Tuesday, June 05, 2007
jux finished playing soccer...stomach's growling...talking to adelin, whos showing me pics of her juniors...lol...havent touched the ball for ages...and my skills were rather rusty...but...im still the same me...capable of doing stuff tat i do before...soccer was hilarious today...eric tried to take a throw-in by aiming at the ground super hard...target locked...he tightened his grip on the ball...he fired!! ball launched...some malfunctions...it hit one of those chairs around public parks and rebounded back...the aftermath? everyone dropped on the floor laughing...hahas...anyway...i figured...i shant be a smoker...coz...being a smoker...u are also breathing air!! and...that would mean ur a first hand smoker plus a second hand smoker which makes YOU...A....T-R-I-P-L-E H-A-N-D S-M-O-K-E-R!!! *high pitched scream in the background* oh well...tats it for today...
come on kids!! go grab ur popcorns coz~~~ NAT'S GREAT ADVENTURES: CHINA SPECIAL is up next!! =D
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previously on NAT'S GREAT ADVENTURES, it was day 1 of Service Learning...he experienced some weird things...spelling errors...aircon temp...polluted air...smokers everywhere...wat could be installed for him next???Day 2, 30 May: we went down early to have our breakfast at the hotel...i was still thinking abt the weird dream i had abt kimm...i dreamt tat she was some super good artist along one of the china streets...she was wearing those painter caps...lol...it was kinda funny...tsk tsk...anyway...the breakfast was lyk nothing i've ever seen in singapore. soy bean...without sugar...noodles...with spicy gravy...man tou...which tasted lyk nothing, as in literally nothing...you tiao...which was the only thing i ate! XD it was super oily...then after breakfast...we took a bus to the sch we were suppose to go to...it was called TIAN NAN SCH...the picture i had in mind of the sch was a sch which was located in a very remote area...somewhere high up in the mountains...lyk those kungfu temples u see in tv shows...but when we arrived...it wasn't as i expected...everyone looked poor...seriously...ppl wearing torn and tattered shirts and pants...dirty clothes...everyone stared at us, students, as if we were aliens...we walked past the sch gates and the sch was really nice...i looked around and there were students having lessons...i peeped into the P1 classroom and all of them looked back at me...some shy...but all of them were smiling...it was the start of a really fun and exciting experience...the principal there split us into groups and we were then allocated a classroom to sit in...my group had the sec 1 class..the oldest batch...came in...waved...and sat at the back of the classroom...we were really very grateful when the students actually gave up their seats and shared with the others jux for us...it was chinese lesson...i think rite...only 20% of the things said i understood....then the teacher was doing this poem on "wo de zhong guo xin"...he invited one of us to translate it and teach the class...then i reluctantly went up coz i wasnt sure whether my translation was correct...hehe...i shouted the english version once thru "my heart for china" then i wrote it down...i got the students to repeat after me...it was kinda cool being a teacher for once...hahas...after tat i returned to the seat...a few minutes later...one of my frens told me that one of the gals in front kept turning back to look at me...i didnt believe...so i was looking out for the gal...then..true enough she really looked back la...i counted 8 times...then i decided to change place...change plce dunno how many times but the gal still turn around look...found me..then continued looking at me...then she talked to her other classmates and all turn back and started giggling...RARR!!!it was break time for them...every student from all the lvls went to the assembly area to play...some were playing a handstand game...some playing LAO YING ZHUA XIAO JI...it was fun watching them play...then i went around talking to some of them...took some pics...then one of the students asked me to join them for LAO YING ZHUA XIAO JI...i accepted...but...i wasnt prepared for wat came next...one whole FLOCK of xiao jis came rushing to me coz im supposed to be the mu zi...i was lyk "NO WAY...AHHHHHH~~~~!!!" they all grabbed my shirt and jacket...then suddenly the game evolved to MU ZI PA XIAO JI (mother hen scared of little chickens)..i started running away from them...then they go chase me around the whole sch la...it was scary...and it was almost impossible to escape...then they all grabbed me then caught me off balanced then i fell down...then more xiao jis came enveloping me...after getting out of there...my jacket and shirt were black...lol...then stayed overnite in the sch...it was a really nice atmosphere in the sch at nite...quiet....i fell aslp straightaway! zZzZ....
TO BE CONTINUED....credits: (only one name mentioned...NAT!!=D)
express yourself {Tuesday, June 05, 2007}
