My hobbies are taking pictures and playing basket ball. I also enjoy reading and cooking since I came to the USA. (There are bunch of great books in this country!! and I have to feed myself to live, no more mom to cook for me everyday : ] ). My favorite dishes?..hmm that’s a tough question. I always love my mom’s cooking, which is usually Japanese dishes (such as yakiniku, oden, donburi) but I often go to restaurants to eat Indonesian food too (such as sate ayam, ketoprak, empek-empek).   Ketoprak     Hi, my name is Yuri Indah Bey, and I was born in West Sumatra, Indonesia. My dad is Indonesian, my mom is Japanese, and my older sister is American (by place she was born). Hahaha did I confuse you already? Well, I am Indonesian and I was raised in Jakarta, the capital city of Indonesia until I graduated from high school. I decided to come to the United States to pursue my bachelor degree in Industrial Engineering. Indonesia is the largest archipelago in the world, and it consists of approximately 17,000 islands. Our population reached 210 millions (according to national census 2000) which makes us the fourth most populous country in the world. The majority of the population (about 85%) are muslims, and we have approximately 300 ethnic groups with Indonesian language as the official language. The unique thing about Indonesia is that it has the most diverse flora and fauna in the world. We have the biggest blooming flower in the world (Rafflesia Arnoldi), and the oldest reptile which is called Komodo Dragon My favorite holiday is of course Lebaran (in here Arabic people called it Ibnu Barak or Iid). This holiday celebration takes place after Muslims all around the world finishing fasting for a whole month (Ramadhan). We usually go to elder relatives' home on the first day to get together and eat special food (it’s similar to Thanksgiving in America). On the second day, we usually stay at home to welcome the guests (we always prepare lebaran food and money/candies for kids). We (Muslims) are required to feed people who need it (poor, orphan, etc) on this celebration.