It's been something like a whirlwind trip. Everyday's been jammed packed with site visits and sharing sessions that threatened to zap up every ounce of brain energy, but it's been highly enlightening and refreshing to see education through a different pair of specs, with officers from varied specializations. The aussie way of doing things may not be quite as neatly structured, or even efficient like ours, but is definitely more humane, and more effective in reaching out and touching hearts. Soul food.
Personally, the take-home is great. Am reguvenated after spending 9 days with mostly like-minded souls - people who sincerely want to positively impact the system. We may criticize and debate heatedly over established norms, but it's always done in a constructive manner, for betterment. Positive synergy abound, there is hope yet.
I'm going to miss some of them - unassumable bosses who share not just advice and jokes, but also beer and chips; officers who made efort to ease us into their unique working culture; fellow sch personnel who provided support & shared ideas. Some, I'm going to miss a little more, for there is this truly sincere, almost freakish ease with which we forge the friendship & share similar values... Coming together of great minds? Meeting of the right ones? Fair-weather pallies? Only time will truly tell I guess.
But for now, I'm already very grateful. Another 19 strangers acquainted. Hopefully, a few friendships will run marathons.
A working holiday, so what?
One scary thing is, I feel myself even more assured of own ability upon return. More in control. Perhaps it's the broadening of perspective at a different level with some sprinklings of affirmation.
Connections' made, it's time to put together a report and get the rest to start shuffling along.
The world out there is an oyster, not a small smelly si(2) ham(1).
Photos III:
Awesome stadium @ Sydney Olympic Park - hope our new National Stadium will be as great, if not better =)
Me and the Sydney Habour Bridge
The Sydney Opera House - wish we have had e time for a performance..
The study group - on rooftop of Parliament House.. Thanks for the memories!!
2 comments:
hey!!! i also back from london. only 3 hours of on/off sleep since 1 a.m. but must sort some things out in the lab. catch up with you again soon!!!!!!!!
take care :)
salted fish!
i got ur holland-to-holland postcard liao! haha, funny eh u. =)
glad to hear that u've enjoyed trip much, tell me abt those exciting conversations some time eh.
i'm gg to natas fair in 2 wks time to try and get some great-priced tics.. hopefully by then u'd be able to tell me when u will be reaching big apple eh.
cheerios.
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