fruit he ate im sorry) she KNEW she belonged with the straw hats. :’) she still be sailin with the legends. shes had some wild times obv. her arc comes a bit after thriller bark. woopie!!!!!!! like always, lemme know if u wanna know more about her!!!

[papersandkeyboards]

4/18-24: When I Decided to (somewhat) Run Away from Home

30th WEEK, APR 18-24, 2016.

“I’m so tired.”

“I can’t do this.”

“Are you asking me? Don’t you realize I never even try to answer the question?”

“Uuuuugh.”

Aaah. Back to school. Back to routine of hearing at least five complaints a day. Back to hearing at least one swear word in every other sentence people say in the hallway. Back at it again with calf-high white socks and Nike slippers. Back to Monday that everybody hates.

Unless I didn’t go to school on Monday. I had a major headache since on the plane the previous night from Phoenix to Seattle. In the morning, I was better to the extent that if I had a strict mother I would be able to be forced to go to school, but I found myself lying in bed, awaken by the alarm at 6.23, thinking to myself, “screw this. I’m staying in my bed.”

So I went back to sleep until 8 or 9-something.

I was trying to be productive, and even though I did something (if ‘taking a shower’ counts as productive for a sloth like me), then again, I could’ve done better. Biasa.

Anyway, over the spring break, Kira’s family discovered that Dave—Kira’s host dad—had a kidney stone, so after spring break, Karen offered Kira to stay at our house. So Karen planned to pick up Kira after school . Meanwhile, I went downtown to the public library to pick up a book I was planning to read.

So, Tuesday. My official first day of school after spring break. Two weeks of no school made me forget some people (I couldn’t even understand why) and made my handwriting acceptably ugly, as usual. Besides that, nothing much.

On Wednesday, we had a softball game against Franklin High School, and we won big. 25-5. Woohoo. (perlu diingat bahwa sebenarnya tim softball kita bukan yang terbaik, if anything, sekolah kami dan Franklin palingan dua sekolah dengan tim softball terjelek)

On Thursday, Mrs. Shaw was in the middle of explaining in English class, when somebody suddenly shouts, “Mrs. Shaw, Prince died!”

I’ve heard of the name and I know he was a singer, but that’s all I know (to be honest, at first I thought they were talking about Prince, my classmate from Oceanography). Looked like only Gretar and I were the ones who weren’t so surprised by the news, while everyone was in denial, then Mrs. Shaw googled him through the computer that was connected to the projector screen, and it was displayed there, as big as it can be, that the legendary Prince died that morning.

The class went chaotic. Mrs. Shaw stormed off the class, holding back tears.

That was pretty much the topic of the day from that moment on.

That’s a quite brief—if you would call it brief—recount of my first school week. The less boring part of the week is, of course, the weekend.

I’ve been dying for some independent travel. That means travelling without your host family or AFS volunteer. My friends in Europe have been doing some serious independent travel—considering that Europe is pretty small and you can easily go to other countries on your own.

The thing is, AFS-USA is complicated. A lot of red tape. You have to get permission from your host family (duh), coordinator, then your natural family, then they have to ask national coordinator in your origin country to release a travel waiver, then you have to send the signed travel waiver from your natural family to your coordinator, then your coordinator has to ask for approval from New York office.

Rempong banget, kan?

Harus izin ke sinilah, ke situlah, kalau pengen overnight gak boleh tanpa orang dewasa lah (walaupun disetujui host family—seriously, my host family gave me one night of hotel room fee, as a birthday present, if I were to do the independent travel, tapi ya... gitu. Gak dibolehin.), banyak banget syaratnya pokoknya. Nego dengan alasan udah 18 tahun pun tetep gak dibolehin.

Ceritanya gini. I planned this with Raya, and since we’re not sure whether we can stay overnight or not, we set the destination to be Tacoma (the only place reachable and touristy enough for a day trip), and we set the date. Then I found out we can’t stay overnight without someone 25 or older, because if we could, we could go to Leavenworth and book a motel room or something with our host parents’ names, at least. Then Nancy said you can if you’re staying with someone you know. But I know no one from Leavenworth.

Then, one day, I found out I actually know someone in Portland, another exchange student from Indonesia. Her name is Ari, and she’s from Bali. So the plan changed to going to Portland for the weekend, staying one night at her house, then going back home on Sunday. I told Nancy, and the long chain of asking permission began. Two weeks before the agreed D-day, Raya cancelled. Then I asked Kira and she agreed. The birthday gift from my host parents changed from ‘one free motel/hotel room for independent travel’ to ‘free round-trip ticket from Seattle to Portland’. One day before D-day (Saturday, April 23), when she found out the price of the ticket, Kira cancelled because she said it was too expensive for her. Terus aku sempat ngambek ke dia setengah harian di sekolah. Lalu curhat ke Audrey tentang ‘kenapa semuanya ngereject aku’ pakai full bahasa Indonesia sementara pihak yang digibahin lagi leyeh-leyeh di kasur kamar di lantai atas. Biasa, moody teenager.

Tapi beneran deh, kesel. Padahal aku udah rencana mau ngajarin siapapun-yang-bakal-pergi-bareng main speed pakai kartu remi di kereta. I think that the trip itself, the journey to the destination, is one of the most exciting part. Especially with a friend.

Anyway.

Here’s the final plan: I, with me and myself, would take the Amtrak train to Portland on Saturday morning for around 4 hours, then Ari would pick me up when I got there. I would stay overnight at her house, then I would come back to Seattle Sunday afternoon and arrive at the evening.

Setidaknya, kalau aku pergi sendiri, aku bisa ngomong ke Ari pakai full bahasa Indonesia (bayangin kalau si bule ikutan, kan gak bisa terlalu bebas jadinya), dan aku bisa bawa laptop dan nyelesaiin hal-hal yang perlu kuselesaikan di kereta (baca: this very blog itself). Woohoo!

Now if I were to take a train from Jakarta to Yogyakarta or something without my parents, it wouldn’t sound so bad. (denger nih Ma)

So. I got to Union Station in Portland, and I met Ari, her host mom, Jessie, and Jessie’s friend, John. I also met Dan, Ari’s host dad, and Evelyn, Ari’s one-year old host sister. I dropped my backpack in the car, then Ari, Jessie, John, and I walked to what I want to do first thing in Portland: voodoo doughnut.

Or at least I think I want to do, until I saw the line that was even longer than what I saw at Georgetown Cupcake. It was like a line to a ride in an amusement park.

We stood in line for five seconds, then I asked Jessie, “...is it worth it?”

Long story short, we walked away from the line to a food truck nearby and bought mini donuts from it instead.

Yes, we didn’t get the doughnut but we took a picture. [biar kekinian]

We walked around Portland, basically. From this one food truck to Blue Star, a coffee and doughnut shop, to buy yet another doughnut. After that, John and the rest of us split, and Jessie and Ari took me to Powell’s City of Books. it’s basically a gigantic book store. It’s so humongous you need a map. It was cool.

The initial plan was walking from there to an ice cream shop, then Ari suggested us to go to the water front, so we walked there instead, then John and his girlfriend Marie would pick us up from the waterfront to the ice cream shop, then to Jessie’s house.

The waterfront was pretty. A clear evidence that Portland has a lot of bridges across the Willamette River. A good place for a picnic, a boat, a jog, and for homeless people to hang around or take a nap. (i’m serious)

Ari is in a dragon boat team in her school—it’s a sport of rowing a long dragon-shaped boat along the river. So she took us to see the dragon boats.

Along the way, I also saw a couple of boats, one of which is used as a museum, and a submarine that serves as a museum as well. Cool.

From there John and Marie drove us to get ice cream, then we went home (to Ari’s host family’s house), since John and Marie were joining us for dinner anyway.

Jessie suggested earlier that we made gado-gado for dinner (turned out Ari had made gado-gado for her host family many times), so we did just that. (then Ari told me that Dan, her host dad, is Indonesian—both of his parents came from Palembang, Southern Sumatra, but he was born here, so basically he doesn’t speak Indonesian)

We had a good talk with everybody on the dinner table until 9.30ish, then Ari and I went down to the TV room, where we would spend the night. The couch was awesome. That’s all I have to say.

The next day, Ari’s host family (and John and Marie) and I went to Woodburn, around 45 minutes from Portland, to a tulip farm. (yep, not exactly spending the whole weekend in Portland, but I got a good portion of it from yesterday afternoon) I was excited because I know there’s a tulip farm in Washington, but it was far up north, like, almost reaching Bellingham. At least I got to go to one, in Oregon. Hehe.

Then we found out that only 10% of the tulips were blooming since it’s the end of the season. Yah.

The tulip farm looks pretty much like a pumpkin patch. An outdoorsy place, with bounce houses, popcorn stand, photo booths with face holes on it, and hay rides (in which you sit on the back of a truck filled with cubes of hay). Except, in this particular tulip farm, there’s a train with wooden-shoe-shaped cars, a wooden shoe shop, and a windmill. Very Dutch.

And the best way to handle a Dutch-themed farm is by taking a picture in front of the windmill with big-ass Indonesian flag fluttering in the air (Indonesians would get the reference).

The tulip farm was kind of sad, though. You can see the colors of the tulips from the distance, but once you get close, it’s actually kind of sad, seeing the flowers almost dying and not as crowded as we expected it to be.

Well, at least we still have 10% of tulips, which were still beautiful. The garden next to it was filled with rhododendrons and they were beautiful too.

Then we went to Mt. Angel to get lunch in a German restaurant. Mt. Angel is a small Bavarian town, I assume it’s like a small version of Leavenworth. I didn’t get to go to Leavenworth but at least I got Mt. Angel. Hm.

The last thing we did was driving back to Portland to the train station.

The whole trip turned out to be fun. Not regretting anything right now, really. It was really delightful to meet everyone I met this weekend. Thanks a lot to Ari and her host family for having me for the weekend.

And I’m so glad now I can cross of something from my list. Not the totally independent kind of travel that I expect, but hey, I was happy, so beat it.

And it was definitely wonderful to meet Ari. Yay.

Salam dari exchange student yang terlalu semangat keluyuran,

Nabila Safitri. (featuring Ari Widiastuti as the best host of the week)