it all started when an email was sent to us about an upcoming trip to sabah and well, whatever that happened after that was history.
in such a short period of 14 days, i have learnt many new life skills. survival skill? haha. nah. much more than that. one of such would be communicating skill? to learn to accommodate with each other and show acceptance even though we might not agree with their behaviours.
it was only halfway through the trip that made most of us realised that we benefit more from sabah and not vice versa.
i believe that they can still get money from other organisation even without our financial assistance but without them, i believe that i would have never come close to such an experience.
their strength made me feel so feeble. never in my life have i seen a singaporean dress like how they do. when i first saw their dressing (with tattered and torn shirt and bare-footed), i was taken aback. they cannot even afford comfortable looking clothes and what about food? do they have enough food everyday? that really got me thinking.
i complained when i was bathing (the water was hell!), eating (eggs everyday!), walking (the distance you have to walk everyday was unbelievable!) but i am thankful that i went for this trip because it makes me a stronger person and well, discover many things in life that i might just miss.
i miss our the times we sneaked out quietly at night to gaze at the stars, those card games we played during free time and most of all, the time we spent painting our mural. such achievement when we saw the result! it is beautiful! come to think that we only used 2 weeks to finish everything.. i think we have done a great job!!! =)
i just want to say a special thank you to three people!
may lin: your drawing makes a difference and i will never forget your 'great job people!' without you, i think the mural would not be complete.
shishi: you are a great leader. you are who you are! thanks. =)
rizal: first aidder! haha. thanks for your first aid skills during the entire trip.
and everyone else! for being so sweet.
haha. okay. that's cheesy. anyway, i believe the spirit of the sabah trip has not come to the end but is an opening door for many of us. JIA YOU!
enough of trying to inspire. im off to bed.. GOOD NIGHT!
davina.
in such a short period of 14 days, i have learnt many new life skills. survival skill? haha. nah. much more than that. one of such would be communicating skill? to learn to accommodate with each other and show acceptance even though we might not agree with their behaviours.
it was only halfway through the trip that made most of us realised that we benefit more from sabah and not vice versa.
i believe that they can still get money from other organisation even without our financial assistance but without them, i believe that i would have never come close to such an experience.
their strength made me feel so feeble. never in my life have i seen a singaporean dress like how they do. when i first saw their dressing (with tattered and torn shirt and bare-footed), i was taken aback. they cannot even afford comfortable looking clothes and what about food? do they have enough food everyday? that really got me thinking.
i complained when i was bathing (the water was hell!), eating (eggs everyday!), walking (the distance you have to walk everyday was unbelievable!) but i am thankful that i went for this trip because it makes me a stronger person and well, discover many things in life that i might just miss.
i miss our the times we sneaked out quietly at night to gaze at the stars, those card games we played during free time and most of all, the time we spent painting our mural. such achievement when we saw the result! it is beautiful! come to think that we only used 2 weeks to finish everything.. i think we have done a great job!!! =)
i just want to say a special thank you to three people!
may lin: your drawing makes a difference and i will never forget your 'great job people!' without you, i think the mural would not be complete.
shishi: you are a great leader. you are who you are! thanks. =)
rizal: first aidder! haha. thanks for your first aid skills during the entire trip.
and everyone else! for being so sweet.
haha. okay. that's cheesy. anyway, i believe the spirit of the sabah trip has not come to the end but is an opening door for many of us. JIA YOU!
enough of trying to inspire. im off to bed.. GOOD NIGHT!
davina.
0 Responses to “its just the beginning.”
Leave a Reply