Pickyee's FINAL reflections=)

woaho Im so happy to know that Im actually not the last person to blog!!Im the 2nd last. (yea I know that's not much of a difference but still..haha) Wonder who is the last?? Anyway not that I don't want to blog but my stupid computer at home gave up on me, that's why Im now at TJC hub blogging. Oh well, anyway I shall start my reflections soon and since most people have already said what I want to say, I shall keep this reflections short and sweet=)

There are MANY MANY things that made this trip to Yunnan really enjoyable, enriching and certainly unforgetable but I shall pick 2 and share more about them.

1. The CHILDREN=)
First of all I must say that they are different from the kids in Singapore. Generally I mean. One BIG BIG difference would be their attitude towards studies! 9 out of 10 kids you ask would say that studying is the thing they enjoy most in school!!WOW. Even I don't say that. I really felt so guilty and embarrased since I am blessed with such conducive studying environment. Another thing that impressed me most is their giving and thoughtful heart. Sometimes when we go shopping in Singapore, you see kids whining and throwing a big tantrum just because their parents wouldn't buy them the sweets that they want. However in Yunnan, its totally different. There was this little girl who gave me a chewing gum on our way up to the mountain and when I gave her a mentos the next day, she actually rejected it and to the extent of running away (REALLY RUN!) from me. Another boy actually hid under the table because I insisted of giving him the sweet! My goodness. Its just a sweet. I was shocked and very very much TOUCHED by them. Not only that, the same girl who gave me the chewing gum helped me alot on the way up the mountain to collect dried woods. Despite her really minute size, she actually PULLED me and PUSHED my butt up the mountain when I got really tired. I really felt so ashamed. I mean she is so much younger than me so shouldn't I be the one helping her? Not only that, she knew that it was my first time going up the mountain to collect woods, so she just gave me a tiny bundle of wood to carry down the mountain whereas hers was a really really big bunch! On the way down when I saw her backview or rather part of her head and her feet (Because the bundle of woods practically covered her), my heart simply melts. She is just so sweet and thoughtful=)

2. TOILETS!!( or rather HOLES )
YES the toilets!! My goodness. You can never imagine how they look like till you see it for yourself. Before the trip, I had a look at the photo of the toilet there and I thought its just a toilet with no flushing system. But woaho! When I went into the toilet at the hospital, I almost puke. You can smell the stench 5 metres away. I am not exaggerating . And it was like there were no doors so you see each other's butts and everything else. It was so awkward. The one at the village was worse. There were no doors, no lights, no concrete cement, just PLANKS and FLIES!So you squat in between two planks and get rid of whatever you need to=) Initially I thought I was going to constipate and not survive, probably get kidney stones for holding my bladder for too long but surprisingly, I did not. From here, I learnt that sometimes you just adapt to the surrounding without realising it=) That's part of human's ability I guess, or rather this toilet experience had allowed me to discover another of my strength-rather good adaptability=)

Alright is it short enough? haha hmm I shall stop here since I think its not that short, in fact its rather long. And if I were given 10 or 20 pages to write down my experince in Yunnan I am sure they would all be fully filled. There are many other things I experience which just cannot be expressed in words but for all I know, what I have experienced will always be with me till the day i die or till I get senile 40-50 years down the road...