It feels great to escape to a quiet little town right after the exams. A quiet little town known as Kluang, in Johor. We stayed in a convent, Cannosian Convent in fact; a big, empty, mysterious convent with nuns and we are the only visitors. It reminds me of the Famous Five adventures i read ages ago.
There's also so much good food and i gained 2kgs..this is soo depressing, im trying to lose the extra weight now.
I did exercise though, but i don't think its enough. I was forced to climb a mountain. Pastor says my name E.D.N.A stands for Edna Deliberately Naik Atas but that's so not true! But this is true, E.D.N.A = Edna Didn't Naik Atas. Because i gave up halfway. Hehe. So Pastor says E.D.N.A = Exercise Daily, No Arguments.
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| Obviously, i hate doing this. |
But the best thing about our time in Kluang ain't about the food, but it's what we saw and experienced that made a lasting impression. We went with Pastor Jit Pang and his youth to distribute food to the poor who lives along the railway track. And these people live in run-down houses, have medical problems, lots of kids and no money. Most are elderly people who are abandoned by their kids.
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| this lady can't walk and she has to depend on her husband's income of RM10 per day |
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| this lady cried cause her son only visits her for money |
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| a blind old man shaking hands with everyone |
If you're on a train, passing by the rows of houses, you wouldn't have guessed that there are still people living in poverty there. And suddenly you just realized how lucky you are, how ignorant you have been, and what really matters after all.
We also went to help out Pastor Victor and Pastor Kelly in a youth talk, acting as facilitators to a group of teenagers. It wasn't easy because the topic is 'Premarital Sex'. Yeah.
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| i thought i was shy, but the kids were shyer! |
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| had to do all the talking in the end |
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| yeap, we're the facilitators! |
After 3 days and 2 nights in Kluang, we headed back to kl, but not without stopping in Malacca for dinner.
And not forgetting some sight-seeing and window shopping in Jonker street, where Edward says, "Even sardines in a tin have more space than this!"
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| haha! satay celup! |
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| cocky faces |
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| no, i didnt finish all of that.. |
Then we headed home and it's the end of our journey, leaving the five of us with shared memories of great times and laughter.
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| edward the joker |
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| daniel the storyteller |
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| fiona as lovely as ever |
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| andrew after he was infected with E1T1 virus |
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| Goodbye! :) |
THE END.
