I’m just going to skip through the part on whatever we’ve done where or not as it’s getting repetitive(I’m just lazy).
This isn’t going to be 2 weeks of my life in Indonesia, but 2 weeks of life driven into me. I certainly ‘lived’ differently. People, language, culture and food were all foreign to me, which i felt myself alienated in this world the for first time.
With warm hospitality and help from the Indonesia students, it didn’t take long for me to be integrated into their culture. From learning few Javanese/Indonesian language to eating with my hands, each foreign to me feels slightly natural now.
Besides the local students, I feel that our team is also doing their best which in turn motivates me to step out of my own comfort zone as well. Frankly, I didn’t came here with the intentions to do work but to be by the sidelines. Called it peer pressure but when you see the team engaging in work, it’s hard to be not doing anything.
“”Life isn’t about what happens to you, but how you react to it.”
In conclusion, I am surprised at how my life has changed during TF scale. I now have a new found family in Indonesia and certainly will have an everlasting long-term effect on my life with the skills I’ve picked up.