On September, Killington Student came to our school (Global
Jaya), they came on Saturday from Yogyakarta and picked up by their Host
Family. I, as a student buddy were told to guide them when they had arrive to
school. I heard that they were having a good Sunday by going or enjoying their
time with their host family to get to know each other better. When they first
arrived to school, we gathered in one of the room that my school have. We were
having a brief explanation by the teachers and the coordinator that coordinated
the event for 5 days. The coordinators were introducing the student buddies to
the Kilvington Students, and they were told which buddy will guided them at
school for the whole 5 days. I was introduced to a girl named Olivia and her
friend named Ruby (Vallin’s buddy).
On the first day, we did not much activities, so we were
just hanging out, and get to know each other better. We walked around the
school and explained things to them, I tried to entertain them so that they
don’t get bored. They also came to our classes and joined the lesson. From what
I feel was that, they were bored of what the teacher taught us, because I
thought the way that their teachers taught them is different with how our
teacher taught us. Their faces looks so uninterested.
The next day, they were not in the school for the whole day,
because they went to like a place where they can make their own Batik and
Stuff, and they can eat Indonesian food. When they came back and I asked them
how it was, they said it was tiring and hot, because I knew that on the place
where we can make our own batik, they have no AC it’s just an open place where
Sun could come in. On the other hand, they were happy because they could make
their own Batik and bring it home.
On Wednesday, they were making a Wajang Puppet with an
Indonesian teacher and an art teacher. We weren’t able to play with them for
the half day. But then they went to PVA Class after lunch. In PVA class, we
taught them how to play the traditional instrument called Kolintang. It was
hard for them to just go with the flow because we “the expert ones” have known
better than them, so that when we played we played so fast and we made it hard
for them to follow us.
On Thursday, they didn’t stay at school because this was the
day where they went for a tour around Jakarta. They first went to the Ragunan
Zoo to see and feed the animals. They were also allowed to buy merchandise to
be brought home. After they went to Ragunan, they went to Dufan (theme park) to
play all the rides they wanted. I wanted to come, well, the student council
were planning to come with them, but we didn’t get the permission from the
principal, so we waited at school. I knew that they were
havng lots of fun together at Dufan, as I can see even though they were
exhausted, they were always trying to enjoy the day without complaining. This
is what I liked about them.
The last day they were here, they were making a shirt and
Indonesian Traditional foods in ES and FT class. We can only met them afterschool
, so we went there afterschool, I gave my buddy (Olivia) Indonesian’s Snacks
and she gave me a Koala thing. We were exchanging gifts and They were overing
us to tasted their foods and drinks. They weren’t too bad but I heard one of them
said that the foods were weird and it looks disgusting, they didn’t like it but
then they told us to ate it. It was good though, it only needs more sugar to
make it more sweet.
After we when to FT and ES class to met them, we then went
to the PVAC/MPH where the place itself is for people to gather together. We
gathered there and we have an early dinner, with the host family, student
buddies and the principals. There were also the year 9’s (including me) singing
to entertain the students. When I was singing, I felt so nervous and I got my
stage fright. But then it went well. We were fast forwarding the event because
they needed to go to the airport earlier. A quarter of the Kilvington student
went to the airport an hour earlier because they had to go to Bali for a
holiday. So when we had our early dinner, we took loads of pictures with the
kilvington students, one of the host family cried when it’s time for them to
leave this city. I met some new people on the last day, andhow I wish I could’ve
known them for the day we first met .
I miss them already. L
