Tuesday, March 18, 2008
the bleeding never stops
so happy to be back in sg after 21 days in thailand, there is juz so much to say
start off with the 1st week , short week didn't do much juz get to know the sch surroundings and students , play some soccer during the 1st weekend we went to night market to shop, didn'buy anything onli on sun buy some soveniers, great week accomodation quite gd at least better than wad i expect
come to 2nd week, the real work starts, taught several food products such as soyabean milk, kaya, tang yuan, chocolate moulding and pudding, it was interesting to teach through sign language communicate with the teachers a bit of EL ,thai and sign language the lessons all taught were success
then we have several sports compeition, soccer although in name we win thorugh penalies, but they juz outdo us totally not playin to their full potential, kinda of frustrated with myself gan jiong tt time i cannot play well seriously need more expiernce. For basketball they got own, captain/chair ball we lost but the 2nd half i think LOLers reali gave them a hard time volleyball we lost by a bit, overall the sports game were fun, we also attend the sch gradution ceremony, we did our dance performance, it is fun to see a different type of perfoamce performed by the deaf students.......
come to the weekend we went to chiang rai for tour, visited places of interest, saw some gd scenery, not my cup of tea. The funny thing is the resort stayin we were all expecting a damn comfortable resort turn out to be a rabak 1 then the hot spring is a joke , the hot spring is for EGGS not human . But the best part is the bbq buffet at night seriously it is good, me pat dennis and peter go fry some oysters on the hot plate damn fun cook and eat, pure enjoyment. damn when we came back pat and my group fund were stolen, damn disappointing.... eventually we caught the guy dun wan to elobrate much
the last week in the sch we spent most of the time preparing the food & fun fair event , for me i spent a hell time preparing the waffle batter, till late night my right arm totally numb , overall the event is a success my workgroup did well, after the event we celebrated the Thailand new yr . The students pour water all over us , it was a fun event we all have fun enjoy ourself and know more about the thai culutre when everything on tuesday end most of our work is completed , we then rested and play some of the games organized. Then tue night i finally can play soccer again coz almost everything is over, this time peter play wif us, it was damn funny la he was scoldin vulgraties all the time playin, pat and kaiquan did well as usual, i think this time i did better than last week some passes were gd more confidence in bringin the ball up
The remaining 2 days we hand over the projects and spent more time wif the students all this, we had traditional thai massage, i enjoy it my legs feel fresh, through spendin time wif the students we know more abt them and the sch like which block which students are stayin , there is 1 blk where all the sissy and gays stay. i also found out the ugly side of the teachers, haiz maybe tt is the difference in our sch system.......
we also learn 3 thai dishes, i think i will be tryin them out come friday, every1 is sad we bid goodbye to the students every1 send their regards all this , exchange email etc....... all good things come to an end now i noe wad it reali means
we fly off for bangkok to reward ourselves for the hardwork done, did nth mainly shopping ....
personally i feel tt this trip is a excellent 1, i have both good and bad memories but overall still gd, i think i gain much from this trip although i haven reali found the ans to my doubts before the trip. But defintely i become a stronger and better person, gaining back the confidence bit by bit , opening up more in terms of mentally and physically. i find this trip a very good experience get to experience wad is poverty all this diff deaf students in thai each havin their own problems and how they can live life still happily .
i enjoy working wif my workgroup, special thnks to dennis, may and siewlee making this trip a fun 1 for me , not forgetting the others, thnks dk and hero come to pick us up at airport...
i haven exactly found the answers but at least i have my 2nd chance and taken the first step , now juz to maintain it or even getter better at it, seeing how jialat the thai deaf students were i am more determined to strive harder to do better maybe 1 day i can help them , this trip will leave a great impact in my life.......
cannot wait to do some serious work, soccer all this, through this i think i can better guage how much i hav improved as a person ....
Hope the thai students rmb the fun times and strive harder to prove themselves
Kudos to LOLers, u all were great
time for me to move on.......
//3/18/2008 11:06:00 PM
