It has been great experience spending 2 weeks in Ccambodia. Through this community service project, i have learnt a couple of things. First and foremost, i learnt to appreciate things which could be just as simple as food and accommodation. During our stay at the orphanage, our meals would consist of mainly just one dish and lots of rice. Another example which i could learn from the Cambodians would be they seem to appreciate what they have and not expecting much. The next thing i have learnt would be perseverance, even though there were couple of days where we had to do hard labour, the team hardly complained at all. Another example could be communicating with most of the local kids there as it often took some time to put the message across.
One of the best rewards from this trip would be having to know a few Cambodian friends. Even though it has almost a month since we left the orphanage at Phnom Penh, we would continue to keep in contact through emails and the Internet. The last thing that i have enjoyed from this trip would be having a great team, where we could complete all the tasks together no matter how tough they were.
BY YuHeng
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