Cambodia OCIP
The good
I was one of the group leader and I kinda have some control over some of the activities and the stuffs that we do over there. I also have a good co-leader and team members that I can depend on with some of the activities and some last minutes tasks. I also made some new friends and learn a lot of this trip in term of logistic and planing as well.I also kinda get some ideas and inspiration from there as well.
The bad
For this trip, almost everyone was assign a "donation items lugguge" that we are in charge of. There is about 13 lugguges & duffel bags and about 7 big paper bags recorded in a "donation lugguge list" And this is how a logistic nightmare happen.
On the first day of the trip,I was already kinda of pissed off even before we board the plane at Changi Airport. I was tasked to re-tag the "donation items luggages" so I was doing it by myself then I was told that I should delegate some jobs to my team members which i did not want to because some of the "donation paper bags" was mixed up and I have no ideas where they went and i don really know most of the people in my group. Then reluctantly i get some of my team member to help out.
Then when was being ask for the number of "check in lugguges" after we check in all the lugguges, I was not really able to give a actual number because I cannot locate the "missing bags",so I just say the number that is on the list.
At Phnom Penh airport,I was the first few to reach the lugguge belt,so I went to the toilet. The lugguge belt was quite short and it was in a corner.When I came out from the toilet, I saw the whole group standing around the lugguge belt along with all the rest of the passengers from our flight and it was quite chaotic because the lugguge belt was quite short,so there is no point all of us crowding around it and blocking other people from getting their lugguges and the best part is all of us are wearing the same shirts with Temasek poly name on our sleeve,which make it more obvious that we are a big group.So I told all the guys to take the lugguges out from the belt and the ladies to put all the lugguges on the trolley.But due to the differences in thinking and method of doing things, I was kinda being "told off" that my method might cause unnecessary jobs as we would later still find back the lugguges we are in charge of.
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During Day 2 afternoon,there was a big rain that kinda affect our activity plan and some of us were quite drench.I really felt very bad for the guide that went to buy ponchos in the rain.
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Due to a communication problem on the 4 day, most of the guys were being scolded. So this is what happened from my point.
During Day 3 night,the guides have help us to buy quite a number of donation items that the teachers have ask them to buy on our behalf and they sent to the guesthouse that we are staying. If I did not heard wrong or understand wrongly, the guides will arrange people to deliver the items over the next day (Day 4).
So on Day 4 morning, some of the guys did not want to eat breakfast so we went down a bit later than usual. The moment we went down, one of the teacher scold us for coming down late and that most of the ladies and the guesthouse staffs help to load the foods on the van. At that moment I was like "stun" when the teacher say the ladies and the guesthouse staffs help to load the food items to the van because that was not our job in the first place
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Semester 2.2
I am quite happy with my new projects mate based on the past few week of class discussion and etc.
I am also quite excited for Service Skill Methodology (SSM). It kinda bring back memories from my days back in NITEC doing service operation for Amber @ West (training restaurant) from having no breaks to having 1 hour break.
Since SSM does not require us to iron table cloth, I was really aiming to get at least 30mins break during the first service operation..But at the same time I also do not want to spoil other people chance of learning so I will just take action only when require.
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Regarding why i leave HCC
The reasons why I leave HCC is because of my personal reason which is I am actually busy with some stuffs that I am doing. I decided to leave on my own accord and not because people is judging me or whatever. I was kinda stun when i decided to look at my blog and I notice a message left by someone in August. I do not know what your past experience in HCC but my was quite a pleasant one.
