My New Elnusa Class

A relative offered me a teaching job at his office. This relative is a cousin of my brother in law's.

After an agreement about the contract and so forth is reached, I started to teach at Elnusa Bangkanai last Tuesday (Aug 19).

The participants are Desi, Sonya, Windy, Sinta, Farida, and Yenny.

Desi is a nice woman, mother of two children, living in Cipete area.

Sonya is a unique woman with a thick Javanese accent, mother of two daughters, a marine's wife.

Windy is an ethnical woman, working wife, living in Cibubur.

Sinta is a gigglish woman, mother of one, living in Bogor.

Farida is a 28-year-old single woman, originating from North Sumatra and South Sulawesi.

Yenny is a creative woman, a snob at the first impression.

On the first day, I gave them a grammar test. They just did the test quietly. Yenny came late and acted like the office were hers. Understood!

I left the office feeling a little overwhelmed and a little regretful. I felt guilty for leaving my little children too long in a day. But... God has given us a way to get out of our debt frenzy. So, I must be grateful and live it thru, right?

On the second day (Aug 21), I gave them a writing task and some materials about introductions and personal info. They had to create a short dialog at the end and... they came up with creative stuff. And they started to open up and we had quite some fun. I found out that Yenny is actually childless. She was a little more friendly last Thursday.

Well, I'm just glad we've got a way.

"Kiandra, I'm very sorry for leaving you for too long even when you are not one year old yet. I hope you'll grow up to be a very good girl, smart and pretty, quiet and wise. I wish I'll be able to give you more attention, the way you deserve."

Dedicated to Naila Kiandra Sukma Insani