Elena1150

It's finally December! And on Sunday, as if to celebrate this festive month, it snowed for the first time this season! It was my first experience to see naturally occurring snow and it was just amazing! Everything just seemed so... magical and pure. It made all the stresses of classes and preparing for exam go away -- at least for a moment or two. Alas, as with all beautiful things in life, this moment did not last. We haven't had any more snowfall in the past several days and the days are just so cold that it's quite depressing to say the least. Well.. here's to more snowfall! :)

So on September from the 19th to the 23rd I went to Tana Toraja, Sulawesi. It's one of the most popular destination in Indonesia, and that time I got the first hand experience to see its beauty and attraction. Toraja truly is beautiful! The place, the culture, the people, everything about it was just unique. :thumb260081265: view from the airplane as we were landing at Makassar, the largest town at the province On the first day when we arrived at Makassar, we did a short tour of the city and our last stop was an island approximately 20mins by boat. The one thing that struck me the most was just how many people were fishing there... and the

Well, here goes my first try in writing a journal entry... It's been a while since I've taken any pictures (last serious effort was this summer in Europe). It's just the school and the city doesn't really offer that much opportunity to take any cool photos :/ Today has been a day of firsts for me: First time making Red Velvet cupcakes (by myself) and luckily they turned out pretty well :D These are the baking results of a sleepover I had with my friends :thumb258992669: :thumb258992498: :thumb258992343: and... Macaroons :thumb258992910: First time fully straightening my hair o.O still feels weird after years of it being curly... Firs