Flying Solo - Day 1

After a long wait for the approval of the program, four lecturers and five undergraduate students from the Department of Psychology IIUM flew to Solo (Surakarta) for a 3-day visit. We arrived at the LCCT very early in the morning, when many people are still fast asleep. Nine arrived at the terminal, but only 8 boarded the aircraft. But that's another story.

Upon arrival, we were treated to a breakfast at a super duper nice restaurant. The wooden structure, and the excellent food are a perfect welcoming for a sleepy group of people. From there, we headed to the campus of Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta. The rest of the day was filled with two big events: signing of MOU and keynote address on Islamisation of Psychology. Below are some of the pictures taken by the photography team from UMS.

We paid a courtesy visit to the office of the University's Rector. 

That's me in the middle, in the middle of an MOU-signing ceremony. On the left is the Dean of Fakultas Psikologi, and on the right is the Rector of the Universitas.

I was the 'bidan terjun' to deliver the keynote address

The MOU signing and keynote address were held at the Fakultas Psikologi building

The first five from left are psychology students from IIUM

Hands-on experience in batik making.

We had dinner at a diner which is situated opposite of a kraton. Lots of interesting recycled and reused materials at this diner.