Back in 2016, I joined a sociopreneurship program held by the AIESEC organization in coorporation with Citra Kasih Abadi Foundation and APC Colombia, there were 16 Colombians who joined the program, because there is no AIESEC organization in Ambon, the representative of AIESEC Indonesia then recruited volunteers from Ambon to help running the program in Tihulale village.
After awhile, the program was running smoothly and one of the agenda was to do the research about the villagers' activities to earn money for themselves. There were some groups of us that has been devided, I joined the group with Joanna and Sergio who would see the process of making a bamboo carpet in one of the villagers's house.
Arriving in the villager's house, the villager explained how to make the bamboo carpet to us in Indonesian language, my duty was interpreting what the villager said to Joanna and Sergio. After I explained it to them in English, Sergio then explained the process to Joanna in Spanish. Joanna then ask some questions in Spanish to Sergio and Sergio explained Joanna's questions to me in English, after that I explained Joanna's questions in Indonesian language to the villager. The villager answered Joanna's questions in Indonesian language to me and I explained the villager's answered to Sergio in English, then Sergio explained the villager's answered to Joanna in Spanish.
Joanna then said to me and Sergio "isn't it funny where Avi interprets what villager has said to Sergio in English and Sergio explained what Avi said to me in Spanish?"
We looked to each other and laughed "yeah you right" I said
"Oh sorry guys I'm not really good in English" said Joanna
"It doesn't matter Joanna, we have to help each other in this project, right" I said
Then we laughed together.
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