Party in [Indonesia]

Hopped off the plane at Sultan Hasanuddin with a dream and Rotary blazer...

And that's two weeks! If you have seen Dan in Real Life, maybe you can recall the scene when Marie describes her perfect day starting in a place she was unfamiliar with that had a language she didn't know...let me tell you, that is WAY more terrifying than it sounds. Culture shock hit me harder than any thug could have. So let me break it up like this:
Shocking thing number one: DRIVING
So here driving is quite possibly the most frightening thing ever. There are no stop signs, no speed limits, no lanes, a handful of stop lights, and they drive on the left side. If you want to cross the road, you have to start walking and hope not to die (only a slight exaggeration, I have seen my short life before my eyes a few times now). The streets are also ruled by motorcycles that drive wherever they can fit. I have seen a family of five all fit on the same motorcycle, a girl riding side saddle and someone carrying a ridiculous amount of things on the back of their ride. There are also public modes of transportation such as the pete-pete (basically a van that acts like a bus), the bentor (a cart attached to the front of a motorcycle) and the becak (same as the bentor but a bicycle instead of motorcycle). I mastered riding the bentor all by myself for the first time yesterday.
Shocking thing number two: FOOD
I want to tell you all that before I came here, I could only handle the mild sauce from B Dubs. So you can imagine how I took my first meals. Needless to say, I ate bird sized proportions for a few days. Rice is a staple here, and I think I have it for almost every meal (whether it be white rice, yellow rice, fried rice, etc). Also, it is poular to have dinner foods for breakfast. Spicy spaghetti? Yes. Fried chicken? Yes. Chocolate cake? Yes.
Shocking thing number three: SCHOOL
Two words: saturday school. School is six days a week here, from 7:15 till 2:00. However we only have a maximum of four classes a day (sometimes it is three and sometimes two). Also gym class is super easy. If you have had a gym class with me, you know that I am no stud when it comes to physical tasks, but here I am miss Macho! And if a teacher doesn't feel like it, they don't have to come to class and tech. The students just get a free period to talk and play games.
(Not-so) Shocking thing number four: FABULOUSNESS
For all of you out there that have spent your high school years, like me, trying to make yourself appear more fabulous and mysterious, the answer is here! Move to a different country. People are actually doing double takes! I must say that I rather like this attention, it is like I am a celebrity. All the boys say I am so beautiful and that they love me (oh American boys, why can't you be the same way??). That being said, I am also a giant. Most Indonesian girls are a lot smaller than me which made purchasing my school uniform a menace, we actually had to travel to three different stores to find one that would remotely fit. So, come to Indonesia if you look American but are also very dainty.
I want to finish off by saying that this experience so far has been amazing and I wouldn't trade it for anything. My host family is better than a dream and my friends are the best ever (American friends, you haven't been replaced...yet). 

Until next time,
your wandering Holman

p.s. Shark is incredibly expensive and you need to order it a month ahead of time and no one has heard of a nerf gun. This bucket list thing isn't going too well.