Caleb Chess Checkmate

Day 1 Map of Sabah, courtesy of Google maps. Flight AK1792 The A320 craft was a sleek, small bodied aircraft, with only a single aisle, 3 seats on each side. Bursting with excitement, we readied ourselves for take off. The plane was simple, and unlike most of the other planes I had taken, lacked entertainment facilities, like a TV set, and video game consoles. As such, air safety instructions had to be carried out manually. I was intrigued at this at the start, as I had never observed an air stewardess physically carry out the flight safety instructions. Finally, take off. The plane jerked forward, as it accelerated at an incredible velocity. Burning with enthusiasm and trepidation, as the plane's momentum kicked into action, it's landing gears leaving the runway,  rising at an angle, as it soared upwards, arcing it's flight path towards Sabah, and our destination. The nose of the aircraft cut through the clouds encasing Singapore like a blade, before cruising...

Batam reflection Day 1 Things I learned 1. Resilience and perseverance to continue painting the room, despite the hot, humid conditions of the room. 2. Teamwork, as we had to work together as a single unit to carry out the painting.  3. Cooperation, as the task at hand was extremely vast, and we needed to work together, in order to complete the task. Batam reflection Day 2 Challenges faced During Teaching 1. The Batam student's English standard was much poorer than we had expected, as such, most of the phrases we had intended to teach them, which were on worksheets were to difficult for them to comprehend. As such, we had to scrap the idea of giving them worksheets.  At the kampung 1. Langauge barrier, as well as limited space, as such we were unable to carry out most of the originally planned activities. As such, we played simple games, like passing a ball, and other activities which were fun for the kampung kids. We had to remind ourselves, that ou...