Nov 10, 2011 (teaching)

Today, my friend would like to join in teaching. Her name is Carissa and she will be teaching grade 1. As I have said in the previous entry, I will be teaching the kids KPK and FPB one more time as I see many students have not understand this concept thoroughly. It was hard explaining it to the grade 3 students but after some exercises, they can do it correctly. It was still hard because of the number of students that are so many but this is a new challenge for me to bring these students to success.

Nov 3, 2011

Today, the whole senior school went to Bandung for Youth Camp. I will miss today's teaching and learning process with the students.

Oct 27, 2011 (teaching)

Today, I taught the grade 3 and 4 students KPK and FPB. Since they said that they will have a test tomorrow about this topic, i decided to help them prepare for their test. The grade 3 students have not learn this topic yet so it was hard for me to teach to the grade 3 as well as grade 4 who were already familiar with this topic. I'm struggling in explaining to them and because there were so many students, sometimes i can not handle each one of them. I decided to re-teach them next week so that they will understand the topic completely.

Oct 20, 2011 (teaching)

Today, Boby joins us in teaching these kids. When Boby came, the kids were excited and kept on asking "who's the new teacher?". I'm glad that he got a nice response from these students. Boby decided to teach grade 6 and he wanted to focus on math. There was a change in the teaching process. Before, the teachers rotate and got different classes each week, but now we decided to focus on one class and stay in that class every week. I got the grade 3 and 4 while Kristie is teaching grade 5 and Ibu Tiwi teaching grade 1 and 2.

Oct 13, 2011 (teaching)

Today, I taught the grade five and six. I start off by teaching them to line up. I tell them to place their bag in a line and start taking their bag by lining up. I told them the advantages of waiting because as I have observed them for weeks, they have a lack of patience. They tend to push each other. Then, we continue to learn math. I have prepared some exercises regarding fractions and roots. Some of them have a hard time doing the exercises so I helped them. Then, we continue on doing their homework. I realize my weakness is on history because I can't help on their history homework. As we have planned the previous week, we are playing the team work game and they are very excited. There are some students who push their friends while playing and I realize how they still need guidance on manner and ethics.

Oct 6, 2011 (teaching)

Today was a bit different as we spend half of the class explaining rules and regulations for each class. We create essential agreements with each class and we will make a universal agreement probably next week. We also explain on what signal which indicates that we want their attention. They cooperate really well, only one or two students seems to be distracted by their friends. Because we don’t have much time, I start helping the grade 3 and 4 in doing their homeworks. I gave a homework to them to make a times table until 10. Then, we planned to have a game which enhances their team work but it started raining so we told the students to go home early. In this meeting, I consider the ethical implications of my actions with the students. It is because today we explained about manner to respect other people, I have to show a good example to these students.

Sept 29, 2011 (teaching)

Today, I taught grade one and two. The number of students increases and I have a really hard time taking their attention. I have prepared some worksheets for the students. In the workheets, the students have to connect the dots.Some of them also did some simple additional and substraction problems. They did really well in some of the problems but the ones that are more challenging took them half an hour to do it. After finishing doing to exercises, I help them to do their homeworks. To keep them occupied, I told the kids who did not bring their homeworks to draw. They enjoy their time drawing and coloring so much.

Sept 22, 2011

I’m feeling sort of nervous today because this will be my first time with the 5th and 6th graders. I need to review my 6th grade materials since I forgot some of them. They are the one who needs the most attention as they are heading to the National Examination. Today, I prepare some worksheets so that they could work on it. I realize that one of the students are struggling in math as he was not doing anything. I tried to help him but he seems so confused. It seems that I need to teach him basic mathematics first before continuing on my teaching process. There is also one other students who struggles in reading. This proves that in school these students will struggle a lot. I hope that I could help them deal with their hardships.

Sept 15, 2011

After the Lebaran break, there are many students who can’t come because they are still in their holiday trips. Today, I taught the 3rd and 4th grade fractions. I have a really small class due to some students not coming so it was easier for me to handle the class. I start the class by introducing fractions to a grade three student because she has not learn fractions yet at school. Then, I told the kids to color the picture of pizzas that I have prepared. I told the to color different fractions and they seem to enjoy coloring so much. After finishing up, I start to help them with their homeworks. Students who did not bring the homeworks continue on coloring. For today’s meeting, I realize my areas of strenghts and weaknesses. When I try to help them with their homeworks, some of my kids went away to the other class. This indicates that my teaching process seems ‘boring’ to them. This challenges me to find ways so that teaching and learning process could be a fun thing to do in the future. I’m really glad that the kids are so enthusiastic and they cooperate really well even though I have so much things to improve.

August 21, 2011 (Church Service)

Today we did not do any activities and so we have some bible study and discussions. We are divided into several groups and each of the group discussed a specific book from the Bible. Many people shared their personal experiences and it was very touching to hear their stories. We spent time laughing and I feel that I'm getting even closer to them. I love discussing in small groups compared to when we discuss in one large rocket because I feel that it is more effective and personal.

August 25, 2011 (Teaching)

Actually today is the Lebaran holiday but we told the kids to come today so that we could be closer. We were afraid, if we make today a holiday, the kids will forget about our name thus we don't want to start introduction all over again. Surprisingly, today the number of students have increased drastically! When I first came, I was so shocked and I became so nervous as I'm afraid if I can't handle all of them. There are around 15-20 kids that came. It's a good thing that Kendisha came to help. We split the kids into 3 groups --> 1st- 2nd grade, 3rd-4th, 5th-6th. I'm in charge of math grade 1-2. I start off with some introduction and started to get to know each others names. It was pretty hard to remember their names and I feel really bad if some of the kids actually realize that I don't remember their names. We read books and do some exercises. they seem to really enjoy drawing and coloring.

August 18, 2011 (Teaching)

This will be my first experience teaching primary year students. I honestly feel really nervous especially with the number of kids that we predicted to come. Last week, we visit the village and meet parents so that they could be informed of this extra lesson to their children. They expected 30 kids to be participating. I was really shocked about the number of students because it is sort of a burden for me as a beginner. When Ibu Tiwi (our supervisor), Kristie (my friend who joins this activity) and I came in, we were surprised because there are only 5 students. We were so sad and expqct more student to participate so that this activity could go well. As for today, we introduce ourselves and get to know each other. Since this is a pretty small class, it is easy for us to get closer to each other. We did not start any reaching learning process since we wanted to start off easily. I find the students really enthusiastic about this lesson as they are very cheerful and participate well in discussions.

Teaching primary year students

I will start my new CAS which is to teach math to primary year students. I will do this with one of my teacher - Bu Tiwi (as my supervisor) - and my friend, Kristie.

Here is my CAS proposal:
This activity will be one of my service projects. In this project, I am going to teach grade one until grade three students about mathematics, Indonesian language and/or English language. The first learning outcome that I will achieve is engaged with issues of global importance (education). This is because people in the rural areas usually do not consider education as their first priority, therefore by helping them to learn, me and my teachers will emphasize the importance of education. Here, I have the opportunity to share what I have to the less fortunate to increase their skills. For example, I am quite exposed to English language; therefore it is time for me to share to them my knowledge about English language so they will find good use of it in their future. As I will be teaching primary school subjects, the materials will not be a big obstacle for me. Making learning fun for them is the challenge for me, which leads to the next learning outcome which is increasing my awareness of my strengths and areas for grow. I know that my academic skill for primary school might be sufficient but I also know that teaching people is one of my weaknesses. This is because teaching needs patience and understanding of the student, I cannot be too strict for them but yet serious. I tend to want others to do things quickly; therefore by teaching these kids, I hope my skill to relate to others and understand their condition and their needs will increase. Throughout the CAS I will be showing my perseverance and commitment of this activity as I will try my best to attend the class to teach them every week as the appreciation for the students that are willing to spend time to study with us. Ibu Tiwi also emphasizes that we are going to teach ethics to these students, therefore the way I act will matter so I will have to consider the ethical implications of my actions. As my status there will be a helping teacher, it is not nice to give a bad example for the kids and it will also be bad if I disappoint the children’s will to study. At the end of this activity, I believe I will develop new skill. This is because I will learn how to make learning fun for children, share my knowledge with the easiest way to decipher for others and last but not least, the skill to improve my surrounding’s quality in this case education. I am very looking forward to this activity because even though the number of children we are teaching is small, we will have an impact on them.

August 28, 2011 (Church Service)

This week, we met together in one of the member's house. We spent time to discuss other things we can do to raise money or raise awareness for education. We realize that around Bogor, there are many little kids that don't have a proper education. Many of them can not afford to go to school or afford a proper book. We decided to buy books for these kids but before that, we still need to discuss with parents and other associates who understand the conditions better. Other than that, we also had my birthday celebration. They buy a cake we had a small party together. I was very surprised and I feel elated because in between their schedule, they still think about my birthday surprise party.

August 14, 2011 (Church Service)

Today, some parents donated cookies and other snacks so that we can sell them in front of the church. Many people buy the snacks and in no time, we have sold everything. We have bought several bible using the money we have raised and the church is now equipped with bibles that are ready for people to use. We believe that this will further help the church in their services each week.

August 7, 2011 (Church Service)

We continue to play the band but we decided to do this in the evening where many people have come. Today, many people have donated and we collected quite a lot of money from it. We are very happy and glad to be able to donate for this church as this church is very small but more people are starting to come here. We hope that this money could be used to better facilitate all the people trying to worship and praise the Lord. We will continue this next week but we are planning to have some parents donate foods or snacks so that we can also sell it to the people around this church. We will then use this money to buy bibles for this church.

11 Sept 2011

Today is my last meeting for this CAS program and we had a small farewell party. Then, we had some bible study and they are very warm and are thankful towards my presence for these past 12 weeks. I really hope that I can join this group again in the future but with the hectic exams and other schedules, I can not join this activity. I realize and learn many things from this activity. I learn about how care towards others can encourage every human being and how every human being have their rights and equal opportunities and that we have to help them go towards their hopes and dreams. I really hope that this group can be useful for the society and that they can continue in spreading their love and care towards even more people.

Sept 4, 2011 (Church Service)

We gather and practice for the choir / singing performance we are planning to have in the next two weeks. We did this to raise money for our next project in helping unfortunate kids. We had a fun time practicing and even though I can not sing very well, all of them encouraged us to sing with full power and be lively. I feel the care built in this group and I'm glad to join this group.

31 July 2011 (Church Service)

Today, we start collecting money to fund the church. The band played really well in spite of having so little time to practice. I'm in charge of collecting money from the people around who watches. I realize that not many people wants to donate even though we have stated clearly from the beginning that the money obtained will be donated fully for the church. I'm sad to know that not many people care about the church but at the same time, they expect the church to be 'better' in terms of infrastructure and the building.

17 July 2011 (Church Service)

Today, we did some bible study first and then we decided to help funding the Amal Kasih church by having a band playing and some of us collect money. Because I can't really play musical instruments, I'm in charge of finding the songs and lyrics so that the band could practice. I also encourage them by buying foods and we have so much fun. We will start collecting money next week after they have enough practice time.

24 July 2011 (Church Service)

Today, we start on the collecting money band performance. We perform at Amal Kasih itself and gain so much attention. I'm in charge of collecting the money and some of other people too. Today was so much fun and we collected around Rp300,000. Even though it's not a big amount, I'm still very satisfied because we are using our own effort to collect money and give it to Amal Kasih for better services to all the church people. We will also set up a performance again next week without collecting money. It's just plain service to the church.

10 July 2011 (Church Service)

After they went to the place of elderly, they told me that the elderly feel so happy and feel the sense of belonging. They told me that they are sad because people seem to always pity them and view them as a very fragile creature. I'm happy because I could at least make them feel better and that the funding will be used to buy new desks, plants and other decorations for the elderly house. Today, we only have discussion time to decide our next project. We also did some bible study and discuss about the book of Mark. I spend 2 hours with them. From this meeting, I realize how lessons from Bible study should be applied to our lives so that it could benefit us and others too. I also realize that the elderly do not want to be treated as a 'weak' creature. On the other hand, they want to be treated as equal as other normal people. This is the global issue and I'm thinking how my action actually contributes to the life of other people ethically.

3 July 2011 (Church Service)

Today, I'm continuing to sell the artworks that the association have made. In addition to that, we also bake some cookies and sell it. The cookies are so popular that we sold everything! I'm glad our hard have work pays off and the money will be given to the elderly. They will have a visit of the elderly on next Thursday and I'm so sad because I can't make it. Instead, I wrote a letter to them so that I could contribute a little by giving them support. I really wish I could join the association to the elderly place.

26 June 2011 (Church Sevice)

On my second meeting, I'm helping with selling the art works at Amal Kasih. It's just right behind my house and so I meet a lot of new people that seems to care abour elderly also. I realize that their lack of support in this matter is because they have no time. Most of them are very busy with their own schedule thus they don't spend time thinking about these kind of issues. It made me think how much more people out there in the world that want to help but can't because of time restraint? It's sad to know that there are lots of people suffering different kind of mental or physical depression. Anyways, I did sell some art work and collect the money to the treasurer. Everybody was happy and we will continue this again next week.

19 June 2011 (Church service)

Today is my first meeting with the association and they seem to be very nice. I did not do much today because I'm still learning about what I should help. They are currently raising money for elderly and trying to create crafts from recyclable items. So, I did create some artworks and sell it to the church people. from this meeting, I realized how the feeling of caring other people is very precious and different from any other feelings. I'm glad i join this association because I hope i could learn about many things regarding global issues.

21 and 24 June 2011 (Mandarin)

Today, I had a test on the 3rd chapter which is about foods. I got one mistake because of the small strokes i forgot. I realize that I'm still lacking but i also believe that by undertaking new challenges, I could be better in my mandarin skill. I continue on the health and body parts section. I start off with reading the conversation and translating it. I'm feeling that I'm getting a lot more familiar with the mandarin symbols and its meaning. Now, I could make some sentences on my own with the vocabularies that I have. I know that it's limited but everything takes time :)my homework is to translate and practicing on sentence structure again since it is a very important practice, I need to do it over and over so that I could be better.

Today, my teacher and I discuss about my homework. We spend the whole 90 minutes to discuss and fixed the wrong ones. This homework is especially hard because there are many questions and many new vocabularies. In the end, I am able to work it out.

14 June 2011 and 17 June 2011 (Mandarin)

For the next meeting, I undertake a new challenge which is to read without looking at the pin-yin (only read by looking at the symbols). This requires me to recognize the symbols and know their meaning. This is a new challenge because before this, I always read the pin-yin instead of the symbols. I feel pressured at first but after several practices, I could finally do it. At this meeting, I also have a test on the 2nd chapter. I have a homework about translation and sentence structure. I will discuss it on my next meeting.

In this meeting, I start off with discussing my homework. I got few mistakes regarding new vocabularies. I feel that the homework is very hard because there are lots of new vocabularies that I don't know thus I seek help from my dad. I realize that there are still lots of things I need to work on. Then, we proceed with some exercises and then start a new chapter: health and body parts.

10 June 2011 (Mandarin)

Today, I have my first test about simple phrases and i got full mark! My teacher complimented about my neat hand writing and that not all of her students could get a perfect score in their first test. This makes me even more confident towards learning mandarin. After the test, I continue on the nest chapter which is about friends, schools and name of countries. In this chapter, there are conversations that could be a practice to get more familiar with the mandarin symbols. For my homework, I'll be counting strokes. Mandarin symbols requires perfect steps and strokes and if I could count ho many strokes to write a certain mandarin symbol, then I'll be counted as being able to recognize correct strokes.

31 May 2011 and 3 June 2011

for this week, I'm learning about sentence structure. Since mandarin and Indonesian have different sentence structure, it's hard to translate sentences into the correct structure. she gave me some exercises about translation for my homework. for this meeting, I'm aware of my areas for improvement are to practice so that i could translate from Bahasa Indonesia to Mandarin but I have improved on my vocabulary lists. This is also a new challenge for me and also shows my commitment towards learning mandarin. Some people might quit learning mandarin because it's very hard especially the specific details that mandarin requires us to remember.

On the next meeting, I learn about public places such as hospital, bank, etc. I have used the new book for quite a while and my teacher wanted to conduct a test on the first chapter. The first chapter is about basic, simple phrases such as I, you, thank you, etc. She demanded me to be able to write with the mandarin symbol and she said that I will have a test for each chapter. I am not feeling any burden thinking that it will benefits me to have a test. It will trigger my willingness to learn and the test will determine/show that I have develop my mandarin skill.

May 24 and 27, 2011

This week, I'm not going to have my mandarin lesson because this is the exam week. I'm planning to have my mandarin lesson on Friday when everything is done but my teacher have to go to a trip so, I will miss this week's meetings.

May 20, 2011

On Tuesday, I'm not having any mandarin lesson because it's a national holiday. My teacher have said that we will not be having a class that day instead, we're going to meet on Friday. So on Friday, as usual, I started reviewing last week's vocabularies. Then, I learn about currencies, and simple vocabularies to buy things from stores. I also learn about names of countries and also about school such as: students, high school, middle school and primary school. From this meeting, I have undertaken new challenges, knowing my areas of strength and improvements and also have shown my perseverance in learning mandarin. Many of my friends stops their lesson because they thought it was too hard but I believe, mandarin is something that is possible to work with. I'm positive by next year, I'm able to speak this language.

May 10 and May 13, 2011

Today, we learn about how to have a small conversation with each other. Last week, I was struggling with this but after some times, I got use to it and it became much smoother than before. I think my perseverance have come a result of improvement. I believe I still have a lot of things to work on. I also learn about some body parts. I also have learn names of drinks such as milk, tea, coffee, etc. This meeting increases my awareness of what I have to work on and what I'm good at. Now, I have a goal to accomplish: to be able to make a sentence out of the vocabularies that I Know. To accomplish this goal, I sometimes use mandarin while trying to express simple sentences like "I'm hungry/full" "I'm happy, how about you?" to my friends. The teacher said that it is better to use my mandarin in everyday life to be able to remember the vocabularies.

May 3 and May 6, 2011

Starting May, I'm going to have 2 meetings (Tuesday and Friday). In total, I'm going to have my mandarin lesson for 3 hours/week. In today's meeting, i spend the first 10 minutes to review our previous lessons because I have skipped a month and I forgot most of the vocabularies.My teacher and I started off easy such as constructing simple sentences just to back up my memory and start to open up the books and then start the new lesson. I learn about relationships such as brothers, sister, mother, nephew, etc. I also learn about how do I say time, direction and also how to welcome people in or out. I especially having a hard time today in constructing sentences with the new vocabularies but this also created perseverance in me. I knew I could do it but I'm just starting to struggle a lot these days plus the homework from school is piling up.

On Friday, I learn vocabulary for hungry, full, busy, tired, etc. I also learn on how to say a word with two different tones. I have no problem in pronouncing the different tones, but I do face some difficulties to remember the vocabularies. It is sometimes too much but I learn lots of new stuff and I believe that I could work things out. Wish me luck!

Mandarin Lesson April

I can not do mandarin lesson because the teacher is unavailable. The teacher is going to China for a trip and so I won't have mandarin lesson.

Mandarin Lesson March 29, 2011

Today, the teacher taught us on how to write today,tomorrow,yesterday,etc. She also teaches us about year, months, and weeks. I find it hard to memorize the symbols. We also practice on pronunciation and focuses on the tone and pronunciation of each word. I find no problem in pronunciation but because I have limited vocabularies, I find it hard to communicate with people using mandarin.

Mandarin Lesson March 22, 2011

Today, we are learning about higher numbers such as 1 billion. We don't just learn about 1,000,000,000 but there are combination of different numbers such as 2,345,623,745 so it's sort of hard to spell it because I'm not fluent yet with the numbers and also the mandarin name for hundreds/thousands/etc. We also learn about time such as hour/minutes/seconds/half an hour/etc. The teacher also provide me with exercises for this and I think I can do it now. This practice is a lot easier since I've played with numbers a lot from the start and saying the time is a lot easier than counting numbers to 1 billion. I find it easier now to remember numbers but i have difficulties with the symbols. I find it really hard to remember them but I will try harder because I believe that mandarin is hard but it's not impossible to learn. I am planning to go to China for university and I have to practice my mandarin from now and continue to learn it in China.

Mandarin lesson March 15, 2011

For mandarin lesson, we start off with the pronunciation practice and then start to learn about numbers. We practice on how to say numbers up to 1 billion with different number combination. I have hard time to remember the vocabulary such as: one hundred, one thousand and one million. It's also hard because in Indonesia, we count zeros by separating 3 zeros (ex: 9 000 000 000) but in Mandarin, we separate the zeros by 5 zeros (ex: 9 00000 0000). It's hard to think it that way and so, the teacher gave us a tips. She said that it's easier to count 5 numbers from the back and then start to say it. I have improvement on my pronunciation and the teacher said that I have neat hand writing.I gain perseverance in doing this lesson and also recognizing my weaknesses and strengths.

Mandarin March 8, 2011

Today, we practice more on our pronunciation. Liang Laoshi checked our homework and she is impressed that my handwriting is pretty neat and today, she gave me a booklet which contains simple vocabularies so that I could look at it at home. She gave me 10 vocabularies from the booklet and have it as my homework. We also learn about different vocabularies of relatives such as uncle, aunts, grandparent, etc.

Mandarin March 1, 2011

Today, I have the first mandarin lesson. I learn about consonants and vocals in mandarin and also start to learn on the pronunciation and some meanings. I found difficulties in pronouncing the different tones and also consonants. Liang Laoshi gave me homework on numbers. I think I need to work on my pronunciation skill while she said that, my writing is very neat. Writing mandarin needs specific steps and I've done it correctly.

Dance lesson - updates!

I'm still having dance lesson every Wednesday each week but not going to include it in my CAS anymore since I have start my mandarin lesson. If there are any special events, I will still update on it.

Feb 16, 2011

We fail the audition T.T,,, we don't actually fail the audition but the committee said that we have to make sure that the song, choreography, costume, etc have to support the theme "Peace of Art". All dance group could not perform at the closing ceremony but we could actually perform on the encounter friendship concert. We decided to not participate in any performance for now because we believe that other opportunities may come. Today, we practice on physical endurance. Mrs. Risa gave us lessons as to how to improve our power in dance and we encounter some new challenges. We struggle in following Mrs. Risa's pace. Flexibility is our main problem. None of us is really flexible while actually, dance could not be separated from flexibility and power. We will continue on improving our skills.

Feb 10, 2011

I can't start my mandarin lesson because of the Chinese New Year. The place have a holiday. I can not submit my proposal since the place haven't give me a exact tutor.

Feb 9, 2011

Today is the BIG day! We are going to have our audition today! We are very nervous since we're hoping so much that we could perform at the artfest closing ceremony. Our friends also support the four of us. We did not use the costume on the audition since we want it to be a surprise. We saw other dance groups and we admit that one of them are really good but, we won't give up because we want to achieve our goal and show that we've improved so much. I realize that our group have actually improved SO much since our first meeting. Our teacher also told us that we've improves. This motivates me to do more and learn more about dance. I'm planning to keep doing this CAS activity through out this year.

My mandarin lesson is starting soon. I will give the proposal to Bu Helmy soon. I will update the journal once I have started my first creativity activityL mandarin lesson.

Feb 2, 2011

Today, we practiced using our costume as for the preparation for next week, the audition. We believe that we'll do good in the audition and whatever the decision is, we will accept it and keep on improving our skill. We find it difficult to dance with the costume since it's less comfortable than the training clothes we used to wear. This became a new challenge for us and we work collaboratively so that we could do our best. We ask for opinions from my 2 sisters and they said that overall, we've done a great job but we still need to improve on our coordination skill and work on the details.

26 Jan, 2011

Today, we're trying to bring our jeans and style it so that we could be sure on what we're wearing for the performance later but Mrs. Risa told us that it is too plain. We discuss with Mrs. Risa for about an hour and came up to a conclusion that we're going to bring clothes that could be used for the performance on next Tuesday PE class. We agreed that the theme for our costume is black. After discussing, we start our practice by warming up and then start the dance. We added some choreography for the ending part and I struggles on remembering it. I should do it several times until I could get it right. We kept on discussing what's the best ending and we finally had it done! So, next week will be a full practice and hopefully with the costume ready!

19 Jan, 2011

The first practice after Christmas break! It's a challenging practice today because our body were not ready for the harsh movements! We got to be ready for the performance yet we still need to work on our coordination. The four of us showed contribution on making the dance even better and we start thinking about the costume. We think that we would go with white t-shirt and jeans. Next week, we will practice with jeans and finalize the movements. We were still not sure on the ending part. Ms. Risa have prepared the dance movements but she want us to wait until next week. I increase on my strength that I actually remember the movements well but there were still some parts that i just can't get it right. I also need to control my expression and breath. I'm planning to continue on this CAS because I find it beneficial for me to improve my skills and I also enjoy doing it.

12 Jan 2011

Today is report card day and Carissa hasn't got back from her holiday. Our teacher, Ms. Risa also do not come to the school today so, we don't have any dance practice today.

17 Dec 2010 - 10 Jan 2011

It's Christmas break and we don't have any dance practice. I'm still trying to find a mandarin tutor so maybe I'll start after break is over.

15 Dec, 2010

Today is the last day to practice before Christmas break is going to start. Today, we're wearing jeans as to adjust ourselves for the performance. We are thinking to wear jeans when we perform so, we're trying to wear one for this practice. We are trying to find movements for the ending yet we can't really find one which makes us depressed because we are planning to be able to practice on Christmas break and be ready for the performance. It is very hard to wear jeans while dancing since it limits my movements but it's a new challenge for my friends and I. All of us cooperate together so we could make a great performance. We realize that there will be many students from other schools and that come and look at our performance so we have to prepare as much as we could to bring up SPH Sentul.

Here is the link for our dance practice:
XQST dance pratice 151210