The first activity was a little sharing session on more of ourselves. From which I managed to learn some interesting facts about the others like Francis enjoys poetry, Yu Ang loves soccer, Mr Cheng is a devoted Christian, etc. I hope that you people had learnt something about me through this session too.
After which we did some individual quizzes and group discussion to give us a taster on what could happen on the trip. It was only till then that I realised how unprepared I was for the trip, I cant even express my explanation clearly in Chinese. Oops! Also, as a team, we realised that we were not steered in the right direction, that is our current focus should not simply be having fun with the children there and building the road, there are other equally important things like planning, doing background research, trying to understand the problems of the people there, etc. I felt kind of ashamed that all this while I have been so self-centered and have been only researching up on the dangers (parasites especially!!!) of Yunnan and neglect researching on other more relevant aspects. Thus I have decided to go back and conduct a wider research.
Next was group lunch at the hawker centre opposite the school. I spend some time interacting more with some of my group mates and our teacher, Ms Fong. Nevertheless, I thought that it would have been better if we were all at 1 table instead of being segregated into 2 tables.
After lunch, we did a comparison of CIP vs Service learning. This has certainly clarified my purpose of embarking on this overseas outreach and taught me it is I who will be benefiting the most from it. From now onwards I shall attempt to take on a positive outlook and bring with me an open mind instead of worrying about the conditions and environment there. I must make sure that this trip has impacted my life and that I have learnt the most from it.
Yeechuin's presentation on why we chose that village was rather touching. Seeing what the past teams have done and all those photos was also inspiring.
The day ended off with a group discussion on possible topics for the photo essay. Besides the occasional burst of enthusiasm from Yu Ang, the mood was rather down and sianed. I guess it is probably because of the heavy lunch earlier and that we had to wake up early that day. We fumbled, stumbled and met with road blocks along the discussion but fortunately, Ms Fong was there to guide us and we finally settled on Yu Ang's idea on Happiness. Hopefully the lady at the ACM will accept it!
I am also hoping that the I can bond with my team more in the upcoming activities. No more le. (: Byebye!
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