Another Epic weekend indeed. my 2nd project house building with EPIC and certainly not the last.

It was a phenomenal task trying to get things together, but the people who toiled effortlessly during those 4 days struck my head and heart - inspiring me to believe that there are indeed Malaysians who give a shit.

I've had many who have said that they'd want to make a difference, to speak about change, yet when it actually comes to getting your hands dirty and making sacrifices in realising these things, nothing but silence, other plans, and array of excuses.

Truth be told, people only witness the pictures, the fun bits, the captured image of the moment, yet many do not realise the intense moments where things were tough, often frustrating, difficult and problematic. Building a home (physically) is truthfully a monumental task - where I've been in two projects, it does get somewhat more difficult (depending on various factors - sometimes out of your own control)

Yet, I like to think of it like this: here we are with a problem - the house - and then, there are many minor problems along the way which needs to be handled before the house actually gets to stand. Similarly with life, we are faced with a myriad of issues - screws, measurements, fittings, nails, etc etc - yet, to strive completion, we are given the opportunity, the ability, the wisdom, the tools and the spirit to see things through.

What I witnessed over the weekend was the immeasurable power of the human spirit to go beyond themselves for the service/purpose larger than themselves. To build a home for a family that we've never met before. Also, to have strangers (perfect ones) who have never met or known each other till the build to actually come together and work so perfectly with each other, is somewhat a very powerful thing.

It intrigues me - to see how people who strive for the greater good, can gel so well and perform beyond the call of the ordinary.

Finally, while taking the GBMS (great big morning shit) and also various times while building the home on site, I questioned myself -- WHY ARE WE DOING THIS ? ( especially when times got tough and rough )
then it came to mind, it's not a question of WHY, but HOW WE ARE DOING THIS -- together, as one, as Malaysians, as people, as a force, as an EPICARMY.  From the words of encouragement, WELL DONE! GREAT JOB! AWESOME! To Cha Cha's random fistbumps, to Daniel's fired  up machine like god speed spirit of getting things done, to each and every individual who made inspiration come to life during those four days, I suppose, HOW would be the greater question.

fei.