Well~ if you asked me what i expect of the tour initially... i can simply say it all in one sentence "its just a tour :P "

Hm... lets see... I would say that I am TOTALLY! Impressed... who would have thought that "us" who roamed the daylight, were to be served in the absolute darkness. I remember that during the tour(where i was doing is to try to my luck and get to the destination), my tour guide Weasly said that he is going to check the next room to see the other group has left. After that was a moment of silence... next thing was "they are still there"...so he chit chat with my group for awhile… Before checking again...and giving us direction to the next destination... while I was there, waiting until further instructions are given.

This tour also made me remember one of my experiences when I was in primary 5... I am in the afternoon school so usually I would wake up at 9am to watch television and the whole room (or house in fact since i am the only one at home), would be totally filled with the sound of the television only... then one day came this commercial that has images but has no sound at all and at that particular instance, my room became totally quiet.

My greatest take away? These two experiences made me to realize, realize something... that is, to treasure what we have. This realization comes from not the fact that I should be happy with what I got, but the fear of losing what I possess now.

I think that DiD can be a good social enterprise and learning model for BZSE and PCS students. There are already many existing Social Enterprises in Singapore, but because of the scale, people might not realize it. Or they could be regarded as another Voluntary Welfare Organization (VWO) or Non-government organization in other countries. Dialog in the Dark (DiD) can help to inculcate Singaporeans what a Social Enterprise means. With its' scale, it will be more noticeable to the Singaporeans.


As a learning model, I think that it is good for us as DiD will be able to relate to us better. With a common Social Enterprise that the whole course is familiar with, our lecturers can use it as an example for us without fearing that we might not be able to comprehend what is the point that they are going to bring across. It can also serves as a intern organization for the year 3 students. As the pioneer batch of Business and Social Enterprise (BZSE) students together with the first batch of Psychology and community service (PCS) students, we will be able help with the start-up/intial years of DiD. This can give the experience of what we need to take note of when we just started up a company and what are the details that we have to standardise. Not to worry about the following batches, they can also learn about the continuity of the business and how to maintain its sustainability (which is the harder part... PHEW! Lucky for us). So DiD can serves as a learning model for us both in short terms and long terms.

As a BZSE student, there are many ways which we could contribute to DiD. We can help to promote DiD, be in in school work or on a friend to friend basis. Apart from that, when we venture out to our own business when we graduate, we can find opportunities to work together with DiD.