Day 94 of OBO... To The Beach...

Today was another day filled with new experiences... I woke up at around 0630hrs... Went to wash up and went down to the dining room for breakfast... After breakfast, we had morning prayer...

After morning prayer, I went to the orphanage again... I went to find Nut... He was a bit cranky today... Well, that's 'cause he hadn't eaten... So I played with the other toddlers... After a while, Nut was done eating... The moment he came out, I carried him... This time, I was burping him... He was so quiet today... But the minute I sat down, he started crying... So I had no choice but to stand and carry him and burp him... After a while, he started falling asleep... But he was feigning sleep... Every time a kid cried or I wanted to change his position, he would wake up and start looking around... After much patting and hugging, he finally fell asleep... I handed him over to the volunteer there who then put him in his cradle...

After that, we went back to the centre for lunch... We had a short briefing after that about the day's activities... After lunch, we went to the beach... It was a beautiful place... The sand is so different from the kind we find in Singapore... Anyway, we brought the deaf kids there... It's just so amazing how excited they were to go to the beach... Well that's 'cause they don't often get the chance to go to such places... So to them it's a luxury... We had so much fun there... The kids were playing in the sand... We buried our coordinator in the sand... It was hilarious... After that, two other guys followed... Anyway, the kids were so thrilled by it that they actually started digging with us... It's so fun seeing them dig... They were much faster at it them us... LOL... Anyway, as we were about to pack up and go back, this kid lost his socks... And he started to cry! It was just an ordinary pair of white socks... But to him, it is something really precious... It really makes me wonder about how we're like back home... We are always thinking about the brand of clothing we wear, the type of fashion we have to keep up with, all the materialistic things... However, we fail to recognise that what matters is not all these but the little meanings and thoughts that are attached to the small actions in our everyday life... That's what makes life worth living...

Anyway, we went back at around 1600hrs... We sent the kids back to the orphanage and then headed back to the centre to get ready for dinner... Went to wash up and then had dinner... After dinner, we had mass... I read the psalm... After mass, there was debriefing, we call it processing, and briefing for the next day...

That's about it for my day... Just like yesterday, there was a lesson to be learnt... Well such experiences can't be gotten back home... Well, I've got to go now... I need to prepare for tomorrow's morning prayer 'cause my group's doing it... So good night... Sleep tight... Sweet dreams... Love you my love... Miss you lots!!!