We were separated into different groups and they were the cultural exchange group, booth & bookmarks group and finally the donation group.
I was in the cultural exchange group. My initial thought was, "oh, being in the booth & bookmarks group would be better for me because i enjoy cutting and drawing more." Therefore, I was not looking forward because there was something that I was more interested in. The cultural exchange group was lucky as we could all stay in the HQ and not moving to other blocks. We gathered few pieces of papers and separated them into various categories. They were micro games, macro games and food.
For the micro games, we thought of stuff like hopscotch, 5 stones, yoyo, zero point, country flag eraser games, skipping, pick up stick and pepsi cola. There were more but some were excluded due to their feasibility. These games do bring memories. As we grow up, we tend to forget the good times we had due to the changes in interests. In the past, I used to enjoy playing the games that I mentioned earlier. Now that I am 18, I restrict myself to only games that are played by people of my age. When I was given a chance to try out the games like pepsi cola on the second day of the camp, I realised those restrictions were unnecessary and I really enjoyed playing that game.
We also came up with the macro games. It was an amazing race consisting of 8 stations. The cultural exchange group came up with several ideas, mostly from their previous camps.
As for the food, we thought of bak ku teh, roti john, laksa, minced meat noodles, chrysanthumum tea, barley and more. As we were thinking of what are the food to cook at Cambodia, most of the people felt hungry.
After all the presentations, games and learning of dance steps, the cultural exchange group went back to the HQ to prepare the food for dinner. We were cutting hotdogs, luncheon meat and mushrooms. The feeling was different from preparing the food at home. It was fun because we were playing around while preparing the food. Definitely, not with the food! We were still efficient and did not waste much time even when we were having fun.
Henghao went on to prepare the chrysanthemum tea. After all the preparations, we went to discuss about the ideas we came up with previously. This time round, we elaborated further and had a few factors to consider: objectives, the equipments needed, amount required and also feasibility. We strike off some of the ideas after discussing. In the middle of the discussion, Henghao came with the ladle, asking the people to try the tea. He went back and forth just to ensure that the chrysanthemum tea tasted good.
After the discussion, we brought the equipments down to cook. The girls cooked the luncheon meat, hotdogs and smashed the garlic. As the place we were at did not have a plug, we had to change venue. The equipments were very heavy (T_T) and my muscles ache badly. However, compared to the donation people, that was nothing.
DINNER TIME! Many of tem gathered around the wok, cooked and throw in whatever ingredients that were given to them. We had our spaghetti and chrysanthemum tea. (The food we had were good!) All of us were contented and while some were eating, the others went on to prepare the roti john. I saw how they interacted and enjoyed themselves while cooking. (:
I really enjoyed myself after the whole day. I managed to learn a few childhood games and thought that being in the cultural exchange group was great, especially with the fun people. Thank you all for making this camp so fun and interesting! (:
JAC
posted by Jacqueline Xu