OUR REFLECTIONS

JiaHe’s Reflection

Alright here it is. Sorry for the late post as I’ve some hard time trying to find the username and password for this account. So basically, 6 Oct was another bonding session that we have for our OCIP Yunnan. In CHENGMISTRY, it was non-stop laughter for me but at the same time, there are a few learning points from this session.

Before this session, I’ve always felt that we are superior. Though most of us would deny this, subconsciously we have been feeling so since we started doing CIP in primary schools. And because of this mindset, it has resulted in us focusing too much on the children over at Yunnan. Furthermore, before getting to know the outline of our activity, I was hoping that we will be building structures like school and hostel as it would leave a greater impact on the children’s life. However, we can’t deny that it would certainly more effective and efficient if we just send 20 workers over to Yunnan! And when I heard of the money for us as compared to that donated to the Yunnan kids, I realize that the things that we’re learning from this trip would far exceed the amount that we will be helping them.

With YC’s presentation, it made it clearly of what are we doing over there at Yunnan and told us that we will be building roads. Though it would not have an impact as great as building a school, I am convinced that we are there to learn from them and we are not superior to them in any way at all. We are certainly of equal status.