We are currently midway through Project Week and it has been much more enjoyable than we initially anticipated. We have been used to seeing the G11s go off to different countries in South East Asia to truly challenge themselves and plan a comprehensive trip. So, it did feel like our Project Week here in Singapore would not live up to much.
However, since starting our activities I’ve quickly realised the value of exploring Singapore. While we are doing a variety of activities, some of which may not be considered so out of our comfort zone, the real learning point has been navigating parts of Singapore that we have never been to. On our first day, we travelled to our Pottery class by public transport in an area which none of us had ever visited before. The class was also far into an unknown hilly neighbourhood so we had to navigate our path from and to the bus stop using Google Maps which was a good experience.
This morning, we went for our service at Willing Hearts to help in packing food for distribution and cleaning up after. I loved being able to talk to strangers and work with them to pack the food. Our group was quite split up as we worked on different stations in the same room, so it was great that we had to collaborate with new people. A lot of them were working adults so it was quite different to what we are used to, usually working with students our age. It was interesting to learn about why they choose to volunteer at Willing Hearts and also see the effort everyone was putting in to complete the work in time for the food deliveries.
We are ending the day at a punch needle class, also in an unknown neighbourhood, so it will be fun to find our way there using public transport and also, learn a completely new skill. Hopefully, our work looks good and we can feel proud taking it back home!
