Week 3 of the summer programme

it's really fast.

first day we were here it felt like we were going to be staying here forever.

second week we began to feel after all 3 weeks isn't going to be very long.

now finally coming to the third and also final week, the days left feel like it's never going to be enough. the saddest part of everything is always when you're starting to get so used to what you're doing, it's almost becoming a routine. so used to seeing the same few faces, laughter, eating the same breakfast over and over again, worrying about not being able to wake up  in the morning even with Losh's morning call, hoping that the umbrella wouldn't continue to break in the strong wind, trying our best to stay awake in lectures, to leave a good impression, to learn how people from various backgrounds see things from different perspectives, to get to know your existing & new friends better, to hope that this trip would be one that is truly worthwhile.

and just as i deeply indulge myself in every single bit of it, i also realised that we're coming to and end.


library event today was so much fun!

other than the fact that Joe was in charge of the event, the crazier part was to see how the kids get super excited over just a paper plane. the story we prepared earlier (Journey to the West) didn't even matter much anymore, hand printing definitely won the kids' hearts for our group.

Sky (i still really really love her name; cause did i mention the SKY in Lancaster is superbly beautiful nothing can beat its beauty) and her brother Paul looked so happy painting their palms with all kinds of colours then printing them onto the paper with our stories written on. HB's beautiful drawing of the shun mm hong, zhu bat gai, sha zang and the sifu were all covered with their hand prints.

and the strange thing is you don't even feel angry with what they just did - wasting your hard drawing effort by just covering the whole palm onto it - because when you look at those genuine smiles on their faces, and how they reach out for your palm to give you a high 5, messily staining your palm with paint too, everything that's left in your mind is only that SMILE. *btw, their youngest brother, Sam is suuuuuuuuuuper cute! *faints*

then there was this girl Kristy and her brother who came back and said "thank you" to me after i wrote her name on the cloth bag for her. which was soooo cute! and automatically i think i mouthed the most sincere "you're welcome" ever.

Gem who moved from Canada was a lil quiet though. he just sat there and made his bookmarks for his 7 siblings apparently! but he's so cute too, can tell that he's a very creative person.

omgosh i'm really sleepy already. end of post. please tomorrow be a better day! :)