On this day September 05,2019 it was just a regular day going to school. We started our school activities on having a zumba for the school including students and teachers. It was a regular activity every thursday starting at 6:30 in the morning. I was so happy and always looking forward to have zumba every thursday because it relaxes my body and also an exercise for me, helping me to have a healthy body and mind.
Bu leli the chairwoman of the curriculum department in MI PKP called me and ask me to go to the teacher’s office in the afternoon and said that finally I will be able to meet the other filipinos who also sent by UHAMKA in PKP DKI Jakarta. The Chairman of the yayasan building call a meeting together with the SEA-Teacher Coordinator of UHAMKA Pak Purnama and the other teachers from SMA, TMS and MI also known as the Junior High, Senior High and Elementary Schools of PKP DKI Jakarta. The meeting was held in yayasan or library building of PKP.
I was able to to introduced myself to everyone and I am so grateful and happy to finally meet the school directors and off course my co-filipinos who also representatives of the country for the 8th batch of SEA Teacher Project. They were Ms.Christine Boncodin and Ms.Jelyn Maramag from Central Bicol State University of Agriculture. I was so happy to finally meet and see a filipino because I live and stay in PKP Jakarta for three weeks being the only filipino there.
For the next day September 06,2019 I spent my whole day in MI observing class 3A, 2C,6A and teach in class 6B and class 2A. For the class 2A I teach them about writing and reading verb and integration of Jakarta Culture and Environment. Today I was able to receive some gifts from my students and teachers in MI, like letters, foods and “batik” the traditional clothes of Indonesia. I am always happy going to MI PKP everyday because they treat me there as their family too and I am always grateful to be there.
At 4:30 pm I was able to meet Ms.Christine and Ms.Jelyn to finally talk about their experiences going in Indonesia and also my experiences staying in PKP DKI Jakarta. We meet at the park in the front of PKP. While talking to each other I ask them to walk around the school and take some pictures in other spots of PKP and also buildings and front gates of the schools. We finish chatting and walking around at around 6:30 in the evening and we decided to go back to our dorms and prepare for dinner time.
Before the night gets over I was able to have some good times with the santri or students living in the dorm playing badminton and after that we have some fun times inside the dorm.
As my duty and responsibility I did not forget to pray and thanks God for guiding me and blessing me for the whole day.
JOHNRELLEMATTHEW 