Serve Thailand 2005
Ngee Ann Poly
10-23 Oct 2005
One Heart Touching Many Hearts
Wednesday, September 21, 2005
Today, we gathered at level 7 conference room at Blk 72 for a briefing on our overseas trip. There were 2 speakers, Michelle and Joy. Joy was apparently from Buriram, the place where our group is heading, therefore her knowledge of the area was very useful to us. Michelle is doing missionary work in thailand and she speaks fabulous thai, translating all that Joy was saying.
We were given an overview of the whole situation that we would most probably encounter there. Like the food, land, schools, weather etc. The most important was the people, they taught as how what to do when we meet them like the 'wai', where we put our hands together beneath our cheeks as a form of greeting. And that we should not be alarmed when we see heads popping in from the windows when we are dining as they are the curious neighbours wanting to see where we come from. We were also taught basic thai language, and the joke was on the 'most important phrase', 'Hong narm yuu thii nai kh?' which meant 'Where is the toilet?'. This was because we were discussing about the toilets previously and Michelle twisted it in such a way to make it sound fun.
After the briefing, we paid the remainder of the fees and collected back out medical fees as well. Have fun!!
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