I still feel like it is only a dream. It has been nearly a month since I first set foot on this part of Malaysia; Kuching Sarawak. Most of everything here seems like in the peninsular… the weather, the surroundings, the buildings, the roads, the cars etc.
Although I am beginning to get used to the environment, but I still can’t get used to certain things. In school, I had to teach students with the inability to study such as normal kids do. Some of them are autistic children, slow learners and hyperactive students. While the others are having syndrome down, ADHD, cerebral palsy problems and a few other terms I never heard of. Quite a number of them do not even speak or having no language, that I had to use signs in order to communicate with them.
It is a really challenging job. Plus, I was trained to teach Pendidikan Islam for high school students, so I have no idea how to cope with these students. The fortunate thing is that the syllabus is only based on kindergarten level of education. You know~ A.B.C and 1.2.3! However most of the time in class I need to tell them how to behave. ‘Sit down! Don’t disturb your friend! Do your work!’ are among the regular orders I need to yell out for every 5 minutes.
The next thing is language. People here have their own dialect which I am still having some problems to fully digest the meaning while in a middle of conversation. Come to think of it, I feel rather disappointed in myself that I can understand Japanese language more than Melayu Sarawak dialect.
