TEACHING PLAN AND TEACHING PRACTICE

Teaching plan or lesson plan is a detailed guide for teaching a lesson. It's a step-by-step guide that outlines the teacher's objectives for what the students will accomplish that day. Creating a lesson plan involves setting goals, developing activities, and determining the materials that will be used.

Curriculum

K-12's implementation began in 2011 when kindergarten was rolled out nationwide. It continued by fully implementing the system for Grades 1 and 6 during the school year 2012-2013, for grade 4 during 2016, and for grade 5 during 2017. In terms of preparing the resources, specifically classrooms, teacher items, textbooks, seats, and water and sanitation improvements, the following table shows the accomplished material from 2010 to 2014 and those planned for 2015.

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Republic of the Philippines

State Colleges and Universities

Iloilo Science and Technology University

COLLEGE OF EDUCATION

Burgos Street, La Paz, Iloilo City

LESSON PLAN

Grade IV

I.                   Objectives

At the end of the lesson, the pupils would be able to:

A.    identify components of friendly letter

B.     work cooperatively in groups

C.     write a friendly letter with appropriate components

II.                Subject Matter

A.    Topic: “friendly letter ”

B.     Activity: Group discussion based flashcard given and presentation

C.     References: English Learner’s Material : Department of Education Republic of the Philippines, Ed. D pg.144-148

D.    Materials:  chart paper , color pen  

E.     Value Focus: cooperation

III.             Developmental Activities

	Teacher’s Activity	Pupils’ Activity
A. Preliminary Activities
Prayer	Please stand for a prayer.	The pupils will sing “I see you Lord” (Video)
Unfreezing	For refresh our body in this morning  Let’s perform the dance steps in the video.	The pupils will perform the “move and freeze”
Review	I have something for you . do you know what it is ?   when can we send a friendly letter ? To whom can we send the letter ? Do you know how to make a friendly letter ?	The pupils will say “it is a letter” Anytime To our friends, our family, to everyone. -
	I have video , from the video you can learn how  to make a friendly letter. So, what can you get or learn from this video? Based on the video , what is the components of friendly letter ?	The pupils will watch the video We can know how to make or write a friendly letter .      Greeting , body , closing .
Presentation	If you want to tell some interesting information to your friend , you can write personal letter or friendly letter. There are five parts when writing a friendly letter : 1.      The heading includes the sender's address and the date. The sender's address needs to be located at the top of the page in the center or at the top right-hand corner. The date needs to be located under the sender's address on the left-hand side of the page above the greeting. 2.      The greeting needs to be located under the heading on the left-hand side of the page. The greeting would include such words as Dear _____________. 3.      The body of the letter includes the message. It is written in paragraph form. 4.      The closing of the letter would include such words as Sincerely, or Your friend. 5.      The signature is your signed name under the closing.
B. Activity Proper
Grouping of      Pupils	Direction: Devide class into 5-6 groups . I have a picture on the board with missing parts. May I call representative to go here in front and pick the label parts on the table and paste it on its correct positions. Put label the part of the friendly letter !
C. Post Activity
Discussion	So, today we are going to discuss the different parts of letter  and its functions. Can you tell me , how many part in the letter ? What is the components or parts in the letter ?	There are five parts -          Heading -          Greeting -          Body -          Closing -          Signature
Evaluation	Did you finish your activity on time? Why? Why is cooperation important? Okay class, now we are going to have a group activity. Please go to your group according on your groupings last activity and leaders please come in front. So, I have here rolled paper with corresponding questions. Your leader will pick one and all you have to do is to answer it. I’ll give you 5 minutes to plan on how are you going to demonstrate your answer in class. Questions: §  When can we send a friendly letter ? §  To whom can we send a friendly letter ? §  What is the components of a letter ?	Yes Ma’am, we finished our activity on time because everyone is participated. Cooperation is important so that we can finish our work fast and could come up with good outputs. The pupils will plan about their performance. The group will act their answer in front.
Assignment	Let’s write a friendly letter about your holiday , you will send it to your friends or your sister/brother. But sure to include all five parts of the friendly letter  !
Closing	Any questions ? If there is none, goodbye classs!	Good bye, Ma’am!

Yaaapsss ... the day I was waiting for finally came too. From that day and one week ahead I will teach grade 4, English subjects. Mam dely and the teachers at Graciano will judge my appearance. Honestly, I'm very nervous. I'm afraid that children can't understand my learning. I tried to do my best, and thank God I got good results and got good comment from the teachers and my cooperative teacher. The day before I taught, I worked overtime until 3 am. I have to write lesson plans and have to make media.

I wrote my lesson plan till 3 a.m 

I also make media for teaching

My procedure teaching 

  At the first I ask the students to cleaning around their by put several paper, candy wrappers, or the other trash and put them into the trash bin. Again, I ask to the student to ready with today lesson. After that I ask the leader of these class to lead us praying together before we start the lesson, the last I ask the secretary of these class to help me check the attendance by lead them writing the name and signature of student s in the paper then give it for me in the end of the lesson. And I give them motivation related with the topic and ask them to sing together and dance together. It will make them more refreshed and ready to receive lessons.

In the study step, I used a power point presentation with a projector. I showed several types of letters. I then asked them what the letter was and how we made the letter. After students answer these questions, we continue to discuss lessons ranging from the definition of letters and discus about the similarities and differences between official and unofficial letters. After that we continued to generalize lessons and discuss the reasons why we needed to write a letter

In Activities, classes are divided into four groups. I made a large letter media from Manila with some blank parts. Each group has the opportunity to read the big letters in front of each group and each group must explain what the letter is about and fill in the blanks

 At the end of the learning process I gave an evaluation of what they had learned that day. I gave them an evaluation of 5 questions about today's lesson and I asked them to make a letter.

This is my steps when I have teach in elementary school :

a.       Students do the greeting and pray together.

b.      Students’ attendance checked by teacher

c.       The teacher reviews the last topics and then give to motivational activity.

d.      Students discuss about the task given by teacher or problem solving

e.       The teacher explains about topics and ask to students

f.       Students answer the question

g.      Students do short quiz in the last lesson

I asked them to sing and dance togenther before the lesson began 

Time management and organizing activities

            In this elementary school, one lesson is for 1 hour. Every day we have different lesson that had been divided to all Student teacher based on their spesialization. Each lesson consist of 1 topic, so we can finish it in one hour. In the lesson plan, we spend 5-10 minutes for the opening and also give them the motivation. For the main activity, we take 35-40 minutes, and for the closing we spend 10-15 minutes. All of the timing depends on the topic of lesson that will be given for the Students. The lesson plan consists of Introduction, Motivation, Activity, Analysis, Generalization, Evaluation, Assignment.

Problem-solving

            The teacher give a problem and students make high thinking to solve it. Grade four is the grade that I teach. The condition is also different with the other grade. My Cooperating teacher said to me that the grade 4 is the most active Student among all the class. Sometimes they are noisy and did not focuse with their lesson. As a Student teacher, we should have innovatif methodes and strategy to solve this problem. In my demonstration, I used the song, clap, and always give them motivation as long as the lesson.  The other problems are in our communication. Indonesian people are not usual to speak english in our activities. But, the Philippines are usual to use English, so the Students communicate fluently with the other people. But, the Students teacher should be active to speak in English although we have different dialect.

 Classroom management

            The teacher needs strategies to manage class, so you will manage class, when you used the appropriate teaching method. For the classroom management, we always clean the floor, pray, and arrange the position of the Student’s seat. The class has their own group, so when the teacher wants to divide the class, the Students can make group directly without using many times. When they are noisy, we can stop for a while until the Students pay attention back to the teacher.

TEACHING ASSISTANCE

In the previous post, I discussed the observation class. Well, this time I will tell you how I helped my cooperating teacher and have teaching assistance. In teaching assistance, I helped to operate laptops, power points and helped to condition pupils in the classroom.  . I am very happy when I can interact with them. They are good, smart and diligent pupils .

I also help mam dely to correct assignments from pupils

When I help mam dely to correct the task of the pupils. Sometimes I'm confused with their writing, some are good writing, some are  not readable hehehe....Even so, I remain happy when correcting their assignments. I can know the abilities they have.

He drew something for me, and apparently he wrote it like that hehe

There are some pupils who always help me to tidy up books in the classroom, some sometimes help me tidy up tables and chairs in the classroom. There are even some of them who always wait for me to go home and get out of school together.

The three of them who always accompany me when I go home from school. They always ask me a lot of questions, sometimes asking about the country of Indonesia, culture in Indonesia, sometimes they also ask funny things and make me laugh. He's in black, he's very active so I can't take pictures with him. Sorry , the picture is blurry because he can't keep quiet.

PEDAGOGICAL CONTENTS Observation Week

 Teaching method

Based on the observation during the 1^st week of the program, the teaching methods used bythe teacher during the lesson are lecture method and discussion method.

a.       Lecture method

Lecture method is an oral presentation of information by the instructor. It is the method of relaying factual information which includes principles, concepts, ideas and all theoretical knowledge about a given topic. In lecture method, the instructor tells, explains, describes or relates whatever information to the students through listening and understanding. This method is therefore a teacher-centered method. The instructor is very active, doing all the talking. The teacher explained about the topic and give question for students so they can be active in class. The advantages of the lecture method areit saves time, the topic are covered, and permits flexibility. Meanwhile, the disadvantages are including boredom, passive students, and uneven gain of knowledge among the students.

b.      Discussion method

Discussion method is a method which group discussion techniques are used to reach the learning objectives.  Discussion method is used to stimulate thinking, interest and securing the student participation. Students in class will be more active and cooperative in the group activity.The discussion method also can increase students interest, acceptance and commitments.The advantages of the discussion method are increased student knowledge and experience, which results in more permanent learning.  The disadvantages are time-consuming, unwillingness of students during the group activity, and failure in reaching the objectives of lesson.

 Learning materials and innovation

Based on the observation during the 1^st week of the program, the teacher used learning materials which are includingtextbooks, DLP, PowerPoint presentation, short video, and white/blackboard. In the first lesson, the teacher gave the motivational activity using video about the topic. Motivation activity is proven effective to increase the students curiosity and activity during the lesson.

  Sources of learning and technology

a.       References books:

English Learner’s Material : Department of Education Republic of the Philippines, Ed. D pg.144-148

b.      References video from youtube

Authentic assessment

Based on the observation during the 1^st week of the program, the teacher used the assessmentincluding the students’ participation when teacher explain and ask, group activity, and a long quiz in the last lesson.Teacher would give additional point to the students who is active in class, or cooperative in group activity.

LET ME SHARE MY STORY WHEN I'VE CLASS OBSERVATION

This week is my schedule for class observation. Every day I went school at 7:30 a.m and went to mam dely's class.  I was surprised when mam dely and mam shai talked that I had to teach English in grade 4. I was surprised :( because during the interview with mam shai, I said that I would teach science in class 3. And all this time before leaving Indonesia , I prepared everything related to science.

I am a little afraid whether I can teach or not because English is not my major. Mam Dely always  strengthens me that I can! Mam dely said to me "you try to observe when I teach in class, it's easy, it's not as difficult as you imagine"

As long as I make observations in class, thank God I did not find any obstacles. Mam Dely is really helping everything I need. From morning to evening I was in class with mam dely, occasionally I helped to operate mam dely's laptop. Students at Graciano are very active, they are smart and often communicate with me.

One thing they often ask me is "mam, why are you using the hijab? Can I see your hair mam?"

yapss ...  we have to understand what they are asking. Be an elementary school teachers must be patient at all :)

They presented the results of the discussion

SCHOOL: GENERAL INFORMATION ACADEMIC ADMINISTRATION

SCHOOL PROFILE

a.         Location

Burgos St., District III-La Paz, Iloilo, Philippines.

b.        Vision and Mission

-             Vision

                        We dream of Filipinos

1.      Who passionately love their country and whose value and competences enable them to realize teir full potential and contribute meaningfully to building the nation

2.      As a learner-centered public institution, the department of education continuously improves itself to better serve its stakeholders 

-             Mission

To protect and promote the right of e very Filipino to quality, equitable, culture-based, and complete basic education where :

1.      Student learn in a child-friendly , gender-sensitive, safe, and motivating environment

2.      Teacher facilities learning and constantly nurture every learner

3.      Administrators and staff, as steward of the institution , ensure an enabling and suppoertive environment for effective learning to happen

4.      Family , community , and other stakeholders are atively engaged amd share responbility for developing life-long learners 

c.         Core Values

1.      Maka-Diyos

2.      Maka-tao

3.      Makakalikasan

4.      Makabansa

d.        History

G. Lopez- Jaena Elementary School is one of the schools in the Division of Iloilo  City located at Burgos St., District III-La Paz with an areas of 7,812 square meters.

Formerly named Ilaya Elementary School derived from Hiligaynon  language, “IRAYA” which means, North. Upon the increase of the population in the community and the distance far from the Central School, La Paz I, was seen by the residents who came from interior towns to seek  opportunity for good job and education, for the future of their children asked help from the Higher Authorities to put up a school within the community for the welfare of the residents. Philanthropist, Francisco Jalandoni who donated the lot to Iloilo Provincial High School and Iloilo School of Arts and Trade donated some part of his lot to the community. In 1938, school was put up with Two Story –Building made of light materials. Two teachers were assigned  handling Multi-Grade Teaching. Mrs. Leonor Regalado Abelar, Teacher –In-Charge and Asuncion C.Salvilla.

In 1967, PTA President, Mr. Nemesio Hortillo, a diehard Jarolano, met then Congressman Fermin “ Nene” Caram Jr. to change the name Ilaya Elementary School to Graciano  Elementary School in honor of our Ilonggo National Hero. PTA Resolution was made and the Bill was passed on October,1967 in Congress thru the efforts of Congressman Fermin “ Nene” Caram Jr. To inform the City Government Officials, Councilors Neil Hechanova and Edgar Gil were invited as guests on January 20,1963. This day is the Death Anniversary of Graciano Lopez-Jaena and the School Day Celebration in honor of the Ilonggo Hero.

At present G. Lopez-Jaena Elementary School has 17 buildings, 34 academic classrooms, but only 17 are considered usable  and the rest needs major repairs and demolitions. We also have 2 rooms for LRC, 1 canteen, 1 H.E, 1 clinic and guidance room, but all these rooms need repair and renovation. The only building that is new in our school is the Industrial Arts building which was constructed last 2006. It has 40 teachers, 39 are nationally funded and 1 is locally funded, 1 principal, 1 administrative aid and 1 security guard which is locally funded by the PTCA. These people are committed and dedicated whose goal is to inculcate the right attitudes, habits, skills, knowledge & appreciation to their pupils toward National Development, Zero- Non Readers by 2005.Proud to say, great men and women who are excellent in their filed of endeavour are Alumni of this school. To mention a few, they are Councilor Eduardo Peñaredondo, Provincial Board Lirio Gustilo, Dr. Riza Amaguin, Judge Rose Hortillo, Engr. Boy Palomo & Engr. Fred Tayo,Sr.

SCHOOL HISTORY II

The Defense of Graciano lopez Jaena Elementary school and Its School  Interest S.Y. 1983 -1984 to SY 1993-1994

The history of Graciano Lopez Jaena elementary School District III – La Paz, Division of Iloilo City would be incomplete if the events leading to the “Defense of Its School Interest” would be excluded. Herein below is the brief account of the events supported by documentary papers as taken from the “School District Supervisor’s Record S.Y. 1983-1984 to S.Y. 1993-1994.

In the School year 1984-1985, by virtue of the Memorandum of Agreement” entered into by the Iloilo city Mayor L. Herrera, Administrative of the CN Hodges Estate concurred by City Superintendent, ordered principal Roberto Belsario and School District supervisor Jesus Donasco Sr. to implement the “privilege” of the 20 families of CN Hodges privately owned Estate to have a 176 sq. meter road-right-of away passing across the school grounds. “ First phase implementation it demolished the school nutrition building and two concrete water tanks, despite the objection of the two aforementioned school officials. A case was filed by the schools P.T.A to prevent the second phase implementation, “to demolish the Home Economics Building and four classrooms.” In 1988,the P.T.A. withdrew the Case because it had no more funds to continue it and the several postponement made by the defendants, Iloilo City Government and CN Hodges Estate Intervener.  For 3 years, there was no trial for the merit of the case. There were several pre-trial conferences conducted purposely to exhaust the plaintiff’s resources. 

 In the SY 1993-1994, Mr. Jesus G. Donasco, School District Supervisor, concerned very much of the ill-effects of the “secret Memorandum of Agreement of 1985”to the school children and government properties costing million of pesos filed C.C. # 20239, questioning the legality of the aforesaid memorandum of agreement of 1985, in order to preserve the territorial and proprietor sites of the school. Mr. Timoteo Arsulo, new Superintendent of the schools as intervener provided financial and legal support for the defense of school interest.

For more than eleven months (the case no. 20239 was filed on February 7 1993) the court had not conducted trial for the merit of the case: it called for several pre conference trial only. It appeared that the defendants were resorting to the dilatory strategy they employed in the previous years 1985-1988. At the risk of the contempt of court plaintiff Jesus Donasco Sr. on January 18, 1993 wrote the offices of the President of the Philippines, Supreme Court, and Secretary of Justice appealing to their interventions to have speedy adjudication of the case both the community and school believe that the Lord would touch the hearts and minds of those very important people to intervene and solve the school top problem. God’s help was in the form of amicable settlement. Praise the Lord for this help!!! Speedy adjudication through amicable settlement.As a result of the appeal Judge Jesus Alonsagay and Iloilo city Mayor Mansueto Malabor arrange for all the litigants through their counsels to agree through Amicable Settlement on setting the aforesaid Case. This settlement was approved on October 7, 1993 with defendant Intervener ( CN Hodges Estate) getting what it wanted grates et amore” with the Iloilo City Government putting up all the expenses.

The tenants of the CN Estate had their road right of way constructed inside the school grounds (176 sq. meters). The H.E. and the 4 room classrooms building were not demolished. They were protected by a high concrete wall separating them from the road -  right of way. Classes were not disrupted on the area affected. A concrete wall separating the Iloilo City Cemetery and the school was constructed though it was not completely finished. The stipulated provision of the Settlement  - Concrete wall building the CN Hodges Estate and Graciano Lopez Jaena elementary School was not been carried out at this writing.

On January 4, 1995 retired District Supervisor  Jose Donasco Sr. and school principal Luz Suares requested Iloilo City Mayor Mansueto Malabor to comply fully all the provisions of the Amicable Settlement of 1993 specifically paragraph 7 which states. “7 that the Plaintiff and Intervener hereby  request the Iloilo City Government through the  City Mayor to provide a concrete wall bordering the CN Hodges Estate and the Graciano  Lopez Jaena elementary School and also the boundary of the Iloilo City Cemetery and the Graciano Lopez Jaena Elementary School “

In the compulsory retirement of the incumbent School District Supervisor on September 6, 1994, its office was faced out. It is now the responsibility entirely amicable settlement forecited  be fully implemented for the best interest of the school.

   Academic Supporting  System

            Graciano Lopez Jeana Elementary School has 30 class in this academic year. They have a library, Faculty room, Student Area, and Training Centre and there are instructional media like a projector, computer , printer, and so on. for helping teacher to give a good stimulation for student.

   Teaching System

Teaching system in Graciano Lopez Jeana Elementary School is mainly using the lecture method, discussion method, and problem solving.  The teachersalready usethe K to 12 Curriculum. Each session is consist of 1-hour lesson, which is repeated daily from Monday to Friday. The lesson starts at 8 a.m. and ended at 5 p.m..

   Material and Other Learning Sources

This school use the materials accordance with core curiculum of K 12. Every subject has two books. First book for teacher as teacher’s guide and second book for students. I think it’s looks like in my country.In Indonesia also apply two books for each subject. The book for teacher and student. Sometimes teacher used picture, video, and create their own materials for teaching.

Measurement and Evaluation System

Assessment is a process that is used to keep track of learner's progress in relation to learning standards and in the development of 21st century skill; to promote self-reflection and personal accountability among students about their learning; and to provide bases for the profiling of student performance on the learning competencies and standard of the curriculum. 

Teacher should employ classroom assessment methods that are consistent with curriculum standard. It is important for teachers to always     inform             learners about the objectives of the lesson, so that the latter will aim to meet or even exceed the standard. The teacher provides immediate feedback to students about their learning progress. Classroom assessment also measures the achievement of competencies by the learners. The evaluation system used in Graciano Lopez Jeana Elementary School are including short quizes, long quizes, homeworks, discussions, presentations, and also the mid-term and end-term exam.

The system of the evaluation in this school is every quarter year the teacher will report about the progress of the students and every end of the yeasr there is a appreciate moments for the best students every class.


 Curriculum

Elementary school , sometimes called primary school or grade school , is the first part of the educational system and it includes the first six years of compulosory education ( grades 1-6) after compulosory pre-school educational called Kindergarten .

In public schools, the core/major subjects that were introduced starting in Grade 1 include Mathematics, Filipino, and Araling Panlipunan (this subject is synonymous to Social Studies).English is only introduced after the second semester of Grade 1. Science is only introduced starting Grade 3. Other major subjects then include Music, Arts, Physical Education, and Health (abbreviated as MAPEH), TLE (Technology and Livelihood Education) for Grade 6, EPP (Edukasyong Pantahanan at Pangkabuhayan) for Grades 4 and 5, Mother Tongue (Grades 1-3) and Edukasyon sa Pagpapakatao (synonymous to Ethics, Values or Character Education). In private schools, subjects in public schools are also included with the additional subjects including:Computer Education as a separate subject, though it is included in EPP and TLE through its ICT component. In Christian and Catholic schools, Religious Education is also part of the curriculum like Christian Values and Ethics, Christian Living, or Bible Studies. Islamic schools like Madrasa schools have a separate subjects for Arabic Language and for Islamic Values or abbreviated as ALIVE. Chinese schools may also have subjects in Chinese Language and Culture. International schools also have their own subjects in their own language and culture.

From Kindergarten-Grade 3, students will be taught using their mother tongue, meaning the regional languages of the Philippines will be used in some subjects (except Filipino and English) as a medium of instruction. Aside from being incorporated as a language of instruction, it is also a separate subject for Grades 1-3. But from Grade 4, Filipino and English as a medium of instruction will then be used.

#Day 7 (August, 21) Eid Adha'

Today is a holiday because it coincides with the day of the hero. Today is the day of Eid al-Adha. It feels like happy and sad :(
I'm happy  because  Eid adha day has come, and sad to have to celebrate the of Eid Adha in the other country . The sadness is almost the same as when we could not attend the ceremony on Indonesian independence day.

On that day we went to Lapaz to have Eid Adha prayer together. Alhamdulillah, one of our buddies has Islam, she is Asifa. Asnifa who took us to Lapaz for Eid Adha prayer together.
We leave at 7:00 a.m. and we ride the jeepney. Arriving there, we saw many Muslims. At that time I thought, Alhamdulillah it turns out that there are many Muslims here too. As usual, we sang takbir and then we prayed 2 rakaats.

At that time, I really felt sad and missed the atmosphere of Eid Adha at home. I miss praying with my family, it makes me shed tears.

At that time we only prayed without slaughtering cows or goats. I really miss seeing cows and goats slaughtered.After I finished praying, we took pictures together.

What is dinagyang ?

The Dinagyang Festival is a religious and cultural festival in Iloilo City, Philippines held on the 3rd Sunday of January, or right after the Sinulog in Cebu and the Ati-Atihan Festival in Kalibo, Aklan. It is held both to honor the Santo Niño and to celebrate the arrival on Panay of Malay settlers and the subsequent selling of the island to them by the Aeta's

Dinagyang began after Rev. Fr. Ambrosio Galindez, the first Filipino Rector of the Agustinian Community and Parish Priest of the San Jose Parish introduced the devotion to Santo Niño in November 1967 after observing the Ati-Atihan Festival in the province of Aklan. On 1968, a replica of the original image of the Santo Niño de Cebu was brought to Iloilo by Fr. Sulpicio Enderez of Cebu as a gift to the Parish of San Jose. The faithful, led by members of Confradia del Santo Niño de Cebu, Iloilo Chapter, worked to give the image a fitting reception starting at the Iloilo Airport and parading down the streets of Iloilo.

In the beginning, the observance of the feast was confined to the parish. The Confradia patterned the celebration on the Ati-atihan of Ibajay, Aklan, where natives dance in the streets, their bodies covered with soot and ashes, to simulate the Atis dancing to celebrate the sale of Panay. It was these tribal groups who were the prototype of the present festival. 

A participant of Dinagyang Festival

In 1977, the Marcos government ordered the various regions of the Philippines to come up with festivals or celebrations that could boost tourism and development. The City of Iloilo readily identified the Iloilo Ati-atihan as its project. At the same time the local parish could no longer handle the growing challenges of the festival.

Dinagyang was voted as the best Tourism Event for 2006, 2007 and 2008 by the Association of Tourism Officers in the Philippines. It is one of few festivals in the world to get the support of the United Nations for the promotion of the Millennium Development Goals, and cited by the Asian Development Bank as Best Practice on government, private sector & NGO cooperatives

I'm lucky to be able to wear this costume, and I'm proud of the iloilo culture!

Sources : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinagyang

City tour part II

okay ... I will continue the city tour story. After we ate traditional food, we rushed to Vietnam restaurant for lunch. yapssss this is my first experience eating at Vietnamese restaurant hehe.

we eat seafood and Vietnamese specialties.

After we had lunch, we headed to the office of Mayor Iloilo. The office is called city hall. We met directly with the mayor and talked about the city of iloilo. We are very luckily to meet him.

After meeting and talking with the mayor in the meeting room, we were welcome to see the iloilo area clothing collection and we were allowed to wear it.

The woman helped me to hold my clothes, because it was so heavy, I smiled while holding back the weight :(

we took picture with dinagyang costume. 

wopssssss ... the clothes are so cool! the clothes that I wear are very heavy, around 5-10 kilograms. Because it was so heavy I decided to take off his clothes and only wear his headdress, his headdress was also very heavy, around 3-6kg

After we finished wearing traditional clothes, we rushed to the top floor ( rooftop) to see the city of iloilo

Omg, the scenery is very beautiful. The city of iloilo is surrounded by loose seas. I want to go back there huhu :( 

And before we go home we stop by the old church, called the cathedral church. The church is very beautiful, the building is old but still standing firm. This church is one of the largest and oldest churches in the city of ilolilo

Seateacher squad Umi, nisa, me, iqbal, umi , elvin ( from left to right)

Oiya, surely you are wondering, what is the name of Iloilo????

In the next post I will explain a little about the name of traditional clothing. wait on the next post ...