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Training Session 2

1:51 AM by Kh
The days flew by and it was soon the second training session. However, something was not right. Where is Wan Ying, our leader? She was no where in sight but it was not because she forgot about us. She had to go on a course. We can't wait for you to be back!

Dear Team

Greetings for a good Saturday! I hope all of you are well and good amidst all the preparation for eco-exhibition, eco-forum, English Teaching, cultural performance, and the upcoming carnival!

I am much delighted to see each one of you so driven towards your roles and duties -- Leaders doing their best to co-ordinate, those on I.A. finding time amidst their busy schedule, and Cai Ping trying your best to catch up with us. Do share with us your Shanghai experienc, yeah?

I am very apologetic for being unable to join you all this weekend for the training and carnival@Sengkang. But I do believe this serves as a good opportunity for you all to take up leadership roles as they are all inborn in each of you.

For today’s training session, we will embark on a journey of deeper thinking as well as ways to structure our personal learning goals. I am sure the coordinators give you a good insight into them.

Thank you for all your efforts – for the preparation, for your plentiful contacts, for your publicity and everything little thing. As a team, every piece of your contribution is essential for our project to be successful. I now pass the time to the various coordinators to facilitate the session. Happy learning, and do help me to catch up on Vietnamese 201 yeah!

Cool Greetings from Wan Ying (hope the air-con’s running!)

So the few of us, the chosen ones, were left with the huge responsibility of facilitating the day's training. However, it did not take us long to realise that Wan Ying was irreplaceable. (Please do not leave us alone again!) The schedule ran a little late as we started off with the first item of the day, Vietnamese Learning.

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So do you still remember what we learnt? We learnt how to say the numbers. Here's a recap of how to say 0 - 10:

0 - khong
1 - mot
2 - hai
3 - ba
4 - bon
5 - nam
6 - sau
7 - bay
8 - tam
9 - chin
10 - muoi

Our teachers, Truc and Harry would be proud if you went through the numbers without having to refer to your notes.

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Following that, I gave a short presentation about Conservation in Vietnam. Some of the government's efforts includes:
  • Setting aside protected areas
  • Controlling illegal wildlife trade
  • Collaborating with neighbours (cross-border) on conservation and dealing with illegal wildlife trade
  • Setting up the roles of Forest Rangers
  • Ecotourism
  • Restoration of degraded areas
  • Reforestation
  • Education to raise awareness
  • Community involvement
  • Environmental protection planning
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(That's me in my green YOG shirt, having rushed over from my YOG training without even having my lunch first.)

Following that, we proceeded to discuss whether "Environmental protection is all talk but no action, especially amongst the youth". Everyone was divided on that notion and we ended up with three main opinions, "Yes", "No" and "Maybe". The discussion was a fruitful one and everyone presented their views and ideas on the topic with much earnestness. However, everyone agreed that it is possible to see some actions being carried out. Take this YEP trip for example!

After which, I went on to discuss the photo-essay everyone is expected to come up with at the end of the trip. Basically, according to Wikipedia, a photo-essay is a set or series of photographs that are intended to tell a story or evoke a series of emotions in the viewer. Everyone was divided into two teams, Group A and B. Group A (Hong Yuen and Jun Wei) is in charge of creating a documentation list and map drawing. Group B (everyone else) is in charge of doing a photo-essay based on a topic they had come up with.

For the Eco-exhibition, we were glad to have Rei, the VP (external) of Earthlink drop by to give us some advice. Having been a participant of Ecoventure 2009, he was just the one we needed. There he is, the guy in the white shirt.

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Then, it was time for the Teachers Team to get up on stage. They presented their idea for the cultural performance through a light-hearted demonstration. It was a showcase of Chinese culture and traditions.

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The performances for the two other major races in Singapore, Malay and Indian were out-sourced to the rest of us. (Oh no - why!) The Reporters Team will be doing Malay and the Programmers Team, Indian.

They also went on to give a more detailed introduction to their ideas for the English teaching at Gia Bac. Each learning was reinforced through the use of interesting games that will hopefully help the students remember the vocabulary learnt better.

There was barely enough time by then but it was not the end of the day's training yet!

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Mr Ronnie Chew demonstrated to us how to solder the caps together to make the gifts we'll be bring to Gia Bac for the students. We aim to make 80 of these, such that each student will get one each. However, this mean that we will require 1120 bottle caps! Are we able to achieve that amount in the short time before we leave Singapore? With everyone's help, it can become a possibility!

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Editor's Note:
As of now, we've made less than half the number we require so we need your support! Please do pass your unwanted bottles to us!
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