Back from Cambodia, Phon Penh!

I'm gonna update more about that in the next post

after I'm done stealing photos from some people :D

The major lesson I learned from the trip

has really made a great impact in my Life.

Thats why I'm sharing it.

Because I learned it the hard way.

At the age of 8,

my Dad always told me that

"Things don't always go the way you want it to"

And my age alr suggested how seriously i took those words.

LOL

Back then,when I saw something I wanted,

" Mummy! Can you buy that PLEASSE?"

Then that's when all the drama acting starts.

I'd have the puss in boots BIG ROUND EYES

I'd have the small cute baby's SWEET SMILE

I'd have that big fat kid in the movie up 's BIG CHUBBY CHEEKS

" Okay la, just put it in the trolley. "

*Standing ovation for an outstanding performance* XD

HAHAHAH.

Good times...

and the thing with that is that it always works LIKE A BOSS.

XD

In primary school,

We were always given group projects.

And I Love group projects.

Especially when things gets done

before you can even say " LIKE A BOSS"

But the thing with group projects

is that there's always SO MANY IDEAS GIVEN

There'd be

The COMMON IDEA

The GREAT IDEA

The STUPID IDEA

The REALLY STUPID IDEA

The LAME IDEA

and of course lastly,

The NO IDEA.

HAHA

It comes randomly from different people you work with.

and people judge the degree of it being good/bad differently.

But In a group project,

ONLY ONE IDEA CAN BE USED.

So there's always that indecisive moment.

In this type of moments,

Theres only 2 types of people.

1. would be the "ANYTHING" people.

I've always felt that these people have alr made the decision

on which idea is best in their mind

but refuse to give their opinion to avoid any conflict

2. would be the "THIS IS BETTER" people

These people would stick mainly to their ideas

and find it difficult to accept others suggestions.

I was like the 2nd one.

Things always, ALWAYS, went my way

:D

It was awesome.

Till I entered Secondary school.

When there were more and more projects,

and there would be a different group of people

and there were always A LOT of better Ideas than mine.

So after many experiences in group projects,

and the guidance of teachers,

only then I realized with the mix and combination

of Ideas,

be it common,uncommon,stupid,lame

It would be the PERFECT IDEA.

Because, the whole group would agree to it.

because the whole group would enjoy the process.

and USUALLY the result of the project.

Would be Awesome.

I thought that if I were to always stay on this track

using this method with all group projects,

we'll surely succeed.

Okay maybe not those fantastic success

but we won't fail terribly.

Failure was never a threat.

and come to think about it now.

That is bad.

If you've never experienced failure,

when the day comes Failure will hit you hard

and you'll fall deep into the hole of shock.

and that was how i learned my lesson.

Before the trip to Cambodia,

we were told that we had to plan a 8hour lesson

to teach the children there.

So based on the information given,

we underestimated the amount of knowledge

they had about the topics we wanted to teach.

When we got there,

we were extremely shocked that we exhausted

our 8 hour plans in 1 hour!

I looked at my friend and he looked at me,

We both wanted to give the

Y U NO face

because Y WE NO HAVE BACK UP PLAN~

HAHAH

But in the end, we managed to pull it off

with the help a lot of impromptus and last min decision making.

During the reflections I shared this with the others:

I've learned to be prepared for changes.

And I'm not talking only about Back-up plans

There's a saying

" You Fail to plan, you plan to fail"

Yeah? Thats a guarantee.

But it doesnt work the other way around.

Even if you did plan it doesnt mean it'll succeed entirely.

For example,

You planned for a hiking trip.

You planned to walk or crawl or fly , yada yada yada,

And suddenly you  realized,

hey what if it rains?

So you decided to bring an umbrella.

And when on that day it rains,

You'd be HOSEHBO! It rained!

so you feel prepared because you had an umbrella.

You started walking back to the shelter

only to realize you're walking barefooted because

your shoe was probably stucked in the mud.

and the trail in front,

has many pieces of broken glass.

The changes I'm talking about

changes like the weather.

Most of them are unpredictable changes.

You can have a million back-up plans

but none when none succeeds.

We have to be mentally prepared and not just physically.

And when things gets too tough

We have to always keep trying.

There's a quote

" If you cant fly, run

If you cant run, walk

If you cant walk, crawl

But no matter what, you gotta keep moving on."

We have to bring out that inner strength that motivates us

The inner strength is different for different people.

For me, That inner strength is remembering why  i even

started doing it in the first place.

When I was teaching the kids,

I was reminding myself about the agreement to commit

myself to provide service for the children.

I've always believed that all change is met with resistance

It is only a test.

and to pass,

is to persevere.

That's what I've learned.

Failure is inevitable.

and so is success. :D
Now I understand my place in your heart.