Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Bintan!

Okay sooo just came back from Bintan 2 days ago.

HAD DAMN ALOT OF FUN!!! :DDDDD

haha I really enjoyed the trip and can't believe I didn't want to go for the trip last time.

Had really alot of fun in the trip. and the fun was of course contributed by lotsa people, like friends, the trainers and even teachers! lol.
I must say this trip impacted me alot and taught me to be thankful and grateful for the things we have in Singapore. the folks in Bintan wasn't so fortunate but they are still living their lives happily. and look at us, every single little thing also complain. THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE PROPER TOILETS! (which rather scared me :X) I learnt alot of things from the folks in Bintan.

The kids. They're a bunch of freaking cute kids. and they are always laughing, smiling, and running about, chasing each other. they don't even have handphones, computers, psp, ps3, ps2, ps1, gameboy (yes, gameboy also don't have!), DS. They don't have any game console at all. and you just draw a circle in the sand, they can play with that circle or in that circle for hours. they can run and chase each other and have fun while doing that. their lives are so simple, yet they can be so happy. why? it is because they don't have the materialistic desire that is in us. we always want the latest games, handphone, ipod, ipad etc etc etc. but seeing how happy the kids are, it just suddenly hit me that we are taking things for granted. and once you look at them, there is this word called "innocence" which will go through your mind. and looking at them happily playing amongst themselves, my heart felt really warm and nice, and I never had a feeling like that before. simply amazing.

The folks. they depend on farming, rearing animals and fishing for a living. they have to support a family all by themselves and sometimes they do not have enough to eat just for 1 day. and we do not need to worry about having food everyday. but they do. however, it seems like they're satisfied with life. they lead simple, carefree lives while over here it's like we need materialistic needs everyday. it was a want, but now it became a must to us. but when I look at them, I just felt like as if we're taking too much. too much resources, too many stuff. but they're still so happy living simple lives in a kampong with chickens and cows. they don't even need the latest LV bag, the iphone4 or whatever. THEY ARE HAPPY LIVING LIKE THAT. and that totally changed my perspective of this.

The orphans in the orphanage. one word to describe them. CUTE! they're so cute! but poor thing too ): I'm so grateful for my parents and brother and grandparents and relatives now. they don't have their family with them. at the most maybe siblings but still no parents. some are abandoned, some of their parents passed on, some of them come from single parent families. so, I am very grateful and thankful for my parents now and I have come to love and treasure them even more.

Well, Bintan changed my life alot, and I can't believe I didn't want to go for it in the first place lol.
now I miss it ):
and the trainers are so encouraging! I suppose that's why they're trainers LOL. I miss their encouragements ): I need encouragements! esp when SOMETHING happened today that pissed me off totally -.- I NEED THE ENCOURAGEMENTS! I need someone to tell me that I can do it, I can soar in the sky. I need someone to tell me that I'm a firework and that I will shine in the sky like the fourth of July (Hmm, Katy Perry anyone? :D LOL) ahh but well, I can encourage myself very well (: LOL for those very close to me you guys will know what I mean HEHEHEHE!

and the trainers might not even see this, but I need to dedicate one song to them.

this is it :


TO SIR WITH LOVE! :D

an old song, but Glee made it nice and famous again. Yay :D HAHAH okay.
yeah this is my feelings towards this trip, esp the trainers and kids. YES, THE KIDS! they taught me something very impt (even thought they threw the ball and paper aeroplanes at me LOL -.-)

and I saw lotsa chickens and saw a few cows in Bintan while bus-ing (Eunice, this is for you LOL). the chickens were so lean, not fat at all, like got muscle one! prolly cos they can run around and exercise and not get caged up like those here lol. they're kampong chickens! HAHAH :D then I saw some chicks, their feather colours is black and white one! half black, half white, on top black, on top white hahah :D SO CUTE LAH!!! :DD actually the chickens brought me joy too :X but they were just so cute lah! and I was so excited to be seeing them too :DDD HAHAHAHHAHAHA okay :X

okay so Camp Day 1 (In Singapore, in school lol) :
awkward.. but archery was fun! but apart from that it was CIP preparations and talks.

Camp Day 2 aka Bintan Day 1 (btw, Bintan time is 1 hour behind Singapore time) :
Ferry to Bintan.
Check in Hostel, put bags etc etc, prepare day bagpack etc etc.
then start Amazing Race on an island!
we had to take a Bochai (Boat) from mainland to the island. quite short lah the distance. but the boat was made of wood and its like just rectangular pieces wood used to built it. and it looked it could sink any moment but it didn't. Thank God! :D LOL but anyways we had our life jackets on so no worry lol. but there were big fishes in the water *faints* Dayna saw the big fish lol. she said she saw the eye. very big! LOL.
then dinner.
then luxurious part of Bintan, the resort. (our Hostel is in the resort, but we went to the hotel part of the resort where the toilets were clean for that night the activities YAY)
then team-building activities (same as Sec 3 camp, the form a circle and sit on each other one, just that now is have to lift up your hands from your partner's back and sing a song lol. then have to walk while sitting down also. damn pain, but fun! :D LOL)
then shower, wash up, and sleep.
(at night before sleep my throat was pain)

Camp Day 3 aka Bintan Day 2 :
woke up, SORE THROAT VERY PAIN AH!!!
then walked over to hotel part of resort for buffet breakfast. the pancakes and omelett/scrambled eggs were freaking AWESOME!!!!! :DDD (the eggs looked like omelett but also looked like scrambled eggs to me O.O and I chose mushrooms for my filling haha :D)
then walked back to dorm to get ready stuff.
bus to orphanage. (okay, for most of the bus journeys I was sleeping except for the bus-ing to the boat point for Amazing Race. that one I was looking out of the window lol)
Orphanage, Delta (my group) played games with the orphans (Bahasa version of Blow Wind Blow and Who What Huh), then tree planting (we planted fruit trees! Rambutan I THINK). after these 2 activities, lunch. after lunch, poster making and interaction with the kids. and that was where I got hit in the head by the ball and paper aeroplanes -.- and where I got ignored by the toddlers too lol. but I like the toddler girl! (there was only 1 toddler girl). I like her! SHE'S SO CUTE!!! :DD I gave her the cute cute stickers that I bought for the CIP cos I like her :DD hehe! she can count from 1-9 in English and pronounce English words when we teach her! hehe so cute lahhhh :DDDDDDD
and then after that was painting. part of my hands got dirty but it was still okay lah, washable haha. cos their paint they use is water-based, smth like poster paint :X not our oil-based paint. that's why can wash off.
then "tour" around orphanage, then bus-ed to dinner (the itinery said seafood kelong, but apparently we went to a restuarant and got the cheapo food. the only seafood we got was fish and prawns LOLOL. i was still expecting crab leh -.- HAHAHA LOLOLOL). after that, bus-ed to dorm, bathe, wash up, then sleep.

Camp Day 4 aka Bintan Day 3 (last day) :
Breakfast same place as Day 3/Day 2.
then went to a local school. played games and interacted with them. and then CIP presentation.
had fun! :D they were all so cute and enthusiastic haha. and they kept smiling at us :D hahahah!
and then bus-ed to Pasar Oleh Oleh (where we had dinner in Day 2/Day 1) for abit of shopping. didn't buy anything cos didn't want to look around and didn't change my money to Rupiah lols. then took pics of loser signs :D
and bus-ed to ferry terminal where it was pouring. (I forgot to mention, when we reached Bintan, it was raining. when we going back to Singapore, raining also. so, come with rain, go back with rain also lol. Wow hahahaha lol!)
had lunch in some room that the Officials let us use (Thank you Officials! :D) my group was passing a bottle of coke down and I was so tempted but apparently I couldn't drink cos of my throat -.-
then ferry back to Singapore.
bus-ed back to school, and then last debrief.
then went SC room take sleeping bag and walked home.
and when back home, I shit until very shuang sia :DDD HAHAHHA! okay :X

yeah so this my trip to Bintan :D
I enjoyed it alot, and I wish that perhaps I could go back there again :D hahah!




this vid is so freaking nice and touching (: Thanks Bro for intro-ing me! haha :D

the song is Peaches by New Heights :


LOVE THIS SONG! :D


MY BIRTHDAY IS 2 MORE DAYS AWAY!! :DDD hahaha

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