Serve Thailand 2005
Ngee Ann Poly
10-23 Oct 2005
One Heart Touching Many Hearts
Wednesday, January 11, 2006
Day 2 - 11th Oct 05
6am!!! still in a daze.. helped took off e mosquito nets, kept our sleepin bags, changed into our jeans, ate milo cereal and cornflakes for breakfast.
After that we headed for Ban Doon School to de-lice the children's hair. All of them had school uniform, but looking at their feet, some had torn n tattered shoes on, others slippers, and some none.. their faces all look the same to me, all e girls like 1 hairstyle only, the guys standard crewcut. we started playin lao ying zhua xiao ji to warm them up to us, we had to group them into many small groups cause alot of students. we had to use examples to teach them e game. they were all very eager to play n obedient.. aoy taught them to say 'welcome to buriram' in unison... so heartwarmin...
morning assembly.. they sang their school song etc. after which they did the 'wai' to each other to foster better relationship, i can never find this in singapore, e bond they hv among frenz.. every little thing done can boost relationships. we then proceeded to the hall for a talk by the principal and to meet the villages elders n heads. there was a very cute and well groomed dog, a golden retriever i think. after the talk ben tan gave out our love thailand t shirt to the principal and the village heads as a gift.
After that we started to de-lice the children's hair. those who hv lice on their head have already been picked out by aoy, shortening the no. of children we hv to delice. i was impressed with the orderly queue and patience they showed while waitin for their turn. singapore children would hv been whinin n complainin to their parents. i worked with jennifer n started delicing them one by one. the medication is supposed to have a hot stingin sensation but they all juz lie there and made no sound,imagine what sg children would hv been doin by now. we went through them one by one taking turns, i could see many lice eggs embedded in their hair but apparently couldn't see any lices, but jen caught 1 though. she was like scoldin me how come i took such a short time to go through their hairs although i think i did a not bad job, hers was more thorough and patient, i was quite impressed actually... haha.. so after that i started to buck up..
meanwhile, those who did not need to delice went to play games with e other half of e grp. tiger n oxen. so after we deliced everyone, took some picts, n off we went to join in the fun. oh yea, i blanjah some of them ice cream, 2 baht onli, so cheap... e yam flavour was yummy.. i've fallen in love with it. tiger n oxen was played with people holdin hands forming a circle( fence), some tigers outside n oxens inside. tiger suppose to catch oxen la, n fence muz deter them from doin so. some of e kids can real chao fast sia, heart attack.. without shoes somemore.. no wonder they fall down not pain we pain.. pantz
after playing we went to rest.. i bought a mantou, so-so la.. den we went to visit their classrooms.. i think we are very fortunate to live in singapore. the classrooms there have rice sacks tied below the ceilin to keep the soil n dust from fallin down whenever someone walks above. no aircon or anythin.i would hv died complainin. there were 2 girls who were very enthu in takin picts with us. in their hands were 1 piece of sticker given out doin e game and they were very happy n satisfied playin with it. the simplicity they hv is beyond what we can find in singapore.
after tt we went back for lunch n chillz the whole day... accomplished our task quite fast. had chicken rce for lunch, fish n some other dishes for dinner. was playin dai dee the whole day with mei shanz, juan mei n clarice. couldn't really sleep at night cos very cold. oh yea, the village head brought as blankets n mattresses n long pants this afternoon upon hearin we were freezin last night. the generosity of e ppl there.
village life is very simple n slow paced. even stray dogs are tame. there's one dog who faithfully follows us everywhere whenever we enter ban doon school n our house, but he's abit smelly though.. hehe
~Audrey~
12:50 AM
