My Cambodia Experience. My Memories.

Cambodia is a wonderful place to be. It is so green and it helps us to reflect on our daily lives. When I first step my foot there on the 21st of November, I felt pleased. I am honored to be an ambassador from Seng Kang Secondary School Leaders to help the people there.

On the first day, we all were very excited. We were singing and laughed joyful as we were all ready to do what we are supposed to do, Community Involvement Programme. We were all suprised by the busy surrounding and, there isn't any traffic lights at all! While we were on our three-hour journey to a village called Chombok, many of us were fast asleep. Some were sleeping peacefully despite of the bumpy journey. When we reached there, we were given a warm welcome from those villagers. I am so pleased with the service that they had provided. 

On the second day, we were totally into our Community Involvement Programme. We had to build a well for the villagers. We were having a great time and despite of the tired and heavy things that we have to carry and pass to one another ( using the human chain ) , we were laughing joyfully. After the hectic day, we have a performance for those villagers to enjoy. We performed joyfully and we smiled non-stop to ensure that the villagers felt very pleased with us. Oh yes, it was also the day for us to take our Malaria Pills. Bluek :p

Proceeding to the next day, it was our last day in the village. We went for a hike to have a awesome time at the waterfall. It was definitely tiring. The hill is so high that we were taking our time to reach the waterfall. BOOM! And here we are. We were all shocked to see the waterfall. It is so beautiful and the scenery were so extraordinary. Oh my. We played with the water at the waterfall and the water is super cold. If I am not wrong, it is about 17 Degrees Celsius.

And lastly, the last day. The last day was the most memorable day for me. Why? Cause, the tour guide showed us a museum of the war that had happened years ago. Up till today, I still can't stop thinking about it. It  is just so.. Oh my. Unforgettable. 

I miss Cambodia now. I miss the stars. I miss everything about them. (continue)

Lots of Love,
Farah Syahirah.

My Cambodia Experience,My Memories

Cambodia, the most memmorable country i have ever been to. It was also a place i never regretted going but it was also the place that made me feel proud that i went there as a leader from SengKang secondary. Cambodia was the country where i learnt many things during the day i spent there. It was also the place which was very meaningful , different yet a fun country. I really miss the time i had spent there but i'm happy to have those precious memories.

Everyday in Cambodia was a new day full of experience. Actually during the first day, i felt as though i'm gonna have trouble fitting in and even dreaded why i joined this experiential learning. But from just the hours i had spent with my friends and some interactions with the cambodians i felt it was not bad afterall. We actually stayed at the wonderful village,Chombok . It was also the village we were about to build the well  for. In the village there were many pets as well as many types of Flies. Actually it was really annoying to see all those flies surrounding you most of the times. But then we realised that as our aim to bild the well, we mustget used to it so that we would be able to accomplish our mission. With that mindset,we,the leaders were able to get over with the flies and did not really complain about it.

On the second day, we were all ready to built the wells and accomplish our mission. We actually walked to that area, and on the way, i actually enjoyed the scenary and the cambodia breeze. When we reached the area, we realised that the cement was actually very fun from the well and we needed to actually bring the cement nearer. That was when we all formed the human chain and brought back the cement. It was really a long way and it was really hot. But the leaders and i did not give up and toiled hard t build the well succesfully. Each of us were assigned to do something,and my group was assigned to do the sawing. I think it was also the first time i actually used the saw and i truly enjoyed myself. It was a great experience for me. And at night, we had the campfire which we all awaited for. everyone's hardwork really paid of and i wwas really glad that we gave an awesome shoe to the Cambodians.

The third day arrived quickly too. We actually went to a nearby school for our CIP. it was a really tiring way up cause the school was quite high and to our shock,it was relatively small. All the students there did not have proper attire too,it was actually sad to see them like that. Due to the time constraint, we did not really get much time with the students to play games so we started to give out the donation items to them. The cambodians accepted everything with a big smile and it was a pleasure seeing their smiles. Next was the most memmorable thing in my life,Trekking!! I am pretty sure it was the best thing that happpened to me in thw whole year. Ireally really enjoyed trekking a long way to the waterfall. We also helped each other and became more united. Trekking was just simply awesome.

In a blink of an eye,The fourth day arrived.  We went to the Tuol Sleng Museum and Russian market. The mueseum was really one of the saddest place i ever went to. But it also taught me the history of Cambodia.  i was also shocked of what i saw because the things i saw and heard were really atrocious. But the shocking thing is that the case is still going on. It is just so unbelievle to know such things could have happened. Well lastly we went to the last spot in Cambodia, the russian market. i really enjoyed shopping there cause the things were cheap but they were really very pretty.

The entire trip was totally awesome and i enjoyed myself truly.
Srisuriya,2E1,2011

My Cambodia Experience. My Memories.

"So many meetings, wahh wished i never signed up" this was the line you could hear from me when we were still preparing but now i know why we had to have the meetings. the trip was very fun and fast it was as though only a day there.. 

There was a negative train of thoughts in my mind before going to Cambodia. I thought it will be dirty, messy, full of unfriendly people. I kind of like got a slap on my face when what ever i thought did not come through in fact it was the exact opposite.

The tour guide was a great help to us. Without him i would not have been able to get alot of information about Cambodia. The owner of the house was also a great help to us he told us alot of stories about Cambodia especially when we were heading towards the waterfall.. 

The house was very neat. There was blanket, mattress, pillows and even mosquito nets. I did not expect it. It was quite hot at night but we managed it by using the fan they gave  us.

 While building the well, i realized that good communication and team work is needed. We had to make a human chain and carry the sand and bricks from one end to the other. The bricks were light but the sand was heavy. Well now people know that size does not matter.

I also learnt that they are not as fortunate as us. Water was very precious to them. Well while we were making our rice, i saw some kids going to the rubbish bin and finding water, they were so happy when they found the water that they started jumping around. This made me reflect how fortunate and ungrateful I was. 

The kids there are very respectful, before they take anything they will thank us by putting both there hands together and then they take the things with both their hands. There school did not even look like a school. I was shocked to hear that the shelter was their school.

Overall, i really benefited by this trip. The Cambodians are happy even with their simple life. While we are complaining  when we have high technology. My Cambodia experience was great and i gained alot of knowledge. I hope i will be a better leader and can apply what i have learnt in my daily life. 

Mini Raj (2E3)

 

my cambodia experience

The 4days 3 nights in Cambodia was a fun and enjoyable experience. Cambodia may be a dirty and poor country but even with the bad conditions they have I had lots of fun there. On the first 2 nights we may not had hotels to sleep in but living in the village make me learn more about their culture and ways of living. On the second day of the trip, we went to another part of the village to help them build a well and before reaching there we saw how the people there farm and learned more about how they farm in the village but the main part of the day was to build the well. Building of well was hard and tiring but thinking of the people there made all the hard work seem well used and seeing that we finish building the well made me feel good. On that day, we also went to give out rice to the villagers there. This made me learn not to waste food as the people there do not even have much rice. On the next day we went to the waterfall, which was the time most people went in the water to clean them and had fun. After it we went to the school but cause of some problems we only got 30 minutes to play with the children there. After it, we when back to phnom penh and had a good night rest in the hotel. Sadly we had to go back to Singapore so on the last day we when to S21 the place many Cambodians died and also the killing field. This made me feel Singapore is a really good place as it is always peaceful. Lastly we when to the Russian  market and bought some things back home. After that we when to the airport and the trip ended like that.

Marcus lee 2E4

My cambodia experience. My memories

Time flies, before we even know it, we have already arrived back in Singapore ready to go home. On the first day, I was still doubting my ability to survive the harsh environment there in Cambodia but once we arrived at our home stay, my idea of dirty toilets and muddy water changed completely. The surroundings of our home stay was clean and breezy and I enjoyed the noises the forest makes at night it pulls us closer to mother nature and step away from our high-tech city. Through the building of well, I have learnt how important is it for us to work together as a team rather than going solo which is more tiring and takes more time. The human chain has taught me to spare a thought for others as what I can carry may not be what others can and I should give them time to pass on the heavy buckets rather than carrying a lot at a time and clogging the chain. The giving out of the rice taught me to not take rice lightly as it is very precious to the people there and we must not waste it, instead of using only one plastic bag we should have used two for one pack of rice to avoid wasting the rice. The trip to the school has taught me to not despise people and stepping out of my comfort zone to serve people and teach them skills they might not even know of, it is sometimes a blessing to give rather than to receive and gain more by losing. The trip to S21 and the killing grounds have certainly made an impact on my life as well as the way I think through it's pictures and wordings. It taught me to love on another and that not everything can be bought with money, things like love and friendship cannot be bought. Throughout this trip, the villagers have taught me a lot of values which cannot be learnt in school such as their close relationships between each other and thriftiness. I did not regret going on this trip at all as I thought that it was very fruitful and my knowledge for this world has increased. I will want to go Cambodia to help the poorer parts of the village again! :)
 Charlene Neo 2E5

My Cambodia Experiences, My Memories

This was my second time going to Cambodia and I know how the environment it is like there. I am sure that the environment in Cambodia would not be as good as the environment in Singapore. Due to the poor living environment they have, some of them had to do farming in order to survive.

The homestay at the village was a great experience for me because it was my first time staying in a village and my first thought was that I would not be able to survive through the two days. When I first step into the house, I saw that there was a mattress, pillow and a mosquito netting provided for us. It has change my mind about staying in a village. When I told was told it was the villagers that let us stay in their houses for the two nights, I was really grateful towards them as if it was me, I would not let a stranger to sleep in my house. However, they were very willing to welcome us into their houses. Through the two days in the village, I had a lot from the Cambodians. Even though they were poor, they did not complain about what they did not have, and just live a simple life. They were always smiling and I know that they were happy although they did not have much things to play with. It was opposite from what a Singaporean had. Most children in Singapore live with technology nowadays, but they were always complaining. They were always comparing with other children about what they don't have, but if they were to stop and think about the children in Cambodia, I think it would make great difference on them. We should cherish what we have now.

The scene where the Cambodians went towards the rubbish bin and drank our half-filled bottle of water, I almost couldn't believe my eyes. They drank the water that we threw away. Most of us in Singapore would just throw the bottles of water away even through there is still water. I think we should not waste water and should cherish every drop of water. Through this CIP in Cambodia, there were a lot of improvements made in my life, like not wasting water and cherishing what I have now. Living in a good environment like Singapore, is a very fortunate thing. I will always remember how the Cambodians live, and apply it in my life so that I will improve.

Hui Shi, 2E2

My Cambodia Experience .

So fast ~ And our CIP and trip at Cambodia ended . Like a fast only :O Before going on this trip , all of us had worked hard on our respective tasks . And i mean REALLY hard . We go to meetings everyday , We buy the materials , And we collected the donations for the Cambodians .WOWW ~ At first , i didn't think that sec twos like us would be able to pull it off and have a happy ending when we go home . But ,we did it ! ^^ *proud* Yayy ! Before the trip , everyone was worrying about what is gonna happen during our 4days 3night at Cambodia and now we are back in Singapore to tell you our story ! ^^

On the first day we all gathered at the airport in Terminal one .After we gathered with our teachers awhile ,we were left to our own to spend our last time with our family before boarding the plane . To be honest with you , I'm scared of the plane's toilet cause it's black so i went to the airport's toilet alot of times . Part of the reason of going to the toilet many times was also because I'm worried about how our trip will go . Will it be a happy ending ? Will there be any mishaps ? Ohh My God . I worry this worry that . kekekeke ~ Funny right ? And so we flew flew flew away to Cambodia at 1030 (:
-after plane touchdown-

When we got off we were supposed to go and chop passport right ? Yeah . I was expecting some kind of airport that's like Malaysia's budget terminal , where you have to walk down on a staircase down the plane and then walk into the airport . But no , Phnom Penh's airport is just like Singapore's airport ! So this taught me to never judge a book by it's cover or in this case never judge a country by it's descriptions . I also noticed that in the airport there's this machine that's standing in the middle of the whole area . Do you know what that is ? It's a machine that's like Singapore's scanner that took over the chopping of Singaporean's passport except that it only requires for the Cambodians to put the whole passport into a slot . #coolshit .I didn't think that there would be something so cool like that in a country like Cambodia .

-after clear custom-

After clearing custom we went to eat lunch . Outside the restaurant , we saw a beggar sitting at the doorstep begging for either food or money i don't know . Pity . So we all must study hard so that we can take care of ourselves or even better take care of others who are in need . After we ate , we went on to buy rice for the villagers then bus-ed to Chombok Village for 3hours straight.

The village on first impression to me was : rural and maybe unsafe . And i didn't expect lights to be there for us . Little did i know that it was on just for us . I think it cost them quite alot for them to buy a generator ): Then there was an introduction on the village by Mr Chaim the head of the village (?) . Also , i thought that the dinner would be like things that i can't get used to eating .But they cooked eggs for us ! I think it might be to them a luxury to eat eggs everyday . You know , we ate eggs for almost every meal for the whole trip . That's why now i stop eating eggs for a week cause the eggs are so high on cholesterol :/  I'm not complaining or what . But i'm awfully grateful for the eggs to be there or else i wouldn't have ate so much and have enough energy for the activities . So through this ,i also learnt to be grateful that Singapore is a country that can allow us to have Da Yu Da Rou ( Big Fish Big Meat ) for every meal . So we must not waste food ^^

During our 4days 3nights there , we also build a well for the villagers so that they can have direct excess to water . Well , actually we did not do much except pass the cement , sand and bricks to the villagers there to build the well . They are all fast workers ! When we finish having lunch , the well is already to the cementing stage already ! If we were to help them , i don't think it would have been so fast . Really . ut it's a good experience as i did not do before this kind of work or seen such big earthworms . They like a big only ! The size of my index finger maybe ? It's scary :O In Singapore , we do not have such size for worms ..

All in all , i think this trip made me think that i should really really be grateful for everything i have and being born in Singapore . We should also not waste food and water even though we have money to pay for it .

-Sabrinna 2E1'11

My Cambodia Experience. My Memories.

Wow so fast it is the end of the Cambodia trip it seems like just a few seconds.I have many fun memories there, during the first day we were thinking that the place we stay will be very dirty, no electricity and no beds so we bring our own wet wipes, torch light and sleeping to make our stay there even better. After we reach the airport we went to eat nasi lemak and we thought that it is our last good meal.During the first 1 hours of the bus ride to the home stay, everyone was so hyper but after that everyone quiet down to rest their energy for the few days. The road to the home stay was very bumpy as  they do not have proper road so we have to get down the bus for one time so that the bus could cross the road. After we arrive, they locals show us their local dance to let us relaxs for awhile. 

We were all excited for the second day as we were going to do something that we have never done before which building of well for the locals.At first we have ten men helping out with the sand but then it was to tired for us so the teachers quickly think of forming a human chain so that it will be faster and the work will be shared to each and everyone of us.We used the sands to form cement but we could not be of any help because we do not know how to form the cement so we helped out with the covering of the holes so that our people will not fall inside the hole we were all very stinky and dirty as their is mud and sand all over our body so we went to eat  lunch and then come back to do work but we did not expect that there will be curry in Cambodia and the curry is very nice just like Singapore but the sad part is there is no roti prata.After we finish our well we went back to the Home stay to get ready for our performance for the locals we did a very great job in the performance and to reward our self we party with music on and seeing norman doing spongbob 

During the third day, we went for our hiking to the waterfall it was very tiring as we were climbing against gravity so we enjoyed our self. After that we went to the school to teach them some games and stuff after that we gave them out donation we have to the kid and some adults we were happy to see the kids and the adults so happy.

The last day was very sad as we have to left that place and we cannot see MR Pisey he is a very good tour guide hope all the best for him and this trip make me learn a lot of stuff such as teamwork and leadership. I hope that i could have another of this times with my friends and the teachers.




Aloysius 2E5

     

Daily reader materials

ADOPTED FROM JOHN C. MAXWELL, “ THE MAXWELL DAILY READER ON LEADERSHIP”

November 21

AVOID GOSSIP

It’s been said that great people talk about ideas, average people talk about themselves, and small people talk about others.

-         The 360° Leader    

DO NOT ENGAGE IN GOSSIP OR ALLOW

ANYONE TO DRAW YOU INTO IT.

November 22

NOTES OF ENCOURAGEMENT ARE REMEMBERED

You never can tell when something you write to others will light them up in down times or sustain them when life gets difficult.

Each person cherished the kind words of encouragement they had received. That’s the power of a few kind words.

-         25 Ways to Win with People

WRITE A NOTE OF ENCOURAGEMENT TO SOMEONE TODAY.

November 23

LEARN TO BE FLEXIBLE

Perhaps the most relentless enemy of achievement, personal growth, and success is inflexibility.

I bet you’ve seen just about every one of these “solutions” enacted in your place of work. But there’s really one effective way to deal with that problem: when your horse is dead, for goodness’ sake, dismount. You don’t have to love change to be successful, but you need to be willing to accept it.

-         Failing Forward

LOOK FOR A “DEAD HORSE” PROBLEM IN YOUR ORGANIZATION

 AND DEAL WITH IT APPROPRIATELY.

November 24

COMMITMENT

To improve your level of commitment…

Tie your commitments to your values.

“Nobody who ever gave his best regretted it.”

Evaluate your teammates’ commitment.

-         The 17 Essential Qualities of a Team Player

INCREASE YOUR LEVEL OF COMMITMENT AND STAND FIRM

ON MATTERS RELATED TO YOUR VALUES.

My Cambodia Experience. My Memories.

At first,I kept complaining that "Why do we need so many meeting?". But after I went for the meetings,I had lots of fun with my friends,we dance and play together.I couldn't sleep the night before as I was too excited and eager to go for the trip with my friends and teachers.


During the first day,I was so happy when we reached there.We sang songs and cheers on the bus.It was already 7pm when we reached the village,thus I was a bit tired.There was a performance by the children at the village.I went on stage to learn how to dance their dance.Although it was hard and I did not know how to dance properly,I had lots of fun dancing with the kids.Actually the home stay wasn't as bad as what I had thought it was.It was very cooling during the night.


The fun start on the second day,we built the well,which was very tiring.But with teamwork,we students and teachers work together as a team,we built finish the well in time.Although it took us much time to built the well,everyones' perseverance brought us to our goal.The bio-filter group also did their best to finish their bio-filter in time.Although I was not there to see what they had done,but I can see that they had put in a lot of effort to do the bio-filter.During the night,we perform to the villagers.The villagers were so happy to see us performing to them.The practice we put into  the dance was not wasted after all.I felt so happy that we could bring happiness to the villagers.After that,we had lots of fun with the kids,seeing them so happy to dance with us.Had lots of fun dancing.


The third day was also very fun.We went trekking up to the waterfall.Although it was tiring to climb up to the waterfall,but the effort climbing to the waterfall paid off as it was the first time to go to a waterfall for most of us.Thus everyone was so happy to go to the waterfall.Had lots of fun there.After that,we went to to teach the students.My group teach the students how to colour,while others teach the students to do the 'turtle' and play games.Was so happy when I saw a smile on their face.


I kind of don't want to leave Cambodia as I need to leave Mr Pisey.He had been a great tour guide.Although I may not be able to see him again,but I will always remember him in my heart.From this trip,I learnt that bringing happiness to others will also make us happy.Had lots of fun time with my friends during this trip.It was an unforgettable trip.


Chester,2E1

My Cambodia Experience. My Memories.

Time files. The four days at Cambodia was as though only one day. Compared to other school trips I went, during primary and secondary, this trip was one of the best and the most meaningful. From this trip, I learnt many things related to daily life. 

It was my first time visiting Cambodia and staying in a village. Cambodia was much better then I thought. I always have negative thoughts about Cambodia, that it is a country which is extremely dirty, messy and poor. However, after going to Cambodia, I realized that they are not as dirty, as messy, and as poor then I thought. Also, I did think that people over there are very unfriendly. It turned out to be the opposite. They are more friendly then I thought. It changed the whole idea of everything.

While traveling, the tour guide told many stories and the history of Cambodia. Without the tour guide, I guess there will be a lot of problems such as communication and the understanding of the country.

Upon stepping into the home stay, I was shocked. The room was really very clean and there are mattresses, pillows and blankets, which I did not expect. It was quite warm at night until dawn, when it is a little cooling.

During the building of the well, everyone formed into a human chain to pass the sand and bricks to the other side. From there, I learnt that a good teamwork is important as things will be done efficiently without any difficulties. Without teamwork, the well will not be finished that fast.

Also I learnt that water is very precious to them. It can be seen from the kids as they went to the rubbish bin to search for water bottles with water in it. Not only the water bottle is half filled, they even took bottles that are left with a droplet or two. I felt sad and realized that we should not waste anything especially water. We may think that whenever we need water, there will be water, so some of us may even just throw a half filled water bottle away. However, they don’t. They treasured water very much.  

Looking at their way of life, they lead a much simpler life than us. Yet, they are satisfied with it. Some kids over there have to work after they finish school. Some will be playing in the fields. Just running around and chatting.  They seemed to be leading a peaceful life and enjoy it very much. Whereas, kids like us, are not satisfied even though there is technology like computer games so on and so forth. I think we should appreciate life and be happy with everything we have.

~Teo Yi Min Jasmine, 2E5

My Cambodia Experience. My Memories.

" Oh gosh, i'm gonna suffer the four days in Cambodia. " This was my thoughts before the trip. To be honest, i really was not looking forward to the trip as i was afraid it would waste my holiday away and i would not be enjoying. Yet all i could say now is that i really enjoyed and gained a lot from this 4D3N trip. Going there makes me feel just so different from the urban life we are living in. They may be living in poverty, but they are not weak. They are strong as whole, where all the people in the village as one. They care for each other and all the joys and sorrows are shared. Love is shown, even to people who are not of their own kin. In our life here in Singapore, we get a better living condition, better food, better environment, better quality of life. But we do not see love like how it is shown in cambodia.

Their life may be hard, but it is simpler. The smiles are so easily brought onto the people's faces, you see smiles and laughters everywhere. The children there might be younger than us, but they were taught to live their life well and happily. We play electionic devices, we live in a life covered with technology. While the children there, they live playing just on a patch of grass, where cow dungs and muds are everywhere. Yet, all those fun they have, is much more valuable than the happiness we get from technology.

Giving out rice grains, noodles, notebooks, donations, performing for them, brought them happiness. Those laughters that went into my ears and touched my heart, it's really hard to get. The feeling which makes you feel that everything you do there can make the people happy. When i accidentally slit open the bag of rice, those heartaches that i hear, were really killing me. I could understand how much each grain of rice mean to them. Yet people like us are all wasting food. I've learnt not to waste food and be glad for what we have. We might have it in this life, but not in the next one. We have to make the best result out of the opportunities we have for that we will not be able to turn back time, but we can make sure that the next time when we think back, we will not regret what we have done.

Yt , 2E1.

My Cambodia Experience. My Memories.

This is my first time visiting Cambodia and doing service learning trip overseas. It was totally a freshman experience for me!

Before we depart for Cambodia, there was actually a briefing, which told us about the itineraries and also apart from this , we were also told where we will be living . Instead of the hotel, we would be staying in the homestay for the first two days. The way i imagined the homestay was that , its like , there is just a floor for us to place our sleeping bags on and also put our baggage , nothing else , just a empty space , but my imagination was totally the other way round of the actual fact. When i entered the homestay, there was a thin mattress with pillows and blanket laid for us, there's even mosquito netting to prevent the mosquitoes, it was as if like a sleepover at my friend's house, thin mattress, blanket and the pillow. I felt grateful because the villagers were very nice to provide us with the mattresses , pillows and blankets , i was able to learn more about the way of life the Cambodians have, it was a total different experience in Singapore.

From this trip , other than the way of life i also learned a lot of values. One of them was teamwork. When we were doing our main activity the building of well , we needed a lot of teamwork. At first, we needed to collect sand for the mixture of the cement , the job of collecting sands was only done by the male at first since the pails of sand was rather heavy, but in order to work more efficiently , we build a human chain so that we would be able to pass the pail to the pouring point more easily and in a faster manner, instead of the people collecting the sand to walk back and forth from the collecting point to the pouring point. Without teamwork, we wouldn't be able to finish the work so fast and efficiently.

Secondly, i also understand that water is really very precious. Although in Singapore we say that water is precious all the time , we don't really bother taking actions in conserving it. After looking at the Cambodia kids running towards the rubbish bin where we throw all the bottles of water we drank, picking up a few bottles which are still half-filled , they took it , i don't know where they brought the water to but i think they finished it. After looking at this scene, i really feel that water is precious. We the students from Singapore just threw away the half-filled water , but the kids just took it , even though we drank it , they just took it. This shows that even that little amount of water mattered to them, which told me in my mind that i must conserve water and also not be wasteful of water. Also, not to be wasteful about food too! Not to be wasteful about everything!

Lastly, i feel that even though the Cambodian's live in poverty, they lead a simple life and is happy this way. They don't have much complications to settle, unlike our buzzing city life. Thus, to round up this experience , i think i have learn a lot of things , like for example , values , way of life , more knowledge on Cambodia. Teamwork can be applied during group work , the way of life can allow us to know how to adapt in surviving in rural areas. This experience really allowed me to learn a lot of things, which i would be able to apply them in my life. I would really miss this trip and the memories.

- ` berniselauyeeling 2e3 ;

My Cambodia experience, my memories:)

After the 2 months of training, we have finally been and finish our trip to Cambodia. I feel that this is like a mission success, after all the preparation and hardwork, everything paid off. I do not feel any regrets and glad to be part of this trip.

During the first day, my first expression of Cambodia the first thing I reach was that Cambodia and Singapore is the opposite. Even in the city, not everything is very advance and I felt that this is going to be a very tired trip by the first look of Cambodia. When we reach the village, I felt very welcome by the villagers by what they had help us to prepare. When we got to interact with the kids, I really felt sad for them as I believe they deserve a better life than this. When we first saw the hut or house we are living in the village, it gave me a bad impression and there is no fan, nothing but just bed, however this taught me to adapt to my environment and step out of my comfort zone, and really happy that the villages are willing to sacrifice their bed and hut to let us live in for the 2 days.

Day 2, I felt excited as this was the day where our main objective is. During breakfast, I can really see that people live a very simple life there with just plain porridge, noodles,bread and some dishes, to me I think that they do not even have this type breakfast everyday. when I saw the rice field I was amaze with the scenery with the hills and mountains. I felt like it was a once in a life time experience. Working time, I finally know how tough and a hard working is the life of the villagers by trying some mixing of cement, digging of sand for cement cutting of woods etc. It is really very tired and I felt my whole body sore after finishing the well. Its our turn now to perform, although I face some difficulties due to the environment, I am still able to finish my performance. This two events gave me the greatest feeling of achievement for that trip and is already part of my life and my memories. One event too, really show me how the people appriciate food , when we drop the rice, we can see that are angry and dissapointed. This taught me that I am fortunate to have suifficent food and we should learn to appriciate more.

Day 3, This is the last day and we went to a waterfall which is the most beautiful scene I have ever seen which I had lots of fun. When we went to the school, I this we are fortunate to have a good place for us to study and their school is not even a size of our classroom. I think we are really very fortunate and we do not know how to appriciate what we have in Singapore. I hope after this trip, all of us learn something new and will appriciate and not waste our resources back here in Singapore.

Day 4, Today, I am really shock and sad by what I have seen, the grave, the people being tortured, the skeletons of the victims, and all this history was happen not long ago. Thus I think we should stop complain and our lives are way to good and safe in Singapore.

I hope everyone learn something in this trip and will apply what we learn there back here in Singapore. This experience is a wonderful memory for me and will be with me for life.

My Cambodia Experience, My memories :D

This is the first time of me going to overseas and do CIP for other people. It's probaly the once in a lifetime experience for me as I would not know if there is a second time! I enjoyed this trip alot and it turns to be lively that I had expected.

When I know that there is a 2 nights homestay at the village, I thought that it will be a place which it is not comfortable at all and it is hard to turn in during the night. But I was totally wrong. It's a small room but it has nets to prevent insects from coming in when we are sleeping and there are blankets, matresses and pillow for us to sleep on. In fact, I turned in the moment I lay on the bed. It's quite comfy actually.

The village people were very friendly and they always carry a smile on their face. Though they maybe poor, but they are happy. Which cant bought be money. Though I dont know what's the reason of them being happy despite of their current situation but I feel that we should appreciate of our own surroundings and appreciate that we are lacked of nothing compared to them.

On our way to the CIP venue for the building of well, I really had to be brave even though I am really scared as there are many dogs and cows which I most afraid of. But when we reach there, we started our CIP as soon as possible. We started to mix the sand and cement together and my group is the Educational Group, in-charge of building the walls of the well. Looking at the villagers just using the axe and hit the nails into the pole 3 to 4 times, I was thinking that it's such a simple task. But when I try, I laughed at myself. I cant even manage to hit half of the nails inside to the pole and instead, the nails flew away. What a disgrace!  But our hard work paid off as the villagers were very happy that we had built a well for them.

Third day, we went to trek at the waterfall! It's a wonderful experience ! We sat on the Ox cart, it's a nice experience as it was my first time. Once, the cart nearly overturn. It scared the hell out of me. After that, we have to get down and start to trek. Though I've trekked many times, but I still feel that the trek is the most tiring though. There's so many uphills slope for us to climb up. Initially, I wanted to give up because I seriously think that it's very tiring. But as I hear the waterfall, I decided to perservere. The more I go up, the more cooling it is! Finally, we reached the waterfall. We happily jump into the water and have some cooling sessions! It's the best memories I had in Cambodia. When we going down I slip 9 times. With bruise on my legs but it's my own responsibility to take care of myself. Thus after I told myself that, I fell even less or rather I did not fell.

After meetings and meetings, neglecting my CCA, I felt that it's worth it afterall. The mass dance everyone did a very good job and happy that I have this chance to go to cambodia and letting me knowing new friends and having memories in Cambodia.

Leaders in Action Cambodia 2011 ! \m/
-Di-o-n-K-o-w-2-N-7- :DD

MY CAMBODIA EXPERIENCE,MY MEMORIES:D

This is my first time visiting Cambodia for a CIP purpose. I had really enjoyed this trip a lot. This trip turned out much better than i had expected.

From the briefing, we were told that we are going to have a 2 night home-stay,  and I felt that the home-stay will not be a nice place to stay in. But when we reached there, it had proved me wrong, the villagers make it a comfortable place to stay in, with all the mattress and nettings to make us feel comfortable. Also at the village, the villagers were very friendly and cheerful. I think one thing we can learn from them is to be cheerful and happy no matter in what situation and also we need to appreciate what we have now.

As my group is in-charge of the bio-filter,we went there to build a bio-filter for them. All the washing of sand and gravels was tough, we have to keep washing to make sure that they are clean. But in the end, I felt that all the hard work was paid off when our bio-filter succeeded and clean water came out from the tap. I think that it is all worth it as the villagers will be able to have cleaner water to consume on.Another thing that I had learnt was to perservere, the trekking was tiring but when we reached the waterfall and played in the water, I find that it was all worth it.In life, we will not have a smooth journey ,but if we perservere till the end, we will get to enjoy what we earn.

From the visit to the museum and to the killing field, I really felt very fortunate to be in a safe country now. Its really very saddening to hear from our tour guide, Mr Pisey on how innocent people were killed. I felt sad when i stepped into the museum and the killing field.

This trip has really taught me a lifelong lesson which I will not forget.  We need to treasure the things we have and never take it for granted and also not to waste food and water as they are really precious. I am glad that I am able to help the Cambodians, and I will help the poors and the Cambodians more when I can and have the ability to. We are being really fortunate to be in Singapore and we must treasure what we have. Had an awesome and wonderful time with the leaders and also not to forget the help of the teachers. I will never forget this trip and what I have learnt through this trip.

PohSzeYing
2E1'2011

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My cambodia experience. My memories. :>

This is my first time going to cambodia for cip purposes, I had always thought that cambodia is less developed country, which is very dirty. But when I reached cambodia, I was wrong. Cambodia wasn't as dirty as what I thought.

It is my first time staying in a home stay at the villages. At first, I thought it will be horrible to stay as from what I see from the picture. But in fact, the home stay was kind of cosy and comfortable to stay in. The villages had even made an effort to put mattress, pillows and netting for us. The villages there is also very friendly, the kids, parents, Mr Cham too. During the night, we had performed for the villages to see. We had also gave out lightsticks to the kids, the kids there were very happy upon receiving those lightsticks. Seeing them happy, warms my heart.

We also built well for the villages there. It's my very first time building a well, I find it fun. We had also made a human chain to carry and pass bricks, sands, cements around. All these required alot of co-operation and team work in it. After so long, we had finally managed to finish building the well. We also went treeking to the waterfall. When we finally reached the waterfall, we went down to play with the water. Water is so cooling! And we had a great time playing with our friends there.

On the third day, we had distribute rice and noodles for the villages. I have learnt not to waste any food. As the people here, had not enough food to eat. We also went to a primary school to play games with the children there and went to give them donations. The children were very happy when we gave them colouring books, notebooks and some sweets. Seeing them smile, made my day well.

After all the meetings we had, our hard work had finally paid off. I had a wonderful time with all the leaders in cambodia. Through this 4day 3night cambodia trip, I have learnt the how important is resources to them and I will not waste food. If I have a chance to go to cambodia again, I would like to go and help the people there.

MichelleSimYingXian. (08)
2n6'11 :D .

Water Conservation ( Life around Lorong Halus)

Sec 2 student leaders,

Remember that you have embarked on the TLLM journey to Lorong Halus. Now a facebook page has been created to showcase Lorong Halus.

Do visit the Lorong Halus Facebook page ( Search for "Life around Lorong Halus " ) and click the "like" to support the page.

Pls also help to passdown this message to all the Sec 2 students in 2011.

Happy viewing.

Mr Damien Lee

~ ~ ~ MY CAMBODIA EXPERIENCE, MY MEMORIES ~ ~ ~

This is the first time i went to Cambodia for CIP purpose and first time taking the aeroplane. I really enjoy this trip a lot and from this trip i had learn a lot things. When we were in the aeroplane, i felt very nervous and excited  as i did not take an aeroplane before. 

When the first parents briefing was held i heard that we will going to stay in the village and i was a little scare as i did not stay in a village before, but when we arrived at the home stay i was shocked, the home stay had mattress and netting. We will all in a comfortable situation. When we ask the teacher where do they stay when we sleep at their house and the teacher said that they had build a small house for themselves. I felt very sad when i heard that. 

It took 3 hours to travelled from the airport to the village. Along the way, our tour guide, Mr Pisey, told us lots of things about Cambodia History. Without him, we would know nothing about Cambodia. During this 3 hours trip, all the leaders are sleeping soundly except for the 3 zai guy (SO BHB!!). Looking at the leaders sleeping, i knew that all of them really done lots of preparation for this trip.

We help the Cambodians to build well, make clean water and distribute rice and noodles to the poor ones. We even had a chance to go to the waterfall to play in the waterfall. We went through lots of difficulty (eg, walking in a narrow pathway, climbing the rocks ) to reach the waterfall. This is the first time i have been to a waterfall. The most memorable thing is we helped them make a bio-filter thing although i am not in the group. I did lots of thing that i did not do in home during the making of the bio-filter thing. (eg, washing things) I learn that we need to save water as not all of us had water to drink.

At the last day, we had a chance to stay in the hotel but i rather sleep in the home stay as we can get to sleep together and natural air-conditioning. We went to the Tuol Sleng Museum and we saw lots of pictures that describe the war during the old days. We saw the instrument they use to torture the victims and the skulls. I felt very sad and wanted to vomit when i saw all the pictures. 

How i wish that i could went back to Cambodia to find those kids with my friends and teachers. it is really a good and memorable trip. I hope everyone had enjoyed and learnt something in this Cambodia trip. CHEERS!! ~~~ :D

~ ~ ~ S H A U N  G A N ~ ~ ~

    ~ ~ ~ ~ 2 E 5 ~ ~ ~ ~

My Cambodia Experience. My Memories.

After this four days in Cambodia, it came to my senses that water is as precious as gold. Looking at the Cambodians without sufficient amount of water, it tells me that it is a blessing for me to be in Singapore.

We had more than enough food and water in Singapore and yet we are wasting them everyday. Is that wise? People are suffering in Cambodia due to lack of water and food and we still waste them in our own country. This is the reason i went to the 4D3N stay at Cambodia to help those people in need. Although i knew that Cambodia is a country which has an environment totally different from Singapore, i was mentally prepared to face the challenges in Cambodia. I noticed that the villagers used oxes to carry out most of their daily activities, which is inconvenient as oxes move very slowly.

The second day, after building the well, i felt that we had saved many people from suffering as the well enables the villagers to obtain clean water. I realised that some of the villagers did not have any shoes to put on whereas we are wearing brand new shoes. I felt sorry for them as they may step onto sharp objects and hurt themselves.

The second last day, we went to a primary school. Looking at their study environment made me feel that we already had such a wonderful school to study in and we should not complain about it. When we were donating the clothes and food to the children, they seemed so eager to snatch it. One of them even wanted to queue up again to get the donations again. Looking at how poor they are made me want to donate more items to them. We are very fortunate to be in Singapore as we had more than enough for our daily needs, and we must be grateful and cherish them.

Edwin 2E4

MY CAMBODIA EXPERIENCE . MY MEMORIES

Its isn’t my first time visiting Cambodia for CIP purpose . This trip is the trip that I enjoyed the most . I really learnt a lot of things through this trip . On the way to the village , the ride was so bumpy that make my head giddy but I’m able to survive through it .


 It’s my first time staying in home stay . Before I going Cambodia , I through that the home stay will be horrible but after I saw those mattress and netting , I find its better than camping in school . The home stay may not be as comfort as our own home but the villagers there try their best to make our stay a comfortable one . At chombok village , I find everyone very friendly especially the Mr cham and also the children there . They might be poor but they don’t feel bad about it and stay cheerful and appreciate what they had .

Through the making of Bio filter , I’m able to work with team mates that I initially not very close to . The process might be tough but when all of us wok together as a team , the work load on each other is lighter . Before the trip , I thought that the filter will not be a success but in the end we succeed . All of us were so happy when we saw there’s clean water coming out from the tap .

We visited the Tuol Sleng Museum and killing field on our last day . I really feel very fortunate that I’m a Singaporean . I’m also very surprise that how they manage to accept their past generation wrong doing and take it as a lesson for them . Honestly , I’m quite afraid when I visit the Museum and also the killing field . I don’t dare to step on the blood stained on the ground . The place is really saddening , thousands of innocent people die .

I really learnt a lot through this trip , learn to appreciate what I have ; water , food and a comfort life I have and also be proud as a Singaporean , be glad and lucky that we have capable government we have .  

Joanne Hang . 2E2 

~My Cambodia Experience. My Memories~

Time passes really quickly when we are doing good deeds and also having fun. it seems like we had been at Cambodia for only a day but it was actually 4 days there.

It has been the first time for many of us to be in Cambodia and helping the villagers there. I had always thought that Cambodia was a very uncivilised country and that the place will be dirty and unclean, but when i reached  Cambodia it totally changed my opinion of that country as i was not that dirty that i had imagined it to be.I guess the most important person for our this four days was Mr Pisey, without his clear explanations of the various places we would not be able to know more of Cambodia and the other important person was the chef that followed us for that four days. The food was awesome for us and it was even better than those food we had for camp.

We built a Water well and also a water filter for the people there. I hope that our hard work has paid off as the villagers can enjoy the well and water filter that we had built can really help them more than before.We also had a awesome trekking experience as we were also learning some of the stories about the place that we trek. We reached the waterfall and had a good time in the cooling and refreshing water.We went to the Tuol Sleng Museum and the killing fields which was really saddening to see the pictures of the people who got tortued to death and there was a man who suffered the torturing and he wrote a book about the experience.
If had the chance to go to Cambodia, i would surely go and help those less fortunate people there. Through this trip i had learnt that water is very precious and we should not be wasting it.

~Joshua
       2E5~

My Cambodia experience. My Memories ♥

This is one of the trip that i will treasure most in my secondary school life. If I'm not mistaken, our batch is the first ever batch to be staying in a home stay for 2nights. I did not regret coming for this trip. In fact, i feel very lucky to be in this batch and to be able to travel to Cambodia this year with enthusiastic leaders! 

Before coming for this trip, i always thought that Cambodia was the worst and most poorest country and that its surrounding is very dirty and i had doubts that i will survive this trip. I had ever plan to back out from this trip. However, i was proved wrong. Kampung Chambok was just like any other kampung i have been to, only a little bit more poor. The people there are all so friendly, especially Mr Cham and our tour guide, Mr Pisey ! My landlady was the most caring, motherly lady I have ever met in Cambodia ! Although english was a foreign language to her, she tried her very best to make sure we are very comfortable staying at her home. It was considered well-furnished for such countries like Cambodia (: There wasnt any air-conditioner nor fans but it was really very cold at night! It was quite comfortable staying there. The only challenge staying there, was the toilet .__. It was so hard to shower that it was a record for me not to wash my hair for 3days :/ i could only rely on my hair moisturizer . But hey, I survived it in the end , no we did ^^ 

Through this trip, i learnt many new things and i tried many new things that i think its a once in a lifetime experience. One of it was the building of well! it was my first ever time building a well, and it was a great experience ! my favorite part was the human chain and singing songs to keep us going . it shows the amount of team work and determinations that we put in (: seeing the happy faces of the villages made our day and it was a new achievement for all of us! 

There were things that i couldnt forget as welll. One is that, when were giving out and distributing the rice and noodles, one of the bag was torn by the grass and all the rice was poured on the ground, the reactions of the villages was describable. It shows how precious rice is to them and here we are wasting food. Another incident was when we were all making the bamboo rice, i spotted several kids going to the dustbin where we all threw away our bottles. They searched for bottles with water in it, they took it and drink it. These incidents was an eye-opener for me . And lastly, at the primary school , i was giving out the notebooks and colouring book, they would all say orgoon before receiving it with both hands. They respect us and they have manners. It was a lesson learnt and a reminder for me. 

On the last day, we visited the Tuol Sleng Museum and the killing fields. Mr Pisey told us the history behind these places. It was one of the most tragic places i have ever visited and the  pictures displayed was really very tragic. Somehow i think it was worst than the Japanese Occupation :/ 

My favorite part of the trip was the bonding we had during the long bus rides . Laughter, singing, joking, taking silly pictures was the best part of the trip. School mates that i wasnt really close to in school, became my bestfriends ♥

Time flies so fast when we're all busy having fun during this 4days 3nights CIP trip that we're all now back in Singapore and blogging our experiences now. I swear, i will never forget this experience at all . I bet if i didnt went for this trip, then when else will i be able to visit a third world country. I didnt regret going to this trip because it made me smile most of the time . " Never regret anything that once made you smile in life " (;  

Nurul Natasha , 2E3'2011 (:

My cambodia experience. My memories.

Cambodia is far better than what i have expected. I am really glad that I went there and i will not regret it. Firstly, I would like to thank our tour guide, Mr Pisey and also our chef ! Without Mr Pisey, we might not be able to go around understanding their culture and their country history. Our chef can really cook awesome food that made me took 3 bowls of rice on the second day when we built the well. I am also glad we have the chance to be able to stay in the home stay and also thankful that the people 'leave' their house to let us have a try in staying in a kampong. Although staying in the kampong is very hot as they do not have any fan, i was still able to sleep as I am very tired. I pity those that was awaken by the chicken. The bus ride is awesome for sleeping ! I slept for most of the bus ride. I wonder how i sleep when the bus is so bumpy. I love the waterfall ! Walking up the water fall is extremely tiring but the result is worth the energy. We manage to have a little dip in the cool refreshing water. The water is awesome but the rocks unterneath is very irratating and it made many cuts on my leg. We were very playful and whenever a teacher go into the water, we decide to all splash water onto the teacher.

Finally, on the last night, we were able to sleep in the hotel, back to civilisation ! The hotel was very good and when we go back to the hotel after the debrief, i could tell that everyone is very tired and wanted to rest. The best part is when we started to play prank calls on others. It make me roll on the floor with laughter.

Thanks for all the experience in cambodia, it is an eye opener for me !

My Cambodia experience. My memories.

Sadly, we have to return back here, Singapore. Having to leave the AWESOME country, Cambodia :D

I feel that Cambodia is a very authentic place. I enjoyed the whole trip with the Cambodians as they were friendly and easy to interact with. In this whole trip, the person that I most respect would always be Mr Pisey. Without his professional tour guide experience, I would not be able to learn so many valuable information about Cambodia. With his help in Cambodia, the country soon became less of stranger to us and soon became a small home of ours, I think. I have to say that we spend much time in the bus traveling here and there, however, it was not boring, unproductive or even the least lame. The whole bus was definitely filled with passion, eagerness, dreams and also SNORES. Looking at all the leaders sleep in the bus, made me feel that we did our best and gave our 110% which caused everyone to sleep like a log. Nevertheless, was there noise and fights in the bus. The whole bus could here my voice! Almost everyone said that I was very loud and IRRITATING :) I could barely control myself with such a great enthusiastic team of leaders. We did many crazy things but when it comes to work, we are definitely serious in it and also putting our best to make the Cambodians' lives better. We built a water well and water-filter which we hope that it could ease their lives. Even though the process is a little tough, we never gave up, having the determination to strive our goal. In the end, we succeeded, we could see the smiles of the people there after knowing that we did it. We also gave them some rice, noodles and donations from our homes. After all the tiring work, all of us had scrumptious food as a reward. ( I meant all the meals ) We also had the chance to enjoy the waterfall after an adventurous trekking. It was all worth it when we arrive at the waterfall. We even managed to deep ourselves into the refreshing water to relax ourselves. 

We even had the chance to stay in a hotel :) Had so much fun with the other leaders, we enjoyed all the snacks that we bought at the supermarket. Their items there were so cheap >< Must buy. Our last few stops were the Tuol Sleng Museum and the killing fields. That place was an eye opener, learning and seeing all the pictures there really made us pity the people that experience it. The last stop was the Russian Market. The items there were very creative and cheap as I have hardly seen such things in my life. Everyone should go there and see for themselves and also experience a day with the Cambodians, to see how their daily lives are.


I really wished that I can go back to Cambodia on my own and discover things that are not told or explained. All of us should not stop here, after witnessing everything that happened in this 4 days. This is what I feel, experienced and also my precious memories of Cambodia. I hope everyone can enjoy and learn a thing or two from this report of mine :D CHEERS



By: Ernest Tan 

Time flies. Tomorrow it will be the day that we will be leaving Singapore for Cambodia. I felt really excited and curious at the same time. Excited because it will be my first time going to Cambodia as well as going together with friends and teachers. Curious because I do not know how Cambodia is like and wonder if the people there are friendly?.
After all this while, from the meetings and trainings, I hope that everything goes right so that our effort will be paid off. Also hope that I will learn more new things after the trip and experience the life there.
Let's enjoy the night before we leave!!! Seeya!!

~Teo Yi Min Jasmine , 2E5

TOMORROW ! Less than 24 hours we will be Cambodia ! Through this few meetings and trainings we really experince lots and lots of challenge, even in a team we face lots of challenge and we learn to overcome them by working as a team. This will hopefully be the second last post here and I hope that everyone enjoys the trip and of course have a new experience from it. Drink more water people !!! Can't afford to get sick now ! Cambodia here we come !:D

Cambodiaa..here we come. :)

Time really passed extremely fast.  We are gonna reach Cambodia in less than 12 hours from now. :D
 I am really happy that i could make it to this trip and go to cambodia with the rest. I've actually learnt many new things from just thr pre-meetings so i am pretty sure i will much more at Cambodia itself. Just from the sports group, i learnt that  its just not about planning games but also making sure how it goes and also any setbacks in the game. I actually thought it was easy but then during the meetings i realised that it was hard and needed alot of group work and planning. I also really enjoy the mass dance cause it also showed our unity as a singaporean and also as a leader from sengang sec. The indian dance..hmm hahah!! i actually dint like dancing but through all the performance and pre-meetings,i felt very encouraged and actually also enjoyed myself. Ihope we can all fufil our mission, enjoy ourself and  also become a better person.

Cambodiaaa!!! here we come. :)

SRISURIYA,2E1 ;D

post_trip preparation

13Hour 46Min More before our flight take off.

Here im busy checking my list of item to that i had pack.

I'm so excited as this is my first time going overseas with Leaders 

in an airplane. COOL!

I hope that the effort that we had put in over 2 months had not go in waste.

FINALLY, Our Plan is going to take place.

My grp will snap a lot of unglam photos. ^.^ 

MUHAHAHA.

Singapore-Cambodia <3

-Edward

Before we leave for Cambodia..

Time flies~ Heading to Cambodia tomorrow!! We've been through all the meetings and preperations and tomorrow is the day yeah. Kind of looking forward to it, we've been through a lot and have finally make our way here~ Been busy packing these few days. Scared that I left something out:/ Okayy,My group is in-charge of the bio-filter and I hope that through our bio-filter we will make for them there, they will have cleaner water to drink from there yeah. And also hope that we will have a great time with the people there. Hmm, hope that after this trip, I will be able to learn more new things and also experience how the less fortunate people live their lives and also learn to appreciate things more:) A brand new experience waiting for us there! Take Care People:) FIGHTING!:)

-/SzeYing/-

Post Trip Preparation :D

Finally, tmr we are going to cambodia. We did alot of hard work and it is gonna pay off tmr. Looking forward to see what do they have there and also helping them. Now i might need a hand carry cause my mini pull de cant fit everything -.-

Ker Jie.

Post Trip Preparations .

Tomorrow , we're flying to Cambodia already . I'm quite worried actually :X  I was thinking about all the bad things that might happen .. ' What if got people kidnap us ? ' ' What if they cheat our money ? ' 'Ohh My God ~ ' kekekekeke ~ all those useless worries ^ ^ All that hard work we did , i hope it will benefit those there and bring happiness to them (: Yayy ! kekekeke ~ Packing for the trip was so so difficult . Like very difficult . HAH ! not really . just worried that the luggage will bring me problems so i change from the one that we use for vacation to the hand-carry type . And and and the donations ! The whole packet/bag/pack is so big ! It took up half of the space of my luggage :/ What ?! kekekeke ~ Yayy ! Got so many people wishing us bon voyage :D I really hope we really bon voyage and the plane won't crash and our ears won't pop ^ ^ kekekeke ~   Annyeong Singapore ! ^ ^

-Sabrinna .

Before We Make Our Way~

Times passes so quickly, we already going to leave for Cambodia tomorrow. We had train hard for the past few training to prepare ourselves with the mass dance to be perform to the Cambodians. My team is the Media & Donations group. We had collected many donations from teachers and students and we packed nicely and was distributed to the various group to bring it for the trip. I guess the hardest experience through the pre trip was to master our dance steps and also to pack my luggage. We're Coming Cambodia :D

~Joshua sng 2e5

post_trip preparation

Wow it is so fast, i will be flying off to Cambodia  tomorrow.This is my first time going to Cambodia  so i am very excited moreover i am going there to help people who are in need. During the training, we have alot of activities such as the mass dance, helping with the donations and other stuff. My team is the Art & Craft, we will be doing the turtle for the kids to learn in Cambodia and so that they can have a competition of which turtle is the cutest or the best. The hardest things that i need to do is the five notebook and the packing of luggage.I hope that i will have a fun time there and know my friends better.




I am coming Cambodia: Aloysius Quek 

Before I start the race. 21/11/11 Cambodia =]

Hello ! Today is Sundayy! Busy packing my luggage :( Hope I left nothing out. Tomorrow to Thursday will be the days that I'm helping people in Cambodia :D Teaching them etc. FINALLY, After many Meetingssss, the day has come :D Looking forward to the performance night because our Mass dance is a dance which proves we as the leaders being united ^^ I hope after this trip, I can learn more new things that I never learn before. I also want to know what's life there after the trip so that I can appreciate things around me. Lastly, Take care of yourself and drink more water, sleep early :D That's all.
Dion, 2N7

~~Post-Trip Preparation~~

WAAAAAA!!!!!! Finally... Tomorrow is the day we fly off... WOOOHOOOO!!!!  :D
After all the meeting we had,  this is the day all of us had been waiting for. During the meeting and training, all of us had learned many things. And during this time i had make more friends. Everyone had to learn the mass dance  and we managed to learn it. As for my group, we are doing donation and media. We had collected lots of donation from our teachers and friends. All Leaders have also made 5 books each for the Cambodians. The most difficult part is that everyone had to bring back some of the donation as there is too many of the donation.  For the packing of luggage, i took a long time to pack my things although my mother was helping me and i pack my things at the last day which is Saturday. Hope that we would have lots of fun at CAMBODIA!! :D




CAMBODIA!!! HERE I AM.... SHAUN GAN :D 

Post-Trip Preparation

Finally! All the pre-trip preparation is going to end. Can't wait for tomorrow >< 

With all the leaders preparing for the trip, I have a feeling that the trip would be a success. Having to come for so many meetings and trainings during the holidays, all of us have learn something new and also had the chance to bond with one another. Everyone managed to learn the mass dance :) For my group, we prepared a water filter and it came out perfectly :D All the leaders also made 5 notebooks for the Cambodians. As for packing our luggage, I spent little time on it but was still rushing here and there to search for my things. The toughest part was to settle the donations which everyone was given on Saturday. However, I managed to pack it in with the help of my mother :D

Cambodia Here We Come !!!  Ernest Tan :D