January, 21st 2018 - Arrived at Davao City The first day live in Davao. I took a flight of Cebu Pacific Airways from Jakarta to Davao. But first I have to transit first in Manila (the capital city of Philippines). The flight from Jakarta to Manila is 4 hours. It is quite tired. When I am in the aircraft, honestly I really can't sleep. I took the night flight, so everyone is sleeping, but I am not really sleep there. The total time of the flight is 6 hours. After took a long time flight, finally I arrived at Davao City. The airport name is Fransisco Bangoy International Airport. The small city, but it is the safest city in Philippines. I took the same flight with my friends from Lambung Mangkurat University, Banjarmasin. They are Normi and Syifa. When we arrived there, we already being fetched by the teachers, sister, students, and of course the driver. They are very welcoming us (really). The teachers are Ma'am Jo-Ann Y. Solomon and Ma'am Helenne Pregua. There is one sister from Indonesia, she is from East Nusa Tenggara, called by Sr. Erlin. She is the one who contacted me via Whatsapp Messenger. I am so happy to meet Indonesian sister. And there are 3 students who fetched us at the airport. They are the staff of the Education Program Organization of UIC. They are Jude, Jasmin, and Jason (later we called 'em as 3J -three J). The last one is the Driver who called as Kuya Sam (ps; Kuya means big-brother). From the airport, before we straightly went to our dormitory, they invited us to go to the schools. First we went to the UIC at Bajada. The places is the school starts from the Kindergarten until the Senior High School. The biggest campus of UIC. And we amazed, because the building is all pink. It is cute somehow, but the pink color there is satisfying us so much. And after that they also treat us at one of the restaurant. It is called Penong's. And they took us to the halal restaurant (since we are a moslem so we have to eat something halal). The grilled chicken it's really good, and I loved it hahaha. But there is no chili sauce there. Quite sad, but I think that I have to adapt in the new places. Indonesian are really can't live without chili lol. And after that we straightly went to the main campus of UIC (our dormitory) at Bankerohan. And we met another friends from Indonesia. They are Aliana and Hendri. And our group is completed lol. This is the picture of the 5 of us. First Week In January, 22nd 2018, UIC was held the Welcome Ceremony for Us. UIC is University of the Immaculate Conception. The university is ruined by Sisters. Once when we go there, there are some event called "Bible Month". And there is some stand whose decorated by the students. Something that makes me happy is there are the moslem stand and it's decorated by the moslem students. They are so nice to us, and also they are wear the hijab. I feel like home there. In the first week of our staying, we have to do the observation. So I met my Cooperating Teacher, called Sir Randy Loja. He is the physics student of the 9th grade, and I am teaching 4 class of the 9th grade in UIC. Sir Randy Loja is so nice to me. He is understood me so much, and just like my father lol. And a whole week I did my observation with him. I saw him how he is managed his class, how is the method that he used for teaching the 9th grade students. This is some photos of me with them. In the first week or we called it as observation week, the students are having so many events. Because of the whole week is the Catholic's Teacher Day (Ssam Day). So they are having fun with it. There is one day that the teachers didn't have to teach in front of the class. And the students are being in charge of it. And the students will teach their friends. It's a good thing that I've learned in Philippines. In the end of the Ssam Day, the students and the teachers are having fun together in Auditorium. And they are performing. I can see the dance and live singing. I am having so much fun time in the first week. The good things is we have a chance to go to the mall in Davao City. So in Wednesday, we went to Victoria Plaza (the first mall they said) with Ate Lorna (our guide) and buy something. We also have a chance to go to the another campus of UIC that we never been there. So on Friday we went to UIC Campus at Bonifasio (it is called by Annex Campus). The campus is for college students, and I can see the life of college students there. So happy to go to there, because there are lot of delicious food. We also happy because Ma'am Pregua is treat us some dessert, called as Maize con Hielo. It made by cereal, milk, corn, and an ice. An the tastes is really good. And we loved it very much. In the end of the first week, we are being invited by Indonesian Sisters in UIC to have some fun with 'em. In the morning we went to Annex Campus to stay at Sister's Cloister there, and we cooked Indonesian dishes with Sisters. We also eat together, singing a song together. Feels like home because we met Indonesian in the another country. After we finished our lunch, straightly we went to SM Lanang Mall. Maybe this is the second time to go to the mall. We having our quality time as Indonesian. Before we go back to our dormitory, we went to the another mall, it is called by Abreeza Mall. Another good mall of Davao City. And we also took some photos there. This is the preview of our photos together on Sunday. In the first week, we also have our tasks. To prepared for our teaching week in the second and third week, we have to understand our lesson and we have to make learning plan for our teaching. So I've to learned more about "Projectile Motion" and I have to made a learning plans. One learning plan is for one day. So I have to make about 5 or 6 learning plan. Because the minimum hours of our teaching is 20 hours. So while we observed, we also do our task and having fun with our friends in Philippines.
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