One but different
That phrase may suitable with our condition right now
On August 3, 2018 I met my fellowships from the same SEA Teacher program. They came from different island, different city. We met in Soekarno Hatta airport in Jakarta, then we went to the Philippines together
We have to be 10 peoples when arrived in the Philippines, but there was an accident happen to our three friends from Sebelas Maret University (UNS) of Solo city. They couldn't get their flight from Jakarta to Philippines on schedule because the plane's door was in trouble. So they have to stay in the airport, and reschedule their flight tickets. They arrived safely on the next day, on August 4.
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We arrived in Ninoy Aquino International airport, Manila
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The Dean, Ma’am Imelda Parcasio and our teaching coordinator, Ma’am Jingle
Cuevas were fetch us in the airport. We start our journey to Benguet with BSU
mini bus. In the late of night, around 11 P.M, we stopped to grab some food,
KFC.
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| Our first meal in the Philippines |
At first, we were surprised because there was no chili sauce
in the Philippines KFC . The Indonesians were love spicy foods, that’s why we were looking for chili
sauce at that time. I try to asked to Ma’am Imelda and Ma’am Jingle also, but
they said that the sauce that available in here is just the garlic pepper sauce
as you can see on the picture above. When we tried the sauce for the first time,
it tasted weird. But then it blended well with the chicken and rice. The garlic
and pepper in that sauce tasted really good and I became addicted to the sauce 😀
After having our meals, we continue the journey to Benguet
province about 3-4 hours more. It was Friday, so there was a traffic in the road to Benguet. Ma'am Imelda and Ma'am Jingle asked us to continue our sleep since the journey is still long.
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| 7/10 delegates of SEA Teacher arrived in La Trinidad, Benguet |
That picture above was taken on the next day, August 4 at 10
A.M, before we go to our city tour with our coordinating teacher, Ma’am Jingle
Cuevas and her husband Kuya William. On the same day, other fellows from UNS
Solo arrived midnight from their long journey.
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| Finally we became complete💕 |
The first thing we done after the three girls arrived was had lunch together and take a picture. I feel that we became closer like family on our 2nd
day in here 😊
On August 5, BSU held an opening program to welcome our arrival in BSU for the SEA Teacher Program. The opening program started with the flag ceremony in front of BSU Administration Building. Then the staffs were introducing us, before we went to campus tour.
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From left to right: Fiqih, Rista, Ristya, Putri, Rina,
Wiworo, me, Herman, Risal, and Andhyta
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| I and Herman |
I and Herman are from the same university, but different study program. Both of us came from South Kalimantan province, on Kalimantan island. He’s faculty located in another city named Banjarbaru, the Lambung Mangkurat University (ULM) second campus. While my faculty located in Banjarmasin city, the Lambung Mangkurat University (ULM) main campus. Herman is originally Banjarnese, a people from Banjar ethnic. Meanwhile I am Javanese, a people from Java ethnic.
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Those girls in blue are Wiworo, Ristya and Rista.
They are
from UNS Solo city in Central Java.
Three of them are Javanese people.
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| The Boys |
From left to right on the picture above:
Risal from Halu Oleo University, Kendari, Sulawesi island
Fiqih from Jambi University, Jambi, Sumatra island
Herman from Lambung Mangkurat University, Banjarbaru,
Kalimantan island
Meeting the new people is fun. I know that we're belong to different island, came from different ethnic and background, we lived in harmony and those factors doesn't change our goal to learn something new in the Philippines.
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