Wednesday, December 3, 2008
( 2:16 AM )
Of couse I'm really missing everything that has happened in Vietnam.
It kinda started when most of us gathered at the airport like 6 -7 hours before the flight. One whole group of us sitting down to play murderer, true or dare. I guess that started the ball rolling.
The times where we got to get ourselves dirty with all the scrubbing, painting, cementing. Played a soccer match with the teachers there, and they are real good. Well the field wasn't in its optimal condition to have hold a game, but nevertheless, I enjoyed kicking the ball around with the locals there. Lost 4-3, but we had fun anyway!
The orphanage was probably the one stop where we really ask ourselves how much do we treasure everything that we have back in Singapore. Looking at the kids, all so lively, so cheerful, it's a pity that these kids are living in such an environment, where they do not have any parental care, where living conditions aren't at its best to nurture their physical mental and emotional growth. We were given 2 days to interact with them, mingle with the children, create origami, photo frames from the simplest of materials - cardboard. Before we set of for the orphanage, the OCIP group discussed about our objective of our visitation to the orphanage, and a tangible indication on how successful is our trip there, and one of them was to see that the children were all smiling at the end of the day. I guess we really have surpassed our expeciations. THE KIDS LOVE US MAN. My group had to excuse ourselves on the second day to paint the mural in one of the classrooms, hence unable to mingle around as much with the children. But I wanna thank my group for being so cooperative, so unselfish, and for being so successful with the completion of the mural. To Lynette, Renee, Yuhui, Kah Kiat, Shining, Athirah and William, cheers!
Our cultural exchange programme with Hong Bang University. I guess both sides really enjoyed each other's company, and the games that we played. It kinda change my mindset about Vietnamese being very traditional Vietnamese. It was kinda cool to be able to hear them speak and communicate in English. The dance was kinda screwed up, but who cares? Lots of Vietnamese beauties HAHA, another fun-filled day.
Of course there were the nights especially, where one whole group of us would be gathering in either Josh or my room. We would be doing stuff that we probably never be able to do in our next few years. Just sitting down together to talk about the things that we like, about the activities that happened during the day, the gossips, our TOP 5 etc. Playing cards in the room, the coffee that everyone loves, and laughing our asses of like nobody cares, I guess I'll never get to do any of these unless we have another trip like this.
I heard one of the teachers mentioning about an alumni next year. If there ever is going to be one, I'll be first in queue!
I guess, in the name of overseas community work, in the name of volunteerism, in the name of Innova JC, we, OCIP VOICE, certainly deserve a huge pat on our back, period!
Cheers guys, we've done a magnificant job.
Jonnnnnnnnny
