Thursday, October 9, 2008

Back From Cambodia

Hello Guys it has been 3 days since i returned from cambodia and this trip for 15days has been very fruitful and also an eye opener for me to see the live of the people living in cambodia. I have begin to understand that live is really fragile and we must cherish it. Over the past 15 days of this trip, our team memebers individually have done lots of our own reflection and we shared in within our team and we were like doing it almost everyday after a day's work in this island call koh kor which is know as "Death Island". We went over there to actually help a widow to renovate her house and also to build a school as well. Other than renovating we also carried 100 packets of 50kg Cements which is equal to 5 tonnes of cements onto the island plus those big pillars which is about 80kg and there are 14 of them to be carried. Well it actually drain our energy out during the first few days.

I begin to feel that we are very lucky to be living in Singapore. Life in cambodia is very fragile,unpredictable and the people in the villages don't even have a proper meals for a day lest to mention about their salary which is just less than USD20 for a month. I could only see them having plain porridge and thats all they have for lunch. The villagers lead a very simple life and sometimes i wonder whether do they have a goal in mind or are they just living in this island in a happy-go-lucky way??? well i wonder??? Anyway we should feel glad that over in singapore we actually have more then just porridge and therefore we should not waste food in future.

Well our team actually went over to a island to lend our hand to the villagers over there and also to learn from them as well. The kids there are very adorable and they are very much willing to learn whatever we taught them. The kids age range from 3yrs old to 15yrs old and im surprise that this 15years old kid do not know ABC at all. Quite sad to see them learning Simple english at such a age....

Therefore to summarise this trip, i feel that i have begin to understand life better and also realised that we should be contented with what we have and i also starts to look things in a very different angle like i know what i want in life and somehow i feel that many things are not within our control therefore we need to treasure our family members and friends around us....

Well apart from the community service, the Rest & Relax was superb, Recommendation to you guys out there, Angkok Wat is worth visiting because its one of the 7 wonders in the world, the layout and the structure is truly amazing....Do visit Angkok Wat if you love to see those eyes capturing structure....
This is the island opposite the Tonle Sap river whereby we are crossing everyday to get over there.

This is how the school on the island looks like.....

One of the attap houses in on the island.......Its super small inside....

This is where the kids are having our so called Kindergarten lessons. Should have more kids i think some of them are helping out in the field like feeding the goats etc....

Our team teared down the 4 surrounding walls plus the door.

These strawmats are being used for the walls of the house.
These bamboo are used as the flooring for the house, we actually smoothen the bamboo to prevent those sharp edges from hurting the widow.
]These are bamboo for the flooring as well......

We are nailing those bamboos in...... we have over hundreds of bamboos to be nailed in....

Few of us are doing the nailings while some are doing the walls

Taking few mins break frm the nailings haha...

One of the villagers, my so called god-mother hahaha....

Finally the completion of the House after doing it for almost 5days......

Group photo taken infront of the completed Hut....

Tuk-Tuk ride, first time sitting on it.......
Taken at Angkok Wat.... those structures look damn cool lah

Taken in Angkok Wat.....Worth Visiting....
Taken at Kolap 4 one of the orphangae in the city area in Phnom Penh

She's from Japan.....Cool right??? hahahaha Don't Envy ah

The rooftop of the hut


Are you guys able to spot me???.... haha...


Interior of the hut....

The small classroom where the children age 7 and above have their lessons here.....





My adopted son hehe.....he keeps following me sia..he's only 3 years old

A Singaporean business man in cambodia treated us to this steamboat dinner in Phnom Penh.


Phnom Penh Royal Palace.....


This is very special, its what they called coconut ice-cream and its just selling at opposite our hotel and its less than 2 Sing dollars worth eating....


Our last dinner at this Mexican Restaurant in Phnom Penh before we set off for Siem Reap the next day early morning.....

"Happy Five Friends".......

The weather is damn hot in Angkok Wat...

Time for posing........A 40mins Stop-over in Danang, Vietnam before flying back to Singapore