Udon Thani 16th Nov ~ 23rd Nov [Thurs, 25th Nov 2004. 3.50am]
IM BACK!!! frm my 8 days trip!!! wahahha... it was super fun!!!
i shouldn't bored u by all the small details.. aniwaes had each day written dwn in the journal... so i shall give a brief update.
Day 1 - Tue 16th
Reach changi airport at ard 6am. transit at bangkok and reach undon thani at around... hmm 4got the time. hahah.. thailand is 1hr behind singapore. the view on the plane was seriously breath taking.. i sat at the window seat. lina changed with me. sweet of her. a little get sat infront of me on the plane frm spore to bangkok. she kept playing with me. hahaa.. cute.. we kept taking photos of an air steward in the flight to udon thani. lina nearli fainted when he served her food. haha. btw the food was good.
we were present with garlands by the Habitat for Humanity ppl once we reach udon thani airport. had a shock. took the song tiao ( our main transportation in thailand) to Bann Kham Youth Hostel. It looks spacious and clean. girls slpt upstairs and the guys dwnstairs. owner name is Heidi. the toilets had no flush. communal bathing with a big tank of water. went to plae volleyball aft tt. outside our hostel is a straight pathway leadin to another hostel. there lived Thai students. around age 19. all boys. and naturally, we were excited. since the team was made up of 23 girls and 7 guys. haha...
played heart attack on dinner table with mr koh and the gers. was crazee... then had dinner. tom yam soup!! yummy... lights off 11pm.
Day 2 - Wed 17th
1st day of work. met Bob, Chay, Tusunny and Noum. went to visit last year houses built by the seniors. then grp 1 and 2 split to work on 2 separate houses. our home owner was a veri nice lady. had a daughter named Fish. we carried the soil from another place to lay the ground. then did the flooring for half the day. and had half of the wall built. it was quite tiring. the carrying buckets of soil and gravel. but everyone hung on. plus we had the HFH ppl helping us and the villagers then came lunch. lunch was great. they put in lotsa effort. a thai boy working with us bought a watermelon for Pamela. hahaha.. he likes her.
dinner was sumptous. cuz its the welcome dinner. had buffet steamboat and bbq at a veri nice place. they sat beside Yulin.. she dig some stuff outta me.. and had the whole dinner table asking me bout my 1st crush. arghh terrible ger.. hahha..
went to the Big C supermarket. smth like giant. well the stuff are cheap. din buy much.
Day 3 - Thurs 18th
woke up for PT. super funnie! we had to find a whistle and i was the assigned person for the group. i saw the whistle in mr koh's hand and all the 3 of us (me, jieru and grace) went to chase for it. mr koh run run and run.... then he came to the volleyball net there with jieru and grace behind him. i took a shortcut and waited at the otherside of the volleyball net for him to come. jieru and grace close on his heels and guess wat he did? he ran straight into the volleyball net.. head 1st and did a rebound!!!! hahahhahahha... i saw the whole thing happen right infront of me and laughed til i squat on the floor. oh man... he is super funnie... hahahha...
2nd day of work. finish our house todae. climb up the scaffold todae. super fun. haha.. during reflection mr ho, mr lee and mr koh re-enact thomas joke of the day. hahha.. veri funnie. it was bout him wanting to seal up some ventilation blocks.. hahha.. then got one ah beng kid kept trying to hit me. small boy so cute.
went to the opposite hostel to plae UNO with the Thai guys. they veri nice. and lingxiang saw her eye candy. she super excited. and he was playing the guitar summore.. serenaded a lot of girls.. hahha..
Day 4 - Fri 19th
3rd day of work. not much happen. went to work on te 3rd houses with grp 2. b4 that went back to old village with mr ho to get things. then aft that build the cement wall. at night was dinner out. we went to eat at sizzler. then shop around. lina bought a diagonal strip adiddas top. i cant find nike shorts.
at night grp 2 went for village tour. me, lina and jielin were talking bout our past. hahha.. super funnie. coz i half aslp liao... i slpt in the middle of them.. then they sae i keep talking dream talk.. hahha..
Day 5 - Sat 20th
4th day of work. last day of work. we manage to finish by 4pm. aft finishing the wall with Lina we went to ride on the song tiao to another new site to deposite the building stuff. then i came back juz in time for lunch and we went on to doing the flooring. had to finish by 4pm. i helped in the cement mixing most. it was a realli back breaking job. the cement is darn heavy. 50kg. the guys carry it. then i help mix along with the guys...
i tot the home owner's son was quite gd looking. and plus he is realli nice. cuz i was taking the blocks then suddenly 2 fell on my leg.. i had one block on each hand le.. was trying to support the another 2 blocks which fell on my shin or else it will fall and hit my feet. he came to my rescue! hahha.. help me lift away the 2 blocks.. then when i laying the bricks i saw him smoking. then lina told me to 4get bout it. i told her i will help him quit smoking... hahaha.. of coz i was kidding!
at night the masseurs came... wah super shiok! she stretch and pull me and poke me til i laugh like mad. kept taking photo of mr ho and his massage session. hahhaa... went for village tour. knew smth was wrong. it was a night walk. juz walk a silly stretch of dark road la. so stupid. hahha.. then b4 that go 7-11 buy things to eat.
Day 6 - Sun 21st
went to Sarnelli house todae. was veri excited. b4 that went to the Catholic Church. slpt tru most of the session. when i reach Sarnelli house at 1st was at a lost. the kids were eating. then aft that was colouring session. (btw Sarnelli house is a orphanage housing HIV infected children) i sat dwn in the circle with the children and a girl came to sat down beside me and held my hand. and then we became quite close. she sat on my laps and i coloured with her... but shes quite selfish. wouldn't share her crayons with other kids no matter wat i say. and when i tried to touch another boy she pulled my hand away... haha... small tyrant.
then i saw goy and jacK!!! oh man they are so small and cute... goy is realli veri veri cute!!!!!!! her eyes oh man.... and naughty too.. hahhaa..i carried alot of them. but jack wun let me carry him. he cried when i tried to.. i gave up too. became realli drawn to kee-dee. a 8 years old polite boy. veri sad to know that they are slowly withering away.. but they are all veri happy and cheerful... lina was veri close to joi joi. i couldnt find pee at 1st. but kee-dee lead me to him when i show him the picture. they called him pee pee there. hahah.. veri cute. then we played chicken dance and bubbles with them. aft tat serve them ice cream and soft drinks.. carried goy while she ate her ice cream.
when we had to leave, the kids went to take their afternoon nap. then lina cried on the song tiao.. the worst part was when the song tiao was driven away the kids ran out to wave goodbye.. that got lina crying even more.. she keep saying oh no dun come out.. and that got me crying too... me lina and ziwan were crying... lina was saying joi is alreadi so thin le! hw can she take the torture of the HIV virus. i was quite sad to think kee-dee slowly dying.... but im glad we brought joy and laughter to them that afternoon.
went to had vietnamese food aft that... and then went for a bit shopping a a shopping alley. then went to the friendship bridge linking thailand and laos... we had an "MTV" photo shot with DingHao on the bridge. super funnie. and then went on to have a veri sumptous dinner beside a river...
Joel was sent to the hospital in the night due to a persistent fever.
Day 7 - Mon 22nd
alot ppl continue to fall sick. i woke up with a swollen eye todae. haiz.. so ugly... morning had house dedication and then went to a veri grand hotel to have an international buffet spread. then Noum sat on the same chair with me to teach us how to fold the tissue rose! hahaha.. they were all so excited. we nicknamed him "cheng shou wen zong". hahaha... then chay jealous we dun wan him to teach us fold flowers. hahhah.. veri funnie la. btw chay likes yulin. hahhaa..
then we went to donbosco sch... played basketball 5 on 5 with the girls at first. then after that 6 of the thai guys vs us 11 singapore girls. hahhaha.. lost like mad... chay and bob help us... i jump ball with a veri tall guy... bob was the person throwing the ball.. i had a shock when he threw it directly to me.. hahhah.. he veri funnie...
then played soccer with mr ho and the CIP team guys... super funnie la!!! girls playing soccer is realli cannot make it.
aft that we went to learn taekwondo. the stupid taekwondo master teach me then i kena hit by him... argghhh.. hahha..
then went on for the farewell dinner. alot of tears.... they tie on our hands strings said to bind our body and soul together when we leave the place. we were crazy over Noum when he went on stage to sing karaoke. we present him with roses.. hahaha.. then aft that jielin was feeling veri unwell... thus we acc her.. she vomitted... and she went to rest on the song tiao. we went back and i acc jielin the the dorm. then slp til next morn....
Day 8 - Tue 23rd
we woke up ard 4 plus 5 and had to leave bann kham for the airport. din manage to take photo with the hostel guys. at the airport was terrible... on the song tiao i was trying hard to catch the last bit of fresh air in thailand... then the airport.. aft we take photo with chay, bob noum they all.. i couldnt help it but cried... chay gave me a tissue.. hahhaa... i controlled and i kept looking back at them. ziwan cried too.... lina abit... then we board the plane back...
the plane in bangkok was delayed.. and guess wat. we got the business class seats!!!! hahaha.. oh man... i sat beside a business man... he was reading some proposal.. veri gentleman. exchanged seats with me so i can sit beside the window. the food is so good! theres realli a diff btw economy and business.. hahha.. watch animal planet... then alight.. went home.. raining heavily.....
miss thailand already..