The Excursion Experience Part.2

The Third Week

One Week To Go

In the third week, on Friday 9th of February 2018, we went to the external campuses In Leon and Miagao with our coordinator, Mrs. Shailini. 

Three of us, Nenes, Uswa, and I spent a night in Racos Resort in Guimbal with Ma'am Shelah, Rudica, and Jean. 

Our breakfast menu

The Leon Church
Don't mind about the girl in the corner -____-

The Salakhayan Festival  part. 1

We enjoyed the Salakhayan Festival in Guimbal.

The Salakhayan Festival Part. 2

having a cup of coffee in after a busy day is always relaxing. The Garden Brew Cafe

The Last Week

The Send-off Party

I never thought that it was near the end of my journey, there in Iloilo, until ISAT U held a Send-off party for four of us. The party was on the third floor of HRT, the place where I spent those last four weeks. I am very grateful that I really have closed Ilonggos friends.

We tried our best to give our last performances. One of my friends, Yohana Nenestalia from Lambung Mangkurat University performed an traditional Indonesian dance from the Banjar tribe. Uswa and I were performing two songs which were Tanah Airku (my homeland) and Hymne Guru (the Hymn of Teacher). We delivered our farewell speeches, things we had been through for a month.I really could not hold my tears that time. Yes, I was happy to go back to Indonesia, but in the other hand, It was not easy to leave what I have there, the place that stole a half of my heart.

My cry-baby moment

The first time ate Halo-Halo, Mixed Ice.

Shopping Time

With the winner of Mister Laboratory School, ISAT U, Daniel Grade 7 Sampagita.

The triplets, un-biological Indonesian Sisters

We were trying to be fierce, but I guess we ended up to be a bunch of weirdos, with our older Thai brother, Tor.





For the last words of my memorable journey, I would like to say thank you for those who have given me the opportunity to experience and learn for the past four weeks in ISAT U, the Iloilo City, Philippines. For the SEAMEO, my almamater Tanjungpura University, the head of the English Study program Mr. Urai Salam, ISAT University, the president of ISAT U Mr. Raul F. Muyong, the dean of college of Education Mr. John EricV. Juaneza, our Coordinator Mrs. Shailini G. Gestosani, our teaching mentors Ms. Emmi Jan P. Endonilla, Mrs. Hilda Darroca, and Mrs. Jieza Napone, my Indonesian friends Uswatun Hasanah and Yohana Nenestalia, my Illonggos friends, Ma'am Shelah, Nino, Sir Charlie, Sir. Lorence, Rudica, Pearl, Hana, Jean, Mart, and my first Thai friend, Tor, thanks for everything. 

Here is a video of our moments that are captured will not be just in photos but also in our hearts, made by my lovely Ilonggos sister and brother, Ma'am Shelah and Sir Charlie.

Wassalamualaikum... May the blessings of the almighty God be upon you❤.

The Excursion Experience Part 1

This report will not be complete without sharing the experiences that I had beside teaching practice. Going to a new country, we should take a look and get to know the culture and people. There were so much things we did in one month.  In this post, I would like to take you to the city of love, Iloilo.

The First Week

The Opening Program and The Dinagyang Festival

Uswatun Hasanah, Yohana Nenestalia and I arrived in the Iloilo City on Monday, 22nd of January. I met some of official members and one student of ISAT U. When we had our lunch, they told us that on weekend there would be a Dinagyang Festival, and we were lucky to experience the festival. They also give a schedule  what we were going to do for the first week of our arrival.

On January 23rd, 2018, we were having an Opening Program for Pre-Service Teacher of SEA Teacher Exchange Program. I meet a lot of people there. One of them were of course the president of ISAT U, Mr. Raul F. Muyong and the heads of the faculties members. I was given a chance to deliver a speech and an introduction of myself and my university. 


There was where I met my friends and soon became so closed to me, Rudica, Mart, Hana, Pearl, and Jean. 

In the weekend, finally we could enjoy the Dinagyang Festival. On Friday, I went to the preparation of the festival with my Ilonggos friends.

The next day Uswa, Yohana and I were accompanied by Ma'am Shelah, Sir Charlie, Sir Lourance and the banana leaves boy, Nino. Nino told me that the Dinagyang was the biggest festival there in the Philippines. It was showcasing the cultures of some tribes exist in the country.

In the evening we were going to the Esplanade and riding a paddling boat on the Iloilo River.

There was one funny story when we were on the boat. Uswa and I were arguing about the water of the river whether it was salty of plain water. I tested the water and it was right the salty one, but the funny part was actually after that. They knew that I tested the water and they just could not believe I did it so. They told me that the water was actually consisted of dirt and waste of the city, to be precise, it was pee and poop which made it tested salty.  And they teased me a whole night even up to this day, because the silly thing I did. hahaha...



After going to the Esplanade, we were having dinner in the SM City. I remember it was my first steamed Talaba (oyster) and grilled Bangos (fish) and I fell in love with the foods right away.

That night ended up perfectly, and now if you guys read my blog, you know how much I miss you.


The Second Week

The Guimaras Escape

Guimaras is an island across the Iloilo City. We went there on Saturday, February 2nd, 2018.It took about one hour to get there. The scenery was so breathtaking. On those white sands and crystal clear water I wrote the memories that I hope will last a life time. Yes, that is the place that I was falling so deep in love with.

 Here are the pictures we took!

The port of Guimaras Island

The four exchanged students 

The boat we took to go to the Guimaras Island.

The squad on the boat to the island.

We never thought that there was a big stone mango ever existed, hahahaha...

And now I saw mango on pizza? hmmmm...

The girls who could not wait craving the unique yet tasty mango pizza.

The squad: Uswa, Nenes, Tor, Rudica, Pearl, Jean, Dado, Nino, and I. Now you know how happy I was!

♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡

The Teaching Practice; Week 4

The Week 4

In the last week of the SEA Teacher Program, The school was giving me a chance to teach other classes of Mrs.Hilda Darocca, the 8th grade of Malove and  Nara, and Mrs Jeiza J. Napone, the 10th grade of Diamond and Gold, and the 11th grade for writing class. Uswa and I took all the English Classes from the grade 7 till the grade 11. We divided the schedule and classes for teaching so that we finally achieved the requirement of 20 hours of teaching practice.  

There were so many moments of practice teaching in the last week that will take pages if I wrote all of them in this post, but there was an unforgettable experience of teaching the grade 8. That was when we had to teach them about my country's local story, Mangiring and Mona. The moment that we were showcasing the culture and  local color of Indonesia through literature was so remarkable in my heart. I felt honor to share the culture, customs, values, as well as the people of Indonesia. 

 The other moments that I like were when I took over the 10th grade students of Diamond and Gold and the 11th grade students, the senior high school. I could say that they were perhaps the most challenging classes yet the grades which I feel suit me the most. For the grade 10 students, they were quite critical and well-spoken in delivering their ideas, dare to have different opinion and be able to synthesize the lesson very well. I remember the topic was about an essay entitled War written by Voltaire. The students were given several questions that guided them to analyze the essay. Over all the ideas were good and I appreciated them for that. However, there was a moment that two group were arguing about one of the groups ideas which looked like they agreed to promote war. They tried to answer as well as tackling each other. The thing was actually, they had the same point and purpose but the way they delivered their opinion were from different perspectives. 

As a teacher, I put myself as a facilitator for the students to have their own learning. I let my students to explore and observe the material that we had. The thing that I did was encourage the students to be more active and critical. One of my teaching mentors, Mrs. Jeiza Napone told me that the best way to have a great teaching and learning process was by implementing three kinds of interactions, teacher-student, student-student, and student-content. That is one of the great reminder that I will always hold into along with my carrier as a teacher. 

Those are my experience of practice teaching for the past four weeks. I hope what I have shared in this blog will mean something to you my readers.

The Teaching Practice; Week 3

The Third Week


On February 5th, 2018, the grade seven Sampagita and Ilang-ilang were preparing their poems performances for the following day. One of my friends, Uswa, were there to give help, suggestion and tips to the students for their upcoming performances. They preparing supporting properties, costumes, and of course the strategies and ways to deliver their poems.
The following day, there performed their poems and also getting credits for their work in Psychomotor aspect. 

I taught the students of grade seven Sampagita and Ilang-ilang on February 6th, 2018. The classes were discussing about a poem entitled Ballad of A Mother's Heart written by Jose La Villa Tierra. I demonstrated the poetry in the class and we had a group discussion to analyze the message and relate it to ourselves as a child. 

On February 7th, 2018, I taught the grade nine Falcon. The class's discussion was about the speeches and how to use context clues in reading. The class was not only discussing the literature and the language itself, but also historical event, with one of the famous spokesperson and activist of American Civil Right Movement (1954-1968), Dr. Mathin Luther King. The students were asked to identify the unfamiliar words in his famous speech entitled I Have a Dream.

The strategy that I implemented was by using group interview and quiz.

To be a teacher is both an honor and responsibility. I have to make sure that every single piece of advise should not be an empty talk. I have to make sure that I am as their teacher also holding on to the things I say, so that I would not only be a motivator but also a good role model to my students.

The Teaching Practice; Week 2

The Second Week

For the second week I had already been given a chance by one of our mentors Ms. Emi to handle classes of grade seven and nine On Monday 30th of January 2018. In the grade seven classes, the material were about the poems. The students were assigned to make their on poems and did it in a group and read it in front of the class. The theme was about the think that might be extinct or vanished in the future.

The students were so well-spoken and active. This is the group of Solidarity reading their poems entitled Nature. The students were also asked to deliberate and synthesize the moral values of their poem to them as a seventh grade students. I was impressed by the way they were delivering the answer, how they put their thoughts and opinion in a very good way and well chosen diction. 

In the class of grade nine Falcon, we were discussing about the poems entitled The Battle Hymn of Republic written by Julia Ward Howe in 1861 and a famous speech delivered by Abraham Lincoln entitled Gettysburg Address in 1863. These topics are related to the historical events existed in America, the civil war. In one hour I handled the class by conducting a group discussion about the the story and messages from those two kinds of literature. In addition, the skills in delivering poems and speeches are also important for students to know, so the students are given some tips how to do speeches and performing poems.

I had other several classes for the same grades, seven and nine for the whole week. The thing that really took my attention in those classes was the way the teacher and the students build their bond to each other. There, the place where I saw how brotherhood and parenthood can be build in school.