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1) Based on the research by your friends, share ONE place of interest you most look forward to visit. Why?

2) Share ONE aspect of yourself that you would like to challenge / improve on during this trip. Why?

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Hello everyone!

This padlet will be the online platform to document every step of our learning adventure! The content posted here will be collated and used to create your video montage / presentation at the end. Let's do our part together!

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1) Feel free to express your honest opinions but remain respectful.

2) Approximately 60 words minimum.

3) Include an AI image / photograph related to the reflection point.

4) Update your reflections in a timely manner to prevent backlog.

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1) Share ONE aspect that you feel most excited to contribute towards during this trip. How can you contribute?

2) What challenge(s) do you expect to face during this learning adventure?

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1) How has your perspective of Bandung or Singapore changed based on the areas visited today?

2) Share your favourite photo from today, and explain how that particular moment impacted you.

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1) Share ONE takeaway from the Taruna Bakti school experience that could be applied to schools in Singapore. How is it beneficial?

2) Share ONE cultural experience that will become a lasting memory even after you graduate from QTSS. How did the experience impact you?

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1) Describe ONE area from today's service learning experience that you could have better prepared for. What would you have done differently?

2) Choose ONE of the sub-questions below and answer with a picture attached:

(a) Describe a NEW experience that you have seen today.

(b) Explain a sound that you associate with Bandung.

(c) Share a scent that stood out to you today.

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1) What is ONE concrete learning point you can take away from this trip, that you'll apply in your life?

(E.g. be more aware of the surroundings, have more empathy for people, be more interested in what's happening around the world)

2) Share ONE improvement you think we can make to this trip to help everyone have a more meaningful and enjoyable experience.

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1) Kawah putih because based on the research it says can reach to 10 degrees celcius and i want to feel the weather there because singapore is quite a humid country and the lowest temperature singapore has reached is only about 20+ degrees celcius, and that is on a rainy weather. It may be a culture shock for me as i have never went to a country below 15 degree celcius. 70 words

2) Step out of comfort zone and interact with someone i have never met. Because, I often distance myself from others that i do not know except my friends. I wouldnt say i am introvert but i am confirm not an extrovert. Another challenge i may face is that i may have limited school shirts and may need to buy new ones. 61 words

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1) I am excited to contribute to the garbage painting by keeping time and drawing stuff. Some stuff that we are drawing are the garbage monster, bandung drink, singapore flag and indonesian flag, qtss crest and pasundan 3 crest, mountains. The hardest one to draw is probably the pasundan 3 crest and the easiest is the Indonesian flag. I Love Indonesia. 60 words

2) Time management and when things do not go our way for example waking up late.

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1) I look forward to going to the Merdeka Building, this is because it would be my first time buying items/souvenirs in another country. I find it interesting because I heard it was possible to haggle the price in Indonesia which is different than Singapore, because in Singapore there is set prices that cannot be changed unless given a discount.

2) This brings me to my second point, I would like to see my bargaining power, seeing how much discount I would be able to get. This is to see whether I'm good at persuading people or if I'm just a pushover.

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I am interested in going to Braga Street, as I am excited to see the colonial architecture and to visit the shops located along the street. Braga Street is a street in the center of Bandung, Indonesia, famous in 1920s colonial Indonesia as a promenade street. A European ambiance of chic cafes, boutiques, and restaurants along the street propelled Bandung to attain the Dutch nickname Parijs van Java.

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I would like to improve on my punctuality and be on time for the whole trip, not late or unprepared to do activities, but completely ready with an open heart and mind for the trip.

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1) I will be most excited to help create and make ideas on some colorful eye catching dustbins

2) I will have to learn to try and manage my time while on the trip

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1) I'll contribute by helping my team paint the trash bin so as to encourage the students, teachers, and others to keep the environment clean. This is to keep the environment inclusive for learning and keeping everyone from potential risks.

2) Some challenges that might be faced while painting is that the paint might run out, which is why we plan the drawing before we start painting so as to understand how much paint would be used before actually painting it.

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1) I am looking forward to meeting the peers from SMP Taruna Baktki who visited Queenstown few months ago at their own school and talk to them in person after months of waiting to travel there

2) I want to challenge my endurance as the scedule is really packed an I want to pesevere through it as in the future there might be times like this and I want to train myself to do that.

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1. I am forward and excitged about about the hotel as I am with my buddy who is a close friend and that there is space in the hotel. There is also no distractions when I try to sleep and do my own things because my family isn't there.

2. I want to challenge myself with going to other places and going to the school, but I actually just want to stay in the hotel relaxing. So, I will try my hardest to make myself excited about exploring.

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I am excited to contribute to going to the other schools and meeting the new people we'll be seeing there. I can contribute by being socialising, so it will be easier to connect with others and build bonds with one another.

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1: I am looking forward to visiting the Floating Market in Bandung because it offers a unique and lively experience. I can explore colorful boats selling delicious local food, fresh fruits, and handmade crafts. The beautiful lake setting, cool mountain air, and traditional atmosphere make it a perfect place to relax, take photos, and enjoy authentic Indonesian culture.

2: One aspect I would like to challenge and improve on during this trip is my confidence in communicating with locals. I want to practice speaking Bahasa Indonesia more fluently, ask questions, and learn about their daily lives. This will help me become more open-minded, independent, and comfortable interacting with people from different backgrounds.

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1: I feel most excited to contribute to creating a positive and supportive group atmosphere during this trip. I can contribute by being friendly, cooperative, and encouraging toward my teammates. I will help others when needed, share responsibilities, and keep everyone motivated. By staying cheerful and respectful, I hope to make the trip enjoyable for everyone.

2: I expect to face challenges such as adjusting to a new environment, managing time during activities, and staying organized throughout the trip. Communicating effectively with locals or vendors might also be challenging at first. However, I plan to overcome these by staying positive, being adaptable, working as a team, and keeping an open mind to learn from every experience.

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The challenges that I expect that I would be facing is one of them being language barrier. This is because I am not so good and amazing at malay language as I am barely passing the subject in school. I also do not talk much malay unless it is mother tounge class. So I cannot speak much malay but just a bit. I can somewhat understand malay, so I know what to know.

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1) One aspect I feel most excited to contribute in the trip is painting the garbage bin to raise awareness and encourage others to keep the environment clean for people and nature alike

2) One challenge I expect to face later on is fatigue and tiredness due to the packed schedule but I would want to push myself as there would be many times in my life when I will be facing this type of challenge in similar situations

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1) Bandung or Indonesia in general seems very large compared to Singapore. From the time difference to cold weather here in Bandung compared to the hot weather in Singapore, i feel that i enjoy Bandung as the weather here is chilly and nice. Bandung is known for its Sundanese culture and is one hour behind Singapore, while Singapore has a diverse culture with Malay, Chinese, and Tamil influences and is a major global hub with a highly developed economy which is interesting.

2) i enjoyed this picture because the bullet train here in indonesia reminds me a lot of the bullet train in Japan. As a japan enthusiast i am impressed with the bullet trains here in indonesia

Indonesia's first high-speed rail,Whoosh, and the Shinkansen in Japan ,are both fast train systems, but it differs in its origin and current scale. While the Shinkansen is a mature network built over decades by a domestic company, Whoosh is a new, China-backed project that uses technology from the China State Railway Group, and currently consists of a single line connecting Jakarta and Bandung.

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1) My perspective of bandung changed positively as I did not expect that there is a high speed train that can go up to three hundred and twenty seven kilometres per hour and it is quite cold at night when raining and is way colder than Singapore.

2) The picture is my favourite as that picture was taken in the high speed train and this picture impacted me as it is clear that we were excited to board the high speed train and feel the surroundings at high speed. The moment the photo was taken, the high speed train was speeding up and we were excited for it.

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1: My perspective of Bandung or Singapore has changed after visiting new areas today. I realized that beyond the usual tourist spots, the city has a deeper charm shaped by its people and culture. In Bandung, the mix of nature and creativity amazed me, while in Singapore, I saw how tradition blends smoothly with modern life. Exploring these areas helped me appreciate their unique identities and vibrant communities even more.

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1) My perspective has definitely changed a lot about the environment cleanliness and maintenance carried out in Singapore and Indonesia. In Singapore there are rules to keep the environment clean which most citizens follow, buildings are also well maintained even after a long time.

2) My favorite photo was when the plane was about to take off, as it was my first time officially flying in a aeroplane. Unfortunately, the experience was not anticipated because of the pressure and altitude, I thought my ears were going to burst back than. 😭😭😭

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how this particular photo impacted me is that it helps me relaxes my mind and it heals my inner personality. Having a bad feeling during the journey, i still enjoyed the ride with my roommate being my sit mate and getting to try airplane foods. i also enjoyed the fact i got window sit huhuhu. the 1 hour and 30 minute journey felt long but it was worth the wait from Singapore to Jakarta.

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1) I have thought of Bandung being a little different to Singapore with kampongs and many buildings made of inferior materials and being less developed. However, during my experience I have found Bandung or Indonesia as a whole to be more advanced in technology than I thought, with efficient transportation systems like the high speed train and many facilities and amenities around every corner.

2) This is my favourite picture I have taken so far as this is the second time I have flown to another country on an airplane and reminds me of how small Singapore is and how much I do not know about the cultures and places around me and is very exhilarating to see how high we were in the sky.

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I will try my best and contribute to my team to design a colorful and eye catching dust bin to attract people, in hope to encourage more people to not litter and dispose their rubbish into proper bins rather than littering on the streets. Encouragement of individuals to consider where their garbage should go is a crucial

component of the avoidance of litter. With these eye catching and fun designs, we hope to be able to encourage more people to dispose their rubbish properly, for a more sustainable lifestyle to be attained here in Indonesia that can also impact and influence many others.

I will have to learn to manage my time better in order to put in my most efforts. As i am sometimes unprepared and late, it affects my productivity of my work so i will have to learn and adapt to managing my time better and to be more prepared for the activities. I will try to cope and adapt to any time changes like waking up early or sleeping late in order to get enough rest to carry on activities the next day so that once again i can contribute to my team.

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1. My perspective about Bandung has changed from before. Because when I think of Bandung that is in Indonesia, I would think of Kampongs and a lot of greenery. I think this because I have been to Indonesia before but not Bandung, and from I see in Indonesia, I assumed that it would be the same for Bandung as it is Indonesia.

2. The photo above is my favourite moment for day 1 as I got to bond together with friends and groupmates while eating together with them. This moment has impacted me because I have made a better bond with friends that I was good with. But, after that moment our friendships have strengthen.

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1. I am so excited to attend the Saung Anklung Udjo performance again! When I went in 2025, I was blown away by how just one person (the conductor) can harmonise a large audience of strangers and get them to experience the joy of music! I am excited to experience this magic again, this time with all of you and watch you be mesmerised by your own creations 😄

2. I would like to challenge myself to talk more to the locals and understand their culture. As someone who often stays within my own comfort zone and not like to mingle much, I think this is a great opportunity for me to really immerse myself in and appreciate the country’s culture and hear different perspectives of the Indonesians regarding culture, education and standards of living.

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1. I feel most excited about seeing how our QTSS students reunite, interact and learn from their buddies, in terms of discipline, learning habits and non-academic activities. Hence as a teacher, I am excited to capture these interactions through photos and videos as precious memories of their first overseas school exchange!

2. Once challenge I expect to face is the unpredictable (haha ironic) traffic jams which may delay our schedule. However, I believe the teachers are adaptable and our guides are capable of tailoring the schedule to best suit our needs without compromising on the experience of our students.

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1: one takeway from the Taruna Bakti that can be applied in schools in Singapore is having mix grades in the same school. I was able to see how the different ages act and how different they can be with having different perspective of juniors to seniors. With having different parts of the school with different grades, i see how the enjoy being friends with each other.

2: One culture experience that will last in my memories is having to experience how their class is. I was able to learn a new language and experience how difficult it is to new something new and having to speak it correctly.

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1) One takeaway for me that i think that Singapore should follow from Bandung is that the school i visited, sm Tarunabakti. Their school has many subjects options proposed for students, especially related to language, as the school has a German language subject that students can study. Singapore should also bring in more different languages for students to study in school, ranging from more than the nation’s multicultural races to even languages from other countries like Japanese, Germany or Portugese.

2) One cultural practice that i find interesting is that Muslim students here have a time to pray in the school together during school hours, which as a Muslim, i am very interested and i think that Singapore should also let Muslims pray during certain prayer times. As in Bandung, many students religion is Islam. As a Muslim too, i would also like to pray together with my friends and schoolmates, thus i like this cultural practice that Bandung normalises.

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1) Unlike schools in Singapore where there are schools meant for Primary, Secondary, ITE, Poly, JC, College. In In Taruna Bakti, the elementary, junior high. This would be beneficial if implemented to Singapore's schools as it would reduce the use of space, thus the government would be able to use it for economic growth. This would also help reduce the time taken to travel as the schools will be connected to each other.

2) The Angklong cultural experience was was by far the most memorable as the experience felt unique while being able to let the audience participate in singing, dancing and using/learning angklong. While I was there, I heard several songs that was somehow familiar, but unfortunately I do not know the name of it.

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1) One takeaway from the Taruna Bakti school experience that could be applied to schools in Singapore is that learning something new (which is German language) with a goal to improve makes learning much more interesting and it is beneficial for us Singaporean students to continue improving in our studies.

2) One cultural experience that will become a lasting memory even after I graduate from QTSS is that there are parts of bandung indonesia that has no traffic lights and needed a person to control the traffic and there are some people that bribe the traffic man by giving him money causing the traffic in bandung to be corrupted. This experience impact me in being more appreciative of the Singapore traffic being fair and simple.

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1. One takeaway from Taruna Bakti that could be applied in Singapore school is that there should aircons in Singapore schools. This would be beneficial as the aircons in each of the classrooms would be nice and cold and not warm and humid. When it is warm and humid, it can affect the student's mood as the temperature is not comfortable. If it is cold the students would not complain about the temperature and they would be much more comfortable.

2. One cultural experience that will leave me an impact even after I leave Queenstown secondary school is the Angklong event. Thie is because I managed to play the angklong with all my friends and groupmates and we got to sing songs and play as one. This suggests that by doing all of this leaves me an impact that I will remember.

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1) One takeaway for the Taruna Bakti experience I would like to share is the wide variety of food available between three canteens as I feel that better meals can increase energy to continue to study, leading to higher productivity.

2) One cultural experience that would stick with me is the students of Taruna Bakti with their wide range of ages all under the same school to learn and play with some probably as young as primary 1s or 2s and some as old as Secondary 4s in Singapore and still manage to have a cohesive environment to conduct lessons and focus on studies.

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1) Today's service learning experience I could have fulfilled my role better instead of dilly-dallying, luckily Erwin made me be Dani's assistant thus, I only had to assist by getting the paint. I should have actively participate in helping paint the rubbish bin instead of daydreaming.

2 [a]) I saw the beautiful scenery at Kawah Putih, it was unique due to the thick fog high up in the mountains'. This was new because I had never actually been up a mountain or seen thick fog. But the scenery there as well as the experience of being there were worth it.

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One area that could have been better prepared for today's Service Learning Project is coordination. This is because when we first started working on our project, we were lost and did not know what to do. We also had not space to work with as the surroundings were small and so was the dustbin itself.

One thing that I would done differently is that I would have a better organisation and arrange as everything was in a mess, so it was difficult to do things.

2.(a) One new experience that I have experienced today is going to Kawa Putih and the journey to Kawa Putih

On the journey up to Kawa Putih it was fun and exciting as I got to ride in vehicle that was going fast.

Kawa Putih was aesthetically pleasing. For example, the massive mountains.

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1: one area from today's service learning experience that i could've done better and be prepared for was having to face the changes that was being made during the painting of the bin. The teachers had changed the plan and it had affected our group to be confuse and get upset because things didn't go as plan like how we wanted it to.

2: Something new that i experience during the trip was facing the weather changes. From the weather being very hot early in the morning to it being freezing cold when he reach Kawah Putih after lunch. The coldness of the place was unexpected and i thought it the temperature would be the same as the aircon in our hotel.

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We could have planned what designs on what we wanted to do earlier to waste less time as we took a long time to prepare designing the trash bin even even when the 2 hour timing started. However we did manage to improvise and manage our time problem by making simpler designs which takes less time to do. However we still could have done the original design if we started on time but in the end we still managed to get the work done.

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One sight i saw that i enjoyed was going to Kawah Putih. The beautiful mountain scenery and gas emerging from the water was interesting and was a beautiful sight to see. The blue waters were amazing and the forest around was just peaceful.

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One sound i enjoyed was the peaceful ambience of the forest around Kawah Putih. The peaceful ambience was quiet yet the silence was broken with the sounds of the bird’s chirping, swaying around of the trees and the wildlife in there. An extraordinary ambience to experience.

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One smell that caught my interest is the smell of the sulfur at Kawah Putih. The strong smell of sulfur was interesting as it was a smell i have not smelled before and it was interesting to experience such a new smell in a beautiful environment along with the sounds and scenery of Kawah Putih.

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1) One area from today's service learning experience that I could have better prepared for is the colour of the dust bin that has a banana peel to be grey but during the service learning experience time, the colour i painted was black. What would I have done differently is that I need to confirm the colour with the team captain of the service learning experience.

2)(a) A new experience i just experienced was that the kawah putih was a very cold place especially when it is raining. Something that I have seen today is that the 'sand' just before the ocean was greeny yellow in colour and i just knew that it was sulfur.

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1) One area from today's service learning experience that I could have better prepared is the final designs of the paintings on the bin. It had to be changed several times to fit the preferences of the teachers and should have made some scenarios where the bin would have been different to better prepare for the bin that we were going to be painting as we did not know the dimensions and the design of the bin itself.

2a) A new experience I have seen today is the trip to kawah putih and the deer conservation centre. The way kawah putih took a long time and is lengthly, seemingly going uphill or back downhill forever with the thrillingly fast van ride to the crater. When I reached there were smoke blowing from small pockets and from the lake itself. After that we went to the deer conservation centre which was nearby and fed cute deer. Since both places were very high up, the air was very cold. Combined with the wet weather, it was necessary to bring a jacket or sweater and an umbrella or poncho.

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One concrete learning takeaway from this trip, that I will apply into my life is being more kinder and friendly. This is because from I have seen from both that I have gone to, they are really friendly, welcoming and always having a smile on their faces.

One improvement I think you can make is going to more schools or spending more time in the schools.