Thursday, November 30, 2006
HEY (Suor-Sdei)
i am finally back. from my cambodia trip and choir camp (:
shall i talk about cambodia trip first?there are so many things to say,many many.
14 of nov:
woke up early to the airport, and daddy,mum and sister was with me as well,when i was there,there're many people there as well. (: had breakfast at airport jolibean,after that boarded the plane,i was with mrs kua and ariff. we were talking and guessing riddles on the plane,and as well as eating ariff's fries (: reached phnom penh airport,got our luggage,and get onto a small bus. went for breakfast at the restaurant,nearby the airport,had fried rice. (:after that went to russian market,and had lunch again. and checked in into townview hotel,share the same room with adeline. and surprisingly,we are the only two girls in our level 5.haha :D
went to central market,then to the orpanage,i have a mixed feelings somehow,wondering how am i suppose to communicate with the children.when we will there they will greeting us with some warm welcome. i am glad that they are friendly to us. they came to hold our hands and hug us tightly. (: after that was mingling around with the kids out there,they will plucking lotus flower for us,folding those unripe lotus flowers for us,and teaching us how to eat the lotus seed/fruit,it's nice,it taste like almond to me. me and adeline went down to the mud,to pluck flower,and ask them to teach me how to fold the lotus flower,they help me wash my legs, when my legs was full of mud,so its a nice experience. i came to know some kids like bora(handsome guy),sochi,hoi,lyda,and many more,i cant remember their names. they're nice and innocent little kids,i love them so much.play a game like catching,i paired up with sochi to find a corner to hide. oh ya,we took pictures with kids and flowers as well (: went for dinner at some romantic restaurant with candles. nice place (:and back to hotel.
15 of nov:
woke up,had breakfast,egg sandwich ,my fav,afterall i made it myself. went to orpanage,some were teaching the kids how to draw flowers,whereas me and my group of people build pavement,by carrying stones around,using buckets and "TOYOTA WOOD", though is tiring but lots of laughter,and jokes,i am being call mrs TAOGAY,because of ariff,and muai chee for that muddy thingy in the sand.lol. had lunch,was eating cake.had soccer match after that,due to the name being so diffcult to call,everyone are call "ah toi".lol.after that,headed for dinner and supermarket to buy water and junk-food. also get to realised that the driver is a gay,like to touch people ass,almost all the guys got it from him,he is being called "ABANG GAY BOY"from then on.
16 of nov:
had breakfast,egg sandwich,went to orpanage,continue to build pavement,while the others are teaching the kids to do photo frame. "TOYOTA WOOD" is under repair,due to the tyre is flat. so we transport the sand through bicycle,smart right?i thought of it.haha (: lunch with my chocolate cakes. i realised as well i am a tissue provider for everyone.haha. the guys, was knocking the flooring,there were big rats,coming,which was super scary that we ran far far away,the kids there was scaring us,that they have rats with them. and i ran even further away from them.lol.after that,i am realised,they are lying.but it's fun to play with them. (:had supper at our rm,with ana,su,and ade,after that went to watch video with the guys,their laughters are scary. (:
17 of nov:
had breakfast and went to the orpanage,they shifted the girls' wardrobe out,when i was on my way to help ,i heard people screaming,as there are 2 big lizards with blue dots on it,saffidin,being steven irwin,caught the one of the lizard while the other one was stuck in the gate. started painting the girls room,had lunch and continued to paint,after a while,i went over to kaypo the guys room,while ade and gang are,they're telling me about the "ABANG GAY BOY" looking at syaz and ji yang.lol. i was laughing till i drop.really funny. had goreng pisang,charlie bought it for us,so crispy though its no longer hot anymore,betterthan s'pore 's version (:had soccer,and had dinner at indian restaurant,i love the keropok,and the empty prata,though is simple but nice (: bagus! (:went over to the teachers' rm to play some hitting game. (:and junking of food as well (:
18 of nov:
mrs kua,came knocking into our room,alot of times,but we will too lazy to open it,and also we didnt pick up her phone call,but we hang it,evil right! haha :D this applies to lam and ji as well. had breakfast and went to orpanage, continue painting,draw sketches of girl,and started to outline and paint it,my painting partner is yi hong. he is funny,didnt thought he is like that at first. (: get to know him better.lol. had maggi for luch with ade,and ana. they had soccer,and went shopping and had dinner ourselves,our dinner was take-away from lucky 7 fastfood restaurant,i bought star hashbrowns,and fries. (: bagus! oh ya,sleep with su. (:
19 of nov:
had breakfast, headed to orpanage,continued with painting at the girls' room,then went to have lunch at restaurant opp the airport. and continued with painting. after that was games,went to explain to tourguide about the instruction of the games ,so that he can translate it to the kids.cause we have some communication problem with them.lol. so luckily,there's tourguide (: ar-kon ! from there, i can see that the kids are enjoying themselves from the games,no matter how,they are playing the games hardly.they play real hard. they look some cute when they play,esp sochi and hoi (: so does bora! i feel glad for myself and for the kids that really enjoying so much,after that there was performance by the kids,some traditional dance i guess. (: graceful, i was smiling to them to give them confidence,after that we were dancing as well, they pull us to dance with them,but i just dont know how. on our way for dinner, i cried i am thinking that,what would the kids be like when we go and started to think of the expression of the kids when we go which is the next day. my tears just rolled down.dont know why. had dinner at the romantic restaurant.charlie joined us (: we went over to sleep at su place,i share bed with su,i love to stretch that made su feels like some loner sleeps at one corner. and you know what,i was my 3 room mates to wait for me to sleep.haha :D oh ya,i think i helped sochi to shower as well.lol.
20 of nov:
had breakfast,and went to the orpanage,see-ing the kids,i dropped my tears again,as it was our last day at the orpanage. after continue with the painting. (: so that the kids got nice room to sleep in. went to the restaurant which is opp the airport to have lunch,after that went to supermarket to buy some basic food like rice,can food,sweets,biscuts for the kids,i bought cereals for bora,rasa,and lyda,and sochi. (: went back to orpanage,saw the kids,they are supposed to go school,but they skipped school because of us,they are really sweet. (: i cried again,cause i am touched. talked to the girls there, while the kids are having soccer, one of the girl,forgot her name (sorry!) drive me around with the bicycle. she 's just so strong. had mini concerts,and talks from mrs kua,the "mother" of the kids.would really like to thank everyone for this. esp guys,nice singing. i cried and touched by the words of the "mother" ,sochi and the other kids started hugging me tightly,cause we are going to miss them,they started giving me presents,and email,and cards,pictures to us,to remember them. i cried even more.that night,there were a lot of stars in the dark sky. i she bu de them to go,but we have no choice but to go . "germany" guy cried and hugged me,i was surprised,and touched by him,btw,he's a handsome guy. those kids kissed me goodbye,i went up the bus,and cried non-stop. and headed for dinner beside the river. had some crap talk there,those houseflies jokes.
21 of nov:
had breakfast,went to killing fields of choeng ek where the 17000 men,women,children and infants were detained and totured at S-21 prison and transported to the extermination of choeung ek. and visit the ntorious tuol sleng museum (S-21 prison), this former sch was used as a prison by pol pot's security forces,largest center for detention and torture during khmer rouge,i think is so cruel and sick to see all those scenes. went to the opp shop to buy some sounveirs and went for lunch, charlie came and bring insects for them to eat,they said crickets taste the best,and another taste like egg yolk. after that went to preak eng village,to see the weaving techniques used by the locals for garment production,saw lots of scarfs there,saw pigs as well, so cute,but it stinks. back to hotel to rest,and go onto a ship and watched the sunseet,it was so beautiful. (: took lots of pictures.had dinner,went back to orpanage to surprise them, as ade forgot to take banner, an excuse to go back,we secretly ran back and shouted "ah toi" and the kids ran to us and hugged us. i was so touched again,and cried again.i gave them my last regards and say my last last bye to them.went back to hotel,had watching of video till i sleep.
22 of nov:
had breakfast,and depart for siem reap by bus for 6 hrs drive from phnom penh,i was sleeping in the bus with my mp4 and ana.along the way i saw countryside and agricultural activities (: so nice,but there are 2 public farters who loves farting in the bus without giving warning and wake us up from our sleep, they are ariff and syaz,really wake up up with that smell.lol. (: halfway,a "bomb" sound woke us up, the tyre punctured."ABANG GAY BOY" is a strong person , get the thing repaired by himself quickly.i saw cows moving and dead chicken with feathers droving past me. (: cool scene. reached hotel,shared room with ana,had lunch,charlie and his friends join us.he bought us a big bunch of bananas,so nice of him (: board to the boat and went to the floating village,and dinner over there as well,bough sounveirs from there, and watched sunset.went to old market to shop, and wentto old pumpkin,to buy eclairs and ice cream,back to hotel,and have ice cream at teachers' room,the ice cream is so fruity,yum! plays hitting games,charlie played with us as well,but this time i am the mastermind.haha :D
23 of nov:
had breakfast,went to angkor thorm,see the south gate had a long walk under the hot sun,went to bayon temple a place with 54 towers decorated with 200 smille faces,the royal enclosure phimeanakas,the elephant terrace and the terrace of the leaper king. had lunch, and proceed to angkor wat,visit the brick sculptures of prasat kravan ,sunset from phnom bakheng,but when we went up the sun had set lnog ago. i just love all those climbing at this places,great experience agian. andi have accomplish them. (: had dinner,it's buffet,with cultural dancing show,before the show start,we went off to old market to shop for more stuffs,syaz bargaining,is really exaggerating,but thanks for the bargain (:lol. and back to hotel,packed bags talked with harun and syaz,and slept at 2 am.
24 of nov:
depart siem reap for s'pore. but i still miss cambodia and those kids.i will nvr forget you (: do take care ! (: and cabbed home.
will continue tmr ya?bye!
daph will fly well (:
