Love is patient, love is kind.
It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.
Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.
It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.
Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.
It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
Friday, 5 December 2008, 9:19 pm
alright! i'm back from Batam and Mawai. what a week! both trips were excellent and fulfilling.Batam trip was funfunfun! the hotel was excellent and it was great bonding with the class. the fun part aside, the trip was satisfying. not only did we help the orphanage and the school, we also learned many other lessons. like, the kids there are really poor and the living conditions aren't so great and comfortable. but they're still really happy and contended with what they have. and and, they were especially happy when we arrived!
we didnt do much on the first apart from checking into the hotel and good food for dinner, we visited the orphanage in the afternoon. hmm. bunked in with Naren, YuHeng, Raymond and Edmund (from ODAC) ! and, Raymond watch alarm rang when i was about to sleep and 15minutes later, Naren's phone alarm rang! ugghhh!
the 2nd was more productive i guess. breakfast in the hotel and then down to the orphanage to work!
yupp. we got ourselves organised. some did painting while others did plastering of the walls. yeah. i was in the fixing windows group but the windows didnt arrive so i went to do plastering instead. whoa, tough work i tell you. cause its quite hard to get the cement even and all. worked on the windows in the afternoon. hmm... after work and stuff, played with the children. soccer!! barefooted. haha. i tell you, those kids are really damn gooooood seriously. they can run up and down barefooted non stop while my feet hurt like crazy.
next, we headed to a shopping mall for dinner! and did some shopping too. bought a couple of shirts. damn cheap. hahahaha.
back to the hotel. wash up and all. and night time was playplayplay. hahahahaha
3rd day was more or less the same. painting and a bit of plastering. haha. but i was kinda slack dont know why. and the orphanage organised a closing ceremony for us. it was nice and heartwarming. mmhmm. we were sad that we had to leave so soon. sigh. dinner at the hotel. and night time was playplayplay again . hahahahaha. its like a party i tell you. and and, the night was the best i've ever had. cause it was spent with you. i love you
4th day! packed up and checked out. shopping at the mega mall! pizza hut for lunch was damn cheap tooooo. hahahaha. ferry back to singapore and bussed home. yup!
all in all, the trip was a good one. we worked hard (in the day) and played hard (in the night)!
next up, Mawai!
group4! people are from t31 and t32. and hansel, aloysius, gabriel and michael and me! fun people and fun-loving people (:
anyway. Mawai Eco Camp is a damn nice place. its really natural. surrounded by trees and river. we slept in open area. like, on top of a pond. its really cool. its pretty warm at night but gets really cold in the early morning. and there are frogs. like, a lot of frogs. and they croak damn loud at night. and, there're no electricity there so its super duper dark at night. quite scary.
hmm. first day was spent at the swamp. swamp trekking was fun! saw quite a lot of stuff and learned a lot about plants and all. at night was star-gazing! omg the sky was fabulous. it was totally filled with stars. a lot a lot of stars. and we were very very lucky cause we saw, a cresent moon, venus and jupiter side by side forming a smiley face and this occurence is really rare (according to tan hoe teck). so yup, it was really beautiful.
second day was audeline trail. it was a short trek around the area. learned more about history this time. cause, that area was the last line of defence for singapore against the japs. and there are many army bunkers around. after the trail was lunch. and slacked for an hour? haha. afternoon was water stuff. raft building which i did before in sec2 at ACE camp. and we did the water obstacle which was really fun. firefly cruise at night was fascinating.
day three was climbing up the hill. its called Gunong something. haha. it was raining heavily in the morning but we still at to climb. i was feeling damn cold . so cold that i kept shivering. haha. the view up there was fantastic. it overlooks the South china Sea. going downslope was tough cause its pretty muddy and slippery. went down and then back to the camp. washed up. dinner. and then camp fire minus the fire. it was just the 4 groups gathered in the cook house and each group suppose to present a short item about Mawai. yup it was quite fun and hilarious hahaha. last night sleeping with the frogs!
fourth day. bid farewell to Mawai! bussed to some shopping mall in Johor. lunched there. hmm. bought Dunkin' Donuts toooooo. came back to singapore. met Val and Grace in school. and then down to Far East for Slice (with Keane too)! homed after that. ahh, finally. home sweet home.
well. that sums up the 2 trips but the experience i gained and the lessons learned from it are priceless and i cant pen them down here.
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