Aleesha and Aleem were up bright and early this morning to scope out potential projects for next years PUC Thailand team. By the sounds of it it’s going to be a drinking water distribution station at a school about an hour away from our location! The rest of the team met with SCG at the project site and got to meet their team that is installing sinks at the schools kitchen. After, we set off to pickup Aleesha and Aleem and see another beautiful church that Khem and Pastor Mike built. With the whole team together we were finally en route to the waterfall Khem had been talking about since we arrived in Thailand. During the car ride Julie was working on her LSAT prep by doing logic puzzles, little did she know that the nerdy engineers surrounding her all wanted a part in these logic games, they are our version of “fun.” So Julie handed us each a different page with a logic puzzle to keep us quite and pass the time. Once we reached, the Team eagerly hiked up to the fifth waterfall in the series and made stops at the second and third ones on the way up. We quickly learned that there were a lot of fish in the water and as soon as you put your feet in they bite!! We spent a lot of time dancing our feet in the water trying to keep the fish off, it didn’t stop us though. We continued onto the fifth water fall where we jumped in and climbed up the slippery rocks to the top of one giant rock that was somewhat of a slide. All of us enjoyed sliding down that rock even Dr.Ferron! After the water fall we visited the Thailand–Burma Railway and the accompanying cemetery where about 180,000 POW’s and laborers died during its construction. The team really worked up an appetite after this eventful day and had to stop at McDonalds for a little slice of home before heading back to the church to retire for the night. We have our final two sink pours tomorrow so it’s going to be another long sweaty and exciting day. This trip so far has been a great reminder to always apply your skills in a way that helps out others, appreciate the people you’re with, and to always, always jump in the water even if there are fish that bite ;)
Although I have learned a lot about culture, engineering, social work, and service through PUC. I am going to leave you with what I’ve learned from the people involved in this project. •Create opportunities for others to grow like Khem does •Serve your community like the pastor Chalao, uncle Wit and the other core members of the church •Treat everyone like family the way pastor Mike and pastor Dar do •Be enthusiastic and excited about each day like Pim •Try to make situations more humorous and light hearted like Sai •Be thorough yet open minded like Dr.Ferron •Don’t compromise on quality, even under pressure like Aleem •Belt your heart out to your favorite songs like Aleesha •Aim to be inquisitive and energetic the way Trey is •Smile and be kind to everyone like Rin •Take Julie’s sincere attitude wherever you go •Remain level headed and humble like Sofia •Finally, wave eagerly, laugh, smile and say “hello” like the adorable kids of Don Klang because they have made my day everyday simply by doing just that. Thanks for reading! Love, Pooja
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Rhonda
6/9/2018 05:40:23 am
Beautifully written! I am so proud of what you guys are doing! Your entire team is an inspiration to everyone back home!
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Vandana Toteja
6/9/2018 06:07:58 am
Beautifully written Pooja. I really enjoy reading the posts and living vicariously through you all.
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Lori mosman
6/9/2018 08:39:26 am
So enjoyed this. Proud that you guys are doing this and learning to have fun while helping others ......luv ya
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Cowboy Khem's Rught Hand Man
6/9/2018 08:39:38 pm
YEEEHAAWWW. Just showed the cows this post and they were crying like lil' calves. Great work everyone!
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6/9/2018 08:40:18 pm
Right*
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Cow #3
6/9/2018 09:13:20 pm
So close yet so far
The Outback
6/9/2018 08:46:10 pm
Please take care of me, if left unchecked I will grow beyond your wildest dreams
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Raissa
6/12/2018 05:46:37 am
I cried and I’m not even a cow! (Shout out to cow #3). My favorite blog post yet! This was beautiful! Let us all remain humble, gracious and willing to do whatever it takes to get a job done (even hand mix concrete) like Pooja.
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