Building a House
Just came back from my FIRST community project yesterday evening. Still feeling very tired and my body is aching all over from all the digging of soil etc. Nevertherless, it was a good experience and I'm glad to be part of the team.
Day 1 - 21 Feb 2008
Met up with the rest at Harbourfront before taking a ferry to Waterfront terminal. There are only left with 9 of us as 1 had missed his flight and another good with flu. Checked into Harris Resort and made our way to the site where we started to build the house. Had a good chat with Jessica & Erica while bending the wires. It's always good to have some gals around as it helped to boost our morales or perhap just mine only. Realized that the questions posted need some thinkings and also some religions thoughts were shared. Dinner was very funny as we had expected buffet style or one had mentioned full course meal perhap. It turned out that 9 of us were only served with lots of rice with ONLY a plate of fish, chicken and vegetables each to be shared. Hmm....we shall felt like a refugees man!!
Day 2 - 22 Feb 2008
Another tiring day at site where I spent the whole day digging or levelling the ground. Groans and complaints were heard as differences in working cultures starts to kick in. Of course, tiredness come in which made the moods foul as well. Luckily, there are still 2 gals around or I guess situation will be worse....haha!! Had to make a tough decision at night as to chosing what I want to do vs Going with the majority. In the end, I chose to follow the flow rather than doing what I wanted. Haiz...Guess that what life is all about? Had to make a choice where we don't always get what we want.
Day 3 - 23 Feb 2008
Body is aching all over especially my back aches from all the bending. Therefore, I chose to dig the soil instead of digging the ground. Barely 5 minutes into the digging, my back is already telling me to stop. However, as the 2 gals beside me are still digging, my pride does not allow me to stop. Had to use more skill instead of strength as I can't really bend at this point of time. I think I dig even harder than I did during my army days. This is definitely because of one reason.
Conclusion
From these 3 days, I managed to learn a bit of the different working styles plus the cultures. The team will always come with different kinds of people and it really depend on how we want to get the work done. Everyone should know their roles and perform it well which is important to do a good job. I'm glad this team is quite good. Also, western gals are also much different compared to asian gals. They are more sporty and also more into community work. I'm amazed by the enthusiasm and effort they put in. It's even better tha most of the guys especially me. Lastly, Singaporean has a mentality that if money can settle the issue, we will not hesitate to spend it. Anyway, I looked like a burnt BBQ chicken from the 3 days at Batam. Even more effectively than lazing at web's swimming pool.
Day 1 - 21 Feb 2008
Met up with the rest at Harbourfront before taking a ferry to Waterfront terminal. There are only left with 9 of us as 1 had missed his flight and another good with flu. Checked into Harris Resort and made our way to the site where we started to build the house. Had a good chat with Jessica & Erica while bending the wires. It's always good to have some gals around as it helped to boost our morales or perhap just mine only. Realized that the questions posted need some thinkings and also some religions thoughts were shared. Dinner was very funny as we had expected buffet style or one had mentioned full course meal perhap. It turned out that 9 of us were only served with lots of rice with ONLY a plate of fish, chicken and vegetables each to be shared. Hmm....we shall felt like a refugees man!!
Day 2 - 22 Feb 2008
Another tiring day at site where I spent the whole day digging or levelling the ground. Groans and complaints were heard as differences in working cultures starts to kick in. Of course, tiredness come in which made the moods foul as well. Luckily, there are still 2 gals around or I guess situation will be worse....haha!! Had to make a tough decision at night as to chosing what I want to do vs Going with the majority. In the end, I chose to follow the flow rather than doing what I wanted. Haiz...Guess that what life is all about? Had to make a choice where we don't always get what we want.
Day 3 - 23 Feb 2008
Body is aching all over especially my back aches from all the bending. Therefore, I chose to dig the soil instead of digging the ground. Barely 5 minutes into the digging, my back is already telling me to stop. However, as the 2 gals beside me are still digging, my pride does not allow me to stop. Had to use more skill instead of strength as I can't really bend at this point of time. I think I dig even harder than I did during my army days. This is definitely because of one reason.
Conclusion
From these 3 days, I managed to learn a bit of the different working styles plus the cultures. The team will always come with different kinds of people and it really depend on how we want to get the work done. Everyone should know their roles and perform it well which is important to do a good job. I'm glad this team is quite good. Also, western gals are also much different compared to asian gals. They are more sporty and also more into community work. I'm amazed by the enthusiasm and effort they put in. It's even better tha most of the guys especially me. Lastly, Singaporean has a mentality that if money can settle the issue, we will not hesitate to spend it. Anyway, I looked like a burnt BBQ chicken from the 3 days at Batam. Even more effectively than lazing at web's swimming pool.
posted by JOEL at 5:20 PM
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