Thursday, October 20, 2005

Nepal 6th-15th Oct 2005


This trip was really the first time I am pretty far away from home. I was away for a longer time before, my 5 weeks in Japan, but that was a trip that I was absolutely spoilt and treated like a VIP.

After the 2 months of preparation and challenge faced, this was it. I was pretty sad that the whole thing is coming to and end! But let me just mentioned some things. If you are really interested to know more, ask me! I’ll show you my DVD of the trip…done by me! Be warned, it’s pretty long winded.

We stayed with a Malaysian family for most of the trip and a few days at a German lady’s farm. Actually we’re pretty spoilt…at least I feel that way! We got Malaysian food and our host baked apple crumbles….huh, I don’t even get that at home!

It’s amazing to learn of another culture you know. Village Nepalese don’t share food unless they are husband and wife. If you are Malaysian you will understand this amazing struggle. We are Malaysian; we share food all the time, even more so when we are eating something new, because we MUST try each other’s meal. And there are some of us who are small eater and some with great appetite. Hehe. We have to constantly remind ourselves. What a relieved when we finally make it back to the city. We practically pass our plates around…hehehe.

The stay at the farm was new. Thank God for those “inconvenient” toilets CYZ camps always seems to have. It’s like practice! Toilet….don’t wear specs. You don’t have to see everything too clearly. If something is tickling you, just brush it off. Kinda have an idea what our parents have when they were young. Actually I was pretty amazed at myself. I sound like I was pretty adaptable. The one insect I absolutely am terrified of was everywhere in our room. Some are pretty big. No point shooing them away. It’s their territory. The spiders will be back sooner than we can imagine.

The people there are really great. If you can only see how they worship and pray… oh and tithe too! A lot of the men are working overseas, either the Middle East or here in Malaysia. They actually send their tithes back home. Most of them don’t understand English especially the older generations. So we had interpreters helping us out.

Nepalese really like us you know. Just mention that you are from Malaysia that their eyes will lit up. One of the main reasons is because their father/brother or husband is working here. So they feel connected somehow. They are really gentle and trust others easily.

Those 10 days taught me a lot. It definitely shaped my perspective. It is also such a joy that we have a fellowship here at home where we can serve them weekly. Ever since the begining of the preparation meetings, I’ve been serving in the fellowship doing usher, AV, leading worship and everything else that needs hands!

Thursday, October 06, 2005

GO!

OoooOoo, I'm leaving for Nepal in a few hours I'm so exicited. Even though I'm actually quite tired from work!...Have yet to pack ;-p, think I should be doing that now. Ok, gtg! Remember me and my team in your prayers!
Calvin, Paulemen, Kelvin
Vivi, Joyce, Hooi Ee and ME!