First, First and First

This is the first time I went abroad and it was Thailaaaaaaand, Yes, Thailand the country of White Elephant. I was so excited when I could join the Seateacher program from SEAMEO. Thank you SEAMEO.

 Touch Down

I went to Thailand with three other friends of mine from YSU (Yogyakarta State University). Unfortunately, we were separated to different universities in Thailand: VRU, TRU and SRU while me myself, I was in ARU (Phranakon Si Ayyutthaya Rajabaht University). We were separated in Don Mueang International Airport since we had our own people who picked us up.

Aj. Ned and Aj Nui are the lectures from ARU who kindly picked me up in the airport. There are also two other students from Indonesia who was already there: Afifah (Solo) and Dinar (Bandung). I also arrived there in the same time as the UHAMKA student called Gina since we were in the same plane. Three students were already here the day before, they are Sri from Makassar and two students from UII Yogyakarta: Dian and Dhita. We waited for three other students.

First Deal with Thailand

After we bought foods for our dinner, (which was free, Aj Nui paid it for us), we went to a mini market (Seven Eleven). It was quite not comfortable since we were 12 in a MINI market. We felt quite too big for that market. We bought what we needed and then we left.

Dorm oh Dorm

Getting inside to the dorm, I really did not know what to say or even think, I was sooooooo tired: my trip started from 4 A.M that morning. Surprisingly it was a really comfortable place to stay and I suddenly forgot my tiredness. The dorm was really clean. My room? It was the farthest to the left after you entered the main door of our dorm, on the right side after you reached the end of the alley. We were ten, nine girls and a boy. Lucky for the boy he had his own room and I felt sorry for him at the same time as well since he had to stand with his loneliness, 555555. I was with Gina and Dinar. We had two bunk beds, four built-in cabinets, four tables in a row, a nice toilet and a perfect bathroom with water heater and we could do shower everytime. To make the things more perfect, Air Conditioner could make our day since I heard that Thailand is pretty hot even to an Indonesian like me. Here are some pictures of my room.

Place for study

Bunk Beds

Air Condition

Toilet and Shower Room

Backyard