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Hi Samuel, Teong Beng, Gary, Ming Guo, Xiaochen, Kian Yin, Michael, Kim, Harry, Sharon, Jeff, Zhang Ye, Hanjuan!
Thao here. As mentioned by Ms Vanita, we're starting a practive where members take turns to send out reminder emails.
So, what I am writing is a little gentle reminder for all of us, which is you-know-what!
The 4th session of our group will be conducted on the coming Tuesday from 12pm - 2pm, as usual! Would you come ? It's really great if you would.
In case you wouldn't, don't hesitate to let us know, though its sad, we promise not to cry a river! =) .
Personally, I wish you all would appear.
That's it. Have a splendid Sunday, everyone!
Regards,
Thao
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Dear Mr Ow Yew Sim, I am Thao, and here , as requested, I am writing some of my thoughts about our Leadership Workshop in Pulau Ubin.
First of all, I applaud the IRO's plan and effort for such an event to happen!! We are so lucky to be involved in such a thing! Let me think of what we did there...
Umm... The first thing we did was explore the island, which was challenging in itself. There was no time to appreciate the views however, as there was much to do! For me, this activity would be better placed in the afternoon, when it's cooler.
What happened next ? Ah!!! The limited finances for food encouraged collaboration and co-operation, and improved intra-group relationships swiftly. Our 2 trainers showed professionalism throughout, and successfully captured the interest of us all. We learnt skills such as risk assessement, teamwork, and the ability to interprete areas within a community where improvement is required. I think there is opportunity to further our intellectual development through additional, practical tutorials in or immediately around the NUS campus.
If there's something wrong, I believe the reason lies in the participants. Maybe it was the first time go camping for most of us, and thus we were just not well-prepared for such a thing and then felt a little bit exhausted. If my explanation (that the participants were "on the wrong") is to be true, then things will definitely get better next time, because we learnt alot from this experience!!
In conclusion, I enjoyed the trip, and I look forward to the BBQ next week, hehehe! hoặc là
Dear Ms Lim Yi Jia,
My name is Nguyen Thi Thanh Thao, an exchange student from Vietnam.
It was lovely to come and talk to you and Ms "Charming Musical Instrument" on Aug 18 in Shaw Foundation Alumni House Office. You must have been really busy these days with making preparations for the coming event.
I am writing to briefly tell you about what Nhung and I intend to do with our booth. The "point" we are trying to make to our participants on that day is : there are traditional values that are now no longer easy-to-find in our everyday life, physically. However, Vietnamese modern people keep these values in museums, in books, in stories that they tell their children and their foreign friends, etc. which means the traditional values are STILL really popular in our Vietnamese lives, spiritually and emotionally.
Specifically, we intend to bring some lotus flowers and conical palm hats to our booth on that day. As a matter of fact, these two things are definitely no longer fashionable in Vietnam nowadays, but they are the things in which we - Vietnamese - honestly take pride. Also, there are stories lie in them.
We are thinking of ways to decorate the booth nicely, but ... we haven't come up with any excellent idea yet. Anyway, we believe that with the stationary you provide, we can do a good job. There won't be any troubles, Nhung and I - Vietnamese people, generally speaking - are lovers of simplicity, therefore you can totally feel relieved!! Just give us what you intend to give us, and everything will be fine!
Ah!! I am gonna have a really-small talk on that day about one interesting thing about Singapore, as an outsider. I hope you still remember, and I would like to seek for your advice about that. At the moment, I want to talk about the Singapore Chinese Orchestra - the thing that I find absolutely fascinating. The "point" (again) I want to get across to everyone is that: Singapore, with its mosaic of peoples and cultures, is making splendid changes. I came to a performance of Singapore Chinese Orchestra and I was amazed at the way the added new fine flavors into old traditional songs around the world. There were both Western and Eastern musical instruments in the orchestra, and they all played songs-of-the-world. Singapore is really a cleverly-made mosaic, to me. Do you think this idea is good enough to talk about on that day, Ms Lim ?
If there should be any improvement, please let me know. I will try to make it better.
Altogether, I hope we can have a good day with thought-provoking stories and surely lots of fun.
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Hello Ms Eunice,
I am Thao, who is luckily hosted by you!
How are you and your family? When will you and your second daughter leave for London? Is she excited? How is Sophia?
Thank you for your little sparkling gift – I like it a lot. I also like your letter(s), and would like to apologise for my letter which seemed scruffy in comparison.
As for your favourite saying, 'life is not about waiting the storm to pass, but about learning how to dance in the rain', I gave it some thought and I totally agree. I believe that there are times in life when learning to dance is more painful than waiting.
I passed on the saying to an engineering friend, and he said “ah, why not engineer a way to change the weather itself, and then you neither have to wait, nor learn to dance.” What do you of think of this alternative interpretation? For me I agree with you and your quotation, learning to dance is definitely easier than learning to change the weather!
As for a viewpoint on lucky and unlucky people, my engineering friend believes that the amount of luck one receives in their lifetime, is a function of luck itself, which in itself is a function of luck, ad infinitum!!! But I won't believe in him, I believe the same way as you do. I am happy to learn that we can learn to be lucky.
I enjoyed the meeting we had at Shaw Foundation AS7, I hope you have a pleasant and productive week.
Regards,
Thao
I am Thao, the Vietnamese exchange student who participated in the INSIDE/OUTSIDE sharing session.
I am writing to applaud your great idea, the European students I have shared my experience with seem equally enthusiastic for the event in February. You must know that the vast majority of my acquaitances look forward to similar activities in Shaw Foundation Alumni House.
Thank you and your team for holding the event.