Day 15 (from students including a video!)
Yesterday, we started by meeting at Fadhil’s (the M.B.) house to prepare for the night’s festivities. That’s my house by the way. We were separated into teams to work on skits, music, and photos. In addition, we made cards thanking all of our homestay parents to give to them later at the banquet dinner. Then, after eating lunch there with our whole group, we dispersed back to our own homestays. At home, we prepared traditional Malay foods with our families and hung out with them one last time.
The mayor of our village, gave a speech thanking us for being a part of their community and welcoming us back next year. Later, there was food such as satay, rice, noodles, gula melaka (made by Emma and Linnea), red bean rolls (by Emily and Tali), and chocolate cake (by Sophia). We also experienced a special treat of watching a traditional form of martial arts, performed by some of the community members. Teddy and Avery also gave a speech thanking the homestay parents for their acceptance of us into their homes and the initial trepidation many of us had coming into the experience. After eating a lot of good food, we got up on stage and sang our two chosen karaoke songs: Count on Me by Bruno Mars and Country Roads by John Denver. Our skits were a hit! We had one staring Ms. Buxton and Mr. Chang in an epic dance battle to both traditional Malay songs and American pop. Once the night was supposed to end, some of the homestay parents got up on stage and sang more karaoke and eventually everyone in the room started to line dance late into the night. At the end, the music quieted down, we gave our gifts to our homestay parents and the cards we had made earlier in the day. After one last round of karaoke, singing My Heart Will Go On, we went back home with our families.
From,
Emma and Jackson
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