[brush]
This is the world he painted
This is the world he saw
He wept in pure sorrow
For nothing could be done at all
Someday, one day, he hope that the rest
Would seek the truth and pull through the test
The destiny and fate of Man lies in their hands
For he who paints the world sees the world
In sorrow, yet ever joyful...
[hear me]
Sunday, November 12, 2006
okay wow, isn't this wonderful? I'm in a place where the chinese call it mamaland, and although I do not know why there wasn't any papaland or whatsoever, or maybe there was some gender inequality or discrimination, but yeah, the fact remains that i'm stuck in China. And literally too. 1.3 billion and rising, any normal human being would have given a thought about overpopulation. Seriously seriously, I feel the squeeze and there's not enough space even for a foreigner like me. Even their homes are uber small. That's why i'm stuck. Get what I mean? Never mind if you don't.
One thing that pleases me is that their homes have coms! At least I'm able to read my mail before it's too late, erm I believe you know what I mean? especially when you are away from home in a state full of commis and the scenario is that there isn't a basic com for you to use. oh great, china, gai ge kai fang, modernisation, technological advances, research and development and so on and so forth. Hmm... maybe we should think a little more deeper. On the surface, we see China's fast development in technology. The sleeping dragon awakes, China's fast becoming a superpower, massive foreign investment. Like for example, my host's father has a super cool phone with bluetooth function? Yeah, and he's from a middle class family. You understand the situation? Good. But if we observe closely, we see the ugly side of the Chinese society, of poverty. Judging from the no. of beggers you can see alone on one street, there's still a lot to be done in terms of China's social developement. Went to a village sch yesterday. The kids are dirt-poor and the facilities in the sch aren't basic at all. Wooden chairs, tabes, chalkboard, run-down buildings, you might just think that you have just enter a warzone or a desolated ghost town. Old people sitting by the street, doing nothing. Whta happened to job structuring and re-training? Is it their destiny to be like that forever? I strongly disagree. These are the people left behind by this fast-paced economic development and something must be done. And the roads of the cities can represent the social situation. One word: messy. You can count yourself lucky to be alive just from crossing a street. I'm serious. Face it. It's the ugly side of society and it's definitely worseing. Something must be done. I wanna stay there help them. Do some CIP. It will be much better than some exchange programme. Stop hiding the truth. Point made.
okay so back to my trip. I say i'm a true blue Singaporean, cause I puked like the Merlion. Hey cool, it seems to rhyme. But that's beside the point. Hmm, i dunno whether to laugh or not but right after I made my last blog post, I vomited. All my dinner. The computer room sucks. Apart from the computers still living in the win 98 era, it's super stuffy plus I thnik I ate too much. So out goes my dinner like a waterfall. Total three times. Need not describe how was it. Was just mentally and physical painful. You feel like you are vomiting out your organs and then your chest hurts. A lot. Seriously, I hate vomiting. I can still remember the pain in my stomach and chest. Felt like dying. I knew I had food poisoning. Went to hospital. Got the shock of my life. Crazy people. Ask me to draw blood. And then when I had diarrhoea you kno what they told me to do? Hmm... I don't think you wanna know what i did but let's just say I gave them a sample. I think they are crazy over testing. I had to do everything on my own. No nurses at all. Can just fire all of them lah. Fortunately, there were teachers to help. Seriously speaking, I never want to experience that sort of thing again. They do not put the patient's welfare as their top priority. I think that's the main difference between the health services of Singapore and China. Then after that I'm the first to be admitted, stuck in hospital for 5 days. Saw others coming in to stay with me, lol. Turned out to be a massive food poisoning. I recovered in like 2 days? Held us back because of their snail-speed tests and cultivation. They suspected it's some communical disease. -.- Thorughout my stay, I realised the place is super messy. There's no specific nurse to a patient. And the instructions for the medicine weren't clear. And they are obessessed with needles too. They poke you to put you on drips, even when you are asleep. Not sure whether the needles are clean or not. They say the usage is always once and it's always in packets. Just have to trust them. Didn't have much of a choice. Wasted a few days of the trip.
I would sincerely like to thank iSpark for showing me so much concern and I could feel all of your warmth even when I'm sick in China. I realised what a wonderful family I am in from all the love and care that the consortium has showed me when i had food poisoning. Recieved the get well card; it's beautiful. Thank you Ms Tey, Ms Gwee, iCouncil, Jia Chen, Jang, Mr Tan, Ms Shieh for your care and concern when I was in hospital. Thank you to everyone who was concerned about me and everyone who helped me in one way or another. It gave me strength to get better. I'm now alright and out of hospital. Currently in Shandong, trying to learn as much as I can to make up for lost time when I was in hospital. Really miss you all, especially my family and friends. I'll be on 24th, so see you then! This trip really is an eye-opener. Think I'll miss it when I go back home, especially the scenery.
Lots of funny things happened though along the trip: how I got a massive bball rejection from hongsheng - super funny reaction, how lc's wallet dropped into the pond, how me, alvin, pao pao crazily went mountain-climbing, and also stooped by the roadside like idiots because we got lost, the day I fell in love with a puppy, how everyone was imitating Shieh lao shi's line etc. Super funny stuff. Can't rembmer everything. Shall blog whn i thought of it, haha. Oh yeah, and how me and alvin were going "Li Lian Hua" in a super high note, imitaing Rock lee in Naruto, haha. Getting damn high in China, woohoo! I sound like Ohichimaru though, that super high-pitch voice. Good ting there's naruto on tv. I think I'm addicted to it, haha.
I think I shall go shower. Very tired and sleepy. Zzz... Nites people...
brushofmight
where'd you go?i miss you so...seems like it's been foreverthat you've been gone...everlasting hope
