Apart from doing some travelling in Cambodia, I will be on a 10-day YMCA missionary project with a group of Citibanker volunteers. During this period, we will be teaching the English language to a group of youths in the Boys Brigade Learning Centre (BBLC) and to complete a section of road building across the village where BBLC is located. A 6-hour bus ride from Bangkok brings Lin and I to the Cambodian border at Poipet. It was dusty and sweltering under the extreme heat. We have been pre-warned about the bad road condition from Poipet to Siem Reap, and a bus ride could easily take up to 6-7 hours. Hence we had decided to buy some time by taking a taxi as we had an agenda to meet the rest of the group in town. We ... read more

Trying not to wrinkle my nose when I passed by a particularly stinky toilet stall, I reminded myself that I'd better appreciate every little thing that I've taken granted for, flushable toilets, availability of toilet paper, warm showers, clean drinking water at a turn of a tap, clean bed.. and the list goes on. For tomorrow, I would be embarking on a 1-2 year long journey away from everything that I am comfortable with. This shall no doubt be a journey full of wonders and full of learning experiences. However, deciding to leave everything behind hadn't been easy. For months, my inner selves have been constantly weighing between leaving my stable job, the insecurity of being able to land a job when I return, parental worries etc. etc.. and the opportunity of a lifetime to travel ... read more