The three musketeers

Before I go on I have to introduce to the three musketeers who were taking care of us, showing us around, helping us, translating for us...

Starting from the right:

(1) Dambar - the MAN himself who set up Future Village along with a friend a couple of years back. He is pretty much the life and soul of the future village, having carried over 70kgs on his own back for 7hrs (as no proper road to the village) to help construct the building. He is one of most humble person that I have come across, and with such a big heart.

(2) Durga - The TEACHER. She is fun but can be very strict too. We all got a few canes from her during PT :-) She cooks very well too

(3) Ramesh - The ENTERTAINMENT CHANNEL. He is one crazy fella, I am sure you can get a glimpse in the picture. Constant stories and lot of fun. All the treks wouldnt have been as much fun without him.

Checking out the village

Wow 2hrs with kids can be exhausting!! After resting for a bit and eating some good maggie noodles for breakfast we decided to head out to the village.

The views were great and trekking fun - breathing in the fresh crisp air.

We went and saw the village school which was reconstructed with volunteer money.


We also visited the library building constructed with aid from Japan. We plan to go back to library later in the week to paint.

Finally we had lunch at Dambar's grandmothers place. For those of you who dont know Dambar is the MAN for future village. He helped set up Future Village and not only coordinates volunteer trips but takes care of you just like family.

Love the smile!!!

The first class

We got up at 05:00 hrs - the view was beautiful - floating amongst the clouds :-)

Kids started arriving at 06:00hrs - some of them obviously still sleepy!!! We were too

In total there are roughly 50-60 kids, divided into two classes - one below 10yrs and the other above

I opted for the older kids along with Jessie, Ling and Peter. We started off with simple introductions - name, place you come from and favourite colour. The kids were real keen to talk and interact.

Morning class was all about geography. We used the world map to teach the kids, the countries, capital and location of where we all came from. Difference between island and peninsular etc. We also did english reading - most of the kids read very well though they find it difficult to comprehend new english text.

After teaching for an hour it was PLAYTIME!!! First thing on was tug-of-war....a lot of fun but ending in lots of falls :-)


The there was also loads of dancing and singing. The kids sing really well, beating us hands down!


The day ended with PT - havent done that in a long long time. No easy feat I tell you, coz if we didnt get it right Durga the teacher would cane us too :-)

PT - stretch to the left, stretch to the right - make sure you are facing in front (most of us got that wrong on the first day, but by the end we were experts!!!). Touch your toes, stretch back and march left right left right lefit right.....