Saturday, December 6, 2008
( 12:14 AM )
Hi. Post trip reflection..
From the vietnam trip, and from Mark and from everyone, i have learnt alot of things.
I think the planning and everything was perfect. the food was perfect. the bus was perfect. there seem to be no flaw in the whole procedure of the day , for the 8 days, and ofcourse, i enjoyed my 8 days in vietnam.
yes, i learnt alot of things. i discovered more about myself. i learnt things like, the importance of caring for other, the teamwork, to have fun even if we are hard at labour as this will certainly bring the up the morales of the team. i also realised that i am not so much of a picky eater afterall.lol.
and i learnt much more abt the situation in vietnam, their economy, the population, the bikes, the ratio of population of vietnam to the number of bikes in vietnam is 1:2. i think vietnam is growing too fast and there is more the goverment should do to cope with the growing economy, i mean maybe they can build some bikes infrastructure. to make everything smooth. vietnam isnt that poor as i expected, they have grown quite alot, for a communist country.
and also, i learnt more abt the history of vietnam, which i was so interested abt, the agent orange, the america war. we also have a very good tour guide, Chin, he knows abt the history of vietnam and the situation in vietnam very well and it was a great help to the trip.
abt the orphanage, i think it touches most of our hearts, to see the cute kids having so little to wear, the living condition of the place and the food and how some of them were treated. the kids at the orphange were really excited when we arrived and they were all sad in tears when we were leaving. and i am glad that ocip voice 2008 has managed to gather alot of stuff to give to the orphange. i am really proude of the people in the ocip. even though we didnt mangage to do all the things that we planned, we still managed to donate all the stuff we collected and meet the people there.
also the people in ocip are great, they dnt complain much if sth happen, adapt quickly to vietnam.
overall, i think the ocip trip to vietnam was a huge sucess. i really enjoy my time there.
thank you.
dannie
