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2nd day of video documenting (The day we were ready to give up)

 21st of May was the day we nearly gave up on this tournament. It was Sunday and our second day to go out and work on our documentary, that day was tough for us. We had slept late the night  before going through the interviews we did on Saturday ,our homework and our house chores. Due to sleeping late the night before, we decided to sleep more in the morning and meet at 1pm in the afternoon. But what we didn’t take notes about was health conditions and the weather conditions. Two members from our team had terrible cramps and the weather was extremely gloomy.


While texting each other on social media, we started to question whether the tournament was worth our time, effort and our energy. We kept on seeing the other teams doing way better than us and our self esteem hit rock bottom. We contemplated “why are we actually doing this?” Everyone in our team was struggling and all of us thought about how it might not be worth it. We also thought about calling our coordinator sir Mani Wangdi and quitting the competition.


Still, we decided to go through this day and decide. Unfortunately, 2 members from the team couldn’t make it to the 2nd day due to health problems. So it was only Gyelzin, Tashi and Rigsel,  who are all extremely introverted.


After writing the consent forms it was time for the trio to start interviewing people. The three got their first interview in Megabites where Mr. Bir Bdr Rai expressed his concern about the children not managing the waste properly and also there not being enough trash bins around the town.  the three headed to Samtse town and were on their heels looking for people that wanted to answer their questions. 


For their second interview the three got their next interview and Khamsum Bakery, where the interviewee shared the food waste management in their bakery and how they dispose of trash



The team headed to “Be happy Café” next where they expressed concerns on the impact of waste in the future. 


The unpredictable weather failed us at around 3 PM when it started raining heavily. The team ran to Shreyas house where the discussed their future plans for the teams and finalizing that the Garbage Goblins were going to get through this. 


The interview was yet to be done though, at around 7 PM, Tashi got in contact with Mrs. Tshering Dolkar who talked about the waste dump near Khandrothang being almost filled and also how the waste was impacting everyone, even her family. 


With this, the team ended the day at around 3 pm after finalizing everything.


Signing Out 

Garbage Goblins
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