#Day 5 (August,20) Flag ceremony and city tour

Today is Monday and our schedule is to attend the ceremony, after that we will go for a city tour.

At the time of the ceremony, we climbed onto the stage and introduced ourselves in front of all ISATU students. This is a pride for me because I use my campus environment and can introduce myself to all ISATU students.

After the ceremony was over, we headed to the first place, the house that was once occupied by the Philippine president (I forgot his name hehe). The building is old, but still very well maintained. At first we were reluctant to enter because like a haunted house if from the front, it was very scary. But when it enters it, we can see historical relics in the house.

I took picture in front of the house

it's so scared huhu

we took picture together (gembs family hehe)

After that we went to the next destination, we went to  traditional food place, where we were treated for the umpteenth time by mam nam. We ate barcuilos with ice cream. wakakak how happy we are when we get free food continuously hehehe

We got ice cream from mam namia hehe Salamat po mam ! 

 I ate the ice cream with the delicious barcuiloss hehe

#Day 4 (August,18) Cultural activity, DRAGON BOATS COMPETITIONS

Yapsssss, this is our 4th day.

Our schedule today is cultural activity, dragon boats competitions.

On this day we are confused, are we taking part in the race or are we just watching?

we are confused about what clothes we wear, finally we wear casual clothes and shoes. We depart from campus to the river at 08.00 a.m and we depart with the buddies and friends of sea tvet. The weather was very hot that day, we had to use an umbrella when we got out of the bus. Apparently, we only see competition not to follow hahaha

So, my buddies said to me that this is an event held once a year. Luckily we can see this competition, this is very unique and for the first time I have seen this kind of competition.

We only saw from the bridge on the edge of the river, sometimes we shouted in support of the boat that we supported.

We call the Gembs Family hahahaha

omg, I look so fat guys -___- 

My beloved roommate 

20 minutes after we saw the competition we felt tired and very hungry. Finally mam sheila and mr. charly invited us to take a walk and look for halal food. How nice it was when we turned out on their treat, hahahahahaha
They know we don't bring a lot of money, so they treat us all. At that time we ate in this place with our main food grilled chicken and our desert ice halo-halo.

Salamat po mam Sheilah and Mr. charly for Treating us hehehe

He tried to protect me from the sun. This photo was taken by my friend secretly wkwkw

#Day 3 ( August,17) Welcome Program and Indonesia's independence day

Entering day 3, our schedule is welcome program and MOA signing with partner schools. 

On that day we have started to know each other, and that day we will be in the campus hall to hold an introduction event with all partners and all ISATU lecturers and students.

right on that day August 17, between sad and happy. that day was Indonesia's independence day, but we all could not hold ceremonies as usual. some of us even cried because we wanted to carry out the ceremony.

at that time I was lucky to bring an Indonesian flag, because I intended to take pictures using the Indonesian flag on independence day. After completing the event, we all sing Indonesian songs together and take pictures together.

yapppp :( today is not complete without flag ceremonies and competitions. I miss Indonesia very much at the time. We celebrated Indonesia's independence in the country of people.

#Day 2 (August,16)

This is our schedule at august 

Yapss, that is our schedule as long as we have in philippines. Entering the second day here, I feel like I want to going home because I miss everything at home. I am an only child and I am not used to being far from parents.

Our second day's schedule is fellowship lunch with the college education family and also we will have orientation with students buddies . All the member of college warmly welcome us, all good to us (sea teacher). That day we sat in front and we introduced ourselves. A lot of people who can't distinguish between annisa (me) and annisa (my friend) because our names are the same and at the same time our faces are the same, both of us have a big body wkwkw 

That day we were introduced to the buddies, and the lecturers at ISATU. but,  because that day I was still very tired, I was not so focused on following the event heheheh...

 She is my twin hehehe Annisa Imsawati Feat Annisa Nurdiana

She is my roommate, elvin from jember 

#Day 1 (August,15)

It was the great day I ever had because this day become the first time I went to another country. My journey began at 03.00 a.m onTuesday , August 14 from Adi Soemarmo Airport. I was accompanied with my students buddies from UNIPMA . It was really sad to leave Indonesia for a month, because I never go to another place as long as this time. But, I believe everything gonna be alright and after one month passed, I’ll come back again to Indonesia. I took 4 flight to reach ilo-ilo City. We took Lion  air, and I’m alone :(  . We arrived in Soekarno Hatta Airport at 08.00 a.m. We should wait for about 6 hours before flew again with other plane. In the airport, I met other delegation from other university in Indonesia. I took Phillipines airline to go to manila and  Finally, the plane arrived and we flew again at 11.30 a.m.

I took photos with my parent :( 

He is my student buddy from UNIPMA 

It becomes the longest journey I ever had by plane because It took for about 4 hours to reach Manila and the flight made my stomach queasy. We arrived in Manila or Nanay Airport at 18.30 p.m. In this airport, we desperated each other because I should take one flight again to Ilo-ilo. Because the flight was still in the next day or tomorrow afternoon, we stayed in airport on 12 hours .  When the afternoon came (August 15), The flight to ilo-ilo would take off at 05.00 a.m and I met my friends froum UNEJ We were so tired because we had waited it for long time and hadn’t have lunch too. Finally after 1 hour, we arrived in Ilo-ilo Airport.

                                 

                          Finally I arrived at iloilo airport , photos taken by Elvin hehe


After we arrived at Iloilo Airport, Mam Lay picked us up while carrying an Indonesian flag.
we didn't think it was during the trip from manila to ilo-ilo, we were together with Thai children.
after that we all headed to the campus hotel and rested.

We took picture together with mam lay , mam nam , mam shai and Sea tvet student 

What is SEA Teacher ?

The SEA Teacher Project or the “Pre-Service Student Teacher Exchange in Southeast Asia” is a project that aims to provide opportunity for pre-service student teachers from universities in Southeast Asia to have teaching experiences (practicum) in schools in other countries in Southeast Asia.

Based on the SEAMEO seven priority areas for the eleven SEAMEO Member countries to work together to improve the quality of education in Southeast Asia, “Revitalizing Teacher Education” is one of the priority areas in building and strengthening capacity of teachers in the region.

 The exchange is preferably for 4th year students whose major are in math, science, English and pre-school. The duration is for one month and based on the mechanism of cost sharing basis. Students’ roles and responsibilities are assigned weekly during the one month period (observe, assist in teaching, teach and reflect). Moreover, the host universities will provide mentors to supervise and monitor the students throughout the practicum period.


Objectives of the Project :

•     To enable pre-service student teachers to develop their teaching skills and pedagogy
•     To encourage the pre-service student teachers to practice their English skills
•     To allow the pre-service student teachers to gain a broader regional and world view

Lessons learned

Students:

• Should prepare lesson plans, materials and health insurance in advance prior to travel
• Gain more confident & increase social skills
• Able to improve their teaching pedagogy

Facilitation process:

• Coordinators play an important role.
• Mentors who understand the process.
• Various channels of communication: Line and WhatsApp

Key Success Factors

• Active mentors are very helpful in providing guidance to students.
• Supportive schools enable students to conduct their practicum successfully.
• Students who have open-minded and positive attitude.

My hope, My big chance comes !!

A new chance comes, a really precious rare chance. I was chosen as SEA-Teacher (Pre-Service Student Teacher Exchange in Southeast Asia) Batch 5 Participant. It was program that held by SEAMEO (Southeast Asian Minister of Education Organization). This projects aims are to provide opportunity for pre-service student teachers from universities in Southeast Asia to have teaching experiences (practicum) in schools in other countries in Southeast Asia . It is an honor for me as a representative from Universitas PGRI madiun (UNIPMA), Indonesia. I placed in  Iloilo Science and Technology University (ISATU), Filipina.  There are 4 representatives from UNIPMA. There are :

• Elin Tri susilo ( Thailand )
• Nulli Dwi Nugraheni (Thailand )
• Shabrina Sabila El Haq (Filipina)
• Annisa Imsawati Sugiyanto (Filipina)

I feel grateful because it will become my first experience going abroad. It will become my second experience in teaching practicum. It’s special because I will have teaching practicum abroad, in Filiphina.
So, here is my short story along this journey. Hope you enjoy my story. Don't forget to read other story yeaaa.... 😁