tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2042413869472011551.post7445052615826498987..comments2023-09-17T00:52:27.888+10:00Comments on Girl With a Satchel: Teen Girl With a Satchel - Reflections on VietnamErica Bartle (nee Holburn)http://www.blogger.com/profile/03115131016810116605noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2042413869472011551.post-85368046480252361222011-10-26T12:13:21.131+11:002011-10-26T12:13:21.131+11:00Beautiful post Georgie. I had a similar experience...Beautiful post Georgie. I had a similar experience last year - it's amazing how these kids have so little yet are still so happy and giving. Definitely puts things into perspective.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2042413869472011551.post-2823669799971633722011-10-25T19:05:53.706+11:002011-10-25T19:05:53.706+11:00This is an amazing post Georgie!
I feel bad becau...This is an amazing post Georgie!<br /><br />I feel bad because I saw so much on the trip but coming back to Aus, I slip into some old habits. But still I am much more optimistic and spend less time on the net and on outdoor things. But thank you for reminding me of all the experiences, that already seem so long ago!<br /><br />Likewise I would love to either do volunteer work in an orphanage or fund raising. All my problems are nothing compared to the hard life of the orphans. I think you'd be great working with the kids, you had such a great rapport with all the orphanage children! <br /><br />And second Anon, yes there is poverty in Aus, however it is miniscule compared to the abject poverty of millions in the third world.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2042413869472011551.post-21124575917296474612011-10-24T12:21:26.905+11:002011-10-24T12:21:26.905+11:00Well said, Georgie - the comment was most unfair. ...Well said, Georgie - the comment was most unfair. Not all of us get a chance to go oversees to attend to needs, that's true, and there are needs everywhere you look, if you choose, and often it takes a harrowing personal ordeal, a relative or friend's plight or a trip to a Third World country to take you out of the comfort zone to have your eyes opened wide. We can't all possibly address every single need on our own – and, as my mother says, charity starts at home – but if we all do our piece, then we can make a difference. I applaud you for saving up to go on your trip and thought it brave of you to confess your prior naiveté and ultimate revelation – if I'd had your insight at just 17, well, I think I would have put my mind, money and time to better use. Go you!Erica Bartle (nee Holburn)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03115131016810116605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2042413869472011551.post-71198589414428048812011-10-24T12:00:31.865+11:002011-10-24T12:00:31.865+11:00I just wanted to clarify to the second anonymous c...I just wanted to clarify to the second anonymous commentor that I actually attend a public school, and am well aware of suffering within my own country. For many of my peers, it was their first trip overseas and required them to save for two years to be able to go. I know how lucky I am. This trip also opened my eyes to suffering of all kinds, and to how lucky my life is. I want to help everyone, including those in my own country, state, town, and school...frangipani princesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03436351134946934242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2042413869472011551.post-54631203903658515292011-10-21T20:36:34.344+11:002011-10-21T20:36:34.344+11:00Hi Georgie.
Great to hear about your south-east A...Hi Georgie.<br /><br />Great to hear about your south-east Asian travels and learning.<br /><br />Everything from the cameras to the cataracts. (Fred Hollows Foundation?) And that scene with a pre-teen leading a teenage girl.<br /><br />Shows how while we need each other, we can help each other.<br /><br />Have an acquaintance who went to Cambodia, and, yes, it changed her life.Adelaide Duponthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01490123934889071074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2042413869472011551.post-31982118645294595032011-10-21T19:45:48.425+11:002011-10-21T19:45:48.425+11:00It's great that the private school camp you we...It's great that the private school camp you went on broadened your horizons, but there are lots of people in your own country who are just as worse off.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2042413869472011551.post-47465939086001191192011-10-21T11:28:54.681+11:002011-10-21T11:28:54.681+11:00Hi Georgie, sounds like an incredible trip. If you...Hi Georgie, sounds like an incredible trip. If you do find any links to volunteering at orphanages in Vietnam such as the one you visited, can you please post them? I would like to do that too. But not for a year (can't afford that much time off), maybe just a month.<br />Thank you, loved the post<br />LouisaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com