My batam trip

Hello! miss me?!
I came back from batam like on fri evening!
Anw, i would just like to talk about my trip cause i am like going mawai which is somewhere is malaysia from like 1-4 dec! so i won't have time to blog! ahhhh!

Hmmm...the purpose of me going there is to make friends with the orphans, help them to build a house and to provide basic necessities for them!
On my way to the orphanage which is like outside of the city area, i just saw a small part of the lifestyle of people..
What i saw outside of my window is just houses. Houses made out of cardboard and zinc roofs...
People walking around without shoes...etc..

Then, a thought came into my mind...i suddenly rmb what my father asked me like a few months ago..
He said "If your God is real, why would he allow some people in certain countries to suffer poverty while others are like rich?"
I couldn't answer him at that point of time...
Now, as i was looking out of my window, i realise that God is actually fair!
What i see is people gathering together, watching tv, playing football, bathing or even just talking...
As the bus went by, children and even the adults there waved and smiled at us very happily!
I started to ponder, why are the people there so happy while my friends and Singaporeans are like complaining about this and that...
Do you know that an average Singaporean will at least complain 3 times a day?!

I feel that even Singaporeans are like rich materialistically, they are not contented with what they have and still want more...
Singapore is even considered as one of the most umhappy country amongst all the other countries!
While as for indonesians, even if they do not get to enjoy the material stuff, they are happy...
Cause the only thing that they have there is people...their emphasis is more on bonding...both family, friends and even neighbours!
This is something that Singaporeans should actually learn!
Their buildings are also one lvl kind...so they also get to see the broad sky across!

There are some things that i learnt about that country...
Do you know that you cannot touch the indonesian's head like even the children? it is considered as being rude...
They also sell bottles of oil to fill their motorbikes in mama shops!
Also, their motorbikes are really cheap! like 400 to 500 sing!
Anyone of any age can also ride a bike! and it can seat up to 5 ppl!
Also, they do not like and cannot eat things that are too hygienic just like how Singapore cannot eat things that are dirty.
I ever saw one scene...there is this orphan...she is like only 4 years of age...
She ate a cup of ice cream that my friend bought for the orphans when the "icecream man" drove in...
She accidently drop it...and the whole cup drop on the floor..She wanted to cry! but another indonesian incharge of the orphanage, she scoop the icecream up, wipe off the sides and hand it over to the girl! Inside the icecream still got dirt!
I was just stunned! i really dunno what to say...
Also! after the orphans bathe, they can actually play in the sand and get themselves all dirty again!

At the end, we didn't complete the house even though we work from 8 to 6 like for 2 days still cannot finish!
We only completed half...
Who knows that building a house can actually be so so difficult and really tiring!
We go to carry the bricks from there to here, here to there...
Carry water from downhill to up hill to make cement to fill in the holes in the bricks (apparently it is because of budget)
tranfer land into the inside of the foundation..etc.
The kids there were really cute and adorable..we played soccer with them!

Oh! i tell you! the things in batam is really cheap! the exchange rate is really good!
It is like $1 to 8000 rupiah! pity that i didn't bring enough money...if not i will buy like mad ler!
Everything there is like super cheap! you know converse shoes are like 16 dollars! and i bought this rip curl cap for like 10 plus dollars only when the actual price is like 30 plus!
You know i am not those kind that like to shop de...hahaha=)
And the hotel was great!!!

God bless you always!