i'm guessing i was tres slushed out when i posted the last post parce que i thought it was friday when it was actually thursday. :S whatever, the most important thing is that trng has resumed! :) and when i saw everyone this morning, i realised how much i missed every single person. tho i kinda feel lost whenever they go off on some laos-related talk and have to be a pest and ask them to explain the jokes. heehee :}

alors (excuse my french, i've been trying to pick it up again), the water was omggxx rough today and the waves were humungornormous! was kinda upset cos my timing's slipped again.. after what i put in to make it 1_.40 for 2k! urgh. never mind never mind, this too shall pass. it's gonna be a tough ride but Gidiot (short for Gideon Jnr.) est avec moi complètement. and with God to guide our way, we've got rien to fear! haha. oui, on va! tho i'm comme un homard maintenant and all greased up with moisturising cream, and my fingers are blistered and bloody rouge.

anyways, i was looking thru all the laos pics that the canoeists have been sharing and.. i think i really missed out a lot. in comparison, the bicultural trip seems so much more frivolous. i feel like we havent actually achieved anything by going on this trip, we havent helped to make the world a better place by doing what little we can, we didn't even need to step out of our comfort zone to live in anywhere other than 3/4/5 star hotels, to learn to be independent, find out more about what's going on in the world.. you can almost say that the trip reinforces the delusion that everything's fine, that everyone's living the kind of life you live, and all you need to do is to satisfy your own little whims and shop to your heart's content. . cos yah, all we did was shop, look for the best bargains, eat the best meals, travel in the comfort of a heated bus.. i think i'd feel better if i felt that i've learnt more about chinese history, but.. don't get me wrong, the tour guide was superb, it's just when you're a lone voice against twenty-odd people whose sole aim on the trip appears to be getting the bargains of their life, i don't think you can be very motivated to impart all of your knowledge. i think we must have been the most spendthrift group she's ever seen. :S so you can sort of say the only difference we made to the world is contribute to chinese economy..

but i think it's also wrong of me to dismiss the whole trip as a perte de temps. i did learn some useful things. life skills. like how to deal with people with clashing personalities (breathe in, count to 10, try not to yell, and if you can, offer them a smile to stun them and hopefully shut them up), how to deal with people who are out to spoil your day because they've spoilt their own (just, in Guster's words, keep my mouth shut tight, tight, tight), &c.. i've also managed to re-develop an interest in reading chinese books :)
so yah, every experience must be worthwhile :)

Helene /Je m'appelle HeleneJe suis une fille /Comme les autres
Helene /J'ai mes joies mes peines
Elles font ma vie /Comme la votre
Je voudrais trouver l'amour /Simplement trouver l'amour

when it comes to you, sometimes i think i dreamt it all :\

Labels: bicultural trip 2006

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