Beautiful place

These were what I saw in Yushu.

What I think is beautiful.

How high of the mountain I was staying in?

It's cool plus burning plus I was breathing fresh air.

This was the first mountain I climb.

I felt my heart pumping hard and cant climb any higher again.

However, I can also see beautiful scenario here.

As for my team mate, they climb high.

They were really having good stamina.

However, there was some little accidents here and there also.

Due to the earthquake, the rocks were loose and dropping down while we climb.
This is the second mountain I climb and I finish this journey.

I can see my face looked pale.

This is the mountain for Yushu people to pray.

The colourful flats were their hope.

There were many cows there. They called it "mao niu".

They are Yushu people's bread and butter.

I saw a mother cow and a small cow. So cute...

There were also sheeps behind the cows.

I would like to take photo with the cow too,

but it kept run away. TT.

Am I looked fierce..

"Moo~~Moo~~" come here, stay still and dun run away ya...

This was "mao niu kuang chang", cow square is a place for trading.

This is zou yi, also a place for trading.

The horse scripture behind is related to their legends.

That's the horse belong to the hero.

A hero who saved their village and it represent bravery.

This is where people come down every three weeks to get the foods back.

Means they have to buy three weeks' foods at once.

For school, they have to buy for at least 30 plus people.

According to my China friends, the price of the foods here

were twice or triple higher than the other places of China.

This is classic place. A must to introduce.

It's our basic need and have to go every day.

Can see the light, so bright right? Cant open my eyes d.

It is because got lots of GOLDS inside.

Haha~~

Which were made by us every day.

Right..That's the toilet.

hahaha~~

Kids 3

I have met lots of children. Sometime, I can spend more time with children, sometime I just have to leave as soon as my team finished their jobs. There were so many other else need us to visit and bring things for them.
We brought toys for this little boy. He looked happy and curious. Keep smiling and finding the ways out to play the toys. This was the little boy who took his toys out and explain to me how to play it.

They were so cute.

They were the kids I met while

we were waiting for their neighbor to come back.

This family looked quite good. Their tent looked clean and all members looked healthy and fine.

Their faces were so red and it's nature. ^^

The people there said people are beautiful with this red faces.

She was only six years old

but very familiar with the way to wash the clothers.

Within that one hour I spend with them, what i see was the boy kept eating and playing. However, the girl have washed the floor and washed the clothes and prepared foods.

She was only six years old.

Hmm....This is the culture here.

Girls have to learn to do all the chores and heavy works. Many of the time, girl have to take two piles of the water at once from the water provider to their home. And I can say that carry water is really very heavy. I felt i am more manly compare to other girls alr. However, in Yushu, I felt I am nothing and so little, cant do much compare to them.
She was a playful girl. She can play even when she was sick. See...she was showing off to me by being able to put the bowl on her leg. Haha....Then, she unwilling to sleep after she get to play. It's my fault...Haha...

In this family, their father was gone in earthquake and left a mother with four children now. Without income and job plus four children needs educations and foods, their lives were tough. I felt that the mother is so stressful and desperate. Hmm...I felt sad...

She is also my little girl. Her grandmother gone in earthquake and left her and her grandfather to keep each other company. As usual, a guy do not know much how to take care girl who cant take care of herself. I felt that they were feeling insecure as they cant protect themselves and no way to earn money. I felt sad.

Haha~~can I consider him as a little kid as well...he was showing us their way to dance in Yushu. He was our volunteer and translator who looked so cheerful. He said he grew up a lots after the earthquake, hmm.... after around 10 family members of him gone in the earthquake. One of his relative has died while she was pregnant plus holding her child in her hand.

I wondered how much effort he had to put

in order to tell me his story.

Hmm...If for me, I dun even want to imagine it nor repeat it again.

I felt fear, loss, hurt and many other complicated feelings.

No matter what, he decided to continue his life positively and face his life happily. I admire him for being able to walk out. I wish him able to become a better person in future.

He said "What we need is not totally about materials, what we need now is to be happy."

This sentence was coming out from the mouth of 18 year-old boy. How mature he is.

This boy smiled happily. haha...Indeed, he was a happy boy loved by both his young parents. We met in Expo and he queue in front of me. Then, we played while we were waiting.

I felt this is not me...communicate with stranger??? Err...

Haha....I think I played with too many children in Yushu d and my mind havent come out from there. Therefore, this boy wanna play with me so much.

Actually, I just making face to him due to the long waiting time.

However, after a while, he took the initiative to play with me by using his fan. Then, we started to talk...

When the line move, he kept looking back and scare that I will disappear. Haha...*so cute*

Finally, we reached our station.

I said goodbye to him by letting him know i will leave him soon.

When I walked away, he ran back to me n gave me a French kiss.

Wahahaha~~

This is my happiness....^^

Kids 2

When my partner go to met them for the first time,

they played UNO.

They were our neighbours who live in front of the river.

Seniors said they built rapport with the kids using UNO

before we arrived Yushu.

And that is quite powerful by opening t mouth of t quiet kid.
In our next visitation, we brought balloons.

They were so happy.

But they did not tie the balloons.
This is how they play the balloons.

By putting the air out again to create bubble by river sides.

Some will put air and let the balloons fly.

Haha..they are so creative

If for my nieces,

most of them will just tie it up and treat it as ball.
This was the time I dealed with five children at once.

Thanks godness they were not too naughty

He laugh til his waist cant straight...

hahaha...

He was a boy with more mature thoughts compare to others.

I remembered when my seniors have to leave Yushu

He wrote many things

Normally, he acted like adult.

Today, he surprised me.

Making joke, played with smaller kids and laugh

^^...another boy is his young brother.

When he saw his elder brother played like that,

he joined in as well, by making joke.

Later, he got the jumping rope and challenged his elder brother.

He wanted me to judge who is more capable.
This was the girl in pink and she was more active.

See....she was good at posting.

She liked to play jumping rope and run here and there.

Thanks godness she will not disappear.

Then, in order to get attention, she will kept interact others.

I remembered that she kept jumping on my back.

Then, we played by shaking together.

haha...

As for the other girls, they played quietly by drawing and fold other things

As normal, girl like to talk, I have to chit chat with them.

Then sometime I have to turn to boys by challenging them.

Cannot neglect anyone and cannot pay too much attentions on one too.

Ya...happy moments in those day.

However, actually both their parents cant survive in earthquake.

They have their fear, their anger,

their insecure and their hurt self esteem.

When we were going to leave Yushu, we brought them presents.

I gave all of us star bracelet.

They wrote letter and gave drawing for us.

The mature boy asked:"When will we meet again."

I said "When you grow up, you can come to find us"

He said:"When I grow up, you all old d lo."

=.="

hahaha~~~

Kids 1

Morning, Yushu....

Guess what the shadow is?

It is not belong to tree but cloud.

How close is the cloud with us?

So cool!!!

We always started our day with breakfast.

After that, we will walk to people's houses to visit them.

We were always divided into teams.

I was always with a strong girl and a doctor. Maybe it's our fate.

I felt my team is prefect. ^^

Doctor will deal with patients and help us build trust.

Then, the leader will noted down all the things

and talked with adults.

As for me, I always dealed with kids,

so I brought along stars, drawing materials and books

I have met a lots of kids in Yushu.

We have played lots of games, which are not so sophisticated.

No computers, no special designed toys here.

We play with water, sands, stones and....

Starting from my neighbors. They are cute. =)

They always fight with each other and then be best friends again.

Sometime, we will get bullied by them together.

However, sometime they will cry when they bullied each other.

The little boy called "gong bao"

We liked to make fun of his name, called him

"gong bao ji ding" ...haha

One day, I saw him looking at the big vehicle.

I called out loud "gong bao"

He smiled and ran to me with an opened arm.

Wahahaha....it's my happiness.

We played sand because all our land here is sands. She said she was building a mountain and then she smashed it and let it become water. All are the things nearby them.

Dun ask me about therapy. I dunno. =)

Then, I picked up some sands and wanted to give to the little girl.

She was so shy but still want to get sands from me. Haha....

One day, we walked hand in hand to buy candy.

Haha....I open the candy for her.

Our roads here were never flat and full of unevenness.

However, she walked steadily.

She was just such a little little girl. ^^

*So cute*

They were my neighbors across the river.

This was my first met with them.

They were so high and so curious about star.

I taught them about the way to fold stars.

This let us have chances to talk with each others.

Then, we also have eye contacts, touch and interactions. =)

This is my play therapy beside river. Haha...if people want to call it therapy.

Playing with a group of five children.

I really want to be with them and play.

I dun want to try method.

I just want to be one of them and follow their flow.

They taught me their language, their foul words.

They shared their toys and their way to play.

It is just so amazing.

However, they still have to listen to me.

Still need to have some boundaries.

Need to know the time to stop and also help to clean the stuffs.

Learned from Dr. A and remember in deep.

Really have to say.

Dun look at the body size of the children.

It can bluff people and make us neglect them.

Although they looked big, they are just kids.

Have to treat them as kids and play like kids as well.

First dinner + others

This is my first dinner in China.

This is ao tea. Tasted salty and let us felt hot after drinking it.
This is bloody mutton satay. Half cooked only.
Mian Pian. Tasted salty. A bit sour. Not hot at all.
This is my favourate. The flour was roasted in a special way.
This is my herb. Have to take it before going up to help me cope with altitude stress.

This is the cup noodle in China. Oops!! not noodle but fen si. Tasted hot and sour. Very nice. ^^I bought back 6 and gave 2 to the guards.

This is my dinner with friends at Yushu. Looked Romantic? haha~~

First impression

When my partner has started to work,

I chose to adjust my breathe to be t same w dis new environment.

I walked around to observe

and trying to have brief understanding about their life style.

I want to be one of them but not someone from outside.

I adjust my tempo, my thoughts and my everything..

I close my eyes to feel my environment.

Listen to the sounds, felt the sunshine, felt the wind

I tell myself "so, here's Yushu"

They built their houses up the plateau instead of plain.

They like mountain.

I found the river and few kids were playing around.

I think the people here are very familiar with the river.

I also saw an adult trying to find sth in the river,

maybe it is sth that can be sold.

They like river as well.

This is not a dog but is a mastiff. It can win the lion and can bite people which means it can be quite fierce and danger. However, mastiff is every where around here. >.<.

The people here like mastiffs very much ya.

Full of houses that cannot let people stay.

This is a temple that cannot let people go in as well.

It is xiao bai ta.

Ei...found sth interesting. Is it sth to receive TV channel?

Got a motorbike?

These were my first impressive toward Yushu.