Indonesian Celebration

Wednesday we had a celebation of Indonesian culture. I got to wear a traditional costume from Kalimantan. It is an island that is part of Indonesia. My students performed a dance and played the angklung which is a traditional instrument to Indonesia. Enjoy the pictures.

The Adventure

On Tuesday we did not have school so a couple of us decided to go on an adventure. We rode on Scott and Diane's motorbikes all over Sentul. We rode through a kompaung, hiked up a small mountain, went to a hotel that was in the middle of nowhere. To get to the hotel that cost a lot of money to stay at each night was off of a road that was not even paved. We hit a bunch of boulders, and rocks going up and down the hill. After the hotel we went to a waterfall. I do not have pictures of the waterfall because it was raining so I did not take my camera. A random guy said that he would take us to the waterfall since the road was not drivable. We hiked through rice patties, over hills, and through rivers to get there. It was quite an experience. It was so fun though. My legs are all scratched up from walking to the waterfall but it was worth it. Here are some pictures of the adventure. Oh I also saw more water buffalo.

The road to the hotel

There is a village that we rode through in the background but you cannot tell.

Everybody's got a water buffalo

The motorcycle I road all day. Look I am wearing a helmet. You cannot tell but I am smiling for the camera under my helmet

Field Trip

Today we went on a field trip to Cingangeng. It is a place that will teach you about traditional Indonesian culture. My students played the Angklung (a musical instrument), danced a Sundanese dance, made rice flour and coconut something yummy, made ginger tea, and went on a tour of rice patties, and a village. We also painted hats that would be worn in the rice fields, and made dolls out of plants. It was a lot of fun. The students had a great time, and they did not have to sit in school all day. It was a win win for everyone.


A rice field from the village


Painting Rice Field hats.


Dancing a Sundanese dance with scarves.

Just over a month

I have just about finished another week of school. In total I have been here for a month. It seems I have been here a lot longer but not in a bad way. It is going really well and the students are great. Next week we are celebrating Indonesian Independence Day. I get to wear a cool costume from the island of Kalimantan. I will take lots of pictures. On Monday we are going on a Field Trip as a whole Junio School. Also next week we have Tuesday off from school. A couple of us are going to go exploring somewhere. I do not know where yet, but we are going to go. I will take pictures of that too. Have a great weekend.



A random picture of my student Sammy. He is posing for me.

The Tim Tam Slam

This weekend I did a Tim Tam Slam and I thought that you needed to know about it. Tim Tams are cookies from Australia. What you do is bite a little piece off of opposite corners of the cookie. Dip it in a hot beverage such as Cappuccino and suck like it is a straw. The cookie gets all hot and melty and then you eat it. It is so yummy, and so fun all at the same time. There are pictures to illustrate what happened. Enjoy.

First Week of School

I finished my first week of being an adult, and it is actually okay. Being an adult for a week has not been to difficult. Teaching has been a lot of fun. I have 10 students, 3 boys, and 7 girls. As a class we have been doing a lot of different things, and always singing songs. The other day I reenacted the creation story with tissues, fish, and a bottle of water. The students seemed to really enjoy it. By the end of the story they could tell me what was created every day. My co-teacher and I decided that she would teach Math and I would do Biblical Studies. It seems like a pretty fair trade-off to me. I am glad that God put a Math lover in my class as my teaching partner. In Grade 5 English I am only teaching them twice a week. This week we are going to play telephone pictionary and work on sentence structure.



The picture has nothing to do with my current status but I did not want you to forget what I look like.