Introduction

Mabuhay!

I am Philip T. Subala 4th year student of Bachelor of Elementary Education major in General Education from Don Mariano Marcos Memorial State University Mid-La Union Campus, Philippines. First and foremost, I want to share how eager I am to join this program. When my Department Chairman announced that they need students to have their practice teaching out of the country I don’t feel any hesitation to write my name because I do believe that this program SEA Teacher Project or the “Pre-Service Student Teacher Exchange in Southeast Asia” is a once in a lifetime opportunity and a big platform for me to showcase my capabilities that I have learned as well as to enhance more my potentials in teaching. SEA Teacher is a project that aims to provide opportunity for pre-service student teachers from universities in Southeast Asia to have teaching experiences in schools in other countries in Southeast Asia.

So, on this blog, I will tell you completely about my journey during this program. Actually, this was the first time in our university to send student teachers to this program but in overall SEA Teacher I joined Batch 8 which was held from August 10 to September 7, 2019. I was placed in Medan City in the island of North Sumatera Indonesia. Yehey!

I still remember what our coordinator in our university told us that we are not just carrying our name but we are carrying the name of our department, college and most importantly carrying the name of our university DMMMSU. Becoming a pride of our university is also a big responsibility.

Hopefully all of you can enjoy each verse of my journey and hopefully be motivated.

Mula sa kaibuturan ng aking puso. Maraming Salamat po!