The Sweet Memory of Busan

Friendship Gathered from Busan

On October 31st-November 9th, 2006, eleven Indonesian teachers were invited to join 1st APEC e-Learning Training program in Busan, South Korea.

To join that training, they had to struggle hard in passing the two kind tough selections. First, English test delivered by Balitbang that consist of a kind of TOEFL test and writing test. The second test was personality selection done by Mr. Young hwan Kim, Ph.D.

The Indonesian teachers selected were :
1. Riki mochamad, the Chemistry Teacher of SMA Negeri 1 Bandung.
2. Ali Arham, the English Teacher of SMA 7 Balikpapan.
3. Misrun, the English, Photoshop & video Editing Teacher of SMK Negeri 3 Mataram.
4. Budi Priantoro, the History Teacher of SMK kristamitra Semarang.
5. I Nyoman Rudi Kurniawan, the Computer Teacher of SMK Negeri 1 Kotabaru.
6. Sri Winarsih, the math Teacher of SMK Negeri 3 Balikpapan.
7. Citra Apsari, the English teacher of SMK Negeri 1 Bandung.
8. Asri Widiapsari, the English Teacher of SMA Negeri 4 Malang.
9. Taufik Syahmardan, the English Teacher of SMA Negeri 1 Kotabaru.
10. Marryenti, the English teacher of SMK Negeri 1 Solok.
11. I Ketut Suparsa, the Web Design Teacher of SMK Negeri 1 Denpasar.

During training in Busan, they performed very well. Beside tough cooperation, they also showed their high spirit of nationalism. It was proved that at the last of the meeting, Mr. Kim invited them to a small meeting and saying that they were a solid team. Moreover he asked them to make a small project, especially for English tea
cher. The project was aimed to enhance the students’ achievement in English.
Going home, their spirit of togetherness didn’t last. To maintain their friendship, I Nyoman Rudi kurniawan provoked his friends to make two projects. The first was “Let’s Do Together”, that was aimed to motivate the English teachers to cooperate well in enhancing their students’ achievement. The second project was “Miss U Babe”, that was aimed to connect students among various Island in Indonesia and others in APEC Region

The project proposers, I Nyoman, Asri , Sri Winarsih and misrun dedicated this project to make Alcob indonesia be the best. They believed that the sense of friendship and volunteer is the best solution to solve educational problems in our beloved country, Indonesia.

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