WEEK 3: Starry Night

Third week is like the longest week for me. I think I overshared to my students my desire to experience rain in Bandung, for in two weeks I haven't experienced rain, and I think God heard me and granted my wish. It actually rained in Indonesia during my third week of stay, and I was really happy during that time, and I think I was overjoyed about the rain that I felt sick the next few days. I experienced stomach ache, nausea, vomiting, fatigue, and diarrhea for almost a week. It is really a good thing that the school held the class online since there was a three-day long graduation ceremony in the University. I even went to the university clinic to check my condition, and they gave me some medicine, and told me to avoid spicy foods for the meantime, and I did.   

It seems like I am really not in my right mind at that time, I keep on vomiting that even our neighbor came to our room asking what's happening. It's a good thing that my roommate is a thoughtful one. She assists and helps me during those hard times, she's also the one who informed the international office about my condition and took me to the clinic. Also, this is the first time I cried on my stay in Indonesia, for this was the time I realized that, right, I am not in my home, no one's going to take care of me but me alone.

Even though I am having a hard time to recover, I still went on our excursion for the week. It was actually a favor for me since it is a hot spring, it will make me feel better so I gave it a go, also I want to bond with my fellow SEA Teachers since the end of our journey is getting nearer. The hotspring is truly a good way to end the day, because after that I feel lighter than before, I feel better, and funny but I feel like my skin smoothes too.

This week too, my roommate left me alone in our room to live outside, she wanted to live outside for her own comfort and I understand her for that. As she shared some of her thoughts, she'll be staying in the university for her masteral degree program for about three years, and she can't stand being left behind by her roommates everytime they leave her. She doesn't want to see me leave, so she'll leave first before me. Also, she also wants to explore Bandung outside the university, for that is her way to love the place she is into right now so that it will not be hard for her to stay for three years away from her home.

My week didn't stop there, since it'll be our last week, our group, Batch 9 SEA Teachers, held a small party night on one of the UPI's rooftops. 'Twas indeed a happy memory we'll cherish together. The eleven of us are having fun like there is no tomorrow, like things won't end like how we want it to be, but then again, everything has an end. The one month program will end sooner or later more than we realize it to be.

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