REFLECTION 1

Reflection (1)  

Written by: Mas'Izzati Liyana Mas'At (Chemistry, Year 1)

On 8th October, we met up to list out our objectives of the entire YEP. Firstly we had a sign in game that we have to play each time we have a meeting. Its is not particularly a game that requires you move and run around but its a game to get to know others better through interesting questions about the past week. I think this is good to effectively make use to the time constraint to get to know the team mates better.

Following that, we had a round robin sharing session of our own expectations and objectives for this trip. Each and everyone of us surely have different view and expectations of themselves for this trip. Although we might go through the same event together, personally we will have different take away that will change us differently. However, to function together as one effective and efficiency team towards this project we must come up with team Goal and Objectives. This goal and objective must be what we are willing to achieve and strive for.

Thus, after a long discussion, we as a team come out with two main goal and objectives:

1. To achieve personal growth, 
2. To serve and support the beneficiaries of PSE and leave a sustainable impact.

Personally, i think its better to have two achievable and objective goals rather than having many redundant goals. These goals are a holistic wrap up of our personal expectations of the trip therefore i think these goals can be achieve as each and everyone in the team have their own voice being heard in the these two goals. There are many personal goals that team have like "to have a personal experience on OCIP and community service" and "to be a better person for the society". 

The second goal is about the actual involvement in the OCIP itself. This OCIP requires negotiation and communication between us and the NGOs. We have the aim of serving the Cambodian community so that they can live a better live even after we left to continue on with our usual life. This is the main idea of community service and not just doing what we think might help them but in actual fact we are not really serving their needs. We are just merely doing what we feel is beneficial to make ourselves feel good. Thus this second aim would consistently keep us on track that we are not just helping, we are serving.

All in all, the second meeting is effective because it is a need to mold a cohesive ideology and direction for the team. With this, we hope to make this project a great success! (: