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Post by David Xiao on Apr 5, 2016 3:12:56 GMT -8
I think the most interesting thing is that we had built a house for a family, it was like we start building by nothing but wood, and finally, there is a house appear on the ground. I like the monkeys, too.
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Post by Alina Ge on Apr 5, 2016 3:46:56 GMT -8
I love the night market because we can shopping together. It's interesting. In the market, I saw a lot of Cambodian souvenir, I bought some for my parents and my friends.
Biking also is an interesting thing. This is my first time bike with too many people together. But the road is not well, we must noticed.
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Post by Jerry Wu on Apr 5, 2016 6:02:02 GMT -8
The first highlight will be building the house for the family, I really enjoyed working with the woodwork and especially working with friends which made the whole even more enjoying. Second one will be the bike ride from temples to temples, I really enjoyed the breeze under the hot and humid weather, also experiencing the different riding conditions was also something challenging but fun.
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Post by mckenzeypeter on Apr 5, 2016 6:04:00 GMT -8
My two highlights of the trip for me was definitely the orphanage visit and the circus. When I was told that the group would be going to an orphanage I was skeptical of what might happen and worried that it would be a downer for everyone. However I was pleasantly surprised to find out that it would be the complete opposite of that! It was amazing seeing the kids work and us being able to learn their trade, with an awesome bonus of being able to own one of their beautiful works of art. With the circus I had doubts as with the orphanage, I thought it would be cheesy and that if there where animals that they would be mistreated. The circus turned out to be more of a play then a circus which I'm totally fine with! The acrobats were incredible and left me speechless countless times, while the story at certain times had me tears then laughing minutes later.
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Post by Jack Li on Apr 5, 2016 18:50:36 GMT -8
My two highlights of this trip were house construction and kayaking. During the house construction, I worked in a really tough environment for three mornings, this was my first time to experience house construction and I have overcame the hot weather, wood cutting, and onerous physical work. During kayaking, although I fell into water at beginning and I got mud all over my body, I and my partner worked really well afterwards, we went back at first place and we all got wet.
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Post by Frank Lin on Apr 5, 2016 21:38:55 GMT -8
Two parts that I most like in this trip is house building and biking. The reason is both of them are brand new experience for me and I really learn a lot from them. I wanna to say that the house building is truly amazing and interesting for me, also, I learnt many useful skills from it. For the biking part, it is actually a little bit challenging for me because it is my first time doing that and I didn't know what will happen during the process. I only have the biking experience on road but not off-road. Even I got hurt on my arms and legs, I still enjoyed this activity!
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Post by samrilaney on Apr 6, 2016 15:51:10 GMT -8
One of the highlights of my trip was going kayaking and the other highlight was building the house.
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Post by snowzhao on Apr 6, 2016 18:03:45 GMT -8
Two parts I highlighted were history studying and school teaching.
Learning another country's history for me is the best way to remember that country, nothing is important than one country's experiences. I fell pity for the undergo of Combodia, it's a meaningful things to remember.
School teaching is hard, because I even can't communicate to these students without their local teacher's translating. The students were like to study and want to study, this is my relieved at.
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Post by Tomoki Otani on Apr 6, 2016 18:50:54 GMT -8
I would say flex time and teaching were the best parts of the trip for me. Flex time, I felt, was so necessary, especially to cool down and relax. Teaching was a learning experience, I think that's what I enjoyed about it the most. Seeing the condition of the kids there, the condition of their possessions, or lack there of, opened my eyes to a side of the life that I had never truly understood.
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Post by Frank Liu on Apr 6, 2016 23:44:26 GMT -8
The first part of the trip I liked is the kayaking day. Although our shirts got really dirty because I splashed too much, but it's still a lot of fun. Also on the way to the kayak place, we visited the temple in the river we traveled through. The decoration and architecture style of the temple had impressed me. Every specific part of the temple had been built beautifully. Second part of the trip is our last day. We went to Angkor Wat and biked around it. It was incredible that how did local people built all of those huge stones together centuries ago. The structure of the temple was so complicated that me and my friends almost get lost in it. Plus, the huge tree grown in the temple we visited the last was amazing.
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Post by Jerry Tan on Apr 7, 2016 2:49:08 GMT -8
Two highlights of my trip are building the house and kayaking. Because both of them prove my ability of team work. We need to work as group to finish the assisignment.
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Post by leolyu on Apr 7, 2016 2:58:07 GMT -8
I like the house building and the kayaking. first, i had never kayak before, i think it is interesting. second, i am glad to see that our work can help a family have a house, they can leave their little thatched cottage. they will have a better life. pretty cool!
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Post by minjoon on Apr 7, 2016 19:54:04 GMT -8
The two highlights of the Cambodian trip would be the biking trip and the teaching experience. With my friends, I biked around the Angkor Waht, seeing numerous temples and listening to mind-blowing historical information. Moreover, for me, the teaching experience was pretty awesome because I got to meet new kids, teach them, and share a wonderful experience with those kids.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 8, 2016 4:52:27 GMT -8
My favorite parts of the trip were
1. Flex time - a great time to rest in the hotel room or at the pool or wherever. Time to relax
2. House building - the days we spent building the house for the family. It was a great new experience for me, and there was were also times to socialize with new and unfamiliar students/people.
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Post by nadia on Apr 8, 2016 23:10:56 GMT -8
My two highlights of the trip were visiting the temples in Angkor Wat and visiting Angkor Center For Conservation of Biodiversity (ACCB). The temples in Angkor Wat was being protected very well. Some ancient sites in China are usually replaced by new buildings and as time pass by people wouldn't remember the history of the ancient sites. Therefore I thought it was amazing that the temple in Angkor Wat was being well protected. Personally I enjoyed visiting ACCB because I like animals, and I also like that the organization tried their best to save the animals without taming the animals.
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