SEA-Teacher Charmaine

DAY 3 Chapter 1: of MY SEA- STUDENT TEACHER JOURNEY SMP Pasundan 3 Bandung Tuesday, August 7 \ 1 st TEACHING OBSERVATION of a SEA STUDENT TEACHER Wardrobe prepared ☑ Ice bucket challenge (took a cold bath)☑ Teeth brushed☑ Morning routine☑ All Checked! 9:00 am Pa Ujang picked us up. ✎✎✎ SMP Pasundan 3 We first met Ms. Nofi, Mr. Dadang (wearing gray), Mr. Cheche, Mr. Dede, Dr. Cartono , Dr. Yusuf(wearing blue), Ms. Suchi and the other faculty members of Pasundan Junior High. They introduced us to our coordinating teachers and we talked about our lesson plans. They said we could use the format we have back in our country. We were comfortable in interacting with the faculty members. They were so hospitable and they never failed to let us feel at home. They are also generous; they always let us taste their Indonesian and sundanese traditional snacks whenever they have one. ✏✏✏ First step into the door of Mr. Dadang’s 8 th grade cla...

DAY 2 Monday, August 6, 2018 SURVIVAL SKILLS ACTIVATED ✔ I and my roommate Ivy woke up at 5 am in the morning to prepare ourselves for the day. As I went into the bathroom, the first drops of water had me freezing. The temperature was at 16°C! My warm Philippine body was frozen speechless. I never thought I’d be doing an #Icebucketchallenge here every single day.  ✿ ✿✿ \ Fast forward to Kartika Store : we met up with Sister Nicole and 5 other buddies there to buy some pasalubong or Souvenirs and Indonesian delicacies which Sister Nicole will be bringing back home to the Philippines. We then fetched her to the terminal. We said our goodbyes and she left us with some advices and wished us luck for our whole stay in Bandung as SEA (South East Asian) Student Teachers. The time has come for us to be on our own, without our coordinator, our second parent. We need to be strong and independent and behaved.  ✿ ✿✿\ \ 12:00 noon LUNCH :  CHALL...

TOUCHDOWN JAKARTA! ♡ ♡ ♡ Youtube video - https://youtu.be/mZQbJxCXOxo The 4th day of August (SATURDAY): WHERE IT ALL STARTED As I got out of the plane, I took a deep breath and whispered, “This is it, self. Fighting!”                                                                             ♡♡♡                                                                       12 midnight. We met our beautiful Indonesian buddies waiting for us at the arrival area. (On the left was Ocy and the other is Fidya. They were so friendly and smart they could speak the English language very well.   ...

Kamusta! I am Charmaine, your SEA-Student Teacher Exchange from the Philippines! Pauline Peace to y'all! I am, by the way, Charmaine Joyce Esperanza Almenie and you can call me Charm or Joy for short. I am 20 years old and i came from the beautiful island of Siargao. I am currently studying at Saint Paul University Surigao, in Surigao City taking up Bachelor of Physical Education Major in School P.E.  I  am a SEA - Student teacher exchange from the Philippines and was assigned to practice in SMP 3 Paaundan, in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia. My host school is Universitas Pasundan (UNPAS). My hobbies include singing, dancing, ,playing the ukulele, piano and guitar and a little bit of watercolor painting. All of these things and gifts i possess were all given to me by our loving God and I couldn't be more grateful for His greatness!  ♡ ♡ ♡ So i welcome y'all to my space! This page is going to be about my experience as a SEA STUDENT TEACHER EXCHANGE in ...