my DaY

I cant believe it, time really flies! I've been here for 2 weeks now and I've got another 2 weeks to go..hiks I think I'll be missing these event soo much hehehhe...anyway. how are u all? well let me tell you how my days' been.
Overall it's been a good day. Remember last night I told u that I was soo tired and exhausted. Apparently I wasnt the only one. Most of the girls were feeling the same way too! So the committee gave us an early night and a late start this morning. We only had to be ready at 09.30 am. So all of us looked refresh this morning! ^___^ Im so glad coz this morning I wake up with the Normal Sandra. Not the LoYo sandra ..hehehe..
btw thanks a lot for all the support guys! thanks for the prayers and votings! ^___^

So here's what I did today:
09:30am we departed to Beverley Hills Hotel (not the one in US ok) to do our Beach Wear Show, arrived there at around 10 ish. However, the show didnt start until quite late. It started only at 3pm. So imagine the waiting...yeah it was quite long. Well I guess 'waiting' is normal in this industry. Lucky I had my ipod, so I wasnt too bored. hehehehe There were also people from Loreal, they helped us with hair and make up touch up. But I didnt manage to have my hair touched up, the queue was soo long and it took sometime for A GIRL's head. Lucky I brought my hairspray so my creative hands did its' move.

Apparently there are soooo maaannnyy preparation before we actually go on stage for the show. From hair, make up, to accessories, to skin touch ups. There were a lot of steps to go through. For example, for the skin; they had to cover up all the marks and bruises that All of us had from the safari. (we were pretty wild back there +P) so from cover up, we go to the lotion- to make us shiny and last but not least, sparkly- so we were glittery.

All of us did the walk and the posing for the fashion show. IT was so much FUN! im Loving it! well this was actually my first time to walk on a runway on the beach! The weather was awesome, the wind was brezzy (which often blew my hair up my mouth and face) but overall all of us enjoyed the show! all of us had soo much fun!
Out of 112 girls, they chose 25, than they chose 10, than 3 and 1!
Guess who the winner is ....
3rd place went to....Russiaa
2nd place goes to... South Africaaa
and ..
the 1st place goes to...
drum drum drumm.......




Mexico!

Congratulation Mexico!

After the show we hanged out there for a while than we came back to the hotel around 6 ish and than dinner at 8 pm. It was a short dinner, they didnt hold us back for too late. Coz we gonna have a supaaaa early morning.
Tomoloe we have to be ready at 04.20 am! which means i have to wake up at 4 ish latest!!!
We are flying off to a place called 'God's Window'. I am not quite sure where and what it is, but it's suppose to be REally Good that's how it got its' name. Well I'll go and check it out tomoloe and let u all knw ok!

Than tomoloe night I wont be here in Durban no more. We will be flying off at night to Joburg, back to Sandton Hotel.
Lotsa flights tomoloe!!! yep yep ..so i better get my rest now..its 11>30 oledy..

Nitey all>>dum deee duu daaaaa

GBU
^____^

exhausted

Holaaaa,hari ini we had to be ready and pretty at 6.45 am today...
cape and ngantuk banget..trus..tadi kita kepantai gt...photo swimsuit..pake one piece kok so jgn kuatirr..heheheh...td photonya di bagi jd 4 grup supaya lebih gampang manage nya. terus kita di photo close up ama full body..
trus trusss..
wktu phooto nih ya..udaraanya tiba tiba mendung..kita smua ampe panik..ya iya lah..bayangin aja..kl ampe ujan..ntar make up and rambutnya gmn..lepek donk ..
heheheheheh...
tp untung222 .ga jd ujan..cuman rintik rintik doang...
nah sehabis photo ..kira kira jam 12-1 an..
kita pegi ke waterboom park gt de..tempat rekreasi renang gt..Sandra kirain..wah pas nih ..abis photo..trus bole relax dikit berenang2..ternyata tidak..kita cuman numpang makan di situ..mana wktu makan nya di batesin lagi ..ampe ada beberapa tmn2 yang ga sempet makann..kasian de...
SOalnya abis dr situ kita langsung ada latian coreo buat show beachwear on Saturday (which is tomoloe). Jd kita smua pada rush rush de ke sana..
Udah abis latian selese..kita nunggu bus..lamaa...ngantuk bgt..smuanya pada teler gt..
trus ini tadi musti nya jam 5 an kita ada latian lagi...tp untung di batalin ..krn most of the girls are exhausted.as in cape bgt and teler smuanya..
jadi di postphone ampe bsk..
skrg di sini jam 6pm.kita bole istirahat ampe jam 7...nyah..time to take a little nap..
ukuk de ya..sandra istirahat bentar..cape bgt soalnya...
tell u e update soon...mwach

BIkINI AUdITION

Tidur nya enak de hari ini, soalnya hari ini kt ga harus bangun pagi. So Sandra baru bangun jam 8 utk breakfast, disini tiap meal kita harus hadir loh. Pake acara di absent segala. They really make sure that we do eat. Trus abs gitu kita di kasi waktu luang ampe siang. What did I do during my spare time? I went to the gym. Hehehe gaya hidup sehat nih hehehe. Engga la, soalnya udah lamaaa banget ga olah raga. Jadi mumpung ada kesempatan, ya di jabani. Soalnya biasanya abis olah raga Sandra ngerasa fresh n seger. Jd kl ada wktu ya di sempet2in.
For the afternoon activity, we were told to wear our swimwear because straight after lunch we were going to have audition for the Bikini show. Nah this show worth similar to the Talent show; who ever win this show will also automatically be in the finalist. These shows are called the ‘fast tracks’.
So yeah, I was ready with my swim suit. Don’t worry it was a one piece swimsuit, I don’t want to create controversy on this matter, peace bro peace. ^_* We were suppose to start the audition at 2pm, but then the plan was changed to 5 pm. So from 2-5 o’clock I was updating my bloq..hehehe
From 112 contestants, they chose 25 people to enter the competition for the Bikini show. Miss India was chosen as one of the 25 people. Bangga juga nih jadi roommatenya.hehehe. Terus abis the audition, we had modeling training for the Top Model show. This is also one of the fast tracks. So in total there are 5 fast tracks. During e training they taught us on how to walk, how to stand up straight, don’t move ur head or shoulder, don’t move ur arms too much, a relax and powerful walk.
It was a little intimidating at first, coz Sandra has never modeled before. I never kinda walk on runway for fashion show etc. So its been a great experience. Im learning new things everyday!

Farewell Dinner

Jd skrg experience Sandra ttg Africa da hamper lengkap de, dari lifestyle suku aslinya Africa, tempat tinggal, tarian, music sampe makanan. Lengkap deh info social dan budayanya . Plus orang2 nya jg ramah dan hospitality nya luar biasa. So kmren malem kita ada Gala Dinner buat penutupan acara di Entabeni Safari. Kita smua pada dressup with our cocktail dress and high heels. Tapi bnernya rada out of place si..soalnya bayangin ajah kita cantik2 nih ya trus naik nya apa coba…TRUCk..hahaha yep2 the green truck (liat photo). Jd kita musti manjat2 gt utk naik ke mobilnya. Anyway.mlm itu kita smua jg nyanyin lagu kebangsaan nya Africa Selatan, atmosphere mlm itu bner2 keren banget, jadi merinding nyeritainnya hehehe..soalnya bayangin aja kita smua di barisin di outdoor amphitheater ada 112 cewe trus bintang2 di langit nya kaya pasir di laut! Buaaanyaaak dan terang banget! Trus ada choir yg suaranya beeedeeehh alias ngejreng2 trus kita nyanyi bareng. Pertama mrk nyanyi lagunya Lion King, trus lanjut ke the Song Anthem. Baru setelah itu kita ada dinner.
Nah wkt dinner, Sandra di pilih sama panitianya sebagai perwakilan dari the Asian countries utk kasi kesan2 selama ada di safari. Hati ku sennneeeng bangeet. YA IYA LAh banya-vg-ngin aja aja dari segitu byk org, Sandra yg kepilih. Hihihihihihihhhhi.. seneng nya luar biasaaa! Ihihhihih..tp trus deg deg an nya muncul .errrr Sandra ngomong apa ya…kya kya kya..well I didn’t end up making prepared speech gt..jd wktu di depan ya udah go with the flow ajah…so I said, terima kasih buat hospitality nya buat kesempatannya utk kita smua supaya bisa ngerasain smua ini. Seneng banget bisa ngeliat binatang2 yg luar biasa and experiencing such a natural environment, krn ini merupakan reminder buat kita bahwa lingkungan sekitar kita butuh perhatian kita, jgn cuman menjadi pengguna, tp marilah jadi pelestari. Udah deh tat’s how I did my little speech . ^_^
So yeah selesai malem ini bsk paginya kita harus bgn jam 430 pagi! Krn kita ngelanjutin tour ke Durban. Kl Entabeni kita di safari, kl Durban kita di pantai. So yeah Im looking forward to our next destination.

Good Bye

Hiks hiks.. hari ni sebel, kesel, gondok banget de…hape aku ilang..jadi critanya gini…kmren tuh kan kita baru pindah kamar baru, kali ini kita di gunung jadi ga ada signal buat hp atopun telpon hotel, smuanya ga ada. Tapi untungnya ada internet access.. nah tas Sandra yang isinya hp ama laptop, ku tinggal di reception hotel. Krn wireless access nya cuman ada di reception hotel.. anyway ..setelah aktifitas seharian Sandra ambil donk tas nya ..lalu di taro di kamar.. nah trus Sandra tinggal lagi buat pegi dinner. .ternyata waktu balik dari dinner, eh hp nya ga ada..trus panic, tp ga bisa ngapa2in ampe besok paginya..soalnya telpon hotel ga jalan..trus we were like in the middle of nowhere and ga mungkin utk jalan kuar sendiri coz there could be anything outthere..
So yeah I had to wait till the morning to actually report the lost. Than tat morning, something weird happened!! Me and Miss India were off to breakfast in the morning, but becoz she had left something back in the room, she went to get it. When she reached the room, she saw our things were moved around. Her body butter was scoped out with a finger, and our soaps- her facial soap and my shower gel were opened and filled / replaced with water. Than we realize that whoever came to our room could have been the one who took my mobile phone too! We’ve reported what happened, but I don’t think I would be able to get my phone back… well it’s a lesson to learn, we must be really2 carefull with our stuff and always lock your belongings when u are travelling....Bless the person who took my phone aja de.maybe he / she needed it more than me...Good bye my phone.

EnterTainments

Emang bener banget, South Afrika ini jago utk memamerkan kekayaan Negara nya. Jadi selama trip Sandra di sini, setiap hari pasti ada pertunjukan ato show yg nungjukin kekayaaannya budayanya! Jadi misalnya waktu makan siang ato mkn malem nih ya, PASTI ada tari2 an ato traditional music ato nyanyi2 an dari org2 sana. Dan dari smua kalangan umur, smua nya ikut kontribusi utk memperagakan budayanya. Kadang anak2 yg nari, kadang anak mudanya do the funkdance, kadang org tua nya jg ikut padahal yang udah supeeer tua gt yang uda peyote-peyot, tp mrk masi antusiastik utk mamerin budayanya. Mereka pake pakean daerahnya ato busana2 yang berbau Afrika banget. Trs kl utk tari tariannya, seluruh kontestant Miss World kmren ini di ajarin tarian namanya ‘Gamboot Dance’ (hehehe spelling nya ga tao bener ato ga ni heheheh) anyway tarian ini adalah tarian kas nya org AFrika, jadi kita di kasi spatu boot dari karet gt, yang biasanya di pake buat banjir, yg warnanya item! Nah itu kita pake buat nari tapi tanpa music jd iramanya kita buat sendiri pake hentakan kaki kita plus di tambah ama tepukan tangan kita ke spatu boot nya. Hihihi susah ngejelasinnya, moga Sandra ada photonya yah biar bisa ngeliat!okok!
Oh yaaaa krn kita di sini di gunung, jadi tiap malem kita pasti ada acara api ungun. Tapi kita ga cuman duduk dan ngebakar marshmallow doang! Kita nari nari, main drum, rebananya ngeliat pertunjukan tarian traditionalnya..trus biasanya end up nya smua kontestantnya ikut nari bareng2 rame rame.. adu serruu banget de!hihihihi they are soo full of energy and very vibrant!! Lovin it.Nah yang model kaya gini nih Indonesia musti tiru, soalnya jujur aja ya, kl dibandingin ama budaya Indonesia, kita ga kalah man! Malah lebih rame, meriah dan lebih bervariasi.. tp sayang nya kalo di Indonesia ga ada org yg melestarikan dan ga di maintain! Jadi budayanya ga bisa di expose supaya smua org tau. Kl di sini bener2 penduduk nya bangga dgn budayanya! Dan org Indonesia menurut Sandra perlu utk sadar, bahwa kita musti bangga dgn budaya yg kita punya ini. Krn kl kita sendiri ga bangga dan punya rasa aprisiasi buat budaya kita, syapa yang mau ngeliat ato kagum dengan bangsa kita.

Ruma Mini

Anyway betewe busway, selama 5 hari Sandra di Entabeni safari, tiap hari kita pindah kamar lho.. Nama lodge nya ‘Legend Lodge and Golf Resort ‘, nah dia ini punya lodge2 kecil; ada yg di gunung, sebelah sungai, deket museum ama di semak2 daerah terbuka gt (deket ama wild animals). Beneran de, pemandangannya di sini gila! Keren bener! Nanti liat di photo2 nya yah! Tp Sandra punya kamar favourite, penasaran kan?!?! namanya the ‘Primitive Hut’. Jadi kamar ini merupakan kamar ato rumah dr suku asli di sini namanya suku ‘Ngala’. Jd rumah/ kamar2 ini gede nya macem2, ada yg muat 1 org ato 5 org. Trs yg paling unik adalah pintu masuknya! Well ga ada pintunya si bnernya..bolong gt aja alias ga ada pintunya..hehehe..tp bentuknya kecil and pendek.jd kl kita mo masuk musti rada ngerangkak. Tujuannya adalah supaya gaya tubuh badan kita menunjukkan respect to whoever inside the house dgn cara membungkuk. Jujur aja pertamanya Sandra sempet serem wkt di suru tinggal di situ, mana lagi aq paling takut ama serangggaaa!! Nah ini malah kamarnya ga ada pintunya! Tp Puji TUhan, ga ada seranga2 yg iseng msk ke kmr ku.hehehheeh..
Kl td udah tmpt tidurnya skrg makanannya! jd utk mlm itu, kita masak mkn mlm kita endiri loh! It was soo much fun! Pake alat2 nya tentunya yg traditional, jadi apinya pake batu arang, trus pancinya yg jaman dulu punya gt! Terus2 kita masaknya lengkap loH, ada roti, sayur and daging. Tp sebelnya gara2 Sandra telat antri, end upnya aku ga kebagian beberapa mknannya.krn udah abiessss..Ternyata cewe2 di sini ganas2 jg loh kl nyerbu mknan.hahahaha…we would thought, ah engga la mrk ga makan kali ya mangkannya kurus. Tapi ternyata salah besar! Mereka makan nya banyyaaak, tapi makannya mkn an sehat! Jd sayur dan buah merupakan makanan pokok mrk.