We were scheduled to have free time too. The missing days in the post were our days off and these were the activities we did: Cleaning We did laundry and just did our room cleaning. Making lesson plan It was usually done before our teaching practice. We would have one whole day to do it…
Day 11 – It’s Charter Day!
It was Saturday morning. We wore our casual clothes. We did not have any idea what charter day was about, but they said that it was to celebrate the 81st anniversary of Iloilo city. First, we went to Iloilo market (exactly at Iloilo and Chinese friendship market). We were after the ISAT dance grup. The…
Practice Teaching Week
From Friday to the next Friday, I had to teach the classes assigned to me. I spent most of the time at school. It could be teaching, checking, supervising, and assisting the teacher. We learned a lot during this time. Before I taught the students, I have to make a lesson plan. The lesson plan…
Introduction and Observation Days
On Wednesday, Wilai and I had an appointment with Ma’am Emmie at 9 in the morning. She handled 2 grades (grade 7 and 9). She gave us the topics and the schedules. She also wanted us to experience all of her classes so we would teach all grade 7 and 9. For the first class,…
Day 7 – “Memorable Eid Al-Adha”
We’re so happy because it’s our holy day, Eid Al Adha. We went to the Lapaz field to pray at 6 am. We usually do takbiran and cow, goat, buffalo or camel were slaughtered after the prayer. The slaughtering was called animal sacrifice (kurban in Indonesia) Then, the meat was given to the poor. “We…
Day 6 – Iloilo City Touring
The next day was Monday and we had to come to the flag ceremony at 7 am at the school gymnastic. The students had already lined up with their school uniform. After singing Philippines’ National Anthem and ISAT U Hymn, we introduced ourselves on the stage one by one. I noticed that the students there…
Day 5 – Cooking and Tasting Filipino’s Food!
It was Sunday morning. The two Thai girls went to church. Meanwhile, we went to a wet market at 11 a.m. by riding a jeepney. They called it wet market because it was really wet. The name of the market was La Paz Public Market. We would like to cook chicken adobo. It meant that…
Day 4 – Most Expensive Souvenir Ever!
On Saturday, we went to Iloilo river by bus. We watched dragon boat competition. The activity was held once a year. The competition was joined by 3 boats. It was like any other racing competition, the first one who arrived at the finish line was the winner. The difference was the competition used dragon boats…
Day 3 – “New Beginnings through Indonesia Independence Day”
This 17th day of August, we once again sat in front of many people. It was a signing event for company cooperation (MoA). Again, we were welcomed nicely by all the important people there. After the MoA, we remembered that day was also Indonesia’s Independence day. We brought our flag and wore our national clothes,…
Day 2 – Officially Becoming a Part of ISAT U College of Education!
The next day was not really as hot as the first day, but our spirit was the one which flamed more than the previous day. That day was Thursday. The date was August, 16th 2018. We were in our uniform, ready to be parts of our receiving university, Iloilo Science and Technology University or ISAT…
Edu Explorer in Iloilo 