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HEY CAMBODIA
Monday, September 17, 2007
The temasek team finally arrived at Cambodia. When we were on the way to the hotel, everyone was like, "WHAT?! they have nokia here? It wasnt as run down as we expected. The airport was far better than the one in Bangkok where theres no aircon. Ok, in case you dunno, i went to Cambodia with my school last week to sort of conduct a short health and nutrition programme for the Cambodians. It was all glam and gory. The glam was us, period. Im going straight to the truth.
Checking in
On the van
Me and my health game
Balloon vendor at market
Now, i shall move on to the visit at the dumpsite.
The earlier 3 days i've been there cannot never compare to the 3 hours i spent at the dumpsite. Anyway, if you want to see how the trip goes like, visit climont.blogspot.com for more detailed blog entry by our FS junior, Clement. 
Dumpsite "playground"
The actual Dumpsite since they have no incinerators.
So photogenic
So photogenic again
Don't you ever waste food again. [click to find out why] 
No. I didn't pay them.
Neither did they
It was as if the flies were part of oxygen in the air. Yes, everywhere. Just 2 hours there and i would rather kill myself than live in such an environment. It was indeed worse than JB. The worst i have seen so far. It was always in news that i saw such stuff. But on last friday, i seem to be in channel news asia TV.
What surprises me more than anything else was that smile on their face. Even though they live in such poverty but they seem to put on a genuine smile more than anyone of us in the city. We have everything from pratas to pradas but we never seem to be contented. They only have thier lives and maybe just one oversized polo tee picked up from the dumpsite. In comparision, don't we all seem alittle too greedy?
I suppose everyone left the dumpsite a different person, or at least me. Oh and lastly, i really want to thank those girl brigade and church people who chose to spend thier youth trying to make this world a better one. May all the god/gods whatever religion bless them whatsoever. They are the kindest (X100) souls in the world.
Don't get so worked up~ Its just me