Tuesday, August 21, 2018, was a holiday in the Philippines in observance of Eid al-Adha. Interestingly, Eid al-Adha here was celebrated one day earlier than in Indonesia. Filipinos are very respectful toward Muslims, though we found it difficult to find a mosque near our dormitory, so we couldn't perform the Eid prayer together. While we didn't quite feel the usual "Eid euphoria," we were still very grateful because we got to eat Rendang! My roommate, Chika, brought authentic Rendang from Padang all the way to the Philippines. Thank you, Chika!
Since it was a holiday and there were no classes, we went to the supermarket with our Filipino buddies acting as our tour guides.
Afterward, we spent the day cooking together and doing our laundry.
We have a "Mama" in our dorm—Yeni from Gorontalo. We call her Mama because she always cooks for us. We also have a "Papa," who is Yo from Thailand. We call him Papa Yo because Yeni loves cooking for the boys in the neighboring unit where Papa Yo stays; she’s actually one of his biggest fans! Our dormitory consists of four units, and each unit has two rooms. My unit is home to Chika, Yani, Shepti, Inez, Yeni, Donna, Uni, Ina, and Tria. Our unit is notoriously noisy because we are all so talkative, but I absolutely love it. Unit 1 is the best!
At 8:00 PM, we held a meeting with the Thai and Indonesian students from other units. We discussed our performance for the SEA-Teacher Batch 6 Opening Ceremony at the Lingayen campus. We decided that Chika, Ari, and Suci from Indonesia would sing four songs, and Papa Yo and C from Thailand would also perform.
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