EXCURSION DAY (PART 1)

Friday, September 13 2019

Firstly, there is a festival this Friday which results in a national holiday and we didn't go to school. Then we have no agenda either from campus or with buddies. I just stayed at the hotel to work on the lesson plan. After quite tired of working on the lesson plan, my friends (Yosi and Nurul) and I decided to go for a walk while buying souvenirs for our friends in Indonesia.

at hotel

we walked to the central mall, past the museum, the square, session road, and the hero monument. Occasionally we were confused by the path we were going because we were not sure but finally arrived at the central mall.

 

session road

museum

Highway in Baguio City

when he arrived at the central mall, yosi bought ice cream halo-halo then went around to look for souvenirs. Unfortunately in the central mall there are no souvenirs that are quite interesting to buy.

The clock showed 4.20 PM, the stomach began to make a strange noise finally we decided to eat at Jollibee. Then we went home for a while to pray, and went to SM to buy some souvenirs, Yosi and I decided to buy packaged glasses for the faculty and the international office.

Saturday, September 14 2019

the excitement on a holiday still continues. All exchange students from Indonesia are still excited even though on Monday we will start teaching. Early in the morning today I was up and praying at dawn with my roommates. At around 9.00 AM Jasmine, one of the buddies came to our room, she helped take dirty clothes to be sent to the laundry. Besides taking the laundry, Jasmine also told us that today we would go out with her and Ate Kristine. Travel agenda go to the mosque, try halal food in the city of Baguio with them.

At 01.00 PM our room bell rang, after checking jasmine and Ate Kristine had come to pick up. We told them we would get ready for 5 minutes. We went out of each hotel room and went together to the mosque. The mosque they mean is located not far from where we live, the mosque is located in the middle of the fish market. The reason why the mosque is located there is because there are many swords that are Muslim. On the way to the mosque we met one of the lecturers who taught at the UC campus, Ate Kristin and Jasmine introduced us all to her.

met one of lecturer from UC Campus

on the way

Shortly after walking we arrived at the mosque, I immediately held praying Tahiyatul Masjid two raka'at, finished praying our buddies invited to take pictures there as documentation. In addition we also met Muslims who had finished praying Zuhur. He lives not far from the mosque and is a merchant in that market area.

At Masjid

At Masjid

met Muslim from Baguio

After visiting the mosque we should have gone for lunch, but we were still not hungry and too excited explore the city of Baguio. Kristine asks, where we want to go before lunch. We also told that we wanted to buy souvenirs to take home. Although we know, this week is only our second week here but we think during the third week we will be busy going to school to teach and make reports. Ate Kristine and Jasmine immediately invited us to the typical Philippine souvenir market. In the market, I am very satisfied to choose souvenirs. There are various types of souvenirs such as food, clothing, key chains, trinkets, etc.

at market

choose souvenirs

Surrounding the souvenir market makes us tired and hungry. After all the souvenirs that we wanted enough we went straight to the Halal food place referred to by our buddies. Where to eat is located in a mall by providing a special menu of the Middle East, with the name "KASUMIR BIRYANI CAFÉ". There are lot of visitors and the place is crowded, so we waited a few minutes to be able to eat there. For the food menu I ordered Chicken Briani and large bread dipped in a typical Middle Eastern sauce. For the taste of the food, I like it because it is savory and suitable. After eating we decided to go back to the hotel and rest.

chicken Briani

ate together

Sunday, September 15 2019

This Sunday we don't have much activity. Almost all of us were only in the hotel room to prepare materials for teaching on Monday. I also began to teach Monday, which is class 10 Mapagkakatiwalaan. 

prepared material for teach

That day I went out with yosi and nurul to buy food. In the middle of the trip we saw a lot of crowd and we just realized that that day was Sunday. Car free day on the road session, the atmosphere is very crowded. Many people who walk with family, friends, even many foreign tourists. In the middle of the road someone was drawing, writing, carrying a dog, a special cat enjoying the day.

car free day