The reason why I joined the Lifepegs was for all kinds of activities. It always organizes abundant outdoor and indoor activities which are so interesting and challenging. Through the activities I learn about many international cultures, working as a team, making friends, and challenge the limit of myself!
After joining Lifepegs for a few months, I found I was crazy about Lifepegs! I liked being in the environment. I wanted my last summer holiday of my college life to become special and meaningful, so I made up my mind to attend the 2011 summer camp, which is the biggest festival in Lifepegs. The summer camp was so splendid. It was the happiest English learning environment that I have ever had. Interacting with teachers and new friends, playing the exciting games, designing the skit, buying stuff from the safari soko (camp store), attending the English corners and the skills night, all of them were so cool! I did enjoy the summer camp a lot. I am glad that I made a good choice to attend instead of going back home.
In the summer camp, not only did I improve my English and make a group of new friends, but also I learned other meaningful things that are beneficial to my life.
During the summer camp, I was a volunteer, technically, the marketing volunteer who was in charge of spreading the news about the summer camp and recruiting the people who wanted to attend. At the beginning, I thought it was an easy thing to do. But later, it didn’t run as smoothly as I expected. Not everyone was interested in the summer camp. There was a time I was very stressed and frustrated. But thanks to Cat, who brought me out of the predicament. She helped me to analyze the problems that I met, and gave me many suggestions on how to make plans, improve my communications skill, try to introduce the summer camp from different angles and so on.
The most important thing is that she is always optimistic and stimulates me to keep going. I got a lot of strength from her. Moreover, she had to deal with many volunteers at the same time. She is so amazing! Thank you Cat, you help me grow a lot.
Besides Cat, I also learned many things from the safari patrol. They played an important role in the whole summer camp. They fulfilled their responsibilities to arrange all the stuff systematically. I never heard them ever complain about it. Owing to their hard work, the summer camp could be so successful. They set me a very good example on how to be a responsible man.
Lifepegs is like a dictionary which adds meaning to my life and makes my college life complete and colorful. I firmly believe Lifepegs will have a bright future that shines everybody!
Guest writer Samson, Volunteer from China