YEP March 2012

Standby day2 @ MBS. Too bored.

Decided to get back to blogging.

Okay that's not the point.

Yep march 2012!

I had sooooo much fun.

I remember, my first YEP was 2years ago.

And there, the 4 of us went back, as we promised.

The village that we went this time is WENQUAN village,

and yes there are basically hot springs in the village.

The job we had been asked to complete was to

BUILD A WALL,
around this thousand year old tree.

The weather in Xiamen wasn't that great for work,

as it was basically raining and foggy for the first few days.

So we didn't start working on building the wall

until Friday of the first week we were there.

Meh. The living condition weren't that great.

We had almost 10 people sleeping together in the room.

But that wasn't a big problem for me.

The biggest problem is getting used to

using the toilet and having a shower.

The weather is crazy for the first week,

It was freaking cold but there's basically no water heater

in our dorms and we had to either bath in the hot spings

or walk to the teacher's dorm for a hot shower.

First week passed slowly and painfully for me.

I wasn't getting used to the environment.

The weather was bad,

we wasn't able to start on work,

everyone of us had to do teaching,

the kids in my class are...

Blah.

Basically I just felt that this trip would be wasted,

if we were to just spend each day like that.

Had a super nice weekend at AN XI.

Stayed in a super nice hotel.

Proper bath, proper toilet, proper bed.

(Y)

Second week started with work.

Work as in manual hard work.

We weren't working as effectively as

the workers over there because our skill

and speed just couldn't match up with them.

They weren't impressed with our work the first day

and they actually insisted that we shouldn't

"hinder" with their work by the end of the day.

The next morning, we insisted

and started with work again.

This time, HOWEVER,when handling the huge stones for the wall,

they were actually quite impressed
by our strength.

As for lessons with the primary 6 class,

Me, together with jeremy and yong wei

had quite a hard time teaching them English songs.

"THE MORE WE GET TOGETHER, TOGETHER, TOGETHER..."

But I actually had quite alot of fun listening

to the kids sing out of tune.

I'd always think it's kinda cute when

someone sings out of tune.

Seriously, that's a superb talent.

And that always brings me so much joy.

:D

All the work and teaching in ended on wed.

And on Thurs, there was this...

mini concert?

Oh, for this trip.

I was actually made to sing in front of my class

for so many freaking times.

All thanks to yong wei and jeremy chin.

Making promises

to the kids just so they could

learn their songs properly.

Anyways, I do miss the kids.

Seriously.

And not forgetting one of the best decision we made:

going back to ZAOKENG,

the village we stayed in on our previous trip.

Many things has changed.

The cow that is right outside the house is sold.

The "school" isnt a school anymore.

All the children are no where to be seen.

Kinda sad to see the school

without any children and with all the classrooms

in a mess.

BUT we found NIU NAI!

Our favourite dog during our previous trip!

It's like the only thing that has changed.

Except that it has grown much older,

with whiskers? on his face.

okay i must say i find this photo super hilarious. (Y)

WELL, overall
I must say this trip isn't considered a wasted trip.

Time was well spent with the following musketeers:

HUISHAN

ISAAC ONG
JEREMY CHIN
JIAMIN
ROWENA
SHUYUN
YONGWEI

WILL NEVER FORGET YOU GUYS

<3