Dialogue in the Dark - Our Thoughts - BZSE Entreprise Creation 08

Thursday, November 5, 2009 . Yee Hong's Reflection
7:33 PM

I was expecting it to be an easy walk. As i thought that we were going from rooms to rooms. I did not even think that it was going to be fun in the first place. All i expected was the temporary blindness.

All of us were really depending on our guide, William. The feeling of being blind for about an hour walking through Singapore was a little scary in the beginning but it was fun. Being lead by a visually impaired guide which we all depended on

When we felt things throughout the tour its like wow! simple things like a tree, bicycle, car, ATM machine, window, orange, apple, watermelon and many others.. but they all seemed so new, like it was something we never seen/felt before. Its really hard to describe the feeling but its simply awesome. Learning to see appreciate the little things and "seeing" things in a different way.

I feel that DiD is a really good learning model for us to learn from as it is a really successful enterprise with such a wonderful and creative idea. Social enterprise is still pretty new in Singapore and DiD in the school will definitely allow people to know what is social enterprise about. For interns working at DiD i am sure they will get to experience and learn about how a social enterprise functions in general.

We can help by educating our friends about DiD and encouraging them to go for the DiD tour. This is very important because I am sure that many NP students might have seen the building but not many actually go in and take a look. Maybe more publicity can also be made by using NP mail to increase awareness on DiD.

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Welcome to the blog of BZSE 2008 about our takeaways after visiting the one-and-only Dialogue-in-the-Dark (DiD) exhibition in Singapore, at Ngee Ann Polytechnic.
BZSE 2008 represents the pioneer cohort of students from the Diploma in Business & Social Enterprise (BZSE), the one-and-only such diploma programme in Singapore.

BZSE is housed in the School of Humanities in Ngee Ann Polytechnic. It's the coolest diploma ever - we learn about creating businesses with a social cause.

Our whole cohort had a really great tour in the DiD exhibition, and it was so fantastic we decided to post up our experiences as a blog to share the experiences we had during the tour.
We hope that after reading our reflections, you will consider coming down to DID yourself! Just as we have been impacted, we believe Your life will never be the same again. (=

To find out more about the DiD tours, you can call the Booking Hotline @ 64606222 or check out the website at www.dialogueinthedark.com.sg Navigate around using the tabs above.