Kampot Khmer has been an overwhelming and simultaneously fulfilling endeavour for me. Coming to the end of my experience I can confidently say that it has been one of the most interesting, difficult and valuable experiences I have had as part of UWCSEA. In my past, I have never been dealt so much responsibility in the sense that every one of my actions as part of the service had ultimately huge impacts on the progress of the service and not only that it had huge impacts on our ability to help our NGO partners, I often noticed that if I was stressed or unmotivated it often reflected in the performance of my team members which was really interesting to me. I think that this one small epiphany lead me to realise how much I had truly learnt about working with other people and if anything this service had given me an insight into working in the real world, juggling different personalities, different work ethics, different expectations. Thinking back I am unsure if that scares me or not…understanding the realities of working in the real world is helpful but the occasional mishaps, incompetence and failure that I faced as a leader makes me think to wonder how it might work out without the safety net of Ms Sharon’s advice, Ms Lopez’ experience or Mme Verons support. It definitely gives me much to think about and perhaps even enlightened me about aspects of my personality or prospective future to work on and learn more about.

All in all I am grateful to have worked with such passionate and supportive people, I only hope that I have made my mark and manifested some change for the better. I love this GC and I will miss it dearly. 🙂 <3