The trip to VSIP was a fruitful one as we learnt that VSIP was the investment between Singapore and Vietnam and this shows that people from different countries could join hands to work together to make the world a better place. We toured around the industrial park and it took 25 minutes so that showed how big the industrial park was.
We went for lunch after the visit to the industrial park. We went shopping after lunch and the flea market was so big that we almost got lost. We had one hour of shopping time and we went around the market to search for stuff to buy and many of us had bought t-shirts as remembrance.
We visited the orphanage next. When we first stepped into the orphanage, the principal gave us a hearty welcome and we were touched that she took out time for our visit as they were very busy and they even let us had interaction time with the orphans which we thought was very useful as we can spent quality time with them. We had quite a fun time carrying them around and playing with them although some of us got hit by objects thrown around by them. After the orphanage visit, we realised that we are very fortunate as we were born with no deformities unlike some of the orphans...but overall we still like the orphans and the orphans also like us.
We went to the airport after the orphanage visit and we boarded the plane back to Singapore at 8. It feels good to be back in Singapore but i still miss my tour guide, Hoang and the friends i made in Vietnam. The biggest takeaway for me for this trip was that i had learnt to be independent and also experienced what we had never experienced before.
Shin Wei, Alex, Joel, Eik Kar and Minh Thao, my partner in class
Alex, Miss Tan and the beautiful scenery
Miss Tan's " best friend" in Vietnam together with the Giant Rabbit
My OCIP experience at the orphanage
This was an interesting experience for us as some of us had not been to a orphanage before so we were very excited about this visit to the orphanage. We first stepped into the orphanage and thought it was like home as it gave us the warmth that we felt at home. After a tour around the orphanage, we realised that we were very fortunate as we have our parents to care for us and shower love on us unlike the orphans who were abandoned by their parents. We spent time with the orphans and realised that they were actually very cute and friendly. We were very elated at the end of the visit but we left the orphanage with regrets as we do not know whether we will have to chance to visit Vietnam and visit the orphans again in the future.
Wei Hao