Good evening to all. The wind outside the Pink House now feels a little chilly, probably because of a heavy downpour just a couple of hours ago. This has caused the beach patrolling team today to postpone their adventure till the next day. What a pity, but I guess everyone has had fun interacting and teaching the local children during the night lesson.
However, the post today will surround the theme of 'love', where a couple of our team members have forged new friendships, and possibly other forms of relationships. For instance, Ding Kun has developed a new and blooming 'bromance' with one of the local kids. The picture below depicts a sweet moment of them holding hands while cycling. But hey, please look out for traffic behind!
Day 4 was a day for many accomplishments. Firstly, the patrolling team for yesterday witnessed the rare sight of green turtle laying eggs, not one, but three in total. The team had also managed to complete the paintwork for our third and final purple house before lunch, the fastest thus far. I guess the art of painting is accumulative, where lessons learnt from the previous days were consolidated and improved on in subsequent paintwork, resulting in greater efficiency. After lunch, we had an interactive session that comprised of singing and playing of games with scouts from the local school.
Oh, look at how adorable the boys are! Happiness, tinged with a little of playfulness, was reflected on their faces. I believe the scouts in the school had thoroughly enjoyed themselves, dancing to the tunes of 'Gako the Frog' and sweating out while having a match of 'Dog-and-Bone'. The team is indeed grateful to the school and Cikgu Sahara (the teacher-in-charge) for their hospitality and amicability.
Just before dinner, the team made a trip to the turtle hatchery situated behind the 'Penarik Inn' for excavation, in search of turtle eggshells and eggs that are either not fertilised or dead before born. It was a first time experience for all of us, and everyone got to dig their hands real deep into the holes (approximately an arm's length, in terms depth) to look out for shells and eggs gingerly. We were overjoyed to see the eggshells as the latter represents the birth of baby turtles, but were a little disappointed, or maybe sad, to know that some of them did not have the chance to open their eyes and catch a glimpse of how the world is like. That's life, I guess.
After a long and hectic day of activities, everyone was thoroughly drained with fatigue. Our beloved one and only female team mate, Ming Xian, was so tired that she hugged the pillar, like how a koala clings on to a tree, while the rest were having dinner. Oh, look at her chubby cheeks and sleepy look. Ming Xian, please rest early tonight!
The malay word we have learnt today is:
Ular - Snake (River's new pet, Mary)
It's already 1:48am now and I guess I should be returning to my comfortable sleeping bag for a good night rest. Selamat malam. (:
Jia Wei
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