Sikuatik Trip

Well, it was an interesting day today as a few of us in the Interact Club went to Sikuatik for the Out Reach Program!

 It was a nice project in which the rotary club funded a well to be built in a remote village within Kudat. This is to ensure the people who live there get fresh water supplies. It was the opening ceremony and it was nice to be a part of such a good cause :)

The interactors who attended the event were (From right to left): Wesley Neil Harris (Social Services Director), Nur Syafathin (IU Day Director), Lolin Molimbun (Teacher Advisor), Emmaculate Marie Edward (Presdient) and Joshua Ralph Kamijan.

The ribbon cutting ceremony was to represent the opening of the well, which from that moment onwards, can finally be used to the advantage of the people living around the area as they now have free supply to unlimited clean water.

All four of use sent in the trunk of the car just for fun. Although it was very bumpy, we all had a fun time taking pictures, chatting and all.

When we finally arrived at the beach in Kudat, there was also a literacy program to help unfortanate kids to improve their literacy and English skills. We were all given the task of reading big-pictured story books to the less fortunate children as part of the reading program. Needless to say, Emma did the best job as most of the children listening to her were cheering on and clapping at her story. Good job Emma!

It wasn't all work and no play. We got to go kayaking through the huge man made lake! The difficult part was continuously rowing the boat at the right direction. And yes, we ended up going to the wrong places numerous times. It was so fun as the breeze was cool and you could just splash your arm into the water. It was relaxing to simply sit silent on the boat overlooking the mangrove trees ahead.

We also saw the rungus people do some traditional dancing as well as taking photos with the rungus dancers. We got to learn a little bit about the Rungus culture such as the fact that a long time ago, pig sacrifices would be made after the passing of a fellow Rungus to dispel the malevolence of the soul who tries to get their loved ones to join them. Creepy stuff eh?

And for food, we had fresh fish, prawns and sambal for lunch! It was nice to eat all this as it all had been captured fresh from the river and fried on a hot bbq.

We also met a few new friends from the All Saints Interact Club and yes they were awesome! All of them were friendly and it was a joy to socialize with them!

Finally, after a long day, we had to depart Kudat and head back home. It was an awesome trip and great experience to all of us who went. We all wish to visit again soon!

Intro

So yeah! The Interact Club Of SM La Salle has finally gotten themselves a blog!

Why?

Well, it's because we thought it would be cool to update everyone on any upcoming events or happenings that involves the interact club. As you can see from the name of our club, we love to interact! With IU Day and Bakat La Salle as well as Bakat Interact coming up, we will be real busy for the next few months, doing preparations and all. We all hope that 2010 will be a great and prosperous year for the Interact Club so we shall work hard on it :) Whoever it is that is reading this now, we hope that you enjoy this blog if you wish to be updated on us!

Also, if you have any questions or suggestion, feel free to comment on this blog yeah :)

Take care everyone!