so…

i’m going to Burma.

i’m worried because of the state of the country…but at the same time i’m really excited to teach kids and see the country and take photos of everything on my lc-a…

thing is, the number of times this has been me in the last month

is countless.

prep is soooo frustrating when you work with stubborn teachers.

but i’m going now.

so please pray it’ll be okay :)

hope i come back like

(the wow part)

not

…or maybe somewhere in between…

yes, excessive use of gifs was necessary because i think they’re hilarious. sorry…

amazing

Myanmar (Burma) is dangerous just like they said. I never strayed away from the group.  Frankly, I was too afraid to enjoy myself.

Burma was absolutely beautiful.

It was amazing.

And my heart was broken.

I realised that one hour after being back in Hong Kong.

Yes, if we had left the bus and walked on the streets of Yangon (Rangoon), it would have been riskay, but we didn’t.

We visited gorgeous Bagan and watched gorgeous sunsets, stood on top of gorgeous pagodas barefoot. 

We touched the lives of 1000 students and I did all I could for them. And all we needed in return were their smiles.

We lit 1000 candles at the Shwedagon Pagoda.

We cried together and laughed together and sang together

sunsets. rainbows. monkeys. horse carriages. pagodas. rain. floods. skies. buses. bugs. cold showers. lights. fireworks. lanterns. candles. rafts. boats. photos. rivers. origami. polaroids. murals. paint. sunshine. burmese. palm sugar. biking. mud. water. yearbooks. gifts. rice. thanks. singing. dancing. thanaka. orphanage, monastic, high, blind schools. crying. laughing. hugging. walking. bare feet.

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