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THAILAND OCIP 06

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full of passion, zest and energy!

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our little camera shy suet :)

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It was an breakfast at bk, changi airport!

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xinyi and me

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me,xinyi and guotong

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we SAT next to each other!

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its suet's favourite hello panda-tucked in the backseat for company

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we were on the plane to bangkok

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and it was so boring

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so we kept taking photos of ourselves

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nice songs

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breakfast on the plane. it was not bad - edible

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we finally arrived :):)

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thats qinpei,huijin and yunpei. we were at bangkok airport

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us with our luggage

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we ATE

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chinese proper food at the bangkok airport

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heh :)

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suet! i caught you again!!!

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we had a satifying meal.

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waiting to check in for plane flight to nongkhai

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so we took pics

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YUM

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we took this photo outside the airplane we are going to board for nongkhai!

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THIS PIC IS SO COOOLLL

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thats our plane- thai airways

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my plane flight buddies

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samuel rubbish

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hmm..issit bangkok or nongkhai, i forgot!

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my snack

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WE'VE REACHED NONGKHAI

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our van to fetch us to our accomodation

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thats my luggage on top of the van

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i forgot who cut me off this pic INTENTIONALLY..

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we cant wait to set off

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yixi, xinyi, me and jingkai

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the people seated at the front row of our van

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and the second and third row people

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finally arrived at HENG HENG

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our first night's feast

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louisa,suet,me,meiling and yeenseen

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first breakfast

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my room mate SUET!!

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all ready to start our first day of teaching - we were on the bus

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and thats another room mate/crasher qiwen!

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first, we clarified matters at the long table

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then, mr dee and lan translated our names into thai on our namecards

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i was rather exasperated - the girl beside me threw a bug at me :((((

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teaching

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me attempting to get them to respond to samuel - the teacher of the day

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teaching

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choo choo train

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end of choo choo train

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teaching

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and more teaching..

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we played muscial chairs with them!

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waikuan and yixi

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still musical chairs..

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i've got peace like a river.. i've got peace like a river..

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ME IN ACTION- now this is evidence to show that i never slack okay!

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MR DEEEEEEEEEE!!! thr principal of the school

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the exterior of the toilet. it looks like a shed.

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the toilet at the school.. better than expected!

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they actually have a well in school..

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so i tried to pump water out.

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gina and her pretty student!

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thats the school playground and the kids trying to recover their childhood..

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round round babe round round

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lunch! i was so hungry!!

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the toxic-looking-24baht drink that tasted really good(generousity of samuel)

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our long table for meals at the school

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lunch was so good, it tasted like thai express

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thats the crazy grade 3s

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we had to subdue them with face masks..

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but it didnt work quite well...

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more demonic

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and even more sinister

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the notorious grade3s- i swear i am never gonna step into the class again

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thats my class- the grade 4s playing captain's ball

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at the end of first day's teaching..

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first appearance of AMORN GADBOOD - the boy samuel is carrying

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the outside of the school

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walking to the other secondary school..

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qinpei,qiwen and me

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our second night's dinner

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late night partying.. guotong's last night!

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CHEERRSSS.. our favourite 10 baht drink!!!

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illegal gathering at A10

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breakfast was superbly delicious..

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YUM yum yum

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that boy in front - hes the notorious pongsit of my class

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and he attempted/forced to piggyback me around school :s

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wadkun(in thai): draw yourself

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er...obviously i didnt draw that of myself

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thats our programme com ic kaihan with his class

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my lovely grade 4s - the girls

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okay, another cute boy

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hello, good morning! my name is..i come from..i like jenny..i dont like sam :)

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clarissa and her class

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kaihan and his class

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yeenseen and her class

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"the kindergardeners"

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with their bibs..

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the two sweetest boys in my class :)

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naughty pongsit

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and him again

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gina and jingkai with their class

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my teaching partner and his boys

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AMORN GADBOOD in front!

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it was the "uniform group" day boys were dressed as scouts and girls as guiders

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musical chairs

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zaliah, versena and sujitra

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sing song!

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london bridge

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chaos

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MY FAVOURITE!!

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cheers! today its the ORANGE drink- nope not green..

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my lunch buddies - okay,part of group 3

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its the painting of the friendship bridge in the backdrop!

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that day when Mr teo was in-charged of group 3..

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the "flag-lowering" ceremony before they are released from school

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samuel and our class boys

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a lot of heads

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amorn is riding on samuel's back

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i think we were playing the eagle and hen game..

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the head prefect is at the center of the picture

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IT felt so cool though we looked abit like the construction workers

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hwa chong councillors, past and present, with a big heart for community service

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me and qiwen. backdrop is Laos!!

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erm..i think it was yixi's fingers

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dinner was at some restaurant by the river...

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the food was good

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meilin is indulging herself

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the friendship bridge - so bootiful :)

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suet,me,qiwen,louisa and meilin

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THAI BIRTHDAYCAKE! celebrating yibing's birthday :)

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we all wanted to kill suet for taking such a lousy and abrupt previous photo

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the programme comm

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yes, we are the most important thus biggest comm in ocip :) HAHAHA

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their "denim" traditional costumes - a bit of an irony here

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pinapple rice with sausage and leek? DELICIOUS.

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we always take a photo before eating at this table!

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it reminds me of kueh chap in singapore!

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i think we were eating breakfast..

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HEHE!! AGAIN!!

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today there was no catering. the school provided the meals.

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me and CLARISSAAA!

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sports wear day

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sawadeekkaa we look thai here...

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i think qiwen looks retarded here :)

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qinpei,qiwen, me and the lake

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OCIP GIRLS

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qiwen feeding the fishes

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before we bought the boat for a floating dinner!!

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on the boat having a sumptous dinner

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they said current is especially rapid here for there is a sunken pagoda beneath.

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the "town" in nongkhai oh and interesting traffic lights!

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the backdrop looks so old that it feels as though this photo has been edited

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a group shot before trying out the roadside stalls..

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LOOKS GROSS

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bugs and MORE BUGS

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we bought scorpions. they tasted like SHIT! i feel cheated :s

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crepes in nongkhai!

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that man selling it

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Mr teo clipped my nametag on my crepe,so its rightfully MINE!

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MOU and samuel- compare the eyes ;)

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at the orphangage in nongkhai

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me clarrisa and a cute boy

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us again at the orphangage

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qinpei, another cute boy and me

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its like hor fun with lots of vege

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the thai temple -so majestic!

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i think the entire population of nongkhai was gathered there..so crowded!

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me and sweaty suet! this was taken in the temple...

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me and a girl from my school

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the place where they fired the rockets!

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it reminded us of the bug we ate last night..

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samuel, the cook from the school, me and the teacher of grade 4

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amorn! look at samuel's eyes ;) HAHA SO un-glam!!

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zaliah! and another boy not from my class

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they looked high on alcohol and drugs - DANGEROUS PEOPLE

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on the bus - me and xinyi

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rice fields

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more fields

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bbq dinner

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the street behind us was so empty that it felt like we owned the place!

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huijin,yixi,qiwen and me

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artistic shot?

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the thai equivalent of cereals

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we were trying to imitate nengjie until we burst into fits of laughter..

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thats an interesting vehicle

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THE FORMATION we practised last night..

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overhead electrical lines - so uncommon nowadays

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hmm...suet and a random lady

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the wok is so lousy in design!

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B is BANANA B A NA NAS

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i dont like thai bean sprouts! they taste too fresh :s

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we didnt dare sit with the pervertic-looking men from the rehab center

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the rehab centre

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ONE MORE TIME!

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the best vietnamese restaurant in nongkhai

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we dined there! lucky us :)

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trying on shades

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i think i look like a bug in there

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himbo

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shit-looking sausages

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PERVERT

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CRIMINAL

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we were so tired after spending so long in the indochinese market

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i love this picture! it captures the NONGKAI street atmoshphere

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dinner at deang

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eating...we love to take photos before meals!

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eating the thai "spring roll" thing - it was fun!

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nice atmosphere+good company= ocip 06

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so pretty i cant seem to see such nice sky in singapore!

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at tesco, shopping for food to give our grade 4s!

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okay, we all look dumb:(

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the interesting lady we just so happen to befriend while grocery shopping..

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unglam shot number 1

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unglam shot number 2

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we were left to finish up the orange thing for breakfast..THE LAST MEN STANDING

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the day we came early to watch them come to school... and it was raining :(

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i look demonic here, but the little girl is from grade 1 and she is so cute! :)

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oh, hes evil.he pokes people so hard and yet hes clarrissa's favourite boy!

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they are the creepy grade 3s

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clarrissa and her boy

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class shot- grade 4

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I AM THE PROUD TEACHER

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presenting to you the best class

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carrot sculpturing- it feels like i was on one of the sabbaticals module

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my class girls

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nittipong!

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my class boys

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amorn,nittipong and me pongsit made the face mask for me!

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hes hungry

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they made the "crowns" from recycled materials

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we treated the children to KFCs i think they LOVED IT

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rice, a burger and hor fun - lunch

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:)

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my carrot!!

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our carrots

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class shot - grade 4

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A8!

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the roomates

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we love A8- we love HENG HENG GUESTHOUSE

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we were watching television

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and it was CHANNEL V!

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we set the camera on timer and took this pic ourselves!

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our room A8

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thai satays

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if i played taiti i would have WON i am 2 spades! THE MOST POWERFUL!

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it was the finale day

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and its so sad to have to part after forging a bond with them

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we were distributing the food to our class

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the monk starting the ritual

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at first we were so proud cause we were the only ones who received 2 roses each!

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then we became "prouder" cause we had 3! ;)

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contented kids

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sticky rice, salad, beehoon and drumlets - "the last lunch"

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some weird tasting-super sweet-banana dessert

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mr dee and samuel. scandulous.this is the land of thailand...

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the family portrait

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we are the best :)

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gina, samuel and the kids

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they were lining up to send us off

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thats the primary school we taught in

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i will miss this school so much

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i cant bear to leave them! i wanted to kidnap them back to singapore!

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RUSH!

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we were leaving for the airport

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last moments in A8

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HENG HENG GUESTHOUSE

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waikuan! shes like a da jie super funny

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the harry potter - willow tree- look alike

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group 3 of ocip

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yeah babe, we rock!

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this was at the waiting area for plane flight to bangkok at nongkhai airport

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waiting for our plane.. doo doo doo...

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i like this photo. it was taken abruptly and it looks so professional!

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me,qiwen,huijin and clarrissa

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flight buddies-quek yibing and samuel rubbish

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the bouquet of roses does not belong to me but i WANT!

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scandal :)

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high tea

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athenee ATHENA! i love my faculty :p

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we ate at the japanese restaurant

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oishi

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i have a fettish for hats though i didnt buy it

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crepes! this time its japanese style - its so sinful,but GOOOD!

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meiji strawberry milk

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bought from 7 eleven

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birthday girl

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finally a western meal!

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breakfast at bangkok palace

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our hotel rrooom

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the room is creepy

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sweaty suet!

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qiwen, me and shijia!

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we were on the bridge

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people walking up the bridge - i was fascinated by the bridge

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phat thai. ITS SO GOOODDD!

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at the airport for departure

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MOU! media comm guy :)

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spicy chicken rice from KFC tasted like tom yum fried chicken with rice

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it was so amusing to watch them from behind..

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we dont want to LEAVE!

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we cant bear to GO!

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the final plane ride

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with qinpei :) :)

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i hate the airplane food