got back from Nepal OCIP on Wednesday night.
This is one trip that opened my eyes to a lot of things and got me thinking a lot about my life, education and a lot of those kinds of things.
Had so much fun those 11 days which made me regret not getting to know everyone better before the trip because by the time we got close, the trip was ending.

Will never forget how I was the source of entertainment for everyone, constantly tripping and laughing (and then having my laugh mocked which made me laugh more which made people laugh more) and somehow I got deemed weak by everyone on the second day or work so everyone would be like "COME MIRANDA LET ME HELP YOU" or "JIAYOU MIRANDA COME ON" which was strangely amusing/annoying. Will never forget the adorable p3 kids (my little girlies indira, anita, susmita, rita, niru, sanu), the comfortable tents, the soso very caring and creative cooks in the cookhouse who make amazing curries and apple pies, the volleyball, the ping pong, the lepaking, eye powering, the never-ending HTHTs, sharings in the dark- too much to name.




I didn't get to see any shooting stars though ):

One thing I find really worth sharing was our last lesson, which was us trying to teach the kids to dream and to have ambitions. We started off the lesson by telling the kids what we want to be in the future. Problem with that was, when we were discussing that the night before, I realised I don't know what I want to be. People tell me it's okay, you're still young, but then I wonder, where am I headed to now? What am I working/studying so hard for? When I think really hard and try to imagine myself in the future all I think of is myself being happy and living life somewhat carefree, and compared to my working group mates who have such clear goals in mind i feel pale in comparison.
Then I think of the children that day. We asked them to draw what they want to be in the future. So many of the girls wanted to be singers or dancers but when it came to drawing it out, they didn't know how to picture it in their heads. Some kids, when I asked them what they want to be, they just shyly shook their heads and said "no future". This was pretty heartbreaking for me actually. Here I am, with a wide range of choice of things I could be in the future but I just can't choose, whereas these kids don't have a choice - or at least they believe they don't.

The trip was so meaningful in so many ways, I don't know how to describe it honestly. Even the pictures can't really show. Before the trip I wasn't really looking forward to it because there was no one I was close to, but by the end of the trip I didn't want to leave because of the 24 other people I have grown to love over just 11 short days, 27 if you include the teachers.