back from mob. i thought like not many people would be there to send us off but surprisingly, there were much more than i expected.

in the last 3 days before take off, $ 1400 came in. and we had $200 more than enough. now thats a prayer answered and a miracle.

before we even stepped past the gates i was like tearing already. but i forced myself to like stop.
i cry too many times. thats bad.

oh the plane. the tiny tiger airways plane. i was so uncomfortable and soon i felt feverish. so then i took a panadol. after landing, we were in a mega long queue to pass immigrations. that didnt really help feel better. met uncle charles and auntie hongyen. dinner at airport plaza, then back to their house. i found out my fever was a burning 38.6 degrees i think and so i took another 2 panadols.

next morning. my fever was gone! arent fevers supposed to last 3 days? made our way to maechan. met auntie nellie at the bus interchange. met uncle ian and auntie rachel. oh i love them. they are so nice. met linn our translater at maechan school. linn studied in uk so her english was so darn good. thank God. we helped decorate the school hall and stuff for the night christmas program.

at night. we went on stage quite a few times to do our stuff like 'wan dai thi thur', the christmas tree skit, more songs and stuff. many other groups performed and i learnt that thai dances are all slow and repetative.

when clearing up, the 5 guys and 1 more guy from there had to stuggle carry this huge potted tree off the stage. when they had finally gotten the plant off stage, 2 thai girls when over to the oter side of the stage and happily carried the other similar potted tree off. the guys were in shock for a while. it was hilarious. alvin and his, " i cant help you cos i'm a sissy boy" didnt really help at all. it only made us laugh. amy jie went historical.

we ate a nice chicken meal and slept over at linn's house. the next day we did 3 programs with 2 schools. travel travel. play play. the kids were treating us like superstars. had our own little favourite children.. blah.

night at linn's house again. night time entertainment for amy jie and i came from elisha's " dont ask me ask OCBC" and alvin's disposable ahems.

next day, went to 2 schools, 3 programs. the kids were very small, adorable and very responsive. we got our taste of superstardom. but mr park was most popular i dunno why. i can remember so clearly what we all did and had but its so much to write down. in all, we had loads of fun. the kids all came up to us with paper and pens, asking us for autographs and contact info. but we said we all didnt have addresses, phone numbers, emails...=)

next morning, was awoken my isaiah's cries. ( he is linn's 8 year old) Woke up the guys to have devotion. all of them are pigs. when we were starting devotion, linn came in and started sharing her life story, which i dun think i can share here. she wanted us to pray for her and so we did. then she decided we should go for prayer drive and sings songs to bless the people in the town. before we could agree or anything, she was out of the house. we all followed and piled into the pickup truck. she drove off before we could settle down. daddy almost fell off. haha.

we drove and sang while daddy played the guitar. linn said we were only gonna be in the truck but then somehow, we ended up walking through the market place, singing and giving out tracks. linn was leading the way, but suddenly, she fainted, and rolled on the floor. all of us were calm, although we had no one to translate anything to us and we were away from the house. we just helped her awake, she insisted on singing more songs so we did for a while, then we walked back to the truck. on the road, she fainted again. we quickly carried her across. luckily there were few cars. then this guy helped us drive the truck to the school we were supposed to go to and do program. linn rested there while we were driven back to get all our stuff for the program. uncle ian drove us to and fro the school.

we had 3 programs in that school. p1 to p3, p4 to p6 and sec 1 to 3. for the first 2 programs, things went rather ok, with auntie nellie translating. linn was still resting. the 1st program was a little screwed up though. the kids were too small, there were too many people. the game was chaos. but we learnt alot from it.
the 2nd program went smoothly. now the 3rd program. the sec 1 to 3. the kids were much bigger now, and they were very unresponsive, daddy and amy jie had quite a hard time leading songs. linn was finally there. we sang an inpromptu 'making melodies'. which was quite fun in the end. after the whole program, while we were doing our closing song, linn fainted again. this time, everyone just auto go help. we sent linn to the bevington's house for the night. then we went to her house and packed up our stuff, and left to auntie nellie's house by chiongpu's mega truck. she was so kind to drive us all the way to pallai. she is a mighty rich girl, studies in singapore in a private school in douby ghaut. she has her own chauffeur, personal secetary...5 dogs, 5 levels in her house, 2 huge shops....and she accepted
christ! wheee!!!

auntie nellie's house has a heater and boy was i so glad. the guys went down to bathe at the church. no heater, lousy door. haha. when they came back and told us about their expierience. oh my goodness. we laugh till mad. oh and at night, the rooms were connected at the top, so everything could be heard. down to the last giggle. funny. we whispered across to each other and small boy ( elisha) and mr park and a certain james gave us entertainment again. now, come to think of it, most of our mealtime entertainment came from james. ahem.

we decorated the church, watched dvds, did a night program.... oh. i saw the sunrise. went to the ramp, climbed to the top, watch the sun appear from behind the mountains. it was amazing.

the next few days passed super quickly. we went to the chiagnmai rented house, enjoyed the luxury of tv, 'troy', half of 'kingdom of heaven', shopping, hot water...

ngao hostel. oh my goodness i almost froze when bathing. but luckily, we bathe when the sun was still out, so not as bad as the guys when they bathe at night. haha. the guys were screaming and shrieking like girls in the cubicles that everyone outside was laughing so hard. haha. i almost fell off my chair... oh and we did one more program, while walking back, had an encounter with drunk drivers, daddy did his spice girls walk and talk..can you imagine, ian walking like some hip hop gangster chicken wannabe, going," ooohhhh.......i TELOO wattai wan wattai wealli wealli wan, so TELMI watu wan, watu wealli wealli wan, i wanna, i wanna i wanna i wanna i wanna ou le vu gu che a vi moi, trong pai kang NA." haha. a mix of spice girls, lady marmalade ( really bad translation) and thai.

then, we had travelling on bus, about 5 to 7 hours. back to uncle charles and auntie hongyen. went to church, night bazaar, sunday walking street. ate prata super good, bought our mob shirt. TUNA. more stuff....zoom zoom zoom. back home.

was really surprised to see so many people there to receive us. i thought only our parents or something would be there. this trip really opened my eyes to the world around me, pulled me out of my comfort zone to help others. i hope there would be another time when i can go for one more. right now, i am so glad to be home. i'm more appreciative of things around me. less concious about myself. i wanna go church and be with my friends again. oh how i miss...