Which is The Meaning of "Pembelajar Sepanjang Hayat"? : Long Life Learner or Lifelong Learner?

Hello, buddies. Long time no share anything on my blog. So, today I would like to share you something that I often find out on my friends' Instagram bio or their posts' caption. Maybe some of you also do that, don't you? hehe. Ok, Let's get started!

When I looked into some of my friends' Instagram profiles, I started to focus on their Instagram bio. I often see that their instagram bio even their photos' caption are written "Long Life Learner". So, What does "Long Life Learner" mean itself?

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If you want to tell someone that you are "seorang pembelajar sepanjang hayat", you should say that you're a lifelong learner not a long life learner. Why? because they have different meanings. Lifelong Learner consists of two words, they are "lifelong" that means "abadi" or similar to "sepanjang hayat" or "seumur hidup" and "learner" that means "pembelajar". So, the meaning of "lifelong learner" itself is "Pembelajar sepanjang hayat" or Pembelajar abadi". Whereas, "long life learner" consists of three words, they are "long" that means "panjang", "life" that means "hidup" and "learner" that means "pembelajar". So, the meaning of "long life learner" itself is "Pembelajar yang berumur panjang". See! they are different, aren't they?

Furthermore, let's see from their grammars!

For the first phrase that is "lifelong learner". "lifelong" is an adjective that describes a noun, and an adjective is placed before a noun and "Learner" is a noun. That's why, we should put "lifelong" first then "learner" and "lifelong" provides information about "learner". It tells that the learner is lifelong.

Next, the second phrase that is "long life learner". "long" is an adjective that describes "life"(noun), and "long life" is a combination of an adjective (long) + a noun (life) that becomes into an adjective that describes "learner"(noun).

How about "Life Long Learner"?

I think the phrase of "Life Long Learner" has the wrong grammar eventhough we know what it means. Why is it wrong? because We shouldn't have given a space between "Life" and "Long". If we do it, the phrase will have a wrong grammar because we should put an adjective before a noun. but in this case, the adjective "long" is put between two nouns, they are life and long. So it has different meaning even untranslatable.

So, the conclusion of my post is that if we want to say that we are "pembelajar sepanjang hayat" we should say "lifelong learner" but if we want to say that we are "pembelajar yang berumur panjang", we should say "long life learner".

Okay, I think that's all for today. Thank you for reading this. Hope you understand what I've strived to explain. Keep being a lifelong learner and don't forget to share to the others so they will know as well. See you on another chance.

Until We Meet Again, Philippines!

Friday, 14th of September 2018 at 9 pm, the PSU bus fetched us after waiting for the bus for 2 hours. Actually It should have fetched us at 7 pm but it came late. We were ready to go to Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) in Manila. I felt so sad because I would leave our beloved dorm, buddies and especially Pangasinan State University, Bayambang campus. Too many memories that we had made here, too much love we shared but time passed so fast and I realized that those would be my unforgettable memories for me. We put our luggages in the bus then went to Manila. In my mind I said "see you later Bayambang, thank you for being the city where i can meet the kindheart and great people here. See you on another chance".We came back to our country when the Philippines was in heavy rain and typhoon situation. We got the info that our flight mightbe canceled due to the typhoon  After a 5 hours drive from Bayambang, finally we arrived at NAIA. The bus took some of my friends to terminal 1 and some of my friends and I to terminal 3. We were grateful because there was no cancellation for international flight. The cancellation of flight was only for the dosmetic flight. We were already at NAIA at 03 am and it was too early because I and my friends whose airline was Cebu Pacific would have flown at 08.20 pm. So we had much time to spend in Manila.

The first thing I did at NAIA was to have breakfast with my friends in KFC. Then I strolled around the airport to find souvenirs to my family in Indonesia. I bought many snacks at NAIA and they were so expensive.That's why, i and my friends planned to go outside the airport and explore Manila and find the cheaper souvenirs. After that, we ordered a van and paid 150 pesos each body. Hurray ! finally, we explored Manila. we went to Manila American Cemetery and took photos there

after that we went to a mall but i forgot the name of the mall. At the mall, we could find so many filipino's handmade souvenirs  and the price was cheaper than at the airport.

We also took a prayer at a mosque in the mall and met Filipino muslims there. after shopping fatigue, at 5 pm we returned to the airport to check in and at 08.20 pm we had flown from Manila to Jakarta, Bye Bye Manila, Bye Bye Philippines.

Our Last Day in Bayambang, Pangasinan, Philippines

Friday, 14th of September 2018 was our last day in Bayambang, Pangasinan, Philippines. On our last day in Bayambang, so many our buddies, our mentors, our students and Meng's family visited our dorm to see us.

me, inez, meng's mother, shepti, yani and chika

I was happy they visited us eventhough I knew that day was our last day to meet each other. That day, we had to clean our dorm and pack our luggages because we would've gone to Manila at 7 pm in the evening. I would like to thank my beloved friends especially my friends in Dorm 1. Thank you for everything Yeni and Shepti from Gorontalo , Inez from Bandung, Chika and Kk Donna from Padang, Uni and Yani from Medan, kk Inna from Tarakan, Tria from Jakarta and our beloved filipino buddy who used to come and sleep in our dorm, Geralyn aka Meng.We are from different provinces even islands but I am so lucky and grateful because I could meet you here, in the Philippines. I was sorry if I had spent a lot of time in the bathroom and you guys had to wait for me washing my clothes there for too long. I know you will not forget me because of that haha. I love you guys, See you on the top. Hope I can see you soon. I will never forget these moments.

praying together

you are my breakfast, my lunch and my dinner

I already missed you guys

our kuya and anak mama squad

meng's birthday

Closing Ceremony at Bayambang Campus

On Thursday, 13th of September 2018, We had a closing ceremony at Bayambang Campus. It  started at 1 pm until 4.30 pm. We showed our performance like we did at closing ceremony in Lingayen Campus. All of the student teacher mentors, school principals, local student teachers and sea teacher students came to elementary building where the closing ceremony was held. After that, our names were called one by one to get our results of the student teaching evaluations.

the high school principal, me and my mentor "sir justin"

I was grateful because I got 'ADVANCED' for my result.

my result of the student teaching evaluations

After the closing ceremony finished, my buddies, my teaching partners approached me then they gave me some gifts. I was so happy and lucky to meet them in the Philippines as my buddies. I'll always remember you my filipino buddies, thank you for everything.

me, my mentor and my teaching team

Our next schedule after the closing ceremony at Bayambang campus was to have dinner with Bayambang city mayor. So, we went to Nina's Cafe where was in the same location with Bayambang city mayor's house. We found so many delicious food there. We could eat everything we wanted.

having dinner in Nina's Cafe

After having dinner we took a photo together with Bayambang city mayor in front of his house

Then, we went home to our dorm to take a rest.

Making My Self Report

That day was free day. So I just made my self report because I didn't have teaching schedules anymore. I wrote my self report based on SEAMEO guidelines. Here my self report is :Note : Scroll down to see the entire pages.

 

and this is the K to 12 curriculum guide mathematics that we use in the Philippines for grade 1 to grade 10 :

and this is my lesson plan that i used in my final teaching demo

Giving the Activities and Long Quiz to Grade 9 Granite

On that last week in Bayambang, the Philippines. I still had 2 days to observe Grade 9 Granite. Monday, 10th of September 2018. I gave grade 9 Granite the activities about solving quadratic equation by the formula square. I asked them to solve the equations that I wrote on the manila paper. Beforehand, I explained the students about how to solve the equations. I gave them 45 minutes to solve the equations.

 

and on the following day, 11th of September 2018. I and the other local student teachers gave the students a long quiz. We gave them 1 hour to answer the questions on the paper that we gave. The topic was all about solving quadratic equation by factoring, completing the square, extracting the roots, and the formula square.

Strolling Around Rosales and Urdaneta City

That week was our last week in Bayambang, Pangasinan, the Philippines. Every saturday was our excursion day but that saturday we couldn't have because the PSU bus which was used to go anywhere wasn't available because the bus would be used to take the seatvet students to Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Manila. So, I and my dormmates made another plan. We planned to go to SM Rosales by van with Geralyn aka Meng as our tour guide because she was our filipino buddy haha. It took 30 minutes from Bayambang to SM Rosales. On the van there were me, uni, inez, inna, meng, yeni, yani, tria, chika, shepti, febri and galih. After arriving in SM Rosales we had lunch first in Mang Inasal then We went around shopping. I just bought a pair of sneaker and skincares in watson. We really wanted to buy souvenirs to our family and friends in Indonesia but we couldn't find them in SM Rosales so We made a new plan to go to Urdaneta city.

It took about 30 minutes from Rosales and 1 hours from Bayambang. Then we called our van driver to take us to Urdaneta City. We paid for the van but I forgot how much it was. After arriving in Urdaneta City, the van driver took us to the traditional market. I only bought t-shirts for my father and my coordinator and a slipper for me but i couldn't find any key chains there. In the evening we went home to our dormitory.

Closing Ceremony at the Lingayen Campus

Friday, 7th of September 2018 was the closing ceremony day for Sea Teacher and Seatvet program in PSU. This closing ceremony was held in PSU main campus in Lingayen. So all the sea teacher and seatvet students from Lingayen, Bayambang, Alaminos, Urdaneta and San Carlos campus went to the main campus in Lingayen. When we entered the hall where the event was being held there. I saw so many PSU students already were in the hall. They were waiting for us. We showed our traditional dance, singing Indonesian and Thai songs in front of the audience. After that, our names, one by one was called by the MC because we would get our certificate of Completion.

It means that we have finished the program but I am so sad and wanna cry because I won't see all of my family here again as usual. I won't see my students, my buddies, my dormmates, my mentors and all about the Philippines especially Bayambang.We also took photos together after the event ended.

General Cleaning Day

On 6th of September 2018, there were no classes because that day was the general cleaning day. All of the students, the teachers and the student teachers helped one another to clean the entire school because there would be important visitors visiting the school. I and the other student teachers helped and observed all their activities that day.

Teaching Practice in The Class

On 3rd, 4th and 5th of September 2018 were my schedule to teach the students. On 3rd of September 2018, I taught Grade 9 Granite and Quartz. The topic was about solving quadratic equation by completing the square.

And On 4th of September 2018, I still taught the same topic about solving quadratic equation by completing the square in Grade 9 Granite and Quartz because in the previous day, I didn't finish the topic because the time was not enough.

I only teach them for an hour everyday. I also observed Grade 10 makabayan.

The next day, on 5th of September 2018, I also taught grade 9 Granite and Quartz students about solving quadratic equation by completing the square. I gave them more examples about the topic that day.

Visiting the Hundred Islands

Saturday, 1st of September 2018 was our second excursion time. We went to Alaminos City. We would visit hundred islands. Hundred islands is one of the most popular destination in Pangasinan.

I am so excited to go there. The islands is so gorgeuos. We have to take a boat to go around the islands.

There, I just took a photo and enjoyed the scenery.

I didn't swim because i didn't bring my clothes. And after that day, on September 2. I didn't go anywhere. I stayed in my dorm to finish my lesson plans and make visual aids because I would teach the students in the following days.

Buwan ng Wika ( Celebrating the Language Month)

On Thursday and Friday, 30th and 31st of August 2018. I didn't teach the students because there were no classes . Those days students celebrated Philippines Language's Day or Buwan ng Wika. So, i only observed their activities in those days.

And  then went home to my dorm to make my lesson plans for next week.

Teaching Mathematics at Grade 9 Granite and Quartz

Wednesday, August 29 2018 was the second day I taught the filipino students. Actually I had to teach two classes that day, they were grade 9 granite and grade 9 quartz but that day I only taught grade 9 granite at 8 am to 9 am. After that there were no more classes because the students would prepare for the event of Tagalog language day. That day, before starting the lesson, I had a game for the students.

I divided the students into 4 groups and each group made a line. There were 4 boxes in front of me. Then I gave 5 minutes for them to answer all the questions in the boxes rotately, the group who answer my questions most and correctly will be the winner and  get a prize from me. After teaching I met Sir Justin to find out about his comments, he said that my teaching skill that day improved. He also advised me to write on the board from the left side to the right side, so that it was in order. After that I went home to the dormitory to make lesson plans for the next day because I had to submit it that day before 5 pm so I had to go home to the dorm early.

My First Day Teaching Mathematics in the Philippines

Yesterday was the first day I taught Filipino students. I taught grade 9 Granite and grade 9 Quartz. Even though it was my first time teaching Filipinos, I didn't feel nervous. I was so excited. In the Philippines, the teachers teach the students using english. The books and the references are in english because english is one of their official languages so that filipinos speak english well. That day, I taught quadratic equations. I taught them with full totality that day

The topic is my favorite material. I could explain the topic well because the topic is one of the topics that I have mastered in mathematics. I am lucky to get a topic that I master well. The students in the grade 9 granite were so active that day, Most of them tried to rise their hands up to answer my questions but the students in grade 9 Quartz were so shy, maybe because I was an international teacher so they hadn't addapted the situation yet.

I also accepted comments from the supervisor who observed me teaching that day, namely sir Justin. He said that in the future, I would become a professional teacher. Sir Justin told me that I am good at teaching and can master the material well. He also said that my voice must be louder when I speak so that the students who sit at the back rows can hear my voice, and my writing must also be bigger so  the students can see it. In the Philippines, students study mathematics every day for an hour, they start going to school at 8 am and come home at 5 pm. Saturday and Sunday are holidays. Before I taught, I had to prepare a lesson plan. So, every day I made my lesson plans in English. This one made me very tired because I needed an idea and time to do it. I also had to make a game before starting the lesson to motivate the students. and made visual aids. I hope I can do my best till the end

PSU's SEA GAMES

Monday, 27th of August 2018 is a holiday because of International Student Day. Our schedule was to go to the Lingayen campus. We would hold an event, namely PSU International Sport Fest 2018.

The participants were Seatvet and Sea Teacher student from Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand.

We were divided into 5 teams. and I was a member of team 2 or blue team.

We shouted our yell-yells, then we played games. So many games and I forgot the name of the game.

After the games were over, then we went home to Bayambang.

Shopping at Filipino Traditional Market

Saturday and Sunday are holidays in the Philippines. This Sunday, we went to the traditional market and CSI. CSI is one of the supermarkets in Bayambang. we bought things that we needed to cook in traditional market and we bought things we needed to teach the students in CSI.

I bought manila papers, pens, books, a marker in CSI. This Sunday, we didn't go anywhere. We only stayed in our dormitory to make our lesson plans and learning medias because on tuesday, we would start to teach our students.

Strolling around Clark City

Yesterday was our excursion time. A few days ago, we planned to visit hundred islands. Hundred Islands is one of the best destinations in Pangasinan. Unfortunately we didn't go there because it rained yesterday. So we went to SM Clark. It took 3 hours from Bayambang to SM Clark.

I felt very sad because we could't go to Hundred Island. In SM Clark, I and Chika changed our money first from USD to PHP. Then we had lunch at Jollibee and went shopping.

I went shopping to Miniso to buy an umbrella and passport holder. I also bought a bag in Jovanni. There's nothing special yesterday. At 04.30 p.m we returned to Bayambang and took a rest

Observing the Class

That day was my day to observe Sir Justin's class at 08.00 am. I observed the 9th grade (Granite). I observed how to open the class, start the lesson and close the lesson. The students in the 9th grade (Granite) were very active and smart. Almost of them raised their hands up to answer the questions.

grade 9 granite

Filipino can speak english well. their english skills are quite good because english is the official language in the Philippines. The students in the 9th grade (Granite) are so beautiful and handsome. After observing the class I approached sir Justin to submit my lesson plan.

me and my mentor, sir justin

Then he let me to observe maam Irma's class in the 10th grade. Filipino students study for 4 years in the junior high school and for 2 years in the senior high school. All of the books and references use english. The teachers teach them with english.

Note : extra pict with Noah (ganteng banget tjuy pen bawa pulang) hehe.

me and Noah

After observing ma'am Irma's class, I met sir Justin again to discuss about my lesson plan i'd made. Then he told me to revise my lesson plan with my buddies, Ma'am lea and Mr Mark. They helped me so much. We discussed about the lesson plan at the campus library.

I, ma'am lea and sir mark were discussing about our lesson plans

After revising my lesson plan, I met sir Justin again to submit my revised lesson plan. Then I went home to my dormitory and took a rest. I feel so tired because I was so busy that day.