Wednesday, January 17, 2007
gahhhh i'm feeling super nostalgic. was reading through my reflections book for the project holdinghands cambodia trip.... and read what i wrote there:
Day 7
...haha i think I'm more attached to this place than any other place I've been to. and even though the living conditions / hygiene level here isn't as good as the other places, I really have come to fall in love with all the people here. In Cambodia, people lead a simpler life.... and I guess they appreciate more things in life. It's time to reflect on how precious the simple things in life can be to me. For example even being able to wake up to see my mom's face and hug her is something I thank God for. ... ...Day 15 [i'm on the bus leaving for siem reap now]
It was a strange feeling to leave the orphanage after the two weeks we had spent there. Every single detail of the place felt so familiar; so much like a second home to me. I never really realized how attached I'd gotten to the place and the people, and how much I was going to miss them. I guess I'd come here expecting to serve the local community, but ended up learning so much more from them. Truly, as Helen Keller said, "The best and the most beautiful things in this world cannot be seen or even heard, they must be felt with the heart." The two weeks here have been one of the best and most beautiful experiences I've ever had, and I think these memories will always remain in my heart.ok those are just a few of the random things i wrote in my booklet but obviously I'm not gonna publish my entire book -_-
ok please ignore me. I'm just being randomly nostalgic. but yes yes please don't worry about me. thankyou to everyone who has prayed for me and for kousuke's e-mail with a super long list of encouraging verses o_____o i'm ok, really. and getting adjusted to school life once again. :D
anyway here's chamreun and me!
and here's Pov, the cutest little boy ever :D
oh maaan and group photos! haha i
love these people <3
oh and of course, when we visited the Singapore embassy in Cambodia Pnom Penh, we started foolin' around too haha. Here's me, wanfen, angie and Yiliang lol. and yes that's free tea the embassy gave us :D
haha i miss everyone from project holding hands... it's quite sad cos i don't see anyone around in school much. but everyone was seriously awesome. (: kk. i'm going off now.
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