By: Kenald Yu 此次之行，我非常期待来到西安的儿童村，并在他们的礼堂上画壁画，和孩子们玩耍。我也从没想过会有机会跟当地大学生见面。我们还有幸跟其中四名来自西安工程大学的学生进行了深入的交流，他们分别是Kenson，Michael，李星辰，张奇祥。在这之前，我从没想过我们会在如此短时间内建立友谊。尽管我们才认识了几个小时，他们马上就投入到各个不同的项目，非常热情地帮助我们画壁画，翻译营火会歌曲的歌词，给孩子们煮饭。 每当我们有空余的时间，Kenson和Micheal都自愿给我们做导游。星期天晚上，他们带我们逛夜市，尝了很多当地的特色食物，例如带有巧克力酱的米饭蛋糕。而且每当我们的行程活动出现更改，他们也很乐意配合。 这次文化交流最精彩特别之处就是李星辰和张奇祥送给我们童军成员几幅他们同学的书法作品。他们说这份礼物是为了表达他们的美好祝愿，并希望能加深我们过去几天建立的友谊。我很惊讶他们竟然能在一天之内特别选了些中国古诗和谚语，并完成十幅书法作品送给我们。例如，他们选了些中国古诗和谚语一句和我的名字相关的古语作诗送给我。我们还深入讨论了些古语，从中我获益良多。在我们分别之前，我问他们为何愿意为我们提供这么多帮助，他们用一句孔子说的话回答了我们：有朋自远方来，不亦乐乎。 这四位当地的大学生让我对”友谊”有了新的认识。我们有着共同的价值观， 所以我们很快就建立了超乎我们想象的深厚友谊。我们不仅对友谊有了新的理解与体会，而且也让我对中国博大精深的文化有了新发现。这次充实的旅程的确很有意义。
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By: Kenald Yu Coming on this trip, I was expecting to go to the Xi’an children’s village to paint a mural at their assembly hall and play with the children. Never did I imagine having the the opportunity to meet and network with so many local university students. We were able to get extremely close […]
By: Stephanie Chan On our first day in Xi’an, we headed straight to the Children’s Village and got straight to work on one of our major objectives of the international service project in China. The contingent had the honour of designing and painting a significant mural for the backdrop of the Village’s service hall. As […]
Today was a day for the Rovers to set out to learn more about Chinese History. We visited the world famous Terracotta Warriors: the tomb of the first Emperor of China. Our tour guide was a jolly and knowledgable gentleman who shared stories of history in his excellent self-taught english. We made it a mental […]
By: Karina Lee Today, the 180th Pacific Coast Scout Group had the opportunity to meet and partake in a cultural exchange with the Shaanxi Youth Federation, China’s largest youth organization. The contingent was received by Mr. Duan, the vice-chairman and secretary general of the Shaanxi Youth Federation, and Mr. Mao, the vice-chairman and secretary general of […]
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To All Our Mothers…
By: Stephanie Chan Since the thirty of us are thousands of miles away from home, we just want to reach out to all our Mums. Happy Mother’s Day! Thank you for being you.
By: Stephanie Chan If you ever want to get lost in China, the Beijing Railway station is the place to do it. Luckily, us Rovers have learned to be prepared and stick together. Though we have never been in any one place with such numerous amount of people at any one time, we were able […]
By: Stephanie Chan We have arrived in China! It finally hit us that we have embarked on this once in a life time journey as we stepped off the plane and onto the busy streets of Beijing. We know that we are in China straight off the bat when we meet our tour guide who […]
By Stephanie Chan One of the many adventures we have lined up for the contingent during our International Project (iProj) to China is a visit to Huashan (or Mount Hua). We have a half day to spend hiking and exploring one of China’s great wonders located east of the city of Xi’an (where the children’s […]
Preparations for International Project (“iProj”) 2012 to China are in full swing! About 30 Rovers are in for an adventure in only 50 days. With the days counting down, adrenaline runs through our veins as we finalize itinerary plans, rehearse our leadership training presentations, practice foot drills, and draft our plans for the children’s village […]