My First Week in Khon Kaen
My First Week in Khon Kaen
Hello readers! my
name is Sofia Lailatur Rahmah and i go by Sofi, i am student
of Syiah Kuala University (UNSYIAH) Banda Aceh. I am one of the Indonesian
delegates in SEAMEO's Batch 5 Pre-Service Student Teacher or Sea
Teacher Exchange program and placed in Khon Kaen University.
Saturday,
January 20, 2018 is my departure day with flight schedule at 6 am through
Sultan Iskandar Muda Airport, Banda Aceh. First I transit in Medan and Bangkok,
Thailand.
Hello Khon Kaen !
Arrived in Khon Kaen at 6 pm, together with Divine Serquina
Marquez exchange student from Saint Louis University (SLU) Philippines.
Our arrival has been awaited by Mr. Witthawat Patham, we call him PeJay
or Sir Jay, he is the Coordinator of Sea Teacher Batch 5th program from our Receiving
University. Then we headed to Khon Kaen University campus with a Van and placed
in Nursing Dormitory, KKU.
On the way dormitory
On
the way to dormitory, we talked about the general of our activities during
here, including the transportation that we can use the Free Setle Bus and Ofo
Bicycle but first we must install the application. The coordinator also shows
the school that will be our teaching practice place. In the dorm, the
coordinator showed me the Muslim kitchen on the 3rd floor and he said there
were many Indonesian students studying at this campus.
My
Roomate Annisa Nurzalena from Sriwijaya University (UNSRI) was
the first arrived in Dormitory, after acquaintance the coordinator also
introduced us with Kak Agung and Kak Hanny from Indonesian Student
Association of Thailand (PERMITHA) Khon Kaen.
At
7:30 pm, we went to Complex Market and Seven Eleven (Sevel) with Kak Agung by
bus transportation. There we met Kak Hanny and Kak Ilham. We bought Halal Spaghetti for dinner in dorm.
We went home at 9 am to coincide with the bus's operation ending time.
Our
dormitory facilities are very good, there are 2 beds, 2 large closets, 1 big
mirror, 2 big desks, 1 TV set, Air Conditioner, Refrigerator, large and small lights
for sleeping, 2 units of trash cans, bathroom with shower and trellis to hang
clothes. Dormitory attendants facilitate towels and room cleaning once every
other week, sometimes 2 times.
We ate Spaghetti when we arrived in dorm. This is my first night in Khon Kaen, I am happy
to have a new friends here :)
The next day
The
next day is precisely on Sunday, January 21, 2018 another exchange student from
Indonesia they are Fatia Rahmah from Padang State University
(UNP), Valenry Tasya Tanamal from Pattimura University (UNPATTI),
and from Philippines they are Christian
Panaligan and Jerwin A. Maano from MinSCAT, and Crizel
Beldua Gauat from Saint Mary University (SMU) arrived, we were very
happy to welcome them.
In the evening we spent time visiting Jubilee Market
which is held monthly twice. We were very lucky to be able to visit this market
early in our arrival.
We capture images together after buying ice cream.
On
Monday, January 22, 2018 we toured the campus to the Sithan river and
elsewhere.
On
Wednesday, January 23, 2018 we were invited to dinner to celebrate our arrival
with Sir Jay and the Dean and Staff from Faculty of Education, Khon Kaen
University.
On Thursday,
January 24, 2018 was the first day we were invited to our practice school. I,
Fatia Rahmah and Christian Panaligan have a chance to practice at Suksasart
Demonstration School of Khon Kaen University (Secondary School).
We were
introduced to the council of school teachers.
My Supervisor Ms. Panadda
Wongwichittranon and Co-worker teacher Tananya Thongdannua gave her
teaching schedule for my observations, she also gave me a schedule to teach 10
hours per week.
The
next days I spent my day with observation activities in school until Friday. Those all
my first week acitity in Khon Kaen University. It was a very happy first week J
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