It Ended with a Bang!

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A Unique Experience
Finally! The exchange programme is over and I can finally heave a sigh of relief... several weeks of planning and coordinating, several weeks of headache and worrying that things will go wrong has finally came to an end. Frankly, I am not sure if I would want to coordinate an exchange programme ever again but looking back, it was a unique experience. For example, it was a unique experience sitting amidst a group of people chitting chatting away in a language that you could make no sense of and having a interpreter doing simultaneous translation as they speak (amazing how they can do that!).

"Cho Maji Yabai"!
I eventually got warmed up to the delegates but only last night when we met for the farewell dinner. Although there were language barriers, we did eventually managed to communicate with one another and I was taught a few Japanese lingo like "yabai" which meant "shiok", "maji yabai" which means "very shiok" and "cho maji yabai" which means "super very shiok". Hahaha, literally, we were saying "cool" and "very cool" and "super very cool" to one another the whole night; me to the teenagers and they to me. One of the memorable moments is when one of the teenage boys sang his teeth into some sambal kang kong and keep saying "yabai" and kept ordering orange juice to douse the spicyness. I was afraid that I seemed aloof to them since I was so quiet most of the time but it seems that they remembered me as "the one who smiled radiantly".

Thanksgiving
I am so amazed how everything came together so well for the programme. I really thank God for the rights things happening at the right place at the right time with the right people being sent along the way to help. And the programme ended with a bang on the last night; a pleasant surprise. At first, the dinner was planned at Boat Quay not knowing that the Singapore Fireworks Festival will also be happening on the same night. So as we all just sat along the Singapore River and enjoyed the meal, we were treated to a magical sight with fireworks. What a magical way to end the programme and the fireworks made it all the more memorable. Considering that this is the first exchange programme that I had to coordinate, I only have God to thanks for everything because it just wouldn't have been possible without blessings from God. Thank God for answering my prayers!

Fireworks Fest by the River

A Little Misunderstanding
I just realized today that my actions have caused a mini misunderstanding. Apparently, I was helping someone but my helpfulness has been misinterpreted by the person whom I was helping that I taken a fancy of her. I guess sometimes I just have to be careful to not to be too helpful. Pray that I will not further mislead this person...

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