Wednesday, February 08, 2006!
jiali, bern, gongjiao and i made maldives presentation today to the J1s.
the real joy that we experienced there is impossible to be expressed in a short 20 minute talk.
all that we can hope is that through sharing what happened there, the audience is able to conjure their own impression of the emotions we experienced there.
there's a dialogue that goes:
Ruth: "...there's maldivian night!"
jiali: "...they presented to us vigorous bum-shaking dances...and we danced along!"
the happiness and sheer joy we experienced there made us toss all cares aside and just join in the fun without caring whether we looked unglam or not. joy made us wear silly costumes and do cheesy catwalks. it made us sing at the top of our lungs and not care we go out of tune or not.
i really missed going to maldives.
but the next time i'm going, i would want it to be with the same people.
well, its definitely going to be a little strange seeing another group going "maldives oei!"
6:02 AM
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