One in a million

My five-week internship at Crossroads finished yesterday. Things did not end perfectly, but I think they are fine. There are some regrets but I believe I can make up for them when I am back. I love the people here and I come back for them. Looking forward to seeing them again in August! :-)

The camp will kick off tomorrow. This morning I met some of the Canadian teachers, but not my own team- the UK teachers. Unsurprisingly, we have 99% female. They are nice so I think we will have a great time together. I will be the MC of the welcome reception tomorrow evening. I hope everything will go well.

Have been pretty relaxed last week because of fewer tutoring lessons with my primary students. But everything will start again in the coming week but I will try my best to give myself one holiday per week for rest or whatever. Six weeks is not a long time but not short either. I just hope it will be a meaningful and happy one. Wish me LUCK!!

6月最後一日啦。

唉!

Research on fairtrade personal care products!!!

I do believe in the comforting power of hugs.

That's a very intimate moment when two people come this close.

I can feel love, sincerity and trust.

Next time when you see me, please give me a hug. :-)

Super bored.

chicken pie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

昨天在沙田逛逛, 又買了兩本書, 都是mitch albom寫的。

之前以為這個作者的書都很哲學, 會很難懂, 而且不想看已經太popular的書, 所以一直都沒有買。

記得上學期有個prof問我們最喜歡的書是哪一本, 很多人都說是這本。

拿上手翻翻, 很簡易的英文, 有趣的討論。買!

很久沒有看書這麼快了, 也因為這本書根本不厚, 內容很溫馨, 非常容易消化。

好幾次被感動得流下淚來, 暗想:「如果我能遇上這樣的一位老師就好了。」

很後悔當時沒有看鍾景輝的舞台劇版!!!>_<

下一本: five people you meet in heaven

好多好多年沒有盪過秋千了。(然後也給偷拍了。= =)

上次帶朋友到crossroads, 看到秋千, 心血來潮就坐上去了。

現在吃過午飯後, 都想去玩一下, 希望可以甩掉一些脂肪…XDDDDDD

嗯嗯嗯, 其實就這樣搖來搖去也挺無聊的。可是, 很舒服。:-)

想要再打高一點, 看遠一點。

This is the Africa corner in the shop that I work in. :-)

I am now working at the marketplace at Crossroads Foundation. This is a shop that sells all kinds of fair trade stuff. The shop is a really cool place with all the products and the decoration. This Monday I brought some friends over and I am very glad that they like it!

Different parts of the shop are decorated as different continents accorrding to the products in that specific area. The left one above is the silk road and the right one is central/south America. We have goods from China, India and Cambodia of course but also a lot of cool stuff from Israel, Kenya and places that I did not even hear of. I must confess that I am not very familiar with the products yet, but the product variety is so wide that I can discover new things everytime I explore the store.

We even have spices! And I really like the butterflies ornament near the cashier. In the background is our best-selling item - CHOCOLATE. The chocolate is really good! I have tried the 70% dark chocolate, fruit and nut dark chocolate and white chocolate with strawberry. :-) Fair trade stuff does not necessarily mean expensive stuff, but the truth is - things we have are usually with a higher price comparing with non-fair trade stuff.

My job duties... Last two weeks I spent a lot of time with another girl who works there tidying things up. We also have to organize things into different cupboards and store rooms. We did a lot of sorting...which was really boring and sometimes, meaningless. Luckily, we have some more important responsibilities after the manual labour duties. I made the X'mas gift catalogue for the staff last week and I have some research for personal care products to do and some guidelines documents to write in the coming weeks.

People here are all very nice. I feel warm when I see people smiling at me and saying 'Hello!', even though they do not know me at all. I was quite nervous when I told them I had to leave early for the summer camp because I dont want to cause anybody any trouble. Instead of telling me that I am an irresponsible person, they encourage me to do whatever I want and whatever reasonable to Crossroads. I really appreciate their generosity and kindness to all interns. It makes me more willing to come back even after my internship and this summer. :-)

In three week's time, I will have to leave early for the Cosmo summer camp. But I will have to come back to finish my internship hours. Though I like the shop a lot, I'd prefer working in the office with Josh to do the research and all the writing stuff when I come back...

雖然gpa ge打擊都幾大, 不過因為實在太忙啦, 一星期做足7日, 完全冇時間唔開心!!

充實ge時間實在太好, 尤其是天氣好ge時候(雖然我唔中意同陽光玩遊戲), 心情堅好!

仲未有時間影下我工作ge地方~ 搵日lunch+收工周圍影下先!! the place is real cool!!

遊學團冇得帶啦, 唔花時間explain, 要知ge我已經講左比你知:-)

不過塞翁失馬, 焉知非福, 我又一定有為自己鋪後路ge~而家ge intern完左有2樣野可以揀~

1. 天官補習班

2. Cosmopolitan 2010 Youth summer camp, teaching assistant

之前都諗住疊埋心水番天官, 今日竟然比我收到cosmo封appointment letter...

都開心ge~ 諗住in得唔好, intake又少(6人爭1位), 都未必有得做~ 但係而家又得左:-)

最開心係有機會同oxford同cambridge ge undergrad合作...

最衰有一個week同crossroads overlap左.... 而家都唔知點算...

唔想任何一邊覺得我take左個job但又唔盡晒d responsibilities...

另外, 講錢ge話... 一定係天官份工搵得多d架啦, 不過我真係好中意同外國人有cultural exchange~

所以應該take cosmo份job啦... 不過都係問清楚overlap果個星期點先....

突然間覺得呢個summer一定會勁fruitful呀~ yeahhhh