Greendale Secondary Neighbourhood Challenge!

After volunteering with Trybe for so long, I had been to countless races. But this race is special, it had only one station! And the students were all foreign students that had come from all over the world to study in Singapore.

My group were so detailed in their search! What surprised me was that they were so focused as a team. I am touched to see the bond that has been established within the group through Trybe's journey with them. From strangers to school mates to friends, they are indeed adapting to one another very well.

In no time, the team, especially the girls found the mystery food item - Rojak! They then had to buy a dish of rojak to share. It was to some of their liking. A few shared that this dish could also be found back in their countries, but Singapore's version contained additional ingredients.

Prompting them on their next task to have to have one non-Mandarin person learn to communicate to the Rojak stall owner in Mandarin, the chosen one stepped forth shyly before she finally did it! They then wanted to buy the Rojak ingredients from the stall owner for their own Rojak dish, and to everyone's surprise, she gave these to them free! This was such a display of warmth for this group of foreign students, and this really warmed my heart.

Back at Trybe Centre, the group began making their own Rojak sauce and dish. It did not turn out to be as nice as they wanted, but the group were happy about the experience.

After being with the students for around 3 sessions, seeing them bonding with newfound friends really touched me a lot. I really hope that they will spend more time to find out more about each other and also about Singapore, in a way that they will never forget.

Posted on behalf of Trybe volunteer Steven Junior.