Post Trip Reflections - Jian Zhou
Time real flies past very fast... 15 days in Cambodia has just gone like this, within a blink of eyes. It feels like it was only yesterday that the whole event actually ended, but came to think of it, it is the 25th days that i'm back in Singapore. I began to miss the people there, the environment there, basically everything. I yearn for the warmth that they had, the fun and laughters that we seldom have in Singapore.
It seemed that I really have changed into a different person after i return from Cambodia. A difference in my characterisitic which only me can tell, but hard to put into words. 15 days had really left a deep impact and wonderful memories in me. Most of the things happened in FGAC, whether is it bad or good or sad or angry, it happened mostly at there. Quarrels had sadly came about there, misunderstandings and emotionally faced problems too, happened there.. And i realised something. The people there, doesn't seemed to have the same problems as we do. Is it because that we used in living in cities like Singapore whereby the environment had structured us to become someone who cannot see things apart? Or is it just us whereby we cannot have self-control over ourselves?
Why are the kids there seemed to be so happy and stressless, even though they do not have the luxury of using the internet, computer, play stations, air-con, arcades etc.? Is it that because of those luxuries that we began much hot-tempered, much aggressive than the people there? I think so too. I've learnt that see things apart and learnt how to take certain things lightly, close one eye open the other,
I remembered the times when we cried because we were leaving, especially during the celebration night, after the performance where they prayed for us and hugging the friends there. Everyone started crying, all Serve Cam peeps, including some of our friends there.. Thinking about that, I am still sad that we have left them, missing them, but then i'm very glad that i have known the nice bunch of friends. They are people who can talk their hearts out, as if we have known each other for many years. I really feel the warmth that they gave us and hated the apart that we are leaving them, although we have been there for only 7 days. Just imagine how much we have bonded.... =)
At BAC, the kids there are much more quiet and we have no idea of how to approach to some of them. Cos at FGAC, we were getting approached to, instead of the other way. But then we learnt the skills of approaching the more quiet ones, because we dont want them to think that we left them out. The kids there are different from the FGAC kids. They need attention more than anyone else. We need to learn how to take care of the kids there, act as in father and mother of theirs... Anyways, we also bonded with the staffs there and also.. The contractors there. We onced celebrate birthday for the superviser of the contractors, whom we bonded with much more compared to other workers. But then because we dont have any birthday cakes with us, we used the mooncake we still left with to replace it. Cool right?~~
Throughout the 15 days journey, not only I’ve made many great and close friends, I’ve also learnt something. We cannot take things for granted. Those things around us, no matter how we dislike something or someone, we must try to forgive and forget whatever bad things that had happened. If not, we will be living in a miserable lives of ourselves. Although sometimes it may be hard, try not to think about it, will make life easier and happier. Don’t always think that a developed country means better living, because we have experienced that stress come in more often in developed country then not so developed ones. Without stress, we then can live well and better.
Anyways, I would like to thanks Ms Chew and Mr Ng, all my Serve Teammates and also, people in Cambodia for the wonderful 15 days there. =) *claps claps*
It seemed that I really have changed into a different person after i return from Cambodia. A difference in my characterisitic which only me can tell, but hard to put into words. 15 days had really left a deep impact and wonderful memories in me. Most of the things happened in FGAC, whether is it bad or good or sad or angry, it happened mostly at there. Quarrels had sadly came about there, misunderstandings and emotionally faced problems too, happened there.. And i realised something. The people there, doesn't seemed to have the same problems as we do. Is it because that we used in living in cities like Singapore whereby the environment had structured us to become someone who cannot see things apart? Or is it just us whereby we cannot have self-control over ourselves?
Why are the kids there seemed to be so happy and stressless, even though they do not have the luxury of using the internet, computer, play stations, air-con, arcades etc.? Is it that because of those luxuries that we began much hot-tempered, much aggressive than the people there? I think so too. I've learnt that see things apart and learnt how to take certain things lightly, close one eye open the other,
I remembered the times when we cried because we were leaving, especially during the celebration night, after the performance where they prayed for us and hugging the friends there. Everyone started crying, all Serve Cam peeps, including some of our friends there.. Thinking about that, I am still sad that we have left them, missing them, but then i'm very glad that i have known the nice bunch of friends. They are people who can talk their hearts out, as if we have known each other for many years. I really feel the warmth that they gave us and hated the apart that we are leaving them, although we have been there for only 7 days. Just imagine how much we have bonded.... =)
At BAC, the kids there are much more quiet and we have no idea of how to approach to some of them. Cos at FGAC, we were getting approached to, instead of the other way. But then we learnt the skills of approaching the more quiet ones, because we dont want them to think that we left them out. The kids there are different from the FGAC kids. They need attention more than anyone else. We need to learn how to take care of the kids there, act as in father and mother of theirs... Anyways, we also bonded with the staffs there and also.. The contractors there. We onced celebrate birthday for the superviser of the contractors, whom we bonded with much more compared to other workers. But then because we dont have any birthday cakes with us, we used the mooncake we still left with to replace it. Cool right?~~
Throughout the 15 days journey, not only I’ve made many great and close friends, I’ve also learnt something. We cannot take things for granted. Those things around us, no matter how we dislike something or someone, we must try to forgive and forget whatever bad things that had happened. If not, we will be living in a miserable lives of ourselves. Although sometimes it may be hard, try not to think about it, will make life easier and happier. Don’t always think that a developed country means better living, because we have experienced that stress come in more often in developed country then not so developed ones. Without stress, we then can live well and better.
Anyways, I would like to thanks Ms Chew and Mr Ng, all my Serve Teammates and also, people in Cambodia for the wonderful 15 days there. =) *claps claps*
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