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Trust and hope

Ever since I discovered my relationship with Allah, I never put any of my expectation in anyone but Allah.

Ever since I did, it is hard for me to trust anyone but Allah. Human just gives me calamity, while Allah always gives me calmness.

Ever since I forgot about it and started to hope in human being again, I keep reminding myself that people do not deserve me, so no need to keep my trust on them.

Every time I do good for people, but they do not do the same; I keep telling myself, “It’s alright, Vien! You’re not doing it for them anyway, you’re doing it for the sake of Allah. So keep being good to them, even they do not appreciate your action. You’ll only get the rewards from Allah. Allah will never betray you!”

Any human being, whether it’s your mother, father, spouse, husband, wife, child, friend, or your companion, they all have a chance to hurt you, make you cry, burden you, or disappoint you. That is why you don’t need to expect too much from them because they do not deserve you! On the other hand, you’ll never feel disappointed if you put your trust and hope in Allah. So, do not let your guard down and do not let your heart become weak again!

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Can you spot the cuteness here? Everywhere! ♡♡

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Day 30 (February 18th, 2018) - Epilogue

Going home! I did not know whether I should be happy or sad. The feeling was so clumsy. I knew that I was going to see my family soon in Indonesia, that was why I was so happy. However, I could not conceal my sadness that I had to leave Pathum Thani. I had to leave my students, the teachers, and all of the Thai buddies who were so nice and warm. I would not ever forget all of them and all of their kindness. I hope we could meet again soon.

Thanks also for the coordinators, Ms. Nina and Ms. Vi, and also two of the best advisors, Mr. Ton and Ms. Nit. who gave me many things. Thank you so much to Mrs. Wan and her husband, Mrs. Dung, Mrs. Bunsom, Mrs. Aon, and Aon, Folk, Fern. Thanks to Ploy, Jaa, Pao, Apple, Noi, Biw, Nac, Nua, Noon, and other Thai buddies. Thanks also to Novy, Ira, Lara, Azha, and Irau for having lunch and dinner together. Also for the students, I would not forget you all. All I could say just thanks. Thank you so much.

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Day 29 (February 17th, 2018)

This was the last day I spent my time in VRU dormitory. I was sitting on the chair of my room writing something that might remind me of everything here. I just wanted to conclude everything I had done here, especially the practicum. I realized that this event in which I joined was telling me a lesson that we have to be ready on everything happen out of the blue. I also got many experiences during my teaching practice in Pak Khlong Song dealing with how to handle the students, how to manage the classroom, how to create a fun learning activities, how to make the students achieve the learning outcomes, and how to get close with the students. I was so happy that I could learn many things from this program. The thing that I considered was the schedule of the program should be fixed because sometimes it makes the participants confused about the schedule; when will the event begin and when will it end. I think that was all from me. Thank you so much for reading it.

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Day 28 (February 16th, 2018)

It was the real farewell. I had to say goodbye to all of the students and the teachers at Pak Khlong Song. We had a simple farewell party in the morning and welcoming party for the new teacher. After that we said goodbye to our lovely and talented cook, Ms. Jintana. I loved all of her dishes. It was aloy! (delicious in Thai). Finally, Mrs. Wan accompanied us to go back to VRU.

We had a farewell party in the demonstration school of VRU that afternoon. Everyone dressed beautifully. They showed their performance in front of everyone. Perhaps everyone felt happy at that time, but I felt so sad realizing that I was going to depart soon and leaving Pathum Thani.

After finishing the farewell party, again Pao asked us to go to the shopping mall. He said that it would be the last vacation of all of us. So, we went to the Future Park for having dinner. Everyone ordered chicken, but I did not order the chicken because I was too afraid to eat it. At last, I ate French fries instead.

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Day 27 (February 15th, 2018)

If I could express my sadness, I would scream loudly until I lost my voice. That was the way I described my sadness of leaving Pak Khlong Song. It was not the day, but I was going home soon. It was my last day of teaching, so I asked the students to spend more time with me, and they agreed. We watched movies and videos, played games, and shared stories. Of course, we did that with English. Learning by having fun. I gave them Indonesian money at last, and they were so happy.

I had to go to VRU that evening because Pao invited us to go with him to somewhere. It was Siam Paragon. They place he told me where he bought his Hogwarts T-shirt. I thought that we would go there with many people, but then I found out that only Ira, Pao, and Nua who would go there. So, the four of us went there by Bangkok Mass Transit System (BTS). It was a kind of sky train like in Japan or Korea. We enjoyed our time there. Nua and Pao told us that Siam Paragon could be called as the Shinjuku of Thailand because it seemed like Shinjuku in Japan. I could not agree more. The place was so big and huge. It was also full of glamour things which were out of my character.

The sky was getting darker when I thought that we were going home. However, Pao and Nua took us to the subway and asked us to do some mission. It was a silly mission that I did not want to tell you here. But overall, that was so fun and exhausting. I was so sleepy. After completing the mission, Pao took a taxi and accompanied us to go back to school.

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Day 26 (February 14th, 2018)

What would you feel when you were going to have an examination or a job interview? I reckoned the answer would be the same: nervous. However, it did not happen to me. This day was the evaluation day, but I just headed the day like I headed the other normal days. I did not feel nervous at all. I was so scared at first because I thought Ms. Nit and Mr. Ton would not come, but they came at last. The first session which occurred at 9.30 a.m. was for Ira. She was evaluated by two of our advisors in the 1at grade. My session would be at 10.30 a.m. in the 5th grade. I decided to teach about facial expressions, the vocabulary dealing with the topic. I was waiting for Ira's session in front of her class while Ms. Nit coming out of the class, giving me a bottle of tea. Mr. Ton asked me whether I was ready or not. I told him that I was always ready every time. He laughed. Then, we went to the 5th grade in the other building. It was on the second floor. Arriving there, my students had been waiting for me. They greeted me and also the two new teaches who came along. I began the lesson by showing some flash card of people's face. I asked the student to guess what Lind of facial expressions they see, and they also had to imitate the expressions. We spent five minutes for the warming up, then continued the presentation for ten minutes. It was followed by ten minutes practices and twenty minutes production, and it was ended by five minutes wrap up. The students told what kind of expression they had that day, asked their friends' feeling that day, finished the worksheet, and played the guessing game. In the game one student had to express one kind of facial expression, and the other should guess what kind of facial expression made by their friends. The class was ended smoothly like always. I did not feel that I was evaluated that day, I was just enjoying the class with my lovely students.

I was so surprised when I realized that I got a perfect score from Ms. Nit and Mr. Ton. It was unbelievable.

Finishing the evaluation, Mrs. Wan asked us to go to the Future Part for playing ice-skating. Perhaps she reckoned that we had an exhausting day. I was so excited to play and slide on the cold surface. I went there with Mrs. Wan and her husband, Jintana, Ira, and Aon. We went there by car. I had another amazing day. Alhamdulillaah ♕

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Day 24-25 (February 12th-13th, 2018)

I had nothing but Pak Khlong Song as my favorite place during my living in Thailand. Even though I got a cozy and comfortable dormitory in VRU, it could not replace the love of which I found in Pak Khlong Song. The room was not as good as my room in VRU; however, I did not obtain something that I got from Pak Khlong Song: a real family. Everyone in Pak Khlong Song was so nice and warm. I loved it so much. Also these days, I spent my time teaching in the morning to the afternoon and playing with the kids and their mother in the evening. Something amazing from Pak Khlong Song was the mosque. I could hear adzan everyday, something that I could not hear in VRU or Bangkok. I was so blessed that could be placed in such amazing district. I was so glad meeting all the people there.

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Day 23 (February 11th, 2018)

Sunday, a free day. I took a long rest because I got a fever after going to the beach. I felt so dizzy so that I just laid on my bed and garnish my lesson plan for the evaluation day.

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Day 22 (February 10th, 2018)

This was the ultimate destination. I did not say so because of the place but because of the people. At this day, all of the SEA Teacher participants and all of the Thai buddies were going to Bangsean Beach in Chonburi, Thailand. We had to gather early morning before leaving VRU. While having a great trip on the way to the beach, we shared many things about our passion inside the bus with the other Thai buddies. I was sitting beside Ira and keeping her because she got an upset stomach. I was going to sleep in the bus while Pao surprised me from the back of Ira's seat. I was so shocked because he made such kind of noise, but then I laughed. He told us that he did not want us to sleep. Unfortunately, we could not make his wish come true. Ira was sick, so I asked her to get some sleep. After talking about Korean stuffs with Pao, Ira was asleep. I did not understand about Korean, so I asked Pao not to talk about that. Good willing, he talked about Harry Potter with me. I was not a big fan of Harry Potter anymore, but talking about it was still exciting. I did not know why. Pao told me that the Hogwarts T-shirt he wore at the first time we met was official. He bought it from The Wizarding World of Harry Potter tour in Siam Paragon, Thailand. I said to Pao that it would be so glad to come and see those Harry Potter stuffs. And he agreed with me.

We arrived at the beach when the sunlight burned my skin. It was so hot that I could feel the heat passed through my skeleton. We had so much fun there. Some of them swam and played banana boat while I was just sitting and eating my delicious mango.

After going to the beach, we were heading to a market. Some of us bought some foods and souvenirs. The rest of us just stayed in the bus waiting for the others. That was such a good day. I recalled that Ms. Nit, my advisor, gave me a pancake while we were heading to VRU.

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Day 17-21 (February 5th-9th, 2018)

I could not ask for more compared to teaching. The thing that could make me enjoy my life and thankful for it. Everything I did with my students were something. They showed some improvements. At first, they always said 'my name ........' for telling someone's name. I guided them to learn and use possessive pronouns correctly. It was so hard in the beginning, but then they became able to say 'her name is ......' or 'his name is ......'. I was so proud of them, my lovely students. Moreover, they also taught me phasa Thai or Thai language in our spare time. Thanks to them that I could speak Thai a little bit now.

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Day 16 (February 4th, 2018)

I decided to take a rest on Sunday, staying in the dorm and making lesson plan for the next day. Everyone was busy preparing for the first day of teaching, but it was not for me and Ira. We had enough experience in teaching since the first day at school. However, I still needed more and more days with my students because they were so adorable. Even when I was writing this blog, I was still missing my students.

I also walked around VRU this day while finding something to eat. I just realized that the scenery in VRU was so relaxing. I thought it might be more relaxing if I could rode a bicycle around the buildings. Moreover, we went to the night market to find something for dinner.

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Day 15 (February 3rd, 2018)

Another vacation day! I knew it seemed like I had a lot of vacations. However, believe me that one day vacation was not too much compared to five days teaching. This day, Aon asked us to go to a famous place in Thailand, The Grand Palace. We went there with Aon's friends, Folk and Fern. It was so far from our place so Aon was not allowed to drive the car; therefore, we took a taxi to go there. Arriving there, we had to step through the entrance. However, when we wanted to come in, we were stopped by the officers there. We were stopped because Folk wore a legging. It was prohibited to wear something skinny there, so Folk could not come in. But then, I remembered that I brought a long cardigan in my bag. So, I lent it to Folk. She wore it, and we all could enter the palace. It was so beautiful inside. The building seemed like a castle.

After that, we went to Rangsit university for praying dhuhr. It was only me who prayed at that time. After praying, we took a boat to look for a sushi restaurant. It was a great time with Ira, Aon, Folk, and Fern.