Report of English School Outing Programme Part II

Part II

Second Day, Do You Know Bangladesh City?                              Tue, 05^th of June 2012

            No day without waiting for our guide, it was twice we waited for our guide in front of Brayat dormitory and it made us be bored. If we went to Borobudur early, but the problem was we need our guide to enter Borobudur temple. Without our guide maybe we couldn’t enter. As usually we entered from seventh gate, we went there on foot and we paid nothing to enter.

When we arrived in front of Borobudur temple, we took picture together, we separated. We got around Borobudur, hunted foreigners, but it was not our lucky. We didn’t find foreigners until we gave up. We were confused, we had got around and we found nothing. Lately we found a foreigner from Bangladesh. When we said we were English student and we were practicing our language he so appreciated.

            We accompanied him from Rupadhatu level up to Arupadhatu level. We asked about his country, education system, tourism resort, weather and transportation there but we didn’t asked about scholarship there.

            Education in Bangladesh is near same with Indonesia but, in Bangladesh Primary school only five years (in Indonesia is as like Elementary school), secondary school five years (in Indonesia is junior high school) and High secondary school is two years (in Indonesia is senior high school) He said. Oh... Yeah his name is Reza.

            The weather there is same with Indonesia. Those dry and wet seasons. Than other that we talked about tourism resort, there is a famous beach there, maybe it’s same with Kuta beach if in Indonesia, and about the transportation there, actually there was water/river transportation there, they use boat to be transportation but now is seldom, they move to land transportation like bus, train and others.

            We were very enjoying it. He is so friendly, almost every angel he asked my help to take some pictures, so I did it with happy.

            In the last our conversation he asked us about the payment for some souvenirs, but actually I didn’t think so about it, I don’t know much about it. Then he said to us, “actually you should know about much information here, so if there is some foreigners ask to you about it, you can help them and they will remember you sometimes, and recall you because of your help last time”.

            The second foreigner that we met came from Australia, his name is Chris. But we didn’t talked with him, because he said he was busy. In fact he has been live in Jakarta for about three years, and he can speak Indonesian too but because we needed to study our English he never speak by Indonesian. He said “your English is very good, you don’t need to practice again!” than he went away.

            It was not our lucky we had gotten around Borobudur, but we just found two foreigners who were not busy. But tomorrow we have to be better and do our best. We promise! We have been staying here for two days. And we have visited Borobudur and all of museum there.

            Nice holiday and amazing outing programme!

Third Day of SOP                                                                             Wed, 06^th of June 2012

            Today we went at 07.30 a.m. we left our guide, but that was not because they so long time, but one of them was getting sick so they couldn’t accompany/guide us to practice our English at Borobudur temple.

            When we arrived in Borobudur temple we replayed our intention to focus in our study English. Than we didn’t think to get up the temple, we turned right from the entrance than we directly got the foreigners. When they walked in Kamadhatu level we chased them and we got them to the park.

            They had been stayed here for three days. They were a student at a university in Swedia, but they got the scholarship student exchange in Hongkong University.

            Their names were Linn and Charlotte. We didn’t talked for a long time, because they said would directly go to Dieng Hill.

            The second foreigner was from Texas US/American, the name was Joe Amick. He was studying in Texas University at politic economy faculty. He had been studies at doctorate program.

            His wife from Jogjakarta and he had a daughter. Actually he had often gone to Indonesia he ever go to Jakarta, Bandung, Yogyakarta and other places. But that was the first time he went to Borobudur temple. And he could speak a little of Indonesian.

Fourth Day, Getting Sick and Foreigners!                                     Thru, 7^th of June 2012

            Today was not too fun because my body was not too health, my stomach was diarhea. So I didn’t get foreigner at all at the morning. I just sat down and went to the toilet to throw my rubbish from my stomach. Up to half pass nine I had not gotten any foreigner yet.

            After that I walked around the temple and got down by myself, without my friends. At the second floor of the temple, still alone. I saw a couple of foreigners, than I thought to take it, but I just alone, so I called Firdaus. He was not my partners, because I was separated with him long time ago. We walked to them, under the tree. We great them and acquainted, apparently they had just come. We asked them, ”Have you walked around this temple?” but their comprehension was : We asked them to walk around the temple. Willy nilly we accompanied them to walk around the temple.

            They came from France; they had just finished their study in Grenoble Ecole De Management University. Their name was Antonie and Gell, they got the student exchange scholarship in Hong Kong University. The system education at university in France was different with Indonesia. Over there in every faculty or Department was different faculty. There was four season there.

            Wednesday and Thursday we went to Borobudur without our guide. But in these days were different on Wednesday we got many foreigners and on Thursday were contradictory. We got a little bit of foreigner.

            On Wednesday when our guide was sick and couldn’t accompany us we got many foreigners. We made conversation for a long time with foreigners who came from Bangladesh, Sweden, and England etc. And Thursday was contradictory because I just got four foreigners in a meeting and Sufyan got two French foreigners in a meeting. It will be interested if we tell you one by one. I begin from Thursday.

            Some friends said Miss Lulu was sick, so our guider couldn’t accompany us. It had two days we went to Borobudur on foot without our guider. We were so happy we thought we could find and make conversation with many foreigners. We were so surprised when we arrived in Borobudur. We couldn’t find many foreigners as yesterday. Until half past nine we found no foreigners. We took around from lower terraces up to upper terraces. We were so bored when the sunlight burned us and weather became hot.

            I was separated from Sufyan when he wanted to take a bowl, he left Adib and I. Adib was separated from Imam. From the first time Adib and Imam seldom hunted foreigners together.

            Adib and I took around during my trip around Borobudur temple I found no foreigners. Finally I met Sufyan in Rupadhatu level; we took picture by bored style. We continued to walk around when we was satisfied in taking picture. Actually we found many foreigners but, all of foreigners were busy.

            We had arrived Arupadhatu level, I wanted to know Kunto Bimo statue. After taking a rest in sixth terraces we went up to look for Kunto Bimo Statue. When we had known the palace of Kunto Bimo Statue we got down coincidentally our friends sat in sixth terraces.

            We approached them, they looked so bored I amused them, I tried to explain about Arupadhatu, I talked about Nirvana, Pariniruana and Mahaparinirvana, stupas, statues in stupas, square holes and diamond hall, and Kunto Bimo statue.

            Finally I practiced my English with Dori my friend from EDS. I showed him Kunto Bimo statue which if we have some wish we can pray by touching this statue. We talked about stupas Menoreh hill and all about Borobudur by English. We stopped our conversation when Sufyan called up that dori’s partner had gone. When Dori heard that he directly went to his friends and asked me to accompany him. It was cause I was separated from Sufyan.

            I continued my practicing with Dori we get down from sixth terraces to fifth, forth, third, second, and first terraces. In third terraces we met foreigner from France. We talked them about Borobudur from the reliefs, statues and location.

“Announcement! For all of malhikdua’s students who are doing SOP have together in entrance because we have a special guest from Barcelona, thank you!”

            When Dory and I heard the announcement we directly went to entrance. In entrance we met our guides and all of our friends.

            We were waiting for Mas Joko there. Mas Joko was coming, we welcomed in entrance. Mas Joko who came from Barcelona was a good, actually his name was Jacobo but because Indonesian people easier to say Joko, it’s better he said. He had visited many countries in the world. In every country which he had visited he was being volunteer. Mas Joko explained all about Borobudur. We walked around Borobudur.