Thursday, August 17, 2017

Day 9 August 16, 2017 I love Athirah








My second day of observation is in the grade 5, The students are very talkative they can speak English fluently but some of them are not
I just love talking to them because I learn something to my students and also I look around to the campus and I discovered that they also have canteen in 8th floor so I try the food there for my lunch I was very happy that moment because the food is delicious its like caldereta in the Philippines but without sauce
They also preparing for tomorrow to their Independence day everyone must wear a red or white shirt symbolizes their flag  

Day 8 August 15, 2017 First day of Observation



The students in Athirah are kind and respectful they gave respect to us through putting our hands to their forehead they are cute and adorable I was observing the class of Teacher Erna in Grade 4 they participate in the class for the whole time the best thing that I Realize while observing them, they had the best classroom the school provides the conducive classroom in every grade level the ventilation are all good the students had their own locker to put their bags and food they also had a  mini library in their room 

Day 7 August 14, 2017 First day in Athirah Islamic Scho










We meet the Principal of the school before we start he gave us an orientation and background of their school majority of the students and teachers in Athirah are muslim they have 3000 students and 300 teachers this year, We will teach in the primary level,  for this whole week we need to observed the teacher on how she gave the instructional methods and material to the students

Day 6 August 13, 2017 Sundate






We went to the Traditional places here in Makassar like Fort Rotterdam and Losarie Beach
We also eat some street foods I enjoyed exploring their country.


Day 5 August 12, 2017 Exploring Makassa





We have to wake up early in the morning Sir Yasser and Ma’am Widya take us in Ramang Ramang one of the tourist spot here in Makassar we had to travel 2 hours and ride a boat for 30 minutes it is an awesome experience 

Day 4 August 11, 2017 T.G.I.F (Thanks God its Friday)







We meet and great Sir Yasser (coordinator in Makassar) He treat us for lunch and we ate some traditional food here in Indonesia to be honest I’m having a hard time to find a suit food for tummy,

After that we went to  Pannakukang Mall  the biggest mall here in Makassar the people there thought that were celebrities I was like oh my gosh! Because my buddies told me that I look like Prilly the famous artist here in Indonesia that’s why many people wants to take picture with me 

Day 3 August 10 2017 Another day of Surpris




Ma’am Widya (coordinator here in Makassar) assigned us to present a micro teaching, I discussed about intonation after the presentation, We went to the Biology and Chemistry Faculty I am surprised because it looks like UP (University of the Philippines) the campus is surrounded by many trees the Students there are kind and hospitable they talk to us and they also gave some information about how the conduct an experiment to their class.

Day 2 August 9, 2017 Campus Tou






We woke up early in the morning and ate  breakfast in the Fakultas Ilmu Pendidkan one of the 9 Faculties in UNM (Universitas Negeri Makassar)  it is the Education Faculty for primary level the campsu is place in different places here in Makassar we also have the campus tour in the UNM Pinisi campus the main Building of UNM we had the First Orientation with Ma’am Widya she gave us information about Makassar and we study the basic language of Bahasa Indonesia

We also meet and talk to the VPAA of the UNM he is very hospitable and kind because he want us to come to their house and gave us some tour in Makassar.

1st day August 8 2017 Touch down Indonesia





We arrived in Jakarta Indonesia @ 1:00 am and we have to wait for the connecting flight to Makassar, We arrived in Makassar @ 8:00 AM in the morning and the Indonesian people they had a warm welcoming to us in the airport
We had ate our breakfast in Mcdonalds it has a similarities to our country  but I observed that the people are not using spoon and fork to eat they used their hand instead so I am very shock after that moment.  after we  ate  we went to the market to buy some stuff that we needs and we went to our hotel

Our room in the hotel is big and we have two beds and comfort room we also  have TV and aircon

UNM (Universitas Negeri Makassar) gave their best to accomdate us and were very thankful to them