Before arriving in Medan Indonesia, I had made the worst preparations about the life here, though. After the orientation given by the director, I still got shocked. Many things are just far beyond expectations, much worse, if I have to say. What all I thought the first night after reaching here, was that how could I spend 6 weeks living here? But until now I have been here for more than 3 weeks, I love this city and I love my life here. I have never experienced such a wonderful time before. What’s more, in Indonesia I can always get a lot of surprise: people passing by always try to say hello and smile to you; you can pick mango, lemon…if you want, from the trees alongside the street; students and their parents in the center always invite you to their houses and invite you to attend their family gathering. Oh, yea~ this Sunday, one of the former local volunteering teacher is going to get married, and all the volunteers are invited to attend her wedding ceremony. I am so excited. I even bought a muslim style dress for the wedding!
It’s very nice to teach the children. Some of them are very naughty, but the thing is, if they like you, they will try to listen to you. So when the other teachers told me that the children like me because they listened very carefully, I felt so proud of myself. Usually, we do not have any class on Friday, but since the girls knew that I can speak Korean, they have always been asking me to teach them. So here we are now, Korean class, every Friday afternoon! I feel accomplished that I can teach them.
In a word, after coming to Medan, what I have got from these lovely people is much more than what I have given to them.