Today was a pretty sunny but windy and cool day... It's like Perth at the end of spring into summer... The morning was very cool and the afternoon was warm... And it's not as humid as Singapore...
I had to wake up at 0630hrs this morning... Went to wash up and then headed to the dining hall for breakfast... Breakfast was good... I had cereal and milk, bacon and eggs and two bananas... After breakfast, I came online to upload yesterday's blog entry... Well that's 'cause by the time I had finished last night, they had already turned off the Internet access... After that, we had Sunday mass and following that, we walked over to the orphanage for an orientation tour...
Today was a totally new experience for me... What I saw really touched me... The children in the room we went to are aged between 8-36months... And they are so so innocent... Really beautiful children... It just made me think how they can be abandoned... Well, among the reasons were the families they were born into are poor or some of them are from teenage pregnancies... They are such loving children... There was this particular baby that I carried... He is 8 months old... Real sweetie pie... His name is Nutanad... They nicknamed him Nut... He's so cute... I was tickling his tummy and he started smiling and kicking his legs in the air... And when I picked him up, he was so so inquisitive... He started pulling everything he could get his hands on... Well, the only thing he didn't grab was my hair... Anyway, I played with him for about 20minutes and then we had to go... As I was putting him down, he started to cry... He didn't want to be left... But things had to be done and so I passed him onto another group that came in... After the toddler room, we went to walk around the orphanage...
At around 1130hrs, we walked back to the Redemptorist Centre, the place where we're staying at, for lunch... Lunch was good... They had the mango and glutinous rice dessert... It was good... Anyway, after lunch, I went back to my room and started on this blog... At around 1345hrs, I went back down to get ready to go back to the orphanage... I spent the entire afternoon at the orphanage carrying Nut... He was so so cute... He refused to follow anyone else... This other guy tried to carry him but he would start crying... It's only when I took him back that he stopped crying... He was just sitting on my lap the whole day, planning ball or whatever he could get his hands on... I also helped change his nappy... It's been such a long time since I changed a baby's nappy... The last time was like 13 years ago when my brother was just born... Oh well... I want one of our own darling... Please? ;) Anyway, we headed back to the centre at around 1645hrs to get ready for dinner...
Dinner was served at around 1800hrs... I had a really yummy dinner... Sotong and minced meat soup, red curry (something I've been craving for for the longest time), some beans and minced meat and fried chicken... Then there's the usual fresh fruit and green mango with chilli-ed sugar... It was yummy... We also did sabo-ing... We sabo-ed the priest by giving him a huge bowl of salad after he had finished his dinner... We said that it was from his secret pal... Well that's the game we'll be playing for the entire trip... Anyway, it was funny... Well after dinner, we had a debrief for today and briefing for tomorrow... After briefing, we went back to our rooms for free and easy...
Well, that's it for me today... It was a very fulfilling day... Had the best experience ever... Interaction with the child really opened my eyes to a lot of things... He made me realise even more that it is the smallest things in life that matter most... It also gave me a small insight of being a mum... Oh well... Anyway, I've got to go to bed now... Got another long day tomorrow... So good night... Sleep tight... Sweet dreams...
To my darling: I love you lots!!! Miss you heaps!!! And come home quick... We've got a family to start planning for... ;) *hint hint*
P.S: The timings reflected here are Thai time... That means it's an hour behind Singapore... :)... Stay tuned for more mission updates tomorrow... :)
P.P.S: Congrats to Garry and Shirley, who tied the knot today... I'm sorry Albert and I can't make it for your wedding... But anyhow, we wish you lots of bliss and blessings in your new chapter in life!!!!
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