Saturday, December 6, 2008
( 12:08 AM )
okay, vietnam was seriously awesome. i really feel that the trip has impacted me a lot, in the sense that i now wake up everyday without an aim. every day spent in vietnam was waking up to a sleepy breakfast and marching off to complete an assigned task that you know the outcome would benefit so many others. now back in singapore, everything seems so pointless. i wake up to breakfast and a live telecast of an NBA game, which ultimately seems so selfish.
i really miss the company as well, the 9 days or so spent there doing community work with you guys were the best. i really enjoyed myself painting the school, dancing on the scaffolding, singing Westlife songs. i miss the bumpy bus rides to wherever we went, i miss the staying up late at night to watch movies off Josh's iPod. everything. the orphanage was often as well, it was heart-wrenching for some when we had to leave the orphans, we even started naming them haha. well, it felt good just knowing that we did everything we could to plant a smile on their face so that they could remember us in time to come. if possible i want to go back there again, definitely. both the experiences at the school as well as at the orphanage made me think about life back here. how we are unappreciative of what we have. how we keep complaining about everything, while the kids there are so contented in the little things in life.
that aside, ben thanh market was really good, all the bargaining and the $7 adidas shirts. we really got to look at a lighter side of the teachers at well, declaring thumb wars with Ms Lin ( how the heck did she get so good at it ), hearing Mr Yip complain about the cement work. those were good times.
im too lazy to count the words, should be enough. vietnam kicked ass, let's go for round 2 next year after our 'A's.
'when the night has come, and the land is dark.
and the moon, is the only, light we'll see.'
DICKSON
