Sunday, December 7, 2008
( 12:26 AM )
My reflection is a bit late;) Em.. let me recall what have happened for the past 9 days in vietnam
First day
It was rather relax, free and easy for that day as what we did most was traveling and stock up food for the next few days. From Singapore to Vietnam, I get to experience the change of environment. The main concern in Vietnam is the TRAFFIC!... There were COUNTLESS number of motorcycles and only a few cars. It was certainly dangerous to step out of the road!
Second, third & fourth day
Its time to get started! We were split up into two team. One incharge of "painting" and another "cementing". Thanks to Mark, teachers and the excos, we were well aware of our individual task. This is very important as it save much time. By the time we reached the school there, automatically without wasting much time, my team (grp1) started white washing, &painting. During one of the day, I was tasked to do some red painting of the words. It was very fun and I'm addicted with painting of the words.. muhaha
fifth&sixth day
Orphanage! Initially when we just reached the place, I was quite unsure of what we are going to do with the kids. When I knew that we have to play with children who are 5 yrs old and below, I was worried. Because I totally don't know how to interact with them, with the language barrier. However, after a while playing around with the kids and carrying them around. They were approachable and cute! The two day interaction with the children there was short but the memory of them were strong. I miss my kid!
Afterwhich were mostly sight seeing, shopping & bargain time(: And one more thing i want to mention is that the food there isnt as bad as i thought initially! We were very well fed and well taken cared of.
In conclusion, i think all of us have great fun over in vietnam as we were enjoying ourselves most of the time. Even when it comes to some tough chores, we make sure we are having fun at the same time. If given a chance again, i will definitely get back to vietnam for ocip(:
Fion
