HELLO!!!!

BACK FROM CAMBODIA!!

MISSED ME?!

actually i was back yesterday! anyway when i got back had super shiok lunch at swensens with jean, moi kit and BUDDY!(hui ling) oh and buddy's aunt who paid for everything and refused to let us pay her back!

anyway CAMBODIA was a really good experience for a city dweller like me. it is really different there. AND there was so MANY good photo opportunities there!!!!i hate myself for not bringing my camera. now let me do a recount of what we did from DAY ONE til the day we got back!

DAY ONE! - Singapore to Phnom Pen

was at the airport around 5pm. realised from my house to the airport by car was only 10 minutes. so i was a little early. but trust me everyone else was earlier. checked in and when for dinner. dinner-ed with Jean, esther, hui ling(BUDDY!), moi kit and Jacintha and Rachel who came to send us off.

while we were walking to the gate everyone was pretty much on the high like REALLY HIGH! there was this lady carrying a basket of metal balls of candy with disney characters on them she was giving them out and asking us if we like to get free tattoos or something. the first thing jean asked her was (refering to the candy) "is it free?!" everyone got even higher after that.

after that we got onto the plane. we were all super sua gu since it was the first time on a budget airplane. trust me even the ticket was budget. it was more like a receipt than a air ticket.

reached Phnom Pen around 8pm something Cambodia time. got high again. but we had to contain our highness and maintain mode "C" haha. suppered and then checked into our hotel. the room was pretty okay. roomy was HUI LING!! our room was the only room that had a bath tub and it was biggest.haha!!

DAY TWO! - Dumpsite school.

i think this day was the day that impacted me a lot. A LOT. to think that these kids live in such conditions it really impacted us that these kids definitely need us to reach out to them. and the fact that all these kids are all suffering from malnutrition is so real. their hair looked like its dyed brown, golden at first glance we all thought that was cool but when we think about it, its very sad that they are all malnutritioned. and another example is that there was this 2 boys they are 14 years old and they look 10. they are only up to my shoulder or less. this shows how under nurished they are. btw one guy resembled DOUGIE for MCFLY. seriously. i'm not kidding you. even jean thought the same way. okay moving on. we sang songs with them, played games and thought them about hygiene. the kids there are SOOO CUTE!!! and we all agreed on ONE fact. Cambodian kids are cuter than kids in Singapore. WHY? because singaporean kids are more pampered and cry a lot more.

DAY THREE - GB in Cambodia, Tuol Sleng museum and shopping at russian and central market

we went to the shop which was selling things that the girls in GB in Cambodia made. bought some stuff there. spent US$11. haha. after that we went to Tuol Sleng S21 museum. where we got an insight of Cambodia's Genocide History. we went to visit the interrogation chambers, torture and cells. there were still blood stains on the floor and everything. when we went to see the cells we all could smell the musty smell of death, torture, the pain and suffering. even when we left the museum that smell still lingers in our noses. the sense of sadness just filled the entire place. the faces of the prisoners just speak of their lost of hope, joy, just pain, sadness and suffering.

after that we went shopping at the Russian market which brought our moods up. i shopped a lot there. one main highlight was my red nike dunks (US$16) and my green gap pullover (US$8)!!!!!!!the best part? they were ORIGINAL. i was super happy!!!! i think i spent abt US$80 altogether at both markets.haha!! i went MAD!! really i did.
anyway throughout the entire trip i was left with US$4, you don't want to know how much i brought in the beginning. you would flip. trust me.

after the shopping spree we took a 3 hour ride to Baray village. sit until my butt almost fell off. where we stayed was actually really nice. khmer life homestay. we slept in like huts and all. it was kinda cool.
dinner was actually really good had a cultural show then had our first night in the village. couldn't sleep. roomed with hui ling, ms lee and ms chang. it was a satuday night so they were like partying or something the music was ANNOYING!

DAY FOUR - church service, funfair, horse and cow cart ride.

church service was a great eye-opener for me about christians in Cambodia. they were like full of joy when praising the Lord. the way they worship God was breathtaking. i felt shameful to be a christian. if only we can praise the Lord that way. after that was funfair, i'm sure everyone there had fun. when i saw all that joy on the people's faces when they collected their prizes it really was impactful.

after that we took the horse cart and ox-cart. around the village that was really cool. it was kinda messy though.

DAY FIVE - interaction with village kids and english lessons at Baray high school.

the kids were all so cute!!!!!!!!seriously and i think i work better with toddlers. after that we went to the high school!! the girls there are so cool!! they are just so curious about everything and they are so eager to learn!! but they pronounce seven as SE-VON. and watermelon as WATERMILON, it takes a while to understand what they are trying to say. its pretty awesome. they even know what's i love you in korean and chinese. haha. they even asked me if i had a boyfriend when they knew i was 14. this shows how different our culture is from theirs at 19 they are going to get married soon.

DAY SIX - english lessons at Baray high school and travel to siem reap.

we worked with a different group of girls this time. but they were equally curious. and willing to learn. after that we traveled to siem reap. on bus. 3 hours again. this time i didn't sleep at all.i was just stoning out the window. my butt and legs was like numbed. dinnered and checked into the hotel. there was no lift. haha only stairs. and my room was the smallest and everyone elses was bigger and their toilet has a bath tub except mine. unlike the first hotel. everyone had no bath tub except mine. hahaha i guess God is fair.

DAY SE-VON - ANGKOR WAT

angkor wat was amazing!!!! when you get there you just can't believe that all that was build by hand!!without and machines or anything. the king's bathing pool is like twice the size of a olympic pool. and his 2000 over concubines has a bathing pool less than half the size of his. took a lot pictures with davina's camera. hahaha. we took a jumping pic picture in front of angkor temple at sunset. i think that will be my most favourite picture ever! that night we all slept around 1am plus. we were partying and packing. and we all woke up at 5am because our flight was at 8am.

DAY EIGHT - SIEM REAP to SINGAPORE!!!!

i bought a new wallet and notebook at the Siem Reap airport duty free. i slept like a log on the plane. i even dreamed abt *fill in the blank* . the moment we got off the plane went lunched at swensens!!!!!!! super shoik!!!!hahaha

when i got home, showered told myslf to take a nap at 4pm.in the end i slept at 4pm woke up at 10 something this morning. and i didn't dream at all. i had no idea how tired i was until i woke up. amazing huh? haha.

i guess this is about it. will upload all the pics when they come along.