DAY
SEVENTEEN
Date: 2nd July 2014
Day: Wednesday
Time: 16:18 of 3rd
July
Weather: Usual sunny
Last day at PGH’s waiting room! It was quite a wasted trip
because… there were only two patients the whole morning and they were teenage
girls. Matured and wanting some alone time. Had small chats as usual, did some
loom bands as they liked them too, and we’re done for the day! Left earlier
because there were no babies for the babysitting, so off we go! Lunch time at
around 11+, Food Plaza again! My fav food court because food courts are super
rare here L I had chicken soup and another tofu with pork dish! Happy
tummy!!! After lunch, we visited Dinah at the WHO Philippines for a short
meeting regarding art materials for the next few days.
We have been experiencing this ‘stepping into a new world’
feeling recently. One moment we are in the slums and the next we’re in this
highly urbanized BGC district. Just like WHO. Quiet and nice despite the old
buildings, and the next moment you see young boys sniffing glue and trembling
just at the stairs heading to the LRT… It’s really such a sad scene to see and
it hits you hard but you don’t know what to do about it. I don’t know how to
stop it, powerless L
Just like how I see homeless families on
the streets, living at the highways, a boy picking up fries on the floor and
eating them directly, children peeing at any random spot, mothers breastfeeding
on the streets, kids asking you for money, a boy hopping onto the jeepney we
were on secretly trying to get a free ride… And then you see the rich and the shopping
malls with ENDLESS variety, it’s even crazier here than in SG. Asia’s biggest
shopping mall is here too. Don’t know what to feel anymore, the divide is so
distinctly obvious… L
Back to Wednesday: Traveling made us so tired again, we
decided to get back to Boni MRT to avoid the crazy crowd during rush hours, and
took the jeepney to InfiniTEA, somewhere near our dorm! Had our cheap bubble
tea, koped wifi as usual and chilled there for the afternoon. J Late afternoon, we set
off to walk our way back to the dorm! It was near a neighbourhood university,
so there were many many shops. We went to ChowKing to get Halo-Halo (because it
was recommended that CK’s Halo’s the best, but Kim and I think they are… ‘like
that lor’ haha) and I got my $1 tofu hahaha. Kim got a small pizza at
Greenwich, we got toothpaste at Watsons, and went to buy next day’s breakfast
at this famous pandesal shop!!! *v* I bought this red-bean bun with sugar on
top (LOVE)! Sadly the pandesal was cheesey so none for me.
We were warmly welcomed by Niko (our roommate from Finland) back
at the hostel “OH! My favourite Singaporeans!” “Same here! Our favourite
Finnish guy!!!” He gave me a (-.-) look “Because I’m the ONLY Finnish person
you know” hahaha sama sama la. Niko is an interesting/strange/funny person. AND
RACIST. Like how he thinks Asians only cooks, sing videoke all the time, and SHOULD
know how to fold origami. He was shocked at our final origami product, “that’s not
origami, that’s folded paper” wah piang! “Niko you said you are POLITE.” Epic
guy, he was so quiet when we first know him and now wah wah wah chatty much. “Facebook
lies. (Creepily stalked his way to my FB page and starts talking in this
act-cute-high-pitched tone) OH LOOK! I’M PRETTY WITH MY ICE CREAM OHHH!!” which
translates to = Looking so ugly in real life #harsh #suan LOL but still, ok la
hahaha fun. He was mid-drunk one night and came into the room describing his
day IN FULL DETAIL. How he got TWO ketchup at Burger King. (It was his first
time at BK) How a new Finnish girl EP is coming and he hopes she is single LOL.
Glad I’m in the same room as these new friends, even though
it is a little too small and a little too close with the five of us haha. We
learn new things about each other every day and that’s interesting! Culture
sharing and culture suaning too hahaha. I’ll miss nights with them when I’m
back, definitely.
DAY
EIGHTEEN
Date: 3rd July 2014
Day: Thursday
Time: 18:00
Weather: Dark skies OH NO, pls
don’t rain
YAY I MADE IT. BACKLOG CLEARED!!! Back on track with my
blogging whoohoo whoohoo. Churretnly in Holly’s Coffee because Café de Seoul is
closed but this place is awesome too. Two storeys with good coffee and clean
toilet WITH TOILET PAPER (Y) and plugs for charging laptops and WIFI. Ahhhh I
can camp here all day! J
First day at the women’s shelter today! Traveled to PGH
first before a social worker brought us in a Jeepney to the house. (OH!
Speaking about social workers… A girl about 15 years old at PGH told me her
dream is to become a social worker because she wants to help people. Such a
rare and different ambition, so adorable and heartwarming J)
It was yet another ‘into a new world’ experience, because
beyond the big blue door, it was quiet and gardenish and noiseless. The
furniture was really ah-ma style, made me miss my grandma and her house. The
home is run by friendly Sisters. We interacted with a group of about 10 girls,
with age ranging from about 7 to 20+. Loom bands time!!! The craze seriously.
Two girls made loom bands for us at PGH too, loved J It was loom bands > paper
heart and lilies time! By the time we were teaching origami lilies, Kim’s and
my energy level reached an all-time-low LOL. Tahan-ed till lunch time, yay we
made it!
Lunch was with the Sisters in an ah-ma style vintage vintage
dining room. It was a simple lunch: rice, chicken stew, salad with sweet
potato, potato, cucumbers (long time no see, veggie friends!), sticky Chinese-y
rice cake, mangoes! Filling (Y) and healthy J
Chatted with all the sisters over lunch, they are all very granny-ish and warm
people J
Bade goodbye at around 1+, and jeeped our way to Taft Avenue
MRT > walked 1 LRT Station to the café we’re at now! Café Americano as
usual, I love nua times like these. Semi worked, typing our documents for
KAISAKA. The sky is dark now, we were initially planning to head to this place
for live acoustic music but we realized… it might be a club instead oh no haha,
we shall see.
One more week till HOMECOMING <3 I can’t wait! J
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