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Thursday, March 31, 2005

yo people! woah can't believe its thursday already..this easter week has just flown by..

I returned from dubbo on late on monday!I had such an incredible experience!!:)I learnt a lot about the aboriginal culture and had an interesting time interacting with the people I got to meet..

There's basically quite high racial tension in dubbo between the whites and the aboriginals..and there's an annual easter fair thats held in dubbo that attempts to bridge that gap..8 of us drove to dubbo from sydney and we volunteered to set up a tent full of kids' activities like face painting, kite-making, crafts, sports etc..its interesting to see how different kids can be..there are many spoilt kids who are so hard to talk to..but also the really sweet ones like one girl who just ran up to me and gave me a hug for no reason.. Some kids talked to us and I learnt how sad their lives have been..they're really patriotic..many asking to have the aboriginal flags painted on their faces and arms..but its also not too good cos I guess they're brought up since young with anger against the whites..

I also got the chance to learn how to throw a boomerang!haha its definitely not as easy as it looks..but so fun:)and I saw a traditional aboriginal dance!they were dressed up in plants and white paint and its pretty cool how all of their dances all have stories behind them:)

I did have a meaningful and different easter this year..dubbo was an incredible experience for me and the I was also surprised by the easter church services on good friday and easter sunday..the church was really nice and new and not at all what I expected..I would have been happy enough attending a simple easter mass of course..so I was really pleasantly surprised by the powerful choir...it was the largest congregation I've seen since coming to sydney.. the chapel at creston is nice, bu I do miss having a large singing congregation at times...

dubbo's a lot more advanced than I expected than I expected it to be..but west dubbo (where all the aboriginal families reside) was definitely poorer in comparison to east dubbo (where all the whites live) :( yeah anyway so the church was really nice and I really enjoyed the masses..the evening mass on saturday was 2 hours long but it didn't feel that long at all..I really enjoyed myself:)

dubbo's a 6 hour journey away..and we spent most of the time sleeping, singing, snacking on junk food, and talking rubbish!yep I did get to know a couple of the creston people better during this trip..it was like a road trip..but a very meaningful one..there was quite a bit of nice scenary to se along the way..lotsa greenery and we passed the blue mountains as well:)oh and a couple of funny parts..There was this night we were craving ice cream..(cos we don't have much time for decent lunches during the day's activties so we're seriously starving by dinner time)..yep so we went to get some late night ice cream after dinner..we were walking along the street and I was so immensely enjoying my ice cream that I walked right into a garbage bin!sigh. haha luckily my ice cream was still intact. oh and while I was face painting some kids asked me if I were from china..they asked me to paint pictures of dragons and to write chinese letters on their arms/face..haha I was trying to translate their names into chinese but not too successful at it..heh but it probably didn't make much of a difference to them I guess..they probably just thought the chinese writing was cool:)

yeah so I really did have a good time..learning about aboriginal culture and also with the people I worked with..it was a short but great experience!:)sigh. now that I'm back at college its back to work. Got a ton of project stuff and assignments due. Bleah. And the college is pretty quiet this week.since all the aussies went home for the hols..lucky people.

Heh but I feel very blessed too this easter season! My easter was really meaningful this year, with the dubbo tripJ plus I received TWO lovely gifts from home this week!I had just returned from school last Thursday when my collegemate thrust a HUGE bunch of flowers into my hands..I was so pleasantly surprised when I read the card:)thank you dear!! They’re still alive and well and make my room smell very nice:)

Easter gift number 2: I received an "Easter care package" from my elder sister and chris on Tuesday!containing some prayers, my favourite pajamas from home, a beautiful notebook and pen, and a really sweet easter cardJ I was so happy!!!

Oh and to people who don’t know the incredible news..I’m gonna be an AUNTIE!!yes my sister is pregnant. Please help me pray for her and to my elder sister: I LOVE YOU!! Take care and I wish so much I could be at home right now.

Alright lunch time!bye and take care everyone!!:) happy easter!!

weibin: satay??haha sadly there's no satay here..the closest thing i know to satay here would be kebabs..minus the satay sauce :P sigh. I miss wanton noodles, beef hor fun, and non-crunchy rice!:(
nad: *applause*haha you're good at aussie slang!!!haha but my fren says only true-blue aussies speak like that..heh have a gd avo dear!!:)
nic: hahaha..I guess great minds think alike:) you and nad having the exact same idea:) another round of *applause* for you!!heh i guess you guys rarely have to use sunnies over in toronto huh?ah well, have a great avo dear!its time for my avo kipper!:)
~me~ at 1:46 PM