Nepal

And... we are back....
Nepal was nice. Going back a second time gave a different kind of feeling. The first thing I realised was that our old camping site has become used for constructing new classrooms. I still recognise some of the kids there from last year but I don't think they recognise me anymore.
The villagers there seem to live a very relaxed life, but we who only went there for 7 days and only visited their village for 1 day can never be sure about that. Singapore is much too clean and we were not even given an opportunity to try their local food items as they were afraid that we would fall sick. Everything that we did there was first planned through carefully here in Singapore, nothing there was done on impulse except maybe Mr Ng letting us climb trees but even that was carefully thought about there.
Interacting with the kids have resulted in us realising that we have a lot more opportunities compared to the kids there. We were also kind of sad that those who can do well might not have a chance to do so in future due to where they were born. I believe that some of them are as smart if not smarter than us, we can see this through how they picked up what we were trying to teach them very quickly, much quicker than the others in class.They might have been able to excel and become some important members of society had they been born in a developed nation. I hope that in future, we would be able to sponsor one student a year to come to Singapore to study. This is quite hard however given the state of their current education in Nepal now.
The teachers worked very hard behind the scenes to ensure that we were doing what we had to do and that we did not have any accidents. Ms Choo's outburst might have seemed kind of an over-reaction to many of us at that time but in Thamel there were posters about a lady who has gone missing while trekking. We might not have been facing that kind of risk but if anything had happened to us how? There was a main road behind the school albeit there being not much cars there.
I hope I do not forget all that we have done and learnt there. Its only being 4 days since we have last seen the kids and already they seemed to be a lifetime away. I'm missing all the people around me and all the people for me to talk to, I'm so bored now alone....
Missing all my Saathis....

Night Sounds of the Yellow City

黄城夜韵
A cast and backstage crew who worked tirelessly to bring us the show, thank you!
A night of fun and thrills, behind it, one can imagine the work that goes on, looking at the tired, but delighted faces at the end of the show, one can tell the pride that they take in finishing this show.

Ah the things that they tried to say using the plays, somethings that we know and understand but refuse to take aboard. Often there are many things that we do not notice despite them being at times quite obvious. Haha it often takes others to show you how to look at things from a different perspective.
Hmm, hope I can still go next year ;P

JTS

Hahaha our much belated JTS....
Grinz, our table was the noisiest but dare I say the most fun table to be at
Learning how to cook was fun, thanks to ZY, we got to eat tasty onion chicken but the lousy Seoul Garden didn't want to give us our onions and made us waste lots of time haha oh well
Haha our soup became inedible due to the Tanghoon forming a layer of burnt things on top
We were laughing all throughout the evening, so fun ;P
Miss you guys, hope we will do something like that again soon

Lalala Blocks

Whee just chem and phys left for blocks ;P
Well econs wasn't so bad after all... though I still don't think can get A or B for it
Math was not up to standard....RARGH...but it aint too bad considered I studied about an hour for it
Chem.... hais stupid Cambridge... why must memorize stupid temperatures for rxns, oh well hope I remember my rxns for tmr
Phys should hopefully be okay since its just understanding ;P Hope I got enough time to digest it....

Oh well, they are just tests, just an annoyance in our time in school ;P Without them, there won't be the after tests feeling of relaxation ;P

OCIP

Writing OCIP essay is killing me.... Rargh! Really hope I get in though...

Hmm being troubled by a question that Ms Tay raised during the last trip. "By showing them all this stuff that we have, are we causing them to want things that are at the moment out of their reach? And if so are we doing more harm then good?"

Oh well, I shall just trust that the net benefits are greater than net costs and still sign up ;P and ponder that question some more during my free time

Journey

This trip that everyone has/get to take just once
How many of us truly observe all that happens, how many of us actually pay attention to the going ons?
Life goes on regardless...

The people we meet, those whose paths we are fated to cross
How do we treat them? How will we be remembered in their minds?
Angel or Demon, life goes on...

All the things we do, all the actions we take
Do we ever pay attention to the repercussions?
Good or bad, life goes on...

All the challenges, all the tasks
Do we choose the attitude we use to face each day or are we just slipping into one of indifference?
Optimistic or pessimistic, life goes on....

Time never waits
To try or not?
Life goes on....

This is a one way trip, there's no return trip to try again, we have to make the best we can out of this journey, make all the friends we can, do all that we can to make this world a better place before we leave ;P

I want to thank all of you for accompanying me on this trip of a lifetime, I hope we will still be walking abreast together in the years to come...

Emotions....

Have been wanting to write this post for a very long time but....

So confused... Sometimes just wonder why things just can't be clear... So many conflicting emotions, so many paths to walk.... Standing at this spot seems so tempting, but time is slipping away, wonder if we will ever understand what our hearts truly know and is trying to tell us....

On and unrelated note, programming is fun but I guess I will just have to meander along on my own now ;P
Haha can't wait for tmr... Hope we have more photos ;P
 p.s time to check the bus to take