FINALLY, my aunt flew back to sarawak yesterday!
haha, oops, do i sound relieved and abit too happy?
for the 5 days which she was here, i hadn't been able study quite effectively.
had been going out almost every single day. and the hot weather didn't make me feel like studying at all. :(
haiz die liao lor.
anyway, last fri-sat, i went for famine camp.
i signed up for the camp last year too, but i didn't go in the end.
this time, i finally got to experience the feeling of going without food for 30 hours.
it wasn't as agonising as it seemed but it got abit intolerable towards the end when we started to anticipate the food at the end of the camp.
i have learnt alot through the camp, about children with aids who lost their parents since young and have to struggle to make a living for themselves.
my group facilitator, unlike some other facilitators, was someone who was kinda serious and always reminding us of the objectives of the camp and asking us for our reflections after the end of each activity. and that, i feel, was what made the camp even more meaningful.
she shared with us her experiences during her trip to the impoverished areas.
and she said she has started on child sponsorship since 18 years old! up till now, at the age of 28, she has already sponsored 10 children.
she had inspired me pretty much. and right now, one of my main goals in life is to sponsor a child! :)
here's a couple of pictures from the camp!
day two, we had to go around from door to door to collect newspapers and old clothes at the tampines hdb estate.
my group did 6 blocks of flats.
could you imagine how exhausted we all felt by the end of the 3 hours we took after climbing up and down the stairs, knocking from door to door and carrying heavy loads of newspapers and clothing from one location to another under the blazing hot sun with an empty stomach?
haha but we survived nevertheless.
then we headed down to downtown east for the finale concert.
and the highlight was, A-mei, who was also the world vision ambassador, performed for us!
oh i forgot to mention that i got to see her quite close up during the opening ceremony in day one! she looked really pretty in person. haha
and finally came the moment we all had been waiting for.. break fast!
haha everything tasted so nice after being deprived of food for 30 hours.
:D
today i initially wanted to go jurong bird park for the world donors' day carnival but i still felt unwell after falling sick last night. :(
so the whole day i spent my time lazing around at home and had a very good rest. haha
the first phase of my study plan had already gone down the drain.. :(
but at least it's not too late to start from the second phase eh?
haha i always try to find ways to console myself.
plan B, here i come!
:)