I left the U.S. 4 weeks ago today and had to land in Singapore with other new teachers. We were told to arrive in Singapore so that we could have our visas processed together there prior to arriving in Indoland. We stayed at a nice YWCA lodge called Fort Canning Lodge. We hung out there for a day or two and sweltered in the heat as we wandered around to feed ourselves.
I won't go into the crazy details of traveling to Jakarta and arriving at our apartments, b/c we were all SO tired. Those first few days were filled with late nights, early mornings, jet lag, meetings at school about culture shock and life here, and coming home to my trashed apartment just to crash and not get anything done there.
Finally, my apartment has mostly come together and feels homey and not like a boring storage place! I'll post photos of it later.
School has been in session for 2 weeks. We start Week 3 of school tomorrow, which is a short week on account of Indonesia's Independence Day on Wednesday. We teach only half of the day on Thursday because we have Independence Day activities in the morning and at the end of the day. Hopefully, I'll be able to get caught up on lesson planning this week!
I teach 2 sections of Drama 8, 2 of English 8, and 2 of English 7. My students are very sweet and a lot of fun!
Photos to come soon! :)
