Batam trip training

1st day of Training Session

         We started our Batam training sessions on the 11th of June. You may be asking why we started preparing so early. The reason was because we had lots of things to cover, just like busy bees. We were very excited and we could not wait to have a glimpse of what we are going to be doing and what we shall experience there. 

              Mr Zakir and Mrs Lee, the teachers in-charge of this program, briefed us on their expectations on our behavior during the trip. We are required to be at our best behaviours and to be courteous at all times, to make Rivervale proud. 

             However, we were very confused when we were given some exercises to convert Singapore Dollars to Indonesian Rupiah. It was very interesting to know that a small amount of Singapore dollars can be exchange for a big amount of money in Indonesian Rupiah. However, Mrs Lee still advised us that although the amount that we get is a lot, we still need to be mindful of our expenditures and not to be spendthrift.

  

                    We also learnt about servant-leadership and how it should be demonstrated. As we approach the end of training for the day, we all got into our respective groups assigned to us and started planning on how we should do the different duties assigned to our own groups. Our group is in charge of the donation and communication. 

We will be going to go to an orphanage called, Betesda. Last year, some students went to the same orphanage and helped them to paint their walls to make the place more colourful but this year, we will be trying something new.We will be conducting a Donation Drive for people to donate items that can still be used.  We are going to help the orphans learn how to read English book!

All of us were eager for our next training session which will be on Thursday, 13 June. On that day, we are going to be separated into four groups to discuss further on our roles and responsibilites.