Hi Guides!
For today’s 集合, we had a kimchi sharing with our school’s NPCC!
Kimchi sharing
Guides shared some kimchi fun facts with NPCC and taught them to make kimchi together! Guides were able to guide the NPCC students step by step and helped them to make kimchi.
Reflection from a Year 3 in P6:
We had a kimchi sharing with NPCC. It was an initiative by Girl Guides to improve bonds with other CCAs. In the beginning, there were some unforeseen mishaps that caused us to delay the programme, in turn causing NPCC cadets to wait till we get our preparation done. I have learnt then to start preparation earlier, it is better to start days before the actual event and not hours before the actual event. This way, there will be more time to ensure everything is in order and guarantee less chaos and a smoother sailing version of events to happen. Working with NPCC, I realised that other Uniformed Groups CCAs have very different cultures and ways of doing things. At the start, the atmosphere was slightly quiet and my batchmates and I tried our best being enthusiastic and helpful to all their needs. In the end, after a few minutes, everyone got used to the new environment and people and loosened up a little more. There were even sounds of laughter heard frequently, and the subsequent part of the sharing was met with enthusiastic responses. Other than that, we also had to overcome some new challenges as the room situated for cooking in my school was under renovation, therefore we had to use a classroom instead. The session was harder than we had expected with the absence of easily attainable resources like running water, cutleries for various types of cooking, measuring units and more. My batchmates and I had to learn to adapt to these new and less-than-likeable circumstances and work with what we had. Even with so many unexpected problems arising, all of us still persevered and gave it our all which I thought was a job well done. In the end, I would still call this session a success. Through this experience, I have learnt a lot and certainly gained a new perspective on subjects outside of Guides. This will aid me and my batchmates in our future planning and interactions with other CCAs.
Reflection from a Year 3 in P4:
We chose to make kimchi with NPCC as our collaboration with other CCAs. It was a very fun and memorable experience as we have never worked with NPCC before. Through this experience, I got to know how they conduct their CCA sessions and the differences we had even though we were both from a uniform group. I got to interact with the NPCCs of our batch, as well as the juniors. While prepping the ingredients with the NPCC schoolmates, we got to socialise and bond with each other. Not only did I get to interact with other CCAs, but I also got to understand Korean culture too. Since I enjoy consuming kimchi often, this experience was very rewarding to me as I understood how it was made and the history behind kimchi. Through this kimchi sharing, I bonded with my batchmates too. The ICs worked very hard to make this session fun and enjoyable for everyone and I was proud to see that it worked out well in the end. We had to account for the budget of the session, as well as how many people were going to show up. The idea of making kimchi came from when two Guides representatives went to another school to learn how to make kimchi too. I am glad we are able to have this experience to share with both NPCC and other sister Guides. Even though there were certain mishaps such as not having all of the ingredients we need and time constraints. We adapted to our situation and made it work in the end by adapting a few steps in the recipe and speeding up the process by letting the seniors cut the vegetables and the juniors make the paste. It was a fun session to conduct with other CCAs in our school and it was rewarding to see everyone trying their best and having fun. I would love to do this again with other CCAs as it was a really fun time and I got to learn a lot about what NPCC does.
Reflection from a Year 3 in P1:
This initiative came about when 2 of our fellow batch mates returned from a kimchi-making activity at another school. In an attempt to share this simple method of making kimchi, we collaborated with the NPCC cadets. The 2 Guides flipped through their slides and shared more on the benefits of kimchi as well as the different varieties of said kimchi. After the sharing, we distributed the napa cabbages, knives and chopping boards, which the cadets brought to the canteen sinks to wash. The Year 3 Guides brought the metal trays to the canteen to collect water. The cadets’ efficiency was commendable as they returned in 15 minutes. As the Guides prepared the salt water, the cadets sliced up their cabbages, though some pairs had to wait for the knives and chopping boards. Despite cleaning the tables beforehand, we realised that it was not easy chopping cabbages on a small chopping board with nothing else but plates and their own boxes. This made the process messy and in turn, inconvenienced their chopping. We could have prepared cling wraps in advance to layer the tables, making cleaning up efficient and swift. When the cadets were done, they brought their cabbages to the front of the classrooms, where we soaked them in salt water. While the cadets were chopping their cabbages, the Guides also prepared a watery chilli base as well as gochujang sauce for the kimchi. These were distributed out while the cabbages were soaked in salt water. Meanwhile, the Guiders and NPCC teachers were kind enough to assist us in chopping the radishes, onions and carrots. After roughly 30 minutes, the cabbages and chopped greens were distributed back to the cadets. Some cadets brought small containers, while some brought larger ones. This made the distribution somewhat unfair in contrary to the amount of cabbage chopped, which resulted in excess kimchi. We could have prepared less in advance so we would have excess left. However, the Guides were also happy to try some of the extra kimchi made and we managed to clear as much kimchi as we could. Once the cadets vacated the classrooms and left the venue, the Y3 Guides split the work between cleaning up the classrooms and finishing the extra batches of kimchi. These batches of kimchi were then distributed amongst ourselves evenly and the event came to a close. In conclusion, I believed this activity gave us a chance to interact with a fellow uniform group that we rarely work with, and while some problems could have been avoided along the way, it was a meaningful learning experience on food preparation and food management.
Reflection from a Year 3 in P4:
For kimchi sharing, Girl Guides participated in a kimchi-making session with NPCC. The experience had been very fruitful as the different uniform groups did not intermingle often. However, by collaborating on the activity, Girl Guides and NPCC had the opportunity to bond through a positive shared experience. Our Guiders and the NPCC Teacher-in-charge were very kind and helped us to prepare some ingredients beforehand. We had underestimated the amount of time we needed to prepare our ingredients, hence causing us to start slightly later. During this activity, there was a few difficulties faced – shortage of time and the lack of water. Fortunately, we manage to persevere and pushed on. The cadets had to cut the vegetables and soak them in salt water while they prepared a chilli mixture. After preparing the chilli mixture, they would pour it on the drained vegetables. Although most of the cadets lacked prior kimchi-making experience, Guides were able to guide them through the process of making kimchi. The cadets were all very interested in making the kimchi and carefully followed step by step. Personally, as a person that did not know much about kimchi, I think I learnt a lot more about Korean culture and this definitely piqued my interest in this subject. During the session, Year 3 Guides were helping the NPCC cadets whenever they needed help and when we had some free time, in between the preparation of ingredients, we talked amongst ourselves and shared our CCA experiences with one another. Since there was some leftover kimchi after the session, we split the kimchi amongst ourselves as we were more than happy to try them. I think we all learnt a lot through this session especially when it comes to planning to ensure smooth flow of the session. Through this activity, the Guides and NPCC certainly learned more about each other and had a lot of fun bonding with one another.
Hope that both Guides and NPCC enjoyed the session today!
Published by:
Yuanxin
54届 Secretary
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