Alegria Workcamp 2010

I am here to keep my promise.. :) Remember i have suggested previously that everyone of us share among B107 what we have done for our elective? So, i guess i should start first and hopefully everyone will keep the ball rolling..

The group of four, Kin Man, Kwong Howe, Boon Fong and me, went to Alegria, Cebu for a workcamp.. Together with a group of Singaporeans and Prof Valerio from NUS, we helped the Alegria elementary school to set up a perimeter, that is to fence up the school... Interesting thing is that the fence actually acts to prevent goats from entering the school compound, not thieves.. :) We carried logs up the slopes, dug holes, and planted the pillars there.. Seems easy but not really.. Carrying logs was easy stuff.. But we had to also carry cement pillars up the hill.. This kills.. seriously... But we managed to fence up the school compound during the camp..

Besides that, we had another tough task, FARMING... Weeding and ploughing the field were not that tough if not for the sun.. The sun drained all our energy.. Funny why they wanted us to work when the sun was out and rest when the sun set...

After this camp, most of the kids know how to say 'wo ai ni', thanks to us from IMU.. Of course they learnt other mandarin words and phrases too.. They were so enthu in learning mandarin that they even used their handphones to take down notes.. Happy to see that they pick up mandarin fast.. Because we have great chinese teacher, mr loo and mr eng, not to mention what kind of words they taught them.. lol...

Anyway, the workcamp was only part of our trip there.. We had more excitement apart from that.. :P We went to lots of places in cebu and bohol islands.. The best thing there was the beaches... They were awesome.. Had uploaded some photos of our trip to the Philippines in my facebook.. Photos describe better.. :)

A brief account on what we had for our elective.. Hope you guys out there share with us too.. :)