my Last week In Thailand

Februari 15th 2016

This was the last week for me in Thailand, that means today was the last day to tought in Satit Valaya Alongkorn. Today I was not only tought at prathom 1/2 but it also a farewell present for my student. In that time I was reusing the same method in the first day I tought in this class, in purpose to know that my student understand about the lesson I gave this whole time, and the result is very satisfied, cause they understand the lesson, in short I successful in teaching them.

My student now were able to count in math with JARIMATIKA method, some student ain’t to cooperated or joining with other student, now they show an attidute that they want to cooperate. However behind that all I was sad cause I should back to my country and leave all my student, but the most thing that make me so sad was I didn’t met with Fang. Over all I was glad also because one of the teacher told me that the day before, Fang’s parents want to met but I was already back to the dormitory. Fang’s parents send their gratitude cause I could make Fang become a better child and a better student.

In the afternoon, I was hurried to dormitory to preparing all stuff about the education fair and also to prepared my traditional dance with my team. My difficulties in my preparation were I don’t had any printer to get all information about indonesia tradition in purpose to show all the audiences, I also didn’t have any equipment to finish my fair stand. Luckly my school wanted to help us to prepare the equipment that so hard for us to get it.

Februari 16th 2016

I went to the exhibition location with my friends and prepared our booth with theme INDONESIA. All about Indonesia was exist in our booth. In front side was the map of indonesia, every corner and side was hanging an information about province, district, and ethnic group. In the ceiling was decored with origami, in the center of the booth there was a traditioanl game named “congklak”. 2 of my friend got job to be a mascot of our booth. They wear a traditional uniform from Makassar ethnic. Me and Fatimah had Job about the rule abour congklak game, and another friends had job to gave explanation about all tradition in every district in Indonesia to the visitors.

Because our booth was in Englsish area. So all of the visitors should used english language. Beside our booth there was a booth from college student VRU. They made a game about guessing, and if we success to guess the word we’ll got a present from them. The fair was begun in 8 a.m until 12 p.m, this time just applied for English and ASEAN area. After we closed our booth, we went to get some lunch and enjoy the rest of the time to walk around in the exhibition area, after that we went to the HUSO(Humanity and Social Science) faculty. I was wear a traditional uniform to HUSO faculty, because they want to know more about the tradition in Indonesia. They were so interest with Indonesia tradition but we didn’t have more time because we should went to wangnoy school in ayutaya to saw the preparation in ASEAN exchange Culture. Specially for me as their coach in practiced the traditional dance, I should wacthed their dance preparation.

In ayutaya, we also praticed our dance performance that we’ll show in Valaya Alongkorn rajabat unversity. At 8 p.m. we back to the dormitory for dinner and also to prepared our uniform for the performance tomorrow and we practice untill 12 a.m.

February 17th 2016

At 6 in a half a.m. we went to ayutaya to attend the ASEAN exchange culture. They performn a traditional dance from indonesia and from thailand. It so excited and so fun. In the end of the event, they asked me to give a short speech about my experienxe being in thailan and the last thing they asked us to said good bye to all students. At 10 p.m. ajahn Taan lead us to the VRU. We suddenly to the education faculty to got make up as we arrived in Vru. At 1 p.m. we went to the hall, there were so many VRU student wear thailand traditional uniform. It look likes they was prepared in performn their traditional dance. In the left and right stage there are booth with their tradional ethnic in each district in thailand. In that event we from Indoneisa student as the second performer. We performn four ethnic tradition dance wich are Makassar,Melayu, Bugis and Toraja. Our perfomance was held in 8 minute, after that our friends named muyii and Ilham as the MC gave us 5 question wich is in that question asked about the meaning of our dance, so as the creator of this dance, I had to explain to them even I got terrible voice. And then they asked us to speak in thailand language, some of my friends are difficult to speak in thailand, but luckly after stayed in thailand.one month I could count numbet 1-10 in thailand and said hello in thailand. After that we sitted down with the VRU student. Actually I was interest with their performance.

February 18th 2016

I followed the international class in VRU to get lecturing. The lecture ask me to introducing my self. I was suprised cause I saw my programing friends Vivien and Yi-lin. Than I sitted down with them, Yi-lin and Vivien to got PBL subject. I’m so interest with that subject cause they asking us to play a role and control our emotion. The benefit is to prepare us in controling the situation in class. For me that subject was very educating and interesting.

After the class over, I went to the college library. There are so many books but only a few books written and translated into english. I tried to lookig the history of thaland but that books only available in thailand language. So I just readed the history of thailand’s art

Februari 19th 2016

At 8 a.m. we went to the rector of VRU. To farewell with she and all of her staff. Than we went to the Chippatana Foundation in Bangkok. There we got introduced about the empire of thailand. Than we introduced also with the Chippatana Foundation program in education that had relation with SEAMEO. Actually we had to SEAMOE at 1 p.m. but our friends should take ‘shalat Jum’at’ and in Friday bangkok will got traffic jam, that make us stayed in Chippatana Foundation to make a presentation about our experience in Thailand. In 2 p.m. we should back to VRU.

February 20th 2016

I met my best friends, the student college who had follow student exchange in Indonesia, Mapple. She had back in february 18th. But, because of my activities that so tight I will be met her today, but not for long because mapple should work part time in the afternoon. So we make a promise to met in the tesure cafe. in that cafe I just only could take my dinner and back to dormitory because I was not so well.

Februari 21st 2016

I was not take long time in hangout outdoor. I just prepared my stuff in to back home to Indonesia, and Mapple was came to visit me in dormitory. In the night I was dinner in the teasure with my thailand friends also for give a farewell for everyone

February 22nd 2016

7 a.m. i went to the airport with all my friends lead by ajahn aranya and my friend coach. I thought only them just lead us, but after in airport I met with Muyii, Nana, Jane, and Hamdi. After give farewell to them, I moved to the imigration office, but a funny situation happen, cause the office thougth I was a terrorist. But, that’s not a problem cause I they found that they were wrong at all.

Finally I arrived in Jakarta at 2.45 p.m. and I should wait for the next plan at 9.p.m. but, unfortunately because of the weather were not so good my plane get delayed untul 11 p.m. and I can arrived in Makassar 2.30 a.m.

So, in Sultan Hasanuddin Airport I met with my parents, and back to my home.

For the next, I hope I could reach my next plan. Aamiin.

Thanks for everything.

The Best Experience ever in White Elephant's land

The thrid weeks of this program, I had teaching in three classes. First day I teached in Prathom 1/2 about number operation. Actually Ajahn Win also helped me to lead the students. This day ajahn thitaree saw my teaching since she wanna observate and gived her comment about my class, so I can improve my teaching. In the next classes, I had uses ajahn thitaree’s suggestion, and it works. The students can understanding well my explain. Beside that I combined two languages in once. First, I was speaking english then follow by thailand language when the student get confused about my explain. As the solution, I used several methods which little bit explain by word but the students can exploration their idea. But I have to learned thailand based language during my class since I just teach in low level classes. Some students has know basic vocabulary, but they can’t use it well, and the other students didn’t know at all. I think They just need to get more guidance without any pressure and force while get learning with slow and by seeing their cognitive development level.

Today I thought in Fang’s class, before that I got some extra energy when I knew I would teaching in Prathom 1/3. Because I always excited when teaching in fang’s class. During the study process, I tried to not make fang as my first priority in classroom, even his behaviour still not good enough but his habit like suddenly lay down on the floors has decreasing and its like he's never done that anymore. Now, fang can make count over 20. He also has learn to not obey the basic rule. During the lesson process he seems quite attentive and do the task that he got. Fang's talent on art has attracting the teachers attention now. He got appreciate and equally treatment with other students. I hope, this situation would continue since fang still in first grade

Next class is prathom 2/2. I thought geometri subject. It's Little bit harder cause I had to explain many things on this subject. The difficulty is on the different language between us. That differences make me confuse in the end. Finally I made a mini game about basic geometry, through that methods I success make all students active in the class. 10 minutes last in prathom 2/2.Mey is VRU college student who also doing a practice teaching come and give information that ajahn araya wants to met me in his office. I and my friend who helped me teaching promise that will confirm come at 16.00 p.m after the class over. But first I have to get permission from ajahn titharee as my guidance teacher.

 

cooperative

Finally after I get the permission, I running to the office ajahn aranya and met her. Ajahn aranya told me that he want to seeing my teaching schedule. When he saw it, he asked how many class that I already teach, and I said 'I got 7 classes'. She shocked and said I supposed to focused only 2 classes with 8 hours in teaching in one week. It's so different with before which 22 hours in one week.

In that office not only ajahn aranya but there are 2 other lectures which is ajahn kate and ajahn bandit. First time i heard name ajahn bandit, I shocked  but after got explanation about bandit in thailand means wisdom man, I also know that the pronoun is bandid not bandit. Ajahn bandid and ajahn kate are supervisor of me, fatimah, and nelly, which is also we in the same institution, satit valaya alongkorn.

They discuss about my schedule that have too many time and could drain my energy, and I still have other activity outside of the school. Finally they askes me to choice 2 classes that I want to teach. So I point prathom 1/2 and 1/3 because there is a challenger from Fang. They also confirm that in the thursday the class would be visited by the supervisor. I'm so shock to hear it. They also asked us to send all of our lesson plan before we teach in the next day. So in the night on the same day, me and fatimah were go to the cafe room in the campus VRU to send the whole lesson plan and prepared out material for a week because there was a change on my subject and class that would I thought.

Tuesday, I thought just like usually but I started the class with warming up, it's chicken dance with all student in the class, so the students can enjoy to accept the lesson. It's clearly have a good effect cause when I asking a question, they quickly answer it. A theory “open the gate, the reptil's brain gate so you can easy to control their limbik brain”. I continue the lesson with guess the values games. I separated them into 3 group with each group had 1 marker. Than, with alternately from number to number. Changing the question for each group, and they still enthusiast to follow the game. They jumping and running to get to the board and write the answer even they just wanted to help their friends. A good class is a class that so loud cause a lesson activities. In the end of the lesson process, I gave them a task to evaluated the student’s knowledge and finally they can make the task by their own without any much question to the teacher.

I Got news from my friend in ayuthayta that the students there wants to learn a traditional dance from Makassar (Indonesia). I was suprised and excited. My friends is Sulaiman told me that I would taken in VRU around 14.00 p.m. So after the class is over, I went to the dormitory for make a preparation. I got picked up by the teacher in ayuthayya. She wear a scout uniform. I could easily recognize her because as it were in every monday the school had scout club schedule.

So I got to ayuthayya by a school car. Finally I arrived in school named Wangnoi phanomyong Witthaya  School. I got warm greetings and kindly. I got lead to a room with a huge glass in front. Through that glass, I can saw the shadow of the student sitting while waiting me came. I get inside and soon introducing my self. I give short explanation about the names and the meaning of the dance that I will represented, that is about the attitude of womans in south sulawesi are soft, nice, beautiful and courteus, beside this dance is one of famous dances in Indonesia. Next I explain to the students step by step of the dance

The dance that I will represented is tulolonna sulawesi. I had bring this dance when my brother wedding. But this time time I should cut the half of this dance till 3 minutes 20 sec Short. The reason behind that is, because the practice time only few days and my time being in here just 2 hours. They asked me to dance alone first so they could see and take tape on my dance. Than I draw a pattern of their movements on the huge glass in front of them. With a code number each students. I got a chance to saw the traditional outfit from thailand. Those outfit consist of long cloth wound to cover all body until the lower leg. Its unique and interested.

At 16.45 I asked time to pray. When I finished pray, one of the teacher asked about the motion I made just now. Than I explain that was the motion us “muslim” pray to our Lord/God/ “Allah”. That teacher asked again did every people in Indonesia do it or not ?. I said no, but every muslim in the world do that. She surprised and keep asking until she asked about “what kind of prayer that I send?”. And I just said “verse in al-qur'an and according to our religion”. I end up this day with felling so happy cause I could conduct my hobby and talent in dance other country. I so proud as Indonesian

Wednesday. I though in prathom 1/2. I remade a games but with other method, which I was giving them some papers in each group than I asked them to work together and wrote the answer of the question. In the first time they got score 100, but if they late to collect their answer. They will lose 5 points. Finally this method was success.

Thursday. In this day I would got supervised. I was so nervous. I prayed. I asked blessing from my parents and other friends. Finally, I went to school and followed the school ceremony at 8.20 a.m. sharp, I came into prathom 1/3 followed by the supervisor team. In first 5 minutes I got nervous but as soon as that time I felt better than I took a deep breath and pretend that now I was teaching like usual without a supervisor. At least I could deal with unnervous. I used make a match method. I asked the students to sticking the answer in the right side of the question in a group. Then we count the result together. The students looked so enthusiastic to count their result. I gave them a task in individual to check their own knowledge. 15 minutes before the lesson over, the supervisor team excuses to leave and visit my other friends in mathayom. I got told to leave and got some reflextion in their room at 11.00 a.m. finally I pass the lunch time and hurry up to the education faculty for reflextion.

After a few minutes, I entered their room. They told me that they like my style in teaching, its looks like everything has prepared well. The students like the lesson process. But sometimes I didn't use a body language so that make the students less in understanding their lesson. My board management has gotten better but my time management was less 5 minutes. Over all they enjoy the process that represents.

Friday, I thought in 2 class which is prathon 1/2 and 1/3 with number operation subject. By putting a games in the lesson process, I revived the classroom situation durin the mathematic subject. Students played games 'make a match by line'. And they seems enthusiast to do it. I recheck their knowledge with giving a task in board. I felt sick after teaching. I got throatache. Finally ajahn titharee suggest to take rest on school clinic. After got medicine and rest, my condition got little good, then I got back to the dormitory. In the night I got fever, than I had went to the tesure cafe to get meal. After that, I know exactly that I got flu for the second times in thailand. I hope I could get well soon before back to Indonesia consider I had to follow my lecture schedule.

My trip My adventure in Thailand

For 3 weeks in thailand, I had visiting 4 tourism spot. First, jatujak traditional market. A place where all tourists came to shopping in the weekend. A place for souvenirs sold cheaper, it's like jatujak is the paradise of tourist who looking for souvenirs in white elephant land. I bought few small things as my gift for my close friends, few special things for my parents, lovely brother and sister. Not much as my else friends but I have marking all my stuff.hehehe

Next spot was ayuthayya. The center of 'WAT' actually. Ayuthayya is a former capital city of Thailand. It's like jogja in thailand. Hihihi. There are so many wat In ayuthayya. Wat is a called for temple in thai. Ayuthayya is famously by the spreading of wat in every district. Ayuthayya is a land with lot of history. We can see it by the historical heritage in here. I walked around the Ayuthayya by rent a bycicle. I got it since I ask some people on there by using Thailand language "Cau cakkayan neung khan ?" artinya "Dimana tempat penyewaan sepeda", and exactly used my knowledge in number of thailand language, hihihi, just little bit on my head.

Wat

The next stop is the grand palace. This place is the most visited place in thailand. If you came to thailand and not visiting grand palace or just taking picture there, you just like never visiting thailand at all. I feel so lucky got this invitation from ajahn aranya and ajabn tangmo with vru friends diew, muyi, jane, nana, and coach. They're so kind and willing to deliver us every place that we head to. There we get guidance by a tour guide for get information about the history and story behind this place. Those story is ramayana. I also felt luck, on watched the Buddhism pray process. A moment that almost make my tear fall because I never imagined before that I will stand inside the most famous temple in the world.

Muyiibah, Me and Diew

The next spot is cheaper market in thailand. All product there are so cheap with high quality. I bought some thing just for my self and family. I SO enjoy my days in thailand. Thanks to my parents, H. NUR Alam, S.Sos., and Hj. Darwani, my big sister Nur Alfatihani Amg, my english mentor in my life, my big brother Briptu Zulkifly Harun that always support me, sister Ryhana, Amd. Thank you to Mr. Ahmad Syawaluddin, S.Kom.,M.P.d. , Mr. Muhammad Irfan, S.Pd.,M.Pd. , Mam widya karmila sari, S.Pd.,M.Si. Mam. Nurhaeda, S.Pd.,M.Pd. , Mam Dr. Rohana, S.Pd.,M.Pd. , and my best friends Asnita Ahmad, Nurjannah Hasan, Lysia Kondobua, Ika Riska Wulandari for their help and support. Without them I couldn't stand in this place.

Scout activity of Satit Valaya Alongkorn

Second weeks at Satit Valaya Alongkorn

The second weeks of this program. I become an assistant of teacher. but, before that, I had to introduced my self in the ceremony by stand in front of the people, and they wanted me to telling about my experience stayying in Thailand. It’s like a short speech. I didn’t forget to said thank you to all people who had accept us with friendly. 

speech at ceremony

On my duty as assistant teacher. I had to help ajahn Win to teach math matter. Ajahn here is call for teacher in thailand language. I got seven classes. All for math and ASEAN subject they asked me to teaching about Indonesia culture. They so excited to hear about Indonesia culture. But unfortunately, they heard the news about the terrorist attack in Indonesia and this news was the trigger of their affraid. This like a challenges for me to show the good side of Indonesia to them, and show that indonesia people are not dangerous as their thought.

February 2^nd 2016. I had been an assistant teacher of ajahn Win. Because Ajahn Win said that He want to show me about technical teaching on low level class since the student on there are difficult to organized. That’s why I had to follow ajahn Win to his class today. I saw Ajahn Win always starting the lesson by playing a game. Today He made a game in mathematic matter about geometry. He draw three circles and a triangle then asked the students to guessing what the picture would be ?. The teacher will continue his picture to make an animal by geometric shape. That’s make all of student are very excited to answer the question.

February 3^rd until 4^th 2016. I tough math matter for a while but, next week I must teaching ASEAN subject in frist session before math. I try to speak thailand and understand it. It’s really difficult to understanding Thai language. I had tried it and always got wrong on said it. We should know the tones, stress and long sound. If it not we will said a different meaning. I learn it from my thai friends. They are Diew, Muaiy, and Naseebah. They are so kind and friendly. They always teach me to speak thailand, because it will make me easier on teaching the class. For example in thailand language Plus is Bouk, minus is lop, division is harn, and multiplication is koon.

 There is student got attention. His name is Fang. Fang is one of student in Prathom one/Three. All of teacher said Fang is Very slow in capturing and understanding the lesson.He also disturbing other students. That’s why He sitting on the back seat and all of teacher in this school ignoring him which is why Fang still will have worse attitude. I think it;s my duty. My call to teaching Fang so He can be better before I back to Indonesia. I wish can do it. And I do that at february 4^th 2016. At the day, I teach with Ajahn Win. He still follow me for controlled the students because I can’t speak Thailand well. So, I make a new situations on the class, I make Fang answer my question, I dont know if this coincidence or I success to make Fang focus.

On the next day february 5th. I had tought in Fang’s class again, prathom 1/3. I want to make Fang focus again but this time I got trouble on controlling Fang. So I decided to approach and make Fang trust me. That method is success again and all teachers can’t believe that Fang the troublemaker on prathom 1/3 had been conquered by me. Fang not make any trouble in my class and focus on math subject. When lunch time, I got suprised that Fang come to my room and asking me to get lunch with him. So we lunch together in lunch room at 11 o’clock.

Today a healthy devision done a vaccination among all Satit Valaya Alongkorn’s students. This vaccination is purposes to improving the immune systems against the disease in early age for all students. During the vaccination process, there is not student showed in pain or cry. But, they just laugh or smile. The vaccination process was doing in school clinic not in the class like what we found in Indonesia. They did it in clinic so other students can’t watched their friends pain, if there is a student in pain.

Over all, I’d love this week.... that’s so interesting for me... have a nice weekend all....

Duang dee