SERVE CAMBODIA 2005

“What welcomed us was the blaring of horns from the vehicles, the super bumpy roads and the smiles of the children when we reached the center.

We were brought to the mission house where we were supposed to stay for the next eight days. It was indeed interesting as the whole house actually vibrates when someone is walking around.

We had a chance to walk the primary school children to their school. It was not really a long and ardous walk but we started complaining about the heat until we realized that the children did not even show any sign of complains. I ought to feel ashamed and start to better appreciate what we’re endowed with back in Singapore.

…words simply can’t describe my feelings, but, they made my stay in FGAC a fun and memorable one. “

 

SERVE THAILAND 2005

“..The villagers’ hospitality and graciousness will always be remembered. They have so little yet they offer so much. In comparison, we have so much but we offer so little …”

“In total, we went to 3 villages. Even met the girl we saw in the video. Her grandmother was taking care of her and sibling alone for their parents have passed away. It was very touching to hear their story and most of my teammates started shedding tears. We also went to the house of the little girl who helped the 2nd grp paint the school everyday. When we went into their abode we say papers posted on the walls with their names written on it. it was very heart wrenching and touching. As they began shedding tears of pity and sadness, all the mixed feelings… we wrote notes of encouragement on the papers. She and her grandmother earn only 20 baht a day selling the little fishes they catch. Its not even $1 and we can spend $5 on a single meal. It’s so upsetting to see all these.”

“..Gradually the children started filing in and the marketing team also came back. oh yea, the marketing team went marketing to prepare lunch for the kids.. n meishan also brought a new basket plus 2 chairs. hehe… Ahoy played some games with them to warm them up like the ‘motorcycle bang bang’ and the ‘smile’ song… there were about 160 children when we expected 80. the small hall was full.. So while they prepared lunch (Joanne, jennifer & Mrs. hong), we kept them entertained by dancing and teaching them English about Singapore. There was 1 question when they asked to estimate how many “hong nam” (means toilet in Thai) are there in Singapore!!!!!. That was soo funny!!!. How many toilets are there in SINGAPORE??? I have no idea. HELP!!. lolx..

Oh yea, we also played blow up the balloon game and blow it as big as possible. i was in the latter. All my life I’ve never been able to blow a balloon, but dunno why today i suddenly full of air blow a very big balloon…”