i’m guilty as charged..
initially wanted to use this blog as a platform for people to get connected to voluntary work, especially independent efforts
but where i’m staying, i do not get internet on my laptop
hence the lack of updates
anyways, i’ve got a new haircut!
short hair is great for voluntary work especially when you’ve got no shower heads, no heater, having to shower extremely cold water in cold weather with the wind blowing in to the almost outdoor bathroom, and at times extremely hot weather!
during my short visit back to Malaysia, Josephine Woon (Jo) whom i met 4 years back posted on facebook that she’s got some baby clothes to give away.. so i contacted her and got a HUGE luggage worth of baby’s and kids clothes along with a few smaller bags of kids stuff..
and when i told her about the kids and them not having english books and colour pencils, she went out and bought me a whole load of them!
THANK YOU JO!
the following two pictures were taken with my phone (nokia e72).. the quality is.. questionable.. sorry
before i landed, i posted on my facebook that i needed notebooks and pens and blackboard dusters..
in less than an hour, Charlene Yap, whom i also met 4 years back said that she’ll buy them for my students!
here is a shot of my adult class using the workbook Jo got with the pens that Charlene bought..
THANK YOU CHARLENE!!
i was pretty sure my luggages were gonna be overweight.. so the night before i was going to fly back to Lao, i took a chance and emailed Mr. Tony Fernandes and told him about my situation
the next day, i got an email from Frank Bateman of Customer Care informing me that i’ve been awarded 15kg extra on top of the 30kg that i bought! And that my new flight itinerary was already waiting in my inbox for print!
that was AWESOME!
i had 45kg total!
THANK YOU MR. TONY FERNANDES and FRANK BATEMAN!
although, at the airport, i was charged RM100 cos i was 5kg over my 45kg..
-.-
oh well.. its for the kids.. its worth it!
too bad the lady at the counter was super rude to me, the security too.. when i walked pass them, they looked at me and went “seorang je bawak semua ni?!” (one person bringing so much stuff?!) *sarcastically*
oh well..
and THANK YOU MOMMY for the IQ books, pencil boxes, colouring books, and toys for Kao and Lo
THANK YOU NING for the clothes for them too
so i gave a huge bag of baby clothes, few toys, new bottle to baby Matthew, will upload pictures if i can.. the parents were super grateful they thanked me publicly on Sunday..
gave the notebooks and pens to my adult students who were super happy and excited some of them started using them already, the rest felt it too precious so they decided to keep them for later
gave jewellery to my Lao mom and Matthew’s mom.. its something when you see them wear it over and over
gave the colour pencils to the kids
gave some IQ and colouring books with toys and colour pencils to Kao and Lo (two kids at the farm) and they were super duper mega excited when i taught them how to do the IQ games! that was a sight to behold.. the joy on their faces!
and later on used the colouring english books with the kids english class and they LOVED english class for the first time since i’ve been there (i’ve only taught them a few times).. they LOVED the books, Poo even hugged the book almost the entire time unbelieving that its hers to keep.. the rest had to ask my permission whether they can colour every single picture in that lesson.. its their first time actually colouring..
the things we take for granted, others treasure with all their hearts
certainly puts things into perspective, time and time again
