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Page &, Terrace Bay-Schreiber News, Wednesday, June 4, 1986 schreiber student visited Indonesia for four months By Conrad Felber The things 19-year-old Schreiber resident Cecile McGuire noticed the most during her four-month stay in Indonesia earlier this year were the differences between that Asian country and her own native land. "T had no culture shock when I went there, but I did have it when I came back," she explained after return- ing to her home last month. She said she really notic- ed the amount of food which is prepared here, compared to Indonesia. "It's incredible," Cecile explained. "I also noticed the materialism here." Her far east adventure began about a year and a half ago when she came across some information about the Canada World Youth student exchange program. She obtained an application in December of 1984 and later went for an IMPORTANT CANADA DAY MEETING A Reminder to those serving on the Canada Day Committee of the meeting on Tuesday, June 10 7:30 p.m. RECREATION CENTRE CONFERENCE ROOM This is a very important meeting and all members are urged to attend. Ollie Chapman Chairman Canada Day Committee evaluation at the program's Thunder Bay office. "'They get a lot of app- lications and have to screen some out," she explained. "*They want to get a cross- section of Canadians for the program."' She also attended a pre- orientation camp for two weeks last September be- fore taking part in the first half of the eight month program. The six groups of 100 people from British Col- umbia and Ontario first stayed in Canada with their Indonesian counterparts. Cecile wound up work- ing for the Chamber of Commerce in Leamington, Ontario, during the first four months. She was sponsored by the Multi- Cultural Association of Northwestern Ontario, while the program itself is sponsored in part by the Canadian International Development Agency. She left Canada on Jan. 5 of this year, and arrived in the capital of Indonesia, Jakarta, two days later, where she spent approx- imately nine days before she was transferred along with the rest of her team to the Jambi province and the provincial capital of Muara Bungo, where she stayed just one night. Finally, she arrived at her ultimate destination of the village of Rantau Pan- Strip without nl the Grind 1 Wait. Simply brush on Cuprinol Paint and Stain Remover to. remove most paints or stains from wood, metal and masonry. Allow the product to work. garden hose and brush. It's that easy. And it's safe 3 Now, just wash off the old paint or-stain with your to use around plants and lawns. For outdoor use only. CUPRINOL does it right. The name Cuprinol stands for higher quality Wood Stains, Coatings, Preservers and Paint and Stain Remover. CEBRARIO'S HARDWARE & LUMBER Schreiber da, along with 15 others in the program, including her personal Indonesian count- erpart, Umiani. The village is located on the island of Sumatra. In- donesia is actually a coun- try of islands, located south of the Phillipines and Viet- nam and north of Australia. Rantau Panda is really two villages in one, she ex- plained, with a combined population of 2,000. '*They have few houses because each house had lots of people in it," she added. She was billeted in one such house, in which a 'family of four plus two parents live. The father is the principal of the area's junior high school. During her four months in the country, Cecile was involved in a number of various work projects. ""We dug ditches, built fences, a nutritional garden and fish pond, taught at the junior high school and in the illiteracy program, put up a volleyball court, and planted coconut trees," she said. "We even started our own newspaper, and had three printings of it." She found Indonesia to be "very, very different' from her homeland, but also found it difficult to put those differences into words. "*I guess one main dif- ference was the strict Muslim religion," she noted. "They aren't allow- ed to eat pork or drink any alcohol, and the women there just cook and take care of the children...I sometimes thought they worked harder than the men there." She and the other Canad- ian females staying in the village were given more freedom because "we were visitors and from another country, but we still had to be culturally sensitive...we be beat. 1986 - never went out wearing shorts or sleeveless shirts." Other differences includ- ed the lack of electricity or running water in the vill- age. Most natives used the nearby river for a bath, and there was a doctor living in the town, but he also serv- ed 43 other villages. Cecile also noticed that the locals would constant- ly stare at her and the others and would always want to try out their English on her. On the other hand, she became "pretty fluent" in the nat- ional language of the coun- try, Bahasa Indonesian, though she added that there are also 300 dialects. "*'Most of the Indones- ians in our program had basic English," she said. "*Even while we were over there it was the language we used for communica- tion within our own group in the village."' - Her stay even included a frightening encounter with a wild tiger in the jungle. 'There are monkeys in the jungle all the time, but this was something differ- ent," she admitted. Her friend Umiani, who actual- ly saw the tiger, was ter- rified of it, as were the other villagers. After the tiger had left and the dan- ger was gone, some locals told her stories in which tigers had killed and eaten humans in the past. 'But I learned a lot and enjoyed my stay," she said, summarizing her visit in Indonesia. "It's a really great country. I would love to go back some day."' She might combine such a trip with a visit to her sister Bette, who is now living in Australia. "Her husband was ac- tually born in Indonesia," Cecile noted. This was the main reason, Cecile said, why she had hoped to go to THE SCHREIBER PARKS AND RECREATION COMMITTEE would like to take this opportunity to congratulate the citizens of Schreiber and thank them for making the 1986 Fun Run such a success. You have once again proven that our spirit can't 45% Our challenge next year is to Marathon - "Watch us crow". A special thank you to the merchants that donated prizes for our special awards. The four months came to an end eventually, and she got back to Schreiber on continued on page 10 Indonesia in the first place. The program also has ex- changes in other countries in Asia as well as Africa. eee Congratulations Sarong Cecile McGuire, 19, of Schreiber, went to the coun- try of Indonesia for four months earlier this year under the Canada World Youth student exchange program. Standing just outside of the home to which she return- ed late last month, she is dressed in what is.a cultural mix of clothes: a Canadian university sweatshirt and a traditional Indonesian sarong, which she brought back with her as a souvenir. Schreiber 1987 - 60% SS