We awoke in the morning to a clear blue sky and headed downstairs for another amazing breakfast prepared by Ate (Aunty) Dinah. Shortly after, we took a short walk to Pastor Ely’s Church to visit the kindergarteners. Unbeknown to us was that we would be entertaining the children. We had nothing prepared or planned but... Continue Reading →
Southern Hills Day 7: A Ride to Sagay
This morning we were woken up at 6:00 am. We then had to pack up all our bags and get ready for the long trip to Sagay. After packing, we left the hotel to go to breakfast where we had rice, egg, sweet rolls and beef and onion. Once we had finished and said our... Continue Reading →
Swan/Mundaring Day 7: The Road to a New Community
This morning we woke up bright and early as usual, much to my distaste, packed our bags and strapped them to the top of the bus. After breakfast we began the long 3 hour bus journey to Sagay – which I slept through. We arrived at lunch time to the place where we’ll be eating... Continue Reading →
Swan/Mundaring Day 6: Concrete Pour in Pouring Rain
Sharing a room with the reigning balut eating queen was interesting, but despite the odd aroma filling the room, I managed to get a good night sleep. After a quick breaky stop at Casa Lim, which you could probably guess was more rice, we jumped in the non-yellow magic school bus and drove to Cabacungan.... Continue Reading →
Southern Hills Day 6: Cabacungan Basketball Courts and Torrential Rains
Today was a 6 o’clock wake up, and like usual Greg Beacham gave us his legendary wake up, which is just him yelling as loud as he can before forcing himself to knock on each door. We pulled ourselves out of bed and headed to breakfast on trikes. Someone of us looking alive while other... Continue Reading →
Ellenbrook: Day 6 Rain Rain Go Away Come Again Another Day!
The day began with a delightful breakfast of pancakes and frankfurts, before heading to the IRC to commence the day’s work where Southern Hills, Swan Christian and Mundaring met with us to continue the progress we had made on the basketball court. We split into groups with some of us working on shovelling dirt, others... Continue Reading →
Ellenbrook: Day 5 – Off with the heads
Today we all woke up mentally and physically drained due to the effects of Lugaw and working in the rice field. Everyone quickly cheered up once they saw the food Aunty Dinah served up for breakfast; however, this happiness would not last long once we figured out what we were all doing next. Once everyone... Continue Reading →
Southern Hills Day 5: A Tearful Goodbye & Food for Thought
This morning began with the usual early 6:00 start that marked the beginning of day 5! We loaded onto tricycles and rode to our ever-famous Casa Lim, where we had a breakfast of rice, sausages, egg and special sweet bread that is made of a local plant. In order to get to know one another... Continue Reading →
Swan/Mundaring Day 5: Painting and Sad Goodbyes
Day……… not actually too sure. We’re having such a good trip a couple of us have lost track of time! As you all know, yesterday was Lugaw Day (a time of hungry bellies and armpit sweat). This means that the moment we woke up we were REARING for some breaky. A short drive to Pastor... Continue Reading →