Day 27
Today Amir, Ian, Jam, Ying, and Dew went back to their country. They left the dorm around 6:30 in the morning. After they leave the dorm became so quiet.
Today I just washed the clothes because tomorrow is the time for Dewi, Mul, and I to leave the dorm. And right now I'm doing my self-report and blog report. After this I'm planning to pack my things and continue finishing my self-report.
Day 26
Today Mam Dena brought us to Tagaytay City. We started our trip around 10 in the morning and arrived in Tagaytay City around 2 in the afternoon. We really had a very long trip because of the traffic. When we arrived in Tagaytay CIty, we went to Gerry's Grill to have our lunch.
Then we went back to the dorm. We arrived in the dorm around 10:30 at night.
Day 25
Today we planned to go to Quezon City but then it was canceled because there was no van for us to use. So we only stayed in our room and waited until 3 o'clock in the afternoon for the closing ceremony.
It was 3 o'clock, we went to the alumni room where the ceremony took place. In that ceremony, we, the SEA-teachers performed. Mul, Dewi, and I sang Gebyar-Gebyar. It is one of the songs that tells about Indonesia. Amir and Ian presented a Javanese Poem. Ying, Dew, and Jam performed Thailand traditional dance. At the end of the ceremony, we received our certificate from Roosevelt and gave some souvenirs to Roosevelt and of course we took pictures. Here are the pictures:
After that we went to the teachers' office to eat together. After eating, Mrs. Mercado asked us for a walk. Mrs. Mercado and Mrs. Louisa brought us to SM Marikina Mall. In there we bought so many things. Me myself bought some t-shirts. After we bought everything we needed, we went back to the dorm.
Day 24
This day we went to the school hall to see the celebration of Buan Ng Wika handled by the elementary school. In that celebration, Dew, Ying, and Jam performed their traditional dance. After the celebration finished, we went to see Mrs. Mercado. Then, we went to the college to see their celebration of Buan Ng Wika. After the college celebration finished, we went to the teacher's office to have lunch together. After having lunch, we went back to our room. Around 4 in the evening, Mrs. Louisa, Sir Angel, and Sir Russel asked us to go to Leonardo in Antipolo City. So we prepared ourself then go. Because of the traffic, we arrived in Leonardo around 5 in the evening. Leonardo is a very nice place. In there, we can see Manila from top. We had so much fun there. We took lot's of pictures, we had dinner together, we did karaoke together. So memorable. Thank you very much Mrs. Louisa, Sir Angel, and Sir Russel for bringing us there. After having so much fun, we went back to the dorm around 10 at night. Here are some pictures for today:
Day 23
Today my friends and I went to our resource teachers to collect data for our self-report. After that, we went to the school hall to watch students performance for the school celebration. The celebration starts around 9 in the morning and finished around 12 in the afternoon. Then we went back to our room.In the evening, Dewi, Mul, and I went to Santa Lucia Mall to buy some bags. Then we went back home around 8 in the evening.
Day 22
Today is holiday, so as usual we only stayed in the dorm doing some activities that we can do.
Day 21
Sundaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyy again goshhhh I really wanted to go to the church. I haven't gone to the church for almost 3 weeks :'( But I dunno where the church is and who I should go with. So, yes as usual I just stayed in the bedroom and did some random stuffs include eat, sleep, did the reports hafff-_-, etc.
Day 20
Since today is weekend which means it is holiday, so I woke up a bit late. After woke up, Mul and I went to the kitchen to cook for our breakfast. While we were cooking, Dewi came and said that Mrs. Mercado asked us for a walk. She planned to bring us to Santa Lucia Mall around 02:30 PM. We said yes. After we cooked, we had our breakfast. After having breakfast, we washed the dishes and went back to our room. In the bedroom, I didn't know what to do so I just sit on my bed and listened to some songs. Not long after that I slept. I woke up around 01:30 PM and then I took a bath. After that I prepared myself. Around 03:00 PM Mrs. Mercado and her husband fetch us and then we went to the mall. We arrived in the mall around 03:30 PM and we went back home around 10:00 PM. So long ha? yes we spent lot's of time there for shopping. You guys know that girls love shopping, right? hehehe. Here is our picture:
Day 19
Today was my third day doing teaching practice in Roosevelt College. My class for today was grade 9 Mariveles at 10:15 AM until 11:15 AM but as usual, I had to attend classes at 07:00 AM because Amir had a class at that time.
Finally it was 10:15 AM so I went to the class. Today I expected that the students will do a presentation for each group since yesterday before leaving the class I had asked them to prepare a presentation about the elements of the story "The Summoning of Everyman" but in fact they didn't prepared their presentation. How come?! goshh!! So, I decided to explained and discussed about the elements of that story with the students. After an hour of teaching, finally it was 11:15 AM. Before leaving the class I divided the students into two groups and asked them to list imperative words as much as they can because the next material will be imperatives. Here are the pictures of my teaching practice today:
After that, I went out of the class and directly went to my room. Not long after I arrived Mul came then I asked her to had lunch in McD. Then we went to the McD to had lunch. After lunch, we went back to school. In front of the school, we saw Iyan and sir Angel were eating squidball, kikyam, and kwek-kwek. Sir Angel asked us whether we wanted to have them or not then we said yes. He said just took what you want, I will pay. So we took what are our favorites and went back to our room. Not long after we arrived, Dewi came and said that Mrs. Mercado asked her whether or not we wanted to have teaching demonstration on Tuesday. Then she said that in the last week our schedule is doing reflections and making self-report to SEAMEO. So, it is better for us just took some data for our report. So the conclusion is there will be no teaching demonstration anymore for next week :)
After that, we continued doing our activities.Day 18
Today was my second day doing the teaching practice. I have two classes for today, they are grade 9 Makiling at 10:15 AM until 11:15 AM and grade 9 Mariveles at 11:15 AM until 12:15 AM. But the same as yesterday, today I have to enter the class at 07:00 AM because Amir had a class.
Finally it was 10:15 AM and I went to the class. Today was the second meeting for Makiling. The students were having group presentation since yesterday I had asked them to prepare a presentation. The class was very interesting. The students deliver some questions and opinions when they had different answer with the presenters' opinion. They were very active. Then, the time's up. Before the students left the class, I divided them into two groups and ask them to list imperative words as much as they can and in the next meeting we will discuss it and have a game. After that the students went out, and the other students of different class came in. Yes, that class was Mariveles. Today was the first meeting for Mariveles and the material was oral presentation. The learning process run well. I finished this class around 12:15 AM then I went back to my room to have my lunch. But before I went back, Mrs. Santos asked Amir and I to accompany her in the next two classes. After that we went back. I went to my room and cooked for lunch. After having lunch, I went to the class again and doing class observation. The two classes finished around 03:00 PM. Then I went to the library. Here are some pictures of my teaching practice for today:
In the library there were some teachers, Iyan, and Mul. We had some conversations and after that one of the teachers ask us to go buy some Philippines food. They called it squidball, chickenball, fishball, and kwek-kwek. I tasted them all and wow they taste good but the most I like are squidball and chickenball. After that one of the teacher bought us a Philippines drink named gulaman. The taste was very sweet. Here are the pictures when we had the Philippines food:
Then we went back to the library. Not long after that, I went back to my room and took a rest because I had a headache.
Day 17
As usual, today I woke up around 6 in the morning and then I took a shower. After that I prepared myself before entering the class. Today was my first day doing the teaching practice. My class was at 10:15 AM until 11:15 AM but I had to enter the class as usual because my friend, Amir was teaching at 07:00 AM until 08:00 AM and another class was at 09:00 AM until 10:00 AM.
It was 10:15 AM and it was my time to teach. I entered the classroom and started teaching. The class was grade 9 Makiling. The material for today was oral presentation. Firstly, I tried to recall students' prior knowledge about oral presentation. I provided some questions to lead them to oral presentation. Some students raised their hand to ask a chance to answer my questions. Then I gave them chance to answer my questions. After that, I explained about oral presentation to them. Then, I gave an example of oral presentation by showing them a video and we discussed about the video. The students gave comment related to the video. Then, I asked them to make a short oral presentation and present it in front of the class. While some students were presenting their presentation, I asked the other students to pay attention to their friends and after that gave comment towards their friends' presentation. The students were quiet active in answering questions and giving comments. After that, I continued to the next material which is "The Summoning of Everyman" so here I asked the students to read the text and determine the elements of the text. Because the time is almost over, so I divided them into five groups and asked them to prepare a presentation about the elements of the text and tomorrow they will present it in front of the class, and have a discussion together. In my teaching practice, I'm trying to apply students center learning. Here is the
Day 16
Today, as usual, I woke up around 6 in the morning and took a bath and then prepared my self for today's classes. Around 6:45 AM Mul and I went out from our bedroom and walked to the teacher's office. But when we were in the outside, we found no one in the school area. Then we decided to wait, maybe the students and teacher will be late because of the rain. Not long, the security came and said that there is no schools for today due to the heavy rain. Apparently, the news was presented last night, and it said that there will be no schools for today because the condition isn't good. So, we went back to our room and changed our clothes. Then, we went to the kitchen to cook for our breakfast and after that we continue washed the clothes. We finished the works around 12 in the afternoon. We went back to our bedroom and not long after that we slept. I woke up around 3:30 PM and went to the wifi area. Around 6 in the evening I went to the bedroom and took a bath. After that Mul and I had dinner and then went to the wifi area. And now I'm doing my blog report :D
Day 15
Today I didn't have any class because of the holiday, yuhuu!! So, today Mul and I just went to the market to buy some ingredients for our meals. After that, we went back to the dorm and cleaned up all the ingredients. Then, we cooked for our brunch. When the foods are ready, we had our brunch and after that we washed the dishes and went back to our room. Today we just stayed in our room all day long because of the very heavy rain.
Day 14
Since today is Sunday, so I woke up a bit late. After I woke up, Mul and I went to the kitchen to cook for our breakfast. After cooking, we had our breakfast. After that we washed the dishes. After washed the dishes, I went to the wifi area to make the lesson plans because I will start my teaching practice on Wednesday. I have finished on making two lesson plans and one more left since I have to make 3 lesson plans. Then, right now I'm making my blog report. Later in the evening, I will continue making the lesson plans.
Day 13
Today we had a long walk with Mr. Co the program head of institute of education undergraduate studies in Far Eastern University (FEU). We went to FEU, National Museum, and Fort Santiago. In the FEU we walked around the campus and went in to the laboratories and libraries. One of the laboratories that make me interest is the iMac laboratory. All of the computers in that room are iMac. After that we had lunch, then continued to the National Museum. In the National Museum we saw many things that relates to the Philippines and also we took pictures. After that we continued our walk to Fort Santiago. The people in here said that it's the place where the hero named Rizal was prisoned and got shoot. And yes, all things in there are related to the hero. After having a long walk, we went back home. Here are the pictures for today:
Day 12
Today I live my life as usual. But, today I didn't woke up early since I didn't have a morning class. Mrs. Santos examination class was at 11 in the morning. So, I woke up around 06:30 AM. Then, I washed my face and started ironed my clothes. I finished around 08:30 AM and after that I had my breakfast. Then, I washed the dishes and took a bath. After that, I prepared my self. After I finished, I went to the library and it was around 09:30 AM. After that, around 10:55 AM I went to the class. Not long after I arrived, Mrs. Santos came and they started the exam. The exam started around 11 o'clock until 13:46. Here is the picture of the students while having their exam:
Then, I went back to my room and continued doing girl's job (again) :'D
Day 11
I'm very excited today since we had visited the Indonesia embassy. The five of us who come from Indonesia went to the Indonesia embassy around 7 in the morning. We went there by car. On our way, there were so many traffic and it made us had a very long trip. It was about 3 hours of trip goshh!!! It was around 10 in the morning, but it's okay since we like to have a walk hahaha so after we had a very very long trip finally we arrived at the Indonesia embassy. We saw lot's of Indonesian flag hanged on the fence. Then, we went in and of course first thing first is to take pictures haha. After took some pictures, we went in to the building. The celebration has already started. In there, we met Sed then he asked as to have the dessert. The dessert was bubur kacaing ijo that is one of the traditional food in Indonesia. Then we had a sit. The celebration runs very well, we had so much fun. There were so many performance about Indonesian culture. In the afternoon, we had lunch together and guess what, there were so many food and all of them are Indonesian food wooowwww finally we can eat well since when we arrived in Philippines we mostly eat rice and noodles :')
After having lunch, we had some games to be played. The games were very fun and we had lot's of presents. At the end of the celebration, we did a traditional dance together and that was so exciting. Then, we went back home to Roosevelt. We went home with bringing so much fun and joy. Thank you very much for Mrs. Dena who had prepared our trip to the Indonesia embassy. Here are the pictures for today:
Day 10
As usual, today I woke up around 6 in the morning. Then, I took shower and prepared myself for today's activities. After that, I went to the class. When I arrived, I didn't see my resource teacher, Mrs. Santos. Then, I went to the office to ask about Mrs. Santos schedule since today is the examination day for the students. The staff in the office said that Mrs. Santos schedule is at 11 o'clock. So, I went back to my room to take my laptop and then I went to the library.After having a long time in the library, finally it's 11 o'clock. Then, I went to the class. Not long after I arrived in the class, the bell rang which means it's examination time. The first lesson was English. The students start working with their papers. After finishing the English exam, they continued to ESP exam and at last was the AP exam. When they were doing the exam, I took a role as a supervisor so that the students would not cheat. The examination ended at around 3 in the afternon. After the examination ended, the students went out. Here is the picture of the students when having the exam:
Before leaving the room, I asked Mrs. Santos permission for not coming to the classroom tomorrow because we're planning to go the the Indonesia embassy to celebrate Indonesia Independence Day. Mrs. Santos said yes. Then, I went back to my room and had my very late breakfast and lunch :') After that, I washed my clothes. Not long, ma'am Dena came and told us that tomorrow we can go to the Indonesia Embassy to celebrate our Independence Day. We were so excited to hear that. After having a not so long talk, ma'am Dena left our room then all of us continued our own activities.
