2nd Cambodia Training @ Little India

Culture shock that will shock you!
You can never guess out what we had done for our 2nd training of the oversea learning trip! Basically, all our 5 senses are used and learning was very funny and educational with a little exotic experience. Alright, not to that extend of exotic but experiencing new things.
The trip started off with a talk given by Pastor Roland. It is a talk about culture shock which we will be experiencing when we travel to other country. Therefore, it is a very useful talk to prepare us for the culture in Cambodia. Did you know that laughing loudly is very rude in Cambodia? Yes, it is! Of course, we learn many more from the talk.
After the talk, we had our second part of the training and this is where we used most of our 5 senses. As a team, we headed down to Little India for our heavy Indian lunch. After that, we were grouped into 2 different groups (Danny and Kenny) to explore the exotic Little India. I belonged to Kenny group and we walked down the street with a list of items to look for. Unfortunately, I cannot remember the 6 items on the list that was scribbled on Kenny’s paper. However, I could vividly recall the items that we bought and tried. They are basically India tidbits that are very sweet and sour yoghurt. The learning experience was very fun as we go around, trying to learn new things about India and their culture which has been around us all the time without us knowing it. We even stopped by a coconut stall to have coconut drink. Occasionally, we can hear Indian Pop music being played at the Indian Music stall.
We ended our trip at Mustafa Shopping Centre and shared our foods with the rest of the team. Basically, everyone has tried, tasted, smelled, felt, heard and seen India culture. I must say that we have handled a different culture very well. Even though, many of us do not have sweet tooth but we still find the experience of eating sweet Indian tidbits is expectable and fun.
Basically, we were told by officers that we might experience more in Cambodia and the foods we will be eating are not as spicy as Indian food. We might even get a chance to taste their local foods like spiders and other insects or maybe even rat meat. However, I am sure we are quite prepared because we have been through the teaching of culture shock and also the trip to Little India.
The whole training ended with a window shopping at Mustafa Shopping Centre with many Indians around us as if we are in a whole new world despite the fact that we are still in Singapore.

Bernard