Ngawi
Here’s a quick report on a very big trip to Ngawi
with Kevin from Kang Guru Indonesia. Kevin was in Ngawi for two days and it was fantastic presenting a teacher workshop and meeting hundreds of students!
It all started badly with a 4 hour delay on Garuda.
Instead of leaving at 15.15pm for Surabaya from Denpasar,
it left at 19.40. Delays and technical difficulties
are understandable but lack of information from the
airline to passengers is not. When will Garuda realize
that informing passengers of delays as early as they
can is good for them? I checked in and was told that
the flight was on time. Okay, great. Then 20 minutes
AFTER departure time they tell passengers the flight
is 4 hours late! Maybe I will try LION next time.
After an overnight stay in Surabaya I traveled by train
to Madiun – a three hour trip and it was very
pleasant too. Then the Organizing Committee, led by
Pak Adli, from Ngawi picked me up for the one hour drive
to Ngawi. All was going well until I was pleasantly
surprised by over 400 students waiting for me at SMP
2 Ngawi. Fantastic! The students presented a very clever
dance routine using the letter K A N G G U R U to music
and singing – well done and thanks from everyone
at KGI as it was a wonderful birthday wish for KGI’s
20th Anniversary in Indonesia.
The away to the next unscheduled meeting with a further
400 students. This time they asked terrific questions
and presented some excellent performances icluding a
violin solo by a very talented SD student. It was very
wet with heavy rain and yet the students joined in with
the fun and the excitement of the day.
On Saturday KGI presented a Teacher Workshop for 60
teachers from the Ngawi area. It was fun and everyone
seemed to enjoy the activities mainly taken from KGI’s
new ‘Listen and learn with KGI’ –
SMP level. Although it took a while to get going, once
they started there was no stoppin’ them –
well done Ngawi teachers.
After the workshop I returned to Surabaya to a hotel
for the night then flew home the next morning to enjoy
what was left of the weekend. A good trip and it was
FULL of surprises. Thanks Ngawi!
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