Mission Trip to Padang
It was the time to clear my annual leave. As I was torn between Japan and New Zealand, that Sunday, I took the bulletin from OLPS and saw a post for this mission. The dates were good, the price was right, so I sent an email the next day. A couple of days later, I got a response. I was in! After the first briefing and the formation, I felt mentally prepared for the trip to Padang. Being vain, I brought only 3/4 and long sleeves, to prevent patchy tanning, old trackpants and old sports shoes as my site-gear. It was gonna get muddy. The time to meet was a ridiculous 5.30am, but I made it. After check-in, we went to grab some breakfast. We were going to have Indonesian food all the way, so I had O'Briens. Sharon, my ex-coursemate from Poly, was my roommate. It was a real coincidence! So we had breakfast together, and just about did almost everything together. We were also the youngest in the group. Winie was a few years older but she was very soft-spoken. Marion and Naomi were a lit