Rice Camp 2007 Speaks!

From an unnamed RiceCamper:

1. It will be good if the Rice Camp participants will have the chance to learn more about the Internet. Setting up the website in various languages will assist in understanding.

2. I appreciate IRRI for giving us knowledge on modern technology of rice production in order to get high yield, also for letting us realize the importance of farmers who produce rice in order to feed the world. Farming is recognized as an honorable and important career.

Na-Marahasakham from Thailand tell us:

I have attended the Rice Camp on April 23, 2007, which is the first training day. I feel that I have gained a lot of knowledge because the personnel of the Rice Camp, including our teachers, are knowledgeable and have the ability. They advised us about everything and translated English to Thai very well.

The thing that made me very impressed is that I get to study and learn with people who love, take care, and develop rice as much as I do. “The more difficult it is to plant rice, the more difficult to activate and change ideality to grow rice.”

Another unnamed camper says:

1. During first day, it seems like the third day, because I have just arrived and I am not yet familiar with the condition.
2. I am excited with the computer room and interested to learn the computer but I feel disappointed for not having the chance to do so.
3. I enjoyed the activity of changing the culture between two countries.

Here's another reaction:

1. The Filipinos are friendly, talkative, and give good advices.
2. Lecturers, teachers (including translators) give good explanations. All participants can understand well.

From a Thai camper:

1. The Filipinos are friendly. In spite of having difficulty in language understanding, we were able to make friends with them.
2. I appreciated the scholars of IRRI and UPLB for giving us knowledge and for doing the translation to Thai language.
3. I appreciated the Filipinos and teachers for giving me knowledge about rice and cultural exchange.
4. I also appreciated Dr. Kwanchai and Ms. Ngamchuen for translating English to Thai and for taking care of us. I am glad to have this chance of joining the Rice Camp.

And someone else from the Thai group said:

1. The Filipinos are friendly in spite of having difficulty in understanding languages.
2. All the resource persons are knowledgeable and very good. Sometimes I get bored; sometimes I enjoyed.

Another reaction:

1. The participants of the Rice Camp learned and exchanged information about culture of family, foods, tourism, locations, and sports with the Filipinos.
2. We, who join the Rice Camp 2007, learned about IRRI as well as the works of the resource persons.

Here's what someone else told us:

1. I would like to say that the Filipinos were talkative and friendly.
2. IRRI was a good source of learning and providing new knowledge.
3. I think that IRRI encouraged me to study more.
4. IRRI was a new thing for me.
5. I would like to tell everyone that if they have a chance to visit IRRI, please do so.

And this is one more of the reactions that we received:

1. I wasn’t able to maximize my learning because sometimes I could not understand the English language.
2. I had new friends and it was so funny.
3. I learned about different cultures.