5 days have passed since we came back from Japan. Still misses those days in Japan..the weather, the people, the schools, the fun, the nights where i was so tired and yet had to walk around like zombie doing room checks... all in all...these are memories and experiences i missed dearly...
The organisers: Well, what can i say, they are great (i'm not saying i'm great though i'm one of them). Miss Teo and Mr Ong did a lot for this trip and i'm glad that everything went well...Well Done!.. Somehow, they taught me the "sentimental" part which resides in them more than in me! Being always practical and efficient, somehow, i will always question their work- What are the objectives? What are the desired outcomes? What can be done less to yield the same results? Why must we do these? Can it be done the other way round? Why? Why? Why? They were always patient (trying to be)... haha... to show me the other side of the story.
As Mr Ong will say to me at times "STOP being so efficient!" haha... think it make senses somehow when i see the joy in the kids when they were doing their scrapbooks, printing photos late at night along the corridors of our hotel room. I never heard a single complaint from them even though it was already late, and they were tired after a long day.
The accompany teachers - They were EVEN GREATER!! Really appreciate their patience and the ability to tolerate!
Patience with us - i remembered so clearly what Mrs Ong said when i told her that they can move off to shop around instead of following us around Chinatown looking for Bentos - "Don't worry, We understand". Something so comforting at the moment when 30 hungry students were roaming with us searching for Bentos.
Tolerated us - they were so accommodating to sudden changes in plan, and most importantly, tolerated the noises made by the kids along the corridor outside their hotel room!! Thank you... thank you.
The Students - They are a wonderful lot of students. What can i say- ALWAYS ON TIME. MY GOD... hopefully they are also always this punctual to school... haha... well.. very cooperative, very obedient lot. I really hope they will spread the things they learnt in Japan to fellow Teckwhyeans. Yizhen, pls do not say you will migrate to Japan and study there... instead, ask yourself what can we do, to make Teck Whye as enjoyable a place to study as it is in Japan. :)
One funny encounter i had with these group of students i don't teach-
1. MY SEAT BELT- Day 1... on the flight - I sat down next to one student and the first question he said me was - "TEACHER, LATER IF I WANT TO GO TOILET, WILL YOU SCOLD ME??" --- I had a lot of question marks from his QUESTION, and when i said YES... he literally took it in... :)
Then, when i wanted to fasten my seat belt, i could not find the other half of it...guess what...the student took mine and fasten to his..leaving me with one side of the belt...i have no choice but to yell ..." XXX, u took my seat belt!!''
One touching one
1. Saw two students with a plastic bag of food after our shopping trip at Shibuya. When questioned who is it for?
"Is for the driver, he is so poor thing, have to drive, no dinner" replied the students.
I was impressed with their thoughtful act. Keep up the good work!!
This trip, shares with me some nice and wonderful memories that made my third time in Japan still exciting as if it was the first time ........
Thank you all for making these possible. :)
Cheers,
Ms Ng
The organisers: Well, what can i say, they are great (i'm not saying i'm great though i'm one of them). Miss Teo and Mr Ong did a lot for this trip and i'm glad that everything went well...Well Done!.. Somehow, they taught me the "sentimental" part which resides in them more than in me! Being always practical and efficient, somehow, i will always question their work- What are the objectives? What are the desired outcomes? What can be done less to yield the same results? Why must we do these? Can it be done the other way round? Why? Why? Why? They were always patient (trying to be)... haha... to show me the other side of the story.
As Mr Ong will say to me at times "STOP being so efficient!" haha... think it make senses somehow when i see the joy in the kids when they were doing their scrapbooks, printing photos late at night along the corridors of our hotel room. I never heard a single complaint from them even though it was already late, and they were tired after a long day.
The accompany teachers - They were EVEN GREATER!! Really appreciate their patience and the ability to tolerate!
Patience with us - i remembered so clearly what Mrs Ong said when i told her that they can move off to shop around instead of following us around Chinatown looking for Bentos - "Don't worry, We understand". Something so comforting at the moment when 30 hungry students were roaming with us searching for Bentos.
Tolerated us - they were so accommodating to sudden changes in plan, and most importantly, tolerated the noises made by the kids along the corridor outside their hotel room!! Thank you... thank you.
The Students - They are a wonderful lot of students. What can i say- ALWAYS ON TIME. MY GOD... hopefully they are also always this punctual to school... haha... well.. very cooperative, very obedient lot. I really hope they will spread the things they learnt in Japan to fellow Teckwhyeans. Yizhen, pls do not say you will migrate to Japan and study there... instead, ask yourself what can we do, to make Teck Whye as enjoyable a place to study as it is in Japan. :)
One funny encounter i had with these group of students i don't teach-
1. MY SEAT BELT- Day 1... on the flight - I sat down next to one student and the first question he said me was - "TEACHER, LATER IF I WANT TO GO TOILET, WILL YOU SCOLD ME??" --- I had a lot of question marks from his QUESTION, and when i said YES... he literally took it in... :)
Then, when i wanted to fasten my seat belt, i could not find the other half of it...guess what...the student took mine and fasten to his..leaving me with one side of the belt...i have no choice but to yell ..." XXX, u took my seat belt!!''
One touching one
1. Saw two students with a plastic bag of food after our shopping trip at Shibuya. When questioned who is it for?
"Is for the driver, he is so poor thing, have to drive, no dinner" replied the students.
I was impressed with their thoughtful act. Keep up the good work!!
This trip, shares with me some nice and wonderful memories that made my third time in Japan still exciting as if it was the first time ........
Thank you all for making these possible. :)
Cheers,
Ms Ng
4 comments:
Ms Ng ,
I will not say i want to migrate to Japan. We will give suggestion & thing to make the school as enjoyable as Japan! Anyway, Thanks all the teachers for planning the Japan Trip! We really enjoy it. (:
-yizhen
N G ng (as what the airline check-in personnel called her),
glad to read that you've learn to appreciate the 'sentimental' side of things in life... haha... not everything has to have SMART objectives... especially since we are on trip to experience life and culture, a trip to broaden perspectives of our students... haha...
can you imagine if we were more interested in being efficient and produce observable results, we would have make a worksheet and ask students to tick all the cultural stuffs they saw which they need to learn and memorize?! haha... in that case, might as well show video clips, pause, elicit ideas from them, make notes and finally give a test to check for understanding... haha
thanks for agreeing to being one of the organizers, really appreciate your thoughtfulness when it comes to student safety... and of course thanks for your efficiency in forcing out the presentation video and slides
km
Dear Taitai Ng,
We must say a big THANK YOU to you when it comes to the safety issue, especially the risk potential that we may encounter at crowded places like Shibuya and Harajuku. When we were concerned with meeting our our objective of allowing students to experience in the Japanese way of life, you directed us to the main priority, which is safety issue.
Really appreciated it when you put aside efficiency and gave in to our unconventional idea doing photo log during a trip.
Thanks for being one of the organisers and of course, my fellow taitai who is able to cruise through the busy streets in Tokyo, with big paper bags, at the taitai shopping speed, with me.
YP
Seems like a very fun, exciting and enriching trip to me. Several of the blog entries are fun to read. It is apparent that all the teachers-in-charge enjoyed putting this whole trip together!
YingNing
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