Day 11: Project GREASE in Terengganu News!

We are in the papers again! It is about Project Grease workshop we learnt from RGS during pre-event. Orion Team taught the villagers how to make soap from used cooking oil.

Signing off,
May Lwin

Day 11: 1 Part Cement, 3 Parts Sand

95% completed and we are good to go for a relaxing trip to Redang Island. With nothing else to worry us except for the weather and our worry for our Singaporean “comrades”, those are down with the H1N1 virus.

Time: 3pm (local Terengganu time)
Surprise, surprise! Mak Uda...

The team decided to give Mak Uda, whose house was one of those that we renovated, a big suprise. We bought furnitures like drawers, stools and table. She became Muhd Isa’s 'Godmother'. Haha.

We had a good laugh about it and no doubt these people really cook good kampong cuisine. Especially for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

If you ever drop by Kampung Mangkuk, you will notice only 3 houses with very bright and outstanding colours. We call Mak Uda’s, Green House, because it was painted lime green as to represent this Project Orion. Actually, the colour was picked on a unanimous voting style.

New furnitures were all over the place to the house that we gave our help to. We could see their faces shining and smiling throughout the rest of the days.

The other renovation project was doing very well though there were hiccups along the way. We succeeded in overcoming obstacles and the walls about 7-8 feet high were erected with the help of team mates that was doing it with their sweat and without taking their lunch.

Half of the Orion Team went to visit the scouts in school. They played about 4 classic games ; dog and bone, 'duck,duck, goose' , 'chop chilli chop' and the very classic Simon says. They were glad that we all came back for a 2nd round of fun. They replied with their classic campfire songs that caught us by suprise. Even Cikgu Sahara, a scout leader, enjoyed it very much and was smiling throughout the session.

He treated us by bringing us to the 'Best coconut drink' shop in the kampung. And we tasted some of the finest and common delicacy which is their very own fried "Calamari".

We came, we made friends, we accomplished it..

Signing off,
Isa