August 3, 2006

• While other kids were mugging away in arid classrooms
  homeschoolers had themselves an adventure of sorts at the Lentang Recreational
  Forest off Karak Highway. It was a nice and breezy day and we had the river all
  to ourselves. That would have been impossible if it were the weekend where day
  trippers and gawkers would have put paid our little experiment. A ranger did
  stop by to ask what we were doing seeing the amount of bamboo trunks we hauled
  up to the riverbank.

  The object of the excursion was a raft-building expedition
  that was part of the group’s
  project. Nothing fancy you know, just get the
  bamboo raft to float, and that’s it, they told me. Taking care of the
  project logistics was part of their project as well, and I thought they
  pretty much acquitted themselves. Lots of bamboo, lots of tools, lots
  of bread and dogs – marshmallow even!- way too much food too, lots of
  spunk. The kids were supposed to do
  all the work 
  but some of us couldn’t help but lend a hand, or more than just a
  hand. – You know moms and dads. Me, I put on my best imitation of the invisible man.  Nevertheless we all
  had a really good time. Now, the kids will have to figure out if they did
   good…

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