23 Nov Arrival at Yogyakarta

We arrive at last! We are so grateful to our hosts from PPPPTK - Yuli, Irene, Titi and Wiwid who came to the airport personally to welcome us. Yogya is a beautiful place with natural surroundings and an active volcano. We are looking forward to meet the 20 teachers from all over Indonesia whom we'll share our teaching & learning EL experience with for the next 2 weeks. Tonight at 8pm, we're having the first of our daily brief. Tomorrow morning at 8am we'll be meeting the director after which there'll be a formal opening ceremony. We'll kick off the session with an overview of Education in Singapore and introducing LC as a possible tool for the professional development of EL teachers. We are touched by the teachers' passion to upgrade themselves and willingness to go the distance (literally) to learn from others - an eye-opening lesson for us all.