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Behind every great man is a woman rolling her eyes.
-Jim Carrey-

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ABOUT ME!

H E L L O ! - my name is Gerrah Lei.

I’m also known as “Lei”, “Gel”, “Ger”, “Jelly” or the “Crazy Filipino”.

There are a few important things about me that you should know.

#1 For my birthday [which is always on the 21^st of March], I want chocolates. Lots and lots of chocolates.

#2 I don’t act [unless I’m on stage]. So if I appear nice, pretty, or awesome in front of you, I wasn’t acting.

*SEXY POSE*

#3 I hate (I know, I know hate is such a strong word) PLASTICS. I hate fakes. I don’t like people who appear extremely kind to one person while planning to kill someone else. Just be nice! Is that too much to ask? Be nice and I promise, the world will be a better place.

*ANGEL FACE*

#4 HAHA, by now you should be asking yourself “Gerrah said ‘A FEW THINGS’?!” Oh alright! Here’s the last thing I want people to know about me. I love ♫ Music. It means the world to me. It like a drug I can NE-EVER stop taking! Music is the cure to everything. Music was there for me when everyone else wasn’t! Music is my life, my heart and my soul.

*DRAMATIC, SAD SAD SONG*

This entirely explains why I sing and act. So please, if you love Gerrah, don’t hate her singing or acting, because to her, it means the world.

#5 Oh aaand! [Last thing!, I promise!] I love my Mum, my Dad, Vic (my pet monkey, HAHA just kidding.. He's my brother), and everyone related to me

I love God’s creations.

I love you!

He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.
-Friedrich Nietzsche-

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Wednesday, November 30, 2011 ( 7:16 PM )

Alright, here’s what you guys have all been waiting for J

I guess I’ll start off informally considering this is MY blog and the tab says “IT’S MY TURN TO TALK” – which basically means, I make the decision [whether you like it or not J].

Before I start typing in detail [AGAIN, because the previous time I tried to talk about my trip to Cambodia, my computer couldn’t take the heat and turned off by itself], I would like to describe all the experiences as “life changing”

Why life changing? J keep reading to find out!

here we go!

DAY ONE

As early as 6AM in the morning, I was already in school. I have no idea why mummy flagged a cab super early. I told her to wait a little longer for time to pass because it was too early for the two of us to be in school but [as always] she insisted on following her pace.

I couldn’t help but wonder that she’s not only in a rush to reach my school but also in a rush to get rid of meJ.

Since the meeting time was supposedly 6:45AM Mummy and I spent the rest of the time farting at each other. HAHA, just kidding. She spent the rest of the time sitting down with me giving me all sorts of reminders; “don’t forget to brush your teeth” kind of reminders.

7:15AM, everyone was gathered and ready to board the bus which will send us all to the Airport. Nothing special happened on the way to the airport. [As usual] I sat beside no one in the busJ. Irdina’s dad was sending her straight to the Airport so I didn’t have anyone to talk to.

8AM, everyone was good to go. Coach gave is names tags. The tags looked super professions and COOL.

IN THE PLANE, we ate cup noodles, not JUST cup noodles!, they were Chicken Flavoured, so be jealous!!

I sat beside Fuaadi. Nothing good or bad happened in the plane besides the part where I got myself embarrassed for almost getting squashed by two push-carts [because it was meal time] while I was on my way to the toilet. I love airplane toilets! I think it’s really interesting. I’ve been on a plane ever so often since, at least once a year, until now, I wonder what is going to happen to the flushed business. J

Also, I found it super duper awkward hopping both my legs one at a time over Fuaadi’s legs. It was so awkward.

[I wonder how dead awkward I would feel it were my dear crush’s legs *wonder* *wonder*.]

AROUND 12PM Singapore time /1PM Cambodia time, the plane landed. It wasn’t a good landing for me. L

At first the heat was bearable but as we walked away from the Arrival area to the bus [which, in a Singaporean aspect, is super old] the heat got a little harder to bear.

THE OH SO LEGENDARY - MAMAK’S CORNER,

and we all ate this

now, why 'legendary'? you may ask. Well it's because not only did this restaurant

made an impact on out stomach, I bet it also made a huge impact on our LIFE

because we learnt to appreciate the numerous types of dishes to choose from

when you're in Singapore. Not only did we eat this kind of meal once. :]

The group ate this type of food again and again and again for the whole trip except

for the last night where we ate KFC! :)

Unfortunately, I could't eat their fried chicken because it was oily and could

aggravate the terrible soar throat I was having :(. It was such a torture to see the

drumsticks being served on everyone's plate except mine. I ate mashed potatoes

and the coleslaw salad (I'm not sure how you spell that).

AFTER LUNCH, the S-21 TOUL SLENG GENOCIDE MUSEUM,

The site is a former high school which was used as the notorious Security Prison21 (S-21) by the Khmer Rouge communist regime from its rise to power

in 1975 to its fall in 1979.

From the time I heard the tour guide describe the painful struggles the prisoners faced, to the feeling when I enter the cells where the prisoners were locked in, to the feeling I get as I struggle to select the pictures to upload and try to avoid even the slightest glance at the photos I took.. The creepy, depressing, heartbreaking, tear-jerking, terrifying, bloodcurdling, disappointed feelings are still fresh in my mind, heart and flesh.

It’s just sad to know that the leader only thought of violence as a solution to his problems. Coach told me the leader had the brains but had none of the heart. AGREED.

WAIT, WAIT, because as we waited for the tour guide who was going to guide us around the Museum, we went to

HANDMADE SHOP [THINYY] - I'm not sure how exactly the store was called. And I bought these:

even the carrier was interesting :).

AFTER THE TOUR, we headed for our dinner at MAMAK’S CORNER [AGAIN] and then the long awaited HOTEL.

Now this my friends, is THE HOTEL LOBBY. That's it.

That is really is it :D Nothing more, nothing less.

----------------------------------END OF DAY ONE---------------------------------

DAY TWO

MORNING CALL WAS SO [I CANNOT HIGHLIGHT THIS ENOUGH!] SO WEIRD. I don’t know what my other friends thought but I honestly thought it sounded like my teacher, Mr Michael. When I picked the phone up, I was still half asleep so the guy’s voice woke me up insanely badly, it spoiled my morning J.

After the cu-cu-cold bath, because my room mate, Irdina and I could not figure out how to turn the heater on, we led ourselves up to the breakfast area also used as the reflection areaJ.

I think the building was 8 stories high. And this was the view from the window.

also, the awesome hotel cooks egg the way you like it

on the spot!

here's some cereal with cold milk :).

Then after the simple breakfast I had, we took the bus and went straight to the T-House.

the night before we flew to Cambodia, I made flash cards. I made sure the cards looked really pretty and attractive.

Trust me, making the flash cards weren’t as easy to make as you think because I had to cut out different types of rectangles, different colours, print out different numbers and made sure they were visible from afar. After cutting rectangles I had to paste twice to make one card. It was nowhere easy.

Teaching that day was really fun and new to me. Fun because my groups and someone else's group combined because we thought that combining would mean much more ideas thus a lot more activities to fill the time we had. I think we thought right because being with the other group was so much fun. Both groups consisted of very outgoing members. Though I ended up dead tired at the end of that day, I thought it was worth it. Day two was extremely fun and everything [achievements and failures] that happened that day was charged to my experience :).

HU-WAIT, I didn't sleep immediately after reaching the hotel. After the de-brief, I promised the combined group that I would be drawing out more teaching material and guides. Although my eyelids felt horribly heavy that night/morning - it was around 3AM [Cambodia time]

After sleeping I felt a great dryness in my throat and then an itch

then it became a sore throat. – which meant, I COULDN’T SING :’(

----------------------------------END OF DAY TWO---------------------------

DAY THREE

MORNING CALL [AS USUAL]. But I wasn’t awoken by the phone

ring because I was still deeply asleep, trying to regain the sleep I

spent drawing the night before. Thank goodness Irdina woke me up,

she was all wrapped in her towel as she violently tried to wake me

up. Guess she really had to wake up because she needed the room

to change into her clothes.

That morning, it was a ho-HOT shower. I blame the faulty water

heater because now I have weird itchy obvious red pores on my

(use to be) flawless legs :’(.

HAD BREAKFAST.

TRAVELLED TO THE T-HOUSE.

I don’t know what was the conflict between the group leaders because but no one combined their group with someone else’s

so, to be honest, I was really disappointed.

But despite THAT disappointment, I had to carry on my lessons as planned. It went pretty well J.

[because of the awesome drawings I did *proud smile*. PUH-

PLEASE!, lemme be proud of what I work hard for! (to impress a special someone) *blush* *blush*]

OUUUH! I mixed cement that day J [my back ached sooo bad]. I think my back ached even more because I [the OH SO STUPID GERRAH] did crunches and sit-ups because after she took a bath and saw herself naked she realized she was gaining the wait she worked so hard [in her aspect]. -.- just realized why mummy was so eager to send me to school and GET RID OF ME J - NOW I GET IT!!! XD.

THEN, THE USUAL DINNER AT MAMAK’S CORNER[AGAIN].

THEN SHOWER TIME [teachers thought making us shower would

wake us all up and make us stay awake for reflection sharing]

THEN REFLECTION TIME [the shower mission failed (to teachers:

YOU THOUGHT WRONG MAH FRIEND! :P)]

THEN A GOOD GOOD SLEEP! I TRIED to sleep early that night.

LOL, emphasize greatly on the word ‘tried’ because I ended up

being tease by a certain someone who I shan’t name because he

caught me sleeping with my mouth open like a retard – and he caught it

on pic J BOY WAS I (in my mind) digging my self a hole to burry my face in it. =/

----------------------------------END OF DAY THREE--------------------- DAY FOUR

MORNING CALL [AS USUAL]. But I wasn’t awoken by the phone

ring [AGAIN], because I slept late –stayed up late chatting using my

awesome awesome iPhone J.

I woke up realizing that it was my last day with the kid. So (again)

my morning wasn’t that good + the terrible sore throat I was trying

to bear. :’( - poor poor Gerrah don’t you think?

Anyways, Gerrah used her super powers to live life the way it

should be.

THE SHOW MUST GO ON <3

Despite the deadly sore in my throat, I managed to carry myself to

the T-house J. Oh and I hope she’s reading this ..

“Dear Megan, thank you for giving me one of your Nin Jiom Pei Pa Koa J.”

[I don’t know how to spell it =/]

For the whole morning, I spent all the powers I had left in my throat

to teach adorable kids in the T-house.

Immediately after teaching, I literally lost my voice box! – ME NO VOICE!!

OUUHH!! AFTER LUNCH, I clipped the children’s nails. Actually, I was assigned to keep the children occupied after washing up but since I wasn’t feeling so well I chose to clip their nails instead because clipping required less energy for me.

[I’m not really sad that I wasn’t feeling well, because

my dear crush didn’t ignore the fact that I was sick

he showed he cared *blink* *princess pose* -not gonna tell yououou what he did :P – as if he did anything L LOL]

MMM.. After the washing up. They played the balloon passing game thingy.

[see what I just did there??! I made up an awesome game name for the awesome game]

After all the hype games, the day came to an end when we gave away all the gift bags and balloons to every child who left the T-house. It was such a great feeling to be able to give and make them happy. I loved the feeling. I want to do it again.

AFTER T-HOUSE, we took summore pictures J

THEN, we went for a stroll beside a river.. the lights were a really

sight. J

[see what I’m trying to do now? LOL, I’m trying to put as much smilies as I can because I am pretty exhausted after typing all these L J J J]

AND THEN, they went for dinner at KFC. Technically, I did too but

but since I didn’t eat the awesome chicken everyone else was eating

so I didn’t go for KFC L..

But WHO CARES!?! I spent my time sitting preeeetty close to my

dear crush. [gaaaahh, looking at him made me forget my sore throat, my frustration of not getting to eat chicken! >.<]

THEN to the hotel where we took a shower first before REFLECTION TIME J

I sat right smack in front of dear crush *blush* :O!! during reflection time J *proud smile* HAHA.

I will never forget Coach’s quote:

“YOU DON’T HAVE MONEY, YOU LOSE NOTHING.

YOU DON’T HAVE GOOD HEALTH, YOU LOSE SOMETHING

YOU DON’T HAVE GOOD CHARACTER, YOU LOSE EVERYTHING.”

J J J - here’s more smilies ^_^

THAT NIGHT, I tried (I cannot emphasize on the word ‘tried’ enough) to TON? (is that what you call it?) .. but failed ^^ because my throat was killing me so so bad. L

----------------------------------END OF DAY FOUR---------------------------------

DAY FIVE

MORNING CALL [FOR THE LAST TIME L]

BREAKFAST AT THE HOTEL [FOR THE LAST TIME]

VISITED ANOTHER MUSEUM..

WENT TO MAMAK’S CORNER FOR LUNCH [(THANK GOODNESS) FOR THE LAST TIME :P]

THEN, SHOPPING! SHOPPING! SHOP-PING PING :P !!