day 4 was also the last day at the village! we headed down bright and early and i joined a visitation team once again to visit another 3 houses. learnt quite a few interesting things! apparently the Orang Asli do not take photos in 3s cos if not the one in the centre will be unlucky! (BIANG AND BAILU WE NEED TO STOP TAKING PHOTOS TGT) and there was this very interesting man who spoke chinese and fished for a living (or other people fished for him). the pond outside the village is filled with soonhocks, it seems, and each fish fetches about RM3.50, which is significantly more than rubber tapping, in which 1 litre of rubber sells for only 10sen. he also grows orchids for pleasure, which the bio student in me thought was terribly interesting :D they were all wild specimens! (imagines mr lim's shared excitement)
other things they do for leisure (because, if they are rubber tappers, they work from 5am to 10am and then have the rest of the day off) include fishing (but not for eating) and generally "sitting around". some of the kids school, although many still find it unnecessary since they just end up as rubber tappers anyway (the nursery only schools 7 children). its quite interesting though because generally those that were more well off or had parents working in more "advanced jobs" such as in factories seemed to have a greater emphasis on education. the general consensus, however, was that they preferred kampong life to city life (possibly because its more expensive there, and hence lower SOL)
after the interviews i headed back to play with the kids somemore. they are so adorable haha. we played this game called Hantu (meaning Ghost) where people stay inside a circle and the Hantu stays outside and trys to grab at the people in the circle. Once you have been grabbed you become a Hantu too, so ultimately there will just be once person inside trying to avoid everyone haha.
it is more tiring than you think.
twas the last day, so we tried very hard to take as many photos with the kids as possible, but they were all so camera shy! luckily i did get one, even though he was trying very hard to run away hahaha.
cute right xD
we rounded up with a group shot in the front of the nursery.
the last night was special so we ate at a sushi restaurant instead! i ordered a salmon mango maki and this incredibly huge plate came out. -joy- i spent like almost all my ringgit (i only brought 75!) on that dinner hahaha. sushi ftw!
after dinner we headed to the arcade. LINCOLN TAUGHT ME HOW TO DAYTONA DRIFT!! granted, i was driving automatic and so did not look as cool as him when he drifted, and i never really managed to right my car after i drifted so i usually always crashed, but twas very exciting. ESP WITH PEOPLE SCREAMING IN YOUR EAR.
lincoln: ok. when i say break you break ok.
me: -distracted and panicky- okok!
lincoln: ok NOW. break. BREAK. BREAKKKK! BREAKBREAKBREAK!!
me: OMG AHHH OMG AHH LIKE THIS? AHHHHH
wayne: -insert noises of excitement and random bits of advice i was not paying att to-
linocln: OK STOP BREAKING. DONT NEED TO BREAK ALL THE WAY! STOP! NOW TURN. TURNNN! TURNNNNNN!
me: AHHHHHHHH.
-car crashes-
lincoln: YOU NEED TO STOP TURNING AFTER YOUR CAR TURNS!
hahahaha. but it was very fun ^^ i have newfound respect for dong's shooting skillz. i always knew he was good but i didnt know he was SUPERBLY ABOVE NORMAL HUMAN BEINGS GOOD. somemore he shoot got style one haiz. lincoln is very good at timecrisis as well. :D but i hae also learnt that liza is not too shabby for a girl either! good job liza!
we headed back to the hostel after arcade. some split to watch green zone/ the blind side/ play bridge but i didnt feel like either so we sat in our room and chatted till 2am haha. manymany hours of htht tends to bring people closer tgt so it was very fun and worth it ^^
