Day 2 : Awesome Bonfire.

 We woke up at 6am after hearing the "morning call" from the rooster. After having a sumptuous breakfast of homemade Kaya, Rice Dumpling, & French Loaf, we went to Periwinkle Primary School to interact with the students from Grades 2 to 4.

We taught them English, numbers in English as well as how to sing the Alphabet Song. The kids were very keen to learn and they were very attentive. They were very polite and said thank you when we gave them sweets as rewards everytime they answered our questions. We played games with them as well; the boys were very rough but happy, and enthusiastic when they played soccer. The girls loved playing the Eagle & Chick game. They appeared happy and enjoyed the game a lot.

 

We also donated 200 over hygiene packs to the kids there. We taught them how to brush their teeth, wash their face, how to wash their hands and how to comb their hair. They felt really thankful for the gift  because back in their village, they don't have such things. They usually use ash & salt to brush their teeth with a tree bark or their fingers. After this visit to the school, we feel very fortunate with what we have, and we feel very sorry for the children.

The afternoon was fun-filled while we carried out CIP activities.

We started by taking a pony ride around the

villages. We gave the villagers food rations that we had bought with our monetary donations and we had packed the ration before the visit. The food rations consist of rice, salt, sugar and fish sauce. We also found out that Aunty Esther (our homestay owner) had sponsored the building of a house to a family who couldn't afford to build one. We felt that the families appreciate our rations and are all very grateful to us. They are friendly and we really had lots of fun doing this. We took an ox-cart ride around the farm behind our homestay. We had the opportunity to see a beautiful sunset. 

In the evening, we had a bonfire and all the children from the village attended.

We watched a group of traditonal dancers danced to traditional songs. We performed 3 songs and we received tremendously loud applause. Aafter our performance, the children from the orphanage taught us the steps to the traditional dance. We had a lot of fun. We made many friends from the village. When the Bonfire ended, we sent the orphans back to the orphanage. They were so sweet when they said they'll love us forever. It was touching and almost made us cry.

By Group 2
Nicolette, Rebecca, YongHui and Joven