Sunday, November 16, 2008
( 9:00 PM )
Pre trip reflection.
OCIP have been fun and enriching since the beginning of it around April. I got to know more people who believe in one thing, which is to help the needy. Living in Singapore, we tend to forget that many people out there are in needs and we also did not have many opportunities to help them directly. With OCIP in place, i feel that this opportunity is given to us, to help the people who are in need.
Being a part of the family of OCIP, i learnt to be more responsible and to manage my time better. With academic studies, project work, CCA and with OCIP, time management is extremely important and i learnt to cope with this busy school life.
All of these have been beneficial to me. And further more, I would be able to help the needy directly and also learn more about Vietnam culture, the language, foood, the weather and more about the people there.
I have never taken part in this kind of large scale community service before and i feel that there are alot for me to learn from this enriching experience and at the same time i would be able to help the students there.
I am also looking forward to interacting with the vietnam students there despite the fact that most of them do not understand english very well. It is one area where i am looking forward to, to communicate effectively even though we may not speak the same language medium.
And overall, i am excited. Lol.
Dannie, 264 words.
