Jacquelyn's reflection

That day was our very first bonding session we had after having several meetings before that. Though the number of people was small, we really had a great time together with just that few of us. However, I will still hope that the next time when we carry out such bonding sessions, there will be more people coming to join us as a whole and united team.

My views on the 2 activities planned by out teachers...

I feel that the first activity, building of a bridge, focussed more on our teamwork. We have to come to a consensus within the short period of time and the structure to fulfil certain requirements set by mr cheng. Initially, most of us thought that it was impossible for us to make our bridge stand and still have to hold a filled water bottle. But nothing stopped us from letting our creativity and confidence flow within us. Our group drafted our structure on apiece of paper before carrying out the actual building of our bridge. Halfway through the building, we realised that the initially planned model could not stand well, luckily we were fast enough to switch our plan to another structure. Although we carried on with a lot of uncertainties, we still believed that we can do it. And eventually our structure is completed with great efforts put in by the whole group. Phew, it manages to hold the bottle for 10 seconds... Yes! We did it!

2nd Activity: Cooking lunch!
It sounds so fun isn't it? Indeed we have fun buying ingredients and cooking together. That was a test of how we work together to prepare edible lunch for the whole team. And most importantly we must also learn how to slah prices when we are at Yunnan. HaHax! The lunch turned out to be quite decent despite it being the first time we worked together to cook a meal. And for some of us this may be the first time we actually get involved in cooking a meal that does not comprise of maggi noodles only. First meal with the team was a memorable and happy one but i'm sure there are more happy meals that we are ready to share with one another.

Everyone had a fun filled day and I have learnt the importance of teamwork, give and take when we comes to making decisions, and giving what we have to others and sharing knowledge and fun with one another. Hope to have more of these activities when time comes...

-jacquelyn