30 hour famine '11

The 30-Hour Famine is a global movement against hunger and poverty. Since its inception 40 years ago, this annual event has gained popularity, particularly among youths and young adults. It has also gained a reputation as being the biggest – and most fun! — youth fundraising event in the world. By going without solid food for 30 hours, you can give those who are suffering from hunger and poverty the opportunity for improved health, better quality of life, and most importantly, hope.

i was first introduced to 30 hour famine when i was in foundation at HELP UNI COLL, which was like 2 years ago. BUT i could never find someone to join with me, reason being, DON WANNA STARVE! until i found out that li ying wanted to join as well! teehee~

so we both filled up a form and join in as a volunteer. (bangga dohh)

6th of august.

im supposed to reach coll at 6.30am BUT i woke up late (6.50am) so i reached there around 7 something. thank god there werent any jam during saturdays.. (phewwww~~)
so i registered myself. got my name tag and my shirt (participants wore black while volunteers wore brown)
the brownies (volunteers) had briefing about the games that we were about to play with the participants and then we were in our stations with our respective groups.

and my 1st group consists of

left to right: soo mei, cd, me, li ying and yi he.

cd was the leader of the group.
for our station, i had to draw red spot on the participants' right hand to indicate that they are suffering from rashes and they needed to see the doctor which requires 5 min of their time in the game and they need to pay one money point (form of money) to me. they don literally see the doctor but they had to squat for 5 min to show that they did visit the doctor. li ying was the time keeper for the squating. so after the participants squated, li ying will informed them to proceed to the next volunteer who was yi he. yi he just have to show them the choices that they have to pick (choice A or choice B) for the next game. once the participants read already, they'll be required to proceed to the last volunteer of the station, who is soo mei. she just have to circle the choice card (choice A or choice B, decisions of the parcipants) that was given by the participants. and then the latter will continue the game in the next station based on the choices they made.

participants squatting down.

one money point = one button.

as soon as our group finished our part, we decided to play a game which it was suggested by cd.
whoever loses will have a 'mole' on their faces, at first the girls (including me) hesitate to play this game cause the 'mole' will have to be on the losers' faces till 9pm (malu dohh) but in the end, we decided to play, hoping and praying hard that we wont lose. after playing, there were 3 losers, li ying, yi he and the creator of the game, cd! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHA!! MOLES!!

and we also wrote something on our hands.

written: FML today and tomorrow. teehee~

written: meet me at mamak, 12.30am!

written: got food? im hungry.

written: fuck you! it's my job!

written: call me STUPID!

we laughed so hard till we were warned by cd that if we keep laughing like this, we will feel hungry faster. but WHO CARES?? we continue laughing (including cd) till other volunteers peeped into the room to see what's going on..

in the 2nd game, i was a village obstetrician (sorta). all i gotta do is help the 'villages'(participants) to give birth. they got 2 choices, either to go to the hospital were there will be a higher surviving rate of the 'baby' or the village childbirth centre (which is my station) where the surviving rate of the 'baby' is superbly low. of course, the charges for the childbirth in hospital will be much higher compared to the village.

as you can see.. all the 'mothers' were suffering. why??? cause they gotta shout for 3 min as they were suffering from 'labour pain', doctors also suffer, you know? why?? cause we need to shout PUSHHHHHH!! for 3 mins T.T sakit tekak dohhhh.. *sniff sniff*

and my 2nd group consists of

left to right: yi he, sue jean, li ying, me, joynn (leader), june yeong.

after the 2nd game, the volunteers were allowed to rest in their dormitory (theatrette)

and soon we have mini concerts from bands, local artists and dancers.
everything were quite Fexcited! we were having so much fun till we forgot bout our hunger!

rock band. unfortunately i forgot the name of the band. but the drummer is fantastic!! wootz.. oh btw.. the drummer got the justin bieber look --> purple shirt with jacket and THE HAIR! if brian was here.. i think he'll whack him when he's performing!! AHAHAHAAAH

that guy who is strumming his guitar looked like my bf! i swear! i kept staring at him ever since he passed by me. wanting to take his pic to show my bf how they look alike. well, they only look alike from the side. so yea=)
so i was kinda FEXICETED when i saw him and then i potong steam when he start speaking in chinese.. dayum.. then he start singing WANG LEE HOM'S SONG ' wei yi' AHHHHHHH!!! steam sudah naik balik!!! wootzzz!!~ @.@

sleeping time!

whoever had sleeping bag, they can sleep on the stage while the others slept on the chair.. DAMN UNCOMFORTABLE! how the fuck can you sleep on the chair for hours???!! the theatrette was so damn cold as if it's some RUMAH MAYAT!!! o0o i think everything was fine, including the the activities, frens, concerts BUT not the accommodations.. THAT SUCK!!

we slept in so many different positions that i think we had more positions compared to sex postions @.@ like SERIOUSLY!!!!

before sleeping look!

7th of august.

as i couldnt really sleep, i mean who the heck can sleep while sitting on a chair for such a loonnnggg period?????.... like wtfark??? and it was blardy cold. so i tend to sleep wherever i am! during briefing (i felt bad) in the bus, while waiting to enter the stadium, while the concert is playing some clubbing song, in the bus again.. ohmygod!!! and my frens called me a PIG!! @.@ nooooo~~

ah niu with lil ballerinas (awwww)) shoo cute xD

countdown!

break fast time!!!

yum seengggggg~~

vsoy and twiggies!!! surprisingly im full after consuming that!! xD

souveneirs??? @.@ and my cert!!! wheee


as you can see the above pictures, there were loads of local artists who came and performed for us and yesh, WE ARE HAVING A GOOD TIME! deborah henry and the mix fm deejays and so were ah niu (there are some more actually but i couldnt remember their names xp)and just so you know, ah niu is the world vision ambassador!

fun and laughters aside,
what i really learnt in the camp is that there are nearly 24,000 of children dying everyday due to preventable causes such as newborn complications/infections, pneumonia, diarrhoea, and malaria. the underlying causes of these are because they are suffering from malnutrition, lack of health care, lack of clean and hygiene, and lack of health education.
POVERTY is the main reason why they are suffering from all these!
people like us might as 'where got people die of diarrhoea?' well, poor people just couldn't afford medicine or there is insufficeint of medicine=(
so which is why im greatful for what i have now and wouldnt go wasting anymore food =D
helping the unfortunates by donating money to them and to starve ourselves to experience what they go through everday = HUNGER! really gives me the satisfaction and that's just PRICELESS!
at first, i came for 30 hour famine is just to experience this whole event and enjoy throughout the event. never know that ive learnt so much during the camp. couldnt wait for the next 30 hour famine which will be their 15th anniversary! wheeee xD

oh btw, I DIDNT SUFFER FROM ANY GASTRIC AND I DIDNT FEEL HUNGRY TILL THE REMAINING 4 HOURS... so you guys out there, who are afraid of gastric and hunger.. seriously.. you will enjoy yourself more than thinking 'ohmygod, im so hungry now!' cause there are so many games and entertainments that you'll divert your attention from food to enjoyment! wheee xD