Yesterday was an awesome day to go to Deep Cove Quarry Rock trail. It was perfectly sunny and the ambient temperature was about 16 degree celsius, as comfortable as the environment in an air conditioned room.
After the initial commotion regarding the limited vehicle seats, 14 of us in two car (one was driven by me, another was driven by Dr. Y.) and a mini van (driven by M, the main organizer of the hiking trip) to Deep Cove.
The trip to Deep Cove was surprisingly long. With the rush hour traffic at close to 5 PM, it took me about 1 and a half hour to arrive at the destination. Mine was the last one to arrive at Deep Cove. Anyhow, we took a group photo and move on to hike the trail to Quarry Rock.
Although some of us were first time hikers, everyone was able to reach Quarry Rock view point in less than 45 minutes. It was a great achievement!
At the Quarry Rock, we relaxed our body and took many pictures. We were joined by another group of friends. After staying at the Quarry Rock for about 30 minutes, we decided to descend, so that we can have dinner at Cazba Restaurant. It was about 7:30PM. M was making the seat reservation on the Quarry Rock. Cazba was a very nice place to have dinner. I got a lamb shank with some spiced rice and salad. I really enjoyed.
The thing that I least enjoyed was driving. I am very used to relax on the bus and read my ebook. When I was driving, I had to focus on driving and that was a bit boring.
As for the organization of the event, as the President of the CHBE Graduate Student Club, I wish to train the next generation of leaders in the CHBE graduate student community. M was one of the promising leaders. Although the way he handles fund is a bit chaotic (he refunded drive mileage to other one other driver without receipt), he and another grad student, F had successfully organized the trip and smoothened any issues that occurred. It was them who convinced Dr. Y to participate in this event.
My hope is that M, I and the rest of the CHBE GSC committee can come to an agreement regarding how to financial will work. I am hoping to keep some funds to build in-group incentive for the committee members themselves. For instance, the fund can be used to organize end of term hangouts with the executive and committee members, attend professional workshop, visit plants and also pay for the refreshment during the monthly meetings.
I sincerely hope that everything will go better this term. I know I, with the help of all the enthusiatic committee members, will be able to make the CHBE GSC more successful than past two years.
