Monday, August 30, 2010

It's all about expectations...





- Jakarta Int Airport isn't as bad as I expected. Immigration went really fast and I was out of there within an hour. Very satisfying. 





I will try to take pictures and post them as soon as possible. It'd be too much work to try to explain and describe what the streets, the stores look like here; as the adage goes  "A picture is worth a thousand words"... 

All for now.

C-


Monday, August 16, 2010

J-13 days before departure.


J-13 before the big departure! 
  • plane ticket - check!
  • 1 year working visa - check!
  • work, housing, health insurance upon arrival - check!
  • randomly looking at blogs of current expatriates - check!
  • luggage packed - in process...
As many of you already know, I am moving to Jakarta, Indonesia on August 30th 2010 to start a teaching position at the lycée international français Louis-Charles Damais. 
I will be sharing my time between a bilingual PS class and elementary level students to whom I will be teaching English. Indeed the lycée is offering more and more bilingual education to its students. Classes are taught my 2 teachers (a french speaking and a english speaking) and follow the national french curriculum. 


 For those who'd like to learn more about this program, please refer to the pdf address below:
http://www.lifdejakarta.org/FR/classes_bilingues.pdf


 It is definitely a "dream come true" and feel very fortunate to have been given such an interesting job in such an exotic environment. I am also grateful for my two years spent at the French American school of Portland, Oregon and its AMAZING teachers, aides, staff and friends that encouraged and motivated me to pursue a career in education.


It is my desire to keep up a blog during my time in Jakarta. I cannot wait to write about my crazy experience and what it feels like for a 24 year old, French-American young woman to be living in the twelfth-largest city in the world. I also intend to write in English which I hope will not cause to much comprehension trouble for all my fellow French family and friends out there. :)