the post that was supposedly posted right after the trip.. haha



HELLO. weiling is back from cambodia! this five-day trip made me gain a lot of insights. we visited the one of the villages, the city, as well as the garbage dump where some people pick rubbish for a living. looking at the differences, i cant help but to feel ashamed. u'll find urself questioning as a singaporean, wad is there still for us to complain about? i've always found this line very typical and cliche but maybe we just have to experience it ourselves in order to understand this inexplicable feeling.



it's such a simple lifestyle that the people there lead. they trust people so easily without being skeptical like many of us back here in singapore. seeing a stranger smile and approach us makes us ponder if he has any motive, but the same situation makes them reciprocate and treat the stranger with more warmth and homeliness. seeing a smile on their faces is as easy as ABC..



looking at the differences, i realised there are so many things that we should learn from them. such as how to appreciate things that we have around us but take for granted, like having running clean water, bug-free homes, non-congested roads, sneeze-free air etc. and see the beauty of simplicity. the water at the vilage homestay was disgusting cos it was brown and smells of metal. u'll even find tonnes of dead little bugs corpses lying on ur sink early in the morning hahaha. we also had to constantly fan our hands at the dining table to chase the flies away which made me sulk at the extent of dirtiness of the place. felt so loserish when i was one of those who screamed my lungs out when tiny little bugs flew towards me. though they were less educated, their high level of resilience has already beat us all. i suddenly feel so pampered.



it's such a heartwarming sight to see the children at the village treating animals like the cows (which looked like XXL size dogs) and roosters (which acted like irritating alarm clocks early in the morning) as part of their families, looking at you with the most sincere smile. but it's heart wrenching when they seem as though they have found gold after receiving a bundle of second hand clothes and an old soft toy each from us.



it was also sad to hear stories from the several households we visited with people with disabilities. there was a lady with physical disability who was almost sold to thailand to beg for money when her father arrived just in time and carried her all the way back home. somehow i feel so inspired by their wishes and hopes for the future. when questioned, that lady said she wanted to be able to go to the market one day and a little girl with physical disabilities as well said that she wanted to wear shoes and be able to walk. even people with inadequacies have great dreams and hopes, the more the rest of us should dare to dream and chase our dreams.



on the fourth day, we visited the garbage dump site where some people pick rubbish for a living and stay there. seems like it was gold that the children there see when we presented them with food and old clothes. it was a gruesome sight. and very sad to see the aggressiveness and greed that we had indirectly encouraged the children from the snatching and fighting.



we also visited the popular tourist sites, the musuem and the killing field where prisoners were being tortured during the polpot regime. it's amazing how humans can submit to power and become so beastly under authority. and it was the very first time that i caught the sunset. :D we caught the sunset for 2 consecutive days! once on the ox cart, the second time on a boat! so beautiful.. the sun was like an egg yolk dipped in some char siew soup. kie maybe i was hungry.



haha. did some shopping at the russian market too. you ppl have souvenirs from me! :D haha. oh man the things were so cheap that i swear u wont feel like spending money when u return to singapore. visited two organisations that serve the people with disabilities too. one which manufactures fake limbs and another which helps the disabled with employment. :) very interesting to see the procedure.



on day five, we flew back. omg and i had diarrhoea. =_= hahaha. wonder if it's jet lag but haf been feeling giddy during the entire trip up till now. oh man. hahaha. and i must say that taking the plane is such a fun experience!! hahaha. and noooo i refuse to agree that it's like giving birth even though some of them said i could say that to my grandchildren next time if they asked me how is giving birth like.. haha once we landed and when my dad and i entered the mrt train, i dropped dead.. sooo tired. and glad to breathe in the dust-free air in spore once agn haha.



First day:

At rachel's house before flight! featuring rachel and juowi, our cooks for the day

so cuteee

and tada. the grown up version.

awww so homely :D

on our way to airport! the nice uncle who let the 5 of us board his car

juowi looks farnie XD

liqin! who came to see us off :D

awww

2B02! <3

me, papa, mama. jiejie where are u!

HAHAHA.

BOARDING THE PLANE!!!

our virgin flight

shh.. i took this secretly. not supposed to take photos at that time.

MY 1ST MEAL ON THE PLANE!!

this girl stole my camera and camwhored for a few min

the moon!! we were dont-know-how-many km off the land!

REACHED!!!

*constipation*

after pooing, *relieved*

on the 2-hour bus ride from airport to khmer village

REACHED! GROUP HUG!

Second day:

breakfast! v home-cooked. i like! esp salted egg :D

boon-toe-derk. meaning toilet!

racial harmony

the children with disabilities

and my battery died cos dumbdumb me forgot to change battery after the first night -_-

Third day:

our homestay! nice rite!

handsome boy!! we taught him how to hi-five and there was his hand, stuck in that position for a few sec

dont noe wad disability he had. but damn cute.

the first house in the village that we visited. this is a 13-year old girl. doctors couldnt diagnose wad disability she had :(

this boy has intellectual disability. so touching to see him smile when i put the toys into his hands

this lady wasnt able to walk properly and had to crawl

end of visits. hence, start of camwhoring!

so sweet :)

their see-saw

ox cart ride!! the bumpy ride plus the cow poop the cows released everywhere were traumatizing i swear. and poor thing. they had ropes tied to through their nostrils

we got the most handsome ox rider!

pee and mee

amazing sunset :)

back. and dinner!

petrina: why this longan no flesh one.*spits out longan full of flesh*

our longan peeler. yum

tastiest meal those three days

bonfire! madalene looks like some star

Fourth day:

On our way to the genocide musuem

the 14 corpses found after the disaster were buried here

the torturing weapons and room where the prisoners stayed

the cubicles for the lower class prisoners

skulls of the deceased. most of those in individual cabinets have got gun shot holes :(

LUNCH. the tastiest egg dish i've ever come across. steamed chicken egg plus century egg plus salted egg

the toufu which had detergent smell. hahaha. and that's my sec 2 class no. behind!

TWINNY! she looks so cute here.

at the killing field.

the 'magic tree' where ppl used to hang a loudpeaker which made the sound louder to avoid the moan of victims while they were being executed :(

where some of them were being thrown down and buried alive

R.I.P

on our way to the garbage dump site

house on stilts!

the garbage dump site :( literally garbage mountains

while distributing food and clothes.. they snatched and fought. :( we shdve handed to the teachers to distribute equally to them instead

i wonder wad would happen if one snapped

boat ride!

my dining mates that evening

mr tan! he looks so cute here

fried bugs eeks!

Fifth day:

BANGS

EMO FRINGE

:D

last breakfast in cambodia. yum.

at the organisation which manufactures fake limbs. these feet look like cheese before being baked in the oven

LUNCH!

foreign darlie advocates.

this guy corrected my "asparagoose" in front of the whole table of ppl -_-

last meal in cambodia! the dessert is cute. some jelly thing with tao sa inside

lady gaga refuses to take a picture with farmer fan

the special wheelchair which is hand ridden

the society which creates employment for the handicapped

amazing drawing using marker

the grumpy kid who was mimicking the disabled handling the handicrafts to attract attention haha

one of their handmade items

pweety!

going home!

i think she misses her chubby bunny

"miss.. please move to the rear" HAHAHA

TWINNY!

HAHAHA.

1st stamp in my empty passport!!!

ehh mad. u anyhow snap. why u so liddat.

we met a tourist from US. hahaha. sorry ange! :X

gootbye cambodia!!

so yeah. that sums up the whole of my cambodia trip :)

hi all. i just discovered smth scary and still in a state of shock. the bf of my junior in poly is one of my 1st 3 months JC eyecandies! the world is so scarily small! and i just got to noe too that one of mi sec 4 classmates is my current coursemate's p3 classmate.


haha well, had my first business etiquette and image class today which was super fun. will be learning dining etiquette and professional make-up too. so excitinggg. anw, there was this person at the atrium who asked if i was free today to go on a date with his fren just now. hahaha. this world is full of randomness.


Weiling's status: studying law now cos there's a test tmr! proudly to say, juvenile justice has just been completed! :D but still left with a lecture on divorce with 72 slides -_- she thinks lawyers are really intelligent but scary people, like her teacher who is a lawyer, lecturer, and a part time actor on channel 8. turning into a zombie soon cos she's still slogging through her revision notes in school at this hour. craving for bao bei mian from beauty world and shaker fries. and hoping tt the lights dont get switched off any moment before she leaves cos there'll be kukus invasion.


and last but not least, she will finish the post on bdae and cambodia piccas tmr.. heh tata! :)

1stly, CCA sharity gift box food and money donation in school, and publicity of food collection are over! :D many many thanks to frens who donated, whether golden coins, a purple or a red dollar note, i noe it comes from your heart. so esp those who were only left with only a meagre bit of money left as your allowance but still donated, and also not forgetting those who came down on sat for the publicity, really appreciate you guys for that :) btw during the door-to-door giving out of flyers, 2 cute little girlgirl and boyboy prob 3-4 years old from one of the households called me mei nü! ahhh so happie luh. hahaha. after the event, headed to cine to celeb mr kenn's bdae, and then to my aunt's house to celeb ahma's bdae! :) i love my mama's ribeana jelly.. yum.

oh yes. caught paranormal activity on wednesday with girls and kenn at marina square and omg. i was freaked out like totally. feel so loser cos i actually cried even though i had hands over my face and ears almost all the time -_- but the scenes, especially when the lady got dragged out from her bed silently, were so scary. and i was conned into believing that it was a real story that i actually cldnt get to bed that night luh. but luckily a fren called to chat with me till i was sleepy -_-hahaha! headed to sch for proj aft tt while kenn left to holland v. this was wad we did aft hours of brain juice squeezing. hahaha :D

btw a huge cockroach just flew into my room and we just spent 15 min staring at each other cos i didnt dare to move a single step until mi papa came to my rescue.. and random. looking through my photos, i found this one when i was young. anyone recognises a tad of similarity between this and the one above? hahaha.

but hey. i wasnt that manly all the time okay. this was at KAP!

yay. looking forward to:
Thurday 26/11- S.T.O.P @ rebel!
Friday 27/11- stayover @ loft :)
Sat 28/11- sharity gift box collection of food :)
Sun 29/11- AHEM SPECIAL SPECIAL DAY!
Next Mon 30/11- CAMBODIA! (till friday) & nana's end of exams=party!

omg im so addicted to online shopping. diesxz. okie time to sleep! toodles~ :)

yesterday, my class celebrated an early bdae with me, and a late one for our classmate pearlyn. i kena sabo-ed agn like last year. same cake somemore. all thanks to peepee ah. while i was happily eating the cake away, this girl sneak-attacked me with blobs of choc cream onto my cheeks. and they bullied my totoro agn. mr glen hung him on the screen of a lecture hall instead of a tutorial classroom this time. :( but well, i saved him for the 2nd time! and i hung mad's domo too. *evil smug* hahaha! many many thanks to my lovely class anyway! :)

totoro is Y

aft sch, had a bdae celeb with primers weihao and a belated one for yingting. it was loadsa fun sabo-ing them. they had to put these on and help us buy teh peng at the drink stall. hahaha! and the aunty didnt dare to look at him! omg i cant stop laughing, looking at these photos. but yeecheng asked wad other ideas we shve come up with and i, being a dumbdumb as usual, suggested stockings. he said good idea. i think im doomed.
-________________- anw hope they enjoyed the surprise we prepared. :D

at night, met up with TAS jitsiong and old sec sch frens, mingjun and mingxian, at alameen. :) didnt manage to snap a grp photo though. and jitsiong didnt want to be captured! D: haha i wish i could meet up with old frens more often. i miss my frens!

the yesss-finally-my-food-is-here face

butter chicken here i come!

mingxian's right cheek got scratched by hair

I find this very sweet. "To me, everyone is beautiful" - Luqman, a visually handicapped.

anw, i just cut my fringe. BANGS ARE BACK! gonna regrow the fringe so that the rebonded part is gone and then bob!

and omg. why does sweet potaytay suddenly taste like banana?
cravings: popeye's smashed potaytay, kinder bueno, nissin tom yum, campbelle's mushroom potage soup, vitasoy original. wld somebody be so nice to buy me these? :) oh dear i feel like a pig..

counting down: 18 more days to cambodia :) my 1st overseas trip ever! wootwoot. :D but uh oh, tt'll mean 3 jabs :(

Yesterday was TAS 33rd anniversary night, an annual event held for every last batch of passed down councils. triggered back the sentimental memories of my own 32nd annite times last year, when i was in the organising committee as the programme coordinator. esp the closeness that many of us shared then, and all the silly things we did. it was a short yet unforgettable journey. well, at least to me. :)


how time flies.. and a year has gone. looking back, everyone has grown so much, especially the 34th councils, friends whom i once worked together with in the 32nd annite organising committee. seems like it was just yesterday that everyone was a child. and today, all has changed. boys to men, girls to ladies. it's sucha heartwarming feeling to see everyone again.


we watched a video that two of the 33rd councils made for the rest. i was so so so touched. some friendships are fragile as glass, yet, there can be others unbreakable like diamond.
"the road starts at forever, ends at never".


Welcome to the family of TAS
Share your love, share your life, share your troubles
Day by day, week by week, we come closer
The Adventure Seekers grows with you.


Come and join the family of TAS
Strong and fit, sweet and smart, that you will be
Be happy, be friendly, but don't be lazy
We salute to The Adventure Seekers!

today, we learnt about autism. reminded me of this boy with autism whom i used to teach at a childcare centre. this child, always threw tantrums. he would seem to be absorbed in his own world, snatch toys from others, talk to himself at times and even resort to violence if he didnt get his way. however, in this picture, notice the smiles on the faces of these little ones. despite the inconsistent and bizarre behaviour he displayed, they called him, "my friend". makes me envious of how simple minded children can be. at times, if only grown-ups were to learn from them, to forgive and forget, wouldnt the world be a happier place to live in?

it's a monday again. still in an attempt to enter the mugging and slogging mood. ahh. bad girl. concentrate!


Things to take note of during counseling:

1. S: Face the client SQUARELY
   O: Adopt an OPEN posture
   L: Can LEAN towards the other
   E: Maintain good EYE contact
   R: RELAXED, or natural in these behaviour
2. Paraphrase
3. Summarise
4. Reflect
5. Open ended questions
6. Prompt
7. Probe

baobao is Y :)

HAPPIE HALLOWEEN!! no party nor celebration, but still, dropped by town ytd with junxian and we saw so many people dressed up in costumes. haha there were angels, skeletons, gothic faces and many more that we saw on the streets. looked really fun. shdve brot my camera along -__- and thanks for the candy cane! but oh. i missed the GLs re-lac outing at sentosa. :(


haha went to work once again at toysrus on friday. was feeling moody initially cos it was supposed to be fun friday but i actually had to work :( but guess wad. a little caucasian boy at toysrus gave me this for halloween! "do u want one? well, i can give it to u!" american accent plus that wide grin on that cherubic face sums up to absolute cuteness! and that made my day!

anw, i've been feeling happy these few days. especially last friday, i bumped into someone! still as cute as before. :) and according to a friend, we were both so distracted. oops :X hahaha. have been bumping into many old friends in school nowadays and with that, just makes my day. seeing familiar faces around the campus, with a simple wave or smile, simply reminds one of his existent and brings him the homeliness feel. there were lotsa laughter during meetings with cca mates too.

and finally, i wanna express my heartfelt gratitude and say many thanks to people who were there for me when i was lost and troubled, putting up with my rants, lending me shoulders to cry on, the comforting hugs you all gave, buying me choc or candies to cheer me up, waking up in the middle of the night by my msgs, even times like simply sitting beside me and acting like a clown which made me smile..

*sorrie i dont have your photo so i koped from fb

though it died in the end, i guess it's smth good. gonna become stronger. and im glad im over it. like wad my sister said, "as long as the person is the right one, it doesnt matter even if tt's ur 20th". and as i learn from experiences, i noe i will do better in the next one, for someone else. in fact, having thought back, i should feel happy for him that even if he cant be the best to me, he can be one to someone else.

as for now, gonna strive hard for my As once again. TARGET: 3.7
and look forward to new motivations!
shopping and eating spree with shiwan!
clubbing and shopping aft nana's 'A's!
many many more!
counting down: 28 more days! X)