"It was totally confusing for me to begin interviewing one of the participant of Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship. Exactly, Mr. Rajiv Jayadevan is the participant of Fulbright ETA who is placed in my school. Well, it was not such a big problem but my first impression of him told me that he was an arrogant and mean teacher."
Yeah!! I can not do anything. Since, I got assignment to write about him in a form of Descriptive Essay which will be used as my composition in one of the program called Youth Camp. That is one of the program which is enable the participant to introduce their local culture to the other participant who come from another country such as Philippine, Singapore, Malaysia, and China. All of us will meet in London and continue our trip to Paris.
At first (on November 2009), I asked my friend to open the conversation and she did it. I began with a usual way
Me : "Sir, I need your help. Can you help me?"
Mr. Raj : "Sure!" "How can I help you?" (my first impression was quite wrong. He responsed it with a very gorgeous smile)
Me : "I need to interview you after we finish our school!" (Well, it was not a good English, he was a bit confused)
Mr. Raj : "You mean after the school over"
Me : "Yes!"
Mr. Raj : "I plan to go home earlier today. So, maybe tomorrow. Can we?"
Me : (I got stuck because I should submit my assignment on that day. I was just smiling at him and my friends who accompany me to the library. Yeah, he is always in the library during the break)
Mr. Raj ; "So you wanna today?" (It seemed he understood with what I mean)
Me : "Yes"
Mr. Raj : "Okay! I will be in the teachers room. Just come in to find me there"
Me : "Okay, thank you sir!"
After I talked with him, the bell which mean the time for break was over rang. So, we went back class. On the way, I talked with my friend
Me : "Do you think that he is handsome?"
Vivi : "Yeah! I like his red lips"
Wini : "I love his brown eyes"
(I thought about their answer and imagine his red lips and brown eyes, but I didn't think that he was handsome like what my Friend thought)
The teacher who would teach us came in class and began our lesson. It was the last period of our class on that day. The bell rang and all students prepared to go home while me, Vivi and Wini went to the teacher's room to find him. Exactly, he didn't forget about our deal.
Me : "Excuse me, sir!"
Mr. Raj : "Oh, yes! One second!" (At first I didn't know about the meaning of "one second" after that he asked me to sit next to him, o the other teacher's desk)
Me : (I directly began my interview because I hate teacher's room very much. There are some reasons my I hate it very much!) "So, what program do you join?"
Mr. Raj : (From his eyes I knew that he was confused with what I did, I directly begun my interview. *Sigh!) "Well, actually what this interview for?"
Me : (I was a bit shocked with his question) "Hmm... I got an assignment from my course to interview you."
Mr. Raj : "Okay. I was chosen randomly from my university to join one program called "FULBRIGHT"" (He kept explaining but I can't write it all on this blog because I forgot his real explanation :) )
Me : "What make you want to be placed in Palembang?"
Mr. Raj : "Well, actually I didn't choose Palembang but I chose Indonesia. It is because I never visit Indonesia before so I want to see how Indonesia is."
Me : "Oh I see!! Hmm... I heard many people said that you're Indian. Is that right? (Well, it was out of topic, I just wanna know it. LOL!!)
Mr. Raj : "Well, my parents are Indian but I spend my whole life in New York"
Me : "Oh" (I was confused what I was going to talk I asked my friends to give me the comment but no one did it to me. Well, it was okay friend :D ) "Okay, I think that's all, sir!
Mr. Raj : (He seemed not believe that I wanted to finish my interview) "That's all?"
Me : "Yes! If there is some more questions, I will find you in library."
Mr. Raj : "Okay! I'm glad I can help you!"
Me : "Thank you, Sir!"
Mr. Raj : "You're welcome!"
Well, it was quite hard for me to make myself felt comfort and enjoy to talk with him. I do not know why, but I think it was because I thought he was arrogant and mean. It is quite amazing that I can get informations. Since that time I tried to practice my English with him.. Yeah! Slow but sure, I can enjoy talking with him :)
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