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Thursday, October 30, 2008
Reflections on trip to haig girls' school
1:25 AM Okay talking about the trip to haig girl's last thursday. I feel that it was generally quite successful, especially in the engagement the group ICs have with the primary school kids. The logistics team was quite well prepared in what they need to have and there was no lack of items needed if i am not wrong. Although there were ways to improve what we did there, which the teachers have discussed, i feel that it will be good enough if we are able to achieve this level of organization when we are at yunnan. We should take into consideration that this is only a one morning event unlike our trip which consists of 14 days of uncertainty. A few people i asked, who spoke from experience, told me that normally in such trips, everything u plan will change to a large extent when u get there due to the uncertainty. However, it is still important to plan and be ready as no matter what happen there, we can still play around with our plans if we are really well prepared. I feel like i am stating a very 'duh' thing but well i am not trying to crap haha. Going back to haig girls'. For myself, i think what really struck me was the part when some of my group students showed seriousness as they wrote on the cloth for the yunnan kids. Like i say, i took a group of students who are relatively less academic incline. I'm not trying to say that these students cannot think that way or become serious; i just feel that it is kind of encouraging to see them as young children already sparing some thoughts for people who they know are less fortunate than them. Lastly, i would like to mention about the part when the teacher from haig girls' told everyone to keep their volume low due to the ongoing exam. I think this will be rather similar to what we might face in yunnan as we are like the visitors in the school. I thought the cooperation we gave was not enough as most of us continue to play the games that would create noise. Perhaps we were unaware of it then, even for me. But reflecting on the event now, i realise that there was much hesitant before the teacher came out to tell everyone to keep the noise level low as it was also not nice to discipline or scold outsiders, therefore it is really about how considerate and aware we are of the inconvenience we might be causing for the host. I feel that this will apply very greatly when we are in yunnan. Sorry for the long post because i am writing about something that only happen last week thus i remember it rather clearly. Sorry for my english too coz i think it really .... Anw i think writing diary in yunnan is very important; because ten years down the road when u read it again, it will be full of memories and meaning! (this is random) -Binghao |
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