I can't believe it's already the last saturday in August. When I first got here, each day seemed to take a week and now each week feels like a day! Has the summer passed this quickly for all of you?! :)
Well, this past week was very busy. We had our school's 15th anniversary concert on Wednesday night. On Monday and Tuesday night we had to attend the practice for the event. Monday we had a briefing on the duties of the ushers (I was one of them) and on Tuesday the students (except KG and Playgroup, thankfully) came to see the rehearsal.
Thankfully we had no school on Tuesday and Wednesday since we had to attend the practices and the concert.
Wednesday morning I went with Glyne (one of my housemates) and her Indonesian friend to a place where we were supposed to go boating. Unfortunately, it is only open on the weekends, so we are going to try and go tomorrow. Anyways, since we couldn't do that, we decided to go to the zoo. Everyone told us not to go, but we wanted to see for ourselves. And actually, it was better than I expected. My favorite part was when a camel put his mouth on Glyne's shoulder when she was posing for a picture. :) Although, she probably didn't like that so much.
After the zoo, I went right away to the hair salon to get my hair and make-up done for the concert. (I was one of the ushers dressed in traditional Indonesian clothes, and the school paid for us to get our hair and make-up done.) It looked kind of strange when I was finished. My face was very white and my eye make-up was very dark. You can look at the pictures on facebook.
After a late night, it was difficult to teach on Thursday. I started my first class at 8 a.m. and thought, "wow, i have no energy." God gave me the strength to get through my 6 classes that day.
That evening I went with Glyne and Lydia again to Mirota (the souvenir store I visited earlier with Ayu). If any of you come to visit me here, you have to go there! After shopping we went to the food festival, an outdoor group of restaurants only opened at night.
Yesterday was a relief knowing the weekend was coming and that I could relax. Unfortunately, some of my students must have been in weekend mode too, because they had a difficult time listening. After class, one of the teachers brought some students downstairs to apologize to me. It was sweet, but I felt bad at the same time.
Last night I went to Gotri (the cheap restaurant nearby, but with good food and ac!) with Fei. Then we looked at each others' pictures. She kept exclaiming over my pictures of New York City, and I enjoyed her pictures of pandas.
Today I just went to Bible study and had lunch afterwards with the group leader, her daughter, and her mother-in-law. (She has been taking me to and from the Bible study since she lives nearby.)
I am enjoying right now sitting at home and resting! Well, until next time...
Saturday, August 28, 2010
Sunday, August 22, 2010
Jalan Jalan
Hello again everybody. Sorry that it's been a while. The title of my post this week means something like "going around". I have been busy going around Surabaya since my last post.
On Saturday the 14th I went with some of the local teachers and others from the Philippines on the Surabaya heritage tour. It is a free 1 1/2 hour tour offered. Most of it was just riding in the bus while the guide pointed out items of interest, but we were able to stop at a few places. I think some people tagged me in pictures from that on Facebook if you want to check it out. (My internet is too slow to upload pictures to blogspot.)
After the tour we ate lunch and then went to a family karaoke place. This was my first experience with "real" karaoke, and it was fun! :)
This past week has been busy for me. On Sunday I helped in the elementary Sunday school class at church. On Monday we had a celebration for Indonesian Independence day. We combined with the kindergarten and playgroup from the East campus. It was fun to watch the kids play the games and sing patriotic songs. We got back really early, so I decided to use the pool for the first time. It is pretty dirty, but I just showered afterwards. It was very refreshing.
That evening Yuni came over for another language lesson. I made dinner afterwards for both of us. It was nice.
On Tuesday morning I met with Angie who is also from PA. My mom met her this summer in PA before she came back here to Surabaya. I went swimming with her and some of her friends. It was so nice to be able to talk with someone else from PA. She was so encouraging. After swimming we ate lunch at a streetside restaurant.
In the evening I went with Maria (a local teacher) and her family to a night food bazaar set up because of independence day. I tried a lot of different foods! The most interesting was ice cream with bread crumbs. I also tried barbequed goat!
On Wednesday after school I went with Ayu to a cheap clothing place. I bought a pair of jeans for about $2.50! Then we went to the coolest souvenir store called Mirota. They also had second hand English books and games there. I want to go back there!
On Thursday night I went to a local church's service. It was interesting, but a little long since I had to get up early the next morning.
On Saturday I just stayed at home to rest. maria came over in the afternoon to go swimming, but she didn't like the dirty water. We had dinner together afterwards.
Well, that's about all that's been going on! I will update again later.
On Saturday the 14th I went with some of the local teachers and others from the Philippines on the Surabaya heritage tour. It is a free 1 1/2 hour tour offered. Most of it was just riding in the bus while the guide pointed out items of interest, but we were able to stop at a few places. I think some people tagged me in pictures from that on Facebook if you want to check it out. (My internet is too slow to upload pictures to blogspot.)
After the tour we ate lunch and then went to a family karaoke place. This was my first experience with "real" karaoke, and it was fun! :)
This past week has been busy for me. On Sunday I helped in the elementary Sunday school class at church. On Monday we had a celebration for Indonesian Independence day. We combined with the kindergarten and playgroup from the East campus. It was fun to watch the kids play the games and sing patriotic songs. We got back really early, so I decided to use the pool for the first time. It is pretty dirty, but I just showered afterwards. It was very refreshing.
That evening Yuni came over for another language lesson. I made dinner afterwards for both of us. It was nice.
On Tuesday morning I met with Angie who is also from PA. My mom met her this summer in PA before she came back here to Surabaya. I went swimming with her and some of her friends. It was so nice to be able to talk with someone else from PA. She was so encouraging. After swimming we ate lunch at a streetside restaurant.
In the evening I went with Maria (a local teacher) and her family to a night food bazaar set up because of independence day. I tried a lot of different foods! The most interesting was ice cream with bread crumbs. I also tried barbequed goat!
On Wednesday after school I went with Ayu to a cheap clothing place. I bought a pair of jeans for about $2.50! Then we went to the coolest souvenir store called Mirota. They also had second hand English books and games there. I want to go back there!
On Thursday night I went to a local church's service. It was interesting, but a little long since I had to get up early the next morning.
On Saturday I just stayed at home to rest. maria came over in the afternoon to go swimming, but she didn't like the dirty water. We had dinner together afterwards.
Well, that's about all that's been going on! I will update again later.
Sunday, August 8, 2010
Saya tahu Bahasa sedikit!
Selamat Pagi orangtua dan teman-teman! (Good morning family and friends!) The title of this post is (I think) "I know a little Bahasa!"
On Friday I was able to meet with my friend Yuni and practice Bahasa again. I feel like this lesson helped me to gain more confidence that I can learn it! I have been remotivated to study and practice now. So hopefully, I will be able to understand it well soon!
Well, let's see what's been happening recently...
The past two days the students have had off of school. We teachers have gone to school, but only for a couple of hours, thankfully.
Wow, one of these days I will actually finish this blog post! (It's already Wednesday and I started it on Saturday!)
I'll just update you from this past weekend. On Saturday I went to Bible study, for the first time in a while. We were talking about the new study we are going to do. At first, they said we were going to do a motherwise bible study. And I was thinking, "Well, i guess I'll have to drop out of the bible study for a while since this doesn't apply to me." Then we all talked and decided to do a different one because of the mixed nature of our group (some others are single like me).
After the study I went to Tungjun Plaza (a HUGE mall here) with some of the local teachers and Larmy (a filippina teacher). We watched a movie and then walked around the mall for a while. Larmy and I were able to buy a birthday present for my housemate, so that was good.
On Sunday I just went to church and walked around the mall with the others for a while. Not too much...
On Monday and Tuesday we got off of school early, as I said above. Monday evening, some of the guy expat teachers had a "pool" party for dinner. Actually, we all just ended up eating together and not swimming. But it was fun.
Well, I will go for now. I will try to write more later!
On Friday I was able to meet with my friend Yuni and practice Bahasa again. I feel like this lesson helped me to gain more confidence that I can learn it! I have been remotivated to study and practice now. So hopefully, I will be able to understand it well soon!
Well, let's see what's been happening recently...
The past two days the students have had off of school. We teachers have gone to school, but only for a couple of hours, thankfully.
Wow, one of these days I will actually finish this blog post! (It's already Wednesday and I started it on Saturday!)
I'll just update you from this past weekend. On Saturday I went to Bible study, for the first time in a while. We were talking about the new study we are going to do. At first, they said we were going to do a motherwise bible study. And I was thinking, "Well, i guess I'll have to drop out of the bible study for a while since this doesn't apply to me." Then we all talked and decided to do a different one because of the mixed nature of our group (some others are single like me).
After the study I went to Tungjun Plaza (a HUGE mall here) with some of the local teachers and Larmy (a filippina teacher). We watched a movie and then walked around the mall for a while. Larmy and I were able to buy a birthday present for my housemate, so that was good.
On Sunday I just went to church and walked around the mall with the others for a while. Not too much...
On Monday and Tuesday we got off of school early, as I said above. Monday evening, some of the guy expat teachers had a "pool" party for dinner. Actually, we all just ended up eating together and not swimming. But it was fun.
Well, I will go for now. I will try to write more later!
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