Have you ever helped building a hospital in a small village in India?
Have you ever lived with people from over 70 different countries?
Have you ever shared a room with people from Hong Kong, Zimbawe, Canada, Trinidad and Tobago, Bosnia, Egypt, Lebanon, France, Nepal…?
Have you ever taught English to children belonging to a Chinese ethnic minority who only spoke putonghua?
Have you ever gone to class wearing your pajamas?
Have you ever had a monkey looking at you from the outside of your window?
Have you ever kidnapped the principal's son and got all teachers to sing and dance as a ransom as part of your senior pranks?
Have you ever backpacked for a month from Hong Kong to Beijing, all the way down Vietnam and up Cambodia to end up in Thailand for 700 € in total – including transportation?
Have you ever joined your Muslim friends during Ramadan and not eaten or drunk anything from 5 am to 6 pm during a WHOLE month?
Have you ever bargained in Cantonese and actually achieved to get whatever you wanted for half the original prize?
Have you ever encountered crabs, snakes, giant worms and flying termites walking on the corridor?
Have you ever heard over 10 different languages being spoken at lunchtime?
Have you ever shared a drink with a friend from Palestine and a friend from Israel who happen to be best friends?
Have you ever created and organized your own community service?
Have you ever moved around carrying a 700 pages math book just because the whole school community has decided to stop photocopying in order to be environmentally friendly?
Have you done all these in less than one year being under 18?
Well, I have =)
Di — 03-05-2006 05:38:07
Dailydog — 04-05-2006 16:09:38