Reflective Essay by Ong Chon Phin

During the trip, I have found out some of my weaknesses and strength. Nevertheless, I have learnt a lot of things that I would have never do in class. First of all, I have learnt that organizing a trip for a huge group of people isn’t that easy as I thought because the organizers have to overlook every single event of the trip and to make sure everything is fine. Although some planning did not come out as expected and maybe some things are not even expected has made the trip a little bit dull and boring. Next, one of my weaknesses is that I could not catch up as fast as normal students can do. For example, during the Whodunit which we are required to solve a murder case of the security guard of the National Park. At first, I did not even know what is happening there. I walked around the place for almost 5 minutes without knowing what I am doing myself, until my friends started briefing me about it. I’m truly grateful for them to patiently brief me throughout the whole case and in the end solved the case together. My strength is when I get hold of something, I can improvise it perfectly without using much effort. I’m a slow starter but I can manage to grasp the concept and then complete certain things efficiently. After that, I am easily amazed by some unusual things around me. During the exhibition of different devices in the science center, I literally ran around trying every single device that are situated there. Science can do us a lot good but it can also backfire us in the same time. I sincerely hope that everyone could use them wisely to create a better future.

Science can do us a lot good but it can also backfire us in the same time. I sincerely hope that everyone could use them wisely to create a better future. -Ong Chon Phin, SJ15B