I came to this camp because of my mother’s persuasions. At first, I didn’t want to come here. I thought that it is h

ard for me to adapt to new surroundings here in Philippines. When I decided to join CIA winter camp here in Ceb

u I felt joy at last I can travel abroad and meet new friends.

When I arrived at the airport there were many students. When we had our orientation the teacher’s introduced the

mselves in front of us they all looked unfamiliar to me. After arriving here in the Philippines I felt really tired and I

was really nervous and palpitated to meet new friends and teachers too. After that I went to my room. I met two 8

weeks girls.

There were only 4 middle school first grade girls except me. At first we were really clumsy. So we have some ti

me to talk to each other. After then we had meal together and stayed in one room. After that we became good frie

nds. When we took the level test I was in A group. There were older sisters; older brothers and boyfriends in gro

up A.

There were no girl friends. I was worried a lot. I thought I can’t be closed to them. However, older sisters talked t

o me and took care of me. So we became good friends too. I am very happy. Before I came to this camp I am re

ally worried about swimming class because I can’t swim well. I learned swimming before but I was afraid to lear

n swimming so I stopped.

However, here is different. According to the introduction, learning swimming is not so hard, because Korean teac

her taught me very kindly about it. Fortunately I can swim a little. So I am happy. And the man to man class is m

ore interesting than other class. I can do free talking with my teacher; I can be closed to my teacher to find a poi

nt of sameness. Group class is fun too.

I think we communicate to each other and talked interesting stories that are fun. Also, playing games together is

great. Activities that we do every Saturday can relieve my stress. I like plantation bay the most. Because it was

my first time to swim with my older sisters, older brothers and friends. Shopping at the SM mall and buying lunc

h ourselves is very fun.

Though, it was hard to communicate. But there are all precious experiences. Swimming on Sunday was also re

ally fun, because I can swim together with the teachers. I think many experiences that I had in this camp were al

l fun and precious.

I think time flies so fast as much as I can have many experiences I feel good. I have 1 week left so I want to enjo

y this camp more.