1.3.09

Beach Cleaning

When we all hear 'Beach Cleaning' for CIP, we would pull our faces and say, "Why us? It should be the workers job." When we have that kind of thinking, we are wrong. We should try do our part to serve the community. Let me share the experiences I had.

Early in the morning 7 o'clock, we had to go to the beach to clean a lot. It was dirty there, and not a single patch of clean sand could be seen there. (I know that it is a bad rhyme...) It was true that Changi beach was extremely dirty. We could see all kinds of litter, from a shoe to a dozen batteries and from cigarette butts to Apollo biscuit wrappers. So atrocious. So inconsiderate. So funny. Can you imagine a shoe on the beach? Or a dozen of batteries lying around you when you are suntanning? It would be extremely unsightly. No wonder there were so little people despite the fact that it was a Saturday. East Coast Park is so much cleaner... (not trying to be bias.) I learnt that we must be considerate to the environment and the same time to the people around us. By doing that, we are actually practicing responsibility. Although we clean the beach for CIP hours, we should really learn to serve the community as the community has served us. Hence, we should not do this just because of the hours. (though sometimes I am that kind of people.) It was indeed a great learing experience for me to learn.

1 comment:

  1. I enjoyed the beach cleaning CIP tremendously too. Even though I was under the hot sun with my partner, I guess it was worth it, considering that the end result of it was commendable.
    Singaporeans show their ugly side by littering on Changi Beach. I earnestly appeal to all litterbugs, including students, that they think twice before deciding to litter.
    Singaporeans, hear me out. Say no to littering!

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