Day 10: Pink House is back! Turtle on the wall.. and Time to Play with the Scouts!

The day started off with concurrent work again. Waqiu and Wei Yung went to SK Mangkok to start on the painting of the mural, while Ben, Kelvin and Sijie stayed on to make Pink House look pink and refreshed. Ben went over to help the pair out at the mural subsequently when the work load at Pink House lessened. Unfortunately, the railing for the front porch was still not completed by the end of the day. Tomorrow shall be the completion of Pink House revamp!

Pink House is pink again!

Strawberry lined with chocolate.. Yummy!

Mural Painter at work.

Cannot.. Go.. Out.. of.. the line!!

Halfway mark of the mural..

The team then spent the afternoon in fun and games with the scouts of SK Mangkok. The session started off with songs, when the team taught the scouts some classics such as Gaku the Frog, Chestnut Tree, Shark Attack and Flea Fly.

The 4 Gaku frogs leading..

.. and all the small frogs trying to Gaku along..

Shark Attack!

We moved on to some physical games – Pass It On, where the scouts had to pass a rubber band down the line using only the straw in their mouths, and Captain’s Ball. 

Games Briefing.

Pass it on!!

The Great Toss!

BOLA BOLA BOLA!!!!

Everyone had a smashing time and we ended off with a group shot together to etch our common memories onto digital eternity.

Tanks averybardy tanks!!

Day 9: More Toilets.. Strawberry Milk House.. and Maths Lesson in both English and Malay?

It’s another day for the Project Orion IV team to continue where they stopped yesterday.

Today Ben and Waqiu did much better in their plastering of the toilet walls. However, the weather did not seem to let up on the team. They were thankful that Abang Zamri and Azam were there to provide their assistance. Today, it was the completion of the interior walls of the toilet and the top portions of the exterior wall. Ben and Waqiu helped to mix the plaster mixture too. But, the weather dealt another uppercut with heavy rain for about an hour. That meant that they could not continue their work on the toilet. They quickly resumed work as soon as the rain stopped, and successfully completed the plastering. The rest of the toilet, such as the roof top and the flooring, will be done by Abang Zamri and Azam. Ben and Waqiu then headed back to the Pink House to assist Sijie, Kelvin and Wei Yung on the painting.

Abang Lan and Abang Zamri. 

Adding water..

Mixing the cement

 Sijie, Kelvin and Wei Yung got down to work after breakfast. They made quick work of the paint job this time, as there were less grooves and hard to reach areas, unlike Pak Awang’s house previously. They, too, faced the effects of the wet weather, but moved on to paint the porches at the front and back of the house. With their hard work and perseverance, they managed to complete painting the pink portions of Pink House. With that, they just left with the brown frames of the house.

Only 3 children from the village came over to the pink house to attend the night lesson tonight. The team conducted a Math lesson where they got the children to read out numbers in English. We understand that their examinations will be in English, and they have difficulties in reading the questions. Thus, having them to know the numbers in English and doing simple sums will help them to improve their literacy in both Mathematics and English. All of them enjoyed the lesson and we are sure that the lesson will not go to waste. 

Tomorrow, Waqiu and Wei Yung will be going to SK Mangkok to complete the mural, while the rest will continue with painting of the pink house. 

Cikgu Waqiu at work.

Teaching dates and calendar in English.

Adam trying to figure out the dates for tomorrow.

Day 8: Make Toilets and Turning Pink House White!

Today marked the start of a new project segment – building of the toilet. Some parts of the toilet walls were built by a group of Singaporean youth who came here to do their service project. However, they were unable to complete it in time. Our team volunteered to finish with the remaining construction work. Ben and Waqiu were told to help with covering the walls with plaster, a rather tedious task. Of course, the two rovers weren’t really good at the plastering of walls at first. Thankfully, Abang Lan, Abang Zamri and Azam helped by providing their guidance. With that, they managed to complete about 90 percent of the plastering for the toilet exterior at the end of the day. To top it off, the scotching hot sun did not help too. Both Benjamin and Waqiu experienced back aches and got sunburn. That night, Benjamin fell ill with a fever too, due to the hot temperature which most rarely experienced in Singapore.

Spreading the cement.

Coolie Kang trying to mix the cement.

The team also managed to get things going for painting of the pink house. Sijie, Kelvin and Wei Yung started off with the white undercoat. This time, they learned from their previous experiences and made quick work of it.

The "White House".

After a quick dinner, Kelvin and Wei Yung headed off to the beach patrol at Telaga Papan, together with 4 other interns from a Malaysian university. Unfortunately, it was an uneventful night, with the sighting of only 1 turtle landing but not eggs were laid.