Happy Bday Mozaralla Desk
It's the number 300th post ! Seriously I never thought I can survive so long blogging. Still remember it was pz who recommended the whole blogging thingy 2 years ago. Wow time flies again~
Nothing special for the 300th post. Just wanna pen some thoughts after MIA-ing for awhile.
My LAO-sy days have ended. Despite the punning, OVE LAOs 08' was great! Perhaps its because I had super low expectations for the trip such as bad accomodation, bad travel experiences, bad counterparts, that I won't make a single friend, I cant communicate wif kids etc. Im super extreme I know. And everything wasnt that bad !
Accomodation was good. Im not fussy when it comes to this cos I thought guys who been through outfields shnd't complain much about accomodations. The village stay was an eye-opening experience I swear. Pics will be uploaded later when I Kelvin passed us the disc.
Travelling experience is good too. In the first place there is nothing much to expect since Laos tourism is not famous for its under-expanded tourism industry. But I enjoy roaming the streets with fellow OVEians, doing the Laos way of life, eating the Laos street food in Vientiane. Not to mention the cave visit in Vang Vieng on our last day, the organic lunch we had (my 1st organic meal and I will never have expected it in Laos!) as well as our chilling out sessions and meals.
Through the eyes of the kids, I see what contendment is. How a sweet makes your day, how receiving a pen makes you smile, how happy the kids were when we were all there to conduct lessons and being so cheery in school. Most of the time we gestured to them, or simply just smile to keep a 'conversation' going. And when we left the last day, it became a tear-jerking session for some of the OVEians and the kids.
With my fellow OVEians, there were 33 of us in total (a very big gp) and I must confess that I did not manage to speak so much to everyone of course. There are likes and dislikes everywhere and I am no exception. But I can say that I did make the effort to engage everyone, just that I stopped to a certain person when I do not see that we can talk comfortably or simply cant click. I am really glad to know some new friends in the trip, mainly from the main comms actually. Some of them are seriously entertaining me throughout the trip. Of course hope we can all keep in touch.
I will miss the slow Laos way of life, the village stay, remember how warm people villagers are, and how language is no means a barrier to living together. I will miss the poker sessions during breaks, we are hopelessly into Bridge/Laos Dai Di that once we have 4 people the cards will appear. I miss the meals we had in Laos together and every brick we layed and sand we carried.
OVE spirit continues~
