Februaty 14 (closing program)

Today is the closing day for the SEA-Teacher and SEA-TVET program, this morning I visit the high school department for the last time. Today is valentine's day, high school has an interesting event to celebrate today. each class makes a stand for selling food, clothes, booth to take pictures, there is even a game stand. I think they are very creative in celebrating this event.

During the day we went to Lingayen to attend the closing ceremony, all sea-teacher and sea-tvet participants attended this event, in this event all participants were certified by PSU. At the end of the show Indonesia performed Poco-poco dan Maumere dance, Thailand also performed traditional dances.

After the event was over, we returned to Bayambang, on our way to find food for dinner.

February 11

This is our last week in the SEA-Teacher program, and today we are on holiday to the famous Baguio area with the mountains and have cold weather. We departed very early at 4:00 am using the van and together with our friends who teach at San Carlos and also the SEA-TVET participants.

We arrived in Baguio at 10.00 am and visited Burnham Park and also traveled there. I try Baguio customs and take pictures around the lake, after that we look for souvenirs that we will bring to Indonesia and then buy lunch

After that we headed to The Mansion which is the residence of former president of the Philippines, Ferdinand Marcos and his photo do photos, I am very impressed with the house because it has a very large size, then we headed to the Botanical Garden. Everyone enjoy their last holiday. after that we return to Bayambang and until dorm at 11.00 pm.

February 3, holiday

Saturday is a holiday for all activities, today Ms. Sally planned a vacation for all SEAMEO program participants. We woke up very early today at 4.00 am to get ready as this trip would be a tiring journey. All participants leave by bus and van provided by PSU, the first destination is the center of mangrove cultivation in Bolinao, where we try to plant mangroves provided by the board followed by lunch together.

After that we go to Patar White Beach Bolinao, here we release all the burden, forget the lesson plan, and practice teaching. Next trip proceed to Hundres Island for dinner and looking for souvenirs but unfortunately we found it difficult to find halal food.

teaching practice (january 30 - february 9)

Today is my first time for teaching practice, actually all participants have teaching on Monday, but for me start from Tuesday because I don’t have class on Monday. But on Monday I have schedule to be teacher assistant for my friend.

Today my practice teaching in grade 9, our subject is about economi, and topic for teaching today is about “unemployment” .  Actually last night I already prepared every thing, lesson plan, assessment, assignment, power point for presentation, video and picture for motivation, and the importand is preparing my self.

(Grade 9)

I started the lesson with greeting, praying, and checking attendance. Before starting to the topic, I show about some types of work in the world, this I do to attract the attention of students to be curious about the topic today.

Then I also show a video about unemployment. I divided the class for 4 groups, every one group get one topic to discuss. After discussing each groups must present it in front class.

I also gave a question to do in 5 minutes. 

All students follow the lesson well until the end. I close the lesson by giving conclusions from the topic today.

At that time I was evaluated by Mr. Justin as my supervisor. actually i have 3 supervisor, ma'am marry joy, Mr reynate mangsat, and Mr justin. but in this time Mr justin evaluated for grade 9, ma'am marry joy evaluated for grade 10, and Mr reynate Mangsat evaluated for grade 8. 

Practice teaching is done for two weeks. Its start from January 30 until February 9.

I do my practice teaching well for two weeks in garde 8, garde 9, and grade 10. every night before I always prepare lesson plan to become my reference in teaching.

lesson plan that I use with formats from philippines. lesson plan is certainly different from the format of Indonesia.

(Grade 8)

(grade 10)

January 28

Happy holiday everybody. Sunday is the awaited day, actually I bored with my routine activity, making lesson plan. Every Saturday or Sunday we did not do activities at school, so Mr. Arman took us to the beach today. Mr. Arman is our coordinator, he who takes care of all our needs in the bayambang, he is very good.

So today Mr arman took us on vacation to Dagupan. There is Tondaligan beach. we bought our supplies, chicken, meat, fish, and cooking spices that we would use to cook food on the beach.

Arriving at the beach I see the usual sights I found in Indonesia, the beach here is not different from the beach in Indonesia.

Upon arriving at the beach we made a fire to burn the side dishes, the man cooked the side dishes and the women prepared the spices. At 2 pm food ready to eat, we eat very hard because we have not had breakfast before. After the meal we played on the beach, there is a bath and there are only playing on the beach, in essence we are very happy. On our way home we are taking carlos to meet Ms Sally. and you must know, today is the day of moving !! Once up the hotel we moved to the hostel.

January 24 - January 26

Today this is the first day for observation. Because I am from Geography Department, I will do social studies class observation. my observation with 3 friends who are also same major of social studies, and followed by buddies. I forgot to tell you before, I got buddies who will help me for one month. I have two buddies they are Eunice and Charming. so everyone will get one or more buddies.

I made my first observation in Grade 7, the teacher who was in Grade 7 at that time was Mr. Arturo Kibra with Economic subject. Before starting the lesson, Mr. Kibra introduced us to students. All students are very welcoming and enthusiastic.

this is grade 7 with Mr Arturo Kibra

this is all social studies and the buddies

After that we talk with mr. Kibra about education at the school. So, PSU INTEGRATED SCHOOL uses curriculum 12. High school department is very different from school in Indonesia. There 4th year for junior high school and 2nd year for senior high school. mr kibra said, for subject social studies in high school they will learn one topic only, for example this year Grade 7 is only about Economics, then Grade 8 is studying history. So, the next year they will learn a different topic.

After finishing a long story with Mr. Kibra, me and my friends continue to observe in the next class according to the schedule that has been determined.

This observation continued for three days until january, 26. during my observations I had many teaching experiences I had never seen before. such as giving motivation at the beginning of learning, this is to cultivate students' curiosity on the topic to be studied

this is grade 8 (january, 25)

grade 9 makabayan (january, 26)

january, 22

Today we have a visit to meet the governor and the government. But, we were late for the show because it was hit by a traffic jam on the way from Bayambang to the government building. All Sea-Teacher and Sea-Tvet PSU participants gathered. Some of us wear traditional clothes from their respective regions, ranging from Indonesia, Thailand, and even Vietnam.

After that we attended the opening ceremony for the sea-teacher and sea-tv program. In this event they welcome to the PSU, they welcomed very kindly, as well as some welcome greetings from Pressident of Pangasinan State University, they also display various arts from Philippines, such as traditional dance, also singing.After that we attended the opening ceremony for the sea-teacher and sea-tv program. In this event they welcome to the PSU, they welcomed very kindly, as well as some welcome greetings from Pressident of Pangasinan State University, they also display various arts from Philippines, such as traditional dance, also singing.

At the opening ceremony we met mam sally. she is the most important person in this program because mam sally takes care of all our needs for a month here. Mam sally is very kind and considerate even to a small thing. I am very lucky mam sally is a very caring person with us.

We met mr. Butet. He is the president of Pangasinan State University. He is still very young and handsome. Me and my friend from Padang State University give something to Mr.Butet . not only me, friends from other universities also give a gift to Mr.Buted.

I forgot to tell you, before the show started we were given lunch. this food is very tasty but not spicy, i really miss spicy food.

january, 21

This is my first day in the philippines. This will be an incredible experience for me because I would move in a foreign country for a month. I am also very curious about something new in Philippines.

My first day started with a long journey from manila to Bayambang, Pangasinan. me and some other friends were picked up by the PSU at ninoy aquinoy international airport. Not much activity for today because I spent a long time on the road to get to the bayambang.

Although this is very tiring but it is also fun because I got a new friend from Thailand, we talked a lot during lunch.

this is my new friend from thailand, his name is ponlawat promwinai from chiang mai, and the girl in front is my friend from same university.

After continuing the journey, we finally arrived at Pangasinan State University in Bambang. I was greeted by other friends who had arrived earlier in Bayambang, most of them from Indonesia.

After a take a rest, we prepared for dinner, we ordered food from canteen. Honestly I dont like the dinner menu, because I am not familiar with the food here.

  

I dont know what the name of our diner tonight, but the taste is sweet.

If you are Indonesian, and like spicy, I suggest to bring chili powder, or chili sauce, because in Philippines it is very rare to find spicy food.

sea-teacher project (january, 20)

This is my first experience to visit other country, I was very excited and happy. I am grateful to God for give the opportunity to join the sea-teacher program to Philippines at pangasinan state university. I have prepared everything needed for a month in Philippines. My journey to the Philippines was long and exhausting, I started my journey to the airport at 05.00am and arrived at the international airport minang kabau at 6.00 am. Before that I had to gather with other friends who are also from state university of padang who have the same destination.

The first flight from padang to kuala lumpur is at 8.00 am kuala lumpur, and the next flight from kuala lumpur to manila at 9.00pm. we arrived kuala lumpur at 10.00 am and this meant we had to wait very long for the next flight. But this is not a problem because in kuala lumpur international airport there are many shops, restaurants, cafes, even places of worship. We spent time taking a walk around the airport, we bought lunch, and bought greentea ice cream.

At 07.00 pm we are getting ready to continue our journey to Manila. The journey from kuala lumpur to manila is longer than the previous trip from the field. finally we arrived in manila at 01.00 am on January 21. But we have to wait for the PSU crew to come pick us up at the airport.