21st December

Today had been an interesting day! We travelled to Mae Sai in the morning, thinking we'll be going thru the "Blue Gate" to Myanmmar. Due to unforseen circumstances, we didn't go, but went directly to the Golden Triangle. After lunch, we took a ride thru Khong River & reached Laos. There wasn't much for us to do at Laos - many stalls with the same stuff.

Next, we proceeded to the Opium Museum. It's really an eye-opener!!! The myths & legends on the origin of opium, on Kung San, & many more. Saw all things related to opium - pillow, opium pipe, resting mat, weights etc...

Oh! You know what? The tribe with the ladies with the neck rings is called the Padaung Tribe. Now you know ah! Then, the neck rings pushes the ribcage down, it doesn't lengthen the neck. It causes the neck vertebre to be very fragile, so it's very dangerous to take them off. I carried the brass neck rings. No joke man! It's darn heavy. It's really been an enriching day for me :)

After that, we headed back to MAG for dinner. We had BBQ food for dinner. Today, MAG is celebrating for our team - on the competition of the project. After all the eating, there was a video show for us. It's really good; funny, touching & full of pride. P'por touched our hearts. When P'moo said her speech, I couldn't refrain from crying. The way she said abt us - I feel so proud to be part of this team.

Songs were exchanged, people dancing & contacts were also exchanged between the Thai volunteers & us. I will miss them & will always keep these wonderful memories with me.

Thought of The Day:

An intelligent man knows others; a brilliant man knows himself.

Lao Zhi