On November 7th, 2015, a camping festival took place at the
PPA. This event was a special activity to celebrate the Vietnamese Teacher’s Day
on November 20th. The camping festival was held every three years;
therefore, it was lucky for me to have a chance to take part in.
I was extremely impressed by the great scale of the festival. The careful
preparation was made several days before. The teachers and students from all PPA’s
faculties, departments and centers made their best efforts in pitching and
decorating their camps. Twenty camps were twenty styles which represented their
hosts’ typical characteristics. However, I was impressed by the International
Camp set up by the Foreign Language Faculty. Both the inside and outside of the
camp were a sweet combination of oriental and occidental patterns. The walls of
camp were filled with the photos of symbols of various countries which helped
visitors understand more about the different nations’ culture. This decoration
style showed a tangible expression of intercontinental solidarity and
integration. Especially, the students of B10 course put on traditional customs
of five countries which made the highlights of the International Camp that no
others had.
The most unique part of the festival was the undeniably campfire festival.
At 9 P.M, thousands of students and teachers gathered around the woodpile. The
moment that all the woodpile was ablaze and flared up brightly the schoolyard was
so amazing that none could ever forget. The fired stumps and their sizzling
pops released tons of energy. The heat washed over my face and I felt that every
drop of my enthusiasm was brightly burned. Laughing, joy and the intoxicating
smell of wood lightened the lively atmosphere. The participants kept singing
and dancing though their bodies broke out in a sweat. Never before did I feel
the friendship around were so lovely and jovial. At that night, the PPA was
such a close-knit community that thousands of participated individuals were gathered
as one unified individual.
After the camping festival, my feeling was hard to describe. I felt so
lucky and proud of being a student of the PPA - an Academy of heroic tradition
and achievement. I would like to give my special thanks to the PPA’s teachers
who have been devoting to the development of the PPA so far. They were the typical
examples for our generations. The students of the PPA have been trying their best
in studying and training so that not only in November 20th but each day is a special time for their
teachers.
The campfire festival kept obsessing my mind. The burning fire of the
camp festival was the fire of enthusiasm that forever burn insides the souls of
each and every student of the PPA. Thank the PPA for such a lifetime memory.
Bui Thi Ha My- B10D41