Cochin 2005- Photo Entry
Here's the long promised Cochin 2005 photo entry.
With captions! Hurrah!
Upon arrival at Chellanam, moving our luggage into our accomodations (Mrs. Jendak John's house)
Students at St.Mary's High, during lesson time. Note that their classrooms only have makeshift walls, and no doors or windows.
View from the front of St.Mary's High. If you look closely, you will see that there are no walls or any other form of boundaries to separate the school compound from the rest of the village.
The church inside the school compound. I didn't get a picture of the lower parts, but about 30 cm from ground level the colour of the walls distinctly changes and is covered by moss. This marks the level the water reached during the Tsunami.
Debbie and Jay fooling around near the clotheslines in the backyard during our free time. Suffice to say, I was not involved. I was probably busy doing more important things, like cleaning the crud from under my toenails. That was meant to be a joke. My toenails have no crud under them.
Group 2 members during what looks like a group discussion. One of the more serious ones, from the looks of it. This picture was taken in the outhouse, the humble abode of groups 1 and 2. On a messier day.
Again- Group 2 members, on the same day, probably within the same hour. This picture speaks for itself. Though if I could attach a voice clip of Liu Hui saying something at this instant, it would have been a hundred times more effective.
Lunch at Chinmaya Vidyalaya. The school building itself was very impressive, and the students very, shall we say, hospitable. No, really. Very nice people, and the food was brilliant.
Children at the kindergarten 5 minutes walk from our house. We helped sponsor a toilet for them.
The Arabian sea, in all its splendour. We lived 5 minutes walk away from this. This water rose over the breakwater and rushed into the village. The village wasn't very badly hit but it did cause a reasonable amount of damage which it could have done without.
Me with Hella, a little friend I made at the kindergarten. Our friendship didn't reach dizzying heights, considering that she seemed more intent on eating shells and ripping through plastic sheets with her powerful little teeth. We did progress significantly though- she even gave me a gift. A tiny fistful of sand.
This is my favourite picture of the whole lot. Thanks Jay!
This little guy has a super sneaky look.
The whole team outside the kindergarten.
The two-cubicle toilet we sponsored
The quote with one wall of the mural- at St.Mary's High, Chellanam. This is the computer lab to which we added a few computers, 4 UPS', as well as a projector.
Mr Tan with some of the boys from the village.
Some quiet time next to the sea
Us during our dance performance at Chinmaya. My first public dance which i thoroughly enjoyed. Brilliant experience.
Some of us conducting an english lesson
Varnishing furniture for the school.
Deuter, Peak, Puma and Adidas, with our omnipresent teacher Ms Goh!
The seven of us- Jagdssc at the beach
A very tickled Leader Goh with her minions, as ready to serve as we have always, and always will be.
The seven of us with Mr Tan, our team leader (twice) and mentor to the Jagdssc. This picture means the most to me of all the pictures we took, because it just sums up so much- what we were there for, what we've been through together (twice), and what we learnt in the process. And the fact that the eight of us are in that picture together just makes it a thousand times more valuable.
Jagdssc with the kids from the orphanage at Fatimah Convent.
The sun setting over the arabian sea.
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With captions! Hurrah!
Upon arrival at Chellanam, moving our luggage into our accomodations (Mrs. Jendak John's house)
Students at St.Mary's High, during lesson time. Note that their classrooms only have makeshift walls, and no doors or windows.
View from the front of St.Mary's High. If you look closely, you will see that there are no walls or any other form of boundaries to separate the school compound from the rest of the village.
The church inside the school compound. I didn't get a picture of the lower parts, but about 30 cm from ground level the colour of the walls distinctly changes and is covered by moss. This marks the level the water reached during the Tsunami.
Debbie and Jay fooling around near the clotheslines in the backyard during our free time. Suffice to say, I was not involved. I was probably busy doing more important things, like cleaning the crud from under my toenails. That was meant to be a joke. My toenails have no crud under them.
Group 2 members during what looks like a group discussion. One of the more serious ones, from the looks of it. This picture was taken in the outhouse, the humble abode of groups 1 and 2. On a messier day.
Again- Group 2 members, on the same day, probably within the same hour. This picture speaks for itself. Though if I could attach a voice clip of Liu Hui saying something at this instant, it would have been a hundred times more effective.
Lunch at Chinmaya Vidyalaya. The school building itself was very impressive, and the students very, shall we say, hospitable. No, really. Very nice people, and the food was brilliant.
Children at the kindergarten 5 minutes walk from our house. We helped sponsor a toilet for them.
The Arabian sea, in all its splendour. We lived 5 minutes walk away from this. This water rose over the breakwater and rushed into the village. The village wasn't very badly hit but it did cause a reasonable amount of damage which it could have done without.
Me with Hella, a little friend I made at the kindergarten. Our friendship didn't reach dizzying heights, considering that she seemed more intent on eating shells and ripping through plastic sheets with her powerful little teeth. We did progress significantly though- she even gave me a gift. A tiny fistful of sand.
This is my favourite picture of the whole lot. Thanks Jay!
This little guy has a super sneaky look.
The whole team outside the kindergarten.
The two-cubicle toilet we sponsored
The quote with one wall of the mural- at St.Mary's High, Chellanam. This is the computer lab to which we added a few computers, 4 UPS', as well as a projector.
Mr Tan with some of the boys from the village.
Some quiet time next to the sea
Us during our dance performance at Chinmaya. My first public dance which i thoroughly enjoyed. Brilliant experience.
Some of us conducting an english lesson
Varnishing furniture for the school.
Deuter, Peak, Puma and Adidas, with our omnipresent teacher Ms Goh!
The seven of us- Jagdssc at the beach
A very tickled Leader Goh with her minions, as ready to serve as we have always, and always will be.
The seven of us with Mr Tan, our team leader (twice) and mentor to the Jagdssc. This picture means the most to me of all the pictures we took, because it just sums up so much- what we were there for, what we've been through together (twice), and what we learnt in the process. And the fact that the eight of us are in that picture together just makes it a thousand times more valuable.
Jagdssc with the kids from the orphanage at Fatimah Convent.
The sun setting over the arabian sea.
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