Monday, November 28, 2005
heyppl !!!!i just came back frm thailand some days ago..but didnt really haf time to get down to blogging..haha ...anw im sure everybody wans to know wad happened to darlingxuehui in thailand rite!:P haha..ok sorry a bit bhb..haha anw..to sum everything up, thailand ocip was enriching, meaningful n inspiring.
i think i gained more den i gave. the thai children taught me lessons (even though we were supposed to be giving eng lessons). sincerity, warmth, helpfulness, kindness. anw i m not like quoting of a moral ed textbook ok! if u tell me these sorta stuff b4 i went to thailand, i'll probably think u r damn fake. i mean like these kinda things sounds too good to be real.but the thai kids really exhibited these qualities. i dunno, depsite de langage barriers, dey just made me feel damn good.
in the school, when we were playing volleyball n i was happily missing all de balls, wang hao';s lover SARAWOOT who's a damn pro vballer just gave me very nice smiles as if to say "it's ok" n den helped me serve. n like even when de other kids were laffing rite, it';s not de mean type of" o i canplay better den u " kinda laughter. it's more of like "haha tt's was funny!" kinda laughter. haha. n i was touched when de kids like volunteered to help carry tables n chairs n clsoe de windows. i mean, dey r v small actions, but it was in them to take de step forward to help. in spore, u haf to haf a duty roster for kids to help teachers clean de board. i rmb how ms yeo had to spend 5 mins tryign tot get one of us to clean de board of switch off de lights. haha. de thai kids r very initiative.or maybe dey sent us there most well behaved students? i dunno.
and somehow, although the kids we taight were arnd de same age as us, ot msome even older, dey seemed very pri -sch -ish to me. maybe coz we were supposed to teach dem, n de eng we taught we like pri sch eng, but it;s like de way dey behave is damn innocent lah. like de way de gers flocked to wang hao n junwei n just grabbed dem. it;s like so pri sch days! haha...like so young n carefree n innocent..n dey r not fearful or shy or wad...hahah it;s damn funny.. we haf damn a lot of photos!: )
yah n dey were damn enthu in our lessons..n dey all canlearn de dance damn fast lah!like college mass dance..i took forvere to learn...dey took like arnd half an hr dey can danceady?! alamak!!!!!n dey absolutely loved de butt shaking part frm wild wild west.. haha..
actually i dunt hink i formed very strong bonds with the thai kids. as in i cld still rmb some of their faces n all tt.. but i dun think i'll ever see dem again or tok to dem or wad..i mean it was only 3 days..but they made n impact on my life n left some footprints..n dey did change some of de ways i viewed things..
ok now i shall go on to de orphanage tt we visited on sat. t's a real eye opener. de kids looked reeally poor thing. as in their clothes were really qt not v nice. de first thing i saw dem, i felt like hitting myself against de wall for losing de shorts for dem. even de day b4 de orphange, i was still thinking, aiyah lose de shorts nvm one lah. no big deal actually. until i saw dem. seriously i felt like banging myself. like i m so damn mean lah, argh. yah so anw we performed for dem. n maybe dey were a bit zonked out coz we were singing songs in language foreign to dem. i mean like if u sing me spansih songs now, i';ll prolly appreciate it, or try to. but when i was 6 or 7, i'll jsut go n slp. haha..so i dun blame dem lah: ) and den after performance, we took pics wif dem. dey LOOOOOOOOVEEEEEEDDD playing wif cameras..hah dey were damn cute: ) ok, incase ppl start to be mistaken, de orphange has old kids all de way up to 20 plus too, but it seemed like de young kids r de majority.
ok so anw after a while, we went to de open space of the orphange to play wif de kids.. while i was just standing arnd, this young boy came to me n spoke to me in thai..den i din understand him. so basically we were using sign language n bi shou hua jiao-ing. den i found out tt he was inviting me to go fly kites wif him n his frens. i tell u de kite tt dey were flying is DAMNNNNNNNNNNN high in de sky. like really so high it'll touch heaven or smth. it's really v high. n dey r just like 4 or 5 or 6 yr olds? dey r so pro!!!! n de boy taught me how to hold de reels n everything..n coz it was me, de kite started to fly down after a while.. hah..i felt SO BAD LAH...like it was so high n it flew down.. den when it came down i saw tt de kite was actually a makeshift one..like it's homemade by newspapersn sticks.. den i thought of my kite at home..it's like made of nice colourful cloth, handmade by some professional, nice material, nice design of an eagle, and big. n i haf never touched it b4.my mum boughtit for my siblings n i, n i dun think we ever played wif it. i dun even know where it is now. it;s probably lost somewhere. den i just felt so touched. as in , de kids dun haf much, so dey make do wif a not so gd kite. but dey r so happy wif it. n deir not so gd kite n actually fly so very high. (for those who were in ocip, it's a bit like grp one's crumpled paper plane..haha) n de kids didnt blameme for causing de kite to drop down. dey just tried to fly it up again.den junwei came to help, but de kite nv flew up anymore. : ( den i got damn tired, n being lazy i just sat on de grass to stone. haha
den this other boy came over to me. den he satrted tokking to me in thai..den i totally cldnt understand. i felt damn helpless. i was just like.stumped. den he tok for damn long..den i got qt scared..so i just like said qt softly"mai khao zhai"(which means"i dun understand" in eng)..den he din hear me so i repeated 10 times..den he cldnt catch it..maybe i dun haf de thai accent or wad i dunno..den finally i shouted "MAI KAO ZHAI!!!" den he "MAI KAO ZHAI?!!!!!!!" den he started jumping arnd n screaming..haha it was damn funny...if he were singaporean, he wld haf been saying"ALAMAK!"..haha.,so yah...den we were just like gesticulating to each other..haha den after a while this teenage boy came n ask me to play soccer wif dem..so i went to join he n his frens..nit;s de onewhole cricle kidns soccer..not de run on de field type of soccer.den i got qt uneasy..coz i was like de only ger?!den i saw junwei walking arnd so i just asked him to join us..hah seriously must thank junwei, coz somehow he always managed to help me out of awkward situations..(like dancing wif new n all tt..haha) anw soccer was qt fun lah,just not used to kicking a ball wif so many guys. yah dne after a while iw ent to join de soccer match. spore vs thai. we were so bad de nice ppl in thailand had to "lend" us one of their better players n we still lost. hha aanw it was gd fun lah: )
while we were playing soccer, de other ppl were hafing fun piggy-backingde younger kids arnd..dey were hafing damn a lot of fun..de kids were really happy: ) den b4 we left, this young boy came up to cheng n gave her this keychain thingy. n he told her in thai"this is for my sis". seriosuly de sight was damn touching. de keychain is like qt dirty n old. n tt boy still gaf it to cheng. it's prob like one of de little things tt he has. n he gaf it wif so much pride. which means tt it';s prolly one of his best possessions, n he's gifin it to cheng, his sis. he has ady treated her as a family lah. it's liek he dosenhaf much, but he;s still willing to give.
yah..so tt was de orphange. den we went to this rehab centre on sun. de main thing abt de rehab centres r de guys who dressed like gers to cheer on de thai vs spore soccer match lah. dey were like damn gay. so feminine dey put cleopatra to shame lah. but it was really qt gross to see guys heavily made up n sashaying about. n dey were like in dresses n this guy was happily flashing his legs n chest..like omg..seriously? somemore he's like stick thin i was really qt grossed out lah.. but i think dey r qt proud of tt culture.it was really a culture shock for me..u do this in spore, u'll prolly be sued for indecency lah. haha.
another impt thing abt ocip is tt it brought me new, true frens. jilyn asked me"how do u know if dey r true?"(or smth to tt extent) n seriously i din really knwo how to answer. i just know. i guessome things, u dun really need to say much or explain much, u just know. : ) group1 rox!!!!!yay!!!! lard gang plus one!! haha..seriously, i m damn happy, elated, jocund, overjoyed to know these ppl!: ) hahah..dey r such strong pillars of supprt n great sources of fun n entertainment. frm de sarawoot plot to the aaron loves heidi scandal to the lard fettish to the asshole daidee all night long to the junwei was my p1 classmate!!!! to de tell xh that junwei is her angel n den try n make her guess david..hahah..n de mtvs n de stupid aaron trying to kick me out of my director post..haha...
o! n on de flight to thai, i sat next to aubrey aaron qibo, n although it was de first time we ever tokked to each other, we act tokked for whole 2 hrs n tokked qt a lot. it was really qt memorable. coz how often do u sit nxt to a stranger on a plane n start telling him abt stuff u only tell close frens. haha. yup, even though we din really tok throughout de erst of de trip, except when he niaos me abt everything, it's gd to know tt we had a pair of trust: )
ok...act i haf so much other nitty gritty stuff to say abt thai..like how my contacts was broken, n i wore cheng's den at de airport i realise di was only wearing one side..n how i always only rmb tt i forgot to combmy hair b4 i go to slp...n how i locked heidi n chengs out of de hotel room..hahha.. yah...butanw dun be too luo soh..thai trip rox lah..it's really one heck of an experience!: ) i shall try n post up pics some other time when aaronwongxuanmingp passes me de dvds or vcds or cds or wadeva wif cde photos!
teo
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