Tuesday, December 1, 2009

HSS Girl Guides Service Learning Trip to Chiangmai, Thailand – Day 4 & 5 (13th - 14th Nov 2009)

On 13th Nov after breakfast today, we went with the Thai guides help out in New Life Centre. It is an orphanage with hundreds of children - some have aids. The children in New Life Centre sell their handmade work to earn pocket money.

We saw some drawings at the orphanage filled with words that said :

We have the right to make our friend.

We have the right to create a family.

We have the right to say NO.

We have the right to study and not work.

These drawings were done by the sexually abused children. It hurt to see them.

We had a buffet lunch with our Thai guide buddies and chatted with them. As this was the last day we see them, they gave us each a present for us to remember them as well as Thailand. We also brought gift for them from the New Life Centre. When it was time to part, we got down from the bus and took the lorry back to Narada Home to get ready and prepare for home stay.

Inez and Nicole went to Amway’s house. However, Chin Yee and Sabrina went to Dia’s house but we all had a great time together.

I learnt that we should treat others like how we want others to treat ourselves, since Amway treated us gently; we also treat her with care like how she treated us.


On 14th Nov, we got up at 6am. That morning, our buddy brought us to visit other places in village by riding bicycle. It was a cool morning and the scenery was beautiful.

We went to buffalo market for breakfast and to shop. Buffalo market was packed with lots of people, but we did not see any buffalo :( It was fun to shop with a teacher as she took care of us well.

After lunch at Narada Home we painted the Narada Home’s fence. That task did not look as simple as it was but all we need was patience. We got ourselves covered with splashes of paint and it was very difficult to wash off after that.

At night, we went to Khan Toak Traditional dinner. We had a very good seat where we could have a close view of the performance during our meal. I learnt that sometimes, things are not as easy as it seems to be therefore, we should not judge a book by its cover.
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