Thursday, December 27
i think i better write this down for my own reference whatsoever
day 1
arrived at airport quite late. boarded the pink bus. went to some restaurant.
the steam egg there was GOOD. haha.
saw the TREE BRANCHES ENTAGLED WITH WIRES
checked into asia hotel. (chirp chirp doorbell)
room 206.
day 2
halong bay on my birthday.
THANK YOU FOR THE CARD TESSA.
AND THANK JIAYI/SHUWIE FOR PRESENT
THANK XAVIER FOR KEEPING IT.
saw the caves, ate seafood.
sylvia is so good at breaking the crabs.
den i cant remember whats next.
day 3
the 6 hr bus ride was SO BAD FOR ME
sitting beside the tour guide wasnt the reason
but i just felt like vomitting.
my head went from the window to the tour guide's shoulder and back to the window when the bus swerved.
den visited kim lian village blah blah
went to the school at night.
day 4/5/6
START OF VINH.
everyone stared at us. and "singapore singapore" can be heard easily. haha
they asked stuff lik "which part of singapore are you from?"
and this guy asked "how come the life in vietnam starts at 530 and it starts so late in spore?"
i took 5 min to understand him. =/
rocket workshop was famous for cheering.
lik i guess it was to wake everyone up.
esp in the afternoon. when we were all so tired.
"A1 OII"
get them very high. and we will be high too.
haiching will start her theory.
she's famous for asking them to clap hands when the students got the question correct.
haha.
followed by me. ill do the very boring part.
and finally when they know the best angle for furthest range of projectile motion is 45 degrees, i will be really pleased
den jiajun will do his short and easy description for rocket.
phuong will be translating the whole way thru.
CONSTRUCTION TIME = ROAMING TIME.
=DD
A1 = FANCLUB CLASS
B1 = CRAZY CLASS
A2 = STONE CLASS
B2 = CHEERING CLASS
A3,B3 = EQUALLY HIGH. BUT CANT REMEMBER THEIR NAMES.
okay. now to launching the rockets.
thank phuong for making everything work.
without her, the students wont get how the pump works. =D
thank jiajun for pumping
thank haiching for taking care of our bags/cleaning up the classes.
crap i make myself sound useless. hahha
the students were all so enthu about launching their rockets.
=DD
youth concert
they sang plenty of songs regarding ho chi minh and vietnam
the political party was there too. quite freaky. cos they were very passionate about vietnam
yup
wed night
home visit!
huyen bao tu lien and tim zom and few others.
ate alot. the food was great.
the boys that joined us were funny.
and they got very excited when they saw singapore coins.
lol. we saw the stars that night, they were so pretty.
the trip to the supermarket was very nice too.
although it was simple, i could see they really enjoyed themselves.
SO DID HAICHING AND I
day 7
orphanage. huyen qyunh came along too. with few others.
thank god they went. they helped me translate to the orphans
taught them jingle bell song
won 3rd prize. =DD
COMPETITION BEGINS.
it was very fun. haha. but they didnt do that well cos the pressure was lower. haha
soccer match. guys lost. they changed shirts after that. ew so stinky
captains ball match. girls won. =D
concert. damn rushed. quite last min.
wasnt very good in terms of technical prob
but we survived. =D
its posted on youtube. gosh
day 8
trip back to hanoi.
i survived that trip!. hahah thank goodness
the next few days were just sightseeing
nothing much.
HOM NAY VUI KHOM- did u have fun today?
HOM NAY RAT VUI- i had fun today.
i miss vietnam/vinh/hanoi/asiahotel/phuonghoang.
21:23
Monday, December 24
omg
after so many days.
my internet is finally working.
now for some vietnam memories.
MUST READ
before i forget.
xavier and jiayi's cookies arent exactly the nicest cookies.
but the fact that they actually did it together at xavier's house implies something right.
not forgetting the trip to vivo.
XD (this is for you xavier)
anyway.
about vietnam. those 10 days were great. esp the 6 days in vinh.
got to make plenty of new friends.
jiayi : ipod classic all the way
sarah : anyone who has ulcers can share the pain with her. poor girl had 3 ulcers. =(
clare : her driveway story was hilarious. esp when she described it. nice meeting you clare!
tessa : i miss saying good night to you somehow. dont you miss my hairspray alarm roomie??
luisa : sleepyhead. you sleep till your head almost fell off the chair.
sock : hey! i miss having your shoulder to lean on. haha fast fast __________
sylvia : you suck when it comes to forfeit.. tsk.
huimin : in the beginning you were very quiet. but as i got to know you better, =DD
phuong : my rocket workshop translator. thank you for bringing us to get the bags
haiching : we love to roam dont we?? had a great home visit with you.
angela : you like zheng yuan chang?!??? he looks better in short hair! =D
adeline : is a great dancer!
peili : nice meeting you. didnt know u well even though you were from crescent
qyunh : hey. didnt get to speak much with you. but i know you were a nice person to talk to.
giang : ur name is pronounced as zang, i must remember that.
han : thanks for being in charge for workshops, preparing our stuff
hang : u are gen's classmate! im glad to know that.
jiajun : stop being so branded. and i still got cravings for famous amos cookies. =/
xavier : can just drop dead and die now! serves you right your mixer spoil.
adi : hey HEI REN. luckily u got on the next flight to india.
matthew : u looked smart in the attire. =D
ian : "want photos? find me? ian the photographer." HAHA
zaneth : thanks for buying the cake, and asking if i was feeling well during the trip.
i think thats it right!??
hopefully i dont miss out anyone.
=D.
besides the 23 of them, there were the teachers too.
and most importantly those VHGP students
without them, it wouldn be of much fun. =D
19:59