Tuesday, January 06, 2009
ok, very well delayed post - WARNING! photo overload
presenting to you...
a HABITAT FOR HUMANITY production...
a Youth Expedition Project...
HFH-YEP Guangzhou Trip! Caowu village!

at the airport!

pictures with sponsors

boarding

hongkong airport - good english, bad chinese result of British Colonialism?

nice picture of the link bridge from hk to guangzhou

nice sunset

at the hotel, notice how wrapped up everyone is and me! some people just don't know how to enjoy cold temperatures!

never thought gravel was so hard to spade up

hard at work k, anything that makes me sweat at that temp is tough

peanut farmers of Caowu!

typical mudbrick houses
new house we are building!
staircase

our worksite
tonnes of bricks that weighs a tonne
our favourite da shu (uncle) at work
i'm working hard too k!

see how much i dug! (ok lar, not me alone=p)
kids!
human chain in action
more bricks!
and taking pictures as an excuse to slack!

lunch!
dinner at dafuhao! cost like 60 bucks sing for 17 person dinner with like 14 dishes!
my buddie! and his spastic (unfortunate) face

morning warmup plus massage!

chat with the villagers

our balloon master weslie working magic

taddaahhh!
jealouss?? such a heartbreaker lor!
our favourite da shu!

baby dog!
typical work day

pretty girl number 1
pretty girl number 2

pretty girl number 3
pretty in pink!!!
our photo for da shu!
with all the kids in the village!
when there's me around, there has to be a shot like this, not bad eh our trench
35000 bricks
and maybe 50 meters of trench.
see how long is it and deep and wide and nicely shaped dug with love and sweat?!!
team leader jocelyn and village leader!
certificates!
group shot
classroom
lining up!
that's me and chloe teaching english, notice jacket on = very very super damn freaking cold
eagle catch chicks!
i like this shot, boon pin looks like he has attained inner peace and enlightenment
BOO!
my favourite kid!
kids are just so lovely
group shot in school
fellow ADA mate at some cultural place
at the orange plantation - the girls
the HUNKS =p
eat till you drop oranges
oh, this is a nice shot chloe took, those are recruits, like our singapore BMT recruits going to tekong lidat. the red round thing they have in front of them is a red flower ball, the kind opening ceremony they cut kind. u see, it is actually a glamourous thing to join the army in china lor
and you get this kind of welcome, compared to our little island one - don't look back to what you have left behind, look forward to what awaits before you! rubbish! pui!

oh, i couldn't edit this one so u need to flip your head to see, chinese army blazer! i bought it k, too bad didn't find matching pants and cap

our nice little bus
stalin rules
8:18 PM
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