Today we visited SMK Sri Bukit, a secondary school in Seremban. They had been planing this day for several months now, which is so surreal and bizarre to think about that they done all of this for us. 18 teenagers. All of the students came outside to welcome us to their school as well as a percussion ensemble which played as we entered their assembly. Everyone was so excited to meet the students at this school and see what school is like here. After the welcome ceremony, we took a tour of the school and had tea with the principal and student ambassadors representing the school. During this time I realized how similar this school is to Rocky even though it's 9,000 miles away. They have similar clubs (like language, service, debate/speech and hobby clubs,) took similar classes like Chemistry, Bio, Calculus, and history. In fact, they did similar labs to what I've done in science classes! These teens were so outgoing and friendly-I aspireto be like them...they aren't afraid to step outside of their comfort zones and introduce themselves and speak in English to us. Instead they seized the opportunity. While we were there, we too km part in planting 7 trees, which symbolized the bringing together of two.different countries through us, kids. We also watched multiple performances, like speeches, plays and even a Kung Fu performance and they even taught us how to make traditional crafts, like weaving baskets (or penholders in our case!) It was so hard leaving these students at the end of the day. Although we only visited the.school for a.few brief hours, the bonds developed between these kids and us are unbreakable, not even by distance!
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