Project: Hello World!

The Welcome Party Invitation The day has come, the welcome party i had been waiting for. We were wearing our traditional dress, Kiki wear kebaya, Iin, Mega and Akbar wears "Baju Bodo" a traditional dress from Makassar and me? well, i only wear my regular batik. 9 AM, the buddies came to the dormitory to greet and pick us to the SMU's AVR 1 room. Inside the AVR room, everyone has already waited for us, wearing blue uniform, greeted us. One of the buddies then lead us to the front seat, and i saw Ma'am Libey and Ma'am Matet already there and smiling at us. Ma'am Matet giving a welcome speech The party was started by prayer, leaded by one of our buddy, Tina, then some key people like Sir Moises, Ma'am Matet and Ma'am Libey are giving us a welcome speech, and then followed by students from all the majors of STEH, there are Music, Art, Physical Education and Humanity (MAPEH), English Department, Filipino Department and, School of Health and Natur...

After the fun at welcome party, Ma'am libey took us to our "office" for the next 2 weeks, Saint Mary's University Junior High School and Science High School. It wasn't far from campus, only like 2 minutes less by Tricey. Truly a massive school. Junior High School Department of SMU A quick snap before we going inside the view from inside. SMU Junior High School also part of the Saint Mary's University as secondary derpartment. The School itself use K to 12 Curriculum which is the in the Philippine's Education System. The logo of SMU However, the curriculum was modified since SMU Junior High School is a private school, like having a special class for the English subject, especially for the speaking, and some system to meet the standard from the university. K to 12 means the students will through 12 years of education, 6 years for the primary education, 4 years for the Junior High School, and 2 years for the High School. Sourc...

Monday, January 22, 2018 5.47 AM, the sky was clear, i can barely saw the hills that surrounds Nueva Vizcaya, and the sun slowly rise from behind the hills plus the voice of the birds singing, how lucky i am, my dorm window view was heading to east, i can enjoy the beautiful view of sunrise between the hills everyday. I took a bath and wear my batik dress and alma mater, of course, don't forget the DSLR. All of my dormmate already prepared and we went to the campus, Saint Mary's University. Dr. Liberty told us to meet her at pavilion on 7.00 AM.  We passed the security guard, they already know that we are there for the students exchange program, actually, everyone who wants to go inside of the campus must tap their id card to the counter so the gate can be opened, or at least show the id to the guards, it was quite strict, but we don't have to go through the security check because you know.... students exchange, what a privilege. Later, we meet Dr. Matet near to the ...

Sunday, January 21, 2018 Safely landed 6.15 AM, finally, safely landed on NAIA (Ninoy Aquino International Airport) Manila, after  a long boring flight, it takes around 4 hours from KLIA to NAIA Manila. As usual, immigration check before taking the luggage, unfortunately there is no free wifi in NAIA, so my phone can't update the location weather. By the way, everytime i go somewhere, i usually update the weather location in my phone, because it records my location history, so i can track back the places i have visited in the past. "Mabuhay" or "Hello!", is the first Tagalog word i learned, i found it in a text message i received from NAIA when my Indonesian provider in roaming mode.   After i finished the immigration check and taking my luggage, i don't really know where to go next. I just walk to the outside and hoping that there will be someone from SMU (Saint Mary's University) holding some kind of sign that looks familiar to me. Thank god, A...