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On 20^th Sept 2014, Taylor university campus held a field trip to visit the DIB Coffees of Hawaii. DIB Coffees  of Hawaii’s Vision is to become the largest employer of deaf people in the world and their mission is to restore hope and dignity to all deaf people by improving their livelihood, through skills training, unbiased employment and deaf business entrepreneurship.

This is a very meaningful trip. This is because all the DIB Coffees of Hawaii’s staff were the deaf people. In this trip I learned a lot of things. The important things that I learned from this trip were the staff of DIB because even they were imperfect, they can also do well in their work and I learned about sign language in this trip. It was interested. I found the information relevant to me that was' we must insist our dream 'like DR. Allen Teh. DR. Allen Teh insist their dream even his family against their dream and even he failed before, but he never gives up. Visited to DIB Coffees of Hawaii will help me in the future because at the DIB Coffee of Hawaii DR. Allen Teh shared their experiences to our Diploma in business's students. He shared how their use their methods to continue their business.

What did I like most about this trip was our Diploma in Business’ members became closer. Although, the Taylor’s bus broke down before we plan to head back to campus, we all still did enjoy the trip. To improve the trip, the university should have a better preparation before organizing trips for students. They should check the engine and have a GPS with them because the bus driver lost his way while we were on the way our destination and the bus broke down after the trip. The other type activities I would like to suggest to Taylor’s are the longer distance trip. For example: Penang, Melaka and so on.

The first is my thinking and problem solving skills which was tied in with the TGC outlined had also been enriched. I have learnt to ‘think out of the box’ through this trip as the task which are stated in the project required creative and critical thinking. Due to such task, it had given me the opportunity to brainstorm with my teammates to allow more ideas to be converged. Teamwork affords us the opportunity to challenge ideas and arrive to a compromise solution that contributes to the successful completion of the task.

The second is TGC that I can relate on is the Communication Skill, which I am able to communicate with people around me in a different way. Identify and change the styles of communicating with different people is an important ability for a business student. For example, I will talk politely whenever I talk to my lecture or tuitorial, I can communicate to the people who are older or younger than me.

The third is Interpersonal Skill allows me to understand to work with others and the team dynamics of my group. Each and every member of my group is able to work well and communicate within each other. This ability enables us to work as a team and build friendship among each other more than before. Due to the time we gather at school, we discuss and complete our assignment before the deadline and prevent most of the mistake we might have miss out.