Sejal Saleh A Alsuhaibani

SEJAL SALEH A ALSUHAIBANI (AIA 160705)

What I was thinking about the orang asli village that it’s gonna be so simple and poor village, even it is will be without electric, and supply of water, cooking will be on wood. However, when we arrived it’s yes poor but not like what I thought there was electric and water and there was all basic need of living.

The village was so nice, except the dogs they were everywhere I hate dogs especially the homeless dogs. In the second day, one of the activities that are we needs to visit some of the houses in the village for the original people of the village. so the first home was good and fine except that I could not understand anything because of the language barrier, my friends tried to explain but not everything, I understand it in not that easy to be a translator. the funny part when someone ask me why I didn’t bring Dates with me because I’m from Saudi Arabia so I ask him how he knows that he said from T.V, so, really was so surprise me that he know about that. And of course, the girls translated the conversation. The last day I tell my father about the date story and I ask him to give him some of what they bring from home as well my father he promises him he will bring for the villagers dates in some day.

Then when we went to the second home before we arrive I saw around 7 dogs it is started bark and fighting with each other. What I did, of course, run away fast as I can then the girls hold me, they said if I run the dogs will run behind me. So, I started to cry and the children they saw me crying it was so embarrassing. their faces can tell what they thinking of me like she is old enough why she is crying of dogs, at that moment I want really to laugh but I was so scared so I just continued crying until we back.  As well at same night when the activities finished, we had meeting at the mosque then I saw cockroach I really heat it and scare of it. It is my nightmare so I went out of the mosque and I started to cry again actually it was not only because the insect it was conflicting feelings. it was about all this experience I felt is I’m like if I am an object I didn't understand any things around, I mean the language.  The following day when I meet family I cried because I realize how it is good to communicate with someone in your won tongue or even language you both can understand each other.  It is a comfortable feeling. In addition to that the whole village there was only one girl who can speak English a little bit her name is city so, I spent lots of the time speaking to her about her life there and so on.

To sum up my report, I didn’t found the washroom problem like the other because I had to experience that during the haj season. so as well sleeping also for me it was good at least that we were at room not in a tent so it was okay because I had also experienced sleep in crowded place during camping. Finally, the village was so nice and beautiful except the dogs, of course, it was nice to experience that to see how the other people with only basic thing live as well it is another culture to me. In general, I would love to experience this again.