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Reflections after the journey
Frankie Lee, Year 4
Nepal, a country filling with different cultures, religions and magnificent nature.
Lamjung, one of the mountain regions we have visited in this journey, impressed me the most. Go to
bed early, and wake up early, is the local routine. Every morning when they hear the crowing of cocks,
people would start working including boiling water, chopping firewood, boiling milk and farming, etc.
Only with a pair of slippers, the locals shuttle back and forth between their home and the fields. When
they meet one another, they stand, smile and greet each other with “Namaste”. When the sun sets,
they go back home and enjoy time with family.
Every day I can see mountains, sky, rivers, lambs, cows and sincere people. Living in nature teaches me
to be humble. From enjoying the beauty of nature to the observation of natural disasters, as a human, I
understand we can be one with nature. Reconstruction is one of the goals of this journey. When I saw a
wrecked school in the village that was destroyed by the massive earthquake three years ago, I realized
what we have now does not last forever. The charity Light On, provided significant aid by bringing
volunteers for school building, helping with the reorganization of the village, initiating a homestay
project where the locals could provide volunteer accommodation. In the process of reconstruction, I saw
many students are attending class at an outdoor classroom as they had lost the school building during
the earthquake; however, there were always smiles on their faces, enjoying the present, probably this is
the typical lifestyle of Nepalese --- living in the moment.
Don’t tell me people no longer care about each other. Self-reflection was one of my goals in this
journey. Pink, the project leader, reminded us to search our hearts everyday by observing the people
and things around. Even just four days in the mountain, without mobile phones, hot shower and other
material conditions, we earned precious relationships with one another, which becomes rare in
urbanized cities like Hong Kong. During the trip, one of our teammates was sick, I gave medicine to him
and asked him to rest; fortunately he recovered and showed gratitude to me. At that moment, I realized
being considerate towards other is just a simple thing, but it is valuable that a simple thing could bring
back his health and gratitude.
In contrast with Nepal, there is neither natural disaster nor war in Hong Kong, material benefits are
easily obtained, which majority of people would take it for granted, often resulting in environmental
damage and waste, instead of treasuring what we have, people expect more to come in future. Most of
us live a life of abundance, and we don’t realize the importance of loving each other as well as the entire
world; however, only when we experienced the destructiveness of natural disasters, we would notice
that not everything is inevitable. Now that I am back in Hong Kong, I would rather spend more time to
observe myself and the beauty of nature, as well as other people and everything in the community, so
as to feel gratitude for everything I own. |
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