the experience of a lifetime.

Amarantine - Enya
You know when you gave your love away
It opened your heart, everything is new
And you know time will always find a way
To let your heart believe it's true

You know love is everything you say
A whisper, a word, promises you give
You feel it in the heartbeat of the day
You know this is the way love is

Amarantine
Amarantine
Amarantine
Love is always love

You know love does sometimes make you cry
So let the tears go they will flow away
For you know love will always let you fly
How far a heart can fly away

Amarantine
Amarantine
Amarantine
Love is always love

You know when love's shining in your eyes
It may be the stars falling from above
And you know love is with you when you rise
For night and day belong to love


Singapore! my hands were raised the moment SQ065 touched down in Changi, Singapore. never would have expected that i would dearly miss everyone, family, the internet, the keyboard and mouse, and many other things! though it was quite fun that i was peeing when the plane hit turbulence, quite a rollercoaster feel! i feel bad though, that i din flinch alil in bangkok to think about the wonderful times spent in Ban Nam Ree Pattana School, which shud have made me tear.
Goodbye Ban Nam Ree Pattana School and Poopayak. You gave me the most wonderful and simply breathtaking scenery i could ever ask for in this urban jungle. You taught me simplicity in life. You challenged me to rise up to serve and teach kids, something i never taught i could do. You made me appreciate each and everyone around me. You made me realise relationships and its strength. You made me my most beautiful memories in JC life. Thank you!
Nano team was fabulous to be with, and to be in! we slogged side by side, washed clothes together, ate on the floor together, slept close to each other in cosy rooms.. most importantly, we never shrugged off our responsibilities when we were called to rise to the challenge. we all compromised and agreed with each other, and i learnt much more about relationships with people!
some say that ocip of such a long length of stay would become draggy, tiring and lousy in spirits especially if people dont get along well. i was afraid of that to happen before i left. now, i can say that never happened the very least! missed home as it would be, but it wasnt to a point of disturbing my happiness there. there were times spirits were low, but we all helped one another and the letterbox thingy really helped alot. in the teaching group and working along with others, i knew i had to take the largest step in compromising, so i became the easy-going, anything-also-can fella. it was not abit tough or eating into me to see people asserting themselves with ideas that may not have agreed with wad i think. but the most important thing was that those ideas succeeded, and that's all that matters! happiness is what you choose to believe and cherish, and that's prolly the one big thing i learnt to appreciate in the 20 days stay over there! it wasnt draggy because everyone helped each other and had alot alot of fun together! i know at times i choose to be rather isolated to think about things that happened and come to terms with emotions, but i believe i have tried quite hard to make an effort to mix around with different groups of people. i used to think that's stupid and people wud be awkward with me jutting in from nowhere, but i felt nothing of that sort over there at least. the people and scenery there were simply majestic and the hospitality is as good as home's!
i have never regretted signing up for this ocip, or to have to miss prom nite 2005. i never had a hard time in these 20days because i was myself and had fun together with everyone. but if i had to regret about something, i would have it as not hugging the everyone in primary 6 and cry. that's something i will never get to do again, and those kids knew it too. i wud miss that place and the kids alot alot. i have fond memories to take away in pictures, but the experience there with the kids, the teachers and the nano team cannot be consolidated or expressed by mere pictures. it has to be experienced personally. i was there. and i conquered.
it was indeed an experience of a lifetime.
Thank you everyone!