i'm back with 1,857; 2.91GB loads of photos and videos. and i didn't really shoot in super high res.
i treasure those photos.
alot.
b4 i get into the mood of Singapore, i'd better blog about all that i have to say.
well, this trip... to me... i went with a heart that's unprepared. and yea, i did face my expected set of probs. on the bright side, this trip was really a spiritual rope that pulls me back to where i'm supposed to be.
i'm like deterring from the path that's so-called 'right'.
the evangelistic part was really a struggle to me. but this trip, because of the special nature of it which i can't really explain here, things are done quite differently from how we usually do it. but all i can say is that i really really enjoyed myself with the team. there were only the 11 of us, and out of this 11, 8 are youths. eve, sam, faith, rain, peter, jonathan, emma, and i. peter's like the doctor and the youth- basically everything.
i found myself a little tired out at first because quite a no. of the memebers are new or haven't really gone for a while. i felt alittle uncomfortable by how things were carried out (also because of the nature of the trip). honestly, there were times, i can say that, we really took prayer for granted.
we didn't pray b4 we 'performed', before we travelled and all. we just took God's grace for granted and went on to do the stuff that we needed to do. i'm acutally quite unhappy about that and honestly, really wanted to talk to one the the liangs who weren't there. ahhas. over there, the ppl i really missed were the liangs, the lums, and joel nah. hahahas. joel nah's like our resident akha translator. haha. but i'm glad that there was this nite that we sat down and talked about our struggles and really had a great ball of a time- in the dark (making funny noises and discovering new found talents amongst us.) HAHHA.
we did face some attacks. mainly, the usual sick viruses. uncle james and i were coughing. he's even down with fever. i had the flu. major flu- where i can't even open my eyes kind. and, towards e end, even Boonthong fell sick. boonthong's sort of like our resident thai driver, strong big gentle giant, he fell sick. that's how bad the pollution was that's caused by the slashing season- burning of the fields. also, on the day of departure- jonathan didn't have a ticket. like omg. shocked and shaken. haha. in the end, he got the ticket the next day. boonthong drove like for about 4 hours through the really whining road just to get him and back. the villages we went too were pretty much inaccessible as the roads were really bumpy.
the youths had our fair share of fun sitting at the back of the pick up truck with all the dust flying. we're literally suffering; but in laughter. hahas. oh yea. eve, uncle james and i bathe in the hot spring. shiok hot water but thats also where aunty elaine slipped and had a deeeep cut on her foot. 6 stitches yow- by our dr. peter moeyy. haha.
when the team went back to Singapore, leaving me with uncle james all alone, was sad ok. really wanted like one of them to stay on with me. hahas. so yea, the extra 2 days was spent recce-ing the new villages for the dec trip. honestly, i had fun. all thanks to boonthong. we really became good friends through this wk esp during these last 3 days. just like yesterday, we visited 7 villages. was super tired. while uncle james speaks to the headman of the villages, boonthong and i would explore round the villages, taking photos and seeing weird plants. on the day b4, we even went to a village at night that really didn't have electricity at all. it was pitch black. when we arrived, the kids were like playing in the dark like as if they had super sonic eyes to see each other.
tired. uncle a and aunty p was also there. we stayed in their house. hahas. (:
so anyway.
i've really got alot of things to say. but i guess i can type all these just for now. will post some photos up here on this post. or, pls go facebook much later on. (: can only post photos of us and not of the specific villages or mission partners.
so as of now, my face is covered with mosquito bites and my fingers- wierd bites. hahas.
i'm like trying to move back into the pace of singapore. with the active facebook and 104 new emails, i feel like a mountain tortoise.
currently, i just feeling that i dont need all these stuff. i dont need my bike, touch, bowling, facebook, trainings, dance and all. i just need God, food, and fellowship. i know that i'm still trying to find that thin line of balance.
on the final note,
kinda thought out of it already. u know facebook, when u had an account, u didn't add me while u added all the friends. hahahs. we've probably have like 70 over mutual friends and your name keeps appearing on the 'friend you may know' section. so irritating. u know, in thailand, i really thought of u. and u know i had a major discovery. uncle james actually READ the note i WROTE TO YOU. yes. he said he found it on the floor/ in his car... he read it, and THROW IT AWAY. omgs. i was literally dumb folded. hahas. the whole feeling of it is just wierd. i'm actually quite clear of how i feel about this whole thing right now, like finally. just waiting for u to wake up i guess. hahas. i'm out of it, so i've decided, ok, i should really grow up. learn to put things aside and really mean it. so yea, i've decided to take that step to just add u on fb. sounds stupidly childish, but really. for the amount and weight of things that we've gone through, that click to me- has finally lost its meaning. so i clicked 'add as friend' today. ahha. and indeed, i hope that i've really added u as my friend and that't it. i can't be bothered to go think anymore about all this nonsense.
now, i just got to adjust life, set some priorities and seek stuff that pleases God that makes me genuinely happy. but well, i do miss touch alot. i do miss my bicycle alot. hahas.
HAIZ. i want to be a villager.
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