Thailand week 1

Ok. First thing I did was to send off the youth at harbourfront for the church camp. Had mixed feelings thou. Sad that I’ll be missing the fun over at Harris resort. Glad that I’m heading to KK. So after sending them off I went home to continue my preparation for the mission trip.

The day came when we were going to fly off. My dad went to Changi to send me off. I got a lift from a friend’s parent. Dad managed to click with my friend’s dad. We were happily taking picture until we nearly missed the flight. Thankfully we did not. We got on jetstar and it was crapped up. That’s okie. What’s worst is the service. I thought the food was free. And I ended up paying $3.00 for a pack of orange juice. Irritating. Then we tok cab to Don Muang airport for a domestic flight by Thai airways. You can see the difference in standard. Bugger. The thai staff meant us. And Praise was there. So cute!! They brought us to the hotel and dinner at the nigh market which I don’t remember the name now.

Day 2 started with breakfast. In our rooms. Got no buffet lah. Think some high class hotel meh. Our first visit to KKU. Started off at the Complex and had a prayer walk through the campus. After lunch we met up with some students. They are friendly. And thankfully my groupmate and I were the only ones who met Christian students. Swee!! Looking forward to the School of Management Science aka Business. Had dinner at the old market in the campus itself. The “song tiow” fun to ride in especially the edge. Talk abt life on the edge. Manage to return safely from KKU. Thank God for clearing all my papers too. Oh and I can use wireless in the hotel room. Hehe. Going to bed now after finishing the jam biscuits.

Day 3 – was looking forward to it. Wanted to go to the management science area to meet the contacts. Instead Note called the 2 of us for dinner. To our surprise. Note brought us to meet a group of 9 students. I had a hard time trying to speak thai. But I told them that I’ll speak to them in thai by the time I left KKU. Personal challenge. After that we walk to the drink stall but could not find the group of people we were looking for. Instead, we talked to the group of people tending to the stall. What I did was to order in thai and my buddy would tell them I’m learning thai and asked them to teach me something in thai. We found it effective as those at the drink stall asked some others who could speak eng. Before long my buddy and I were at a table with 5 new friends. They could speak eng and chi! W parted as they had class to go to. Hopefully they will contact us soon. Next we tried that on 2 guys our other friends were talking to end we ended up chatting quite well. Dinner that evening was great. There were like 6-7 students eating with us. Even on the song tiao back we continued to speak to some new guy. Currently quite sleepy so I’ll end off here. Continue on day 4.

Day 4 – was quite tired. Both my ministry buddy and I were slugging ourselves along. A group of students we met were from humans and all are English majors. And all teachers to be. Exciting part was that one guy had recently been to Singapore. Had a lot to talk to him about. After that we went to the stall again. This time was another group of students tending to the stall. I got a photo but I did not think the conversation went well. We only managed to get an email. Highlight of the day was dinner at T-bone. Refer to pictures. Now I’m just falling asleep. Time to play “bang”. Good nite.

Day 5 – ok. Had devotion of john 4 about sowing and reaping. Think the group of people we have met have been sowed. Our job could be to reap the harvest. In the afternoon we went back to KKU to meet some contacts. I had to return to the hotel to prepare for the mime. While my buddy got to go to the lake nearby. Sad. But I think we get to go tomorrow morning. We went back to Big C to top up our food supplies. Found some ‘food’ kakis. “wil-flirt” and “Chon”. Chon was the unsuspected food kaki finally revealing himself today. Got to go prac for worship tomorrow. Till then.

Day 6 – went to the lake for devotion. Firstly good job to Candice for the worship. Hope it was a good experience for you. Practiced frisbee and scratched myself. Pain. Lunch then finally sent cloths for washing. Thou I don’t think I had to wash it. Lolx. Went for service at Shalom Church at the new CCC office opposite Kean Inn Hotel. Refer to picture yeah. Then dinner then team meeting. Had a lot to pray about. Like health and focus. Oh and I can watch the euro games here. Hehe. Now Austria vs croatia.

Day 7 – we were to meet a new contact by the name of lion. He called us and talked for awhile. Surprised. Met him for lunch and found out that he had called the wrong number. Divine intervention. He agreed to join us for dinner at a friend’s place on Thursday evening. Just after that we met 3 guys from campus outreach. Next was 2 hours of rest. Coz we went to meet Um and Ying and 2 new friends. Drink oreo milk shake. Simon don’t u wish u were here? Um and his friends had recently been to SG. It was about dinner time so we went to the market to eat and we intro them to the rest of the team. Also there were people from campus outreach from US. Nothing else interesting about today. Time to rest. Called my parents and the guys just to say hi. Called maple to say happy birthday. Ended the day with cup noodles and watching the france vs Romania game